Wanyan Yingying galloped his horse to a stop. Asked: "It's a mess ahead, what's going on?"
The soldier said: "I think it's Yang Guanren who is transporting food. We originally planned to camp outside Shenshan County tonight, and he will arrive with food and grass."
Wanyan Yuying shook his head: "Even if Yang Guanren is here, it shouldn't be so chaotic. Send someone to see what happened."
A soldier agreed and galloped forward on his horse.
Not long after, the soldiers came back in a hurry. He said to Wanyan Yuying: "No, there is a Song army blocking the road ahead! They are chasing me!"
Before he finished speaking, he saw about ten cavalry galloping behind the soldiers like lightning. On the hillside next to it, there was a large group of Song troops outflanking here.
Wanyan Yuying looked behind her and then in front, and couldn't help but frown. There are pursuers behind and an ambush in front, where are you going?
A soldier said: "Lang Jun, you can't care about anything else now. We just need to escape. Why don't we go up the mountain, so that the Song army can deal with it if they catch up. The mountains here are not too high. If we go west, we can always escape." Go to Jinzhou. There are a thousand defenders there, and the Song army will not dare to attack!"
Seeing that the Song army in front was coming quickly, Wanyan Yuying said decisively: "Let's go up the mountain! Whether we can escape today depends on fate!"
After speaking, he turned his horse and galloped towards the mountain next to him with his soldiers.
The mountains in this area are not too high and gentle, and the cavalry can climb them as long as they slow down a bit. It's just that the forest is so dense that it's easy to lose your way.
Seeing the Jin soldiers going up the mountain, Shu Jiming had to wait for Wang Zhongfu at the foot of the mountain. The two men met and said: "There must be a big victory in the front, and the Jin soldiers don't care about going up the mountain. Most of us are infantry and cannot catch up with the Jin army. In this way, I will lead people behind the Jin army, and you can go to the front to report the news immediately. Let the soldiers come in pursuit. If these golden soldiers are very powerful, there will be nothing anyone can do. If we are lucky, we won't be able to escape them!"
Wang Zhongfu said yes. Without being wordy, he took two horses and galloped along the Laohe River.
Shu Jiming took a breath and led eight of his men, with Wanyan Yuying's tail adorning the distance.
After climbing over a hill, Wanyan Yuying looked behind her. Said: "These Song troops are far behind us. Someone must have gone to move reinforcements. How can we escape without destroying these Song troops? Behind the woods in front, our troops are divided into two groups. Leave ten soldiers behind. I'll be behind and kill the Song army!"
Jin Jun promised. After walking through the woods, Wanyan Yuying hesitated. According to his previous temper, Wanyan Yuying wanted to stay and kill all the eight or nine Song troops. Finally, I thought about it, today is unusual, I accidentally lost my life. It was better to leave ten soldiers behind and run away with the others.
Shu Jiming couldn't see clearly from a distance behind him. He just looked for Jin Jun's shadow and chased him all the way. After turning around a small forest, there was a sudden shout from the grass on the roadside, and a group of Jin soldiers rushed out. One of them, eight or nine steps away, bent his bow and nocked an arrow, and shot down one of his men with one arrow.
Shu Jiming was startled. He shot away the arrows that were shot at him and shouted: "Everyone, be careful of the golden man's arrows!"
After saying that, he stepped forward with a spear and his horse, and stabbed the Jin army in front with one shot.
The Song army behind knew that the Jin's bows and arrows were powerful, especially when the two sides were close. They avoided the weakness of the Jin's bow and shot quickly and quickly. Everyone picked up their horses together and rushed towards the Jin army in front.
In just the blink of an eye, two more Song soldiers were shot down. However, the Jin army was entangled by the Song army and could not escape.
Shu Jiming has great strength, and the spear in his hand is heavier than others. With one shot, the Jin army in front was stabbed to the core.
In order to ambush, the Jin soldiers did not ride horses. If you are entangled by the Song army, there is nothing you can do. In particular, Shu Jiming was a natural formidable general. The spear in his hand flew up and down like a poisonous snake, and no one could stop him.
The battle did not last long, and Shu Jiming killed the ambush Jin. Of the eight people he brought with him, he also lost four.
After getting off the horse, Shu Jiming quickly walked to a big rock. Looking around, I saw a vast expanse of forest. Where was the shadow of the golden man?
At night, the defenders of Shenshan County were still celebrating. Jiang Min sat alone by the lotus pond, thinking quietly.
Jiang Min doesn't like drinking or drinking tea, and has almost no hobbies. Even when studying, you learn when you need to learn, and sometimes you forget quickly. But Jiang Min is very serious about things and likes to think things through clearly.
Wang Xiao's army was equipped with artillery. Others did not pay special attention to it. Only Jiang Min wanted to think clearly about the use of artillery and its role.
Many times, Wang Xiao did not do something after he wanted to understand it, but just did it because he knew how to do it and it was not difficult to do it. Just like artillery, at first it was equipped in the army just because I knew how to make it and it was not too difficult. I didn't think clearly about its use at first. But one good thing about Wang Xiao is that he knows that he doesn't know something clearly, so he can't explain it clearly, instead of pretending that he knows it clearly. It doesn’t matter if you don’t know, just learn bit by bit in practice. It's not good to pretend to understand, it will delay a lot of things.
Regarding artillery, the first problem that came to Jiang Min's mind was that many of the current military tactics were no longer applicable. Forming a dense formation, concentrating the attack on one point, and then launching a massive attack after the enemy's formation wavers. This is the most classic fighting method in the cold weapon era. But with artillery, this method of warfare is no longer applicable.
Forming a dense formation, if a shell is fired, a large number of people will be killed or injured, so how can it be used? This style of play certainly has its uses. As long as you are not afraid of death, you can always use up all the enemy's shells. Or if you have too many dead, you might want to scare the enemy away by relying on your dead. But in the eyes of others, this is really a joke.
The strength of the Jin army did not rely on cavalry, numbers, or bows and arrows. What they were best at was forming heavy formations without any casualties to force a breakthrough. In the face of artillery, this kind of tactics is tantamount to committing suicide.
Therefore, Jiang Min believes that after equipping artillery, the powerful Jin soldiers are no longer powerful. Once both sides line up, the Jin soldiers will be restrained by the Song army with artillery. If the Jin army changes its tactics, what else will be invincible?
Wang Xiao's method of dealing with the Jin army was not relying on artillery, but relying on you to be stronger and me to be stronger. The army was strictly trained, and the two sides formed formations to counter each other. Even the Jin army could not defeat the elite troops of Dengzhou Army. Under this premise, strategic advantages will be formed.
Jiang Min believes that there is no need to be so troublesome. As long as the army is equipped with enough artillery, it can be invincible in this era. Especially infantry equipped with artillery, coupled with a certain number of cavalry, it is not difficult to destroy the Jin army.
Under this kind of thinking, Jiang Min believed that he could defeat the invading three thousand gold army by relying on the existing army in Shenshan County. Wang Xiao thought it was unreliable and asked Jiang Min to hide in the mountains when necessary and wait for a favorable opportunity.
Jiang Min was right. In the battle of Shenshan County, it only took half a day to annihilate three thousand gold troops. It's just a pity that Wanyan Yuying escaped.
