The iron pagoda of the Jin Army also had both men and horses wearing heavy armor, and was used to break down the heavy cavalry that dispersed the enemy's formations. As the heavy cavalry unit of the Jin Army, it also made great achievements in battles in the north and south. But this
Under the command of the Jin general Wanyan Wushu, this army was first rejected by the Song army under the command of Wu Jie and equipped with divine arm bows at Xianren Pass. Later, when the Jin Dynasty tore up the Song-Jin contract and rushed towards Lin'an, they were killed.
They were invincible along the way, but were blocked by Liu Qi and his troops in Shunchang. The tens of thousands of Jin troops, 10,000 kidnap horses and 3,000 iron pagodas were all annihilated. Wanyan Wushu was intercepted by Yue Fei when he led his troops to retreat.
The remaining two thousand Tiefutu, five thousand Guaizi horses and tens of thousands of horse infantry were also destroyed by the Yue family army. Tiefutu, the heavy cavalry force of the Jin Army, was completely destroyed.
During the fierce battle to annihilate the Tiefu Tu, Liu Qi and Yue Fei also used weapons such as maza knives and large axes to cut off the legs of horses that were difficult to protect even heavy armored cavalry. This strategy was brought to its extreme.
However, the battlefield situation is changing rapidly, and every war should not copy the classic battle examples of the ancestors intact. Liu Qi was able to severely defeat the Jin army in the iron pagoda during the Shunchang victory. In addition to ordering his infantry to equip Mazha knives and other functions
The weapon that cut off the leg of the heavy horse was more critical, and the more important thing was to take advantage of the scorching heat at the time, causing the iron pagoda's heavy armored troops to be exhausted and weakened before suddenly launching a fierce attack and winning a great victory.
However, the Iron Kites of the Xia Kingdom and the Iron Buddha of the Jin Kingdom were both heavily armored cavalry units, but their respective tactics were also very different.
Although Tiefutu is a heavy cavalry fully armored, the Jin army usually equips its wings with more maneuverable light cavalry such as heavy guns and cavalry horses, bows and arrows and cavalry horses, so that the impact of the cavalry group's charge can be maximized.
, and the Xia Kingdom's iron kite's tactics are usually to seize the opportunity when the enemy is looking at it, first use heavy cavalry to break into the formation, and then use the infantry to advance with the cavalry while the enemy's formation is in chaos. In other words, when the Xia army encounters the enemy in a place where they are galloping on the plains.
, it is more dependent on the effect of the iron kite's heavy cavalry to break the formation. Compared with the Jin army's iron pagoda, the changes in the tactical combination of the kidnapping horse and light and heavy infantry are more simple and crude.
Regardless of whether it is an iron kite or an iron pagoda, the tactic of attacking the enemy's lower body and cutting off the horse's legs is also very applicable.
Although the heavily armored enemy war horses in front of them were tall and tall, the Xia army knights who were riding on the horses were fully armored, holding eight-foot-long spears like armored monsters, and a large number of Song army soldiers holding simple knives still held the hope of death.
They roared with determination and rushed forward. Rows of plain knives shone with cold light on the snow. The Iron Kites at the front were not afraid at all when they saw the situation. The armored horses under their crotches were still rushing forward.
Several spears have already pierced the bodies of more than a dozen Song Army soldiers!
The overwhelming and violent impact of Xia Jun's heavy cavalry still had some effect. Many Song army soldiers had their bodies pierced by sharp spears before they could cut the legs of Iron Harrier's heavy cavalry with their simple knives.
An infantryman bumped into a galloping armored horse and was thrown backward by the powerful momentum. Most of his organs were shattered and his bones were shattered. He vomited a large mouthful of blood and died immediately. However, the second row soldier holding a simple knife was
The infantry and soldiers still rushed forward one after another. Although the charge of the heavy cavalry was overwhelming, the Song Army's Pu Daoshou in the front line was still rushing upstream among the enemy's cavalry, trying to insert those who had already charged into their own army's formation.
Surrounded by iron kites!
More and more soldiers of the Song Army, who were commanding swordsmen, all lowered their bodies when ordered to do so, stepped forward quickly, and began to slash at the enemy's horse legs with their swords. Finally, there were a few armored war horses running wildly.
The hoofs of the horses were chopped into two pieces. After several long neighs, the Iron Kites and their horses fell to the ground. Immediately, dozens of heavy cavalrymen in the entire row fell and fell on their backs. Some of the Iron Kites heavy cavalry fell on the huge
Due to the inertia, it flew more than ten steps away, and then slammed into the rear line of the Song army!
The Iron Kites of the Xia Army ride on good horses, are heavily armored, cannot be penetrated by thorns, and are tied together with hooks and ropes. Even if the horse dies, it will not fall. But once the horse's legs, which cannot be protected by the vest, are cut off by the enemy, what will happen to the horse without its hooves?
Can it gallop? Liu Qi ordered the swordsmen from all ministries to attack the two wings of the iron kite's front line. The heavy cavalry horses connected by the iron rope also fell to the ground one after another with fright, and suddenly the sky was filled with dust. Behind them,
Several teams of Iron Kites were unable to stop their momentum. With fierce collisions, they were all tripped to the ground by the heavy horses in front. The Iron Kites in the front formation were abruptly stopped from sprinting, and the Song Army
However, all the soldiers picked up their weapons and surrounded them, and began to kill the heavy armored knights of the Xia army who fell from their horses and fell to the ground!
Xiao Tang, who has read "Water Margin", knows that Hu Yanzhuo originally commanded three thousand heavy cavalry that repeatedly defeated Liangshan troops, but why was he designed by Song Jiang, Shi Qian, Tang Long and others to profit from Xu Ning and break his chain?
We also know very well about the deeds of the horses in the official history how Liu Qi, Yue Fei and other famous anti-Jin generals annihilated the Jin army's heavy cavalry force Tiefutu. Therefore, he once suggested that Hu Yanzhuo reduce the number of chain horses under his command to achieve a uniform level.
The armored heavy cavalry with a strength of about a thousand troops does not need to be connected with iron chains, and can already maintain the unity of the formation when massing for charge. However, in recent years, the Xia and Song countries have mainly focused on attacking fortresses on the border front, and the Xia army tried to use the iron chain to attack the enemy.
The effect of the kite's heavy cavalry charge to break the formation is maximized, so the hook and rope are always used to make the power of the charge more intensive, but it also retains this fatal disadvantage.
It was just that a large number of Song army soldiers blocked the iron kite's momentum with their flesh and blood. Many of them were armed with simple knives of rough workmanship and texture. They died heroically under the fierce charge of the enemy before they had time to cut off the enemy's horse legs.
Among the rows of fallen enemy armored horses, countless swordsmen were crushed under the fallen heavy armored horses and died tragically on the spot.
However, the simple swordsmen organized by Liu Qi still exerted miraculous effects. The Xia Army's Iron Kites were originally intended to highlight the Song Army's formation, crushing them like rows of nails on a wall, and completely overwhelming Xiao Tang's troops.
A dense defensive formation, but as the heavy armored cavalry connected by hooks fell in rows, more and more gathered, and the iron kites behind were tripped down by their colleagues with their inertia, and they fell down one after another.
Amidst the deafening impact, these thousands of heavy iron kites had completely lost their advantage in impact.
Except for some iron kite heavy riders who were killed by the violent impact, although other heavy armored knights were still covered in heavy iron armor, they were now unable to ride and gallop. Those who were trapped in the Song army's formation were so stunned that they fell with stars in their eyes.
, the knights of the Xia Army who had not yet recovered were surrounded by the infantry of the Song Army, and the weapons in the hands of those Song Army soldiers no longer just slashed at the legs of the enemy's horses, but towards these heavy-clad soldiers.
The armored enemy is coming!
At the same time, Cha Ge, who was riding his horse on a hill in the distance to watch the battle, had a look of astonishment on his face. He looked at the elite Iron Harriers, his heavy cavalry, in amazement. Only a small number of cavalry fell into the siege of the Song army, and most of the rest were heavy.
Before the cavalry could even rush into the Song army's formation, they were knocked down one after another by their colleagues in the front. Although a corner of the Song army's formation began to collapse under the heavy cavalry charge, they were still able to maintain a dense defensive formation. They originally intended to take advantage of it.
Tie Yaozi's strategy of overwhelming the enemy's formation in one go, but Brother Cha discovered that he had completely miscalculated!
After being stunned, the calm look on Brother Cha's face gradually faded away, and the fierce look in his eyes became more obvious. After a moment, Brother Cha suddenly laughed coldly and murmured: "Okay! Since then
If you can defeat my iron kite, then Xiao Tang is indeed a thorn in my side, my Xia Kingdom! You are indeed worthy of my admiration for your ability, so I want to kill you even more!"
