Chapter 51: The Battle of Tongguan (6)
When the medium-sized cavalry comes into contact, it is undoubtedly the side with better riding skills and more accurate archery skills that occupies the initiative on the battlefield.
Zhang Xian's cavalry and shooting are unique, and the soldiers under his command are also carefully trained, but the chasing cavalry is not the Jurchen elite, but a large number of Han knights and a small number of Khitans.
And the thorn uses riding and archery, Gent fights with the opponent, while keeping a distance, and constantly harassing with arrows, although the other party has an absolute advantage in strength, but it is like a lion and a mouse fighting, although it seems to be powerful, but there is nothing to do with the cunning and light mouse.
Zhang Xian kept firing his bow and shooting arrows, and from time to time he turned back and saw that the enemy was constantly being shot off his horse, and his robe was stained with blood.
With this small group of cavalry, he kept this distance from the enemy, and kept shooting the enemy off his horse during the fierce gallop.
The cavalry officer led by the enemy was so angry that he almost vomited blood, and Zhang Xian and others took the lead, and their side desperately chased after them, Zhang Xian and others just drove the horses around in a circle, and when they slowed down, they shot back again, and one after another iron arrows roared, shooting the unlucky ghosts off their horses.
In the golden camp, Wang Bolong, the king of the Han army, took a deep breath and shouted angrily: "The cavalry all attacked, surrounded them, slaughtered all these rabbit cubs, and trampled them to death with horses!" ”
On the Song-Jin border, this kind of small-scale guerrilla provocation is mostly too much, and it can hardly arouse people's vigilance. The only difference from usual is that this Song army is far away from its own fortress, and when it sees the large number of people on the other side, it is also brazenly fearless.
Wang Bolong was originally worried that it was a trick to lure the enemy, but when he saw that this small group of cavalry was fighting and not retreating, he thought that it was a Song general who was not afraid of death who came to Jinying to fight fiercely, so as to become famous all over the world.
He sneered slightly. watched all his cavalry rush out of the camp, trampling on the dust and smoke in the sky, and rushing towards the Song cavalry on the opposite side.
Coupled with this large force of cavalry, the enemy galloped for half a day, and his horsepower was exhausted, and he would definitely not be able to escape.
"Phew, come to my king to make a name for yourself!"
He rushed to the other side and spat out a mouthful of thick phlegm, as if he was about to vomit out the stuffy breath in his chest.
Samuel 8. Bo Qi, sa away from the supplement, these Jurchen households are reused, that Han Chang child, relying on the porridge that saved Yan Zong during the Fuping War. is usually arrogant and does not take others in his eyes. And in this war, Han Chang actually ranked above many Jurchen households, and served as the first to attack Chang'an, which made Wang Bolong even more jealous.
As soon as he thought that the other party might become famous all over the world, or even become a hereditary Meng'an, Wang Bolong felt that his heart was burned by boiling oil, and he was on fire.
He pinched the horsewhip fiercely and stared viciously at the Song cavalry in front of him.
Soon, the cavalry that rushed out began to approach. And the other party was not in a hurry, and released a burst of arrows, and when the cavalry that came out from behind was about to approach, he stopped going in circles. He began to retreat to the rear.
"Chase! Let one go, and I won't spare it! ”
Wang Bolong was vicious, and ordered his own soldiers to quickly raise the flag and let all the cavalry catch up.
He also relied on it in his heart, the Song army cavalry was not much, generally one-seventh of the configuration, and after Zhao Huan's reform, the cavalry scattered in various departments was assembled and used, and there were more than 20,000 Song cavalry in front of him, most of them were gathered near Tongguan, and there would never be a large force of cavalry here.
The infantry set up an ambush on the cavalry, and it had to have an extremely steep position, although it was not a flat river in front of them, and there were no deep ravines and dangerous valleys.
Seeing thousands of cavalry chasing after the enemy and slowly disappearing on the horizon, Wang Bolong felt a little uneasy in his heart. In any case, he grew up in the army, and like a beast from the forest, he had a wonderful sense of danger.
He sat down with a golden sword, ordered someone to bring a good wine in a leather bag, and drank a few sips.
Northern Shaanxi has experienced some coolness in the golden autumn, the wind is flying, and the flags around him make a crackling sound.
Faintly, shouts of killing began to be heard.
Wang Bolong Huo Ran got up and looked into the distance. Naturally, he couldn't see anything, which made him even more panicked.
It's just that for many years, he didn't put this panic on his face, and after thinking about it for a while, he smiled.
If the other party was stupid enough to transfer the main force here, wouldn't it greatly reduce the pressure on Chang'an in Tongguan? As long as he withstands the enemy's attack, even if he is defeated and retreats, as long as he can hold back the enemy, it will be a great achievement at that time.
Thinking of this, Wang Bolong was not surprised, on the one hand, he ordered the whole army to prepare, dragged the cabinet horses to the outside of the camp, and lined up in a line to prepare for the surprise attack of the enemy's large cavalry, and on the other hand, he ordered the camp gate to be closed, and the archers lined up on the periphery, ready to deal with the impact of the large number of enemy cavalry.
Although it was well arranged, he was not confident that he could block the onslaught of a large number of enemy cavalry, and after seeing the soldiers in the battalion preparing to stop, he secretly ordered his own soldiers to pay attention to the situation and protect himself if there was a slight mistake.
After a short time, the thousands of cavalry who had been chasing after Yaowu had been swept away and fled.
The formation is scattered, and the armor is discarded. A mid-ranking officer, with an arrow stuck in his shoulder, half-leaned over, beat his horse desperately and hurried towards the camp gate.
Behind them, smoke and dust billowed and large groups of cavalry followed.
Wang Bolong's face was pale, with many years of experience, he judged that there were not many enemy cavalry chasing him, but in such a situation, if the camp gate was opened, it would inevitably make the enemy cavalry also be able to blend in, and the situation would be chaotic at that time, and it would definitely collapse for thousands of miles.
As soon as they saw that the camp gate was closed, the cavalry soldiers who fled back desperately first begged, and then scolded bitterly.
More than 4,000 people were chased out, and less than half of them fled back, and it was obvious that half of the number of people was lost in such a short period of time.
Wang Bolong had already seen the invitation at this time, and the Song cavalry that was chasing after him, but it was only in his early 2,000s, and he scolded angrily in his heart, and he really couldn't understand how these cavalry under his command could lose so much.
Since it was useless, he let go of the little hesitation left in his heart and gave the order that the cavalry would never be allowed to enter the camp, but let them escape on their own first.
He sneered, the other party only relied on this cavalry, even if he ate all his cavalry team, and wanted to attack his camp, but the idea was not to be imagined.
The battle that ate the main force of the opponent's cavalry was Yao Duan's personal commander. He is famous for his good cavalry, and the soldiers under his command are all good at fighting, and when the enemy cavalry is approaching, he first let Zhang Xian go, and then he took two thousand elite cavalry under his command to collide with the enemy head-on.
The cavalry galloping at high speed could not make effective dodge maneuvers at all, and the moment when the two armies met each other, what tested the knights of both sides was the most basic ability to control the cavalry, and the proficiency of using the spear immediately.
Naturally, there was a moment of bold determination.
Like two roaring monsters, a cavalry team of five or six thousand people collided together in just a moment.
Swords and spears collided, and blood was scattered.
The cavalry of the Song army skillfully avoided the route of their collision with the enemy, flashed lightly, and then stabbed with a knife or spear, and after the charge, a considerable number of enemy horsemen were already cut off from their horses.
After the ignorance at the beginning, the golden knight also wanted to adjust the formation, but was unrelenting by the Song cavalry, stalked and beat fiercely, and after a little resistance, he began to retreat.
Yao Duan personally killed more than a dozen enemy horsemen, and when he saw that the enemy had begun to retreat, he was very unwilling. These Han cavalry, in fact, are mostly the original Khitan Han army, after returning to Jinyuan, they fought for the new master.
It's just that they can't do martial arts, they can't be brave, they are not strong when they are weak, they are weak when they are strong, such a contact is simply a quick knife to cut tofu, and there is no sense of accomplishment for the main general.
When he chased all the way to the enemy's camp and saw the other party closing the camp, Yao Duan snorted and scolded: "Cowardly rats! ”
He knew that the plan of rushing straight into the camp was not feasible, but he was not in a hurry, but he ordered the cavalry to continue the pursuit, and dispersed the enemy cavalry who had already fled until the other party had been running and gradually disappeared into the horizon, and then ordered the cavalry to retreat and slowly move along the enemy's camp.
Seeing that the opponent's formation was strong, as if it should not be taken lightly, Yao Duan sneered, and on the one hand ordered the infantry to catch up quickly, and on the other hand, he ordered to play his own "Yao" banner, and then the cavalry wandered along the enemy camp, seized the gap, and shot a few arrows into the enemy formation.
Yao Duan, as a general under Zhang Jun, is known for being good at riding, so he naturally hears the enemy's formation.
As soon as he beat the banner, there was a commotion in the enemy camp.
Wang Bolong's forehead was also in a cold sweat. It is no wonder that only half of the number of his own cavalry is chopping melons and vegetables, and his cavalry team is defeated and lost.
With such a small team, creating such a earth-shaking power, when there were only a few people in the world.
When I saw the more than 10,000 Song army infantry emerging behind Yao Duan, although the number was only one-third of his own battalion, it was like a red tide, and a huge oppression and killing intent was pressed into the air, making the Jin camp up and down, showing panic.
If the cavalry rushes to the camp, relying on the strong camp barrier, it may be able to block, and the other party has the most skilled infantry in attacking the city, and can use long-range weapons that are more sophisticated than the Jin soldiers, constantly striking and killing the Jin soldiers, and waiting for the opponent's morale to fall to the bottom, and then the cavalry of the Jin soldiers will be defeated first, and their morale will be depressed, and they will not be elite in the first place, where can they block the opponent's fierce offensive.
Wang Bolong's forehead was sweating, and he just wondered in his heart, did the other party actually come to attack Danzhou regardless of Chang'an, and then break into Hedong to attack the west with sound?
This is stupid, even if Hedong is completely lost, it can't be worth the loss of an emperor on the other side, right?
Wang Bolong didn't know, when he was puzzled, Yao Duan, Zhang Xian and others on the opposite side also knew that this battle was going to be won, and everyone was happy in their hearts, but they also had a thought in their hearts: What about Chang'an at this time?
Looking west at Chang'an, the remnant sun is like blood.