Chapter 66: The First Battle of the Mandarin Duck Formation
It's just that accidents will always occur, and a Song soldier made a leak when solving the Jin Army's reconnaissance cavalry. The golden scout, instead of being killed, rode away, running fast, shouting as he ran.
The shouts alarmed the resting Jurchen soldiers.
It all fell short.
This made Zhao Pu very disappointed, and sighed secretly, or lack of training, there was a leak.
At this moment, there is no point in hiding, only fighting. The banner that had originally fallen to the ground was erected in an instant, and the Song soldiers who were originally prostrate on the ground and slowly advancing immediately stood up and killed the Jin army escorting grain and grass from both sides of the central area.
At this moment, the Jin army in the distance was already five hundred steps away. Bow and arrow shooting, the distance is somewhat far, just right for the distance of the cavalry charge.
The only advantage was that the Song soldiers were charging down the gentle slope, with the force of the downward impact, while the Jin army could not charge towards the gentle slope on horseback.
"I didn't expect that there would be an ambush!" Wanyan Donglai looked at the soldiers ambushed on both sides, without a trace of panic, but a little ridicule and excitement, laughing at the enemy that the enemy had ambushed him, and the excitement was that there were more combat achievements to stand, "Formed around the chariot, forming a circular battle formation, spear guards, archers throwing, cavalry waiting to attack!" ”
A series of orders were given, and the troops of 5,000 men immediately began to move quickly, as if a machine was activated. Immediately, the wagons that had been pulling grain circled the city, forming a large circular formation, with spears mounted on the wagons like hedgehogs, while some cavalrymen dismounted and bent their bows and arrows to aim at the enemy in the distance.
The movements are very skillful, because the Jin army has encountered such situations several times along the way, and has been attacked by the rebels several times. The number of attacks is more, and the movements are naturally much more proficient.
The speed was very fast, and when the Song army rushed down, and just when it arrived, a simple defensive formation was formed, only a few gaps leaked outside, and the large circular formation had not yet been fully closed.
And at this moment, a rain of arrows poured down. The Song army began to draw their bows and shoot arrows, while the Jin army on the opposite side also began to bend their bows and shoot arrows, and at the same time, the forwards of both sides began to violently impact together.
Those gaps have become the focus of contention between the two sides.
The arrows rained down, and the shield-bearers blocked the arrows, but there were still people who were hit by the arrows, and there were casualties on both sides. After a round of arrow rain, both sides decisively abandoned the arrows, after all, the distance was too close, and a round of arrow rain was just right.
"Mandarin duck array attack!"
The Mandarin Duck Formation opened its attack formation and began to attack the gap. And the fighters who attack the gap are the bravest and most experienced fighters.
"Javelin attack!" More than a dozen javelins were thrown, some were hit, and stabbed on the body of a Jin army foot soldier, the armor did not protect against the javelin, the javelin broke through the armor leaf, stabbed in the abdomen, and suddenly blood flowed out, and the javelin had a barb, and a pull was a piece of meat. And those staggered javelins were nailed to the ground with a crisp sound.
"Wolves!" Attack more than a dozen sharp bamboos to stab out, the end of the bamboo obliquely cut into a pointed shape, as long as it is stabbed, it is a blood understanding, the sharp branches around it, the roots are staggered, it is the best defense to block the enemy's sword attack.
"Spearmen attack!"
"Shieldman Protection!"
"Push away the grain cart and widen the gap!"
The big array changes into a small array at any time, and the small array becomes a large array
The soldier on the right with a square rattan plaque is mainly tasked with maintaining his position and stabilizing his team's position. The soldier on the left, holding a round rattan card, is to crawl forward and throw a javelin behind the card to lure the enemy away from the advantageous defensive position. If the lure is successful, the two soldiers in the back sweep the enemy to the ground with wolf stalks, and then have their spear-wielding partner leap up and stab the enemy to death. The last two men armed with palladium were responsible for protecting the rear of the group, guarding the flanks and, if necessary, supporting their partners in front of them, forming a second line of attack.
12 people form a combat group, relying entirely on the division of labor and cooperation of each soldier, not paying attention to individual bravery, only paying attention to cooperation, and then cooperating. It is precisely because of this that Zhao Pu took the trouble to repeatedly affirm that there is one reward and punishment, once defeated, all will be punished, and once there is merit, all will be meritorious.
Proficiency is very important, although theoretically the Mandarin Duck Array is invincible in close combat, but when it comes to people, it is somewhat insufficient. It could be because of the blocking effect of the car array, or it could be because of the fear of gold, or it could be because of ...... Whatever the reason, at the beginning, the Mandarin Duck Formation did not play the invincible side of melee combat, but fell into a stalemate.
This made Zhao Pu in the distance anxious, but at this time he couldn't do anything but watch.
Under the bombardment of heavy weapons, some shields were smashed, some spears were beaten to the ground, and some Jin troops were even more screaming, running out of the cover of the carriage, and roundabout back to the rear of the mandarin duck formation, killing the palladium soldiers.
Some of the Mandarin Duck Formation squads were broken and completely wiped out.
With the destruction of the first Mandarin Duck Array, the second Mandarin Duck Array also collapsed...... The Song army, which had been attacking fiercely, had a trace of fear, and there was a fear of gold in the army, and some Song soldiers began to flee.
"It's over, is Lao Tzu's first battle going to be defeated?" Zhao Pu saw the fierce battle in the distance through the clairvoyance, but the battle situation seemed to be extremely bad, and some people began to flee, which was the beginning of the rout, and it may be a big defeat soon after. And how many of the 8,000 Song soldiers can survive in the end?
Zhao Pu's heart flashed gloom, and at this moment he even had the heart to die.
There is no greater mourning than death.
Constantly shortening the attack distance, reducing the impact of the Jin army's cavalry, and reducing the lethality of the Jin army's bows and arrows, but he still underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Jin army, or overestimated the battle of the eight thousand Song army.
If you lose, you will lose! Zhao Pu said calmly in his heart.
There is no sorrow, no sadness, just calm. The worst outcome is only to be killed by the Jin army, the worst outcome is only the Yashan tragedy a hundred years later, and the worst result is only ...... Anyway, two hundred years later, Zhu Yuanzhang will be born, and at that time, it will still be to drive out Hulu and restore the Central Plains.
The world was originally like this, without Washington, there would still be Li Shengton, Zhang Shengton.
Without Zhu Chongba, there is still Sun Chongba and Wang Chongba.
When Zhao Pu was in a depressed mood, through the telescope, Zhao Pu saw the school knife hand in the rear dispatched. The school knife hand waved the long knife in unison, slashing and killing the soldiers who fled in all directions, as long as someone retreated, as long as someone escaped, they would swing the knife and cut out. And at this moment, Wang Yan, who was holding a spear, appeared, roaring and commanding, and at the same time constantly commanding a team of mandarin ducks to attack, pressing towards the gap.
As for what Wang Yan said, the distance was too far for Zhao Pu to hear, but with Wang Yan's shout, the soldiers who had been scattered stopped their steps to escape and began to fight as hard as they could.
And gradually the situation began to recover, and the power of the Mandarin Duck Array was also brought into play again.
The gap is widening......
Looking at the enemy situation through his glasses, Zhao Pu's eyes were a little sleepy, he rubbed his eyes and continued to watch.
"Wang Yan, he is really a natural general!" Zhao Pu breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, with the appearance of Wang Yan, the battle situation was stabilized, and there was a tendency to win.
As long as the Song army is not chaotic and plays steadily, the Mandarin Duck Array can exert its terrifying power.
As the battle entered the circle, the defense formed by the carriage was shattered by the impact,
A team of mandarin duck formation, aiming at the target, beating it in groups, striking with javelins and wolves when it is far away, striking with palladium after approaching, and fighting with short knives after being close, no matter how ever-changing your moves are, no matter how brave you are, it's all over.
is the so-called indiscriminate punch to kill the master, and the technique of group beating has been brought to the peak.
Without the cover of the chariot formation, the archers could only throw away their bows and arrows and take up arms in hand-to-hand combat. And the cavalry of the Jin Army, who originally planned to eliminate the impact and then counterattack, could only give up their horses, wield broadswords, and fight with spears.
As a hand-to-hand combat formation, the Mandarin Duck Formation has been unable to find a way to crack it in the following hundred years, and it is almost flawless and invincible in close combat.
Although there were only ten men, they were armed with four different weapons and formed five coordinated lines of attack, and behind the captain were two shieldmen with javelins, who used their shields to cover themselves and their comrades behind them, and threw javelins to attack first. The shield soldiers are the wolf soldiers standing behind them, the so-called wolf is a special weapon, the shape is very strange, with a long iron rod as the main trunk, covered with iron branches and barbs, and it is pushed forward, like barbed wire, no one can pass. Behind the wolf soldiers were four spearmen, who were the main attackers of the team, and when they saw the enemy, they used their spears to stab forward. At the end of the queue, there are two short knife men, preventing the opponent from making a detour and protecting the pikemen from the flanks.
A small team of twelve people, even in the face of a team of dozens or even hundreds of people, is still immobile and calmly counterattacks.
"How so!" Wanyan Donglai was furious, the Song army actually had such a strange infantry phalanx, unbreakable, at the beginning it was just a few squads breaking in, and the number was no more than a hundred. If it was an ordinary moment, he would have been killed by the Jin army in a moment. However, this infantry phalanx was extremely strange, thousands of gold soldiers besieged the Song army of less than 100 people, and after a fierce battle for a long time, they still did not annihilate this Song army.