Chapter 297: Ma Knife

The sudden addition of the ironclad cavalry of the Jin State made the small court of the Southern Song Dynasty very worried, and hurriedly issued a "Provincial Journal" to Yue Fei through the Privy Council, the full text of which is as follows:

The Privy Councils of the three provinces were ordered to order Yue Fei to examine the situation in detail, judge the enemy's situation, and Tang, Deng, and Xinyang could definitely attack, that is, march to the army; If it is not possible to attack, first take measures to determine how to defend Xiangyang, Sui, and Ying, and ensure that it is important to hold on to it, and finally succeed.

Dong Xian, Niu Gao, Li Dao, etc., can they each guard a county with a commission? The two towns of Jingnan and De'an are all connected with the situation in Xiangyang, and they are the places where Pinghanchong in Jiangbei wants to go. How many soldiers and horses are there in Jingnan? Fit or Not? De'an also divided an army to provide assistance. Allocate the tun army one by one, the grain road order, the detailed interests, and the speed of the regulations.

It is the end of summer now, the autumn is not far away, according to the Yuan to descend "Painting One", the army returned, and the river was guarded. Compared with its benefits, Ezhou is the most important, and Jiangzhou is secondary. It is also a fast phase, and it is like a sound.

It can be seen from the above provincial document that the Southern Song Dynasty court was so afraid of the ironclad cavalry of the Jin State, and did not believe that Yue Fei could win this battle at all, and all they considered was how to defend and resist.

Of course, from the analysis of historical data, the Southern Song Dynasty court was justified. After all, so far, the Song Dynasty has not had a successful battle victory over the Jin cavalry head-on in the wilderness.

It's just that, because of the distance, when this provincial tract was delivered to Yue Fei, Yue's army had already defeated Liu Hejian's cavalry corps and occupied Dengzhou

Dengzhou City is located at the junction of Henan, Hubei and Shaanxi, and is known as the "Xiongguan of the Three Provinces" and "the gateway of southwest Henan".

Dengzhou was founded in the Xia Dynasty, when Emperor Zhongkang of Xia sealed his son Yu Deng and became one of the vassal states at that time.

Dengzhou is rich in products. The spirit of the city. There have been many celebrities in the past dynasties: such as Jia Fu, Du Mao, and Liu Long in the Eastern Han Dynasty's 'Twenty-Eight Nights'. Zhang Zhongjing, the famous 'medical saint' of the Han Dynasty, Zong Yi, a politician in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Zhang Xun, a famous general in the Tang Dynasty, and so on.

And today, in the plains southeast of Dengzhou, Yue Fei and his Yuejia army are facing a serious test. In the face of the Jin Ironclad Cavalry, who had never been defeated on the plains, could they rewrite history and create a new record for the Song Dynasty?

Liu Hejian, who is the commander of the Jin soldiers. Standing on a high horse, looking ahead.

In the distance, a large force was approaching.

Liu Hejin is in a very uneasy mood now, and he no longer has the same vigor as he did a few days ago.

The reason is very simple, the two armies have not yet met, and the Jin soldiers have already lost the battle first.

Where to lose? Lost in intelligence work.

In addition to their invincible ironclad cavalry, the powerful team of scouts and detectives is also an extremely important reason why the Golden Soldiers were able to maintain a complete victory in the field.

The scouts of the Song Dynasty were mainly foot soldiers, not only the speed of delivering news was slow, but once they ran into the scouts of the Jin State. There is often only a dead end.

And the scouts of the Jin Kingdom are all elite cavalry, not only the speed of transmitting information. There is also a mission: to intercept and kill the scouts of the Song Dynasty.

As a result, the Jin and Song countries fought in the field, and the Jin soldiers opened a map to fight, but the Song army was not well-informed, so there was no reason to be undefeated.

But this time, none of the dozen scout teams sent by Liu Hejin was able to return to the camp. Needless to say, these scout detachments had already been killed by the Song army.

This was completely unimaginable before, with the flexibility and mobility of the Jin State scouts, how could they be wiped out by the Song army, there must be a reason in it.

However, Yue Fei didn't give time for Liu Hejin to think about this matter, so he directly challenged him

Regarding Yue Fei's appointment, Liu Hejin agreed to come down in one bite.

The reason is very simple, Yue Fei actually wants to fight with Liu Hejin in the wilderness thirty miles outside Dengzhou City. And such a way of fighting is exactly what Jin Bing likes and is best at.

As the king of the field at that time, the pride of Jin Bing was taken for granted.

They were so strong in the field that they never thought to defend; Even their large troops did not enter the city of Dengzhou, but were stationed in the northwest outside the city, with more than 30 battalions.

Hell, it's a company camp again, why are the Jurchens so obsessed with this company camp, haven't they been burned enough times?

The sound of the horn came, and in the Jin camp, all the Jin State ironclad cavalry slowly came out and opened a formation a few hundred steps in front of the barracks.

The Jurchens really deserve to be a strong nation, even if these cavalry may not be the elite of the Wanyan family, but they are all strong, with heavy black iron armor all over their bodies, and high-headed horses under their crotch, they are all carefully selected excellent breeds!

Liu Hejin is even more of a pure black bulky iron armor, he was already majestic, and he even carried a giant Xuanhua battle axe in his hand, just at the front of the team, a roar, more than 1,000 Odin elites behind him, all raised knives, axes and maces, echoed in unison, the momentum was like thunder!!

The distance between the Yue family army and the Jin soldiers was only a stone's throw away, and looking at the fierce momentum of the Jin soldiers, a faint smile suddenly appeared on Yue Fei's face.

He gently wiped his face, wiped the dust off his face, and then raised his left hand and pointed at the arrogant and restless Jin soldiers in the distance.

At this moment, Yue Fei's tone was cold and indifferent, faint, and even a little awe-inspiring.

That tone, however, is an understatement, as if it is a kind of arrogance that has disappeared!

At this moment, he only said lightly: "Go, destroy it." ”,

The drums thundered and the trumpets were like a tide. Jin and Song launched a charge together.

The momentum of the golden soldiers was like a mountain, like a torrent, and more than 20,000 ironclad cavalry rushed forward fiercely, leaving only 3,000 cavalry as a reserve team for emergencies.

Liu Hejin knew that this Song army was extraordinary, so he took out the strongest force at the beginning and carried out a thunderous blow to completely defeat Yue Fei.

The golden soldiers rushed to the center of the battlefield. There were still more than a hundred steps before the infantry of the Yuejia army collided. This time. Liu Hejin suddenly felt a trace of unease. Because the Yue family army has not released arrows until now.

Bows and arrows have always been the strength of the Song army, and they are also the magic weapon that the Song army relies on to resist the Jin soldiers.

Because of this, Liu Hejin asked all the 10,000 gold soldiers who fought in the vanguard to wear two layers of heavy armor to resist the bows and arrows of the Song soldiers; Although the increase in weight will affect the speed and endurance of the horses, as long as the Song army's bows and arrows can be disabled, it will naturally greatly damage their morale and confidence.

But now the Song army doesn't use bows and arrows, what's going on?

Eighty steps, seventy steps, fifty steps. The ironclad cavalry of the Jin Kingdom was getting closer and closer to the Yue family's army.

Suddenly, on the position of the Yuejia army, a group of soldiers ran out, raised large water bladders one by one, and splashed them on the way of the Jin soldiers.

Immediately after, a row of rockets was fired from the Song army's formation.

In the blink of an eye, a huge wall of fire abruptly crossed the path of the golden soldiers.

The Jin Soldier may not be afraid of fire, but the war horse on which the Jin Soldier rides has a natural fear of fire.

As a result, the Jin Cavalry Regiment in the high-speed charge came to a sharp brake and stopped in front of the wall of fire.

Both in ancient times and in modern times. Sudden braking is an extremely dangerous act, let alone a large army with more than 20,000 cavalry?

As a result. The cavalry of the Kingdom of Jin were huddled together, trampled on each other, collided with each other, and became a mess

I don't know what fuel the Song army's wall of fire used, the fire was fierce, but it disappeared quickly; In less than a cup of tea, a wall of fire was extinguished.

However, before the Jin soldiers could react, the infantry of the Yue family army had already pounced.

On the chaotic stone road where the immortals Guan Qian was concerned, Wanyan Wushu already knew that when the cavalry was in a place where it was difficult to move, its combat effectiveness was not as good as that of the infantry.

There were no rocks blocking the way, but there was no room for the cavalry to move, because all the space was filled by the soldiers themselves because of the wall of fire.

What's more, the Yue family army also brought an artifact: a hemp knife.

For this kind of weapon, Qi Jiguang has this description in volume 5 of "Miscellaneous Records of Military Training":

With rattan as it, the center protrudes outward, and the inner space can accommodate the rotation of the hand axis. The eaves are high, although the arrow to the surface can not slip and people. The inner vine is the upper and lower rings, so as to accommodate the hand humerus. It weighs no more than nine pounds and has a diameter of three feet. The soldier holds a card in one hand, and holds a waist knife in the other, which is the system of Yue Fei's side card Mazha knife, so that the army bows his head, only cuts the horse's feet, and defeats the bird bead and abducts the horse

To put it simply, the saddle knife is a simple version of the hook and sickle gun.

It's just that the cost of forging hook and sickle guns is relatively high, and there are more irons; Helpless, Yue Fei could only use local methods to make cheap hemp knives.

On the rocky road of Xianren Pass, Wu Jue used a zhang long Mo knife to cut the cavalry who had completed Yan Wushu to the ground; And this time, Yue Fei proved that as long as the method is correct, bargains can also be very lethal

The men and horses of Jin and Song were finally entangled fiercely.

In an instant, there were black and oppressive figures falling down one after another, like a fierce wind sweeping across a wheat field, the collision of ping-pong, the staggered figures, and the weapons came and went!

What made Liu Hejin crazy was that the ironclad elites under his command who were as sharp as a frenzy, the power that was as quiet as a mountain and moving like a wave, seemed to be disillusioned in an instant.

The indomitable momentum of the black pressure suddenly collapsed in front of the slow and weak infantry of the other side! The collapse is so fast! So amazing!!

The ironclad cavalry of the Jin Kingdom, which charged in the front row, fell in a row almost at the first moment when the two armies intersected; And those indifferent and quiet infantry of the Yue Family Army, in the face of the fallen Jin soldiers, were unmoved, just waved the hemp knife in their hands, and repeated those few actions as they advanced.

Chop the legs of horses, cut throats, prick peaches

The legs, throats, and peaches of the horses were all blind spots in the armor of the Jin cavalry, and they were not effectively protected, so they became the targets of the Yuejia army.

I don't know what kind of training the soldiers of the Yuejia Army have undergone, these attacks are skillful and accurate, and they are tempered;

No, to be more precise, it should be said that like a seasoned butcher, after a few knives, a fat pig of Nuoda will be torn apart, and the fat and thin will be neatly separated...... (To be continued......)

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