Powerful Song Dynasty

Chapter 506
Sunrise in the east, on the outskirts of Luoyang, on the shore of Luoshui, the cold morning wind still blows on the face, making people feel chills. With the continuous sound of the rumbling golden drum, it is destined that today will not be a peaceful day.

On the open field in the northwest of Luoshui, there are more than a dozen Song army formations densely covered, each formation is more than a thousand steps apart, forming a large formation with scarlet fish scales that can't be seen at a glance.The formation is divided into three layers and three rows, with forward, central, rear and left and right wings. There are repelling horses and barbed wire. The entire army formation is arranged in an orderly manner.

In the strict military formation, no one dared to make a noise without authorization, only hurried feet accompanied by the sky-shattering drums, running back and forth in the military formation, passing military orders up and down, from a distance, it really looked like banners fluttering, swords and guns like forests, iron seas Bo, a chilling scene.

The Great Song respected Huode, and the soldiers and horses of the imperial army were mainly crimson, with black iron armor and crescent white vests, which is actually quite majestic.

The army formation of the Jin army is completely different. Their so-called regular soldiers are very few, and there are only about 2 people. They form an army formation of [-] people in the center, followed by tens of thousands of cavalry as a reserve team. The heavily armored Iron Buddhas all dismounted to rest.

The cavalry that spread out on two wings is the main force of the Jin army, each with more than ten thousand elite cavalry, they are formed in units of Meng'an, the standard Jurchen Meng'an seeks to conquer the army.Followed by Alixi on the two wings, they are the servants of the soldiers. They carry rations and arrows to provide support for the soldiers. They can also be used as cannon fodder in an emergency.

"The elite horse army of the captives is indeed magnificent!" Qu Duan rode on a maroon Hequ horse, looking at the lineup of the Jin army's horse army from a distance, he couldn't help being envious, the mighty Western army didn't have so many horses.

Liu Kai, the commander of the Chinese military, and Wu Lin, who is in charge of official affairs, have calm eyes, but the expression of envy is beyond words.Due to the loss of Dingnan Wuzhou, Da Song lost half of his war horses, but he was still able to organize an army of [-] horses to fight against Khitan; Liangzhou was eventually occupied by the party members, causing Song to lose the best war horse production area, and the horse army gradually declined.Although Wang Zhao’s expansion of the land allowed the Song Dynasty to own Xihe Road, it lost the support of the Tubo people. The source of war horses was almost exhausted. Only the sparse small horse farms on the edge of Shaanxi supplied war horses, or they were smuggled or bought from the south. The horses in the mountains are nothing compared to the excellent Hequ horses, they are just barely there.

"There are only tens of thousands of horse troops, why should the Taiwei be so ambitious?" Wu Lin said sourly, still unable to hide her envy.

Qu Duan chuckled, and said silently, "Tang Qing, the kidnappers have sharp horses, and there are tens of thousands of them. There are only 3000 people in the party's miscellaneous horses and iron kites. Just imagine tens of thousands of horses charging into the battle, how spectacular it is!"

"Most of our army is infantry, and they swarmed in, making it difficult to hold on." Liu Qi was deeply touched, and frowned.He insisted that Wang Yuan arrived and was fighting the Jin army, but Qu Duan was determined to fight, and he had no choice.

Qu Duan's thinking can't fool him, this guy is definitely arrogant, rebellious, and will never be willing to be a queen.The guest army must be restrained by the ministers, that is to say, Qu Duan must accept the restraint of Wang Yuan, that's not bad!Especially when they heard that Wang Yuan had already arrived in Zhengzhou, they impatiently set up their battles.

However, Qu Duan is a general in charge after all, eager to face the battle is true, but no matter whether it is preparation or formation, there is no sloppy.The battlefield presets are also very favorable. The entire army array is adjacent to Luoshui in the south, using Luoshui to cover the flanks for safety, and reaching the southern foot of Mang Mountain in the north, echoing the camp at a distance, at least there is a solid support point; there is Gushui in the back, which is a trick of the last stand , Let the officials have the momentum to die, if you don't fight to the death, you will die in the battle, there is no room for negotiation.

However, the military formation has always been the Song Army's forte. The Khitan's powerful horse army was overwhelmed by more than [-] people.Although the Jin army repeatedly defeated the Song army, how could their own people collapse without fighting?This is not a joke, but a reality. The Jin army made two large-scale southward expeditions. Because of Zhao's family, the Song army could not organize large-scale battles at all.

It was one time among the divisions, but because light soldiers rushed forward without carrying luggage, and finally because they could not get rewards, the most powerful crossbowmen retreated. Yao Gu's tens of thousands of troops simply collapsed without fighting. As for Li Gang's division, Absolutely a joke.

Don't you see the fierce battle on Mutianpo, tens of thousands of Jurchen cavalry troops were unable to break through the Song army's formation, hundreds of thousands of King Qin's army lined up, and the Jin army could only look at it and sigh.It is true that Kidnap Horse is sharp, and it is based on the fact that the Song Army was unable to organize a large-scale army formation, or the army's morale was shaken.

In a word, the army formation of 10 people is overwhelming, and there is almost no possibility of being completely defeated. There is also Luoshui covering the flanks, completely copying Wang Xiu's entry into Kaifeng, and using Caishui to cover the flanks to restrict the Jin army from looting.

Besides, as a general of the Chinese army, he restrained tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. He knew that the valley water in winter is shallow, not as deep as Luoyang, and the river is wide. Played a psychological warfare.

When Qu Duan heard something in Liu Kai's words, he obviously disagreed, and he didn't bother to care about it. Liu Kai is also a world general, and he needed to save a little face, and said lightly: "Okay, the captives are going to attack!"

Wu Lin admired Qu Duan very much, that he was able to attract the captives into the preset battlefield. This wisdom alone is beyond his comparison.

On the battlefield, there were short and rapid horn sounds, like heart-piercing long howls.More than a thousand cavalry rode out on each side of the Jin army, charging towards the front of the Song army's formation.These elite cavalry were all in armor, wearing horns and iron pockets, without any exaggeration or shouting, one by one galloped in dullness.Ok.The number of the two meng'an is not too many, but the momentum is extremely spectacular.

Liu Weifu, the former commander of the army and the deputy commander of the Xihema Infantry, is very calm. The former army under his command is the No. 11 general. The real elite of the Shaanxi Imperial Army is definitely not a local soldier.

The eleven generals specially formed the central army formation in the front line, and became the mainstay of the front line. Facing the oncoming Golden Army cavalry, General Wu Jie showed no fear, but had a disdainful sneer on his lips.However, the deputy general Wei Jing's face was a little pale, and his body trembled a little, obviously frightened by the overwhelming momentum of the Jin army.

Wu Jie glanced at Wei Jing disdainfully, smiled coldly, and did not say anything to comfort him. A son of a family who was promoted based on his relationship had to follow him into battle. If he wanted to be calm, he couldn't rest assured. Anyway, it was not Wei Jing's turn to command. He was also lazy to pay attention to this dude, as long as he didn't mess around.

(End of this chapter)