Han Zhang was helpless, and in the current situation, his decision was undoubtedly correct. Capture the thief and capture the king first, in an extremely unfavorable situation, if you can kill the opponent's main general, it will undoubtedly turn the tide of the battle and win a turnaround. Now that Yan Agu has come to the fore, this is undoubtedly an excellent opportunity. He had to come out and face off against Wanyan Agu. Whether it is from the battle situation, strategy, or personal honor, he should stand up.

He also has a high level of confidence in his martial arts. His uncle Han Yanshou has been strict with him since he was born. not only let him read and learn calligraphy to understand reason, but also invited a famous teacher to teach him martial arts. Han Yanshou's hard work was not in vain, and Han Zhang became an outstanding figure in both civil and military affairs when he grew up. Among the new generation of courtiers in Da Liao, Han Zhang is the best. Before he was thirty years old, he took charge of the cavalry of the Great Liao Forbidden Army, but there were no ministers and generals of the Liao State who thought that he relied on Han Yanshou's support, and they all thought that he deserved his name. In time, Han Zhang must be the minister of the pillar of the Liao State, and it is unknown whether his achievements will catch up with Han Yanshou.

However, he underestimated Wanyan Aguda's martial arts. Wanyan Aguda is the kind of person who looks brave and reckless on the surface, but is actually extremely cunning. This is all tempered by surviving in the treacherous situation of Changbai Mountain. Brave as a tiger, cunning as a wolf. Otherwise, you will not be able to live. It can't be said that Han Zhang's defeat was stupid and incompetent, but it can only be said that Yan Agu was even better.

A generation of stars fell here, like a meteor streaked by, and after a brief moment of brilliance, it disappeared into endless darkness and disappeared without a trace.

When Han Zhang's lifeless body fell off his horse, it also indicated that the Liao army had no strength to resist in this battle. What followed was a bloody massacre on one side, and a demoralized outlaw on the other. The Jurchen cavalry ran wildly on the steppe in pursuit, and an hour later, the whole battle ended with nearly 20,000 Liao soldiers killed and wounded, more than 20,000 people gave up resistance and surrendered, and less than 3,000 people fled. The Jurchen cavalry won the battle of ambush annihilation at the cost of only 6,000 dead and wounded.

Wanyan Aguda was wrapped in strips of cloth on his shoulders and between his chest and abdomen. He only suffered these two injuries in this battle, but they both came from the same person, that is Han Zhang. But the final victor was his Wanyan Aguda, and Han Zhang had already returned to the dust.

"Hahahaha. Who else can stand in my way as a Jurchen? No one. We'll have to see how the war is going over there. Hu Lu, leaving 3,000 men to clean the battlefield, all the armor, weapons, and war horses were packed and taken away, leaving no one behind. The rest of the sons, kill with Lao Tzu! Wanyan Agu laughed and said loudly. The Jurchen soldiers looked up at his figure riding his horse under the pale sky of the morning light, and their hearts were full of admiration.

The great leader is the god, the god-man sent by the Immortal Heaven, and the master of the world. There is no doubt about that.

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On the frontal battlefield of Niuwangling, the bombardment of the bulldozers lasted for more than an hour. The tribal soldiers and horses on Niuwang Ridge have endured all the hardships and supported them hard. Han Desui was not in a hurry at all, he was not in a hurry to attack, he didn't want the other party to flee immediately, because in that case, Han Zhang's army of 50,000 would not be able to outflank it. He had to wait until Han Zhang's soldiers and horses were in place, and then he would fire fireworks to inform himself that he would be able to attack in an all-out way, flanking from both sides, and annihilating the enemy.

When two red fireworks rose from the southwest of Niuwangling, Han Desui could hardly believe his eyes. According to the agreement, the fireworks should be three green ones, which are the signal of attack, and two red fireworks bombs, which are the signal of emergency. What's going on? Could it be that Han Zhang made the wrong signal? But how could that be. Han Zhang is a delicate and delicate person, acting calmly and methodically, how could he make such a low-level mistake in such a situation? Besides, the direction where the fireworks bomb rose was more than ten miles southwest of Niuwangling, and it was not at all the position on the abdomen and back of Niuwangling directly in front of it, even if Han Zhang made a mistake, how could he make two low-level mistakes?

Han Desui was anxious, but he didn't know what was going on. If you want to send troops and horses to the rescue, I am afraid that there will be a crisis on the frontal battlefield. And now that they have the upper hand, and the opponent is at a loss, once the movement of the troops and horses is discovered by the tribal cavalry, they can counterattack and charge, and at that time it will be useless. You can't take that risk.

After thinking about it calmly, Han De came to the conclusion that it was very likely that the soldiers and horses on Niuwangling had dispatched a large number of troops to surround Han Zhang's soldiers and horses. They discovered Han Zhang's traces and intentions, so they did so. While this conclusion may not be correct, it is the only explanation. If this conclusion is correct, then the number of tribal soldiers and horses on Niuwang Ridge is actually not much at this moment, and they are just pretending to be beaten to attract themselves, and secretly free up their hands to attack Han Zhang.

Han De then figured out this, and his heart was much more relaxed. If you want to eat Han Zhang's 50,000 cavalry, it is not a matter of time and a half, and you are not in a hurry to rescue. Han Zhang's purpose in transmitting the signal was probably just to inform himself of the situation, and he had no intention of rescuing himself. At this time, he should instead take the opportunity to attack Niuwangling, quickly annihilate the remaining soldiers and horses of the other party, and then lead the army to the rescue. At that time, the other party was dragged by Han Zhang, and he couldn't get out if he wanted to, and he would inevitably be defeated.

Han De then made a decision and ordered the whole army to prepare for the attack on the mountains. The throwing of the earthdozer for an hour, and the trench traps on the slope of the mountain were also piled with a thick layer of mud. Although the trenches were not completely filled, the spikes inside were filled in, and the trenches were not too deep. Cavalry charged

The difficulty of the front is greatly reduced. In order to ensure the effectiveness of the charge, Han De ordered hundreds of ladders to be moved, and if the traps were already an obstacle, they were used to build a ramp and lay wooden planks for the horses to rush up from the pit.

After all this preparation, the bombardment of catapults stopped. A loud trumpet sounded below the mountain. The 80,000 cavalry of the Southern Army divided into eight echelons, began to charge from the flat area two miles away, and launched a wave of attacks above Niuwang Ridge.

Countless horses' hooves trampled on the soft turf, and when the horses' hooves were raised, grass clippings and dirt splashed, forming a dense fog of grass clippings and dirt at a height of less than two feet on the grassland. They rushed up the gentle slope and fearlessly charged towards the top of the mountain. The shouts of the soldiers resounded through the pre-dawn grassland, the wolves fled within a radius of tens of miles, and the pikas hid in their burrows and shivered.

The tribal soldiers and horses above the mountain were being dizzy by the mud bag sensation and didn't know what to do, and several tribal chiefs cursed in their hearts the Jurchen soldiers and horses who were missing, and they didn't dare to take the initiative to attack, but they were unwilling to evacuate. They also saw the fireworks in the southwest, and Brother Mengsa and the others didn't know what the situation was, and their hearts were even more worried. He immediately sent cavalry to check the situation, and they gathered only a dozen miles away, so the news quickly came back, it turned out that the Jurchens were blocking the cavalry of the other side trying to attack around the rear in the southwest, and the two sides started a big battle.

Hearing this news, Meng Sa Ge and the others were overjoyed. The Jurchens were elusive, and they actually caught the cavalry of the Southern Army trying to attack behind them, which is great. If you really want to be intercepted by them around the back, and the opponent attacks back and forth, I'm afraid it will be worse tonight. Moreover, after learning this news, it also provided another important information, the southern army divided tens of thousands of troops around the rear and surrounded, and the soldiers and horses under the slope in front of him were probably only 80,000, not all the soldiers and horses of the southern army as previously thought. Once you really fight, you will have a bottom in your heart.

In this case, the determination to hold on to Niuwangling is even greater, even if it is overwhelmed by the enemy with catapults, but as long as the Jurchens defeat the opponent's troops and horses, they can launch an attack together. Fierce Sago sent a large number of scouts down the mountain to closely monitor the movements of his opponents. The other side cannot be allowed to divide troops to reinforce the battlefield in the southwest, once they divide their forces, they will not hesitate to take the initiative to attack, forcing them not to dare to rescue.

The situation of the southern army under the mountain ridge launching a fierce attack was also expected by the chiefs, they must have thought that the battle in the southwest direction was intercepted by their people by the tribesmen, they did not know the existence of the Jurchens at all, they probably thought that the mountain was empty, so they wanted to break through the mountain. If they really think so, they are completely in a fog, and they will be greeted with a ferocious blow.

Han Desui's 80,000 cavalry launched a fierce attack on the mountain ridge in waves. The first team of 10,000 people rushed to within 100 paces of the ridge at great speed and entered the pit area. Han Desui's estimation was roughly not bad, more than an hour of mud bag bombardment, countless mud bags were thrown up, some scattered in the air, some were not enough to reach far, and some rolled down from the mountains and fell into these pits. Although the trap was not filled, it did accumulate a thick layer of dirt and straw bales, and the trap that was originally as deep as a foot was already a shallow pit less than a person high. There are very few traps that can be lethal. In this case, although it still has a hindering effect on the attack, it is no longer as insurmountable as before.

Even so, the first batch of 10,000 people who rushed up were dealt a ferocious blow. The tribal cavalry shook off the dirt and grass clippings on their heads and faces like dogs, and began to shoot arrows at the cavalry below the ridge. Tens of thousands of arrows were dense like rain, even if they were in a straggler shock formation, even if they held shields to defend, the cavalry of the Southern Army still suffered heavy casualties. Thousands of soldiers and horses rushed into some of the pits that still had the power to kill and fall, and nearly 1,000 people fell off their horses in the first round of arrow rain, and there was the swishing sound of arrows breaking through the air and the screams of soldiers being hit by arrows or falling into the pits.

Han De was a little puzzled when he saw this scene, and it could be seen from the density of the opponent's arrows that the number of enemy troops on the mountain ridge had not decreased. However, which soldiers and horses did Han Zhang's soldiers and horses encounter? Could it be that the tribe has recruited more soldiers and horses this winter? That's impossible, the fine work located in Linhuang Mansion has long been explored clearly, Linhuang Mansion is chaotic this winter, and there is no recruitment of soldiers and horses at all. There can be no error with the message. However, which soldier and horse fought against Han Zhang and forced Han Zhang to send a distress signal? Han Desui suddenly thought of a possibility, and a cold sweat suddenly broke out on his body.

But in any case, at this moment, he was already ready to send an arrow, and it was impossible for him to order to stop the attack, and if the kind of possible situation that he thought of had happened, then today's battle was a battle of life and death, and there was no escape. Even so, there is only one way to fight to the death.

"Kill! Whoever dares to take a step back will be killed! Han De roared in a deep voice, and at the same time urged his horse to rush forward. The thousands of cavalry guards beside him hurriedly followed closely and guarded him.

The boss personally charged. Everyone realized that there was no possibility of ending this battle, and everyone also packed up their luck, and the mountains were full of charging war horses, and ants rushed towards the mountains. Even if there are traps and dense rain of arrows to block the attack, they can't stop the southern army's charge at this moment, regardless of life and death. After the 10,000-strong cavalry team in the front team paid 60% casualties, more than 3,000 cavalry became the first batch of soldiers and horses to rush up the mountain. They succeeded in creating the conditions for the subsequent charge of the soldiers and horses. Just like in the siege battle, once the city wall is breached in several places, the defenders will have to give priority to the soldiers and horses who have landed on the city, and the follow-up troops

will be weakened.

The same is true at the moment. These 3,000 cavalry bought some time for the follow-up soldiers and horses, so that the second team of nearly seventy percent of the cavalry successfully rushed up the mountain, and then, the follow-up 60,000 soldiers and horses were unimpeded and rushed straight up.

The top of the mountain ridge with a width of only a dozen zhang is much wider than the top of the city wall, and more than 100,000 soldiers and horses are entangled in this grassy ridge that is seven or eight miles long and more than ten zhang wide to start a hand-to-hand fight, and the chaos of the scene can be imagined. The tribal cavalry took the lead in annihilating tens of thousands of southern troops when the other side charged, but this account was quickly settled, the southern cavalry was well-armored and sharp, and the other party could not compare, once the hand-to-hand combat, the tribal soldiers and horses obviously had the upper hand. If it weren't for the death order of Mengsa and the others, they would have refused to fight in hand-to-hand combat. The battle lasted for an hour, and the number of casualties of the tribesmen and horses exceeded 20,000, and the casualties of the cavalry of the southern army were less than 8,000. The number of soldiers and horses on both sides has returned to the same starting line, but the comparison of combat power has been too different. Half an hour later, the tribal cavalry lost more than 10,000 more, and the army was discouraged, and it was already on the verge of collapse on the cliff.

"What the hell, what about the Jurchens? Why haven't you come yet? Didn't you say they would come to the rescue, Chief Mammothago? The sky is about to dawn, what about them? More than half of our people are dead and wounded, and if this continues, we will all die here. Bald Gusa was covered in blood and wounded in several places, and rushed to the place where Brother Mengsa and Kuluba were, and roared loudly.

Kulu Ba also frowned and said, "Were we sold by the Jurchens?" Half an hour ago, the fighting over there was over, why didn't they come? Even if you lose your soldiers and horses, you can't help but come to the rescue. ”

"After I finished reading Yan Aguda's dog's things, I must have wanted to destroy us by Han Desui's hand. This dog thief is really insidious, and this account will be settled with him in the future. We have to retreat immediately, otherwise the remaining 40,000 or so old books will be gone. Bald Bones exclaimed.

Brother Mengsa frowned and shouted, "What's the noise?" Don't think cranky at this time, it's the right thing to stand up to. Wanyan Aguda may have this in mind, but he will not come to the rescue. He has the heart to go south, but without us, he doesn't have the ability. He still relies on us to have his back. We are gone, can he Jurchen destroy Han Desui? Will Han Desui cooperate with him? Think about it. Wanyan Aguda is not such a stupid person. ”

"By this time, you are still speaking for him. I'm afraid that someone will sell it and count the money for it. Brother, if you don't leave, I'll take my tribesmen with me. I can't afford to lose. Bald Bones exclaimed.

"You dare! We are now grasshoppers on a rope, and you want to get out of the way? Sold our brother? Lao Tzu is the first to not allow you. Brother Madsa shouted angrily.

Hu Luba didn't know how to persuade him, and he was anxious, when he suddenly saw countless black dots on the southeast horizon under the dawn, and suddenly shouted with joy: "Don't quarrel, don't quarrel, they have arrived, they have arrived." ”

Brother Mengsa and Bald Bone Sa turned their heads to look at each other, and they were overjoyed. It was definitely the Jurchen cavalry, their shouts were distinctive, and the meniscus hovering overhead was easily recognizable. That was the Jurchen cavalry they were looking forward to.

After a delay of more than half an hour, the persistence of the tribal cavalry was finally not in vain. Wanyan Agu led nearly 70,000 Jurchen cavalry to roar, and after a stick of incense, they rushed like a tide, flooding the battlefield.

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At noon, the Battle of Niuwangling ended with a complete victory for the Jurchens and the tribal alliance. After the arrival of Jurchen reinforcements, the tide of battle quickly reversed. After completely losing the advantage of the army's combat strength, and also knowing the news that the 50,000 cavalry led by Han Zhang was completely wiped out by the Jurchens, Han De looked up to the sky and sighed, knowing that the situation was irreparable.

He gave the order to retreat, letting Han Zongchang lead 30,000 cavalry to break through the siege, and he himself led the remaining soldiers and horses to resist desperately. He hoped that his only son would escape alive to preserve the bloodline. He was old, he lost this battle, and he didn't have the face to escape alive, he chose to fight to the death.

Han Desui died at the hands of more than a dozen tribal cavalrymen, and when the broken soldiers and horses were completely scattered, Han Desui was killed by the guards and shots, and fled alone. More than a dozen tribal cavalry stared at him, chased him for more than ten miles, and consumed his life with one arrow. When he fell from his horse, he had thirteen feathered arrows stuck in his body, none of which were in critical positions. The feathered arrows that pierced through his finely armored body were actually only inches into the flesh, and were not fatal. However, those wounds will bleed. Bleeding too much, he finally couldn't support the fall. More than a dozen tribal cavalry caught up, cut off his head, and took it to receive the reward. Leaving his headless body lying on the ground of the northern steppe.

And Han Zongchang did not escape, Wanyan Agu divided his troops to chase and intercept in three ways, Han Zongchang did not dare to break through in one direction, and was finally driven into the encirclement. Han Zongchang dismounted and surrendered, and was crushed by Wanyan Aguda's baton, and all 30,000 cavalry were captured.

In this battle, the southern army was completely annihilated, and more than half of the tribesmen's soldiers and horses were lost. Only the Jurchen cavalry of Wanyan Agu became the biggest winner. Scooped up the biggest oil and water. There were more than 50,000 enemy troops captured, plus captured war horses, armor, blades, and countless siege equipment in the southern army's camp. Brother Mengsa and the others only symbolically made up for it, but they knew that they couldn't compete with Wanyan Aguda at this time, so they could only pinch their noses and eat dumb losses, and they only hoped that Wanyan Aguda wouldn't suddenly turn his face. At this time, if Wanyan Agu Da turned his face, the Linhuang Mansion and the tribe's soldiers and horses would be all over.