Chapter 4 The Sound of the Golden Drums,
"The Wu Rui Army Commander: When the thief reaches 120 steps, thousands of arrows will be fired at once!"
This time, the commander conveyed the order of the Right Wu Doctor, the commander of the Wu Rui Army, Lu Zhaolin. An old military man appeared in Chen Dexing's mind. His beard was a little gray, his face was tanned and shiny, and his pair of leopard eyes were filled with fierce light. He was obviously a long-standing general who had been through war formations. He was Lu Zhaolin, who was called "Lu Shiweng" by Chen Dexing, and he was also a member of the Anfeng Army (near Shouzhou). He was a fellow villager with Chen Dexing. Thirty years ago, he joined the army with Lu Wende, Chen Hushan and others. Now he is the commander of the first army.
The Song Dynasty implemented the different paths of civil and military affairs. Although the Wu Rui army was the army recruited by Li Tingzhi, Li Tingzhi was a civil servant and could not lead troops directly. The military generals who led troops should be defended, and the civil servants who led troops were also the targets of the emperor's defense! So Jia Sidao and Li Tingzhi selected a long general among the troops on Huaihang as the leader, and the children of generals with high martial arts or veteran soldiers of the army were selected as grassroots officers. Chen Dexing's training officer was also here.
The crying sound swept over again like a rising tide!
The three heavy infantry phalanxes of the Mongolian Han army had already collided with the Song people remaining in the middle of the battlefield. The three-foot-long ring-headed sword was ruthlessly slashed down, bringing blood! Compared to the Mongolians who used a scimitar to drive away the crowd with a whip, they were even more cruel and decisive. It seemed that the ones who were killed were not their compatriots, but irrelevant foreigners...
They... still have to drive away the people to fight!
The military knowledge in Chen Dexing's mind clearly told him that such tactics are not only commonly used by the Mongolian army, but are also common in civil wars in the Central Plains - they use old and weak as the front drive, and use strong soldiers to suppress the enemy's formation, and ants to rush to the city! This is tactics, this is military tactics... The essence of military tactics is: in order to win, you can do anything!
"Erlang, the 120 steps are coming!" The urging voice of Monk Liu came. Last time, he shot an arrow for Chen Dexing. This time, it was Chen Dexing who shot himself... Since ancient times, kindness has not been in charge of soldiers! Chen Dexing is a military general, so he must not be compassionate! Otherwise, it will harm others and yourself, and it will also ruin the family, country and the world!
"Erlang, shoot quickly... Lu Youwu and Li Baowen are watching!" Monk Liu urged again.
Lu Youwu refers to Lu Zhaolin, his official rank is the Right Wu Doctor, referred to as the Right Wu. Li Baowen refers to Li Tingzhi. His official position at this time was Fengzhi Doctor, Zhibaowen Pavilion, the governor of Haozhou and the senator of Lianghuai Fushu. Among them, Fengzhi Doctor is the scattered official rank (determining the level of the official position), Zhibaowen Pavilion is a scattered official position, and the theoretical work should be to manage some books and documents left by Renzong and Yingzong (Baowen Pavilion was built for the two sects of Renying). But in fact, it is an honorary title for a civil servant, which means it can be reused. Therefore, senior civil officials in the Song Dynasty all had similar "官网官网官网". Jia Sidao's current rank is the scholar of Duanming Hall. The famous Bao Zheng Bao Qingtian later had a stadium of Zhilongtu Pavilion, so he was respected as Baolongtu.
Chen Dexing's cheap father, Chen Huaiqing, a great official, was a high school scholar of martial arts, but he was not a literary Jinshi, but he didn't even have the opportunity to get a job in the library because he was not a literary Jinshi. He basically did not join the army, but would transfer his literary resources to become a small civil servant in the future. He is still a 8th rank Chengwulang, who is a doctor who is a scattered doctor in martial arts under the jurisdiction of the Imperial College. At the same time, he is studying the Four Books and Five Classics day and night, preparing to participate in next year's literary examination... If the Song Dynasty still has next year!
Chen Dexing looked at the old, weak, women and children who were driven over, his face turned pale. He gritted his teeth and raised his arch and arrow, "Fuck your mother, Genghis Khan, I will dig your grave one day!"
After cursing, he closed his eyes and shot a sharp feather arrow at the dense crowd!
At this time, the Song army's tactic is to shoot at the sprint, and tens of thousands of arrows will be fired at the same time! The purpose of shooting at the sprint is to measure the range. If you can shoot at the sprint, it means that the enemy has entered the effective range. You can shoot at the sprint of tens of thousands of arrows and cover the enemy with the fire density!
"hair!"
The archers and crossbowmen have their own commands and generals. These grassroots small officers are either the children of generals or the veterans who have been in the army for a long time. They are naturally heartless and will not hesitate on the battlefield. As for the soldiers who shoot archers, they are strictly restrained by military law - even if the archers are slow, they will be sentenced to beheading! Later generations only knew that the strong Qin army was as good as a mountain, but they did not know that the weak Song soldiers were also disciplined, but their discipline could not last for too long...
The cluster of arrows like rain fell on the elderly, weak, women and children who were covered by their bodies in public again! After shooting an arrow, Chen Dexing did not join the inhumane massacre again, but just silently looked forward with his head held high.
Behind the old, weak, women and children were heavy infantry of the Mongolian Han army lined up, carrying a "Shi" army flag. Chen Dexing knew that it was the banner of Shi Tianze, the five-way 10,000 households of the Mongolian Han army! It came either Shi Tianze himself or his brother. The Daxing Yongqing Shijia was one of the three 10,000 households in the Mongolian Khan army. He led five routes and had a million households under his jurisdiction and controlled tens of thousands of elite troops!
Behind the elite Shijia were Mongolian archers with slightly scattered formations. Dismounting and arching and raising horses to attack were the most basic tactics for Mongolian cavalry to traverse Eurasia. Arraying infantry battles have never been the strength of the Mongols, and they did not bother to do so. Because the enemy infantry would always be passively beaten in front of them!
On the two wings of these Mongolian archers, two heavy Mongolian cavalry teams of thousands of men were already on standby. Once the Song army was scattered, they would trample on. This tactic was simple and practical. Until later eras of line infantry, a similar principle was still followed - the chaotic infantry formation could not withstand the impact of cavalry, and also could not withstand the impact of infantry with strict formations. Therefore, when facing the driven people, the Song army could only choose to kill rather than rescue...
"Dongdongdongdongdong..." Amid the sound of war drums, the Mongolian and Han army lined up toward the city, as if it was a moving city, which was a real elite!
From the perspective of later generations, they were traitors, but they were definitely not the puppet troops who scattered guns during the Anti-Japanese War. Now it is not an era of nationalism. These northern Hans who worked for the Mongols only knew that they had families and lords, but not countries and nations.
"Tight..."
The sound of the bowstrings ejected, and on the battlefield, thousands of arrows were fired at once, covering the entire Mongolian Han army soldiers and the people of the Song Dynasty who rushed towards the Song army into the rain of arrows. The Song army is famous for its strong bows and hard crossbows, and in the Southern Song army, the proportion of crossbows is as high as 60%. The other spearmen, shields, and swords and axes are all auxiliary troops to protect crossbows.
With just three rounds of volleys, there was no one standing on the other side of the Song Dynasty! Even the Shijia sharp soldiers wearing heavy armor fell down, and the square formation seemed a little sparse - the protective power of leather armor was not as strong as that of iron armor, and the leather armor that was matched to the Han army was not as solid as the leather armor used by the Mongols. There was no silk underwear that could be wrapped around the arrow clusters, so it was difficult to resist the Song army's crossbow. However, these Shijia sharp soldiers still covered their heads and moved forward without stopping at all.
At this time, the Mongolian archers also began to shoot feather arrows! They held a Mongolian horn bow, a composite bow made of various materials, with its power similar to the Song army's cemetery bow (the Song army's bow is also a composite bow). The maximum distance of the shooting is more than 200 steps, but that is the range that can be obtained by using light arrows without armor-breaking ability. If heavy arrows are shot on the battle formation, it will be lethal within 120 steps, but it is still difficult to destroy the Song army's infantry armor.
A crisp sound of tinging sound, the rain of arrows falling from the sky fell on the front row of Song army's heavy armored infantry, but it only splashed some sparks, which did not seem to cause much damage. Chen Dexing was also hit by an arrow, and the feather arrow penetrated into the gap in the armor and hung on his body, but there was no pain. In the confrontation between the crossbow, the Song army seemed to have the upper hand, but the Shijia infantry approaching with arrows still made the air in front of the Wu Rui army suddenly tense...
Chapter completed!