Chapter 16: The Iron Harrier
"Didn't hide your idiot!"
Renli said contemptuously: "I didn't hide your voice all day long, three wives and four concubines, and I was hollowed out by a woman, how can I still go to the battlefield!"
When he said this, his expression became solemn.
"King Jin is right. Our army has thousands of troops and horses, and there are countless knights in heavy armor and light armor, and the Song soldiers are standing still, which is a little interesting!"
Renli said this, and the generals beside him also put away their contempt, opened their eyes wide, and looked towards the Song army's big array.
"Wang Song's subordinates, it's better to be careful."
Wei Ming Anhui frowned and said: "The knights of the Song army are strong and strong, not under our side, their infantry is elite and well-trained, and those who come are not good."
When the Western Xia army came, the Song army's commotion regained its composure in a moment, and there was no more panic.
"Arrows are ready to fly, and there is only one battle!"
Renli said coldly: "Su Zhong, take your headquarters cavalry, go and test it first!"
Countless Western Xia light armored cavalry slowly dispatched out of the large array.
"Kill Song Dog!"
Su Zhong brandished his long knife and took the lead, and the party knights behind him urged their horses one by one, shouting wildly, waving the weapons in their hands, advancing like a wall, and slowly coming forward.
"Brothers, kill!"
Zhang Qi and Zhao Yun each led a thousand cavalry under their subordinates, and slowly came out from the left and right flanks of the army. The knights clenched their spears and long knives in their hands, and at this time, they did not need to use force, but only with the help of horsepower, to form a charge.
The smoke and dust were billowing out, and the cavalry of both sides were moving forward vertically and horizontally, facing each other, and the heads of men and horses with helmets were crowded, and the ground with the sound of horses' hooves shook "through", rolling towards each other.
The war drums sounded, and the sergeants on both sides who watched the battle were also enthusiastic and loudly cheered up.
The four thousand iron horsemen collided together in an instant, scolding, screaming, swords and guns entering the body, and the sound of Jin Ge, all kinds of voices converged together, and a large-scale charge began.
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Countless party knights were stabbed under the horse, countless Song cavalry were slashed by long knives one by one, the two sides rushed into battle at one time, and the knights who fell off the horse were countless, and the life and death on the battlefield were often in an instant.
Li Yanxian sighed slightly. This is the cruelty of war, either you die or I live.
In the place where I rushed just now, there were ownerless horses everywhere. Above the position, countless wounded knights groaned and screamed on the ground, and corpses were everywhere, and blood was everywhere.
Those who were lucky enough not to be seriously injured also had no time to pay attention to the situation on the ground around them, and struggled to climb on their horses and return to their own formation.
The two sides had just finished assembling, and they returned to charge again, and they did not rest for a moment, until they died.
Both sides rushed twice, both losing seven or eight hundred horsemen. The party knights were about to continue to charge, but the sound of Mingjin closing the troops sounded in the army. The light-armored knights on both sides retreated, and countless party-heavy armored iron horsemen slowly came out of the battle, fierce and vicious, straight like ghosts.
"Formation!"
"Artillery ready!"
"Grenadier ready!"
"Knife and axe hand ready!"
Li Yanxian snorted coldly in his nose. He has also seen the Jurchen Iron Floating Tu, and the Iron Harrier in front of him, if he changes the soup without changing the medicine, he has already made up his mind.
One after another, military orders were passed down, and the Song army moved in a large array. Their iron armor is solemn, solemn and majestic, the battle formation is not chaotic at all, the cold light iron armor, a steel forest, makes people feel cold.
"The two rivers are rich in ironware, and when I see it today, it is indeed worthy of its name. I can't imagine that this Wang Song, even the foot soldiers are wearing iron armor, which is not inferior to my heavy armored cavalry!"
Shu Wang Renli was dumbfounded, and the trace of disdain just now had already flown out of the clouds. He himself loves Chinese poetry and can be regarded as knowledgeable. At this time, in amazement, he blurted out.
"King Shu led the cavalry of his headquarters to attack the left flank of the Song army, and King Zhengxian led the army to attack the right flank of the cavalry of the Song army.
Brother Richard's battlefield general, be much more cautious. He wants to use his fifty or sixty thousand people, "Iron."
Harrier" plus tens of thousands of light cavalry, destroyed the opposite Song army in one fell swoop.
"It's all up to King Jin!"
Ahsui and Renli hug their fists together.
"Brothers, if you defeat the Song army in front of you, you can wave your troops south and go straight to Hanzhong."
Brother Richard pulled out his knife and shouted loudly: "Warriors, the flowers and rivers of the Southern Dynasty are in front of you, kill Song Dog with me!"
"Kill Song Dog! Kill Song Dog!"
Countless party soldiers raised their swords and guns in their hands and shouted loudly.
"March!"
When Richard's military order was issued, the Iron Harrier rushed out first, followed closely by the light cavalry, and finally an endless number of party foot soldiers.
Facing the overwhelming party cavalry in front of him, Li Yanxian sat on his horse, his face was solemn, and he shouted loudly.
"Artillery out, immediately in formation!"
Countless artillery pieces were pushed out and formed a square circle, encircling the entire army of the Loyal Army.
Zhao Yun led more than 2,000 cavalry in his headquarters to protect the left flank, and the 3,000-strong Chinese army was on the right flank, consisting of sword and shield men, pikemen and grenadiers in turn.
In front of the Chinese army was Tan Xiong's 3,000 front army, including 1,000 sword and shield men, 1,500 pikemen, and 500 grenadiers.
At the very front of the position, as well as on the left and right flanks, in front of the cavalry and the central army, were the trump cards of the loyal army, the artillery.
There are 200 large and small cannons in front, 100 large and small cannons on the left and right, a total of 400 cannons, the heaviest is only 300 catties, and the lightest is less than 40 catties.
Among the small cannons, the Furlong cannon accounted for more than half. In field battles, the Fran cannon, which can be continuously fired by the sub-gun, has always been the favorite of gunners.
3,000 Chinese troops, 3,000 front troops, 2,000 cavalry, 500 pro-troops, plus artillery and its auxiliaries, and an army of more than 000 people, stood by and watched the Western Xia army rolling in front.
The "Iron Harrier" heavy armored cavalry rolled forward, with a team of 300 people, every 4-5 horses connected, about 15-20 meters long, and 5 teams covered the width of four or five hundred meters in front of the formation.
On the plain, the rumbling of horses' hooves was earth-shattering and imposing, and the whole land became restless with 1,500 hoplite cavalry, plus tens of thousands of light armored cavalry.
"When the cavalry advances, you must pay attention to the artillery of the Song army!"
Brother Richard solemnly explained to the famous An Hui and Renli: "Song Gou's artillery is very fierce, you must be careful!"
His cavalry suffered a great loss in front of the opponent's artillery, and he naturally had to solemnly admonish him so as not to repeat the mistakes of the past.
The rolling Western Xia cavalry soon entered the range of two miles, the ground trembled constantly, and the Iron Harrier cavalry was clearly visible like a tide.
The speed of the horses has increased, countless steel beasts are in front, and the lightly armed cavalry is behind with their bows and arrows, ready to shoot at any time. As far as the eye can see, there is smoke and dust billowing out, horse's head jumping, and the torrent of rolling steel is moving forward rapidly, and death is about to come.
In the Song soldiers in the big array, many people changed color. The rolling hoplites were ghostly, and the sound of rumbling horses' hooves shook like the ground, and many Song soldiers were pounding in their hearts. If it weren't for the strict discipline of the Loyal and Righteous Army, and the large number of officers who had experienced the Battle of the Tiefu Massacre, the Song Army's large array would have collapsed.
"Hold it all for me!"
"Don't be afraid, I'll let you know in a while, what is a local chicken tile dog, vulnerable!"
"What are the legs shaking, the Jin people's iron float is more than this, and they still don't get beaten!"
The officers' angry shouts, words of consolation, and fearless example immediately calmed down the whole array. Many of them had normal faces, and their weapons were firmly grasped.
"Reload your ammo!"
The military order was given, and the gunners immediately got ready.
"Prepare to fire!"
In the blink of an eye, the Iron Harrier heavy armored cavalry entered a range of one mile, and the speed of the war horse became faster.
For heavy cavalry
War horses, because the armor of soldiers and war horses add up to a hundred catties, plus the weight of soldiers, it is generally more than two hundred catties. If the horse accelerates too early, the speed will inevitably drop when charging into battle. Because of this, the hoplites generally accelerated about a mile in front of the formation to ensure penetration of the opponent's large formation.
The torrent of rolling steel rushed in, like a flood bursting its embankment, out of control.
"Fire!"
Liu Hongjin's palms were sweating, he roared loudly, and the red flag in his hand fell heavily.
"Pong! Disheveled! Ponto!"
The deafening sound of artillery rang out, thrilling, a hundred heavy cannons opened fire together, white smoke rose, the muzzle of the cannon flashed red, and a long wall of white smoke rose into the air.
Iron balls weighing 5 catties and 7 catties tore through the air, flew in the air, and smashed straight into the party heavy armored cavalry rolling on the opposite side.
A solid iron ball was smashing on the neck of a war horse, and despite the protection of the protective gear, the war horse could not withstand such a huge impact, and with a sad scream, it fell to the ground with a bang. The horses connected to it were still dragging the horses and knights forward, and their speed inevitably slowed down.
A solid iron ball roared and hit Li Gufang's chest, his chest was concave, and he was already out of breath, but he was still standing upright on the horse, being carried forward by the war horse.
Wuzang was frightened, the iron ball flew in the air, crashing into the heavy armored cavalry, a war horse in the front row was knocked to the ground, the knight on the horse fell to the ground, the iron helmet flew out, and he couldn't get up again, he was trampled by the heavy horse behind, and the fallen horse tripped over a war horse that came up behind.
"Captain!"
I didn't hide it and saw it clearly, and it was the warriors and captains in the army who were trampled on it.
The cannon rumbled, the iron ball flew wantonly, and from time to time a knight was hit by the iron ball or was killed or wounded. Wuzang's face turned pale, but fortunately he couldn't see it under the mask, and because several war horses were connected by ropes, otherwise, Wuzang would have taken the lead in escaping.
"Fire!"
Liu Hongjin's face was flushed, and he didn't have time to look at the results of the battle in front of him, so he issued another order to continue the shelling.
At a distance of one mile, at the speed of heavy cavalry, the gunners could fire three or four shots.
Iron balls flew, artillery continued to sound, gunsmoke filled the air, and the piercing roar made many soldiers have to cover their ears.
Two rounds of heavy artillery were fired in a row, and the furlong machine guns behind continued to bombard, and they were naturally aimed at the endless sweeping light cavalry.
Three rounds of heavy artillery, plus two rounds of small artillery fire, more than half of the party heavy armored cavalry rushing in front were killed or wounded, and the rest was less than forty percent.
Some of the horses were wounded and fell to the ground or died, and were dragged forward by the rest of the horses; Some knights were dead or incapacitated, but they were still tied to their horses and went on; Some of the horses could no longer drag their companions, and stopped, panting; Some horses are spinning in place, listless.
"Grenade!"
Seeing the remnants of the Iron Harrier heavy cavalry rushing into the range of 50 paces, countless grenadiers rushed forward and threw out the smoking grenades in their hands.
Countless pillars of smoke rose up, accompanied by the mournful roar of the horses, one by one the "iron harriers" fell to the ground, and countless later "iron harriers" were tripped to the ground. The ground was littered with dead and wounded knights, and the heavy armor made it impossible for them to stand up, either crushed to death by their war horses, or trampled into flesh by the "iron harriers" behind.
Despite this, there are still many surviving "iron harriers" who have gone through the billowing smoke and dust and rampage.
"Axeman, up!"
Five hundred lightly armored sword and axe men rushed out of the battle formation and went straight to the remnants of the "Iron Harriers".
One of the axemen could not dodge and was stabbed here by the heavy cavalry on his horse, and the other was knocked to the ground, while several other axemen swarmed up, some cutting off the horse's hooves, some breaking the horse's leg bones.
The wailing continued, and the "Iron Harriers" fell to the ground one after another, and the remaining knights fell to the ground one after another, and were soon slashed and smashed by the Song sabers and axes who swept up, and they were killed on the spot, and the scene was extremely bloody.