Lin'an Never Night

Chapter 632: Battle of Gaixia
The commander of the Jin army was Yelu Yuanyi, who was quietly transferred from the northern battlefield to the Lianghuai area.

The current state of the war was completely out of his original plan, which made Yelu Yuanyi feel powerless.

Now that the armies of both sides have gathered together and formed a momentum for a decisive battle on the front battlefield, Yelu Yuanyi has begun to feel hopeful.

In a head-on confrontation, the Jin soldiers have always been able to win with fewer troops, not to mention that at this time it seems that the strength of both sides is similar.

Yelu Yuanyi cheered up and immediately adjusted his formation, ready to fight a decisive battle with the Song army.

The Jin army's current structure was also very chaotic, and Yelu Yuanyi hastily made simple adjustments.

The "Iron Pagoda" was deployed right in front of the entire army.

These heavily armored soldiers will be responsible for tearing open the Song army's formation from the front.

The infantry followed closely behind, and among the infantry were archers.

The combination of light infantry, archers and "Iron Pagoda" has a bit of the flavor of "infantry, tank and artillery coordination".

The "拐子马" were deployed on the left and right wings, and could quickly encircle the Song army from both wings and launch flank attacks at any time after the battle between the two sides started.

At the rear of the Jin army were Yelu Yuanyi's 3,000 personal soldiers who served as the supervisory team.

On the Song army side, more than 30,000 troops led by Yang Yuan himself served as the first route for the decisive battle.

The two thousand armored cavalrymen were the few heavy cavalry in the entire Song State.

The men and horses were all wearing heavy armor. They were responsible for advancing like a wall, crushing everything in front of them with an overwhelming force.

The infantry of the Song Dynasty's Infantry Division were deployed on both wings, cooperating with swordsmen, hook spearmen, and archers to deal with the Jin army's crooked cavalry.

The Song army had few cavalrymen, so Yang Yuan did not consider the possibility of mobile detours or breakthroughs on both wings.

What's more, on the left side of the battlefield between the two armies is the mountain pass where a group of peaks converge, and in the mountains there are Jin soldiers who are besieging Li Xianzhong's and Lu Tianming's troops.

They were originally responsible for trapping Li Xianzhong and Lu Tianming's troops to death in the mountains.

There is a great battle going on outside the mountain now. If they rush out of the mountain to support their army, it will become a variable.

The two armies lined up, only three arrows' distance apart.

Yang Yuan raised his spear and shouted: "Today's battle, if you lose, you will die! If you flee, you will also die! If you want to survive, you have to move forward! If you want to be rich, you have to move forward!"

The commander's words in front of the battle must be concise, so that the messenger can continue shouting and the three armies can hear clearly.

Just like when Nurhaci formally declared war on the Ming Dynasty, he only said one sentence when mobilizing the army.

He had already drafted the "Seven Great Hates" in advance and had already publicized them in the army.

At the official oath-taking ceremony, Nurhaci shouted: "Have you forgotten the 'Seven Great Hates'?"

All the soldiers said in unison: "I haven't forgotten!"

Nurhaci waved his saber and said, "Let's go!"

Teams of messengers passed on Yang Yuan's words.

Yang Yuan turned his horse's head and looked at the Jin soldiers on the opposite side. He thrust his spear forward fiercely and shouted: "Whoever stands in my way of life will die! Whoever stands in my way of wealth will die! Kill!"

"Whoever stands in my way to life, die! Whoever stands in my way to wealth, die! Kill!"

The three armies responded: "Kill! Kill! Kill!"

The Song army roared, and the armored cavalry rumbled into action.

Following closely behind the tanks were the fully armored axemen, advancing like a wall.

On the opposite side, the Jin Kingdom's "Iron Pagoda" also rumbled into action, with maces held high in their hands.

Bows and arrows and light weapons hitting these heavy cavalry and heavy infantry who were armed to the teeth were like tickling.

In this kind of situation, there is no conspiracy or trickery, nor any special tactics. When we meet on a narrow road, the only option is to fight to the death.

If you have the wild idea of ​​using a group of four horses against a group of four horses, you will definitely end up making things worse and the enemy will tear open a gap and attack you into the center of the army.

Heavy cavalry against heavy cavalry, heavy infantry against heavy infantry, this is a one-for-one life-and-death battle.

The vanguards of the two armies collided heavily like a tide, like two huge waves suddenly hitting each other.

In the turmoil, countless soldiers and horses were killed, and blood oozed out from the gaps in their armor.

The heavy cavalry's charge was forcibly blocked by the heavy cavalry, and the soldiers armed with heavy blunt weapons such as hammers, maces and axes came in handy.

Hitting the horse's legs, knocking the iron helmet, and the armor that was difficult to be damaged by swords, spears, bows and arrows, under the blows of these blunt instruments, people became a piece of meat in a can.

As long as the coordinated offensive and defensive tactical formation of a team of three or five is broken and there is no cooperation from comrades, even a warrior wearing heavy armor with amazing defensive power will quickly fall to the ground and be trampled upon.

The Jin army's cavalry attacked from both wings, which was a classic tactic of the Jin soldiers.

It doesn't mean that a tactic should be discarded once it has been cracked. There is no invincible tactic in this world.

Any tactic, once it appears, must have a way to counter it.

In the end, it's a fight of human lives and a test of fighting power and fighting will.

The crooked horse attacked, raising dust and the sound of its hooves was like thunder.

The Song army's infantrymen held long spears with the tips of the spears pointing forward.

Beside them were three rows of spearmen.

The spearmen in the first two rows quickly crouched down, holding their guns with both hands, with the barrels of their guns against the ground, maintaining a defensive posture.

The last row of infantrymen crouched with their spears pointed forward, ready to fill in at any time. After them came the archers and swordsmen.

Sharp arrows shot quickly, and the sky was full of rain of arrows.

The Jin army surged in like a tide, like a torrent, and crashed into the jungle of spears in front of them with great impact force.

Blood was splattered in front of the battle line, and the sounds of sharp blades piercing flesh, gun barrels breaking, and soldiers and horses screaming in pain could be heard one after another.

The first wave of Jin troops was completely wiped out, and the Song army's defensive formation was also destroyed.

The Song army was quickly filling their positions when the second wave of Jin cavalry rushed over.

After three consecutive charges, the infantrymen gained an opportunity to stop the completely collapsed defensive formation.

Using infantry to control cavalry and charging into melee seriously hindered the attack formation and assault speed of the Crooked Horse.

Once these two things were lost, the Jin army's cavalry would find it difficult to cause greater damage to the Song army's defensive formation.

In fact, the Jin army's cavalry charging on the flank should have fought if they could, and harassed if they couldn't. They should have used their mobility to move far and near, and mobilized the Song army to run around and consume its strength until the formation was broken, and then gave the enemy a fatal blow.

By that time, the Song army's infantry would have been vulnerable to attack. When they were so tired that they had difficulty lifting their guns, wouldn't they be at the mercy of others?

However, both sides have nearly 100,000 troops crowded on this battlefield, and the frontal troops are rushing forward frantically. Whoever can break through the enemy's formation first will have an absolute advantage.

At this time, the Jin army's cavalry could not play to their greatest advantage and had no time to patiently "fly kites" against the Song army.

On the front, the Jin army's Iron Pagoda, relying on its superiority in numbers over the Song army's armored cavalry, tore a gap in the head-on collision.

Yelu Yuanyi immediately ordered his men to wave flags, blow drums and order the infantry to cut in through the gap. The Song army's vanguard formation suddenly became somewhat chaotic.

This is a very dangerous signal on the battlefield. Once they succeed in cutting in, it will be like when Yang Yuan led his troops to charge into Xie Luan's camp. Even if the enemy has an advantage in troop strength, the chaos on the contact surface will quickly spread in all directions.

The troops who have not yet come into contact with the enemy will misjudge this signal, and the chain reaction caused will cause the entire army to collapse.

This is also the reason why Yang Yuan divided the entire army into three armies: front, middle and rear, according to the suggestions of generals such as Belle and Liu Molin.

The first was that the troops could not be deployed on the battlefield, and the second was to guard against the collapse of one route, which would quickly spread to the entire army.

Now, when he saw a gap ahead and the Jin army's infantry rushing in, Liu Molin's pupils were bloodshot and he shouted hoarsely, "Military Supervisor, I will go and drive them out!"

"There's no difference between you and me, we're all on top. If you don't advance, you'll die. Kill!"

Yang Yuan kicked the stirrup and rushed out first.

The war drums were beating, the flags were waving, and under the banner of "Yang, the Military Supervisor of Lianghuai", Yang Yuan led the charge into the enemy camp, killing more than a dozen people with his pear blossom spear. Because of this outburst, his arms were sore and he felt a little exhausted.

Fortunately, other generals and Yang Yuan's personal soldiers rushed over in time and protected him again.

Yang Yuan's god-like and invincible appearance inspired the soldiers around him, and the situation, which had just shown signs of chaos and defeat, quickly stabilized.

Without any strategy or tricks, the blood-thirsty Song army rushed forward without hesitation, fighting a life-and-death battle with flesh and blood flying everywhere, and engaging in hand-to-hand combat with no return, and they fought their way out of a bloody path.

Not only did they fill the gap, but they also broke through the Jin army's charge formation in one go, and the Yang flag rushed in.

Seeing the big flag with the word Yang flying in the Jin army camp, the red light shone on it under the setting sun. For two cups of tea, the big flag was seen tossing left and right, but it always stood firm. No one else understood what this meant better than the soldiers.

The morale of the Song army was greatly boosted, and they swarmed forward, stepping on the blood and flesh of both sides.

Yelu Yuanyi was just overjoyed because he had broken through the Song army camp, but he didn't expect that the Song army would wedge into his camp again in just a moment.

Yelu Yuanyi immediately ordered the brave general Wanyan Haraba to destroy the Song army that had broken into his camp.

Harappa was in the heat of the battle and had taken off his armor.

With his strong and dark upper body naked and a mace in his hand, he led his troops and rushed forward with howls and screams.

Soon, under Haraba's desperate attack, Liu Molin and others protected Yang Yuan and retreated to the main camp, and the two sides fell into a stalemate again.

At this time, the Jin army suddenly rushed out from the mountains on the left wing.

The Jin army, which was originally ordered to besiege Li Xianzhong and Lu Tianming's troops, finally joined the battlefield.

Their original mission was to trap the commander of the Song army in Huaidong and attract reinforcements from the Song army in Huaidong.

Now it seems that they have achieved their goal, but the current situation is not in any of the patterns they expected.

Their sudden appearance immediately shook the left wing of the Song army.

A head-on confrontation, a flank breakthrough, and then the defeat of the entire enemy army is the most common tactic.

Yang Yuan, who had just retreated to his camp and had a chance to catch his breath, was relieved when he saw this. He immediately ordered the flag to be raised.

A white flag suddenly rose in the vanguard of the Song army, which was originally flying a large flag with the words "Lianghuai Military Supervisor" in black on a yellow background.

The flag has a black background, but a huge white tiger appears on it, almost occupying the entire flag.

The White Tiger flag is raised, it is a signal flag.

The signal flag fluttered in the sunset, and a cavalry suddenly rushed out from the central army of the Song army, which had been stationed on the second line of defense.

This cavalry did not run very fast because it was an armored cavalry.

In the head-on collision just now, Yang Yuan did not deploy all of his heavy cavalry, but instead left an ambush of 800 men.

The Jin soldiers that had emerged from the mountains were charging towards the left wing of the Song army's front line.

The heavy cavalry that rushed out from the second-line troops of the Song army rushed towards the right wing of the Jin army, and chopped it down fiercely like a battle axe.

(End of this chapter)