Chapter 1068: The Bloody Battle of Mou Tuo Gang (Part 2)
After withstanding two rounds of arrow rain, the Jin army gathered their formation again and continued to charge forward without any panic.
Li Qi held the telescope and watched the changes in the Jin army's formation. He was filled with emotions. On the one hand, he felt admiration from the bottom of his heart, but on the other hand, he felt sad for his own side.
Although bows and arrows are not enough to resist the cavalry, bows and arrows are one of the trump cards of the Song army and should not be underestimated. After the crossbow loses its effect, archers will come up again. Archers are usually on the fortress or on the second-order chariot.
Shoot high and low.
After a shower of arrows, another large group of people fell down.
However, the cavalry was so fast that they rushed to the Song army's camp only a hundred steps away like arrows. The enemy also began to use arrows to cover their charge, especially those soldiers who had fallen off their horses and stood behind the horses.
Continuously shoot arrows at the Song army's camp to cover their cavalry attack.
The Song Army also began to suffer casualties.
When the opponent rushed within thirty steps, a series of snagging ropes suddenly appeared, bang bang bang! Countless horses hit the ground face first, and the soldiers on horseback flew directly out, rising and falling on the ground, and fell directly.
Death, this shows how powerful the impact is.
Under the command of the commander-in-chief Yue Fei, the formation of the Song army changed again. The archers retreated to the second line. With a sound of "drink", the chariots spread out like hedgehogs. More than 5,000 spearmen held more than three meters of weapons in their hands.
The long spear standing on top of the chariot looks really solid as a rock.
Having already rushed here, the Jin army had no way to retreat, so they jumped on their horses to cover themselves. I saw a general of the Jin army, leaping high on his horse, holding a mountain-opening ax in his hand, and he had the potential to open up the mountain.
"Hoo ho ho!"
Suddenly, thousands of flames spurted out from the head of the gun, a full four to five feet away. In an instant, a wall of fire appeared between the two armies. No matter how fierce the Jin army was, they were just flesh and blood. Let me ask this question.
How can I break through this wall of fire with my body?
This was the first time that Jin Jun had seen a spear that could emit fire. And when it came up, there were thousands of flames, and there was no place to hide.
The warrior who was at the forefront was burned in the air along with his mount, so much so that even his mother didn't recognize him.
The mourners were everywhere, and the screams were deafening.
This spear was the musket invented by Yu Yunwen. I believe Yu Yunwen did not expect that as soon as his musket appeared, he would immediately harvest hundreds of dead souls.
After a moment, the flames subsided, but before the Jin army could wake up from their fright, they were faced with a wooden thorn that was about one meter long and about half a foot in diameter in front of the chariot.
Dozens of people had no time to react and ran directly into him. Wooden thorns penetrated his chest without even making a sound.
But at this moment, there was a loud sound of horse hooves behind.
I saw a dense mass of black clouds pressing over the city, threatening to destroy it.
It turns out that the way the Jin army fought, especially against the Song army, was that they did not push out in one wave. Instead, they first used light cavalry to cover the two wings, destroying the enemy's formation and covering the attack of the army. In these thousands of light cavalry,
When they rushed up, the Jin army was already advancing layer by layer. Seeing that the two groups of light cavalry had already rushed into the enemy's camp, they suddenly launched a fierce attack and rushed towards the Song army.
In this way, they can avoid being hit by long-range firepower from the Song army.
Of course, Yue Fei also understood the enemy's intentions. It was impossible for the enemy to send out his entire army and just send these thousands of people to charge. Close combat was inevitable.
Under the cover of thousands of light cavalry in front, the 40,000-strong army behind them did not encounter much hindrance and rushed towards the Song army in one go.
If this had happened before, the Song Army would have basically collapsed, because in past field battles, the Song Army's small cavalry relied on infantry to fight against the cavalry. In field battles, you have no city walls to defend yourself. When the opponent's cavalry charges, the infantry cannot resist it.
Look, if this formation is messed up, no matter how many more people you have than Dou Fang, you will only get slaughtered.
This is why, every time when a battle report is heard, hundreds of thousands of Song troops are defeated by a few thousand soldiers and horses. The cowardice of the Song troops is one reason, but the main reason is the lack of cavalry.
Zhong Shidao once mentioned this to Li Qi. Infantry has an inherent disadvantage against cavalry. We must find a way to prevent the cavalry from charging. Otherwise, we will lose nine times out of ten and have little chance of winning. At that time, Zhong Shidao
Dao proposed to use chariots to hinder the cavalry charge. Li Qi accepted Zhongshi Dao's suggestion, embezzled a large amount of funds from the Ordnance Supervision, and secretly built a huge fleet, which is now the Shenji Camp.
Precisely because of the blocking of the front row of chariots, the Jin soldiers' massive charge did not break down the Song army's formation. However, the ferocity of the Jin army still frightened many Song troops. They saw that the main force of the Jin army had already
Rushing up, their inertial thinking made them feel that they had been defeated. Their first reaction was to run away. Why do others always laugh at them? When fighting against the Song Army, you can only see the back of the Song Army.
Under the rule of the corrupt group, all the Song soldiers were greedy for life and fearful of death. Usually the generals took the lead in escaping, but just as they turned around, before taking two steps, a knife pierced their chests.
Before they died, these timid soldiers remembered Li Qi's military order. They opened their eyes wide and looked at the flag. No one knew what they were thinking at this time.
Seeing this scene, the others knew that they had no choice but to retreat. Their only way out was to grab their weapons and rush forward to fight the Jin Army. They roared as if to cheer themselves up and rushed forward regardless of their own safety.
The spearmen on the chariot fought hard with the Jin army, and the heavy infantry behind the chariot quickly covered up. These heavy infantry were all wearing iron armor and holding large axes, specializing in cutting off horse legs and heads. There were spearmen on top as cover.
, Li Qi used all his strength, and every time the ax struck, with the sound of phoenixes, there must be a horse lying down. If this cavalry loses its horse, it will really only be slaughtered.
With the chariots blocking the front, the infantry became more threatening. With twice the strength, the Song army was able to block the Jin army's charges one after another. As long as the cavalry was not allowed to charge,
Such advantages will be exhausted sooner or later.
The two sides fought together. Although the Jin army was brave and good at fighting, there were many Song soldiers. Under Li Qi's death order, they rushed forward one after another, as if they could not kill them all. The situation was very anxious. Wanyan Zongwang seemed not to have expected that the Song army had become so brave.
The thick eyebrows were intertwined, victory or defeat was decided at this moment. With a wave of his hand, Wanyan Zongbi immediately led 10,000 cavalry and charged forward again.
When Li Qi saw Wanyan Zongwang take out the bottom of the box, he knew that the final decisive battle had come. He nodded to the adjutant beside him, and saw two soldiers on his left and right immediately waving green flags.
"Kill!"
Two cavalrymen suddenly appeared on both sides of the car formation. The two leaders were Niu Gao and Yang Zaixing. They surrounded Wanyan Zongbi on both sides.
Wanyan Zongbi was young and energetic, and did not change the situation at all. His troops divided into two groups and rushed towards the two cavalry armies.
Yang Zaixing held a spear in his hand, with no expression on his face, as if he was in a deserted land, and ran rampant among the Jin army. The soldiers on his side wanted to protect him, but they couldn't catch up. The Jin soldiers who killed him were timid, and the soldiers on the other side were completely timid.
The same is true for Yan Zongbi. With the mountain-breaking ax in his hand, if one man has less than a thousand soldiers, several Song soldiers will surely fall from their horses.
Although Niu Gao was stabbed on the left shoulder and blood was flowing out, the fierce bull ignored it and smashed the skull of the man who had cut him into pieces with a copper mace.
Li Qi stood not far away, with his fingers clasped together, and his nervous expression was clearly evident. With the fight like this, it was up to him to see who could withstand this last breath. He once again ordered Yue Fei to lead the two thousand guards around him to attack.
Yue Fei is not the Yue Fei of the Southern Song Dynasty. At this time, he is more willing to be a general than a handsome man. If you let him watch here, he will almost cry. Seeing that Li Qi finally relented, he immediately led the two thousand guards to charge.
Go up.
Now Li Qi is left with Ma Qiao and a few commanders. He can be said to be a mere commander, but he dares to do this because there is a solid city wall behind him.
But Wanyan Zongwang didn't dare to send out all his troops, because he was fighting on someone else's territory, and if an ambush came from behind, he would die.
"Brothers, rush with me!"
Yue Fei held a spear in his hand and thrust it diagonally from the right side.
When Wanyan Zongbi saw Yue Fei coming, he was extremely jealous of his enemies. He shouted: "Well done!" He swung his big ax, splitting a path of blood, and rushed towards Yue Fei.
"Golden Dog, where are you going?"
Yang Zaixing suddenly rushed out and stabbed him with a straight shot.
Wanyan Zongbi used his big ax from bottom to top to block Yang Zaixing's shot.
After all this time, Wanyan Zongbi still dared to look down on this young general.
Yue Fei also saw Wanyan Zongbi over there, and thought that if Wanyan Zongbi was killed, the morale of the Jin army would be greatly damaged. Regardless of morality, he drew his bow and arrow, aiming directly at Wanyan Zongbi.
The general of the Jin Army understood Yue Fei's intention quickly, took the bow and arrow, aimed at Yue Fei, shot an arrow, and took the lead.
At that moment, Yue Fei seemed to sense danger, and the arrows on his side were shot out at the same time.
Whoosh!
Due to mutual interference, both of them failed to hit the target, so it ended in regret.
Wanyan Zongbi's personal bodyguards over there saw that Yang Zaixing was extremely brave and did not lose in the fight with Wanyan Zongbi. After several rounds, the two of them were in danger, and they hurriedly surrounded Wanyan Zongbi for fear of being harmed.
This also completely eliminated Yue Fei's opportunity for a sneak attack.
The men of the Wolf Cavalry Battalion also hurriedly guarded Yang Zaixing, and then separated the two men.
Wanyan Zongbi was greatly shocked. He thought that Yue Fei was the only one in the Song army camp who could compete with him, but he never expected that there was such a fierce general.
Although most of the Song army were new recruits and even had militiamen, once this confidence was demonstrated, they became more and more courageous as they fought. In this dark night, the two sides were fighting inextricably.
At this moment, there is no so-called dignity, no ridicule, no contempt, and no patriotic thoughts. There is only one thought in everyone's mind, and that is to survive, and the prerequisite for this is to kill the opponent.
The horse is dead, keep fighting with your weapons.
When the arrow is gone, pick up the bow and continue fighting.
If the weapon is gone, then pounce on him and continue fighting with his teeth and fists.
The battle was very tragic!
Smoke billowed, sword light splashed, and each living life fell into a pool of blood. The corpses were trampled into the ground, and the dripping blood stained Moutuogang red.
This is definitely a brutal battle.
Li Qi and Ma Qiao's eyes were red. In this atmosphere, even the most timid person would never think of escaping. Even Li Qi wanted to fight the enemy with weapons at this time, even if
It is to die together with one's compatriots, which is definitely a good place to belong.
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