Chapter 90 Wheels
Lu Sen was also very tired. He had persisted until about three in the morning yesterday. After confirming that the Rejuvenation Banner was effective, he went back to his small tent to sleep.
Because it was not a particularly safe place, he slept lightly and vaguely felt that there seemed to be someone next to him. He got up and opened his eyes, and found that Zhe Jimin had just walked out of the tent.
He calmed down and walked out of the tent.
There were many soldiers outside. They formed a huge circle and looked at the wounded lying near the Rejuvenation Banner.
At this time, except for the circle of wounded in the center, almost all the other wounded were awake and happily chatting with each other.
The husbands who followed the army helped them bandage or suture some of their wounds, and they were too lazy to use medicine. Anyway, they had the magical tools from the immortals to treat them, and as long as they still had a breath, they seemed to be able to slowly recover.
When Lu Sen came out, many people saw him.
Many people turned around and bowed to him. Some wounded soldiers even struggled to stand up and knelt down when they saw him.
Countless lives were saved... At this moment, Lu Sen was almost a saint in the eyes of the soldiers.
Seeing this scene, Lu Sen felt quite embarrassed and walked away.
After walking around a little, he found that almost everyone was looking at him with a rather fanatical look. He had no choice but to hide back in the tent.
Zhe Kexing continued to protect him diligently, holding a red tasseled spear and yawning from time to time.
Not long after, Zhe Jimin came in.
"Brother-in-law, you don't seem to like being worshipped by others?" Zhe Jimin asked with a smile.
"Of course, I'm not dead." Lu Sen sighed: "This feels like a shrine."
"You are going to become an immortal right now, so it's not surprising to have a shrine there." Zhe Jimin smiled, then said seriously, "Those soldiers don't understand so many things, they are sincerely grateful to you."
Lu Sen nodded: "I know, so I'm not angry, just a little depressed."
"That's good." Zhe Jimin breathed a sigh of relief.
After Zhe Laoqi from Bianjing City sent a bottle of honey to the Zhe family more than two months ago, the entire Zhe family became very convinced of Lu Sen.
But no matter what, in their opinion, honey is at most a very powerful "medicinal material", a more precious medicinal material than hundred-year-old ginseng or thousand-year-old ginseng.
In their eyes, Lu Sen was a person with a promising future. Even though his cave dwelling skills amazed them, he was still a person with a promising future.
What is meant by promising future is that it is not very strong now.
But after the big banner was erected last night, Zhe Jimin truly regarded his brother-in-law as a terrestrial immortal.
"Brother-in-law, if you have any magic that can affect the battle situation, feel free to use it." There were no chairs or stools in the tent, so Zhe Jimin sat cross-legged in front of Lu Sen and said, "If you need any materials, just tell me, and I will do my best to get them for you."
At this time, the effect of the Rejuvenation Banner had spread throughout the entire Song Army camp. It can be said that the morale of the entire army was extremely high.
As I said, everyone is afraid of death, but what is more frightening is dying due to lack of treatment even though there is a chance and hope of survival.
And now the appearance of this Rejuvenation Banner is telling all the soldiers: As long as you don't die on the spot, Master Lu will have a way to pull you out of the gates of hell.
High morale broke out.
Even the military generals were greatly affected.
On the battlefield, who dares to say that he is invincible?
If you can fight ten or even a hundred people at once, can you fight a thousand?
As the generals were well-equipped and had practiced martial arts since childhood, even if they were injured, the probability of them dying on the spot was much lower than that of the soldiers. As long as they were not dead and could return alive under the green fairy banner, it meant that their lives were saved.
Zhe Jimin stood next to Lu Sen and asked, "Brother-in-law, you are the only one who can hold the flag, right?"
He had tried before, wanting his personal soldiers to move the flag to a more convenient and safe location. However, no one was able to touch the long flag. It was as if it were an illusion. Everyone who tried to touch it ended up reaching their hand through the pole and touching nothing.
Lu Sen nodded in acknowledgment, and at the same time said "Oh" in his heart. It turned out that the characteristic of "cannot be transferred" was expressed in this way.
"Yes, these are things from the immortals, how can we mortals touch them casually?" Zhe Jimin was a little disappointed. He didn't say that he wanted to take the flag, but if possible, he wanted Lu Sen to make two or three more.
Then send people to escort them to the other two armies that are heading west. With such a good thing that can save people on a large scale, the morale of the soldiers in the other two armies will be boosted, and they will be able to burst out with powerful combat effectiveness.
Then Zhe Jimin asked again: "Brother-in-law, do you have any magical items that can restrain the Xixia cavalry?"
I have to say that the Western Xia cavalry was so annoying. They came and went like the wind, passing by and shooting arrows like rain.
Not only will we be unable to reach the enemy, but there will also be casualties on our side, which will be very demoralizing.
The Song soldiers could only advance step by step, using iron shields to move slowly forward under the rain of arrows, while fighting back with archers.
But in this way, the combat loss ratio is very high.
Lu Sen thought for a moment and said, "Yes, there is, but it's a bit troublesome and I need your cooperation!"
"Trouble is always better than having no solution." Zhe Jimin clasped his hands together and said, "If it is feasible, please show me your magical power, brother-in-law."
The Western Xia army was ready to attack the Song camp again.
Li Yi, the general who surrendered to the south, was the marshal of this Western Xia army.
At this time, many official positions in the Western Xia Kingdom had begun to imitate those of the Northern Song Dynasty and no longer used the old foreign official titles.
"According to calculations, the casualties of the Song army should be three times more than ours." Li Yi rode on his warhorse, looking at the Song camp in the distance, stroking his beard with satisfaction: "Although they do have more people, if they continue to fight like this, their morale will gradually decline, and they will definitely collapse."
A Song general who surrendered to him immediately flattered him: "This is all because of your mastery of military tactics, Marshal. That kid from the Zhe family is no match for you at all."
Because Zhe Jimin and others were very young, and Li Yi was almost fifty years old, whenever Li Yi confronted Zhe Jizu, he would call him a brat.
The Zhe family would call Li Yi an old thief who had forgotten his roots.
Everyone knows how to curse at each other.
Li Yi laughed loudly. As a surrendered general, it was a great blessing for him to become a marshal and command an army. If he were in Zhao Song, let alone becoming a marshal, being able to lead an army of 10,000 people to fight would have been a remarkable thing.
Moreover, being a military man in Zhao Song was very frustrating.
So he never thought that there was anything wrong with Jiang Xia.
"General Lin, it seems that you have the confidence to defeat Song Gou. Then their left wing is handed over to you. Try to harass them as much as possible." Li Yi looked ahead, paused for a while, and said: "If they show a flaw, you can also judge and attack on your own."
General Lin was overjoyed and was about to speak when he saw the Song army camp opposite suddenly move and move to the left.
"Hey, what do these Song dogs want to do?" Li Yi waved his hand and said, "Keep an eye on them."
At this moment, several cavalry scout teams rushed out from the Western Xia army and moved around the Song army formation from front to back and left to right.
They didn't come near, just watched from a distance.
At this time, the Song army kept moving to the left, and then... moved to a high hill and stationed there.
Watching this scene, Li Yi wiped his eyes in disbelief, then laughed out loud: "Is the young boy from the Zhe family crazy? He actually ran to the Jedi by himself?"
Generally speaking, the army does have the advantage of being on high ground.
This was especially true for the Xixia cavalry, as the cavalry would lose speed when going uphill, and cavalry without speed would be no different from infantry.
In addition, shooting arrows upwards from the bottom of a hill will be very ineffective. If archers from both sides shoot at each other, the archers on the higher ground will always have the advantage.
So according to common sense, this approach seems to be a safe strategy.
But... military affairs do not have set goals.
If this place is a military stronghold and the Western Xia army must attack it within a certain period of time, then this arrangement will be fine.
But that hill is really just a high ground and has no strategic value.
Li Yi shouted, "Hurry, hurry, hurry, the army is coming, surround the high ground, and station there. We are going to trap them to death there. Also send out the Flying Dragon Army and do everything in their power to cut off their food supply. We absolutely cannot let them transport food and grass here."
It’s no wonder that Li Yi is so anxious. Military affairs require speed, after all, opportunities are fleeting.
Soon, the Western Xia army set up camp at the foot of the mountain. In order to avoid being shot by archers on the mountain, they stationed farther away from the foot of the mountain.
Li Yi watched the army gather at the foot of the mountain, exclaimed several times in ecstasy, and then said: "Officer, please write a battle report for me to the Prime Minister. Tell him that the Zhe family boy has been surrounded by me on the lonely mountain. We will continue to use the strategy of attrition. After ten days or half a month, the Prime Minister will definitely see the victory report."
After the scribe left, Li Yi looked up at the lonely Song army camp on the mountain, and he couldn't stop smiling.
From that day on, the Song army and the Western Xia army were in a standoff.
The Western Xia army surrounded the mountain but did not attack.
The Song army stayed on the mountain, shooting arrows down from time to time.
Because the Western Xia army was deliberately far away, the arrows of the Song army could not reach them at all.
In this way, five days passed quickly.
Early that morning, Li Yi woke up from the blanket in the big tent again. He went out of the tent and saw the Song army above, still without any movement.
Then he asked the person beside him: "Did the Flying Dragon Army see the baggage of the Song Army?"
The general standing nearby shook his head and said, "I haven't heard of that. Maybe the food and grass Zhao Song brought this time are enough, so they are not in a hurry to send them over."
"That means they are almost at the end of their rope." Li Yi stroked his graying beard and laughed, "I don't know what the Zhe family kid is thinking. He dares to go up to a lonely mountain without water or source."
The Xixia general beside him laughed and said, "I think it was that kid from the Zhe family who was afraid of the marshal and was at a loss what to do. In panic, he killed himself."
The Xixia generals standing nearby all laughed out loud. The enemy was seeking his own death. There was nothing more joyful than this.
Li Yi said with great satisfaction: "If the two hundred thousand Song army, including the Zhe family, were all killed here, the gate of Yongxing Army Road would be wide open. Then we can march straight into Bianjing, which would be a great achievement."
After hearing this, all the Xixia generals were fascinated.
I heard that the women in Song Dynasty are extremely beautiful, not like the rough women in this cold and bitter land. Wouldn't it be great to fill my body with gold and silver and carry one or two beauties back home?
Thinking of this, a group of Xixia generals laughed obscenely at the same time.
Because it was a battle they were almost sure to win, the Xixia people were very patient this time and not at all impatient as usual. They waited for another three days, and then they found that the Song army on Gushan seemed to have changed.
It turned out that the Xixia people stayed at the foot of the mountain and could hardly see what the Song people on the mountain were doing. This time, the Song people even set up a lot of shields and cloth around them, wrapping up the entire army, as if to prevent outsiders from seeing any of their internal movements.
Li Yi stared at the cloth for a long time, then said: "It seems that the Song army can't hold on any longer. Set up a false formation. All the infantry officers, lead the troops forward 500 steps and surround the foot of the mountain. I estimate that the Song army is about to break through. No matter which direction they break through, you must hold on tightly, and all the cavalry, then support your comrades according to the battle situation."
"Your command." The Xixia generals bowed and left quickly.
Li Yi also moved forward about three hundred steps with his personal soldiers.
He looked at the mountain and said with a smile, "I'll see when you guys can break out... Wait, if I were the kid from the Zhe family... I would definitely break out at noon and go west."
Because at noon, the scorching sun is in the sky, shining obliquely to the west, and just hanging on the top of the mountain.
At that time, the Western Xia army in the west looked up and faced the scorching sun, so their vision must have been obstructed.
"Order the generals in the southeast and north to take 30% of their troops and deploy them in the west. Go quickly."
Following Li Yi's order, the Western Xia army was quickly mobilized.
Soon, a military infantry regiment of nearly 100,000 people was stationed at the foot of the mountain in the west.
Then time soon came to noon. Li Yi took a piece of dry noodles, chewed it with water, and looked at the top of the mountain.
As he expected, the sun was high above the mountain and their vision was indeed somewhat limited.
I couldn't see the situation clearly, but I could vaguely see that the cloth barrier made by the Song people seemed to be broken.
"As I expected, they are going to break out at this time, and the direction of the breakout is right here ." Li Yi said to the flag bearer next to him, "Pass the order, all infantry battalions, fight to the death, and those who retreat will be killed without mercy."
The order was quickly passed on to the front line.
For this purpose, the 100,000 infantrymen moved forward about fifty steps and got closer to the foot of the mountain.
"Raise your shield!"
The 20,000 Xixia infantrymen at the front formed a fish-scale shield formation.
This formation is specially designed to prevent arrows from falling from high altitudes.
Just as they set up the shield formation, a faint, rumbling sound came from the top of the mountain ahead.
This sound is a bit like a sea tide... It usually occurs when large-scale infantry or cavalry move quickly.
At the same time, in their field of vision, they could barely see in the backlight that there were indeed dense black spots on the top of the mountain.
"Humph!" Li Yi smiled proudly: "I'm waiting for you."
Many people believe that charging down a mountain has an advantage in speed, but this is actually a fallacy. People are not horses. If cavalry were to charge down a mountain, they would indeed have such an advantage, but people are different... People's physical strength is limited, and rushing down a mountain will consume a lot of physical strength.
This is not a canyon , but you can be high up and attack from both sides.
Anyone with experience knows that going down a mountain is harder than going up.
"This is a great victory, and my name will go down in history..." Li Yi pointed to the sky with his right hand, his figure was extremely domineering.
However, the rampant smile froze at this moment, and suddenly, his mouth opened wide.
Not only him, but all the Xixia soldiers were like this.
Because those rumbling sounds are not the sounds made by people running.
But it was a wheel, a huge golden stone wheel.
They rolled down from the top of the mountain in dense crowds.
Each wheel is ten feet high and half a foot wide.
Roll faster and faster, roll faster and faster!
When we reached halfway down the mountain, the ground at the foot of the mountain was already shaking.
