Song Dynasty Cannon Fodder Counterattack Record

Chapter 228 Unstoppable
Dong Renzhang, a scholar from Qingyuan Academy, galloped forward and reported to Li Buqi: "Passing the border, Guo Deployment thinks that the Liao people have just retreated, and there is no time to adjust the deployment. Our army must speed up the advance. Please order the cavalry to cover the border. Wings."

Li Buqi nodded and said, "Let Guo deploy and command. I will naturally follow."

Dong Renzhang took the order and went.Li Buqi immediately commanded the two-wing convoy to form two arcs, covering the infantry's flanks and rear wings. The gap in the middle was filled by the crossbow array and the police cavalry, and slowly marched southward with the speed of the infantry formation.During the operation, he also called the cavalry commanders in Baozhou and Gaoyangguan to order them: "Each of you take your own cavalry and arrange them on the two wings of the infantry with the command as a unit. Only walk within the range of the infantry's crossbow arrows. Once the Liao people try to Get close to the harassment, and when they get close, you only need to slow them down from the side. Remember not to get entangled with the Liao army, and leave the rest to the infantry crossbowmen."

He said he was moving slowly, but it was already twice as fast as before, close to normal walking speed.At this speed, you can walk nearly five kilometers in an hour, and you will soon see Baozhou City.

The Liao people's idea was to let the Song army pull apart the formation during the movement to create an opportunity for themselves, but it was not for the Song army to return to Baozhou safely.Therefore, seeing the speeding up of the Song Army's movement, they immediately dispatched a large number of cavalry to approach from the two wings, and pulled out the team to rush towards the Song Army.

It is an act of courting death to directly charge into the crossbow array protected by carbine and axemen, and the cavalry of the Liao Army would never do this without full confidence.Their purpose is to lure Song Jun to stop and disrupt the rhythm of Song Jun.

After repeated trials, the Liao cavalry now knew very well that the Song army could bear the shortest distance they approached.They first galloped towards the Song army's formation, but in order to prevent them from rushing up, the Song army had to stop moving and prepare to take carbine and crossbow.Seeing that the goal has been achieved, they will immediately turn their horses' heads and choose to leave to the left or to the right.Then another team of cavalry took their place, and the cycle repeated.Although Song people knew that this was harassment, they had to be prepared for the real impact of harassment, so they could only stay where they were and be careful.

Just now Guo Kui suppressed the marching speed, and the various parts of the Song Army could rely on skilled formation changes to cover each other and advance alternately.But now that the speed of movement is accelerating, even if the Song army is proficient in marching, they will not be able to cooperate perfectly.At this time, the cover of the cavalry is very critical.

Only when the cavalry can stop these small groups of Liao cavalry, the infantry will not be afraid of the enemy cavalry rushing up suddenly, and dare to walk boldly.

At the beginning, the Liao cavalry did hold back the infantry phalanx on the two wings of the Song Army, but the situation changed when the Song Army cavalry appeared on the two wings.

When the Liao cavalry squad rushed over, the Song cavalry rushed up from the side and shot the Liao people with their bows, and the Liao people did not dare to fight at all.Because within the range of the Song Army's crossbow arrows, as long as they dare to slow down, they will be shot by the crossbow arrows. Although the distance is still relatively far, it will be fatal if they are hit a few times, not to mention the flanking attack of the Song Army cavalry.

If the cavalry of the Liao people's brigade rushed over, the cavalry of the Song army would get closer to the infantry's formation and assume a posture of attacking from the side.At this time, the Liao army did not dare to fight, because they were too close to the Song army infantry. Once they were entangled by the Song army cavalry and lost their speed, the Song army infantry took the opportunity to surround them, and the consequences would be unpredictable.

Of course, the Liao people can also rush forward with a large army, but it is too expensive to do so just to harass, and the Song army cavalry can immediately hide in the infantry formation, and hand over the Liao cavalry to the crossbowmen to deal with.Therefore, when more than 2000 cavalry appeared on the two wings, the actions of the Liao people were greatly restricted.After the two sides suffered certain casualties, the cavalry of the Liao Army retreated to the distance.

As the Song army continued to advance towards Baozhou, the Liao people finally opened up several passages in the triangle nail formation arranged by the Song army, and Xia Xingmei led the Chinese army brigade to slowly advance.

Xia Xingmei has now attached great importance to the Song army in front of her, and specially called a sturdy carriage, and stood on the ceiling to observe the Song army's queue.At the end of the Song army were cavalry mixed with carriages, and farther away was a neat line of crossbowmen marching northward calmly.Further north is the large infantry formation of the Song Army, guarded by convoys and cavalry on both wings, moving slowly but firmly with an unstoppable momentum.All he could feel was a surge of anger filling his chest.

After fighting for such a long time, he has completely judged that the Song army is more than 2 people.If these Song troops lined up or camped on the spot, he would admit it even if there was a hard fight, because everyone knew that the Song army in the group was like a rock.But the Song army in front of it was able to retreat calmly under the watch of [-] troops, which is abnormal.Could it be that the Daliao iron cavalry has degenerated to the point where even the Song infantry can't stop it?Although you have some tricks, don't you look down on the Daliao Iron Cavalry too much?
In terms of the war itself, Xia Xingmei could not allow this Song army to return to Baozhou City.If these Song troops were allowed to go back today, they might come out one day, for example, to rescue the Guangxin Army and cut off the Liao Army's retreat.In order to prevent such a situation from happening, is it necessary to arrange tens of thousands of people to guard Baozhou City?What if the Song people had more than one army?Thinking of this, Xia Xingmei made up her mind that even if the casualties were greater, she would eat up the Song army.At this time, he regretted not bringing the heavy cavalry "Tielin Army" from the Liao Kingdom.But who knew that this Song army was so difficult to chew before?However, since his infantry had arrived, although there were less than [-] soldiers, he felt that it was enough to disrupt the Song people's formation.

While he was waiting and watching, a messenger flew to report: "General Jingangnu reported to your lord that the Song army had just arrived ten miles away from Baozhou. General Jingangnu sent [-] cavalry to attack the Song army's formation and were shot back. Now the Song people Still don't stop, general please deploy troops to help."

Xia Xingmei was not surprised by this.Attacking the Song Army's flanks and rear was so difficult, it's no wonder that blocking the Song Army head-on would please them.He stood on the roof of the car and said loudly to his subordinates: "The Song army in front was personally led by the famous general Li Buqi of the Southern Dynasty. It must be an elite soldier of the Southern Dynasty. Judging from the detailed information, I am afraid that there are not many elite soldiers like this in the Southern Dynasty." Zhi, as long as this Song army is defeated today, the Southern Dynasty will definitely be terrified, and the next battle will be easy. I will fight [-] Song troops with [-]. If the Song people escape, they will be laughed at by future generations. It's been an hour, and you're going to go forward and fight with all your might, to defeat the Song army before dark. Send the order down and reward those who won Li Buqi!"

His words aroused a burst of enthusiastic response from the officers and soldiers of the Liao Army.Then Xia Xingmei deployed troops and ordered to attack the Song army on all sides.

As the generals returned to the team, the Liao people shouted one after another: "Catch Li Buqi!" "Whoever captures Li Buqi will be rewarded!"

The news sent back earlier was that the Liao army began to launch a massive frontal attack, and Li Buqi knew that the time for the decisive battle had come when he saw the dark Liao army surging.He ordered the messenger: "Go and tell Commander Guo to send someone to explain to the sergeant that we are less than ten miles away from Baozhou. Although the distance is close, it is still dangerous. I hope that the comrades will grit their teeth and withstand the attack of the Liao people. go home!"

Not long after, the voice of "go home, go home" also sounded in the Song army's formation.A big collision is about to begin.

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