With a series of explosions, the south barracks quickly became chaotic.
The soldiers could withstand the bombardment and continue to turtle up, but the rations couldn't.
Without rations, Dayao didn't need to attack, and this army would starve to death along the way.
This Great Xia army immediately responded in kind. The soldiers surrounding the perimeter also made their preparations. They all knew that the attack of the aboriginals was coming.
The first thing they faced wasn't the charge of the winged cavalry, but another round of artillery shells from Ren Baqian. More than a dozen artillery shells were fired in succession, spreading from the densest position to the side. More than half of the artillery shells hit the position where the winged cavalry was preparing to attack.
Then, close to the river, 1,000 winged cavalry warriors appeared from the darkness. With the flash of a blade, a section of the fence fell, and the winged cavalry formed a cone-shaped formation and charged toward the enemy.
Like a knife cutting through butter, the Great Xia army, which had yet to recover from the chaos, was directly cut apart. First, the tip was inserted, and then the winged cavalry at the back widened the gap.
Every time the front was blocked, a few people would jump out from the back and continue to use the tip of the blade to penetrate deeper. In just five minutes, they had killed their way from the edge to the center.
The winged cavalry on the periphery immediately spread out like a blooming flower, or rather, from a fist into a palm. The soldiers in the center of the Great Xia army fell in rows.
At the same time, some people set fire everywhere, overturning the rations carts into burning positions, causing the fire to grow bigger and more rations to be destroyed.
Li Qianqiu jumped up and down in the darkness to observe the movements of the Great Xia army. He saw that the two-meter radius under his feet was half a meter lower than the rest. This caused Ren Baqian to turn his attention to him.
Under Li Qianqiu's command, before the winged cavalry was completely surrounded by Great Xia, they killed their way out from the weakest point in the north. After kicking down the fence, they escaped from the small open space between the north barracks and the north barracks, quickly disappearing into the night.
Previously, the Great Xia army in the south barracks could still reduce their losses by separating the rations and using quilts to extinguish the fire. However, the raging fire at this moment made them give up on this idea.
At least half of the rations had been turned into flames.
In the middle of the Great Xia army, the middle-aged general looked at the huge flame in front of him with an ashen face. The light from the flame formed a strange red color on his face.
"Get water and put out the fire!" He squeezed out two words with difficulty.
"Sir, I'm afraid they are waiting outside. The disturbance in the north barracks was caused by their rations being burned, but of course, of those barbarians of theirs didn't attack them, "someone immediately reported.
"Soldiers with swords and shields, get ready. Gunners, get ready. Archers, get ready of the crossbow battalion," the general of Great Xia ordered.
With the transfer of military orders, a total of twenty thousand people formed a military formation near the river. At the front were the saber and shield troops, behind them were the crossbow troops, and further back were two rows of pikemen. Behind them were three rows of archers.
While they were moving, in the darkness outside the camp, two people were moving up and down, up and down …
Ren Baqian sighed as he descended from the sky. He was jumping up and down as if he was jumping on a spring bed.
Of. die, of of of of of, they they were to they of them of. of. of of of. of.
Damn it, if you die in the future, you'll definitely die of stupidity.
Also, why are you erecting a tent?
…
"My lord, we've managed to snatch back half of the rations. We don't have enough time for the rest … Do we still need to fetch water?" A general pointed at the huge bonfire in front of them. These things couldn't be saved even if they were watered.
As the winged cavalry had done a great job of setting the fire when they charged in, Ren Baqian wanted to lure them over to fetch water to put out the fire. In the end, they had given up on that idea.
The commanding general of the South Camp had a murderous look on his face. "Act as though we are going to draw water. Send some people out to probe. If the aboriginals are outside, fire immediately."
Following his order, the army that had already been set up moved towards the riverside. They stopped when they were 200 feet away from the fence, and the archers shot three rounds of arrows outwards.
Under Ren Baqian's command, the aboriginal soldiers who were intercepting and killing outside lay prone on the other side of the fence. This position was just out of reach.
The arrow pierced through the air and fell into the river.
Following which, a few hundred Great Xia soldiers rushed out with buckets of water in their hands. Then, blood-curdling screams could be heard.
"Release!" The Great Xia soldiers in the camp fired three rounds of arrows without any hesitation. This time, the sound of arrows piercing human bodies could be heard.
During the war between Dayao and Great Xia, the most casualties were caused by shooting from outside a certain range. If both sides engaged in hand-to-hand combat, there would be fewer casualties, but the casualties of the other side would rise sharply.
Ren Baqian and Li Qianqiu watched from afar as Great Xia fired rounds of arrows and felt slightly puzzled. "Something doesn't seem right."
Just as he was feeling puzzled, the other party sent out a few hundred death squads to charge outside. When the sounds of fighting were heard, several rounds of arrows immediately rained down from inside the camp.
"Damn, they aren't trying to put out the fire at all. They are fishing!" Ren Baqian looked at the army that was standing motionless in place and immediately reacted.
According to his original plan, if the other party wanted to put out the fire, they would definitely push the army to the riverside. At that time, they would be out of the range of the camp and further away from the Great Xia soldiers in the middle of the camp. Then, his own army would kill their way over and swallow these 20,000 soldiers.
One had to know that a camp with 80,000 soldiers had to have a radius of at least five kilometers. For example, this South Camp was four kilometers wide and seven to eight kilometers wide.
From the center of the camp to the gate facing the river, it was only one kilometer away.
However, the rear end of this army was only one kilometer away from the center of the camp, and the other Great Xia soldiers would only need a few minutes to provide support. The other party stood there motionlessly and wouldn't move forward even if they were beaten to death. Instead, they sent out a few hundred soldiers twice in a row. When the sounds of fighting were heard, they immediately covered the area and fired without even caring about their own people.
"Damn, this is different from what I thought," Ren Baqian cursed.
At present, the distance between this army and the other Great Xia soldiers in the middle of the camp was much shorter than what Ren Baqian had expected. If they were to rush over now, it would be impossible for them to retreat before the other party arrived to provide support. At that time, it would become a head-on confrontation, which went against his initial plan of minimizing casualties.
However, the other party wasn't a marionette. How could they possibly act according to his plan?
"Should we go or not?" Li Qianqiu asked. According to his plan, they would directly charge over now and kill the other party's reinforcements when they arrived. There was nothing to be afraid of! 6,000 strong soldiers and 1,000 winged cavalry warriors could be said to have a sufficient chance of winning against 80,000 Great Xia soldiers.
The only problem was that the losses would be greater.
"Go, if the conditions are right, then go. If not, then force yourself on them!" Ren Baqian spat and continued, "The rest of you, get ready to retreat. The winged cavalry, get into position. I will first bombard them with artillery fire. The winged cavalry will charge in and kill two rounds before withdrawing."
After Ren Baqian expressed his determination, he still felt that there was no need to fight recklessly. There were still seven days left, and the journey was long.
If he conserved his troops, he would still have to go to the Yun Nation to snatch weapons!
However, it was all thanks to the empress's winged cavalry warriors. With this elite force, whether it was facing the charge of 100,000 soldiers, ending the battle quickly, harassing them at night, or long-distance raids, there was nothing that they couldn't do.
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