Song Dynasty

Chapter 87
Since the two armies collided like lightning, there have been bursts of loud noises on the battlefield.There was the crisp sound of weapons hitting the human body, and the screams of the wounded, but the louder ones were the shouts of the officers.

Both sides were trapped on the slope of this small hill, fighting repeatedly, and blood rushed down the hillside.In the light of the fire, there was white steam rising, which was the sweat and blood of the soldiers.

Yelv Mawu's voice was very loud and could be heard far away on the hillside.

Wang Shen was amused, my Sizhou army was regarded as the elite of the left-behind division. It seems that the so-called main force in the field in ancient times, the so-called great army of hundreds of battles is not very good!

The military training method he used was obtained from Qi Jiguang's "Records of Military Training" and the training manuals for recruits of the People's Liberation Army of later generations that he saw on Internet forums.To be honest, whether it is the PLA or Qi Jiguang's training methods, the ultimate goal is to train soldiers into machines that enforce orders and prohibit orders. Once the officers give orders, they will subconsciously execute them without compromise.

At the beginning of the training, not only the soldiers and officers could not understand, but even Wang Shen murmured in his heart: Will the soldiers trained in this way really work on the battlefield?
In his cognition, a qualified soldier must not only have great strength and be able to skillfully use the weapon in his hand, but also have no fear of death.

I'm afraid that these rookies who have never killed anyone will be frightened when they see the enemy.Moreover, how could the rubbish troops encountered in Pingyuan Town and Anhe himself be compared with the extremely fierce Jin soldiers.

In this way, his military plan this time is undoubtedly to die. Not only will the lives of the thousand soldiers be ruined by him, Wang Shen, but even he himself will lose all his capital.

Therefore, from the beginning of the battle, although Wang Shen pretended to be calm and stood under the banner of the Chinese army, his palms were actually full of sweat.

Now it seems that these problems do not exist.

At the beginning, Wang Shen seized the ridge with his fast horse, and then drove the Khitan people down the slope with his magic arm bow.

The zero-casualty battle of long-range throwing and loosening of weapons made the fear in the hearts of the recruits disappear, and the subsequent hand-to-hand combat was brutal.But under the support of the officer, everyone still subconsciously stood up according to the usual training, remembering who was next to them, and then cooperated with each other and followed the officer's instructions, striving to thrust the spear forward.

The real battle is actually the same as usual, so there is no need to think too much, anyway, what happens on weekdays, what happens now.As for the fear of casualties...they are more afraid of the officer's punishment.

As for the fallen companions, since the officer didn't give the order, don't worry about it.

In a trance, they even forgot that if they were hit by the enemy's sword and gun like their companions, they would also suffer pain and die.

Nothing else matters except the execution of the order.

Yes, the sky is big and the earth is big, and the military law is the biggest.

To be a soldier is to obey, obey, obey, throw away all thoughts, and turn yourself into a machine.

A killing machine, a war machine.

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"My Sizhou army is now able to fight one of the strongest armies in the world. It is a preliminary practice, but it is also simple." Wang Shen was delighted, and he couldn't help but gently touched his chin with his hand, and his tense body relaxed. : "The casualties of the troops have exceeded [-]%, and the formation is still as stable as Mount Tai. Next, whoever can persevere, whoever dares to pay huge casualties, and whoever dares to persevere without collapse, will win the final victory."

In fact, Wang Shen also took the military training as a simple matter.In ancient times, art of war such as "Sun Tzu's Art of War", "Wu Zi's Art of War", and "Six Secret Teachings" were everywhere, and you could buy a book and study it day and night with money.But this kind of military book is only a programmatic text and is not practical.

The really useful things are how to train the soldiers, how to arrange the troops after going to the battlefield, what route the troops should take when marching, how to guarantee the logistics, where and how to set up the barracks, how to cooperate with each other... and All these, you, an ordinary ancient, have no way to learn, unless you are a general who has a long history of family education, or you have survived a hundred battles and accumulated experience on the battlefield.

However, these things have become commonplace in the modern society where information is exploding. Just find any military history enthusiast, and they can speak clearly and clearly.

Wang Shen didn't know that the method he was using was a summary of his predecessors' 2000 years of war experience, and what he was standing on was the shoulders of giants.

Just as he was looking at the battle ahead, a timid voice beside him asked, "Daosi, are you sure this enemy is the Jin army?"

Wang Shen looked back, only to see Du Shu standing next to him at some point, looking forward intently.

Earlier, the group of Weizhou officials were supported and carried here by the soldiers of the Sizhou camp, and all of them were completely paralyzed from exhaustion.They didn't care about putting on the airs of officials, all of them were pale and trembling.

After fighting together, they were completely stunned by the hot blood rushing in front of them, and they just limp on the ground, opening their mouths wide to scream, but they couldn't make a sound.

At this moment, seeing that the Sizhou Army successfully resisted the enemy's attack, everyone felt better.

Compared with other people, Du Shu was much more courageous, and at this moment he was actually curious.

Wang Shen nodded: "Who else would it be if it wasn't Jin Jun?"

Du Shu: "That's not right, the Jin Army is the army of tigers and wolves, but in my opinion, the flying men and horses in front don't seem to be very good, Dao Si, are you mistaken?"

Wang Shen pointed to the enemy's bald head in front of him and said, "Look at the money rat-tailed hair, it can't be wrong. However, you are right, these people are the Khitan signing troops recruited by the Jurchen, not the real Jurchen .”

"Oh, so it's Hebei signing the army, no wonder." Du Shu immediately relaxed, turned his head and said to the crowd: "You don't have to worry, it's the Khitan, not the old Jurchens. They don't have many troops, so they can't beat them." .”

Wang Shen smiled wryly in his heart: Good Du Shu, you really underestimate Khitan, you really treat him like a soft persimmon.Otherwise, Tong Guan's main force of the Western Army would not have been killed into a sea of ​​blood during the Northern Expedition.I thought that the reason why the Western Army was defeated was because Tong Guan made a mistake in command.Judging from the combat effectiveness of the five divisions of Yelvma today, the Western Army's defeat was not unjust.

More than [-]% of our army are recruits, and it is already very remarkable to be able to fight on equal footing with the Khitan elite. The hard work of this month has not been in vain.The troops will train for another year and fight a few hard battles. It might be hard to say that an invincible army will be trained like this.

With such a warrior, one should spread his wings and soar in this time and space.

Thinking of this, a surge of pride rose from my heart, which was unstoppable.

Suddenly, Du Shu whispered: "Dao Si, it's too bad, the troops are almost overwhelmed."

It turned out that just as they were talking, the battle situation changed again.

The addition of the Pishi Army tilted the balance of victory to the Khitans.

The predecessor of this army was the Tianzi's personal army of the emperor of the Liao Kingdom. It was a warrior among the Khitan and Xi people. They had traveled thousands of miles over the years and had extremely rich combat experience.

They were all armed with long and thick swords. Under the leadership of Yelu Mawu, the crossbow arrows that came like a rain fell into the formation of the Sizhou camp like a boulder rolling down from the top of the mountain.In a blink of an eye, the signboard players in the front row were knocked down, and the big knife in their hands kept cutting down amidst the shouts.

After all, the Sizhou Battalion was full of new recruits, and it would be mechanical and rigid to start a battle. They just formed formations and fought step by step according to the officer's password and the Chinese army.Suddenly, this group of fearless people rushed up with arrows all over their backs, even if you stabbed them with a spear in your hand.They still refused to just fall down like this, but grabbed your spear tightly and dragged you to the ground before dying.

For a moment, the hillside that had been trampled by tens of thousands of feet was full of entangled and rolling figures everywhere.However, the Pi Shijun behind stepped on the body of his companion who was not yet discouraged without mercy, and broke forward ferociously.

Suffering this sudden blow, the recruits of the Sizhou Battalion suddenly realized that they are also human beings, and they are also subject to injury and death.

Intense fear took possession of the heart, and the team began to be chaotic.

There was no longer any momentum, the spearman kept stabbing forward, but the brand player kept retreating, wrapping up with the gunman.

As for the crossbowmen at the back, they stared blankly at the scene in front of them. Some were shooting indiscriminately, while others threw away the magic arm bow in panic when the enemy approached, and went to draw the hand knife hanging on their waist.

"Kill all the Song dogs, and rush into the enemy camp!" Yeluma roared like a thunderbolt, and he rushed into the Sizhou army team first, and chopped off the head of a deputy capital of the Song army with one axe.Not waiting for the red, white and white hot slurry to splash, he returned his hand and slammed the back of the ax hard on another opponent's chest.Visible to the naked eye, the man's breastplate shrank instantly.

The two figures fell to the ground at the same time when the hot brains splashed onto their faces.

The corpse slid down the hillside, tripping three Khitan soldiers who were attacking on their backs before stopping.

In front of his eyes, the rock-like and seemingly unshakable enemy formation was instantly crushed by the ferocious waves stirred up by the Pishi army, revealing a huge gap.

All the soldiers of the Khitan army were in a high-pitched trance at the same time, they wedged in from this gap, and slashed at the already sluggish Song people with their knives and guns.

Weapons were everywhere, and flesh and blood flew everywhere.

Cheers, screams, panicked and hysterical shouts, and the dull sound of weapons cutting into the human body did not stop for a moment.

The flames were flickering, and there was a dense mass of darkness, as if there were Khitan people everywhere.

Soldiers of the Sizhou Army have already begun to retreat without delay, and they are about to move under the banner of the commander-in-chief of the Chinese Army.

Du Shu's face lost all color in an instant: "We're defeated, we're defeated, Dao Si... Dao Si... hurry up and send reinforcements!"

"Ah, send reinforcements quickly, General Wang, send reinforcements quickly!" Weizhou officials felt the threat of death, and shouted at the same time, their eyes fell on the soldiers of the Beiwei Army.

Up to now, Yue Yun's Beiwei army has remained behind as the general reserve.

Wang Shen's face became serious. To be honest, he was very satisfied that the recruits under his command had been able to persist under the old Khitan elite until now.

But satisfaction alone will not win this battle.

Before the war, it was not that he did not think that the troops would encounter difficulties.The scene in front of him did not surprise him.According to his plan, first use the main force to resist the attack of the Khitans.Yue Yun's Beiwei soldiers are used as the general reserve team, as surprise soldiers, to be used at the last moment.They will not be dispatched until the two sides are in a stalemate and everyone has no strength to fight.

In fact, the enemy on the opposite side also has a reserve team, which is the Pishi army that just entered the battle.

It's just that the ferocity of the Pi Shijun and Yelv Mawu's haste were a bit beyond Wang Shen's expectation.

So, should we put the reserve team up now?

Wang Shen suddenly raised his hand.

Seeing that he was finally ready to move, Yue Yun, who was watching beside him, jumped up suddenly: "General, is it time for us to go?"

The bodies of the other shoulder-back warriors also froze, and the iron armor on their bodies rattled. Everyone's hands tightened, and they squeezed the handle of the long axe tightly, causing the blood vessels on the back of their hands to throb.

Wang Shen's hand was raised for a long time, but he didn't let it go. After a long time, he softened: "Wait, wait, the battle of life and death, whoever can bear the huge casualties will survive."

(End of this chapter)