Chapter 575: Northern Expedition (12)
Gao Yang is indeed a little far away from the battlefield at this moment. ======
He personally brought all the heavy cavalry with him. These heavily armed heavy cavalrymen wanted to travel quickly to the battlefield, and that was indeed not an easy thing to do.
In order to maintain the physical strength of the war horse, it was left to be used when the charge was launched during the official battle, and it was doomed that the army could not move quickly. As for the tactics of riding pack horses, even the most elite heavy cavalry did not have the luxury of being so much in the face of a victorious army that was desperately short of horses. They're just one man and two horses.
At this moment, thousands of heavy cavalrymen had already put their heavy armor weapons and weapons on the pack horses, and rode on the pack horses to lead the war horses and galloped towards the battlefield in the distance.
The heavy cavalry were followed by a large number of infantry units. However, Gao Yang personally felt that by the time these infantry arrived at the battlefield, the battle should have ended. They're just making an insurance.
"Do you think the hussars can stop it?" Hara asked aloud. Through the high-altitude unmanned reconnaissance aircraft, he has been paying attention to the battle situation on the battlefield, and he knew that the number of Mongolian cavalry was almost twice that of Chen Fangliang's light cavalry.
"It has to be possible, they're all professional warriors!" Gao Yang bent the corners of his mouth and said in a deep voice.
"You have so much faith? You have to know that the difference in numbers is huge. "It was the Mongol cavalry that was rapidly approaching the battlefield.
After reconnaissance, it was found that the number of support troops was at least about 20,000, while Chen Fangliang's light cavalry was only 12,000. As for the heavy infantry, they were busy encircling and annihilating the encircled Jin army. If you turn around and fight those Mongol cavalry, it is very likely that you will be played by the Jin army that is surrounded by a center flower. Once it is fought like that, the situation of the war will not be salvageable.
"Me." Gao Yang raised his eyebrows and said in a deep voice, "They are all professional warriors. Well-trained, well-equipped, and the morale of the army is very high, and they dare to fight! Most importantly. Their opponents are nothing more than a group of ordinary herdsmen who herd sheep and horses on weekdays. How can it not be beaten? ”
"Most of your soldiers are new recruits, and even if they train rigorously on weekdays, they don't have more than a year, right? Can it be so much stronger than those Mongol cavalry? Yuan obviously didn't agree with Gao Yang's optimism. He is an intelligent AI who has consulted countless materials, and he has seen a lot of how fierce and invincible the Mongolian iron cavalry in history is.
"I've been with you, so don't just look at those materials." Gao Yang sighed lightly, stretched out his hand and rubbed his eyebrows lightly, and said in a helpless tone, "The information you see is not the current Mongolian cavalry. I admit that the Mongol cavalry more than a hundred years later is indeed very terrifying. But they can't do it now! Not united, not through the countless battles. Now they don't have any decent combat effectiveness at all. ”
Raised his eyes and looked at the vast cavalry troops in all directions. Gao Yang stretched out his hand to wipe his nose and wipe the dust off his hand.
The large group of horsemen rode forward, and the heavy hooves of the horses were enough to shatter the ground, and the dust that kicked up the sky shrouded the entire army like a thick morning fog. The dust is not needed, it is all over the body.
Gao Yang's tone paused, his gaze gradually became indifferent, and then said, "Believe it or not, their current combat effectiveness is really very scummy. Otherwise, it would not have been ruled so easily by the Khitans and Jurchens. Again, although I have been training as a soldier for less than a year. But. What kind of training do they use? That is the essence of thousands of years of military training in modern time and space, and it is almost a perfect training method! What do they eat every day? What kind of equipment are they using? Can it be compared with the training of three days of fishing and two days of drying nets in the past? One year's training is at least as good as the previous 10 years! ”
Gao Yang touched his nose and smiled. He continued, "One of the most important things is that the current Changsheng army is in full swing. It is not an exaggeration to say that the morale of the army is bursting. When the two armies fought in the era of cold weapons, you don't know how much morale played a role, right? ”
"Okay." Hara said loudly, "Even if they can win." And what about the next reinforcements of the Jin Army? Can they still resist? ”
The army, which numbered in the hundreds of thousands, was inevitably very scattered when stationed. It's impossible to have some science fiction stuff that has five million troops stationed in a town.
In this era of cold weapons, all large armies were to be stationed along rivers or lakes. So many people and horses and livestock need to eat, drink, and sleep in a wide space.
Therefore. If it were not for the fact that a plan had been made before the start of the movement of the army to the designated position in advance. Then, when the army receives the order, sorts out the equipment and sets off, it will inevitably need to go to battle in the order of the different military camps where they are stationed.
The 20,000 Mongol cavalry were stationed in the closest area to where the battle was fought, and they were the most ordinary light cavalry. As long as you take your weapon, put on leather armor or don't wear armor at all, you can set out on a war horse! So they were the first to leave and the first to arrive.
And behind them were the cavalry of the Jin army. However, they also set out in waves, with no more than a few thousand people per share, and only a few hundred people at a minimum. After they gathered into a large army, they hurried to the battlefield, and Gao Yang's reinforcements had already arrived!
"Alright, don't boast about yourself. Go for it! It's still cavalry, why can't it be so slow to grind and chirp. Hara complained impatiently.
"Got~~~" Gao Yang couldn't laugh at Yuan's crying, shook his head and said, "It's the cavalry that has to be slow." Now that they have run all the way over, the horses are all tired to death, if they sweat again. Then these powerful heavy cavalry can only dismount and become heavy infantry! Dismounted cavalry is inferior to infantry! ”
"Oops!" Yuan seemed to be really impatient, and said, "I know, don't show off your knowledge superiority, okay?" Fight your battles well. ”
"Huh." Gao Yang chuckled and shook his head, nothing more. The legs clamped the horse's belly, shook the reins in his hand, and instigated the horse to move forward.
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Reinforcements from both sides quickly approached the battlefield. The first to arrive, of course, were the Mongolian herdsmen who had a lot of horses.
There is nothing lacking in the Dachao grassland. Lack of salt, lack of iron, lack of food, lack of cloth, etc., etc., etc. There is no shortage of cattle, sheep, horses, and other livestock. These Mongolians who came here from the steppes didn't bring much else. In addition to the portable weapons, the most are these livestock.
Unlike the victorious armies, who lacked horses, the Mongolian herders were basically armed with several horses per person. They alternated on different pack horses, galloping at high speed all the way to the battlefield. The speed is much faster than that of the victorious army.
At this moment, these Mongolian herdsmen already have a trace of the style of the invincible iron cavalry that swept across the Eurasian continent in the future. Of course, it's just the number of horses.
These herdsmen graze on the prairie all year round, where will they know what major events in the world? I don't know how strong the Changsheng army is, and how weak the Jurchens are now. As the rulers, the Jurchens promised many benefits, and they also rushed over to earn benefits.
They don't know how strong the Changsheng Army is, and even who the Changsheng Army is has many people who haven't heard of it! The so-called ignorant are fearless, and these Mongolian herders are very bold. Although their combat effectiveness is actually not very good.
In the continuous large-scale battles for a period of time, the losses of these herdsmen, who were mainly fast cavalry, could not be counted. It also gave these herdsmen who were originally eager to try some blows.
It's just that most people in this world don't know the cruelty of things until they have suffered a real big setback, and these herders are the same.
The loss of thousands of people before was not enough for them to break their bones. They need a profound lesson, a bloody and cruel lesson that they will remember for generations to come!!
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"Here we are." Chen Fangliang looked at the turbulent torrent that appeared at the junction of the sky in the distance, his eyes were slightly condensed, and he said in a deep voice.
"Hmm." Chen Fangming, who was on the side, responded casually, glanced sideways at his younger brother, and said with an extremely serious expression, "Don't die!" ”
"Huh." Chen Fangliang laughed, stretched out his hand and patted his brother's shoulder, and said with a smile, "Don't worry." I have fought so many death battles with the prince in the south and the north, how many times have I crawled out of the pile of dead people? Isn't it okay now? Brother, you too. ”
"Hmm." Chen Fangming shook his head. Put on the steel helmet in your hand, reach out and pull down the armor, and let out a long breath. Pull the reins and run to your men.
"Come on." Chen Fangliang narrowed his eyes slightly, his expression was quiet, and he muttered to himself in a low voice.
After so many battles, he Chen Fangliang is smart and has already become a qualified general. Otherwise, Gao Yang would let him lead the army alone.
As for Yue Fei, he was better at commanding large-scale infantry operations. Gao Yang personally led reinforcements to the rescue, so of course Yue Fei was staying in the big camp. There must be someone who can hold it in the camp. If Gao Yang played, this heavy responsibility would not surprisingly fall on Yue Fei's shoulders.
Chen Fangliang slowly pulled out his battle knife and turned his head sideways to the head of the sergeant who was in charge of blowing the military horn on the side. Soon, the desolate and vast, tragic and majestic sound of the horn spread throughout the heavens and the earth. More than 10,000 light cavalry of the victorious army began to slowly approach each other, forming a long dense battle formation.
"Huh~~~" Chen Fangliang took a deep breath and reached out to knock on the hideous face armor. This is learned from Gao Yang. The sword in his hand waved forward, shouting "Kill!" ”
"Kill !!" More than 10,000 light cavalry instigated their war horses under their crotches and began to move forward slowly, facing the surging Mongolian cavalry on the opposite side.
The army was slow at first, running and advancing. Then it gradually began to accelerate, and the cavalry groups began to gradually widen the gap between them. When the distance between the two sides approached more than a thousand paces, the speed of the cavalry group began to increase. In the final stage, it is already a galloping speed! (To be continued.) )