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After the Battle of Nosakayama, the war in Japan has eased slightly. The key is that the Taira clan is no longer able to resist the Genji clan, but the Battle of Jinxia is still in full swing.︽
The Jin Army is probably the most promising army in the world. Ever since they raised their troops to fight against the Liao Dynasty, they have had a set of tactics that have been used to this day, which is to leave if they can't win, unless they are in some major cities and must pass through strategically.
If so, they would try to fight for a few days first, and when there was no hope, they would leave immediately and never stay. It was true that they could wave their sleeves without taking away a single cloud.
Because the Jin army are all cavalry, they can run fast, and what they pay attention to is the word "quick".
Wanyan Zongwang led the army and fought with the Dangxiang people on the sandbank for five days and five nights. Although they crashed and broke the opponent's earth wall formation, the problem was that the siege was very slow, and the Dangxiang people's tenacious resistance also caused their attacks to be repeatedly defeated.
Of course, those fighting against the Dangxiang people now are not all Jurchens, most of them are the main force of the Gaochang Uighurs, as well as the northern tribes who surrendered along the way.
On the sixth day, Liu Yanzong led the main army to bypass Shazhou from the south and go straight to Guazhou. Guazhou was the headquarters of the Pingxi Military Division. Once Guazhou was captured, Shazhou would be surrounded. What supplies would be available?
There are no more, and more importantly, Shazhou is also an important city. Without Shazhou in the front, Guazhou would not be easy.
The leader of Guazhou was a nephew of the King of Xixia named Li Renxiao. When he learned that the Jin army was aiming directly at Shazhou, he dispatched 20,000 troops to support it in advance. Now there are 30,000 troops in the city, and this
There are still 10,000 people inside who have just been recruited. Because of Xixia's military system, ordinary people are soldiers. They must obey orders at any time, but these are not elites after all. They will definitely not be able to defeat the opponent's elite main force.
Chahe, the defender of the sandbank, repeatedly withstood the fierce offensives of the Jin army. He was relieved when he saw that the Jin army did not continue to attack. However, before he could relax, he heard that the main force of the Jin army had bypassed the sandbank and headed straight towards the sandbank.
When I went to Guazhou, I couldn't help but be shocked. When I came to the city wall, I saw that there were many flags and flags flying in the main camp opposite. I was very surprised. The camp opposite was still so huge, so I sent people to inquire again, for fear that I would be attacked.
Defeated the enemy's plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain.
The spies hadn't come back yet, but the sentries from Guazhou arrived first and said that the main force of the Jin army had already reached the halfway point, numbering tens of thousands of people.
Chahe suddenly woke up. He knew that he had fallen into a trap. The Jin army was obviously planning an empty city, leaving a small number of people here to contain them, while the main force rushed to Guazhou. This is also the consistent style of the Jin army. Thinking of this, Chahe
He was very sure of his thoughts.
At present, he is faced with two choices, either to concentrate his main force to eliminate the Forbidden Army nearby first, or to rescue Guazhou first.
His counselor told him, don’t even think about wiping out the opponent’s main force. The opponent is all cavalry. We are all infantry. If they run away, we can’t keep them. It’s better to rescue Guazhou quickly. If Guazhou is lost,
Then we're done.
When Chahe heard this, he thought it made sense, so he left 20,000 soldiers to defend here, while he personally led 30,000 elite troops to rescue.
This move was exactly what Zong wanted.
Liu Yanzong has already traveled more than half way, and Guazhou is very close. But if you really attack at this time, unless you can capture Guazhou in an instant, they will be in trouble as soon as reinforcements from Shazhou arrive.
When Liu Yanzong found out that the elite troops from Shazhou had rushed back to rescue him, he immediately turned around and killed them. The Jin army was only good at siege warfare and not good at siege warfare, and the death toll in siege warfare was very high. Wanyan Zongwang did not want too many people to die here. In the end,
The best way is to adopt roundabout tactics, first lure the enemy out, and then eliminate them in the wild. If they are lured out, then they will naturally move back and forth. I am just running faster than you. I will concentrate the main force to attack one point. You will come to rescue me or not.
If you do, I will turn around and hit you. If you don't come, I will be rude.
Chahe never expected that the Jin Army would suddenly turn back, but when he learned about it, it was already too late. They were still mainly infantry, and the Jin Army's cavalry arrived in the blink of an eye. There was no way, but
I can fight against the Jin army.
Finally, the two sides met in a basin covered with green grass between Guazhou and Shazhou.
The number of armies on both sides is almost the same, about 30,000, and both are elite. However, the Xixia army is mainly infantry, while the Jin army is mainly cavalry.
For a moment, the sound of killing shook the sky.
"what is that?"
Liu Yanzong, who was standing in the formation and commanding, suddenly saw an armored troop from the Xixia side rushing towards them, and he couldn't help but look shocked.
Dong Wen on the side said in a trembling voice: "That---that---could that be the Iron Kite?" There was still a hint of fear in his voice.
These iron kites are actually heavy armored cavalry, similar to the Iron Buddha of the Jin Kingdom. They are the ace army of Xixia. The person who created this is Li Yuanhao, the emperor who is best at fighting in Xixia. At first, there were only three thousand iron kites, but Li Yuanhao relied on his
The Song army killed by these three thousand iron kites was frightened. Once upon a time, they were invincible in the world. They could be said to be the trump card among aces. However, it cost a lot of money to build an iron kite. At first, the number was kept at around three thousand, and they were always guarding.
The capital is Xingqingfu, and their armor and war horses are hereditary. When I retired, I passed the armor to my son. One can imagine its combat effectiveness.
Nowadays, the scale of Iron Kites has grown to 30,000. It has developed very fast in the past few years. On the one hand, Xixia has not fought many wars, and it has also opened a lot of trade with the Song Dynasty. Especially after the Song Dynasty lifted the salt ban, Xixia's recuperation and recuperation
The policy has achieved good results, but don't forget that their trade with the Song Dynasty was obtained by their independence from the Jin Kingdom. The Jin Kingdom has always been eyeing the country, and the Xixia king was also afraid, so he invested a lot of money in it.
In terms of military affairs, the scale of Iron Kites suddenly grew.
However, no matter how big it gets, it can only be so. The entire Pingxi Army Division only has three thousand Iron Kites, and two thousand were transferred here, which is the Iron Kites army that Liu Yanzong sees now.
In fact, the Kingdom of Jin already had the iron pagoda at this time, but not many, only about a thousand. After all, the Kingdom of Jin had just been founded, so how could it have the money to build a heavy armored cavalry of more than 10,000 people, and this was the only one.
An iron pagoda is still in the hands of Wanyan Wushu. Wanyan Zongwang did not bring any heavy cavalry because he almost ran from the east to the west in this western expedition, and he was in a hurry. If he brought heavy cavalry,
It will affect the speed of the entire team, and Wanyan Zongwang doesn't like heavy cavalry. His tactics are ever-changing, focusing on agility, speed, and catching the enemy by surprise. This is completely inherited from Wanyan Aguda's military thinking.
Wanyan Wushu, on the other hand, favored heavy cavalry. However, in history, Wanyan Wushu was faced with siege of cities and territory. If he wanted to completely eliminate the Song Dynasty, it would be difficult to fight a tough battle without heavy cavalry.
Although the iron kite is famous far and wide, this is the first time for Liu Yanzong and the others to encounter it, because they have never fought against Xixia, and this is beyond their expectation, because they do not know that there is such a trump card here.
The army was not fully prepared. It was not very clear about Tie Yaozi's combat methods.
Originally, Liu Yanzong was very sure about this war, because in this plain area, cavalry had a great advantage over infantry, but an armored army suddenly appeared in the opponent's formation. His 100% certainty was reduced.
At 50%, I couldn't help frowning and looking sad, but the war had already begun. It was too late to stop it, I could only wait and see what happened.
Dang Dang Dang!
War horses galloped past, mud flew up, swords whizzed, and fire splashed everywhere.
The Jurchen was shocked. In the blink of an eye, he felt that he had been chopped on a piece of iron sheet. Before he could react, a spear had pierced his chest.
In this round of charge, countless Jurchen men have fallen off their horses. Even if they survived, they were immediately trampled into meat patties by the horses' hooves. Xixia's ace army, the Iron Kites, rampaged like a torrent of steel, overwhelming the Jin Army's cavalry formation.
All sorts of things.
Xixia's steel smelting technology is world-famous, and the iron kite's whole body is equipped with the most sophisticated equipment. It cannot be stabbed. Even if the person has been shot to death, the person does not fall off the horse and maintains the charging formation.
These are the elite men of Wanyan Zongwang. The only time they lost was to the Song soldiers led by Li Qi, and it could not be said to be a complete defeat. But for them, not winning means losing, so they did not defeat the Xixia army at all.
Taking it lightly also led them to underestimate the enemy, but in this round of charge, the combat effectiveness of Xixia's elite far exceeded their expectations.
Liu Yanzong looked horrified and shouted: "Oops!"
Hearing the sound of killing again, it turned out that the infantry from behind had already rushed up. The Xixia infantry was notoriously fierce. I saw them in a column of a hundred people, gathered together. From a distance, they looked like one piece.
Movement, but otherwise no formation to speak of.
However, facing the opponent's cavalry, these infantry showed no fear and swarmed forward, just like a pack of wolves. No one was left alone. What you faced was always a column of a hundred people, not scattered soldiers one by one.
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The Jin Army's cavalry had been smashed to pieces by the iron kites. Before this man could recover, he saw countless infantrymen surrounding him. Without even blinking, he was chopped down to the ground.
Each of these columns seems to have a small number of people, but if you break through one, there are countless columns waiting for you. As a result, the Jin army has lost its target and does not know where to attack. It is like a headless fly, rushing everywhere.
, there is no formation at all.
Although the numbers of both sides were evenly matched, it seemed as if the Xixia soldiers were always fighting with the greater numbers.
This is really surprising. I didn't expect that this arrogant Jurchen army would be defeated by the Xixia army in one blow.
Liu Yanzong watched his army scurrying around in the opponent's formation, and couldn't help but feel anxious. If he continued to fight, his entire army would be annihilated. Xixia could afford to lose this battle, but they, the Jin Kingdom, couldn't afford to lose. He quickly said: "Quickly
Retreat quickly."
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