On March 11th, the weather in the Henan section of the Great Wall was not very good. There were layers of dark clouds in the sky, giving it the feeling of holding back a heavy rain but not falling. The temperature was not too high, but it was very muggy, the air pressure was very low, and there was no wind.
At dusk, the sky becomes even darker, and it becomes blurry to see clearly from a distance. However, Suoli Yishi and his Yishi men were still able to firmly bite the fast-running Song cavalry. Because the "red heads" of those Song cavalrymen were too eye-catching. Unless you were blind, how could you not see them?
But if you can see it, you can't catch it until you can catch it; if you can bite it, you can't wait until you can hit it. I don’t know where these red-headed cavalry came from? Although the man is still as timid as ever, the horse is surprisingly fast.
Although the horses ridden by Suoli Yishi and his sons are also good horses, because they have been working as "coolies" for the Jurchen masters since last night, they can't run now. It turned out that these "third-class Khitans" first opened the way for the Jurchens, and then chased the Song Army cavalry who set fire to Linru Town for more than ten miles. After returning, they searched for Han villages around Linru Town, hoping to give them to the Han people. Jurchen gentlemen are looking for something delicious to eat and drink. Therefore, the horse power is a bit insufficient, and when we launched the pursuit just now, we were a bit hasty and did not bother to change horses.
Of course, it’s no big deal if you can’t catch up. In a light cavalry chase battle, it is normal to fail to catch up, but it is a small probability event to catch up. However, through this pursuit, Soli B Chamber tested the opponent's strength, and also seized control of the battlefield in the southeast direction of the Henan section of the Great Wall, so it was not a gain.
Thinking of this, Suoli Yishi raised his head and glanced at the somewhat evil Great Wall three or four thousand steps away... and was about to give the order to withdraw his troops. At this moment, out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly saw a long row of "red headscarves" emerging from the grass on his left!
"There's an ambush!"
"There is an ambush in the grass on the left..."
Before Suoli Yishi could react, many of the Khitan men under him had already screamed loudly.
It is mid-March in the lunar calendar, which is equivalent to late April in the Gregorian calendar in later generations. It is a good time for all things to grow. And around Linru Town, due to the invasion of Jin soldiers, a large amount of land was abandoned, and the grass grew taller than people, which was perfect for setting up ambushes!
Li Fuchen handed over Zhao Kai to a general composed of 800 red scarf cavalry, and lurked in a tall grass less than 4,000 steps away from the Henan section of the Great Wall. Then he personally led 300 Yulin cavalry equipped with good horses in Hequ to lure the enemy.
Although these Yulin cavalry also marched for hundreds of miles, they all rode auxiliary horses during the march, and they got a chance to rest after arriving at the location of the Henan section of the Great Wall. Both the man and the horse had rested their spirits for several hours, and their physical strength had long been restored. Therefore, after hooking out the Khitan light cavalry from Suoli's second room, we could always keep a distance and lead them into an ambush circle.
He Tianran, who served as the red scarf cavalry general, had gone to Zhaozhou to recruit troops earlier. He was a cavalry general, and he was also a Yuan Cong from the fifth command of the Imperial City Chief Cong. Therefore, after successfully completing the task of recruiting troops, he did not stay in Zhaozhou to lead the troops, but handed most of the recruited troops to Ma Kuo, who knew Zhaozhou. He led the elite three hundred Zhaozhou cavalry to Taiyuan Mansion and returned to Zhao Kai.
At that time, Zhao Kaizheng, Dong Jingang and Guo Tiannu were "studying" the tactics of cavalry wall attack. So He Tianran and the cavalry he brought joined in the "research". Later, He Tianran became the general of Tiance's imperial tent army.
To be honest, this kind of official career can only be regarded as mediocre among Zhao Kai's Yuancong generals. Many Yuancong generals who originally bumped shoulders with him have now become military governors, governors, military envoys, deputy commanders, etc. official position, and he was just a general.
But He Tianran is not in a hurry to be promoted, because he knows the strength of the 800 red scarf lances he has brought out... Only with strength can you achieve great achievements, and only with great achievements can you truly become famous!
He Tianran, who is tall, with arms and waist, and a shaggy beard, looks very intimidating. Now with the help of the auxiliary soldiers, He Tianran has climbed onto a tall Qingtang horse - this The horse was well trained and did not neigh when it was put down in the grass just now. Now it seemed to smell the atmosphere of the battlefield and let out a series of deep roars.
He Tianran gently stroked his beloved horse, and then raised a long-line gun that was one foot and three feet long, as slender as a line, with a long and thin tip, and a triangular red flag tied under the tip. He waved the spear a few times, causing the eye-catching red flag to waver a few times, and then shouted loudly to the left and right: "Brothers... the opportunity to make a difference has come! They all followed the red flag... ..Remember, you are not allowed to cut off people’s heads, and you are not allowed to fight with gold thieves. You must follow the red flag to advance and retreat!”
Tactics such as wall charges, charging without melee combat, and charging and leaving, etc. are easy to say but difficult to organize. Not only does it require rigorous training, but it also requires some special equipment.
A good horse in Hequ is a must! Although the wall charge does not place much emphasis on speed - the speed of the entire team's charge will not be that fast. But when retreating after completing the impact, you need to use full power!
The zhangsanxian gun is a gun type specially developed to enhance the lethality of cavalry strikes.
Zhao Kai originally wanted the Red Scarf Cavalry to be equipped with a hollow lance of eight feet, but the hollow lance was not easy to process. The craftsmen below recommended to Zhao Kai a thread gun that was one foot and three inches long. This kind of thread gun has a very long barrel. Thin, so light weight. The tip of the spear is thin and sharp and can penetrate armor, so it is also called the "armor-penetrating spear". It is a lance passed down from the Tang Dynasty. Zhao Kai then ordered someone to lengthen the barrel of the gun by two feet and seven inches, making it ten feet and three feet.
In addition, in order to facilitate maintaining formation and advancing and retreating together. Zhao Kai also asked all the lancers to wear eye-catching red scarves on their helmets. At the same time, the general and eight team captains of the red scarf cavalry were asked to all add red flags to their line guns. The line guns of the nine of them were not used to stab people. Instead, they were used as flagpoles, and the red flags hung on them were used to guide the actions of the cavalry below. Of course, because there are nine red flag guns, it doesn't matter even if a few of them are gone (the lance that is stuck out is difficult to recover), as long as there is one left, it can guide the troops forward and retreat.
After shouting the order, He Tianran waved the red flag gun forward, and the two drummers following him immediately beat the drums.
The red flag and the sound of drums are the order to attack!
Wherever the red flag points, the red scarf cavalry will rush towards it!
The rapidity of the sound of the drums determines the charging speed of the red scarf cavalry.
The Red Turban Cavalry follows the principle of formation priority, emphasizing collective strength and maintaining an orderly formation as much as possible when charging. Therefore, they did not rush faster and faster, but charged in a slow-fast-slow rhythm.
It must be slow at the beginning, and then gradually speed up. When you are thirty steps away from the enemy, you start to slow down, and at the same time, you run closer to the middle...
The eight hundred cavalry red scarf soldiers did not rush out at once - but after practicing for more than half a year, they could not maintain a large formation of eight hundred cavalry, so they could only form a hundred cavalry formation in teams.
One hundred cavalry did not line up in one row, but in two rows at the front and back, each with fifty cavalry.
When the eight teams of red scarf cavalry are attacking, although they will form a long row, for the convenience of command, they will not rush out together, but from left to right or from right to left, one team at a time. Come out one after another.
Of course, He Tianran's team will always be the first to charge!
I saw him holding his spear high (not leveling it), lining up on the far right side of a cavalry line, controlling the horse under his crotch, not letting it run too fast, but slowly accelerating, rushing two or three hundred steps ahead. A group of golden soldiers and light cavalry dispersed outside.
When the sound of drums and drums sounded, the Yulin cavalry of the Song Army who were running fast also took the reins and began to turn to the right. After completing the right turn, they took out their horn bows and began to run towards the chaotic Jinbing cavalry. Archery.
Faced with the sudden changes, Suoli Yishi and his Khitan sons were at a loss. The Song Army's lancers rushing from their left were numerous and in strict formation, which looked very powerful at first sight!
And the "red-headed cavalry" who were running very fast just now began to outflank them to the right... This was to block their escape route to the right!
Although Soli B was not afraid of those red-headed cavalry, he did not dare to lead his troops to escape to the right - if these red-headed cavalry were to block the way forward, and then the red-headed cavalry was stabbed in the back with a big spear, it would be very difficult. Blow out the lamp and pull out the wax!
As for continuing to move forward... the Great Wall in front was also faintly red. It was probably the infantry of the Song Army in formation!
So the only thing left in front of Sori Boshi was to turn around and run away...
"Get out! Get out!"
Knowing that he could only retreat, Sori Boshi did not hesitate at all. He gave the order to the trumpeter beside him and blew the retreat horn.
It's a pity that it's too late to retreat now... For others, it may not be too late, but Sori's second room was in the lead just now, charging so far ahead, how can he retreat now?
He turned the horse's head and after running for a few steps, he knew something was wrong!
I saw only dozens of Song Army cavalry forming a very strict line. They flattened their long spears and almost rushed to their side.
That spear looks very sharp, it must be very painful if it pokes you!
When he thought of the pain, Sori Boshi had no choice but to fight and did not run away. Instead, he waved his spear and screamed strangely before riding forward, looking like he wanted to fight the Song people.
The Khitan cavalry following him were also inspired, and they all gathered towards him, and then charged together. .
However, every time they adjusted their formation and raised their horses' speed, a group of red scarf spearmen would rumble over and smash into the light cavalry of the Khitan people who had lost their country but were fighting for their lives against the enemy. Gotta smash.
Sori Yoshiro himself was pierced through the chest by a spear with a red flag hanging on it!
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