Chapter 142 Iron-blooded battle!
Real famous generals understand human nature deeply.
On the frontal battlefield, once a battle breaks out, two points are particularly important:
One, anger.
Two, fear.
Anger is an emotion evolved by humans in order to protect themselves in the primitive hunting era. Once a person becomes angry, adrenaline hormones will surge, and the combat value will increase, further increasing the hunting success rate.
Fear is also an emotion that humans evolved in the hunting era in order to protect themselves. Once fearful, humans will immediately run away to avoid being harmed.
On the battlefield, in order to increase the anger value of your own army, you must use various methods to instill fear in the opponent.
In this way, you can win when you meet on a narrow road!
For example, pre-war mobilization, military songs, slogans, horn blasts, and propaganda about the enemy's brutal side will all increase people's adrenaline, put them in a fighting state quickly, and boost their morale.
Using dense coverage of bows and arrows can create a sense of oppression on the enemy.
Both sides advanced forward amidst the dense rain of arrows, and their formations were not disrupted, which meant that neither side was disrupted by fear.
The distance is advancing rapidly.
This time in the Shangdang Conference, the Song Army had an additional unit in its formation.
What type of military?
Command battalion.
What does this military unit do?
Those who coordinate and command are equivalent to the staff department.
The most important thing in a great battle is the coordinated advancement and mutual cooperation of the large armies.
This is precisely the shortcoming of the Song Army. The various military commanders are in conflict with each other. For this reason, the Song Army has been severely beaten by the Liao Kingdom, the Xixia Army, and the Jin Army.
The first thing the new army needs to solve is the problem of coordination and command.
To this end, Zhao Ning set up a special command camp in the Military and Political Council and incorporated it into each army.
The command battalion is independent of each army in terms of power and is unified under the management of the Military Affairs Department. The Military Affairs Department reports to the Supreme Commander and coordinates with the Supreme Commander to direct the entire army's operations.
In this way, military orders can be communicated effectively and quickly from top to bottom, connecting the army layer by layer for large-scale coordinated operations.
Only in this way can we forge an iron army that can fight wherever we want!
The commanders of the command battalions travel among the armies and report the situation of each army in a timely manner.
However, they saw that the infantry armor of the Second Army of the Tianwu Army on the left wing had already pushed to the front, and soon met the Jin Army's forward.
The two sides roared angrily, raised axes, hammers, maces and other armor-breaking blunt weapons, and collided together like two torrents of steel.
The "bang bang" sound of iron objects colliding could be heard immediately.
Countless people's brains went blank, their bodies were filled with blood, and they rushed forward with all their strength.
As soon as the striker in the front row stepped up, he was hit on the head with a hammer swung by the opponent. His helmet collapsed and he fell down on the spot.
Hurry up and make up for the rest.
Soon the army in the middle completely lost their so-called formations and tactics, and quickly entered the most brutal and fierce battle.
Young men in their prime were sent to the battlefield one by one and fell down one by one.
Desperate screams came one after another, blood, meat paste, and broken pieces of iron were flying between the hammers.
Human flesh and blood is as fragile as rotten wood.
Life is cheaper than grass on the roadside, slaughter at will!
People who have never been on the battlefield cannot imagine how terrifying the middle lane is at this time.
But neither side retreated. They stepped over the corpse of their comrade and continued to move forward.
Some people's internal organs were smashed by the enemy before they could take action, but his death bought his companions a short time, and the companions next to him avenged him in the blink of an eye.
However, the revengeful companion was instantly killed by another enemy.
Blood spurted everywhere, dyeing the armor red, and even splashed into people's eyes, making them hot.
Time seems to have lost its meaning.
"Report! The Song army was not defeated in the middle!"
The military report was quickly delivered to Zong Han, which greatly exceeded his expectations.
As long as the Song army is not defeated, the battle will be delayed one more minute, and one more Jin army soldier will die.
What Zhao Ning is fighting now is not a war of annihilation, but a war of attrition.
If one more Jin army is killed, the situation in Taiyuan will be more stable, the pressure on Shaanxi will be lighter, and the leader of the Jin Dynasty and the faction will be more confident!
To this end, he will continue to send more passionate men who are not afraid of death to the battlefield, in order to change the situation of the Jin Kingdom's absolute crushing of the Song Dynasty.
Zong Han looked calm and said in a deep voice: "Add more troops. Anyone who dares to take a single step will be killed without mercy!"
The Guaizi horses on the left and right formed two sharp scimitars, stabbing at the left and right flanks of the Song army.
This is what Zhao Ning cares about most. The Liao army was overwhelmed by the kidnapping horse, and the same was true for the Song army.
The medium-sized armored cavalry such as Guaizima not only has strong defensive power and impact power, but also has the maneuverability and flexibility of light cavalry. It can be said to be the great killer weapon of the Jin Kingdom against all the invincible enemies in the world.
For this reason, Zhao Ning specially arranged the army's terrain between the long and narrow valleys, and sent people to investigate the surrounding terrain.
See if you can climb mountains, cut trees, transport rocks, and take advantage of the terrain to attack the cavalry.
The conclusion reached is that it is almost impossible to transport stones and wood to the top and hide them in a short time.
I can only say that excellent terrain is like buying a lottery ticket, you can’t win at any time.
However, such terrain can already limit the impact flexibility of Guaizima to a certain extent.
At this time, the Kuaizi horses on the left and right wings were like lava erupting from a volcano, rolling and roaring towards the left and right wings of the Song army in the wind and snow.
The military formations on the left and right wings are all made of infantry armor, with layers of shields set up in the formation, and dense spears in front.
The torrent of cavalry was getting closer and closer, and they felt the ground shaking, and a murderous aura came overwhelmingly, covering everyone.
The moment it approached, it seemed that only the howling of the cold wind was left in my ears.
The sharp momentum of Guaizima struck the Song army's defensive formation like a sharp sword.
The war horses bumped into the forest of guns, making the sound of iron cavalry clashing.
The kidnapping horses in the first row pressed against the shield, and the huge momentum instantly broke the arms of the soldiers behind the shield.
The soldiers groaned, and before they had time to pull away, they were already pinned down.
The terrifying momentum of the kidnapping horses immediately caused the front row's defenses to collapse, but the group of kidnapping horses rushing in front also collapsed, and continued to impact the Song army's formation with their huge inertia.
Countless Song soldiers were squeezed to death in their armor by the huge force.
Before the Song Army's defense could be penetrated, the Jin Army's war horses immediately detoured.
This is the strength of the Jin Army's cavalry. After the critical charge is blocked, the cavalry behind can maintain strong maneuverability and go around instead of rushing forward and being tripped.
After the detour at the back, they quickly adjusted their formation and launched the second charge against the Song Army's military formation. Moreover, they adjusted and assembled very quickly.
The most important thing is to be methodical.
The first, second, third, and fourth battalions of the Song Army's left and right wings were all severely impacted.
Chapter completed!