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This is the classic tactic of Xixia - wolf pack tactic.∽↗
This wolf pack tactic is a simple, crude and uncultured tactic.
How simple is it?
It’s just columns one by one, nothing else. It’s not like the gossip array created by those cultural people in the Central Plains. It’s a complete mess, but it really starts to fight. Once there is a breach, everything will be revealed, and the wolves will not
Is it like this? It's simple and crude, but no one has ever seen a pack of wolves fighting in the Bagua array.
But if you want to say it's simple, it's actually not that simple.
It is said that they are columns one by one, but in order to cultivate this formation, Xixia has put a lot of effort into the details.
Wolves are divided into packs, and these wolves all live together, so the same goes for wolf pack tactics.
A column consists of one hundred soldiers. However, these one hundred soldiers usually live together. Anyway, they just eat, drink and have sex together. Xixia's barracks are based on columns.
This also causes the relationship between these one hundred soldiers to be very close. So when there is a war, if you want to fight, everyone fights together. If you want to retreat, everyone retreats together. If you fight one person, a hundred people will fight together, and fight a thousand people.
A hundred people are also together, living and dying together. This way there will not be the diabetic failure of the Song Dynasty. They run away and trample on each other. Without the enemy taking action, they trample their own compatriots to death and run for their lives.
It's important. If you stand in front of me, aren't you trying to harm me? Of course I have to trample you to death.
With great unity, this tactic can maximize the combat effectiveness of Xixia soldiers.
In addition, this tactic must be combined with the Iron Kites. If the opponent's formation is maintained very well, then even if you have a hundred people, you will only die. Therefore, in the wolf pack tactics, the Iron Kites are generally used to lead the attack.
Disrupt the enemy's formation, and secondly, cover your own infantry and attack them.
If we just talk about the combat effectiveness of Jin and Xia, the Jin army is definitely stronger. Not to mention more, the Jin army has more horses. Moreover, the Jurchens have not been assimilated by the Han people and still maintain the heart of a beast, but the Dangxiang people
Most of them have been assimilated by the Han people and have lost a lot of their wild nature.
It turns out that both Wanyan Zongwang and Liu Yanzong also thought so. They believed that as long as the Xixia army was lured out, they would be meat on the chopping block.
But the battlefield is very delicate. Before the fight, both sides think they will win. Once the fight starts, no one is very sure, because any accident may change the entire battle situation. Therefore, the real victorious general is very
It's rare. In fact, many of them are just exaggerations. Looking at the history of the world, there are only a few. Napoleon must have been great. He fought victorious battles throughout his life. After the Battle of Waterloo, he returned to before liberation.
It's not that the Jin army is inferior to the opponent in terms of strength. It's just that this round of charge was blinded by the opponent's iron kites, and they didn't know what to do at all.
In this case, how to fight?
The horn sounded, but it was not a horn of charge, but a horn of retreat.
The Jin army, which was ramming into chaos, had no intention of fighting. When they heard the sound of the horn, they quickly retreated.
Xixia general Chahe couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw that he had defeated the Jin army. He also saw that the Jin army had retreated. How could he let them go? He quickly ordered his troops to block the west and south sides. After all, the Jin army were all light cavalry and could not catch up. They could only use
Blocked.
The Jin army travels across the world. If they want to escape, no one can catch up. In terms of their escape skills, the Jin army is the most powerful. The worst is the Song army. In several escape battles, the entire army was annihilated and was also defeated by outsiders.
Ridiculously, the Jin army also ran away, but in the eyes of outsiders this was a tactic. The difference was that the Jin army could escape and be killed again. Once the Song army escaped, they really did not dare to look back.
"hateful!"
Liu Yanzong cursed loudly, made a decisive decision, and led the army to withdraw north.
This is Guazhou to the east. If you go east, don't you fall into a trap and let people make dumplings? The way you came was blocked by the Xixia army, so you had to retreat to the north.
When Chahe saw that the Jin army was withdrawing to the north, he couldn't help but be overjoyed and quickly ordered his soldiers to pursue them.
The general beside him, Ganba, dissuaded him: "General, I'm afraid we won't be able to catch up with the enemy."
This is a true statement. Theirs is composed of infantry and heavy cavalry. They are powerful when faced with charges, but their pursuit capabilities are far behind. The opponent is still the Jin Army.
Chahe was riding on his horse and said with great confidence: "We don't need to catch up with the enemy, we just need to force them into the northern desert. Hmm, let alone they can't even find the way out, how can they use the little food they have?"
I will starve these Jurchen thieves to death in the desert."
This is the main force of the Jin Army. If it can be annihilated, then the Jin Army can only retreat and the crisis will be resolved. This temptation is really too great.
Liu Yanzong led his army to flee for a whole day and night, and then stopped. Although he had escaped from his pursuers, he also knew that it would not be long before the enemy troops would catch up. However, he did not dare to go any further because the front was
A vast and endless desert.
"Deputy Commander, this desert is hundreds of miles deep. Originally, it was a must-pass road in the Hexi Corridor. You can go to Yiwu by crossing this desert from Guazhou, but now businessmen are diverting to Shazhou because
The desert environment is very harsh and there is almost no water, so the road has disappeared."
Huoli changed his words: "Deputy Commander, we are not familiar with this desert, and we have tens of thousands of troops. If we enter the desert hastily, if we get lost, we may all die in the desert."
Liu Yanzong frowned and thought to himself, it is not a pity for me to die alone, but I have betrayed the trust of the commander-in-chief in me. The commander-in-chief handed over these 30,000 troops to me. It can be said that he gambled everything. If I fail, even if I die,
He couldn't forgive me either. Thinking of this, he was so angry that he suddenly made a muffled sound and his lower lip turned bright red.
"Deputy Capital Commander."
The generals on the side hurried forward and looked at Liu Yanzong with concern.
Liu Yanzong saw their panic expressions and thought to himself, I am the commander-in-chief. If I am discouraged, how can the soldiers still have the courage to fight? He raised his hand, wiped the blood from his lips, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I'm fine."
, I’m just a little thirsty.”
This joke is really a bit cold!
The general on the side couldn't help but laugh. The general said wildly: "Deputy Commander, why don't we go back and fight to the death with the enemy."
Liu Yanzong nodded and said with firm eyes: "We must fight, and entering the desert is absolutely undesirable. The problem is that what we all want is not a tragic victory, but a complete victory. If we are here, we will exhaust our elites.
Then even if we win, we can only retreat."
The soldiers on the side were speechless as they listened. It was impossible to win the battle now. There was still a long way to go, let alone complete victory. It was not easy said than done.
Huo Li changed his words: "The opponent's cavalry are so powerful and invulnerable that they can't stop this charge. Their infantry is also far better than the Song army's infantry. They are very united and it is difficult to defeat them."
Dong Wen, a counselor on the side, suddenly said: "But I always believe that there is no invincible army in the world. The enemy's cavalry is not without shortcomings. When we retreated, I carefully observed that cavalry. Their flexibility is far greater."
Not as good as us."
Liu Yanzong nodded thoughtfully and said: "You are right. There is no invincible army in this world. Even if there is, it should be our Dajin army."
Having said this, he paused and said: "It is difficult for ordinary bows and arrows to penetrate the opponent's iron armor, and they are a man and a horse, and they will not fall if they die. But our powerful crossbow can still penetrate the opponent's iron armor. As for the opponent's armor,
The infantry is actually not as well-equipped as the cavalry. It is only because the cavalry broke our formation that their infantry can play such a big role. As long as we find a way to restrain the enemy's cavalry, their infantry is not a concern."
"Our advantage is flexibility, and their advantage is iron armor. If we charge head-on, we will undoubtedly use our own shortcomings to attack the other's strengths. Flexibility, iron armor...!"
Liu Yanzong kept repeating these two words, and suddenly his eyes lit up. He suddenly laughed and said, "I think I have found a way to defeat the enemy."
"What good ideas does the deputy governor have?"
The soldiers asked quickly.
Liu Yanzong smiled coldly and said: "The heavy cavalry is not tolerant, cannot run fast, and it is difficult to turn around. Their charges are in a straight line and cannot be detoured, so we must not confront them head-on. We must use our flexibility
, the horse walks diagonally, with its left and right wings spread out, first spreading out the team to avoid the charge of the enemy's cavalry, and then gathering together to attack the enemy's infantry formation, charging back and forth.
Huoligai, Naye, when you fight the enemy later, you will each take a thousand strong crossbows. When the enemy's cavalry rushes over, immediately surround the enemy's cavalry from the left and right sides, but remember not to engage them with swords and guns.
When they collide with each other, if they come after you, you should immediately retreat to one side, while the other side pursues them, and kill the enemies with powerful crossbows. In short, you must not draw out your sabers, and keep the string in your hands.
You must remember that the most important thing in this battle is patience. Never think of annihilating the enemy in one breath. This is a battle of patience. As long as we have enough patience, even if we cannot kill the enemy, we can still defeat it.
They were dragged down alive, and we will definitely win this battle."
As he spoke, he raised his hands to everyone and said: "Generals, now we have no retreat. It can be said that it is a last-ditch battle. Success or failure depends on this. If I, Liu Yanzong, had not left me a miserable life, I am afraid that in ten years
I died a while ago, and it is not a pity to die at that time, but I cannot live up to the trust the commander-in-chief has placed in me. We must win this battle, and we must win with a great victory, and we must not disgrace the prestige of the commander-in-chief."
None of the soldiers spoke, they all gritted their teeth and their eyes exuded a strong murderous aura.
To improve the morale of the Jin Army, no words are more useful than the four words "Wanyan Zongwang", because Wanyan Zongwang is the incarnation of the Jin Army, just like the original Wanyan Aguda.
This battle is very crucial. You must know that Wanyan Zongwang planned to lead the troops in person, but Liu Yanzong was worried about his health, so he asked for orders to come. Either win or die. This was what Liu Yanzong was thinking at this time, and what was in the minds of the other soldiers.
The only thought.
Liu Yanzong immediately organized his troops. Except for the two thousand cavalry and archers, he divided the remaining troops into four large groups, each with about 5,000 men, and divided them into five small groups.
As soon as this adjustment was completed, Xixia's pursuers came after them.
It is close to the desert and is a vast plain. Liu Yanzong is very satisfied with this battlefield.
When the Xixia army arrived, Liu Yanzong was already waiting seriously.
"Roar---!"
The loess is flying, and thousands of horses are flying together.
With no retreat, the Jurchens rushed towards the enemy with determination.
This is not only a last-ditch battle, but also a battle in which Wanyan Zongwang's reputation is staked.
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