Chapter Sixty-Eight: The East Wind Is Tight, the War Drums Hammer!
The heavy cavalry is undoubtedly excellent, and the Great Song Dynasty has been defeated repeatedly, in addition to the blind command of the generals in the formation map, there is also a tactical backwardness.
The enemy's light cavalry released arrows, and the pursuit was to be kite-flying, and then the heavy cavalry charged, killing and wounding countless people. If you don't pursue, you will be beaten passively.
The Great Song Dynasty is not without a horse army, but most of them are mainly light cavalry, and it is not impossible to harass cavalry and shooting, Qingtang has been in the field for nearly 20 years, and the horse army has become a scale and structure.
But the tactical impact of the heavy cavalry was missing, and no matter how much harassment there was, it lacked the final word.
Fighting in the field, you always have to lose.
Although in the Western Xia, the Great Song Dynasty used the mountain city step by step, and the pillboxes strengthened the crossbow and bow, and gradually squeezed and encroached on the living space of the Western Xia, but it was impossible to completely eliminate the separatist force of the rebellion of the party members in the Western Xia.
Losing the terrain advantage, the mountain city lost its role step by step, so Hengshan is the boundary, and it has not been advanced for more than ten years.
"Let's fight right here. After stopping the Yan Zongwang Department and blocking it for more than three days, our goal will be achieved. Yue Fei got on his horse and returned to his camp.
Fu Xuan is silent, what does this choice represent?
Put life and death aside!
Wanyan Zongwang took his tired army to the crescent city, although he lost a lot of baggage, but he still clearly knew that his journey to Taiyuan would definitely not be smooth sailing.
He did inflict extremely terrifying casualties on the guerrilla Song army, and all the sergeants were annihilated!
In that battle, he did not order the capture of the captives, but the slaughter.
The tradition of killing unknown prisoners is not true for the Jin people.
Since the Liao State was galloping wantonly in Liaodong, every time the Jin people failed in battle, all the men above the wheels were slaughtered.
On the grassland, it is far more cruel than the singing and dancing in the Guannai.
This is the world outside the gates, where there has never been any mercy, but brutal slaughter and death. In comparison, Guanzhong is undoubtedly happier.
And Guanzhong can actually go out of the Great Wall many times, and the grassland tribes that are killed lose their armor and abandon their armor, and the grassland cannot form a joint force, which is also the key.
The people in Kannai are really good at sowing discord.
The crescent moon city was very weak under the trebuchet nearly ten meters high, and the earth wall could not stop the bombardment of such roaring huge stones, and every time it smashed on the earth wall, at least a large hole was smashed.
Gravel bursts out, taking away fresh lives.
War, there is never a right or wrong, both sides are crazy.
The defenders of Crescent City collapsed faster than Wan Yan Zongwang expected, and he stood two thousand paces away, watching the city walls crumble under the ravages of trebuchets.
Before the order for a general attack was given, the defenders of Crescent City had already retreated, and the mountains were full of deserters.
It is glorious to die for the country, but this kind of meaningless casualty, everyone will be shaken and abandon the city and flee.
There are many people in the Jin Kingdom, there are many people in the Liao Kingdom, and there are many people in the Song Kingdom.
Speaking of which, whether it is the Liao Kingdom, the Western Xia Kingdom, the Jin Kingdom, or the Song Dynasty, they are all based on the corpse of the Tang Dynasty.
Good ones such as cold forging armor technology, heavy cavalry tactics, and official system have all learned from the Tang Dynasty. In the same way, running away is also a good lesson.
After all, Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, fell six times, and the emperor fled nine times.
In the Anshi Rebellion, Xuanzong of the former Tang Dynasty abandoned the capital and fled;
Tubo invaded, approaching Chang'an, and Li Yu, the former Tang Dynasty, went to Shaanzhou;
Jiedu made Li Xilie rebel, the division of Jingnan mutinied, and the former Tang Dezong fled;
Huangchao invaded Chang'an, and the former Tang Emperor fled to Chengdu;
The Shence army was dispersed, and the former Tang Dynasty fled to Fengxiang;
Li Keyong forced Chang'an, and the former Tang Zhaozong fled to Fengxiang;
Then Li Keyong entered Chang'an twice, and Zhaozong of the former Tang Dynasty fled to Fengxiang twice;
In the end, Zhu Quanzhong abducted the former Tang Zhaozong to Luoyang, and then killed him, and the Tang Dynasty officially ended.
But who dares to say that the Tang Dynasty was not strong? No one dared to say this.
Escaping does not mean that it is weak, the Tang Dynasty Western Regions Protectorate lost the support of the Central Plains, relying on the narrow territory and depth to fight back and forth between the Western Regions and the Great Food Country.
Who can do it? No one can do it. The strength of the Tang Dynasty is remembered by everyone.
Didn't Jin, Song, Liao, Xia, Tubo, Dali, Li Dynasty, Hui Hui, and Khotan all lie on the corpse of the Tang Dynasty and build up?
Which one is not the self-proclaimed authentic successor of the Tang Dynasty? Who dares to say that Datang is a weak country? No.
It's just to escape, it's not a shame, it's right to retreat strategically, slow down, organize again, and avenge the deep revenge of the sea of blood.
No one is facing an invincible enemy who will choose moths to fight the fire. That's stupidity, not bravery.
Wanyan Zongwang walked into the dilapidated Crescent City, repaired it for a day, and then entered the mountain, which was the mountain road, the baggage was collected, and the trebuchet was unloaded and loaded, all of which were things, but fortunately, it was the Khitannu who was busy, not the Jin people, who relied on the city-state, and corrected it well.
At dawn the next day, he went straight to the Tianming Pass, looking at the towering mountain road, then at the nearly ten-meter-high brick wall, and at the defenders who were still holding the spear in their hands despite fear, Jin Bing shook his head and sighed.
Since ancient times, the pass has been difficult to break, and the terrain is too powerful for the defenders, and rushing through it like this will only increase the casualties of indifference.
How can you call it a pass?
There is also a Maling Pass in the back, and in Tianming Pass, it is completely unnecessary to pay huge casualties and costs.
Besides, this Tianming Pass is not unavoidable. Although the canyon next to it can't be spent in summer, it is a smooth road in winter.
This is also the reason why Wanyan Zongwang chose here.
Wanyan Zongwang's forward quickly passed through the ice-covered river and advanced to the canyon of the first line of heaven.
After sweeping the cliffs on both sides of the canyon and confirming safety, Wanyan Zongwang's Chinese and rear troops also crossed the river.
The terrain here is not suitable for ambushes, not that the terrain is not rugged enough, but the cliffs on both sides are not very high, and they are within the range of arrows.
Yue Fei was not so ambushed on the cliff, he commanded his army to have a half-full breakfast.
After inspecting all the decisive chariots, and ordering the inspection of all kinds of weapons, when the army was ready to stop, he went down from the old barracks of Huangchao, from the Royal Horse Road, to the first line of heavenly canyons.
Yue Fei ordered everyone to put on armor and horses to equip.
This is all when he was leaving, Li Gang was ordered by the emperor to give the equipment to the guilty army, in Zhao Huan's heart, Yue Fei was a general, he naturally had a preference in his heart, how could he rest assured that he did not have complete equipment to go to the battlefield?
He was also given thirteen gold medals, as well as orders to act cheaply.
Yue Fei put on his shoulders and shawl, wrapped his body with black hammer armor, put on arm guards, tied it tightly with silk, wrapped the line around in a circle, and stomped his feet vigorously to get used to the long shoes.
He wrapped his robe around his waist, and wrapped his sleeves around his loins, and tied them with a shackle and a red silk belt.
The red lining and silk belt are actually metaphysical things, hoping for a good omen of meritorious service, it is said that wearing a red belt, wearing a red lining can seek benefits and ward off evil spirits, and the soul will not invade.
Wrap your hair up, wrap it around with a silk belt, and then bring a phoenix wing strap, pull it up in a circle, and fix it on the helmet.
He moved his neck and body slightly, adjusting to the heavy armor, and looked at the entrance to the canyon in the distance, waiting for the sinners to put on their armor.
"Yue Shuai! All checks have been completed! Fu Xuan heard the reports of the commanders of each battalion and shouted to Yue Fei.
"Forward!" Yue Fei's voice was extremely dull, because of the pause.
The soldiers pushed the chariot up, and the mountains shouted like the sea: "Fight! Fight to win! ”
"The clouds are from the dragon, the wind is from the tiger, and the dust and earth are fame." Yue Fei used a dull but extremely majestic voice to start a military song.
"Looking at Shenzhou, the people are suffering, and thousands of miles of fertile land are barren! Look at the world, as much as you want, and make up for the defects of heaven! ”
"Good boy, don't be a parent, just for the common people, not for the lord! The strong man drank the wine in the bowl, and did not look back on the journey of a thousand miles! The golden drums roared in unison, and the yellow dragon swore endlessly! ”
"No one cares about sweat, blood and salt, and the bones are collected for thousands of miles. Zhengmu is cutting off the river road. I pity you the most for dancing in the middle of the night, and the Taoist man is like iron! Look at the test hand, mend the crack! ”
The sound of the waves was higher than the other, the war drums were noisy, the roaring war drums and the roaring war horses and military songs, with the pace of the military formation, walked towards the mountain pass step by step.
The moment the military song sounded, Wanyan Zongwang frowned and looked in the direction of the mountain pass!
Enemies?
In this narrow terrain, although it is not conducive to the development of light cavalry such as kidnapping horses, it is the best battlefield for heavy cavalry!
100 steps to start slowly, 100 steps to walk fast, 100 steps to charge! No matter what kind of military formation, the heavy cavalry in the charge is enough to break down any formation on the opposite side!
He frowned and looked in the direction of the mountain pass, and shouted: "Whole army! Prepare for battle! ”
The front army blocked the front layer by layer with huge shields at the fastest speed, and the rear army of the Chinese army quickly changed formations.
The sound of military songs grew louder and louder, echoing throughout the canyon.
A neat military formation appeared in front of them, black armor appeared in their eyes, and the fluttering big "Yue" flag with gold characters on a red background was constantly surging in the wind in the howling of the mountain wind, and the sound of hunting and hunting.
"Fight! Fight to win! The neat shouts continued to echo in the canyon, this sentence was a sentence that Zhao Huan inadvertently said when the planter asked Zhao Huan how far he had hit.
On both sides of the narrow passage, there were military formations of the two armies facing each other, and an atmosphere of solemnity filled the entire valley.
Even the crows on the cliff stopped crying, looking curiously at the two sergeants below, and in their smart eyes, they seemed to be thinking about whether they could add food today.