Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

Even taking the initiative to attack is a very dangerous thing.

Yan Pei said: "Wu Shuai, do you want our army to come here, wait for work at leisure, and guard the other side?"

Yan Pei pointed to a place nearly [-] miles north of Baozhou, this place is Yongren County in later generations.

This is a rare piece of flat land in the mountains.

The most hopeful situation for the Song Army is that the Dali Army can fight them head-on in the field.

"No! We are here to guard them, and now they are more anxious than us!" Wu Lin said calmly, "The grain road on the northern line has been cut off, let's see who can bear it."

At this time, a voice came from outside: "Reporter, Wu Shuai, there is someone outside who claims to be the envoy of the king of Dali, asking to see him."

"Let him in."

The one who came was Yang Ke, Minister of Rites of Dali.

Yang Ke took off his coir raincoat, many parts of his body were already wet, it could be seen that he was very eager to come all the way.

"Next is Yang Ke, Minister of Rites of Dali."

"What's the matter with you?"

Yang Ke looked around.

Wu Lin said: "Here are all my handsome people, if you have something to say, it's okay to say it."

"In name, I was ordered to come here to question why you Chen Bing Dali Kingdom. In fact, the emperor asked me to tell you that Gao Liangcheng has assembled an army of tens of thousands, and Gao Liangcheng is proficient in the art of war. I hope you will not underestimate the enemy. .”

This has been said very nakedly.

"The monarch is also suffering from the Gao family. If the Celestial Dynasty can help us to make things right, we will be very grateful."

Yan Pei immediately said in a polite way: "That's why the Son of Heaven sent me here."

"It's work."

After a few more polite words, Yang Ke left in a hurry.

Yan Pei said: "Could this person be sent by the Dali Kingdom to deliberately paralyze us, but in fact the capital has already secretly dispatched troops?"

"We can't rule out this possibility." Wu Lin nodded, his eyes were as sharp as a knife, "But since we've already penetrated deep, it doesn't matter if the king of Dali wants to increase his troops secretly, or the high-volume soldiers on the front line return, we can What we do is fight! Come and fight as much as you want! Fight until they completely surrender!"

The rain fell intermittently, sometimes sunny and sometimes rainy.

By mid-July, the intelligence sent back by the scouts was getting denser and denser.

Every piece of information is telling Wu Lin that the high-level army has arrived and is getting closer.

In the early morning of July [-]th, there were clouds and mist floating among the mountains, and the sunlight after the rain was projected on the mountains and forests, and large pillars of light fell down.

In the jungle and among the mountain roads, countless people can be seen, like rivers flowing towards Baozhou in front.

The main force with high volume is coming.

After breakfast, Wu Lin received the notification.

After a while, standing on the head of the small city, you can already see a large black mark on the flat ground in front of you.

After a while, there were footsteps.

The footsteps of countless people.

Looking around, the flags are floating in the sky like clouds.

The banners of the Dali Kingdom are different from those of the Song Dynasty. Their banners are embroidered with various patterns of strange beasts, and the workmanship is also worse than that of the Song Dynasty.

But this did not affect their momentum at this time.

The army led by Gao Liangcheng was quite different from Yang Zhixing's.

Of the 5 people, 2 were armored.

The armor of the Dali Kingdom is different from the armor of the Central Plains. The material is rigid leather.

Finished in red and black lacquer and held together by leather straps.

Fan Chengda wrote in "Guihai Yuhengzhi · Zhiqi": "The barbarian armor is the most crafted in Dali. The armor is all made of elephant skin. The chest and back are each large like a turtle shell, as thick as iron. They are also connected with small pieces. The skin piece is a genus for covering the shoulders and protecting the neck, and it is made like a Chinese iron armor, and the leaves are covered with vermilion."

Zhou Qufei also wrote in "Lingwai Daida·Usage·Barbarous Armor": "The system of the Dali Kingdom covers the heart with a large piece of elephant skin like a turtle shell, and the middle piece of skin is the second for the arm, and the neck is protected. It is made of a whole piece of leather rolled up."

The Dali Kingdom itself has its own armor, but after all, its financial resources are limited, and it is impossible for the troops of the Jin Kingdom and the Song Dynasty to generally wear armor.

There are only [-] troops in the whole country that can wear armor.

At this time, [-] of the high-volume main force accounted for it.

Gao Liangcheng first sent envoys to question him.

The envoy stood at the foot of the city and said: "My country, Dali, has always respected the heavenly dynasty and admired the upper kingdom. Why did we send troops to attack and make people miserable?"

Wu Lin said to Yan Pei: "Kill him."

Yan Pei asked suspiciously, "Huh?"

"I said kill him."

"This is not good, this is irritating the other party..."

Wu Lin said: "Force the opponent to make a quick decision!"

Yan Pei said to the left and right Song Army crossbowmen: "Kill him!"

Everyone immediately stringed the crossbow.

The emissary was about to continue talking, when more than a dozen arrows flew over.

Five of them hit him.

The envoy was killed on the spot.

When the Dali people saw this, they were furious.

Gao Liangcheng did not expect Song Jun to kill his envoy.

Not long after, the horns of the Dali Army sounded.

At this moment, the Song army had already assembled in the city.

The city was full of crossbowmen.

The Song army did not defend the city either.

This kind of three-meter city wall makes little difference whether it is defended or not, but the army formation cannot be opened.

The Song army all wore iron armor, walked out of the city, and formed a formation outside the city.

The Song army formed a phalanx.

The characteristic of the phalanx is that the defense and offense are relatively even.

If you use a phalanx to attack, it means a horizontal push, which is very demanding on the army.

There was wanton noise from the formation of the Dali Army, and those soldiers seemed to be angry that their own people were killed just now.

In this era, the southwest area is still a barbarian tribe, and their actions are relatively barbaric. Naturally, the value of personal force is not bad.

"Report!"

The scouts rode Dali horses and quickly sent information: "Shuai Wu, there are cavalry on both sides of the enemy army, and the cavalry are wearing armor."

Wu Lin said: "Understood!"

"Wu Shuai, it seems that this road is the elite of the Dali Army!" Yan Pei said.

"It's not like we haven't fought cavalry before. I'm not even afraid of the cavalry of the Xixia people and the Jin people, but the cavalry of Dali Kingdom?" Wu Lin said, "The whole army first guards the army formation strictly. , will definitely attack first!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the horns of the Dali Army's front line were heard from the opposite side.

Chapter 822 Technology Generation Difference (Third Change)

"Find it out, the Song Army only has a few thousand people in total, never more than six thousand!"

"As I expected, if you want to go deep into the hinterland of our country from Jiaozhi, there will never be too many people!" Gao Liangcheng sneered, "Notify the vanguard battalion and the two-wing cavalry to cooperate!"

"Order!"

Gao Liangcheng arranged about 3000 armored elites in the forward battalion, all of whom were strong and well-built fighters.

There are two thousand cavalry on each of the two wings.

Although the Dali horse is short, it has great endurance.

Soon, the vanguard of the Dali army began to move, and the archers followed closely behind.

"Yan Pei, do you know how to fight?"

"Wu Shuai don't worry!" Yan Pei rushed down.

The Song army's formation was neat, as if it had been measured with a ruler, exuding a battle-tested murderous aura.

Gusts of wind and waves blow from the distant valley, mixed with water vapor and the fragrance of vegetation, refreshing.

As the Dali Army advanced within the range of the Song Army's crossbow arrows, the Song Army's crossbow archers began to shoot crossbow arrows.

Dense arrows rose from the ground, like a huge black carpet drifting in the air, covering the moving formation of the Dali Army.

Immediately, the sound of the arrow hitting the armor was heard, as dense as a metal rainstorm hitting a hard stone.

Some are tied to the leather, but not pierced.

But some shot on the face and neck.

The sharp arrows immediately tore open the skin, penetrated into the flesh, and crushed the blood vessels inside.

The screams of Dali soldiers also sounded, one after another.

The striker of the Dali Army was not affected much and continued to charge forward.

Archers followed suit.

The distance between the two sides is still rapidly narrowing.

When it was about 150 meters away, the second wave of crossbow arrows from the Song Army had already arrived.

This time, due to the shortened distance, the leather armor of some Dali soldiers was pierced by the terrifying power of the crossbow.

But at least part of it, and the penetration depth is extremely limited, at most one or two centimeters.

Some soldiers who were shot through the leather armor even felt no pain for a while because of the rush of adrenaline, and they continued to rush forward frantically.

Finally, when the distance was shortened to 120 meters, the archers of the Dali Army began to draw their bows and shoot arrows.

Immediately, the arrows of the Dali Army counterattacked.

Generally, the effective range of archers in ancient times can reach 120 meters.

But for Song Jun in iron armor, this is undoubtedly scratching an itch.

The rain of arrows from the Dali army fell on the armor of the Song army, and all of them were bounced off.

As for the distance of 120 meters, for a strong crossbow, it can already pierce leather armor.

When the Song Army's third wave of arrows flew in, the sharp arrows pierced through their leather armor, tore apart their flesh and blood, and penetrated into their bones, causing the soldiers of the Dali Army to fall to the ground in pieces.

At such a distance, the two sides used arrows to suppress each other.

It is clear at a glance which is better.

And as the Dali army drew closer, the Song army had already replaced it with a strong crossbow.

What is a crossbow?

What is a crossbow again?

The effective killing range of the crossbow is 150 meters away.

If the opponent has leather armor, it is difficult to kill the opponent at 150 meters.

The effective killing range of the secondary crossbow is about 120 meters.

The strong crossbow requires a lot of arm strength to use, and the second strong crossbow will have much less operating strength.

In view of the gap between each of the soldiers, it is necessary to arrange strong crossbows, secondary crossbows, strong bows and secondary strong bows.

This is Wu Lin's stacking method.

In the official history, Wu Lin also invented the stacking method, which was specially used to deal with the Jin army. Even the Jin army could not conquer the defense, let alone the current Dali army.