Chapter 425: The First Battle
The Jin army also seemed to have thought of this, and also made targeted defenses, that is, the Jin army outside the city invaded the Han army's grain road and camp, echoing the Jin army in the city, to disrupt the deployment of the Han army.
The moment the 20,000 Jin army left the city, it was really overwhelming, but this scene made Niu Gao see the stupid side of the Jin army, and the self-righteous side of the main general, that is, the open space of this battlefield is too small, and too many cavalry can't be used at all.
Standing at the head of the city, Pucha Ahudie watched the Jin cavalry kill like a torrent of steel, he seemed to see the weak Han army's 50,000 cavalry pouring out, and the two sides fell into a melee, while he led a large cavalry to kill and crush the Han army in one fell swoop.
The ideal is very plump, and the reality is very skinny.
In Pucha Ahudie's cognitive world, the infantry is simply vulnerable in front of the cavalry, only passively beaten, his side is 20,000 Jin Guo iron cavalry, as the equivalent of the Han army to be equal to at least 30,000 cavalry, if you want to win, I am afraid that 50,000 cavalry will be pulled out.
Once the cavalry of the Han army is dispatched and the two sides are strangled together, the large army of the Jin army will take advantage of the situation to kill and completely destroy the Han army, which is equivalent to the first battle, and completely defeat the Han army.
Pucha Ahudie made the mistake that almost every Jin general would make, which was to only count the strength of the soldiers on their cards and ignore the smallest details. For example, this time, why did the Han army set up camp, only three miles away from the city gate, you must know that it is only a very dangerous distance, so close, the camp is easy to be sneak attacked, especially in the face of the highly mobile Jin cavalry, even more so.
Yue Fei chose to camp at such a close distance, obviously not for the Jin army to sneak attack, but to dig a sinkhole for Pucha Ahudie, who was defending the city, and let this self-righteous guy fall in.
Over the years, the main reason why Yue Fei has been invincible and has made great achievements is that he is good at analyzing opponents, analyzing the terrain, and analyzing various factors that can affect the direction of the battle.
Taking this time as an example, it is clear that the brave and warlike Pucha Ahudie will not choose to sit idly by and let the Han army besiege the city. Literally, the strength of the Jin army is superior, and if you change to other generals, from the perspective of security, you will choose to defend the city conservatively. 100,000 soldiers attack, 100,000 soldiers defend the city, in this case, it is quite difficult to conquer a big city, there are not a few months 100% can not be defeated, even if it is defeated, the two sides may not be able to win the melee. And the arrogant Pucha Ahudie will definitely choose to take the initiative in this situation, rather than stick to Linhuang Mansion.
Considering that the Jin army was under the leadership of Pucha Ahudie, Yue Fei chose this method to set up camp, which was to defeat Pucha Ahudie's confidence in the first battle, so that this guy could understand that this battle was not easy to fight, and the offense would be restricted everywhere, and he could not get cheap, and the defense could only be beaten passively. This time it is to make Pucha Ahu in a dilemma, attacking, not being able to kill, defending, that is, being passively beaten. Both offense and defense will make Puchaa Hudie feel painful, and in the end, in this torment, he loses the most basic judgment and finally accepts the fate of defeat.
In the face of the menacing Jin cavalry, the Han army has long been prepared, this time the Han army is to use infantry to resist the cavalry, and it will entangle the 20,000 cavalry, so that the Jin army in the city will help or not, it will be very painful.
The chariots with Han characteristics have long been pushed to the battlefield, these chariots are not used for siege, but for dealing with cavalry, which is invented by the emperor of the Han Dynasty himself, and has not been pushed to the battlefield, this time is the first battle, which is to make the cavalry of the Jin State understand that in front of the Han army, the advantage of the cavalry has long been gone, and the fall of the Jin State is only a matter of time.
There are three types of chariots, the first of which is called the Platoon Crossbow Chariot, which is equipped with a continuous fire of 40 arrows in front of it. The key is that the beads are installed in advance, and you only need to replace the crossbow machine with a new launch disc after launching. This kind of platoon crossbow chariot has a very good effect on blocking cavalry head-on, not only can hunt cavalry in a large area, but also can prevent the impact of cavalry, delay the speed of the horse sprint, and turn the cavalry sprint into a positional battle.
The second type of chariot is called the artillery carriage, which is placed at the rear, the chariot is equipped with small artillery, although the lethality is not very strong, but in this era of cold weapons, firing cannons in dense crowds, the lethality is still huge, the only drawback is that the range is not too far, unlike the crossbow chariot with protection, it can only be placed in the back.
The third kind of chariot is called the oil tank car, which is the most primitive fire lance, due to the backward technology of oil extraction at that time, the oil is ignited, the flame is not very vigorous, and if you want to achieve the effect, you must use more oil tank, so this tank car is very huge, and the pattern of the ghost is also painted on it, so it is called the oil ghost car.
Fire oil has been discovered and used in the Tang Dynasty, but due to the backward refining technology, the effect is not very good, and the effect on the battlefield is not very large. At this time, Dahan's extraction technology has been greatly improved, but it is still not very ideal. Fire oil is the oil of later generations, it was first discovered in the early Sui Dynasty that this is an oil that can be ignited when it encounters fire, so it is called fire oil, and it was used during the Tang Dynasty, especially on the battlefield, and it still played a huge role.
Among the three types of chariots, the largest is the oil monster car, which looks like a behemoth and is very scary.
Because the oil ghost car was too large, it was pushed to the battlefield early, and it can be said that a cloth bag was placed waiting for the Jin army to get in.
Obviously, the Jin army in the sprint didn't figure out what this behemoth was doing, thinking it was a siege machine, and just blindly shot arrows and ignored it and continued to sprint forward.
Seeing that the cavalry of the Jin Kingdom was almost in front of him, after all, the distance of three miles, the cavalry charge was still very fast. Soon it was in front of you, but the Han cavalry still showed no signs of coming out, the infantry was waiting for it, and the difference was that there were a lot of chariots in front of the infantry, what are these for, are they used to delay the cavalry charge, this trick is too stupid.
Stupid, who is stupid.
Rows of crossbow arrows shot out countless cavalry fell off their horses, the most terrible thing was that under the continuous attack of artillery, countless war horses were frightened and began to flee in all directions, and before they could fight with the infantry of the Han army, there was a small-scale riot in the cavalry of the Jin State, which was not expected by Pucha Ahuma.
Although Pucha Ahuma was surprised, this guy who bravely won the three armies did not feel the slightest nervousness, and felt that it was a trick played by the Han army, so he ordered to continue the attack.
The 20,000 cavalry is a team that can always cover the sky and the sun, and the formation is very large, and the cavalry behind does not know what is happening in front of them, so they can only continue to advance.
The fire oil ghost car finally came into full swing, countless flames erupted like fire dragons, and the ignited Jin State cavalry scattered and fled in all directions, and the formation began to be chaotic.
At this moment, the Jin cavalry has been sprinting with all their might, and they can't stop the car at all, so they can only attack hard, and after the cost of damaging thousands of soldiers, the Jin cavalry and the Han infantry finally got together.
When the melee, the advantage of the cavalry is still obvious, but the fire oil ghost car has long moved its position and continues to wreak havoc, the Jin army has not many ways to deal with this behemoth, the whole position is a sea of fire, the Jin army has huge casualties, in this case and the Han infantry melee, it is obviously a loss, coupled with the new crossbow chariot pushed to the battlefield, the casualties of the Jin army gradually increased, but it was never able to break through the defense line of the Han army.
In the case of more than half of the casualties, Pucha Ahudie could only announce the order to withdraw the army, but at this time, 20,000 Han cavalry, one left and one right, rushed over from both sides.
20,000 Han cavalry one left and one right, strong killing, the left led the team is Yue Fei's nephew Yue Yun, and the right leader is Zhang Xian, these two generals received the order is to play with momentum, and they don't care how many Jin cavalry they killed, so that's why they are imposing as soon as they come up, and they look like a torrent of steel rushing to kill the past, and from a distance, it looks like a group of tigers coming down the mountain, bringing great shock to the Jin army in rout.
If you insist on retreating in this case, the casualties will be very large, but it is difficult to win if you stay to meet the enemy, unless the army goes out of the city to help, otherwise, the longer the delay, the greater the casualties.
Just when Pucha Ahuma was in a dilemma, 20,000 Han cavalry rushed over, and trapped the remaining less than 10,000 Jin troops left and right, which handed over the problem to Pucha Ahudie, whether to save or not to save is a problem, if you don't save this battle, even if it is a complete failure, the 20,000 Jin army will be completely explained here. But if you rescue it, obviously, this place is a sinkhole as soon as it comes up, and it is obvious that the Han army is doing a good job of ambushing, but what is the ambush?
Seeing that the less than 10,000 Jin troops continued to fall under the encirclement and suppression of the Han army, especially his younger brother Pucha Ahuma was already scarred like a bloody man, and his body was full of injuries, in this case, Pucha Ahudi finally couldn't bear it anymore and ordered 30,000 cavalry to attack, almost wanting to go to the rescue.
Pucha Ahudie thought about attacking the whole army and fighting the Han army to the death, but he was afraid that the two sides would fall into an ambush by the Han army when they were entangled. You must know that the generals of the Han Dynasty have always been good at using intrigue and trickery, and no matter what, they can't lose Linhuang Mansion, and after thinking about it, he finally gave up the idea of a decisive battle, and instead let the army of the commander of the ten thousand men go out of the city to rescue Pucha Ahuma.
This is not how the game is played, when he saw a large number of Jin State cavalry going out, Yue Fei smiled, it seems that the twenty Shenwei artillery pieces are going to come in handy.
This time, Yue Fei imagined various possibilities, including that the Jin army would attack on all fronts, and fight to the death as soon as it came up, in this case, he arranged in advance to push the twenty Shenwei artillery into the battlefield, but it was hidden behind the chariot before and was not discovered by the Jin army. However, even if the Jin army finds out, it may not pay much attention to it, so this battle is destined to be a war in which the divine power of artillery shows its might.
From the first second, this is a game, a game that Yue Fei carefully laid out for Pucha Ahu, no matter what choice the Jin army makes, it is wrong to go out of the city to fight, and the more people who come out, the greater the mistake.
Densely packed, the cavalry of the Jin State rushed out of the city like a tiger descending from the mountain, which seemed to be the first to take the lead, bringing a huge shock to the Han army.
Withdraw the troops, yes, the Han began to withdraw the army, which made the Jin army feel puzzled, especially Pucha Ahudie at the head of the city could not see what was going on, after all, the war on the battlefield was changing rapidly, and the military orders could not be changed at will, so that the soldiers who went out to fight would not be adaptable, which would affect the entire battle situation.
The situation on the battlefield is really changing rapidly, and before Pucha Ahudie could react to what was going on, twenty Shenwei artillery pieces began to exert their might, and the deafening sound of artillery was earth-shattering, countless war horses were blown away, and more war horses were frightened and fled in all directions, and the formation of the Jin army was suddenly chaotic, and it became more and more chaotic, and it was impossible to control the scene at all.
More terrible things are still to come, the crossbow chariots, the fire oil ghost cars, and the artillery carts are powerful at the same time, not only that, countless Han troops rushed out, it is obvious that the whole army is dispatched, and now Pucha Ahu Die's fall into the pit, the army in front has been chaotic, no matter how many more troops are added, it is difficult to stabilize the position, and the decisive battle in this case is definitely a very dangerous thing.
The strong man broke his wrist, gave up the car to protect the handsome, and Pucha Ahudie finally ordered the withdrawal of the army with tears, you must know that this withdrawal, the withdrawal was not only a complete failure, but also suffered heavy damage.
Withdrawing the army, the cavalry of the Jin Kingdom frantically withdrew, but the Shenwei artillery behind continued to exert its might, countless soldiers were killed, and the entire battlefield became a hell on earth.
Miserable, miserable, miserable, what a miserable word.
The Han cavalry did not give the Jin army a chance, followed behind to kill the Jin cavalry, pursued in front, and the Shenwei artillery behind slowly advanced forward, obviously, it was to take advantage of the victory to pursue, wanting to take Linhuang Mansion in one go.
Under the city wall, there are densely packed with troops, and they have been killed in chaos, and it is not clear where the Han army is and where the Jin army is, and they are completely strangled together, which is destined to be a cruel bloody battle.
At the head of the city, Pu Cha's face changed, he knew that the big thing was not good, the Han army wanted to take advantage of the victory to pursue, to attack the city, at this time, we must make a decision, how this battle should be fought, how to fight, in order to stabilize the situation.
Close the gates and close them as soon as possible.
In order to hurry up and prepare for the war, in order to defend the Linhuang Mansion, in the end, Pucha Ahudie closed the city gate in advance, he knew that this decision would cause countless Jin troops to die, but he didn't know how many Jin troops died.
For the sake of Linhuang Mansion, Pucha Ahudie still abandoned those Jin troops, and with the closure of the city gate, about 10,000 Jin troops died in battle.
Before and after this battle, the Jin army lost more than 20,000 generals, plus the 3,000 who died on the first day, a total of 30,000 losses, and only 70,000 Jin troops were left in the city, which was less than 5,000 for the Han army in two days.