Shen Tang, Liu Xiangling, the iron-blooded traitor in the Southern Song Dynasty Chapter 1653: Bi Zaiyu invites the battle, heavy shield and eight cattle crossbow
Chapter 1653: Bi Zaiyu invites the battle, heavy shield and eight cattle crossbow
Chapter 1653: Bi meets again and asks for a battle, heavy shield and eight oxen crossbow
Outside Bi Zaiyu's camp, he personally led the generals to greet Shen Tang!
"Commander!"
Shen Tang got off his horse and asked, "How is it?
Have you been impatient for the past two days?"
Bi Zaiyu smiled. In the past few days, when the Khitan army came, he did not dare to go into battle rashly. He only occasionally sent out small groups of troops to harass the opponent. This really made him a little unhappy.
After returning to the camp, Shen Tang gathered the generals to make arrangements, and then asked the soldiers to have a good rest and wait for tomorrow's battle!
Early in the morning of the next day, at the beginning of Mao hour, the dull sound of war drums sounded in the camp. By the time Shen Tang arrived at the school grounds, the generals and troops were already ready to go!
"Let me tell you some news. Wen Chao and Wudu sent people to report at midnight yesterday. The 10,000 party troops in their direction were first defeated in their hands, and then they were chased for thirty miles and encountered a pre-arranged enemy. Ambush! In the end, only a thousand remaining soldiers took advantage of the chaos of the dark night to escape! The rest were all killed and captured!"
When Bi Zaiyu and others heard this, their expressions changed slightly, some were happy but also a little anxious!
Although the relationship between the generals is good, Yue secretly fights among themselves. Now they have achieved their first victory and their results are so brilliant. If they can't win a big victory next, how will they earn face in front of the commander?
"Commander!"
Bi Zaiyu took a step forward and shouted loudly, "The general and his subordinates are all on standby and can go out to kill the enemy at any time!"
"good!"
"Lei Zheng listens to the order!"
Shen Tang shouted sharply.
"The end is here!"
"You lead five thousand infantry in formation to invite battle. I will allocate thirty eight-oxen crossbows to you, and allocate all the heavy shields to you! No matter how the opponent's cavalry charges into the formation, you must not mess up the formation. !As long as the opponent's first battle is fruitless, it will be your great achievement!"
"I will obey your orders!"
Since Shen Tang wanted to fight the cavalry with infantry, he was naturally prepared!
One of them is the Eight Ox Crossbow. The Eight Ox Crossbow is a type of bed crossbow. It is extremely powerful and was developed to its peak in the Song Dynasty! The existence of the Eight Ox Crossbow greatly increased the lethality of infantry against cavalry! First of all, the power of the Eight Ox Crossbow is far beyond that of ordinary crossbows. It consists of three bows: front, main and rear, and has a range of up to one mile.
In the Battle of Tanyuan that year, the Song army was equipped with this kind of bed crossbow, which caused great damage to the Liao cavalry, and thus achieved an invincible situation.
The Eight Ox Crossbow can be paired with a spear. Compared with ordinary spears, this kind of spear is equipped with sharp blades on both sides of the tip to increase the killing range! With the power of the Eight Ox Crossbow, not to mention soldiers, even war horses Nor can it bear the blow.
Secondly, you can add a leather bag at the rear, and hold dozens of arrows in the bag, and shoot them out at the same time like a goddess scattering flowers. This is the famous "jackdaw arrow".
Even a small bed crossbow requires six or seven soldiers to assist, and an eight-oxen crossbow requires dozens of people, and some even require hundreds of people to hinge the shaft and load arrows.
However, the bed crossbow was extremely bulky and difficult to carry. However, Shen Tang had been stationing troops here for a long time, so he was naturally not idle! He ordered his soldiers to build dozens of eight-oxen crossbows, with the purpose of dealing with Xia Liao's cavalry. !
In addition to the eight-oxen crossbow, there is also a heavy shield!
The heavy shield is made of three layers of wood. It is about half a foot high and three feet wide. There are two supports behind the shield to maximize stability and impact resistance!
Although the infantry under Shen Tang's command are not as good as the Huwei Army, they have been training in the Tianshui camp for days and eating rich food. Now they can be regarded as the best among the best! With these equipment, they are enough to teach the Khitan people on the opposite side a lesson.
"He Fan, Zhang Bei!"
"You two each lead a thousand cavalry, forming the two wings of the formation!"
"The general will get the order!"
"See you later!"
"The end is here!"
Bi Zaiyu, who had been waiting eagerly for a long time, responded immediately.
"I give you three thousand cavalry, do you dare to raid the Khitan camp at the rear?"
"I will obey your orders!"
"The Khitans have always despised our Song infantry, so when Lei Zheng invites a fight, they will definitely go to war! When the two sides are fighting fiercely, I will personally lead the Chinese army to directly press forward. The enemy will either increase their troops and move forward, or they will shout gold. Retreat! If the opponent increases his troops and you go straight to the opponent's camp, the enemy will be worried about being in the first place and will definitely retreat.
In this way, you can directly fight back and join forces with my commander's central army to surround the opponent's front, He Fan and Zhang Bei. Your troops on both wings must rush out to disrupt the reinforcements coming out of the opponent's camp and delay the Chinese army for enough time! "
"If the opponent retreats directly, Bi Zai will attack the opponent's front to interrupt, disrupt the opponent's formation, and try to kill the enemy's troops as much as possible!"
"If there is any abnormality, use the command flag as a signal!"
"I will obey your orders!"
All the generals responded in unison, and then began to prepare for war!
The Khitan general Yeluqi on the opposite side had long received the news that reinforcements from the Song army were coming, but he didn't pay too much attention! The 10,000 soldiers and horses under his command were elites, not ordinary soldiers who climbed on horseback and became soldiers. Even if a person is truly defeated, he is still confident enough to escape intact.
As for the previous defeat of the Pioneer Battalion, it did give him some warning, but in order to reduce his own guilt, how could the general who led the army dare to report the truth?
Therefore, he only said that the Song army was so powerful that both sides suffered losses.
Moreover, Yeluqi learned that most of the Song army's reinforcements this time were infantry. Infantry and cavalry were fighting in the field?
He never thought he would fail!
"General, is there a Song army ahead to invite a fight?"
"oh?"
Yeluqi couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. In the past two days, the Song army had only harassed them. When did they dare to take the initiative to fight?
Could it be that the arrival of reinforcements gave the opponent courage?
"How many soldiers and horses does the opponent have?"
"According to the report from the scouting horse, the opponent has five thousand infantry forming a large formation, and there are thousands of cavalry on each flank!"
"Hahaha!"
Yeluqi laughed loudly and said, "This Song army is really bold. Does it actually want to rely on infantry to fight against this general?
Send the order and order the troops!"
Not long after, Khitan soldiers and horses gathered together!
Yeluqi sat astride his horse and shouted loudly to the generals, "Today there is a provocation from the Song Army. Outside the camp, there are five thousand Song Army infantry arrayed to invite a fight. Who dares to charge forward?"
"The general will go where he wishes!"
All the generals responded.
"good!"
Yeluqi's eyes scanned for a week, and then he nodded and said, "Xiao Qi, Shi Moyi, Yelu Xiguang, and Yao Lixi, each of you four will lead a team of thousands of people to fight! Chitiejiha, Yang Hu, you two will lead a team of thousands of people from our team. The human team presses the left and right wings!"
Yeluqi wanted to teach the Song army a lesson and avenge his previous defeat, so he directly sent out six thousand soldiers and horses to fight! Although the opponent's number was still slightly larger than his own, he was confident enough that he could easily After capturing these five thousand infantry, he can withdraw his troops at any time even if the Song army reinforces them!