Powerful Song Dynasty

Chapter 884

"Lang Jun, Wang Dalang doesn't play cards according to common sense. You see, the Southern Dynasty even restored the chariot formation and tried to use chariots to control cavalry. Don't you know that although chariots have strong defenses, they are not invulnerable." Che Bing is clever, but it doesn't matter what he thinks of Wang Xiu.

"He can't help that. The Southern Dynasty's horse army is too weak. To deal with the party members, they have to use chariots. However, since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the effect of chariots on stopping the horse army has weakened. It is unwise to set up a chariot camp in the Southern Dynasty." He smiled indifferently, and he was not optimistic about the chariot. Facing the cavalry of the Jin army, Li Gang had also used a chariot before, but he was defeated.

Gao Sheng nodded. The chariot can indeed limit the impact of the horse army, but with the development of time, the disadvantages of bulkiness and poor mobility are really unbearable. In addition, the horse army's ability to fight in short-range combat has strengthened. Sui and Tang Dynasties have almost abandoned chariots. .

No way, the role of the chariot is to block the horse army from plundering. With the development of the horse army's tactics and equipment, and the lack of war horses in the Song Dynasty, the chariot is not as practical as rejecting the horse.

Unexpectedly, Wang Xiu picked it up again, I really don't know what this guy was thinking, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Lang Jun, it's time to go back."

"Well, since he's here, the army will rest for another day and head south quickly in six routes." Wu Shu's spirit was particularly good, and he was even a little impatient.

"Don't be in a hurry, just let him wait."

"Hey, it's really rude to make people wait for a long time."

The battle in Pingqiang City is still going on, and the most intense battle has been transferred to Dongguan Fort. This is not the commanding height, nor is it an important pass, but it is opposite the main pass city and the main road. Once you can control Dongguan, you can cut off the road. Dividing the entire defense system of Pingqiang City, compared to the whole, is dangerous to be divided and attacked.

The most important thing is that the grain road transfer line is here, and Dongguan City must not be lost.

The guard of Dongguan Fort is Cheng Jiao, who was of mere utility back then, but is now an important general in command.

He just took office last year as the deputy commander of the No. 60 Nine Brigade Town of the Western Sergeant Army Division, and he was also sent to the Dongguan Town of Pingqiang City. He was in high spirits when he happened to be besieged by the Xia Army, but he watched the main pass. Fighting fiercely in the city, a wave of evil fire did not start, and he was attacked before his patience was exhausted.

This gave him a headache. The Xia army mobilized tens of thousands of soldiers and burdens. More than [-] people lined up on the main road to guard against the rescue of the main pass city. The remaining thousands of soldiers and horses attacked the east pass city in turn.

Dongguan City is the defensive castle of the main pass city. It guards the transshipment avenue leading to the rear. It is not important or important. It belongs to the second-line defensive fortress.

However, the Song army began to have the characteristics of a technical army, and its dependence on logistics support increased. Moreover, in the face of the attack of the [-] Xia army, it especially needed rear support.

The gains and losses of Pingqiang City are also crucial to the Eastern Shaanxi Front. Once the defense line is breached, Jingyuan Road and Huanqing Road will be very passive. The newly deployed offensive troops will start operations in advance, which is not conducive to the army's campaign plan.

Don’t think that the enemy will fight as soon as they come, and then attack after the battle is over. Tens of thousands of troops, or even 10,000+ or ​​hundreds of thousands of troops, must enter the starting position first, and then go into battle in batches. Which army is the main attack and which army has cover? Regular.

If you enter the battle in advance, even if you win, you will need a lot of time to rest and re-deploy, which is very troublesome.

Otherwise, when the Great Song Dynasty moved southward, apart from Wang Xiu and Zong Ze, only Qu Duan and Wang Yuan could lead a battle of 10 people. It can be seen that it is very difficult to control a large army, and not just anyone can be competent, let alone casually fighting.

Therefore, the second-line defense of Guanbao is really the most important thing.His troops consisted of only one infantry battalion, which was not fully established, plus a few supply teams, and five hundred ring archers, and a defender of less than 2000 people.

A deputy pass city gathers tens of thousands of people, even if there are only 2000 main soldiers, it may not be too luxurious to deal with a mere [-] people, but it is the limit of Li Shifu's troop deployment.

Pingqiang City is not a city, but a complete set of defense system. With Pingqiang City as the center, the defense system is built by mountains and rivers. The actual combat troops of the [-] army are only [-] to [-]. It is not so conspicuous when it is divided into various points. That's right, tens of thousands of people are assembled in a vice pass city, which can be called a luxurious lineup.

In the narrow space, the Ma army could only cut off the connection between the fortresses, and was of no help in attacking the city wall. Only the Boxi army played a little role. Facing the tall city wall made of stone and concrete, they had no choice but to be blocked by the city wall. Li Liangfu shot and killed many camels with his bed crossbow, so Li Liangfu had no choice but to withdraw this precious army.

Thousands of Han Chinese pretended to be sons, risking their lives to attack in turn. Cheng Jiao organized troops to resist. He had enough ammunition and waited for work at leisure. He repelled the Xia army's attack for two consecutive days, and he seemed to be able to handle it with ease.

The design of the city is reasonable, the defensive equipment is perfect, and the casualties of the defenders are not too large. The bones of the Xia army are all under the city wall, and they only killed more than [-] people, which is almost negligible. This is the advantage of defending the city.

However, the passage between Dongguancheng and the main pass city was cut off by the opponent's horse army, and he was unable to regain it, so he could only wait for the opportunity to deal with it as appropriate.

Just when the Xia Army's siege of Pingqiang City reached its climax, the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth battalions of the Western Guards were completed, and the main army was also ready to go. The commander is ready.

The Forbidden Army participating in the battle included Fanluo, Shengjie, Yunyi, Guangrui, Feiqi, Wanjie, Konghe, Longqi, Yunjie, Tianwu Tenth Army, and more than [-] people including rural saber players and archers from the Six Routes. , These are the first-line troops.

Of course, the Tianwu Army belongs to the Dianqian Division and exists independently on the battlefield.

The second-line troops were divided into two groups, under the leadership of Zheng En, Guo Hao, and Wang Zeren, who defended the Hedong Jin army to the east and provided support to the front line.Don't underestimate the local soldiers of the rural army. The rural army in Shaanxi is absolutely powerful in combat.

Huanqing Archers and Ma Jun are the most famous, Huanzhou Dangxiang clan Mu Wei's twelve village native soldiers are well-known in Shaanxi.

Whether it is generals, forbidden troops, or township troops, it can be called a top-level luxury version, with famous generals gathered and sharp soldiers like forests.

Wang Xuan, who joined the military division of the Privy Council, led a team and also arrived at Xingyuan in Quduan to guide the western servants to join the military division. This is also the imperial court's system.In order to carry out the combat intentions of the two governments, the Department of Military Affairs sent a general to supervise the battle, and he was also regarded as the supervisor of the Privy Council.

The entire Shaanxi Sixth Road was waving banners, spears and guns like forests, and five major camps formed the east, middle, and west three roads with strong soldiers and horses, all sharpening their knives and rushing at pigs and sheep.

At this time, No. 40 Sixth Brigade Town, the upper brigade directly under the Western Sergeant Army, was ordered to reinforce Pingqiang City.

(End of this chapter)