Is it hitting? Is it withdrawn?

Looking at it from above, I saw that the Wu army on the right and the Yan army on the left were connected together, with flags covering the sun and spears like forests; Countless foot soldiers and horsemen rushed over with shouts, and the east and west were boundless.

When Sain Chida was suddenly embarrassed, he saw another horse galloping under the watchtower.

This horseman, however, did not come from behind, but from the right flank.

Because the speed of the horse was too fast, after coming downstairs, he couldn't stop for a while, and the knight grabbed the reins and galloped around the building, while raising his head and shouting: "My lord, the young general sent me to report, the two armies of the red thieves moved together, it seems that a general attack should have been launched." Although the Wu thief is brave, my right wing is still strong enough to support it. The swallow thief has been watching the battle for a long time, and its edge will be sharp, and the left wing and the Chinese army should also pay more attention to adults! ”

Listening to the meaning of these words, Wang Baobao advocated a head-on battle.

Sainchi suddenly turned to the left and right, and Zhao Heng, Cai Ziying and other advisers were all on the side. Cai Ziying guessed his hesitation, took a step forward, and arched his hand and said: "My lord, the battle has been fought so far, although our army has been fighting hard for a long time, but most of the elites of the Chinese army, the left flank, and the iron armor and spear have not yet been launched. As the Major General said, and the right wing can still support. If you retreat at this time, you will inevitably make the thief laugh! ”

Zhao Heng also said: "If you don't retreat without a fight, your morale will fall to a low point." Defend the city again? It's not easy to be afraid. ”

"But why is the swallow thief full, and our army is empty?"

"The swallow thief is the attacking side, and our army is the defensive side. To attack, you must show a lot of strength; And for defense, only five points of strength of our army are enough. It can make the front army engage and the rear army rest. When the front army is exhausted, then change the rear army to the front. The soldiers brought dry food, and they could eat it during the gap. ”

"The thief General Gao Yanshi is brave and inserts himself into the rear of our army, intending to cut off my retreat?"

"Manpower is sometimes poor. Even if he was born different, how long can he hold out with just five hundred light riders? Light cavalry is used to attack quickly, not to hold on to the spot; Taking a step back, even if he grabbed the drawbridge, there were 20,000 of my elite soldiers outside, and there were all the generals in my city inside, how long could he hold it when our army worked together inside and outside, and attacked front and rear? I thought that the reason why Zhao Thief sent Gao Yanshi to break into the rear of our army was not so much to cut off my retreat, but more to hit the morale of our army. ”

"What do you mean, sir?"

"Obviously to cut off my retreat, but in fact urge me to withdraw my troops."

Sainchi suddenly woke up, increased his forehead with his hand, and said again and again: "The swallow thief is cunning, I heard that Pan Xian'er has a strange plan." Listening to what Mr. said, that's really what happened! Oops, I almost fell for the thief's trick. ”

Cai Ziying asked, "Can the adults make a decision?" ”

"What the enemy does not want, I want. Since the red thief wants to urge me to withdraw my troops, hum, I will not withdraw my troops! Chuan Wu will order,......。 ”

The heralds obeyed the order.

"Order the right wing, order the king to protect the protection: as long as the Chinese army does not move, the right wing will not be allowed to retreat for half a step! Those who dare to violate the order will be ruthless in military law! ”

"No!"

The herald received the order, and went with the man who had just come from the right flank to give Wang Baobao an order.

"Order the left flank, order Bai to stay and fight first, Hu Linchi will rest for the time being, and when he hears the sound of my drums, he will change the front and rear troops."

"Whoa!"

The herald received the order and went to give the order.

- The deployment of the Yuan army was to put the "Jining Army" on the right flank; The "Luo Si Army" and the "Wu Wei Army" were placed on the left flank. All three of these units were mainly infantry. As for the elite battalions of "Divine Crossbow", "Iron Armor" and "Spear", as well as cavalry such as the "Tiger Wing Army", they were placed in the Chinese army.

"Lingzhong Army, ordered to open nose horses, Fuxian slaves, etc., all sit cross-legged and eat dry food. Waiting for my drum sound, waiting for the horn to sound, one drum pierces the armor and gets on the horse, the second drum is lined up, and the third drum is in a hurry to fight with the thief! And ordered Puxian Nu to immediately send a cavalry out of the battle and patrol to prevent the Zhao thief from bypassing the left flank and taking our Chinese army. ”

- "horn", not the "horn" of "drum horn". "Gong, Shang, Jiao, Zheng, Yu", one of the five tones, reads "absolute", which is equivalent to the "3" of the simple score. "Whoever listens to the horn is like a pheasant climbing the wood to sing, and the sound is clear and clear", hitting it with a war drum can not only spread far, but also the rhythm is more "urgent", which is very moving.

The herald received the order, rode on horseback, and went to give orders to the battalions of the Chinese army.

After passing down these orders, he always felt that he had to make up for another one, thought about it, glanced at the back of the battle, and still ordered: "The rear army, within half an hour, must recapture the lost drawbridge, and repel the thief Gao Yanshi!" ”

"No!"

The herald took the order.

……

As orders were handed down one after another, the formation of the Yuan army gradually changed.

The right wing aside.

The left flank, which had been stretched longer, was now beginning to shrink, and Bai Zuozhu, who was already in the front army, now moved the flag to the forefront; And Hu Linchi is slightly backwards. At about the same time, a group of cavalry also rushed out of the Chinese army's array, fully on guard, in case Zhao Guo raided.

……

Zhao Guo led the crowd to gallop in front of the battle.

Because he needed to wait for the main force of the Yan army to come out, he did not immediately launch an offensive, but suddenly rushed in front of the left wing of the Yuan army, suddenly in front of the central army of the Yuan army, and suddenly rushed to the junction between the rear army of the Yuan army and the Chinese army.

- The Chinese army of the Yuan army had cavalry, so the left and right flanks could not cover it all, leaving an outward horizontal passage. Behind the crossway is to see the rear army guarding the city, that is, the direction of Gao Yonsei's attack.

He carried five hundred light horsemen, sometimes in groups of three or five, and moved in a straggler formation; From time to time, they gathered in one place, making a momentum, thousands of horse legs galloped, rolling up dust all over the sky, moving like thunder, and the momentum was amazing.

However, every time the momentum was attacked, the light cavalry of the Yan army had just arrived within the range of the Yuan army, and suddenly "scattered" and went to the left and right; After going around the open space on the battlefield, he "chased profit like a bird", rendezvoused again, gathered under the banner of Zhao Guo's generals, and made another impact.

As Sainchida said, the advantage of the light cavalry was indeed in the rapid attack. "Suddenly scattered, suddenly dotted".

"Dispersion" can make the enemy confused, and then wait for the opportunity, and when the enemy's defenses are found to be leaky, they can quickly gather and launch a fierce attack. At the same time, the "point set" can not only launch an offensive against the enemy's loopholes, but also form an absolute superiority over the enemy locally.

……

Haidong's main force lined up in formation.

The left wing Tong Shengyang came out first, and in addition to leaving a certain reserve, a total of 4,000 Jurchen cavalry with about 3,000 people came out, which were divided into three echelons.

Because the beginning of the battle is the most critical, the first echelon has the most people, with two thousand people, a total of more than 1,600 people, and they are all elite. The second and third echelons were about the same number, each with a thousand people, each with eight or nine hundred people.

Although the tactics of the cavalry are quite different, and most of the focus is on speed and mobility, there are still quite detailed differences between different troops, including nations, in terms of specific tactical use.

The difference in the tactics of the troops is mainly in the commander-in-chief, depending on what the commander-in-chief's preferences are. Some generals are very decisive and very brave, and they tend to pay more attention to raids and runs; Some generals are more steady, and often pay more attention to camping step by step, and do not easily take risks.

The difference in national tactics is mainly due to the "different natures" of different nationalities.

Take the Jurchen and Mongols, both of whom were known for their skill in mounted archery, and both had their own regimes. At its peak, the Mongol cavalry once rampaged through Eurasia; When the Jurchen cavalry was at its peak, it was also called "invincible" by the Liao people at that time, which shows that it is good at fighting. However, although both are also known for their cavalry, their "natures" are also different.

It can't be said that all are different, there are similarities and differences.

The same thing is that both pay attention to "encirclement on both wings and breakthrough in the middle", but the difference is in the arrangement. The Jurchens were accustomed to dividing their troops into several "echelons" and entering the battle one by one, increasing the speed of attack and increasing the force of the assault, just like hitting the enemy with an iron fist, one by one.

The Mongols were mostly in a semicircle or in horizontal formations, with Batulu (death squads) in the front, the main forces on both sides, and the main generals and guards in the center. When making contact with the enemy, the "Batulu" uses a sudden dash to carry out a local attack. If the attack is successful, the main force that follows immediately leaps forward, encircling and destroying the enemy from both flanks. If the attack fails, immediately retreat to lure the enemy into pursuit, and if the attack is successful, the main force leaps forward and gallops forward rapidly, encircling the enemy from the front and both flanks and annihilating him; If the lure is unsuccessful and the enemy does not pursue, the team is reorganized to attack again.

That is, the Jurchens focused on the "echelon", while the Mongols focused on the "Batulu".

Of course, this is only a general statement, and not all Jurchen or Mongol cavalry are all based on this method of warfare. In many cases, after the confrontation, the Mongols would also take turns to attack the enemy like the Jurchen echelon; For example, now, Tong Shengyang has made some changes in the "details".

On the one hand, he is still dominated by the "echelon"; On the other hand, just like the Mongols in battle, they put the elite "daring men" at the forefront. And unlike the Mongols, when the Mongols fought, the "chief general" usually only commanded the battle, and did not charge into battle; But he personally led the team and went to the front.

I saw him take the lead, with more than 1,000 horsemen of the first echelon, and came out of the formation in an orderly manner, and then adjusted the formation in the process of marching, forming an acute angle. The "daredevils" are in the front, and the brigade is in the back. After that, the second and third echelons also went out in turn.

For a time, the Yan army's formation and the front of the formation were covered with dust, breaking the silence of half a day, accompanied by the low sound of drums, countless horses' hooves trampled, and the ground trembled slightly.

Some of the cavalry shouted and urged their horses forward; Some cavalrymen were enthusiastic in battle, waving their swords and screaming; Some of the horses have been on the battlefield for a long time and neighed excitedly; There are also war horses that make an uneasy snort when they first enter the battlefield.

All kinds of voices, a thousand kinds of manners; It was lively and boiling, and people shouted and neighed.

……

The Yuan army watched as they approached.

In front of the left flank, while listening to the scouts coming over one after another to report the distance between the two armies, Bai Zhu continued to pass down orders.

The scout came to report: "The thief raised Tong Sheng out of the formation, and all the troops were light horses, about 3,000 people." Fifteen hundred people in the vanguard, eight hundred in each of the next two echelons. ”

Bai Zuozhu said: "Order, let the horse go; The whole battalion is on alert. ”

"The thief is less than six hundred paces away from me."

"The sergeant who let the horse refuse to be withdrawn; Shield-bearer ready. ”

"The thieves are all on their horses, and they are less than five hundred paces away from the front of my battle."

"The shield of life stands as a shield; Spearmen ready. ”

"The Thief Rider began to pick up speed, less than four hundred paces in front of me. In addition, the two teams of thieves have also begun to mount. Again, after the thief rode on, there began to be foot soldiers. ”

- "Foot soldiers out of battle", it is said that it is the remnants of Gao Yanshi on the right wing of the Yan army. When arranging in the morning, Zhao Guo allocated more than 1,000 foot soldiers to Gao Yanshi, and now it is this part of the people who follow the Jurchen cavalry out of the battle. They were not responsible for the impact, they were mainly used to suppress the formation, to "hold the formation" in case the cavalry lost, and they could block the pursuit of the Yuan army. Behind them were Hu Zhong and other rear army units.

"Order, order the pikemen to draw their guns; Crossbowmen shoot arrows. ”

The spearmen's spears were different from the ordinary "seven-foot spears", they were very long, the long ones were two feet fast, and the short ones were more than one zhang, and after listening to the orders of the "spears", they put the spears on the bodies of the soldiers in front of them in order, and the front team inserted them into the "guns" of the shields.

Hundreds of spears, erected diagonally at the same time; The spear commanders are all outside the zhang, arranged like a forest.

"Report! The thief rode less than three hundred and fifty paces in front of me. ”

"Command the crossbowman to release his arrows; The archer takes the arrow. ”

Most of the crossbows used in the Chahan army are "divine arm bows", which are three feet two inches long and two feet five inches long, which is passed down from the former Song Dynasty and is a kind of "Zhang Zhang crossbow". The so-called "crossbow", that is, using the foot to load the crossbow or the knee to mount the crossbow, the former is a "strong crossbow", with greater strength and longer range; The latter is a "weak crossbow", which has less power and a longer range. The "Divine Arm Bow", "opened by the stirrup from the ground", is a kind of "strong crossbow", with a range of up to more than 300 steps, "shooting more than 340 steps, half an arrow into the elm". More than 340 steps is 5 or 600 meters, and at this distance, you can "enter the elm half an arrow", which is very powerful.

The crossbowmen released their arrows, and instead of releasing the arrows all at once, they divided into several teams and took over the shooting.

The "Divine Arm Bow" is a kind of "partial crossbow", which is more than three feet long, and it is not very convenient to fire horizontally, so it can be erected up to form an angle and then issued. Bai Zuo gave an order, and the rain-like crossbow arrows burst out of the string, flew into the air, and fell into the Yan cavalry team hundreds of paces away.

"Report! The thief rode less than 200 paces in front of me! ”

"The crossbowman retreated; The bow is full. ”

"Hold full", first pull the bow apart and put the arrow, but you don't have to raise it, you can temporarily face the ground. The range of the bow and arrow was not so far, less than two hundred paces; But at the same time, the Yan army came to charge the battle with cavalry, and the speed was very fast, so it was necessary to prepare in advance and "hold it full". This "holding" cannot be too early, too early to waste the strength of the archer; It can't be too late, too late to delay the launch.

"Report! The thief rode less than a hundred and fifty paces in front of me! ”

"The herald, the archer leads but does not fire; The armor stood up. ”

"Lead but not provoke". As the order was laid, the archers of the Yuan army raised their longbows and aimed their arrows at the sky. Kill the enemy with a bow and arrow, you can shoot flat within one or twenty steps, and if you are too far, you need to shoot from the back. Therefore, it is necessary to aim the arrow at the sky.

"Report! The thief's rider is less than a stone's throw from me. ”

"Fate: The archer is off the string and shoots the foot. Prepared by the firecrackers; Shields, spearmen exert force; Knife and axe hands, armor soldiers prepare for battle. ”

"Shoot the position", that is, shoot arrows at the enemy to keep the opponent out of the stone's throw, or delay the speed of the opponent's attack, so as to give the army time to prepare calmly. With the passing of his order, thousands of arrows were fired in the Yuan army's array; Less than 100 steps away, Yan rode in the rain of arrows, shouting and killing.

……

Hundreds of paces away. Chang Yuchun, who was fighting in the right wing of the Yuan army, heard the shouting and killing, took a look in his busy schedule, and saw from a distance that among thousands of troops and horses, there were two flags, divided into things and things, and displayed in the gloomy afternoon sky, and displayed on the sand field where the shouting was boiling.

Two flags, getting closer and closer.

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Arrows like rain, Tong Shengyang was dressed in white armor, jumped on the horse, regardless of a few arrows, took the lead in jumping over the rejection of the horse, rushed into the enemy formation, danced the spear straight out, and shouted at the shield array standing in front of the Yuan army: "Kill!" ”