Chapter 756: Training troops to kill thieves. Anyone who invades my homeland will be punished!
"Look to the southwest! That's the smoke from cooking fires. There must be villages... Yelu Xiangwen, I request an attack with thirty cavalry and three hundred servants!"
"Don't take it lightly, leading fifty knights."
"The Song people can't even defend the city, and they still want to fight with our Daliao warriors in the field. Thirty riders are enough!"
"Ha! That's right!"
The young general Xiao Qixue received Yelu Xiangwen's consent, licked his lips, immediately ordered the tribal cavalry he was familiar with, and headed southwest with a smile on his face.
Sheep with a head and two feet, let’s start running and make our hunting more colorful!
As for what Xiang Wen said should not be taken lightly, it was obviously said casually, but he didn't believe it. Now in the land of Hebei, apart from the Daming Mansion, which is known as the gate to the south and north, there are other places that dare to block...
"Whoosh!"
An arrow shot straight towards his face, destroying his smile.
Even at the critical moment, Xiao Qixue's body turned slightly, and the shot was shot directly into his cheek, and a shrill scream followed: "Ah!!"
What made this young general unbelievable the most was that he was not the only one who was attacked by arrows. A dense rain of arrows fell, and the equally excited servants in front suddenly collapsed and lay on the ground wailing.
A group of Song people also rushed out at this time. There were actually infantry and cavalry. They came out in formation and shouted loudly: "Kill the Liao dogs! Kill the Liao dogs!!"
The township corps was finally dispatched.
In fact, a lot of vibrato could be heard from the neat shouts, and everyone was very nervous.
For example, Tian Wu is riding on a horse. He is a bailiff in Yuhe Village, Qingchi County. He has also fought against the Liao people before, because since he was a child, sporadic Liao people have crossed the border and robbed the village. The most hateful thing is that
Burning, killing and looting were not enough, and they also set fires wantonly.
But it was really the first time that he walked out of the village and actively faced the Liao people in the wild. As a cavalryman charging into battle, even though he was wearing the same armor as the opponent, he was still so nervous that his lips turned white and the hand holding the gun barrel trembled slightly.
"Instructor Lin said that what I am wearing is the armor of the Pishi Army!"
"This is given as a reward to the soldier in the rural army who has the best performance in the assessment after learning horsemanship!"
"I am the best, I can do it!!"
In order to adapt to this set of armor, these rural soldiers, who were ultimately thin and weak due to lack of nutrition, suffered a lot. However, when Tian Wu galloped behind the cavalry in front, Tian Wu finally realized the benefits of the armor.
Although the surprise attack came unexpectedly and they encountered a wave of arrows, the ferocious side of the Liao people was quickly revealed. Not to mention the iron cavalry of the Pishi Army, the servants all set up their positions as quickly as possible and launched a counterattack.
Tian Wu didn't understand the tactics yet, so he just immersed himself in rushing behind the person in front of him. Then he felt his legs clang twice, and his chest felt even tighter. However, he was hit by swords and arrows respectively. Fortunately, his armor blocked him.
suffered great damage.
But soon, there was a sound of wind rushing down from the side, which was the sound of an iron mace breaking through the wind.
Tian Wu was horrified to discover that, unlike the attack by the cavalry servants just now, the cavalry from both sides were now in close combat.
The opponent's riding skills were obviously not comparable to our own. He easily avoided the forward momentum, raised the mace in his hand, and swung it towards him.
The hair on his body stood up, but he had no time to dodge. He could only follow the key points in training, hunched his shoulders, raised his back armor, and took this hard blow.
"Bang!!"
Armor is not omnipotent. Sometimes arrows with sharp angles can be penetrated, and weapons such as maces can severely damage the internal organs. Fortunately, with the effective force-relieving action, although the thick back armor was bent back after being hit,
A sweet and fishy taste immediately surged into his throat, but Tian Wu just lay heavily on the horse's back and did not fall off the horse.
At the same time, the deep-rooted hatred for the Liao people also surged into his heart. He gritted his teeth tightly and swung the knife with his backhand. He only heard a sharp sound of horses. The horses chasing him were frightened and stood up.
The Pishi Army cavalry tried to control their body shape, but in the end they were thrown to the ground.
"Haha! I hit the Liao people! I hit the Liao cavalry!!"
"Shi Wengong is here, the Liao dog will die!!"
Compared to Tian Wu's blundering attack, more of the rural soldiers still had a clear gap with the Liao people. Fortunately, at this time, the cavalry in the front let out a thunderous shout.
When a mace appeared in Shi Wengong's hand, both the heavy helmet and the strong skull were as fragile as egg shells under the wind of swinging the stick.
The helmet was directly cracked, the skull was directly smashed, red and white splattered on the ground, and the body flew out with great force, making people wonder whether he spent all his life's energy on this blow.
However, it turned out that this was just a normal attack. When Shi Wengong was within two feet, the mace once again swung away the weapon of the second Pishi soldier. He knocked it down hard again, and white and red splattered on the ground...
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The third! The fourth!
The township soldiers cheered loudly, their fighting spirit surged out, and they rushed forward.
This is the kind of courage that a man cannot possess. With his own strength, he can kill the enemy troops and abandon their armor. The Liao people's reluctantly organized formation suddenly collapsed. The infantry of the rural corps pressed forward violently, and they were the first to attack.
The soldiers in the platoon used hooks and sickles to hook and pull at the Liao people's lower body, and then the local soldiers behind them started to hit them.
The whole scene began to be divided into two parts.
The cavalry side was one-sided, but it was very chaotic, and the rhythm was out of the control of either side. I saw Shi Wengong charging back and forth arrogantly, and cavalrymen kept falling off their horses, and were trampled heavily by the galloping horses.
The infantry here are getting more and more paced as they fight. They follow the training of the rural corps. Formation is the top priority. They should set up the formation, advance and retreat together, and fight together to make up for individual shortcomings as much as possible.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh——"
Not far away, there was Hua Rong who was responsible for holding down the formation, shooting out arrows to reduce the casualties of the local soldiers as much as possible.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! With such cooperation, when Xiao Qixue realized that the situation was over and wanted to find an opportunity to escape, he was captured alive by Shi Wengong: "Liao dog,
Take your life!"
Seeing that the leader was captured alive and all the cavalry were slaughtered, the servants also began to surrender.
The township corps left behind guards to lower the soldiers and clean the battlefield. When Hua Rong saw it, he immediately returned to the main formation: "Brother, our army has won!"
Li Yan asked with concern: "What are the casualties?"
Hua Rong whispered: "Less than ten people were killed and more than thirty people were injured."
"That's quite a lot..."
Li Yan thought of the young and honest faces during training these days, and sighed: "To fight against the Liao army, you can't just rely on generals. Everyone's strength is crucial, but training is like this. You have to be ruthless.
Come on, soldiers who are carefully taken care of cannot become truly qualified soldiers."
"Of course, with the advantage of generals like you who have outstanding martial arts, we don't want to just let the country soldiers kill people. So I let you hold the battle, and Shi Wengong charged in, which eased a lot of difficulties. The current stage is to build confidence, everything must be done
There is an adaptation process, and then you can slowly let go!"
Hua Rong frowned and said, "This Shi Wengong is indeed a warrior, but if he just goes it alone, I'm afraid he won't be able to become a general."
Li Yan said: "Call him here."
After Hua Rong turned back, Xu Ning rode his horse to the side: "The training time of the rural soldiers is too short, and there are too few people who have mastered the hook and sickle marksmanship. Otherwise, as long as they use their horses, they will be enough to deal with these Liao cavalry."
Li Yan said: "No matter how powerful the special arms are, they cannot be relied upon completely. During training, you can also improve the hook and sickle marksmanship to make it more suitable for ordinary soldiers, just like the Lin family marksmanship I taught you."
In the training of rural soldiers, he initially called himself Coach Lin, but later became General Coach Lin among the public, because Lu Junyi was the spear and stick coach, Hua Rong was the archery coach, and Xu Ning was the spearman coach, and what he taught was the hook and sickle.
marksmanship.
This spear technique used in the original work to defeat the "Serial Armored Horse" is a first-class military training technique. After being practiced, "either on horseback or on foot, it is the law. It can be used with precision and elusiveness." It can be said that
Special arms are undoubtedly a powerful weapon in the early stage, but Li Yan is not only thinking about this battle, so he pays attention to balanced development.
What he hopes to see more is that Xu Ning's hook-and-scythe spear technique can be simplified. The advanced parts can be passed down as family secrets, while the simple ones can be widely learned by the military, which will benefit both sides.
Xu Ning had been taught the Lin Family Gun by Lin Yuanjing a long time ago, and during this period, he was also taught the Lin Family Gun by Li Yan. He benefited a lot from the subtleties. Now that he was reminded, his eyes flashed and he began to think.
Just as the bright men showing off their marksmanship flashed through Xu Ning's mind, Shi Wengong brought the captive Xiao Qixue to the front and saluted with a military salute: "Please punish me, Chief Instructor!"
Li Yandao: "It's hard for someone to stay calm in the first battle, so I don't blame you, but I also hope that you won't let down your martial arts skills. In the future, you can become a general who leads the army. Even if you charge into battle, you will lead your troops to gallop, rather than alone."
A lone wolf that comes and goes.”
Shi Wengong was mixed with shame and gratitude, and clasped his fists heavily: "Yes!"
Li Yan looked at Xiao Qixue in his hand. The Liao man stared and cursed in Khitan dialect: "You Song slaves cannot resist our Daliao cavalry, and this place will become ours..."
Li Yan interrupted: "Since you can't speak Chinese, there is no value in interrogation. Kill!"
"wait……"
Xiao Qixue's color suddenly changed, and as soon as he spat out a standard Chinese character, Shi Wengong twisted his neck with a twist of his fingers. Hua Rong came behind him and asked: "Brother, what should I do if those Liao people surrender?"
Li Yan said without hesitation: "The township army is not a regular army, and there is no spare capacity to guard these surrendered soldiers. There is no need to be merciful. Those who injured the township soldiers before will be killed, and the rest will have their hands cut off and be driven back to the Liao territory!"
Lu Junyi, Suo Chao and others on the left and right were deeply convinced. They cupped their fists and accepted the order: "Yes!"
Li Yan finally gave the order: "Continue to light the smoke, and the second township regiment is ready to set off to train troops and kill thieves!"
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"What's going on? Could it be that Xiao Qixue was ambushed by the Song people?"
When Chaijiazhuang was seen from a distance, Yelu Xiangwen's face had become extremely ugly.
The reason is very simple. The smoke from cooking fires everywhere caused the Liao army to divide its troops again and again. So far, two hundred cavalry and two thousand servants have been dispatched, but none of them have returned.
It’s okay to leave behind. Xiao Qixue and his entourage were the first. Calculating the time, they should have returned home with a large amount of food and Song slaves, unless something unexpected happened...
He really didn't want to consider that possibility, but as time went by, the possibility became more and more likely.
Reason told Yelu Xiangwen that attacking Chaijiazhuang at this time was already a bad idea, but he was unwilling to let him leave like this. Fortunately, there was no need to be suspicious next time.
Because when the majestic Liao army came to Chaijiazhuang, what they saw was not the trembling country heroes, but an equally brave army.
Whether it was the majestic man riding on the dragon colt and the generals on his left or right, or the militiamen behind him with blood dripping from their weapons, all these made the heart of Yelu Xianwen, who had experienced hundreds of battles, sink deeply.
Li Yanhan, who had been waiting for a long time, pointed his gun directly at him, and his loud voice clearly conveyed the brief pre-war declaration into the ears of every rural soldier:
"Baozhou fell and Yingzhou was defeated. The Song army was indeed at a disadvantage, but if you think that this means that the Liao people can gallop across this land, you are totally wrong!"
"With people from Hebei here, this is not a place where you can come and leave whenever you want!"
"Anyone who invades my homeland will be punished!!"