Chapter 178: Strangling the Iron Harrier
At the northern foot of Yin Mountain, the former peace of the town of Kaz was broken, 30,000 cavalry occupied here, although the residents of the town are brave and warlike Qiang, but in the face of more than ten times the strength, the tribal elder Kazqi chose to forbear, for the Qiang people, people have nothing to do with their own war, whether it is Western Xia, or Da Liao, or Jin Army, or Song Army, in fact, which one wins. If you have to stand in line, I'm afraid you will choose the Song army, because this Song army has no crimes and strict military discipline, which I don't know is hundreds of times stronger than other armies.
On the fifth day of the first month, the army arrived in the small town of Kaz, which can be said to be deserted for nearly 100 miles, and it can be said that it is very important to occupy this place.
This is the first time Lin Chong has led the pair to the expedition, and it can be regarded as the last time, he mainly trains the new army, and he will not lead the team to the expedition, but this time they are all recruits, and it is normal for him to lead the team as the head of the army.
The supervision of this new army is not the same as the previous Song army, it is an unprecedented structure, 30,000 cavalry is divided into five teams, each team has a commander, namely Yue Fei, Dong Xian, Zhang Xian, Tang Huai, Niu Gao. These five teams are five different types of troops, this combination is unprecedented, and as for whether they can make contributions on the battlefield, it is unknown.
Yue Fei's team is called the Benlei Army, which is a full color of heavy armored cavalry, and the armor of this heavy armored cavalry is different from the Iron Harrier of Western Xia, and it is also different from the Iron Forest Army of Liao, and it is even more different from the Iron Futu of Jin State. A cavalry armed to the teeth of the Benlei Army, even the eyes are protected with extremely special black jade crystal mirrors, and the knees of the war horses are also protected by a kind of gold wire to prevent the horse's legs from being chopped off.
The Benlei Army only had 6,000, but it took more than 1 million to build this heavy armored cavalry, and the cost was so high that it was rare in the world. The Benlei Army has only one purpose, that is, to charge into battle, break the opponent's large formation, and create conditions for other cavalry to attack.
The strongest, bravest, least afraid of death, and most loyal soldiers are eligible to enter the selection of the Benlei Army, and they enjoy the best treatment, because their existence is to charge into battle for the Lord and fight bravely to kill the enemy.
Dong Xian's team is called the Wind Shadow Army, which is a highly mobile light cavalry modeled after the Mongolian cavalry. The Wind Shadow Army comes like the wind, goes without a shadow, is super mobile, and is good at sneak attacks and outflanking.
Niu Gao's team is called the Flame Army, which is the only musket army on the battlefield of the Song Dynasty, their firearms are far more advanced than those of the Ming Dynasty, although they are not comparable to modern muskets, but they are already invincible in that era.
Zhang Xian's team is called the Destruction Army, which means destroying the withering and decaying, this army has three sets of weapons, speed plus strength, charge and mobility, the biggest feature of this army is that the soldiers have super long-lasting combat power, unlike most cavalry because the combat power is not sustained and collapse.
The last and most powerful is the Wolf Army, the whole team is the most mysterious, the helmet is a spoof wolf head, which looks chilling and creepy. No one knows how powerful this mysterious army is, only that there are five armies, and the wolf army is the most powerful. Dutong Tang Huai is like a non-existent person, once he goes to the battlefield, no one knows about his existence, because he will appear at any time, as if every soldier is Dutong. When this army fights, it doesn't look like a team, but like a pack of hungry wolves.
The war, thirty miles south of Yinshan Mountain, a cruel bloody battle is underway, the invincible Jin cavalry encountered the stubborn resistance of the Western Xia cavalry, the reason why the Western Xia cavalry resisted stubbornly, not because of the combat effectiveness, the most important thing is that the Western Xia Emperor Li Qianshun fought for the emperor, and the soldiers broke out with unprecedented combat effectiveness.
Wanyan Lou didn't expect the Western Xia cavalry to be so brave and good at fighting, if the Liao cavalry was also so good at fighting, Dajin would have been strangled in the cradle, in the face of 100,000 Western Xia cavalry, the Jin army only had 30,000, but it was these 30,000 Jin cavalry that had been pressing 100,000 Western Xia cavalry to fight, and always had the upper hand.
Lin Chong, who was watching the battle from a distance, observed the battle situation through the clairvoyant mirror, and he always felt that something was wrong, but what was wrong was not good for a while.
"Pengju, how can you say that 100,000 Western Xia cavalry will be pressed and beaten by 30,000 Jin State cavalry, and the Western Xia cavalry has burst out with powerful combat power, but why can't it turn the tide around?"
Yue Fei also observed for a long time, and since the senior brother asked, he had no choice but to say: "Cavalry battles, unlike infantry, need to arrange troops, and there is no need to rush forward in a swarm. It was more of a small-scale coordination, which required strict mobility for the cavalry. Whether it is a small cooperation of three or five people, or an intermediate cooperation of one hundred and ten people, or even a large cooperation of a thousand people, in such an engagement area, the Jin army has always taken the initiative, and it seems that there are many Western Xia cavalry, but when there are local battles, the Western Xia cavalry is always at a disadvantage, and this skillful cooperation, the Jin army has achieved perfection. ”
"That's the same 30,000 against 30,000, how about our army against the Jin Guo Iron Cavalry?"
"If we fight now, our army will be defeated, but in a year, we will be victorious?" When he said this, Yue Fei's face was much heavier, if the Jin Guo Iron Cavalry was so brave and good at fighting, then once the Great Song army encountered, it would definitely flee and collapse.
Lin Chong said with a smile: "Why do you say that it is a fiasco now, and it will be a complete victory in a year, you must know that the Jin Guo Iron Cavalry is invincible, and its combat effectiveness will only become stronger and stronger, and it will not become weaker in a year." And how much can our army's combat strength increase in a year? ”
Yue Fei said confidently: "In a single battle, our army is definitely not under the Jin army, what is lacking is combat experience, small-scale cooperation, plus the soldiers have not been on the battlefield and have not seen blood, so now the encounter is doomed to complete defeat." However, a year from now, our soldiers have been on the battlefield, killed the enemy, and seen blood, and no matter what kind of enemy they face, the advanced nature of our arms combination will be displayed without concealment. And an invincible army is destined to have steel discipline, and on this issue, I dare say that we are definitely the best in the world. I heard that the Jin army burned, killed and looted everywhere it went, there was no strict discipline, and there was nothing when it won the battle, and once it encountered a setback and a rout, it would definitely not be a rout. ”
"That's right, only steel discipline is destined to be invincible, okay, don't talk about this, do you say that at this time, can the 30,000 Jin army defeat 100,000 Western Xia cavalry?"
"No, the Jin army should be defeated and retreated soon, and the Western Xia army will be pressed by the army, and the snake spirit path in front is the place where the Western Xia army will fall."
"What do you mean by that?" Lin Zheng suddenly found that he couldn't keep up with Yue Fei's rhythm, and at this time he seemed to understand why Master was optimistic about this little junior brother, and Master Liu was also optimistic about this little junior brother.
Yue Fei said: "In the past few days, I have been exploring around with scouts, and I have also found out that the Jin army is an army of 60,000, and now there are only 30,000 led by Wanyan Lou, and Wanyan Hanlu's 30,000 army is nowhere to be found. If I'm not mistaken, there must be an ambush, and the Snake Spirit Dao is the most suitable place for ambush. The most important thing is that the 30,000 Jin State Iron Cavalry only has the upper hand, and it is almost impossible to annihilate the 100,000 Western Xia cavalry. Since Jin Taizu Wanyan Agu raised troops against the Liao State, the Jin army has never suffered defeat, and as for the annihilation of the 30,000 army, there is even less of it, whether it is Wanyan Lou Room or Wanyan Hanlu, they are all first-class generals, and they will not be so stupid, so I conclude that there must be an ambush, and it is the kind of ambush that kills. ”
"This question, you can see it as an outsider, but Xixia can't see it?"
"There is no Jin King Li Chage in Western Xia, and Emperor Li Qianshun is destined to have a huge army, but in fact, the preparations are far from enough, plus they have only arrived in Yinshan, and they do not have enough time to check the entire Yinshan. What's more, the scouts of the Jin Kingdom are very powerful, and it is not ordinary scouts who can find out the military intelligence under their noses. ”
This is good, Liu Zhenglong's army has long improved the scouts, to put it bluntly, it should be that the intelligence department is more scientific, but it is called intelligence agents in the rear, and it is still called scouts in the front line. These people have undergone special training, and they are much stronger than the previous scouts, which is not comparable to the Western Xia scouts, which is why Li Qianshun does not know the information that Yue Fei knows.
Sure enough, about an hour later, the Western Xia cavalry, which had an absolute advantage in numbers, began to take the initiative, and the more they fought, the more courageous they became, and the Jin cavalry began to show signs of rout.
With the last 20,000 Western Xia cavalry pressing, the entire battlefield was a full 90,000 Western Xia cavalry, and in the case of a three-to-one duel, the Jin cavalry was completely crushed.
The iron cavalry of the Jin State began to rout on a large scale, and the Western Xia cavalry Marshal Wei Ming Hailiang issued an order to pursue.
Hey, 90,000 cavalry were buried like this, but it's a pity that these 90,000 war horses. Lin Chong was impressed by Yue Fei's judgment, and began to feel sorry for those war horses.
After more than two hours of tearing and killing, 90,000 Western Xia cavalry finally ran out of less than 3,000, and the Jin cavalry did not follow and kill, after all, Marshal Wan Yan Xianye's plan did not include the annihilation of Western Xia, and the two sides would be reconciled in the future, so the Jin army did not beat the water dogs. It's a pity that Wanyan Xian is also thousands of miles away, and he doesn't know the changes in the battlefield here, let alone that there is an army waiting not far away to intercept and kill Li Qianshun.
Sadly, the 90,000 army is gone, plus the 50,000 killed in the battle of Shuofang, and the 100,000 lost by Richard Brother, the king of Jin, this time the Western Xia can be said to be broken, except for the army guarding the town, if you want to go to war, you can't even get together 100,000, once you encounter the attack of the Great Song Dynasty or the Jin State, the catastrophe is in front of you.
Li Qianshun, who was furious, spurted out a mouthful of blood, and the whole person fainted, and the Western Xia army was in chaos, but fortunately the Jin army did not catch up, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.
By the time Li Qianshun woke up, it was already the next day, and this time he seemed to have seen the coming of death and knew that Western Xia would suffer a catastrophe, but all this was even more terrible than this emperor imagined.
The terrible thing is in front of us, when the Western Xia army came to the northern foot of Yinshan Mountain, the 30,000 Song army was in full battle, and if they wanted to return to the Western Xia, they could only fight viciously and fight a bloody way.
At this time, Wei Ming Hailiang did not panic, after all, there were three thousand iron harriers in the battle, even if he couldn't win, it would be easy to protect the emperor and return to Xingqing Mansion.
Lin Chong said to Yue Fei: "This should be the only time in my life that I command the cavalry to fight, and I will never have a chance again in the future, I hope you can fight to capture Li Qianshun alive this time." ”
Yue Fei already had a mature fighting style in his mind, and he said unhurriedly: "My Benlei Army is responsible for dealing with the Iron Harrier, letting the Flame Army cover on the left and right sides, ensuring that this Iron Harrier is completely annihilated, and the Iron Harrier who has bullied the Great Song Dynasty for more than a hundred years will become history completely." The Wild Wolf Army is attacking in front, the Destruction Army is on the left flank, and the Wind Shadow Army is on the right flank, and they are entangled in the Western Xia cavalry, and this battle will definitely leave Li Qianshun here. ”
"It's not to keep Li Qianshun here, but to capture him alive and send him to the capital. You are in charge of the battle, and if you capture Li Qianshun alive, you will leave it to me. "Lin Chong has five hundred personal soldiers under him, and these five hundred personal soldiers are like his disciples, they are taught by hand, and their individual combat ability is very strong, and this time it is just right to come in handy. He said to Yue Fei: "We don't participate in the attack, we are only responsible for encircling and suppressing Li Qianshun, you must prevent the Iron Harrier from breaking through, if we are under the protection of the Iron Harrier, we will not be able to catch Li Qianshun." ”
"Senior brother, don't worry, the reason why you let the flame horse hit the two wings is to annihilate all the iron harriers, and don't even think about running away. The heavy cavalry was not invincible, nor was it flawless. Lack of stamina and lack of mobility are fatal shortcomings, once they are entangled, they can't escape if they want to, and the long-range attack of the Flame Army's powder guns will force the Iron Harrier to death. ”
Yue Fei is very confident in the Benlei Army, firmly believing that the combat effectiveness of this heavy armored cavalry in his hands is definitely not inferior to the Iron Harrier, and the mobility and durability are far greater than the other party, and the strength is twice as strong as the other party.
The first to attack, or the Western Xia cavalry, in Wei Ming Hailiang's view, not being able to defeat the Jin cavalry is just a plan, and now facing the Song army, it can definitely be destroyed. In the eyes of this arrogant and arrogant Western Xia nobleman, the cavalry of the Song army was the infantry on horseback, and even the combat effectiveness was inferior to the infantry. As long as it is an impact from the Iron Harrier, the Song army will definitely collapse and flee.
The legendary Iron Harrier finally appeared, this group of heavy armored cavalry armed to the teeth slowly walked towards the battlefield, when there was no charge, the sound of the horse's hooves stepping on the broken stone has been deafening, has given people a very strong sense of oppression, making people feel uncomfortable with suffocation, which shows how strong the deterrent power of the heavy armored cavalry is.
The Iron Harrier did not charge immediately at first, but it was to bring great deterrence to the opponent's heart, and as the horse's hooves increased its speed, it was like a torrent of steel. The dust splashed on the ground by the horses' hooves was overwhelming, and the shouts of the soldiers, the neighing of the horses, and the sound of the war drums were mixed together, as if they were blowing the soul chaser.
Yue Fei was not in a hurry, he shouted loudly: "Ben Lei Jun, what is our belief? ”
"As soon as the thunder comes out, kill them all."
On the first day of training, the soldiers of the Benlei Army shouted this slogan, and their belief was that as long as the war started, it was to kill them all, either to kill the enemy, or to be killed by the enemy, and never stop fighting until the last person fell.
The biggest disadvantage of the heavy cavalry is the poor durability, but the Ben Lei army does not regard this problem as a problem at all, and endurance is their biggest advantage that distinguishes them from other heavy cavalry.
At the beginning, the soldiers of the Benlei Army, who went to the battlefield for the first time, were still a little afraid in the face of the iron harriers armed to the teeth, but as the slogans were shouted, their blood boiled one by one, and they were ready to drive out the enemy.
The reason why Yue Fei took the lead was that he was afraid that the soldiers would be nervous for the first time on the battlefield, especially in the face of the iron harrier like a torrent of steel, if he was nervous, the situation would easily get out of control. On the battlefield, especially in cavalry battles, it does not mean that a large number of people will necessarily win, once the momentum is overwhelmed, no matter how many soldiers will be defeated. This is why the 700,000-strong army of the Liao State was defeated by the Jin army.
As soon as the Benlei army came up, as long as it took the initiative, the other Song troops would understand that the Western Xia cavalry was not so powerful, and as long as they went all out, they would definitely be able to kill them all.
The concept accepted by these 30,000 cavalry is to kill them all, and they must be strictly implemented when they go to the battlefield for the first time.
When he saw that the iron harrier was less than five hundred steps away, Yue Fei opened his bow and shot the iron harrier directly at the front, this arrow can be said to be earth-shattering, five hundred steps away to shoot the heavy armored cavalry, the arrow penetrated the heavy armor, this is definitely a miracle on the battlefield, it shows how strong Yue Fei's arm strength is, I am afraid that only Liu Zhenglong's arm strength can be comparable to it in the whole world.
Yue Fei raised the Liquan gun and shouted loudly: "Iron Harrier, when you meet the Benlei Army, you are destined to become a paper harrier." Ben Lei Jun listened to the order and killed them all, leaving no one behind. ”
"Kill them all, and leave no one behind."
The six thousand Ben Lei Army is like Ben Lei Wan Jun in the umbrella to cover the past, Ben Lei Jun waved the chain meteor hammer in his hand, this weapon is Liu Zhenglong found when he studied the history of Western cavalry is suitable for dealing with heavy cavalry weapons, a hammer smashed, no matter how thick the armor can not stop.
There is still a big difference between the meteor hammer of the Benlei Army and the West, this meteor hammer can be said to be a combination of two weapons, there is a button at the handle, after opening, the chain is drawn out, and the whole weapon grows out more than one meter, which is suitable for long-distance attacks, and then presses it, the chain is retracted, and it is directly a long-handled hammer, which is suitable for melee combat.
Once the heavy cavalry charges, it will not be able to stop the car, and can only move forward bravely and kill the enemy, otherwise it can only be self-defeating. The two heavily armored cavalry finally collided together, and the chain meteor hammer smashed out, like a bombshell, and exploded the enemy's head in one fell swoop.
When the heavy cavalry encounter began, Wei Ming Hailiang, who was watching the battle in the rear, did not know the situation of the battle in front, and this guy ordered the whole army to attack.
In this battle, Wei Ming Hailiang was extremely conservative, the whole army was pressed, and the victory was very good, once defeated, he immediately took his own soldiers to cover the evacuation of Emperor Li Qianshun. However, after all, this guy does not have as much combat experience as Brother Richard, the king of Jin, and the iron harrier is pressed up, once he is defeated, it is not easy to take Li Qianshun away.
Seeing that the entire Western Xia cavalry was pressing, Lin Chong shouted loudly: "The Flame Army is attacking. ”
The flame army, which had long been unbearable, finally threw itself into the battlefield, which was the first hot weapon army in the era of cold weapons to enter the battle, and this day was destined to go down in history.
In the fifth year of Xuanhe, on the second day of the second month of February, the dragon raised its head, on this day, two heavy armored cavalry encountered, and the first firearms army appeared on the battlefield on this day, this day, for Western Xia, it was definitely a day that generations could not forget, and the bloody battle continued on this day.
The fire army attacked, destined to be extraordinary, the artillery fired three shells in a row and killed hundreds of Western Xia cavalry, because the heavy cavalry had been mixed together, in order to avoid accidental injury, the artillery did not shell the iron harrier.
After a long journey, it was difficult to transport artillery, so only one gun was transported to the battlefield, and after firing three shells in a row, the Flame Army officially entered the battle.
The soldiers of the Benlei Army did not know that the Flame Army would help, this group of young men was really a newborn calf who was not afraid of tigers, and fought bravely to kill the enemy one by one, and the chain meteor hammer in his hand had been changed to a long-handled iron hammer, as if it was striking iron, and it smashed heavily at the iron harrier one by one.
The iron harrier is armed to the teeth, but no matter how hard the armor is, there are weak places, that is, the head, face, cervical vertebrae, when the long-handled hammer is smashed down, the iron harrier can not bear it, and a hammer is smashed, at least it is seriously injured, and many of them die on the spot.
The poorly prepared Iron Harrier suffered a loss as soon as he came up, and he didn't expect to encounter such a heavily armored cavalry armed to the teeth, with long knives, spears, short knives, and short spears in his hands, it was difficult to cause damage to the Benlei Army, so that it was like a tiger biting a hedgehog and had nowhere to go, it seemed to be attacking the opponent, but in fact, the damage to the opponent was very small, but once it was hit by the opponent, it was either dead or injured, and this style of play was doomed to suffer a big loss as soon as it came up.
It is a small matter to suffer a loss, the most important thing is that the armor is too heavy, the war horse has to bear huge pressure, the longer the time, the slower the action, and the war horse is difficult to continue to hold, which is why the heavy cavalry is only suitable for charging into battle, and is not suitable for the entanglement of positional warfare. However, the Benlei army on the opposite side is all the Western Regions Dawan Horse, which is more than half a foot taller than the Western Xia Horse, more than a foot long, much stronger in bearing capacity, and better in durability.
In this battle, the Iron Harrier is destined to withdraw from the historical stage, and the Iron Harrier, which has been spanning more than 100 years, is destined to withdraw from the historical stage under the attack of the Benlei Army and the Flame Army.