Song Mingyue

Chapter 266 Battle of Baigou River ([-])
On the north bank, near the Liao army camp.

Tens of thousands of Liao army regiments formed a large circle, and in the middle of the encirclement circle, there were [-] large tent army troops besieging [-] white battalion regiments in the middle.

Surrounding the encirclement is a forest of spear formations, with sharp spears held up obliquely to prevent the white battalion soldiers in the middle of the encirclement from breaking through. Behind the spearmen, there are densely packed archers. The arrowhead, which was shining with eerie light, was aimed at the formation, and was thrown upwards from time to time.

At the forefront of the encirclement, a V-shaped defensive formation was formed, and a defensive shield formation was formed on the west and south sides. The sword and shield soldiers arranged like a tortoise shell formation held the shield in front, and the spearmen were behind and then back. They are crossbowmen, in order to prevent the Song army reinforcements from raiding.

Under the flag of the commander-in-chief of the rear army, Yelu Dashi was sitting on a strong horse, holding a long knife in his hand, looking coldly at the white stile soldiers in the encirclement, his eyes were full of murderous looks, and he kept sending orders to the soldiers of the big tent leather room army. attack.

This time, Yelu Dashi was really angry.

The first battle of the division was broken by the Song people, losing thousands of soldiers and horses, which undoubtedly dealt a serious setback to the Liao people's self-confidence.At this time, news came from reconnaissance cavalry. King Xiao led 2000 cavalry, just as tens of thousands of Song soldiers left Langoudian, intending to raid Zhuozhou, but was killed by King Xiao. Throwing down more than [-] corpses, they retreated in Langoudian in a hurry.

The news of the win and one loss is undoubtedly a slap in the face for Yelu Dashi, who thinks highly of himself.Although Xiao Qian is the commander-in-chief and Yelu Dashi is the deputy commander-in-chief, Yelu Dashi has always looked down on the plain-looking Xiao Qian, thinking that this Xiao Dawang is only relying on his nepotism and the honor of the current empress dowager Xiao Pu Xiannv to make his fortune. From the official to the king.But now King Xiao made a surprise attack, and before reaching the destination, he won a big victory on the way, but his own surprise attack was seen through by the Song army, and he encountered an ambush, and was beaten in disgrace.

Now that Yang Keshi is chasing the remnants of the enemy, he is approaching the camp abruptly, how can Yelu Dashi not be angry?Immediately, he ordered all five thousand big tent and fur room troops to go out, dragging three thousand white stiles, and then beat drums to order the three armies to go out, encircling the white stiles.

Only by annihilating the white stiles can he vent his hatred and regain his lost face.After all, the Song army has millions of infantry, and there is only one elite cavalry that can be used. If the most elite division of the Song Dynasty is destroyed, it will not only greatly boost the morale of its own side, but also deal a fatal blow to the Song army. It even became a turning point in the entire war.

So Yelu Dashi almost put all his strength into it, wishing he could use his sword to chop the white battalion soldiers into pieces.

However, even though the Liao army is a sword, the Baibing soldiers are not fish. As the first elite division of the Song Dynasty, the Baibing soldiers are not so easy to be wiped out even if they are besieged.

Many people have forgotten the origin of the white stiles and the white stiles of the white stiles, but Yang Keshi, the coach of the white stiles, has not forgotten.

The so-called white stile is a large wooden stick more than five feet long with a thick bowl mouth. The wooden stick is made of hard camphor wood, which is as hard as iron. Much less than the same volume of iron.

The white stile is usually hung on the saddle and is rarely used, because the lethality of the white stile is not high, which is not conducive to the enemy, especially in the face of ordinary soldiers. Where can there be long spears to kill refreshingly, and the attack distance is not as good as long spears. Much easier with a gun.

The biggest function of white stiles is to break armor.The so-called armor breaking is not breaking the armor, but causing damage to the enemy wearing heavy armor.

During the Pingxixia period, Xixia established the country with military force, and the army was most famous for its cavalry and mountain heavy infantry. Among the cavalry, the heavy-armored cavalry Pingxia Iron Kites had the strongest combat effectiveness.An iron kite rides on a good horse, is heavily armored, and cannot penetrate with thorns. It is tied with a hook and rope, and it will not fall even if it dies immediately.In case of battle, the iron cavalry will rush out first, and when the formation is disordered, attack it; the infantry will advance with the cavalry.In order to deal with the heavy armor of the Xixia people, Zhong Shidao invented this kind of white stile, which is hard camphor wood with a thick bowl mouth. The iron armor was still intact, but the flesh and blood of the enemy army under the iron armor was hit hard, especially the damage to the internal organs was even heavier.

It was precisely by virtue of the power of the white stiles that the white stiles defeated the Xixia iron cavalry, and then beat the Xixia people to submit a letter of surrender, so that they dared not offend the territory of the Song Dynasty again.

The white stile soldiers and the big tent leather room army are both heavy cavalry. If ordinary weapons do not attack vital parts such as the throat and head, it is difficult to cause fatal injuries.Although the [-] large tent leather army surrounded the [-] white stiles in the middle, they did not have the slightest advantage in attacking. The reason why they were able to surround the stiles was due to their own strength and the tens of thousands of troops on the periphery. heavily armed.

In fact, Yang Keshi didn't pay attention to the five thousand big tent army, so he met the big tent army and charged up, and was entangled by the big tent army. If they retreated, even though there were [-] soldiers in the big tent, it was absolutely impossible to surround [-] white battalion soldiers.

Just when the white stile soldiers were fighting happily with the Dazhangpishi army, the Liao people surrounded them from all directions. Under the command of Yelu Dashi, they quickly arranged formations and surrounded the white stile soldiers in the middle. Yang Keshi Heartbroken, he simply didn't rush to retreat, and continued to deal with the big tent leather room army.Because once the troops are concentrated to break through, although the bravery of the white pole soldiers will surely succeed, it may take [-] to [-] percent of the troops to succeed.If there is only such a heavy armored cavalry in the huge Song Dynasty, if it loses [-] to [-]% of it, Yang Keshi will be to blame for his death.

Under Yang Keshi's order, all the white stiles hung their spears on the victory hook one after another, took down the five-foot-long white stiles with a thick bowl mouth, formed an iron barrel formation, and circled with the Liao army cavalry.

Although the big tent leather room army has the upper hand in strength, it has nothing to do with the white stiles.Under the sweeping sweep of the white stile with the thick bowl mouth, the spear in his hand couldn't get close at all. Even if he stabbed occasionally, the white stile soldier with heavy armor couldn't do actual damage. With a bang on the white pole, even if he was not swept under the horse, his internal organs would be damaged.

Within the encirclement, only the sound of bang bang bang was heard, and under the white poles waving like a forest, from time to time, some soldiers from the big tent were hit and fell down under the horse screaming.

As for those feathered arrows constantly thrown towards the field, for the white battalion soldiers with full armor, unless they hit them, it is tantamount to scratching an itch.The bows and arrows of the Liao people were not very powerful in the first place, and they had to control their strength and height, otherwise they would accidentally shoot at their own cavalry.Under this kind of careful throwing, under the rain of feather arrows in the field, only the tinkling sound of the iron armor was heard, and the actual damage to the white battalion soldiers was almost negligible.

The biggest advantage of heavy cavalry is defense and impact, and the biggest flaw is horsepower and physical strength. Three thousand heavy armors are gathered together, and if you want to break the formation, it is like eating tin cans, with nowhere to go.

Yelu Dashi saw with his own eyes that the white stile soldiers had become a turtle in a urn, but the tens of thousands of troops were helpless. It was like trapping a tiger in a cage, and it was extremely difficult to kill it.

"Choose three hundred strong warriors for me, and bring all the spears in stock in the supply camp!" Yelu Dashi hissed.

Yelu Dashi's plan is very simple, which is to select strong men and use throwing spears to deal with heavy armor.

Whether this method is effective against heavy armor can no longer be verified, because reinforcements from the Song Army have already arrived.

A dark cloud rose from the west, and more than 2 Song troops, led by Zhao Hao and Zhong Shidao, rushed towards the Liao army camp. When they were only four to five hundred steps away from the Liao army formation, , Zhong Shidao waved his spear, signaling the army to stop and straighten out the queue.

The 2-strong army quickly and orderly reorganized the formation that had been scattered due to the hasty march, and stood in awe, waiting for the command of the general.

Zhao Hao clicked on a Clairvoyance Talisman impatiently, looked into the enemy's formation, saw the situation in the enemy's formation clearly, and couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief.

There is only such a heavy armored cavalry in the whole Song Dynasty. If it is seriously damaged, he will probably feel heartache when he sleeps.

Seeing that his team's formation has been reorganized, Zhong Shidao said with one stroke of his spear, "Bowmen, prepare arrows!"

The crossbowman behind him began to load the crossbow arrows or nock the bowstring, ready to shoot.

The next moment, Zhong Shidao was about to order the whole army to charge, but was stopped by Zhao Hao: "Old Mr. Zhong, wait a minute!"

Zhong Shidao looked at Zhao Hao puzzled, but he heard Zhao Hao say calmly: "Although the white battalion soldiers are trapped by the enemy, they are safe to protect themselves, so don't rush for a while...Since Yelu Dashi wants to swallow my great Song elite, Let him have a good time!"

After finishing speaking, Zhao Hao secretly exchanged for a small summoning talisman (soldier), which showed that there were 200 elite soldiers in Danyang. Unconsciously, he frowned slightly, and then clicked on a medium summoning talisman (soldier), his brows gradually relaxed.

Xuanjia Jingqi 500!

He looked at the two summoning talismans, then at the rear camp of the Liao army in the distance, and then his eyes fell on Yelu Dashi at the rear of the enemy army, a cruel smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Release Danyang's elite soldiers behind the rear camp of the Liao army!"

The main force of the Liao army is besieging [-] white stiles, while the former army, as if they are facing a big enemy, is raising their bows and arrows to strengthen their defenses to deal with the approaching reinforcements of the Song army.

No one knew that a group of soldiers and horses holding sledgehammers appeared behind the Liao army's camp, broke through the fence and rejected the horses, and entered the camp silently.

At this time, Yelu Dashi was receiving the news that the reinforcements of the Song army were approaching, and hurriedly ordered the withdrawal of [-] soldiers and horses from the outer encirclement, and went to reinforce the front army of the Liao army to prevent the Song army from rushing into the formation.

A flame lit up from the rear camp of the Liao army, accompanied by several screams.

Immediately afterwards, flames ignited one after another in the rear camp and spread rapidly. The auxiliary soldiers of the Liao army stationed in the rear camp were in chaos. Rush to the fire.

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