The Rise of the Song People of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 933 Bloody Jurchens

"Raise the shield!", "Scatter and dodge!" There were different roars, and there were completely different changes on the battlefield.

The one who yelled "raise the shield" was naturally Zhang Xian, the general of the Song Dynasty.

The big soldiers in the Song Dynasty Infantry Corps raised their shields to the top of their heads in an instant like a phalanx that had been rehearsed countless times.

The shield and the shield are connected together, and the army formation seems to be covered with armor in an instant.

The next moment, the sound of clanging arrows falling to the ground sounded like rain on the shield.

It was Wanyan Zonghan who yelled: "Scatter and avoid", the next moment the voice fell, the Jurchen formation instantly dispersed.

Then there are those who show their magical powers, those who use leather shields to block, those who use weapons to block, and those who use riding skills to evade.

The next moment, "Ah! Ah! Ah!" came the screams!

There were screams in the Song army, but more of them came from Wanyan Zonghan's Jurchen camp.

The ones that cause the most damage are the god arm bow and the eight bull crossbow!
The Zhuge Liannu was blocked by the leather shield and the war horse, and the composite crossbow pierced through the leather shield, but was stuck on it and was defended.

Only the Divine Arm Bow pierced through the leather shield, and the damage remained unabated, continuing to penetrate the armor to cause damage.

This armor is still iron armor!

Today's Jurchen is not the Jurchen who fought fiercely with Lu Heng back then. Even ordinary iron armor is a treasure for the poor.

In a few years, a large number of iron ore and craftsmen were exploited from Goryeo, and the light armor equipped with the army has become popular.

So the current Jurchens are not the Novice Village players who practiced armorless magic skills back then.

Even the leather shield was developed by the Jurchens to deal with Song's arrows after the war with Song Dynasty, and with the constant friction in the past few years.

However, it is obvious that leather shields and light iron armor are not enough in front of the divine arm bow and eight-ox crossbow, unless everyone is 'Wu Yanguang' wearing triple armor!This is obviously impossible!
As for not using a heavy shield, it is naturally for the mobility of the light cavalry.

The strength of cavalry means unparalleled mobility, and the existence of heavy shields will reduce the speed of cavalry.

It doesn't matter if you fight against Song's infantry-based legion, but don't forget that Jurchen's opponent is not just Song.

The Liao Kingdom has also just made an alliance, not to mention the Mongols, who are also the overlords of the grasslands, are watching.

However, after Wanyan Zonghan saw the loss, he decided to suggest to Wanyan Aguda to build more iron shields with a gloomy face!
Without him, the Jurchens lost this round of shooting!
Wanyan Zonghan looked at the Great Song army with little to no losses. On the other hand, thousands of Jurchen cavalry fell off their horses and thousands of wounded, including hundreds of Jurchen warriors. This loss is enough to make Wanyan Zonghan feel distressed.

Fortunately, there were not many crossbows in Wang Shao's army, and less than three crossbows were equipped with huge wheels for field battles, otherwise the Jurchens would suffer even greater losses.

As mentioned above, the Jurchens came from the deep mountains in the northwest of the Daxinanling Mountains, and the population has always been small. In the original time and space, Wanyan Agu fought against Liao with only a few thousand people, which can be seen.

Now Wanyan Zonghan's tens of thousands of troops are not all pure Jurchens, they are composed of Jurchens, Koreans, Wuhuan people, Bohai people, Fuyu people and so on.

There are hundreds of losses in just one wave of arrow rain, so what about ten waves of arrow rain?

"Shooting against Da Song does not have the upper hand, Wanyan Xiang and Balisu (Wanyan Balisu) lead the troops to the left, Saliyin (Wanyan Saliyin) and Benjian (Wanyan Benjian) outflank the rear , Xiyun and Uyan Puluhun follow me! Scatter and rush over! Stomp them!"

Wanyan Zonghan made a decision in his mind instantly. Since he couldn't shoot at each other, he should use another trick to penetrate. This is also the "second ax" among the three axes of the prairie people.

Following Wanyan Zonghan's order, Wanyanxiang led a team to circle around an arc, and Wanyan Saliyin led another team to circle a larger circle, which meant leaving the battlefield.

But Wang Shao, Zhang Xian, and Liu Qi all knew that the real battle had just begun, and the shooting was just a test. The cavalry (Wan Yanxiang, Wanyan Sa Liyin) did not leave the battlefield, but made a detour to the rear to outflank them.

Because the Great Song army was standing beside the Mazishui (Yalu River), the right side of the army faced the river, which meant a last stand.

Obviously Wan Yan Zonghan himself led the army to charge forward, one legion detoured to the left to attack, and the other detoured to the rear.

"Continue to shoot arrows! The fire dragon cabinet, the wolf trap, and the big gun are ready!" Zhang Xian roared, and all the soldiers of Song Dynasty were ready to fight.

Wang Shao didn't look at the Jurchen cavalry, but looked to the west as if muttering to himself: "Hold on for another hour."

The rain of arrows shot out continuously, and Wanyan Zonghan led the army in a frontal raid, which suffered a lot of losses, but none of the Jurchens were afraid. It seemed that in their eyes, death was not terrible, but a relief. No need to worry about the stomach, no need to worry about food Freedom from battling wild beasts.

Many Jurchen troops were charged with arrows and their leather shields were smashed, only because of the order of the coach Wanyan Zonghan.

After paying the price of two waves of arrow rain sacrifices, the cavalry led by Wanyan Zonghan rushed to the killing range of the fire dragon cabinet, and pillars of fire sprayed out towards the face.

Wanyan Zonghan had seen these 'copper bumps' a long time ago, but he didn't know what these copper bumps were for, so he could only guess from the grassland legends.

This grassland legend was spread by the Qiang people after the Great Song and Xixia World War I. It is rumored that the Great Song can control a kind of fire dragon. They are sealed in a pure copper machine, and they can spew out several meters long flames, which is very terrifying.

When Wanyan Agu inquired about this legend, he laughed out loud as a joke: "What kind of fire dragon really has this thing, it has already been burned to death, why do we need war horses and bows and arrows!"

But seeing is believing, as expected, the copper bumps spurted several meters long flames, directly igniting the Jurchen cavalry rushing forward!

"Xi Lulu! Ah! Ah!" Not only the cavalry, but also the horses were lit to form torches.

Fighting cavalry with the fire dragon cabinet is only used in large-scale battles against cavalry. It was just that this tactic was used in the last battle against Xixia, so it became a grassland legend.

Because even the fire dragon formation has a way to be cracked!

Now these Jurchens are indeed terrifying. Unlike the Xixia people who started to flee for their lives and survive after being set on fire, these Jurchens actually controlled their horses to charge after being set on fire, some directly hit the fire dragon cabinet, and some were blocked by wolf soldiers.

But it was okay to hit the fire dragon cabinet under such an impact. It hit the wolf soldiers and made the Great Song Army formation sag inward, plus it was a big fireball with high heat burning.

"Wuyan Puluhun soaked the iron armor with river water, blindfolded the horse's eyes and led the iron stupa to charge, breaking through this strange formation, Xiyun used a lasso to hook this equipment and drew a horse!"

Wanyan Zonghan carefully looked at the large formation of the fire dragon cabinet and reacted much faster than the Xixia people. He immediately issued an order. Obviously he doesn't believe in gods and ghosts. This is just a device that can set fire. The cunning Nanren I love making these machines the most...

(End of this chapter)