Chapter 223: Rushing into battle
When Wang Chuanbao led the army in pursuit, the two armies were only 300 paces apart.
Three hundred steps, in Wang Chuanbao's view, as long as a cup of tea, you can catch up.
But after a cup of tea, the distance of 300 steps has only become 200 steps.
Looking at the "deserters" in front of him who showed few signs of dispersion, Wang Chuanbao began to drum in his heart, how could there be such a neat queue of deserters, could it be that there was an ambush?
But the news sent back by the various scouts in the early morning clearly told him that Wan Yankang's army had not yet set off in Dading Mansion.
Although Tanma arrived from Dading Mansion, it has been a day and a night. It is not known that Wan Yankang has led the army south at this time, but at least in front of him, this battalion of cavalry is a lone army!
If you give up the pursuit just because you are uneasy, you will be the commander of the army, and you will be able to do it for a long time.
These thoughts, in Wang Chuanbao's heart, were just fleeting. He put away his distracting thoughts and shouted: "Brothers, work harder, kill one enemy, and reward ten taels of silver!" ”
The veterans behind him shouted one after another, and the speed of the horses was three points faster.
After another cup of tea, the distance of two hundred paces was finally shortened by eighty steps.
Wang Chuanbao looked at the six roads, and saw that everywhere he saw, it was flat, and there was no ambush, he was determined, and when he was about to close a little closer, he ordered the arrows to be released.
Before he could make a sound, a shout came from the "deserters" in front of him.
"Turn back!"
The "deserters" twisted half of their bodies in unison, and drew their bows and arrows.
After one breath, another burst of screams rang out.
"Shoot!"
The rain of arrows under black pressure came in an instant!
Wang Chuanbao's heart seemed to stop suddenly. He finally understood why this battalion of "deserters" was so neatly lined up.
It turned out that people didn't run away at all, nor did they have any ambushes, but relied on superb equestrian and archery skills to bully themselves.
With the sound of puff and puff arrows beside him, and bursts of screams, Wang Chuanbao's eyes turned red and he yelled: "Give Lao Tzu, shoot back!" ”
With his shout, the cavalry behind him also came back to their senses and desperately fired arrows forward.
The "deserters" in front, although they turned around and released their arrows, did not stop at all when they dismounted their hips, and they all maintained their original speed and continued to run. Every two breaths, these "deserters" turned around and shot a rain of arrows.
The pursuers were also constantly stretching their bows and arrows, pouring the arrows in their quivers with all their might.
However, when the distance is the same, one side runs and the other chases. After the opponent's arrow was fired, the fleeer ran for nearly ten steps, which was equivalent to opening up a distance of ten paces. And the pursuers took the initiative to reduce the distance by ten paces.
The difference between chasing and fleeing, a distance of twenty paces, is the difference between life and death, resulting in a huge difference in battle damage. In addition, the cavalry of White Horse City is equipped with a stone hard bow, and the range is longer than that of the cavalry under Wang Chuanbao, so the gap is even greater.
After five rounds of mutual firing, more than half of the more than 1,000 cavalry led by Wang Chuanbao have been lost.
And Wu Shiman's department was only killed and wounded by dozens of people.
Wang Chuanbao was lucky enough to escape the baptism of five rounds of arrow rain, and only one arrow was hit in his left shoulder, but like the other remaining soldiers, his horse speed unconsciously slowed down. The tragic situation in front of him told him that if he continued to pursue like this, he was afraid that all of his thousands of people would have to be explained here.
As a veteran general who has fought against the Song soldiers for many years, Wang Chuanbao has also thought about the feasibility of kite tactics. Compared with the Song State, there were more Dajin cavalry, and how to defeat the enemy with cavalry and superior cavalry was a compulsory lesson for the generals of the Jin State.
But this tactic only stayed in Wang Chuanbao's mind for a short time, and he put it behind him.
War horses, equestrianism, bows and arrows, archery, these must be superior to others in order to perfectly realize kite tactics.
In addition, the troops using this tactic must be disciplined and have a particularly strong will to fight in order to remain in a seemingly fleeing state and turn around and fire a volley.
And among ordinary troops, once a trend of running away is formed, there is a ninety percent chance that they will be defeated in one fell swoop!
Even if the above conditions are met, the kite tactic can be implemented, but there is always a fatal weakness.
Don't overdo it! Not too little!
The kite tactic is to use the speed of a horse chasing and fleeing to create a distance difference. If there are too many people, the fleeing side can effectively shoot arrows, but only a few rows behind the fall, and the warriors in the front, even if they open their bows and arrows, are doomed to be in vain.
And turning around to shoot arrows, unless you are one in ten thousand marksmen, the accuracy is difficult to control. In this way, it is necessary to form a formed team and shoot a rain of arrows to the rear in order to make a contribution.
Kite tactics, which require at least one platoon of fighters, are required to be effective. The men and horses of a regiment are almost the limit of this tactic. This is still an offensive and defensive drill built on the vast prairie, if it is in the Central Plains, even in the plain area, it is impossible to fully line the team.
Although the kite tactics are quite restricted, at this moment, in the hands of Wu Shiman, they have exerted great power.
Wang Chuanbao knew that if he chased after him, it was just adding fuel to the fire, so he had to stop helplessly, wait for the rear army to catch up, and then make plans.
But will Wu Shiman give him this chance?
The answer is clearly no!
Sensing that the "chasing soldiers" in the rear did not stop before and after, Wu Shiman decisively led the army to stop, turned the horse's head, listed the front and arrow formation, and prepared to attack.
The front arrow array had just been set up, and Wu Shiman was about to order the whole army to attack, when he suddenly got a report that there was smoke and dust in the rear.
Wu Shiman turned around and looked, and seven or eight miles behind him, there was billowing smoke and dust. Judging from the smoke and dust formation, there were at least more than two thousand cavalry.
Gao Youli stepped forward immediately and said solemnly: "Battalion commander, it should be our rangers who have not yet been cleaned, and they have gathered!" ”
Wu Shiman nodded, he realized that he had made a radical mistake, this mistake, one bad one, was the annihilation of the whole army!
At the same time, Wang Chuanbao also saw the billowing smoke and dust in the distance, and he was a little suspicious in his heart.
Is it the other side's reinforcements?
Or is it a large group of people gathered by their own exploration horses?
If it is the other party's reinforcements, even if you add the rear army that catches up, I am afraid that you will have to explain here.
But if it is his own people, Wang Chuanbao's eyes lit up when he thought of this. Judging from the news obtained last night, it is impossible for Wan Yankang's brigade to reach the battlefield at this time.
Wang Chuanbao shouted: "Brothers, the reinforcements are coming, let's attack back and forth and wipe out this gang of miscellaneous pieces!" ”
Wu Shiman put all his anxiety behind, pulled out his scimitar, and pointed straight ahead: "Charge!" ”
The soldiers of White Horse City shouted in unison: "Charge!" ”
When Wang Chuanbao saw that the enemy was starting to charge, he also shouted: "Brothers, follow me!" With that, this man also took the lead in charging into the enemy line.
The main generals of both sides rushed to the front of the formation, because the armor was obviously different, Wu Shiman and Wang Chuanbao both stared at each other at the same time.
Capture the thief and capture the king first, both of them have such an idea.
When they were only two or three stalls apart, they drew their scimitars at the same time, raised them high, and slashed at each other.
With a bang, the two knives intersected and collided violently.
With Wu Shiman's strength, he was so shocked by the force of the shock that he almost couldn't hold the scimitar in his hand.
Wang Chuanbao was even more unbearable, and almost fell off his horse, but fortunately he had excellent equestrian skills, and he unloaded three points of strength in the thrilling time, turned his body slightly, and then turned back.
On the battlefield of cavalry hedging, the three hundred rounds of the big battle are completely non-existent. The first time the two commanders fought, neither of them could help the other, and each did not even have time to be surprised for a moment, and the horses kept moving forward, and they swung their swords and slashed at the enemy in front of them.
The sound of slashing, hissing, and screaming kept ringing.
A battalion of cavalry led by Wu Shiman, because they had won a battle, had high morale, and at this time, under the leadership of the main general, everyone fought bravely.
When we meet on a narrow road, the brave wins.
Twenty breaths later, Wu Shiman swung his knife and slashed into the air, only to realize that he had killed through the enemy formation. He turned around and looked at the enemy reinforcements in the rear, which was only two or three miles away.
Looking ahead, the rear army sent from the middle capital city also appeared in sight.
Gao Youli came to the front and asked softly, "East or West?" ”
In Gao Youli's view, at this time, to penetrate the enemy formation, before the enemy has not yet closed the siege, it is necessary to choose a side to break through.
Wu Shiman looked left and right, and suddenly grinned: "East or West?" Let's not choose either! ”
"Onward, keep charging for me!"
After Gao Youli listened, he had the heart to persuade one or two more, but looking at Wu Shiman's crazy eyes, he knew that he could only follow the will of the main general at this time, so he also shouted: "Charge!" ”
The soldiers didn't have time to think about it, and as Wu Shiman gave an order, Gao Youli shouted, and each of them shouted, waving the scimitar in his hand and continuing to charge forward.
There are 1,800 cavalry in the rear army that came out of the middle capital, and they are all the best elite divisions in the forbidden army.
The horses they were matched with were all fine horses.
The steel knives he holds are all blades of refinement.
The armor he wore was all bright light armor.
But as Wu Shiman said, this group of "elites" with full armor have never seen blood, and they are all raw melons and eggs.
When the two armies were about to meet, Gao Youli shouted: "White horse, ten thousand victories!" ”
The warriors behind him also shouted in unison: "White horse, ten thousand victories!" ”
Under the momentum of the warriors of White Horse City like a storm, this group of elite divisions was cowardly before they fought!
Where did General Wang's former army go? Could it be that the army has been wiped out?
The billowing smoke and dust behind, could it be that the enemy's reinforcements are coming?
One side has already been tempered and is a newly victorious division, and the other side has not fought for the first time, and the army has been scattered.
The results speak for themselves.
Wang Chuanbao led six or seven hundred remnants of the army, and insisted on fighting for twenty breaths.
And this 1,800 new army, in fifteen breaths, has completely collapsed and fled in all directions.
Wu Shiman laughed wildly: "This kind of wine bag and rice bag, even if there are 100,000 people, what are you afraid of!" ”
The warriors shouted: "Invincible! Invincibility! ”
Gao Youli found Wu Shiman and asked, "Battalion commander, what should we do next!" ”
Wu Shiman turned his head and grinned: "Dare to rush with me for a while!" ”
"Why don't you dare!"