Chapter 956: The Traditional Tactics of the Jurchens
Jerodari went down into the city and personally led his female soldiers to fetch horses.
The Divine Crossbow Battalion is dominated by female soldiers, which is a reform made by Xiao Feng when he was in charge of the Divine Crossbow Battalion three years ago.
Because the soldiers of the Divine Crossbow Battalion often need to go in and out of other countries, and they are following Xiao Feng, the female military master, to do things together, it is always inconvenient for male subordinates. And Xiao Feng is used to women dressing up as men, she thinks that it is much more normal to take the posture of a rich and noble son with a group of maids and beautiful women than a beautiful woman with a group of big men with angry eyebrows.
Therefore, Xiao Feng recruited thousands of female soldiers for training, originally planning to survive the fittest, and finally cultivating 200 elite female soldiers was enough, but he didn't expect these female soldiers to be loved by the queen and princesses.
Of course, these concubines of Emperor Tianzuo can't always live in the deep palace like caged birds, they always have to go out to visit a market and temple fair or something to relax, and they have to burn incense and make a wish or something to find spiritual sustenance.
The emperor's woman, when she goes out, she needs to have strict guard measures, it is not enough to rely on the eunuchs in the palace, there must be a royal forest army to undertake this task, but the royal forest army is all men from the officers to the soldiers, even if the concubines and princesses are relieved, the emperor is not at ease, this one by one dry firewood, who dares to say that there will be no accidents?
As a result, the female soldiers of the Divine Crossbow Battalion have a huge market demand, and it is simply appropriate to let these female soldiers be responsible for protecting the princess of the concubine, which even Emperor Tianzuo deeply believes.
Therefore, the number of female soldiers under Xiao Feng has increased instead of decreasing, from the planned 200 to 5,000.
Although more than 4,000 of the 5,000 female soldiers are for the women of the harem, and there is no need to go to other countries to carry out assassination and espionage missions, but is it child's play to protect the emperor's concubines? Therefore, Xiao Feng also has strict requirements for these female soldiers who perform escort tasks, and there is no slightest leniency in training.
Just as the spies of later generations were all-rounders with one specialty and multiple abilities, the female soldiers of the Divine Crossbow Battalion could not only learn to shoot a crossbow to be qualified. Later generations of spies could drive, drive safes, even fly airplanes, and disassemble nuclear warheads, and although the female soldiers of the Divine Crossbow Battalion in this era would not learn these things, they must also master many skills such as horseback riding, fighting, and seducing men.
Therefore, Yelu Dashi regarded the female soldiers of the Divine Crossbow Battalion as infantry, but in fact, he did underestimate these Khitan women. They were all good at horseback riding, and their equestrian skills were much better than those of ordinary soldiers. This is as if the female drivers who have been criticized a lot in later generations do not include female bus drivers, and the driving skills of female bus drivers are very good.
Jerodari only selected 2,100 horses, which meant that she only took 2,100 female crossbow soldiers out of the city. And of course she herself has a horse, and her mount is a silver-maned white horse, and the steed is extraordinary.
She got this horse from the Western Regions, originally she gave this horse the same name as her, Answer, because the horse's silver mane is very different from the snow-white body, this mane can shine in the dark night, like a meteor in the sky, the Khitan people do not think that the comet is a broom star, they worship the grandeur and beauty of the comet.
But since she married Xiao Long, Xiao Long did not allow her to continue to call the horse Ta Li, because the horse was a stallion. What Xiao Long thinks, there is no need to repeat it here, I believe that experienced readers can understand it, in a word - you know.
So the silver-maned white horse lost its name. He couldn't think of a better name for this silver-maned white horse.
With 2,100 female soldiers out of the city, through the passage specially opened for them by the Taiyi Mixed Celestial Elephant Array, and when they came to the outside of the formation, Yelu Tali changed the constitution and instructed his female lieutenant generals: "Our soldiers are divided into two routes, you take 2,000 people all the way, and I will lead 100 people to intersperse behind enemy lines, and strive to meet the Song army!"
She didn't say that in the city, but when it really started, she had to do it, because she wanted to live and die with her husband Xiao Long.
Her tactics weren't entirely unreasonable. Using the harassment of two thousand crossbow cavalry to disturb the gap in the enemy formation, she can take the opportunity to intersperse a detour back to the south side of the enemy formation, and at this moment she doesn't think about anything else at all, just to know if her husband is in the Song army.
At this time, night has come, the scenery in the golden camp is hazy, and the specific movements cannot be seen clearly, only the shouts of the Jurchens and the sound of the hooves of the galloping horses can be heard.
The adjutant general did not agree with the arrangement made by Yelu Taribi, and if you led a hundred female soldiers to intersperse the enemy formation, how is it different from a sheep entering a tiger's den? However, whether it is in Yanjing City or outside Yanjing City, Yelu Taripo is their only superior, and Yelu Taribi's order cannot be disobeyed, and there is no doubt about it.
Yelu Talipo is a woman who dares to argue with reason in the face of the emperor, and few people in the civil and military affairs of the dynasty dare to quarrel with her. As a subordinate, of course, she didn't dare to persuade her directly, and she wanted to talk back in desperation.
Of course, Yelu Taribi could see the adjutant general's intentions, and said sharply: "I have made up my mind, and there is no doubt about it! As long as you do what I say, you will live and die, but if you do not do what I command, I will take your lives now!"
As soon as these words came out, all 2,100 female crossbowmen complied.
I couldn't see the movement of the Jin soldiers clearly, but I could see it clearly as I walked forward, and under the leadership of Jelu Taripo, everyone led their horses and quietly approached the Jin camp under the cover of darkness.
When you get closer, you can already see that the galloping of thousands of horses before and now is not the Jin soldiers directly attacking the Song army, but the Jin soldiers are also making a roundabout.
This is a common tactic of the Jurchen cavalry, and the answer can understand it. After forming an encirclement from the left and right flanks with light cavalry, and then crushing the enemy with heavy cavalry, this is the most secure cavalry tactic, as long as the opponent is infantry, using this tactic to fight is to win a hundred battles, no matter what formation the opponent uses, what weapons, and no matter how high the opponent's tactical literacy is, not to mention how many people the opponent has. As long as it is less than ten times the cavalry, it is absolutely unresistible.
Even the traditional phalanx of spears was helpless against the Iron Floating Slaughter of the Jin Kingdom! The strength of the pikemen combined with the impact of the Iron Floating Slaughter could not penetrate the cold-forged armor of the heavy cavalry at all, and this theory has been proven countless times in actual combat.
Unless the Song army can also put up this kind of esoteric battle formation of the Liao people, but first, they have no flag, and second, even if they understand this kind of battle formation, they are not allowed to follow the steps in time.
Wanyan Zongxian thinks so, he is not Wanyan Zonghan, let alone Wanyan Suhe, he does not have any mentality of underestimating the enemy, the lion fights the rabbit, and he does his best! He will not give the enemy any time and space to prepare, and the moment the enemy commander kills the golden soldier messenger, he launched an attack.
The reason why he chose this most conventional cavalry tactic was because it was impeccable. What can the commander of your Song army do if he is strong in martial arts? As long as you are infantry, you will lose!
Can one man turn the tide of a battle against tens of thousands of cavalry against the same number of infantry? There is no precedent for such a thing, even in legendary mythology!
At this moment, the Jurchen light cavalry is outflanking in a roundabout way, and once the encirclement is formed, it is the moment when the heavy cavalry will charge, and it will be the time when the Song army will be destroyed.
Under the premise of this kind of steady victory, Wanyan Zongxian did not relax his vigilance in the direction of Yanjing City in the slightest, in his opinion, it is inevitable for the Liao people to take the opportunity to cooperate with the outside world, if they sit back and watch the Song army be wiped out and do nothing, that is the most stupid behavior, are the Liao people so stupid? He does not believe it.
So he left five thousand light horsemen in the rear army at this moment, even if the Liao people used the war horses captured during the day to attack, these five thousand light horsemen were enough to kill the other party on the battlefield, as long as they did not enter the mysterious banner array of the Liao State, the brave sons and daughters of the Jurchen were not afraid of any enemy in this world!