Chapter 244: The Battle Drums
Wang Xiao is the Great Wall from the Gubei Exit.
Standing on the pass and looking at the majestic and stretching Great Wall, he thought in his heart that such a long Great Wall would almost be impossible to defend everywhere by relying solely on defense.
When the herdsmen on the grassland go south, they can concentrate their forces by relying on their strong mobility. It was very difficult for the defenders, who were mainly foot soldiers, to reinforce them.
In the bloody battles between the dynasties and the grassland people, only the strong Han Sheng Tang could beat the grassland and call his father, the reason was that they used cavalry on a large scale.
The only one who can win the decisive battle with the grassland tribes with the infantry as the main force is the Great Qin Qiang army under the command of Zu Long.
"How can we make the prairie people like singing and dancing?"
Wang Xiao fell into deep thinking for this reason.
It was unrealistic for the Great Song Dynasty to develop cavalry on a large scale, because it needed a large number of horses and horse farms. That's what Da Song lacks.
The Western Xia rebelled and took away the last horse farm. And the land in the pass is not enough to grow food, who will change it to pasture to raise horses.
It's not that no one understands this, it's just that they don't have a choice under the huge interests.
To form a huge cavalry team like the strong Han and the Tang Dynasty, tens of millions of horses are needed at every turn. With so much money, wouldn't it be better to use it to mess around in three tiles and two houses?
Horses are delicate animals, and they are only as good as they are for ten years. This requires sustained large-scale investment.
In terms of the virtue of the Great Song Wenchen, this kind of thing that only invests and does not see returns, and it is also a matter of adding bricks and tiles to those martial artists, you sell their whole family to three tiles and two houses, and they don't do it.
"King Yan, Tanma reported that the Jin soldiers and horses have entered Bei'anzhou."
Zhu Biao's report brought Wang Xiao back to his senses from his thoughts.
"Are they going to defend the city?"
Zhu Biao's expression was a little strange: "Not many people enter the city, most of them are camped outside the city." ”
Wang Xiao was stunned for a moment, and then laughed.
Uh, I accidentally brought the habits of the Three Kingdoms World with me. Wang Xiao, whose face returned to calm, nodded: "This is looking down on us." ”
At this time, the Jin soldiers were at the peak of their morale, and even when they went south to Bianliang City later, they were not as strong as they are now. Because by that time they had already rushed to their fill.
A robber with a large bag on his body will not have much combat power.
"King Yan, how about we select elite soldiers to attack them?"
The battle that attacked Zengtou City back then can be described as a classic. Tens of thousands of unsuspecting Liangshan bandits were beaten almost to the ground.
Zhu Biao and they often boast about their remembrance, and they want to come again when they have the opportunity.
Gubeikou is not far from Bei'anzhou, and it is indeed possible to launch a surprise attack in the early hours of the morning by selecting an elite army for an afternoon plus a night of forced marching.
However, after Wang Xiao thought about it, he still refused.
The reason, of course, is that the Jin soldiers, who have been fighting with the Liao State all the year round, are not the same as those rabble Liangshan thieves.
Wan Yanchang is also a veteran of the old battle, no matter how arrogant he is, he still has basic vigilance.
Don't steal chickens at that time, but take in a group of elites.
Of course, these reasons cannot be said directly. In that case, it will increase the prestige of others and destroy one's own morale.
So Wang Xiao said this: "We are the masters of the decorating, and we don't need to be so calculating to fight these barbarians." Just kill them and level them out. ”
All the generals around him nodded Lianlian, and the business touted Wang Xiao's atmosphere.
Three days later, Wang Xiao led his people to confront Wan Yanchang's soldiers and horses under the city of Bei'anzhou.
In fact, Wang Xiao arrived two days ago, just to wait for the follow-up soldiers and horses to stay for another day. There are still 10,000 or 20,000 follow-up people who even left Gubeikou.
The traffic conditions of this era make it impossible for your tens of thousands of troops to go wherever they go.
It was all a long snake formation along the road, rolling in layers. Not to mention that there are a large number of military and civilian men who are slowing down the speed.
Although the actual start of the war may be half a day and a day to decide the winner, in fact, the preliminary preparations are measured in months, or even years.
It was Wan Yanchang who took the initiative to start the war, not Wang Xiao.
Wanyanchang has rich experience in the battle array.
When Wang Xiao's front army arrived, he didn't fight because he felt that he didn't have enough manpower to fight by himself.
He didn't choose to wait for Wang Xiao's whole army to arrive before fighting, because then there would be too many people.
The timing chosen by Wan Yanchang was that most of Wang Xiao's soldiers and horses came, and he failed to gather all his strength.
At this time, if you defeat these people, you can take advantage of the situation to chase and sweep the routs on the road behind, and even rush all the way down the Gubeikou to open the gate to the south.
This is the so-called battlefield experience.
As for the number of people on Wang Xiao's side, Wan Yanchang didn't care at all.
In his opinion, the soldiers and horses under Wang Xiao's command are almost as good as those cannon fodder and miscellaneous people under him, and they may not even be comparable.
First entangle the southern soldiers with miscellaneous beards, and then send four elite Jin soldiers from Meng'an to go down with a drum, and this battle can be over in half a day.
"Those golden soldiers are indeed elite."
Wang Xiao looked at the thousands of golden soldiers waiting in the distance, and nodded silently.
The Jin people are half-nomadic, half-fishermen and hunters. They had cavalry, but not all cavalry.
The attack on the Liao State captured a large amount of booty, especially a lot of iron weapons.
Liao is known as the country of iron, and the level of iron is no worse than that of the Great Song Dynasty. And it's a lot of output.
The cavalry of about 2,000 people in the Jin Kingdom are all one person and two horses, with complete horizontal swords, horses, guns, bows and arrows, and a number of iron-armored horses hanging curtains.
This can already be counted as heavy cavalry.
Most of the remaining golden soldiers were armed with heavy weapons such as bones, giant axes, and iron hammers. Wearing double or even triple layers of heavy armor, it looks like a great wall of steel from a distance.
Because of the harsh living environment, the soldiers of the Jin Soldiers are all tall and strong, with a burly physique.
Equipped with a full set of iron weapons, there is also a proper command and a complete military system. Coupled with the morale of the brave battle, it is no wonder that it can destroy the Liaoping Song Dynasty.
As for the large number of miscellaneous beards, Wang Xiao directly chose to ignore them.
No one cares about these cannon fodder who go to the battlefield just to eat.
The drums of war rumbled, and the horns sounded.
Some golden soldiers on horseback galloped back and forth among the cannon fodder ranks, shouting loudly and driving them towards Wang Xiao's side.
There are almost 20,000 people, rolling in like waves, and it is indeed very imposing.
The eyes of all the generals around looked at Wang Xiao.
Wang Xiao touched his chin, and the iron gloves hurt a little.
"The armor does not move, the crossbowmen do not move, the cavalry does not move." In the end, Wang Xiao only sent eight or nine thousand sword and shield soldiers and some archers to defend against those miscellaneous cannon fodder.
There's a reason why cannon fodder is looked down upon.
Their morale is not high, or simply not there. And you can only fight with the wind, and once you are frustrated, running away is the first choice.
The role of cannon fodder on the battlefield, in addition to consuming arrows, is only containment.
Wang Xiao's rear team has not yet arrived, and there are only more than 30,000 people on the battlefield at this time.
Wan Yanchang, who was in the distance, saw that the cannon fodder was entangled with nearly half of the soldiers and horses of the southern soldiers, and expressed his satisfaction with this.
As for the remaining more than 10,000 southern soldiers, Wan Yanchang didn't pay attention to it.
In his opinion, the warriors of his own clan under his command could be defeated with a single charge.
Wan Yanchang, who thought that the cannon fodder had completed his mission, personally led thousands of golden soldiers of his own clan to kill the main formation that stood up with a big banner on the opposite side.
With the participation of tens of thousands of people, the battlefield was very wide.
It was too far away before, and there were no telescopes yet. Wan Yanchang did not know the situation of Wang Xiao's main formation.
When he personally led the troops to roar over, he saw clearly what kind of soldiers and horses he needed to face.
'Hiss~~~'
Seeing the opposite form clearly, Wan Yanchang, who had been fighting for many years, felt a little toothache.
The soldiers and horses on the opposite side are all wearing armor, not the kind of leather, but real iron armor and heavy armor.
At the front were about a thousand tower-like armorers, behind them were crossbowmen armed with heavy crossbows, and on either side were large cavalry.
More than 10,000 people lined up quietly, even if the cannon fodder not far away shouted and killed, there was still the sound of hunting and hunting with the wind blowing the flag.
After Yan Chang looked at it, he understood that this was a strong army.
On the battlefield, those who can do not mess up the formation and the sergeants are strong.
But now this situation is no longer up to him.
Either step forward or retreat.
It is still possible to break the enemy when you step forward, and if you retreat, the cannon fodder will definitely collapse. When the time comes, so many cavalry will chase and kill, it will inevitably be a great defeat.
Wan Yanchang took a deep breath and put his hope on the invincible elites of his own clan of more than 4,000 under his command.
I hope that the opposite side is a silver-like wax spear head, the kind that will be broken as soon as it comes into contact.
The horn sounded again, and more than 2,000 golden soldiers wearing multiple armors slowly stepped forward and pressed towards Wang Xiao's banner.
Wearing dozens of pounds of armor, a macho man who can still walk on the battlefield like a fly from here to there does not exist in reality.
When you really fight, you walk slowly to conserve your strength. Only when the last section is only a few tens of meters away will you really run.
Heavily armored and shielded, the golden soldiers did not care about bows and crossbows, because they believed that their thick iron armor would effectively protect them.
In the past, when fighting with the Liao, the Liao's bows and arrows were almost no threat at all.
That's because they didn't meet the Divine Arm!
The name of the Divine Arm Bow is a bow, which is actually a strong crossbow.
The specially designed heavy crossbow is unmatched in its lethality. The closer you are, the stronger your armor-piercing ability.
When he took three hundred steps, some anxious people turned their heads to look at Wang Xiao.
Wang Xiao waved his hand and didn't say anything.
After two hundred steps, one hundred steps, or even fifty steps, Wang Xiao did not give an order. The generals were even in a bit of a commotion.
Wang Xiao was willing to spend money, and the Great Song Dynasty spent huge manpower and material resources to build and maintain the Divine Arm Bow, and he got more than 4,000 pairs, all of which are here at the moment.
He also saw that those golden soldiers were wearing heavy armor and heavy shields, and they couldn't break through the defense at all when they were far away.
In that case, simply put it at a distance where you can shoot through.
The golden soldiers in their early 2,000s came to a distance of thirty paces, and a fierce commander shouted angrily, and immediately swarmed up, ready to break through the armor formation and kill those unsuspecting crossbowmen. The passage was opened, and the cavalry behind followed up to sweep the impact, and the battle was won.
When they began to charge into battle, Wang Xiao, who raised his hand, swung down heavily!
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