At this time, more than 200 miles away, Li Qianshun, the last warrior of the Dabai Gao Kingdom, was so worried and angry that he bled to death because of his concern for the country and the people. However, here on the front line of the fork of the Yellow River, everything was still quiet and peaceful. The tension of the impending war.
The Song and Jin armies are currently facing each other across the Yellow River. The main force of the Song army, which came from afar, is almost camped along the south and west banks of the Yellow River. They also use trenches, parapets and small artillery forts (to place cannons) to separate the two armies on the Yellow River (North River). ) and the two Jin Army bridgeheads on the west bank of the Yellow River (Nanhe) and the south bank of the Yellow River (Nanhe) were surrounded on three sides.
But after setting up the stronghold, the Song Army took no more active actions. In addition to using cavalry to protect their own retreat and the communication channels between various camps, they did not send troops to attack the Jin soldiers' camps at all. It seems that they are not here to seize the rich river land at the foot of Heishan Mountain, but to set up defenses on the banks of the Yellow River to protect the newly captured lands of Xingzhou and Lingzhou.
However, in order to explore the strength of the Song Army, the Jin Army dispatched more than 20,000 infantrymen and cavalrymen to cross the river via a pontoon bridge while the Song Army was establishing its camp when the Song Army just arrived. They formed a formation in front of the camp, hoping to force the Song army to come out and fight.
However, the Song Army had no intention of engaging in battle. They just rolled out hundreds of trucks and pulled out a ring to protect the camp under construction.
The Jin soldiers tried to attack, but found that the Song army also deployed soldiers equipped with divine arm bows behind the carriage, and also placed some small cannons that could be used to fire explosive pots. When the attacking Jin soldiers were still in formation at a hundred or dozens of steps, they were bombarded by explosives fired by the Song army with small cannons - if these small cannons were used to throw stones and mud bombs, they would not be able to cause any damage. What casualties. But it's different when it comes to a bomb weighing more than a kilogram. As long as this thing explodes among the infantry and cavalry, it will not only cause casualties, but also cause great chaos... As a result, Jin Bing's Before the first wave of attacks started, they had to move their positions.
After deploying the starting position of the attack more than two to three hundred steps away from the Song Army's carriage formation, the Jin soldiers did not have to be afraid of the explosive pots fired by the Song Army's cannons, but the distance between them and the Song Army's position was far away. This gave the Song army, which was on the defensive, more time to react when facing the Jin soldiers' attack.
If the "clay pot cannon" or even the "long pot cannon" in full condition appears on the field battlefield, the distance between the starting positions of the two sides will be further widened.
This is of course extremely disadvantageous for the party without firepower advantage! At that time, the soldiers of the Jin Army had to put on heavy armor, carry bows and arrows on their backs, and carry heavy long-handled weapons, and walk at least 1,000 steps before entering the battle. After the fight, they still had to walk the same distance before they could retreat to their original starting position.
However, in this exploratory attack launched by the Jin army, they did not encounter the bombardment of "hot pot cannon" and "casserole cannon"... This is Zhao Kai's trump card, and he must save it to give the Jin people a big blow. surprise!
However, the explosive pots and small cannons have seriously disrupted the Jin army's offensive rhythm.
Not only did their iron-armored troops and Bohai heavy-armored troops have to walk twice as long before entering the battle, but they also had to be bombed several times by small bombs that rained down on them before they engaged the Song army soldiers!
Although the Jin soldiers also had bombing pots, their bombing pots were large and heavy and could not be thrown far unless they were strong men. Moreover, the number of explosive pots equipped by the Jin soldiers is not at the same level as that of the Song army... Both the Northern and Southern Song Dynasties were countries with millions of pots!
Moreover, Dajin can barely produce 100,000 pots per year... Therefore, the bombing pot is still a relatively expensive weapon among the Jin army. It must be used sparingly, and cannot be used randomly by the soldiers charging into the battle. Throw.
Therefore, after Jin Wushu "returned victoriously" from Huainan, professional "pot artillery" appeared among the Jin army, which used tip cannons to fire large explosive pots - and the Song army used small tip cannons to fire small explosive pots. The troops are similar, but the combat efficiency is not comparable at all.
The former's cannon is smaller, easier to transport, and easier to assemble. Moreover, although Song Jun's explosive pots are small in size, they are very powerful and there are more of them!
The Jin Army's "pot artillery" used large cannons that were inconvenient to transport and assemble. The quality of the frying pots they owned was relatively poor, with almost half of them failing to explode. Even if the kettle explodes, its power varies from time to time, and there is no guarantee...
Moreover, the explosive pot is actually a grenade. There is nothing wrong with firing the grenade with a tip cannon, but taking the grenade away from the front-line infantry is too tricky... because it is impossible for the infantry soldiers charging into the battle to get it in time. Fire support from the "pot artillery"!
But their opponents can hang the bomb on their belts and throw it whenever they want... Only then can they throw it accurately and in time!
As a result, the Jin Army's infantry formation was blown apart by the explosive pot without even touching the sides of the Song Army's chariot formation!
After the Jin Army's infantry formation was blown up, the Song Army's infantry soldiers immediately rushed out from the gaps in the carriage workshop, formed square formations of a hundred people, charged at the scattered Jin soldiers, and completely defeated them!
Although under the deterrence of the Jin cavalry, the counterattacks of the Song army infantry were very short, but with the help of the power of the explosive pot, they still caused a lot of casualties to the attacking Jin soldiers.
Realizing that their troops could not get any advantage in the attack on the Song Army's Zhenche Formation, Wanyan Loushi and Wanyan Xiebao quickly paid for their troops and retreated. After withdrawing their troops, tens of thousands of Jin soldiers, including Lou Shi and Xie Bao, stationed at the fork of the Yellow River, spent many days in fear... waiting for the Song army's fierce attack every day. But after waiting for seventeen or eighteen days, nothing happened.
After the Song Army established a stronghold, they turned to defense. At the fork of the Yellow River, two armies appeared on the defensive... The front line was quiet, and it was already a bit like a sit-down battle. .
But even in a sit-down battle, Wanyan Xiebao still didn't dare to show any signs of neglect. Because he had smelled an extremely dangerous atmosphere since the attack on the Song Army's Chariot Formation failed!
Because they were worried that the Song Army might use a large number of bombs to cover the infantry to launch a night attack - this was the best way Wanyan Xiebao could think of for Zhao Kai to break the frontline confrontation. Therefore, Wanyan Xiabao took the initiative to take on the night watch duty ten days ago.
I stayed in the Chinese army tent every night without sleeping... Oh, at most I just squinted a little.
Now, in the early morning of June 16th, Wanyan Xiebao was taking a nap in the Chinese army tent... Wanyan Xiebao, who was snoring loudly, suddenly felt someone shaking him. In a daze, he opened his mouth and said Said: "Sister-in-law, stop shaking...let me sleep a little longer! Just a little while!"
Then he heard a thick voice yelling: "Xie Bao, wake up quickly, I am not your sister-in-law..."
Xie Bao finally woke up for a while, and then he said again: "Dad, please let my sister-in-law and I sleep for a little longer, just for a little while..."
At this point, Wanyan Xiebao felt something was wrong. His father knew about this... but didn't care at all!
Thinking of this, Xie Bao squinted his eyes and saw that the old man who appeared in front of him was not his father, but Wanyan Loushi. He looked around again and saw that it was empty. How could there be any good sister-in-law with whom he got along day and night?
"Excuse me, this..." Wanyan Xiabao still wanted to explain that he and his sister-in-law actually had nothing to do with each other... they just slept together sometimes! But that was also to help his dead brother Sheyama give birth to a son! It's so pitiful that my brother doesn't have a son to inherit his legacy. Can Xie Bao not help his brother? But this way of helping is unethical! Wanyan Xiebao, who had read too many books about sages, always felt a little bad.
"I don't care about you and your sister-in-law's affairs!" Wanyan Lou's family doesn't care about such noisy matters!
How could he be so particular about being a Jurchen all his life?
"Xiebao," Lou Shi said, "get up quickly...the Song Army has sent troops!"
"What?" Wanyan Xiabao woke up in an instant, and his mind about sister-in-law, younger siblings, and younger mother... was all cleared from his mind.
"The Song army is about to attack? Hurry up and beat the drums to gather the generals!" Wanyan Xiebao had already jumped up.
"There is no rush," Wanyan Loushi was quite sure, "We are not attacking, but... dividing our troops!"
"Divide the troops?" Wanyan Xiebao was stunned, "What's going on?"
Wanyan Loushi said: "I don't know what's going on, so I came to see you... Come on, let's go up to the observation deck and take a look."
As he spoke, Lou Shi took Xie Bao out of the Chinese army's tent and headed towards a tall platform standing behind the tent. At this time, the sky outside the Chinese army's tent had begun to light up, and Wanyan Xiebao discovered that many Jurchen generals and military staff had gathered under the balcony. However, the space on the stage is relatively narrow and it is impossible for them all to get on. The hedgehogs could only gather underneath and continue to discuss. Seeing Lou Shi and Xie Bao coming together, a general who was guarding the night with Xie Bao immediately came forward and reported: "Recruitment and supervision, there is not much movement in the Song Army's Nanzhai, and those who are leaving the camp now are The soldiers and horses of Beizhai... there are eight square formations that have already left camp, and there are still large groups of cavalry moving out.
The eight phalanxes that had already left the camp were marching northward along the North River of the Yellow River one by one, forming formations... It seemed that they were dividing their forces to go north to attack Wu Lahaicheng. "
"Divide the troops to attack Wu La Haicheng?" Wanyan Xiebao still couldn't believe it, "How is this possible? How many people are there in the Song army on the other side of the Yellow River? Together they are still a large army, but if they are divided into two, the army will be weak. Now. Still want to attack Wu La Haicheng? Isn’t this a dream?”
"What the supervisor said is absolutely true. Didn't the Song people divide their forces and become weak?" The general said with a smile. "This is a big taboo for military strategists! It seems that the officials of the Song Dynasty are making a mistake!"
Is it a stupid move? Wanyan Xiebao couldn't believe it. Zhao Kai might have been a bit confused elsewhere, but his ability to fight with soldiers was still very reliable. When had he ever made a big mistake?
This thing... is weird!
