In the night under the moonlight, groups of cavalry suddenly appeared at the end of the sight of the defenders of the Song Army's front camp. It was only then that the faint sound of horse hooves was heard. Obviously, this group of war horses went to the battlefield wrapped in hoofcloths, in order to prevent the enemy from hearing the sound of hooves from a long distance, so as to achieve a surprise attack!
To be fair, the raid organized by Wanyan Sheyema was very classic and completely beyond the Song Army's expectations!
These Song troops marched 500 miles in a hurry, and fought several battles with the Jin soldiers during the day. After dusk, they were busy moving their camps and setting up defenses, and they were busy until dark before they had to rest. He should have fallen asleep, sleeping so deeply that the enemy might not be able to notice when he was approaching!
And even if they can detect it, killing each other in the dark night is a test of courage and individual combat ability.
Wanyan She also spent a lot of money on tonight's sneak attack, spending a total of 2,500 Jurchen soldiers! Those are the true innermost warriors of the Great Jin Kingdom, elite soldiers who fought all the way from the white mountains and black waters. Not only are all of them highly skilled in martial arts, but everyone also has a courage that is honed on the battlefield! Moreover, they are all real nationals, Jurchen nobles (those with shares) who regard the Kingdom of Jin as their own property. They can fight to the death without having to hold a sword against the team.
Therefore, Wan Yanshe also felt that tonight’s raid was extremely certain!
As long as his Jurchen warriors can break through the extremely thin defenses of the Song army camp, jump over the shallow and narrow trench, and then use big axes to chop off the thin fences, they can break through. Went in to start the massacre...
Riding a war horse and following his own warriors, Shi Yema rushed towards the Song Army camp. Looking at the Song Army camp in front of him like a sea of stars, his blood was already boiling with excitement... There must be people in this camp. how much? Three thousand? Five thousand? If he were to be killed in half, he would be able to severely dampen the spirit of Zhao Mujiu, the king of Hun, and regain the place he had lost during the day.
When he was feeling proud, the golden soldiers rushing in front had already controlled their horses and jumped over the shallow and narrow trench. He jumped over the ditch without hitting the fence standing not far from the edge of the ditch. His ability to control the horse with his hands was really superb!
After riding their horses across the ditch, these Jurchen warriors continued their equestrian performance, this time jumping off the back of a running horse. The horse actually doesn't run very fast, but it can jump down without fear of falling into a ditch. This is definitely a real skill!
And what's even more powerful is that these guys are all wearing double layers of heavy armor! A layer of chain mail and a layer of iron armor, as well as an axe, a mace, a short spear, a bow and arrow, and side cards... That's seventy or eighty kilograms!
Carrying seventy or eighty kilograms of armor and weapons, and being able to jump off a horse immediately, this is a very impressive skill!
Because these days' cavalry are actually "multi-purpose soldiers" who can do anything except water warfare and large equipment. Letting heavy armored warriors ride horses and dismount to fight is the main method for cavalry to break infantry formations - using horses to transport heavy armored warriors can not only speed up the movement of heavy armored warriors, but also save their physical energy.
The former allows heavily armored warriors to advance and retreat freely, and quickly reach the weak points or main breakthrough points of the enemy's formation - the formations of infantry and cavalry in this era are generally hollow square formations. No matter how nice the name is, the basic form is this.
Fortification on all sides can prevent the enemy's cavalry from detouring, and leaving a large gap inside can accommodate the Chinese army, baggage, and reserves. It also facilitates the mobilization of troops within the formation - if you spread out a large formation over a large area, the enemy will not be able to The troops will be used evenly, with focus and restraint. Therefore, space must be left within the formation for troops to move, otherwise it will be easy for the opponent to break through and disrupt the entire formation.
The situation of two horizontal formations facing each other usually occurs when the cavalry forces of both sides are evenly matched, or the terrain is special and is not conducive to cavalry movement.
However, no matter which style of play, quickly mobilizing troops and moving quickly on the battlefield is a unique skill. This unique skill can form an absolute local superiority in force... Using more to defeat fewer is always the last word!
The Jurchens' Jin Kingdom was able to conquer half of China in history, and it was also thanks to this unique skill!
Although their national population is not large (but not large), there are not many troops that can be mobilized. Coupled with the mobility brought by their many horses, it is easy to form an absolute military advantage in local battlefields.
Tonight, Wanyan Sheyema adopted the same tactic of quickly deploying superior forces in order to achieve an immediate breakthrough.
He estimated that there would be at most 300 Song soldiers on duty tonight to the west of the Song army's front camp. And he invested 3,000 people at once. How could he not win?
Just when Wanyan Sheye was imagining that he would soon win a big victory, hundreds of Jurchen warriors who were rushing ahead had already jumped over the ditch on horseback. After they jumped off the horse, they first whipped the horse hard and drove it into the ditch (there was nothing in the ditch). Then they covered their heads and chopped the fence with axes, regardless of whether there were arrows or wood. The feather arrow shot towards him.
The Jurchen warriors who were further back did not rush forward in a swarm. Instead, they dismounted on the outside of the trench, took out their large Jurchen bows, and lined up on the outside of the trench, waiting for the counterattack Song army to appear. !
Liu Bodhisattva had already reacted, and while running quickly to the back of the "cart circle", he loudly ordered at the top of his voice: "Beat the drums, gather the troops, and raise the flag to recognize the flag!"
In addition, report to the king immediately - the gold thieves are attacking at night, and there are a lot of people... The trenches and fences to the west will soon be undefended! "
Liu Bodhisattva was a member of the Resentment Army, and he was an old rival with Gold Thief. Naturally, he knew that Gold Thief was good at night fighting and melee fighting. So we decisively gave up the outer fence and retreated to the "car circle". At the same time, he also let people display his own recognition flag.
Under the illumination of two strings of lanterns, the banner of "Bodhisattva Liu" also quickly moved into the "carriage circle" and then stopped motionless behind a fighting board.
The drums for gathering troops also sounded at the same time, and the noble generals who were resting in the camp were alerted. However, he didn't panic at all, nor did he pick up the weapon and attack regardless of the risk. Instead, they put on their armor and prepared their weapons and arrows without haste, and then organized their teams under the command of their respective team officers and gathered towards the location of "Bodhisattva Liu"'s recognition flag.
Having just taken off his clothes and held hands with Guo Tiannu in his tent, Zhao Kai, who was enjoying a massage, also heard the sound of drums and noise.
King Zhao, who was about to fall asleep in a daze, was immediately startled and asked casually: "What's going on?"
Guo Tiannv was calmer than him. Hearing this, she just smiled and said: "It's time for the golden thief to come back and attack our camp at night... It seems that we have a night battle to fight!"
"Night fight?" Zhao Kai had already climbed up from an animal skin spread on the ground. The good man stood there, looking at Guo Tiannu who was getting dressed next to him, and snorted: "Night fight is night fight. ...I know how to fight at night best!"
"Really?" Guo Tiannv blinked, "I wonder how the king plans to fight at night?"
Zhao Kai thought about it for a while and said to Guo Tiannu: "In night battles, we should use horseback riding to kill! Tiannu, do you dare?"
Playing horseback riding and slashing in the middle of the night in a military camp full of anti-horse guns, carts, fighting boards, iron caltrops, wooden caltrops and tents... This is not a matter of courage, it can be used Crazy to describe it!
However, Guo Tiannv liked Zhao Kai's crazy energy, and she was also crazy, so she nodded heavily: "Dare you! Let me open the way for the king!"
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