Chapter 188: The soldiers are coming

"Withdraw!" Wanyan Xiyin frowned and said in a deep voice, although he didn't know what weapons the enemy used, but after a few roars, the two thousand-person teams that rushed into the formation were already in chaos, and not many were killed by the other party, but the horses were frightened and rushed indiscriminately, resulting in a lot of falling horses and being trampled to death, in this case, even if they successfully rushed to the enemy's formation, they lost their power, it was better to take advantage of the enemy's counterattack to withdraw first.

'Woo...' The low horn sounded, and the cavalry of the Jin army who rushed into battle hurriedly reined in when they heard it, slowly lowered their horses, and circled around in front of the enemy formation and turned back to their own formation.

"Prison Army, why did you suddenly withdraw your troops!" The vanguard officer of the Jin Army, Wan Yan, suddenly returned to the main formation, and asked Yan Xiyin with a hurry.

"The horses are frightened, the formation is out of order, and the defeat has been shown before the battle, so it is better to withdraw!" Wanyan Xiyin said, the general in front of him don't look at the age is slightly inferior to himself, but he is also a fierce general, his brave and good at fighting, he will be in battle with iron cavalry, cut the flag, the champion of merit, everyone calls it 'Dragon and Tiger King', this time he commanded five thousand iron floating maps and five thousand light cavalry to lead the vanguard, but also wanted to use his brave strength to open the way to march.

"Supervising the army, the Liao army has long been decayed, as long as it takes over the battle, it will collapse, why rush to withdraw in vain!" Wan Yan said in annoyance, he felt a little far-fetched to withdraw his troops on this ground.

The Jin Kingdom started with heavy cavalry, and they were invincible in heavy armor to charge, but the impact of heavy cavalry also came at a price. They wore iron armor weighing more than 50 catties, and those who were in front were often two-layer armor, plus blades, and the weight of the load could be imagined, so the sustained force of the attack was very weak. Often one or two charges are powerless, not to mention horses after a battle. Even if you don't lose a few pounds of meat, you will have to be dizzy for at least a few days. If you can't win after a few charges, it's a big defeat, which is why Wanyan is unhappy.

"This Liao army is different from others, they not only have sharp firearms in their hands, but also have a lot of tricks, and the 10,000 Tiefutu led by the commander of the capital are defeated in their hands and forced to avoid the Song Realm, which should not be ignored!" How could Wanyan Xiyin not know Wanyan's thoughts and explained to him.

As a rare wise man of the Jurchen tribe. Wanyan Xiyin clearly knew that although they were quite strong militarily, this was mainly due to the Jurchen people's character of being able to fight well since childhood, but based on their weak economy and loose social structure, as long as they suffered a big defeat, the Jurchen people might face annihilation.

The reason why Dajin was able to survive from the shadow of the failure of Aguta's pro-expedition should actually be thanks to the Great Song Dynasty, if it weren't for their incompetence and active dedication and the plundering of Yanjing, they would not have been able to launch such a large-scale southern expedition again, so Wanyan Xiyin had to deal with it carefully, and now they can't afford to lose!

"What should we do with the overseer. You can't go on like this! Although Wanyan Tuhesu was resentful, he didn't dare to sprinkle it on Wanyan Xiyin, but his heart was burning and uncomfortable and asked anxiously.

"Strike two thousand light horsemen, five hundred men for every five hundred. Divided into four teams, they take turns to attack and harass in front of the enemy's formation, probing their reality and finding their weaknesses. As soon as they reveal their flaws, immediately make Tiefutu charge! Wanyan Xiyin said. The tactics he used were the ones they were used to, but they were the most correct ones right now.

Finish the face and quickly follow the plan. Gather two thousand men and order them to attack in turn, which is the most effective way to deal with enemy forces who are concentrating on defense. Didn't you move like a mountain, so I rushed to your formation and shot you with arrows, and then I shot my horse and left, and then the next team arrived and continued to repeat the above actions, and the cycle was endless, like a wheel war, which made your liver hot and tired.

If you can't help but tease and send troops to attack, it will hit my hands, and the heavy cavalry on standby behind will immediately go into battle with you in the field. If you hold on, I will continue to harass, and as soon as you show a flaw or are unable to do anything, I will immediately turn to a strong attack, open a breakthrough, and the heavy cavalry behind you will also rush up, and I don't believe that I can't break you.

According to the old way of playing, when they rushed over, the other party should send a ranger forward to block it, and the people on both sides would shoot a round of arrows, and then everyone would start to pick up the knife. According to past experience, under normal circumstances, the Liao people threw down a piece of corpse and fled, and they rushed to the front of the formation to shoot arrows, and then retreated, and the Khitans did not dare to send rangers anymore, but concentrated on hiding behind the shield and shooting arrows at them

However, this time the Jurchens miscalculated, their enemies were not holding cold weapons such as bows and crossbows, but holding muskets with a range and rate of fire far beyond them, and when they rushed over on horseback, they didn't even see the horsehair of the opposing cavalry, but they immediately entered the range of bows and arrows, and when they bent their bows and arrows to shoot, suddenly the guns on the opposite side burst into fire and shot at them, and they did not shoot the enemy, but were knocked down by others.

Because it was a tentative attack, they were hit by the enemy formation and walked away, but they still did not let them go, and some brothers refused to leave in front of the Liao army. Immediately after them, another group of soldiers also arrived in front of the Liao army and repeated their story.

The four teams went around, and the generals who were watching the enemy formation behind didn't seem to see the reality of the enemy army clearly, so there was no way for everyone to work hard to come around again! Not to mention that the life and death moment can best develop people's intelligence, this time everyone learned to be smart, and they began to fire arrows outside the range to 'suppress' the enemy's firepower, but they underestimated the range of the opponent's weapons, and some brothers failed to come back, and were enthusiastically retained by the Khitans. After two laps, it looks good in retrospect, and half of the two thousand people are left, but the more is almost negligible...

"The geese are sharp and backward in front of the goose, and they are obliquely walking, which is convenient for people to go around!" However, these people did not sacrifice in vain, Wanyan Xiyin saw that the opposite side was using a goose-shaped formation, and this formation was mainly used for crossbow warfare.

The so-called goose-shaped formation is a kind of battle formation that is spread horizontally, and the left and right wings are arranged forward or backward in echelons, and the forward is a "V" shape, just like the arms of an ape stretched forward, which is a formation used to outflank and detour, but the defense of the rear is relatively weak.

If the two wings are more mobile cavalry, then when stationary, they can get the protection and support of the infantry in the center, and can give full play to the power of the attacking cavalry to increase the suddenness.

"How do the overseers break the formation?" Wan Yan asked suddenly, this was just a tentative attack, and thousands of people were lost, and the price was too great.

"The enemy army discharges a heavy front and a light rear formation, which is conducive to defense and not conducive to attacking, relying on sharp weapons to defend but not attack, and it is difficult to help them for a while!" Wanyan Xiyin sighed and said, if you want to break the formation, you can only attack hard, and the casualties will inevitably be heavy, he understands that the other party is determined to defend and not fight, and this attack just now didn't even stick to the side of the people, probably except for the one who choked to death by drinking water, and the one who smashed his heel with a fart, he didn't cause them substantial casualties at all.

"Supervising the army, the marshal orders to quickly defeat the enemy army and open the way!" Just as Wanyan Xiyin was thinking about the timing of the two, the Chinese army sent someone to send a message to urge.

"Prison army, I personally led the iron cavalry to level the enemy formation, you give the order!" Wanyan said eagerly.

"Don't be reckless, I'll go see the marshal!" Wanyan Xiyin shook his head and said, turning the horse's head and galloping towards the Chinese army...

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"Second master, eat something and drink soup!" Seeing Xi carrying the food plate to the prince in front of the formation on the high slope said.

"Have all the people down there eaten?" Zhao Ta asked without moving.

"Second master, you have taken turns to eat during the truce just now, you are the last to eat!" Jianxi said, he knew that this was the rule, and he would only eat after the soldiers in front of him had eaten on the battlefield.

"Well, tell them that this food has to be better, saving money can't be saved from the mouth, and the morale of eating and drinking well can be high, and only when you start fighting can you have energy." Zhao Ta said while eating pancakes wrapped in meat and drinking broth.

"I know that I have a lot of things to prepare, but now I am waiting for battle, so I can only make do with it, and I must treat the army well when I return to the camp at night!" Seeing Xi replied, now the army to which the prince belongs is not to mention the military salary, even the Jin army on the opposite side can't catch up with this food and drink, and there are clear regulations on how much meat, oil, grain, vegetables and vegetables a person supplies every day in peacetime, and the standard in wartime must be improved, and whoever dares to deduct it is looking for death.

"Yo, small groups and multiple roads?! This is really not afraid of hooligans, I am afraid that hooligans are educated, and the Jurchens also read military books! Zhao Ta suddenly saw the dust and smoke rising on the battlefield again, picked up the telescope with one hand, and said with a smile while holding the pie in the other, in the face of the swallow-shaped array he posed, the Jurchens came up with a way to deal with it, changing the wheel tactics, but using multiple ways to attack together, which can indeed disperse firepower and facilitate breaking through the enemy's defensive line, which is also a common tactic for breaking through the blockade line in modern warfare.

"Second master, how to deal with it, did you tell Zhao Yong about them?" Miki asked.

"No need, the crutches must be thrown away eventually, and they must also have their own ideas, and they can't rely on the house for everything!" Zhao Ta stared at the battlefield with his eyes, took a bite of the pie and said, "It's just a pity that my mountain brigade let them use it as ordinary infantry!" ”

Zhao Ta originally entered Xijing with the mountain brigade alone, considering that Yingzhou was mountainous, and if he wanted to compete with the Jin army for the Ulzhou mountain valley road, it could also come in handy, but now he was used by Zhao Yong as an ordinary infantry, and it was really a waste to say in his heart. They arranged the formation in teams, using the three-stage shooting method of lying down, squatting and standing, and fired at the cavalry of the Jin Army who rushed through the artillery blockade line in turn to ensure the continuity of firepower, and the machine gun positions arranged on the river embankment at intervals were the support points of the entire defense line, even if the Jurchens could escape the blows of artillery fire, it was difficult to break through the dense fire net woven by the muskets... (To be continued......)