Southern Song Dynasty military god

Chapter 556
In the sequence of Jin Bing, there is actually no such strange title as "kidnapping horse". This is just the name given by the Song people to the cavalry units of Jin Bing according to their own understanding. Don't think that in the Jin Army The existence of the "kidnapper horse" sequence.

As the peak period of the cold weapon era, the army of each country and nation has its own characteristics. Take the Jurchen clan as an example. Like the later Mongolian army, they are also an army composed of ethnic minorities, but they are not actually Are not the same.

Some people may think that the Jurchens should be very similar to the Mongols, but this is not the case.The Mongolian people live on pure grasslands, and they are a nomadic people from the bottom of their hearts.Therefore, in the early days of the Mongolian army, there were almost no infantry. Their so-called infantry were just dismounted cavalry.

This kind of army configuration determines the combat style of the Mongolian army coming and going like the wind, and at the same time makes them lack the hardware conditions to attack fortified cities.

However, the Jurchen Jin clan is different.

In their historical records, the Jurchens said that they were warriors who came out of the harsh environment of "black mountains and white waters". From this sentence alone, it can be seen that the Jurchens did not actually live entirely in the grasslands For the nations above, before their rise, "black mountains and white waters" was their homeland. May I ask whether it is mountains or waters, can they gallop wildly?

Therefore, although the army of the Jurchen Jin Kingdom has a very powerful cavalry unit, its main force is still infantry. Some historians once believed that the "Iron Buddha" that appeared in the biography of the novel should be the heavy armor of the Jin soldiers. Infantry, not heavy cavalry.

It should be said that there is some basis for this kind of belief, but there is no sufficient reason. People who hold this view always make judgments based on the productivity level of the Jin country at that time, thinking that the Jin people have no ability or financial resources to arm themselves. A troop of cavalry.

But in fact, this kind of statement is not rigorous. We cannot use the thinking of living under the socialist system to measure the productivity of a country in the era of feudal emperors. In order to achieve its strategic goals, the Kingdom of Jin will naturally launch a powerful state machine. This is the reason It's easy to understand. It's completely understandable when you think about what crazy things the Germans did during World War II.

The Iron Buddha exists, and it is also the peak state of the cavalry in this era. It can be said that at this time, if the Iron Buddha cavalry of the Golden Army is brought down in Europe, it is enough to sweep the entire Europe, and it will not be a problem three times.

Of course, there are advantages and disadvantages in everything, and the material consumed to build the Iron Buddha is undoubtedly an astronomical figure. At the same time, even though the Iron Buddha is powerful, it also has its own weaknesses.In fact, after the Jurchens formally became an army, the cavalry units gradually developed, and the first to become the main force of the cavalry was the armed cavalry called "kidnapped horses" by the Song people, and the cavalry wearing simple defensive armor.

When fighting frontally, the Jin soldiers usually put the infantry in the middle of the formation, and put the cavalry on the two wings of the team. When the battle starts, the cavalry on the two wings will take actions such as harassment, encirclement and suppression, and pursuit according to the situation. .

This kind of combat mode has been used by the Jin soldiers all the time, and it is ever-changing, but it cannot be changed. It is precisely because Yue Fei is good at exploring and summarizing that he has created a targeted team for this style of fighting in the Jin soldiers. Only in the battle with the Kingdom of Jin can he gain the upper hand for a long time, and win every fight.

Among the Yue Family Army, those belonging to the cavalry sequence, one of them is the Beiwei Army led by Yue Yun, and the other is the Cruising Horse Army. Among these two cavalry troops, the Beiwei Army is a comprehensive force that is powerful both on horseback and on horseback. The cruising horse army is a pure cavalry team, which was formed by Yue Fei to fight against the Kingdom of Jin.

On these two teams, Yue Fei spent a lot of manpower, material resources and energy, and the conditions in all aspects are the best, which also means that these two teams are also the most fierce and tenacious when fighting.When the golden soldiers launched their kidnapped horses, Yue Fei would let the Beiwei army and the cruising horses go up to the top, not only to resist the golden soldiers' kidnapped horses, but also to be able to hit the kidnapped horses hard, thus shaking the whole Jin soldiers' army. Let their morale float!

The real decisive victory on the frontal battlefield, whether it is the Jin Dynasty or the Southern Song Dynasty, is still placed on the ground, that is, on the infantry confrontation.In this regard, the people of the Song Dynasty once had a concept that the physical fitness of the southerners was far inferior to that of the northerners. Even if the cavalry was not mentioned, it would take two southerners to stand up to the frontal confrontation of the infantry alone. live a northerner.

In fact, not so.The strength and weakness of the southerners and the northerners are not as described by the generals of the Song Dynasty who talked about military affairs on paper.As the saying goes, the brave wins when you meet on a narrow road. If you are short in stature, the people in Bashu are far inferior to the northerners, even the people in the Central Plains. However, the bravery of the Sichuan army is an indisputable fact in history.

Moreover, when fighting with a large army, individual power is insignificant in the sea of ​​people. Excellent formation changes, rigorous positioning, and strict discipline are the decisive factors in the outcome of a war.

It just so happens that Yue Fei is good at training troops, because he leads by example and can make the army fight against the enemy, so he can build a victorious army.

It's not surprising that Jin Wushu can't be used in front of the Yue family's army. After years of exploration, Yue Fei has gradually formed a complete set of training and leading models. There will be such precious books as "Wu Mu's Suicide Notes".

It should be said that as a famous general of Yue Fei's generation, Han Shizhong did not lose to Yue Fei.One of the big reasons why Yue Fei is more famous than Han Shizhong is that Yue Fei died at the hands of his own people.

Han Shizhong became famous earlier than Yue Fei, and his feats in fighting against the Jin people's southern invasion are not inferior to Yue Fei's. At least it can be proved that he has the ability to train and lead troops that is not inferior to Yue Fei.Han Shizhong, who was already very powerful, suddenly transitioned from the era of cold weapons to hot weapons. At the beginning, Han Shizhong was still a little uncomfortable.

In this expedition to deal with the Jin soldiers, Liu Wei considered that Han Shizhong did not know how to use hot weapons, and the number of artillery was limited, so he did not equip Han Shizhong with artillery. All of them were musketeers, including [-] cavalry.

At the beginning, Han Shizhong, the commander in chief, was very passive, just because he, the commander in chief, didn't know as much as the most grassroots officers below.Fortunately, Han Shizhong is good at learning and accepts teachings with an open mind. As the team advances, he has a deeper understanding of the army that uses firearms.

The sporadic Southern Song troops encountered on the road, whether they were infantry or cavalry, became Han Shizhong's training targets. He went to the front line in every battle, talked less, watched more, and listened more. What reminded him is that after each battle, the senior generals of the central government will be called to hold a summary meeting to judge the gains and losses of the battle and continuously improve their command level.

By the time he actually met Jin Bing head-on, Han Shizhong had grown from a theoretical commanding general to a general who was truly familiar with the hot-weapon combat mode.

However, Jin Bing didn't know what kind of army they were facing. As soon as they came up, they put on the usual offensive mode, but they didn't know that Han Shizhong already knew the basics of their tactics.Even when commanding a relatively backward army with cold weapons, Han Shizhong was not afraid of the golden soldiers, let alone now?
At the beginning of the battle, Han Shizhong divided the cavalry team into two and placed them on both sides of the team. He knew that the Jinren would be manipulated like this, and he just wanted to fight a face-to-face tough battle with the Jinren!
When the infantry of the Jin army began to charge forward, the musketeers on Han Shizhong's side had already formed a loose shooting formation, and at the same time, the soldiers in charge of assisting took out huge shields!

The shield can block the arrows thrown by the golden soldiers for the shooting soldiers, so that the soldiers can focus more on aiming and shooting, and improve the efficiency of killing the enemy.

When the golden infantry stepped into the range of the muskets, the battle really started!

Gunshots rang out in one piece. For Liu Jiajun's side, the sound was as sweet as the sounds of nature, but for the Jinren, it was the sound of death urging from hell!

The crude armor of Jinbing could not resist the penetration of metal bullets at all. The broken shrapnel rushed left and right in the body, tearing muscles and shattering bones, bringing intense pain and death to those who were shot!
Rows of gunshots meant row after row of golden soldiers casualties. When the front of the golden infantry camp fell row after row like cutting wheat, the generals of the golden soldiers panicked!
They stopped the infantry from moving forward, waved their flags, and let the kidnappers on both wings attack, trying to kill those Song soldiers who were kneeling or squatting and holding fire-breathing pipes to the ground!

However, how could Han Shizhong let Jin Bing's abacus start?With the sound of the horn, the cavalry team, which had already been prepared, attacked before the kidnapper horse!Liu Wei started to prepare the racecourse many years ago. In the past two years, he has bred countless horses with excellent bloodlines for the Liu family army. In addition, after using muskets, the load on the horses is much lighter than using cold weapons. Therefore, in fact, Liu Jiajun’s Cavalry, both in speed and maneuverability, are far stronger than kidnappers!
Although Han Shizhong's cavalry would not charge head-on against the kidnapper's horse like the wolf cavalry led by Yang Zaixing, the muskets used by these cavalry could ensure that they would swim and shoot outside the range of the kidnapper's horse's bow and crossbow, causing serious damage to the golden soldiers. Injury, this kind of super long-range attack ability, brought Jin Bing a huge psychological impact.

The kidnapper chased after him, couldn't catch up, stopped, couldn't stop, wanted to fight from a distance, but the bow and crossbow in his hand were not as far away as others, how could such a battle be fought?
Even if the kidnapper wanted to let go of the cavalry and go straight to Han Shizhong's infantry, the rows of muskets were not vegetarian either!
After a row of gunshots, the kidnapped horse rushing to the front often fell down with the horse and man, and the result became an obstacle to stop the compatriots behind. In this way, the speed advantage of the cavalry could not be reflected at all.

It should be said that when Han Shizhong led this 5-strong army to fight against the Jin soldiers, Liu Wei's minions, who had been silent for many years, really surfaced.
(End of this chapter)