Chapter 304: The Nightmare Begins
Lin Feng was concerned about the movement of the army in the Jin Kingdom, and the Yan army did not disappoint him, except for the Lin Xiao army that disappeared for the time being, Liu Xuanyuan led the army, and in the case of Wang Lunkey's tricks, he still relied on a strong offensive and unyielding will.
In the past few months, Wang Lun Key, who was forced to lead the army to retreat, lost the entire territory of Longlin County, not to mention, the western front of Merlin County was also captured by the Yan army, and now led more than 200,000 guards, succumbing to the plain between Merlin County and Huaiyuan County, barely defending.
However, in the past two months, the most outstanding performance of the Yan army was the 150,000 infantry mixed army led by Zhao Hongru and Feng Shihu.
Zhao Feng's corps seemed to be an uncontrollable torrent, wantonly invading the territory of southern Jin, the torrent broke all the defense lines of Yanghe County, Taihu County, and Huaining County, and the torrent forward had rushed into Baiyan County, and three of the eight counties in southern Jinnan fell into the hands of the Yan army, and Baiyan County was also in danger.
After months of war, the war in southern Jin was urgent, the Jin army was defeated and retreated, and the weak soldiers were covered with dark clouds, and everyone did not know what would happen in the next moment.
In the fierce and tragic battles every day, the heads of the cities in Huaining County were dyed like cinnabar by the blood of the Jin army, and in the sun, they emitted a faint red light, which looked miserable.
Every day, the flag of the Jin State is still hung at the head of the city in the early morning, and in the evening, or earlier at noon, the flag of the Jin State becomes the flag of the Yan State, and the Jin army is all miserable and retreats again and again.
At first, with Sima Kuo coming to the Jin army in Huaining County, he was full of confidence, with infinite longing and enthusiasm, hoping to defeat the Yan army and recover the lost territory in western Jin under the leadership of Sima Kuo.
However, when they came to Huaining County, everyone found that this descendant of the Sima family, who was called by the emperor as having the talent of the world and the country, in the fierce debate in three words, the generals of the Jin army had no way to refute him at all, but when he went to the battlefield, he did not know how to be flexible at all, regardless of the changes in the war situation, and often used the strategy in his heart to be rigid and rigid, and used it in the ever-changing battlefield.
Over time, the Jin army continued to be defeated, lost Huaining County, and then retreated to Baiyan County, and the war not only did not develop in a good direction, but on the contrary, the situation became worse and worse.
As the deputy marshal of the Jin army, Sima Kuo has a hard time, he has never led troops before, let alone a descendant of the Sima family, let alone Sima Kuo, he was originally a ruffian bully in the Xishan area of the Song Kingdom, his real name is Zhang Zhao, today, he can lead 200,000 guards, all rely on Wang Yuanan.
On the day he remembered, he was in a lawsuit for his own life, and the eldest prince of the Wang family rescued him and brought him back to the Song Kingdom, after a short period of secret training in the Wang family, that day, Wang Yuanan hurriedly looked for him, and he entered the palace as Sima Kuo inexplicably.
The words that were said in the palace of the Jin Kingdom that day were also temporarily explained by Wang Yuanan on the way to the palace.
He knew that he had a few catties and a few taels, how could he take on the heavy task of saving the Jin Kingdom from fire and water, and now he was like a chess piece in the hands of the Wang family, just buying time for the Wang family to move to the Song Kingdom.
But in the face of the Wang family, the temptation of ten thousand gold, and the lawsuit of life in the Song Kingdom, he chose wealth. Anyway, after holding out for three months, Wang Yuanan personally told him that by the end of July, the Wang clan would move to the Song Kingdom, and someone from the Wang clan would take him out of the Jin Kingdom and go to the Song Kingdom to enjoy the glory and wealth.
What's more, when he was wearing armor and leading 200,000 guards to go on the expedition, he intuitively felt that his whole body seemed to be burning, and he secretly thought, how can he know that he can't succeed if he doesn't try With the sustenance of Beichen Qiong and the expectations of the people of the Jin Kingdom, he came to Huaining County in high spirits, acted in accordance with Wang's plan, and sent rich gifts to the generals of the Yan army, but unfortunately, the good times did not last long, the messenger was beheaded, and the Yan army stormed, but in a few days, the Yan army attacked the city and pulled out the village, invincible, and it was crazy.
He led his army to resist several times and failed, and had no choice but to withdraw from Huaining County and retreat to Jingyang City, the capital of Baiyan County. Jingyang City is the largest city in the south of Jin, and there is Gukun Pass as the gateway on the west line, where the mountains are staggered, and there is a big river passing through in the south, which is a natural danger.
Although it is not a one-man pass, it is also a strong and difficult to overcome. The reason why the garrison is in Jingyang City is mostly because he personally led 50,000 cavalry the day before yesterday to block the Yan army on the western front of Huaining County.
Thinking of the collision between the two armies that day, the two armies of Yan and Jin were like two torrents colliding with each other, roaring and colliding, and briefly crossed over.
Suddenly, the sword light and sword shadow, the shout shook the sky, bursting out of the blood of the body, as if the rain was flying in the air, the soldiers of the two armies came and went, and the battle was out of control.
At that time, under the frenzied killing, the two armies of Yan and Jin all lost their minds, and they all killed red-eyed, and between gestures, swords and bows, there was no longer room for the enemy.
In this battle, both the Yan and Jin armies were cavalry, and they were also good at riding and archery, and they were also bloodthirsty and warlike. If you meet an opponent in chess, you will meet the scene of good materials, but when the war began, it was the ironclad infantry of Yan State who first attacked the Jin army.
For a time, the two sides fought on the battlefield in the dark, and the sun and moon were gone. However, everyone knows that if a hundred years ago, the Jin Guards could still fight the Yan army, now, it is almost impossible.
However, in order to win, in order to show his declining prestige, Sima Kuo invested 50,000 cavalry at the beginning of the battle, after all, the Yan army in front of him only had 20,000 ironclad infantry, so there was no need to worry at all.
Failing one after another, he also wanted to win, and he also wanted to prove his ability, and even wanted to escape from the control of the Wang family, once he won the battle and contributed to the Jin Kingdom, the glory and wealth he faced would exceed the promise of the Wang family a hundred times, a thousand times.
Therefore, the order to attack on all fronts at that time was not deliberate, but a decision made with enthusiasm for the sake of glory and wealth.
At the beginning of the war, the Jin army roared and galloped, and in the face of the 20,000 Yan army ironclad infantry, they did not pay attention to it.
Although not long ago, the combat effectiveness of the ironclad infantry was appreciated many times, but now 50,000 against 20,000, cavalry against infantry, this is almost an overwhelming advantage.
The leader of the Jin army, Zhang Wenbo rarely went to the battlefield in the past, but he also knew that the battlefield fight must be carried out in one go, especially when the soldiers are full of fighting spirit and courage, only need to transform the fighting spirit in the hearts of the soldiers into combat effectiveness.
If you are afraid of war, fearful, and cowardly in the center of battle, the period of brave death will not be too far away. Therefore, at the beginning of the war, Zhang Wenbo led the Jin army to rush up, and the Jin cavalry was majestic, with swords and swords.
For a while, the defense line formed by the ironclad infantry was completely broken, but they still tried their best to resist, but in the face of twice their own cavalry, they gradually showed signs of inadequacy.
The Jin army rushed frantically, but the Yan army began to withdraw in an orderly manner, in this battle, they met the enemy head-on, but they were not the absolute main force, and they needed to lead the Jin army into a trap.
At present, the Jin army, which has killed madness, does not seem to realize that danger is creeping up. Now, the Jin army's bravery, including Zhang Wenbo, who led the army to charge, all have such an idea, with 50,000 brave horses, against the Yan army's 20,000 forwards, it is as simple as slaughtering a lamb, the Yan army can not resist for long, once the Yan army is defeated on all fronts, the 20,000 Yan army will definitely die, and the rest of the month, the situation of the Jin country's repeated defeats will be effectively ended.
However, Zhao Jun, the forward general of the Yan State, did not think so, in the past few days, the Yan army has won a wisp of victory, and the Jin army not only did not die down, on the contrary, it became more and more like a wolf and a tiger, daring to collide with the Yan army on the frontal battlefield, which was simply hitting a stone with an egg.
According to Zhao Jun's understanding, the Chinese army has repeatedly looked forward to fighting with the main force of the Jin army in the field, but Wang Lunkey led the army to retreat in various cities, but he did not expect that the cavalry led by Sima Kuo ate the bear's heart and leopard gall, but the combat effectiveness became more and more vigorous under the crushing of the Yan army.
In Zhao Jun's heart, he likes the two armies of Yan and Jin to collide head-on, only in this way can the Yan army effectively annihilate the main force of the Jin army, and the next big battle will become easier and simpler.
At this time, the Yan army only had 20,000 people in the front, but it was very strong, in the face of the absolute strength of the Jin army, not only did not fear the battle, on the contrary, according to the pre-plan, effectively retreated, and now, with the strong and powerful charge of the Jin army, the Jin army thought that it had fallen into the trap.
Zhao Jun looked calm, smiled lightly, and said to the generals beside him: "Crossbowmen on both wings, attack on all fronts, shoot and kill the Jin army" In this battle, Zhao Jun and Li Hu also led 50,000 troops, including 30,000 ironclad infantry, 20,000 light cavalry, whether ironclad infantry, or light cavalry, they are all warriors of a hundred battles, Nai Yan army elite, strong combat effectiveness and endurance tenacity, in the past two years of fighting, they are cruel, they are bloodthirsty, in the tragic battles, often fight with their lives, the opponent is cruel, they are even more ferocious.
At this moment, with the Jin army on the two wings of the field, suddenly appeared 10,000 crossbow soldiers, dense arrow rain overwhelming, the Jin army's two wings of cavalry horizontal and vertical, galloping and falling to the ground, strong and powerful impact, was effectively stopped.
At this time, the ironclad infantry that had retreated earlier changed their normal behavior and actually faced the cavalry that was attacking the Jin army and began to fight.
This ironclad infantry, in recent years, with Zhao Hongru's fierce battle in Bishan, and then thousands of miles, came to Jinnan, can be said to have experienced a hundred battles, although not as strong as the Yan army's ironclad cavalry, but close combat is like a fish in water.
With the ironclad infantry counterattack, and the ironclad infantry on both wings began to shoot, the Yan army's defeat and retreat quickly reversed, not to mention, the Yan army intended to retreat before, once the counterattack started, it was bound to be rapid and violent, and the Jin army was definitely not given any chance.
With the passage of time, the resilience of the Yan army gradually showed, while the Jin army struggled to break through the Yan army's defenses several times in the war, and gradually showed a state of boredom.
At this time, Li Hu, who was not far away, showed a smile on his face, the time was ripe, it was time to annihilate the Jin army of 50,000 people, and said coldly: "The whole army charges, the two wings are outflanked, and I will kill with me" The military order was like a mountain, and the 20,000 cavalry of the Yan army moved when they heard the wind.
When Li Hu rushed out first, the 20,000 cavalry behind him rushed out like wolves, waving a ring knife in his hand, and rushed towards the Jin cavalry with a roar.
The Yan cavalry has an absolute advantage over the Jin cavalry, the Yan army has experienced a hundred battles, and all of them are executioners of killing, once they attack, they will win every battle.
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