Chapter 52: The Battle
They were victorious, and with almost no losses of their own, they wiped out all three hundred Iron Harriers!
This kind of record can be called a brilliant one!
And not far away, the foot soldiers of the Western Xia Army, the Song soldiers and the people, were completely stunned!
That's three hundred iron harriers!
It was completely wiped out by more than 1,000 foot soldiers, and the loss of these foot soldiers was not much!
It's just incredible.
Everyone grew up with their mouths, as if they were still living in a dream!
One question after another came to the minds of all of them.
What is it that can emit black smoke and explode with a loud noise?
They could see clearly that the Swingers were able to defeat the Iron Harrier by that thing.
"Damn, these incompetent iron harriers were defeated by the Han footmen, it's damned."
"Chaheli is really a waste, he died at the hands of the Han people, waste, waste, waste, it's about to lose the face of the entire Western Xia Kingdom."
The generals of the Western Xia infantry kept cursing the Iron Harriers, who had already killed most of them in battle, and denounced the incompetence of Chaheli.
I want to use this to hide my fears!
He didn't think that the more than 1,000 foot soldiers under his command would be the opponent of the army on the other side, it was really terrifying.
Especially when they strangled the Iron Harriers who survived the earth-shattering thunder, the terrifying combat power they displayed made him feel his scalp tingle.
In fact, the Iron Harrier fought very well, and the casualty rate had already exceeded seventy percent, before it collapsed and fled, I don't know how many ordinary troops of this era were exceeded.
Even if they are heavy horses, once they attack, they will not retreat, which is extremely rare.
You know, according to the standards of this era, those who can suffer more than two percent casualties without collapsing are already elites.
Like Jin Guo, why is it so strong?
In just a few years, he destroyed the Liao State, and then went south to attack the Song Dynasty and occupy the Central Plains in Hedong, Hebei.
It is because they have just come out of the white mountains and black waters, they are not afraid of death, and the casualty rate they can withstand far exceeds that of the pampered Liao State and the Song Dynasty army.
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The general of the Western Xia infantry looked at the sweeping army that came in a neat formation, and exclaimed in his heart, even the most elite infantry was nothing more than that!
Bubazi is one of the most elite infantry troops in Western Xia, judging from the name, it is an infantry, but this is definitely not an ordinary infantry, what is its difference?
- "Song History and Soldiers" recorded: "Those who walk on foot, up and down the hillside, in and out of the stream, can best exceed the height and distance, and walk lightly", "When encountering the enemy in the deep and dangerous places of the valley, they use the foot to stab and cover the attack."
It can be seen from the records that Bubazi is not an ordinary infantry in positional warfare, it is a kind of special forces, mainly used for special terrain operations, such as mountains, valleys, etc.
How could the Western Xia create such a class?
Because around the territory of Western Xia, there are many mountainous terrains, and the junction of Western Xia and Tubo, Song, and Liao is full of mountains, hills, and river valleys.
In the battle with these countries, the Iron Harrier, as the main force of the Western Xia, could not give full play to its specialties because it was a cavalry unit, so the Tangut people formed this kind of special forces in order to cooperate with the Iron Harrier to fight.
The source of soldiers in the Western Xia Bubazi also mainly came from these mountainous areas, such as: Hengshan area (now in Shaanxi), so it is also called "Hengshan Bubazi".
The Western Xia army often used foot cavalry, far and near cooperation, and first used the whirlwind cannon of the Poxi army to carry out long-range attacks.
After the enemy approaches, then use the Iron Harrier to carry out a frontal assault, and after breaking through the enemy formation, the infantry will be mixed behind the Iron Harrier to take advantage of the situation to kill the enemy formation.
This tactic of the Tanguts caused their enemies to suffer a lot. Of course, the infantry in this is not necessarily a foot soldier, it depends on the terrain, and the foot foot is mainly deployed in places with mountains, hills, and river valleys.
The Bubazi of Western Xia is similar to the Wudang Flying Army of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period!
Just as the generals of the Western Xia infantry were secretly cursing, the Dang Capture Army had already reorganized its military formation, and the army began to slowly advance towards them.
Neat, silent, like a wall!
The pressure on the enemy is enough to make the enemy collapse!
"Assemble the army, prepare to engage the enemy!"
The general of the Western Xia infantry shouted, and the Western Xia infantry also began to line up, and then rushed towards the Dang Captive Army.
"Charge!"
The general of the Western Xia infantry shouted loudly and commanded the army to rush towards the Dang Captive Army.
The distance between the two sides is getting closer, and compared with the Western Xia army roaring various slogans, the Dang Capture Army is extremely silent.
Step by step, as if every step had been measured, slowly approaching the enemy at a slow and firm pace.
"Kill!"
The two armies collided.
"Shield!" "Thorn!" "Forward!"
"Shield!" "Thorn!" "Forward!"
“……”
The army was still silent, and the soldiers did not shout, did not roar, only the slogans of the orders.
The first row of the Dang Capture Army held their shields at the front, and no matter how the Western Xia army attacked, they were all unswervingly advancing step by step.
Knives, meteor hammers, spears...... All sorts of weapons smashed into their shields, armor, and clanged.
But it can't break through the thick plate armor on their bodies!
After all, this thing is made of pure steel, and when it comes out of the steelmaking furnace, it is directly forged with a hydraulic forging hammer, and the whole body is completely integrated except for some joint joints.
It's not that easy to break through their defenses!
However, due to the lack of iron in Western Xia, the Western Xia army was only equipped with ordinary leather armor, and it looked vulnerable in the face of the neat spear array of the Dangyu army.
One by one, the spears kept stabbing out, retracting, stabbing out, and retracting again, quickly reaping the lives of the Western Xia army.
The Western Xia army also fought back desperately, brandishing weapons to break through the plate armor on the first row of captives.
Under the offensive of the Western Xia army, the Danglu army gradually suffered casualties.
A young-looking soldier was thrown to the ground by several lifeless Western Xia soldiers, and the plate armor on his body was forcibly removed, and he also died tragically at the hands of several Western Xia soldiers.
Even if he killed several enemies before he died, his young life came to an end at this moment!
However, this is not an isolated case, so far, more than a dozen soldiers have fallen to the ground and died on the spot!
More of the sergeants were wounded and forced to retreat behind their comrades, allowing them to take their place.
Although the long knives, broken swords, and scimitars in the hands of the Western Xia sergeants could not break through the plate armor on the corpses of the sergeants.
However, the meteor hammers, spears, sticks and other weapons in their hands can still exert their power through the plate armor and apply it to the Swing Soldiers, causing damage to the Swing Soldiers.
The two sides fight brutally together, and do everything they can to kill the enemy!
Although there were casualties among the Dang Army, the losses of the Western Xia Army were much greater than those of the Dang Army!