Wanyan Changzhi saw that three hundred miles away from the opposite side, and the Song army spread out horizontally, listing a distance of more than eight hundred steps. The cavalry was divided into left and right, and a high platform more than two zhang high was erected in the center, and Yang Yan and Zhao Yueru were standing side by side on the high platform, obviously commanding the whole army.

But to Yan Chang's surprise, the Song army did not discharge the stacked array they were accustomed to in frontal combat, nor did it look like a mixed infantry and cavalry scattering array. Instead, a column of heavy armored infantry was placed in the front row of the Chinese army, and the infantry was very closely arranged, and the strangest thing was that behind the heavy infantry was a row of flags as high as two zhang, blocking all the back, and it was impossible to see what was hidden behind the flags? Could it be some kind of trick that can't be done?

However, although the Chinese army of the Song army was covered by the flag, from the distance of the Song army's horizontal expansion and the depth of the two wings, Wan Yan Changzhi could still judge that the total strength of the Song army was about the same as that of the previous scouts, about 47,800, less than 50,000.

In this battle, the total strength of the Jin State was 55,000, including 7,000 Tiefutu, 3,000 Broken Arrows, and 16,000 light cavalry. Judging from various signs, the total number of cavalry of the Song army was about 10,000 to 12,000, of which the armored cavalry was about 3,000. In terms of troops, the gap between the two sides is not large, but the cavalry of the Jin army is twice that of the Song army, and it is obviously a big advantage.

The total strength of the two sides was about 100,000, and it was also the largest battle on the battlefield between the Song and Jin sides since the Jin army's southern expedition. Because the Jin army had an advantage in the Jiangnan battlefield, if the Song army was defeated, the Jin army would be able to attack in an all-round way, drive straight in, and sweep through the Jiangnan. And the Jin army was defeated, ?* gown shape scratching and groaning? br/>

This seems to be unfavorable to the Song army, but if you look at the overall situation, once the Jin army loses, it will turn **** to defense, and it will be unable to repel the Song army in Jiangnan. In Jiangbei, the Song army, which had absolute superiority, could calmly attack Huaidong and gradually control the places north of the Yangtze River. And after Jiangbei belonged to the Song army, the Jin soldiers in Jiangnan could only end up trapping Jiangnan.

Therefore, this battle can be said to be a crucial battle that will determine the fate of the Song and Jin countries, and no one can afford to lose.

Wan Yan Changzhi's plan was to use the frontal impact of Tiefutu and the roundabout Bao Chao of the Broken Arrow Army to deal with the Song army, and he was very sure. And the current battlefield is a vast plain, which is very conducive to the cavalry to sprint and detour. Therefore, in terms of geographical advantages, it seems that the Jin army also has the advantage.

But Wanyan Changzhi is still not at ease, Yang Yan will never be so stupid, in such an unfavorable situation to fight with himself, he must have something else. It's just that Yang Yan's tricks are unknown. However, it is naturally impossible for Yang Yan to use the families of soldiers to fight the Jin army like he did in Chengdu. And it is impossible to encircle the Manichaean army like that, one is that Wanyan Changzhi is confident that he can see through Yang Yan's intentions, and the other is that the Jin army is not the Manichaean army, and the Song army can surround the Manichaean army, but it may not be able to surround the Jin army.

Therefore, Wan Yan Changzhi's gaze fell on the row of flags behind the heavily armored infantry army again, and his intuition determined that Yang Yan's secret weapon must be hidden behind the flags, so what was it?

Judging from the current position of the Song army, it is obvious that all the cavalry, including the armored cavalry, are listed on both wings of the whole army, which means that the banner is hidden behind the cavalry, so what else will it be? Firearm? Bed**? In such a frontal battle, firearms and bed crossbows do not play much role. Or, maybe Yang Yan is playing tricks.

Thinking of this, Wan Yan Changzhi couldn't help but smile bitterly, this is really a difficult opponent, any move he makes, it will make people guess for a long time, I don't know.

In fact, at this time, Yang Yan and Zhao Yueru were standing on the high platform, looking at the formation of the Jin army opposite. In addition to the two of them on the high platform, there were only two guards ** soldiers from Zhao Yueru and Zhang Wei, who had just become Yang Yan. Because it was the first time to go into battle, Zhang Wei was very excited. Fortunately, Yang Yan didn't have much restraint on him, so he lay on the railing of the high platform, tiptoeing back and forth.

At this time, Zhao Yueru smiled and said: "You say, is Wanyan Changzhi trying to break his brain and guess what is hidden behind the flag?" ”

Yang Yan smiled faintly and said, "Actually, you don't have to be so nerve-wracking, the results will be revealed soon." ”

"Knock-knock-" The war drums beat like the sky.

Wan Yan Changzhi was slightly stunned, could it be that the Song army planned to take the initiative to attack him? This is also very rare in the previous ** battles, but it is good what secret Yang Yan is hiding. Yang Yan's actions today were so unexpected that Wan Yan Changzhi always felt that something was wrong in his heart, but he didn't allow him to think about it too much, and immediately ordered: "Tie Futu is ready to attack." ”

I saw that someone immediately pointed to Song Jun's side and exclaimed: "That's ...... What is that? ”

"Monster, what kind of monster is this."

"What kind of monster is the Song Army?"

A burst of ** movement immediately spread from the Jin army's formation, and every Jin soldier had a frightened look, even Wan Yan Changzhi was taken aback, is this Yang Yan's hidden secret? It's really surprising.

I saw that the heavily armed infantry in front of the Song army quickly changed its formation, from one horizontal row to ten rows, making way for the rear. And after the banner behind the infantry army was abruptly separated, countless **-shaped huge monsters came out of the Song array and rushed towards the Jin army.

Although Wanyan Changzhi had never seen this animal, he had seen its portrait before and knew that its name was an elephant, but at that time, Wanyan Changzhi was only a strange beast for people to see. And looking through the ancient books, Wan Yan Changzhi also knew that there were indeed people who used this animal on the battlefield in the past, but Wan Yan Changzhi never thought that he would personally fight against this animal on the battlefield. But only when you actually see it on the battlefield can you feel the amazing shock and terrifying sense of oppression brought by the elephant.

After quelling the civil strife in Dali and defeating the first toe, Yang Yan obtained a total of more than 730 elephants through the battlefield capture and **toe delivery. Although Yang Yan knew that the elephant army had many weaknesses, Yang Yan still valued the elephant's super positive impact force, and even Tiefutu was far inferior to the positive impact force.

Therefore, from then on, Yang Yan planned to form an elephant army. At the same time, because of the elephant's super weight-bearing capacity, he discussed with Wei Chang to transform part of the bed** into an elephant-backed crossbow that can be carried by an elephant. After returning to the army from **, Yang Yan ordered Wu Xi to start training the elephant army. And let Wei Chang be responsible for manufacturing special assembly for the elephant army****

After the Jin army's southern expedition, the war was urgent. Wu Xi once proposed to Yang Yan to let the elephant army fight the Jin army, but at that time, Yang Yan had several ups and downs, and the position had been unstable, and at the same time, the assembly and tactical drills of the elephant army had not reached a satisfactory level, so Yang Yan had always forbidden the elephant army to fight. It was not until Zhao Chen succeeded to the throne that the elephant army gradually improved. After watching the simulated actual combat of the elephant army, Yang Yan was also very satisfied, and the elephant army was completely ready to fight.

But Yang Yannai did not send the elephant army to the battlefield, because Yang Yan firmly believed that as long as the elephant army came out of the battle, it would definitely bring a great impact to the Jin army. Because it is in the first few battles, it can cause a huge ** shadow on the psychology of the Jin army, Yang Yan hopes to leave this secret **** in the most Guan Jian time, so it must be in the decisive battle with the Jin army Guan Jian**, Yang Yan plans to send the elephant army to fight the Jin army by surprise.

At the same time, Yang Yan also knows that the elephant army is not invincible in the world, and it also has its own weaknesses, and it must avoid these weaknesses on the battlefield, but except for himself, no one knows the elephant army better than himself, so only he can use the elephant army well. When Ou met the two Xinzhou battles in Bi again, Yang Yan did not send the elephant army. I've been waiting until now. And this time out of the army, Yang Yan thought about it with the scriptures, and now when the scriptures come to Guan Jian, the elephant army can go to war with the scriptures.

At present, the elephant army of the Song army is divided into two parts, one part is the crossbow elephant army, and the other part is the armored elephant army.

There are 150 crossbow elephants, and each elephant is placed on its back with a modified crossbow gun, which is far up to 300 paces, and is carried by an elephant, and its movements are far more flexible than that of a human carry, and it can be used on the battlefield.

And the rest are armored elephant army, the elephant armor is mixed with iron, the front, head and limbs of the elephant are covered with iron armor, and the sides are covered with **armor. In fact, elephants are inherently rough and thick, and even if they don't wear armor, it is difficult to hurt ordinary power guns, bows and arrows. So in this way, the elephant is almost literally invulnerable. And deliberately put some branches on the elephant's head, and painted the green-faced tusks to make the elephant look more terrifying. At the same time, a six-foot-long iron vertebrae are installed on each side of the elephant's body, which is used to assassinate enemy soldiers during frontal attacks.

Each elephant carries five Song soldiers, one is responsible for commanding and driving the elephant, sitting at the front, behind are two pikemen, equipped with a spear two feet long, responsible for close-range combat, and finally two **** hands, responsible for long-distance enemy death. At the same time, each elephant was accompanied by twelve infantrymen, four pikemen, four rattan soldiers, two javelinmen, and two archers, who protected the elephants on both sides and followed the elephants to attack.

In the eyes of Jin Jun, I saw a group of monsters that he had never seen before rushed out of the Song army's array, ** huge, each head was at least one zhang tall, and the limbs were as thick as pillars, slamming on the earth and making a dull sound. The top of the head is densely covered with branches, and the green-faced fangs are even more hideous and terrifying. Even the Tiefutu cavalry, who had experienced a hundred battles and was accustomed to seeing big scenes, couldn't help but feel a chill from the bottom of his heart at this time.

This is not because they are timid, you must know that every Tiefutu cavalry is the bravest warrior in the Jin army, even in the face of Daoshan ** forest, they dare to ** bump, in the face of the sea of fire, they also dare to rush. But people are often afraid of things they don't know, let alone such a behemoth. This is everyone's normal reaction, and it has nothing to do with being brave or not.

Wan Yan Changzhi naturally understood this, and hurriedly said loudly: "Don't be afraid, this animal is called an elephant, it is not a monster, it is nothing remarkable. Beat the drums, Tiefutu, give me a rush. ”

He had already divided the Tiefu Diagram into two batches, each batch of 3,000, preparing to continuously attack the Song army's formation, and the remaining 1,000 Tiefu Diagram was kept for backup. At this time, the war drums in the Jin army's array also sounded, and the first batch of three thousand iron floating horses** opened their war horses, like a black **sea**, rushing towards the elephants.

In fact, Wanyan Changzhi's words did not make Jin Bing's heart much more settled, for them, the word "elephant" was just to understand the name of this animal. But Wan Yan Chang ordered the charge, even if he was scared in his heart, but Tie Futu still rushed out unstoppable, with momentum and prestige, and was not affected at all, ** showed the quality of an elite soldier. Therefore, Wanyan Changzhi was very satisfied, and his heart was a little more settled.

The war elephants of the Song army were divided into ten rows, each row had more than 70 war elephants, each war elephant was five steps apart, and each row was about ten steps apart. The two rows at the front are the negative elephant army.

As early as before departure, all the bed crossbows were pulled apart by warp, and as the distance between the two armies approached, the first row of negative crossbows and elephant soldiers immediately sent out the bed crossbows together.

More than 200 bed crossbows roared towards the Jin army. **Strong and terrifying strength, even if it is the iron armor worn by Tiefutu, it can't withstand it, and immediately nearly 100 golden soldiers were pierced by crossbow guns, fell off their horses, and then were immediately trampled by the horse's hooves behind them, turning into **mud. But the other black-armored knights were unmoved, and still rushed forward bravely, even if death awaited them in front of them.

After the first row of crossbow elephants finished firing their crossbow guns, they immediately stopped and reopened their crossbows. And the second row of crossbow elephants rushed to the front and fired ** crossbow guns. Then the first row stepped forward again and continued to send **.

In this way, the two rows of crossbow elephant armies both issued two rounds, a total of nearly 1,000 crossbow guns, and at least 500 Tiefutu were dropped off their horses.

But the speed of Tiefutu's progress has not slowed down in the slightest. At this time, the distance between the two sides was less than 100 paces, and the speed of the ironclad cavalry of the Jin army also reached the speed of the negative crossbow elephant army, and was overtaken by the armored elephant army in the back row, and withdrew from the battlefield. At this time, Wan Yan Changzhi ordered again, and the second batch of Tiefutu also began to attack.

"Ang-ang-ang-" After the armored war elephants in the back row crossed the crossbow war elephants in the front row, they hissed highly, lined up in a neat formation, stretched out their thick limbs, and trampled on the earth like their palms, making a thunderous sound, making the earth tremble, and rushed up to the black-armored cavalry in front of them with the momentum of pressing everything.

In the previous battles, as long as Tiefutu rushed up, it could bring huge oppressive force to the opponent, even if it was the same armored cavalry of the Song army, but in comparison, it was slightly better than Tiefutu. However, this time, Tiefutu was the first time to meet an opponent who surpassed himself in momentum, and Tiefutu sprinted forward without hesitation as soon as possible. But the closer you get, the more you can feel the oppression that this behemoth has caused to you, and the stronger it becomes.

The distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer, and the first row of elephant army and the first row of Tiefutu are finally going to be on the front.

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