Chapter 1648: The Great Song Bumen Armor, Shen Tang's Response
Chapter 1648: Great Song Burenjia, Shen Tang’s response
"The end is here!"
The two generals stood up.
"I will allocate 20,000 troops to the two of you. You will divide into two groups to fight against the central army of the Song army! Tuobaye, you lead an army of 10,000 people from the source of the Wei River to the south of Shuyangzhai. Yeluqi will lead an army of 10,000 people from there. Weiyuan Fort goes straight east to kill Shuyang Village!"
"In addition, I will send two hundred iron kites each to your command!"
"Thank you, Commander-in-Chief!"
The two responded in unison!
Zhang Hua waved his hands, and then said in a deep voice, "You two are all elite troops. The reason why I let you two go is because I want to make achievements in a battle! However, you should be cautious in this battle. You must not Acting rashly! After all, Shen Tang has a good reputation, and he might have some tricks! Moreover, according to the investigation, he has more than 30,000 troops under his command!"
"Among them are 10,000 elite cavalry and 20,000 infantry!"
"Let's test it first. If you can't win, then retreat first and wait for reinforcements.
The more than 20,000 soldiers and horses under your command are the elites under my command. If the damage is too great, I will have no choice but to bow to Shen Tang!"
Zhang Hua now has 70,000 soldiers and horses under his command. However, 30,000 of them are the first batch of elite soldiers, and the remaining 40,000 are ordinary soldiers who were dispatched to garrison various places after the war! These ordinary soldiers are not very powerful. It's considered strong. If 20,000 elites were injured, it would be enough to break Zhang Hua's muscles and bones.
"Don't worry, Commander!"
They both held their hands and said.
"Okay, you two will retreat and reorganize your troops. We will set off at 00:00 tomorrow!"
The two of them left after receiving the order. Zhang Hua sent another general and led a small group of troops towards Lanzhou. Now the situation in Lanzhou is complicated. If the troops from Shuilanzhou Fucheng and Jingyuguan can wipe out the 10,000 The cavalry of the Song Dynasty can naturally make him feel relieved.
Even if it is not possible, we can still explore some further information and prepare for the next counterattack on Lanzhou.
Let's say that Shen Tang's troops were stationed about ten miles west of Shuyangzhai, with 30,000 soldiers and horses divided into three camps with the Weishui River as the main line!
Shen Tang's camp has 20,000 soldiers and horses, and it is set up three miles south of the river bank. The other two camps, each with 5,000 soldiers and horses, are less than 20 miles away from the Chinese army's camp!
Among them, the northwest camp was led by Bi Zaiyu, who commanded 5,000 troops, and all of them were cavalry! The southwest camp was commanded by Wen Chao, of whom 1,000 were elite cavalry, and the rest were 5,000 infantry!
This Wen Chao was originally the commander of the military capital under Shi Ying. Shi Ying had the most elite Huwei Army under his command. This Wen Chao was the commander of the Huwei Army!
Since Shen Tang provided Shiying with many war horses, the number of cavalry in the division's army has greatly increased! Originally, they could only manage to gather a thousand cavalry, and most of them were riding alone. There are many bad horses.
But now, Shiying has a total of four thousand cavalry, each with one man and two horses!
However, after Shen Tang took charge of Chengdu Mansion, Hu Weijun's treatment was much better than before!
First of all, there is no shortage of military pay, and it is paid in full. In addition, the number of armors in the Huwei Army has reached 50%! This ratio is probably the highest among all the local armies of the Song Dynasty.
Even if most of them are just breastplates instead of full-body armor, it is still enough for this mighty army to still maintain terrifying combat effectiveness.
In the future, as the physical fitness of these soldiers gradually increases and they have more financial resources to build armor, they may not be able to become another heavy infantry force of the Song Dynasty.
The most famous infantry armor of the Song Dynasty consisted of 1,825 armor leaves and weighed 29 kilograms. Adding the weight of the weapon in his hand, the weight of an infantry soldier was nearly 70 kilograms! This way The infantry is not afraid even when faced with the charge of cavalry, and can even win in a head-on confrontation.
However, it is not easy to build such infantry armor, and it requires endless financial resources. Therefore, the number of heavy infantry in the Song Dynasty has never been large.
"Commander, General Bi is sending his troops here!"
Shen Chou entered the tent and reported to Shen Tang.
"Account!"
A soldier outside the door tidied up his clothes and armor and entered the tent, "My subordinates will meet Wang Huai, the commander of the third army under the general's command, and pay homage to the commander-in-chief!"
Dujiang means Dujiang. In the army, soldiers are basically called Dujiang.
"What's the matter!"
"Half a day ago, the detective horses from the front came to report that they encountered Khitan spies in the direction of Weiyuan Fort. After fighting with them, the detective horses retreated with injuries!"
"Our scouting horses were all light and dark. After the Khitan scouting horses retreated, the spies pursued them! After chasing them for more than twenty miles, they found a Khitan troop of about 2,000 soldiers and horses!"
"They are setting up camp, and the camp is quite large. It is speculated that these two thousand people are probably the vanguard of the Khitan people, and there should be at least nearly ten thousand people behind them!"
Just as he was talking, the sound of rapid horse hooves was heard again outside the Chinese army's tent!
"Commander, the personal guards from General Wen Chao's tent are here!"
Shen Tang waved his hand to let him in. After saluting Shen Tang, the guard said, "Commander, about an hour ago, a party of about 10,000 people crossed the Weishui River and were heading in our direction. Come.
General, please tell me how to deal with it!"
The rewards from these two people made Shen Tang's eyes light up. Zhang Hua couldn't help it anymore?
Do you want to test your own abilities or do you want to destroy your own army?
If it's the latter, Zhang Hua is looking down on himself!
Shen Tang asked the other party about the configuration of their troops and horses in detail before continuing to speak to the two of them.
"You two should go back immediately and tell Bi Zaiyu and Wen Chao to prepare for war! Later, after I have decided on the plan, I will send them a message as soon as possible!"
After the two left, Shen Tang started to deduce the geological survey map! The other party came with two troops, namely Khitan and Dangxiang people. It was obvious that they were the opponent's elite.
Twenty thousand elites are almost Zhang Hua's base. Does this mean that Zhang Hua wants to swallow up his more than thirty thousand Chinese troops?
After half an hour, Shen Tang suddenly slapped the table and said, "Call to Wudu, Wei Kuang and I are here to see you!"
Not long after, two generals entered the tent one after another!
Before the two generals called out the geological survey map, Shen Tang pointed to the location on the geological survey map and said, "Wudu, this is Wen Chao's camp. At this location, there are 10,000 party troops! Among them, there are 4,000 cavalry and 6,000 infantry. !I will send a message to Wen Chao later, asking him to fight and retreat.
Then I will allocate five thousand soldiers and horses to you, and move two thousand soldiers and horses to the position behind the party's soldiers and horses to set up an ambush! And you will personally lead the three thousand elite cavalry ambush and Wen Chao's retreat route!"
"Wen Chao retreats more than ten miles. There are sparse water veins here that can contain the enemy's cavalry. I will order Wen Chao to stop the enemy here and not retreat any longer. When the two armies are fighting in full swing, you can lead your troops to rush into the enemy's infantry. Pawn, by then the opponent will be in disarray and retreat. Then you and Wen Chao will join forces to defeat the opponent and chase them down! Together with the two thousand ambush troops, it will be enough to keep these ten thousand troops here!"