A horizontal formation composed of 1,600 to 700 Jurchen warriors has been set up in an open field in front of Shiyema.
This open space was actually cleared by Han Shizhong for infantry and cavalry to mobilize within the camp. Han Shizhong, Liu Yan, and Yang Weizhong used this road to turn their troops over just now.
Shi Yema also guessed the role of this road in the camp, so he mobilized more than 400 cavalrymen and divided them into two teams. They drove along this road from the left and right directions, setting fire to create chaos as they went. The remaining two thousand people were divided into three parts by Shi Yema.
In the first part, about 400 people guarded the retreat - Shi Yema didn't know that "Hun King Zhao Muji" only had 10,000 people in his hands. He thought that the army of the Song Dynasty was marching into Niangzi Pass in a steady stream! So he didn't dare to fight, he just wanted to find some ground and then call it a day.
In the second part, about two hundred cavalry surrounded Shi Yema, preparing to chase and kill the Jurchen warriors indiscriminately after they dismounted and fought on foot to defeat the enemy, in order to expand the results of the battle.
The third part is the sixteen to seven hundred Jurchen soldiers in front of them. They are now waiting for Shi Yema's order to launch a charge!
On the opposite side, those who resisted them were a slightly smaller number of Song infantry and less than a hundred Song knights.
At first glance, it seems that both sides are evenly matched. However, Wanyanshe Yema had the Dajin Heavenly Soldiers on his side, and the Song Army on the opposite side, whose combat effectiveness was far inferior. If it were daytime, the Song Army could still rely on the power of their Eight Bull Crossbows and Divine Arm Bows to win at long distances.
But now that it is night, the power of the Divine Arm Bow is greatly reduced, and the Eight Ox Crossbow has not been used since Shi Yema led his troops to attack the Song Army camp... I guess it was not shipped, right?
Wanyan Sheye immediately took advantage of the moonlight to carefully observe the Song army's battle formation. After confirming that the advantage was really on his side, he no longer hesitated and loudly said to the left and right: "Blow the drums, blow the horns, and call the men." Attack!"
There were loud responses from the left and right, followed by the sound of drums and trumpets. The Jurchen warriors opened their throats and shouted forward together, with the hard soldiers holding spears in front, and the warriors holding long-handled maces and bones behind. The large formation composed of a thousand or hundreds of people was like a moving wall crushing forward.
When Han Shizhong saw the Jin soldiers moving, he also shouted: "Bang the drum! Move forward!"
It was late at night, so the distance between the two sides was very close - if they couldn't see each other for more than a hundred steps, and if they got sidetracked when they turned back to confront each other, it would be a huge fool. At close range, the God's Arm Bow has a slow shooting speed and its combat efficiency is not as good as that of the Jurchen Big Bow. Therefore, Han Shizhong no longer lets his men shoot arrows, so he should pick up spears and axes for hand-to-hand combat!
To be honest, no matter how powerful the crossbow is, its killing efficiency in field combat is still not as good as that of hand-to-hand combat. One of the main reasons for the Song army's weak offensive capabilities was actually its over-reliance on bows and crossbows... and the proportion of warriors who could wear heavy armor, hold spears, swords and axes, and take the lead in battle was too low among the soldiers.
Moreover, the total strength of the Song army, except for a very few periods (such as when only Caizhou was left in the Jin Kingdom), did not reach the level that could drown the Jin people.
In fact, in most cases, if you do not count the rebels whose numbers are erratic and their combat effectiveness is a mystery, and only the real numbers of the regular Song Army are counted, the Song Army has never had any advantage.
The golden soldiers who have a numerical advantage (at least comparable) have a huge mobility advantage, which means that they can concentrate more troops on local battlefields.
Therefore, the most common thing that happens is that the heavily armored men of the Jin Army fight in groups, and the number of soldiers of the Song Army is much smaller than theirs...
But like this night, the number of people is about the same, the number of heavily armored soldiers is also about the same, and neither side is afraid of the other's situation. This is also the second time Shi Yema has encountered them (the first time was during the day yesterday).
The head-to-head confrontation between two equally matched heavy armored infantry would of course be bloody and cruel!
The leaders on both sides were spearmen wearing heavy armor. They walked quickly at first. After approaching the opponent, they started running wildly to help the spears. With a muffled sound of "bang bang bang" and loud shouting, the bloodiest scene in this confrontation occurred.
In front of the battle formations of both sides, there were soldiers everywhere who had their bodies pierced by spears... The spears pierced their bodies, no matter where they were, they were basically hopeless, leaving only vomiting blood and dying. , making a dying cry that people couldn't bear to see and listen to.
If anyone can do a careful inventory, they will probably find that the losses of the Song army in this attack are still greater than that of the Jin soldiers... The Jin soldiers have better physical strength, and many years of war have also allowed them to capture a lot of There are many, so most of them are wearing double layers of heavy armor, and they have a greater chance of withstanding a blow from the opponent's spear!
Although the infantry armor of the Song Army is quite strong, it only has one layer after all, and these armors are all government-made...the quality is not very reliable, so the probability of being penetrated is greater.
However, the advantage gained by the Jin soldiers was not enough to cause the Song army on the opposite side to collapse. They were only forced to retreat a little - they were the Song army that had taken "shares" of the Song Dynasty. How could it collapse so easily?
The king said that he would share the world with them...
"Kill the golden thief! Share the world..."
I don’t know which soldier who still remembered Zhao Kai’s speech during the day took the lead in shouting. The soldiers of the Song Army who had just been forced to take a few steps back immediately felt as if they had been beaten to death. They opened their throats and shouted. Push forward.
In the process of moving forward this time, the Song Army's spearmen and ax soldiers also completed the replacement. The people standing in the front row were no longer spearmen, but replaced by armored soldiers holding long-handled axes. .
These soldiers were shoulder to shoulder, swung their swords and axes neatly, and slashed at the Jurchen soldiers on the opposite side. The golden warriors holding long-handled maces and gudu also replaced the hard-line soldiers with long spears. Like their opponents, they stood side by side and used maces and gudu to greet their opponents.
This is a fight between heavy armored infantry... The weapons used are somewhat heavy and long, and the slender swords are not useful at all.
Wearing heavy armor and fighting with heavy long weapons is actually a physical activity...it's not about martial arts, but about explosive power and endurance.
Of course, this kind of battle also involves battle formations. Because you have to keep changing, otherwise no matter how strong you are, you will probably be exhausted after cutting for an hour.
Therefore, on the battlefield where heavy armored soldiers fight, the weaker side can maintain it for a period of time through rotation.
But if the opponent's array is equally good, then failure is also a matter of time...
As time went by, there were more and more corpses in front of both sides, and the Song Army's casualties were obviously greater than those of its opponents, and it was almost unbearable!
But if you can’t support it, you have to grit your teeth and support it!
Gonna win!
About to win!
About to win...
Why haven’t you won yet?
Wanyanshe immediately saw the Song troops in front of him retreating, but he felt more and more anxious... These Song troops were too tenacious!
It was obvious that he had suffered heavy losses and was almost exhausted of his strength, but he still refused to retreat!
Wouldn't all the 800,000 imperial troops of the Song Dynasty be that strong?
If they were all that strong...most of the tens of thousands of brothers in the East Route Army are no longer alive!
At this moment, Han Shizhong suddenly opened his throat and shouted: "Reinforcements are coming! Reinforcements are coming... Brothers, the king is coming!"
Hearing Han Shizhong's cry, the soldiers of the Song Army who were almost unable to hold on anymore started shouting crazily as if they had been given a shot of blood.
"The king is here! The king is here..."
Wanyanshe was immediately startled by the sudden shouting. What happened? Why are you crazy again? You Hun Wang, are all the madmen in the Song Dynasty gathered together into an army?
"Cavalry... Meng'an, the Song people's cavalry is coming!"
cavalry?
Wan Yanshe immediately heard someone shouting next to him, and subconsciously looked towards where Han Shizhong was, but he didn't move!
Just when he was feeling strange, he heard the sound of rapid horse hooves getting louder and closer, accompanied by the shouts of an unknown number of people.
Shi Yema turned around following the sound and saw a large group of cavalry figures looming in the darkness! Looking at their formation, they seem to be very dense, as if they were charging into battle during the day!
Wanyanshe's eyes widened immediately, and she couldn't believe her eyes.
How can this be? It was such a dark day...and there was no fire to light up the bonfire, so they launched a cavalry group attack in the dark!
Where did this lunatic come from?
