Looking at the Jin cavalry team getting closer and closer, in front of the camouflage position of the Royal Army in Mazi Mountain, there was already nearly a battalion of soldiers, equipped with bows and arrows and crossbows issued by the Song Dynasty, squatting behind the earthen trenches.
They need to be responsible for confusing the Jin people and making them feel that the tens of thousands of Royal Army troops are equipped with less than 10% of bows and crossbows. Although they are uniformly dressed, they are only equipped with infantry and cannot threaten them at all.
"Battal Commander, is it almost done? We usually fire a full round at this distance."
"Now it's a bow. Don't you know how far you can shoot? But it's almost there. They'll see it clearly no matter how close you are. Send the order!
Archery! Archery! The bed crossbow can be aimed! Kill a few golden men to add to the fun!!!"
"It's not accurate, instructor. I haven't used this thing for many years. Also, you can't even shoot a bird at three hundred steps, let alone a human."
"Fuck, why did you shoot at such a short distance? It's not even a hundred steps away. Don't call yourself a sharpshooter when you go back. You're going to lose yourself."
"Instructor, you are wrong to say that. I am a sharpshooter with a rifle. Are the crossbow and the gun the same thing?"
Hundreds of people were completely different from the usual Lolita-like look. They were talking to each other, holding bows and crossbows side by side, and shooting in the direction of the golden man in a chaotic manner.
The effect was not only to make the Royal Army themselves extremely happy, playing the game, but also to make Gahamutu, who was leading the dissatisfied Meng'an, laugh out loud.
"Sir, there are still nearly three hundred steps away, and the archers of the Song Dynasty can no longer hold back their arrows. Who is commanding this Ming army?
Moreover, the discipline is so poor and the battles are fought with laughter and laughter. This commander should be directly demoted to a soldier in our country of Jin, but in the Song army, he is actually the commander of the front army?"
"Well, it seems that this group of melons are also very poor in shooting skills. They only have these bows and crossbows. They are much worse than the imperial soldiers they encountered a few days ago.
It should be King Qin's army coming up from the south. Look, their clothes are still new, so they must have been recruited temporarily."
After all, Gahamutu was Wanyan Zongbi's subordinate, and he had a fairly good understanding of the military arrangements of the Song Dynasty. He could tell at a glance that this archery unit, and even the main formation behind them, were not the main force of the Song Dynasty.
Commanding his men, they stopped at the normal range of one and a half arrows, which was two hundred steps away. Looking at the Royal Army camp that was clearly visible, Gahamuze watched from a distance.
The uniforms of this army are strange, but they are all the same kind of clothes. Behind them are the same troops with strange equipment, but there are no cavalry at all.
The Song army, which had no cavalry, few crossbowmen, and shield chariots, was the best cattle and sheep for the Jin army to slaughter.
Instead, the earth wall nearly half a meter in front of them was a turtle shell, which completely restrained their momentum.
Every era has its limitations. For the late Ming Dynasty, the vigorous development of firearms became the most familiar long-range cavalry weapon for military households, and it was also the most troublesome weapon for the Manchus.
Coupled with the difficulty in training archers and the invisible cost being greater than firearms, not many Ming Dynasty troops could shoot arrows well.
There is even a very natural difference in skill. Among musketeers, there are more than ten times more accurate shots than crossbowmen.
However, this poor shooting skills made Gahamutu not suspect that the defender in front of him was an ambush deliberately arranged by the Song Dynasty.
Just treat them as a simple defensive force, and move the elite imperial army to the north, and fight Wanyan Zongwang to death. In this way, it is not standard and reasonable.
Thinking of this, Gahamuzu sent someone to shout in front of the Royal Army's camp.
"Whose generals are you all? My general, the Vice-Capital Superintendent of Yanshan, Dajin Kingdom, is a subordinate of General Wanyan Wushu.
I am passing by your army’s garrison now because someone behind me wants to pass through to Bianjing to negotiate with your emperor. In order to avoid misunderstanding, I ask your commander or the Chinese civil servant to come and talk!”
"Bah! What's there to say? Get out of here, Song Dynasty doesn't welcome you!
You don’t want grandpa to surrender, I won’t surrender! If you don’t get out, don’t force me to come out and kill a thousand of you.”
"Do you think we only have a thousand people? Let me tell you, I have arrived with 300,000 fine knights, so don't be ignorant!
If you recognize him, I will ask your commander to come out immediately. If we don’t see him for a quarter of an hour, we will remove your bird excrement flag first! Then go to Bianjing!"
Hearing that the Royal Army on the opposite side did not directly shout to fight or kill, the soldier who sent the message suddenly knew that this Xiang army was really not interested in fighting.
In this case, it would be too easy to get them to surrender. Now because they need to capture Bianjing as quickly as possible, they have no intention of procrastinating with this Xiang army.
After all, there are only 20,000 people on Wanyan Zongwang's side, and it's a matter of doubt whether they can hold back the Song army's 10-strong army, so they must be fast, and the faster they are, the better.
When the front army passes through and is connected end to end, there is no way this Xiang army will not surrender.
It's just that he couldn't see clearly. When he said the bird excrement flag, the Royal Army troops on the opposite side looked over one after another, with chills in their eyes.
"It's my fault! Can't you hear me clearly? If you get closer, be careful of me shooting..."
‘Whoop~’
There was a sharp sound piercing the air, and a feather arrow unexpectedly fell a short distance in front of the Royal Army's formation. The soldiers behind the trenches couldn't help but shrink their heads.
"We can shoot farther than you, we just don't want to kill you, say it again!
Either send your commander over to talk, or the golden warriors will arrive and destroy you!"
The soldier who was delivering the message shouted at the top of his lungs, feeling as if his throat was about to break. What surprised him was that the Song Army on the opposite side spoke extremely loudly every time without changing his voice.
"We don't want to fight you! Our mission is to stay here and not let anyone pass by.
Therefore, you must stay one mile away from us! Moreover, you must give us 500,000 gold worth of treasures as compensation for the Song Dynasty! Otherwise, we will kill without mercy!"
"Kill without mercy! Compensate!"
The uniform shouts made Gahamutu put away a little bit of his contempt for this Xiang army. Of course, it was just a little bit. After all, they behaved as cowardly as ever.
However, he also heard the other party's intention to give in. This was because the guard cherished his reputation and refused to surrender voluntarily.
It is stated that we are guarding this place, but the subtext of guarding here is interesting. What is guarding? It means guarding without moving, and you will not leave until you die, okay?
What do you mean by not allowing people to pass by here? It means just not passing by where they are. Two miles of land is the condition, and five hundred thousand guan is the requirement.
A mile away, this group of people can be guaranteed not to be shot by them, and can effectively defend against their surprise attacks. They can also just pretend that they have not seen them, so as to cope with subsequent inspections.
Even the Jin people themselves never thought that they could destroy the Song Dynasty at once. After all, King Qin's army was too large. Their idea was to attack from both front and back, forcing Zhao Ji and others to retreat south, and then loot Bianjing and run away.
He turned around and gave some instructions to the soldiers following him, and sent a message to Wanyan Zongbi, asking them to attack with all their strength, but they must stay one kilometer away from the Song Army's defense line.
Gahamuzu asked the shouting soldiers to continue to involve the Royal Army and agreed to the request of a mile away from them. As for the treasure, it was a blank check.
Now they need to march more than 30 miles to Bianjing City in a hurry, and there is really no way to distract this Xiang army, which is all infantry.
After Bianjing is taken care of, when Emperor Erruo of the Song Dynasty flees south, he will definitely take them with him to make them perform meritorious service. Without this group of Xiang troops, they will have no choice but to surrender.
Amidst the overwhelming sound of horse hoofbeats, Wanhu, the former army of the Jin army, as well as the supervisor Wanyan Zongbi, and Wanyan Mu, followed the leading soldiers on horseback and passed from the north bank of the Guangji River.
Tens of thousands of cavalry front troops, one man and two horses, rushed towards Bianjing with such momentum that it was like a tsunami. The Royal Army who were watching from a distance on the side of Mazi Mountain couldn't help but hold their breath.
After Gahamuzu left behind his cronies to continue urging the Royal Army not to act rashly, he quickly followed Wanyan Zongbi's camp.
"General, fortunately you have lived up to your command. Although this group of Xiang troops are loyal to the Song Dynasty court, under the persuasion of their humble position, they are willing to give up the enemy of Da Jin and let the army go to seek justice for the Song people's treachery. It is reasonable."
"Well done, you and I have told you to attack Bianjing in this battle, and the first victory will be yours!"
Without Wanyan Zongwang, Wanyan Chan's mother's control was completely taken back. After all, Wanyan Zongbi was a commoner. Under the suppression of his seniority, he could not express any opinions despite his outstanding ability.
"But I took a look at the situation along this line, and why do I feel that this Xiangjun is different? When you were exploring last night, there was no such low wall, right?
What do they do? Who is the general? The Song army transferred the imperial troops here and replaced them with garrison. Is there anything special about them?"
"Back to the general, their commanders cherish their reputation very much and dare not come out to interact with menial positions. However, according to observations, they all came from the south.
Because their clothes are all new and of the same color, they are completely different from the Forbidden Army. They have less than 10% of their crossbowmen and their shooting skills are also poor.
As for the earthen wall, it's strange. I suddenly remembered that when the Song army evacuated yesterday afternoon, there was indeed no short wall here. Could it be that it was dug overnight?"
"Clothes of the same color? They excavated several miles of low walls overnight? Could it be the Hedao Xiang Army?"
That's not right. Why not just build it across the river, but build a low wall along the bank, which would allow us to pass directly?
Are they going to let us move to the center and then launch a sneak attack? Are there any ravines ahead near the Guangji River?"
"No, the front is flat. As far as Bianjing, except for a few guards, the Song army's scouts have been killed by us and they dare not leave the camp."
Wanyan Zongbi was riding on the side and frowned as he listened to the report. He raised his head and Wanyan's mother looked at him with a bit of surprise and suspicion. The two of them thought of the same thing.
"Wushu, go and have a look."
"good."
Wanyan Zongbi quickly followed Gahamuzu, rode his horse away from the position where the Chinese army was leading the way, and moved to the outermost position one mile away from the Royal Army.
This is no longer the front line guarded by camouflaged crossbowmen, but a line of trenches, with what appears to be tall and shielded vehicles behind them.
Along the defense line, not a single Song cavalry was seen, except for something buzzing in the air. This made Wanyan Zongbi confused and at the same time became more vigilant.
It is true that 10,000 infantry against 80,000 cavalry is equivalent to hitting a stone with an egg, but those strange-looking shield chariots, when thinking of the iron bird chopped off today, he always feels something is wrong. This egg, maybe a cooked egg, can hurt him.
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"Not enough people."
"It's really not enough. The Emperor of the Song Dynasty certainly didn't expect that they would attack General Aolibu with heavy troops, and we would raid Bianjing, so we only released 10,000..."
"What I'm saying is that a strong security force is not enough. There is something wrong with this Song army."
"What's wrong? Look at those Song soldiers. They even look at us secretly. They even use a tube to look at us for fear that we will shoot them in the eye."
Gahamuzu pointed at the Royal Army who was observing secretly across from them and said, "The performance of the Royal Army is a dramatist, and it vividly showed the fear and cowardice of the Jin people."
"This is what's wrong. If the other party is really afraid of us, they should be tougher and expect us to pass directly without wasting time on them.
Mandu'er, you immediately go to the rear army to send orders to the Wulin tribe and the Wuyan tribe to rest on the spot for half an hour before charging again to prepare for future changes."
"yes!"
His subordinates obeyed the order and left quickly. Wanyan Zongbi once again observed the Royal Army for a while. The more he looked, the more he felt that something was wrong. However, they were only a mile apart, so he could still not clearly see the expression and specific appearance of the Royal Army.
If he really saw the Royal Army, he would definitely give up passing here, because everyone in the Royal Army had red faces and resolute eyes.
Even better than the Song Dynasty's best-paid and most elite victorious army.
With all the cavalry recruited from the seven left-behind prefectures passing through, there were still ten miles away from Bianjing City. From a distance, one could even see Kaifeng City on the horizon and the scattered docks outside the city.
But there was still no action from the Royal Army, which made Wanyan Zongbi feel relieved. Could he really be too worried?
The people of the Song Dynasty were indeed prone to such a situation of being defensive. For example, in Taiyuan City, they would rather let the West Route Army bypass it than dare to open the city to fight.
But this is also the discomfort of their nomadic people. During the nomadic war, through recruitment, although they can have one person, two horses or even three horses, they can maintain high mobility and crush the Central Plains dynasty's military.
But when it came to attacking the city, they were blind, especially since most of the wealth in the Central Plains was in the city. When there was a big war, the people would receive a notice and take their belongings directly to the mountains to hide. This allowed them to plunder and often failed to capture the city.
It's like doing it in vain.
The two troops on the rear route arranged by Wanyan Zongbi also safely passed between Mazi Mountain and Guangji River. Everything went surprisingly smoothly. Of course, Wanyan Zongbi still left nearly two men behind to guard against being stabbed in the butt.
As we got closer and closer to Bianjing, many Song troops appeared on the south bank of the Guangji River. There were also Song ships sailing on the river. There were even sailors shooting arrows at them on the bank, forcing them to stay away from the river bank.
However, the location of Kaifeng Mansion is perfect for the nomads. Henan, known as the granary of the world, is almost all flat land, not to mention Kaifeng, which is surrounded by horses. The Guangji River bank cannot be crossed. Just stay away and it will not affect the cavalry strategy at all.
Horse galloping.
But Wanyan Zongbi's heart felt more and more nervous, because after they passed Mazi Mountain, they had marched for nearly twenty miles, but they did not encounter a single organized Song army, and there was no one from the Song Dynasty.