Chapter 428: Where is the gap?
Although he won, Cao Long was not satisfied, he felt that his tactics were not well arranged, otherwise there would have been fewer casualties and more vassals who surrendered. However, while winning the first battle, it also served the grain and grass warehouse and armor warehouse in Dongguo Town, which can be regarded as a complete victory.
Cao Long, who was victorious, knew that there would be no war here, and the next step was to go to Beicang Mountain to help, after all, there were 40,000 vassal troops there, and Cao Bao was still under great pressure.
The Dragon Wing Army was destined to become famous all over the world, and the 10,000 Dragon Wing Army led by Cao Hu was not attacked by the vassal army, but they took the initiative to attack and directly killed the 20,000 vassal army.
The 20,000 vassal army was originally the forbidden army of the Great Song Dynasty, and later surrendered to the Jin army, and Niu Quanfeng, the commander of the ten thousand soldiers, was obviously not a person who could fight to the death for the Jin country, otherwise he would have chosen to be loyal to the Song State instead of choosing to surrender.
Surrender, hehe, Niu Quanfeng is destined to be a person who puts his life first, and will not choose which monarch to be loyal to, let alone choose the blood-stained battlefield.
This time, the Han Iron Cavalry invaded the Jin Kingdom, which was destined to be a battle to destroy the country, at this time, Niu Quanfeng was tempted, but this guy is not stupid, he will not be popular if he rashly surrenders to the past.
The Han Dynasty pays attention to loyalty, Niu Quanfeng was originally a general of the Great Song Dynasty, and actually took refuge in the Jin Kingdom, in this case, rashly surrendering to the Great Song Dynasty will not be reused. In the past, it is better to fight hard, play with aura, and play out your own value.
The value of a soldier is reflected on the battlefield, but how to embody it, to be honest, Niu Quanfeng himself has no opinion. He has 20,000 vassal troops under him, but there are only 5,000 cavalry and 15,000 infantry.
Niu Quanfeng knew that his 20,000 soldiers could not beat 10,000 Han iron horsemen, so he wanted to leave first and find a new way out, after all, the entire Jin country is now full of war, chaos, there will always be a place to survive, it is really not good, it is also a very good choice to occupy the mountain as the king.
Dare to think like this, Niu Quanfeng dared to do this, this guy began to lead the troops to transfer, as for the aid to Linhuang Mansion, hehe, he felt that he did not have that obligation.
Escape, since it is an escape, then you have to drag your family with your mouth, a team of 20,000 people, and then bring luggage, family members, the whole team is miles and miles long, such a march is very dangerous, once attacked, if you want to retreat, it is even more difficult than climbing to the sky.
If you want to go, it's not that easy.
The Dragon Wing Army, which is known for its speed and mobility, lowered its eyelids If such a large team escaped, then Cao Hu simply dug a pit and buried himself alive, and this team should also go to hard labor, instead of appearing on the battlefield.
The iron law of the Han Dynasty, there is a pension for soldiers who die in battle, and their families will be taken care of by the state, such as exemption from taxes, free medical care, the state will give allowances to the parents of martyrs after they reach the age of 50, and the education of their children is also paid by the state, surrender to the enemy, or flee, then the whole family will be abandoned by the villagers, and the rest of their lives will be very long and doomed to be gloomy. Under this system, there were only soldiers who died in battle, and there were absolutely no soldiers who fled and surrendered.
The scout had already reported the dynamics of the 20,000 vassal army, and Cao Long had paid attention, wanting to take this army without blood, and after making up his mind, he called Wang Biao, the head of the Shenji team, to his side and said: "The army will not hunt this team, but will only crush your Shenji team, take advantage of the time when the army hits this team, find an opportunity to solve the main landing of this team, complete the task, each soldier will be rewarded with thirty taels of silver, and you will be promoted to three levels." ”
The Shenji Squad is a team that only exists in the Dragon Wing Army, and it is matched according to the ratio of one hundred to one, that is, there are 100 people in an army of 10,000 people. To put it bluntly, this team is the earliest sharpshooter in history, they are the only team with three guns, each with three guns, two long and one short, just to hunt the enemy on the battlefield for a living.
Wang Biao happily led the task, and soon completed the strategic deployment below, dividing the 100 soldiers into 20 squads, a group of five, one sniper, and four covering, and this hunting lineup was formed.
Rushing to kill, tens of thousands of dragon winged troops rushed towards the 20,000 vassal army like a torrent of steel, and the speed was very fast, like a flock of sheep. After one rushed over, the 20,000 vassal army was cut off by the waist, and they couldn't care about each other.
Before Niu Quanfeng could react to what was going on, the second round of impact came, this time the 10,000 dragon wing soldiers were divided into two ways, respectively attacking the front army and the rear army of the vassal army, this time the rush was more rapid and sharp.
It was also this impact that the Shenji team began to really hunt Niu Quanfeng, the sky does not destroy Niu Quanfeng, this time the rush killing, the personal soldiers helped this guy block the bullet.
Niu Quanfeng suddenly understood that the other party's goal was not to annihilate his own army, but to hunt himself, and he couldn't help but be furious, he ordered the soldiers to set up a formation on the spot to fight back, of course, he was thinking about how to escape with the cavalry.
Fifteen thousand infantry, no gold, no gold, no silver, no wives and children, for Niu Quanfeng, you can do nothing, as long as you survive.
These fleeing vassal armies have long been in a panic, and in the face of the impact of the cavalry, they soon began to rout and fled in all directions, after all, most of them were surrendered by the Song army, and their hometowns were in the Central Plains, and no one would fight to the end for the Jin State.
"Everyone is Han Chinese, surrender and don't kill. Squat down on the spot, throw away your weapon, and if you want to escape, resist, shoot and kill. ”
Surrender without killing became the last straw for these vassal armies, and everyone threw away their weapons one after another, squatting on the spot, waiting for the verdict of fate one by one. In any case, everyone is Han Chinese, and they should not be wiped out, and after they go back, they will be obedient people and live honestly, instead of going to the battlefield to sell their lives.
The 15,000 infantry went out and fled a few times, and almost all of them surrendered, except for being killed, and the war collapsed. In this case, Niu Quanfeng could only lead five thousand cavalry to escape, these cavalry were all brought out by this guy, and they were still loyal, and they didn't think about escaping or surrendering. After all, it is fast to flee on horseback, and there is no need to surrender like the infantry.
The idea of wanting to run away is a bit naïve. Compared with the impact force, the Han King rode the first in the world, and compared with the speed, hehe, that is the world of the Dragon Wing Army.
Niu Quanfeng led 5,000 soldiers to run in front, and the Dragon Wing Army was in hot pursuit.
On the battlefield, in the face of the pursuit of the cavalry, the casualties around the fleeing were huge, after all, the entire back was not covered, and the pursuers were killed unscrupulously, this scene was a one-sided massacre to put it bluntly.
Slaughter, at this time, the Shenji team is in the lead, and their task is not to kill these cavalry but to snipe Niu Quanfeng.
By mistake, this cavalry of 5,000 people ran in the wrong direction and plunged into a transportation team of the Jin Kingdom, which had 5,000 people and transported thousands of truckloads of grain and grass, which seemed to be transported to Linhuang Mansion, indicating that the battle situation here had not been known to the outside world.
In this case, Niu Quanfeng's courage came up, his 5,000 men and the 5,000 gold army could fight to the death with the Han army, after all, the Han army caught up with 6,000 people, and the other 4,000 stayed behind to escort the 15,000 descending army, and they would not come to support.
The encounter was originally a bloodless invasion battle, but now he had to face an encounter with nearly twice as many enemies, and at this time, Cao Hu had to come up with a battle plan in a short time.
Hard-hitting, six thousand against 10,000, the Dragon Wing Army can still win, this point of confidence, Cao Hu still has it, but then the casualties will be very large, for the Dragon Wing Army, every soldier is very precious, and they can't be easily lost.
Cao Hu was not a reckless man, he quickly ordered a signal flare to be sent to Cao Meng, and then he was ready to meet the enemy.
Don't look at the 5,000 vassal army of the 5,000 gold army, in fact, in Cao Meng's opinion, there is no dark threat at all, but he is still unwilling to let Cao Hu face it alone, which will only increase the casualties, so he asked his younger brother Cao Zhen to lead 3,000 cavalry to support.
At this moment, Cao Hu's six thousand Dragon Wing Army is entangled with the Jin Army, and the Dragon Wing Army uses the speed to entangle with the Jin Army, in fact, at this time, the casualties on both sides are not large, but the formation of the Jin Army is chaotic on the other side.
Cao Hu saw that Cao Zhen led the army to rush over, so he ordered a reversal, from the original entanglement with the Jin army to a war of annihilation.
After the horn of the annihilation battle sounded, Wang Biao took the lead in leading the Shenji team to rush towards Niu Quanfeng, this time like a tiger descending from the mountain, frantically rushing ahead to kill.
The vassal army couldn't resist in the face of the Shenji squad like a tiger descending from the mountain, and soon approached Niu Quanfeng, this guy who was greedy for life and afraid of death entered the shooting range.
Although there were pro-soldiers who swore to defend to the death, Niu Quanfeng still didn't have the courage to hold on, and this guy who was greedy for life and afraid of death chose to escape.
fled, with Niu Quanfeng's escape, this vassal army completely collapsed, and they fled one after another, more choosing to surrender.
At this moment, only the more than 4,000 Jin troops were left to face the strangulation of the 9,000 Dragon Wing Army alone, and the situation was precarious, although the will to fight was very strong and the combat power was very strong. But how can a leopard beat two ferocious lions?
The number of the Jin army was decreasing, and at this time, the group of vassal troops who had surrendered were emboldened, picked up the weapons they had thrown away from the ground, and joined the ranks of annihilating the Jin army. has been oppressed by the Jin people for so many years, and now it is finally time for revenge, one by one they have become extremely fierce and bravely kill the enemy, this state is very different from before.
Heaven has always favored the strong, these thousands of Jurchen warriors fought to the death, none of them surrendered, it looked very tragic, but it was a pity that they encountered the too powerful Dragon Wing Army, and the script of the fall was written in the first second, and the rest was only tragic.
God will not let go of a deserter who betrayed the country, Niu Quanfeng, a guy who was greedy for life and afraid of death, was finally killed, and the four or five hundred soldiers did not choose to surrender, but scattered and fled, and finally became a grass coward in the territory of Jinguo.
Cao Hu would have thought that Cao Meng would scold him for seeking rescue, but he didn't expect to be appreciated. Thinking about it, it can be said that it is a great achievement to capture more than 17,000 soldiers, and by the way, to strangle 5,000 gold troops and intercept a large amount of grain and grass.
Cao Meng did not let Cao Hu rest for too long, and sent a thousand soldiers to escort the 17,000 soldiers to Yue Feibu, and he and Cao Hu led the army to continue to Beicang Mountain, after all, where is the 40,000 vassal army, the war is still variable.
Cao Hu's battle was very easy, almost bloodless, with a total casualties of less than 500, but he annihilated 20,000 vassal troops and 5,000 Jurchen cavalry, which can be said to be a complete victory. Compared with the more good-looking, Cao Biao is not so lucky, they encountered stubborn resistance, this battle was very hard, and the two sides have been entangled when you come to ask me.
It turned out that the 20,000 vassal army was Bohai people, Khitans, Xi people, Goryeo, and some Liaodi Han'er, although the composition was very mixed, but the combat effectiveness was unusually strong, and the main general Halihu was a Jurchen, belonging to the courage of ten thousand people, and was a firm diehard, and he would definitely rather die than surrender.
The overall combat effectiveness of this vassal army is no less than that of the Jurchen cavalry, and coupled with the fact that the main commander Harry Hu is brave and good at fighting, this battle is destined to be a vicious battle from the beginning.
In the face of the difficult bones, Cao Biao did not stupidly fight a positional battle with the enemy, but used the speed of the Dragon Wing Army to entangle with the Jin Army.
Speed, the two sides fight on the battlefield is speed, is horsemanship, is strategy, you come and go, both sides kill the soldiers inseparable, but they are long-distance shooting, no one can kill the opponent's formation, hand-to-hand combat.
In close combat, once the 10,000 Dragon Wing Army fights with 20,000 enemies in close combat, no matter what the victory or defeat is, the casualties will be huge, in this case, Cao Biao will not be stupid enough to fight with the enemy in close combat, what he chooses is to open the distance, using the tactics of dragging the bull to death, no matter how many cavalry of the Jin State are, the speed can not keep up, such a tug-of-war will be dragged down.
Halihu is indeed a brute bull, this guy firmly believes that the soldiers under his command are better than the Han army, and the riding and archery are better than the Han army, even if you chase me in a tug-of-war, it is himself who wins in the end, but he miscalculated one thing, that is, the Han army's war horses are fast and have good endurance.
The most fatal thing is the gap in weapons, which is almost fatal, this dragon wing army is not only equipped with double guns, but also crossbow arrows, which can be shot from a distance, and is easy to operate, replenish crossbow arrows, and the speed of bullets is faster than that of bows and arrows, after all, the number of arrows a soldier carries is fixed. In addition, the power of the bow and arrow is insufficient, and it is easy to be affected by the wind direction, and the lethality is actually very weak.
The shortcomings of the bow and arrow's lack of lethality in cavalry shooting leaked out in this battle, which could not be seen by Harihu, who was in a chasing position.
The biggest feature of the Han army is to use signal flares to transmit messages, which is a unique skill that the Jin army will not understand. At the moment of encountering this vassal army, the witty Cao Biao told Cao Meng the specific situation through a signal flare.