Chapter 46 The Price of Mistakes
The red sun in the east was rising, and the sky was filled with light. Yang Wenguang stood on the watchtower and looked at the Dangxiang army lined up opposite him.
Unlike the Song army that was divided into several independent positions, the Dangxiang army was relatively loose. In the middle was Elabaozhong's personal guard, which was also the strongest army in the White Horse Military Supervisor and the main force for attack. On both wings were the tribal soldiers gathered together, all of which were cavalry and had rough formations.
At this moment, a personal soldier rushed up quickly and handed Yang Wenguang and Du Zhongxiao the military order.
After seeing it, Yang Wenguang put it away. He had already reconnaissance last night. Ela Baozhong was still in front of the main soldiers, and the auxiliary soldiers behind him looked at the baggage. The economic structure of the Dangxiang Zhengshang and the auxiliary soldiers decided that they could only be arranged in this way. However, after learning from the lessons from the previous few days, the two military camps were very close.
He raised his telescope again and saw clearly that the Dangxiang Army had already assembled.
With a horn, Dangxiang Quan's army slowly moved forward and slowly pressed over. The black military formation had a momentum that crushed everything.
Wang Liang quickly walked up to the looking building and crossed his hands at Yang Wenguang: "General, the Dangxiang Army has attacked, what instructions do you have to do with the artillery?"
Yang Wenguang said: "As long as I told you yesterday, I will raise the red flag here, and you will fire according to the prescribed fire. Lift the green flag and stop the fire. Everything else is in accordance with the rules and other instructions, and I will send someone to tell you."
Wang Liang said yes, and hurriedly went down the watchtower. The artillery had its own command system, and Yang Wenguang could not achieve real-time command.
The Dangxiang Army was not moving fast and its formation was relatively scattered. It was obviously because it had learned the experience of being bombarded by Dou Shunqing. Until one mile away from Yang Wenguang's army, the entire army stopped again. After the stop, the central army re-arranged and the formation became dense.
More than 20,000 soldiers could not see the faces of people clearly from a mile to a distance, but only saw the boundless darkness.
At this time, time passes very slowly, which is a torment for people on the battlefield. In the center of the Song army's formation, Jing Dutou whispered loudly: "Put on armor!"
The three hundred iron armored soldiers followed the order and each took the iron armor on the ground and dressed neatly. They picked up the saber on the ground and put it in their hands.
Holding the horse in his hand, Jing Du's head felt his blood rushing, his mouth and tongue dry, and he couldn't help but lick his lips, and there was a red light in his eyes.
There were only three hundred iron armors, and the entire army did not need a long axe to replace it. The long axe should advance like a wall, and use the overall strength to crush all the enemies blocking the front. Three hundred people could not do it, and the formation was relatively sparse, so it was replaced by a heavy saber that was conducive to killing.
Looking at the Song army a mile away, the formation was sparse, and the three rows were about one army formation, with about thirty people in each row. Whether it was attacking or defense, the military formation was dense and tried to reduce the front of the battle. This was the first time that Ela Baozhong had seen the Song army on the opposite side. Why did the Song army set up such a formation like this? Ela Baozhong couldn't figure it out, and there was no time for him to figure it out.
After looking at the red sun in the sky, Ela Baozhong turned around and said in a deep voice: "Not the most delicate and elegant!"
Uncle Suiliang came from behind Ela Baozhong and crossed his hands and said, "The last one is here!"
"Take your troops and horses to rush to the central army of the Song army, where is the highest tower with the flag of the commander!"
Uncle Suiliang agreed to the promise, and drove away and gathered his troops. In addition to a few of the head commanders and personal soldiers, Dangxiang was mostly based on tribes, even the standing army was established. However, the number of standing army was relatively unified, with the small tribes combined together, and the large tribes were divided into several divisions.
Seeing that Suiliang was not clear, Ela Baozhong walked away, and whispered loudly: "Torturing Changzu!"
Torturing Changzu, Elabaozhong said: "Take your troops and horses, and after Wu Suiliang, you will rush to the central army of the Song army! When you rush, the Song army will definitely fire artillery. No matter how many people die, you are not allowed to take a step back! Anyone who reviews will be killed! When they arrive in front of the Song army, the two armies will unite and only move forward, not retreat!"
Torture Changzu, he ordered his horse to return to his headquarters, issued military orders, and rectified the troops.
As another horn sounded, Yang Wenguang raised the telescope in his hand and saw that the army of the Dangxiang Central Army had set up and prepared to rush forward. In a moment, the formation was completed and he began to advance. It seemed that there were about two thousand people, in a rough cone shape, coming towards the Song army.
The two thousand people who came were all cavalry, and they could see clearly in the telescope. All of them were heavily armored and all horses were equipped. These cavalry were supposed to be the power of the White Horse Military Supervisor. They were similar to the iron armored cavalry in the Song army, and were specially used to rush forward.
Seeing that the attacking Dangxiang army completely separated from the army, Yang Wenguang turned around and said to the personal soldiers on the side: "Appoint the artillery and fire the artillery!"
The personal soldiers responded to the promise and raised the small red flag in their hands to shake it at the Wanglou where Wang Liang was in the distance. The Yingtianxiang Army had simple military orders and flags, and the triangular flag was used for artillery, which carried out necessary commands.
When Wang Liang saw it, he said fire, and saw his personal soldiers waving the flag.
The Song army made several plans for several possible attack forms of the Dangxiang. Now it is just to implement the plan according to the military order and make some fine adjustments.
Each gun position has its own observation tower, which is a short distance away. The gun position that received the military order began to load the cannon. As Wang Liang's soldiers slashed the small flag downward, each gun position was lit up with twist lines.
Hearing the earth-shaking voice and seeing smoke rising from the Song army's positions, Elabaozhong's heart skipped a beat. The heavy artillery of the Song army that night impressed him deeply, and when he heard this sound, he instinctively trembled.
The solid shells hit the impact of the Dangxiang army. They landed on the ground with a knight, rolled a few times, and broke several horse legs. When they heard the screams from the knight, Wuxi Suiliang felt a little panicked. He was not afraid of rushing head-on. I don’t know who the shells falling from the sky fell on. I was inevitably nervous when I encountered it for the first time. The formation kept going, and the knights who fell to the ground were soon stepped into a paste of flesh, silently.
After a round of artillery passed, the Dangxiang cavalry was obviously scattered. However, the formation was not chaotic, and continued to rush towards the Song army.
The artillery position was adjusted urgently according to the planned plan. When the Dangxiang Army advanced, the shells fired by the Song army also moved with the Dangxiang Army. The farthest ones were adjusted to the nearest, and the rest continued to fire artillery, and after each round, there were different artillery positions to be adjusted.
Wang Liang turned around and signaled his personal soldiers to issue orders, asking the artillery to fire a round of flowering bullets. Solid bullets are conducive to direct shooting, and they can achieve good results whether they are dense military formations or city walls fortifications. Flowering bullets are suitable for curved shooting. For people and horses, they have the effect of solid bullets before they are bombed, and they can also cause a second killing if they are bombed. This is the first time that the Song army faced a large-scale frontal rush by the enemy. If they are not experienced, they should try it more.
Before he moved, Sui Liang led his troops forward when he suddenly heard the sound of the Song army's cannon sound again. The shells fell from the sky, just like before, and took away the lives of more than a hundred cavalry. When Zhengxian ordered the entire army to move forward, the shells landed on the ground suddenly exploded, and countless iron beads flew out from it. Some cavalry were hit and screamed immediately.
Iron-piece iron beads are not big. As long as they are not hit by the vital points when shot on people, they will not hurt their lives. But as long as they are hit, they will basically lose their combat effectiveness.
It's okay for people to have a flowering bullet exploded on the ground, and the most iron-pieces of iron beads shot on the horse. The horse harness can't even resist heavy arrows. How can it block these iron-pieces of iron-pieces of iron-pieces of bullets? Not to mention, the part that hits the most is the horse's belly, which has no protection.
For a moment, the neighing of the horses kept ringing. Some horses fell down, some were injured and jumped around desperately, and some were frightened by the unshot horses, running around and no longer under the control of the knights. The military horses of this era were not specially trained and could not be alarmed in artillery fire. When a flowering bullet exploded nearby, many horses were frightened, and the Dangxiang army was completely in chaos.
Wang Liang saw it in the watchtower and ordered his personal soldiers to change all the artillery positions. There were not many flowering bullets reserved in the army, and Wang Liang didn't care about it and would finish today's war first.
Ela Baozhong was in front of the military formation, and saw that Wuxi Suiliang's attack formation was in chaos, so he couldn't help but be furious. He was about to torture Changzu to lead the team forward and slashed all those who dared to run back in front of the formation. He suddenly woke up and said loudly: "Ming Jin to withdraw the troops, so that Wuxi Suiliang's entire army would retreat!"
The sound of the stern sound was shrill. When Suiliang heard it, he let out a long sigh and hurriedly tied up the reins and ordered the entire army to retreat.
At this time, he had just advanced halfway, and there were more than 400 yards away from the Song army. In the Song army, the mortar cannon had just been loaded. Before he could prepare to fire the cannon, he saw the Dangxiang army retreating like a fire. Hundreds of frightened horses were running between the two armies, like headless flies. Some rushed straight towards the Song army and were shot to the ground by muskets dozens of steps away.
Back to the military formation, Suiliang pointed it out briefly, and he lost more than 500 troops and horses, and he was still scared.
After calming down, Suiliang came to Elabao with his hands crossed: "Taiwei, the last general is about to lead his troops to the Song army, why should he withdraw his troops?"
Elabaozhong said: "I was not thinking well and forgot that the sound of the cannons exploded in the Song army was scary, and the horses were frightened and could not maintain the army. When fighting with the Song army opposite, you cannot use cavalry. You dismount your entire army, re-arrange and rush to the Song army again!"
After hearing this, Suiliang cursed in his heart. His troops were the elite of Ela Baozhong. They fought hard battles, but they were not going to die. They just ran for nothing, and they lost many people in vain. Many people were still shocked. This guy was unconscientious and asked him to die again.
The entire army is heavily armed and without horses walking. What speed is that? One mile away from the Song army, how many rounds of artillery will be taken along the way? When the enemy is unable to defeat three arrows, the infantry attacks the opponent's army formation, and the three rounds of arrows are forced to maintain combat power. A mile ahead, Isn't it just forcing someone to die?
Elazhong had no expression on his face and stared at Wuxi Suiliang. It was not until Wuxi Suiliang crossed his hands and sang his promise that he nodded heavily.
Chapter completed!