Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 728 Xiangfu flag language

Ye Chen said to Hu Sanguang beside him: "Zhao Dezhao's order to withdraw the gold medal may come at any time, you should pay attention to observe, and if you feel any signs of Dangjin withdrawing, report it to Yang Jiye and let him follow the battle plan set last night. chase.

"I understand."

Hu Sanguang took out his binoculars and fixedly looked at the podium where Dang Jin was.

Ye Chen turned around and went down the mountain. He also wanted to take this opportunity to look at the reform results after the initial occupational division of labor in the army under his command, so that he could improve it in the next step and further reform the army's professionalization.

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After the formation of the Song army, the horns and flags outside the four military villages sounded like a sea, and the big drums under the Dangjin flag on the opposite side rang, and the Song army burst into a tidal wave of unison shouting, the sound shook the whole field, and the sound waves hit the waves Ear drums, the momentum is extremely amazing.

Ye Chen, who had already come to Yang Jiye and Li Guangshun's side, saw this and said, "The Black Wolf Army has learned the song I asked you to teach to the whole army!"

Li Guangshun nodded hurriedly and said, "Your Majesty, the generals of the Black Wolf Army are already familiar with the song. The soldiers like this song very much, and we often sing it too."

Ye Chen said: "Okay, let's sing now. You organize it yourself."

Li Guangshun has always carried out Ye Chen's orders extremely thoroughly. Dang even let the flag bearers wave, and first conveyed the instructions to the troops to sing military songs, and then he led the Chinese army to start singing military songs, and the songs of the battalions gradually sounded. The initial chaos turned into a chorus of nearly ten thousand people.

"War smoke rises, the river and mountains look north; the dragon rolls up, the horse neighs, and the murderous spirit is like snow! The heart is like the vastness of the Yellow River; hundreds of years, vertical and horizontal, who can resist! Hatred is mad, the sword is directed; how many brothers and feet are loyal souls Bury the bones in his hometown! Why do you regret a hundred deaths to serve your home and country; you can't bear to sigh, and you are speechless, with blood and tears in your eyes! Horseshoes go south and people look north; people look north, the grass is green and yellow, and the dust is flying! The talisman must let the Quartet! Come to congratulate..."

The majestic military song sounded, and the power of the collective explosion infected every soldier. Ye Chen and Yang Jiye nodded slightly, and chanted along with the soldiers excitedly.The orderly chorus of nearly ten thousand men easily overwhelmed the chaotic roar of the Song army. The Song army howled hoarsely for a while, but it couldn't cover the neat voice of the black wolf army. The military song was clear and clear on the battlefield. I heard that the majestic momentum of nearly ten thousand people firmly suppressed the Song army.In the end, the voice of the Song army's formation gradually faded, leaving only the army song of the Black Wolf Regiment resounding across the battlefield.

This military song was adapted by Ye Chen from "Serving the Country With Loyalty" by later generations. When he was in the army of later generations, he often sang this song in the queue. Very suitable.It was very positive, so after a little modification, it was taken out as Xiangfu National Army Song and promoted throughout the army.

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Dang Jin looked at the four defense lines standing in front of him with a complicated expression on the command platform of the Song Army's camp. It's not that he has never fought against the Dangxiang Bashi in the past, and he feels that he is very different from the Black Wolf Army, which is also the Dangxiang army. .In fact, no army he has ever seen, whether it is the most elite Imperial Army of the Song Dynasty, or the famous Pishi Army and Palace Guard Army of Khitan, has never seen such momentum before him. Although it is only a song, but The will conveyed by it seems so strong, you must know that Xiangfu Kingdom has only been established for more than three months.Although this contains a lot of hard work behind it, how can it be achieved to this extent.

This is another miracle created by Ye Chen.

At this moment, Dang Jin even doubted that the Song Dynasty would not be able to destroy the Xiangfu Kingdom no matter what, just like in front of him, it seemed that no matter how they fought, it would be difficult to capture these four military strongholds.

"Marshal...it's time to attack." Tang Peng's reminder sounded from the side.

Dang Jin closed his eyes for a moment. He knew that his firm will was shaken by a song. Although it sounded weird, it was the truth.When he opened his eyes again, the firmness appeared in his eyes again.

"Start attacking."

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More than 300 trebuchets roared, and the stones flew towards the earth wall, the last line of defense in front of the four army villages, smashing up groups of dregs. After four rounds, the tide-like shield vehicles rushed towards the earth walls of the four army villages Come on, the Song Army dispatched two rows of shield chariots, with even three layers in the middle.

Li Jiye kept observing with a telescope on the tower, and issued orders one after another. After the Song army entered one mile, the stone throwers on the side of the Black Wolf Army had already started firing gunpowder packages regularly, and the giant crossbow on the earth wall began to shoot. Shooting, each gunpowder pack can kill as few as a dozen people, as many as four or 50 people, and several shield vehicles.Each one-foot long spear and crossbow can turn a seemingly solid shield car into flying wooden blocks.

The battle between the two sides was very intense and tragic.

The defensive tactics of the Black Wolf Legion became more proficient after practicing in the past few days. The giant crossbows and catapults on the earth wall attacked with all their strength, and the shield vehicles were smashed to pieces and fell behind.

After entering the pothole area, the shield vehicles stopped one after another, and soldiers rushed out from behind, throwing soil bags into the pothole one by one, which was much faster than their filling in the past few days. The wreckage of the shield car left by the sky moved very slowly, and the soldiers behind the cart pushed the shield car forward desperately, screaming with all their might.

The archers and fast crossbowmen of the Black Wolf Legion kept shooting behind the earthen wall. The soldiers of the Song Army who cleared the obstacles suffered heavy casualties. Once it was filled, the shield vehicle moved forward little by little, the attack of the Black Wolf Army was still fierce, the stone throwing machine and the giant crossbow did not stop, and the firing rate of the gunpowder packs maintained about two rounds every five minutes, ten rounds per round , Continuously destroying those shield vehicles and Song Army echelons, breaking up their formation, and constantly destroying the morale of the Song Army.

Despite the casualties, the Song army finally advanced ninety steps away from the earth wall. When Dang Jin gave an order, the messenger beside him quickly blew the horn. In the next moment, thousands of light arrows rose into the sky and poured towards the earth wall. Down.

There were dense puffing sounds on the hanging curtains on the earth wall, and the arrow-proof quilt seemed to be covered with weeds in an instant. The hanging doors on the earth wall covered the soldiers of the Black Wolf Army, and most of the oblique bows and arrows were blocked. The soldiers on standby behind the wall hide in the hanging curtain, which is also covered with wooden frames and quilts, which can effectively resist bows and arrows, and the defender's advantages are fully displayed.

However, those engineers, ambulances, and messengers who had to come and go began to suffer casualties. During this process, the strong crossbowmen and archers of the Black Wolf Army fought back behind the parapet, attacking the soldiers of the Song Army who filled the pits. Long-range shooting stage.

Generally speaking, the earthen walls of the four army villages are in order, the observation posts of Nanshan and Beishan keep sending messages, and the complicated information is shot down with arrows on the mountainside. , There is also a wooden watchtower set up there, constantly reporting the military situation to Yang Jiye and Li Guangshun.Simple semaphore can be passed.

Of course, Yang Jiye and Li Guangshun could also use binoculars to observe the enemy camp. The Black Wolf Army's long-range attack was extremely fierce, and the accuracy within a hundred paces was not low, so fragments of shield vehicles exploded one after another on the Song Army's front line. There were balls of flames on the ground, and the stone mines overturned the soldiers clearing the obstacles one by one, but the shield vehicles of the Song Army did not decrease. After some of them were hit and stopped, they bypassed another one and added to the front line , The soldiers are also in an endless stream. The front ones just fell down, and the shield chariots were driven out again.

The shield chariot stopped between seventy and eighty paces, and countless soldiers worked desperately in front of the shield chariot, stacking the remains of the shield chariot left over from the previous few days in front of the new shield chariot, and tens of thousands of archers drew their bows behind the shield chariot Throwing, after five or six arrows, it was replaced by a round, maintaining physical strength, and the wave of arrow rain seemed to never stop. Even though the Black Wolf Army had various shields and defenses, they still suffered some casualties.

Yang Jiye knew very well that this battle would not last long, and accidents would happen. In addition, in order to reduce losses, he gave up the Lanma Ditch without hesitation, and ordered people to retreat to the earth wall one by one and climb up those curved walls. The passage retreated through the trench, entered the parapet in front of the earth wall, and continued to shoot the Song army relying on the parapet.In this way, the earth wall has two firepowers, which can shoot at the same time without affecting each other.

During this process, the gunpowder packs have been fired every few minutes, so white smoke appeared on the battlefield from time to time. The northwest spring breeze blew bursts of gunpowder smoke away from the battlefield, and soon new white smoke appeared. The earth-walled defense line was killed and the sky was filled with smoke.

Because of the threat of the Xiangfu army on the Nanshan and Beishan, the shield chariots of the Song army could not cover the front, and the two wings became their weakness. They seemed to want to form an arc, but the attack on the west side was very violent, causing their The shield car suffered serious losses, and at this time it was only enough to cover the front, and the protection for the two wings was very empty.

Sure enough, a thousand cavalry from each of the Black Wolf Legion began to assemble on the mountains on both sides, charging forward.Dangjin reacted quickly. With an order, the Song armies on both sides quickly assembled more than 2000 infantry behind the earthen walls.

On a wooden platform on Nanshan, semaphores were continuously played, using a good viewing angle to send signals to the Black Wolf Army at the foot of the mountain. Li Guangshun looked at the semaphores with a telescope, and read word by word: "After twenty breaths, the cavalry will charge from both sides. The fifth position from the left and the fifth position from the right."

When Yang Jiye heard this, he immediately ordered: "Send an order to the engineering battalion, and after ten breaths, the catapults will uniformly throw gunpowder bags at the No. [-] position on the enemy's two wings."

Ye Chen was also watching, but he couldn't understand the semaphore.Speaking of the serious semaphore in the Xiangfu National Army, Ye Chen was the first to advocate it. Ye Chen made some modifications according to the semaphore of later generations. Considering that most soldiers are illiterate, he personally made a pinyin Then there was the current standard semaphore. Although it is still in the experimental stage, it has shown great advantages in transmitting simple military information and orders. I don’t know how much the speed and efficiency have been improved.

(End of this chapter)