All Heavens and Worlds Modified History System

Chapter 265: Chen Zihou

"I am here to ask you questions on the orders of my family's commander-in-chief."

Wanyan Huonu, riding on horseback, shouted to the Song army waiting in formation, "What do you want to do here?"

The Song army soldiers in armor looked at him expressionlessly.

Chen Ran, who owns Pegasus Express, is located in the central army.

"Go ask him why the Jin people are here?"

The live woman here simply said, "We are here to hunt down the Liao Emperor."

This message was passed to Chen Ran by the cavalry after running two miles. He thought for a moment and said, "Go tell the Jin people that I will protect the Liao emperor from now on. Let them go."

Upon hearing the news, Wanyan Huonu took a look at the densely packed and poorly equipped Song army in front of her, sneered, and rode away.

"Daddy~~~"

Arriving in front of Wanyan Loushi, Huo Nu dismounted and saluted, "The Song people want a fight."

Lou Shi looked at him and asked, "What do you think of Song people?"

"There are a lot of people, that's all." Huo Nu had participated in many wars, and she had charged into the Liao army, which was larger than the Song army. She was full of disdain in her words, "The equipment is simple. I only need three Meng An to break through the front of the Song army and sweep away and defeat the enemy!"

"It's a good idea."

Lou Shi twirled his beard. “But you only see the surface.”

The girl looked up at her father who was as dazzling as a god of war, her eyes full of curiosity.

"I see that the Song army's battle formation is neat and orderly, and their ranks are solemn and disciplined. They are not inferior to the Khitan's Pishi Army."

Lou Shi was silent for a few breaths, but then he said with a smile, "I've heard that the Song people are wealthy, so how could such a magnificent army have such poor equipment? Those in the front row must be soldiers luring the enemy, and the soldiers behind the formation must be soldiers deployed."

"Daddy."

The living woman immediately said, "But they have revealed their weaknesses. We just need to break through the front army, just like when we were at Hubudagang."

"You." Lou Shi laughed again, "You underestimated the enemy. We can't tell whether the Song people can fight or not before we meet them. I see that there are few cavalrymen among the Song people. The Tanguts can mobilize several thousand cavalrymen, so how can the Song people be worse than the Tanguts? They must have taken a long detour to cut off my retreat."

Everyone around him was confused. Should the commander-in-chief fight or not?
"We have to fight. I came here just to see the quality of the Song people."

"Live girl." Lou Shi immediately instructed, "I'll give you three men, go and attack the Song people. I want to see what kind of quality the Song people are!"

Even though he knew that the enemy was strong and might have sent cavalry to cut off his retreat.

But Wanyan Loushi did not rush to run away. Instead, he directly took out half of his troops to launch an active attack.

The founding of a powerful army coupled with famous generals is just so powerful.

Seeing the Jin people on the opposite side split into a large group of troops and gathered in a mighty battle array, Chen Ran's face was stern. "You underestimated the Jin people. Send out orders for the baits in front to retreat."

The Jin people were not the ultra-light cavalry of the Dangxiang tribe, where each man had one horse and one bow.

They are more like armored cavalry.

Riding on tall horses, wearing thick armor, carrying strong bows and heavy arrows, the power of their charge in formation must be overbearing.

To be precise, it is more like the elite Tang cavalry during the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, with the men wearing heavy armor but the horses not wearing armor.

As the military orders were conveyed, the cannon fodders in the front row who served as bait quickly retreated along the gaps between the square formations, exposing the armored corps hidden behind them.

Looking at the armor gleaming slightly in the sun and the extremely strict formation of the Song army's armor, the Jin people who were preparing to charge were obviously a little uneasy, but soon calmed down again.

Seeing the Jin cavalry gradually speeding up, Chen Ran rubbed his chin and said, "What a pity! If I had an elite cavalry, I would have attacked them directly. Wanyan Loushi would not be able to escape today."

He did have cavalry, and after annexing the Western Army, the size of his cavalry had expanded to as many as 10,000 or 20,000.

But most of the cavalry could only be regarded as mounted infantry, and they could not defeat the Jin people in a battle formation.

"We need to speed up the process of forming a large-scale elite cavalry. The northerners are very suitable, but they look down on the southerners. We need to intimidate and subdue them first, and take back the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun as soon as possible."

While he was changing his thoughts, Wanyan Huonu had already rushed over with three Meng'an and more than 2,000 cavalrymen.

It was not a wall-like charge like modern cavalry, but a slightly loose formation, in order to avoid bows and crossbows as much as possible.

Sure enough, as the drums and suonas sounded, a large number of crossbowmen pulled the trigger, and with a dull "hum", countless crossbow arrows flew into the air, forming a dark cloud that fell into the Jin cavalry formation that was beginning to accelerate.

The Jin cavalry fell down immediately, but the rest of the Jin people were not affected and continued to speed up their horses.

Wanyan Huonu's ability is far inferior to that of his father.

But after all, he has been on the battlefield for many years, so he naturally has all the necessary abilities.

Looking at the long weapons in front of the Song army's formation that looked like a jungle, he did not rush in and risk his life to break the formation. It was not yet time for that. This time he was just testing.

The Jin army rushed in through the gaps between the square formations, which were about ten steps wide.

The heavy arrows in his hand were shot out continuously, directly penetrating the armor and killing the armored soldiers at close range.

Many phalanxes were obviously in chaos. From the sergeant to the captain, they shouted loudly and tried their best to hold on, for fear that they would be defeated.

Many Jin soldiers were also killed by the long soldiers in the phalanxes on both sides, but Huo Nu did not take this loss seriously.

"Keep moving forward!"

The girl on horseback saw the crossbowmen who were busy reloading not far away.

He immediately called on his men to follow and rushed into the Song army's formation at an accelerated speed, intending to slaughter these crossbowmen.

Crossbowmen are light soldiers, and when armored cavalry attack light soldiers, it will be a one-sided massacre.

Seeing that they were getting closer and closer to the crossbowmen, Wanyan Huonu couldn't help but look down on them, "The Song people are no better than this."

Being able to maintain their formation under their heavy arrows, they can indeed be called strong soldiers.

But that's all.

He didn't know how many powerful armies like this he had defeated.

In fact, if there had been no Chen Ran, when the Jin people went south to face the Song army in history, they would not have looked down on them with solemnity and contempt, but with naked disdain.

It was not worthy of being called an army. At this moment, the crossbowmen retreated one after another, revealing a unique military formation.

All members of this army were wearing heavy armor and were wrapped very tightly. They were holding long-handled Mo Dao and lined up in front, exuding a murderous aura.

The girl was sensitive enough to notice something was wrong and immediately stopped the horse.

At this moment, the situation on the battlefield suddenly changed.

As the many flags around Chen Ran continued to wave, and amid the deafening sound of drums and suonas, a large number of troops began to approach each other, locking the passage that had previously allowed the Jin people to enter.

The Jin cavalry, having lost their mobility, would be quickly stabbed and killed by long-armored soldiers once they were caught in a trap. Even if they dismounted, short-armored soldiers would pounce on them and fight them.

The girl's heart tightened immediately. "I've been fooled!"

At this time, there were at least tens of thousands of Song soldiers blocking them, and it was not an easy task for them to break out.

What’s even more terrible is that thousands of heavily armored infantrymen wearing infantry armor and holding Mo Dao began to press forward.

Wanyan Loushi, who was several miles away, was already rushing over with the remaining Jin cavalry, trying to rescue the soldiers and horses trapped in the formation.

However, distant water cannot quench immediate thirst, and the infantry armor has already approached.

The Jin army's heavy arrows had lost their previous sharpness, and eight out of ten of them failed to penetrate armor.

As the Modao flew, the Jin army was completely destroyed!
Throughout the ages, the strongest infantry against cavalry was the mighty army of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

The stars among the Tang army's infantry were undoubtedly the Modao soldiers.

These carefully selected tall and strong men wield their Mo Daos and kill anyone they see.

A large number of crossbowmen reloaded their weapons and moved forward again, shooting at the Jin men on horseback at close range.

Under the powerful penetrating power of the Shenbi bow, the armor of the Jin people was as weak as paper.

Seeing the casualties increasing rapidly, Wanyan Huonu turned her horse around and led the nearby Jin soldiers to charge out of the formation at a desperate speed.

At this time, Wanyan Loushi's reinforcements had arrived, and they charged forward with both men and horses, facing the forest of spears.

The weight of the centaur, coupled with its speed, has a powerful impact.

In a split second, almost all the soldiers in the front rows of the formation were killed.

In field battles, the soldiers in the front row always have the highest death rate.

Of course, if you can survive, the reward will be the highest.

After less than half an hour of fierce fighting, the losses on Chen Ran's side even exceeded those in the previous battle with the Dangxiang people.

"It's all right." Chen Ran carefully observed the battlefield and confirmed that Wanyan Loushi's flag had entered the battle. He immediately ordered, "Light the signal smoke."

The signal smoke that had been prepared long ago was quickly lit.

More than ten miles away, behind a hill, they saw the smoke rising into the sky. The cavalrymen who were lying in ambush there put on their armor and mounted their horses, shouting and riding their horses over the hill to the main battlefield.

Putting on the mask with ferocious carvings and taking the spear from the victory hook, Chen Ran rode forward and said, "Follow me to kill the enemy!"

Normally, Chen Ran would not go into battle personally.

After all, a coach has to do his job, and charging into battle is the job of the generals.

But today is different.

He made so many arrangements, luring, surrounding and setting baits, just to lure Wanyan Loushi into the trap and then kill him!
Chen Ran himself admired Wanyan Loushi's abilities, but he was determined to kill him.

Even if we don't mention that this man massacred people in Hedong and Guanzhong in history, killing millions of civilians and soldiers.

His personal abilities alone will cause devastating losses to the army and civilians on future battlefields.

Therefore, the real target of today's battle is Wanyan Loushi himself!
"Daddy!"

With the desperate protection of the personal guards, the living girl finally broke through the siege. When she saw her father, she wanted to say something.

But Lou Shi simply interrupted, "Stop talking nonsense, let's go!"

He wanted to test the Song people, and there was no doubt that the test showed that the Song people were really good at fighting.

Right beside him, the remaining Song soldiers whose armies had been broken did not flee in disarray. Instead, they brandished all kinds of weapons and rushed forward to fight fearlessly.

This kind of military morale has never been seen among the Khitans and Dangxiangs.

It was not easy to leave, as Song people came from all directions and fought madly.

They are well-equipped and well-trained, with high morale and fearlessness of death, and they have an absolute advantage in numbers.

Faced with such a powerful enemy, even Wanyan Loushi had no choice but to fight desperately to break out.

The soldiers around him were indeed very brave and worthy of being the founding army of the Jin Dynasty.

He exchanged his life for another's and opened a way out for Wanyan Loushi.

Horse hooves were flying as less than a thousand people rushed out following Wanyan Loushi.

The army, which originally had five or six thousand cavalrymen, was less than ten thousand in number, and most of them were trapped in the Song army's formation.

Even if there were still many people alive and fighting at this time, their fate was basically doomed as more and more Song troops gathered around them.

Without any hesitation, Wanyan Loushi rode away on his horse.

On the way, they encountered an attack by Song cavalry. After a fierce battle, most of them were killed and a few were scattered. In the end, there were less than a hundred cavalrymen left with Wanyan Loushi.

After galloping for dozens of miles at full speed, there were only a hundred or so Song soldiers left chasing them.

Wanyan Loushi slowed down his horse, reined in his horse, and turned his horse to meet the enemy head-on.

"Wanyan Loushi, the ten thousand households of the Great Golden Dragon Palace, is here!"

Chen Ran, who had been chasing him all the way, gradually slowed down his horse and approached, "Carry out justice on behalf of heaven, Chen Zihou!"

(End of this chapter)