Northern Song Dynasty: Starting from the son of Song Renzong

Chapter 230 War begins

Autumn of the sixth year of Huangyou.

After instructing Zhong Yan, Wei Mingshan, and other generals not to be greedy for merit and do bad things, and that if they did so, they would be punished by military law even if they won the battle, Zhao Xin asked them to prepare.

It was early in the morning.

Spies came to report from the front line.

The Western Xia army seemed to have arrived.

Immediately afterwards...

Not long after that, just one morning.

Afterwards, Zhao Xin was able to see the elite troops of Western Xia, the Iron Harriers.

And the Western Xia infantry followed behind them one after another.

Although they were called infantry, in fact everyone rode horses.

But after arriving at the place, they dismounted and became infantry.

This was the first time Zhao Xin had seen heavy cavalry leading the way with infantry following behind.

This does look quite imposing!

Holding a telescope in his hand, Zhao Xin had the Wuding River on his left, the mountains on his right, and behind him the Mizhi Village, which was heavily surrounded by the Song army.

In this battle, the Song army also had a large number of troops.

Zhao Xin: Three thousand three.

There were 10,000 generals under Zhong Yan.

There are ten thousand famous mountains.

Another 20,000 followed the Li Yuan army. Some of them were responsible for besieging Mizhi Village, some were responsible for assisting the Li Yuan army, and some were responsible for protecting food and grass.

The Western Xia army clearly came from afar.

But he didn't rest at all and went straight into battle.

Perhaps it was after the Battle of Sanchuankou, the Battle of Haoshuichuan, and the Battle of Dingchuanzhai more than ten years ago that Western Xia had already determined that the Song State was good at defending the village, but could never be a match for Western Xia in a field battle.

Since Xixia has shown signs of wanting to fight, Zhao Xin naturally cannot be timid.

Directly order people to fight head-on.

While the two sides were lining up, Bao Baochiduo also came to the front of the team and asked someone to pass a message to Zhao Xin.

He said, "Our leader this time is the brave Bao Baochiduoyi. Is your Highness Prince Yu here?"

Zhao Xin rode out on his horse. Isn’t this the trash talk segment?
Although you can actually start fighting directly.

but……

It was obvious that the other party thought he would win.

If you don't spray it first, the gas won't flow smoothly.

Zhao Xin ignored everyone's objections and stood up and said, "Why did your heroic Bao Bao Chi Duoyi hide behind and let you pass on the message? I think he is not as good as a teenager like me! Speaking of which... where is your Xixia queen mother? Has she been sent to me?"

Although the distance was too far, Bao Baochiduo could still feel that Zhao Xin was saying something bad at this moment.

really!

When the soldier in front brought the message back, Bao Bao, who had eaten too much, became angry and embarrassed!
"Kill me!"

As for the tactics?
What tactics?
Of course it’s a head-on confrontation!

With such a small area of ​​land that is less than two miles wide, there is no need to consider any tactics!

Infantry in the middle and cavalry on both wings.

Although it is actually possible to use only infantry, the width of two miles is enough for cavalry.

and……

The Iron Harriers do not have to send all 3,000 men, but can be divided into ten teams, each with 300 men, depending on the situation.

When the Western Xia army went into battle, they always sent out the Iron Harriers first.

Then they advanced together with the infantry.

Due to the lack of war horses, the Song Dynasty was far inferior to the Western Xia in terms of both the number and quality of cavalry. Of course!
At this point, it's a thing of the past.

Although the armor of the Song Dynasty cavalry may not be as good as that of the Iron Harriers, and the bravery of the soldiers may not be as good as that of the Iron Harriers.

However, through the choice of combat terrain and the deployment of chariots, even though the Iron Harriers are heavy cavalry, it is difficult for them to achieve much effect nowadays.

For example, nowadays, when the Western Xia Iron Harriers are dispatched, they are restricted by the terrain and it is estimated that at most only 300 people can be dispatched at a time.

The key point is that when these 300 people rushed forward, they faced either the Song army's chariot formation or the Song army's cavalry.

How to fight this?
If the heavy cavalry lost its speed advantage, it would be like walking into a quagmire.

At this time, unless the Iron Harriers used their cavalry to charge into the Song army formation and then died heroically, as shown in the movie, otherwise...

There is no other more suitable way to fight.

The Xixia Privy Council official who came with Bao Bao Chi Duoyi also said to Bao Bao Chi Duoyi: "This place is only suitable for infantry combat. Cavalry combat is greatly restricted. If we use the Iron Harriers to forcefully break through the formation, I'm afraid we will suffer heavy losses."

However... Baobao eats too much and doesn't care about these things.

Bao Baochi knew that the Northern Song army had always been weak, and besides, wasn't it just a few Iron Harriers that were sacrificed?
It's not like you're sacrificing yourself, so what are you afraid of!
So he directly rejected the other party's suggestion.

and……

Forcefully order the Iron Harriers to break the formation.

natural!

The Iron Harriers would definitely not rush towards the chariot in the middle.

The only ones who could charge were the cavalry on both wings of the Song army.

The key point is that the Song army actually left them a little gap on both wings.

I don’t know whether it was intentional, accidental, or intentional or accidental.

Tie Yaozi saw that the Song army had not completely blocked the entire road.

If they advanced at full speed, they might be able to force their way around the Song army's back through the gap.

What gives them courage is naturally the armor they wear.

At the beginning, Han Qi heard that Jingyuan Road had a set of Western Xia armor in collection, so he took it out to try it with a strong crossbow.

Within fifty steps, the powerful crossbow shot at the Xixia armor, but the Xixia armor was not damaged at all.

Even when an arrow pierced the armor once, it was only because it happened to hit the small hole where the belt was worn. As a result, the arrow was scraped by the small hole, and even the iron of the arrow was curled back.

This shows the power of this armor!

After receiving Bao Baochiduoyi's order, Tie Yaozi quickly selected his target.

They could rush directly from the outside of the Song army's cavalry on both wings.

after that……

Then reorganize the team and target the weak points behind the Song army.

Since they were covered in Xixia's most sophisticated wart armor, even their horses were covered in wart armor, they were not afraid of the crossbows of the Song Dynasty at all.

Once they are allowed to get behind the Song army, the next ones in danger will be the Song army themselves.

After planning the route, the kites started moving one after another.

Originally they planned to send only 300 men, but later they thought 3,000 men would be enough to charge forward, so after a discussion, all the captains decided to charge forward together.

After all, even if the three hundred people got behind the Song army, they could not do anything.

Zhao Xin also watched the opponent's Iron Harriers gathering very calmly.

One of his seventeen generals saw the Iron Harriers move and quickly reminded Zhao Xin, "Your Highness! They're moving!"

Zhao Xin said, "I know. Stay calm and hold your composure! Pass the order down, musketeers, get ready, and the artillery on the left and right sides get ready."

Just as Zhao Xin had accidentally designed it.

It seems that the Iron Kitten just likes to drill into that gap.

As the three thousand heavy cavalry slowly started up.

Zhao Xin also asked all the musketeers and the artillery deployed on the left and right wings to be ready.

(End of this chapter)