Prime Minister

Chapter 697
The seven parts are divided into seven commanders, and the following is the question of who will play the forward.

At this time, Tang Jiu and Wei Qi, a deputy general of Jing Sili, volunteered to lead the army to fight forward, but at this moment Zhang Sai, the general of the Guangrui Army, came out and said: "We have experienced many battles in the Guangrui Army. I am ashamed, willing to kill the enemy for the vanguard, and will not pay back until the enemy is defeated!"

In the end, Jing Sili made Zhang Sai the striker, Jing Sili's deputy Wei Qi served as the striker support, and Jing Sili himself served as the central army.

Tang Jiu is left rib.

Li Kui was the queen of the palace.

In this way, the distribution was proper, and after finishing speaking, Zhang Yue ordered someone to bring two baskets full of gold and silver and put them directly in front of the generals.

The generals gasped when they saw so much money.

Asking for rewards before going into battle has always been a "fine tradition" of the Song Army, and it has never been rare to coerce the commander-in-chief by starting a war to make money.

Therefore, the civil servants are very tired of this after taking charge of the army, and they are always picky when they give rewards.

But Zhang Yue was different. He took out so much money all at once, far exceeding their expectations.

From Jing Sili down, all the generals were dazzled, and they all said: "Since Long Tu is so flattering me and other killers, can he still refuse to die?"

"Let's see us capture Mu Zheng alive."

The generals knew what was good or bad when they saw Zhang Yue moved so much money out of the treasury without saying a word.

Zhang Yue said: "It is natural and right for soldiers to eat food, and you all work for the court. You will take all these rewards. Even if you die in battle, I will guarantee that the money will be sent to your wives and children. "

"But the ugly words are up front. In the battle in the future, whoever dares to disobey orders, flee before the battle, or save the friendly army, I will definitely kill him!"

All the soldiers listened to their orders with a bang.

Zhang Yue sent all the money to the soldiers who went to battle overnight. This scene made the officers and soldiers in the city who didn't go to the battle very jealous.

The Song Army who received the reward was gearing up for each other, and there was the sound of sharpening knives in the barracks at night.

The next day, Jing Sili led his army into battle.

The Muzheng Tent was located more than two miles west of Weiyuan Fort City. Jing Sili led his army out of the city before marching only half a mile away. When they reached the Muzheng Tent, they set up camp almost two miles away. The soldiers began to dig trenches and camps.

The Tibetan tribes have all learned the tactics of the Song army for a long time, and the Song army relies on defensive warfare, even if it is an offensive, it can be a defensive battle.

This time it was clear that [-] Song troops left the city to fight against Muzheng, but instead they arrived in front of Muzheng's formation and began to dig trenches and camps.

This style of play seems a bit cowardly. It doesn't have the momentum of sending troops out of the territory in the Han and Tang Dynasties, but it is very practical. The most important thing is that it is very suitable for the Song army in front of us.

When Mu Zheng saw that the Song army was camping right under his nose, he immediately dispatched troops from his tent.

Mu Zheng also greeted the soldiers and horses on the left and right sides, and dispatched a total of eight or nine thousand cavalry to surround the Song army on three sides.

When the cavalry of the Fan army was dispatched, smoke and dust billowed up, and the cavalry of less than 1 people made the momentum of 10 people.

But Jing Sili took time off and continued to order the soldiers to dig trenches and build camps. The front army was repairing, the left rib was repairing, the right rib was being repaired, the central army was repairing, and even the rear was also repairing.

The soldiers of the Song army devoted themselves to digging the soil and piled up the wall, and they didn't seem to care about the cavalry of the Fan army who was crushed by the army.

At this moment, Zhang Yue also boarded the top of the city to watch the battle, and he didn't know how Jing Sili would deal with it.

Mu Zheng asked the leaders of the left and right tribes, and they all said to attack first, and then test the Song army's reality.

Immediately, horns sounded everywhere, and the fan cavalry attacked the Song army from three sides.

Only then did the soldiers of the Song Army stop repairing the trenches, and all retreated behind the camp. Seeing the cavalry of the Fan Army rushing in, the Song Army immediately fired their bows and crossbows.

The Song army always fought against the cavalry with strong bows and crossbows, and Zhang Yue was deeply impressed by the divine arm bow used by Wang Shao when he captured the second state of Lanhui.

The Zhangyue Army and the Western Army have also begun to equip them in batches.

The cavalry of the Fan army also knew the strength of the Song army's arrow array. At first, no one dared to charge forward. Instead, they were divided into small groups, whistled and contacted each other. .

The cavalry of the Fan army also showed their skills in riding and shooting, but they shot more at the barracks and did not kill much. As for the trenches dug in front of the formation, the opposing cavalry did not dare to cross easily.

During the chaotic battle, the Fan army lost dozens of cavalry, while only three or five of the Song army were wounded by arrows.

Seeing the night fall, Mu Zheng had no choice but to stop the battle and retreat to the camp.

Seeing Mu Zheng's retreat, the Song army cheered.

Zhang Yue was overjoyed to see this, and ordered the city gates to be opened immediately to send the wounded into the city, and at the same time, arrows were transported out of the city.

At night, Jing Sili set up camp outside the city.

When it was dawn the next day, the Song Army began to build up the barracks again and again, and began to advance step by step towards the Muzheng tent.

Seeing this scene, Mu Zheng urged his troops to attack again.

This day, Zhang became more experienced, so he ordered the left and right to bring him a chair, and he sat and watched the battle like this. At the same time, he also ordered the left and right to untie the bed crossbow on the top of the city, and shoot if any Tibetan cavalry came into range.

In front of the Song Army's increasingly complete camp, Mu Zheng was also determined to fight. He began to ask people to fill the trenches with wooden boards, and let his subordinates rush to the Song Army's camp without hesitating their lives.

The Song army continued to respond to the enemy with bows and crossbows. Seeing that the Fan army had invested more and more cavalry, they threw out all kinds of caltrop fireballs, poison smoke balls, and iron-mouthed fire harriers, causing fire and black smoke billowing on all sides of the battlefield.

Frightened by the sudden explosion of gunpowder and poisonous smoke, the horses of the Fan tribe cavalry became chaotic and lost immediately.

The vanguard stationed by the [-] Guangrui troops led by Zhang Sai was even besieged by thousands of Tibetan cavalry.

However, the Guangrui army is all elite soldiers, each with strong bows and crossbows, and they came here with the heart of death to get rid of their crimes, and inflicted a lot of damage on the fan cavalry.

Seeing that the camp of the Song army could not be broken, Mu Zheng gritted his teeth and ordered dozens of armed heavy cavalry as personal guards to be thrown into the battlefield.

Seeing that these heavy cavalry arrows could not penetrate armor, they broke through the camp again.

As the chief general, Zhang Sai held a heavy ax and shouted to the left and right: "Our lives are all given by the uncle and nephew of the county guard. Now is the time to repay."

Following Zhang Sai's call, dozens of soldiers took off their armor, picked up their heavy axes and rushed up.

A heavy cavalry from the tribe happened to leap out of the damaged camp, and without saying a word, Zhang Sai slammed a heavy ax on the horse's head.

The war horse fell to the ground without neighing, and Zhang Sai picked up his giant axe and smashed hard at the fallen cavalry's sky cap...

At the same time, this scene was staged in the Guangrui Army's position...

After fighting for half a day, none of the Song army's camps were broken, but Mu Zheng lost a lot of troops.

Muzheng's younger brother, Ba Zhanmo, was not convinced when he saw this, and immediately nearly a hundred cavalrymen wanted to go around to the Song army's right rib camp to attack, but they didn't know that this section happened to be within the range of the bed crossbow on the top of the Song army's city.

As the hook of the bed crossbow was slammed down heavily, countless heavy arrows as thick as arms shot towards Ba Zhanmo.

When the Tibetan cavalry in the rear sensed it, they reined in their horses one after another, and saw that Bazenmo and his cavalry were shot into a hornet's nest by the bed crossbow of the Song army.

(End of this chapter)