Chapter 1288: Drawing the Knife
The Khitan people, who are powerful with bows and horses, are naturally extremely clever in riding, and there are many warriors with one string and three arrows, or even one string and five arrows.
The 50,000 iron cavalry led by Yelu Hengchang were in a sharp arrow formation, like sharp arrows, and they were slanted into the left flank of the Li family's army.
Among the 180,000 Li family troops, most of them were veterans, and only more than 30,000 township soldiers with basic training were wrapped in the middle of the queue by the veterans.
"There's no need to be nervous at all, when Lao Tzu was in the state, he personally split eight Khitans, and he was promoted to the deputy team leader."
The head of the team understood the recruits' minds very well, and deliberately added a little oil and vinegar to the story of how they killed the Khitans back then, and said it out loud.
The role of the veteran is to teach the essentials of combat and tell the experience of combat in the team, so that those who come after him feel that the enemy army is nothing more than that.
To put it bluntly, in the eyes of the soldiers of the Li family, the Khitans are really nothing more than that!
In the past, the Li Jiajun annihilated more than 40,000 Khitans in one fell swoop, and this battle was very important and established the psychological advantage of the Li Jiajun on the battlefield.
Psychological superiority is a thing that is not clear and incomprehensible, but it is a fact.
For example, for a period of time, as long as the Chinese national football team met the South Korean national football team, it was either a draw or a heavy defeat, and it never won. People of the time called: Koreanophobia!
It is also a coincidence that in the encounter between the Li Jiajun and the Khitans, instead of losing, the Li Jiajun won many battles!
What's more, during the autumn harvest last year, Li Jiajun brazenly entered the Great Plain of Youji, grabbing money, food, strong men and women, and the world was turned upside down.
In that battle, the Khitans, who seemed to be extremely powerful, could only stare dryly, crying out in vain!
Under the strict orders of Brother Yelu Hugh, Yelu Hengchang did not dare to rush out even if he hated the Li family army to the core. He led 50,000 cavalry, moved to a place about three miles away from the left flank of the Li family's army, and decisively stopped the advance.
"The artillery and crossbows of the Southern Barbarians are powerful, you lead two thousand soldiers and horses to test the defense of the Southern Barbarians." Yelu Hengchang instructed his eldest son, Yelujing, "Be careful, only temptation, never war, understand?" ”
Yelujing originally followed Yelu Hengchang to be powerful in Fanyang City, eating and drinking spicy food, but overnight, he was driven out of his lair by Li Zhongyi, which can be said to be higher than the sky!
"Father, the southern barbarian is just relying on luck......" Before Yelujing's voice fell, Yelu Hengchang viciously grabbed his collar and shouted, "Piff, what do you know?" Is Fan Yangcheng really a local chicken and a dog? ”
Yelu Jing was immediately frightened, and he was at a loss for a while, before, Yelu Hengchang had never spoken so sharply.
"Listen, Yelujing, if you disobey the military order and cause heavy casualties to the army, not to mention that the regent can't spare you, I will also screw off your head as a wine jug." Yelu Hengchang launched a ruthless attack, which was really shocking and chilling.
After eating his father's lesson, Yelujing was really much more well-behaved, he led two thousand soldiers and horses, and after killing them from the large army, he did not let the horses gallop.
Liao Shanhe put down the monocular in his hand and coldly ordered: "The Divine Arm Crossbow is ready for a five-stage attack, and it is not allowed to stop without an order." ”
The herald, who had been waiting beside Liao Shanhe, repeated the military order aloud, and then galloped out and conveyed Liao Shanhe's order to all the commanders.
According to the battle plan in advance, the position of the Third Army's A Battalion today is behind the crossbowmen. In front of the crossbowman is a chariot with the wheels removed and the baffle plugged in.
The baffle of the car was also full of spears early, and the tips of the snowy guns flashed with dazzling cold light under the reflection of the big sun.
In front of the chariot, there was a formation of horse-repellent piles, thick wooden stakes that had been sharpened, crossed and bundled together, and took root on the ground.
In front of the piles is a dense array of barbed wire, connected by thick wooden stakes and nailed three feet deep into the ground.
The commander of Battalion A is also surnamed Liao, named Liao Zhong, and he holds the handle of his sword in his hand and patrols his team in all directions.
If it was peacetime, Liao Zhong didn't need to patrol the camp at all, just give orders directly, and the veterans in the camp would definitely not drop the chain.
Today's situation is somewhat different from usual, because Liao Zhong's battalion has allocated more than 100 township soldiers.
The reason why there will be a mixed township army is mainly because there are the same number of veterans who stayed in Kaifeng City in the name of the township army.
Zhuge is only cautious in his life!
Li Zhongyi's use of troops can actually be called cautious, and when the war started, he always did not count the victory, but expected defeat first, and had to calculate the cost of the battle.
Using the soldiers of the township army to exchange 30,000 veterans of a hundred battles can ensure that Kaifeng City will not be in a big mess, which is Li Zhongyi's easy to use strategy, and it is also the true embodiment of his cautious character.
Nima, the thousand-year-old capital of Kaifeng, if it is broken by careerists because of a moment of carelessness, the vitality of the Han people in the Central Plains will inevitably be greatly damaged!
"Who are we, robes?" Liao Zhong suddenly raised his throat and yelled.
Liao Zhong glanced at it casually, and he could see that there were some township soldiers in the team, who had never seen blood and had killed the enemy, and their dodging eyes were full of weakness and fear.
"We are the invincible Li Jiajun, and the Khitans have never had to throw away their armor and run around in front of us...... "The veterans of the A battalion sighed with emotion, and they didn't take the invincible Khitans in their eyes at all.
After Liao Shanhe heard the noise, he couldn't help frowning, there were tens of thousands of township soldiers in the army who had never fought, and he knew this.
The officers below must have seen the timidity of the township soldiers, so they deliberately raised their voices to cheer them up.
It was too late to say that it was too late, and Yelujing led more than 2,000 palace troops, and they had already assaulted to a position about 500 steps in front of the Li family's army.
Liao Shanhe immediately ordered: "The crossbow is wound, and the cocktail is on the shelf!" As soon as he finished speaking, the brass trumpeter beside him blew loudly.
In Li Jiajun, the way of conveying orders presents a variety of patterns. Generally speaking, the shorter the order, the easier it is to convey it through a bamboo whistle, a brass horn, or other military instrument.
To put it bluntly, if the Khitans know how to do it, as long as they kill the signal soldiers or heralds in the Li family's army in one fell swoop, the seemingly incomparably powerful Li family's army is likely to be paralyzed in an instant.
"Raise your shield! Draw the knife! Hide in the stirrups! "Yelujing can gain Yelu Hengchang's trust, which means that he is not a straw bale.
Since birth, the Khitan people have been dealing with war horses, and almost everyone is familiar with the skills of hiding in stirrups!
Raising a shield can defend oneself, drawing a knife in the hand can chop the enemy, hiding in the stirrup can protect one's safety as much as possible, killing three birds with one stone, Yelujing can be regarded as a painstaking!
ps: Thanks to the support of the brothers, Sikong also successfully fulfilled its promise!