Da Song: The opening game killed Ximen Qing

On October 9, 1113, the cavalry force of more than 25,000 men on the left side of the Longjie army of the Great Song Forbidden Army had already arrived at the Wuzhang River, which was less than 20 miles away from Dingtao.

It was not that they did not want to advance, but a dense phalanx of infantry in front blocked them.

“General, the Liangshan thief army was found in front, they blocked our way!” An army commander told Han Chuan.

“Still using General Ben to teach you? Just rush away those Liangshan thief troops. Our mission is to rush to Dingtao City and rescue the Guangji Army! Han Chuan’s gaze was indifferent.

“But General… There are a lot of people on the other side. The commander of the military capital said.

Han Chuan couldn’t help but be stunned, and then rode to the front to take a look.

I saw that a phalanx of infantry dressed in black armor blocked in front of them.

The spears were like a forest, and the black armor made these phalanxes look like large black stones.

“Is this the Liangshan Thief Army?” Han Chuan muttered.

However, it seemed completely different from the rabble he expected.

These Liangshan rebels do not look like bandits at all, but like a group of well-trained soldiers.

“Knock knock!”

At this time, neat footsteps came from their right.

One by one, phalanx of infantry appeared to their right.

The dense phalanx of infantry, like black boulders, blocked them.

Immediately afterwards, infantry phalanx also appeared behind them.

Appearing in front of the Great Song cavalry was the First Infantry Corps of the Liangshan Rebels, and on the right was the Third Infantry Corps. As for the back, it was the Fourth and Fifth Infantry Corps.

Under Dingtao City, the Fifth Army left four infantry regiments to contain the Guangji Army, which had suffered heavy losses in the city. The rest of the troops concentrated on the Wuzhang River and joined the encirclement and suppression of the Great Song cavalry.

On the battlefield, two iron-armored cavalry regiments and three light-armored cavalry regiments of the Liangshan rebel cavalry were still on standby.

Cavalry was too valuable, and Wu Song did not want his cavalry to fight hard with the cavalry of the Song army. In that case, it is not cost-effective.

What’s more, he also wanted to try the power of the Great Phalanx.

With these powerful infantry phalanxes, especially with the fire support of their own artillery, can they deal with cavalry with strong impact.

“General, these Liangshan bandits want to surround us here! To the north is the Wuzhang River, and the other three sides are full of thieves. A military commander said.

“Hmph! General Ben no longer knew how to describe the stupidity of the Liangshan thief army. They actually tried to eat us with these infantry? Even if they gathered more than 100,000 infantry, what could it be? A dense charge of the cavalry will be able to crush them! Han Chuan snorted coldly.

In the Great Song War with the Liao State and even Western Xia, the Great Song suffered without strong cavalry.

So much so that the infantry phalanx of the Song army was almost destroyed by the Liao State and Western Xia.

This is also why the economy of the Great Song Dynasty was very developed, and the number of troops was increasing, but it was getting weaker and weaker.

Compared with Western Xia, a small country with a population of only four or five million, even if it adopts the policy of all the people are soldiers, its main force is only 100,000 captured troops and 30,000 troops led by the emperor himself. The rest of the army needed to be recruited when war broke out.

“Great commander, the cavalry of the Song army has been surrounded by us.” Lu Zhishen looked excited.

This is a big deal that has never been done before!

If you can win with so many cavalry with infantry, it will undoubtedly boost the morale of the Liangshan rebels.

The tactics of the large phalanx can also be regarded as being tested on the battlefield.

“Order all phalanxes to hold their positions and not retreat without authorization!” Wu Song ordered.

“Yes, Grand Commander!”

After the order was issued, the officers and men of the various phalanx were extremely firm and confident.

Even if the Fourth Army and the Fifth Army were newly formed, the soldiers were somewhat afraid when facing so many Song cavalry. However, he still showed great courage.

“Dispatch five armies and crush the enemy in front of you! General Ben wants to let these stupid thieves know how ridiculous it is to use infantry to resist the cavalry! Han Chuan ordered.

“Yes, General!” All the armies commanded the envoys to answer.

Subsequently, 12,500 Song cavalry mounted a charge against the defense line of the First Infantry Corps of the Liangshan Rebels.

These Song soldiers deceived, armed with sabers, carrying crossbows, and dressed in light iron armor.

The charge of more than 10,000 cavalry is undoubtedly imposing.

The sound of horses’ hooves trampled the earth like thunder.

“Artillerymen, fire!”

When the cavalry of the Song army charged less than two kilometers from the defense line, the artillery of the Liangshan rebels began to fire.

In order to strengthen the frontal defense, in addition to the artillery of the First Army deployed here, the artillery of the Fifth Army was also transferred here.

“Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

The cannons began to roar, and one solid cannonball after another whistled and smashed towards the cavalry of the Song army.

The sudden roar made the cavalry of the Song army wonder, they didn’t know what was happening at all.

But then, these iron balls that fell from the sky gave these cavalry a taste of power.

“Boom! Boom! ”

One by one, the iron balls have great power under the huge kinetic energy.

The warhorses and cavalry that were easily smashed were torn apart.

Some cavalrymen, once hit by iron balls, basically cut off their hands and feet, or directly cut off their heads.

“Ah! Yes! ”

Screams continued to sound in the cavalry queue of the Song army.

The shells rammed through the queue, inflicting heavy casualties on the Song army. Until the kinetic energy is consumed.

Many Song Army cavalry were smashed to death, or fell off their horses, and were trampled into meat sauce by high-speed running war horses.

Even the queue of the cavalry of the Song Army was greatly affected.

“What’s going on?” When Han Chuan saw such a scene, he couldn’t help but be stunned.

“General, I don’t know! Wouldn’t this be some kind of magic law? A Song army general looked horrified.

People in this era are generally ignorant.

For the unknown, always afraid.

For matters that are not understood, it is also common to use the name of demon law.

Despite the heavy shelling of the Liangshan rebels, they paid a lot of losses.

However, the cavalry of the Song army was still getting closer and closer to the infantry phalanx of the Liangshan rebels, and they were about to collide fiercely.