The soldiers have no constant momentum, and the water has no constant shape. But this is not only about the ever-changing changes in the form of war, but also the situation on the battlefield changes rapidly. It also requires the commander to respond in time and choose different tactics according to the changes in the situation. If you can flexibly and maneuver to take countermeasures according to the changes in the enemy situation, you are good generals and generals who use their troops as gods. If you stick to the rules, stick to the shortcomings, and copy them, you will definitely fail.

The formation was also not constant, even when facing the same battlefield situation. The Mongolian Yuan vanguard used infantry battles to attempt to break through the Song army's "folding formation". The battle was indeed very effective at the beginning. They made full use of the darkness of dawn and suddenly launched an attack during the period of poor vision. First, the change in combat methods made the Song army unable to make a correct judgment in time. First, the cold attack was made by one of them, which made the vanguard successfully break through the blockade line formed by heavy artillery.

In addition, the Yuan army had always used cavalry as the main force for charge, and its choice of terrain was very narrow and could not maneuver quickly in mudflats and paddy fields. They could only choose relatively open areas on both sides of the main road as the direction of attack. The Song army also used the main road as the key defense zone, with heavy troops to defend, so they were not prepared for other locations. Moreover, the artillery would also calibrate the firing points in advance on the enemy's attack route. It was found that the enemy did not need to spend a lot of time aiming when attacking, but just simply adjust the ignition and fire.

The infantry is different. They can use small paths in rice fields that are not conducive to cavalry operations to intersperse maneuvers, or they can use their small targets to sneak into the battlefield before the war. Therefore, Yuxi Timur's attack changed the attack location and chose a location with weak defense in the Song army. The Song army had to re-adjust the troops, re-calibrate the target, and even transfer the artillery position, which seemed to be slow in response.

It was precisely because of this short time difference that the Yuan army broke through the blockade of the Song army and successfully destroyed the refusal of horses, opening a gap in the Song army's defense line, making the progress very smooth at the beginning of the war. When Yuxi Timur saw the vanguard succeed, he immediately sounded the horn to urge the army to advance rapidly and expand the breakthrough. He quickly tore open a twenty-foot-wide opening. The "hard army" in front rushed forward to try to seize the fortifications of the Song army and seize the artillery position.

But just as the situation was in great shape, a sudden reversal occurred. The Song army on the position began to shoot. With the dense gunshots, their soldiers fell in large numbers and their attacks were frustrated. Yuxi Timur knew that when the Song reinforcements arrived, they would soon be driven away by the advantage of firearms and lose the opportunity to use the enemy to fight in close combat to weaken their firearms' advantage. So he immediately ordered the drums of war, so he ordered all the front troops to quickly press forward, fight with the enemy, consolidate the breakthrough, and rush into the depths of the enemy's positions.

Yuxi Timuer watched as his front army joined the war, more soldiers rushed into the breakthrough under the cover of crossbowmen. Although people were constantly shot and fell down, the firepower of the Song army was no longer enough to stop the incoming crowd. Therefore, although they still fought hard, the distance between the two sides quickly narrowed and they came into contact with each other, and soon fell into a melee.

At this time, the dense gunfire had been replaced by the shouts of hand-to-hand killing. What made Yuxi Timur even more excited was that the terrifying sound of cannons had not sounded, and in the cooler skylight, the Song army artillery had begun to move backwards as the side was constantly approaching. He understood that the two sides were fighting together, and the enemy artillery was afraid of throwing weapons and was afraid of accidentally hurting their own people.

And this is exactly what Yuxi Timuer hoped to see. He believed that without the suppression of artillery fire, the enemy would definitely not be the opponent of soldiers who were skilled in archery and horses and were good at melee combat. The collapse was already in front of him. At that time, his cavalry was thrown into the battlefield at the right time and poured down like a flood, chasing the fleeing enemy, driving them into the river, and thus shattering their conspiracy to encircle and annihilate him.

Then this decisive battle will become a battle to change the country's destiny. It not only breaks through the enemy's blockade, opens up the road to continue southward, but also defeats the main force of Jiangdong, the Southern Dynasty. With such an unimpeded future, the army can go straight to the south of the Yangtze River, break its capital, and capture the remnants of the Song Dynasty. The young emperor of the Southern Dynasty who lost the rear had crossed the Yellow River north, was still rootless duckweed and could not escape the fate of defeat.

Just as Yuxi Timuer was complacent and intoxicated with beautiful aspirations, the situation did not develop according to his vision. Although his soldiers fought with the enemy, they did not gain an overwhelming advantage in hand-to-hand combat as expected. The enemy soldiers did not lose the worst in close combat. Not only did they stabilize the formation after losing two lines of defense, they blocked their attempt to continue to expand the breakthrough and develop in depth, but also launched a local counterattack with the help of reinforcements, causing their attack to stagnate.

The subsequent battle was even more difficult. Both sides fought desperately. The archers on their sides were also careful of accidental injuries. They had already stopped shooting. They also picked up swords and guns to join the battle group when the battle was fierce. The Song army did not give in and formed a defensive line to fight with the Yuan army. When the front fell, the people behind immediately rushed up. Even in the crisis, some people ignited grenades and rushed into the enemy group and died together, exploding a bloody rain. The cavalry, as the assault force, was blocked by the infantry and could not participate in the battle. Instead, they became bystanders, wandering anxiously on the outer edge of the battlefield, looking for an opportunity to join the battle.

With the continuous joining of the Song army reinforcements, the battle became more cruel and fierce. Tens of thousands of people gathered on the front line to fight in a melee, shouting and killing sounds shook the sky, and the bodies on the battlefield were everywhere, and blood stained the river beach. Yuxi Timuer saw Wanyan Qi, who was commanding in front, changing his formation several times, launching attacks on the Song army's positions again and again, but was repelled again and again, and it was difficult to make another breakthrough. He could only continue to send troops to the battlefield in order to crush the opponent's defense line.

The melee lasted for nearly an hour and turned around. But what made Yuxi Timuer frustrated was that he could not stand it anymore. He retreated in a mess like a tide, and was driven out of the breakthrough by the Song army and restored his position. This shocked him. In his impression, the Song army rarely won the battle in close combat, and it was even more difficult to believe that his elite direct troops were defeated in the battle they were best at.

You should know that Wanhu, the grandfather of Yuxi Timur, was personally led by Borshu, who was one of the four Mongolian masters. It can also be said to be a veteran troop of Genghis Khan. He followed Temujin to defeat the Mongolian tribes and unify Mongolia. Later, he destroyed Khwarezm and attacked Western Xia and destroyed the Jin Kingdom, and he had his own battles. He can be regarded as one of the most elite troops of the Yuan Dynasty.

Since the expedition, Wanhu, the right hand, has always been the guarding central army and used as the general reserve team. Yuxi Timuer was preparing to use this sharpest sharp knife at the critical moment of attacking Lin'an. However, because it was difficult to break through the Song army's obstacles for a long battle, he had to use it in advance. In one battle, not only were he defeated, but he also suffered heavy losses. The more than 500 warriors who were incorporated into the "hard army" of the sharp knife were killed, and none of them survived; the vanguard army that followed him also suffered heavy casualties, almost crippled, and one thousand commanders were killed, and more than ten centuries were left on the battlefield.

Yuxi Timuer really couldn't figure it out. He used elite troops, and they had the courage to be one and ten. The tactics he adopted were also correct. At first, it went smoothly and successfully broke through the defense line of the Song army and opened a breakthrough. In terms of equipment, they were also wearing heavy armor to stop the arrow stones, and were equipped with the weapons they were best at using. But why did they still fail? In fact, he was wrong from the beginning. He did defeat the Song army's stacked formation in the field battle, but that was also a success in a specific environment.

First of all, the purpose of the Song army to adopt overlapping formations was to resist the Jin cavalry in field battles, and the battlefield was also in the Sichuan-Shu plain and the Qinlong area with relatively flat terrain. The Jurchens used the tactics of dismounting the horse and fighting in order to break through the Song army's defensive fortifications structured by Lujiao, and then facilitate the cavalry to attack and fight. On the open terrain, they could choose the tactics of multi-point attack and focus on breakthroughs. The Jiangnan River restricted their choice of offensive routes and could not implement multi-point attacks to restrain the enemy's forces.

In addition, the choice of weapons was also a failure. The guns used by the heavy cavalry of the Jin army at that time were 12 feet long, which was longer than the long spears and swords used by the Song army, and they could have an advantage in close combat. The Mongolian cavalry was good at using bows and arrows and scimitars. Although they were also equipped with long spears, they were mainly used for hooking and belts, and the length was much shorter. In this attack, the soldiers of the vanguard army mostly used weapons such as scimitars, octagonal sticks, iron bones and short axes.

The Song army generally equipped muskets. Although the length is not long, the bayonet is about five and a half feet long, which is much longer than the scimitars of the Mongolian cavalry. In close-fitting battles, it is difficult to attack the "short gun" because of its short length and slash it closely. The assassination speed of the "short gun" is much faster than the slashing action of the big knife. Moreover, the more people, the more obvious the advantage of the "short gun" is.

The Song army used muskets, which were more powerful than crossbows. The iron heavy armor was almost impossible to penetrate by crossbows ten feet away, and the slightly thin chain mail could also protect most bows and arrows. However, muskets could pose a threat to them by simply enlarging the caliber. Even for armorless targets, if the bows and arrows were not shot in key parts or joints, it would be difficult to stop the enemy from continuing to fight under the action of adrenaline for several minutes. This was enough for them to kill several archers. The huge and rolling projectiles fired by the muskets, even if they were not critical parts, could also cause instant loss of combat capability.

In addition, during the attack, Mongolian soldiers wore heavy armor, which first led to slow progress and had to be hit by many guns to reach the range of close combat. Secondly, in order to break through the blockage of muskets, they had to use dense formation to advance, which meant that the "target" was large, and the hit rate of musket soldiers was significantly improved, which made the heavy armored infantry cavalry push their core combat power in front of the bayonet and suffered huge casualties...
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