Kingdom of Heaven and Han

Chapter 933 Trial Attack
An army of 20 or [-] cannot be stationed in the city, but must be dispersed outside the city.After Wanyan Tu arrived in Taigu County together, they stationed themselves ten miles opposite the Song Army's camp.Behind him is the camp of Ceres God.

Early that morning, Wanyan Tu quickly ordered five thousand soldiers and horses to form an array outside the military camp.

After the formation was completed, Wanyan suddenly rode to one side and waited quietly for the arrival of the Ceres God.Riding on a horse, looking at the surrounding vegetation withered, and the world and the world in a state of solemnity, I suddenly felt a sense of sadness in my heart.

Seven or eight years ago, he accompanied Nianhan on his southern expedition and experienced many battles around Taiyuan City.At that time, I was often surrounded by 3000 to [-] people, and sometimes even hundreds of people. I felt that although the world was big, there was nothing that could stop me.The Song army that faced each other often didn't know how many people there were on the other side, so they just went ahead and killed them. It could be said that they would win every battle.

Because of his reputation, the people of the Song Dynasty gave him a name, calling Wanyan Tuhesu the "Dragon and Tiger King", which can be said to be majestic.At that time, even if there were tens of thousands of Song troops on the opposite side, Wanyan Tuhesu would dare to lead hundreds of people to rush forward and kill the Song troops like chasing rabbits.

How could I have imagined that today would happen!

After so many days, Wanyan Tuhesu already knew that the Song army on the opposite side numbered 5000.Facing 4 Song troops and his own army of more than [-], he had no choice but to stay ten miles away.It's not that Wanyan Tuhesu is honest, it's Wanyan Benjian and Wanyan Yinshu who have proven that it can only be like this.

The current Song Army is no longer what it was ten years ago.Seventeen Jurchen soldiers dared to chase two thousand Song troops. Such a legendary story will never happen again.

Organizational reconstruction is a process, a top-down, bottom-up process.In these five years, Wang Xiaolie completed the reconstruction from roughness to thoroughness, from the control to the capital, to every soldier, and then from the soldiers to the capital, to the control.Now if seventeen Jin troops pursue the Song army, even if these Song troops are untrained civilians, a few people will come out to organize everyone and complete the counterattack.

The organization of the Jin Army was very high from the beginning, but over time, instead of improving, the organization decreased.Now there are 4 Song troops and more than [-] Jin troops who are no match at all and can only wait on the opposite side.

After a long time, Gushen arrived with a few generals.

Wanyan suddenly stepped forward and crossed his arms: "Supervisor, the army has been assembled, please give the order!"

Gushen's eyes were as bright as lightning. He looked at the assembled five thousand troops and nodded slightly.Then he turned around and shouted: "Let's go!"

Arriving two miles away from the front of the Song army's formation, the army stopped.

Gu Shen said: "According to Wanyan Yuying, the Song army's artillery can hit more than two miles and can't go any further. Sudden speed, you send people to build a lookout behind, so that you can have an unobstructed view of the Song formation. Lookout After the construction is completed, listen to the military orders!"

Wanyan Tu quickly obeyed the order and immediately ordered his soldiers to build a watchtower at a later location.Jin Jun stood quietly, waiting silently.

Opposite the Song Army, Shi Rong stood on a high slope, observing the Jin Army's formation with a telescope.After a while, Shi Rong put down the telescope, closed his eyes and thought for a while, and then said: "The Jin Army on the opposite side should have about 5000 people, and the front of the attack is not large. In this battle, the Jin Army's actions are so strange!"

Xu Changxing, the staff officer next to him, said: "Maybe Jin Jun doesn't want to do anything, but is it a test?"

Shi Rong said: "Use 5000 people to test, Jin Jun has a big appetite!"

Xu Changxing said: "Jinshuai Gushen has arrived in the past few days, so we can't judge it with common sense." Shi Rong lowered his head and thought for a while, then suddenly raised his head and said: "Okay, he dares to test with 5000 people, so why should I be afraid of him?" ! Pass the order, all the troops are ordered to keep these 5000 people as much as possible! The God of the Valley is new, so give him a good greeting!"

The soldiers nearby received the military order, turned their horses' heads, and conveyed the military order to the commander below.

Sun Xiaoyi held a spear in his hand, leaning on it tightly on the ground, with a serious look on his face.This was his first time participating in a battle, and he went onto the battlefield without even being familiar with combat techniques.Of course, the combat skills of the soldiers on the battlefield are very simple, and they still look realistic.

A capital of the Song Army was usually one military formation during war, or it could be divided into two military formations.Five of them formed a large military formation, and the commander led the formation.This is the basic grassroots organization, and the next higher level of control is to go to the battlefield in person.

None of them are pure formations, but are composed of archers, swordsmen and gunners.The other units further up are under the control of the battalion, including flags and drums.Troops such as gunners are even more commanded by regiments.For example, in Sun Xiaoyi's formation, there are thirty crossbowmen, twenty grenadiers, twenty archers, and thirty gunners.The archer doubles as a swordsman, and the crossbowman doubles as a gunner.Archers and crossbowmen need to change weapons, and they attack from a distance. Like grenadiers, they have more money and food than gunners.

For real close combat, spearmen are still the main force.The archers should bring their own bows, as well as the crossbowmen's crossbows, which are actually at the rear of the military formation.

Sun Xiaoyi is tall and powerful, with amazing strength. Standing in the front row is actually a grenadier.After this period of time, Song Jun's grenades became more reasonable.There are not only iron grenades, but also porcelain grenades, which are more damaging to unarmored soldiers.Even armored infantry can damage exposed parts.

Looking at the motionless Jin Bing opposite him, Sun Xiaoyi felt more nervous than ever before.

After the watchtower was set up, Gushen Wanyan suddenly said: "Come on, let's go up together and see how the Song army fought."

After saying that, he took Wanyan Tuhe and several generals up to the lookout.Looking up from the lookout, everything is in sight.

Within the Song Army's formation, there were artillery positions at regular intervals.Each artillery position usually has five cannons, and some even have ten cannons.The roads around the gun positions are very developed.There are roads for transporting artillery shells from the rear, and there are also roads to facilitate the movement of artillery.

After watching for a while, Gu Shen said: "Look, each artillery position of the Song Army has only one or two military formations in front. This not only facilitates the artillery to take advantage of the range, but also provides sufficient protection. And looking at their layout, the artillery It’s also easy to move forward or backward.”

Wanyan suddenly said: "According to the layout of the Song Army, their battle line is centered on artillery."

Gu Shen nodded: "Yes. The Song Army relies on artillery as its core, but our artillery does not go to the battlefield. How can this work? The artillery is so powerful that if we fight with nothing, wouldn't the Song Army have exhausted its advantage? This won't work, it must be We need to bring up the artillery!"

Several generals nodded together.

Wanyan Benjian and Wanyan Yinshu were defeated easily, so they probably suffered this loss.How can we use people to attack artillery?
Wanyan suddenly said: "Looking at the layout of the Song Army's military formation, it is also different from ordinary people."

Gu Shen said: "What the difference is, we can only test it by attacking. These five thousand soldiers today will keep our eyes open."

(End of this chapter)