I became the son of Renzong

Zhao Xi looked at everyone in the headquarters, from Han Jiang and other civil and military officials in Qinzhou, to the teaching of the guard battalion this time, everyone had doubts on their faces.

It is indeed difficult for people to understand.

"If it weren't for the suspicion of the Xixia people, I wouldn't even let the border village resist..."

These words... are astonishing!

"Indeed, the war is on the territory of the Great Song Dynasty. This is indeed a harm to the Guochao. From the bottom of my heart, I hope that we can break into the Xixia territory, but we can't, because the soldiers of the Guochao do not have such strength. ... have no guts!"

Zhao Xi didn't want to make such an evaluation, but it was the fact.

"So, this battle is a battle of courage and a battle of shame. Although the defense of the frontier fortress has achieved remarkable results, there is one thing that cannot be ignored... The real Xixia cavalry did not participate in any battle. War horses adapt to firearms..."

This is an unavoidable problem, an unavoidable fact.

Since the start of the war, the intensity of the war that Zhao Xi has seen is very low. The Xixia people only invested in bumping Linglang and capturing the army, obviously training their horses on the battlefield.

"Your Highness..."

The Western Army is still the same Western Army, and the Xixia Elite Cavalry is still the same elite cavalry. In everyone's eyes, the results are one-sided. It is purely because the firearms are sharp. Once the Xixia people get used to firearms...

After hearing what Zhao Xi said, no one looked at this war optimistically.

Han Jiang was very nervous, nervous about Qinzhou, nervous about the Western Army, and nervous about the final impact of His Royal Highness planning this campaign...

"That's one of the reasons I'm calling for a retreat right now..."

Zhao Xi waved his hand, stopping Han Jiang's idea of ​​continuing.

"The firearms are sharp, so that the soldiers can see the possibility of beating up the western thieves, and retreating at this time... First, if there is no defeat, the soldiers still have the courage; second, retreating at this time, all the soldiers in the border village will die The losses have not exceeded [-]%, and the combat power is still there. Accumulate strength and fight for the decisive battle!"

It should be clear, but everyone is still confused.

Indeed, if it is said to accumulate strength for a decisive battle, it should also withdraw all the soldiers to the south, organize a defense line in Haoshuichuan or Dingchuanzhai, and finally conduct a decisive battle.

However, His Royal Highness's order... is to randomly arrange the soldiers of the border village in the barren mountains like water, and it feels that they are deployed purely for the purpose of preserving strength, not for fighting.

"The Xixia people gathered nearly 20 elite cavalry this time, but everyone knows that there is no strategic space for 20 cavalry to fight in the basin from Xiaoguan to Qinzhou. Similarly, there are no Xixia people on the east and west roads. The report of the reinforcements."

Zhao Xi took a wooden stick, and on the crude sand table, followed the place where the basin was part of the canyon, pointing from Xiaoguan to Qinzhou.

"The Xixia people have a habit of robbing food. That is to say, they will not prepare food and grass for 20 cavalry, but prepare to sweep all the villages to ensure their army food after entering the country's territory."

"According to the previous battles, the main force determines the outcome of the war. There is no targeted combat deployment for the Xixia rangers scattered throughout the country."

"This time it's a siege, I don't want to let any one go...even if it's the Xixia people with a hundred horses!"

The wooden stick in Zhao Xi's hand was lit on the top of the entire sand table...

At this time, people carefully looked at the seemingly random flag that Zhao Xi planted.

"Your Highness, this is everywhere..."

"It can be said to be full of wolf smoke, but I prefer to call it a war of encirclement and suppression. After the Xixia people entered the territory of the country, they must divide their troops to plunder. These cavalrymen who were divided...I didn't want to let them go!"

At this time, look at the sand table again... The east and west roads are shrinking to the middle road, and the middle road army is advancing from Qinzhou to the north.And all the Western Army and the New Army that were withdrawn from the frontier village were all based on the command unit, and all hid in the wilderness forest.

Starting from Xiaoguan, withdrawing troops during resistance... This is the habit of fighting in the previous kingdoms, and the Xixia people will not have much doubts.

Then, slowly introducing Xixia people in like this...

When the Xixia people broke into Haoshuichuan and the middle road came into contact with the Xixia people, the east and west roads could basically form a two-wing encirclement.At the same time, the rangers released by the Xixia people to plunder food and grass will be fired at the same time by these casually deployed soldiers...

Zhao Xi was not sure where the Xixia cavalry would be at the beginning of the decisive battle, so he could only deploy all his troops in places suitable for cavalry combat and ambush.

In this way, not only can all the Xixia cavalry fall into war at the beginning of the war, but at the same time, any Xixia cavalry will not have support or become the support of other cavalry.Finally, when defeating the Xixia cavalry, try to block all the escape routes of the Xixia people, and try to annihilate or capture the opponent as much as possible.

Total annihilation...just an idea.Infantry against cavalry, even if they have firearms, it is still a dream to achieve complete annihilation.

As for the cavalry of the Western Army... Zhao Xi didn't expect them to go head-to-head, and Zhao Xi was satisfied if he could defeat the Xixia cavalry in pursuit after the siege.

The cavalry is really no match for the Xixia people.

At this time, everyone understood and understood, looking at the densely packed red and blue flags in the entire territory of Qinzhou... This is a chaotic battle.

Xiao Guan's late night was also quiet, as if the two sides had agreed that when night fell, the siege would stop, so that the defenders would have time to rest.

Gu Cheng and Liu Wu couldn't think so far. They couldn't think that the Xixia people attacked the city so gently in order to adapt their war horses to gunpowder bombs.

For Gu Cheng, obeying orders was the first rule, but for Liu Wu...he thought he could keep it, but Gu Cheng almost turned his face against him.

Therefore, tonight their Western Army withdrew from Xiaoguan.

Such a situation is not limited to Xiaoguan, it is the same for all the border strongholds attacked by the Xixia people. Tonight is the time for the Western Army to retreat in unison.

The reason why the Western Army was arranged to withdraw first was that the Western Army did not have long-distance cross-country training, and it was impossible to hide their tracks after marching at a high speed, nor to have the ability to continue fighting after a rapid march.

The general trend has been formed, and Zhao Xi doesn't want to lose the fighting spirit of the entire Western Army because of the annihilation of a few commanding or military soldiers at this time.

Similarly, I don't want to damage the soldiers, causing a certain point to become a loophole in the final encirclement and suppression.

For the new army, Zhao Xi believes that with the foundation of proficient use of firearms and the foundation of targeted cross-country training, it is absolutely possible to enter the arranged battlefield within the specified time.

Chapter 337 Tenses and Situations

"Liu Wu, you must remember to arrive at Niujiaping at Maoshi the next day after seeing the three fireworks."

"If there are rangers, put them into battle, keep them from returning to the main front, and kill them as much as possible."

Gu Cheng urged Liu Wu again.

"Commander Gu, once..."

Liu Wu and the others are infantry of the Western Army, and they focus more on defending the city than fighting against cavalry in the wilderness.

So, he was a little worried.

"Not once, the new army under our command will gather at Niujiaping, and then we will continue to fight side by side!"

Xiaoguan's western army retreated, Suining Fort's western army also retreated, and the entire central line of defense against Xixia, all the western army in the border villages retreated.

When the morning light once again illuminated Suining Fort, another siege by the Xixia people began.

"Elevation 35, Shen Laosan, blow me up Gou Ri's trebuchet!"

"This group of idiots bump into Ling Lang, knowing that they can't touch the side wall, they still jump up..."

"Military chief, why don't we shoot when we get closer? He threw gunpowder and ammunition, and didn't fire a single shot. It's boring. I want the feeling of smashing my head with the butt of the gun the most..."