Prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 938

Zhang Shouyi and Wang Jing led more than 700 daredevils to flee far more than before. At this time, Sun Feiyu, who did not know where he was, was much braver. He knew that he would die, but no one flinched. More than 700 people died in battle. The price finally withstood 800 Song cavalry for a moment.Let Tuoba Gelu lead the main force away from the Song army by at least [-] steps.

At this time, Tuoba Gelu adjusted his direction slightly after opening the distance, and retreated towards Huangwan Pass.

Dang Jin, commander of the Northwest Frontier Army of the Song Dynasty, led the sudden aid of [-] cavalry. With such a great opportunity, Dang Jin, who was determined to report last year's disastrous defeat at the hands of Xiangfu Kingdom, would never let it go.He chased after him desperately, but after passing by the [-] large catapults dropped by the catapult company and piled up a dozen gunpowder bags next to each catapult, whether it was Dang Jin or his subordinate Song Jiang, all eyes lit up, and their faces were overjoyed.

The Northwest Frontier Army of the Song Army has been summing up the reasons for the disastrous defeat in Xiangfu Kingdom for more than a year. Apart from the horror of Xiangfu Kingdom's own combat power, the biggest reason is the gunpowder pack.For more than a year, the Privy Council of the Song Dynasty spent a lot of money and gathered almost all craftsmen who knew gunpowder in the country to conduct research. They tried to research gunpowder granules like that of Xiangfu Kingdom. Although it had some effect, it also had its own gunpowder. But fail to develop granular gunpowder all the time, just can't learn from Xiangfu country to make projectile gunpowder bag and landmine without granular gunpowder.In order to steal the secret formula of granular gunpowder from Xiangfu Kingdom for more than a year, the Song Wei Mansion and the Song State military sent many spies. , There were no fewer than a hundred Song spies caught.

Even in the black market, the court of the Song Dynasty offered a huge price of 10 taels of gold for the secret recipe of granular gunpowder. The army lost nearly a hundred gunpowder bags, but fortunately, the Ministry of Security has made extremely tight defenses on the gunpowder production base. Unless an army comes to attack, it will never be stolen.

The master craftsmen who possessed the secret formula of gunpowder have all been conferred high-ranking official positions. These people and other personnel from various research departments or military factories who have top-secret information have also moved into the military equipment department of the military headquarters to specially store weapons and equipment in the production base. A top-secret personnel residential area built in China, where a battalion of troops has been stationed there for a long time, and is responsible for the safety of these people, and a branch of the Ministry of Security is stationed here to be responsible for keeping secrets.

In short, everyone in the Song army knew the importance of the secret recipe of Xiangfu country's granule gunpowder, and if so many gunpowder bags were seized at once, they might be able to research the secret recipe of granule gunpowder. The advanced level is far from that of the Song Dynasty trebuchets. After being seized, it is of great significance for Song Dynasty craftsmen to imitate them.

It was so important that Dang Jin ordered an army commander to lead 5000 troops to send these trebuchets and gunpowder packs back to Gyeongju City as quickly as possible after chasing the enemy, yes, directly to Gyeongju , not Dakouzhai.

Because he still had to chase the enemy, Dang Jin led his men to continue chasing after hastily giving the order without thinking too much.

However, not long after, he heard a loud noise coming from the hillside on the left side of the army.This loud noise was much louder than the previous volley of twenty gunpowder packs.So much so that even if the ears of the war horses of the Song army were stuffed, they were still affected. The more than 1 war horses who were close to each other were frightened and rushed on the rampage. The forelimbs stood upright, and if the cavalrymen were not skilled in riding, they would all be thrown off their horses.But the charge was inevitably affected, and he had to stop to appease the horse.

Dang Jin knew that many of the men and horses he sent to capture the trebuchets and gunpowder packs would surely be killed. His face was ugly, but he knew what the most important thing to do right now was. After the war horse comforted him, he continued He led his men and horses to chase after Tuoba Gelu.

Afterwards, Dang Jin learned that nearly a thousand people were killed by the people who went to seize those trebuchets and gunpowder bags, and most of the more than 700 people injured in the bombing were also worse than death.

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Most of the White Wolf Legion was infantry, so they were finally caught up by Dangjin pure cavalry,

"Wuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuusuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu. It surged viciously, overwhelming the sky and covering the sky.In the sky, the sea dongqing that belonged to Tuoba Gelu had already been released to give a warning.With a sharp chirp, he folded his wings and rushed towards the Song army, barely flying over the top of the banner. With a flick of his long wings, he rose again into the night.

Tuoba Gelul reined in his horse, pointed his halberd and shouted: "The infantry on the left and right set up spear formations, this formation sets up the moon formation, and the cavalry on both wings are ready to charge, everyone is ready to meet the enemy!"

Following Tuoba Gelu's order, the flags and drums were issued immediately, and the three armies immediately moved into action. The advantages of the Xiangfu Kingdom's army in terms of formation and change of battle formation were immediately manifested, not to mention the fact that the White Wolf Army was fighting. Experienced elite soldiers, without the cumbersome burden of food trucks and supplies to take care of, set up the formation so fast that Dang Jin and other generals of the Song Dynasty felt chills in their eyes. Before the Song Army cavalry rushed to the front, the commander of the White Wolf Army fought The array has been laid several times, and the crossbowmen behind are already in position, and the arrows are pointing obliquely at the sky, only waiting for Tuoba Gelu's order.

Holding the knife in his hand, Tuoba Gelu personally led his own soldiers to lead the formation at the rear of the team. At this time, he stared coldly at the cavalry rushing towards him like a wave, their hoofs sounded like thunder, and anger blazed between his brows.

He no longer hates Zhang Shouyi and Wang Jing who are dead, but Sun Yufei, who is still missing at this time, he can't wait to eat his flesh and drink his blood.At this time, he had secretly sworn that once Sun Feiyu was caught afterwards, he would definitely cut him into pieces.

But at this time, Tuoba Gelu faced three times as many elite enemies, but he was not afraid at all, instead he was full of anger and murderous intent.Under his personal charge, the White Tiger Legion remained silent, but quickly and densely arranged their formation according to the orders of officers at all levels.Ahead, a cavalry troop of thousands of Song Army roared towards them. They clearly saw countless crossbows and crossbows pointing slantingly in the crescent-shaped formation in front of them, and their spears and halberds were sharp, but they were not afraid. In fact, under such a charge, they He can't stand still, and whoever wants to stop will first be hit by his own people and turned into mud. Go forward, only go forward, and survive from death!
Getting closer, getting closer, the vanguard team of the Song Army of more than a thousand people gradually formed a wedge-shaped arrow formation, and rushed straight to the center of the White Wolf Army's Yanyue formation where Tuoba Gelu was.

Tuoba Gelu sneered, three hundred steps, two hundred steps, one hundred steps, seeing that the enemy was about to enter the effective killing range of the crossbow on horseback, Tuoba Gelu gave an order: "Fire the arrow!"

The sound of "hum" is enough to make some people who experience the battle for the first time feel terrified and numb. It was originally a sharp sound of howling and breaking the wind, but because thousands of arrows flew into the air together, it formed a buzzing that made the air tremble. The sound was like a black cloud, and the sharp arrow shot towards the sky. The speed of the arrow plus the speed of the horse, both sides could hit the enemy cavalry severely within the most effective shooting distance of the arrow.

However, almost at the same time as Tuoba Gelu gave the order, with the sound of drums from the Dangjin Commander's banner in the distance, the Song Army cavalry who were running wildly raised their reins and turned around in unison. It was a crescent formation, shaped like a half-moon, and they barely touched the tip of one side of the moon, drawing an arc and pounced towards the left wing.

Dang Jin is a veteran general who has fought for many years. How can he not understand the characteristics of the Yanyue formation?

However, Tuoba Gelu obviously had already guarded against their possible tactics of using horses to attack east and west at a high speed. The left and right wings of the White Wolf Army were equipped with spear formations. The dense formation could be attacked and defended. The same dense arrows and spears and halberds, the cavalry of the Song army galloped all the way, and everyone held their round shields to protect the vital points. Although the first wave of arrows fired by the White Wolf Army also shot down many soldiers and horses, but because the Song army was It came from the rear of the White Wolf Army, not coming from the front, so it was very close to the White Wolf Army. Normally, the White Wolf Army could shoot at least three arrows before the hand-to-hand combat. At this time, it has been reduced. In one wave, the cavalry casualties of the Song army were minimized.

Thousands of Song Army cavalry in front were simply a cover to trigger the arrows of the White Wolf Army. After they rushed over, the cavalry behind them turned their horses slightly, and handed over the short soldiers of the White Wolf Army. Obviously, Dang Jin knew Xiangfu Kingdom well. The infantry pierced the formation with their long spears fiercely, and did not dare to stop. Relying on the inertia of the cavalry's galloping horses, they still rushed forward for a moment. The infantry carried out the killing, but Song Qi obviously underestimated the ability of the Xiangfu infantry to stab the formation temporarily to change direction. Following the command of several battalion commanders, the infantry in this direction turned to the right with their guns in both hands, which immediately made Song The purpose of riding on the ground was defeated, and the front row infantry of the White Wolf Army stabbed out their spears in time, stabbing people up and down their horses. Once a Song Army cavalry was shot and fell off the horse, preventing the people behind from charging, they all became their knives The next ghost.

It is impossible to fight undead, but this way of fighting by passing by wings avoids a frontal collision, but minimizes casualties.Dang Jin thought that after the cavalry of more than [-] men galloped past, he would be able to disrupt the dense infantry formation of the White Wolf Army with his strong momentum, and then the second wave of cavalry he had prepared for a long time would be able to take the opportunity to directly rush into the formation. The infantry phalanx of the White Wolf Legion opened the gap and broke through the battle formation of the White Wolf Legion.However, Dang Jin was disappointed by the actual situation. The infantry spear formation of the White Wolf Army was only slightly chaotic, and this kind of chaos had returned to normal before his second wave of cavalrymen rushed out.

(End of this chapter)