Chapter 273 Wu Song: Everyone present is garbage
Although Wu Song had only 3,000 men under his command, they were the elite among the elite of the Liangshan army.

After two years of unsparing efforts in management, the three thousand heavy infantrymen are all disciples of "Hongmen", and their loyalty is beyond doubt.

In addition, through years of high-intensity training and large amounts of meat as a supplement, each of them has reached the threshold of refining essence, and even most of the centurions have achieved some success in refining essence.

Once you enter the threshold of refining essence, your physical fitness will be greatly improved. With armor weighing more than 60 kilograms and weapons weighing more than 30 kilograms, you can run ten miles in one breath.

Such heavily armored soldiers would be like an iron tower wherever they stood.

Not to mention light cavalry, even heavy cavalry would find it difficult to shake the hedgehog formation of heavy infantry that was like a forest of long spears.

Wu Song had eighteen personal soldiers, and he personally selected the heroes whose souls were born in the year of tiger, and named them "Eighteen Tiger Soldiers"!
Among them, those who have names in the book are "Winged Tiger" Lei Heng, "Sick Bug" Xue Yong, "Jumping Tiger" Chen Da, "Blue-Eyed Tiger" Li Yun, "Flying Tiger" Hu Cheng, and the other thirteen tigers are all young tigers. Although they do not have the strength of Disha, with the blessing of Wu Song's soul talent, they are enough to fight against Disha.

With the Eighteen Tiger Warriors working together with the "Subduing Tiger Arhat" Wu Song, who on land can defeat them?
"Give the order, march out. Go straight to the enemy camp!"

On the second day after Guan Sheng's army arrived, Wu Song issued an attack order as soon as the camp landed on the bank of the Yellow River.

Heavy infantry has a big weakness. Excessively heavy armor will lead to a decrease in movement speed and faster consumption of physical energy. It is not suitable for tasks such as pursuit, reconnaissance, and harassment. It is also difficult for them to withdraw from the battlefield in time when they are defeated.

They are still in a passive position in the battle with cavalry, which requires a high level of group strength. If they lose their group advantage, they will inevitably suffer a fatal blow.

In other words, normal heavy infantry can only passively defend in field battles and find it difficult to take on active attack tasks.

But the 3,000 Tiger Guards under Wu Song's command were not normal heavy infantry. He had to attack Guan Sheng's Hebei army of 15,000 men head-on.

Break it in one fell swoop!
Wu Song gave the order, and the captain quickly organized the combat instructions. Under the scolding of the centurion, the squad leaders and sergeants led their soldiers into action.

The three thousand infantrymen were divided into three groups, and the front army was equipped with armor to resist the enemy's sneak attacks.

The central and rear armies were pulled by horses, carrying armor, weapons, and crossbows and were in a safe central area.

There were also scouts to spy on the enemy's movements.

Wu Song's action could naturally not be hidden from Guan Sheng and Li Cheng on the other side of the river.

"I thought Wu Song was very capable. He crossed the river with heavily armed infantry to fight. How much strength would he still have after crossing the wide Yellow River? It's a pity that the Yellow River has dried up, otherwise we could have attacked him halfway across the river."

"Hahahaha, our army has 15,000 people against 3,000. The advantage is on my side!"

"No need to wait for him to come ashore. I will lead my elite troops to defeat the enemy."

In front of the cavalry, the heavy infantry was like a turtle that passively took a beating, even though this turtle was covered with barbs. But neither Guan Sheng nor Li Cheng took these three thousand men seriously.

None of them would have thought that these three thousand men could wear heavy armor, trek ten miles, and still be able to fight.

"The enemy has only a cup of tea to reach the battlefield!"

"The central and rear troops are in armor! Replace the front troops and meet the enemy!"

On the north bank of the Yellow River, two thousand infantrymen who had been resting for a long time began to dress themselves. With the help of each other, in just three to five minutes, the fully armed heavy infantry took over the slightly depleted front army and formed a battle formation.

This kind of speed, this kind of coordination, this kind of action, who in the world can do it?

Wu Song, wearing heavy armor, led the 18 Tiger Guards and stood at the front of the formation. He looked at the officers and soldiers under the "Guan" flag, which seemed to have no end, and smiled with narrowed eyes:
"The leader's surname is Guan, and he really thinks he is the reincarnation of Guan Yu. Even if Guan Yu were alive, he would fall flat on his face under my sword."

At this time, another flag with the word "Suo" appeared on the other side, and the vanguard Suo Chao took the lead with a golden axe in his hand.

"Suo Chao, the vanguard of Daming Prefecture!"

"Hehe!" Wu Song waved his arm, and all the leaders under his command began to issue combat orders calmly.

On both sides, thousands of cavalrymen charged forward. The feeling of huge waves and the rumbling sound of horse hooves really made any infantryman feel despair.

The cavalry is powerful, more powerful than imagined.

Although the horses of the Song Dynasty were not very good, they were still horses.

But these three thousand infantrymen did not move at all. In an instant, the one thousand front army infantrymen who retreated to the rear all lay on the ground, raised the foot-operated crossbows in their hands and shot crossbow arrows one after another.

They did not look at where the crossbow arrow fell, but tightened the crossbow string with their feet and continued shooting. The angle and number of crossbow arrows for each shooting were fixed.

The crossbow arrow whizzed into the sky, and after reaching the highest point of its power, it began to fall rapidly. The whistling sound was like the breath of the god of death, covering the area where the enemy cavalry would attack.

The cavalry were very fast, and after leaving a pile of corpses on the ground, they passed the range of the first round of crossbow fire.

The ground was filled with smoke and dust, covering the way forward.

On the galloping horse, the face of Guan Sheng, the "Big Knife", gradually became clear.

"put!"

Captain Zhu Tong looked coldly at the officers and soldiers who had appeared in his field of vision. He suddenly raised his hand, and immediately a general shouted loudly.

The powerful crossbows in the hands of the infantrymen in the front all made a buzzing sound at the same time.

At the same time, the cavalrymen under Guan Sheng raised their bows and crossbows and shot a round of arrows at Wu Song.

But those weak crossbow arrows collided with the solid armor without even producing a spark.

The next second, the heavily armored infantry raised their spears diagonally with the butts of their spears touching the ground, forming a hedgehog-like spear formation on the bank of the Yellow River, just as they had trained in their daily routine.

If someone retreated a little, he would be scolded by the sergeant.

A truly invincible soldier cannot be trained alone; he needs to go through real wars and the test of blood and fire.

The Three Thousand Steps experienced a bloody battle for the first time.

But the close combat did not occur. Guan Sheng led his cavalry to turn a corner and passed in front of the spear formation.

The light cavalry's method of combat is mounted archery, using the speed of the horse to shoot the arrows in their hands, then moving at a distance, loading the crossbow, and firing another round.

Unfortunately, Guan Sheng's soldiers were not well equipped. Although the Shenbi Crossbow was powerful, with a maximum range of 600 meters and could penetrate iron armor, they had no funds to equip themselves with it.

Those old crossbows and weak bows could not break the defense of heavy armor.

If we can't break the defense, we can only accept the counterattack of the heavy infantry.

The crossbows of Liangshan were far superior to those of the officers and soldiers in terms of both range and power.

At this time, the "vanguard" Suo Chao had arrived, but like Guan Sheng, he did not dare to face the hedgehog-tortoise formation of the heavy infantry.

"Listen to my orders!"

Wu Song raised his voice, and his powerful voice resounded across the north bank of the Yellow River: "Target, enemy camp. Rest for an incense stick of time every three miles. The front, middle and rear armies will take turns to change guard. The enemy is all paper tigers. Guan Sheng, the Great Sword, Li Cheng, the Heavenly King, and Suo Chao, the Vanguard, are all garbage in front of my Tiger Guards..."

(End of this chapter)