Today the sun is hiding behind the clouds, revealing a pale color. There is no wind, it is not cold, and there is a light mist.
As soon as it got dark, the Song army went to the city to call for battle. Not long after, the city gates opened wide, and Wei Yi led more than two thousand people out of the city to fight.
Before Wei Yi's formation was stable, he heard a horn sound from the Song army's formation. Chi Yuping rushed out of the formation first, Zhang Chi and a hundred fine cavalry followed closely behind Chi Yuping. After coming out of the formation, without any hesitation, he rushed straight towards Wei Yi, who was under the command of the commander-in-chief.
Wei Yi was startled. I have not been a soldier for a long time, and I have never seen this kind of fighting style. When the two armies faced each other, it was a common tactic to continuously use small groups of elite cavalry to attack the opponent. But everyone knows that the Chinese army is the strongest and the hardest to be disrupted. When cavalry charges into formation, it usually attacks the flanks or the junction of two formations. After disrupting the enemy's formation, they can then press against the enemy's central army to achieve their goal. It is really unprecedented to charge directly at the Chinese army like this. A hundred cavalrymen rushed forward, were they seeking death?
With an order, a drum sounded in Wei Yi's formation. The spearmen in front stepped aside, revealing the crossbowmen behind them.
The Song Dynasty was an era when a large number of crossbows were used. Under normal circumstances, 70% of the military were crossbowmen, and as many as 80%. Compared with other arms, crossbows are more powerful and more lethal. As long as your formation is not chaotic, it will be difficult for the enemy to attack the front of the formation. The Song army's combat effectiveness was not strong because of its formation and weapons, but because of its personnel, generals, soldiers and systems.
Seeing the Song army rushing into the range of the crossbows, there was another drum sound in Wei Yi's formation. Like locusts, arrows rained from the sky towards the Song army.
Chi Yuping raised the small shield in his hand, blocked his vital points, and rushed straight towards Wei Yi. These hundred elite cavalry were all wearing iron armor, and the arrow rain from Wei Yi's formation did not cause much damage. Still in neat formation, they charged forward.
It is often said that you can only defeat an enemy with three arrows. When the two armies are fighting, the defender can only shoot about three arrows on the way when the cavalry is charging. After the three arrows were shot, the soldiers met hand to hand and entered a melee. Of course, even in a melee, the crossbowman can still fire arrows. One is to assist the front gunners in shooting the enemies in front of the formation, and the other is to block the enemy's reinforcements. If the attacker cannot use his energy to disrupt the enemy's formation, he will be surrounded.
Seeing that the Song army's offensive continued unabated, Wei Yi ordered his troops to continue firing arrows while raising his spear. When the Song army was twenty steps away, they shouted loudly and came up with guns and soldiers to kill them.
Chi Yuping put away his shield and raised his gun to face Wei Yi. The cavalry behind them and Wei Yi's personal soldiers also fought together, causing chaos in front of the formation.
Zhang Chi, who was behind, gently moved his horse to avoid the melee crowd and took down his bow. Looking at Wei Yi who was fighting with Chi Yuping in front of him, he took a deep breath. With a sudden shout, he spurred his horse on and galloped past the crowd. With a volley of arrows in his hand, three arrows were fired in volley, passing through the melee crowd like lightning and shooting straight towards Wei Yi.
Wei Yi heard the sound of the arrow being shot and knew something was wrong. She blocked the first arrow by feeling with the gun in her hand. Wei Yi felt a huge shock in his arm, and Wei Yi was frightened to the core. Before he could react, the other two arrows hit one in the chest and one in the abdomen. It breaks through the armor directly and embeds deeply into the flesh.
Seeing Wei Yi's eyes wandering, Chi Yuping burst out laughing. He took the mace from his back with his right hand and struck Wei Yi on the head with the mace. Before Wei Yi could fall off the horse, Chi Yuping took out the steel knife and cut off his head.
Holding Wei Yi's head high in his hand, Chi Yuping said loudly: "Guardians of Guozhou, your governor's head is here! Do you want to fight again?"
Zhang Chi took a breath and slowly put away his bow. Only then did he feel that his right arm was sore and weak. He had used up all his strength with the three arrows just now. As a general who is good at shooting in the army, Zhang Chi can shoot a three-stone bow. It can shoot a three-stone bow, but the bow Zhang Chi usually uses only has two stones and three buckets. With a three-stone bow, just like now, all the strength will be exhausted after a few arrows.
Following Chi Yuping's words, Wei Yi's men slowly stopped fighting. I don't know how long it took, but suddenly someone shouted, and the entire military formation quickly collapsed, and the soldiers fled in all directions.
Li Yanxian looked at the scene on the battlefield and couldn't believe it. It was too magical for an army of nearly ten thousand people to collapse in an instant. Last night, I discussed with someone the strategy for today's battle, but I didn't expect it to go so smoothly.
At the pre-war meeting last night, everything was clearly discussed about when to advance the troops today, how to set up the formation, how to attack, and when Zhang Chi would fire the arrow. The process of killing Wei Yi seems very simple, but it is not easy to do it. Chi Yuping was particular about when to start a fight and what kind of state he should try to keep Wei Yi in. Especially for Zhang Chi, it was actually very difficult to hit Wei Yi with all three arrows in the chaos.
Seeing Wei Yi's troops fleeing in all directions, Wang Xiaolie said to Li Yanxian: "Jing Lue, let's enter the city."
Li Yanxian nodded, and together with Wang Xiaolie, led the army into Guozhou City.
After entering the city gate, Li Yanxian said: "Wei Yi has nearly ten thousand troops. If we let them escape, I'm afraid they will become a disaster!"
Wang Xiaolie said: "It has been several months since Wu Shu led his army to attack Guozhou. The people around Guozhou have either died or fled, so where are the people left? After arriving here, I ordered Wang Ruohai to organize the attack on the remaining people. All the people have withdrawn south to Dengzhou. Now around Guozhou, there is not a single family within thirty miles. These ten thousand people have no food to eat, where are they going to flee to? Just wait a few days and slowly collect them."
Li Yanxian was stunned: "Is that so? There are no people around, so these rebels really have nowhere to go."
Wang Xiaolie nodded: "Most of the people around Shaanzhou and Guozhou have moved south at the beginning of the year, and there were not many of them. After this war, not many people are left. It's better to move them all. Let this be a dead place.”
Li Yanxian nodded silently without saying a word. The devastation of war on society cannot be overestimated. In the past few years, the Shaanzhou and Guozhou areas have experienced several wars, and nine out of ten houses were empty. Another battle in the past few months will cause even more damage.
The Jin army did not pay attention to production. After entering Guanzhong this time, Fuping won a battle and seized a large amount of supplies from the Song army. With the support of these materials, the Jin army was able to quickly spread out in various areas of Shaanxi and pursue the Song army. Thanks to these supplies, the damage in the Guanzhong area was relatively minor, but not in the Shaanzhou and Guozhou areas.
Arrive at the state government office and sit down. Wang Xiaolie said to Li Yanxian: "According to the decision before the war, the two of us will stay in Guozhou and pacify the vicinity. Shao Yun and Jia He will lead the army and horses eastward to capture Shaanxi Province. If the Jin army is not tightly defended, , we can leave Mianchi in the east and threaten the Wushou route. Our troops will be led by Wei Yang and Xue Cheng to capture Tongguan. If Tongguan can be successfully captured, Wei Yang will go to capture Huazhou and Xue Cheng will capture Tongzhou. After capturing these two places, we can control the Yellow River ferry to the west and threaten Jingzhao Mansion to the east. The two troops of Yinliduo and Wanyan Huonv who were attacking Qinfeng, Jingyuan and other roads were cut off from their retreat. No matter how arrogant the Jin army is, they must withdraw their troops to deal with us."
Li Yanxian nodded repeatedly: "Yes, when the troops came to Jingzhao Mansion, Nianliduo couldn't sleep well. How could he allow Wushu to mess around? After this battle, Wushu would not dare to come eastward again, and he must guard the gold. The army’s retreat.”
The head coach of the Jin army in Shaanxi was the second prince, Nian Liduo. Wushu was only one of his soldiers and horses, and the other wing was Wanyan Huonv. Wu Shu stayed near Jingzhao Mansion to prevent Li Yanxian from cutting off his retreat. Now in Luoyang, flaws have been exposed.
