"General Lothar, the Grand Knight Chief has an order, ordering you to immediately join up with the hussar company, and be ready to attack at any time to rush to the aid of the Chinese army."

"Out... Sortie? ”

The county lieutenant, Liu Bowu, and the county magistrate who had just hurriedly climbed the city wall, all showed a look of disbelief on his face.

In the face of the ferocity of this Jin Guo Iron Cavalry, even if they stood on the city wall, they all had the illusion that they would be crushed into pulp by this steel torrent in an instant, let alone take the initiative to go out of the city to meet the enemy.

Lothar didn't explain, but smiled and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, General Da has ordered us to go out of the city to fight the Jinren, you just need to rely on the city wall and support one or two with bows and arrows when the enemy approaches." ”

"In this battle, if our army wins, naturally we will not mention anything."

"Even if you don't win, you can fight out half of the main force of the Jin people, and at that time, the Jin people will have no strength to attack the city again."

Everyone was slightly stunned in their hearts, and they all had a feeling that they didn't have to fight hard with Jinren, and they breathed a sigh of relief.

It's just that Liu Bowu and the others can't help but have some doubts in their hearts: This Hu general has no family to be involved here, and he has no responsibility to defend the land, so why do he need to work hard for them?

Seeing Lothar hurrying away.

Someone couldn't help but whisper: "These people must be crazy, go out of the city to fight the golden dog, if they are defeated, will we open the city gate or not?" ”

But at this time.

Lothar seemed to hear his muttering, and said with a slight pause: "If our army is defeated, you don't need to open the city gate, everything is done with the people of Qingshui County first." ”

The people at the head of the city looked at each other, ashamed and relieved, and did not have to accept moral torture.

...

The scout who ordered the herald rode lightly and helped Lothar to turn over his horse.

He glanced at Marshal Gil, who was already in formation in front of the city gate and was about to attack, and nodded slightly, Next, Marshal Gil will be in charge of the Chinese army.

He and Jeanne respectively commanded more than 700 cavalry, including 100 scout cavalry, 125 winged cavalry, 25 mounted archers, 400 knights of the Order, and 100 knights of the Imperial Order.

The gates of the city, the cave of Squeakaka opened.

The veterans who remained at the forefront were the first to go out of the city, driving dozens of "Hussite chariots" pulled by mules, horses and livestock.

The Jin people started as a fisher and hunter, and their tactics have changed a lot, but in general they are still the tricks of heavy riding prominently, light riding and outflanking the wings, and lining up with their backs to the city wall, which can first avoid worries.

The so-called battle of the back city is nothing more than that.

The Hussite chariot, in fact, was a unique type of ramrest, requiring four-drawn carts and carrying small-caliber muskets and artillery, and was regarded as the nemesis of cavalry.

This tactic has been widely used in both the East and the West.

The "chariots" that Lothar's army temporarily requisitioned and rebuilt were naturally much simpler than the real Hussite chariots.

It was only a few reinforced wagons, with some shooting holes and iron plates.

They were pushed out of the city gate by the squeak, and the first was connected, and they quickly leaned against the city wall, arranging a bowl formation that appeared to be upside down on the wall.

Once the horses were in position, the pack animals were unloaded, and the ends of each chariot were connected with iron cables to prevent enemy horsemen from penetrating through the gaps in the chariots.

At the same time, the chariot was covered with a layer of soaked and heavy, bulging quilts, which were intended to prevent the enemy from using fire tactics to ignite the rudimentary wooden carriage.

Due to the limited preparation time, this can only be done.

The woodland shooters were in the carriage, looking out of the shooting hole with some trepidation at the black cavalry of the Jin Kingdom who seemed to be moving in the distance.

The remaining veterans commanded the peasants and began to lay improvised traps such as thistles in front of the chariot formation, and all the imperial knights were uniformly requisitioned, and the strength of the infantry was unprecedentedly weak.

Jill looked at the Jin Guo Iron Rider in the distance, who had already begun to make some moves, and couldn't help but sigh secretly.

Either you won't be given a chance to ventilate, or as soon as you come out, you have to face such a harsh situation, 1,050 infantry, you have to face 5,000 iron cavalry, and Jeanna, this girl, really looks up to herself.

"The enemy has moved!"

Jill shouted at the top of his voice, "Everyone withdraw to the barricade and prepare to meet the enemy!" ”

...

Lothar joined Jeanne.

More than 700 stubborn cavalry lined up in front of the side gate in this city.

They didn't seem to have any doubts about appearing in this foreign country for no reason to fight against the powerful Jin Guo Iron Cavalry, but the faces of recruits like the Scout Cavalry Company couldn't help but show a little nervousness when they first entered the battlefield.

Jeanna held the iron helmet in her arms and looked abrupt: "When people are dreaming, even if the dream is outrageous, many times they don't realize it at all, probably this is the truth." ”

Seeing that Lothar's face was not very good-looking, she lowered her voice slightly and said, "This time I am arbitrary, next time, I will definitely listen to you." ”

Lothar let out an "um".

He could actually understand Jeanne's concerns, and some people said that a sheep led by a male lion can outperform a pack of lions led by a sheep.

But in reality, the flaws of the former will only be greater than those of the latter.

From the beginning to the end, Jeanne had no idea of fighting side by side with these Great Song Dynasty troops or militiamen, and mixing the sheep into the lions would only make the lions lose their bravery.

The tactic of driving sheep and devouring wolves is not only easy for Na to use, but also for the golden people who were born in fishing and hunting.

What's more, the Jin people have been fighting this kind of battle since they went south.

Seventeen cavalry of the Jin Kingdom drove 2,000 Song troops to rush around, and nearly half of the battle examples were lost by Lothar to Jeanne.

There are only seventeen people, even if they have three heads and six arms, the Song army that can really be killed is only one hundred and ten people, and the rest are trampled on each other and died.

Jeanne reached out and pressed her eyebrows, and muttered, "Gil told me that the enemy has sent the first team of 100 men to launch a tentative attack on the barricades. ”

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As a guardian knight, Gil has a special connection with Jeanne, which allows Jeanne to not only receive news from Gil, but even gain insight into the enemy through Gil's eyes.

"Hopefully they'll be able to withstand the pressure."

Lothar sighed lightly, their cavalry, only when they attack at the most critical time of the war, can they have a decisive effect.

Otherwise, they will be easily intercepted by enemy cavalry several times their size.

...

Outside the city.

Jin Wushu (zhu) or Yan Zongbi was in a bad mood at the moment.

He never expected that the former army under his command would be buried in such a place for no apparent reason.

"The Song people in Qingshui County dared to kill my envoy, and the enemies who ambushed and killed our front army must be hiding here!"

Jin Wushu couldn't be clearer about the backbone of these so-called Song people, he led his troops all the way to kill, which of those county towns and towns did not close the city gates and let him plunder the countryside.

If he hadn't hurried to go south to capture the Zhao Song official's family, he would have been able to scare the county official with a little siege of the city, and he would have offered wine, meat, beauty, gold and silver treasures to them at their disposal.

The Han people under the command of Jin Wushu joined the army and admonished: "Fourth prince, our pursuit is deep enough, and now you only bring half a thousand soldiers and horses from your headquarters, if there is really any problem, the lazy deputy marshal can't explain it." ”

"Oh, just a Song people, what a foot to say, soft and cowardly, if a woman is true, my five thousand soldiers and horses can cross the Jianghuai."

Jin Wushu's face was contemptuous, but in his heart, he also had the idea of going home.

After all, not all of the Song people are wine bags and rice bags, for example, some time ago, he went to assassinate Yan Tart and was lazy, a Taoist in Tsing Yi, his swordsmanship was extremely skillful, and in front of his hundreds of pro-army guards, he almost took the head of the Marshal of the Great Jin Kingdom.

Fortunately, Wanyan Tart raised two shamans by his side, and cast a spell to beat the man away.

Right now, he is alone, and if he loses a few hundred soldiers in this county, there is really no need to go south.

"In short, we must destroy this Qingshui County first, and avenge my sons and daughters."

The Golden Vulture is holding it..." The order was given, and the wood was cut down for materials, and the siege equipment was prepared, and on the day the city was broken, all the male and female slaves, and the gold and silver treasures belonged to the sons. ”

Joining the army suddenly seemed to see something unbelievable, and said in surprise: "Fourth prince, look! ”

Jin Wushu followed the sound with some confusion, and saw that the city gate suddenly opened, and the armor soldiers lined up in a neat queue drove chariots and horses from the city gate, and streamed out of it.

"Are these Song people going out of the city to surrender to me?"

Joining the army advised: "Fourth prince, beware of the enemy's deception!" ”

Jin Wushu was silent for a moment, and nodded slightly: "If something goes wrong, you really have to be careful." I want to see what tricks these Song people are doing. ”

Right now, the army under his command is approaching Qingshui County, and the two sides are thousands of meters apart, this distance, if you ignore it, within a few minutes, the kidnappers and horses under his hands can be killed to the edge of the city wall.

However, the Golden Vulture did not seize this opportunity, and instead ordered the whole army not to act rashly.

Until, in the middle of that barricade, a golden double-headed eagle banner was suddenly erected, and hundreds of bloody heads were dragged by the "Song Army" and tied to the chariots and horses.

Jin Wushu's eyes were torn: "Sure enough, these Song people did a good job, they thought that they could resist the iron cavalry of my Dajin Kingdom by arranging a layer of barricades, and I want them to pay for their blood debts!" ”

...

Hundreds of abducted horses were the first to strike, and these lightly armed cavalry, instead of attacking the barricades directly, tentatively roamed around and fired with their bows.

But as soon as they got closer, they were hit hard.

The woodland archers put down more than a dozen horsemen with a volley, and the hundred-pound bows in their hands were like medieval snipers, with accurate marksmanship and amazing power.

The 300 light infantrymen trained by the recruit training camp were mostly from Orion, and their marksmanship was also quite good, relying on the fortress to shoot at the enemy cavalry, and in the blink of an eye, more than ten cavalry were shot down.

Although this kidnapping horse is a light cavalry, it is also worn by a half-body armor, and a few people even have a half-body horse armor covering their mounts to block the loss of arrows, and it is difficult to penetrate the general bow and arrow.

Moreover, at this time, the Song army at the head of the city also exerted its strength.

They may be afraid to engage the Jin in hand-to-hand combat, but they can still shoot at the enemy from a distance while standing on the tower.

Those two divine arm giant crossbows, although they are old antiques in the county arsenal, are extremely powerful, and once they hit, they can be nailed to the ground with people and horses.

And the cavalry and archery tactics of the golden man's abducted horses are a little insignificant in the face of the chariot base and the infantry under Lothar's hand.

Observing the battle from afar, his expression changed slightly, and in the face of this hedgehog-like barricade, he immediately decided to order these kidnappers to retreat, and the Iron Floating Slaughter launched a frontal attack.

The Iron Float heavy cavalry was actually quite similar to the Sassanid and Eastern Roman mounted cavalry, both of which were all-round cavalry skilled in archery and capable of riding and shooting at close combat.

During the siege of the city, Tiefutu can also dismount and climb the city.

On the battlefield, there has always been no disadvantage.

Jin Wushu believed that although these "Song troops" had ambushed their former army with intrigue and trickery, their strength and numbers were limited, and they would be able to easily crush their ridiculous tortoise shells as long as Tiefutu went into battle.