Of course, Chen Qing has also heard about the name of General Zhejia for a long time. He has guarded northern Shaanxi for generations. Even his own Ganquan Fort was first built by Zhejia. The female general of the Yang family, Mrs. She, should actually be Mrs. Zhe, who is the Zhejia.
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Zhe Yanzhi is also a famous general in the world, but most of his battles against the Jin soldiers ended in failure. The last battle was in the second year of Jingkang. He and Li Hui led an army of more than 100,000 to guard the south bank of the Yellow River. As a result, the Jin soldiers fought all night, and more than 100,000 Song troops were defeated.
After escaping completely, Zhe Yanzhi was demoted to the deputy envoy of Yongzhou Tuanlian. In the first year of Jianyan, he was demoted to Changhua Army, which is Hainan Island, and stayed on the island for five full years.
Last year, he was strongly recommended by the Prime Minister Wang Ding and came back to serve as Hunan's pacification envoy, leading the army to suppress the bandits. However, he was defeated by Yang Yao's chariots and ships. Fortunately, Wang Ding interceded for him, and the defeat at the hands of Yang Yao was not his responsibility.
, but it was because Wang Xie, who was actually in charge of the army, did not obey the general's orders that he became the deputy envoy of the Huguang Appeasement Department to cooperate with Li Gang in suppressing the bandits.
It can be said that Zhe Yanzhi had a difficult life. On the one hand, he did not have an army of his own, and the corruption of the Song army repeatedly affected him.
But on the other hand, it has something to do with his arrogant personality. He has always looked down on other Song generals, which is disgusting, so he always has a bad relationship with his colleagues, and even his relationship with Xie Qian is not good.
Don't hesitate to push him out.
Zhe Yanzhi recruited 10,000 Hanyang disciples more than a month ago, most of whom had also served in the army. He spent more than a month training hard. Although it is not yet an army that can fight hundreds of battles, it is still a well-trained army.
, an army that can obey orders and fight.
Of course, Zhe Yanzhi's arrogant character is also a matter of judgment. Chen Qing has won many battles in Shaanxi, whether against the Jin soldiers, the puppet Qi army, or the Xixia army, he has created impressive results, even in just one month.
Yang Yao was wiped out. Chen Qing's strength was here, and Zhe Yanzhi couldn't be arrogant in front of him.
More importantly, Chen Qing's hometown, Ganquan Fort, was built by Zhe Yanzhi's father. Chen Qing was active in the territory of the Zhe family army. He had a natural affinity for Chen Qing, and he understood the hardships and fighting skills of the Western Army.
Chen Qing was stationed in a forest. Hanyang Mansion was close to the Yangtze River. The forest was relatively humid and the soldiers were uncomfortable. In addition, the dry food and fodder could not last for a few days. Chen Qing did not want to delay it and decided to fight the puppet Qi army as soon as possible.
Zhe Yanzhi knew the situation of the Puppet Qi Army better and introduced it to Chen Qing: "The Puppet Qi Army attacked the city for seven consecutive days and suffered more than 20,000 casualties. There should be about 50,000 people left now."
"There are no more fifty thousand people!"
Yang Zaixing couldn't help but interjected: "The night before yesterday, we wiped out all 5,000 troops of the Northwest Battalion."
Chen Qing glanced at Yang Zaixing, smiled slightly and said, "Let's let General Zhe finish his words first."
Zhe Yanzhi laughed and said, "You are all young people with a formidable future. General Yang's reminder is timely. The other party only has more than 45,000 people and their morale is not high. Although we have fewer troops than them, we have 10,000 cavalry.
, this is the cavalry of the Western Army. Ten thousand can defeat thirty thousand enemy troops. In fact, our two armies are evenly matched. It depends on the situation and changes in tactics."
Chen Qing pondered for a while and said: "I have great respect for the old general. We live in Ganquan Fort, and I admire the difficult environment of the Zhejia Army even more. However, when the two armies fight, they pay attention to unified command. In specific operations, the 10,000 Hanyang Army still has to
It depends on the command of the veteran general, but for the coordination and coordination between the armies, we have to ask the veteran general to cooperate in the battle."
Zhe Yanzhi nodded, "On the battlefield, the winner is king. Chen Dutong doesn't need to be so polite. Just order the deployment and I will fully cooperate."
"Okay, let's discuss the specific tactics. I have a thousand shield troops here, and I plan to order them to attack first to deal with the enemy's crossbows."
The war was finally about to break out. Dong Xian also listened to the opinions of the generals. Prolonging the war was not good for morale, so he agreed to a decisive battle between the two armies.
The battlefield was placed in the wilderness to the north of Hanyang City. It was originally a wheat field, but it was not cultivated, forming an open space covering an area of thousands of acres, which was just the right place for the battlefield.
Flags were flying like clouds, trumpets were wailing, and the 70,000 troops on both sides formed a formation. The Song army formed a golden pagoda-shaped formation, with 5,000 infantry in front, a thousand heavy shields and short spears at the front, and 4,000 spears behind.
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The nine thousand cavalry were divided into three wings: left, middle and rear. Liu Cui and Liu Qiong each led three thousand cavalry to attack the left and right wings, and Yang Zaixing led three thousand cavalry to attack the enemy's rear.
Finally, there are 10,000 spear infantry led by Orihiko, who will cooperate with the 5,000 infantry in front.
Chen Qing personally commanded one thousand of the most elite cavalry as a defensive force, specifically to attack the enemy's formation.
Equivalent to the combination of infantry and cavalry of the Song Army, the deployment of the Puppet Qi Army was much simpler. Their five thousand logistics troops did not go into battle. They were all craftsmen, cooks, horsemen, civil servants, etc., and had no combat capabilities.
The 40,000-strong army was divided into four large square formations, front, rear, left and right. Among them, the front army formation had 5,000 crossbowmen, and the other square formations were a combination of sword, shield and spear troops.
In terms of strength, the two sides are similar in strength. It all depends on the performance on the spot and the morale of the soldiers.
The two armies were two miles apart. Chen Qing squinted at the opponent's formation for a long time and saw that the opponent's crossbowmen were already in place, obviously preparing to deal with the impact of the Song Army's cavalry.
Chen Qing sneered. He had cavalry and it was true that they needed to attack first, but their cavalry were not Jurchens and would resist a hard frontal attack.
"Send the order, go to war!"
The drums of attack are beating.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The sound of the drums was earth-shattering.
The troops with a thousand heavy shields and short spears were the first to move out. They lined up in a small square formation and advanced towards the enemy step by step. A hundred steps behind them, a square formation of four thousand spear infantry also began to advance in formation.
Getting closer and closer, Wang Jian of the crossbow army shouted: "Get ready to shoot!"
The puppet Qi army raised three thousand bows and two thousand crossbows together, and the soldiers with one thousand heavy shields suddenly accelerated and ran. When they were one hundred and fifty steps away from the opponent, the troops dispersed, formed two long lines, and rushed forward.
At this time, it is a classic tactic to deal with the bow and arrow formation. When approaching the critical point of the opponent's archery, the team disperses, forcing the opponent to change the target that has been preparing for a long time and find the target again. This wastes time and can at least reduce the opponent's one round of shooting.
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This tactic did affect the two thousand crossbow troops. The killing distance of the crossbows was between 150 and 180 steps. The Song army suddenly changed their formation at 150 steps, which affected the firing of the crossbows. Waiting for them
After adjusting in place, the Song army had already rushed to the 120th step, delaying a full round of shooting.
"Fire the arrow!"
The bows and crossbows were fired at the same time. Five thousand arrows gathered in the air like rain, whistling and shooting at the Song army. The thousand Song soldiers were well-trained and immediately squatted down and raised their large shields at a sixty-degree angle. This angle was just right.
Cover your whole body and leave nothing behind.
Arrows fell like raindrops, crackling on the ground and the big shield. Twenty more soldiers were hit by the arrows and fell to the ground. Their companions immediately stepped forward to rescue them.
Arrows are not like bullets that can be fatal in one shot. Arrows are basically wounds in the flesh and cannot be shot into the body. In addition, they are protected by armor. There is less information that one arrow is fatal, unless they hit the forehead, throat or other vital points.
Otherwise, they are basically injured, and the fear is that if the treatment is not timely, they will bleed to death.
This is also one of the reasons for the highest mortality rate in the cold weapon era. All Song soldiers have first aid kits, including hemostatic ointment, dog skin ointment, and a roll of cloth. Chen Qing also stipulates in military regulations that soldiers must rescue their companions when they are injured.
There are also rescue medical sergeants accompanying the army.
Dozens of soldiers stayed behind to rescue their comrades, while other soldiers continued to run forward. They had already reached fifty or sixty paces, and soldiers were constantly being shot down while running.
Still thirty steps away from the enemy, the crossbowmen stopped shooting and retreated, and the spear army came forward to fight. The four thousand Song Army spear troops behind also accelerated their running speed and gradually merged with the heavy shield and short spear army.
One body.
The two armies collided
"Woo"
Hundreds of horns sounded at the same time, and three cavalry groups were dispatched. They rushed out like three torrents and attacked the two-ten thousand square formations on both sides of the enemy army, as well as the rear army formation behind them.
This formed a pattern of three cavalry units facing off against three 10,000-person infantry phalanxes, and 15,000 Song army infantry facing off against the 10,000-person front army.
