Song Dynasty Cannon Fodder Counterattack Record

Chapter 211 Tamra Land Battle ([-])

Yan Xiushi was shocked when he got the report that his vanguard could not walk after encountering no more than a hundred cavalrymen, so he hurriedly inquired about the situation carefully.The person who came to report said that the team encountered Song scouts in front of them, but they could not catch up. The team sent to expel them had to confront the Song people on the spot.But the Song people took advantage of the long range of bows and arrows to keep shooting with bows and arrows. When the officers saw that people were all in a pile, they were their targets, so they had to order the soldiers to disperse.But as soon as the Song people saw that the people here were scattered, they rushed up on horseback and killed the Goryeo soldiers with cavalry and shooting.

The scattered infantry faced with the cavalry would only be slaughtered, not to mention that the Koreans did not have the heavy armor and crossbows of the Song army, so they would die faster.Let's shoot each other with bows and arrows. It seems that some people in Song Dynasty have also been shot, but why are people in Song Dynasty like nothing?
After some of them were killed or injured, the rest of the Koreans could no longer hold on and turned and fled.But running on two legs is no more than four legs after all. If the infantry gives their back to the enemy cavalry, it will only be slaughtered.It was also because most of these Song cavalrymen were actually killing people for the first time, and their hands were soft, which made this group of Koreans run away by one-third.

Although the group of Song crossbowmen on the side didn't charge up to attack people, they were actually even more troublesome.Because the range of their crossbow arrows is too far, if they shoot a rain of arrows at the dense Korean people in the distance, let alone whether they hit or miss, it must be a flurry of chickens and dogs.You send people to drive them away, and they will ride away on horseback and come back later.

It is not the first time that the Koreans have seen such a rogue style of play.Yan Xiushi was quite knowledgeable, so he asked: "Is it really a Song person who picked up the cavalry? Why does it seem to be the Khitan people's method of warfare?"

"Khitan people?" Several generals didn't understand.

Yan Xiushi said: "I heard that the Khitan people didn't fight the enemy at the beginning, but sent cavalry to shoot arrows to harass the enemy until the enemy collapsed, and then they chased and killed the enemy."

Now the generals all nodded. It seems that these Song people are indeed similar to the Khitan people in their style of play.A general asked: "Then what is the way to break the harassment of the Song people?"

In fact, Yan Xiu had never seen how the Khitan cavalry fought, so she was lost.Another general had a brighter mind, so he suggested: "Song people's harassment is all due to their horseback riding. Why don't we send some soldiers on horseback to catch up with them?"

Yan Xiushi looked at this subordinate as if he was looking at a fool: "How many of our people can ride horses? Do you want us to fight the Song people?"

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The generals all shut up now.This time it was going to the island to fight, who would have thought that they would encounter cavalry?They were all infantry, and few of them could ride horses except for a few officers. Who would be the cavalry?

Worrying about people is worrying about people, but Yan Xiushi still didn't really realize the seriousness of the problem.Seeing that there was nothing he could do, he had to order the officers to pay attention to the pressure, the team kept a strict formation, deployed the archers outside the team to guard against the Song people's harassment at all times, and the whole army moved forward slowly.

When he thought about it, it was just a one-day journey, or two days at worst. As long as he found a place where the Song people lived, the Song people would have to fight.

But the idea is good, but it is difficult to realize it.When the Goryeos walked a little further, Song crossbowmen riding pony horses appeared at the end of their team.

Behind the Goryeo team were Tamna people conscripted by the Star Lord, mainly to help the army carry food and so on.A menacing charge and a hail of arrows and shouts sent them flying.The Koreans at the end of the line were exposed and were constantly shot by arrows.

When it was dark, the Koreans had only traveled less than half of the distance, so they had to set up camp on the spot.The night went on without a break, and as soon as I lay down, there were bursts of drums and horns not far away, and sometimes rockets were fired into the camp.After being frightened all night and still hungry, the Koreans felt extremely sad.

After finally surviving until dawn, there was no need to cook, and the camp was set off early to head west. The soldiers were tired, hungry and listless.Fortunately, the cavalry of the Song people was not as active today as it was yesterday.After noon, Yan Xiushi estimated that he had traveled twenty miles, and fertile farmland appeared beside the road.

The guide sent by Star Lord reported to him: "General, you can see the village of the Song people at the high place ahead."

Yan Xiu set up an arbor with her hands and looked at the high ground in the distance, she breathed a sigh of relief: "It can be regarded as coming!"

But he didn't have time to rejoice for a long time. Suddenly there were three bangs in front of him. He looked ahead quickly and saw a dazzling reflection suddenly appeared on the high ground, with flags unfurling and drums sounding.

The people in front ran back to report: "The people of Song are in formation in front."

Yan Xiushi felt ecstasy in her heart.According to his thinking, as long as they fight face to face, he can completely defeat the Song people by virtue of their numerical advantage. Even if the loss is a little bigger, it is better than being constantly harassed.But when he ran to the front on horseback, he was dumbfounded. The Song people's queue was approaching like a wall. Arrows fell from the sky like raindrops. Many soldiers were suddenly shot down to the ground even though they were holding their shields.What's even more frightening is that the array of frontal arrows is full of black iron armor, and the bow and arrow have no effect at all.

Seeing this unstoppable array rolling over, the Koreans were terrified, and as soon as they touched it, the last courage of the Koreans was completely wiped out in an instant—the crude knives and spears of the Koreans stabbed at the heavy armor It can hardly cause damage, and the steel knives and three-edged spears of the Song people will be seriously injured as long as they are not killed.

Seeing this one-sided injury, the forward soldiers completely lost their fighting spirit, turned around and ran away.

On the high ground, Shi Feng saw the Koreans in the vanguard turn around and run away. He laughed loudly, pushed the drummer aside, picked up the drumsticks and beat the drumbeat like a torrential rain.Three hundred warriors in heavy armor followed closely behind the fleeing Koreans stepping on the beat of drums, so that the Koreans dared not turn their heads.

They said they were chasing closely, but in fact they were wearing heavy armor, so they definitely couldn't catch up with the Koreans who only had a little iron armor or even leather armor and were eager to escape. place.This time, the rear team of the Koreans was disrupted.

Now the Koreans are still in the form of marching troops. When the front line is chaotic, the rout will disrupt the troops immediately behind and squeeze them into a lump, which in turn magnifies the damage caused by the bows and crossbows of the Song people. I can't stand it anymore.

Yan Xiushi was terrified when he saw the hundreds of armored soldiers, and seeing the thousands of troops in chaos, he no longer wanted to fight, so he quickly ordered to retreat.With the order to retreat, it became even more chaotic.Before the order was passed to the rear team, the people in front retreated first.The rear team didn't understand what was going on, and when they saw that the people in front were all running back, they started running too...

When Shi Feng saw that the formation of the Koreans was completely in disarray, he dropped the drumstick and ordered: "Heavy armor rests where they are, and the others continue to pursue."

Luo Xiucai reminded: "Don't forget our purpose."

Shi Feng then added: "After chasing for ten miles, stop. Don't chase any further!"

After escaping back, Yan Xiushi counted the personnel and found that the loss was not that big, and called it a fluke.Fortunately, the cavalry of the Song people did not take advantage of the chaos to chase and kill, and the infantry did not catch up, and finally let the captives carry the wounded back by themselves, otherwise it is hard to say how much they can come back.

Thinking of the hundreds of iron armors of the Song people, he knew that this battle could not be fought, so he could only ask the court to send reinforcements.So he ordered his officers to dig Hao and defend it to prevent the Song people from attacking, and then wrote a letter asking for help to be sent out of the island.

One of the star-lord's ships was burned during the naval battle, and there were not many ships on the island that could cross the sea.Yan Xiushi had no choice but to write an extra letter for help, and sent several ships to each ship to bring one.As for who can deliver it, it depends on luck.

Now that he had completely lost the courage to attack, he wanted to wait for the reinforcements to arrive, but he didn't know that this happened to fall into Luo Tong's scheme.

(End of this chapter)