Powerful Song Dynasty

Chapter 899 Battle of the Jedi 7
On the current battlefield, the horse army has heavy cavalry with names such as iron kite and iron Buddha, as well as light cavalry such as kidnapper horse and capture army. Coupled with the improvement of infantry tactics, heavy and heavy chariots have long been eliminated and are no longer used. Rejected horses that occupy mules instead.

Therefore, most of the high-ranking generals in the army are not optimistic, thinking that the formation of chariot brigades, towns and battalions takes up a lot of resources, and it can only be used as a supply vehicle when used on the battlefield. Even if it is equipped with a crossbow, it cannot change the fact.

Now, a considerable part of the imperial army's military expenditure is given to the bodyguard water army to build ships, and the bodyguard horse infantry army is short of funds. They are all crying for poverty, and they have to set aside a considerable part to form chariot troops. It doesn't matter.

Since the arm can't twist the thigh, and Wang Xianggong insists on forming it, there is no way, so let's form it.

It's just that very few people are willing to go to the two chariot brigade towns. As a result, the generals of these troops are very young, and some even come out of the Guard Mabu University and can directly serve as team generals, which is unimaginable in other departments.

According to the provisions of the military law, a general who joins the military brigade is at most borrowed from the third class. He can serve as the general or escort of the big army, and he can be transferred after one year.

Li Shifu is relatively open-minded. He is very much in favor of equipping chariots. Under Wang Xiu's recommendation, he took up the post of Commander of the 52nd Brigade Township.

In fact, with his status as a lecturer in the Ministry of Military Affairs, he can be promoted to the capital school, and he understands Wang Xiu's real intentions, and accepts the assignment with pleasure, which makes people stunned.

A long time ago, some cavalry sent their horses back to report the news. It didn't take too long to go back and forth, but they saw a line of chariots roaring in the distance. The momentum was quite impressive, and the party was a little dazed.He had seen a motorcade before, it was impressive, but it was just that, but a convoy from a brigade town was marching forward, and it was still forming a battle formation, it was absolutely eye-catching.

It seems that the battle formation of the car brigade is not as simple as people think.

"Dang Taiwei, the town lord asked the Taiwei to go over and talk, and the others stand by."

The first time Dang Zhi met Li Shifu, he felt that he was a gentle middle-aged man, without the slightest airs, which made people feel good at first glance. He didn't hesitate, and immediately briefly described the battlefield.

"I really didn't expect it to be like this." Li Shifu twisted his beard in thought, his face very solemn.

"I also hope the Taiwei will send troops quickly." Dang Yao was in a hurry, many colleagues were surrounded, no matter how popular the car brigade was, he could only be a dead horse, at least he could see the monstrous momentum.

"Looking at the situation, they have more than 5 people. With my strength, I can't go deep easily, but I'm not afraid of them. Well, you lead the army into my department, and I have my own way." Li Shifu said indifferently, with an unconcerned expression. Not much has changed.

Thousands of people are fighting against tens of thousands of people. Even if he is full of confidence in the new chariot soldiers, he still feels a little guilty.

However, looking at the billowing dust and smoke in the distance, and the heart-wrenching shouts of killing, he couldn't continue, and the blood in his chest was constantly boiling.

As a soldier, when he saw his allies trapped on the battlefield and was about to be annihilated, how could he sit on the sidelines or turn around and flee? Among other things, it was definitely not his character to ignore the dangers of allies.

It was inconvenient for the party to say anything, so he could only leave to restrain the cavalry and prepare to join the battle.

At this time, the 52nd Brigade Town began to form a battle formation. The party and the 52nd Brigade Township Ma Junbattalion joined forces and entered the center of the brigade town. surround it.

However, it is not so accurate to say that it is a circular phalanx. It should be a conical attack formation formed by three chariot battalions, with horse battalions and infantry on the left and right, and a chariot battalion in the middle of the two supply camps.

Xia Jun Xia Jun obviously noticed this Song Army unit, Gu Lihei was restraining the main force to encircle and suppress the 46th Brigade Town of the Song Army, so he could only send Ren Jing to intercept it.

Ren Jingde seemed to smell bloody sharks. He mobilized more than 52 horse infantry troops, which was the limit he could use. Half of them were still burdened, intercepted the [-]nd brigade town, and waited for an opportunity to swallow this army.

To him, it was not just a few thousand people, but also a heavy chariot, and he dared to use it to charge into battle. You thought it was the era of Shang and Zhou military chariots!

Dang Zhi moved forward with the rolling iron flow, and felt the vastness of the chariot soldiers in it. The dense Xia army formation on the opposite side was not taken seriously at all, and he was still in a state of protection and attack, advancing unhurriedly.

A row of volleys were fired before the battle, and the three battalions of chariots fired in unison. Crossbow arrows flooded the sky like locusts, flying across the sky and hitting the opposite Xia army formation.

Strange words of blood, bursts of tragic screams, Xia Jun's position was in a mess, and those who survived were surprised to find that the enemy had already arrived in front of them, and they fought back hastily in panic.

The impact of dense arrows had little impact on the chariot. Not to mention the perfect defense on the chariot, even the mules and horses were covered with armor, and each mule and horse had a piece of wet cowhide protection in front of it, which even crossbow arrows could not penetrate.

Of course, there is no complete defense in the world, and there are still horses shot down by crossbow arrows, causing the chariot to overturn, but it does not affect the pace of the troops.

The whole car brigade is in accordance with the standard team, and the distance between the cars is very large. Three cars are formed in a row, and the distance between each row is [-] steps. ,

It didn't take long for the striker of the 52nd Brigade to press down on the Xia army's formation.

It is true that the strongest army formation came from the Song army, but the Xia army is also dominated by infantry, and the army formation is also a good show.The army array composed of Zhuangzi and the tribal army was able to resist the existence of the capture army, but it was vulnerable to the Song army's chariots.

How is this possible?Don't say that Ren Jing was surprised, even Dang Hao was too surprised to speak. The fighting power of Chariot Brigade Town was too exaggerated, but seeing is believing, and he couldn't help but be surprised.

The mobile battle formation composed of chariots looked very slow, but advanced very smoothly. The powerful crossbows on the chariots fired deadly arrows, constantly harvesting the lives of Xia soldiers.The three chariots fought together, with [-] steps of effective support between the various ministries. Almost no one could get close to the chariot, and even a few scattered soldiers could not be hacked by the halberds on the chariot.

Some people were trapped between the formations of the chariots, and were immediately shot and killed by crossbow arrows from four directions, and there was no room for fighting back.

As the chariot rolled forward, what was left was a mess of blood and flesh, and the Xia army's infantry formation completely collapsed and was divided into two pieces.

"Release the horse army and charge to my left and right wings." Li Shifu said without hesitation.

(End of this chapter)