Chapter 476: The Zhongjing Ambush
Although there are still many areas in Shangjing that have not been cleaned up, Ah Guda finally decided, and Xian also led 20,000 elites to go south to Zhongjing immediately. The intention was to clear the passage and march to Nanjing Road to exert greater pressure on the small court of Northern Liao.
The Jurchen headquarters was fast with soldiers and horses, destroying the city with lightning speed, and approaching Zhongjing step by step.
The defenders and officials of Zhongjing were like monkeys burning their butts, and they asked for help from Nanjing Dao. For a time, Gubeikou was crowded with people and horses, and it became a rare wonder.
Faced with the sudden move of the Jurchen, Xiao Gan keenly sensed that the taste was wrong. In the situation that the rear did not completely settle down, Ah Guda ordered the diagonal to also move south, which showed that the other party was in a hurry.
Why are they in a hurry, because of the huge victory of the Tokyo firearms unit, they think that if they take down Zhongjing first, they can quickly threaten Yanjing? In order to avoid a head-to-head confrontation with the Tokyo Firearms Unit.
Obviously, the number of people on Yelu Dashi's side was small, less than 20,000, but Zhongjing had 100,000 defensive troops.
Aguta chose Zhongjing, which has a large number of people but no firearms troops, and there is only one truth, they know the true power of firearms troops, especially in defending the city.
As a nomadic tribe, the Jurchen is unparalleled in the world in cavalry, but he is obviously inexperienced in siege and defense, so he will not go to Tokyo, which has a small number of people. Ah Guda didn't even go to Tokyo to try, he was able to play to his strengths and avoid weaknesses so accurately, it must be someone in Yanjing who leaked secrets!
I can also think of it, these bastards who eat inside and out, the Great Khitan is already dying, and they are still frantically stabbing knives and sucking blood.
The Jurchens were as fierce as beasts, and the slaves under their rule were miserable, and they turned a blind eye to them one by one, and actually betrayed their country's military top secrets. Aren't you worried that after the fall of the Khitan, they will not end well?
It's useless to think too much, now the situation in Zhongjing is urgent, and it is necessary to go to the rescue. But who can resist the attack of the slanting?
The Jerod Stone can only be the Jerod Stone.
He had 8,000 men at his disposal, and another 8,000 troops were recruited in Tokyo, making a total of 16,000 men.
It is estimated that he was really transferred to Zhongjing, and according to Yelu Dashi's style, he brought half of the sergeants and half of them, and the remaining sergeants were used to guard against Gao Yongchang and the troops in Shenzhou.
The mobilization of troops was within Xiao Gan's purview, and he also transferred 1,500 relatively good new troops, of which 500 new troops and 5,000 regular troops rushed to help Tokyo, and 1,000 new troops and 5,000 regular troops rushed to help Zhongjing.
At the same time, an order was issued, requesting that Yelu Dashi in Tokyo immediately rush to Zhongjing and command the defenders of Zhongjing to resist the attack of the Jurchen commander Shuaiya.
Of course, he also accepted Yelu Dashi's proposal and sent personnel to Dongkuo urgently, striving to transport the follow-up 5,000 new equipment to Yanjing as soon as possible within a month, and then train the new army of 5,000 people.
Yelu Dashi received the order and immediately rushed to Zhongjing with 8,000 men.
To Zhongjing, the rapid march is about two days' journey, Yelu Dashi rests in Xingzhong Mansion for a night, and sets off early the next morning, and it is estimated that he can arrive in Zhongjing in the evening.
It was already afternoon after passing Yuzhou from Xingzhong Mansion, and there were still seventy miles to rush, Yelu Dashi was eating and drinking right away, and he was rushing towards Zhongjing at a gallop.
In the evening afterglow, looking at Zhongjing City from afar, everyone was much more relaxed, and the marshal said, rushed to Zhongjing to invite everyone to drink.
The team of talkers and laughers suddenly stopped, and Yelu Dashi suddenly noticed that smoke and dust were rising in the woods in the distance.
"Enemy attack!"
As Dashi judged clearly, the cavalry rolled in, and strong men wrapped in tiger and leopard skins showed their bare heads, and there was a slender braid with a golden rat tail combed behind them.
"Jurchen Tartar!"
Yelu Dashi could see clearly in the clairvoyant mirror, and this group of women was more than 5,000 people, to say the least.
Seeing that their formation is not scattered, and they still make all kinds of difficult movements on horseback when they sprint at high speed, they are really fierce, I am afraid that they are waiting for themselves.
Damn the oblique, he actually ambushed himself!
Yanjing's gang of damn moths, they are desperate to work hard, running around to protect their families and defend the country, how dare they leak their itinerary! When you resist the Tartars this time, you must completely liquidate these bastards when you return to Yanjing.
In an instant, Yelu Dashi remembered Lin Chong's words, why did he always want to be in power by himself, it seemed that he was aware of the shortcomings of the Khitan court, from Yelu Yanxi to the soldiers and officials, all of them were rotten.
Since Yelu Dashi was advancing lightly this time, and the heavy weapons and baggage were all behind, it would take two or three days before ammunition, artillery, and other weapons and materials could be transported.
It seems that you can only fight hard!
"Big Plum Blossom Array!"
The plum blossom array is an evolution of the shape of the plum blossom five petals, according to the number of five or five arrays, in reality, four swords, guns and shields protect a musketeer. And the big plum blossom array is the plum blossom set of plum blossoms, which emerges in an endless stream and is ever-changing, and it is the most suitable for defense.
Naturally, the oblique will not let the big stone easily set up the formation, and the five thousand cavalry roared and flew wildly.
The large target of 8,000 people was very eye-catching in the rain of arrows, and the Jurchens almost didn't need to aim to start shooting. The number of Khitan sergeants wounded by arrows began to increase dramatically. But Yelu Dashi was unmoved and continued to hold on, and the Jurchen cavalry soon entered the range of a hundred paces.
"Fire!" Yelu Dashi held back for too long, burst into a shout, and rushed forward with a gun.
His guards were scattered, and if the marshal was hit by an arrow, his head would have to be moved. So one by one, they carried large shields to guard him on his left and right.
At a distance of a hundred paces, the cavalry rushed over at high speed, and each soldier operated by the Khitan musket could fire about three times.
Of the 8,000 people, only 1,000 were new troops, and although they fought two battles, they had never encountered a face-to-face bloody posture. The remaining 4,000 Khitan troops and 3,000 resentful troops saw a large number of Jurchen iron horsemen rolling in, and some began to panic.
On the battlefield, dealing with cowardly deserters, it is an immutable cold-blooded law for the ages.
Ninety steps "put!" ”
Sixty steps "put!" ”
Thirty steps "put!" ”
Boom! Boom! Boom! A series of explosions sounded, and the Jurchen cavalry rushed to the Khitan army in the rain of bullets, but they were blown up by the fire thistles buried in advance.
Spears, bows and arrows, muskets, and broadswords roared and roared in this deserted wilderness until they could not see their fingers, and the Jurchen cavalry finally retreated.
Yelu Dashi's troops were also seriously injured, and the sky was dark, and the enemy situation was unknown, so they did not dare to pursue. He adopted a safety strategy, and the whole army took cover alternately, and slowly withdrew to Zhongjing.
Arriving in Zhongjing, after counting, more than half of the 8,000 people were injured, and the new army also suffered four or five hundred casualties, which made Yelu Dashi's eyes full of anger.
Not killing is not enough to calm the anger, and not killing is not enough to comfort the souls of the unjustly deceased.
Xian also received the ambush battle in the suburbs of Zhongjing, injuring 1,500 people and horses, almost making Xian also vomit blood.
"The lethality of the firearms unit is ten times higher than that of the normal Khitan army! Be cautious at war! ”