Chapter 278 Cut It Down
"Minister Mei Zang, I feel like something is wrong."
Shi Bang looked at the Song army camp in front of him. In fact, when he was approaching just now, he had the intention of "swallowing" the enemy, but the enemy's retreat was very orderly, without any panic, and they left chevaux de frise along the way. Even the heavy cavalry did not dare to launch a charge rashly when the heavy infantry corps was prepared.
Besides, there is also Master Lu on the other side.
The rumors about Lu Sen in Western Xia are also quite exaggerated.
After all, there were two major battles in which Lu Sen played a decisive role.
Therefore, Shi Bing could not find a suitable opportunity, nor did he dare to attack the Song army casually.
But when he saw the Song army, which had been "fleeing", suddenly stopped, he, a veteran of many battles, felt a sense of tension in his heart and felt extremely uncomfortable all over.
"General Shi, is there something wrong?" Mei Zang Ade asked. He looked at the Song army camp. It was very peaceful and there was nothing unusual.
"Let's retreat first." Shi Bang took a deep breath.
"There's no need to do this. The Song people have always been timid. It's normal for them to retreat after being forced by us."
Shi Bang shook his head and said, "If other people were timid, it would be reasonable, but Master Lu's timidity is a bit strange. If he is not held hostage by the Song court, then..."
He reacted suddenly and shouted hurriedly: "Order the entire army to retreat immediately, quickly!"
The order was quickly passed down, but it was still too late.
At this moment, a large number of soldiers suddenly appeared on their left and right sides, forming a V-shaped double-team formation with the main tent where Lu Sen was.
Looking at the densely packed Song army surrounding them, Mei Zang Ade angrily said, "These Song dogs are too despicable. They actually dared to resort to such tactics during the negotiations. Aren't they afraid of being laughed at by the world?"
Shi Bing gritted his teeth and said, "If I have a chance to annihilate the enemy, I won't care whether others laugh at me or not."
"Charge, charge forward!" Mo Zang Ade said angrily, "As long as we catch that brat Lu Sen, we can fight our way out."
Shi Bing looked at the large number of chevaux de frise ahead, and then at the surrounding spearmen on both sides. He shouted, "Pass the order down, send the scouts to break away from the encirclement immediately from the rear and go to Dingzhou for help, quickly."
Now the encirclement is about to be formed. Their heavy cavalry has a slow start and it is impossible for them to escape the encirclement, but the light cavalry has enough speed. As long as they throw away their armor and gallop away, they still have a chance.
In the Western Xia army, a small group of people broke away and ran away.
Di Qing saw this scene in the army and smiled: "Pass the order down, wait until the light cavalry team leaves, and then close the encirclement."
Afterwards, he looked at the center of the Western Xia army, his eyes full of excitement. In his eyes, these thousands of heavy cavalry and tens of thousands of infantry were already trapped.
Compared with Di Qing's ease, in the main tent, Lu Sen looked bored, while Lu Huiqing was seen trembling all over on the makeshift platform.
The scene of a large number of Xixia people being surrounded made his blood boil.
"Master Lu, come and see, the encirclement has been closed."
"The archers started shooting. Thousands of arrows were released at once. It was as dark as a cloud falling from the sky. It was very beautiful!"
"Oh no! The enemy seems to be breaking out to the west. Is that the weaker part?"
Although the sounds of knocking, shouting, screaming and weapons clashing on the battlefield formed a complex wave of sound, Lu Huiqing's voice could still be heard nearby.
It was his first time on the battlefield, and seeing such a grand scene, he naturally couldn't control himself.
Lu Sen was also looking at the battlefield, but he still looked very calm.
After all, he had seen such situations twice when he was supervising the army.
Di Qing's political sense is not good because he has put all his points into the battlefield skill.
He is extremely proficient in strategy, tactics, and personal combat.
When the Xixia people broke out westwards, Di Qing and his personal guards moved.
More than a thousand light cavalrymen roared out from the army formation. Di Qing had a "funny mask" on his face and a "funny" cloak. Several "funny" military flags moved quickly with his personal guards. The funny expressions on the flags fluttered and twisted, and the emoticon package looked even more devilish.
"General Di has been very high-spirited since he got the Arrogant Beast. I heard that the Xixia people have regarded the Arrogant Beast as a devil."
Lu Sen has a weird expression!
His original intention was to use funny emoticons to break the "superstitious public opinion" about Di Qing, but he did not expect that this funny emoticon would actually become a "divine beast".
Now not only Di Qing, but the entire Central Plains people have begun to accept this thing.
Many old tombs deep in the mountains or family cemeteries have removed the Ba Xia statues or stone lions used to drive away evil spirits at the entrances.
The 'Sphinx' was replaced with a funny expression avatar. You know what, no matter how gloomy the place is, putting a funny expression, one looking left, the other looking right, that devilish expression, can immediately break the gloomy and weird atmosphere of the scene .
And then... I felt like laughing!
Nowadays, ancestor worship has become a less serious clan activity.
Compared with the people in the Central Plains, the Xixia people were much less accepting of the Aoni beast.
They don't like this kind of demonic, weird-smiling mask very much.
So when Di Qing attacked, the already low morale Western Xia army suffered another severe psychological blow.
"Oh no, the laughing devil is coming."
"Run away! The Song Shaman is about to start performing a ritual."
"Ah Da Ah Mo, save me, I want to go home!"
Various sounds were mixed together. Of course, most people could not understand the Xixia language. The Song soldiers used chevaux de frise and spears to stop the charging heavy cavalry and then stabbed them off their horses.
Di Qing held a long-handled broadsword in his hand and charged towards Shi Bing with great force on his horse, as if he was in an empty space.
Lu Sen looked at it for a while and said, "The overall situation has been decided. Now it depends on Marshal Mu."
Lu Huiqing was so excited that his blood boiled. His body was shaking with fear and excitement.
He muttered to himself: "Aren't the Xixia people said to be strong and brave, and never flee until death? How could they be so fragile and vulnerable? Why were we beaten so badly back then? Why?"
He couldn't figure it out.
From his current perspective, for the Song people killing the Xixia people was as effortless as killing chickens and sheep.
This made him even more confused about what the officials in the court were doing before!
A strong smell of blood came from a distance. Lu Sen couldn't smell it, but he looked at the battlefield that was gradually dyed red and then gradually turned black, and shook his head gently: "Doctor Lu, you will continue to stay here to stabilize the morale of the army. If General Di sends any flag signal, notify me immediately."
"I obey your order." Lu Huiqing bowed deeply to Lu Sen.
Lu Sen returned to the tent, sat down and waited quietly for the result.
The main tent was not quiet either, but being alone there gave me a sense of relaxation.
The shouting and screaming outside gradually faded away, while the laughter and roaring gradually became louder.
I don’t know how long it took, but I heard the sound of several horse hooves outside, followed by heavy footsteps.
After a while, someone outside said, "Master Lu, I have lived up to your trust and have captured the enemy general. Please have a look."
Lu Sen stood up and walked out, and saw Di Qing, who was covered in black sticky marks, standing beside him. He took off the funny mask on his face and smiled at Lu Sen, "We won."
Lu Sen nodded, then looked in the direction of his footsteps. There were two men with disheveled hair sitting on the ground. They were Shi Bang and Mo Zang Ade.
Shi Bang's left hand was gone, his face was pale, his eyes were dull, and he seemed to have accepted his fate.
Mo Zang Ade looked at Lu Sen angrily and shouted, "You despicable villain, you actually set an ambush during the negotiation. Do you have any moral principles or credibility?"
Lu Sen looked at him and smiled, "As far as I know, we Song people have signed at least ten documents or treaties with you Xixia people, agreeing not to interfere with each other, but you will tear up the treaties in about a year at most and half a year at least, and go south to raid the valleys. We gave you the opportunity and trust, but you didn't want it. Then we naturally no longer believe that you are coming to the peace talks with sincerity. Besides... we haven't signed any documents or treaties, so how can we be treacherous!"
"You are despicable and shameless." Mei Zang Ade struggled hard on the ground, blood spurting from his mouth, and he shouted heartbreakingly: "The gods will not let you go, will not forgive you villains, no!"
Lu Huiqing stood by and sneered, "The gods don't care about human affairs. If they wanted to, would they care about you Xixia people burning, killing, raping and looting in our land?"
Mo Zang Ade immediately turned his head and looked at Lu Huiqing who had spoken to him indignantly, his eyes sinister: "I curse you, I curse you all. Your descendants will never live past the age of thirty, your children will be slaves forever, and even after death, their ghosts will be captured by the warriors of our Great White Gao Kingdom, men will be slaves, women will be maids, and they will never be driven by our people, like cattle or horses."
Lu Huiqing felt his scalp tingling when he saw the other person's vicious and cold expression.
In contrast, Lu Sen and Di Qing seemed unconcerned.
Di Qing kicked Mei Zang A De heavily and laughed, "Don't worry, the souls of us Song people are only under the jurisdiction of the gods of Song people. If you want to control us, see if your gods dare to come to the Middle Earth to make trouble ."
"You!" Mei Zang Ade rolled over on the ground with difficulty, and then looked at Di Qing: "I never thought that the great General Di would listen to the orders of a mere boy and set up such a vicious trick. He is willing to be a subordinate to others. It's shameful."
"Are you trying to sow discord?" Di Qing laughed even more happily. "We Song people have already disdained to use this strategy, and you barbarians actually want to use it? Do you have the intelligence to do so? Master Lu, how are we going to deal with these two people?"
"Cut it down." Lu Sen shook his head and said, "It's no use staying here. Let's just wait for news from Marshal Mu."
At this time, Mu Guiying, with 30,000 elite soldiers, ambushed in a valley on a hill.
From common sense, it is not a good idea for the army to ambush in such a place. If they are discovered, they will be suddenly surrounded from both sides and wiped out from a high position.
But with Yang Jinhua conducting aerial reconnaissance in a flying vehicle, there would be no problem.
Her observation range is very large, so if an enemy really approaches, she can detect it in advance.
She watched as Youjun's panicked cavalry squad entered Dingzhou City, then watched as the beacon fires were lit in Dingzhou City, and then watched as the gates of Dingzhou City opened and a large number of soldiers poured out.
Then Yang Jinhua drove the aircraft down to the valley, found Mu Guiying and said, "The soldiers from Dingzhou City have come out."
Mu Guiying, who had been resting with her eyes closed, waved her hand, her face full of heroic spirit: "According to the previous military order and plan, we will set out in two groups. One group will follow me to intercept the reinforcements of Dingzhou City, and the other group will follow Captain Yang to capture Dingzhou City."
"Yes, sir!"
More than a dozen generals clasped their fists and shouted.
The leader of the reinforcements for Dingzhou City was Dai Lichang...who was also a general who defected to the Northern Song Dynasty.
He brought nearly 20,000 soldiers to help Shi Bing, but he was confused. Aren't they negotiating peace? Based on his understanding of the Song people, the Song people should be seriously considering peace talks at this time. After all, the other side really didn't want to fight and was very cowardly.
If a war really breaks out, it should be the Dabai Gao Kingdom that breaks its promise and directly launches a surprise attack on the Song army. This is a routine operation.
How can you launch a surprise attack on someone and still be surrounded?
Could it be that the Song people had anticipated this and set an ambush?
Thinking of this, he took a deep breath.
If such a powerful tactic was not from the Zhe family, then it must have been from Di Qing.
Only he has such military skills.
But if Di Qing was the chief negotiator, how could he, a mere military man, dare to disobey the instructions of the civil officials of the Song court and go to war with our Dabai Gao Kingdom without authorization?
The more he thought about it, the more he felt something was not right. Just before he could figure it out, he suddenly heard shouting and killing coming from the left side of his own army. Looking again, he saw countless people rushing down from the hills not far to the left. Judging from their equipment, they were the Song army.
"How is it possible? Why did the Song army appear around Dingzhou? Why did no one know about it ?"
"Set up the formation." Dai Lichang was not in a hurry. He gave the order calmly: "The enemy is just a cowardly Song army. They are no match for us. As long as we can survive their attack, we can counterattack and win."
His voice did not travel far, but the flag officers around him used flag signals to fully convey his meaning.
The Western Xia Dingzhou army quickly formed a battle formation to meet the enemy.
Then they saw a group of people charging forward, led by a person wearing blue armor, who seemed to be a woman.
Moreover, this blue armor is very strange. Its surface is streamlined, smooth and close-fitting, which perfectly outlines the curves of the future man.
At the same time, the armor seemed to be completely sealed, with no gaps on the entire body, except for two thin slits at the eyes.
"What kind of monster is this?" Dai Lichang was subconsciously stunned.
At this time, the so-called blue "monster" rushed forward while waving a spear and shouting: "The Grand Marshal of the Army of the World, Mu Guiying, is here, and the enemy generals, come quickly and die!"
Dai Lichang opened his mouth and said, "Mu Guiying? Why did she become like this?"
