The Happy Life of Small Officials in Northern Song Dynasty

() Di Qing pulled Su Jinyue off the roof of the carriage, and hurriedly said: "Master Su dodges backwards, remember to hide behind the rocks, this time the thieves are coming for real, you see they all hold bows and arrows in their hands, and enter the road It must be a rain of arrows, don't hurt you."

Su Jin couldn't help laughing, Di Qing thought of himself as a powerless scholar, but he didn't know that he had seen many battles, and at least ten lives were at hand.

At this time, it is inappropriate to talk nonsense, Su Jin just said: "Commander Di will direct himself, don't worry about me."

Di Qing turned his face away, straightened the bronze mask, and shouted loudly with the spirit of his dantian: "Brothers, my official is Di Qing of Yanzhou, everyone listen to my orders, the bandits are fierce, first avoid their sharp edges, bandits want to use bows and arrows Shoot, everyone hides behind the fortifications first, and then counterattack after I give the order, so as not to cause unnecessary casualties."

The soldiers were not very familiar with this accompanying officer who appeared in the past few days. Only some people secretly talked about his identity as Di Qing, the commander of Yanzhou Zhangwu Army, but there was no confirmation. The crowd cheered for a while; the most important and brave general in the army, even if he is a pawn, he also hopes to be under the command of a fierce general, because following these people, he can fight happily and never feel frustrated. , the chances of being rewarded for meritorious deeds increase exponentially with the bravery.

The Yanzhou Zhangwu Army has won consecutive battles recently, and the morale of the entire Zhangwu Army soldiers is higher than that of the Xiangbing soldiers in other places.At this moment, when everyone heard that Di Qing, a legendary figure circulated in the army, came to command in person, their morale immediately rose. If Di Qing was here, there would be no reason for the western thieves to run rampant.

Su Jin was secretly envious. Although he was considered a famous person, in the minds of these soldiers, the name Su Jin was far less confident than Di Qing. However, it didn't matter if his ambition was not here. If your morale is high, you will fight desperately; in a situation where the enemy is outnumbered, no matter how courageous you are, you will have to let others slaughter you.

The distance of [-] paces is almost no distance under the horseshoes of the cavalry. Bows and arrows can shoot people from [-] paces away, but Li Ningming insisted on holding back until nearly [-] paces before loudly ordering to release the arrows. Flying through the air and falling into the Song army formation, the carriages used as fortifications suddenly burst like 'tuk-tuk-tuk', and dozens of carts instantly turned into monsters covered with spikes.

Some arrows fell directly into the formation of the Song army behind the fortifications. Since the fortifications chose a slightly narrow exit at the east end, the original intention was that the narrow contact surface prevented the enemy's formation from expanding, and played a role of one man guarding the enemy. Fu Mo opened it up, but in this way, only two to three hundred people could hide under the fortifications, and the remaining 300 Song soldiers could only line up behind; although precautionary measures were taken, the rain of arrows still injured many Song soldiers , the front was unscathed, while the back was bruised. It can be seen that under the blow of long-range weapons, there is no such thing as front and rear.

The distance of [-] yards is only enough to shoot three rounds of arrow rain, but in fact, after two rounds, it is impossible to shoot arrows anymore, because after two rounds, it will rush to a distance of thirty or forty yards. With the scimitar, the blink of an eye is the time to meet the enemy. Is it possible to use the bowstring to strangle the enemy soldier?

After two rounds of arrow rain, the bow and arrow were abandoned on the ground, and the Xixia soldier drew the scimitar behind his back in his hand again. With the knife in his hand, his self-confidence suddenly increased. The distance of dozens of steps can be described in the blink of an eye. The soldiers of the Xia army could even see the dilated nostrils of the Song army on the opposite side due to terror.

"Let the arrows!" Di Qing roared, and was the first to stand up, and shot out the arrows on the hard bow in his hand. Others shot one arrow, but Di Qing shot three arrows. Like a shooting star chasing the moon, it directly hit three people, one with an arrow in the eyebrow, one with an arrow in the chin, and one with an arrow in the forehead; Di Qing aimed at the center of the eyebrows, and the one in the middle naturally had an arrow that pierced through the center of the eyebrows. There is a slight difference, so the chin and forehead are different; but they are all fatal, and the result is naturally to see Hades at the same time, but there is not much difference.

At the same time, the Song Army's only five hundred bows and arrows poured their heads at the oncoming Xia Bing. The first to bear the brunt were the dozens of cavalry facing them. Even the men and horses turned into hedgehogs, and they rolled over and howled.

Because the distance is too short, it can only shoot in a straight line. If it is a little farther away, it can be divided into straight shot and throwing shot. This can not only hit the front, but also hit the back. When the branch fell, the enemy army might rush to the front, so Di Qing still chose to call the soldiers of the Song army to shoot head-on.

The distance was too close. After the enemy army rolled and fell to the ground, a dozen or so horses rolled directly in front of the fortification because of their inertia, and almost knocked the fortification out of a big gap.

Di Qing shouted: "The archers retreat and set up their big guns."

As soon as the words fell, more than a hundred super-long "big guns" were erected in the gaps of the cart fortifications. It was really difficult to say that they were big guns, but they were actually just spruce trunks with arms thicker than two feet and long. The tops were sharpened, and the branches and spruce needles were not removed from the trunk.

Three or four soldiers held a 'big gun' and pointed upwards, with the tail resting in the dug pit, all facing the Xia army cavalry who came flying.

There was no room for manoeuvre, the sound of puff puff puffed into my ears, and the splashed blood was like flowers blooming all over the sky, instantly dyeing the place where the two armies met into a bloody land, some cavalrymen stretched out their scimitars to cut off Spruce tree trunks, it’s a pity that these spruce tree trunks are too tough, and they are wobbly and useless to be supported by manpower, so the machete only swings a few inches when cutting, and only half of the tree trunk is cut in, and there is no cutting at all. ;The next moment can only watch the tip of the tree trunk pass through his chest or the horse's neck.

Under the force of the impact, the 'big gun' pokes the enemy and jumps upwards in an arc. Some people and horses bounce it into the air, and then fall down with a bang, hitting the following enemy soldiers.

There are more than a hundred 'long spears', all of which never fail, and more than a hundred cavalry roll over and fall off their horses. The long spears are originally used to deal with the enemy's war horses, because only war horses can cause devastating damage to the fortifications, and the cavalry on horses will either fall with the horses. If he was trampled into flesh by his comrades behind him, or thrown high and fell into the Song Army formation behind the fortifications, the end would naturally be torn corpses by knives.

Of course, the reality is far from being as perfect as imagined. At least a dozen Xixia cavalrymen did not go straight up and down because of the deviation in the position of the spears. Not to mention the army soldiers, they also destroyed seven or eight carts to form a fortification line.

As soon as the line of defense was opened, Xia soldiers rushed up again like a flood, but they couldn't stop them if they wanted to block them; the scimitar flashed, and a large number of Xia army cavalry smashed into gourds on the fortifications, and at the same time destroyed the fortifications one after another. The stage of relying on fortifications to resist has come to an end, and the next step is to fight with real swords and guns.

The Song army relied on the location, and the Xia army relied on the impact. In this case, it is impossible to say who has the greater advantage, but the role played by the agile players is undoubtedly decisive. Once the defense line is broken, Di Qing raised his long saber, which was as curved as a crescent moon and as thin as a cicada's wing. It had a catchy name called Shenji Wansheng Water Dragon Dao, and shouted: "Here is Di Qing, and the western thief will give you the head."

Before he finished speaking, he jumped up, and a knife hit his face, turning the charging enemy soldiers into two pieces of flesh and blood.

Naturally following in his footsteps are the four generals of the Su family, Hum Ha, Dynasty Ma Han, Zhang Long, and Zhao Hu, who have long been suffering behind. Once the line of defense is broken, they will show their skills. The Su family who came with Su Jin The No. [-] master, plus more than a hundred strong soldiers, bravely charged forward and fought against Xia's army.

The cavalry used to slash people with knives like chopping melons and vegetables during the charge, but unfortunately the terrain is unfavorable. The messy corpses, carts and various things have already turned all the cavalry who dared to continue charging into gourds; The terrain also forced their charge to stop here. Fortunately, standing on the horse and condescending, the power of the scimitar still beat Song Bing who was running around on the ground with two legs. After a face-to-face, Song Jun fell There were more than ten people, Xia Jun also fell more than ten people, and the two sides fought evenly.

Su Jin yelled from behind: "The shepherd first shoots the horse."

Di Qing suddenly came to his senses, and shouted, "Chop off the horse's shoe."

The soldiers of the Song Dynasty understood, and stopped jumping around to fight the soldiers on the horses, but slashed at the horse's legs. The horses didn't know how to dodge, and every time they slashed, the horses wailed all over the ground, and dozens of horses fell down. The horseshoe fell to the ground.

Of course, the focus was on dealing with the horse's legs, and naturally they sold the vests to soldiers of the Xia army. More than a dozen people chopped off the horse's legs, but their backs were split open by the machete, but the rewards they brought were also huge. Needless to say, Su's Xia soldiers must have been hacked to death by random knives, and there were a lot of human corpses on the ground out of thin air, plus horses with broken legs kicking randomly, which made it even more difficult for the cavalry who came after to control the horses and condescend.

The battle situation changed from a stalemate to a more favorable situation for the Song army. If the cavalry behind could not come up, the front would become a living target, and more than two hundred people were annihilated one after another. At the same time, Li Ningming, who realized that the situation was not good, ordered to suspend the attack He could see that he had lost the cavalry's charging power, and in hand-to-hand combat at narrow intersections, he could use his own short-sightedness to attack the enemy's strengths, and he had to re-arrange the charge.

Di Qing stopped the soldiers who were trying to pursue, and led his men back. The entrance to the east end of Yingzui Cliff, which was still bathed in blood just now, was suddenly empty, and there were piles of corpses piled up all over the place. Legs fighting horses, the scene is appalling.