Chapter 35 The first battle must be won
"Chasing, let me chase after me, don't let Song Jun run away!"
After the Jin general Zhang Liangchen rode a loud order on his horse, he rushed to chase the defeated Song army.
Zhang Liangchen was ordered to lead his army to attack the prefectures near Song Jingji Road, and successively captured Bozhou, Tuocheng and other places.
After conquering the city and territories, of course, they plundered and plundered the Song women, which was the usual style of the Jin army. How could Bozhou, Tuocheng and other places be compared with Kaifeng Prefecture, the capital of the Song Dynasty? Therefore, the money, goods and people robbed by Zhang Liangchen and others were extremely limited, and Zhang Liangchen and others were extremely unwilling to accept it, wandering in Bozhou, Tuocheng and other places, constantly plundering.
I heard that Wanyan Zonghan and the Jin people were going to return north, so it would be too late to get some if you don’t hurry up.
At this time, he suddenly heard that tens of thousands of soldiers from the south of Song Jiang came to the capital to serve the king. Therefore, Zhang Liangchen led three thousand Yanyun Iron Cavalry and more than two thousand surrendered soldiers of the Song army, a total of more than five thousand less than six thousand soldiers and horses to go out of the city to fight the Black Flag Army.
If the Western Army of the Song army reached this point, Zhang Liangchen would never dare to lead troops out of the city to attack the enemy in this way. However, the Jiangnan soldiers came, and the Jiangnan soldiers gave people the feeling that they were weak soldiers. Therefore, Zhang Liangchen dared to come boldly. If he defeated this group of Jiangnan soldiers, wouldn’t it be a great achievement? He would definitely receive a generous reward from the Jin court.
Black Flag Army? What is the Black Flag Army?
Zhang Liangchen led more than 5,000 troops out of the city to fight, but unexpectedly, they encountered the Song army ambush halfway. However, the Song army ambushed for a while and was defeated and retreated. This made Zhang Liangchen and other Jin people even look down on the group of Song army in front of them. This is no different from the Song army that was defeated in the past.
When the Song army was defeated and fled, countless gold, silver and jewelry, women's dresses, etc. were left behind. This made the Jin army greedy and lustful.
Zhang Liangchen kept urging his subordinates to move quickly, trying to make great contributions and make another fortune.
At this moment, just as Zhang Liangchen was urging his horse to run wildly, more than a hundred cavalry of the Song army suddenly turned back, as if they were fighting to death to cut off the rear.
"Swoosh" A general of the more than 100 cavalry of the Song army held a strong bow and turned around with an arrow. The arrow came quickly and accurately. One arrow shot a Jin army general beside Zhang Liangchen to death.
The Jin army general screamed loudly, and planted a green onion backwards and frightened Zhang Liangchen and others.
More than a hundred cavalry of the Song army also bent their bows and shot arrows, and many Jin soldiers were shot down.
Zhang Liangchen was furious and ordered the Jin army to counterattack, but more than a hundred cavalry of the Song army turned around and fled again. Zhang Liangchen and others were furious and cursed loudly and urged the horse to chase after him.
So the Song army fought and fled with the Jin army, and "seduced" the Jin army to make them itchy, but they had no choice but to rush to chase them. After holding them, they would definitely tear them to pieces.
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"Master, the enemy has arrived." A scout from the Black Flag Army came to report.
"Well, I understand." Li Sanjian said after holding a thousand-mile eyes and watching the dust covered in the distance.
Near the city of Bozhou, there is almost an open area, with no danger to guard, and there is almost nowhere to hide. The ambush site chosen by Li Sanjian was only a forest on the left, ambushing the Burning Army and a river beach on the right, while the left army of Shence was ambushed in the river beach, and the troops were tightly attached to the snow and covered in white cloaks, so they could barely ambush down.
"Stand up the commander's flag and beat the drum!" Li Sanjian then put down his eyes and ordered loudly.
"Bang...bang...bang...bang..."
"Woo...woo...woo...woo..."
The war drums that were deafening, the low trumpet sounded, the sound of the drums was earth-shaking, and the sound shook the sky. Amid the sound of the drums and trumpets, a huge black wolf flag was rising slowly. Under the wolf flag were the black flag troops that had been waiting for the battle. Among the square were black armored warriors, rows of spears like forests, sharp swords, and large black shields.
"Kill, kill!"
After a while, the Jin army's iron cavalry came. After seeing the formation of the Black Flag Army Central Army, they abandoned Hua Rong's group of "defeated soldiers", galloped on horseback, waved their swords, urged the war horses under their crotch, and shouted loudly towards the formation of the Black Flag Army.
According to past practices or experiences, although the Song army's formations were arranged neatly, it seemed very scary, but generally speaking, if the Jin army's iron cavalry rushed, the Song army would immediately collapse and be destroyed by the Jin army's iron cavalry. Then it would be the time for the Jin army to hunt, and the Song army would be defeated thousands of miles away.
"Oh, not good!"
“There are caltrops on the ground!”
"No, it's not a caltrop!"
"ah..."
More than 5,000 cavalry of the Jin army galloped and reached the height of the Black Flag Army. Many war horses suddenly stepped on countless caltrops.
The so-called caltrop is a kind of military-purpose iron sprinkler obstacle. The extended iron sprouts are several inches long, and whenever they hit the ground, there is a thorn facing upwards. The tip of the thorn is like a plant "tcaltrop", so it is called caltrop. In war, caltrops are spread on the ground to delay the enemy's actions.
The Black Flag Army's formation was covered with caltrops before, which is not surprising. The Jin army's cavalry was also prepared for this, that is, the double-layer horseshoes were nailed to the hooves of the war horses. Although it slightly affects the speed of the war horses, it can prevent the hooves of the war horses from being injured by caltrops.
But the black flag army's caltrops are extremely strange. When the horse's horse's hooves stepped on, they actually stomped on one by one. Countless caltrops were bounced away, forming a "iron caltrop fog". The Jin army's cavalry crashed into the "iron caltrop fog", and suddenly the whole body was covered with caltrops, screaming loudly in pain. The war horse was hit by the "iron caltrop fog", and jumped around in pain, throwing the Jin army off the saddle.
The only consequence of falling off the saddle is that the storm is being trampled into meat paste by the scattered army.
"Kill, kill, and be the first to enter the enemy formation, and you will definitely receive a heavy reward!" Jin army commander Zhang Liangchen pointed at the sword and ordered loudly.
How could a mere quaint caltrop prevent the charge of the army's cavalry? Zhang Liangchen thought to himself.
The "Calaginous fog" really could not stop the charge of the cavalry. After losing hundreds of cavalry, the Jin army rushed past the "Calaginous fog" and rushed towards the Black Flag Army.
There are more than the "Calagus fog" waiting for the Jin army.
With a loud "crash", a large pit suddenly cracked before the Black Flag Army formation, and an extremely huge trapped horse pit lies across the two armies.
The Jin army's cavalry could not hold back and screamed loudly. They all fell into the trap of horses, with people and horses. The trap of iron thorns, sharp branches, etc. After they fell in, they would be stabbed and thrust into the trap of the stomach. They would die. If they were not dead for a while, they could only survive in the trap of horses.
However, the trapped horse pit could not stop the charge of the Jin army's cavalry. The Jin army's cavalry either rode his horse over the trapped horse pit, or stepped on his own corpse, and passed the trapped horse pit.
The black flag army came crazily.
However, the Jin army leaped through the trapped horse pit and left hundreds of corpses.
The Jin army's iron cavalry galloped on horseback, getting closer and closer to the Black Flag Army formation, and the ferocious face of the Jin army was clearly visible.
"Shoot the arrow!" The Jin army's iron cavalry rushed closer and closer. Feng Zhan, the commander of the Shence Right Army of the Black Flag Army, pointed forward with a long sword and ordered loudly.
With Feng Zhan's order, more than 5,000 Black Flag Army crossbowmen half-kneeled on the ground, lifted the stern bow of the divine arm that had been put on the strings, and pointed at the sky obliquely.
"Bang bang bang bang!"
After a while, the sound of the bowstrings kept ringing, and feather arrows flew into the air. The Divine Arm Bow was the sharpest crossbow of the Song Dynasty and even the sharpest weapon in the world. The Chung Shi, who sacrificed his life for the country, blocked the charge of tens of thousands of iron cavalry of the Jin army with only more than two thousand Divine Arm Bows. At this moment, there were more than five thousand Divine Arm Bows and Divine Arm Bowers in the Black Flag Army, and its power was self-evident.
The feather arrows fired from more than 5,000 divine arm bows were extremely powerful, making a "huh" sound, and flew into the air, and a black cloud formed in an instant.
"Divine Arm Bow!"
"It's over..."
Many people in the Jin army had experienced the terrifying Divine Arm Bow. At that time, the Divine Arm Bow was still vivid in my mind. At this moment, based on the sound and the height of the Divine Arm Bow firing, it can be judged that this was the Divine Arm Bow firing arrowhead. Therefore, countless Jin cavalry let out a desperate scream, and many cavalry closed their eyes in despair.
The black cloud paused in the air and turned into "spears" one by one, falling from mid-air, smashing towards the Jin cavalry.
"Puff puff puff!"
The higher the flying height, the greater the kinetic energy it holds, and the greater the power it will hold. The rain of arrows composed of countless arrowheads fell into the crowd of Jin cavalry like a pouring rain, splashing blood flowers, just like flowers blooming in the crowd. This flower is a flower of murder and a flower of death.
Countless cavalry of the Jin army let out screams after screams, and were shot down by the powerful arrowheads. Some Jin soldiers died before they were caught. They were penetrated by sharp arrows and shot into sieves by sharp arrows.
Under the overwhelming rain of arrows, no living creature could survive, and war horses were no exception. Many Jin army cavalry, including men and horses, were shot to the ground. The bodies of war horses fell down and several feet high were raised. The war horses that had not yet died were either kneeling on the ground or lying on the ground, making wails, echoing the screams before the Jin army died, and they were one after another.
In a clearing ground before the Black Flag Army formation, people suddenly shouted that horses were neighing, blood flowing into a river, and corpses were everywhere.
"Rise the bow!" The first round of arrow rain was about to stop, and the second round of arrow rain of the Song Dynasty's Black Flag Army was about to be launched. Feng Zhan, the commander of the right army of Shence and Tuoba Kui, the deputy commander, raised the long sword in his hand at the same time. The archer of the Black Flag Army's god-arm pointed the archer of the divine arm in his hand towards the sky.
Song's original divine arm bow was used to sing the strings of the arrows, and the winding speed was extremely slow and laborious. The latest divine arm bow made by the Black Flag Army was improved by Tang Shun and others, and two pulleys were added. Therefore, the arrows only need two hands to sing the strings. The winding speed was extremely fast, but there were also disadvantages, that is, the arrows consumed very quickly.
"Run!"
Chapter completed!