Meishan Su family, Su Yun is the most virtuous

Chapter 268 The big battle begins!
Although Qi Keyong was hesitant in his heart, he did not dare to delay. Once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back. Now that it has come to this, he has no other choice.

Although Qi Keyong was only a wing army commander, his ability to command large military groups was not bad. Under his command, most of the Suide Army was the central army, most of the Bao'an Army was the right army, most of the Yanzhou Army was the left army, and the front army and the rear army were separated as reserves.

In each army, archers, spearmen, shieldmen, and sword-wielding troops were arranged in order of front and back, while cavalry troops lurked on the side, ready to deal with attacks from enemy cavalry.

In fact, the generals of the Song army were very powerful in this aspect. After all, China's military books have been passed down in an orderly manner. As long as you are willing to learn, there are many military books for you to choose from, not to mention that the Song Dynasty also had such a wonderful book as Wujing Zongyao.

However, fighting is like a person entering society. Sometimes many well-read scholars do not do well in society, but some people who have not read much can become rich by relying on their natural ability to deal with people.

The same is true in war. Many of the Song Dynasty's generals had read a lot of military books, but when faced with the natural bravery of the Western Xia Dangxiang generals, they were defeated repeatedly.

After some arrangements, Qi Keyong had already entered the state, and the fear in his heart had disappeared.

At this time, the vanguard of the Western Xia army had already pressed forward, and archers from both sides took the lead. The air was filled with densely packed arrows flying, and the ears were filled with hissing sounds. Then there were the sound of drums, the sound of horses' hooves on the side, and even the earth was shaking.

Qi Keyong stood on a high platform, looking down at the battlefield situation, observing calmly, and then calmly gave orders. The orders were conveyed by the flag bearer using flag signals. In the current environment, the voice could not be heard more than three steps away, so only flag signals could be used to give commands.

The battle between more than 100,000 troops was going on in the vast area in front of Mizhi Village, and the two teams in front were already entangled with each other.

After the archers shot a few rounds of arrows, they retreated to the rear, and the spearmen and Modao troops lined up to move forward.

Thousands of Tangut Iron Harriers attacked from the side, but Qi Keyong did not panic. He commanded the Song cavalry to meet them head-on. With a loud bang, the cavalry teams of both sides collided with each other, and huge ripples suddenly appeared.

Qi Keyong stopped watching the cavalry fighting and used flag signals to inform the spearmen and Modao troops in the front army to advance.

The Dangxiang infantry came into contact with the Song army infantry. The moment the two sides came into contact, it was like clear sea water and turbid river water mixing together, and they suddenly became dizzy.

In this kind of large-scale military operation, defeat may happen in an instant, but it will not happen right at the beginning. Instead, after a period of stalemate, one side will obviously be at a disadvantage, and a certain unit will start to panic, which will then spread to the entire army, and by then the defeat will be a complete collapse.

Friends who have watched basketball or football games know that usually the gap between the two sides will not be very large in the first half. Only after their physical strength decreases will the gap between the two sides gradually widen.

However, Qi Keyong soon frowned, because after half an hour of fighting, the Song army had clearly shown signs of retreat.

Qi Keyong's face suddenly showed worry. He gritted his teeth and sent the reserve troops in.

The deployment of the reserve army boosted the morale of the Song army, and the two sides were deadlocked again.

Qi Keyong looked into the distance again and again, his expression becoming more and more nervous.

At this time, Ye Beima was also staring at the situation on the battlefield, and worry gradually appeared on his face. Logically speaking, his army was more than twice the size of the Song army, but at this time it could only maintain a stalemate. What did this mean? It meant that the army was already exhausted.

If today's battle cannot completely defeat the Song army, the situation may become even worse!

When more than twice the number of troops cannot completely defeat the Song army in the field, the other Song troops will certainly know the strength of the army, and then they will pounce like hungry wolves smelling blood!

Ye Beima also had reserve troops on his side. When he saw that the Song army had already put all of their reserves in, he no longer hesitated and ordered the remaining 20,000 troops to be put in!

The deployment of these 20,000 troops immediately changed the situation on the battlefield. Although the Song army did not suffer a crushing defeat, it was retreating step by step.

Ye Beima and Mei Emai looked at each other and saw the joy in each other's eyes.

Qi Keyong was even more worried, but he could only send out flag signals: Fight to the death! Do not retreat! Those who retreat will die!
On the high ground on one side of the valley, Zhe Keshi was a little impatient and said, "Su Jinglie, we must go up. If we don't, once the army collapses, we will be defeated!"

Su Yun nodded and said, "Almost done, but wait a little longer."

Upon hearing this, Zhe Keshi's face became deeply worried. He turned around and looked at the 3,000 cavalrymen in the valley. Among these 3,000 cavalrymen, more than 700 were Su Yun's, 1,000 were from the Suide Army, and more than 1,000 were from the Bao'an Army, which were the most elite cavalrymen under Zhe Keshi's command. Su Yun concentrated them together for use.

Zhe Keshi looked back at the battlefield. On the battlefield, he saw that the Xixia army was gradually gaining momentum, forcing the Song army to retreat step by step. There were even cavalrymen on the side who were ready to cut off the Song army! Zhe Keshi was about to speak when he heard Su Yun say, "It's time, let's go!"

Zhe Keshi hurriedly caught up, galloping down from a high place, leading three thousand cavalrymen and starting slowly. After a few dozen steps, the speed increased. The three thousand cavalrymen galloped at the same time, and suddenly there was a momentum of earth-shaking.

The three thousand cavalrymen rushed out of the valley, which immediately attracted the attention of Ye Beima Mei Emai. The two men's faces changed slightly, and they quickly mobilized the rear troops to turn around and meet the three thousand cavalrymen.

Su Yun looked at the rear army that was coming up, then pointed to the center command post of the Xixia army and said, "Just charge through and head straight for the center command post!"

Zhe Keshi was shocked, but then he reacted.

Generally speaking, the central army command is far away from the front line and is protected by the thick front and left and right armies. It is very difficult to rush in and attack the central army command. To be able to reach there, it is basically possible that the enemy's army has collapsed.

But they made a circle and attacked from the north, which was the flank and rear of the Dangxiang army. By attacking from here, they only needed to break through the obstruction of the rear army, and only the personal soldiers commanding the central army would be left!

Of course, the rear army also has nearly 10,000 soldiers turning back to block the attack, so it is not an easy task to break through the rear army.

But Su Yun immediately found the opportunity for battle. Although the infantry on the left side of the Dangxiang rear army withdrew from the battle and turned around to meet the enemy, their formation was still scattered. Su Yun pointed with his long sword, then turned his horse's head and charged directly towards this place.

The three thousand cavalrymen behind him rushed forward like lightning, like a sharp knife stabbing into the rear army. The sparse formation could not stop the charging cavalrymen at all. The three thousand cavalrymen quickly penetrated the rear army and stabbed towards the central army.

"Stop them! Stop them!"

Mei E was out of control and gave orders loudly.

The left and right armies quickly withdrew from the battle and turned to rush to the rear. Their withdrawal immediately caused chaos in the Dangxiang army in front. While they were fighting in front, they found that their comrades behind them suddenly retreated!

What is this for! Are you defeated?

On a chaotic battlefield, the reason why a soldier fights to the death is that he is surrounded by his comrades. Once his comrades retreat, he will surely be defeated!
As soon as the left and right armies turned around to fight the 3,000 cavalry, the Song army, which was fighting hard in the front, suddenly felt the pressure greatly reduced. They immediately looked up to see what was going on. They found that the rear of the Western Xia army was retreating rapidly. The Song army immediately cheered: "Xia dogs are defeated, Xia dogs are defeated!"

The cheers of the Song army immediately made the Dangxiang soldiers in front hesitate: Have we lost?

Qi Keyong was also keenly aware of the opportunity and immediately gave the order: All troops should move forward and cut off the army!
At the order, the Song army fought bravely to attack the Dangxiang army.

At this time, Su Yun led 3,000 cavalrymen to penetrate the Western Xia army with all their strength. The Tangut troops who hurriedly turned around to meet the enemy were in a messy formation. How could they withstand the impact of the cavalry? Although the speed of the 3,000 cavalrymen was slightly slowed down, they still penetrated towards the center of the army unswervingly.

As the three thousand cavalrymen were getting closer and closer, Ye Beima was trying to pretend to be calm. However, when he looked up and saw the man with a ghost mask among the three thousand cavalrymen, he immediately panicked, because he realized: when he can see the other person's face clearly, it means the distance is close enough!

If you don’t run away, you will face the attack of three thousand cavalrymen!

In desperation, Ye Beima ordered his men to dodge to the side. It would have been fine if he had not moved. When he moved, the central army's flag moved with it. Seeing this, Su Yun made a detour from the side and drove Ye Beima to flee backwards.

Ye Beima and Mie Emai were both terribly frightened and urged their men to retreat.

However, they forgot that the big flag in the center of the army is where the heart of the army is. When the big flag is there, the soldiers are stable. When the big flag moves, the soldiers in the front will see: Oh my god, the central army has run away, that means we are defeated!
The soldiers in the front were already somewhat suspicious, and now seeing the central army's flags running away, it was clear to them that they were defeated!

This immediately triggered a chain reaction. The Dangxiang soldiers in the front ran backwards desperately and collided with the soldiers behind them. The rear army wanted to squeeze through to stop Su Yun's three thousand cavalry, but they collided with the fleeing soldiers again!
The Dangxiang army was suddenly in complete chaos!
Even gods could not stop this chaos. More than 100,000 Tangut troops fled along the Wuding River towards Western Xia.

The Song army cheered when they saw this, and quickly chased after the Tangut soldiers, killing thousands of them, and then stopped.

This is their usual way of fighting. If they could kill several thousand people, it would be a great victory. They would not pursue the desperate enemy. Firstly, they had no other choice, and secondly, it was also a conservative approach.

Su Yun didn't care and led 3,000 cavalrymen to chase after the more than 100,000 Tangut troops!

(End of this chapter)