The golden rays of the sun shine on the bright silver iron plates, reflecting the bright and dazzling light.

Rows of strange fortresses made of iron plates appeared extremely unexpectedly in this final plain area. Although the fortresses were small and low, the unique texture of steel gave people an indestructible, cold and chilling feeling.

feel.

The wilderness is quiet, the autumn wind stirs the grass, and the vast plains, with puffs of smoke-like yellow dust drifting in the wind from time to time, make this "iron wall city" even more mysterious and weird.

Looking at the "camp" in front of him, Wanyan Lou's room felt like he was being blinded. How was this thing made? Was the iron material of the Tianzhu Army overflowing? It was actually used to make such a big and useless thing...

...Wait a minute, this scene in front of me seems like something I heard from someone...

Gao Yong! Deputy commander of the Taiyuan Infantry Army, the only senior general who escaped in the Battle of Taiyuan. This person once mentioned that Tuhesu was defeated by a "Checheng" army when he was reinforcing Shouyang. The specific details of this "Checheng"

What it was like and how it was fought was not known because he did not see it with his own eyes. He only heard Tu He's quick retellings, which were unclear, so he did not know. Could it be that the walled city in front of him was...

Tu Nun, who personally went out to explore the enemy's situation, was running back from a distance with more than ten sentinels. He was sweating profusely and reported to Wanyan Lou's room: "Dushuai, that walled city is indeed made of genuine iron plates. The lower part

Hanging in the air, everything is like a wheel."

"It is indeed the 'Car City'!" Wanyan Loushi exclaimed.

Are you going to be defeated by this fortified city?

Wanyan Loushi and Wanyan Tuheshu have been old comrades for decades, and they fought together in the West Route Army. They admired the commanding ability and combat skills of this general who was called the "Dragon and Tiger King" in awe by the Song Dynasty.

The style is most obvious. Even he lost so miserably. It can be seen that this iron-walled car city is by no means easy to conquer. If you attack rashly before you have a clear understanding of the true situation, you will most likely incur immeasurable losses.

"Withdraw!" Wanyan Loushi thought about it again and again, and finally had to make this difficult decision. To say it was difficult is no exaggeration, it was equivalent to a slap in the face. Moreover, Zi Cheng had a confrontation with the Tianzhu Army.

At a disadvantage.

"Withdraw?" Tu Ni and the other cavalrymen looked at each other in confusion. They came with such a big fanfare, their swords were unsheathed, their bows were strung, their morale was high, and they were just waiting for the flowers to bloom - to put it harshly, they had already taken off their pants, just waiting.

He was still wearing his uniform...but he was waiting for such an order!

"Withdraw!" Wanyan Lou's deep eye sockets flashed with cold light, "Tu Ni, do you want to disobey me?"

"Don't you dare!" This five-strong, three-thick, fierce-looking golden general, in front of the old Wanyan Loushi, crouched down like a domestic dog.

Wanyan Loushi is not a person who lives up to his reputation. His fighting style is both brave and cautious, and he is good at discovering flaws and seizing opportunities. Like today, the feeling of being led by the nose from beginning to end, for a veteran general

Said, I have a bad feeling about such passive fighting.

Fighting, the winning rate is low. It is meaningless, and it seriously violates his original intention of prolonging the war. The sixth sense formed by many years of fighting is warning him that the best policy is to withdraw the troops as soon as possible. As for the issue of military morale, it is only

I was properly comforted when I was able to return.

However, Di Lie spent a lot of effort to lure the enemy out, and even transferred the female military battalion from Tianshu city to stage a drama of "inviting you to the urn". He had already caught the snake's tail, how could he allow it to slip back again?

The truth about caves?

The Loushi Army had just revealed its intention to withdraw its troops and turn back. The Tianzhu Army responded immediately, forming an iron-walled chariot city and immediately took action.

In the horrified eyes of Tu Ni and the three hundred cavalrymen who were monitoring the movements of the Tianzhu Army, the iron-walled chariot city began to perform a "hat trick": the iron plate rose and fell, the chariot array opened and closed, and not a single ghost could be seen.

In the car city, a large number of people suddenly appeared

Figures of people. Some were standing on the roof of the carriage pulling out iron plates, some were pushing the chariot, and some were running quickly from the city gate to retrieve the rejected horses... Nearly a thousand cavalry were surrounding the front of the chariot city, divided into two teams on the left and right, crossing

Shuttle and protect the safety of the changing car city.

The rumble of horse hooves and the billowing smoke quickly obscured the sight of Tu Ni and other Jin Army cavalry... After a while, the sound of horse hooves faded away, and the smoke and dust dissipated...

A huge car city actually moved its entire body, like an armored monster, crushing it fiercely.

Tu Ni has always felt that if his cavalry were replaced with good Hequ horses, put on uniforms, and the soldiers were covered with a layer of heavy armor, they would become an indestructible "iron pagoda" that could crush all armies in the field...

...However, looking at the moving castle in front of me, I suddenly felt that the Iron Pagoda was extremely weak - a war horse is still a war horse when it is put on a uniform, and a cavalry is still a cavalry when it is put on a vest. How can this flesh and blood body be compared with a steel tower?

Fortress collision?

"Back! Back! Back!" He suddenly didn't even notice it, and his voice changed its tone due to dryness and excessive tension.

In fact, there is no need to shout at the commander. War horses can feel the approaching danger better than people. The sense of oppression like a mountain or a wall, even a hundred feet away, makes it difficult for animals to breathe; and the heavy thunder and earthquake of rolling wheels,

Grass clippings, mud and rocks bounced strangely, making the chest feel tight, and the horses became restless and retreated repeatedly.

When the order to retreat was given, both the people and the horses were surprisingly consistent and coordinated. There was no need to whip the horses, and the horses were able to move as quickly as the wind.

As a result, Lou Shi's army on the other side of Liulinpu once again witnessed the scene they had just seen: hundreds of elite cavalry, panicked, with their helmets crooked, running back as if they had seen a ghost...

If Wanyan Loushi wants to withdraw his troops, he must first have troops to break off the rear to ensure that they will not be attacked during the withdrawal. If there are enemy troops chasing behind him, no matter how elite the army is, it is impossible to retreat calmly - it is simply impossible.

It's called a retreat, and it's almost like retreating.

After a sudden twist and three hundred cuts, the cavalry fled, directly exposing the side and back of Lou Shi's army. At this time, let alone safely withdrawing the troops, even if the troops were deployed slowly, there was a risk of the entire army collapsing.

Wanyan Loushi was shocked and angry. If he were replaced by another general with a rough temper, such as Oru, most of the time he would just kill the tunu without saying anything, but Wanyan Loushi obviously did not fall into this category. As a tutus

Twisted old boss, finished

Yan Loushi knew very well what kind of fierce general his subordinate was - he was a man who once attacked Xia State General Li Liangfu's thousands of troops with 200 cavalry, and finally the whole army was wiped out. He climbed out of the dead man and dared to die.

Such a fierce warrior led a cavalry with a hundred more cavalry than when he attacked the Xia Kingdom's thousands of troops that day. Yet he fled without fighting... If the enemy's strength was not too terrifying and completely irresistible, with his sudden personality, he would never

He did this to put the army in danger.

So, what is this amazing thing?

Before Wanyan Loushi had time to summon Tu Ni to come for detailed inquiry, he felt the ground tremble for a while, and the war horse under his crotch was restless, snoring and snoring. The horse's head kept swinging, and it was restless.

Not only the horses, but also the 8,000-strong army were in a commotion and panic. Suddenly a man shouted, and then more and more screams were heard. Thousands of people were rising and falling in terror, like a mountain wind and a tsunami. The sound shook the wilderness.

, the geese dispersed in fright.

Wanyan Loushi looked up. At this moment, as a commander, he was just as shocked as an ordinary soldier——

Iron City! A moving steel castle!

…

On the ninth day of October, at 2:00 noon, the Tianzhu Army and the Loushi Army were engaged in a duel at Liulinpu, ten miles away from the east bank of the Zhuozhang River.

The comparison of the strength of the two sides is as follows.

Tianzhu Army: The 4th Mixed Brigade has more than 3,500 people, including 2,300 combat soldiers; the 7th Mixed Brigade has a cavalry regiment and a full musketeer battalion, with 1,500 people.

Two hundred cavalry and auxiliary soldiers, the rest are all fighting soldiers;

The Tianjiao Women's Barracks has 500 troops. The total strength is more than 5,500, of which 4,100 are combat troops. The combat strength accounts for more than 70% of the total troops. This ratio of regular soldiers to auxiliary troops is the most common in Song and Jin Dynasties.

, or Xia, both are unique.

Loushi Army: 2,000 cavalry, calculated as one regular soldier, one auxiliary soldier, and one handyman, the regular soldiers should not exceed 800; 6,000 infantry, 2,000 regular soldiers, 2,000 Alixi, and 2,000 handymen, total

The total strength is eight thousand.

Here I have to talk about the Alixi of the Jin Army. Its nature is a bit like the trainee knights in the West. Although its combat effectiveness is not as good as that of the regular soldiers, it does have it. The ingredients of Alixi have the following sources: 1. The regular soldiers in the original Jin Army

, due to old age, physical weakness or injury and disability, reduced combat effectiveness, and failed to get into the status of a low-level officer, so he was demoted to Alixi; second, newly recruited recruits with no combat experience; third, non-Jurchen slave soldiers of all ethnic groups, eager to accumulate

He was promoted to a regular soldier for his military merits.

From this point of view, Ali Xi of the Jin Army is also a force that cannot be underestimated.

After screening and comparison, the total number of regular soldiers of the Loushi Army was five thousand, which was almost the same as that of the Tianzhu Army. This was an evenly matched showdown in terms of strength and combat effectiveness. The only thing that was not equal was the weapons and defenses of both sides.

Having been forced to this point, Wanyan Loushi can no longer avoid fighting. Since there is no way to avoid it, let's fight!

Once Wanyan Loushi decided to go to war, he immediately put aside all worries, devoted himself wholeheartedly, and went all out to fight well and win the battle.

This is the basic quality of being a commander.

The Loushi Army had to arrange its troops, and the Tianzhu Army also had to change its formation, changing the state of the main carriage to the state of the side carriage to expand the shooting surface and attack angle. At the same time, the expanded carriage city also had a negative impact on the enemy.

Greater psychological pressure.

Both sides are busy making preparations for war.

When two armies go to war, the most common approach is for the infantry to form a formation, and the cavalry to be released to explore the flaws in the opponent's formation, and to wait for opportunities to harass, lower the enemy's morale, and shake the enemy's position. The "appetizer" before such a battle is usually the Jin Army.

This is a patent. Because only the Jin Army has enough war horses and well-trained string control men. Lou Shi's West Route Army often did this, and many times used such "wolf tactics" with a small number of cavalry, destroying everyone.

Multiple Song armies.

This time, both armies had a large number of cavalry, but no one was released for routine harassment.

The reason for the Loushi Army is that the opponent is not a military formation at all, but an "iron cage city" where nothing can be seen and it is dazzling. All the old tricks of harassing, attacking, and shaking the position are useless. Release the cavalry,

Waste of horsepower, not only getting no battlefield information, but also being attacked by those terrible firearms, the gain outweighs the loss.

As for the Tianzhu Army, it is because there are more than ten telescopes on the watchtowers in all directions in the Checheng to observe the enemy's situation - one of them can clearly see the eyes and hair within five miles.

Precision optical instruments.

Every move of Lou Shi's army, as well as the arrangement of the cavalry and infantry on the left and right flanks, was visible to the discerning eye. Naturally, there was no need to send out cavalry, which was unnecessary.

The two armies were preparing nervously. Half an hour later, a long horn sound came from the Jin army's side, indicating that the formation was completed.

Under the banner of the Chinese army, Wanyan Loushi, a man in silver armor and iron helmet, sat in front of the screen with complete dignity. He ordered a hundred sergeants with loud voices to stand on the two tall sentry towers on the left and right and tell the whole army:

"Whoever captures the enemy chief Di Lie alive will be rewarded with a silver belt, promoted to the third level, and hereditary plot to defeat him!"

With such a huge reward, the golden soldiers suddenly became excited and kept hitting the side cards and breastplates with their swords and guns, making loud bang bang noises and shouting loudly.

"The military morale is available!" Wanyan Loushi smiled with satisfaction as he saw the boosted morale.

After a while, I saw a large group of soldiers huffing and puffing on the roof of the van in the opposite train city. They stamped hard on the thick plate of the roof, stepped on the rhythm, put their hands to their mouths, and shouted one, two, three——

"The military leader has an order. Anyone who captures and kills Yan Lou's house will be rewarded with a donkey and a piece of cloth!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian.com to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is
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