June 22nd, evening.
In summer in the Northeast, the days are long and the nights are short. Although it is already evening, the sky is not dark at all. The sun is still hanging in the sky, emitting endless light and heat, as if witnessing this final battle that will be called the first Song-Jin War by later generations!
The salty cool breeze blowing from the sea swept across the narrow Fuzhou Peninsula, dispelling the afternoon heat. On the battlefield in Jiashan Valley, the cool breeze blows, making people feel very comfortable.
And countless sharp blades and blunt weapons that reflected the gentle evening sunlight into a frightening cold light were flashing on both sides of the battle line!
I don't know if they were in a hurry, so the two armies facing each other on the Jiashangou battlefield today moved very quickly. Especially for the Jin soldiers, there were 40,000 households, more than 30 strong security forces, more than 300 soldiers, and nearly 80,000 regular and deputy soldiers. In just over half an hour, the formation and formation were basically completed. Expand.
Among them, the one who responded the fastest was Wanhu, a member of Wanyan Alu who served as the commander of the capital. The seven men under this Wanhu were placed on the right wing of the Jin army, facing the left wing of the Song army, which relied on Houshi Mountain.
The troops under Wanyan Alu were the first to leave the camp. After a little preparation, they immediately launched an attack on the left wing of the Song army.
Perhaps they feel that the Song Army's coach has recently lost its head coach and its back line has been "lost", so people's hearts will definitely be unstable and they will have no will to fight. Therefore, Wanyan Alu, who wanted to avenge his good brother Wanyan Alu, could not wait for the entire army to be arrayed, so he ordered a Bohai Meng'an and a Shiwei Meng'an under his command to attack together. At the same time, he also ordered two Jurchen Meng'an soldiers in light armor to ride on horseback and make a detour to the side of the Song Army's company camp.
During the four fierce attacks, the company's regular soldiers and auxiliary soldiers dispatched a total of more than 10,000 people. There were nearly 6,000 Bohai and Shiwei soldiers who attacked the Song army's camp from the front. These six thousand gold soldiers formed phalanxes in units of Muke. In front of the phalanx were hard-line soldiers wearing two layers of heavy armor, holding various long-handled weapons. Behind the hard-line soldiers are the Alixi auxiliary soldiers - although they are auxiliary soldiers, their equipment and martial arts skills are not necessarily bad, because these auxiliary soldiers are the nephews of the regular soldiers and are not cheap human shields and cannon fodder. , and also have the opportunity to get better equipment. Now these Alixi soldiers did not carry long-handled weapons, but carried bows and arrows, shields on their backs, and maces that could be used with one hand.
These Bohai and Shiwei soldiers, under the command of Chief Mou Ke and Chief Puchian, advanced as neatly as possible.
Maintaining formation is not easy for tribal soldiers whose soldiers, farmers (herders) are integrated and infantry and cavalry are not separated. These warriors from the bitter cold lands of the north emphasize individual prowess rather than collective strength.
In addition, in the more than ten years since the rise of Daijin, Jin soldiers rarely engage in large-scale infantry battles with their opponents. After all, the battlefield between Liao and Jin was too vast and relatively flat, which was very suitable for cavalry to move across. The Khitan people are mainly nomadic, and the Khitan army is almost all cavalry, so it is impossible to defeat them with infantry.
Therefore, the Jin soldiers of this era mainly fought on horseback, and occasionally dismounted to serve as infantry.
Since dismounting and fighting is just a side job, then the formation training is naturally sloppy.
However, the formation of the Jinbing cavalry was not bad at this time. Whether it was the Kaizi Ma or the Iron Buddha, they could fight off a group charge of dozens or hundreds of cavalry. And they haven't fallen to the point where they need to tie the horses together with iron chains to maintain the queue...
Today, the Bohai and Shiwei soldiers who were pushed to the Jiashangou battlefield did not go through a strict queue, but the Jin soldiers had ways to maintain their ranks on the battlefield. This method is to take a few steps, then stop to organize the team, and then continue to move forward.
Therefore, the more than 30 Muke infantry formations on the battlefield formed two large horizontal formations at the front and back, moving at a very slow speed and pressing against the Song Army's camp five or six miles away.
Behind these two large columns, there are three Jurchen Meng'an riding horses, one of whom is also wearing iron armor and seems to be the famous Iron Buddha Cavalry. The other two cavalrymen, Meng An, were lightly armored and unarmored caizi horses.
Wanyan Aru himself did not personally lead the Iron Buddha Tu, but was escorted by a group of kidnapper horses, riding his horse to stand under his own tooth flag and recognition flag.
Guarding the left wing of the Song Army was an army commanded by Gao Jingang (Dong Jingang), named the Second Army of the Personal Expedition Camp. Facing the Jin soldiers who came in two groups, Gao Jingang and his brother Gao Luohan also conducted a division of labor.
Gao Luohan led an infantry general and a cavalry general out of the camp. Among them, the infantry divided one into four and deployed four battalion-level square formations on the left side of the camp, blocking three paths that passed between the low hills. The cavalry generals were also divided into four parts, scattered in battalion units behind the square formation composed of infantry.
Gao Jingang commanded the remaining three infantry generals and one midfield general to guard the long trench and fence defense lines.
Gao Jingang split the four generals at hand into two formations and formed two lines of defense. The first line of defense was deployed against the wooden fence. The infantry placed long wooden shields four or five feet high behind the wooden fence to form twenty sections of shield wall. Behind each section of the shield wall was a team of one hundred people.
The second line of defense stood against the mountain, sealing the hillside with horse guns and carts. An infantry general and half of the Chinese generals and soldiers on horseback and half on foot formed sixteen horizontal formations on several hilltops. About twenty counterweighted cannons were placed on the top of the flattened hills.
Gao Jingang climbed up to a high observation tower, holding a telescope, looking around to observe the enemy's situation.
Under the high platform were a group of soldiers, flag bearers, drum and buglers, and staff officers who were delivering orders. They all stretched their necks and waited for Gao Jingang's orders.
Gao Jingang didn't have any orders to give now, he just muttered in a low voice: "Don't shoot the arrow, don't shoot the arrow... wait until the gold thief reaches the edge of the trench before shooting!"
The ditch he was talking about was just twenty steps in front of the fence. It was narrow and shallow. The inside of the ditch was clean. No water was drained, and no wooden stakes or broken knives or broken guns were inserted at the bottom of the ditch. Therefore, the Jin soldiers did not need to fill in the trench, they could just rush over.
The trench was clean inside, but many pits were dug inside and outside the trench, and many small caltrops were scattered. If you step into a pit or step on a thorn, it will be quite painful.
Some of the slowly advancing Jin soldiers in heavy armor had already been hit by pitfalls and iron caltrops. Either they were suddenly half shorter, or they sat down on the ground holding their feet and screaming!
The commanders, generals (battalion generals), and preparation generals who were commanding behind the Song Army's shield formation about thirty steps in front of them saw this scene and finally raised their voices and issued the order: "Bows and arrows - fire!"
The reverberation of the password was still reverberating, and there was a sound of metal machines clashing behind the Song Army's shield array!
Hundreds of wooden feather arrows flew out and passed through the gaps in the wooden fence (some were directly nailed to the wood without passing through). The golden soldiers who were slightly blocked by pits and iron caltrops were hit by arrows one after another!
At the same time, the archers listed behind the divine arm archers also began to unfurl their bows and throw arrows - these archers were all made up of spearmen and axemen. The divine arm archers of the Song Army's camp were also equipped with swords, which allowed them to fight in close combat.
Although arrows rained down like rain, not many golden soldiers fell down screaming, and they were all wearing heavy armor!
Even if the wooden feather arrows shot by the divine arm bow can break through the armor they wear, there is not much power left. It is easy to damage the flesh, but it is difficult to cause fatal injuries.
But the golden soldiers who were in pain were not afraid at all. Instead, they let out roars. They didn't care about traps or thorns. They didn't even want to form a formation. They just roared forward!
The Ali Xibing who followed these Jin soldiers took out their Jurchen rifle bows and began to throw feather arrows at the Song army's shield formation in waves.
In terms of lethality, the Jin Bing's bows and arrows are naturally not as powerful as the wooden feather arrows shot by the God's Arm Bow, but their density is much higher. Because the Jin soldiers now have the initiative and can make key breakthroughs in a certain section of the Song army's battle formation, although their total strength is only a few more than their opponents, the number of Jin soldiers accounts for a huge proportion in every location where fierce battles take place. Big advantage!
Just when the left wing of the Song army began to engage the Jin soldiers, a Jin army of ten thousand households commanded by Wanyan Boji, the son of Wanyan Xieye, also completed its deployment and began to flood towards the right wing of the Song army.
Different from Wanyan Alu's tactics of dividing his troops into two groups, the terrain on the right side of the Song Army's camp was narrower and not suitable for detours, so Bo Ji simply concentrated his forces to attack the front of the Song Army, and each infantryman planned to defeat the square formation. , almost joined together, forming a huge square formation, rolling towards the Tenth Army of the Camping Army commanded by Lu Qian and Lin Chong.
The dense rain of arrows quickly fell on the right wing of the Song Army's battle formation!
On the Jiashan Valley battlefield, a fierce battle is going on!
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"Check the frypot!"
Niu Gao's order was not loud, and his officers and soldiers lined up in four columns behind him silently took out the explosive pot that looked like a wine bottle from their backpacks - this was Ma Kuo's first trump card! However, the quantity is limited, and each soldier only has one, which is very precious!
It was already the early morning of June 23rd. The battlefield in Jiashangou was filled with flames and the sounds of killing reached the ears of Niu Gao's soldiers who had completed their detour. Everyone was extremely excited because they knew that their raid was probably successful.
There are not many Jin soldiers guarding the back road, and they are also distributed on Niujiao Mountain, Anzi Mountain and Fenji Mountain... This is obviously to prevent the Song army from launching a surprise attack by sea. But Ma Kuo sent thousands of infantry troops, detoured dozens of miles of mountain roads, and trekked to the foot of Anzi Mountain!
Of course, if there were no explosive pots, it would be impossible for these thousands of Song infantry to capture Han Chang's camp on Anzi Mountain... But now that there are explosive pots, Han Chang's traitor soldiers are waiting to be "defeated" Bar!
