Chapter 1289: The Surprise Attack of the Scarlet Sun
Therefore, the system in the army is strict, the camping areas are separated from each other, and the ranks of military judges are also separated. {We don't write, we're just web word porters.} - It's a bit unreasonable, but it's still very practical, at least to ensure that the army doesn't collapse.
Since the officials were panicked and it was impossible to launch a large-scale counteroffensive, he decided to launch a short counterattack to boost morale, and by the way, to rescue the robes that had not yet been escorted out of the battlefield.
Just do it, Feng Yuan has always been a rational and decisive person, and there is no word 'hesitation' in his dictionary.
Just as Ali was plotting with Zhang Qiyuan, Liu Zhuang and others, there was a discordant shouting of killing, and everyone understood that the Song army had counterattacked.
"What's going on? They actually counterattacked, don't they know a dead end? Zhang Qiyuan exclaimed.
"My lord, Feng Zixuan also has no way out, I thought he would attack at night, but he didn't want to be so crazy, so he immediately organized a counterattack." Liu Zhuang was also greatly frightened, he understood Feng Yuan, and he regretted not listening to Feng Yuan's warning, if he had a choice, he would not want to take refuge in the captive.
"Then I'll go and destroy them." Ulie stood up and stretched his legs.
Li Qiong's eyes rolled and said: "Our army has set up three lines of defense, even if they counterattack, it is impossible to break through the defense line in a short time." ”
"It's really a disappointment, everyone go down and prepare, and when the Gong Saint Army is destroyed, we will eat and drink again." Ali didn't put the counterattack in his eyes, half of the main force of the Song army was annihilated, and the rest was just a death struggle, he had the main force of 13,000 horse troops, 100,000 foot soldiers, and there were still elite troops coming, could he still be afraid of tens of thousands of defeated soldiers to counterattack?
While he was talking, another anxious man hurried in and said in a loud voice: "The southern army has about a thousand horsemen and has taken hundreds of prisoners, and the front cannot resist. ”
"They're so fast?" Ali was taken aback, it was three lines of defense, and it would take half a day to organize an army to attack.
"Zuo Dujian, I'll lead the team." Wu Lie angrily asked for battle, looking like he had taken down the Song army.
"Quickly order all the troops to strictly guard the camp, so as not to be exploited by them." The more Zhang Qiyuan thought about it, the more wrong it became, and he hurriedly suggested to Ali.
Feng Yuan's tactics were very simple, he did not want to attack the Jin army, but to create the momentum of the Song army's offensive and restore the declining morale, which means that he would not fight hard.
He chose to attack from the front, where the Jin army never thought of it, no one would believe that the Song army would cross the river from the pontoon bridge to counterattack, and was impressed by the sudden blitzkrieg, which was beyond the expectations of the defenders, and in the face of the galloping horse team, and did not attack the camp, the Jin army had no time to react.
It was also Feng Yuan's good luck that he rushed through the gap between the two camps of the first line of defense, and found hundreds of prisoners of the Dragon Guard, and the great opportunity could not be easily missed.
He sent 100 people to escort the retreat of the prisoners, and he led 1,000 cavalry and more than 10 light vehicles to continue the assault. Light chariots are a must, this small chariot is particularly agile, even if it retreats, it can quickly cross the pontoon bridge, and the relatively bulky large chariot is almost equivalent to the horse army.
However, the Song army was not in the mood to be too entangled with the Jin army, and arrived at the second line of defense in one go, and a burst of crossbow arrows shot, the Jin army fell out of the village, and rescued more than 200 prisoners.
In the front, some Jurchen horse troops were also stationed, and they immediately organized a counterattack, but because the troops were too small, they could not hold back the Song army.
When Wu Lie ordered two fierce kills, Feng Yuan had already retreated to the ferry and began to cover the rescued people across the pontoon bridge.
This guy was very angry, and immediately asked Jin Shang to mobilize troops to counterattack, shouting: "I can't let them run, I'll go and drag them first, you guys will go up for me, and I will definitely take the West Bank Ferry." ”
Jin Shang was very dissatisfied with Wu Lie's evil and arrogant, but he was helpless, who let the family be a Jurchen general, he was just a general of the town guard army, if it weren't for the Wushu to recruit the Han army, I'm afraid he could only lead 2,000 people to the battle.
Wu Lie didn't care about Jin Shang's feelings, and immediately led the horse army to chase after him, but he was frequently counterattacked by the light car, don't underestimate the light car, even if there is no sharp crossbow on the chariot, the crossbowmen on each light car also have an improved divine arm bow, and the powerful crossbow arrow can penetrate the heavy iron armor of the horse army, and more than ten people have been killed in a row.
After all, the Jurchen horse army was well-trained and had been in battle for a long time, and without waiting for Wu Lie's order, they immediately changed their formation and divided into two teams and two wings to outflank them.
Not to be outdone, the Song army's light car was not to be outdone, immediately lined up in two wing formations, alternately covering the resistance to the horse army, slowly covering the withdrawal of friendly troops, the light car cooperated with three people, and the two could fight with crossbows, this kind of high-precision shooting, so that the Jin army and the horse army did not dare to get too close, and the angry Wulie Wow shouted, but did not dare to urge the officials to step forward, this is not a simple car, but a light car with complete defense.
Several horsemen occasionally rushed to the front of the car, facing the side car equipped with sharp wolf fangs, they were also at a loss, and there were big guns on the car to kill outsiders, and some people used crossbow arrows to shoot, and in a few rounds, several horsemen were annihilated.
Without the support of the foot soldiers, it was difficult for the Ma army to challenge the chariot soldiers alone, even if it was a light car.
They pursued to the Song army's defensive position on the west bank of Qinshui, Feng Yuan had already sent prisoners, led 500 cavalry to reflexively respond, and threw themselves into the impact on the right flank of the Jin army.
"It's not good, the herald doesn't chase anymore." Wu Lie was angry, but when he found that he had entered the range of the Song army's bed crossbow, he couldn't help but be surprised, and hurriedly ordered the horse army to disperse.
Those horse soldiers were also dizzy, depressed by the chariot soldiers, and were counterattacked again by Feng Yuan, even if the mud bodhisattva was also on fire, but he didn't want to enter the range of the bed crossbow, only to hear the dull sound of the bowstring, a huge crossbow arrow, piercing the void and rushing to the face, one after another was shot off the horse, doomed the Jin army to pay a heavy price.
Wu Lie's distressed burst like thunder, but he couldn't do anything, he was really angry, although he was extremely brutal, but he was very protective of his subordinates, this inconsequential counterattack, he lost more than 100 people, which made him tremble in distress.
Every one of his subordinates is an elite, carefully selected from the clansmen, and the elite soldiers who have undergone rigorous training are consumed meaninglessly.
Seeing that the Song army's position was lined with bed crossbows, he was really helpless, even if Jin Shang's infantry army arrived, what could he do?
Now that the Jin army stopped attacking, and the Song army's horse army also began to retreat east through the pontoon bridge, everything was in order.
Feng Yuan did not cross the river, but dismounted at the north end of the pontoon bridge, and the guards helped him unload his heavy armor, and sat on the bluestone by the river, exhaling a long breath.