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Chapter 204

Seeing Li Chongjiu's cavalry attacking his side's flanks, Song Jingang immediately adjusted his position, ordering Tabai of the three hundred Erlang's army to step forward and stabilize his position.

The so-called stepping is the selection of fronts. In the Sui army, there have always been examples of people who dared to die called stepping troops.And Song Jingang'er Lang's army must be able to wear solid armor and open arms. In addition to arm crossbows, there are also Tabai soldiers who also have kicking crossbows and even waist opening crossbows. The excellent equipment taken from the arsenal after Yixian County was only available to the regular Sui army.Especially when opening the crossbow from the waist, soldiers need to use the strength of their arms, feet, and waist to open the crossbow while sitting on the ground, and the shooting range can reach more than [-] steps.

Seeing the flash of a strong crossbow, the cavalry only took a look, they would never test the arrow with their own bodies, and pulled their horses to retreat one after another.

"The enemy army has finally retreated, Commander." All the generals rejoiced.

Song Jingang smiled. At this time, a general of the rear army rode forward and said, "Report to the commander, on the left flank of our army, we found enemy cavalry, there are as many as a thousand cavalry."
Song Jingang's face changed slightly when he heard this, and another person came up at this time and said: "Commander, there are also cavalry behind our army, and they will cut off the return route to Yi County!"

"What?" Song Jingang was shocked. The cut off of the way of retreat was a great blow to the morale of the army of this era.

"Commander, the main force of the enemy army has been found on the right wing, and there are more than [-] cavalry!"

Song Jingang waved his sleeve robe, got on the imperial chariot, came to the right wing of the army to look, and saw the smoke and dust billowing in the distance, the enemy cavalry came and went, like a revolving lantern, I don't know what tricks they are playing.Song Jingang and all the generals were in deep thought, but the Song army soldiers were not in a panic. They all firmly planted their shields on the ground and held their bows and crossbows on guard.

"Commander, enemy cavalry have appeared on the front and back of our army, on the left and right. Does this mean that our army has been surrounded by enemy cavalry?"

"It's a joke, the art of war says that if ten soldiers encircle them, Li Chongjiu can have at most [-] cavalry, how could it be possible to surround our army from all sides."

"However, Li Chongjiu's troops are all cavalry. If we advance in any direction, they can immediately mobilize our troops in advance, use mobility to make up for the lack of troops, intercept them first, and can take advantage of our army's weak flanks when we advance. attack from the rear."

There are also people who know soldiers in the Song Army. Although the Song Army has 5000 soldiers, except for the [-] armored Erlang Army and [-] regular soldiers, the remaining [-] are auxiliary soldiers, and it is impossible to be prepared in all directions.Hearing this, Song Jingang's body was shocked, and he suddenly realized that he clenched the knife in his hand, and said in a deep voice: "Okay, Li Chongjiu, is this the way you want to deal with Song Jingang?"

On the hillside not far from Song Jingang's [-]-strong army, Li Chongjiu, Gao Chu, and Yu Chigong all stood on the hillside watching the formation.Seen from the hillside, Song Jingang's [-] infantry were tightly packed together in a square formation, like a stack of quilts, only a small piece, but Li Chongjiu's cavalry was scattered in all directions. After going out, Song Jingang's army was surrounded by circle after circle, and it seemed that there were hundreds of thousands of people.

Li Chongjiu said: "Cavalry is called separation and reunion soldiers. The so-called encirclement of a hundred cavalry can engulf thousands of people, and a thousand cavalry can be divided into hundreds of miles, but we have ten thousand cavalry here."

In history, Jurchen didn't often claim that Jurchen was less than ten thousand and invincible.It’s just that the current Jurchen, called Mohe, is still hunting with primitive horned bows and arrows in this bitterly cold place in Heilongjiang, not to mention Meng’an Muke, and is still in the primitive clan stage, Bixi people, Khitan alliance clan stage Even more backward, far from iron smelting, let alone training to strengthen the army.But Li Chongjiu's ten thousand cavalry are different. The cavalry formed from the Zhuan army is as well-organized as Meng'an Mouk, and they are equipped with iron equipment.
"Surrounded by a hundred horses, it can engulf tens of thousands of people, and if a thousand horses are divided, it can cover a hundred miles," Gao Chu read twice, and said with great understanding, "That's right, Khan, Song Jingang's [-] pawns , Surrounded by us."

Li Chongjiu smiled and said: "Song Jingang is not an incompetent person, my ten thousand cavalry cannot surround him."
Hearing what Li Chongjiu said, Gao Chu showed a look of astonishment, and asked: "Prefect, since you didn't surround him, why did you surround him like this?"

Li Chongjiu said: "That's because I was waiting for Song Jingang to send troops."
At this time, there was light snow again in the sky. Li Chongjiu tightened the cloak behind him and walked down the hill. The soldiers at the side offered some kumis in skins. Li Chongjiu said to Yu Chigong and Gao Chu: "Come, drink this wine, it's cold this day It’s tight, grassland people rely on this to warm up, but they can’t drink too much.”

After hearing this, Yuchi Gong and Gao Chu took the skin and drank heavily.

At this time, the sound of gongs and drums sounded again in the distance, and the flag of commander-in-chief Song Zi was pulled up and moved forward, and Song Jingang's army marched forward again with the general flag.The Song army marched in a tight formation. Although it did not show any water, it sacrificed a lot in speed and only moved forward a little.And Li Chongjiu's cavalry had heard it a long time ago. Seeing this situation, they did not confront the infantry phalanx of the Song Army equipped with powerful crossbows.

Yu Chigong and Gao Chu could see that as long as Li Chongjiu's cavalry kept swimming in front, the Song Army's infantry kept advancing at a slow speed because they were wary of the enemy's charge, so that there was no worry about safety, but at this speed , even if it takes ten days, it will not be able to reach Fan Yang, nor will it be able to break the siege of the city.

Li Chongjiu stood firmly on the mountain, looking at the enemy.

Two hours passed, and the sun had set on the western mountain. Song Jingang's army had been advancing slowly, but the rear flanks were constantly being attacked by Li Chongjiu's army.Although the defense was strictly guarded, the casualties were not large, but in two hours, the whole army only advanced one mile forward.

Taiyuan gradually sank to the west, Song Jingang looked back, and the camp that was repaired last night was still in his eyes. Today, during the whole day, his 1 horses only advanced less than five miles.

Song Jingang waved on the imperial chariot and said: "The cavalry charge forward and break the siege for me."

As Song Jingang's voice fell, the Song army had already prepared a thousand armored cavalry, and they were all ready.These cavalrymen are all sharp soldiers in Erlang's army. They are all covered with iron armor, helmets, and even leather outfits immediately.They held bows and crossbows and mounted their horses with horizontal knives. After the cavalry general gave an order, the infantry in front opened their mouths, and the Song cavalry rushed out from the gap.

Seeing the cavalry of the Song Army marching forward bravely, the cavalry in front of Li Chongjiu retreated back one after another, but this retreat was not an ordinary retreat, but the cavalry retreated while riding the horse, and at the same time took the arrow on the horse and turned back to shoot. This is exactly what Li Chongjiu said. For a month, the cavalry practiced, imitating the Mongols' ancient and evil riding and archery.

The cavalry of the Song army are all covered with armor, and it is definitely not as convenient as Li Chongjiu's cavalry to use bows and crossbows, but they still gritted their teeth and shot at the horse's buttocks. , I somehow leaned forward and got shot by an arrow.

Even though the cavalry of the Song Army were covered with armor, they couldn't resist retreating and shooting at the same time. Some simply rushed forward with their heads on their heads, trying to win in close combat with the strength of their armor, but Li Chongjiu's cavalry didn't give it to you anyway. When the opportunity arises, fight while retreating.It's just that if you don't come to chase, the cavalry will shoot from a long distance. If you come to chase, I will fight and flee.Now the cavalrymen of the Song Army are all looking to breathe fire with their eyes, and a few brave ones rushed forward several times with the speed of their horses, but they were all shot down. But they were shot down one by one by the enemy.

Song Jingang was relying on the impact of the cavalry, and the infantry was striding forward for about half a mile, but at this moment, he found that the cavalry he sent to pursue was being defeated by Li Chongjiu's cavalry, who fought while retreating. , going around in circles like being led by the nose.

Song Jingang was shocked suddenly. He thought that with his own cavalry, even if he lost to the enemy, he would not be defeated. However, he was shocked to find that his cavalry had already fallen into the enemy's trap.At that moment, Song Jingang ordered Ming Jin to order his armored cavalry to retreat, but at this moment, several cavalry from the Cangtou Army outflanked and cut off the retreat of their own cavalry.At the same time, Li Chongjiu's cavalry launched a harassing raid on Song Jingang's infantry in all directions.

Song Jingang was caught off guard by this all-out attack. He could only order his infantry to stay where they were, and could not step forward to support the cavalry. He watched helplessly as his subordinates were surrounded.

When the cavalry of the Song Army broke through the siege and returned to their own formation, they lost [-] cavalry, which was an unbearable loss for his few cavalry.Song Jingang watched as the enemy army dragged their own cavalry with horses and collected everything from the corpse, first the iron armor, then the bow, and the horizontal knife. They looked like groundhogs, and they wanted to strip the corpse naked, but in the end they were still unsatisfied He picked up the iron arrowhead all over the place.

"Camp!" Song Jingang suffocated his anger, and immediately decided to set up a big camp first.

But even if they set up camp at this time, the prairie cavalry did not give Song Jingang a chance to set up camp. When the trench was being dug, did the cavalry come up to harass him? , Although the fire was extinguished immediately, there were a few small holes in the tent inadvertently.

At night, the enemy army couldn't sleep peacefully. The rumble of horseshoes outside the tent and the sound of horns never stopped.You must know that the soldiers of the Song Army suffer from night blindness. In this era, there is no light pollution, so it is really dark on a moonless night. Everyone is almost blind at night, but the grassland cavalry usually eats meat. The chance of night blindness is very low.In the night, the night guard soldiers of the Song Army, leaning on a few oil lamps, looked like night owls with their eyes wide open, looking around, but their sights were no more than ten meters away.

At night, all kinds of raids and harassments continued all night, not to mention the heavy snowfall, the Song Army who simply set up tents almost spent the night in the bitter cold.

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