I became the son of Renzong

Even if you don't meet them, you can go east or west at will to join the large forces that block the Song army's east and west routes to support their central route army.

Chapter 347 The Great Encirclement Begins

Liu Wu has been in Hutou Mountain for almost a month.

Although they carried enough compressed biscuits for three months, Hutou Mountain also has a stream, so they don't have to worry about food and drink.But hiding in the mountains with his head covered like this, he really got a little hairy.

He doesn't know anything now, he doesn't know where the Xixia people are fighting, let alone whether his side has prevented the Xixia people from going south, and he doesn't even know how many military strongholds along the way are still in Guochao's hands.

in a hurry!

I met common people many times in the mountains, and at first they exchanged some vegetables and so on, but later I was always asked how long it would take to get rid of the thieves, which made Liu Wu feel ashamed to talk to the blind daters.

He kept emphasizing that his stay here was a mission, but the way the villagers looked at him, they obviously felt that he was hiding in the mountains, just like the common people.

Every night, Liu Wu would find the tallest tree to climb up, and kept looking into the distance.

He remembered what Gu Cheng told him, that he must rush to Niujiaping on the second day after seeing the three fireworks.

He looks forward to it every night.

It is really uncomfortable to be stared at and despised by the folks like this. If he knew this, he might as well stick to Xiaoguan, even if he died in Xiaoguan, it would be better than living like this.

Gu Cheng said at the time that Hu Laosan of Suiningbao had also withdrawn, and he should have contacted Hu Laosan earlier, so that his eyes would not be so dark now.

The brothers couldn't stay idle, and often went to the edge of the forest to check on the situation.

Several times, the brothers said that they saw the Xixia cavalry, and even when there were two or three hundred cavalry, he wanted to do it several times, killing as many as possible.

In the end, he held back and chose to believe in Gu Cheng. After all, Gu Cheng was a soldier of the guard battalion, so he shouldn't lie to himself, and he wouldn't dare to pass on false military orders.That is the content of the Ten Killing Order, to beheaded.

Similarly, the reason why Liu Wu held back and didn't move out was also because of the Ten Killing Order.

In Xiaoguan, when the fight was fierce, he could argue with Gu Cheng about whether to retreat or not.But now, if he fails to arrive at the designated place within the stipulated time, thus affecting the major events of encirclement and suppression, Liu Wu will definitely have no good fruit to eat.

Therefore, we can only boil.

At dusk of another day, although Liu Wu had no hope, he still went to climb a tree. This seemed to be his homework every night, and he couldn't let it go.

He was not alone, there were three soldiers with him... He was worried that one person would not be able to take care of the four directions...

"Commander, those... are fireworks!"

Liu Wu was listless. He had just climbed halfway when he heard someone shouting.

It's true, just southeast of their lurking point, a bright light suddenly exploded in the dark night sky... It was fireworks, really signal fireworks.

Liu Wu suddenly accelerated, and quickly climbed towards the crown of the tree. After climbing for a while, he thought: there are signal fireworks, so I'm still climbing.

"All together! All together! All together!"

Liu Wu was still halfway up the tree trunk, and he had already called out.

Here it comes, the order to set off has finally come, and there is no need to stay in this mountain forest in a daze.

I can finally fight thieves again, and I no longer have to look at the contemptuous eyes of my fellow villagers.

In fact, the signal fireworks that Liu Wu and the others received were almost the last combat signal for the entire encirclement and suppression campaign.

In this area with a radius of hundreds of miles, the Jinning Army, Yongxing Army, Suide Army, and Huichuan Army, including the Western Army and the New Army that were withdrawn from the border villages along the road, all lurked in the ravines, ravines, forests and mountains of this large area. Among them, after receiving the signal, they all arrived at the designated place to encircle and suppress the Xixia people.

The volley on the main battlefield didn't even finish for a day. Under the siege of the Song army on three sides, the Xixia cavalry who originally wanted to disperse and plunder, relied on the superiority of the cavalry to quickly disperse and retreat, or it would be more appropriate to say that they fled.

The battlefield area is too big, even if it is arranged! With 10,000+ soldiers, it is still impossible to close all the openings.

Whether it is this canyon or the mountains on both sides, there are too many paths suitable for cavalry to escape.

Facing the single-minded escape of the Xixia cavalry, the Guochao team, which is dominated by infantry, has nothing to do.

Follow-up pursuit, half-way interception, front-firing gunpowder shells, blocking rows of bed crossbows, interspersed harassment by cavalry, etc., all methods were used.

Still not able to leave too many Xixia cavalry.

They are all veterans, and they are all soldiers with rich experience in fighting against Xia, and the results of the battle are still not very obvious.

Although the strategic goal was accomplished, Zhao Xi was not very satisfied with the tactical arrangement.

Zhao Xi knew that he overestimated the ferocity of the Xixia people, and underestimated the effect of concentrated bombardment with gunpowder bombs.

If he had known about a confrontation earlier, he would have beaten the Xixia people into frightened birds. He would arrange all the teams in this place and directly encircle and wipe them out.

Zhao Xi thought that the Xixia people should have gotten used to the sharpness of gunpowder bullets and knew how to deal with gunpowder bullets since they attacked the border villages all the way from Xiaoguan.

In the end...it was not much different from Annan, just as defeated.

only……

"Your Highness, due to the convenience of horses, the Western Thieves have never had a clear main force and two wings in battle. As long as a certain battle area is fierce, the Xixia people can use their horses to send messages and quickly support them."

"In addition...Your Highness, according to information, Xixia King Li Liang has conscripted himself, but the main battle line of Haoshuichuan has not seen the Xixia King's Banner, and the number of Xixia cavalry entering the encirclement of Haoshuichuan is less than 50, which is seriously inconsistent with Xixia's so-called [-] army."

"Qing believes that the main force of Xixia still needs to be confirmed."

When Di Qing reminded him, Zhao Xi also remembered, as if he really hadn't seen Xixia King Banner.

Could it be that Xixia's main force really didn't enter Haoshuichuan?

"Let the East Route Army go east, and the West Route Army go west, launch a pursuit, and gather the troops at the hidden points along the way, and help the scattered encirclement and suppression points to complete the encirclement and suppression mission."

"The Central Route Army continued to advance northward. At the same time, it brought [-]% of the tanks and wheel guns to the east and west."

"The most important point is that the soldiers must be chased within the physical strength of the soldiers, and they must not be greedy for merit."

"In this battle, the victory is basically sealed. I don't want to cause a lot of damage to the soldiers in the final battle, and I don't want any equipment and weapons of the new army to fall into the hands of the Xixia people."

"If there are serious consequences due to command errors, they will be killed!"

In a sense, the battle against Xia this time had already accomplished its goals beyond war.

The battle of shame, the battle of courage.

The battle was fought in Haoshuichuan, and the Xixia people were defeated in just one confrontation.Han Qi's good Shuichuan's shame has come back.

At the same time, from the situation of the interception battle, it can be clearly seen that the Xixia people have no courage to face the bombardment of gunpowder bombs, but the soldiers of the Guochao army are now very courageous relying on the power of gunpowder bombs.

What is left is the real goal of the war, the real battle of encirclement and suppression.

Zhao Xi was worried that gunpowder bombs would fatten up the courage of the soldiers. He relied too much on gunpowder bombs, blindly expanded the role of gunpowder bombs, and ignored tactical arrangements and detailed considerations. buried.