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Jingdong Fengming Chapter 309

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    Chapter 309 It took five days. In the early morning of September 27th, Zhao Juan arrived at Zhenrong Army one day earlier than expected.  However, the hardships exceeded many people's expectations. When we set out, there were 500 Weiwei soldiers, but now there are only about 450 people left. Some fell asleep on their horses and died because they were too sleepy.  .  Some horses were so tired that they stumbled and their riders were also too tired to react. They fell headfirst to the ground and died.  There are more injured than dead.  It¡¯s just that when Zhao Juan arrived at Kaiping Fort within the Zhenrong Army, the local fort owner welcomed him into Kaiping Fort, but he got the worst news.  "Inspector Yang died in the battle!" The fort master of Kaiping Fort was about forty years old. He had a circle of steel needles on his chin that looked like iron whiskers, and his eyes were swollen.  Obviously, during these days, the Lord of Kaiping Fort was not less worried about the war in Zhenrong Army.  Zhao Juan originally wanted to rest for two hours and immediately set off to Guyuan City where the Zhenrong Army Yamen was located. However, after hearing the words of the Lord of Kaiping Fort, Zhao Juan had no intention of sleeping anymore.  "How is the war going? Isn't it pretty good?" In Weizhou, Yin Zhu rarely cooperated with Zhao Juan, and the food, horses, fodder, and even the sleeping barracks were all cleaned up.  From him, Zhao Juan got two pieces of good news.  The first one is the Zhenrong Army's west road inspection. Yang Baoji has integrated several military villages in the west of the Zhenrong Army and their headquarters troops. A total of 8,000 people went to support the Sanchuan Village known to the front of the Xixia Army.  However, Xixia's military strength does not seem to be as aggressive as in the past, when the 100,000 troops and 200,000 troops rushed to the Zhenrong Army.  This time the invasion of Zhenrong Army, Xixia claimed to the outside world that it was an army of 30,000.  Ordinary people would know that there is moisture in it, but they would be surprised and confused.  But Zhao Juan, who had studied a lot of Shaanxi wars and intelligence, discussed with his staff.  Obtain the troops that Xixia can currently mobilize against the Song Dynasty.  At most, there are 30,000 people!  This number may be higher after the Battle of Mikawaguchi.  Because Li Yuanhao's prestige increased dramatically, some tribes surrendered, which increased the number of troops Li Yuanhao could use.  Even if this is the case, Li Yuanhao's military strength will not increase too much. After all, there will not be many newly attached tribes, which means that Li Yuanhao will have an additional two to three thousand available troops.  ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????¡­  Now it is said to have 30,000 people. Based on this ratio, the Xixia Army is estimated to be only about 10,000 people.  Not even ten thousand people.  After all, if the number of troops is too small, Li Yuanhao is afraid that he will not be able to scare the Song army, and will provoke a large number of Song soldiers who will be jealous and want to kill others.  Even if Li Yuanhao can fight, this is still a headache.  And the intelligence obtained by Yin Zhu also showed that the number of Xixia troops who invaded the Zhenrong Army this time was only 10,000 at most.  Although Yang Baoji only has 8,000 people patrolling Zhenrongjun West Road, there will be no problem as long as he is careful.  The Song Army may not be able to win the battle, but in a positional battle, the Xixia Army has no confidence in defeating the Song Army.  Moreover, there are about a thousand troops in Sanchuan Village. The combined strength of both sides may be stronger than the Xixia Army currently led by Li Yuanhao.  The second news is that Han Qi has issued several urgent orders on Jingyuan Road.  Let Jingyuan Road Supervisors Liu Jizong, Li Wei, Wang Bing and others send troops to support.  Border guards have a lot of troops. Generally, each guard has about three thousand soldiers and horses under his command.  There are as few as 2,500 or 600 people, and as many as Wang Gui's, there are a full 4,000 soldiers and horses!  In total, Liu Jizong's three governors combined totaled about 10,000 soldiers and horses.  Coupled with the 8,000 soldiers and horses of the Zhenrong Army patrolling the West Road of Yang Baoji, not to mention a major defeat of Li Yuanhao, but it was enough to make Li Yuanhao's attack end without any problem.  Because of this, Zhao Juan rested at Kaiping Fort, about 25 miles away from Guyuan City, and did not rush to Guyuan City to rest.  Now that he had time, Zhao Juan was not willing to weaken his momentum in front of the Zhenrong Army and wanted to enter Guyuan City with strong men and horses.  And what happened during this period?  From the mouth of the head of Kaiping Fort, we began to get the whole story of the situation.  "On September 24th, the Western Xia bandit chief Li Yuanhao led his army to Sanchuan Village, and Yang Inspection also arrived with his troops!" said the Lord of Kaiping Fort.  "The location of Sanchuan Village is extremely important. It is located to the west of Zhenrong Army, only thirty-five miles away! And the terrain is flat. Sanchuan Village was built between Nalongchuan, Yufuchuan, and Wuyanchuan!" said the master of Kaiping Fort.  As soon as Zhao Chen heard this, he had a bad premonition.  "Because the terrain is flat, Sanchuan Village was not built large in order to increase its defense. It would be a bit crowded to accommodate thousands of soldiers and horses on weekdays, so Yang Inspector did not lead troops into the village. Instead, he prepared to fight against Sanchuan Village with his back.  Fight!" As soon as Lord Kaiping said these words, Zhao Juan was already furious. ???????????????????????????? Slap the armrest hard.? Zhao Juan said angrily: "Has Yang Baoji's head been pinched by the door panel? He actually thought of such an idea! The terrain of Sanchuan Village is flat, how can you be the opponent of Xixia thieves? You have to fight Xixia thieves with Sanchuan Village behind you.  A good idea, but it depends on the size of Sanchuan Village! If defeated, will Sanchuan Village accept the defeated soldiers? It is not a big place, and it will not be able to accept many people, and it is very likely that Xixia thieves will take advantage of it and invade the city.  How can Sanchuan Village be preserved in the turmoil? " The Lord of Kaiping Fort smiled bitterly. Although he also had some complaints about Yang Baoji, who is Yang Baoji?  Inspection on Zhenrongjun West Road!  As his subordinate, Lord Kaiping had no choice but to laugh dryly in apology.  "How are things going?" Although Zhao Juan was furious, he still had some hope. The idiot-like Zhenrong Army West Road Inspector Yang Baoji was not defeated too much.  As for victory?  Zhao Yan was certain that if Li Yuanhao was defeated by Yang Baoji, the patrol officer of the Zhenrong Army on the West Road, he, Li Yuanhao, could kill himself.  What the Lord of Kaiping Castle said later did not go beyond Zhao Juan¡¯s prediction.  "Yang Inspection formed an array on the plain. Xixia thief chief Li Yuanhao personally led the Xixia Iron Kites to charge into the formation. The cavalry fired from both wings to harass. There were more than 2,000 Xixia Iron Kites, and the men and horses were armored. Even though they were fifty steps away, they could not use strong crossbows.  Break! The pressure on the front army increased greatly, and they had to mobilize troops from both wings to support the front army. The Xixia thieves and cavalry took advantage of the situation to cover up the attack. During this period, the Xixia thieves' sharpshooter shot an arrow in Yang Xunjian's throat, killing him.  There are already signs that the formation is falling apart due to the attack by the Xixia Army!" The Lord of Kaiping Fort sighed and said with a bitter look on his face: "At that time, Inspector Yang was shot and killed. Can you imagine the soldiers of the Song Army immediately became distraught?  They collapsed and fled in a panic. Unknown how many people fell into the river and drowned. Fortunately, the Xixia thieves were arrogant and did not cover their flanks during the pursuit. Guo Lun, the leader of Sanchuan Village, led two hundred warriors to attack Xixia at the risk of death.  I even heard that some arrows fell in front of the horse of the Xixia leader Li Yuanhao. Then he forced the Xixia army back!" (To be continued)
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