Chapter 424: Iron Hero
This move of the Song army made the generals of the Jin army, who had experienced a hundred battles, puzzled, originally to protect the light cavalry on the front two wings, how to turn the horse's head to chase Tiefutu? Xu Wei was beaten crazy? Not only did they not understand, but even the generals of the Song army were confused. Wu Jue is a senior general in the army, and the marshal will discuss any strategic and tactical issues with him, but he really doesn't know about this one.
"Marshal, this is, what is this doing?"
Xu Wei turned to the west and said in a deep voice: "The living girl is not worried about us for a day or two, and the war horse of Tiefutu must have moved something, so it is not frightened by the loud noise." This is also a move in desperation, using light riding to fight heavy riding. ”
Zijin Tiger has a habit of fighting, and it is also a sentence that his father Xu Zhang often said to him when he was alive, those who are good at fighting, do not worry about victory, and worry about defeat first. Before every battle, no matter how well you have your tactics, you have to keep them behind. For example, this time, the tactics of the Song army can not be described as unstable. But Xu Jiu firmly believes in one thing, no matter what kind of opponent he faces, don't treat the other party as a fool, let alone face the elite of the Jin Army this time?
Jin Jun was in his hands, and he had already suffered several losses in firearms, so it was impossible to be indifferent and helpless. When he was still at the border of Yaozhou, he considered that the key to victory or defeat in this battle was on Tiefutu. restrained the Iron Float, and the victory was in hand. Strong bows and crossbows, dense formations, and thunder rockets, these three samples are enough to make the "Iron Floating Slaughter" planted. But after thinking about it, he left a hand, that is, Yang Zaixing's fine horse.
It's just that the light cavalry went to deal with the heavy cavalry, there was no such ready-made battle example before, and he could only cross the river by feeling the stones, so he didn't discuss it with Wu Jue and other henchmen, and only talked to Yang Zaixing alone, saying that when it was a last resort, he would go sideways.
As he spoke, Tiefutu had already rushed far away and stopped again. One of the weaknesses of the heavy cavalry was that he could only charge in a straight line, and he could never stop halfway. Once an assault is completed, there is no way to make a detour, so you can only stop the horses, reorganize the formation, and then launch a second wave of attacks.
This time period is what Xu Wei and Yang Zaixing discussed, the key to restraining the "Iron Floating Massacre"!
It is said that the "Iron Floating Massacre" passed through the formation, and the large array of the Tiger Army was in a mess. The Jurchen knights were all overjoyed, knowing that this time they had succeeded! Breaking the Purple Gold Tiger is a must! I didn't dare to be too careless, and after passing through the formation, I stopped my horse at a suitable distance and prepared to form an offensive formation again.
But just as they turned around, they found that a cavalry of the Song army had caught up! What do they want to do? The light cavalry with frighteningly low defense, also want to compete with the heavy cavalry equipped with men and horses? Is it because we are dazzled, or is the other person in the wrong brain? This question has not been thought out clearly, and the two thousand horsemen led by Yang Zaixing have already swarmed in!
"Array! Rush! A Mok officer raised his spear and shouted. The companions quickly moved closer and regrouped into a long offensive formation. The formation that the heavy cavalry can use is very limited, in order to prevent the front row of comrades from falling to the ground and blocking the way, the formation of the Iron Floating Slaughter is very simple, divided into three rows, separated by a distance between the front and back, and the impact surface is stretched as long as possible.
The formation is simple, and the time of reorganization is also very fast, Yang Zaixing's troops have not yet arrived, and the Iron Floating Slaughter has been launched again! The war horse carried hundreds of catties of weight and walked slowly forward with small steps. The knights put the big spear more than a zhang long flat, this heavy cavalry is so weighty, even if it is to let the light cavalry come to collide, it is also an ant to shake Mount Tai!
Dozens of steps away, Yang Zaixing held a mace in his hand and galloped in front of the army. The horse under the crotch ran so much that it didn't even seem to touch the ground with its four hooves, and it rushed straight forward like an arrow! Behind him, two thousand elite horsemen followed closely!
In a moment, the two armies went wrong!
The knights of the Iron Float were stunned! They lay their big guns flat, just waiting to rush each other to pieces, but just in the middle of the hand-to-hand encounter, this cavalry of the Song army actually galloped past them not far away! I didn't even think about fighting them! Seeing a large number of horse soldiers speeding past him, some people began to lose their hearts at the bottom, what did the other party want to do?
Yang Zaixing took the lead, and after crossing the Tiefutu, he took the lead in a roundabout, and more than 2,000 horsemen drew an arc on the plain, and actually reached the back of the Tiefutu, and chased closely! How can the speed of heavy cavalry compare with that of lightly armed light cavalry? It won't be long before it's catching up!
The knights of the Iron Floating Slaughter were wrapped in iron armor from head to toe, and the scarf on their heads alone weighed more than a dozen catties, so it was very difficult for them to turn their heads to look behind. The more this is the case, the more panicked I become, because I don't know what the birds behind me are doing!
Yang Zaixing lived up to the name of a peerless brave general, always charging at the front, he let go of the reins, held the mace in both hands, and looked at the Iron Floating Cavalry a few steps away! He shouted loudly: "Outflank! ”
The formation quickly unfolded, like a roc spreading its wings, quickly encircling the back and sides of the Iron Floating Slaughter! The heavy cavalry could not stop, could not be detoured, and were only equipped with heavy armor and spears, so when the knights saw the light cavalry of the Song army advancing with them, they were helpless. I can only look at the side of my head, casting a puzzled gaze from the two black holes, what do you want to do?
The answer will soon be revealed!
The mace in Yang Zaixing's hand was raised high, and with the momentum of Mount Tai, he smashed it on the top of the knight in front of him with all his might! A crisp metal clashed, and he saw with his own eyes that the iron helmet collapsed. After the blow of the rod, the knight stopped moving on his horse, and the spear in his hand hung down.
At the same time, the Ma soldiers who were following behind the Iron Float and surrounding the sides all took action. Maces, bones, hammers, axes, long knives, and miscellaneous heavy weapons flew up and down! For a moment, people forgot that this was a battlefield, as if they were in a blacksmith's shop, and the ding-dong sound was endless.
A young cavalryman, estimated to be sixteen or seventeen years old, held an iron bone in his hand, and with all his strength, he smashed the iron floating figure in front of him seven or eight times, and saw that the other party was still standing. In a hurry, he slapped his war horse and passed through the middle of the two enemy horses, ran in front of the other party, and a very beautiful one turned around immediately, and swept over with iron bones in his hand! After a muffled sound, the enemy knight was beaten by this bone and did not know whether he was dead or fainted, anyway, his whole body leaned towards the other side, and because the men and horses were connected, he could not fall to the ground. His weight, dragged down the galloping war horse, could not maintain stability, a horse stumbled and fell down! Once the heavy cavalry falls, it is not so easy to get up...... The young cavalry was very proud when he saw the success of the blow, and clung to the iron bone in his hand, looking for the next target. But at this moment, Tiefutu raised full speed, and a large gun in the hands of an enemy rider slammed into him. What a power is that? Knock him off the horse! Fall five or six steps away!
This guy reacted quickly, and as soon as he landed, he only lay down for a moment, and then immediately got up again. It's just late, and my waist hasn't straightened yet, and I'm hit down by the hill-like iron float that has caught up! This time, he spat blood from his mouth and flew straight out, never to get up again. The roaring enemy riders trampled over him, and they were reduced to pulp...... The blacksmith shop was still open, and the sound of tinkling and clattering was incessant. Historically, there are generally two ways to break heavy armor. The first is to pierce with an extremely sharp weapon, the principle is the same as that of armor-piercing bullets in later generations, concentrating the force on one point. The other did the opposite, slamming it with a blunt object! Any armor in the world can protect against swords, guns, and arrows, but it may not be able to protect against blunt weapons. Because the pursuit of blunt weapons is not to break your armor, but to inflict heavy damage on the enemies in the armor!
Just imagine, a mace weighing nearly thirty pounds smashed on your back, although the armor may not be damaged, but can you stand it? The sheer force will shatter your internal organs, and often you won't die with a single blow, and you'll be subjected to a continuous blunt blow, one at a time, until all your internal organs are ruptured and bleeding!
A jaw-dropping scene was staged on this battlefield, more than a thousand Tiefutu were chased and beaten by the Song army's light cavalry, and they rarely had the strength to fight back. I don't know how many girls are really the toughest, the most elite knights, who were beaten by blunt objects. Soon, they were relieved, because there was a large array of the Song army more than ten steps ahead, and Yang Zaixing's light cavalry had to give up for the time being.
"Straight sissy thief! I don't know if I was killed! Yang Zaixing gasped, looking forward to watching Tiefutu collide with the big array that had just been set up again. The result was no different from before, and the rock that had moved here was difficult to resist the impact of the Iron Floating Massacre, and the large array was scattered again!
Yang Zaixing was a little angry, ripped off his helmet and threw it far away, spat it, and shouted frantically: "Chase again!" So, two thousand light horsemen once again bypassed the great formation and closely pursued the Tiefutu that had once again penetrated the formation!
The battle became a pot of porridge, and the main generals on both sides were dizzying. The Jin army's kidnappers and horses were still attacking the big array, and the Tiefutu once again came out of the formation, and no one could stop them wherever they passed. Yang Zaixing's cavalry bypassed the stacked formation and pursued the opponent's heavy cavalry. Just one step away, Wu Jue spoke, and he couldn't hear it clearly, but there were exclamations, shouts, and wails in his ears...... Xu Wei walked back and forth on all sides of the building, carefully checking the damage of each formation. The place where the Iron Float rushed through was simply miserable, and the soldiers who were killed and trampled to death were described as extremely miserable, many of them bled to death, and their bodies had long been deformed...... The damned plagued kidnapper, as drunk as his mother's wine, was full of vigor and tirelessly rode and shoot. It's as if you won't stop until you let the arrow go!
"Handsome! Let Mattei out too! Restrained the Iron Float, everything is easy to do! Wu Jue shouted at the top of his voice.
Xu Wei's handsome face was a little distorted, he poked his head out, turned his ear to the other party and shouted, "What? Didn't hear clearly! ”
"The lowly said, let the horse control system out! Restrain the Iron Float, everything is fine! Wu Jue shouted hard. He had just seen the tactics used by Yang Zaixing's troops, which was a pioneering move, using light cavalry to follow the attack with blunt weapons, chasing it and fighting!
Xu Wei thought for a moment and shook his head, he was too lazy to speak, and he couldn't hear what he said. This kind of tactic does not lie in the fact that there are too many soldiers and too few soldiers, but that it cannot be used if there are too many soldiers. Now the battle situation is deadlocked, but according to this situation, the Jin army must be the end of the strong crossbow! Don't you see, the kidnapping horse is heavily damaged, unless the Wanyan living girl has to exhaust the kidnapping horse regardless of his blood, otherwise, he should withdraw the kidnapping horse. As long as he abducted his horse and withdrew, Lao Tzu immediately pressed the elite infantry army to fight with him! Mattei's cavalry, do only one thing!
What he was thinking about was exactly what the living girl was struggling with hundreds of steps away. When he saw the intentions of the Song army's light cavalry, he couldn't laugh anymore. The function of the Iron Float is very simple, it only does one thing, to break the formation! There's only one tactic for it, impact! But now the tactics used by the Song army are not hedged against you at all, and every time they go around your back, they smash it with a sledgehammer! Are all the soldiers of the Purple Gold Tiger recruited from the blacksmith's shop?
If you don't change your tactics and continue to fight like this, it is certain that the Iron Floating Massacre will be finished, and it is also certain that the kidnapping horse will suffer heavy casualties, but the rout of the Song army is even more certain, and if you rush like this for two more rounds, the Great Wall of Steel will also be smashed into a plate of scattered sand. When the time comes, the infantry will be able to lock up the victory! But is it worth it to take almost all the horse army in exchange for victory in this battle?
The entanglement in his heart is indescribable, and a huge test is placed in front of this Jurchen young general who was predicted by Jin Taizu.
Value! Damn! Just rush this is the Purple Gold Tiger's troops! Value! Even if I kill 10,000 enemies and lose 8,000 myself, it's worth it! I'm defeating the Tiger Army!
Just when he was about to make up his mind and make a desperate bet, he suddenly found that there was still a unit in the Song army that did not move at all. That's the horse army on the right flank of the Great Array! After fighting for so long, from beginning to end, this cavalry was like taking root, and there was no movement!
This made the living girl realize a very serious problem, the Song army was in chaos, and I lost the advantage of cavalry, and I could not cover up the other party to expand the results of the battle. And this horse army will also cover the retreat of the rout! The outcome of this battle is likely to be that the Jin army is undefeated and defeated, and the Song army is victorious!
This possibility drives the living girl a little crazy! He finally believed that the troops of the Purple Gold Tiger were indeed hard stubble! It's not how clever his tactics are and how well equipped he is, it's this tenacity! Tenacious! If you are rushed like this, you can rearrange again and again! The soldiers of the Tiger Army, all of them grew up by biting eggs! What a fucking stubbornness!
Cursing frantically, the living girl was a little out of breath. This was the first time he had commanded a large-scale corps on his own, and at this time, he was a little inadequate.
The person who can be predicted by Ah Guda to be a famous general one day will naturally not be a straw bag. The living girl tugged at the short whisker on her chin, gritted her teeth and thought for a while, and finally settled down.
The so-called overlapping formation of the Song army focused on defense and lacked offensiveness. The elite infantry had a relatively weak crossbowman in the center, and no one could rush it if it weren't for the Iron Float. The top priority at the moment is to solve the problem of Tiefutu being chased and beaten, so that Tiefutu will not be affected and continue to charge. This must contain the opposing cavalry, which only cavalry can do.
Withdraw the kidnapping horse, entangle the opponent's horse army, and then press the infantry army up, attack his front, and no matter how big the casualties are, he is not afraid. As soon as the kidnapper horse retreats, the opponent's formation will immediately be replenished, so Tiefutu can no longer charge from the front, and can only attack his flank! In this way, how long can the Song army, which is attacked on both sides, last?
Having made up her mind, the living girl showed the qualities that a famous general should have, did not hesitate at all, did not drag the mud and water, and immediately issued a military order. The general's doubts and objections were not in his consideration.
The loud horn echoed in the Guanzhong Plain, and the light and heavy cavalry of the Jin army in the bitter battle immediately broke away from the Song army as soon as they heard the horn of requisition.
The third time the Iron Floating Slaughter came out of the formation, stopping another impact. Slowly turning the horse's head and galloping eastward. Yang Zaixing's troops seem to have gone crazy and are in hot pursuit! At this moment, the Song army was in the array, which was a signal to order the troops to retreat! Because Xu Wei saw that when Tiefutu retreated, the kidnapping horses that had been harassing him also retreated. They will definitely protect the retreat of Tiefutu, and if Yang Zaixing pursues it again, it is likely to suffer.
The Iron Float has been rushed to the blood of the people, the horses are the blood horses, and the armor of the knights and war horses is blurred with flesh and blood. It's just 1,600 riders who went out, and those who came back didn't count that. On the battlefield, there were still a lot of Song troops left. It's just that the knights have long since died on horseback.
The abductor horses suffered heavier losses, and the prolonged attack caused them heavy casualties. The powerful counterattack of the Song army's bow and crossbow made the abducted horse lose nearly half of the man, not counting the return with arrows.
On the Song army's side, if there is only a capitation count, the losses will naturally be greater. The large formation of the infantry army was penetrated several times, and the casualties were not small. But the vast majority of the Song army was broken by the infantry army, and the Jin army lost all the real cavalry! Whoever suffers the most will be up to the eye.
The cavalry of the Jin army all retreated, and the battlefield temporarily stopped. Without anyone giving an order, the soldiers immediately reorganized the formation. This seems to have become a habit, even if it is washed away and miserable, the next thing to do is to reorganize the formation and not run away!
Remove the loyal remains of your comrades from the battle and fill their places. The spears were still in the forefront, and the crossbowmen, as long as they could stand up, returned to their positions and examined their instruments.
On the periphery of the Song army's great array, human corpses and horse corpses can be seen everywhere. All this is in the eyes of the soldiers, and they have become numb. On the battlefield, there is only one way to survive, destroy the enemy! So that they never have a chance to kill themselves again! It's that simple!
In an extremely limited time, Xu Wei quickly summoned officers above the command level to the Chinese army array to discuss countermeasures.
"Handsome! Did Tiefutu fall for evil or something? Not afraid of firearms at all! Damn, the Tiger Jie Army has been knocked out of the way several times! Yang Yan was indignant and complained.
"It's really weird, hundreds of firearms are launched impermeable, and the Iron Float still crashes into it! There's definitely something wrong with that! Xu Cheng also said.
Xu Wei glanced at the generals and said coldly: "Now is not the time to discuss this issue, I asked you to report the loss?" As soon as these words came out, the generals did not dare to make noise anymore.