Chapter 827: The purpose of war, growing up with famous generals
The galloping iron hooves slammed the ground fiercely, making a tight roar, and now the distance between the two armies was less than three hundred steps, and Xiao Tang, who was rushing to the front first, saw the emptiness of the Xia Kingdom's rear formation, and knew that Wu Jue's plan had already worked wonders.
Xiao Tang also knew very well that Wu Jue in the official history was a general who was unwilling to defend only the danger when he resisted the invasion of the Jin army at Monk Yuan, Rao Fengguan, and Xianren Pass. Wu Jue not only sent other generals, just like the Xia State raided Pingxia City now, from the small road to bypass behind the enemy, and cut off the Jin army's grain route, he even dared to lead a small number of elites to take the initiative to attack, and the surprise attack several times The strength of the attack force reached more than 100,000, and the sharpness was more at the top of the main force of the Jin State.
In the case of being at a disadvantage in the army and still defending the city, Wu Jue is a famous general who is good at dispatching elite troops to detour behind the enemy to fight surprise battles. The requirements for the commander-in-chief of the unified army are not only heroic and courageous and not afraid of dying in battle, but also rely on their own ability to accurately seize the opportunity under the changes in the war situation and never let go of the command ability.
And Wu Jue's plan was also affirmed by Xiao Tang's henchmen Xiao Jiasui, Xu Guanzhong and others, who analyzed the battle situation and could also deduce that the Xia army launched a surprise attack, and the other party was also out of an emergency moment of fighting day and night. When the other party mistakenly thought that the heart of the army in Linxia City was shaken, and the important ministers of the Song Dynasty sitting in the city had led a part of the soldiers and horses to flee the city, the enemy would definitely spare no effort to launch a fierce attack, and when the enemy army put all its attention on attacking Linxia City, that is, the best time for the strange soldiers sent to turn into a sharp knife and stab into the rear military formation of the Xia army.
It's just that it is slightly different from Wu Jue's plan to recommend himself as the commander of the surprise attack army, Xiao Tang also made up his mind to send troops with him, and the two fierce generals launched a surprise attack on the enemy's rear together. Although Xiao Jiasui, Xu Guanzhong, Hua Rong and other brothers admired Wu Jue's outstanding command skills and vicious strategic vision, and were very uneasy about his character, they also knew what Wu Jue was doing secretly, and they were not worried that Wu Jue would take advantage of this opportunity to be unfavorable to his brother, plus Xiao Tang was very persistent, so Xiao Jiasui and others had no choice but to agree.
Although Xiao Tang and Wu Jue are definitely not close friends, he also knows very well that the two must work together now, and in such a major war between the two countries, growing up with those famous generals who have left a name in history is also an important reason why Xiao Tang must rush to the side court.
At this time, in the Xia army's array, the haze on Renduo Yili's face became more and more obvious, and he secretly said in his heart: There are nearly a thousand horsemen among the enemy army, and the enemy army of this scale is approaching, why don't you see the troops who are lying on several key roads in Suidezhou and pay attention to the movements of other Song army reinforcements?
The strong cavalry of the Song army is the one who escaped from the north gate of Linxia City? Most of the Hengshan Qiang troops I sent out to observe the movements of those men were foot soldiers, could it be that they left their chariots and immediately threw off our troops and horses, and planned to launch a surprise attack on the rear of our army in a roundabout way from the beginning?
"But there are only eight or nine hundred cavalry, is it true that the sons of my Xia Kingdom garrison are vulnerable rabble!?"
The loud roar of Ren Duo Yili suddenly broke through the air, and then he shouted violently: "The soldiers of the garrison obey the order, the pikemen advance and line up to resist the horses, and the crossbowmen form a formation and shoot the enemy horsemen!" ”
The garrison of the Xia State is like the forbidden army of the Great Song Rong Weijing Division, and it is a more well-equipped and well-trained army than other troops of the Xia State. At this time, with Ren Duo Yili's order, more than 600 long soldiers immediately rushed forward and lined up. And the four hundred crossbowmen had already lined up, the bracket of the first-grade bow was pulled, and the sharp crossbow arrows had already been placed on the string, and the crossbowmen stared coldly ahead, and their fingers were also on the crossbow's bracket, just waiting for an order from the general.
"Discharge the crossbow !!"
As the Xia State officer standing on the oblique side of the crossbowman army did not hesitate to slash down the raised scimitar, the hum of the taut crossbow string suddenly being released, and the crisp sound of the machine being pulled were intertwined in an instant, and more than 400 sharp crossbow arrows shot away, quickly spreading into a waterfall rain, mixed with a terrible scream, and instantly attacked in front of the Song cavalry!
"Puff puff!" The crossbow bolts stabbed fiercely into the heads and bodies of the Song army in front of the cavalry formation, and the sharp tips also pierced out one after another. The red blood bloomed in an instant on the wounds on the bodies of many Song cavalrymen, and those soldiers who were shot by crossbow arrows rushed forward desperately with inertia for a long distance, and then even men and horses crashed to the ground!
"Kill !!" There were also some Song cavalry who were hit by crossbow arrows waved their swords in their hands and roared loudly in hysterical hysteria, although blood gushed out from their wounds, but these fierce and warlike Western army athletes still used their flesh and blood to block the rain of arrows for their comrades behind them, until their heads, hearts and other vital places were shot by whistling arrows, and then they fell off their horses and fell to the ground!
"Woooo Another round of arrows shot from the Yipin bow poured towards the Song cavalry, although there were constantly cavalry arrows falling from their horses, but Xiao Tang, who was galloping on the horse, suddenly turned the golden tiger head dragon tooth spear in his hand and danced like the wind! With the sound of clanging and crisp sounds, the cavalry of the Song army, which followed closely behind Xiao Tang, also avoided the doom of being shot and falling from the horse one by one.
And beside Xiao Tang, there was suddenly a horse running out to drive side by side with him, Wu Jue brandished a long knife that he used well in horse warfare, and also danced so much that it could not be used to cover Xiao Tang's strategy, but look at Wu Jue's long weapon is also vigorous and resolute, fast and abnormal, looking at the past, compared to Xiao Tang's methods, it seems to be not much better!
With these two tiger generals riding their horses and rushing to open the way, the galloping Song army rode closer and closer to the formation of the Xia State garrison, and many foot soldiers could even clearly see Xiao Tang and Wu Jue's angry appearance! As an officer in the military formation shouted an order, more than 400 crossbowmen immediately passed by the pikemen who had lined up in the back in an orderly manner, and at the same time, those pikemen also erected sharp spears one by one, and the sharp and cold tips of the spears pointed obliquely in the direction of the Song cavalry in front of them, converging into a dense forest of death.
He just pulled out his sword, but saw that the Song army cavalry general who was holding a gold spear suddenly switched to a one-handed gun, and the other hand of the Song general was falsely buckled, and he suddenly flipped his wrist and shook it violently, "Instigation!" "There was a sharp scream that pierced the sky!
Just as the general of the Xia army couldn't see why, just as he suddenly felt as if a black shadow was hitting his forehead in front of him, the general's head had already exploded like a watermelon that had been hit with a heavy stick! Peng's blood and brains shot out, and the steel helmet on the officer's head also went straight to the sky and flipped twice before falling to the ground again!
The soldiers of the Xia Kingdom who lined up to resist the surprise attack of the Song cavalry were all shocked when they saw this, and at this time, Xiao Tang stretched out his hand to his waist, and then secretly shook off his wrist with skill! The next moment, the heads of the other three generals who were supervising the battle in the Xia State army also exploded, and "Peng", "Peng", "Peng", and "Peng" were connected with three clusters of blood and rain, and bright red blood and red-white brains were sprinkled on the surrounding Xia Guo foot soldiers!!
This...... What kind of sorcery is this!?
Just when the frightened Xia Junjun's formation was slightly loosened, Xiao Tang, who used flying stones with a flick of his fingers to kill the enemy, was not so much to kill the enemy, but to bombard the enemy, and tightly grasped the barrel of the chiseled gold spear with both hands!!