Chapter 601: Tragic Killing, Long River of Blood (2)

Winter nights are long.

When dusk fell, the sunlight on the horizon had quickly lost its color, and in the wind and snow, only the western sky was left a little white, and the endless snow reflected a bleak silver-gray in the faint light. The infantry was retreating, and then the sound of iron hooves was surging.

Suddenly, the flying snow lifted off a huge wall, and the ironclad heavy cavalry that rushed straight into the crowd, and the wave of the sword wall set off a black blood wave. The soldiers at the front tried to hold their ground, but their swords and guns struck the steel armor.

Fighting on the battlefield, there are some times, just like playing chess offense and defense, everyone has a chance to make a move.

The advancing cavalry was like an upturned iron plow, raging and slashing in the crowd, and the light cavalry followed closely behind, and then the infantry marched forward in the phalanx. And on the side of this advancing array, more than a thousand Jurchen cavalry who were running and widening the distance looked at this side, not daring to advance, they ran into the range of bows and arrows, and shot arrows at this side, and this side also fired back with arrows, neither side occupied the upper hand, this round of shooting, the results were almost nothing.

Qin Shaoqian turned his head to look at the distance of the Jurchen cavalry, and then brandished his steel knife: "Kill!" No need to change formations! Kill them all—"

And on the side of the Muhugang camp, Shu Liesu, who received the news, was slightly stunned for a moment: "What? Ironclad Heavy Riders? ”

In the mouth of the messenger, the Jurchen army, which attacked brazenly, hastily encountered a hard idea.

When the two warring sides rushed up, the cavalry leader Hu Zongxiu was in the first row of the queue, which should not have happened. However, firstly, Hu Zongxiu was a brave general, and secondly, the long-term victory made it almost customary for the Jurchens to chop melons and vegetables for the Wu Dynasty army. This made him very aggrieved - although he was kept here because of the strong combat effectiveness of the cavalry he led, in addition to the cavalry, most of the infantry who remained in the camp at this time were inferior soldiers at the bottom of the Jurchen army, and they were guarding the camp with these people. He was so suffocated that he couldn't do it.

You must know that in the Jurchen army, although there are a lot of cavalry and infantry, most of them are either used to clean up the battlefield and take some corner credit, or they are simply used to do coolies. Even moving goods and transporting things like that, their combat power is still much stronger than that of the same number of soldiers of the Wu Dynasty.

In short, Hu Zongxiu was very depressed, he led the cavalry, and took the brunt of the attack into the opponent's formation, and when he found that the opponent's cloak was all iron armor. It was too late to respond, and a large number of cavalry charged. In the first round, the Jurchen troops paid a heavy price unimaginable on weekdays. Hu Zongxiu himself was slashed from the shoulder to the chest, his figure was already burly and strong, and after shouting: "There is fraud, withdraw-" After that, there was no breath.

In the midst of such a charge, even those in the front heard the shout and wanted to change formation. It is already extremely difficult. The Jurchen cavalry's fighting spirit is extremely strong, since there is no way to retreat, they will break the other party with the strongest force, but in this fight that lasted for dozens of breaths, the Jurchen soldiers. Encountering an attack with the same strength as himself. Needless to say, the heavy cavalry was close to the formation, and it was almost impossible to cause damage to the opponent in a hurry, even if the opponent had a few heavy cavalry that were hit in the snow by the huge impact force, the damage caused by the opponent to his own side was several times as much.

If this was the case, the Jurchen cavalry would still be able to surround and kill the few heavy cavalry with the combat power and willpower of a large number of cavalry, but when the light cavalry combat was carried out for a moment in the dense exchange, the Jurchen elite had already realized that something was wrong. The army of the Wu Dynasty in front of him, even if it is the same light cavalry, almost maintains the same will to fight as his own side, although his personal combat strength is still lacking in one way or another, but the opponent's sword swing and advance are extremely firm, which is the primary characteristic of becoming an elite army - in the case of this will, even if they experience a large number of casualties, they often will not flee.

The Jurchens have experienced a large number of battles in the past few months, and the reason for their victory lies in this: 10,000 cavalry against tens of thousands of infantry, the first round of impact, the casualties of both sides, the gap is not large, the cavalry casualties are one or two hundred, and the infantry casualties are three or four hundred. However, as long as the first round is over, the casualties of the Jurchen elite cavalry will plummet, and the infantry who are broken through the first round of defenses by a frontal assault will encounter a massacre.

And even when cavalry is opposed, it is often the same. There were cavalry in the Wu Dynasty, and because the cavalry was not easy to form, they often experienced a lot of training, but when the psychological defense was broken in the first round of charge, these Wu Dynasty cavalry would also become the object of pursuit and hunting. In the large-scale military operations in the era of cold weapons, the real most important thing is willpower, and if this point cannot be equalized, other factors basically do not need to be considered.

In the battle of Hubu Dagang, if the 20,000 Jurchen soldiers were not 800,000 Liao troops, but 800,000 earth dogs, they would probably be defeated by the Jurchen side. When the morale of the army collapses on the battlefield and an avalanche effect is formed, people are inferior to dogs.

The Jurchen soldiers in the battle array at this time may not be able to say this clearly, but after experiencing the successive killing arrays, their sensitivity to battle is still extremely high. Hu Zongxiu's death led to their slight hesitation, but the lieutenant general who was under Hu Zongxiu realized that something was wrong and immediately issued the order to retreat. At this time, many grassroots officers in the Jurchen cavalry had already begun to lead the retreat.

More than 500 Jurchen soldiers were slaughtered in blood after suddenly encountering this Wu Dynasty army.

The retreating 1,500 men still maintained the will to fight, and under the leadership of Hu Zongxiu's deputy, Talai, the Jurchen cavalry began to move to the side, trying to attract the attention of the other party, and at the same time sent an informant to inform the infantry to retreat, and to inform the large battalion to be on guard, but they then found that the Wu Dynasty army did not change course to pursue, they went straight to the camp of Mouhuogang, and the 2,000 men led by the infantry general Fulu were right in the middle of this road.

The sky was dark, and when the heavy cavalry came in front with the wind and snow, the soldiers under the command of Fulu had no time to withdraw into the camp. Even if Fu Lu was still chewing a moment ago, what kind of color was the so-called "elite cavalry of the Wu Dynasty" that Ta Lai and the others were coming, and they also formed a defensive array, but then he understood this.

The speed of the heavy cavalry may not be as fast as that of the light cavalry, but when they advance firmly, they are on the way. The corpses of the infantry are like a blanket of blood, with severed limbs, minced meat, slurry, and internal organs dragged out, and the human body crushed by the horse's hooves is shockingly extended in the blink of an eye.

The camp gate of the Muhugang camp was not far from the rear, and Fulu organized resistance. He was still trying to withdraw his men into the camp, but orders from Surrey arrived later.

Stop outside the camp gate, stick to the ground, and don't enter the camp!

In the distance, Shulie quickly walked to the gate of the camp, and then he had already seen through the other party's intentions, and he immediately ordered the camp gate to be closed tightly. In the distance, as many as two thousand soldiers had abandoned their formation and began to turn and run. The cavalry of the Wu Dynasty pursued all the way in the rear, and in the horses' hooves and the wind and snow, these Jurchen soldiers seemed to be chased by the angry tide, and from time to time someone was caught up in it. In the dim sky on the side, the Jurchen cavalry was rapidly circling, trying to move forward to occupy the upper wind and strike at the Wu Dynasty army.

"After Hu Zongxiu's death, it was Talai who took over?" The Shulie above the camp gate asked quickly.

"Yes."

"Okay." Shuri nodded quickly. "Command the bow to be drawn, the farthest distance ahead...... Get ready...... Shoot-"

on the city walls. The arrows flew into the sky, and when they fell, some of the bows and arrows were fired into the cavalry formation, and at the same time, several of the Jurchen soldiers who were running in the rear fell.

There seemed to be an invisible line between the rout and the heavy cavalry, looking at the camp gate from afar. The cavalry stopped, and the army of the Wu Dynasty was waiting for the infantry to follow, with a rather clear purpose, it seemed that it was to attack the camp.

The two sides have not been fighting for a long time, and it has been a long time since they have felt like this. Just as Zong Wang was about to do when he was about to attack the Wu Dynasty people, overnight, tens of thousands of troops broke through more than 200,000 Wu Dynasty troops in the field outside Bianliang City with a thunderous momentum, and then saw that the enemy was defeated, almost directly crushing the fighting spirit of all the Wu Dynasty troops. And the unknown Wu Dynasty troops in front of them seemed to have the same idea, before Shulie quickly closed the camp gate, they wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of the Jurchen infantry to enter the camp, all the way to open the way with heavy horses, and rushed straight in.

Many times, the simple method of warfare is the strongest tactic, the Jurchen in this land, has been accustomed to victory, if the speed of the jurchen is a little bigger, hesitate a little, and are unwilling to give up the friendly army under the record of constant victory, at this time he will open the door to fight.

And now, the cavalry was out of range of the bow and arrow, and had stopped.

On the snow, Qin Shaoqian looked at the lit camp from a distance, he turned his head to look at Han Jing on the side, Han Jing was also frowning.

"General Han, the enemy is staying behind in the Shulie Column, he is really a famous general in a hundred battles, so he has to make a decision quickly."

In this devastating battle, although the cavalry was commanded under his command, Qin Shaoqian understood that the one who really led this team was Han Jing who came down from Luliang Mountain. The Luliang bandits have always been fierce, and although Ning Yi was convinced by the leader, Miss Lu, it was difficult to say how to get along with these generals, and Qin Shaoqian was not willing to suppress them as a general. The most important thing is that this battle started with cavalry, and the fighting of Fang Cai caught the Jurchens off guard, leaving thousands of lives along the way, but the real casualties were also this elite cavalry coming down from Luliang Mountain. At this time, among the heavy riders rushing all the way, many people are also taking the opportunity to rest and breathe.

In normal times, he can already get the record that he boasted of on the Jinluan Palace, but at the moment, he can't relax at all.

Han Jing arched his hand: "Since we came here this time, we have put life and death aside, General Qin doesn't have to care, just give the order." ”

On the gate of the Muhuogang camp, Shulie quickly took a breath and spit it out. At this time, the entire Jurchen camp had already moved, and a large number of soldiers were flocking to all parts of the wall: "Order, inform Talai with a trumpet, the wild fox tactics, move against the Wu Dynasty's foot soldiers and heavy cavalry, lead the opponent's cavalry to attack, and consume the heavy cavalry!" ”

Before this order was issued, in front of the battalion, the light cavalry force of more than 2,000 people had begun to gallop in disguise, taking the direction of more than 1,000 cavalry led by Talai, while the infantry and heavy cavalry began to merge and remained unmoved. Suddenly, the Jurchen cavalry also began to run, if it was just a light cavalry hedge, one thousand and five against two thousand, Talai might also dare, but considering that the opponent's heavy cavalry was still there, and the task of defending the battalion was important, it was not good to have fought this battle, and he was not far away from being entangled by the opponent's cavalry.

The light cavalry of the Wu Dynasty remained parallel to the outer wall of the camp and ran in a straight line to the east, surrounded by the Jurchen cavalry. From a distance, the snow and dust splashed by the two teams looked like a long dragon running. At the gate of the large camp, the command was fired in quick succession, so that the soldiers responsible for the defense of the western wall were more vigilant.

Cavalry is not suitable for siege, but it is not impossible to attack. And on the side of this Wu Dynasty cavalry, Talai led 1,500 Jurchen knights. Always keep a distance close to one arrow from the other side, and once the other party enters the distance of shooting at the main camp, he will immediately shorten the distance with the other party, and together with the large camp, volley this light horse.

At the same time, the Wu Dynasty infantry phalanx in front of the camp gate also began to move, pushing towards Talai's cavalry, and the Wu Dynasty's cavalry team rushed into the distance and began to turn, trying to press the running Jurchen cavalry into the angle between the two sides.

Dragon-like long formations roared across the snowy fields. Talai led the troops, turning in an arc, on one side, the Wu Dynasty infantry was pushing forward, and in the rear, the Wu Dynasty's light cavalry pressed over, both sides pulled their bows, and then fired arrows in unison. Arrows flying into the sky slashed in different directions, and then. Only a few of them fell into each other's formations.

Talai led the cavalry and inserted it at the limit distance of the encirclement on both sides!

"Good!" At the city gate, Shulie quickly waved his fist and shouted. It was conceived by the Jurchens in the midst of battlefield killings. Almost art-like control!

After Tale interspersed out, he narrowed the distance between himself and the Wu Dynasty's light cavalry, centered on the Wu Dynasty's infantry formation, and began to run wildly and scatter, trying to provoke the heavy cavalry that was with the infantry. The infantry fired back at the same time. On the other side, after chasing the Jurchen cavalry, more than 2,000 light cavalry turned again, and they aimed at the wall of the Muhuogang camp and began to shoot, on the wall, the soldiers erected their shields, and at the same time returned the color with bows and arrows. However, at this time, it was the north wind, and the camp of Mu Huogang was downwind, and for a while, the arrows shot on the shield, like hail.

Just like the Jurchens' tactics outside Bianliang City, any part of the city wall needs to be defended, and high-speed shooting can quickly change positions. The idea of the Wu Dynasty people is obviously like this, once the weak point of the camp wall is found in such a rapid movement, two thousand people will swarm towards this side, there is no doubt that once these four thousand people break the camp, everyone's face will of course be lost.

The intensity of the battle has already begun to brew......

The people of the Wu Dynasty, do they still have such a team of fighting spirit? On the camp wall, Shu Lie looked at this qiē and thought to himself......

South of Mutuo Gang.

More than a hundred white figures rushed into the surface of the glacial lake quickly, and rushed silently towards the brightly lit Jurchen camp on the other side of the lake......

At the same time, Bianliang.

Since the beginning of the war, the most tragic fighting inside and outside the city is ongoing.

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There was blood all around.

Fierce and boiling shouts of killing came from all directions, and in the confusion, the division heard someone shouting: "City Gate-" and then there was also a strange cry of the Jurchens, and a group of Wuchao soldiers rushed over and killed the nearby Jurchen soldiers.

Shishi saw the corpse underground, staggered back, and then she resisted the urge to churn in her belly, touched the wall, and rushed towards the nearby wounded barracks.

As the fighting spread, the division rushed to the vicinity of the large tents of the wounded barracks, where some Jurchen soldiers were fighting with the nearby garrison soldiers, who smashed over the campfire and set the tents on fire. The snow and blood around it, and the corpses of people had been mixed together, and the big camps were full of people, some rushed out through other doors, and some even ran out to try to fight, but in fact, most of the wounded soldiers in the camp at this time were seriously injured, and the minor injuries were nothing more than wrapping them, and they couldn't live in. Their injuries were so severe that it didn't make much sense to enter the battle circle, and they were cut to the ground in a few strokes.

She hid in the shadows and looked anxiously for a few moments, then picked up a nearby bucket and tried to make her way around the other side of the tent, only halfway through the round, she came into contact with a Jurchen soldier with loose hair.

The other party turned his head and slashed at it violently.

At that moment, the woman's mind was already blank, but the next moment, the Jurchen soldier's arm was directly cut off by a knife light, and the figure rushing from the side kicked the Jurchen soldier away. The master was stunned, next to him was a big man holding a single knife, he was holding a steel knife, and his figure was very burly, but not only was his head tied with a bandage, but the whole left arm of the big man was gone, and he was also wrapped in bandages at this time.

The big man who saved her turned around: "Hey, you ......" as if he recognized her.

Then, blood splashed up, and the master felt his face hot, and the blade of a long knife stabbed directly from the big man's chest, and the person behind him swung it and cut off the big man's head.

In front of the teacher, the burly figure disappeared in one fell swoop. In the field of vision ahead, several Jurchen soldiers had already rushed over, but then, there were also Wu Dynasty soldiers next to them.

The sword and light struck, the blood splashed, the master stood there stunned, her body trembled, there was only a slight cry of "ah, ah......" in her mouth, she went to look at the headless corpse on the ground, I don't know when, it seemed that more people were coming. The master leaned down and took the knife in the hand of the headless corpse, but he pulled it out twice, but he didn't pull it out. The corpse was headless, but the knife in her hand was still held so tightly, but the master finally pulled out the knife, she took it in her hand, and walked forward. Several Jurchen soldiers had been killed, and the last one was stuck in the stomach with two spears, and two Wu Dynasty soldiers tore and pushed the man, stabbing him to death on a nearby earthen bag. When the master walked over, the Jurchen had already choked his last breath.

The soldier next to him looked at the division with the knife, thinking that she was going to cut the corpse with the knife - they didn't care - but the division only cried after all, and did not cut it down, and several soldiers looked back at the big man, and someone said, "You man?" ”

The teacher didn't answer, and there was a shout in the distance, and several people went there: "Hurry up, this is dangerous." One of them said as he left.

The master sat down on the ground with a knife.

After a while, someone shouted again: "Miss Shishi, Miss Shishi." "I looked for it this way, but it was Xue Changgong's brother-in-law Hou Jing, who led a team of soldiers over, and the shouting and killing sounds up and down the city seemed to have become more intense. Seeing the state of the teacher, Hou Jing was extremely anxious, but the teacher had gradually restrained his fear: "What's the matter?" What the hell is going on now? ”

"The Jurchens have just broken the city wall, and we have taken it back, and some Jurchens rushed in and wanted to seize the city gate, and I was about to lead people to support. Teacher, are you okay, are you okay like this? ”

"I'm fine." The teacher said, "You go quickly—"

"Then I'll go, you find a place to hide, hide!"

Hou Jingyou waved his hand anxiously, and then led people to the city gate.

The teacher wiped her tears, she first held on to the dirt bag with the dead man, then slowly stood up, and when her legs were no longer trembling, she continued to rush to the wounded barracks. Some people had already put out the fire, many people died, some were more seriously injured, and while the teacher was running, he began to help people deal with their injuries. At this time, most of the camp tent had been burned down, and the wind and snow leaked in, and the division could see the city wall in the distance, and at the head of the wall that was said to have been recaptured, the white-hot battle was still going on, and countless people rushed up like ants, and the sound of shouting and killing was also buzzing on the side of the city gate.

The fire was filling, the city was moving, and more people, led by soldiers and officials, were pouring towards this side.

A huge war vortex, this night, countless lives are being filled here......

Ten miles away, Mu Huogang.

The amazing fighting and chaos also began...... (To be continued......)

PS: Didn't fall asleep at night, so ...... I'm going to scare you to death!

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