The horns sounded and the war drums shook the sky. The Jurchen army launched its attack.
In the past, the Jurchen army's attacks were purely cavalry charges. But this time it was different from the past. More than 100,000 infantrymen took the lead, which was unheard of in the history of the Jurchen army's combat. On the one hand, Wanyan Agu built a camp to target the opponent.
Combat adjustments based on defensive methods. From a certain perspective, infantry has an advantage over cavalry in positional combat. They are more destructive to fortifications.
Of course, on the other hand, it is also because Wanyan Agu's cavalry is no longer all available. After successive defeats, Wanyan Agu's cavalry has suffered heavy losses, and the additional manpower is close to being exhausted. The tens of thousands of people in the army have already been supplemented.
They were underage young men and old men. The young manpower captured from the Great Zhou Dynasty did not have a supply of horses. Even if there were horses, it would not be possible for ordinary people to become cavalry capable of riding on horseback in a short time. Therefore, Wanyan Agu simply sent some of them
The soldiers and horses were replaced by city infantry, and the captured young and strong manpower of the Zhou Dynasty were incorporated into them to form an infantry cannon fodder death squad of nearly 100,000 people. Wanyan Aguda's intention was very obvious. Just like when he attacked the north gate of Bianliang City, he first attacked the north gate of Bianliang City.
Cannon fodder consumes the opponent's firepower and energy, and it is best to create a breakthrough, and then the cavalry can march straight in, capture the opponent's camp, and trample it.
Most of these attacking infantry did not even have armor. Wanyan Agu did not have that much armor for them. However, Wanyan Agu equipped each of them with shields and weapons. The so-called shields were nothing more than vines.
They are made of woven strips or pieces of wood, but Wanyan Aguda only needs these shields to be able to block the opponent's arrows, and perhaps withstand the bombardment of the opponent's rockets. He does not expect these infantry to really be able to rely on them.
To attack the camp with this method, he only needs them to consume the opponent, wear down the opponent, and create opportunities. It can even be said that Wanyan Agu wants to use the lives of these people in exchange for the consumption of the opponent's firearms, bows, and arrows.
The phalanx formed by 100,000 infantrymen was really grand. Amidst the sound of drums and horns, the 40,000 infantrymen of the four phalanxes in front arrived 200 steps away from the camp wall. The flags in the formation changed and the drumbeats became denser.
It was chaotic. In an instant, four 10,000-strong troops began to charge with loud shouts, and the formation also changed from a square formation to a skirmish formation. The 40,000-person troops covered the ground like sheep on the grassland, heading toward the two northeastern
He ran towards the camp wall in the direction.
Seeing this posture, everyone in the Luoyan Army breathed a sigh of relief. Originally, the opponent was approaching in a dense phalanx formation, and everyone was doubtful. Wouldn't this dense phalanx formation attack become a living target for a swarm of rocket launchers and small melons?
The opponent knows that their firearms are fierce and still wants to attack in a square formation. This is either a bad idea or an ulterior conspiracy. The possibility of a bad idea is unlikely, but it means that they have other means and conspiracy. So everyone is thinking,
What novel offensive method did they use to do this? In the end, everything was just an illusion. The phalanx might just be their way of marching and had nothing to do with the offensive method.
The infantrymen who shouted and charged quickly approached. More than half of the 40,000 infantrymen were people wearing ordinary clothes. They
They are all the young and strong people of the Zhou Dynasty who were captured by Wanyan Agu. Of course, they want to be the first wave of cannon fodder. Of course they don't want to, but the Jurchens and Liao infantry behind them have their knives behind them. They have already received orders. These people
Anyone who dared to look back would be killed on the spot. Therefore, these people could only rush forward with their heads down.
The last time we encountered such a situation was when Xingren Prefecture was fighting the Qingjiao. The Qingjiao believers persuaded the old people and young people to take the lead and attack the city wall of Xingrenfu. At that time, Lin Jue had already told others with his actions that on the battlefield
He would never be merciful just because the opponent was a commoner of the Zhou Dynasty. It is the same this time. If he did not shoot these people, it would pose a huge threat to the camp and allow the opponent's infantry to easily rush under the camp wall. Instead, it would be necessary to
Using powerful firepower to force these people to retreat will cause counter-damage to the opponent's offensive formation and morale.
The command flag was waved, and the Luoyan Army of the Great Zhou Dynasty launched an attack. When the opponent came within the range of the bow and arrow, the archers who had been waiting for a long time on the camp wall and on the high platform of the arrow tower bent their bows and nocked arrows. Thousands of arrows were fired in unison. It was dark.
The rain of arrows was like a fast-moving dark cloud, rising from the camp and drawing a low arc to cover the charging formation of the opponent's infantry. The dense arrows blocked the sunlight, and a fast-moving shadow appeared on the ground.
When they arrived at the attacking infantry at extremely fast speeds, thousands of arrows were flying in the air, and a fierce blow was already imminent.
Arrows as dense as a rainstorm hit the wooden shields and rattan shields, making a dense sound. The shields worked. There were several arrows stuck on each shield, which meant that they acted as protection.
Function. But that was just its effect. The crudely made shields were comparable to disposable products. They were useless after being hit by a few arrows. Some of them burst open and shattered into sawdust, leaving only the remains in the hands of the soldiers.
He picked up a handle and held it in his hand. Especially the vine shield, which was even more funny. Wanyan Aguda didn’t know who he heard from, saying that the vine shield could withstand the opponent’s firearms because the vines were elastic, so he specially found someone to go to the mountains to collect them.
A lot of vines were woven together, and the vine shields were woven like a big futon. They were quite large when held in the hand, and seemed to be able to completely cover the upper body, and they were also very light. However, at this moment, the original shape was revealed. Those vine shields were also stuck with
Many arrows are different from wooden shields in that the arrows inserted in the vine shield are shorter. Because the other arrow has passed through the vine shield and been nailed into the human body. The so-called vine shield has poor protection.
Finally proved to be a joke.
One round of arrow rain cleared a large area of the opponent's infantry. There were seven to eight hundred casualties from the two-sided attack. When the first round of arrow rain poured down, the second round of arrow rain was already launched. Dark clouds
It once again shrouded the head like the shadow of death, making people's hair stand on end.
When the four 10,000-strong troops rushed to a distance of 50 steps, 40,000 people had already been killed and 5,000 or 6,000 were injured, and the formation was also in chaos. The common people who had been plundered and forced to go to the battlefield began to flee. Even if there were those from the rear,
The scimitars pressed against their backs could not stop their flight. Their escape direction was to escape to the outside of the battlefield. Actually, thousands of them successfully escaped from the battlefield and ran away lifelessly in the wilderness. However, Wanyan Aguda
It was obvious that he had already prepared for it,
If these people are allowed to escape, how will they attack in the future? The two war supervisory cavalry teams that have been prepared gallop out from both sides, shoot arrows on horseback, and hunt down these fleeing people. Thousands of people are almost killed.
Only a few people were able to escape.
Lin Jue stood on the high command platform and saw this scene. He felt very regretful and helpless in his heart. He could not save them. This is the sorrow of ordinary people in troubled times. An ordinary person cannot control his own destiny. He has his own intentions, but
Powerless. On the battlefield, he must be responsible for the situation and think about the overall situation. He knows that after today's battle, some people will accuse him of shooting the people of the Zhou Dynasty, and will use these things to blacken himself and call himself a citizen of the Zhou Dynasty.
Talking about welfare are all empty words and lies. But Lin Jue knows in his heart that what he wants to safeguard is the interests of the vast majority of people and the overall situation of the world. Therefore, he sacrifices some people to save the majority of people.
, to some extent it is an extremely correct choice.
"A tiny speck of dust of the times becomes a huge mountain when it falls on everyone."
Lin Jue thought of the hypocritical and inflammatory words written by a well-known writer in later generations during a disaster. Although he was extremely disdainful and even contemptuous of this well-known writer, this sentence itself is the most appropriate to apply to these dead people.
But.
The first wave of attacks had obviously suffered a severe setback. The remaining 20,000 troops and horses were already close to the melon grenade throwing range. In front of them, there were trenches, stabbing horses and other defensive methods. Moreover, the Luoyan Army's
A swarm of rocket launchers has not yet been launched. Obviously, 20,000 people are no longer enough to attack the wall. But Wanyan Agu had expected all this early, and he did not expect that a wave of attacks would be effective. He was just a little annoyed, and the other party
Obviously, he didn't use all his strength. This went against his original intention of wearing down his opponent, so he had to increase the pressure.
The command flag was waved, and the second wave of three ten thousand troops began to charge. These thirty thousand people were the weight to force the Luoyan Army to take action. Because the opponent's attention was all focused on the first echelon of infantry, the second wave of three troops
The attack of the 10,000-strong infantry will be much smoother, and the blows suffered will be much smaller when they reach within a hundred steps. If the opponent tries to increase the force again, these 30,000 infantrymen will rush under the camp wall with the first echelon of infantry.
, launch a direct attack on the camp wall.
Sure enough, the Luoyan Army did not allow such a situation to happen. Lin Jue instructed Liang Qi to launch. Liang Qi had been waiting for this moment for a long time, and immediately gave the order. A swarm of thirty rocket launchers began to ignite and launch. For a time, fireworks were flying, and the flames were soaring into the sky. A swarm of bees.
The ferocity of the rocket launcher is truly breathtaking. In each round, nearly two thousand rockets are poured out in a fan-shaped area. They rain down on the ground a hundred steps away. The exploding arrows burst into sparks in the smoke and dust, turning the area covered by the rockets into a sea of fire.
.Although a swarm of thirty gates could not completely cover the length and width of the two fortified walls, it was enough to deal a sufficient blow to the opponent.
The swarm fired three rounds, and the formation of the 30,000 follow-up Jurchen infantry collapsed. They failed to charge forward, but had to retreat with their heads in their hands, out of the range of the swarm of rocket launchers. The infantry holding wooden shields and rattan shields once again proved that these things except
It has no effect other than becoming a fire starter.
