Chapter 164: Three Thousand Against Ten Thousand
Bo Lieji directly ordered, two generals on the left and right, each with a thousand-man team of 1,000 people, and began a cavalry charge in front of Xiao Ming's march! The Jurchen riders first started jogging with small steps on their horses, and slowly turned into a fast run along the way! The sound of hooves thundered!
Wanyan Digunai, who came with the army, had fought with Xiao Ming, and he couldn't help but be shocked when he saw this situation, and hurriedly asked Wanyan Zongwang to order to stop Bo Lieji's reckless behavior, but it was already too late, and the two thousand-man teams had already launched a cavalry charge! And the cavalry of the Jin Kingdom arrived half a day early, and the horsepower has been sufficient, and Wanyan Zongwang also wants to see how powerful the legendary Red Eyebrow General is.
Many of Xiao Ming's new army were on the battlefield for the first time, but such a long time of training still played a role, with the order of the Shangguan, they immediately set up a formation in the same place, and soon surrounded into a circular formation, and stretched out the spear like a hedgehog, although some people trembled nervously, but still made movements according to the requirements.
The Jurchen cavalry of the Jin State of 1,000 people, each rider is highly skilled, and the horses are basically controlled only with the strength of the waist and hips, and two arrows are quickly formed as they run, and they cross a hundred paces in front of the new army, and they are divided into two groups and come directly towards the two wings of the circle array, and the archers in the middle of the circle have already aimed their crossbows at the target, but they have not received orders, and they have been holding back.
Xiao Ming's new army was all infantry, only he and hundreds of people rode behind, and when he saw the Jin soldiers arrogantly shuttling through the two wings of the circle, they formed a formation in front again, and the riders were holding scimitars, "Whoa!" Screaming to show off his strength, Xiao Ming suddenly snorted coldly, and ordered Qian Baguang to turn around the seven cannons drawn from behind.
"If they dare to rush up again, give him a shot!"
"Okay! Just take a look! Qian Baguang fiddled with the cannon and didn't even raise his head.
Jin Bing didn't seem to realize the danger, and when he saw that the new army was huddled into a ball and didn't make much movement, he was even more arrogant, and started to charge again but the second time, Bo Lieji watched his subordinates perform with great satisfaction, and glanced at Wan Yan Di Gu Nai triumphantly, and said in his heart: "Xiao Ming's army is nothing more than this, and there are people who are afraid that he will become like this?" ”
"Bang-day-boom!" Qian Baguang's cannon finally wielded its might.
This cannon smashed right in front of the horse head of the golden cavalry that was separated by the second cross, and in the huge firelight, the gunpowder smoke and stumps flew wildly, and dozens of people and horses were directly killed, and the dust raised by the air wave blinded the eyes of many people! A lot of cavalrymen didn't know what was going on!
The whole cavalry's two thousand-man squad was all in disarray, and the horses were also frightened, and they were scurrying uncontrollably, and many people turned around and ran back, crowded and collided with each other, and more people fell off their horses, and Bo Lieji changed color in a rage, and urgently ordered the team to retract.
"Lord, do you want another shot?" Qian Baguang asked, the one who fired just now was the latest rapid-fire gun that Ding Jianpeng had just delivered, and the biggest advantage of this kind of cannon was rapid-fire, because the breech loading place was equipped with a guide rail and a closed air hydrant, and the effect of these two things made the cannon fire faster than double.
Xiao Ming smiled: "Hehe, no need, they know they're afraid"
A horse galloped from the opposite side, stopped when he ran to the land of an arrow, and shouted: "Please come and talk to King Xiao of the Southern Courtyard!" ”
Xiao Ming was just about to go over, Gu Xiaoliu said behind him: "Don't go, Mr. Xiao, be careful of fraud!" ”
Xiao Ming smiled again: "Damn! Little Liuzi, are you not confident in me? Or do you really see something? ”
"That's not true, but he called you over, I always think that the Tartars of the Jin Kingdom are very cunning......!"
"People come alone, I'll naturally go alone, it's okay!" Xiao Ming didn't care about Gu Xiaoliu, as soon as he flicked the horse's head, Chi Yucong hissed, and a red shadow flashed out, he ran to the place where the opponent's horse was a foot in front of the horse and restrained the horse, looking the other party up and down.
The person who came was in his thirties, wearing a fur hat, wearing fish scale armor, two fox furs hanging from his ears, his face was thin, but his thick eyebrows and starry eyes were not angry and arrogant, this person did not carry a weapon, he came alone, and when he saw Xiao Ming looking at himself, the man saluted on the horse and said: "I am the Wanyan Di Gu Nai of the Great Jin Kingdom, are you the King Xiao of the Southern Courtyard of the Great Liao Kingdom?" ”
In fact, Xiao Ming didn't say it, Wanyan Di Gunai also recognized him, Xiao Ming's two pale red eyebrows were really the best status symbol, but to Di Gunai's surprise, the other party was such a young person! Even the beard on his face is faint, such a young man has made many Jurchen warriors frightened, he has also suffered defeats under him, and even died in his hands after the Yan Agu fight, this person is indeed not simple.
"You have scheduled a decisive battle with us in three days, why do you want to be the first to attack?" Wan Yan Di Gu Nai asked.
"Yo ho! Hit a rake? If you hadn't provoked first, do you think I would be so dishonest? ”
"This kind of gambling game, I don't think it's fair, you have the help of Thor Shenhuo, and we only use knives and spears, how can this battle be fought?"
Xiao Ming smiled dumbly, what a thunder god divine fire! It seems that the other party saw that the cannon was powerful and wanted to play Laipi, so he asked, "Then what do you mean?" ”
"For the sake of fairness, you can't use that thing, otherwise we won't gamble with you in this kind of gambling game!"
Xiao Ming laughed: "Fair? Okay, I'll give you justice, I don't need that thing, my 3,000 warriors will still defeat your 10,000 cavalry! Wan Yan Di Gu Nai also blushed a little, he didn't dare to look at Xiao Ming's eyes.
Xiao Ming pointed to the hillside on the right and said to Yan Di Gunai: "Three days later, you and I will watch the battle here to see how we defeat you, but I also have one condition......
Wanyan Di Gu said: "King Xiao, please speak"
"In this gambling game, we might as well leave some lottery money, I will pay 3,000 gold, you will pay 10,000 gold, whoever wins will take it, how about it?"
After Yan Di Gu is thinking, co-authoring one or two golds! However, 3,000 people are against 10,000 people, this price is reasonable, money is secondary, the important thing is that if Xiao Ming can be defeated in this battle, it will be equivalent to defeating his undefeated myth, and it is of great significance to regain the confidence of the Jurchen warriors, so he nodded and agreed.
The two sides returned to the camp, three days later at noon formal decisive battle, the rear of the rear transport of supplies arrived in the evening, Xiao Ming personally cheered for the new army soldiers, he ordered each person to enjoy a pot of meat and two catties, all the chain armor in the materials were distributed to each soldier's hands, the latest standard of saber, one zhang and two long spears, the latest type of continuous crossbow, round giant shield, everyone armed to the teeth.
"The battle after tomorrow is our battle of honor, don't look at the Jurchen barbarians, that is also the flesh and blood of my parents, a knife and a bloody hole, defeated and still crying and running away, sometimes peeing pants ......"
"Haha......!" All the soldiers laughed, Xiao Ming continued: "People say that the Jurchen is not more than 10,000, and if you exceed 10,000, you will be invincible, this time I will use your 3,000 people to defeat them, if we defeat them, we will have a few years of peace, if we lose, you will continue to wander away with me, do you have confidence?" ”
"There is ——!" The soldiers below are all shouting at the top of their voices!
"Good! You are all kind of people, and I might as well tell you here today that from now on, you will be named by me Xiao Ming himself: the Invincible Guards Regiment! The meritorious service of this war will be given a gold medal, enjoy the treatment of the tiger guard, and the war dead will receive a pension of 500 taels each, and your family will raise you Xiao Ming for a lifetime, how about it? Can you beat them? ”
"Can ——!"
The roar shook the heavens and the earth, causing the people in the Jin Soldier Camp three miles away to be very puzzled, not knowing what Xiao Ming was doing, Wanyan Zongwang ordered to send scouts to observe near Xiao Ming's place and closely monitor the other party's every move.
Early the next morning, the new army still got up early, under the leadership of the officer, began training, in a strengthened formation, the coordination and protection between comrades-in-arms are the focus, there is still a supply of wine and meat at noon, in the afternoon still continue to compete, unarmed weapons, plus crossbows, anyway, it used to be practiced like this every day, one day without practice, it seems uncomfortable.
When the news reached Jinying, everyone was even more confused, could it be that Xiao Ming was really so relaxed, or was there another secret?
Bo Lieji said: "As long as he Xiao Ming dares to really just use these three thousand people to fight, our cavalry will be sure to annihilate them, it has always been a matter of cavalry fighting infantry, under the hooves of my Jurchen iron cavalry, I don't know how many elites of the Liao army have been defeated, as long as he does not apply that Thor Shenhuo according to the agreement, we can defeat him!" ”
Everyone felt that what he said was reasonable, and they also nodded one after another, and during the period of prudence, they still asked Zong Wang to move the 50,000 soldiers and horses behind him closer, because they also found the 10,000 horses behind Xiao Ming, and now they have an advantage in terms of troops, and everyone is also very relieved, so they are waiting for the day of the decisive battle.
At noon ten o'clock on the third day, the two sides set up a formation in the Chunqiu Ranch, preparing for a decisive battle, Xiao Ming took dozens of mercenaries to guard and a group of generals of the Dajin Kingdom stood on the hillside on the right side at the same time, the cavalry in the Jin Bing camp had already set up an impact formation, and the cowhide war drums behind him "Dong Dong......! On the other hand, Xiao Ming's 3,000 new army did not react, and the whole army was as silent as a slate!
Xiao Ming took out a metal rod, pulled out a section with a "bang", and put it in front of his eyes to watch the situation in the distance, this is also the latest equipment "telescope" that Ding Jianpeng sent him this time, Xiao Ming's glass factory has long been able to manufacture all kinds of convex lenses, but many people did not think of using it to build telescopes, this is what Ding Jianpeng thought of when he checked "Mengxi Pen Talk".
Shen Kuo has already written about bump imaging in "Dream Creek Writings", and later generations just think it is magical, and they don't think about practicality, but Ding Jianpeng thought that the concave and convex lens only needs to be polished and can be made in a metal cylinder, as long as the scale is mastered, this is also a good deal, but I will use one for Xiao Ming to see before.
The sound of the war drums of the golden soldiers became more and more urgent, and with a sharp horn, the cavalry of the brigade began to charge in three tiers! Xiao Ming's new army was also ready at this time, and the soldiers in the front row smashed their huge shields heavily on the ground, and the spears stretched out at a forty-five degree angle, forming an oval camp, and the contraction was very small, and the dense tip of the spear stretched out like a big hedgehog.
This time, the crossbowmen in the middle also have shields, and the small round shield directly protects himself and his comrades-in-arms to death, because the cavalry of the golden soldiers has begun to shoot arrows, and the speed of the golden soldiers is extremely fast, and there are often people carrying several quivers, all of which are full of arrows, and suddenly the sky is like a rain.
The new army shrank in the formation, waiting for the battle, the shield has been full of arrows, some people are hit by arrows, but they are all on the arms and feet, but they can't hold on, and when the golden soldiers finally enter the distance of more than four hundred steps, they finally began the first wave of crossbow arrows counterattack, rapid-fire crossbows can shoot five crossbow arrows out at a time, such a density soon overshadowed the bows and arrows of the golden soldiers, and the battlefield was full of feather arrows!
At the two hundred paces into the final sprint of the cavalry, the bows and arrows of the golden soldiers stopped, and the riders charged at full speed, this scene Xiao Ming was very familiar with, and this was the case when dealing with the iron harriers of Western Xia, but the difference was that this time the crossbowmen used a completely new weapon - ceramic grenades!
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