Wanyan Wushu's 20,000 kidnapping horses have been wiped out by Yue Fei's army, but he still has 30,000 iron pagodas, which are heavy armored cavalry. Last night he used 20,000 iron pagodas to raid the Western Army camp, but failed. Today
He once again entered the battlefield.
Iron Buddha took the lead in launching the attack. This is its tactical characteristic. It must strike first and rely on strong running to overwhelm the enemy's infantry camp.
Nearly 30,000 iron pagodas suddenly launched into action. The sound of horse hooves hit the ground violently, and dust filled the air. They rushed toward the main infantry formation of the Song Army from three directions.
In addition to the 30,000 iron pagodas, the Jin soldiers also had 20,000 light cavalry, including 10,000 Jurchen cavalry and 10,000 Donghu cavalry, who relied on mounted archery to deal with the Western army, and there were also 30,000 Taoist infantry.
Chen Qing led an elite army of 100,000 men, 50,000 infantrymen who had experienced hundreds of battles, and 50,000 cavalrymen who were extremely effective in combat.
Although the Jurchen Iron Buddha is so powerful that ten thousand Iron Buddha can once sweep the world, but after twenty years of fighting with the Jin soldiers, the Song army gradually had a way to deal with the Iron Buddha. Yue Fei took advantage of the Iron Buddha's weakness.
, like the Kaizi Horse, the Iron Buddha's weakness is also on the war horse, attacking the lower body of the war horse.
Chen Qing also had his own way of dealing with the enemy's Iron Buddha. He had defeated the Iron Buddha in Xixia. He used formations to withstand the impact of the Iron Buddha, and then firearms and spears could gradually destroy the enemy's Iron Buddha.
Chen Qing personally commanded 50,000 infantry, and ordered Liu Qiong, Tang Qian, and Xu Qing to each lead 10,000 cavalry to fight against the enemy's 20,000 light cavalry. He appointed Yue Yun as the chief general and Zhang Xian as the deputy general to lead 20,000 cavalry to attack the enemy's cavalry.
Thirty thousand infantry.
In this decisive battle, the fierce battle between Chen Qing's 50,000 infantry and the 30,000 Jurchen Iron Buddha became the key to the outcome of the entire battle.
Chen Qing raised his halberd and shouted, "Young men of the Song Dynasty, this is the land of Bianliang, our most miserable and shameful capital. When the moment of revenge comes, let us use iron and blood to wash away the shame of our fathers and fight to the death with the enemy. We must
Win! Definitely win!”
Fifty thousand soldiers were excited, raised their guns and shouted, "We must win! We must win!"
The morale of the Western army exploded, and a bloody battle began.
The 30,000 elite cavalrymen on the left wing went up to fight the enemy's 20,000 light cavalry, while the 20,000 cavalrymen on the right wing also attacked the 30,000 enemy infantry.
The 50,000 infantrymen in the middle quickly formed two large square formations, one on the left and one on the right, to face the enemy's 30,000 heavy armored cavalry who came like a flash flood.
But the bravery of the soldiers is not enough, it also requires the effective deployment of the general. When facing the Jurchen Iron Buddha, Chen Qing gave up the traditional front row of crossbowmen. This is what Chen Qing discovered when the Iron Buddha attacked the camp last night.
Big secret.
The Jurchen Iron Pagoda suffered a loss of 2,800 people last night. Chen Qing discovered that 2,400 of them were killed by jackdaw arrows fired from bed crossbows, while only 400 were killed by divine arm crossbows, indicating that a single soldier with divine arm
Crossbows cannot deal with Iron Buddha.
Discovering this secret, Chen Qing decisively canceled the crossbow and bow formations, and instead used five thousand throwers and five thousand heavy-duty divine arm crossbows. Each of the five thousand throwers carried five short steel spears, which could throw three
Ten steps away, no matter how powerful the heavy armored cavalry is, it cannot block its sharp blow. The six thousand throwing hands are very flexible and can stand at will and wait for the opportunity.
The first row is the 5,000 black-armored infantry led by Lu Gui and Peng Qi respectively. A total of 10,000 people are deployed in the first row of the two military formations. Each of them holds a three-pointed two-edged sword, as long as
Measuring one foot and eight inches, they can chop and stab, and are extremely sharp. They are actually the Modao Army of the Song Dynasty, that is, heavy armored infantry. The equipment of a heavy armored infantry costs a lot of money, and ordinary small separatist forces cannot afford to build such an army.
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Ten thousand sets of heavy armor were also captured from Xixia and Wanyan Nianhan's black-armored cavalry. Chen Qing himself used fine iron to forge 10,000 three-pointed two-edged swords to form this heavy armored infantry.
After the second row are 20,000 hook spear troops and 50,000 tomahawk troops. They are the main force of the formation. They were originally spear troops, but in order to deal with the enemy iron pagoda, they switched to hook sickles and long-handled battle axes.
, I have been training for two whole years just for this moment.
But the core part is still the forty chariots, which are responsible for throwing gunpowder barrels and fire oil balls, especially the gunpowder barrels. When they hit the ground, they explode and quench the iron nails, which will cause fatal damage to the horse's legs.
The galloping heavy armored cavalry is getting closer and closer, and its momentum is getting more and more fierce. It is like a huge wave sweeping over, and the momentum is like a landslide. Not to mention the poor psychological quality, even the ordinary psychological quality cannot withstand this kind of force.
The terrifying momentum was the reason why the millions of Song troops in the Northern Song Dynasty were instantly defeated.
The 10,000 black-armored infantrymen in the two military formations were as dignified as mountains. They squatted half-crouched, holding three-pointed two-edged knives upward at a 45-degree angle, with their rear ends pressing against the ground.
In the billowing yellow dust, Tiefu Tu was getting closer and closer to the Song army. They lined up a hundred cavalry and rushed towards them with an overwhelming force.
"God Arm Crossbow Shoot!"
The 2,500 heavy-duty divine arm crossbows located in the second row were launched. This heavy-duty divine arm crossbow requires two people to lie side by side on the ground and use pedals to wind it. It also uses jackdaw iron arrows. The range is not far, but it penetrates armor.
It is extremely powerful, no less powerful than a bed crossbow, and can completely penetrate the enemy's heavy armor.
The divine arm crossbow fired half flat and half projectile, and two thousand five hundred jackdaw iron arrows shot out like a storm.
Iron arrows shot into the cavalry group, and the heavy armored cavalry suddenly suffered a huge blow. A group of people fell on their backs, especially the three hundred heavy armored cavalry in the front row. Almost all of them were hit by arrows and fell to the ground. Many cavalrymen also fell to the ground in the middle.
They tripped up many cavalry behind them, and lost nearly a thousand heavy armored cavalry in one round of jackdaw arrows.
However, among the 27,000-strong heavy armored cavalry team, the loss of more than a thousand soldiers is still too small. It only makes the offensive momentum slightly stagnant and has little impact on the overall strength. However, if the offensive momentum is reduced by a few points, it will have a negative impact on the defensive side.
The pressure has been greatly reduced, and only extremely experienced coaches can understand this subtle change.
Otherwise, Chen Qing does not need to occupy 5,000 men to use the double heavy divine arm crossbow.
After a brief period of chaos caused by arrow attacks, the heavy armored cavalry quickly returned to normal. By this time, they had reached the front of the Western Army's formation, but without the terrifying aura of landslides and earth-shattering, the violent waves turned into flash floods.
There were still twenty steps left, "Woo--" the horn sounded, and five thousand throwers stepped out and threw five thousand short steel spears into the enemy group instantly.
There were screams and wailings, and blood was everywhere. The heavy armored cavalry group that had been fierce just now suddenly disappeared.
The throwing hand ducked back, and then the heavy crossbowman loaded the string and fired again. Two thousand five hundred jackdaw arrows shot into the group of heavy armored cavalry behind.
The Song Army had practiced this kind of smooth coordination countless times and was extremely skilled. But more importantly, it was their psychological quality that prevented them from being frightened by the powerful Jurchen cavalry.
During the Northern Song Dynasty, this formation was impossible to appear. When the Jurchens came violently, the soldiers of the Song army were so scared that they wet their pants and ran away. As a result, there was a tragedy that 200,000 troops fled after hearing the drums in one night.
Only through repeated hardships in war did the soldiers of the Song Army gradually develop this strong will and compete with the Jin soldiers.
After losing thousands of people, the Jurchen heavy-armored cavalry finally fought fiercely with the Western army. The Jurchen heavy-armored cavalry attacked the Western army's infantry formation again and again, but the black-armored soldiers were as tough as a copper wall and an iron wall, and they resisted time and time again.
Withstood the impact of heavy armored cavalry.
But defense alone is not enough. Defense must include counterattack. The three major counterattacks of the Western Army are short-range counterattacks by throwing spears, followed by mid-range strikes by trebuchets, and long-distance strikes by heavy divine arm crossbows.
Every counterattack caused heavy casualties to the heavy armored cavalry, but compared to the assassination by throwing short steel spears and the penetration of jackdaw arrows, counterattacks with firearms were relatively simple and concealed.
From the very beginning, dozens of tanks took turns throwing gunpowder barrels at the enemy. Each gunpowder barrel was thrown out in an arc, and exploded when it landed in the crowd. Black smoke filled the air, and the sound of the explosion made the war horses scream and scream.
But what is really scary is that the poison-quenched iron nails are flying everywhere, mainly hitting the legs of the war horse. The war horse will only feel itching at first, but not much pain. It will not affect the battle for the time being, but the poison will slowly
Once it penetrates into the blood of war horses, the toxicity will suddenly occur, causing large numbers of war horses to fall to the ground.
It takes half an hour for a human to have a poisoned nail, but for a war horse, the onset time may be slower.
At this moment, Chen Qing discovered that the small square formation could no longer withstand the impact of the enemy's heavy armored cavalry, and was broken into three gaps. The Western soldiers suffered heavy casualties. He immediately ordered: "The two formations merge!"
"Woo! Woo!" The horn sounded continuously, which was an order for the two formations to merge into one.