Chapter 1232 Small War

After speaking, he opened the map and spread it on several cases: "Now the telegram on Yongxing Military Road has not been erected, and the telegram has only arrived in Weizhou." ”

"The Weizhou information was delivered to Bianjing, passing through Luoyang, Xingluocang, and Zhengzhou three times, and it only took two hours."

"Although Huanzhou is now besieged, the situation report of the Zhenrong Army in Huanzhou can still be delivered normally every day, indicating that Qingniuchuan, an important passage between Shaanxi Road and Yongxing Military Road, is still in our hands."

"If it is a normal situation, after besieging Huanzhou, the first thing to do is to cut off the back road of foreign aid in Huanzhou."

After speaking, he pointed to the map with his hand: "The exit of Qingniuchuan, Dashun City behind the side of Huanzhou, is a must-take for the Xia people!" ”

"This is a battleground for soldiers. If the Xia people take it, they will be able to control the entrance of our Shaanxi reinforcements, and they can attack Huanzhou with peace of mind; If it is still in the hands of our army, the Zhenrong army can go to the aid at any time to attack, and become a horn with Di Yong, but will be killed by the cuteness! ”

Sun Gu looked at the contour map and felt that his presbyopia was a little dizzy: "Then why don't you take it?" ”

Su You handed him a piece of information: "The Empress Dowager Liang ordered him to go to the front line, firstly, to let the concubine get some military merits to facilitate the reward, and secondly, it is difficult to say that there is no attempt to divide Liang Yongneng's military power." ”

Sun Gu frowned: "Mingrun, how can such foul language be mentioned in front of His Majesty." ”

Su You hurriedly bowed down and apologized, and then said: "Liang Yongneng is a famous general of the Xia Kingdom, and he must also know what the Empress Dowager Liang meant, so he pushed the boat down the river and sent out troops without mercy, but in fact, he had bad intentions. ”

"The Xia people formed an army with troops, and the army was mostly assembled by tribes and clans, according to the report of the Zhenrong army, the Xia army that invaded this time totaled 20,000 people."

"According to the report of Pingxia City, most of Liang Yongneng's troops are still deployed on the front line of Huluchuan, and the handsome tent is still in Xiaoguan, and it has not moved at all."

Therefore, the minister estimated that the Xia army in Huanzhou was just a reckless army and horses, 20,000 people, and I am afraid that all the tribes were included. And what Liang Yongneng did was to kill people with a knife. ”

Sun Gu asked, "Then why did Fan Chun and Li Ji sit idly by and not save them?" And the Gao Zunyu shogunate is still in Huayin? ”

Su You said: "Because it's not worth it, there are no less than 30,000 strong men in Huanzhou City, and no less than 4,000 strong soldiers; Outside the city, Jia Yun still has 500 rangers, and his subordinates are not good enough to entangle the bravery of the Fan Han. ”

"April is not the season to meet the enemy because of food, now that ten days have passed since the war, and the Xia people only have five days of food, I really don't see the possibility of taking down Huanzhou."

"Di Yong's character is well known to the ministers, and he will never hide the military situation, Jia Rong seems to be very smart, the two of them should be together, the minister feels that he is not only unpleasant, but also folded under the city of Huanzhou!"

"However, this year's wheat harvest in Liangchuan is probably going to be greatly reduced, and the Privy Council should write three divisions and order Li Ji to prepare grain and straw to appease the Tibetan people."

"In addition, I have to remind Di Yong to learn a lesson, tell him that the two stockades are well set up, and they need to be rebuilt immediately after the Xia people go, and the military strength should be more, the beacon should be set up, and the scouts should be farther away in order to respond."

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"Hurry, hurry, hurry!" A group of Song troops was arranging for a mixed crowd of Fan and Han to cross the river and retreat towards the city of Huanzhou in front.

Herdsmen are driving cattle and sheep over three makeshift pontoon bridges and one main bridge.

Di Yong led the sergeants to guard the bridge.

There were already scouts of the Xia people in front of him, Di Yong drew his riding knife and hit his horse: "Follow me!" ”

The sergeants who were helping to drive the cattle and sheep immediately reined in their horses and turned around to keep up, and with Di Yong as the benchmark, they soon formed a sharp arrow formation in the run.

The Xia scout was also startled when he saw Di Yong's reaction so quickly, gave up the group of people he was chasing, turned around and ran.

Di Yong ran to the side of this group of people, found that it was a singing team, and asked, "Are there any people behind?" ”

A woman with a scarf on her head said anxiously, "My husband is still behind, and he is covering us." ”

Di Yongyi frowned: "Which team is your husband commanding?" ”

The woman shouted: "No, he used to be a volunteer in Weizhou, and he had fought with Shi Niangzi!" ”

Di Yong didn't hesitate anymore, and beckoned to his subordinates: "Go, save people!" ”

The small group of cavalry bypassed the people and continued north, and the woman looked at their backs, turned to the team and said, "Quick, with the last strength, there is Huanzhou ahead!" ”

Di Yong and his entourage marched into a queue to a mountain pass, and saw dozens of Xia people riding in front of them surrounding a pine forest.

When the commander of the Xia army saw Di Yong's number, he was not afraid, and shouted, and the rangers gave up the target in the pine forest, shouted and waved their weapons, and killed Di Yong and them.

Di Yong put the knife back into the sheath, picked up the steel crossbow hanging on the side of the saddle, turned the horse into a sideways state with the opponent, and shot at the more than a dozen riders around him.

The short arrow shot out, flew a hundred paces in the blink of an eye, and shot the two opposing riders off their horses.

Di Yong slowed down his horse, and the second team of more than ten horsemen behind him crossed out, and they also raised their hands to send crossbows.

This time, the results were better, and the other party was three or five people down.

After three rounds of this, the opponent had lost more than a dozen cavalry, and the distance between the two sides was already approaching twenty horses.

Di Yong had reappeared at the front of the team, his horse speed had increased, and the weapon in his hand had changed into a riding knife: "Kill!" ”

The cavalry behind him also turned into two teams: "Kill!" ”

The commander of the Xia scout didn't expect this Song army to change their weapons so quickly on horseback, and it was not weaker than the elite of Western Xia at all, his eyes were sharp, and he couldn't help but subconsciously gently pull the reins of his horse.

At this moment, a long arrow shot out of the pine forest, cut a beautiful arc, pierced through the neck of the Xia man's command, pierced directly through his neck, pierced into the human body again from the shoulder blade, and finally pierced a little under the shoulder.

Armor-piercing cone!

Blood splattered, and before the Scout Commander could react, he fell to the grassy slope of the mountain.

The formation of the Xia people was suddenly suffocated, and several clever scouts saw that the leader had been lost, and immediately turned their horses and wanted to slip away, but the rest did not react at all, and tried to kill this group of Song troops as a military achievement, and there was a moment of chaos.

Between the lightning and flint, Di Yong had already flashed into the charging team of the Xia people with a snowy riding knife!

Six slashes before the horse!

Two of the six slashes in front of the horse are to break the step by riding, and the remaining four are all riding to ride!

Many people think that the best weapon of ancient cavalry is the spear, but this is actually a misunderstanding.

First of all, the strength of the gun barrel is easy to break in the process of cavalry battle, resulting in a miss; The second is that the gun is a point attack, and once it is missed, it is difficult to have another chance; The third is that the weapon is too long, and it is difficult to control the accuracy, which is far less accurate than that of a short weapon strike.

Unless it's a heavy cavalry in a dense formation, you don't need a spear.

For example, the army of the Liao people today has one main army, three horses, and weapons include four bows, four hundred arrows, long and short spears, bones, axes, and hammers.

There is only one type of long weapon and four types of short weapons.

Soon after the real history, there was a suggestion among the Xia people to set up a strong crossbow army to fight against the Song army, and the reason was that "the country uses iron harriers to gallop across the plains, and uses foot treks to chase dangerous valleys. If you encounter a god arm bow, you will collapse yourself. The cover can be regular, and it can not be changed. ”

That is to say, when the Iron Harrier encounters the Mo Knife Formation, it will be restrained, and if the Iron Harrier uses a long soldier, he will not be afraid of the Mo Knife.

The Jurchen Tiefutu heavy cavalry recorded in the "Golden Capture Picture Sutra" is not a monster like in ancient times, but "the bow power is only seven buckets, the arrow is extremely long, and the sword does not take its quick advantage." ”

It seems that more emphasis is placed on striking ability, and again, there is no mention of long weapons.

There are even maces, copper hammers, bones, iron whips, and iron maces, all of which are designed to be based on a combination of hit rate and damage.

Among them, the mace and the copper hammer are not as exaggerated as in the romance, the mace is a hardwood stick four or five feet long, with large nails embedded on it.

Although the copper hammer is divided into long and short handles, the long handle is used by the infantry, and the handle of the copper hammer used by the cavalry is only four or five feet long, and the hammer head will not exceed the size of a fist, and the small one is even only the size of a chicken.

In general, it is better not to exceed five catties in the weight of cavalry weapons, so that it is convenient for cavalry to use.

In this way, the advantage of riding a knife is too great.

Because the knife is a weapon, the center of gravity can be designed closer to the human hand, so that the control is more flexible than the hammer and the stick.

The level of damage is guaranteed by the presence of the blade, and it has gradually become the best melee weapon for all cavalry troops.

Of course, against heavy armor, riding a sword is useless, but war is a comprehensive subject, just heavy riding, that is only the life of being a light horse with a bow and flying a kite.

With the bonus of excellent steel and excellent design of the riding knife, coupled with the superb martial arts of Di Yong and the guards, now he has entered the flock of tigers and sheep, chopping melons and vegetables.

The Xia people collapsed in a blink of an eye, except for a few horsemen who escaped the pursuit of the Song army in embarrassment, and the rest all fell here.

A man rode out of the pine forest, dressed in the clothes of ordinary Song Dynasty people, and his mount was obviously injured.