Chapter 160: The Great War, Heroes Are Born
The biggest taboo in the military is fighting on two fronts, and we cannot take care of each other. However, this time, Brother Richard, the king of Jin, the god of war in Western Xia, was destined to fight on two fronts, and he couldn't bargain on either front.
The next day, it was a cloudy day with a northerly wind, and the weather was obviously suitable for engagement, and the soldiers would look particularly energetic when they charged. But it was such a weather, the Golden Wolf Military City suffered a catastrophe, countless warships appeared on the river, and the trebuchets on it had been assembled the night before, just waiting for the commander to give an order, and began to attack the Golden Wolf Military City.
The soldiers on the watchtower of the Golden Wolf Military City knew that something was wrong when they saw the appearance of the warship, so they quickly went down to the city wall to report it.
The night before, Fei Ting, who was drunk like mud, couldn't wake up at all, and his younger brother Fei Tinghebao had to organize his own defense, where did this straw bag with an empty stomach know about the military, and it could only be a blind command, but it was better than nothing, Zongbi was not strong, and the soldiers at the head of the city began to get busy, ready to meet the enemy's attack.
It didn't take 30,000 soldiers and horses to attack such a small military city, and the main reason for doing so was to attract the army of King Richard of Jin. Only in this way will the foundation be laid for the final war of annihilation.
This time, the two fleets, the main attack in charge of the three heroes of the Ruan family, the goal is only one to fight until the black tiger goes to ask for help, and Zhang Heng and Zhang Shun's fleet is not responsible for attacking, but waiting for the arrival of enemy reinforcements, after all, General Liang Lie only has three thousand sailors, and it is still difficult to fight against the powerful Western Xia cavalry, at least Li Jun, the commander of this battle, thinks so and deploys it this way.
Jin King Richard didn't know the crisis of the Golden Wolf Military City at all, he let the soldiers have breakfast early, preparing for the final battle, in this guy's opinion, this battle is enough to decide whether to win or lose, to defeat the Song army in one fell swoop.
Originally, more than 60,000 less than 70,000 Western Xia cavalry, nearly 20,000 were killed in a battle yesterday, so that only more than 46,000 were left to put into battle. In Richard's estimate, the Song army is at most 80,000 infantry and 30,000 sailors, and the total strength of the soldiers is 110,000, and the number of killed yesterday should be no less than 60,000, so there are 50,000 left.
With 35,000 cavalry against 50,000 infantry, it can be said that there is no need for the whole army to press on the victory of the whole army, as long as the troops are not divided.
The 15,000 cavalry of the front army was still led by Wei Ming Weihai, and the purpose of the front station was to completely tear apart the defense line of the Song army and to impact the large array of the Song army, and the 20,000 cavalry of the rear army was led by Li Liangfu, a famous general of Western Xia, who was responsible for the final annihilation battle.
The war horses neighed, and the battle was about to break out.
Compared with yesterday, the Song army was obviously insufficient, and did not put down yesterday's rock-solid dragon and bird array, but chose the most conservative Que Yue array, the entire large array presented a half-moon shape, I can't see that point is weak, of course, I can't see that point is strong, this is obviously a main defensive formation, compared with yesterday's dragon bird big array offensive and defensive balance, today's Que Yue big array is only passively beaten. It is precisely because of the abandonment of the offense that the defense is more solid, and it is destined to be a very difficult battle today.
This time, it is the forbidden army that came up to defend, after the previous extermination of Liangshan, the 100,000 forbidden army was transferred to Jingzhao Mansion, although it was less than 100,000, but 60,000 was full, after more than half a year of intensive training, although it could not reach the combat effectiveness of the Longxiang army, but the defensive battle could be put in use, as long as the soldiers could withstand the baptism of this battle, when they encountered the Jin National Iron Cavalry on the battlefield in the future, even if they could not win, they would not be defeated.
Although on the surface, the entire Que Yue Great Array presents a half-moon type with no difference between strength and weakness, but in fact the difference is still very big, 50,000 forbidden troops are in the front, arranged according to the five elements, gold, wood, water, fire and earth, the combat objectives of each army are different, and the five armies cooperate with each other to form a whole, in the absence of offensive tasks, the defense is like a tight machine, leaving no flaws for the enemy.
Liu Zhenglong personally led 10,000 forbidden troops to sit in the rear army, coming to the rescue at any time according to the changes in the battlefield, ensuring that the entire Que Yue Great Array would not be crushed when the Western Xia cavalry attacked.
In this battle, the seed army withdrew from the battle, yesterday they suffered a lot of casualties, and they also need to be adjusted, of course, there are mainly other tasks, as for the Long Xiang army, they directly withdrew to Jingzhao Mansion to rest, and they will quickly replenish the troops, and make up the number of 10,000.
This time, Liu Zhenglong spent his money and pulled out all the siege equipment, although most of them were not used in defense, but the speed of blocking the cavalry impact was quite good.
Tribulus terrestris, the sea of fire this trick has been used yesterday, today with the bet is useless, simply abandon it, after yesterday's battle, Liu Zhenglong found that he overestimated Brother Richard, but also overestimated the Western Xia cavalry, he decided to modify the original plan, no longer according to the original plan to hold on until dark, today as long as it is held for three hours, it is considered a success, so that the casualties can be greatly reduced.
At the moment, as the low horn sounded, Wei Ming Weihai led the cavalry to rush over like a storm. The 15,000 cavalry was divided into five levels to launch an attack in a fan, not to find the weakness of the enemy's position and force a breakthrough, but to attack on the whole line, where there was a weakness, to speed up the impact, this style of play is based on absolute strength, with V cavalry to crush the infantry.
These forbidden troops did not go through such a large-scale cavalry impact, the soldiers seemed a little flustered, and the generals were not so calm, but this battle was a fateful war. The 10,000 rear troops behind are nominally reserve troops, but they are actually war overseers, and once a soldier retreats, they will be directly killed.
In the case of no way out, although the forbidden army appeared flustered, but the formation was maintained very well, especially the siege equipment such as nest cars and bucket carts blocked the impact of the first round of Western Xia cavalry on the battlefield, and when the impact speed of the Western Xia cavalry weakened, the forbidden army found that the cavalry was not so terrible, and they would still fall off their horses under the cover of their own crossbow arrows.
Dong Xian, this little head is on the front line, this guy held a mobilization meeting for his 100 soldiers the night before, telling everyone that it is destined to be the most dangerous in the first line, after all, in the face of the impact of the Western Xia cavalry, it is destined to be more than lucky, and it can be said that nine deaths are life. If you want to survive, or if you want to leave more money for your family, you should fight like a man.
The cavalry is just one more horse, it will also be injured, it will bleed, and it will die, as long as the horse's leg is cut off with the knife and axe in his hand, the war horse will fall, and the cavalry will also fall to the ground, at this time the cavalry is pressed under the horse, only the part of being slaughtered, even if it is not pressed under the horse, when it just falls, it has no combat effectiveness, and it can be easily killed.
Dong Xian finally said to everyone, "The task of the crossbowmen is to use powerful crossbow arrows to cover a large area and shoot the enemy from a distance, and we, the shield bearers, knife and axe hands), are like green pines to bite the ground and not relax, and our defense is the guarantee of victory." This time, Lao Tzu doesn't want any of the above rewards, it's all yours. Raising soldiers for a thousand days, using it for a while, is death anyway, it is better to give it a go, kill one is enough, kill two and earn one. ”
I don't know if the mobilization meeting played a role, or the bravery of Dong Xian set an example, this hundred-person squad blocked the cavalry's attack alive, not passively beaten, but took the initiative to cut the horse's legs and kill the cavalry.
In groups of three, one blocked the cavalry attack with a shield, one chopped the horse's legs with a sword and axe, and the other pierced the Western Xia cavalry with spears to end the battle.
The horse roared, and the hooves of the horse jumped high and stepped heavily on the shield, and the shield-bearer suffered a major impact, and although he quickly retreated, the shield was still crushed, and the shield-bearer was also impacted, although his life was not in danger, he was still wounded.
The moment the horse's hooves stepped on the shield, the axe-bearer swung his axe and slashed at the horse's leg. At the moment when the horse's leg was cut off, even the man and the horse fell down heavily, and the spear in the spearman's hand pierced the Western Xia cavalry fiercely. The whole process is very coherent, and a perfect fight is completed in more than ten seconds at most.
After killing the first cavalry, the shield bearer, the axe hand, and the spear man trio quickly fused to meet the impact of the next cavalry, this small-scale hunting, soon had an effect, although there were many misses in the middle, but it was better than using the body to meet the cavalry impact, at least the casualties in such a duel were almost one-to-one, and the cavalry could not get half a bargain.
Dong Xian saw that his subordinates had a good effect in this battle, and began to gather small troops together, so that in the area he defended, he resisted the impact of the Western Xia cavalry, although the soldiers fell one by one, but the position was still firmly controlled in his own hands.
Dong Xian, who was murderous, waved the machete in his hand, and rushed to kill alone, slowing down the defensive pressure for the team, this guy can be said to be fast and accurate, almost a knife will have a war horse fall, he is very cunning, the war horse has a large target, and he can't defend himself, so he can only rely on the defense of the cavalry, as long as it hits the war horse, then this cavalry is wasted, of course, the biggest danger is that it is easy to be attacked by the cavalry, and if it is not good, it will lose its head.
will be the courage of the soldiers, although Dong Xian is only a small leader, but his bravery, coupled with the three-person cooperation of the small team, so that an hour has passed, and they still have more than 30 people, firmly standing at the forefront of the position, and the small position has not been broken by the Western Xia cavalry, which has to be said to be a miracle in the history of cold weapons. The infantry stiffly held off the cavalry for an hour, and this kind of feats are not something that everyone can do.
Dong Xian's squad is just a microcosm of the entire battle situation, not every general is so brave, and not every soldier can sacrifice his life and forget death, there are always soldiers who can't bear it, and there are always generals who are not promising.
In the first hour, only the 15,000 cavalry of the front army of the Western Xia cavalry were attacking, and the formation of the Que Yue large array was maintained very well, but in the second hour, the rear army of the Western Xia cavalry was killed by 20,000 troops, which was led by the famous general Li Liangfu. The cavalry charged wilder, and the attack became more rapid.
The Que Yue Great Array finally loosened, the first line was completely torn apart, most places began to collapse, there were more and more gaps, after the cavalry rushed in, a large area of loopholes began to appear, if it was not handled well, there would be more and more problems behind.
Without moving, the front line began to collapse, but Liu Zhenglong, who was watching the battle from a distance, didn't care, as if all this had nothing to do with him, his eyes were just staring at Dong Xian's team to see how long this group of warriors could last.
Just as Dong Xian's machete slashed at the neck of a Western Xia cavalryman, and before the knife could be withdrawn, a cavalryman rushed over and stabbed him in the chest with a spear.
"Dangerous." When this word blurted out, Liu Zhenglong regretted it, and he should have made adjustments earlier, after all, this squad is insignificant to the entire battlefield, and if all of them are killed, it will indeed be a great loss.
Dong Xian also felt that something was wrong, he hurriedly let go and dodged to the side, and it was at this time that Dong Xian saw clearly that a big black man with a mountain axe cut off the head of the sneak cavalryman.
"Thank you for saving your life, my name is Dong Xian, I don't know what Engong is called?"
"My name is Niu Gao, don't say it's useless, hurry up and pick up the knife to fight."
Niu Gao and Dong Xian had a knife, an axe, a left and a right, and the two of them opened their bows left and right, which was regarded as stabilizing their positions.
At this time, Liu Zhenglong finally gave the order, the first line of defense was fully retreated, and the second group met the attack of the Western Xia cavalry, at this time, the two troops had been mixed together, how could it be so simple to retreat, and finally the forbidden army of the first line of defense and the second line of defense were mixed together and the Western Xia cavalry fell into a melee, there was no formation, only iron and blood collision, either you died or I died, this battle, life and death are fighting, retreating is death, advancing is also death, it depends on whether you are killed or killed.
With the change of the military order flag, the second line of defense, the third line of defense took the initiative to get out of the way, allowing the Western Xia cavalry to rush into the hinterland, at this time, the Que Yue Great Array was no longer a defensive array, but a melting pot, either to melt the Western Xia cavalry into the hearth, or to be penetrated by the Western Xia cavalry.
At this moment, the forbidden army has completely forgotten the threat of death, and one by one the small detachments are fighting together, occupying an absolute advantage in the small-scale confrontation, which makes the whole battle situation even more chaotic.
"My lord, are you going to let the forbidden army hold out for three hours like this, in that case, I am afraid that these 50,000 forbidden troops will be wiped out."
Xiao Li Guanghuarong has always been by Liu Zhenglong's side and has not participated in the war, he doesn't know why he can't fight, but he has done a good job as a bodyguard.
Liu Zhenglong said with a smile, "If the 50,000 forbidden army is wiped out, it will not have the effect of training, leaving 20,000 is enough, and the rest will die on this battlefield. Moreover, at this time, the tide of the battle has not changed significantly, and there is no need to make adjustments immediately. Don't worry, the Western Xia cavalry is about to withdraw, and it won't last long. A quarter of an hour later, you led the 10,000 forbidden troops to rush in and fight until the Western Xia cavalry withdrew. ”
In this battle, a Dong Xian and a Niu Gao were killed, which was an unexpected joy, and Liu Zhenglong was very satisfied. Although the number of 10,000 forbidden troops behind is not much, most of the fierce generals under his command are in the formation, and even when the Long Xiang army was resting, Lu Junyi, Yang Zhi, Gao Chong, Yang Zaixing, etc. all stayed, to put it bluntly, to prepare for the final decisive battle.
At the same time as the cavalry attacked the Que Yue array, the trebuchets on the naval fleet began to roar, and one by one the boulders smashed into the city, smashing the big green bricks on the city, and the splashed stones injured many Western Xia soldiers. The biggest role of trebuchets is to destroy buildings, which is less lethal to soldiers and more of a deterrent.
The roar of the trebuchet is not as simple as throwing stones, the burning fireballs, the ignited oil canisters are constantly thrown out, and the Golden Wolf Military City suddenly becomes a sea of fire, of course, there are more beggars under Xue Yong who are lighting fires everywhere, these guys have been preparing for a long time, just waiting for this moment to come.
When Fei listened to the black tiger when he woke up, the Golden Wolf Military City had become a sea of fire, and he was a little confused and couldn't react, and immediately realized that the Song army was attacking the city, at this time, this guy hurriedly ordered to ask for help from Brother Richard, the king of Jin.
There are as many as seven groups of people sent to ask for help, which shows how confused Fei Ting's black tiger is at this moment, but this kind of help does have an unexpected effect, at least the Jin King Richard Brother is considered to be the situation at this time, the so-called 30,000 water army did not participate in the war at all, but went to attack the Golden Wolf Military City.
Once the Golden Wolf Military City is conquered, then not only will the army lose food and grass, but the most important thing is that the back roads will be cut off, and it will be completely in trouble.
Now the great battle ahead has reached the most critical and decisive moment, and it is absolutely impossible to withdraw the troops, and once the troops are withdrawn, they will be defeated. Holding out a little longer will lead to victory, and withdrawal will be a rout. At this time, Brother Richard, the king of Jin, made a decision and asked Wu Zangzhiqi to lead 10,000 cavalry back to the Golden Wolf Military City, so that since then, there are only 1,000 cavalry left around him. It was a little insufficient to protect Richard's safety, and it was impossible to go to the aid of the battlefield.
When Liu Zhenglong saw 10,000 cavalry evacuate the battlefield, he smiled and said, "Brother Richard, that's all, today is destined to be your death, I, Liu Zhenglong, want you to die, even the Nine Heavens Buddha can't save you." It seems that my big beauty should make a contribution, and it depends on whether she can make this immortal feat. ”