Chapter 246 Kill the general, break through

In this era of cold weapons, war is simple and not complicated at all.

When the two armies clashed, the generals often acted as guides, leading their cronies to charge, followed by second- and third-rate troops. In this era, the Jurchen army advocated taking the lead, and every time at the moment of the great battle, the princes and grandsons of the Wanyan royal family would charge ahead.

The example came first, and the generals of the Jin Army all developed the habit of rushing into battle.

At this moment, the Jin army was in danger, and the general naturally charged ahead.

The war horses neighed, and the rumbling iron cavalry rushed in, getting closer and closer to the Song army...... The goal is getting closer.

"Divine Arm Crossbow Launch!"

At this time, Li Pojun roared, and the divine arm crossbow hidden in the military formation was launched, and the target was directly aimed at the generals of the Jin Army, and they wanted to snipe the generals of the Jin Army.

Shoot the man first and shoot the horse, and capture the thief first and capture the king.

The Divine Arm Crossbow has various advantages, but there is a fatal drawback, that is, the recoil is too large, and the head is not good. In order to improve the accuracy, it could only be eighteen divine arm crossbows, which were fired at the same time, directly pointing at the same target, and almost at the same time, they let out a roar, with a sense of hissing, and shot at the general of the Jin army.

At the moment of shooting, the Jin army commander felt creepy, subconsciously looked into the distance, only to see eighteen black dots shooting, the speed was very fast, there was no time to react, and it was in front of him, several arrows fell at the feet of the horse, a few shot at the side of the Jin army cavalry, and one arrow passed by the armor dangerously, and one arrow passed through the chest.

There are three layers of armor on his body, but he can't stop the god's arm crossbow from killing an arrow.

"Am I going to die?" The general thought for the last time, and his body fell and fell under his horse.

"General, you can't die!"

"General!"

At the moment when the general fell, the surrounding Jin sergeants called.

"Let's go!" The Jin army commander shouted, and finally leaned over. Completely dead, only his chest, still bleeding, and in a moment, it turned red.

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"It's done, the plan is half successful, the Lord will be killed, morale will be frustrated, this golden army is finished!" Li Pojun looked at the fallen Jin army generals and rejoiced in his heart. couldn't help shouting loudly, "Robes, rush, do you remember Jingkang's shame?" Do you remember what the emperor said? Brave forward and kill the Golden Army! ”

Swing the long knife in your hand. Li Pojun stepped towards the Jin army.

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

The Song army inside came like a tide, those once terrible Jin troops. The near-invincible Jin Army. It's no longer scary, but it's cute, it's a glittering piece of silver.

The imperial court stipulated that beheading on the battlefield was a record, killing a Jin soldier and giving fifty pieces of money; Kill two Golden Army. That's a hundred dollars. And a medium-sized family, the annual consumption of food and drink is only ten yuan; And a hundred yuan is enough to marry a daughter-in-law and buy a few acres of good land.

And in the back. Some of the soldiers of the Bazi Army looked at it, some were greedy, but they were helpless.

After all, the range of attack is limited, and only a limited number of soldiers can enter the battle, and most of the soldiers can only pick up leaks on the periphery and clean up the escaped Jin cavalry.

The battle situation at this moment is extremely unfavorable to the cavalry of the Jin Army, first the failure to penetrate the military formation, and then the main general will be shot to death, at this moment a thousand elite cavalry, less than half of them are intact, and the situation is extremely bad; If it were called an ordinary elite, it would have already collapsed and fled in a hurry, but this Jin army did not have it.

After suffering a heavy defeat, the Jin army was filled with a sense of sorrow and a generous will to die.

"Take the general's corpse with you!"

At this time, a cavalryman stepped forward and brought the body of the fallen lord to the horse, while some Jin cavalry around him guarded the body of the dead lord in the center. The remnants of the Jin army gathered together, and the wounded inside, the strong and good at fighting on the periphery, continued to attack the northwest like a sharp arrow.

There was no shouting, no flaming horns, just calm, holding the weapon in his hand tightly, rushing forward, breaking the enemy's defenses, and escaping with a glimmer of life.

After the death of the main general, an adjutant general resolutely took command. Originally, in the army, in addition to one main general, there were three deputy generals, but one was killed in battle, one was seriously wounded, and he could no longer fight. At this moment, it can only be this lieutenant general, who takes over the command of this cavalry.

The battle mode is still simple, and it is still attacking to the northwest.

"Archery!" The archers shot a dense rain of arrows, and the cavalry of the Jin army was short, attached to the horses, dodging the rain of arrows, only the sparse Jin army was shot, most of them were spread out by the armor and fell to the ground, or only shot through the first layer of armor, did not shoot the armor inside, and there were very few Romans.

"Throw thistle!"

At this time, the trebuchet behind began to exert its power, and a large number of thistles were thrown out, and suddenly the ground was full of iron bumps with iron thorns. If the hooves of the war horse are not stepped on, it is good; If it is stepped on, the horse will either be slipped or stabbed to the soles of the feet. This move was very ruthless, and suddenly forty or fifty war horses stepped on the thistle, and the war horses fell to the ground.

At this moment, trapped in the infantry array, and losing their horses, these Jin troops are already a mortal situation.

The cavalry of the Jin army continued to charge forward, and at this time, the javelins were thrown, and the sharp javelins stabbed some of the cavalry to the ground.

"Raise your spear!" At this time, rows of vertical spears were flattened, some high, some low, interlaced with each other, leaving no dead ends. As long as the cavalry of the Jin army dared to attack, a large number of people would die. And even if he was lucky enough to pass through this spear array, there was a layer of spear array behind it, which was enough to strangle all the remnants of the Jin army.

The pocket array, only by leaving an opening, is a lethal killing; If the hole is pierced too firmly, it is easy to break out of the bag.

In the northwest direction, it seems to be the weak point of the military formation, the sparsest in the allocation of troops, and it seems that it is the easiest to break through, but Li Pojun puts the most elite and the most warlike here. What seems to be a weak point, but in fact it is the strongest point, enough to withstand the tide of the enemy? to strangle the enemy in the way of the charge.

The cavalry of the Jin army was getting closer and closer, and it seemed that in the blink of an eye, they were about to rush into the spear array.

At this moment, Li Pojun's breathing couldn't help but become nervous.

"Whew!" The horses swept by, but they brushed past the front end of the spear, grasping at one like a whirlwind, and then toward an arrow. Running directly to the southwest, trying to break through from the southwest open gap.

"Not good!" A hint of panic flashed in Li Pojun's eyes.

In the southwest, the military formation seems to be tight, but most of them are recruited soldiers of the Xiangyang generation, and the training is less than three months, the combat effectiveness is weak, the will to fight is also weak, and the cooperation with each other is also lacking. If you attack from there, it is really possible to break out. It's just that it's too late to give an order at this moment.

On the battlefield. It is so fast-moving that sometimes it is too late to issue orders, and everything depends on the flexible command of middle and low-level commanders.

In the southwest, it also responded quickly, but the tactical coordination was insufficient. And it's a recruit......

From afar, Li Pojun saw. The remnants of the cavalry of the Jin Army. Like a flood from the southwest, it broke through the encirclement of the Bazi Army in one fell swoop and rolled away into the distance. At this time, it is impossible to pursue.

"Damn, I still made a sandwich meal!"

Li Pojun clenched his fists hatefully. Full of unwillingness. Such a great opportunity passed by like this.

It's a pity that the general of the Jin Army has already been killed, and it would be a great achievement to capture his body. It's a pity that Jin Jun was taken away.

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This battle was a confrontation between the rescue of the eight-character army and the cavalry of the Jin army.

There were more than 10,000 infantry of the Bazi Army and 1,000 elite cavalry of the Jin Army participating in the battle.

The cavalry of the Jin Army mainly attacked and harassed, slowing down the march of the Bazi Army and trying to prevent the rescue; But the eight-character army is in a hurry and rescues as soon as possible. The cavalry of the Jin Army was fast, but the number was too small, only a thousand elite cavalry; And the eight-character army won because there were many people, but it lacked cavalry, which was doomed to slow action.

This pattern is doomed to the two armies, and there can only be a small confrontation, but it is difficult to have a big fight.

However, under the operation of the main generals of both sides, a big fight happened.

From the beginning to the end of the battle, the time did not exceed an hour. But in this short period of time, the Song army and the Jin army had a big reversal. The Jin army suffered heavy losses, and finally broke through the siege victoriously, but less than 200 horsemen escaped, and even more heavily, the main general was killed.

The losses of the Song army were not small, the 3,000 soldiers who were used as bait suffered more than 2,000 casualties, and less than 500 survived with all the beards and tails, and the strength of a battalion was almost disabled. And in the end, when preventing the Jin cavalry from breaking through, nearly a few hundred people were also injured. According to a rough estimate, more than 1,300 were killed, more than 500 were seriously wounded, and many were slightly wounded.

Judging from the data, this time the battle was won, but the losses were more serious than those of the Jin army.

However, Li Pojun felt that it was all worth it, how could there be no immortal in a war, if he exchanged his life for his life every time, he might not fight more than a dozen battles, and the Jin army would all be exhausted.

"The whole army set off, hurry to the Martial Arts Academy, and rescue Your Majesty!"

At the sound of an order, the army set off again and marched quickly towards the Martial Arts Academy.

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"Oh no, Your Majesty! The Jin army is attacking again! ”

"Your Majesty, the Jin Army has brought simple siege equipment this time!"

"Why are reinforcements still delayed!"

At this moment, the surrounding ministers were all restless and in a panic. Three hours have passed, and the rescue force has still not arrived. At this moment, taking advantage of this time, part of the reinforcements of the Jin army have arrived in time, there are as many as 2,000 people, and under the convergence of the two forces, the Jin army has approached 5,000 people.

The morale of the Jin army on the opposite side couldn't help but be high, and what was even more worrying was that this Jin army also brought some simple siege equipment.

The situation was extremely unfavorable for the Song army.

After continuous fierce battles, the Song army was only able to fight more than 2,000 people, and at this time it had withdrawn into the martial arts academy one after another.

The Wubei Xuantang, when it was built, was designed according to a barracks and had a relatively complete defense system. Relying on the defense of the Martial Arts Academy, although the number of people is smaller, it is not impossible to hold on.

"Panic what?" Zhao Pu's tone was still calm, "Don't worry, we can't die, and Jin Jun will die!" ”

PS: During the Song Zhenzong of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Song-Liao War was fought by the bed crossbow, and the marshal of the Liao army was shot by the bed crossbow, which greatly weakened the morale of the Liao army and forced the Liao army to come to the negotiating table; As the Mongols moved south, the Divine Arm shot and killed the Mongol Khan Möngke. (To be continued......)