Troubled Times: Start with 800 Dead Soldiers

Zhu Mianli was beheaded directly. When Zhu Mianli's head fell to the ground, thousands of soldiers and civilians showed their absolute skills. They never thought that Su Xia had such courage and beheaded him directly!

The officers and soldiers of the National Defense Army shouted in unison: The traitor Zhu Mianli is dead, the traitor Zhu Mianli is dead!

The head was hung high!

Originally, Su Xia didn't want to kill anyone, especially to sacrifice to heaven. He thought it was an absolutely superstitious behavior, but when it came to this, he was forced to do nothing!

The Song army launched a massive attack. If he didn't kill Zhu Mianli to sacrifice to heaven!

The people of Qingzhou Prefecture cannot be completely sided here. Likewise, killing Zhu Mianli also announced that the Third and Fourth Corps reorganized by the Xuanyi Army of the Wuwei Army completely broke with the Song Dynasty!

Looking at these Liu Yong officials in the audience,

Su Xia said: "Since you are an official, you must cultivate mulberry trees, leave no open land in the wild, build water conservancy projects, and rely on the people for their use. County officials and soldiers must eliminate traitors and thieves, provide people with a safe place, and provide relief to the poor. To avoid displacement, the Song army is now aggressively suppressing the territory. The first thing is to develop production; the second thing is to maintain stability. Everyone must perform their duties and make no mistakes! "

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Outside Gaoqing City, this was the place where Su Xia and Xiong Hui once kidnapped Murong Yanda's birth certificate. At this moment, the former prefect Murong Yanda was being tortured in Dali Temple!

The vanguard of the Song Army's [-]-strong conquest army has arrived outside Gaoqing City.

When the scout looked up into the distance, the gray sky and the whole world seemed to blend into one, with only a winding black line and the vaguely visible city wall in the distance.

The scouts immediately went back and reported to the pioneer officer Duan Pengju!

The soldiers of the Song Army felt the heavy weapons in their hands and looked at their governor.

Among the three forbidden armies, his troops were the most numerous, with more than 8000 combatants.

Not long after, the messenger reported: "Commander Hu has an order, asking us to camp twenty miles outside the city for the time being, and wait for all the troops on the rear route to arrive before we attack!"

Duan Pengju tilted the water-swimming dragon spear in his hand, tilted his head to one side, and spat on the ground, as if saying to himself: "At such a speed, wouldn't it be a waste of time to delay the attack! It will waste the opportunity to fight!"

He pointed ahead and said: "Ahead is Gao Qing City. I once heard that a group of people pretended to be the Tianwu Army and intercepted this birthday card. I think this place can be called a "bandit city". Please tell the commander-in-chief that we are here." Stay alert! Wait for the commander-in-chief to order the attack tomorrow! "

Night is approaching, and in the distance, Su Xia's cavalry troops are gathering!

Su Xia's cavalry troops have average combat effectiveness. In addition to the cavalry brigade under each corps, the most elite cavalry were previously transferred to Lin Chong's command - forming an independent cavalry detachment!

This cavalry detachment is only a cavalry team of about a thousand people. In terms of combat effectiveness, it is not yet capable of reaching a decisive battle with the Song Army's cavalry.

At this moment, this cavalry detachment is led by Lin Chong, carrying Zhu Mianli's head, and is preparing to conduct a raid on them first!

For the current Song Army cavalry, Su Xia still does not feel confident about using cavalry to fight the Song Army in a decisive battle.

As far back as the reign of Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty, an elite cavalry force was established, the main force of which was the Weilu Army Cavalry Regiment. With nearly [-] cavalry, they are all warriors selected from a hundred. Several cavalry commanders such as Li Jixuan, Wei Neng, Yang Si, and Yang Yanzhao are extremely powerful in combat!

After arriving at Song Huizong, the Song Army's cavalry was weakened, but the skinny camels were bigger than horses. Compared with Su Xia's cavalry, the Song Army's cavalry still had a huge deterrent effect!

Cavalry, a type of arms that was widely used in ancient warfare, must be paid great attention to.

"Wu Jing Zong Yao" says: "One cavalry can serve as infantry for eight people, ten cavalry can cause chaos for a hundred people, and a hundred cavalry can defeat a thousand people."

In other words, a cavalry charge of 100 people can defeat an infantry phalanx of thousands of people!

If Su Xia refuses to start a decisive battle with the cavalry, he must change the location of the battle from the plains to towns and villages!

Once a decisive battle begins with the Song Army's cavalry, we must also give full play to our advantages in artillery fire and crossbows to effectively attack the enemy from a long distance!

Otherwise, once the cavalry troops attack you, you will die without a burial!

Duan Pengju's cavalry troops are mainly elite cavalry, with a total of 5000 cavalry and 3000 infantry!

The other two groups of forbidden troops led by Hu Shiwen had more than [-] cavalry in total, and the rest were all infantry as the main force.

Therefore, the cavalry team led by him was the first to arrive outside Gaoqing City, while other soldiers led by Hu Shiwen were on the road, still thirty miles away.

Outside the set up camp, the sun is almost setting!

Lin Chong raised his eyebrows and waved his hand. Thousands of cavalry soldiers who had been hidden before mounted their horses neatly. They were about to launch a short charge!

The military horses of the Northern Song Dynasty were divided into nine types, namely Northwest Fan horses, Qin horses, Hebei Benqun horses, Kaifeng Prefecture Jingdong Road horses, Huai horses, Guang horses, Jiangdong horses and Jurchen horses, etc.

The cavalry detachment selected by Lin Chong was dominated by war horses from the north of Jingdong Road. These horses are of the highest quality and have fast charging speed, but are not good at long-term assault operations.

However, using him for short, quick attacks is very effective!

This is somewhat similar to the current blitz!

The knights on the horse are all wearing red shirts, and the front of the horse is also wrapped in red cloth. The red cloth on the horse's head is embroidered with the word "protect the country!"

According to the tasks previously assigned by Su Xia, Lin Chong and the others were waiting for work. Two scouts in civilian uniforms came to report: "Captain Lin, they are setting up camp!"

"attack!"

Lin Chong's eight-foot-long snake spear flashed with cold light and roared. On the land five miles away from their camp, thousands of elite cavalry riding horses north of Jingdong Road began to launch a surprise attack!

"I roar, I roar!" the cavalry issued a terrible slogan!

Different from the traditional cavalry, the cavalry team led by Lin Chong carried a powerful weapon - an enemy of ten thousand people! (Chapter 114, Occupying Qingzhou)

These ten thousand enemies were not created by Su Xia. Zeng Keda and others found a modern "grenade"-like explosive package made by a child in the warehouse where Zhu Mianli was searched. Zeng Keda handed it over to Su Xia Later, Su Xia learned that this man's name was Ma Xiaowu, and his family made fireworks and firecrackers. Because his father was good at firing cannons, he was coerced by Zhu Mianli to become a gunner who could break down mountains and walls!

The "Ten Thousand Enemies" created by Ma Xiaowu is similar to today's grenades. The difference is that the fuse used by the Ten Thousand Enemies needs to be ignited. As for the power, it is much worse than modern grenades!

However, in the Northern Song Dynasty, this was a powerful killer!

Su Xia ordered Ma Xiaowu to prepare one hundred "Ten Thousand Enemies" pills overnight and hand them over to Lin Chong's cavalry for use! Used to attack Duan Pengju's cavalry!