Chapter 122: Engagement
The inner city of the Jinning army was in a mess, and countless siege machinery, rolling stones, and even pots and pans, burdens and clothes were thrown everywhere.
Seeing Xu Huiyan come out, the soldiers in the village all stepped aside and let the main general go first.
"Hurry up and let people clean it up, it's a mess!"
Xu Huiyan frowned, took the sergeant, and climbed the east city wall. Seeing the Jin soldiers who were retreating outward, they couldn't help but shout loudly.
"Shoot all the feather arrows in your hand! The Loyal Army has arrived, and they still keep it for nothing!"
The soldiers woke up from a dream, hurriedly opened their bows and arrows, and fired desperately.
Arrows were like locusts, and the sound of "poof" arrows entering the body sounded one after another, and there were constantly Jin soldiers who were shot to the ground in the process of retreating, even some Jurchen cavalry were not spared.
Inside and outside the city wall, densely packed, are all corpses, layer upon layer, and the corpses of the two armies are full of arrows, like hedgehogs.
Outside the eastern city, the Song soldiers were in strict formation, there were all foot and cavalry, the military appearance was solemn and neat, and the golden soldiers came on horseback, and they went straight to the Song army's big array.
Seeing that the Jin soldiers were so arrogant, with only two or three hundred horsemen, they dared to attack their thousand-person array, Niu Gao was furious and rode out.
At a distance of less than three miles, the two armies quickly collided together, and under the collision of flesh and blood, the men and horses fell to the ground one after another, and the screams and shouts of killing suddenly sounded shockingly.
There are no feathered arrows galloping, only face-to-face hard chisels, no kindness and friendliness, only cold and hard hearts, and bloody fights.
A Jurchen knight smashed a stick on the head of the Song soldier opposite, the helmet sank a few inches, and almost at the same time, Song Bing's spear was thrust into the throat of the Jurchen knight. Both sides were planted under the horses almost simultaneously.
Another Song soldier slashed the head of a golden soldier with a knife, and before he had time to be happy, he was stabbed off his horse with a spear by a Jurchen knight on the opposite side.
A golden general is extremely fierce and powerful, and the spear in his hand is two feet long. He swept out with his spear, smashed two Song knights under his horse, and then stabbed his spear into the chest of one of the Song soldiers, pushing him all the way under the horse. In the mournful shouts of the Song soldiers, General Jin drew his spear and stabbed forward, resulting in the lives of the Song soldiers.
Niu Gao smashed over a Jurchen knight, and when he saw that the golden general with a spear in his hand was so arrogant, Niu Gao was furious, and slapped his horse to meet him.
The two spears intersected, sparks flew everywhere, and the general rode the spear too long to grasp, and was knocked out of the air, smashing a deserted war horse. The general picked up the flail on the horse, hugged his head and covered his face, and smashed it towards Niu Gao.
Niu Gao blocked it with a hammer, his wrist was numb, and the two were evenly matched.
The two fought a few times, Niu Gao rose up, the right mace held the golden general's flail, and the left mace smashed on the opponent's war horse's head.
The horse was in pain, unable to hold it up, and fell to the ground with a cry of grief. General Jin was caught off guard and was stunned.
Niu Gao stepped forward immediately, and the bolt-like iron shovel smashed on the back of the golden general. Niu Gao's iron shovel, with a force of 1,000 catties, directly smashed the heart and lungs of the golden general and damaged the internal organs. Niu Gao gasped slightly, and walked towards the place where there were many Jin soldiers.
Xu Huiyan was born as a martial champion, and when he saw Niu Gao slashing in the fighting array, he couldn't help but blurt out: "It's really the evil of the ancients!"
The Song soldiers of Jialu Village, who were lucky enough to escape and were undecided, all opened their eyes wide and looked at the tragic battle outside the city.
The Jurchen knights are certainly ferocious, and the Song army is even more fearless of death.
The Jurchen knights were shocked. originally wanted to break up the battle formation of the Song soldiers, but who knew that after a bloody battle, they couldn't advance half a step.
The Song soldiers were not afraid of death, and their fighting style was all defeats and injuries, and they all died together. With such a tragic fight without you and me, who is not cold!
The Jurchens are not as large as the Han people, who add up to a million, and there are only a few hundred thousand who can fight, while the Han people have as many as 10 million. If you fight like this, it is the Jurchens who suffer.
In the Jurchen array, a group of Jurchen knights sat on their horses, surrounded by a Jurchen general wearing silver armor, and looked forward carefully.
Seeing that the Jurchen cavalry suffered heavy casualties, a Jurchen thousand household chief said distressedly: "Bo Lu Huo, let the warriors withdraw, let Han'er rush for a while!"
Ming Jin withdrew his troops, and the Jurchen knights turned their horses and left, quickly leaving the battlefield. With a wave of Niu Gao's iron mace, the knights under his command slowly retreated and withdrew from the battle formation.
In the cavalry battle just now, the loyal army lost 100 knights, which is not tragic.
Niu Gao returned to his own camp and shouted loudly: "Array, prepare for battle!"
The sky was overcast, but on the bank of the Yellow River was thousands of troops and horses, a neat phalanx, two battalions of cavalry swept left and right, and the military flag with the word "Song" was waving in the wind. In addition to Niu Gao's right army of 2,500 people, 300 artillery people, and 300 grenadiers, there are more than 1,000 guerrilla troops who are separated from each other to sweep the formation.
The dense drums sounded, and the Song army clenched the weapons in their hands one after another, concentrating, and preparing for the upcoming battle.
Liu Weiwei, who was already the commander of the first battalion, shouted and commanded the gunners.
"Check the artillery, confirm that the bore and hole are dry, and quickly load the shells and primers!"
The military order was given, and the gunners methodically began to reload the ammunition, and again pressed the lead shot with iron shots.
After carefully checking to make sure that everything was correct, Liu Wei stood behind the artillery, and as required by the tactical action, the artillery formed a straight line.
Xu Huiyan was secretly surprised, although he didn't know what the use of this little straight pipe was, but the faint muzzle of the door made him shiver inexplicably.
Bo Luhuo turned his head and said to Dong Hu and Li Wei and Shi Yun, who had just returned to obedience, in blunt Chinese: "General Dong, General Li, General Shi, you take the Han'er to rush first and try Song Gou's hypocrisy."
Li Wei and Shi Yun glanced at each other, and they both looked at each other. The Song army had a neat lineup, and the cavalry swept the formation, and the murderous spirit was vigorous. As soon as the two voted for the Jurchens, they were pushed to the front desk as cannon fodder.
The Han army's commanders, Dong Hu, and the generals of the Yisheng Army were also pale. Although the siege of the city and the village along the way was quite smooth, it was the Han'er who rushed to the front, and the Han'er was also the one who suffered heavy casualties. If Han'er cowered, he would be shot mercilessly by the Jurchens.
When the military order was issued, everyone was helpless, so they had to nod their heads and say, "The villain obeys the military order!"
As soon as the horse arrived, the sergeant arrived, turned over and dismounted, knelt down on one knee and saluted: "Deputy Dutong, northwest of Jialu Village, the Song army is coming to Jialu Village, it seems that there are thousands of people and horses." There are also thousands of Song soldiers in the north, occupying the dangerous place north of Jialu Village, as if they want to block the road to the north!"
Boluhuo has experienced countless battles, and even if he thinks about it with his ass, he knows that the Song army will be surrounded on three sides, leaving only the dry Jialu River in the southeast to retreat.
"Check it out again!"
Bolu finally gave the military order.
Dong Hu and Li Wei glanced at each other, and they were all relieved.
Xu Huiyan stood on the city wall and shouted loudly: "Brother Li Wei, Brother Shi Yun, the two of you are forced to surrender to the enemy. As long as the two of you can abandon the darkness and turn to the light, we will not blame the past!"
Hearing Xu Huiyan's words, Jin Bing pressed his hand on the handle of the knife and clenched the spear. As long as Li Wei and Shi Yun make the slightest move, they will immediately start killing.
Li Wei smiled bitterly and said loudly: "Wu Zhuangyuan, don't waste your efforts!" If you want to borrow a knife to kill, let's meet on the battlefield!"
Xu Huiyan saw that his words had no effect, and said hatefully: "It's a pity that you can't kill these two traitors!"
Bolu Huo looked in the northwest direction, a few miles away with flags waving, spears like a forest, countless war horses, the big "loyal and righteous army" on the flag, "Song" words one after another. Countless Song soldiers were in unison, coming forward along the Jialu River, and when they arrived at a place three miles away from the village, they camped in formation, square to the extreme, and vaguely numbered five thousand.
The Song army occupies the terrain of the Jialuchuan River, and even if it captures the other side, it is an endless hill, with nowhere to go, it is simply a Jedi.
To the northwest and northeast, the Song army was eyeing the tiger. Crossing the Jialu River in the southeast, it is the Suide army, which is already the Jurchen world.
Bo Luhuo's face was pale, and his heart was on fire. It has always been the Jurchen iron riding the world, slaughtering the Song army like pigs and dogs, today these Song troops are so arrogant, they want to fight against him and fight in the field!
For a long time, the Song soldiers were all bloodless and bloodless, and perhaps these Song soldiers were the same, tough on the surface, but in fact vulnerable.
Bolu fire struck the horse forward, and countless Jurchen knights waved the weapons in their hands, making a shout of mountains and tsunamis, just waiting for him to give an order to tear through the Song soldiers in front of him.
Bo Luhuo let out a long breath, drew his long knife, and shouted loudly, "Attack!"
Countless war horses galloped out, the Jurchen knights on the horses were all hideous-looking, the front row were all heavy armored cavalry wearing heavy armor, holding a long cavalry spear of about a zhang, and the light armored cavalry in the back was a bow and arrow, eyeing the tiger. The iron hooves of the war horses galloped, and there were two thousand, and the fierce gods rushed towards the position of the Song army.
Dozens of steps by the Jialu River, the Song army has a complete infantry formation, sword and shield hands in front, pikemen in the back, and cavalry in the two wings. The Jurchen iron cavalry rolled in, and the Song army stood still, silent.
"Steady!"
In the battle array, the officers with angry eyes shouted loudly and walked back and forth, watching the soldiers' every move.
Seeing the Jurchen Iron Rider rolling in, Yang Jin couldn't help but secretly regret it, he knew that he was not afraid of trouble, and brought the crossbow bed and the divine arm bow over.
Seeing that the Song army was silent in the face of the Jurchen cavalry array, Bo Luhuo couldn't help but widen his eyes.
Could it be that these foot soldiers of the Song army can really fight against the invincible Jurchen iron cavalry?
Shi Yun, Li Wei and others watched in the army. Seeing that the Song army's formation was not chaotic and the spears were like a forest, he couldn't help but sweat in his palms and clenched his fists.
Dong Hu frowned and said, "Two brothers, do you two know where this Song Army came from?"
"Dong Tong, this is the Hedong Loyal and Righteous Army, and it is the elite of the Great Song Dynasty. The main general Wang Song, nicknamed "Saibawang", has the courage of ten thousand people, and is extremely brave!"
"The two of you are no longer Song people, don't forget your identity!"
Dong Hu was also taken aback, and then sank his face. Li Wei and Shi Yun's expressions immediately dimmed.
Dong Hu glanced ahead, shook his head and said, "The Jurchens are about to change formations, and the Song army is afraid that it will be miserable!"
On the battlefield, the Jurchen iron cavalry suddenly divided into two groups and rushed towards the two wings of the Song army. The Jurchen knights are skilled in equestrian skills and well-trained, and they are born warriors on horseback, and Dong Hu also has straight eyes.
Thousands of troops and horses roared away, the ground trembled, Li Wei couldn't help but be a little anxious, the Song soldiers in front of him didn't move, were they scared stupid, waiting to be slaughtered?
The green flag in the Song army waved, the generals of the Song army roared loudly, the Song soldiers retreated backwards, and the Song cavalry on both wings turned their horses' heads and went backwards, messy and panicked.
Dong Hu shook his head and said: "After setting up a formation for a long time, it's still a showcase, it's useless, it's boring!"
He looked at Li and Shi, who were stunned, and said loudly: "Two, this is what you call the elite of the Great Song Dynasty, it's really embarrassing!"
Seeing Song Bing fleeing backwards, Bo Luhuo let out a breath. Cavalry field battles, Jurchen is invincible, how can these soft-footed ghosts be opponents.