Chapter 1490: Attack
At the beginning of the rising sun, under the ten-mile long post, the horns suddenly sounded in the camp of the Jurchen army and Lu Zhongtian's soldiers and horses, and the war drums shook the sky and roared. The originally quiet morning was quickly made nervous by the deafening noise.
On the hill, the soldiers of the Luoyan Army were actually in their positions at dawn, because the order passed down from above said that it was likely to be a fierce battle today, so they were ready for battle. For ordinary soldiers, it didn't seem to be anything unusual, after all, the enemy army was besieging the hill and could attack at any time. However, for the middle and senior generals of the Luoyan Army who knew the inside story, when they received the information that the enemy under the hill was about to attack, they all admired it in addition to admiration.
Lin Dashuai told them yesterday that the enemy army will inevitably attack today. Lin Jue said that he had a clever plan to force them to attack. The generals thought that this was just Lin Dashuai's prevarication, could Lin Dashuai really be able to control the enemy's actions? Although Lord Lin is resourceful, there are some things that he can't control. Will the two enemy armies besieging the mountain listen to Marshal Lin's orders? They obviously just wanted to besiege and not trap themselves. However, Lord Lin's words came true, and the generals really didn't know what to say to express their admiration and awe in their hearts. They knew that this was by no means guessed by Lord Lin's luck, but it was very likely that Lord Lin really used means to manipulate the other party's actions. It's hard to imagine, isn't this the legendary 'strategy in the middle of the game'? If the stratagem can be used to make the enemy obediently cooperate, it is simply a god-man's method.
On the top of the Range Rover Tower, Lin Jue stood by the stone fence in full armor and watched the movement of the enemy camp under the mountain. After getting up in the early morning, Lin Jue has been observing the movements of the enemy camp here. When the soldiers and horses in the enemy camp under the hill finally began to move, the horns and war drums roared, and the horse infantry in the enemy camp began to prepare for battle in whole formations, Lin Jue finally sighed.
"Dashuai, it seems that Dashuai's strategy has taken effect, and they are going to do it." Sun Dayong stood a few steps behind Lin Jue, watching the movement in the enemy camp in the distance below, and said in a deep voice.
Lin Jue smiled slightly, nodded and said, "It seems that this is indeed the case." Lu Zhongtian was afraid. Dayong, you did a good job last night, I heard that you personally went to pretend to be the person who sent the secret letter? Why should you risk it yourself? You don't need to risk it. β
Sun Dayong looked serious, bowed down and said in a deep voice: "No, it's about the success or failure of the marshal's plan, and I don't worry about handing it over to others." Dayong must make sure that everything is safe. Dayong's life is not valuable, he has to be handsome, and Dayong will not give up...... to make up for the previous ...... Confused. β
Lin Jue turned his head to look at him, frowned, and said, "What are you doing with those things again?" As I said, those things are in the past, and I don't want to talk about them again. If you are so obsessed with it forever, it will make me feel uneasy. To err is human. After that, it can be changed, and it is very good. Besides, you have not done anything against me, but it is only forced by circumstances. I have forgiven you, when will you forgive yourself? β
Sun Dayong's face turned red, and he said in a deep voice: "The teachings of the great handsome are remembered in my humble position. The lowly did his best to forget those things. β
Lin Jue sighed and said in a deep voice: "Let yourself go, so that you can pass this hurdle." Don't get cranky and focus on the situation in front of you. My design forced them to attack the mountain, and I don't know if I was getting myself into big trouble. Today's battle will be terrible. Today...... A lot of people are bound to die. β
Sun Dayong's expression was solemn, his chest straightened, and he said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, Dashuai, we will definitely be able to beat them today." β
Lin Jue smiled: "How can you see it? β
Sun Dayong looked at Lin Jue in a daze and said: "Because we have a handsome man in charge, and one handsome man will reach a million male soldiers." The humble has absolute confidence in the marshal. β
Lin Jue was stunned for a moment, and then laughed. He strode up the stairs with his cloak and said loudly, "Let's go, we have to go and cheer up our brothers." β
The tension before the great war permeated the entire hill. The officers and men of the Luoyan Army have taken their positions according to the deployment. Lin Jue rode his horse from south to north, and saw that all the key slopes had been deployed in place, and his heart was much more stable.
To be honest, Lin Jue didn't know if forcing the other party to launch an attack was a losing move, so he could only say that he had to do it. Because compared to the result of being trapped here by the other party, Lin Jue certainly hopes to force the other party to attack. If the opponent is allowed to surround but not attack, the final result will inevitably be that the Luoyan army will have to take the initiative to launch a breakthrough attack, in which case, the advantage of the terrain will be completely lost. Terrain is so important to the use of firearms that if you have to break through and fight, the powerful firearms of the Luoyan Army will not be able to play. Then the combat power of the entire Luoyan Army will be greatly weakened. The reason why the Falling Wild Goose Army dared to fight the enemy with a few times the strength of the other side was that in addition to the well-trained Falling Wild Goose Army itself, most of its confidence came from the powerful lethal firearms held by the Falling Wild Goose Army.
The content of the so-called letter to General Sun Wanchun, the remnants of the Northwest Army, that was intercepted yesterday was completely forged, and of course Lin Jue sent someone to contact Sun Wanchun, especially after Guo Kun ascended the throne a few days ago, Lin Jue asked Guo Kun to write a handwritten letter to Sun Wanchun and solicit Sun Wanchun to return to Guo Kun. But that was only a few days ago, and the letter may have just been delivered to Sun Wanchun, and the result is not yet known. There is no such thing that Sun Wanchun is ready to attack Bianliang.
Of course, Lin Jue didn't care about this, he knew that the plan of besieging but not attacking must be Lu Zhongtian's idea, so he had to make Lu Zhongtian anxious and let Lu Zhongtian give up his own plan. Of course, the solution is to make up a story for him out of nothing, pointing directly to the key point of Lu Zhongtian. Bianliang City is Lu Zhongtian's fate, even if it is a rumor, even if Lu Zhongtian will doubt the truth of the content of this letter, he does not dare to bet. He is bound to react. Under the current situation, Lu Zhongtian couldn't get out, and Wanyan Agu would not let him get out, so he could only change his plan and launch an attack.
Lin Jue's plan is designed according to the situation and people's hearts, and the interception of the letter is only the first step, and the reaction of all parties and the guess of the final possible action is the essence. Except for the conspicuous word 'top secret' on the letter and the seal of the big red jade seal, which seemed to be a little too deliberate, and if it was investigated by a fine person, it might be doubtful, all the rest of the development was for Lu Zhongtian to make his own decisions. Therefore, Lu Zhongtian not only fell for it, but also did not have the slightest doubt about the content of this letter.
The success of the plan did not surprise Lin Jue, what brought pressure to Lin Jue was the battle he would face after the plan was successful. Although the plan is exquisite, if today's battle is defeated and the entire Luoyan army is annihilated here, it will really be the biggest joke since ancient times. There will be a note left in the history books: a certain commander of the Great Zhou Dynasty set up an exquisite plan to force the enemy to attack, but the result was self-defeating and the whole army was annihilated. I am afraid that I will leave a joke for the ages, and I will be called the first fool in the world by future generations. Of course, Lin Jue must not let this happen.
The battle started at the end of the day, and Wanyan Aguda and Lu Zhongtian did not rashly launch a full-scale attack, they first made a small temptation. Two groups of more than 20,000 infantry began to climb the hill on foot, along the west side of the hill, in the middle and on the south side. The two places they chose were precisely the most rugged and most wooded and ravines in the slope terrain of the ten-mile long hill.
Their idea was to see if the Falling Goose Army also had enough manpower to defend in this position, and to test the opponent's defense system. Because if there are enough soldiers and horses to defend even some steep and difficult places, it means that the Luoyan army adopts a comprehensive defensive formation. This seemingly all-encompassing defensive formation seems to be leaky, but if the Luoyan Army, which only has 70,000 or 80,000 people, defends like this, the defense of the entire ten-mile long post will not be focused. If you want to defend everywhere, you can't defend everywhere, because they don't have enough troops.
No sooner had the two tentative soldiers poked their heads out of the woods below than they were met with a merciless blow from the crossbows in the hillside fortifications. The repeater is condescending, and the distance of the shot is more than double, and the opponent can deal a blow before he has even climbed the slope. The two infantry teams had gone less than fifty paces before a thousand men were shot each.
LΓΌ Zhongtian and Wanyan Agu were not angry but happy, and they stopped the infantry attack, because they didn't need them to die at this moment. Although thousands of people were killed and wounded, the opponent's defense system was tested. The opponent's defensive system will not be able to stop the cavalry charge on several gentle slopes.
Wanyan Aguda gave the order, and more than 100,000 cavalry were ready to charge. More than 100,000 infantry also began to advance down the hillside to the sound of drums. In the south, Lu Zhongtian's soldiers and horses were all dispatched, and all the 100,000 horse infantry troops were also mobilized. With the sound of a loud horn, the all-out offensive finally began.
The infantry took the lead, for their purpose was to contain the defensive forces that attracted the Fallen Goose Army, and to hold back the hatred of the opposing defenders for the cavalry charge. When necessary, they are also the force to break through to the top of the mountain. Amid the earth-shattering shouts, the Jurchen infantry and Lu Zhongtian's infantry rushed up the forest ravines and steep slopes like ants. Naturally, they were hit hard by the defenders of the Falling Goose Army, who were waiting on the hillside. Countless crossbows rained down, accompanied by tinkling small melon grenades that rolled down the hillside. A roar rang out from below the hillside, and a puff of black smoke and yellow dust rushed into the sky, shaking the earth and trembling.
In front of the repeater and the melon, it was extremely difficult for the infantry to rush up the hill. The power of the little melon is no joke, a small melon bursting in the crowd can cause up to more than ten casualties, and the psychological fear brought is even more terrifying than the lethality. Not to mention the damage to the terrain caused by the explosion of the little melon. The denser the trees and the steeper the ravines, the more damaging the melon will be to the terrain. Trees were blown off, hillsides collapsed, mud and rocks were splashed, and dust and smoke billowed up.
The hillside battlefield descended into a state of chaos, and the roar of all sides kicked up huge clouds of smoke and dirt, which obscured the daylight and turned the battlefield into chaos. The smoke and dust in the sky make people unable to see, suffocate and breathe, and make people completely unable to distinguish the direction. Moreover, in this case, there were various shrieks of arrows whining through the smoke and dust, whizzing in the ears, and roaring grenades exploding in the smoke. The screams of the soldiers around him made a large number of infantry wrapped in the smoke of the battlefield lose their sense of direction. They slammed into the smoke and dust like headless flies, and they cleverly lay directly on the ground, burying their heads in the crooks of their arms, not daring to move half a step. Wanyan Aguda and Lu Zhongtian watched in the rear, and their hearts were pounding. Especially Lu Zhongtian, he finally understood the reason why he had to drag himself to exterminate the Luoyan Army in order to finish Yan Agu's death. Because the army of fallen geese in front of them is so terrifying, they have mastered the power of firearms, and the previous shotgun firearms were already terrifying, and now they have made this kind of firearms that are blooming everywhere. It's incredible.
"Abominable, abominable. Is this Lin Jue the reincarnation of a demon? It's hateful. Lu Zhongtian stomped his feet and scolded angrily.
Wanyan Agu gritted his teeth and sneered: "Now you know why I didn't let you withdraw your troops, you threw this demon to my Jurchen soldiers and horses, isn't that a trap for us?" To get rid of this demon, we have to go together. β
Lu Zhongtian nodded and said, "No matter what, we will solve them today." Big chief, I think, the cavalry can charge. A large amount of their firepower was pinned down by the infantry, and at this moment if the cavalry did not move again, the infantry was about to collapse. β
Wanyan Agu nodded slightly, rode out, raised the mace in his hand high, and howled like a wolf: "Kill me!" β
An order was given, attracting thousands of horses to gallop, and the sound of shouting and killing shook the sky. Countless cavalry began to charge towards the wide gentle slope. The cavalry of the joint attack was more than 100,000 people, and they were divided into several echelons and swooped towards a total of six gentle slopes on the east and west sides of the hill. More than 100,000 cavalry is like a vast sea of cavalry. And the team that pounced on the six gentle slopes was like six black dragons poking their heads out of the sea, and they rushed towards the low hill in front of them, and they felt like they were entwined and devoured. Coupled with the large area of black pressed infantry and horses that rushed to the bottom of the hill before, the entire ten-mile long post is like a leaf floating in the sea of black people at this moment, which may be torn and shattered at any time.
This situation made Guo Kun, who was standing on the top of the Range Rover Tower watching the game at the moment, feel cold. Although he also made a statement to personally participate in the battle, he was the emperor, how could Lin Jue let him go on an adventure. He only let Guo Kun watch the battle from the tower, and was responsible for providing information about the opponent's attack from a high place to the soldiers and horses below, as a reference for the deployment of soldiers and horses on the hill to resist the enemy. But in the current situation, Guo Kun can't pass on any news, because there is no need to pass it on at all, because there are enemy soldiers and horses everywhere, regardless of north, south, east and west, and there is no priority, because there is urgency everywhere.
"It seems that today...... I'm going to die here. This Lin Jue...... Did he imply that if he asked me to go up to this tower to watch the battle, he would let me jump from his tower once the battle was lost, so as not to be humiliated by the thieves and the Jurchens? It must be so, he just won't say it. Ay! Lin Jue, Lin Jue, you are too confident, you have to fight them here? Can this battle really be won? I know you're not afraid of death, but I'm different, if you die, you die, I can't die. You've made a fool of me. Guo Kun's heart was complicated, he was not only frightened and regretful, but also complained and resented Lin Jue's decision from the bottom of his heart.
But no matter how frightened and worried he was, how much he complained and regretted, with a deafening shout of killing, the enemy cavalry rushed up the ramp and rushed up the gentle slope hundreds of paces.
It was as if a huge wave had swept up the embankment, and the galloping cavalry did not slow down at all, nor did they have any formation at all, so they rushed up the slope in a daze. This was a death-ready charge, and the first wave of cavalry knew in their hearts that they actually had little chance of survival, because the first wave of the opponent's blow would be fierce and deadly. But they have no choice, they can't control their own fate, they can only survive by rushing, and if they don't move forward and fear death, they will be dealt with immediately by military law, and they will not even have the slightest chance of survival. Therefore, the only way to stay alive is to rush forward.
Several slopes have similar terrain, and a ramp near the south side of the west side of the hill was attacked by 30,000 cavalry of the former forbidden army's guard Ma Junsi. The vanguard of the 30,000 cavalry, the 5,000 cavalry, slammed into the hill slope in a daze with their shields on their heads. The ramp was about 100 paces wide, and the distance leading to the top of the hill was about 400 paces. The distance is not too long, the ramp is not too steep, and when the high-headed war horses of the forbidden cavalry rush up the hill, even the charging speed of the war horses is not greatly affected. With the shouts of killing, the 5,000 cavalry rushed straight up like a train, and quickly rushed to a position of more than 100 steps above the hillside.
Everything went smoothly in the rear of the guard Ma Junsi commanded Wang Jun felt a little incredible, he thought that the other party would dig a pit on the ramp and set up obstacles or something, but there was no at all. The enemy's first line of defense was in the middle of the ramp, and the 5,000 cavalry would quickly pounce on their fortifications. As long as the enemy in the fortifications is entangled, the subsequent 25,000 cavalry can take advantage of the momentum and rush up the hill. Wang Jun calculated, judging from the gentle ramp and width, and the speed of the cavalry charge, the opponent must start to block from the bottom of the ramp, and it must be extremely effective. If the opponent is allowed to rush up the ramp for a hundred steps, it is equivalent to wasting a lot of blocking distance, and it is basically impossible to stop the cavalry charge in the future.
Wang Jun smelled the smell of success, he was really worried before, but after the real battle started, he suddenly felt that his previous worries seemed too much. It seems that there is no need for this at all. The opponent obviously made a major defensive mistake.