Chapter 209: The Cavalry World (3)
Kill, kill, kill, at this time, Heberon, who saw clearly the changes in the battlefield with the help of a clairvoyant mirror, made adjustments for the first time, and the 50,000 troops behind him pressed on the whole army and directly strangled the forward troops of the Jin army.
The 3,000 cavalry of the Jin Kingdom was quickly annihilated under the strangulation of more than ten times the Song army.
The first battle was successful, killing 3,000 Jin cavalry, the casualties were less than 5,000, which had made Hebron overjoyed, he ordered the whole army to attack, 55,000 cavalry turned to attack, at this time the new army passed the panic period, no timidity, saw that the Jin army was just a paper tiger, not invincible, not fierce, not a flood beast.
Kill the past, kill the out, kill the Jin army.
The 55,000 cavalry was like a group of wolves descending from the mountain, and the impact was extremely shocking. Once the cavalry rushes to kill, the impact is huge, like a torrent of steel, overwhelming the mountains and seas, and it can't be stopped at all.
Hebron said to Wang Jin: "The death of the more than 4,000 soldiers has brought an unexpected victory to the team, and these more than 50,000 soldiers have no timidity, once they rush to kill, it is not something that the 7,000 Jin State cavalry can stop." Now it is not a question of whether we are worried about whether we can defeat the Jin army, but whether these Jin troops can withstand it and retreat. β
"Yes, no matter how strong the Jin army is, with only 7,000 people, it will be difficult to stop it in the face of the impact of the new army that is eight times larger. In this case, the myth of the invincibility of the Jin army was thus shattered. β
Sure enough, Wanyan Zonggan saw the overwhelming Song army rushing over, and Wanyan Zonggan knew that there was a big trouble, and the three thousand cavalry in front of him were all wiped out.
Under the cover of the wind and sand, he couldn't see how many Song troops there were at all, and at this time Yan Zonggan was dumbfounded, he didn't know how many Song troops there were, and at this time, the speed of rushing to kill was no longer up, there was no impact, and the combat effectiveness of the Jin army was greatly reduced.
Kill out, it is obviously unrealistic to escape at this time, so you can only rush to kill and carry it.
The new army was inexperienced in warfare, but the impact speed was still very fast, and under the cover of wind and sand, they quickly rushed over, and this group of new troops waved their weapons and fought with the Jin army.
There were too many new troops, and one group rushed to kill one group, one group was killed, and one group was killed, and then another group was killed. At this time, even if they were timid, they couldn't retreat, and they were still sprinting behind, and this group of new troops could only rush forward.
Kill, kill, the lethality of the Jin army without impact speed has been greatly reduced, and the combat effectiveness has also been reduced, and the seven thousand cavalry can't even get the slightest bargain.
The formation of the Jin army has always been very complete, but the speed has never been able to rise, and it is impossible to crush the enemy in this case. And the Song army came more and more, densely packed. It was overwhelming, and this brought great psychological deterrence to the Jin army.
It's over, if you continue to fight like this, no matter whether you win or lose, the Jin army will be wiped out, and it will be impossible to crush the Song army at all, seeing more and more Song troops, the first thing to be timid is Wanyan Zonggan, he doesn't dare to imagine what the consequences of the 10,000 cavalry will be annihilated.
The Jin army is not more than 200,000 when it is full, and if 10,000 cavalry are annihilated, not only will Wanyan Zonggan not be able to keep his head, but his own women will become slaves of others.
No, you can't wipe out the whole army, retreat, retreat immediately.
Wanyan Zonggan, who was the first to collapse psychologically, gave the order to retreat.
When the Jin army retreated, Hebron did not order to pursue, he knew that the trapped beast was still fighting, and if he wanted to chase at this time, the Jin army would definitely fight hard, and the casualties would be very large.
Although he did not chase after him, Hebron knew that it was imperative to completely annihilate the remnants of the Jin army, so it was up to the Zhejia army.
When it comes to the Zhejia Army, Hebron feels that the progress on his side is unusually smooth, and it is necessary for him to help the Zhejia Army. You must know that the pressure of 30,000 Zhejia troops against 30,000 vassal armies is still very great, especially if you want to force Yelu Ma Wu to surrender, the pressure is beyond imagination, even if there are 40,000 reserve troops to help.
These 40,000 reserve troops show that the time is too short, the combat effectiveness has not been formed at all, and the vassal army may collapse the formation with one impact, which Zheyanhu does not know, but Hebron can't help but consider it. Yelu Ma Wu is a brave and warlike general, and he will definitely be able to find that the combat effectiveness of the two Song armies before and after is different.
At the beginning, Hebron thought of this, and he was also mentally prepared to sacrifice the 40,000 reserve army, this guy only thinks about victory and defeat in battle, and does not consider how many soldiers die at all. Now that I have my hands free, of course I have to think about this, after all, that's 40,000 lives, so let's save as much as possible.
The scouts continued to pass on the information of the battlefield, after Yue Fei's Longwei army defeated the Jin army, the army marched to Yunzhou, and the new army of Hebron also defeated the Jin army, which brought pressure to the two brothers of Zhe Yanhu and Zhe Yanlong, and they faced off against 30,000 vassal troops in this battle, and this battle was the last battle, and there was no choice but to win.
It's not just Zhi Yanlong and the two brothers who are under pressure. The greater pressure is Yelu Ma Wu, he and the Jin army have encountered seven times, it can be said that they have been defeated repeatedly, with more than 100,000 casualties before and after, in this guy's opinion, the Jin army is invincible, that is, invincible in the world. But on this day, both Jin armies were defeated, and they were defeated by the Song army in a head-on encounter, which is really a bit unbelievable.
Although Yelu Ma Wu and the Jin army have a grudge against the country, this guy worships the strong in his bones, so he willingly led 30,000 vassal troops to die for the Jin country. But now that the Jin army is no longer invincible in the world, this makes him shaken in his heart, of course, not only this guy is shaken, but the 30,000 vassal army also has ideas.
The vassal army is destined to be a child raised by the stepmother, and the treatment is far inferior to that of the Jin army, just to make a living, in this case, it doesn't matter whether you are loyal or disloyal, whoever gives money will work hard in a word.
Although his heart was shaken, the vassal army still looked down on the Song army and still wanted to defeat the other party, at least Yelu Ma Wu thought so.
30,000 against 30,000, the strength is equal, this kind of hard-hitting is more on strategy, and the commander's strategy is very important, and even determines the direction of the entire occupation.
Yelu Ma Wu didn't think about how to fight this battle, after all, his heart was still shaken, he didn't have the courage to move forward, he had more worries in his heart, he wanted to win and was afraid of losing, and he didn't want to have too many casualties.
The 30,000 troops were divided into three routes, the 10,000 cavalry on the east road was led by Xiao San, the 10,000 cavalry on the west road was led by Han Chong, and Yelu Ma Wu led 10,000 on the middle road.
This time, Yelu Ma Wu decided to change his tactics, the reason why the two Jin armies were defeated was because he took the initiative to attack, this time, this guy set up a position and waited for the Song army to attack.
The cunning Yelu Ma Wu, Zhi Yanhu quickly saw what the other party was planning, and he said to Zhi Yanlong: "When the cavalry fights, it is often the first to rush up, after all, the cavalry has a strong impact force, and only when the impact speed rises, can the enemy be crushed." But when the situation is evenly matched, once the opponent's formation cannot be broken, then the attacking side will suffer greater casualties, after all, the defending side will use powerful crossbow arrows to cover all directions. Our strength is about the same, and our combat effectiveness is also about the same, and if we rush to kill us, the casualties are very large. β
"Big brother, what do you mean?"
"I mean, you lead 10,000 elite soldiers to rush over, remember not to entangle with the enemy, as long as you enter the area covered by the opponent's bow and arrow, retreat and see them chasing after you?"
Speaking of this, Zhi Yanhu said: "I will lead 20,000 troops to follow, as long as the vassal army pursues us, we will cover the past, cover your retreat, and your 10,000 cavalry will become flanks to intercept with bows and arrows." If they don't chase after them, then my 20,000-strong army will directly cover the past, and you will still be on the flank. β
Now Zhe Yanlong understands, no matter what tactics Yelu Ma Wu chooses, his brother is using 20,000 Zhejia troops to attack the middle and force the other party to fight a decisive battle, as long as the 60,000 troops are mixed together, then it will be difficult to evacuate, at this time the 40,000 reserve army has become the last straw that crushed the elephant, it seems that the elder brother is also afraid that the reserve army is not enough combat effectiveness to be impacted by the vassal army.
"Big brother, I have an idea, that is, we wait a little longer, anyway, we have enough time to consume, and the vassal army has no way out." Zhi Yanlong said: "Since, big brother, you will think that the reserve army can't withstand the impact of the vassal army, then Hebron should be able to guess it, don't forget, he is the commander of the new army, and he understands that the reserve army is not strong enough, and in this case, he may come to help us." You must know that if our two families are combined, there will be more than 100,000, and no matter how this battle is fought, the vassal army can be easily wiped out. β
Zhe Yanhu thought for a while and said: "That's fine, then your 10,000 cavalry will be sent out for an hour, and at this time, we will be more patient with the vassal army." No matter how resourceful Jerumawu was, he couldn't bear it, maybe he would take the initiative. Because the other two Jin armies have been defeated, it is impossible for Yelu Ma Wu not to know this. They will not have reinforcements, but we may have reinforcements, and the problem is that the sword hovering over the head of Jeruma will drag him down. β
than patience, this is really embarrassing Yelu Ma Wu, if this guy has patience, it is impossible to face the seven defeats of the Jin army. Moreover, now that the other two Jin armies have been defeated, the longer the delay in this case, the more problems there are, and the greater the pressure.
The 30,000 vassal soldiers were divided into three routes, moving forward slowly, the speed was very slow, but always maintained a constant speed, the left and right cavalry were destined to make a strategy, and the main battle must be the middle of Yelu Ma Wu. This battle can only be won by the vassal army, not defeated. You must know that there is a way out of retreat for the defeat of the Jin army, but there is no way out for the defeat of the vassal army, which is not clear to Yelu Ma Wu, so he does not dare to attack rashly, after all, there are 30,000 cavalry on the opposite side, and it can be said that the chess opponent is not sure of victory.
Without the certainty of victory, Yelu Ma Wu was unwilling to attack, after all, after seven defeats against the Jin army, this brave and warlike general lost his courage and had no fighting spirit to take risks.
The two armies are less than ten miles apart, and from a distance, you can already clearly see the outline of the army, although it is not clear the specific number of soldiers on the other side, but from the outline, it can be said that the two families are on equal footing.
Zhi Yanhu could see clearly through the clairglass, he smiled and said to his younger brother Zhi Yanlong: "It seems that this Yelu Ma Wu does not dare to take risks, then we don't have to worry, you send troops, in a word, you do your best to delay time, I believe this is not a problem, anyway, our army takes the initiative, and there is no loss in fighting or not fighting, but it is difficult for Yelu Ma Wu to ride a tiger, it depends on how he fights this battle." β
Zhi Yanlong glanced at his brother and said with a smile: "The FΓΌhrer can make out any new things, with this clairvoyant mirror, even if the enemy army is far away, he can see it clearly." Jerumawu saw that our army was just an outline, but our army saw them clearly. β
"What is this, our army still has a secret weapon against the cavalry of the Jin Kingdom, but it was not allowed to be used, otherwise, this battle will definitely be fought by the vassal army."
"But why not use it now?"
"It's not good to say this, maybe it's not enough in quantity, or it's a little flawed in technology, but I think the core should be that I don't want to leak it out in advance, after all, this is a military secret, and it's not good for Jin Ren to know it early." Zhe Yanhu couldn't figure out why his brother-in-law was reluctant to use secret weapons, but it wasn't a problem for him who was brave and good at fighting, anyway, this battle was won.
At this time, the scout soldier came, and this scout Xiao Yi reported after saluting: "General cavalry, the new army has set off, and it can arrive in half an hour at most." β
"So fast, since it's so fast, then second brother, you can send troops, if you scare Yelu Ma Wu away, it's not a good thing, you must know that 30,000 cavalry can still easily destroy the grassland tribe on the grassland, then it is a strategic mistake." Before Zheyanhu set out on the expedition, he received a secret order, that is, he must find a way to contact the grassland tribes, pull a part to fight a part, and prepare for a counterattack against the Jin State in the future.
Zhe Yanlong led the army to the battle, this guy took the lead in charging at the front, and the 10,000 Zhejia army followed closely. The speed of the 10,000 cavalry was getting faster and faster, like a dark cloud about to swallow up the vassal army.
Seeing that the Song army sent troops, Yelu Ma Wu ordered an attack, and the three cavalry went out in a fan shape, the left and right wings rushed forward, but the Chinese army was behind, this is a typical outflanking style of play, he just wants to fight a blitzkrieg and eat the 10,000 Song troops on the opposite side. As long as they take the initiative in battle, it will be difficult to prevent the fate of defeat even if the Song army behind them presses up.
How cunning Zhi Yanlong was, he saw through the enemy's conspiracy at a glance, he knew that his brother's 20,000 cavalry was behind, so he was not afraid of the vassals being outflanked by both wings, and he ordered the army to press up quickly.
Just when the cavalry on both wings of the vassal army pressed up, Zhi Yanlong ordered the army to retreat, the Zhi family army has always been disciplined, and the army quickly retreated, and the speed of retreat was no less than the speed of advance.
How did you withdraw your troops? At this moment, Yelu Ma Wu hesitated a little, he didn't know what Song Jun was doing, so he couldn't help but slow down. The speed of the Chinese army slowed down, but the left and right armies did not slow down and continued to advance.
Xiao San and Han Chong were eager to make meritorious contributions, and when they saw the Song army retreating, their first reaction was that the Song army was timid and afraid of war, and they withdrew before fighting.
Seeing that the vassal armies on both wings were dispatched, Zhe Yanhu, who was watching the battle behind, suddenly understood that the three cavalry of the vassal army were a little derailed, the Chinese army was lagging behind, and the two wings were adventurous.
Zhi Yanhu suddenly had a bold idea, that is, to let go of the two wings and hit the Chinese army directly, as long as the Chinese army was penetrated, then even if the two wings were outflanked, it would be useless, this kind of melee mixed together was doomed to the vassal army to not escape no matter what.
Zhi Yanhu ordered the whole army to attack, and gave Zhi Yanlong a reversal order.
After the reversal order was issued, Zhi Yanlong led 10,000 cavalry to quickly turn their horses' heads, like arrows from the string, rushing towards the Chinese army of the vassal army.
The war horse ridden by the Zhejia army may not be as tall as the horses of the vassal army, and the endurance is not as good as the other party, but the speed is far greater than that of the other party.
The cavalry on both wings of the vassal army rushed forward, but suddenly found that the Song army had turned the horse's head, Xiao San, and Han Chong were immediately ready to copy from behind, but at this time, Zhe Yanhu's 20,000 troops were covered and killed.
It was too late for the cavalry on both sides to flank the front army, and they collided with the 20,000 rear troops of the Zhejia army in a sudden situation.
Yelu Ma Wu in the back didn't have a clairvoyant mirror, so he couldn't see what was happening in front of him at all, the only thing he knew was that 10,000 Song troops were killed on his side, and the left and right flanks in front also fought with the Song army.
It doesn't matter, the front army is 20,000 against 20,000, and the rear army is 10,000 against 10,000, in this case, Yelu Ma Wu didn't take it to heart at all, he ordered an attack.
suffered a loss, this time, the Zhejia army is like a high-speed sports car, the impact is huge, and the vassal army that rushed to the battle suffered a loss as soon as it came up, and it was a dumb loss.
The combat effectiveness of the vassal army is still very strong, although it is a hasty response, it is still a little flustered, and this kind of duel will suffer as soon as it comes up.
The best thing for the Zhejia army is to fight with the wind, and now it is impacting, under this general trend, the soldiers are high-spirited, one by one screaming, it seems, which looks like soldiers, it is simply a group of vicious wolves.
Tearing and killing, the Zhejia army is like a wolf eating sheep, frantically tearing and killing, this group of guys forgot that it was a war, one by one as if they were training, and they were full of vigor to kill, even if they fell off the war horse, lying on the ground, they still cut the horse legs of the vassal army, pierced the belly of the war horse, and looked at the legs of the vassal army.
The Zhejia army has appeared in the northwest since the Anshi Rebellion of the Tang Dynasty, and it is known for its courage and good fighting during the period of the division of feudal towns, and later experienced the chaos of five dynasties and ten kingdoms, not only that, but it is still the main force against the Western Xia. The Zhejia army has always been passed down from father to son, and it can be said that it was a professional soldier in the Great Song Dynasty, and when he was fighting, he was more excited than marrying a daughter-in-law, and this group of guys rushed to kill frantically.
The combat power of the vassal army is also strong, but in the face of the Zhejia army, the two sides can be said to be evenly matched, and in the case of a hasty response, the combat power is obviously insufficient.
The more the vassal army fought, the less they lost their fighting spirit, and soon there were signs of defeat.
An even worse thing happened, the two wings in front were the first to be crushed, and gradually there were small-scale escapes and retreats, which could no longer stop the impact of the Zhejia army.
Zheyanhu didn't take the two wings of the vassal army seriously at all, he ordered the whole army to attack, and to strike hard at the rear army of the vassal army, that is, to crush Yelu Mawu.
Xiao San, Han Chong was a brave and warlike general after all, and immediately understood the intention of the Song army, and the two ordered the vassal army to attack with all their strength to suppress this Song army and prevent the rear army from being crushed.
Crushed, that is necessary, because at this time, tens of thousands of new troops were killed, trapping these 20,000 vassal troops to the death.
It's over, Xiao San, Han Chong only knew at this time that there was a big trouble, this was the rhythm of the whole army, and it seemed that the Song army was prepared to win this battle.
The 30,000 Fold Army trapped the 10,000 rear army of the vassal army.
Yelu Ma Wu even had the heart to die at this time, and the front army could not receive reinforcements, which meant that he was trapped, and now the Song army was several times larger than himself, and this battle would not be able to annihilate the whole army.
"Yelu Ma Wu, surrender, since it is a vassal army, it is better to serve the Jin State than to serve the Great Song Dynasty. You must know that the Great Song Dynasty is much richer than the Jin Kingdom, and the treatment is much better. β
Zhi Yanhu, the two brothers of Zhi Yanhu went into battle together to trap Yelu Ma Wu to the death, and began to exert pressure and persuade him to surrender.
"Surrender and don't kill, surrender and don't kill." The Zhejia army shouted, followed by the new army.
The 40,000 reserve troops finally arrived at the battlefield, which can be regarded as feeling the atmosphere of the big war, seeing blood, and feeling the murderous atmosphere.
More than 100,000 troops shouted surrender without killing, and this momentum finally crushed the vassal army, and many soldiers began to dismount and surrender.
Seeing that more and more soldiers were surrendering, at this time, Yelu Mawu could not hold on, and he shouted loudly: "If a certain family surrenders, can we save our lives?" β
"Xiao Puxian, the last queen of the Liao Kingdom, has become the woman of Lord Liu of our family, and she is pregnant, not only that, Xiao Gan is also serving under Lord Liu. I'm sure you'll understand what I mean, surrender and remain a vassal army after that. β
Xiao Gan has surrendered, and he is still a fart! Jerumat finally announced his surrender.
In an hour's battle, 5,000 vassals were killed and 25,000 vassals surrendered.
After the two armies joined forces, Zhe Yanhu said to Hebron: "Are we going to go to Yunzhou with Yue Fei, or are we going to chase after Yan Zonggan?" β
"Of course, we have destroyed the remnants of Yan Zonggan, as long as we destroy this remnant army, then Yunzhou will be taken down without fighting, why bother fighting, you must know that it is not a good thing for cavalry to attack the city." Hebron had studied this problem long before he set out on the expedition, no matter how powerful the Jin army was, it could not avoid the fact that there were few people, and one less died, even if there was great ability, there was no more than ten years of cycle, and it was difficult to come out with a group of soldiers who went on horses to fight. After discussing with Liu Zhenglong, he had this policy, that is, to focus on the number of Jin soldiers killed.