Chapter 764 Chapter 705 Iron Fire (6)
On August 25, the second year of Jianshuo, around 2:00 a.m. at night, the first collision between the Black Flag Army and the Jurchen West Route Army occurred. It happened in the hills northeast of Yanzhou City.
As the two sides fighting against each other for the first time, there are not many fancy tactics in the combat plan. As the Jurchen camp suddenly became brightly lit, the Jurchen knights surged in and surrounded them like water. Their momentum did reach its peak in an instant. However, facing such a scene, everyone in the Chinese army only tensed up in an instant. When the arrows flew and fell like raindrops, the soldiers on the periphery had already raised their shields, following the posture they had trained countless times, and let the arrows falling from the air clatter off the shields.
At this time, the war drums were already beating. The army's formation advanced and stretched forward. The pace did not speed up too much, but it was firm and solemn. A regiment led by He Zhicheng is in the front, Sun Ye's four regiments are on the left and rear, and more than 2,000 infantrymen from Luliang Mountain are on the right, with equipment teams of special regiments mixed in from time to time. In the southeast of the battlefield, two thousand cavalry led by Han Jing had already begun to move towards the cavalry led by Mandu Yu.
To the south, Yan Zhenguo's army has nearly collapsed, and the huge battlefield is just chaos. The war drums in the north startled the night, attracting many people's attention and eyes. Three hot air balloons in the sky are already flying over the walls of Yanzhou City, and the soldiers on the balloons are looking at the battlefield from a distance. If the arrows fired by the Jurchen cavalry are like the rushing tide, the Black Flag Army at this time is like a giant ship against the tide. It breaks through the waves and pushes firmly towards the Jurchen camp on the hillside. past.
The cavalry formation throwing flying arrows is still spreading and expanding. To the southeast, Han Jing's cavalry and Mandu Yu's cavalry began to launch fire at each other. To the south, the hot air balloon dragged by the cavalry moved closer to the Chinese army's rear formation. Thousands of Jurchen cavalry coming out of the camp have already rushed to the two wings, and the Chinese army's military formation is like a huge living body, which is constantly deforming. The shield formation is tight, and arrows are constantly shooting from the array towards the Jurchens in the distance. The cavalry fought back, but the entire team kept pushing towards the Jurchen camp.
Putting infantry against cavalry, there are not many options to choose from in terms of tactics. The cavalry moves quickly and the formations are dispersed. When the number of people is about the same, the accuracy of infantry archery is too low. However, the cavalry does not have armor or shields. Although long-range shooting can put people under pressure, against a rigorous formation, all they can rely on is the initiative. .
This is the normal situation for the Jurchen cavalry to fight against the Wu Dynasty troops. The Wu Dynasty troops often use retreat tactics to force the opponent back, and then report the winning rate upwards. In the end, the winning rate accumulated to as much as 80%. However, once the Jurchen cavalry The cavalry really saw the right moment and decided to charge. Even if the Wu Dynasty troops were in complete formation, they were always defeated in the desperate fight. This has nothing to do with tactics, it is simply the result of troops entering the battlefield without any determination to fight to the death.
However, the Chinese Army is different...
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boom!
Boom!
Boom!
The sound of drum beats accompanied by the sound of advancing footsteps shook the night sky. Surrounded by raindrops of arrows, flaming light spots flew and fell from both sides. It was as if people were surrounded by arrows. The valley of rain.
The voices of orders and the shouts of officers came one after another. Sometimes, people's laughter was even ridiculously heard.
The black flag was fluttering. Qin Shaoqian was riding on his horse, turning his head from time to time to look at the situation around him. The Black Flag Army soldiers all over the mountains and plains were advancing in company units, and in the distance was the mighty Jurchen cavalry. The horse team dragging the hot air balloon has already come up from behind.
Being without an eye is sometimes very inconvenient.
He frowned. No one knew that such thoughts flashed through his nervous mind.
When people are nervous, sometimes some inappropriate emotions will flash through them. The Jurchens... This is not the first time he has faced the Jurchens. The several battles he had fought before were brutal... It cannot be said to be tragic battles. It can only be said to be tragic defeats and massacres. There were countless screams outside Bianliang City. The desperate struggle seemed to still be swirling in his mind. Every time at this time, his father's face, with his gray hair, would flash before his eyes, as well as his brother's face...
He is not considered the backbone of the family, his brother He is the one who inherits his father's mantle and knowledge. He was doted on by his mother, and his temperament was out of control when he was young. Fortunately, I have my father and brother to teach me, so I am not too ignorant. The Lu father and brother in the family were about to come to an end, so he joined the army. Firstly, he was rebellious, and secondly, because of the pride in his chest. Since he knew that he could not surpass his elder brother on the road of being a scholar, he could not be too inferior.
If a man always looks at the back of another man and moves forward, he may have had the deepest thought in his heart that one day, in another direction, he could become a person like his father. It's a pity that the corruption of the army and the arrogance of his colleagues quickly buried his innermost thoughts.
The prosperous Wu Dynasty was prosperous with singing and dancing, but what if there were problems with the army? The banditry was suppressed. His promotion in the army was not without the help of his father-brother relationship, but so what, if the world was really peaceful, it would be okay to live like this for the rest of his life - but the world was not peaceful after all.
The Jurchens' march south put the weight down. He charged in despair with his trustworthy companions around him, but what he saw was the tragic death of his companions, and the Jurchens were devastated. Fortunately, with heroes like Li Heng, the struggles of his father and brother, and the sacrifices of more people, he was able to defeat them. Jurchen's first time.
That time, I thought there would be hope...
But this time, I led this different team to the Jurchen formation again. This time there is no Wu Dynasty, no father and brother, no millions of people behind him, no righteousness, nothing.
If his father and brother were alive, they might not like his current state too much, and they might not like Li Heng anymore. But they were gone after all.
Without one eye, the world is different...
The front line of the army was pushed to the front of the Jurchen camp. The shield formation moved forward. In the Jurchen camp, there were The fire lit up, and the next moment, a hail of flaming arrows rose into the sky.
The raindrops of fire fell down, and the tight shield formation remained motionless. It was the end of autumn, and the rain of arrows ignited the dead grass on the ground in spots.
Liu Chengzong waved his hand and the artillery array moved forward.
If in this moment of fighting, the Jurchens performed as fast as the wind and as swift as fire, the Chinese army performed as Xu Rulin and as motionless as a mountain. Facing the rain of arrows and harassment, push the opponent directly to where they must save you, and directly blast open your door. Just play with the cavalry!
At this time, on the corner of the wall of the Jurchen camp, Wanyan Loushi was watching this scene solemnly. He was interested in the opponent's firearms and the big Kongming lantern. He saw that the opponent had already killed him. Nearby, he The guard next to him said: "This is indeed the most aggressive Wu Dynasty army I have ever seen."
In the Chinese army's formation, Qin Shaoqian raised his head and frowned slightly: "Wait..." he said.
In the sky behind the military formation, a sudden change occurred. A Haidongqing flying in the night avoided the arrow and scratched a hole in the outer wall of the hot air balloon. It was not flying high, and the hot air balloon was slowly falling.
In front of the formation, the soldiers who saw this scene lit the fuse, and the salvo of artillery suddenly tore up the night sky. In a moment, countless explosions and flames rose up, and the ground shook! Standing on the side of the wooden wall, Wanyan Loushi witnessed the power of artillery for the first time. He smashed the wooden wall in front of him with his fist, turned around suddenly, and left.
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The fire rose with the explosion. Standing in front of the queue, Chen Libo seemed to be able to feel the shaking of the wooden camp gate. He is the company commander of the first battalion and third company of the first regiment under He Zhicheng. He is standing in the second row in the shield formation, surrounded by densely packed companions who have already grasped their knives. Seeing the explosion, his companion tilted his head, and Chen Libo could clearly see the other party gritting his teeth.
"It doesn't matter if the cavalry is powerful. If you attack the enemy, you must defend it. No matter how many Jurchen cavalry there are, they will not be without baggage. It depends on what Wanyan Lou's house will do."
"The most difficult thing is Later, don’t take it lightly if you follow the instructions in class. ...Uh..." Chen Libo was stunned for a moment, suddenly thought of something, and then shook his head, it wouldn't be...
At this time, the artillery salvo had been fired, and half of the gates of the Jurchen camp in front were blocked. It collapsed, and what was left was burning with fire and crumbling. The soldiers around him were already secretly taking a breath and getting ready to charge. The next moment, the order came suddenly, it was the shout of the ordering soldier with a loud voice: "Command all the troops, hold still——"
Chen Libo raised his head and looked at the top of the wooden wall not far away: "What is that!"
With a bang, a Jurchen soldier threw down a wooden barrel, and then he saw the stretching On the camp wall, wooden barrels were pushed down one after another. Some rolled down the slope, and some were smashed directly to the ground. The black liquid fell to the ground, and the pungent smell spread after a moment. come over. The hillside was not steep, and the black liquid would not spread beyond a stone's throw away from where the Chinese army was. But after a moment, the flames burst into flames, and a huge wall of fire spread in front of the Black Flag Army.
That's kerosene.
In the Jurchen camp, Wanyan Loushi had already raised his gun and mounted his horse. The Jurchen soldiers who had thrown away the kerosene ran towards their horses. The horn sounded, and the horn sounded loud and clear. It was the Jurchen soldiers who started to hunt. The signal to attack. To the south, a total of 7,000 Jurchen cavalry had heard the signal and began to reverse the flow and merge into a huge flood tide.
The Chinese army's rear formation of more than 2,000 people suddenly began to shrink their formation. The shields in front were firmly stuck on the ground, and the rear was supported by iron rods. People crowded together and set up a forest of guns. Formation, pressing the barrel of the gun until it was so crowded that they could no longer move.
The army's center and flanks had already begun to rush back, and the soldiers of the Special Regiment pushed Dapao back madly. And the seven thousand Jurchen cavalry have gathered into a sea tide, and arrows are raining from the sky.
“Hold still——”
Huge, hysterical shouting——
Time went back a moment, before the cannon was fired. Qin Shaoqian looked up at the sky, at the speckled firelight in the distance, and frowned slightly: "Wait..." he said.
"The number of arrows is too few..."
This is the first confrontation between the Black Flag Army and the Jurchens. All strategic considerations are based on the almost invincible super combat power of the Jurchens. They have their own self-confidence and pride, and Wanyan Loushi, It also has almost the most impressive record in the world. But the Black Flag Army had no reason to retreat - because it was impossible to retreat. With artillery in hand, the Black Flag Army resolutely chose the toughest style of play. Everyone speculated on many possible situations, but There are always some things that are difficult to guess.
Wanyan Lou Shi truly considered the Black Flag Army as his opponent, and even took precautions beyond imagination to prevent artillery and hot air balloons, and evacuated the entire camp before the first battle. The baggage and infantry...
If you attack the enemy, you must defend it. If you think about it the other way around, what if he doesn't defend it?
On the right side of the front formation, the sound of horse hooves has been heard, not only at the foot of the hillside, but also on the side of the burning Jurchen camp. A cavalry is detouring from the side. This time, The Jurchens came in full force.
Chen Libo suddenly laughed. He said to the subordinates around him: "It's really not that simple." The people next to him were still stunned, and then they also laughed.
"Change of formation——"
The dense shield formation began to change its direction, the gun forest was suppressed, and the simple iron-made horse resistance was pushed out in front of the formation! Someone shouted: "What are we!?"
Countless people shouted.
“Hua! There is no way forward, and there are pursuers behind.
Chen Libo exhaled the breath in his chest and smiled ferociously: "Stupid Jurchen..."
He thought.
Ahead, the momentum of the Jurchen cavalry has become increasingly clear -
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A collision has occurred. (End of chapter)