Chapter 315 The West Wind is as fierce as fire
"History of the Han Empire: The Family of the Yuan Dynasty" records: "...... In winter and October, Yuan Gongbai will conquer Liaodong. When the king of Zhenfan was rebellious, killing and plundering the people of the Han realm. He was also ambitious, colluded with the Huns, and wanted to attack the Han for a long time! In order to eliminate future troubles, the Yuan Gong said to the generals that "the people are cunning, and they must be deterred by the national soldiers before they can be subdued." Therefore, in the war, it is not taboo to kill, and it is necessary to do the best in a quick battle. ’
In the middle of the month, he entered the hinterland of Zhenfan for 300 miles, and went to Ganyunling to save the remnants of the Han army. Pingdan, raid the camp of the real army. Yuan Gong took the lead and was stubborn, burning the enemy's front army camp and frustrating his spirit. After a fierce battle, he led a thousand horsemen to break through more than 30,000 people, and several killings were killed. The real army was terrified, and then heard that the Yuan Gong soldiers were everywhere, and fled from the wind. With the momentum of thunder, the public office department pursued the enemy for nearly a thousand miles in five days, more than ten battles of all sizes, thirty-two cities down, and nearly half of the country was pacified! Yuan Gong was sixteen years old at the time, and everyone who heard it was impressed, and the majestic posture of the weak crown was fierce, although the ancient name would be difficult to look forward to......! ”
If it weren't for the fact that the "History of the Han Empire" has always been known as the "history of faith", it would be difficult for later generations to believe the truth of this record. From just these few words, you can already see the demeanor of the Si people in the past, and they are worshiped by countless soldiers.
However, in the eyes of people at the time, this paragraph of the record in the history books not only did not have a little exaggeration, but also abbreviated many wonderful details.
In fact, in Yuan Zhao's magnificent career of a hundred battles, the Battle of Ganyunling was not a big battle at all. The reason why it is described in more detail in the history books of the Han Dynasty is because this battle was the beginning of Yuan Zhao's real battlefield career.
Compared with the Han Army and the Black Eagle Army, this is the first major battle they have fought on behalf of the Han Empire and neighboring countries, and they can achieve such an impressive record, which greatly encourages their confidence, so that the Han athletes have truly embarked on the journey of winning a hundred battles and shocking the world!
After the Battle of Ganyunling broke out that day, before fully realizing the strength of the Black Eagle Army, the Zhenfan Army, which had besieged the Han Army for a month, definitely did not expect that its fate would be so miserable.
Soon after the chaos in the former army camp, General Jin Taizhong, who was in the Chinese army, received an urgent report from his subordinates. He was jolted from his sleep, and after hearing less than two or three sentences, he jumped up in surprise. It happened so suddenly, it was inevitable that it would be unexpected.
However, at this time, no one has yet recognized the seriousness of the matter. When he heard that the other party seemed to have only more than 1,000 horses, Jin Taizhong put on his helmet and armor neatly, and at the same time loudly gave an order, quickly dispatching elites from the front camp and the Chinese army camp to wipe out the attacking Han army!
It's just rampant, isn't it? On the territory of Zhenban, even if it is a cavalry, want to use more than 1,000 horses to attack the camp of more than 30,000 soldiers? Isn't this looking for your own death! No matter where they came from, you must leave them all behind, and you can't let one person run away!
Seeing the general's anger, several generals who hurried to hear the news did not dare to slack off, and when they saw the fire rising from the rear camp, they hurriedly rushed to various places to urge the soldiers to gather quickly and prepare to meet the enemy. But how can it be so easy to organize people in a while? The sleeping soldiers were woken up violently, and many of them were still a little confused when they woke up, not knowing what was happening.
In the light and shadow of the burning fire, many panicked figures swayed, the sound of weapons clashing, the generals shouted loudly, and some complained and cursed...... It looks messy, and there is no order at all. These soldiers originally came from different places in different places, and they were better in normal times, but in the chaos of this dark night, it was not easy to organize and fight quickly.
The victory or defeat of a battle is often determined in a very brief moment. This side is in the gap between the whole army and the battle, but the rear army camp is already in a bad situation!
After the pile of heavy grain and grass of the real people was ignited, the fire suddenly grew bigger. Coupled with the continuous tents one after another, in a short period of time, it was already a fire in the sky, and a sea of fire and smoke was filled.
Many of the real soldiers who didn't have time to escape were burned alive inside. There are also some people who are on fire on their bodies or clothes screaming and running around, although they will inevitably die in the end, but these miserable scenes make people even more frightened.
Of course, there were many people who were quick and quick, and ran out with swords before they had time to get dressed, but their fate was not much better. The tall horses passing by were like black whirlwinds, and the knights of the Han army on the horses were all turned into the gods of death who harvested life in the dark night. As he swung his sword, the heads had already rolled to the ground.
Similar night combat training, the Black Eagle Army has carried out countless times between the mountains, forests and grasses in Zhongnan Mountain, and the cooperation between them is extremely tacit. They were divided into several groups, and they marched through the large camp, sometimes converging and sometimes parting, and when they encountered a large number of Zhenfan people gathering, they annihilated together, and when they encountered a small group of panicked fleeers, the horses' hooves trampled everywhere, and they had already been slaughtered.
On such a battlefield, the advantages of cavalry combat were brought into full play, and the Black Hawk Army was very well-trained, and it only took a quarter of an hour from the beginning of the battle to the breakthrough of the rear army camp. When these local troops of the True Fan Country encounter the Black Hawk Army, they are simply a rabble, and they are vulnerable. It can be said that the officers and men of the Black Hawk Army did not encounter effective sniping at all, and the whole situation was just a one-sided killing and pursuit.
Some of the soldiers who had escaped with their lives ran desperately to the back, behind which was where their own brigade was, and perhaps only by escaping there could they survive. However, they were wrong, in this battle, the more people gathered in a crowded place, the faster they died, and the last to survive were a small number of people who pretended to be dead and rolled into the grass on the side of the road.
Unfortunately, no one could have predicted what would happen next, and a tragic end was inevitable. The swarm of fugitives rushed the formation that had just been organized in the Chinese army's camp, and looking at the black cavalry chasing after them, several generals were so anxious that they shouted and ordered to rush up to meet the enemy, but it was too late.
At this time, the sky is clear, the morning light in the east is beginning to appear, and a hint of morning glow indicates that the sun will rise soon. However, many people are destined to never see the sun today.
Before the thousands of people hastily organized in front of the Chinese army camp rushed forward, the nine-armed serial crossbows in the hands of the Black Eagle Army knights who rushed out from there began to exert their might. In the process of breaking through the rear army camp just now, this kind of enemy-killing weapon was not used at all, and the soldiers only solved the problem with the Han sword in their hands.
The dense crowd was the time when the nine-armed chain crossbow was the most lethal, and nine shots were fired at once, almost without missing arrows, and the hundreds of Zhenfan people who rushed to the front all fell down with a single face.
The shouts and wails were combined, and the soldiers behind were shocked, when had they ever seen such a murderous weapon! At the moment, he didn't even care about the general's order, turned around and ran. However, do they have crossbow arrows and horse hooves to run fast? The faces of the Black Eagle soldiers were hidden behind their visors, and there was no expression to be seen, and in this moment, pity and sympathy were deeply buried. The only thing is merciless killing!
When Jin Taizhong finally rushed over surrounded by hundreds of henchmen, the team in front of him was already defeated. The enraged general picked up the machete in his hand and cut down a few soldiers who had fled backwards, shouting orders not to escape! Immediately follow him forward and kill the enemy.
Jin Taizhong is a really famous general, with a black horse under his crotch and a serrated wolf's tooth machete in his palm, and he has never encountered an opponent in the battle array. As he swung his sword forward, the hundreds of henchmen who followed also rushed over desperately, fighting with the dozens of black-robed Han soldiers at the front.
Speaking of which, their combat power is still very powerful. The two sides raised their swords and slashed each other, and the Black Eagle Army squad at the head cut down the opponents who blocked them one after another on the galloping horse, and at the same time, there were seven or eight knights on their own side who were cut off at the first time.
Jin Taizhong rose to prominence, and the machete slashed left and right, splitting the two oncoming Black Eagle Army in half, and with a roar, the horse rushed forward, and continued to kill the black-robed knights who were running behind.
But when he saw that he rode first, he abandoned others first, and went straight to Jin Taizhong in the oblique stab. Jin Taizhong's eyes had already seen a general, and the weapon in his hand was not the same Han sword as those cavalrymen, but a lance with a strange shape. His heart moved, knowing that this was a fierce general, but it was exactly what he wanted. What's the point of killing some nobodies, and go kill the generals!
It was none other than Gongsun Rongnu. A thousand Black Hawk soldiers rushed forward in three directions, and he led this part of the Black Hawk soldiers to chase bravely, but suddenly saw several brothers in front of him being killed under the horse. Gongsun was shocked and angry in his heart, and he smashed the golden nail wolf tooth lance in his hand and smashed it down on his head.
Jin Taizhong roared, the machete used a lot of strength, and the two heavy weapons collided together, shaking both of them with numb arms, and they couldn't help but be secretly surprised, but it was the chess opponent who would meet the good talent.
Jin Taizhong was both surprised and delighted, he finally met a considerable opponent, but he wanted to have a good competition with him, the other party was just such a few people, under the siege of tens of thousands of horses and horses in the big battalion, it was expected that they would not be able to make any waves, so they didn't have to worry about other places, and they came to concentrate on fighting!
In Jin Taizhong's consistent cognition, since the two sides are equal opponents, the other party will definitely have the same idea as himself, and he will not take the initiative to run away, and he will definitely win or lose with himself. Sure enough, he was right, after a move, the two horses fought back and forth, and the man general rushed straight towards him again.
Jin Taizhong was in high spirits, the machete in his hand was raised high, urging the horse to rush forward and slash down obliquely with the sound of the wind, in his mind, the other party would definitely parry with all his might, but he had already prepared a delicate back move, which would definitely take the life of the enemy!
However, what he didn't expect was that compared to the other party's cunning, his tricks were simply too "innocent and simple"! Seeing that the two horses were about to cross their heads, Gongsun Rongnu smiled coldly, picked up the wolf's tooth lance with one arm, and raised the other arm, and the wrist crossbow hidden between the elbows shot out.
In such a short distance, Jin Taizhong was unavoidable, he didn't expect the other party to have such a secret weapon at all. Three short crossbows shot deep into his throat, and his whole body went limp, and then the wolf's tooth lance arrived early, and "snapped" flattened his head and iron helmet, and died under his horse.
"Alas! You're out of luck...... But you can't blame me, the little marquis's order is to fight quickly, who has the patience to fight with you here......! The black-robed general who had passed by continued to charge forward, leaving a sneering word in the wind.