Jin State cavalry, a squad of fifty people.

Each cavalry squad consisted of twenty heavy cavalry and thirty light cavalry.

Light riding and heavy riding here are not strictly defined, just how to combine.

For example, when there is Hezha Meng'an, Hezha Meng'an is a heavy cavalry, and the cavalry that partners with them is a light cavalry.

Hezha Meng'an is not there, the cavalry is a heavy cavalry, and the ordinary cavalry is a light cavalry.

There are usually two tactics, both with heavy riders in the middle and light riders on the wings. One is to harass the light cavalry and create conditions for the heavy cavalry to charge; One is that the heavy cavalry charges the fortification, and the light cavalry shoots arrows in the back.

The two thousand Hezha Meng'an in the hands of Wanyan Huonu were the strong army that really followed Aguda to fight back then.

The last time Zhu Ming wiped out the thousand, it was formed later, not only the combat effectiveness is not comparable, but even the equipment is inferior.

The two thousand Hezha Meng'an in front of him, the four-meter cavalry spear is the main weapon, and the eight-sided iron rod or waist knife is the secondary weapon.

As for the Jurchen cavalry and light cavalry, their bows are not special, but the number of arrows they carry is very terrifying. The cavalry carried one or two hundred arrows, and the light cavalry had three hundred arrows.

Arrow clusters are dominated by chisel heads, but also have dovetail, spade, and diamond shapes. When riding and shooting, it has a little armor-piercing ability within 40 meters, and it is more powerful than the foot bow within 15 meters (the foot bow is actually stronger, but within 15 meters, it has not yet reached its maximum speed).

The quality of Jurchen's arrows far surpassed that of the Song army.

Whether it is the Southern Song Dynasty or the Northern Song Dynasty, the arrows of the Song army have many problems. For example, the arrow cluster is too heavy, the arrow shaft is too thick, the glue is not tight, the arrow feather is easy to fall off, etc., to put it bluntly, it is shoddy, from craftsmen to officials, layer by layer of fooling.

The new dynasty of the Ming Dynasty captured a large number of arrows from the Song army, and less than one-tenth of the quality reached the standard.

Wanyan Lou did not put Hezha Meng'an into use for the time being, and he used Xiao cavalry and light cavalry to conduct group operations. Fifty cavalry in a group, galloping left and right in front of the Ming army's formation, not allowing the Ming army's long-range fire to aim, and at the same time shooting arrows at the large array while running.

In front of the Ming army, there were two vans blocking it.

The front row was full of large shields more than half a person high, and the pestles were on the ground to protect the soldiers behind them, but the rattan round shields were eliminated.

The Wolf Miller was replaced by a Lancer, and the Palladium Boring was replaced by a Crossbowman.

The crossbowman shoots a crossbow arrow, the squad leader shoots a bow and arrow, and each squad has three people for long-range output. They hid behind the large shield and stood sideways to wind up, then turned around and shot with half of their bodies exposed.

Not to mention the archery team, there are about more than 1,000 crossbowmen, and Zhang Guangdao is fully equipped with the old Song Dynasty hard crossbows that can be found in Shanxi. There are some quality problems somewhat, and they have been repairing it last year. The bolts also needed to be repaired, they were too thick and heavy, and they needed to be reworked.

The two sides shot at each other like this, and the battle lasted for nearly half an hour, and each other's arrows were consumed enormously, and the damage caused was very limited.

"It is useless to fight like this," said Boluhuo, "and the pawn must come forward, remove the chain that connects the wagon, and then force his way into battle with heavy horses." ”

It's really useless, the cavalry can only break through the armor by shooting at close range, but the Ming army's large array is covered by a huge shield.

In this case, the cavalry of the Jin State could only shoot, and the armor-piercing ability was greatly weakened, and they could not shoot through the armor of the Ming infantry at all.

Similarly, the cavalry of the Jin Kingdom ran and shot quickly in front of the formation in small teams, and the bows and crossbows of the Ming army could only try their luck. Even if you listen to the order to shoot, the hit rate is very low.

After playing for a long time, it's like tickling.

Wanyan Lou Room saw that the hills on both sides could not be attacked, so he called Han Chang's infantry back.

These elite foot soldiers, dressed in medium-sized armor, only dared to advance towards the middle of the Ming army's large array. Because if you attack both sides, the Ming archers on the mountain, the Ming army bows and crossbows in the array, can crossfire at them.

They carried about 1,700 bows and crossbows on their shoulders and trotted towards the chariot formation.

The first round of shooting was easy to bear, and the second round of shooting had begun to be unstable.

The Ming army's arrow cluster is also a special chisel head, which has the ability to pierce armor. This thing was available in the Northern Song Dynasty, but it was not equipped in large quantities, and it suddenly increased in the Southern Song Dynasty in order to resist Jin.

When Han Chang's elite mid-armor infantry reached about forty meters, the second round of crossbows caused extensive armor-piercing damage.

Although these Liaodong Han sons are brave, they are also human beings, and they are slow to move forward.

"The one who retreats is slashed!"

A detachment of cavalry enforcing military law rushed in, and the knights shouted.

Han Chang could only take the infantry and continue to advance. No one dares to retreat, there is still a way to survive if you rush forward, and once you retreat from the battle, you will be beheaded.

"Woohoo!"

The third round of arrows was fired, this time at the best range, and a large number of mid-armor infantry fell on the spot.

Han Chang's troops finally had a psychological breakdown, and they didn't care about any military law, they turned around and fled, and they would definitely die here if they went any further.

However, more than a dozen teams of Jurchen cavalry avoided the rout, and took advantage of the gap when the Ming army had just shot arrows, and staggered from the left and right sides to the middle of the large formation.

In the blink of an eye, a large number of horsemen rushed to the front of the formation, and they quickly jumped off their horses and took off the chains hanging on the vans. More light cavalry in the rear frantically fired at the cover of the Ming army's large formation.

Just as Jin Guoxiao took off the chain, another round of arrows shot out of the big array, and the dismounted Xiaocai fell one after another.

However, these guys are not afraid to die.

The undead looked for the nearby war horse, and quickly got on the horse and continued to rush forward, and wanted to remove the chain of the second van.

"Boom Boom~~"

It was not the wooden cannon that was shooting, but the running Jin Guoxiao's horsemen, who fell into the pit one after another.

Zhang Guangdao actually dug a large number of pits two meters wide and two meters deep between the two car formations! Between the pits, only a passage more than 20 meters wide is left, which is convenient for the sergeants to send troops to pursue.

The Jin soldiers, who were lucky enough to step on the passage, saw that the friendly troops on the left and right were hit, and finally did not dare to go further, so they were so frightened that they hurriedly reined in their horses and ran back.

The few surviving horsemen fled back and reported the situation to Wanyan Lou's room in detail.

After Yan Lou was furious, he was glad that Zhang Guangdao didn't do the wrong thing, at least there were still a lot of passages left, and Hezha Meng'an could rush over from there.

How did he know that all the hidden wooden cannons were aimed at the nearest passage!

Wanyan Lou asked the cavalry to continue firing to prevent the Ming infantry from coming forward and hanging up the chain of the van that had been taken down.

In such a difficult situation, Jin Bing still has to fight?

Of course to fight, they have encountered more dangerous situations than this. Many Jurchen founding nobles were killed in the fierce war, and finally beat the Liao soldiers out of the psychological shadow!

When Yan Zongwang negotiated peace with Zhao Huan, he sent seventeen cavalry to the north and ordered the northern Song army to give up resistance.

Of these seventeen golden soldiers, there are seven horsemen and ten light horsemen.

When it passed through Cizhou, it was intercepted by 2,000 Song troops, which consisted of forbidden troops, Xiang troops, and village soldiers, and were also equipped with bows and crossbows.

The two sides started to fight without saying a word, and the cavalry of the Jin State found that the archery did not work, so they took seven horsemen as the core and ten light horsemen as the two wings, and rushed directly into the infantry formation of 2,000 people.

Two thousand Song troops were rushed and scattered by seventeen cavalry!

This is only Wanyan Zongwang's troops, and their combat effectiveness and will are not comparable to Wanyan Zonghan's soldiers.

Zhang Guangdao saw it clearly from the binoculars, and after finishing Yan Lou's room, he was about to mobilize Hezha Meng'an, and he said to the herald: "Light two wolf smoke!" ”

A wolf smoke is Plan A.

The two wolf smoke are Plan B.

The Jin cavalry was still cruising and shooting, and Hezha Meng'an began to wear heavy armor.

On the top of Fang Mountain, two wolf smoke suddenly rose.

It didn't take long for two wolf smoke to ignite from the mountains a few miles to the south.

On one hill after another, wolf smoke lit one after another. From north to south, from west to east, it spread to the place where Chen Ziyi hid his troops farther away.

Although Wanyan Lou was surprised, he didn't care about it.

He was only worried about the Ming cavalry, but the thousands of cavalry were still more than ten miles away, and he still had enough time to break the formation. At this time, there were a lot of casualties, and it was absolutely impossible to change the battle plan on the spot, and it was impossible to turn around and go to solve the reinforcements of the Ming cavalry first.

Otherwise, if the Ming cavalry did not engage in the battle, everything that had been paid before would be in vain.

Wanyan Lou had already sent light cavalry, and he was keeping a sentry along the way to the east, and Chen Ziyi's cavalry would be close to ten miles before he could receive the news.

"Woo woo~~~"

The horn sounded, and more horsemen and light riders rushed forward with their lives.

While they were covering the archery, they burst through the passages more than twenty meters wide between the pits. At the cost of nearly 1,000 dead and wounded, the chains of a large number of vans were finally removed.

In the large array of the Ming army, the number of bows and crossbows is still too small, otherwise how can the golden soldiers be so easy.

But why didn't Zhang Guangdao do it on purpose?

If they don't give Jin Bing a little hope, how can they be willing to invest in Hezha Meng'an.

The draped Hezha Meng'an finally appeared, with heavy armor on all men and horses, a four-meter-long riding spear, and a secondary weapon at his waist.

Every twenty Hezha Meng'an, equipped with thirty horsemen, rushed to the various passages left by Zhang Guangdao.

A total of 20 teams were invested, with a total of 400 Hezha Meng'an and 600 Jurchen Xiaoqi.

More Jurchen cavalry still cruised in front of the formation and shot arrows, disrupting the Ming army's formation as much as possible.

As long as the heavy cavalry opens the breach, the follow-up cavalry will continue to fight.

"Draw the enemy!" Wan Yan Lou room drank.

Only 400 heavy cavalry charged, and with the actions of other cavalry, the Ming army seemed to shake the ground in front of the formation.

More than 300 wooden cannons had already been loaded in advance, and at this moment, one by one the cannon coats were lifted.

In order to be inconspicuous, all covered with linen.

Just when the 20th team was in a fierce battle, dozens of steps away from the passage, Zhang Guangdao's Daxu ordered the flag to wave.

In fact, there is no need to give orders, the front-line commanders have already rehearsed.

The military horn and military whistle sounded one after another, and the Ming army in the front row sat down with a brush, and the big shield hand even lay directly on his back with a shield, covering the big shield like a quilt.

More than 300 wooden cannons finally appeared in Jin Bing's sight.

Wanyan Huonu personally led the army to charge into battle this time, and when the first round of artillery rang out, he had already rushed into a passage more than 20 meters wide.

The wooden cannons, which had been calibrated in advance, were all aimed at the nearest passage.

Fearing that the shotguns were too powerful to effectively kill the heavy cavalry, all wooden cannons were filled with fist-sized stone bullets.

"Boom, boom!"

The first round was a salvo of more than 100 wooden cannons facing various passages, and a large number of Jin cavalry fell on the spot, seriously interfering with the actions of subsequent friendly forces.

"Boom, boom!"

The second round was a salvo of more than 100 wooden cannons diagonally across the passage.

The cavalry of the Jin Kingdom who rushed into the passage had few survivors, and many cavalry outside the passage were hit.

The third round was still an oblique cross salvo, more than 100 wooden cannons fired in unison, and there were almost no survivors in the twenty teams of Hezha Meng'an. Subsequently, a large number of Jin Guoxiao riders, and even farther light riders also suffered.

After three rounds of shelling, the battlefield was still noisy, but compared to the sound of artillery, it seemed to be dead silence at the moment.

(End of chapter)