Chapter 385: The Decisive Battle of Chengjiang (Part II)
When the Goryeo cavalry began to charge, Lu Junyi, who had been waiting for a long time, felt an unusual tremor of the earth.
Lu Junyi hurriedly glanced back at the flags on the fleet, and when he saw that there was no change, he said, "Order Xu Ning, the right flank is temporarily under his command, and you must block and deal with the cavalry impact!" Command Gu Wei and Lone Tiger Shu Li Zhen to prepare their warriors for hand-to-hand combat! ”
The flag was flying, Xu Ning held the golden hook lightning spear in his hand, wearing the golden armor of the goose feather ring, looked at the smoke and dust that was getting closer and closer, and shouted loudly, "Brothers, let these Korean cavalrymen see the power of our hook and sickle spear!" The whole army is ready! ”
A thousand hook sickle soldiers stood in five rows, the first three rows squatted down, the hook and sickle in their hands were tilted from bottom to top, the target of these hook sickles was the legs of the war horse and the sergeant on the horse, behind them, a group of armor soldiers who were obviously not ordinary Song people stood behind, these armor soldiers were as strong as oxen, dark complexion, wearing heavy armor, holding heavy weapons such as big axes and maces, and the two leaders were wearing two layers of heavy armor, and their hands were constantly pinching and relaxing, and it seemed that they couldn't wait to come forward to fight.
"Arrow cover! Ready to throw guns! Grenade ready! Xu Ning shouted loudly, and those heavily armored sergeants picked up the throwing guns that had already been placed on the ground, while the hook and sickle soldiers in the last two rows took out the fire one by one, and one took out a ball-shaped clay pot.
The Goryeo army fighting in front suddenly dispersed, everyone knew that the impact of the Goryeo cavalry was about to come, because of the battle just now and some of the pikemen who were a little out of formation also hurriedly resumed the formation under the command of the officer, these pikemen combined the spear and the shield, and then poked the spear into the ground hard, so that the spear could increase the defense with the help of the ground, and even some took out a few horse nails from somewhere and threw them to the front, these always have a corner up the four corner nails are a sharp weapon against the cavalry, But this kind of thing is also extremely damaging to horses, so it is most hated by the cavalry.
Two hundred paces, the arrows began to pour in the direction of these cavalry, and the Goryeo cavalry in the front could already be seen, but the sight of these cavalry made everyone gasp.
I saw that these cavalrymen were all in armor, and that's all, but except for the sergeant at the front, everyone was holding a big bow, which made people a little frightened. This is actually a heavily armored cavalry with skilled archers and horses.
The ancient armor is actually not very thick, these heavy cavalry known as ancient tanks are actually not comparable to the thickness of the tank, the thickness of the general armor is about two millimeters, the weak place is not even one millimeter, and the thickest part, that is, the so-called heart goggles, is only about three millimeters, so as long as it is a better war bow can shoot through the iron armor, of course, after the shot is only a flesh wound, so the ancient extremely brave people will wear two or three layers of armor, but as long as such a person dismounts, basically can't move.
From the end of the Tang Dynasty to the later Liaojin, the armed forces of the entire land of China were heavily armored, and the most powerful heavy cavalry was the impact, but Goryeo was different, Goryeo's opponent was the Jurchens in the white mountains and black waters, and these people would not face to face with Goryeo at all, firstly, there were not so many people, and secondly, it was too much for the Jurchens who lacked armament, so these Jurchens were often primitive guerrilla tactics, and in the face of guerrilla warfare, a good archery skill was extremely important, and it was in this context that The heavy cavalry of Goryeo turned into a very small number of heavy archers.
I saw that these cavalry were divided into two teams, one group continued to charge forward with spears in hand, and the other team hung their spears on the victory hook and began to shoot with bows and arrows.
"Damn it!" Lu Junyi looked at these cavalry who were so skilled in bows and horses, and couldn't help frowning and scolding, Fortunately, those melee heavy cavalry quickly rushed up.
"Throw guns! Hand grenade! Xu Ning ordered, in an instant, hundreds of grenades and nearly a thousand throwing guns were thrown out, these throwing guns were thrown to a distance of nearly thirty steps, accompanied by the explosion of the grenades, instantly made the momentum of the forward heavy cavalry pause, many Goryeo heavy cavalry horses were frightened by the continuous sound of explosions, and even some of the unprepared cavalry were thrown under the horse, and they were almost trampled to death by the war horses next.
The spearmen with spears in their hands felt the impact of the heavy cavalry for the first time, and the spears stuck in the ground broke one after another, and many sergeants who pressed the spears with their bodies were knocked up by the fierce impact, and there were countless people who broke bones and vomited blood. In fact, in front of the cavalry, these pikemen at the front are almost all cannon fodder, and few people can hold on to the impact of the cavalry, which is also the reason why everyone knows that pikemen can deal with cavalry but few people can Chen Gong, but this time the pikemen are different, most of them are the Goryeo army who have just been allocated land, and they are willing to fight to the death until the last moment for the land at home!
"Golden Gun Battalion! Attack!!! Xu Ning shouted loudly, only to see that under the reflection of the sun, the golden light flashed, and countless hook and sickle spears poked under the legs of those war horses, looking at so many fierce things, those war horses were so frightened that they retreated again and again, but where did they retreat? I saw the blood light flying, countless horse legs were cut off between the pulls, and there were many heavily armored knights who were hooked by the hook and sickle and hooked the limbs of the battle armor, and then were dragged off the horses alive, and some were even divided by the hook and sickle right away.
"How is that possible!" Yin Yanyi looked at such a battle situation, his eyes were about to fall out, from the establishment of this cavalry, whether it was against the chaotic army or against the Jurchens, it was invincible, there were bows and arrows in the distance, and spears in the distance, if it weren't for the small number of people, Yin Yanyi even felt that his cavalry could be compared with the Liao State Leather Room Army, but he never expected that in front of the military formation of the Liangshan Army, his cavalry was like sending him to death, except for the first bow and arrow attack that killed many Liangshan sergeants, and then it was simply one-sided.
There is no way, the Song people lack horses, in the face of the two cavalry powers of Western Xia and Liao, the Song army can only continue to think about how to ride on foot, such as the hook sickle, its ancestor is the halberd, because the cavalry of the Western Xia and the Liao State is strong, especially the iron harrier of the Western Xia in the early stage of facing the Song army, almost invincible, forcing the Song army to improve the halberd that has been eliminated into a hook sickle gun, at that time there was not even a special marksmanship, it was Xu Ning's ancestors and some martial arts masters little by little to figure it out.
And the throwing spear is not available in the land of China, and it is also the Song army in order to deal with the cavalry, learn from the ethnic minorities in the southwest and northwest, and create the earliest standard throwing gun.
This does not include tactics such as four-cornered nails and spear formations, and it can be said that the Korean cavalry is now facing a unit that is most proficient in foot riding.
This is also the basis for the Southern Song Dynasty army such as Yue Fei's army to resist the Jin soldiers, of course, no matter how good the tactics and armaments are, they need to be used, that is, one person gives a machine gun, so that those forbidden troops who are proud of doing business and the generals who are proud of drinking the blood of soldiers can use it, and it is just one more transport brigade.
The battle between the Goryeo army and the Yangsan army suddenly fell into a stalemate, the Yangsan army had few soldiers, the Goryeo army was weak, and no one could help anyone for a while, and those transport ships were still constantly transporting troops to the north bank, and Wang Mata, who was looking at the city wall, was getting more and more anxious.
"What's going on with this Yin Yanyi? With ten against one, you can't fight! Wang Yu has already begun to turn around with his hands behind his back, and the ministers around him are all bowing their heads, and from time to time they give each other gloating eyes, of course, if Wang Yu looks, they are all worried, as if they want to rush down to the city and kick Yin Yanyi away, and draw their knives themselves.
"King, the enemy army is very elite, and there is a river to rely on, and there are warships to cover the surroundings, it is normal that it is difficult to capture for a while, as long as it is a long time, the enemy army is outnumbered, and it will naturally be defeated, but Weichen is still worried, why the enemy army is so unhurried and slow..."Jin Fushi said again, "Please also ask the king to send a scout horse to the west to investigate." ”
"There are thousands of soldiers and horses stationed in the west, even if there is really an enemy coming, the enemy can't do it, and there will be time to warn, not to mention that the enemy army is in this battle, the elite are here, there will be no problem, Lord Jin is too worried." Wang Zizhi smiled and said, "King, I see that the time is almost noon, it is better to call for wine and dinner, and we will eat some wine and food while watching the battle slowly." ”
Wang Yu looked at the sun, nodded and said, "It's okay, today's battle is rare in a hundred years, and we must also make a few good poems to pass on to future generations." ”
When everyone heard this, they began to search their stomachs, thinking about how to win the jackpot in front of Wang Yu.
"King! What is that? Suddenly, a very panicked cry disrupted everyone's train of thought, and everyone followed the sound and saw a black and thick wolf smoke rising.
"Not good! Sure enough, an enemy came from the west! Jin Fushi jumped up in a hurry, and Wang Yu was also a little flustered, pointing to the west and saying, "Quick!" Hurry up and find out! ”
Jin Fushi suddenly fell to the ground and listened carefully, everyone looked at him curiously when they saw him like this, only to see Jin Fushi's eyes rolling from time to time, and his fingers hitting the wall tiles lightly and quickly.
"Two thousand... Two thousand five... Three thousand!! ”
Jin Fushi shouted: "Three thousand cavalry! At least 3,000 cavalry!! At most, there are still ten miles to go!! ”
"What? How can it be? Wang Zizhi looked at the wolf smoke in the west, and only felt that his tongue was going to be eaten by himself.
On the south bank, Jiang De looked at the wolf smoke in the distance and said with a smile, "It seems that Qin Ming and they are almost there." ”
"Haha, Madman Qin is going to lose to my old cow with a jar of good wine now, I know that if he goes, he will definitely not be able to come here quietly." Niu Gao next to Jiang De laughed, and the flower carving on the other side couldn't help but shake his head, and then said, "Four thousand cavalry can be discovered so closely, I don't believe that your old cow can do better." ”
"In two days, from Haizhou to Pingzhou, all the way is mountainous, Qin Ming and they can arrive in time, it must be day and night, and I don't know how many people and horses have been lost." Speaking of this, Jiang De couldn't help but say with a sigh.
Goryeo is a subject country of Liao, and close to the northeast, although there is no plain, but there is no shortage of horses, scraped down, there are also three or four thousand war horses, of course, people on war horses can not become qualified cavalry in a short time, but running on horses is not a big problem.
As early as the beginning of the war, Jiang De and Zhu Wu sent all the light cavalry to Haizhou, but at this time, it came in handy.
If he could, Jiang De would have wanted these cavalry to raid Huangzhou directly, but at the mountain checkpoint from Haizhou to Huangzhou, Wang Yu sent heavy troops to guard it, but Haizhou went to Pingzhou, because Pingzhou had heavy troops, and the defense was extremely weak, and most of the sergeants were defending against attacks on the river, and they were lax on the mountain road.
"Order, artillery ready!" Seeing the wolf smoke, Zhu Wu began to order, only to see a gate of artillery pushed out, these cannons lined up on the warship, all facing the Goryeo army in the distance, and the ballistas were also replaced with precious gunpowder shells.
Lu Junyi on the north shore also found the wolf smoke, he looked back, and sure enough, he saw a red pennant hanging high on the highest place, he carried the unicorn spear and shouted loudly, "Reinforcements have arrived, the thief army will be defeated, fight to the end, I am invincible!" ”
Suddenly, a roar of shouting "reinforcements have arrived, the thief army will be defeated" sounded, and many Goryeo troops looked around in panic, and sure enough, they saw wolf smoke coming out from the west, and the reinforcements on the opposite side arrived? We're going to lose? As I said before, most of the 100,000 Goryeo troops were farmers and strong men who had been temporarily captured in the past two months, and it was okay to fight a good fight, but once they encountered setbacks, their morale would plummet.
"Bang!" "Bang!" "Bang!!" "Bang !!"
On the warship, a series of artillery sounded, a lead bullet was pushed out of the barrel by the impact of gunpowder, and smashed into the Goryeo army in a straight line, these hot lead balls, like a kiss of death, as long as they touched, they died, and they were injured when they were hit, and one went down, it was a pile of stump pieces of flesh and pieces of flesh flew up, and those ballistas sent out gunpowder bullets, these gunpowder bullets were an iron ball with a hole, which was black powder and iron nails, and the hole was plugged with a hollow wooden tube, and the wooden pipe was equipped with a fuse and then fixed with loess, When the fuse is ignited, the ballista will immediately shoot it out, and the fuse will burn for a few seconds before igniting the gunpowder inside, and finally detonating, but this kind of powder bullet is complicated and expensive, but it is the best high-explosive shell that Jiang De's craftsmen can come up with now.
I saw that these gunpowder shells flew into the Goryeo army and exploded one after another, and countless pieces of iron and nails knocked the Goryeo soldiers to the ground, but some of them exploded in mid-air, injuring some of the Yangsan soldiers by mistake.
The Goryeo army, which has only known spears and broadswords and crossbows in their lives, has never seen such an attack, and many people were stunned at once, a small ball can make such a loud noise, and after the loud noise, there are pieces of death and injury, which is simply an attack method that only the gods can have.
At this time, Wang Yu also saw thousands of Liangshan cavalry running in the distance from the city wall, only to see that most of these cavalry were a little embarrassed, but the shining blades and spear tips and fierce eyes told the people around them that they were real warriors, Jin Fushi looked at these cavalry, and then looked at the battlefield in the distance, and covered his face with his hands and said, "Our army is defeated!" ”