Chapter 43: Yao Pingzhong's attack on the camp

"If the official family moves the capital, there is still a glimmer of life; If you listen to the villain's words and stick to Bianliang, you will definitely die. At that time, the Yongjia funeral will inevitably be staged again, and Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Hedong and other places are all places where Hulu iron horses gallop. According to the imperial court's strength, if it can't be defended, there will be a large loss of territory. If you want to fight back, it's impossible! ”

"Only the danger of the mountains in Sichuan, Shaanxi and other places hindered the Jin army's iron cavalry, and at the same time relied on the Yellow River and Huaishui to resist the Jin army. At that time, the state affairs will be completely defeated, and Huaishui Jiangnan and other places are all mountains and rivers, which is not conducive to the gallop of cavalry. If the Jin army attacks Sichuan and Shaanxi, and Sichuan and Shaanxi are not lost, then the Great Song Dynasty will be alive; If Sichuan and Shaanxi are lost, the Jin army will invade Hanzhong and Shuzhong, go down the river, and follow the old road of the Jin Dynasty to destroy Wu and the Sui Dynasty to destroy Chen, and the world will be rested. The planter said worriedly.

"Then I don't know how my brother broke the game!"

"The Western Army itself is good at mountain warfare, followed by foot warfare, and cavalry warfare is the worst, hoarding troops in Bianliang, and the Jin army in a decisive battle, not only attacking the enemy's strength with their own shortcomings, but also putting more pressure on Bianliang's grain and grass, which is a big mistake in itself, but it is difficult for the monarch to do it. Remember, don't let the western army come to the east to rescue Bianliang, once all of them are destroyed under Bianliang City, then the Sichuan and Shaanxi forces will be extremely empty; Once Sichuan and Shaanxi are lost, the situation will be completely collapsed! ”

The planter said. At this moment, he was no longer thinking about how to repel the Jin army, but about how to reduce the losses.

"Brother, will you lose this battle?"

"Lose!"

"If it's a night attack, what if my brother leads the troops?"

"It's also a sure loss."

"Brother, are you going to prepare for the worst?" The middle way of the planter.

"This battle is very dangerous, and it may be that the family army and even the western army will be wiped out!" The seed master said in a lamented voice, "The situation is so bad, maybe it's another Northern and Southern Dynasty!" ”

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And at this moment, in the Jin army, Wan Yan used the strongest force, Tiefutu.

"Marshal, do you really want to dispatch the Iron Floating Massacre?" Heli looked at the more than 1,000 cavalry under the stage, and his eyes flashed with fire.

Tiefutu is a heavy armored cavalry formed by Wan Yan, each warrior is clothed with triple heavy armor, even the horse is also covered with battle armor, and holds mace, heavy hammer, heavy stream and other heavy weapons in his hands. Up and down the body, there are three hundred pounds of ordinary war horses that can't be dragged at all, only those elite war horses can withstand it,

Since the birth of Tiefutu, it has been to destroy the enemy's elite cavalry with cavalry. Generally chasing and killing infantry, or fighting second-rate cavalry, the Iron Float will not appear at all. Only in the face of stubborn and fierce cavalry will the Iron Float appear, breaking the enemy's light cavalry with heavy cavalry.

The Iron Float moves like a torrent of steel, which can easily crush the enemy, which is a nightmare for cavalry.

"It is said that the Jurchen is not satisfied with 10,000, and it is invincible; But I have to add that the Iron Float is less than a thousand, and a thousand people are invincible. 10,000 Jurchen cavalry against 1,000 Tiefutu will lose! "Wanyan is not far from the proud.

Tiefutu is powerful, but the conditions for forming an army are extremely difficult, first of all, the choice of good horses, ordinary war horses do not move at all, heavy armor, heavy weapons, and heavy cavalry. Only the generals in the war horses can be competent, and often among the hundreds of war horses, they may not be able to find a suitable war horse. There are many fertile grasslands and excellent war horses, but under the selection, I don't know 3,000 of them.

In addition, there are very few eligible knights. This time he went south, and he commanded an army of 80,000, 40,000 Jurchen knights, and more than 40,000 soldiers of other tribes, all of which were elite divisions, and their combat power far exceeded that of the Liao army, the Western Xia army, and the Western army, but the qualified soldiers selected were less than 2,000.

These two harsh conditions limited the scale of the Iron Float.

To date, the size of the Iron Float is less than 1,500 people. These warriors were usually scattered among the armies, but at this moment, they were summoned by Wan Yan and gathered into a torrent of destruction.

"This is the last blow of the Song army under Bianliang City, and it may also be the strongest blow, maybe the Song army is defeated in this battle, and we return victorious, or it is possible that under the first battle, we are defeated, and all the results will turn into floating clouds." Wan Yan said cautiously, "Don't despise any enemy, even sheep!"

Heli said: "Marshal, such a mighty army has surpassed all the strong armies in the world!" “

"In ancient times, there was also the birth of the Iron Floating Massacre!" I don't leave the road.

The river was shocked.

After listening to Yan Wei, he continued: "During the Northern Qi Dynasty, a prince with both civil and military skills was born, Gaosu, the king of Lanling. His life is very short, like a meteor, swept away, but his life is extremely brilliant, better than a junior who lives for a hundred years. He is loyal to the matter, and waits for the next, and has repeatedly made military exploits, which is known as the people of the time. Because of his bravery and outstanding achievements, he was successively awarded the title of King of Lanling County, Xuzhou, General, Sima, Shang Shuling and other positions. Because of his handsome appearance, he deterred the enemy in front of the battle, made a vicious mask and wore it, and was invincible. Because of his outstanding military achievements and growing prestige, his cousin Gao Wei succeeded to the throne, jealous of his high merit and might, and was loved, fearing that the throne would be taken away and he would die. ”

Heli's heart moved, how similar this King of Lanling is to the prince, the same civil and military, and the same high merit.

Wan Yan Yan said: "The Battle of Bishan broke out, which battle is related to the survival of the Northern Qi Dynasty, at the critical moment of the war, the king of Lanling was ordered to be a general, leading five hundred heavy cavalry to attack the encirclement of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, so that the Northern Qi army was defeated and won. After the victory in the Battle of Pishan, the Emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty personally went to Luoyang to comfort the three armies, and the Northern Qi soldiers who were able to sing and dance at the celebration party used this victory as the background to create a dance music that sang the praises of the King of Lanling. My Tiefutu is built in imitation of the five hundred heavy armor horses of the Lanling King. ”

"The Central Plains Dynasty has always been terrible, that prince is right, the Great Song Dynasty was originally a lion, but now he is asleep, as long as he sleeps at the moment, he can be defeated, once he awakens, it will be our nightmare! I will hand over the Iron Floating Massacre to you, only victory, not defeat, and if you are defeated, you will not have to come back! ”

Heli said: "This battle will be won!" ”

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Fighting broke out, and the night would have been unsuitable for combat.

It's a pity that the battle is not up to people, and when the battle comes, even if the conditions are not suitable, you can only fight.

"Kill!" Yao Pingzhong shouted, and Song Jun pounced like a tiger and wolf.

This is an era of cold weapons, and the formation is a kind of configuration of battle formation, under the condition of short-handed combat, giving full play to the advantages of the battlefield, unified command and coordinated action, forming a whole, like an arm and finger, attacking and defending freely.

Soon 200,000 were arranged into a Pingrong Wanquan array and pressed towards the Jin army camp.

The Pingrong Wanquan Array was personally made and awarded to the general by Zhao Guangyi, Taizong of the Song Dynasty, so it was quite valued. The Pingrong Wanquan Array is composed of the five armies in the front, the left, the center and the right, with a square formation about 17 miles square, the main infantry is deployed in the center of the formation, the chariots are strengthened, and three chariot battalions are formed to enhance the infantry's defensive ability and attack capability, and the cavalry is deployed in the front, rear, left and right to serve as a guard and cover the central array...... This was a conservative defensive formation, so that the Song army, with the infantry as the main force, could fight against the northern nomadic cavalry on the plains.

The large array of the Chinese army is composed of three phalanxes and is the main force of the whole array...... The circumference of each phalanx is twenty miles (equivalent to 360 steps× 20 = 7200 steps). Every five steps is a "land division", each "land division" is a large chariot, 22 infantry defends, and there are 5,000 people living in the square formation, and each square is divided into 36,680 infantry. The three phalanxes numbered 110,000 and 40 men, plus 240 Jiawangzi (i.e., observers and Chen Wang's sentinels), for a total of 110,280 infantry......

Front and rear (i.e., forward and rear), two columns of cavalry each. There were sixty-two cavalry teams in the forefront, each with fifty horsemen, a total of three thousand one hundred cavalry. Sixty-two teams of thirty cavalrymen each, for a total of 1,860 cavalrymen. There were 4,960 cavalry in two columns, plus 40 cavalry from scouts (scouts), for a total of 5,000 cavalry. There were a total of 10,000 cavalry in the front and rear formations.

East and west formations (i.e., left and right flanks), two columns each. One hundred and twenty-five teams in the forefront, fifty cavalry in each team, for a total of six thousand two hundred and fifty cavalry; One hundred and twenty-five regiments of thirty cavalrymen each, for a total of three thousand seven hundred and fifty cavalry. There were 10,000 cavalry in each formation, and 650 cavalry from spies, for a total of 20,650 cavalry.

The total number of troops used in the Pingrong Wanquan Formation was 140,903 (110,280 for the main infantry, 30,650 cavalry for the front, rear, left and right formations), and 1,440 large chariots for the defense of the chariot battalion. The front of the large army in this array is about 17 miles wide (the front and depth of each phalanx are five miles each, and the phalanx is separated by one mile); The front and rear formations are sixty-five steps on the front of each team, and the front is about 11 miles and 70 steps (65 steps× 62 = 4030 steps, equivalent to 11 miles and 70 steps); The left and right formations, each team occupies an area of 50 steps, and the front is about 17 miles and 130 steps (50 steps× 125 = 6250 steps, equivalent to 17 miles and 130 steps......

Of course, this is a theoretical method of arrangement, but in practice, it has changed.

For example, in the Pingrong Wanquan Array arranged at this moment, there is a serious shortage of cavalry and crossbowmen, with 5,000 cavalry and less than 20,000 crossbowmen. The large array arranged at this moment was thirty miles wide, like a surging sea of people.

Looking at the large array that had been killed, Wan Yan Yan couldn't leave the distance and looked at it, full of disdain, and snorted coldly: "Zhao Guangyi himself is a waste, but it is ridiculous to use this formation to break the enemy!" As he spoke, his arm shook, and a formation diagram appeared in his hand, which was the formation diagram that Yao Pingzhong had laid out at this time.

Soldiers are impermanent, and water is impermanent.

War changes, ever-changing. However, the emperor of the Song Dynasty had a habit of arranging the formation map in advance every time he went out on an expedition, so that the leading generals could fight the enemy according to the fixed formation map. If it is a general, temporarily change the formation, and do not arrange the formation according to the formation map of the Privy Council, I'm sorry, the light is to be dismissed, and the worst is to be beheaded.

This habit of sending troops in the Song Dynasty has also become an important reason for fatal flaws and defeats.

As long as you know the formation diagram and formulate the corresponding formation, you will inevitably defeat the enemy.

It's a pity that Yao Pingzhong had just sent troops, and after Yan Yan couldn't leave, he learned about the formation of the Song army in this battle from Bianliang's meticulous mouth.

"Put down the cone formation, divided into the left and right middle armies, I led the Chinese army to attack, Lie Puyang Tiger led the right army to attack, Wushu led the left army to attack, each led 10,000 iron cavalry to attack, the rest of the armies are all holding the camp, if anyone is defeated, military law is engaged!" Wan Yan shouted without leaving, then got off the lookout car, rode a war horse, opened the gate of the village and rushed to kill.

At the same time, the Jin army of the east and west Zhaimen also rushed to kill.

PS: This chapter is a bit stuck.