At this time, it was at the Sanchakou battlefield in the upper reaches of Wuding River.

A battle between blood and fire is taking place above the three floating bridges!

Sanchakou is located on the north bank of Wuding River, surrounded by hills, and a fortress is built along the river bank. It is called Sanchakou Village, which is a city garrisoned by the Western Xia army.

The fortress happened to block the avenue that went to Tongwan City along the Wuding River. There are several floating bridges set up by the Jianing Military Office of the Western Xia near the fortress. They are all a few years old and are the main roads for communication between the Wuding River.

By passing these three floating bridges, you can bypass the fortress and go to Tongwan City through the path on the south bank of Wuding River.

And when it was almost dusk this afternoon, the 20,000 cavalry leaders led by Xiao Heda arrived at Sanchakou first, entered the fortress, blocking the road for Wang En, Wang Ze and his son to advance eastward to Tongwan.

The Wang family and his son did not know that there were 20,000 Western thieves near Sanchakou Castle. They thought that it was a small group of troops of the Jianing Army stationed in the fortress. In order to arrive at Tongwan as soon as possible, they were too lazy to attack the fortress. They knew that there must be a reason for the pontoon bridge to be burned, but they took the risk of crossing the river. They just asked 3,000 infantry soldiers to line up on the north bank of the three pontoon bridges to monitor Sanchakou Fortress.

As a result, halfway through, the Xixia cavalry of the brigade rushed towards the floating bridge. So the two sides fought a bloody battle around several floating bridges!

Since both sides are elite troops with no discount on combat effectiveness and are quite tired, the battle was extremely fierce at the beginning. Although the Wang family and his son were a little caught off guard, they were also very powerful when they were posing by the river to look at the 3,000 people in Sanchakou Fortress. They lined up with water and used long spears and crossbows to block the three charges of the Western Xia cavalry. It was not until Xiao Heda personally put on armor that he barely broke them and occupied the territory on the north bank of the floating bridge. Thus, Wang En and Wang Ze's 15,000 troops were cut into two.

However, beyond Xiao Heda's expectations, the cut off Song army was not in chaos, but quickly stabilized its position and continued to fight with Xiao Heda, without any disadvantage!

It turned out that the Wang family father and son led the elite soldiers of Huanqing and Fuyan, and personally included at least 1,000 Western troops. They were all private soldiers of Huanqing and Fuyan, and they were extremely brave.

Moreover, because the Battle of Wuding River is expected to win, all parties want to stuff people into the army to make meritorious service, and there is no vacancy in each unit, all of which are full. These 15,000 troops are real, not only the imperial guards, but also the effectiveness of the troops. Even the auxiliary soldiers of the army are all archers in the two groups. These Western Army archers are a bit like the government soldiers of the Sui and Tang dynasties. They raise one soldier from 200 to 250 acres of land, and they carry some weapons and food. They are usually trained at home. Because of constant war in the Northwest, they dare not relax, and their combat effectiveness is quite reliable.

Therefore, the strength of the Wang family and his son is 5,000 less than that of Xiao Heda on the books, but their actual combat power is not weak at all.

Xiao Heda did not have enough strength to eat two Song troops at the same time, so he chose to be attacked by Wang En's troops who were separated in Wuding Hebei, hoping to use 15,000 people to eat more than 7,000 people from the Wang Laojun Strategy's troops. At the same time, he used 5,000 people to guard the bridgehead on the north bank of the floating bridge to block the counterattack of Wang Ze's troops.

However, the old military strategist guarded closely, and thousands of people were curled up in a group, and they could not be defeated. Wang Zeze tried his best to rescue his father, and personally put on armor and led the dead soldiers to come from the floating bridge, which made the Western Xia army unable to resist.

Xiao Heda then ordered the pontoon bridge to set fire. However, it was not easy to burn the pontoon bridge, because the pontoon bridge was not dry firewood at all. Moreover, it was raining before, and the wooden boards of the pontoon bridge were filled with water vapor, which was difficult to ignite. The soldiers sent by Wang Ze occupied most of the bridge decks of the three pontoon bridges. Seeing that the Dangxiang people wanted to ignite the fire, they fought desperately to launch a counterattack, almost occupying two of the three pontoon bridges.

As a last resort, Xiao Heda had to suspend the attack on Wang En's troops and mobilize his troops to counterattack the three floating bridges. Although he squeezed Wang Ze's men back a little, he still had no way to set fire.

So the two soldiers crowded together on three floating bridges, either chopping and killing each other, shooting feather arrows, or yelling and scolding each other, but for a moment, no one could do anything to each other.

Xiao Heda also knew that the army gathered under the city of Youzhou was the main force of Huanqing and Fuyan routes, with a total of 50,000 and 60,000 people, and now only part of them has come.

If they all reach the Sanchakou, they will be in trouble! If you want to get the Sanchakou as soon as possible, you must get reinforcements!

So Xiao Heda sent an envoy overnight to ask Cha Ge to give up the command of Wancheng and move the army to Sanchakou, first eat up one to twenty thousand reinforcements from the Song army, and then make plans.

...

Brother Cha suddenly opened his eyes.

He heard strange sounds from the ground in a daze, as if some evil ghosts and demons wanted to crawl out from the ground! After suddenly waking up, the sound of golden drum fighting came from Tongwan City. This was from Tongwan City! It should be that the Song army was stepping up the attack on the Kufang guarded by Dangxiang Warriors.

It seems that we have to go into the city as soon as possible! Brother Cha thought to himself, if it is too late, the warriors will let Song Gou eliminate it, and it will be useless to enter the city.

Because Tongwancheng has twenty-four cities, east and west, and after taking the East City, the Song army can still indent the West City. And Tongwan’s granary is in the West City... As long as the granary cannot be taken down, Cha Ge will not be able to waste it in Tongwancheng and the Song army. Once the Song people get the stored grain from Tongwancheng, they will be able to gain a foothold on the Wuding River and between the rivers!

Thinking of this, Brother Cha suddenly stood up from a piece of animal skin spread on the land in the tent. He slept with clothes, so he didn't have to wear clothes. He just lifted the curtain and walked out, and was hitting Jilarong and Li Liangfu who were rushing to come.

"What?" asked Brother Cha, "Have you found a way to restrain the Song people's gun formation?"

"Report to the king," Jila Arong replied, "The general and Commander Li have been exploring for half a night, and they are already a little surprised."

"Oh? Is it?"

Li Liangfu also said: "The last general and commander He Jila will use side cards and spear staff to form a horizontal formation. The soldiers held the side cards in front, and our Party Warriors brought a spear staff or a sword and shield behind. In addition, another group of soldiers carried earth bags and followed the last. Once the side cards and the subsequent garrison soldiers gained a foothold, they would go up and pile up the earth bags to open the way for the cavalry."

The side cards are not shields held by one hand. This shield is wide and heavy. It requires soldiers to raise them with both hands, so it is naturally difficult to be penetrated by a spear. Moreover, the shield-holding soldiers are not as expensive as the garrison, so it is not distressing if they die.

"Okay!" Cha Ge smiled, "Get ready quickly, after dawn, it will be the time when the Song Gou who are entrenched in Tongwan will die!"

"Here!"

...

It was dawn and clear, and it was indeed a good time for a decisive battle.

More than 10,000 Western Xia troops once again set up their formation outside the gap east of Tongwan City. Unlike yesterday, today the Western Xia troops took out two or three hundred side players, held large shields, and walked at the forefront of the team. They formed a moving city wall and came to the gap in Tongwan City wall.

At the gap in the city wall of Tongwancheng, behind a chest wall made of sandbags above the mound formed by the collapse of the city wall, the warriors of the Song army were already neatly hung, standing against the wall, holding bows and arrows in their hands. Looking at the shield wall getting closer and closer, there was no expression.

They are all house slaves who have already "get on the car", not "necessary demand", so they are not motivated to fight desperately. In this battle between Tongwan City, they are more used as archers and rarely participate in hand-to-hand combat.

However, their skills and physical fitness are still at the peak. They are veterans who have fought for a long time, and their mental quality is also excellent. Seeing the Xixia side-card soldiers advancing like a wall, they are not busy at all. When the Xixia garrison began to shoot feather arrows from afar, they did not fight back, but just squatted down and raised their shields. They used their shields and chests to cover themselves with their bodies, and at the same time they showed their eyes and watched their opponent approaching coldly.

In fact, the side cards cannot protect the soldiers holding them, because the Song army archers were shooting arrows from a high point. With their ability, they could throw feather arrows onto their heads.

However, these soldiers holding shields were not covered by arrow rain. The warriors standing at the top of Tongwan City and the warriors standing at the gap in the city wall did not fire a single arrow.

"Get closer, get closer..."

Brother Cha murmured in a low voice, and his breathing became rapid. If the enemy did not shoot a single arrow, it was definitely not that he forgot to bring the arrowhead to the battlefield, but that he was brewing the deadliest rain of arrowheads. Because the archers' physical strength is limited, the arrowheads shot in a battle are also limited. Therefore, the physical strength must be preserved to avoid excessive shooting.

These Song people's archers are waiting for the most valuable prey if they don't shoot a single arrow.

Li Liangfu, who was committed to making meritorious contributions, was leading dozens of soldiers from the garrison troops following the soldiers holding the next sign. The closer they got to the mound of soil at the gap, the tighter his heart was, and almost all jumped out of the cavity.

He didn't shoot arrows yet! Li Liangfu held a shield and was wearing green Tang armor, his head and face was covered with sweat. He looked very afraid of his opponent's arrowhead, but he was looking forward to his opponent shooting arrows quickly.

Because he was ready to use the corpses of the soldiers to cover the road ahead, but now the other party is merciless and will not kill people... This can only show one problem, there is a trick! The tricky Taiwei Gao must have set a trap for the warriors of the Great Bai Gao Kingdom.

Boom bang bang bang...

With a harsh whistle, the sound of the bowstring suddenly rose, and then the muffled and shrill screams made by the arrowhead when it penetrated the leather armor.

However, it was not shot at the harnessed soldiers holding shields, but was shot onto the heads of the spear-staff soldiers behind them. They should have used heavy arrows that could break the armor. At close range, the garrison's armor could not resist at all. So they were shot over immediately!
Chapter completed!