Chapter 587: The Zongheng Iron Cavalry and the Storm (1)
The huge battle happened suddenly.
The battle that broke out on the night of September 24th, the thirteenth year of Jinghan's reign, was also a huge mess that could not be understood for Ning Yi. Of course, this was also because the things he was responsible for had not penetrated deeply into the Wu Dynasty.
Even with the intelligence from the Secret Reconnaissance Department and Qin Shaoqian's leaks, Ning Yi's information on the overall situation of the war was still rough. He only knew that on that night, Yao Pingzhong led his 30,000 Yao army to attack the camp first, and then
The entire Bianliang area was surrounded by more than 200,000 troops, completing a major battle.
With an army of more than 200,000, the entire ecosystem is vast and huge. Being in it, Ning Yi can only identify many things through numbers. If you push it to your eyes, the tens of thousands of Wurui Camp soldiers who started to camp out at nightfall are like a mighty line.
Rivers, in the night, on the wilderness, it is difficult to see the front and rear. More than 20 carts under Ning Yi's charge are traveling at the back of the team, carrying hundreds of elm cannons in usable condition, but for
Where these cannons will be transported and deployed, and who they will be used to snipe, still depends on the development of the war.
In fact, more than a hundred elm cannons played a negligible role in such a large battle involving hundreds of thousands of people. What Ning Yi values more is the real role that these cannons can play in actual combat.
power.
The development of the same weapon must go through various trials and adjustments. It has been two years since he made the elm cannon, and he has used it once or twice, but those are just small projects. He really wants to perfect it.
After all, you still have to go through this kind of training - this is the original intention.
The villages and towns where the army was stationed around Bianliang, Wurui, and Wuwei were all twenty or thirty miles away from Moutuogang. The army began to break out of camp at nightfall. Since there were many plains near Bianliang, it was also their own place to march.
The speed is not slow. If everything goes well, the entire Moutuogang can be completely wiped out from midnight to early morning. Even if Yao Pingzhong's Western Army fails, the entire military formation can be connected.
Even though the Jurchens' East Route Army marched straight to Bianliang, at this time, everyone still had confidence and illusions about this battle. On the one hand, it was because they had to have confidence, and on the other hand, they felt that even if they continued
Even if the sneak attack failed and more than 200,000 troops fought against them, they would still have no chance of winning.
After all, even if the enemy reaches the gates of Bianliang City, they can only destroy the cauldron and hope for victory.
However, if you have an omniscient perspective, you can see that while the 200,000 troops were still halfway, the first round of killings had already begun near Moutuogang. Under the dark sky, tens of thousands of
The Jurchen cavalry surrounded Yao Pingzhong's nearly 30,000 people and charged back and forth. They defeated the Yao army's battle formation immediately. Flames and blood bloomed on the field. The Jurchen cavalry plowed blood plows in the crowd, frantically.
Tearing apart all the organized troops.
At the same time, the remaining 40,000 Jurchen cavalrymen in Moutuogang were divided into nine groups, radiating to the northeast and southeast. In this direction, the Wu Dynasty's 200,000 troops were unaware and attacked.
On the front line of the war, Yao Pingzhong chose to flee at the first opportunity. However, the direction he chose was not Bianliang City, but the direction west of Bianliang, and he has since withdrawn from the stage of history. According to unofficial records, he fled overnight after his defeat.
After traveling for more than 700 miles, he finally went to Mount Hua to become a Taoist priest, attained Taoism, and came out of the mountain after living for more than 80 years, with his face still glowing and full of energy. There is no official record.
The 30,000 Yao troops who were left behind were massacred by the Jurchen infantry who came after the entire organization was defeated. The more than 10,000 Jurchen elite cavalry who defeated him, led by general Shu Liesu, turned their heads to catch up eastward.
reinforce.
The wind and clouds became ominous in the sky...
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"I always feel... there's something wrong." As tens of thousands of people moved forward, Zhu Biao followed the cart on horseback and whispered.
The light of the torches was sparse, extending little by little into the distance. The array of tens of thousands of people, in this marching atmosphere, actually seemed mysterious and quiet. When the buzzing whispers came, it shaped the silence.
Deeper.
"Don't be like a crow." Ning Yi raised his head from the horse, "Even if there is a problem, what can you do?"
…
A few miles ahead of the Wurui Camp's marching formation, in the darkness, the scouts moved forward.
Night birds fly across the sky.
One knight reined in the reins and listened intently. The other knight looked at the sky, then jumped off his horse and was about to lie down on the ground and put his ears to the ground. Suddenly, there was a sound.
"Be careful!" A low and short shout. For these scouts, even in the most critical moment, they cannot shout loudly. However, with this low shout, the war horses attacked. The Jurchen knights rushed over, steel swords
Swing and chop.
"Wow -" Amidst the sharp and ferocious shouts, the swords were slashed together, and sparks burst out in the darkness. The scout on the ground suddenly drew his sword and jumped out, and another Jurchen cavalry rushed over with his sword.
We found the location where he was just now. There were two scouts from Wurui Camp and three Jurchen scouts.
"kill!"
"Walk!"
In the darkness, there were low shouts of fighting, and the war horses ran quickly in a small area, circling each other in a circle. The Wurui camp scout who was already on the horse galloped forward, and a Jurchen cavalry was about to come from the side. The Wurui camp on the ground
The scout rushed over and pounced on him. The Jurchen's steel knife slashed into his body, and he also pulled the Jurchen to roll to the ground.
"Walk!"
The injured scout shouted again, got up from the ground, and faced the oncoming Jurchen war horse. The Jurchen cavalry who was pulled off his horse rolled over and slashed him again. The Jurchen war horse knocked him away, and he was
He rolled on the ground a few times and immediately staggered to his feet, before being knocked to the ground again.
The scout's horse hooves galloped, and the fallen figure was quickly submerged in the darkness behind.
The chase between the one in front and three behind them soon caught up with other scouts in the wilderness, and then turned into a small-scale fight.
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In a military formation with tens of thousands of people, it is actually not difficult to realize a sudden change in the atmosphere. Whether it is commotion or panic, as long as it happens, it will sweep away like ripples in a short time, but knowing exactly what happened
There are not many people involved.
This kind of atmosphere change is actually true or false. Especially at night, if there is a slight commotion, the undisciplined army may blow up the camp due to a chain reaction. In wartime, the military law enforcement team is extremely sensitive to such things.
, and therefore, even though everyone felt some incongruous atmosphere, everyone was still moving forward, watching quietly and nervously.
"What happened?" Ning Yi climbed up on the roof of the car and looked into the distance. On the edge of the stretching military formation, there were faint cavalry flying with orders. "Zhu Biao, go and ask."
"Okay." Zhu Biao reined in the reins and spurred his horse to walk aside. Shortly after he left, the war trumpet sounded, and someone shouted: "Form up." The front line of the long team quickly assembled.
"The Jurchens are coming." Someone was saying this. However, when things developed to this point, even if they didn't say it, everyone would probably understand what happened. The military formations nearby quickly organized themselves, and issued complex and high-pitched orders.
People's footsteps spread like a tide in the dark night, and soon, someone rushed over.
"Master Ning." That was a soldier beside Qin Shaoqian, who also knew Ning Yi. Ning Yi raised his hand and said, "How is it?"
"The Jurchens are here, too fast. General Qin asked you to wait for the opportunity. If nothing can be done, take these things and go back quickly. Don't lose everything here."
"What happened too fast? How fast?" Ning Yi quickly turned to the subordinates next to him, "Is there any place nearby that can be used as a sniper point? Find it quickly..."
Before he finished speaking, in the distance, on the other side of the hill, a black shadow spread up with little bits of firelight.
That was the Jurchen cavalry. In the night, hundreds of thousands of cavalry rushed over here, bringing with them little bits of fire. But not long after, the light spots spread out. It was the cavalry who ignited the fire while running.
Arrows wrapped in fire oil cloth. In front of the Wurui camp's array, hundreds of people shouted in unison: "Form up -" This neat sound shook the entire night sky in an instant, as thousands of infantrymen crowded in the field.
Together, the shields were raised, the spears were like a forest, and the archers raised their long bows. Then, in the middle of the formation, the second formation shouted in unison: "Formation--" and then the third formation.
In the training of Wurui Camp, in terms of the overall quality of the soldiers, the soldiers of the Wu Dynasty were not useful. However, under Qin Shaoqian, thousands of usable elite soldiers were always saved. In addition, Ning Yi trained for him in Dulonggang.
There are more than a thousand people, and the fighting power of these people may not be able to defy the heavens. However, Qin Shaoqian divided them into three parts, and used this kind of neat shouting during battle to boost the morale of the entire battle formation, but it is not useless. After all, it is almost useless.
It is difficult for ordinary people to know the difference between a thousand people drinking loudly and a tens of thousands people drinking loudly.
Thousands of people drinking in unison like this are enough to bring tens of thousands of people a symbol of "unity."
Arrows are like locusts flying across the night sky.
There was not much psychological preparation. After the Jurchen cavalry fired the rockets, they showed no intention of slowing down in the face of the arrows that were also coming. At the front of the Wurui camp, the infantry were already tightly packed into a tightly packed formation.
In a large area with good ventilation, on the side of the military formation, the two thousand cavalrymen of Wurui Camp were also galloping and mobilizing rapidly.
In the past, the Wu Dynasty army had a 780% victory rate against the Jurchen cavalry. Facing an iron-barrel-like defense, after the first round of archery, the Jurchen cavalry had to circle sideways to keep their distance.
But on this night, nothing happened as expected. Ning Yi, who was standing on the roof of the car, did not fully expect this. Even if he knew something about war, he was not familiar with it after all. But as Qin Shaoqian, he might have
Realizing these things, he asked his personal guards to come over and give the order.
The military formation of tens of thousands of people stretched forward, and further away, the Jurchen cavalry rushed through the so-called "one-shot field." These cavalrymen wearing fur jackets and long-tailed felt hats were flying and talking to each other.
Throwing the hooks, they quickly hung them on their saddles, and the few cavalrymen who were hit by arrows were already left behind the group.
The distance between the two sides was already so close that there was no chance for either side to fire arrows.
Everyone pulled out their steel knives, shouted violently, and their eyes were red with blood. Thousands of Jurchen knights formed an array of several or ten knights, connected with each other, and rushed towards the Wurui camp.
At the front of the team.
At this moment, no one can retreat.
Among the Jurchens' tactics, the tactics of attacking from the side are mainly used to preserve one's own strength and seek the opponent's weaknesses. This is called the kidnapping horse. On the chess board, the setting of the horse always walking on crutches probably originated from this.
And when they really made up their mind to charge head-on, the horses connected with each other and fully unleashed the momentum of dozens of riders, which was called a chain horse.
In this situation, even if there are people who are greedy for life and fear of death in the battle formation, or even horses who are greedy for life and fear of death, there is no possibility of retreating.
In the battle formation, Qin Shaoqian's eyes widened and he waved his hand fiercely: "Kill!"
In the front row, the soldiers who were squeezed in the front line all stood on horseback, holding swords and shields. They looked at the cavalry team that was running over quickly, and they let out hysterical roars.
"kill--"
"kill--"
"kill--"
Three loud shouts rang out in unison from the front, middle and back ranks of the military formation, one wave after another.
The distance of the war is reduced to zero.
The cavalry suddenly rushed into the dense infantry array, one team after another, like crazy pile drivers, constantly pounding into the Wu Dynasty's army. Thousands of swords flew on the front line, and blood burst and splashed.
, war horses, and people were smashed into a pulp in this crazy front, and the cavalry on the war horses rushed into the dense crowd with their swords. The entire war, in the moment of this confrontation, escalated to the most tragic level.
Qin Shaoqian commanded the troops to rush forward quickly, and the cavalry also rushed forward. He also wanted to leave some fresh troops behind, but at this moment, all reservations were meaningless. Retaining any strength would only mean death.
As a senior general of the Wu Dynasty, he at least understood one thing. The winning rate of the Wu Dynasty army against the Jurchens was a meaningless joke. Only when the Jurchens spread out their horses and rushed over like this, could they truly accept it.
The test and torture is this: when the Jurchens really launch a frontal battle regardless of the consequences, who can stop this brutal army that destroyed the entire Liao Kingdom?
There are less than ten thousand Jurchens, and they are invincible if they are full of ten thousand.
The cavalry and infantry all charged together, and the three cheers arranged by Qin Shaoqian earlier also played a role in boosting morale, as if a tough shell was put on the Wurui camp to block the front of the Jurchens.
At least...it blocked it for a while.
Soon after, Wu Rui's army collapsed across the board.
On the same night, several other armies in other directions in the wilderness outside Bianliang City suffered the same fate.