The Song army's tactics were simple. They first sent cavalry to entangle the front army of the Western bandits, and the infantry on both wings formed an encirclement. The Chinese army's crossbowmen covered and fired, and in their fantasy, they captured all the Western bandits in one fell swoop.
It's a pity that the officers of the Song Dynasty had such superb military qualities, but they all had their own evil intentions. In actual combat, there would always be problems of one kind or another. The generals were at odds with each other, and if they made the wrong move, they would lose everything.
The military generals of the Song Dynasty were all people who had a habit of self-esteem. When there was no war to fight in the northwest, they had no money to make money. Who would fight hard?
All the military generals are well-known. The Western thieves sound powerful but are not very strong. They can only take it out on the common people. There is nothing they can do when they encounter the fortified cities of the Song Dynasty. They will not die anyway, and the imperial court's salary will continue to flow. Sent over, who doesn’t want this battle to continue?
When the bows from Fang Manan Mountain are returned to the treasury, they have to go home to support their old age and raise pigs. When they go to court, they have to be scorned by those civil servants. Is this a human life?
Military generals do not hesitate to die, and civil servants do not hesitate to be famous. It is just a sentence, but it is extremely difficult to achieve it. Throughout history, how many people think that they have a clear conscience and can live up to this sentence?
Liang Chuan could see from the top of the city that after a long battle, the Song Dynasty's military formation was already scattered.
The infantry of the Song Dynasty were all wearing heavy armor, and their marching speed was naturally slow. The crossbowmen on both sides fired for many rounds before they gradually pressed forward. However, firstly, the party's cavalry style was as fast as lightning, and secondly, Dangxiang fought bravely for his own future. Cavalry has been the nemesis of infantry since ancient times. Dangxiang's men were on horseback and slashed at them condescendingly. The infantry of the Song Dynasty could only rely on the super high defense of heavy armor to persist and not collapse.
After the infantry intervened in the battle, the cavalry's front army became the rear army. They were already valuable, and they were not willing to die in vain after getting a breather. They all stayed in the rear army and reaped the profits, ready to run away at any time if the situation went wrong. Take the initiative to run away from them. They didn't dare, but according to their estimation, soon the idiot Ge Huaimin couldn't chew this bone and the troops would retreat.
After Yeli Yuqi lost about 500 warriors, he immediately turned around and retreated. Liang Chuan stood on the city wall from a distance and saw clearly that the Dangxiang troops had not been defeated. They always kept a distant distance from the Song infantry. But now they suddenly retreated and their formation was not disordered. What was going on?
The Song Army breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the retreating Dangxiang people. Ge Huaimin didn't understand the pressure on the frontline soldiers. When he saw that the Dangxiang people were about to run away, he just thought that they had suffered a defeat. His face lit up with joy, and he encouraged the whole army to beat the enemy. Gu Zhentian's entire army swarmed forward, desperately chasing the escaped Dang Xiang army.
If you don't want to let go of your child, you won't be able to trap the wolf. This is a trick to lure the enemy!
Yeli Yuqi felt happy when he saw the Song Army chasing after him. There were only a few of the Song Army's generals who could beat him, and the others were just sticks.
Ge Huaimin took it for granted that he had fallen into someone else's trick.
This is a real hardship for the infantry in heavy armor.
The armor they wear is called Bu Renjia. It has 1825 iron plates all over the body and weighs 58 kilograms. It is made of iron armor leaves connected with rubber bands or nail nails. Just imagine carrying a fifty kilogram bag of rice on your back and having to dance swordsmanship and Tai Chi with others. What kind of physical strength is required to do this? Let them gallop to chase the party's cavalry. What kind of immoral thing must this lack of combat experience do?
More than 10,000 infantrymen greeted Ge Huaimin's wife and mother, but they could only carry out military orders and chased the party members with swords and guns. The two-legged ones chased the four-legged ones. However, the entire formation was completely disrupted.
Since ancient times, there has been a strategy of fighting with less, which is to run first. Kill the faster ones first when they catch up with you, catch up later with the slower ones, and then slowly deal with them after defeating the faster ones. This can perfectly avoid the situation where one person is vulnerable to a group of people.
A burst of cheers erupted from the top of Dingchuan Walled City. The soldiers guarding the city were thankful that they survived this war. Most of them participated in the war for the first time. Most of the people who went to the battlefield in the first two battles had died. On the battlefield, they were either captured and turned into slaves, and there were people killed in every household. The fear of the party members had penetrated deeply into their hearts.
"General Yang, let me open the city gate to greet Lord Ge's troops!"
Yang Qi's nerves, which had been tense for a day, also calmed down. He longed to be on the battlefield, but when the war came, he found that he was so powerless. Fortunately, the corpses in the city were cleaned up, and the remaining people could still live. The war is coming, and he can't lead his army to fight and guard a small town for fear that he won't survive tomorrow.
"Okay, open the city gate!"
"no!"
Liang Chuan loudly stopped their intention to open the city gate.
Everyone was shocked by the servant's voice. Didn't the enemy retreat? Why didn't they open the city gate?
"Look, there's an ambush among the Western thieves!"
A black line suddenly appeared in the valley at the foot of Tiandu Mountain. The enemies poured out like a tide. They advanced very fast, and the black line hit the Song army like fish scales.
The foot soldiers of the Song Dynasty are unparalleled in the world, and the iron kites of Xixia are equally indestructible!
The people in Dingchuan Village were instantly desperate.
"This is the iron kite of the Western Bandit!"
As soon as the Iron Kites came out, it meant that Li Yuanhao personally took action. They were the elite among the elite party members. They would conquer and win the battle. They gained a great reputation in the hands of Li Yuanhao. Countless Zhengzheng men of the Song Dynasty died in this army. On hand.
"It's over, it was just a trick by the Western Thieves to lure the enemy!"
Everyone is around, and bystanders can see clearly.
Da Song's formation had long been stretched into a long strip in order to pursue Ye Li Yuqi's knights, and the iron kite was like a shark swimming rapidly over the wasteland, ready to take a bite of these scattered small fish.
As the iron kite flew, waves of sharp arrows were fired at the infantry of the Song Dynasty. The arrows struck the infantry and made streaks of fire, but did not hurt the infantry at all.
The Dangxiang people have been keen on the infantry armor of the Song Dynasty for a long time. Tie Yaozi relies on cold forged armor. This kind of armor is also unparalleled in the world, but the craftsmanship is too difficult. It is rare that only a few Dangxiang craftsmen know this craft. Jin Gui's cold-forged armor was only for cavalry, and most of the party cavalry could only use thin leather armor. Even so, it gave the Song Dynasty a headache!
The two torrents of steel collided together. The iron kite could not break the defense of the infantry armor, and the infantry armor was helpless against the cavalry. The spear in his hand stabbed and retracted, specifically attacking the war horses. This was the only place where the iron kite could be broken. The iron kite used the impact force to knock down the infantry, trample and chop them, and blood flowed into rivers on the loess desert. The Song Dynasty The infantry were completely killed, while the losses of the Iron Kites were relatively less.
Tie Yaozi killed for a while, turned around in a circle and went back, turned the horse's head and prepared to charge again. Li Yuanhao's army also arrived, and the troops gathered together. Three thousand iron kites formed a steel Great Wall, and they were ready to charge towards the Song army again as if Mount Tai was pressing down.
Iron Harriers are cavalry themselves. They wear armor and ride on horses. The pressure is shared by the horses, so there is no need to worry about lack of strength.
The Dangxiang people don't talk about cavalry tactics. There has always been a charge of fish scale formation. One team takes the lead in charging to create time for the rear team. After the rear team prepares its team, it joins up with the returning first team. The two teams charge together. Now the iron kites are still there. The party's cavalry all rushed out from the Liujia Gorge, and three thousand people gathered together. All they had to do was keep attacking.
Iron Harrier is inherited from father to son, and the army is full of military families who know each other. Three thousand people together form a whole. Once this torrent of steel starts, it will be difficult to stop, unless you die in battle!
Oh my god, it used to be that the foothills of Tiandu Mountain were just a line of darkness, but now it has turned into a brown-black torrent. Dingchuan Village is like an isolated island in the ocean, and will be submerged sooner or later.
The hearts of the people in the city sank again. I thought that the troops of the Song Dynasty had arrived, but now I saw so many party cavalry. Even with all the strength of the Song Dynasty, I am afraid there are not so many cavalry. How can we fight this battle?
In several wars, Li Yuanhao fought with all the strength of the country. Every family came out with help, and won the battle to establish the country and show its prestige. After losing, the whole country and nation went crazy with him and destroyed everything, leaving nothing for the Song Dynasty. An unprecedented gamble!
The situation on the field was completely beyond Ge Huaimin's expectations. It was clear that the Western thieves had just retreated, so where did so many Western thieves appear from?
He finally remembered what Xia Song had told him to never underestimate the enemy and advance rashly. .
But there is no regret medicine in the world.
The thousands of heavy infantry in pursuit could only be abandoned.
Ge Huaimin: "Gather your gold and form a formation to defend against the enemy!"
All the infantry gathered together again, and the rear cavalry was sent out to buy time for the infantry. Originally, they were full of confidence against three thousand, but now between twenty thousand and thirty thousand, who still has the confidence to fight?
Thirty thousand cavalry surrounded 20,000 infantry. The compressed pike infantry phalanx was extremely defensive. The battle lasted from day to night, and from night to day the next day. The sky was dark and the ground was dark. They all turned red, and the winner has not yet been determined.
Liang Chuan could see clearly from the top of the city that the Song Dynasty was destined to be defeated. If these people were to die, how would they survive the siege?
"There isn't much clean water in the city, and by tomorrow there won't be a drop of water to cook with. The Western thieves have cut off our water source, so we have to find a way!"
Liang Chuan told Yang Qi his worries.
Yang Qi felt heartbroken for the plight of the Song Dynasty, but she had to make plans for herself. Liang Chuan's words were undoubtedly correct. No matter how badly she was defeated, she still had a city to rely on, and her situation was much better than that of the field troops outside. .
"But we can't get out of this city. Where will the water come from?"
"Dig a well!" Liang Chuan looked at Yang Qi firmly. This was the only way out.
Yang Qi asked hesitantly: "Can there be water underground? How deep should we dig?"
"I don't know. There may not be water if we dig, but if we don't dig, we will definitely die of thirst!"
