Chapter 629: The First Musket Battle
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Xu Huaide looked at Bai Yutang: "Bai Du commanded the envoy, take your troops to guard the city wall, if you let the Liao people come in, the military law will deal with it!" ”
Bai Yutang stepped out of the way, and also hugged his fists to receive the order: "Yes!" ”
Xu Huaide stood in that position and smiled: "Everyone, I can't sit on this ass, so I'm standing and talking to you." The Liao Kingdom came suddenly this time, but because they came suddenly, I concluded that it must be the vanguard of the Liao State that attacked us, and their large army was still behind! Don't panic, our troops must not leave the city, as that will give the Liao cavalry a chance to crush us outside the city. ”
Bai Yutang was a little hesitant, if he didn't go out of the city, that is, if he didn't come to gather, how long would he be able to defend it with the meager strength in each city?
The other generals obviously have this hesitation, many of them are still commanders in other cities, and now they can't command their own troops, can those brothers live in a low grade?
Xu Huaide seemed so confident: "Except for General Bai's troops, everyone else dug tunnels for me!" Dig tunnels wherever we lose the camps! Before dawn tomorrow, I will regain lost ground! ”
His tone gave everyone confidence, and the generals clenched their fists: "Yes!" ”
After all the generals received the order, Bai Yutang walked up to Xu Huaide: "Didn't you go to ask for help?" ”
The confidence on Xu Huaide's face disappeared for a moment, and he smiled bitterly: "Can I hand over the troops to you?" According to the arrangement you just made, as soon as the Liao army arrives, we will be finished, and no one will survive. Besides, I can't get out. ”
Bai Yutang was a little skeptical of Xu Huaide's words, and even more suspicious of Xu Huaide's arrangement just now: "I know that you are better at fighting than me, if you can fight this battle well, I will treat it as if nothing happened just now." To tell you the truth, we only have 5,000 people here, and you still have to go and recover those four lost camps, isn't it too reluctant? ”
Xu Huaide nodded: "It's reluctant, but although your approach is safe, it is the road to defeat." When General Ren Fu's army arrived, the army of the Liao people also came. The only chance we have now is to beat the opponent in front of us, and that is to fight, and the goal is to get to the opponent. No matter how dangerous the situation is, we can't all shrink together and give up the means of attack. ”
Pure defense will put the troops in an extremely unfavorable situation, and the opponent can have the courage to attack you, which is similar to the principle of heads-up on the rivers and lakes. After hearing this, Bai Yutang said: "After being taught, I will go to the city now, don't worry, those Liao people can't be relied on." ”
When the fifth camp of the Song army fell, Xiao Da's attack finally stopped. The Song army stationed in Xin'an had 30,000 people, and after this round of blows, the Song army lost 20% of its troops, and nearly half of the camps were captured by themselves, although these were some small camps, but his strategic goal had been completed, and the defense line of the Xin'an army was torn out, and the remaining cities were also looked at by themselves.
He brought 50,000 cavalry with him this time, and the losses were much smaller than those of the Song army, but this was not enough for Xiao Da to solve the battle. He tried to fight the sixth camp, but he was not able to succeed, and the stubborn defense of the Song army, which fully reacted, made it impossible for the Liao people to break through in the short term. When the war went on until dark, Xiao Da decided to stop the attack.
Those Song troops should not dare to come out, as long as they send some troops to watch the camps, and wait for Yelu Hongji's army to arrive, it is easy to kill the remnants of the Song army in front of them who are cowering in those remnant camps.
Now what he has to do is to search for the Song Dynasty village in this vicinity.
This is the old rule of the Liao people, the Song Dynasty is to rob, Xiao Da is familiar with this procedure, although Liao Xingzong has been committed to reform in recent years, and has not come to rob the Song Dynasty again, but for those recruits of the Liao State, robbery is not necessary to train.
Those Song people had money, and robbing a rich man's house casually was enough for ordinary soldiers to struggle for a lifetime. There are also those women of the Song Dynasty, all of whom are white and tender, which really makes Xiao Da a little nostalgic. There are also women from the past of the Song Dynasty in Liao, and most of those who have been looted past.
But those women of the Song Dynasty have already accepted their fate, and they will not resist again in the face of Liao men, which always makes Xiao Da feel a sense of tastelessness. It's better to fight, and the women will cry, and they will scream, and they will fight hard, and then they will kneel on the ground and beg for their husbands, fathers, and children.
Thinking of this, the corners of Xiao Da's mouth showed a smile, and it didn't take long for him to find his goal, and looked up at the Song Dynasty village standing in front of him, this village looked like the Song Dynasty was relatively large, and there should be something he wanted in it.
Xiao Da rode on his horse and waved his hand: "Go, arrest all the men inside for me." ”
A group of Liao soldiers rushed forward, and in the rules of robbery in Liao, those who rushed to the front always got the best. It's also an added bonus for soldiers who perform well on the battlefield.
The soldiers knew that the village was already their own, and everything in it was their own. Their eyes were red, as if a hungry wolf had suddenly spotted a flock of sheep in the grassland.
Previous experience told them that the Song would tremble under the hooves of their horses, that the men would let themselves be bound and then let their spears go into their chests, and that they would run away at best, and that the occasional few would resist and not be able to stop themselves.
But this time they were really wrong, when the Liao soldiers entered the land of arrows, suddenly a stumbling rope bounced up from the ground, and a trench about a battle long in front of it was broken through the camouflage by the war horse, and the sharp bamboo spears in the trench pierced the Liao cavalry who fell into it with a horse stab!
There is only one road into the village in this village, and there are woods on both sides, so even if the Liao people in front stopped, they were pushed into the pit by the companions behind, and it was not until more than 100 people were killed that the hooves of the Liao people charging stopped.
When the Liao people who stopped in front of the pit didn't know what to do now, there was a continuous sound from the woods on the left.
"Bang, bang, bang!"
The smoke of gunpowder was filled in the woods, and the smell of gunpowder wafted from the wind, and the iron sand shot out with a loud bang knocked the Liao cavalry on his back!
More than 100 Liao cavalry fell off their horses one after another, and the rest didn't dare to stay longer when they saw that the situation was not good, so they turned their horses and ran back.
Xiao Da had already seen this situation, and the Song people actually dared to resist? This made Xiao Da feel that his force was being challenged: "Damn, I haven't come to fight them for a few years, they don't know how powerful they are!" Assemble the whole army! Kill all these Song people! ”
He brought 3,000 men and horses this time, although he lost more than 200 people just now, but this did not affect Xiao Da's confidence.
Xiao Da made a fatal mistake, that is, he didn't even notice the role of those guns that could make loud noises in the battle just now! These guns Song Jun thought that they had no effect, and they were far worse than the kind of bows and crossbows.
However, in the eyes of some landlords, it is quite favored.
The death of the Song Dynasty stipulated that the landlord could not have a large number of bows and crossbows, but as a powerful landlord, he always wanted to build his private soldiers like the army.
Rifles can also attack from a distance, and even have a longer range than a bow and crossbow, and gunpowder and iron sand are not difficult things to handle. Also, bows and crossbows need to be practiced and aimed, but these guns don't need to be used, because today's rifles don't have a crosshair, and you can't aim at them. Just point the muzzle of the gun roughly at your target and light the arquebus, which is extremely simple and suitable for those families and tenants.
The most important thing is that this rifle is not a strong crossbow, and it does not violate the regulations of the Great Song Dynasty to possess it.
Wei Qiang had three hundred such rifles in his hands, plus the two villages next to him also came to support, they had a total of six hundred guns, and for the first time repelled the attack of the Liao people, which made those families and villagers very excited, a few people raised their arms and shouted at that time, Wei Qiang was angry, and a few whips hit him: "What are you shouting!" Didn't you see that the Liao soldiers in that brigade were still behind? Looking for death, isn't it? Whoever is looking for death will rush over now! ”
Everyone didn't dare to speak out under Wei Qiang's prestige, this Wei Qiang is an eight-sided and exquisite character, there are people in the imperial court, and there are also people in the rivers and lakes, don't say that these flat-headed people are the prefects of Hejian Mansion, and they have to be polite when they see Wei Qiang.
Several landlords from the nearby village immediately surrounded him: "Master Wei, this Liao people are coming again, what should we do this time, look at his momentum, if he breaks the village, we will have no way to live!" ”
Wei Qiang looked at the trench, this thing couldn't be used a second time. The trench was dug by him a few days ago, and he had the foresight to know that the Liao people were coming. It's just that he had a very unpleasant quarrel with Xu Huaide some time ago, and he asked Xu Huaide to beat him.
These uneducated martial artists can do anything!
Also, even if Xu Huaide didn't come to him, he wouldn't let that guy go. Although Ren Fu made the final decision on that matter, Wei Qiang was not reconciled, who would dare to ride on his head and like this in this area? A second-class general dares to eat his own head? If Xu Huaide is still alive, will he still have the face to meet people in the future?
He had already sent people to the capital, in order to put Xu Huaide to death. If that guy runs away, Wei Qiang will even invite the killer. In short, he was ready for both black and white, both in order to kill Xu Huaide, and naturally he was also ready to deal with the trick of the martial dog jumping off the wall in a hurry.
But he didn't expect to wait for the Liao people.
It is estimated that Chen Yuan did not expect that the first large-scale use of firearms in the Song Dynasty actually started from the hands of these landlords!
Wei Qiang's eyes stared at the Liao cavalry who were already ready to charge, and when he saw that the other party still hadn't put out that kind of battlefield formation, the corners of his mouth sneered: "Hmph, I don't know anything powerful, let me show you Master Wei's methods today!" Remove! Retreat for me! ”
(To be continued)