Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 805 Against
After turning over Guanshan Mountain and walking one or two miles away, there is a flat land.There is a mountain in the east and west, sandwiching the flat land in the middle.

As soon as Zhang Zhen saw this place, he said: "It's here, don't look any further! This is a natural battlefield! There are two earthen ridges in the east and west, where artillery can be placed. The middle is flat and open, just right to charge! Set up positions here!"

Nie Feng nodded: "This is indeed a good battlefield!"

Cheng Liangsong ordered the soldiers to order the follow-up troops to speed up.He stepped forward and said, "I also heard from the locals that there is an absolute battlefield behind Guanshan. It's fine for other troops, but for us, this is an excellent place to kill the enemy!"

Zhang Zhen nodded and looked at the terrain in front of him.After a while, he said, "Let's go, let's look at the east and west ridges."

The soil ridge is not high and the terrain is flat, so it is not an excellent artillery position.But in this era, this terrain is enough.

Coming to the flat ground, Zhang Zhen said, "How far is it from Qingjian City?"

Cheng Liangsong said: "About forty miles. The Jin army is in a hurry and should arrive in the afternoon."

Zhang Zhen nodded: "Time is enough. After the commanders arrive, immediately rush to dig fortifications and fight the Jin army here!"

Until now, the rangers of the Jin army have been suppressed in the south of Kuanzhou, and they don't know what happened near Guanshan.After Song Jun arrived, he immediately began to dig various fortifications for combat.For example, before the artillery positions, two trenches were dug to prevent the enemy from attacking upwards.The two wings are matched with moats and antlers, extending to the mountains.

Wang Xiaolie's army is different from other armies. It has special fortification tools, and it doesn't take much time to do it.

Shu Jiming and Wang Zhongfu's battalion was Zhang Zhen's former army camp, and it was placed in the middle.Hundreds of people formed a group, three in front and two in back, standing quietly in the open space.

Wang Zhongfu licked his lips, and said to Shu Jiming: "Be careful when you stand in the first row. The soldiers here are elite soldiers, especially with bows and arrows. Your armor can't protect your arms, so there is always some risk."

Shu Jiming smiled and said: "I am tall and I am going to throw bombs in the first row. How can I wear full body armor? Don't worry, I am born to throw bombs farther. It should be farther than the golden army's bow and arrow, so I can't hurt me. "

Wang Zhongfu said: "Oh, it's really worrying."

After speaking, he raised his eyes and looked ahead.After watching for a while, he said, "The golden soldiers are here—"

The rangers of the Jin army were constantly beheaded or intercepted. They already knew that there was a Song army ahead, but they didn't know the exact location.It wasn't until they got close that they saw the army formation of the Song army.The vanguard stopped his horse, and the army slowly lined up.

It is often seen in books that the two armies are engaged in battle, and the first thing to do is to shoot and hold the ground.Because bows and crossbows are the most effective long-range attack weapons, you are courting death if you line up in the range of the enemy's bows and crossbows.But the distance is far away, and the attack distance is far away, requiring the infantry to waste their energy.Therefore, before the battle, the formations of the two sides were limited to the range of the bow and crossbow, neither far nor near.

And when there are cannons, the role of the crossbow is replaced by cannons.Before the war, when the two sides lined up, the range of the artillery was limited, and at least their own army should be arrayed outside the range of the enemy's artillery.Otherwise, what else to fight?As long as the enemy fires, he will disperse.

In this sense, after the emergence of artillery, it was not bed crossbows and trebuchets that replaced it, but bows and arrows.Instead of bows and arrows, muskets replaced knives and guns.Especially in the era of line infantry, this substitution effect is very obvious.The infantry on both sides stepped forward and lined up to shoot, just like fighting with cold weapons at a distance.

It's just that the power of the musket is getting bigger and bigger, and the range is getting farther and farther, and the effect is similar to that of a crossbow.So many people take it for granted that muskets have replaced bows and crossbows since their appearance.From the perspective of the military formation, it is still more reasonable to think that muskets replace knives and guns, and artillery replace bows and crossbows.

Even later, with weapons such as rockets and missiles, it is these weapons that determine the distance of the front.The distance between the battle lines between the two warring parties is not determined by the stragglers at the front, but by weapons such as rockets and missiles.From the perspective of the distance between the warring parties, it is clear that artillery replaced crossbows, and rockets and missiles replaced artillery.

At this time, there were artillery in Wang Xiao's hunting army, which forced the Jin army to distance themselves, which already had an overwhelming advantage.

The strongest god arm bow in the crossbow, with a range of 240 steps.The general crossbow has a range of one hundred paces.The range of the bow is even shorter, only fifty to seventy steps.The Jin army did not pay attention to the strength of the bow. The bows used were weaker than those of the Song Dynasty, and the arrows were extremely long.The effective range of the cavalry is only twenty or thirty steps, almost face to face.

As for Wang Xiaolie's cannon, after several improvements, its effective range is now 400 paces.When the Jin army attacked, it had to walk more than [-] steps in the artillery fire, and most of the troops collapsed before reaching the opponent's formation.Only the elite soldiers of the Jinren can make offensive moves.

Zhang Zhen stood on the hillside to the east, observing Jin Jun with a telescope in his hand, and he didn't know what to say in his mouth.

At the heart of war is the army.Whether the formation is stable or not, whether it is unfavorable to attack, whether it is conducive to defense, and whether the formation can be quickly changed according to needs, often directly determines the victory or defeat of the war.

In film and television dramas, often when the general shouts, the soldiers rush forward with howls.Plasma splatters, corpses fly, it's a real shot.Of course real war is not like this.It is an attack on the enemy's military formation, or a point, or a line, or a full-scale attack, and then the collapse of the enemy's military formation is the only way to win.It is not the general's roar that directs the war, but the flag, but the golden drum, and the unity of the soldiers.

Therefore, in Wang Xiaolie's army, control is a key dividing point.All officers in command or at the same level are strictly forbidden to lead troops into battle, but only control the army formation in a safe place.There are only exceptions for the left and right commanders, who can directly lead the charge under special circumstances.

The practice of the Song army is that the commander leads the charge.Once there is an accident, the whole army will collapse.A typical example is the Battle of Sanchuankou. The coaches Liu Ping and Shi Yuansun took the lead in rushing into the enemy's formation, and the two were captured, leading to the collapse of the entire army.In fact, [-]% of the Song army did not participate in the war, and it was far from the time of collapse.

After a long time, Zhang Zhen put down the binoculars.Cheng Liangsong said to Cheng Liang who was beside him: "Looking at the formation of the Jinren, they use the cavalry to quickly rush through the range of the artillery to engage our army. Pass my order, the grenadiers in the front row must throw fiercely and ruthlessly!" As long as we stop the enemy's cavalry's offensive momentum, we will win! Order the cavalry troops on the mountains on both sides to be ready to pursue at any time!"

Cheng Liangsong said yes, and quickly stepped aside to send an order to the messenger.

Zhang Zhen looked serious and looked at Jin Bing in front of him.It was a good idea for the cavalry to rush through the range of the artillery quickly, avoiding mass casualties of manpower.It's just that the horse's ability to maintain its stability under the artillery attack depends on the fortune of the Jin army.

(End of this chapter)