Another great victory!
Because the horses of Guo Yaoshi and Liu Yanzong were taken away by the Bodhisattva Prince Wanyan Zonghan and used by the Jurchens who went south to Kaifeng, the 10,000 troops they brought to Daming Mansion had very few cavalry, only more than 1,000, and They are all configured with one person and one horse. Horses are very precious, so of course they shouldn't be used if they can be used. Therefore, the people lined up outside the south gate of the camp were mainly infantry, and only a few of the soldiers guarding Guo Yaoshi and Liu Yanzong had horses.
Therefore, the three generals Han Shizhong, Liu Qi and Xiang Ke led the attack, which was actually an infantry force of less than a thousand people. The formation was scattered and they had no intention of fighting to the death. They all just wanted to retreat into the open camp gate... something like this Of course the infantry cannot stop the roaring cavalry attack!
However, the cavalry led by generals Han Shizhong, Liu Qi and Xiang Ke failed to rush into the Jinbing camp in one fell swoop. Because the Jin soldiers who were attacked did not respond slowly. Before Han Shizhong and others led the team to rush outside the camp gate, they had already sealed the gate with a row of horse-repelling guns, and hundreds of infantry were placed behind the horse-repelling guns. They relied on their horse guns and used long spears and bows to block the Song army's cavalry.
After a great victory, Han Shizhong, Liu Qi and Xiang Ke, who had already gained a lot, did not use their precious cavalry to charge hard. Instead, they stopped when they were ready and led the more than 600 Pegasus horses under them to return with a great victory.
When Zhao Kai saw the three men flying in front of him, he immediately opened his throat and shouted: "Han Shizhong and Xiang Ke were transferred to the horizontal class! Liu Qi was transferred to the third official in succession!"
Immediately, more than a dozen loud-voiced Tiance guards repeated Zhao Kai's words at the top of their lungs so that more people could hear.
At the same time, Chen Dong had already recorded Zhao Kai's promotion orders to generals Han Shizhong, Liu Qi and Xiang Ke in the "Promotion Book".
"My lord, Han Shizhong, thanks the king for his kindness!"
"I would like to express my gratitude to Ke!"
"Your Majesty Liu Qi thanks Your Majesty Tianen!"
All three people got off their horses and saluted Zhao Kai to thank him.
Zhao Kai laughed and said: "The lonely king just observed the formation in person and saw that the soldiers sacrificed their lives and gained a lot. They deserve a heavy reward... The three of you go back immediately and select the three people with the greatest contribution among each team. The lonely king We must promote them to become officials!
In addition, every soldier who participated in the war was rewarded, and everyone was rewarded with ten sticks! Except for the three of you and the nine people selected from each team to be awarded officers, all of them will be transferred to one capital! "
There are more than 600 people, each with ten guans, a total of 6,000 guans!
Distributed on the spot!
And "transfer to a capital" means to be promoted to one level. In the Song Dynasty, there were forty-eight levels in the promotion order for military attachés. If you also include the ranks of soldiers such as the Forbidden Army soldiers, the Forbidden Army soldiers, and the utility soldiers, it would be above the fiftieth level. Therefore, transferring one capital is not a particularly generous reward, unless someone is just one capital short of getting an official position... There are officials and no officials, in heaven and on earth!
As for the big hurdle of entering Hengxing, it cannot be overcome by promotion and transfer. Unless there is great merit or special purpose, general promotion and transfer will only stop at the ambassador.
However, just one charge can be exchanged for "transfer one capital" and ten gold rewards. This reward is still very generous!
So after Zhao Kai's order was loudly announced by his personal guards, he was met with another burst of cheers.
Under the heavy reward, there must be a brave man!
If a warrior is not brave, the reward is probably not enough!
If we don’t consider the effectiveness of the “Four Great Art of War” (Glorious Three Kingdoms, Nobunaga’s Ambition, Total War, Mount and Blade) and the Eight Secret Formations (not everyone can see good formations), There are only two things that make Zhao Kai special: first, he has the talent; second, he is willing to give generous rewards!
Amidst the cheers, Zhao Kai turned around and looked at the veteran He Guan and He Guan's son He Ji who were standing behind him at some unknown time. Then he looked at the 600 people who had been lined up behind He Guan and He Ji. Infantry soldier!
These 600 soldiers were all grown men. Everyone wore thick and sturdy infantry armor and covered their mouths and noses with black cloth. They looked like masked killers. They either held long spears, long knives and long axes in their hands, but no one carried foot bows or divine arm bows. Among them, the spearmen are in the front, and the warriors holding long swords and axes are in the back.
When He Guan saw Zhao Kai turning around, he loudly asked for instructions: "Your Majesty, the 600 selected forward soldiers of the Shuaifu Ya Army have been assembled... Your Majesty, please give the order!"
After the cavalry cleared the enemies outside the south gate of Jin Camp, it was naturally the infantry soldiers' turn to attack... This attack sequence had been prepared long ago.
According to the plan jointly drawn up by He Guan, Han Shizhong, Wang Yuan, Xiang Ke and other generals, today's first formation is Huang Wuji's temporary spear-throwing troops (the cavalry of Tiance's first general), and the second formation is Han Shizhong, Liu Qi and Xiang Ke. The armored cavalry led by the three generals, and in the third formation, it was the infantry of the Shuaifu Ya Army commanded by He Guan, who came into battle!
He Guan selected 600 warriors from the 5,000 Shuaifu Ya Army who could wear infantry armor and fight in hand-to-hand combat, and gave them to his son He Ji, who was the commander of the Shuaifu Ya Army, to command them, and prepared to use them on the cannons and cannons that had been set up. With the support of the Eight Bull Crossbows, they attacked the gate of the Jin Army's camp.
The reason why he wanted to attack the camp gate was because Liu Yan told Zhao Kai that Medicine Master Guo was a veteran general who had experienced dozens of battles. He was rigorous in using troops. No matter how favorable or unfavorable the situation was, he would conscientiously set up the camp. There are no shortage of parapets, trenches, crossbars, pits, ironwood and caltrops, etc.
Therefore, it is very difficult to break through the camp wall of Guo Yaoshi's camp, and the troops Zhao Kai brought outside Guo Yaoshi's camp were not many. There were only 4,500 Tiance cavalry, 5,000 Shuaifu Yajun, 2,000 Cangzhou soldiers, and Wei Fuyi Cong. 3,000, totaling only 14,500 people. There are at least 10,000 people in Guo Yaoshi's camp, so there is no guarantee of storming the camp, so raiding the camp gate becomes the first choice.
As long as the raid is successful and the infantry and cavalry of the brigade can rush into the camp to fight, then the victory is certain.
"Okay!" Zhao Kai looked at the 600 warriors in front of him and nodded with satisfaction, "Who said our Song Dynasty soldiers are weak? Not even the Jurchens may have many such armored warriors!
The decisive blow today is left to you! The lonely king announced that the first person to break into the gold thieves' camp, regardless of his previous official position, would be promoted to the horizontal class and given the title of commander of a state or a government, with a reward of 1,000 coins!
If they can seize the camp gate, the whole team can transfer one capital, and each person will be given 20 coins! "
"Victory!" 600 warriors cheered again.
Zhao Kai was very satisfied. He waved his hand, pointed at the gate of the Jin Army's camp, opened his throat and shouted: "Great Song Iron Army, attack!"
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"Dad, the Song people are attacking again. This time they are armored infantry, with about five to six hundred people..."
Guo Tiannv stood in the stirrups, stretched her neck and looked outside the camp. She had already seen a dense infantry formation composed of five or six hundred people, like a moving square city, slowly pushing over!
However, Medicine Master Guo did not even look at the Song army outside the camp. Instead, he focused all his attention on the more than a thousand infantry who were forming a team inside the camp gate. These more than a thousand infantry were divided into two teams, the front team was about 700 people, the formation was scattered, half held bows, half held swords, guns and shields, with only leather armor for body protection. There were only 300 people in the rear team, but they were all armored soldiers. They were wearing the infantry armor of the Song Army. Each man had a spear in his hand. They formed a strict formation and stood still.
Seeing the two pairs of soldiers forming up, Medicine Master Guo snorted and sneered: "Zhao Kai is a man, much stronger than his father and brother... It's a pity that the Song Army has been weak for too long, and is already weak to the core. It’s not something he can change by himself!”
"Why do you say this, sir?" Guo Tiannu frowned, "The cavalry just now and the infantry now are no less than our ever-victorious army!"
"After all, the Song Army's cavalry was too small to be used for much purpose. Although their infantry was heavy, they were too timid to fight in hand-to-hand combat. They only focused on injuring people with their divine arm bows." Pharmacist Guo smiled, "You see hundreds of infantry. The soldiers are actually selected from at least four to five thousand elite soldiers... among the four to five thousand elite soldiers, there are only a few hundred infantry soldiers. Why should we be afraid if they are so cowardly!"
