Chapter 178 The Crisis of the Liao State The two armies of light and darkness

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Although now there is also gunpowder, and even assault guns. However, since the formula and purity of gunpowder have not been improved, the power is at most the level of fireworks. As for the assault gun, it can injure people within two meters, and when it goes out of five meters, it is a toy for listening.

The high-power weapons of this era still stay on cold weapons.

The light cavalry is most afraid of the phalanx of large shields, spears, heavy armor soldiers and crossbowmen. Of course, it's okay to rush hard, but it's definitely the consequence of killing 1,000 enemies and losing 2,000.

Hussars can shoot from a distance, but this range also has a certain range. Beyond fifty meters, the cavalry's cavalry short bow has no lethality. But the crossbowmen of the infantry phalanx were different, and the range of the crossbowmen and foot archers far exceeded the short bows of the cavalry.

These things are mentioned in the herringbone art of war, so Lu Zheng will have a feeling of encountering a strong enemy in his heart after seeing the crossbowmen. The Mongol cavalry were all light cavalry, and the men and horses had no heavy armor. If you attack this kind of phalanx, the losses will be very heavy. If you want to attack this kind of phalanx, unless Lu Zheng also has heavy cavalry similar to Tiefutu.

It seems that this battle should still be based on defense.

With the advancement of the Jin army, Yelu Dashi also began to gradually see the lineup of the Jin army.

The more Yelu Dashi looked, the tighter his brows wrinkled, and finally said in a deep voice: "What kind of horse is this...... That's at least a hundred thousand! Seemingly...... Jin Guo really has the heart to destroy Liao......"

Arslen also felt that something was wrong, he walked to Lu Zheng's side and said, "Anda, this battle is not easy to fight!" ”

Lu Zheng nodded and said, "Let's defend first, unless the Jin army breaks through the city gate, otherwise, we must not take the initiative to attack!" ”

When Yeluding heard Lu Zheng's words, he was a little unhappy. Ye Luding walked to Lu Zheng's side and said, "Lu Zheng, although the Jin army is powerful, but with what I know about you, you are not such a timid person!" ”

Hearing Ye Luding's words, Lu Zheng was stunned for a moment. This is the first time that Yeluding has expressed dissatisfaction with Lu Zheng in a serious situation.

Lu Zheng shook his head and said: "It's not a matter of being cowardly and bold, you look at the lineup of the Jin Kingdom this time, the phalanx of heavy infantry, crossbowmen, how can our light cavalry attack?" What's more, they also have Tiefutu and kidnapping horses, if they go out rashly, they will not be shot into hedgehogs, and they will also be wrapped in dumplings! ”

Although Ye Luding felt that what Lu Zheng said made sense, he was still very unhappy in his heart. Just wanted to continue to theorize with Lu Zheng, but Yelu Yali spoke: "Fifth brother, what Lu Zheng said is not wrong at all, we can't attack, we can only defend ......"

Yelu Dashi also said in a deep voice: "Yes, if we leave the city undefended, are we stupid to rush out and let the Jin army fight quickly?" Tell the order to go down, prepare for war, and defend the city! ”

Yelu Dashi let go, and Yeluding didn't say anything more, just glanced at Lu Zheng deeply, and then turned around and left, going to command the Liao army.

Yelu Yali walked to Lu Zheng's side, patted Lu Zheng on the shoulder, and said, "Lu Zheng, the fifth brother is more than brave and resourceful, don't care." ”

Lu Zheng smiled slightly and said, "I understand his feelings, you are too worried, let's prepare for war." ”

Yelu Yali patted Lu Zheng on the shoulder again meaningfully, and turned to prepare for the battle.

Lu Zheng glanced at Yelu Dashi, and Yelu Dashi also happened to look at Lu Zheng. The two looked at each other in the air, and then both nodded at the same time.

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Wanyan Wushu rode his horse to the front of the team, looking at the Tiewu City in the distance.

On the left and right sides of Wanyan Wushu's side, he rode his horse to follow the two generals of the Jin Kingdom, both of them were covered in black armor, one was the chief general of the Tiefu Tu, and the other was the chief general of the kidnapping horse.

The main general of the Tiefu Slaughter also looked at the Tiewu City for a while, and then spoke: "Great Shuai, this Tiewu City is not strong, the city walls are not high, and the city gate is easy to destroy!" ”

The commander of the kidnapping horse also spoke: "Dashuai, are we going to attack directly, or do we surround it first?" ”

Wanyan Wushu's eyes narrowed, and he slowly spoke: "We must quickly take Tiewu City, and we must not fall behind my second brother!" Command, assemble trebuchets, and fight with all arms! ”

As soon as Wanyan Wushu's voice fell, two heralds immediately rode their horses and rushed towards the rear military formation......

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Lu Zheng saw that the formation of the Jin army in the distance began to change, and he knew that the Jin army was preparing to attack the city. Lu Zheng turned his head to Yelu Dashi and said, "Uncle Dashi, the Jin army is about to attack the city, I'll go and prepare, if you need my help here, you can send someone to call me!" ”

Yelu Dashi also saw the movement of the Jin army, and when he heard Lu Zheng speak, Yelu Dashi nodded and said: "You go, you don't need your cavalry to defend the city for the time being, the defenders of Tiewu City and my headquarters are enough!" ”

Lu Zheng saluted Yelu Dashi with a fist, and led the generals of Arslen and Hasen to quickly walk down the city wall and walk in the direction of the Mongolian army.

Lu Zheng said that he wanted to prepare, but in fact, he planned to sharpen his guns in battle, and prepare some equipment and special tactics before the Jin army broke through the city gate.

This time, the lineup and types of the Jin Army surprised Lu Zheng. According to the previous intelligence, the 80,000 Jin army only had the situation of Tiefutu and Kidnapping Horses, Lu Zheng originally planned to directly dispatch cavalry with Yelu Dashi, and with the help of the archery and mobility ability of the Mongolian Iron Cavalry, drag down the Tiefutu and encircle and annihilate the Kidnapping Horse.

But not now, the information is seriously wrong. The Jin army not only had heavy infantry, but also crossbowmen. Lu Zheng must change his response method, even if he sharpens his gun in battle, it is better than nothing.

Lu Zheng didn't know that it was not that the intelligence was wrong, but that Wanyan Wushu was halfway to Tiewu City before he joined the heavy infantry army sent by the Emperor of Jin.

Now there is more than these sudden changes, there is a larger conspiracy in the Kingdom of Jin that has not been discovered.

The second brother of Wanyan Wushu has secretly led another army of the Jin Kingdom, which has bypassed the range of Daliao and secretly marched on the grassland a long time ago.

Now the army that Wanyan is inseparable from has gone directly to the rear of Da Liao from the vicinity of Hulun Lake in the Mongolian steppe, as long as it passes through the range of the enemy's eight divisions, it can go straight to Da Liao's Shangjing Linhuang Mansion!

In fact, the Jin State has been plotting for a long time and is ready to destroy Liao. The last time the Liao State attacked Dahua, Wanyan Wushu led the troops to go, which was to wait for the Liao State and Dahua to lose both sides, and take the opportunity to destroy the Liao army.

However, Wanyan Wushu did not expect Lu Zheng's sudden appearance, which caused the Liao army to stop attacking Dahua, and at the same time saw through the purpose of Wanyan Wushu. In desperation, Wanyan Wushu ordered the withdrawal of troops.

After the withdrawal of troops, the Emperor of Jin began to plan a large-scale plan to send troops, preparing to let Wanyan Wushu attack and cover head-on along the way.

Lu Zheng only wanted Dahua to avoid the war and to protect Dahua's relatives and friends, so he decided to join forces with Liao to resist Jin. Lu Zheng was just trying to delay time, and he didn't think that Jin Guo would really attack Liao State in a short time.

At the beginning, the Yelu brothers promised Lu Zheng not to attack Dahua again, and Yelu Dashi happily agreed to join forces with Lu Zheng to fight against Jin, these are not so simple......

Lu Zheng was still too naΓ―ve, who would have thought that he would now be caught in a well-planned large-scale battle.