In the morning, when Han Shizhong started to prepare the second bowl of mutton cakes, some of the Jurchen knights had already finished putting on their armor, and the battle officially broke out.

As soon as they came up, the Song army, which was guarding the main camp, fell into a hard fight.

This is of course, in this era marked by heavy iron armor, almost all tactics are based on heavy armor and armor-breaking... And the part of the Song army at the forefront actually only has leather armor. Fundamentally, they were unable to compete with the Jurchen warriors who hurriedly put on armor and went into battle.

Facing the close-range heavy arrows and close-quarters infantry assaults of the Jurchen cavalry, except for a fortress that they relied on the most, these Song troops basically could only rely on wooden shields for defense and spears to hinder the attack.

But it was unable to cause effective damage to the Jin army.

On the contrary, if you are not careful, you will be killed by a Jurchen knight or a dismounted knight who approaches and fires heavy arrows.

There is nothing you can do about it. If someone is hit by a Jurchen's heavy arrow, he will basically lose his combat effectiveness even if he is not dead.

It's really just waste and consumption.

But at this time, Han Shizhong's elite troops, who were hiding behind stone barriers, trenches, fences, water vapor, and these leather-armored rebels, were just eating and sitting around. They even kept quiet and chewed slowly at the request of the officers. ...Only a few apparently young faces raised their heads and looked towards the east, that is, the battle area.

This is of course not indifference, nor is it just a matter of Han Shizhong's strict military management. It is more because the two armies of the Beiwei Army and the Depian Army are truly extraordinary. They not only enjoy the best of the imperial camp left army The treatment is the best, the best equipment is used, and the training is the most demanding and the discipline is the strictest.

At the same time, as the two troops that Han Shizhong formed immediately after escaping from Hebei that day, these two troops have experienced almost all the big and small battles in Jian Yan's life, and they have suffered heavy defeats and victories, even if they are constantly updated. The soldiers can be said to have a very fine fighting tradition.

However, it is worth mentioning that the Beiwei Army never specifically refers to the Guards Cavalry, and the Depian Army does not specifically refer to the crossbow troops... In a sense, these two military numbers are both bad military units. Number.

The name "Beiwei Army" comes from Xixia. It doesn't matter whether "Beiwei" refers to being tall or carrying a wine bottle or shield. Anyway, it has become a common title during the hundreds of years of entanglement between the Western Army and Xixia. Generally speaking, In other words, it refers to the general's guards, but because Han Shizhong has always been good at using cavalry, so when he became more developed, he chose to set up his Beiwei army as cavalry.

In sharp contrast is Zhang Jun. Zhang Jun also formed a Beiwei Army after Han Shizhong. Before that, it was led by Tian Shizhong. Later, after Tian Shizhong actually mastered many daily operations of the Royal Camp Right Army, these days Nian Cai gradually came to Zhang Zigai's hands...and this Beiwei army was a typical heavy armor and long ax army.

In addition, under the commander and under the commander, similar small-scale elite troops are usually selectively set up. Although there is no name for betraying the Wei Army, they actually have the reality of betraying the Wei Army.

However, later, when Yue Fei gained momentum and unified his entire army, the organized Beiwei Army was also a cavalry force. This resulted in two of the most famous and numerous Beiwei forces in the Imperial Army, whether in another historical time and space or at present. The Wei army are all cavalry, so it gives people the illusion that carrying the Wei army is equivalent to the cavalry of the Guards.

Moreover, even at the level of commander-in-chief, not everyone will set up large groups of personal guards. Wu Jie does not have this problem, but he will also habitually gather the crossbows and cavalry scattered in various ministries every time he fights.

The use of...'Garrison Arrow' specifically refers to this tactic of using the crossbows intensively and then taking turns to fire non-stop.

That day at Qiaoshan in Fangzhou, Wu Jie used this tactic to shoot through the foot of Tu Hesu, and made Sa Lihe cry when he was showing off his power on the opposite side.

As for the Destroy the Pioneer Army, it is actually a force that uses crossbows intensively in the Imperial Camp Left Army. Like the Beiwei Army, it is not a specific one, because the Destroy the Pioneer Army is also a common military call, but because the Imperial Camp Left Army

The leader of the army, Jie Yuan and Xie Shanshan, is an old brother of Han Shizhong whom he has known for decades when he was in the security army. He is also the deputy commander, and his treatment and training are not bad. He will not be absent every time there is a war.

It's just that it's been particularly well-known.

Heavy cavalry, heavy infantry and long ax soldiers, heavy armor and powerful crossbowmen...these elite troops in the Song army did not appear out of thin air. They were originally elite troops set up to target the Jurchen heavy cavalry. They originally used tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of Song troops.

The lives of soldiers are paid for by tuition.

It really doesn't matter what name you use.

"Kindness, I remember your family is here?" Han Shizhong held the bowl, slowly swallowed a mouthful of steamed buns, took another sip of mutton soup, and looked at Xie Yuan as if he was looking for something to say.

"Sixty miles." Jieyuan held the bowl and nodded towards the direction of the battle line due east. "Go along the Fen River, which is north of Luotuo Ridge and south of Fen River. I probably remember it belongs to Ji County."

"So close?" Han Shizhong was surprised for a moment.

"It's not close." Jie Yuan flipped the steamed buns with chopsticks... He put too many cakes in the pan... He had no choice but to answer. "I left home when I was a teenager and went to the Northern Shaanxi Security Army. I will join you at the age of twenty-six.

The deputy head of the capital took the family members over...perhaps they were relatives and acquaintances of the family that day, but if I hadn't come to the base, I wouldn't have remembered that this was the place."

Han Shizhong was silent for a moment.

And Jie Yuan took two more bites. When he saw Han Shizhong's appearance, he turned to him with a bowl and frowned: "Brother Five, what happened today? Could it be that after just a few years of rest, there is no blood left? Listen to me.

, what can we do now? We didn’t bring double armor... Even if we did, it would be too late, and they wouldn’t adapt..."

Han Shizhong shook his head: "That's what I said, but it would have been nice to have given these rebels more armor!"

The rebels wanted to hide in the mountains, and it was useless to give them armor at that time... You didn't know? And it wasn't you who gave the order just now? The order was wrong?

Pretending to be a Bodhisattva now?!

Jie Yuan was about to refute this, but he glanced at Han Shizhong who was lowering his head to eat steamed buns, and then glanced at the constantly moving east side. In the end, he remained silent and just continued to chew slowly and drink his mutton soup.

, eat his paochui cake.

In this way, the two men led the destroying army to eat slowly for about a quarter of an hour. The heavily armored Jin army had already reached the fence, which meant that the trench outside had been partially filled in, and the stone barrier had also been filled.

Having been breached, Gu Jishan's rebels were forced to retreat to the last layer of defense.

Zhang Heng, who was wearing a helmet that was obviously a little too big, ran over nervously. Han Shizhong had already returned to his normal expression, but handed the empty bowl to him: "This mutton soup is really good, please give Zhang Tongzhi some help."

I'll serve another bowl."

Zhang Hengmang took it with his blood-stained hands in confusion, then woke up and nodded seriously: "I want it!"

Immediately, he turned around and passed by.

As soon as the person left, Han Shizhong immediately looked sideways at Jie Yuan.

Xie Shanshan understood and did not get up. He directly gave the order to the officers beside him. After the officers passed it on layer by layer, the troops who destroyed the side forces began to put on armor and prepare bows, crossbows, arrows and other items on the spot.

After waiting for a while, Zhang Hengfu came over again with a bowl of mutton soup in both hands, while Han Shizhong took the hot soup without saying a word, then took the cooking cake from the basket next to him, tearing it open and soaking in the soup as usual... Bei Weijun started to eat.

They all learn from the same thing.

Zhang Heng saw that the other party was silent and saw that the soldiers below Jie Yuan began to put on their armor, but he hurried back to the front line without saying a word.

After another half-quarter of an hour, more and more Jin troops were seen arriving in front of the fence and began to try to destroy the fence. All the troops to destroy the enemy were also ready.

Han Shizhong glanced at Jie Yuan again, and then finally issued a new military order: "Don't put on the upper armor yet."

Jieyuan understood, nodded and left.

In the morning of early winter, the weather was slightly cold. The water vapor generated by large-scale cooking of mutton soup filled the sky and formed an aerosol. And just under the aerosol, as Jieyuan left, three thousand armored men

The fully-destroyed army immediately stood up under the leadership of officers from various departments, and then carried nearly a thousand powerful crossbows according to the combat order, carrying multiple crossbow barrels, in addition to some spearmen, sword and shield hands, and roared forward.

surge away.

This army may not be the most elite unit among the 300,000-strong imperial army, but it can be regarded as one of the most elite units of the Song Army anyway.

"I have known for a long time that these people should be the rebels in Guji Mountain."

At the same moment, Wanyan Salihe, who was supervising the battle from afar, held the reins of the war horse with both hands and showed disdain. "What is a suit of leather armor good for? If you don't hide in the mountains, how can you dare to stop my army on the road and use it?"

Han Shizhong came to scare me? The front is about to collapse, but the back is boiling water so frequently?"

Several Meng'an and Mouke agreed together.

This said, it was because there were so many wounded that they had to boil water to get arrows.

That said, this was a plan in the Song Dynasty's military manual to increase the number of stoves. It was originally planned to pretend that there was a large army behind them eating.

However, more people just disdain it.

In fact, there is no reason for this, because everyone knows what Sa Lihe said... When the Jurchens first conquered the two rivers, they didn't know how to rule them. On the other side of Hebei, the East Route Army simply enfeoffed Meng'an and conquered them.

An Mooke also had the power to govern, so Hebei seemed to regress to the slave era almost instantly, causing a large number of Hebei people regardless of class status to directly abandon their homes and businesses, either go up to the Taihang Mountains, or flee across Henan.

It also forced Wanyan Wu Qimai, the leader of the Jin Kingdom at the time, to issue a hasty decree to forcibly stop this historical reversal.

And here in Hedong, the military discipline of the West Route Army is better. It is indeed rare for the East Route Army to use Han people as betting chips, but Nianhan can't stand it. He is strict in his work... In his time, no businessman was allowed to go more than 100 meters in a day.

Thirty miles away, there is an order to shave one's hair, there is a theft of a penny, and even if one picks up a penny on the road, he will be executed.

All kinds of unbelievable temporary laws are basically more stringent than military law. However, the Han people in Yanyun who were assigned to serve as officials generally had a hatred of the Han people in Song Dynasty. They often used chicken feathers as arrows and tortured them in this way.

common people.

Under such circumstances, not only ordinary people but also powerful landowners could not stand it.

The so-called strict laws in Hedong, the enfeoffment of slaves in Hebei, and the forced population migration from northern Hebei and northeastern Hebei areas directly contributed to the outbreak of the Taihang rebellion at that time, and also made it impossible for the Jin army to rule effectively all year round. Two Rivers region.

Of course, this does not mean that there is any political reflection, but that the Jin Army and these rebels are old acquaintances. As soon as they see the equipment of these troops and listen to the accents of their orders and shouts, they immediately know where they come from.

That's why I disdain it.

However, there was also a Khitan Muke who couldn't help but express his doubts: "The rebels in Guji Mountain should be good, but don't the rebels know that they have no choice but to move around in the mountains, so how can they dare to stop them? I'm really not afraid of death. ?"

Sa Lihe sneered even more: "Ask me, who should I ask? Maybe I was forced by the Song Dynasty officials!"

"This is exactly what I mean." The Khitan Muke actually nodded.

Sa Lihe was stunned for a moment, then after thinking for a moment, he became serious: "Master slave, you want to say that these rebels in the valley and mountains may not come here willingly...or there are Song troops behind them who want to escape. Use officials and nobles to hold the leaders of these rebels and force them to block the attack, or someone is bluffing them and saying that there will be reinforcements?"

"Yes." Khitan Muke, who was called the Grand Master's slave, nodded. "This is the most likely, but there is another possibility... Wanhu, are there really elites from the Song Army's imperial camp here? The Song Army is also Should we think of sending an army to guard this place?"

"Impossible..." The person who interrupted this person was not Sa Lihe, but another Jurchen Meng'an who had just returned from the front line. "I just saw it clearly with my own eyes. All the efforts of this camp are in the trenches along the road. On the fence, looking from a distance inside, although the fog and dense fences make it difficult to see what's going on, you can still see that there are not even a few tents behind, which shows that the camp itself was hastily built... If there is really a main force hiding Behind, there are thousands of people, so why is this?"

"The scouts who traveled ten miles earlier this morning also said so." Another Jurchen officer spoke up, verifying this statement. "They said that the Song army was small in number, their equipment was messy, and their camps were empty. Only the fences and trenches in the main road were there. It’s long enough to completely block our march route…”

Sa Lihe nodded slightly.

"What the general means is that there are some main forces of the Song Army's imperial camp, but they are not large in number, so let the rebels in the mountains come to die first... This will make us careless and underestimate the enemy, and it also means to lure us deeper." The Taishinu said. Finally, he became impatient and expressed his worries in one breath. "Then they suddenly went out to fight and caused casualties..."

"So you want to bring me mutton soup and cooking cakes in the name of Han Shizhong first?" Sa Lihe interrupted, thoughtfully. "We were caught off guard and suffered casualties. We just thought Han Shizhong had really arrived. Isn’t it possible that we will retreat in frustration here?”

Many other meng'an and Muke also thought about it for a moment, and many people nodded accordingly.

The Khitan Muke, who was called the Grand Master's slave, wanted to speak, but unexpectedly his superior, the Khitan Meng'an, who was called Yelu Yizhen, laughed at the situation and said:

"Taishunu is just guessing after all. Judging from the general situation, ten thousand households are right in ten cases. Just think about the empty city strategy in the Han people's stories... If you think about it, we will know this time through the capital. The rebel army in Gujishan might be able to detect the cover of (Pu Lisu) and then rush from the rear, but how could the main force of the Song Army's imperial camp know?"

"Yelu Yizhen is right." Sa Li laughed. "And even so, it's useless... If he talks about Wang Sheng, Xu Shi'an, or Wu Jie on the other side, I won't
To be continued...