Song Dynasty

Chapter 36 Two Armies
The sound of horseshoes breaking and the sound of horns choking.

The sound of booming footsteps was deafening, and the earth undulated slightly like the surface of water passing by the breeze amidst the footsteps of thousands of people.

It was noon, and Liu Guangshi's Huaixi Army finally arrived.

Looking upstairs, Wang Shen firmly grasped the railing with his hands, tried his best to poke his head out, and looked at the situation in the distance.

Since the downpour, the weather has been cooler day by day.Even with the bright sun shining on his body, the wind blows through his body, making him very cold.

Three miles ahead, the red flag flew in the air like flames, making Liu Guangshi's army bathed in a sea of ​​flames.

At the front are teams of cavalrymen shuttled back and forth. These are sentinels of the Song army. They form a sparse formation and keep passing by the barriers of Pingyuan Town. It's amazingly fast.

Behind the scout cavalry are infantry phalanxes one after another, slowly advancing forward.There are swords and guns like a forest, and the flags are constantly flying to convey information.

They all wore armors of different weights, but they were all painted black without exception, which made the Huaixi army look like a flood that came after the embankment burst.

In addition to infantry, there are also a large number of siege equipment, catapults, rush carts, and goose carts moving staggeringly, like oxen hobbled at the same time.

Even if he didn't know anything about the cold weapon war, Wang Shen could figure out that the Huaixi army launched much more soldiers and horses today than Li Yu's former army that attacked Pingyuan Town a few days ago.I saw that in an instant, the entire eyelid was filled with infantry.There are spears everywhere on all sides, all sergeants advancing this way, and the teams seem to be endless.

Before, after forcibly carrying [-] Jinan troops with [-] god-armed crossbowmen, Wang Shen had an illusion that what he experienced was just a well-made and realistic game, and no matter how many enemies there were, they were just The little monsters who came to send equipment and experience.All you need to do is keep fighting until you kill them all.

But now seeing the Huaixi Army, there is a voice in my heart: I will die, I will definitely die.

Yes, this is the real army, the real battlefield.Compared with the well-equipped and well-trained regular troops of this era, Li Yujun is a group of refugees and beggars.

In such a highly professionalized battlefield where tens of thousands of people work together and perform their duties, the power of an individual seems so insignificant.

Even if you are the commander-in-chief of the first army, let alone directing operations, as far as the situation of the entire battlefield is concerned, you will not be able to understand it.

The final feeling in the book is superficial, and the war scenes on TV are all deceptive.If you really fall into such a scene, what else can you do other than being shocked and breathless?

In the past, Wang Shen felt that that was the case with war, but now that he thinks about it, he really underestimated the ancients.If one of these two armies is directly handed over to the current self, let alone commanding the battle, what to do next will be black eyes.

Originally, after traveling to this troubled world, Wang Shen had no other thoughts, only thinking about how to escape from here, and then escape to the south to spend his life safely.At this moment, seeing the magnificent cold weapon war scene, I can't help but be fascinated, and there is a surge of pride in my chest: This is the real army, the real war!Commander-in-chief of an army, if the order goes down, tens of thousands of people will fight to the death, what a man should do!

If I, Wang Shen, really want to engage in the army, there is still a long way to go, and there is still a lot of knowledge to learn.

The Huaixi army ranked last among the four generals of Zhongxing in the Southern Song Dynasty. Liu Guangshi was also a famous long-legged general, and he already had such power.I don't know what the Yue family army and the Jurchen cavalry look like.

"At least 2 people, and the main force is at least [-]. Huh, Liu Guangshi is going to attack with all his main force. This Lieutenant Liu is really impatient." Next to him, Li Cheng smiled lightly: "Uncle Liu Ping and I are old rivals, first come first. After more than a dozen fights, there were victories and losses. But, really counting, it seems that he is always the one who suffers, right? It’s not rude to come and go, let’s also prepare, and don’t let others take XX lightly.”

His laughter was full of pride. Indeed, in the past few years, Li Chengcheng was Liu Guangshi's nightmare, and he played every battle extremely smoothly.If it weren't for the fierce general Wang De who rescued him desperately, Liu Taiwei would have been Li Cheng's prisoner two years earlier.

For Liu Guangshi, Li Cheng has a strong psychological advantage, including his subordinates.

Hearing this laugh, Wang Shen finally came to his senses, and turned his head to look, surprised and admired in his heart.

After occupying Pingyuan Town, in just three days, Li Chengjun built solid fortifications.Walls of barriers rose from the ground, and there were long exhibitions, archery towers and watchtowers in front of them.At the front, simple trenches were dug, and Luzhai and Juma were erected, which shows the execution and combat effectiveness of Li Chengjun's horses.

In Li Cheng's army, gongs and drums sounded, flags were flying, and orders were passed on among the crowd one after another.Similarly, Li Chengjun also set up a catapult.Those catapults had already been pre-packed and shipped over, and the soldiers were swiftly erecting them behind the fence.

Team after team of Li Chengjun poured out of the camp, gathered behind the fence, and helped each other put on their armor amidst the officers' orders.At the forefront were the pikemen, their spears leaning against the fence like swollen hedgehogs.Behind the spearmen are layers of archers, all of them holding step bows and white arrows on their backs.

Like the Huaixi Army, Li Cheng's troops also absorbed a large number of soldiers from the Western Army. It can be said that the old foundation of the two armies is the warriors of the Three Qin Dynasty, and they also used the thick armor and strong crossbows from Fan Zhongyan and Fan Da Laozi to the old and small species. tactics.

In the past, the Western Army was short of horses. If they wanted to resist the attacks of the nomads on the northern grasslands, they had to rely on bows and arrows.Therefore, the crossbowmen in the army accounted for [-]% to [-]%.

It's just that crossbowmen have strict requirements on the physical fitness of soldiers, training is not easy, and they need sophisticated equipment.After Jingkang, the entire Western Army was wiped out, and it was no longer possible to form such a large crossbow force.Therefore, the archers of the two armies in front of them have dropped to only [-]-[-]%, and most of them are light infantry.

The luxurious infantry group before Jingkang has completely disappeared in the long river of history since then.

For a moment, the attacking side came like a raging wave, and the defending side was as firm as a rock, filled with awe-inspiring spirit.

Unlike the shocked Wang Shen, Lu Can standing next to him was full of excitement, and his lips trembled slightly: "My Great Song... This is my Great Song's army."

Yes, the Huaixi Army was originally the most powerful army in the Jianghuai area, and now Li Chengjun, who has a combat effectiveness of half a point, has been recruited.Since Jingkang, the imperial court has been defeated repeatedly, and now it has finally pulled up a strong army, and there is a hint of ZTE.

Suddenly, under the watchtower, a fully-clothed general Li Chengjun yelled: "Crossbowman, open the bow and set the arrow, raise two fingers, and prepare to shoot!"

More than a thousand archers shot their arrows fiercely.

With the sound of "thunderbolt", the whole sky instantly turned black, and the sharp sound of "咻咻" was heard all over the ears.

Then, the sky brightened again.A thousand arrows fell to the ground and were inserted into the open space between the two armies, densely packed like a wheat field.

The Huaixi army on the opposite side saw the volley of archers here, and the whole formation paused, and then "crashed" forward under the urging of drums.

Lu Can was shocked: "Stop shooting, stop shooting, General Li, you have already been recruited, and you are already an official in our Great Song Dynasty. How can your own people beat your own people?"

Before the words fell, the officer below yelled again: "For the second arrow, raise the three fingers and get ready-shoot!"

A strong wind suddenly blew overhead, and the sound of "咻咻" still filled my ears.

A thousand arrows slid out of a beautiful arc in the sky, fell farther, and nailed to the open space.

The officer was tall, with a hatchet on his back, and it stood there as straight as an iron tower.This person was introduced by Li Cheng just now, and he is Ma Jin, the number one warrior in the army.

Ma Jin was ruled by Li Cheng's former army. He was the chief archer and crossbowman. He was the strongest martial artist in the army.It's also his fate, meeting the strongest military god of this era, in fact, in the same era, there are really few people who can surpass him.

Lu Can kept calling: "General Li Cheng, you can't fight, you can't fight."

Wang Shen smiled, pulled him back, and said: "Ziyu, General Ma Jin is marking the injection line, don't worry, you won't be able to fight."

Li Cheng turned his head and glanced at Wang Shen, nodded: "Exactly."

The so-called delineation of the injection boundary refers to the fact that before the station, long-range projectile weapons must first be tested for two rounds to measure the shooting range and impact point of the weapon.In this way, once the battle starts, the target can be accurately set.There are no precise measurement tools in cold weapon warfare. If it is replaced by modern warfare, such as heavy machine guns and other continuous weapons, the angle will be adjusted.

As he was talking, seeing Li Chengjun's arrows raining down like rain, the Huaixi Army stopped, out of range of the bows and arrows.

The red flag on the opposite side was still billowing in the wind, and dust filled the sky.

Suddenly, the formation separated to the two sides, and a group of cavalry rushed out.The leader is a middle-aged man in a Confucian robe, and behind him is a knight holding a blue canopy, which seems to be calmly and unrestrainedly approaching the army in Confucian uniform.

After the scribe got out of the formation, he didn't charge forward, but turned his horse's head and passed the front of the Huaixi army.He kept pointing the horsewhip in his hand towards the formation beside him.

Every time the whip fell, all the Song soldiers held up their weapons and cheered loudly at the place where it was pointed: "Taiwei, Taiwei!"

A cluster, one after another, shaped like waves.

This person is naturally the commander-in-chief of the Huaixi Army, Jiangdong Xuanfu envoy Liu Guangshi.

In an instant, the momentum of the Huaixi Army was like a rainbow, and Liu Guangshi's power can be seen.Those who don't know him well will definitely be blown away when they see the situation in front of them.

However, as his old opponent, Li Cheng gave a disdainful "puchi" and said to Wang Shen and Lu Can: "This Uncle Liu Ping likes to come to this kind of hypocrisy. After such a big battle, I am not afraid of me Qingqi Captured his Chinese army banner. Alright, now that XX has been recruited, let's go meet the official in name."

After finishing speaking, he went down to the watchtower together with Wang Shen and Lu Can, rode on the horse, led the two guards out of the gate empty-handed, rolled up the billowing yellow dust and ran forward, exhausting all his strength while running. Drink: "it's Uncle Liu Ping, and someone is Li Cheng, can you come and meet before the battle?"

When he yelled, thousands of soldiers in the camp behind him repeated his words loudly, and the waves of sound moved forward with flashes of arrows and weapons.

Seeing Li Cheng rushing on Qingqi, the Huaixi army on the opposite side was slightly disturbed, and saw Liu Guangshi who was on the horse paused, and hurried back to the formation, the canopy that hit him on the head was also crooked.

Wang Shen had played in the Jockey Club for a while before. Equestrianism is the so-called standard for successful people, and his skills are not bad.However, it has been a while since I have ridden a horse, and this time when I got on the saddle, I was still a little worried, for fear of making a fool of myself.Unexpectedly, Li Chengjun's war horse was even better trained than the racing horses of later generations. Riding on it, his body heaved up and down, but it seemed to take root.This is not surprising. Unlike horse racing, cavalry is only a death sentence on the battlefield, and training horses is more severe than later generations.

After all, he had suffered many losses at the hands of Li Cheng, Liu Guangshi was a little apprehensive about coming, no matter how much Li Cheng yelled, he refused to come out.

In a short while, a group of archers came out from the Huaixi army, lined up in front of the formation, and rounded their bows.

Li Cheng smiled again, pulled his horse out of range, and continued to shout: "Uncle Liu Ping, I have received an imperial edict from the official family and have been recruited. I am also an official of the Song Dynasty now. It has been a while since you and I have seen each other." , I miss it very much in my heart. Why don't you bring two people to talk before the battle, how about it?"

After shouting for a long time, the opposite side suddenly moved again, and tens of thousands of soldiers moved forward slowly.

Li Cheng frowned: "It seems that Liu Guangshi is not willing to meet with a certain person, anyway, I will go back first, and the left and right sides have to fight first, so that I can talk after hurting him."

Seeing that he was about to turn the horse's head back and see that an unprecedented bloody battle was about to begin, Lu Can suddenly rushed out with a "drive".

A guard beside Li Cheng set up a bow and arrow.

Li Cheng grabbed his hand: "No need."

Seeing Lu Can rushing out, Wang Shen was startled: Lu Can has escaped, will I also escape, as long as I escape to the Huaixi Army, I will be free... No, no, An Niang and the others are still in Li Cheng's hands .If I leave, they won't be able to survive. How can a man do such a thing?

While riding wildly, Lu Can waved his hands and shouted with all his strength: "Don't shoot arrows, don't shoot arrows, my own, my own, Uncle Ping, Uncle Ping, it's me, it's me, I'm Lu Can, I'm Lu Can..."

Seeing him rushing forward, the archers at the front were about to guard against arrows, when a burst of gongs came from behind the formation, and then several flags were raised.

The archers of the Huaixi Army put down their bows and opened a passage.

Lu Can rushed in along this passage, and disappeared into the vast crowd in an instant.

The Huaixi army was approaching, approaching, as if there was a moved city wall standing in front of him, Wang Shen's hairs stood on end.

Li Cheng had already turned his horse's head, with a half-smile: "Ambassador Wang, why don't you leave?"

Wang Shen smiled wryly in his heart: I want to leave, but you have to let An Niang and Yue Yun go first.

"It's my responsibility, I can't leave."

Li Cheng nodded: "It's okay. Lu Can, a character like a mustard seed, is dead or alive, but I don't care about it. If it were you, I would shoot and kill him without hesitation."

After finishing speaking, he suddenly drew the big bow on his back, took the arrow, and shot it forward with a 45-degree angle.

(End of this chapter)