C1764 Ambush
C1764 Ambush
Hearing the soldier's words, the generals present all frowned. The joy of defeating the Song Army like a hot knife through butter just now, at this moment... It weakened significantly. Many of them recalled the night they had just arrived. One by one, things fell from the sky. And then... The explosion in their camp also caused quite a number of casualties.
Initially, everyone thought that there wouldn't be many people from the Western Xia Army with such a powerful thing. Later on, the Western Xia Army really didn't use it anymore. However... Now, it seemed like it wasn't because the other party didn't have any stock, but because the other party didn't want to use it at all. Now that it was used again, it instantly caused quite a bit of damage to their side.
What should we do?
Send troops to rescue them? Putting aside whether he could save them, who should he send? Under such a dangerous situation, anyone who went would be in danger. How could it be better to attack the Song people here? Here, they could win battles and earn battle credits, so there was no danger.
If they went to rescue them, they would have to face those dangerous firearms. Moreover, it seemed like the morale of the Western Xia Army was very high. It would definitely be difficult to fight the war of the Western Xia Army.
No one had expected that the dignified Heavenly Dynasty would be so vulnerable under their attacks. However, the small country West Xia that they had not taken seriously earlier had actually brought them a lot of trouble.
That's right, it was trouble. Until now, the generals of the Liao Kingdom... They did not think that they would lose to West Xia. Although West Xia had dangerous firearms, they did not think that they would lose to West Xia. However, once the two sides engaged in close combat, the danger of that kind of thing would be greatly reduced. As long as they waited for their side to destroy the Song Dynasty, they could turn around and deal with the Western Xia Army. Therefore, in their point of view, the Western Xia Army was merely giving them a path to victory. It had only caused them some trouble.
However, they had to solve this problem now. Otherwise, the Western Xia Army might attack them directly if their rear was unstable, and they would have to face Song Jun's pincer attack from both sides. At that time, they would be in great pain.
However, who should he send?
Everyone looked at each other. No one was willing to go and do such a strenuous and unrewarding task.
At this moment, it could be seen that there were no disadvantages of having a commander. If there was a commander, the commander could directly order who to go. But now, without a commander, everyone was at the same level. No one could order anyone, no one was willing to do this.
In the end, they discussed for a while and each team sent some people. They also found a commander to lead this team to rescue. The Song Army in front of them could not hold on any longer. Hence... There was no need to leave too many troops here. This time... The Liao Army directly organized a team of 80,000 people to rescue the rear troops. They had killed the Western Xia Army.
However, these eighty thousand men were not under the command of a general. Everyone had a good idea. Each of them would contribute a little, and none of them would suffer any losses. They would not be able to gain any advantage, but they had forgotten... These people had never worked together before, and none of them were a superior. When there was a real war, could they cooperate well? It was hard to say whether they would listen to the orders of their superiors.
Especially since the Liao Army was a team with very strong combat strength. The stronger they were, the more powerful they would be. The higher the morale of the soldiers, the harder it would be for them to listen to the opinions of others. Especially since this person was not his original superior, if he offended him, then so be it. In any case, after this battle was over, it was no longer under his control. Why would he be afraid of him?
However, the current generals of the Liao Army had never thought of this situation. In their opinion, they had sent 80,000 men over, plus the previous 20,000 men. One hundred thousand men was enough to wipe out three hundred thousand soldiers of Song Dynasty. Now that they were facing 200,000 men from the Western Xia Army, there shouldn't be any problems.
Because of this, everyone's attention shifted from the Western Xia Army to the Song Army. They were ready to strengthen their attacks and eliminate the Song Army as soon as possible.
As a result, the army of the Song Dynasty fell into a tragedy. They were already on the verge of collapse. At this moment, the Liao Army suddenly increased their attack, and their situation became even more dangerous.
Furthermore, Song Jun, who had lost his courage after being killed by the Liao Army, didn't notice it. The number of people they faced in the Liao Army had decreased a little. In their point of view, the Liao Army in front of them was still a vast expanse. There was no end to it. They wanted to escape from the Liao Army's line of sight. How could they find out that the number of people in the Liao Army had decreased?
"General, the Liao Army is here!"
In a place between the headquarters of the Liao Army and the rear troops, there was a group of Western Xia Army lying in ambush. When the war between the Western Xia Army and the Liao Army started, they had already set up an ambush here. There were twenty thousand of them. After all, this was a battlefield with hundreds of thousands of people. The entire battlefield was huge. Therefore, in the middle of the battle... It was not difficult to ambush twenty thousand people.
After that, the Liao Army's rear army was defeated by the Western Xia Army, and the rear army went to ask for help. The Western Xia Army, who was lying in ambush, could only watch helplessly as the reinforcements went over. They didn't stop them. Their goal wasn't to ask for help from these soldiers. It wasn't just the twenty thousand soldiers of the Liao Army behind them either.
At this moment, another large group of soldiers from the Liao Army appeared in front of them. These soldiers were all there to rescue the reinforcements, and they were the people that the Western Xia Army was waiting for.
"Damn it, they're finally here!" A general of Western Xia Army spat out the grass in his mouth. Then... He said to the messenger beside him, "Pass down my order. Tell our brothers to get ready. As long as I give the order... Let these damn Liao Army know how powerful our Western Xia Army is! "
"Yes!" The messenger received the order and left.
The general of Western Xia Army continued to watch the Liao Army slowly enter their encirclement. The 80,000 soldiers of the Liao Army seemed to be everywhere from this side. Everyone knew how powerful and brutal the Liao Army was. Currently, there were eighty thousand Liao Army, and he only had twenty thousand. Although the place had already been surrounded, there was a high chance that it would be finished soon. However, the general of the Western Xia Army still felt a little nervous and afraid in his heart.
"You coward! What's there to be nervous about? With the things prepared by the son-in-law, no matter how many of these guys come, it's useless!" The general of the Western Xia Army thought in his heart.
When he thought of this, the general of the Western Xia Army slowly calmed down.
"Quick, follow behind us!"
"All of you, hurry up and kill that group of Western Xia Army! Let them know how powerful our Great Liao is!"
"Follow, follow!"
The Liao Army was currently moving forward in an urgent manner. According to the description of the soldiers who had asked for help, the twenty thousand elite cavalry behind them had already been divided and surrounded by the enemy. If they went any later... The twenty thousand cavalry might even be wiped out.
One had to know, that was twenty thousand cavalry, and... Or the elite of the cavalry, no matter in which country... Cavalry was a very important existence. If one could choose... The generals of Liao Army would rather sacrifice fifty thousand infantry. They were unwilling to lose twenty thousand cavalry. It was not easy to train every cavalry. Furthermore, they were the elites of the cavalry. It wasn't cheap either.
Hence, the general who was temporarily chosen to lead the 80,000 soldiers received the death orders from the generals of Liao Army to rescue the 20,000 cavalry.
Hence, along the way, they were all running. As for scout, they had no time to care about him. Furthermore... Although there was still some distance between the headquarters and the rear troops... However, it was not too far away. They had walked by in the morning... Thus, they did not take it to heart.
"Follow them. Didn't they have breakfast?! Hurry up!" The general shouted.
This mission was extremely dangerous for him. At the same time, it was also an urgent opportunity. The Western Xia Army was not to be trifled with. Now, everyone knew that although it was not as powerful as the army of Great Liao, however, they were even harder to deal with than the army of the Great Song.
However, it was precisely because it was difficult to deal with. Hence, to him... This was an opportunity. If he could seize it... It would be very helpful for his future promotion. Therefore, he couldn't wait to destroy the Western Xia Army.
"Humph! You're just a bunch of bastards who only know how to play tricks. Once my eighty thousand strong army arrives, I guarantee that all of you will die a graveless death!" General of Liao Army thought in his heart.
However, this thought didn't last long before he suddenly felt himself flying up into the sky. A loud explosion sounded beside his ear. In the sky, he saw a body beside him and felt that it was somewhat familiar.
"Eh? Isn't that my body? Why is it there?" This thought popped up in his mind, and then he fell into complete darkness.
Following an explosion, one explosion after another exploded in the Liao Army. The first explosion sent the enemy general flying, and his head exploded. That was totally luck, or rather, it was an accident. It was just that... When the Western Xia Army detonated the mine on the ground, General of Liao Army happened to step on one of the mines.
"Explode! Explode them to death!" The general of the Western Xia Army said to his subordinate with a flushed face.
In front of them, the 80,000 soldiers of the Liao Army were all confused and disoriented by the explosion. From the beginning of the explosion, a large number of casualties had appeared. For the sake of this operation, Huang Feng had made up his mind to exchange for a lot of mines. As well as grenades.
Currently, there were already many soldiers in Western Xia Army who knew how to bury and throw grenades. Therefore, they acted very quickly this time, burying the mines in a short period of time. Therefore, the Liao Army did not discover them at all.