The Song people had many strange fighting styles. Some of them broke up the army into small units. For example, an army of 5,000 people would be further divided into camps, each fighting on its own.
"A full-scale attack?"
It's not that the Song army was careless. After all, not every Song army unit was as well-trained as Zhang Kang's. For example, the quality of the Northern Army in Hebei Road was not as good as that of the Western Army in Shaanxi Road.
The soldiers galloped on their horses, shooting as they rode.
Xiao Ying's brows were still furrowed as he said, "I can't really explain it. I just wonder, do the Song people really think that a small force can delay our army's advance?"
If the command is not good and the correct tactics are not implemented in time, the Liao army will get close to them and they will be forced to engage in close combat.
The scout's panic quickly attracted the attention of many Liao soldiers.
Therefore, except for some Song army soldiers who were quick-witted and responsive, who would mount their horses and distance themselves to engage in guerrilla warfare immediately after a round of shooting, many Song army generals who were not very capable would easily come into close combat with the Liao army during the battle.
"Shoot, shoot!"
Unless the soldiers on war horses were immediately lined up and formed a battle formation, the accuracy of the muskets fired while galloping would be appalling.
"What?"
Yelu Zongzhen listened to the scout's words and nodded slightly. "As expected, the Song army is trying to delay us with a small force. We don't need to pay attention to them. Let the main force in the rear get rid of the Song army as soon as possible."
Because there is nothing to hesitate about. If he ignores the army behind him, wouldn't he lose half of his troops directly?
However, the Song Dynasty army reform had only been going on for two or three years, and the grass on the graves of many generals and nobles was already three feet high, so the speed of corruption was not that fast.
The scout shouted loudly, his throat almost hoarse.
"oh?"
"But there is no rout."
Gunshots rang out.
Since the Song army knew that a small force could not delay them, why did they send it out? Did the Song army really think that with just this small number of people, they could stop their large army?
Yelu Zongzhen laughed and said, "Perhaps this is just Fan Zhongyan's trick, to trick me into thinking he's launching a massive attack so I can return to rescue him. If we fall for it, the Song army can then calmly deploy their troops and engage us in the fields north of Xijin City."
The scouts galloped at full speed.
Even though the level of training increased after the army was restructured, many Northern troops were not as good at riding as the Western troops, so they were scattered widely during the pursuit and could not gather in time, thus encountering the attack of the Liao army.
Yelu Zongzhen frowned and was about to fall into deep thought.
As he finished speaking, he knelt on one knee, and it was clear how urgent the military situation was.
Xiao Ying didn't know what to say.
Although the Song army's surprise attack caught the Liao army off guard for a while, the Liao army gradually stabilized the situation in the chaos. Even though it was defeated by the Song army, it did not suffer an immediate large-scale defeat.
The only problem was that the entire area north of Xijin was in chaos. The Song army still had mid- and lower-ranking generals commanding their own troops, but the Liao army's command system had completely failed, and they were almost fighting on their own. Without reinforcements, defeat was inevitable.
(End of this chapter)
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