Chapter 287: There is no time to wait

Just when Yelu Ma Wu led his army to the vicinity of Dingrong City, on the battlefield less than ten miles away from here, the two armies of Song and Jin were fighting to the death! Lou Su suddenly changed his mind, and without waiting for Ma Wu to arrive, he sent an elite horse army to attack the two wings of the Song army. At the beginning, it did rush the two wings of the Shaanxi Chinese Army and the Jingyuan Army. In order to force him to go out of the army, the division sent three consecutive heavy infantry, although it achieved its goal, but it greatly weakened its own defense capability.

However, as the only surviving general of the world-shattering plant, he naturally knew the importance of this battle to Shaanxi and the Great Song Dynasty. He was not a brute force, he was well aware of the constraints that the terrain of this battlefield could exert on the forces of both the enemy and the enemy. The Jurchen cavalry bypassed the middle battlefield and detoured on both flanks, attempting to flank the main formation of the Song army at both ends after crushing the Shaanxi Chinese army and the Jingyuan army. It's a good analogy, if you want to put a sword into the scabbard, then the scabbard must be straight, because the sword is hard, it doesn't turn.

Cavalry can change direction, but the problem is that you have to be in a favorable terrain, such as a large plain. Is this place? The answer is obviously no, don't look at the golden cavalry began to rush happily, knocking the Shaanxi Chinese army into a mess, and the Jingyuan army also made a mess of them. But how many troops did Lou Su send this time? Almost the entire cavalry corps! Without you, there is no way, you can't break up the three big formations of the Song army at all!

So, there is such a scene. The front section of the Jin cavalry rushed violently and was invincible. But the back section is limited by the terrain and can't be opened! The dragon didn't swing its tail, but stuck its tail! The first to react was the Jingyuan army led by Xu Yuan, when the archers, gunners, and sword and shield heavy steps who were already thinking of retreating found that the speed of the rear section of the golden cavalry had slowed down, and they were even so crowded that they couldn't use it, they turned around and rushed back! Desperately compress the activity space of the Golden Ride!

The situation of the Shaanxi Chinese army was a little worse, the terrain on their side was open, and there was no obstacle from the hills where the Jingyuan troops were located. Therefore, the Jurchen cavalry was given enough space to perform. The spear forest was crushed, and the enemy cavalry burst into the formation and rushed to pieces! But at this time, the planter made a move.

In the noisy sound of war drums, the horse army hidden on the side of the main formation suddenly attacked! The cavalry slapped their horses with their weapons and rushed towards the main formation of the Jin Army like arrows from the string! As soon as the horse army left, the formation of Qin Fengbing, which formed the main formation, changed rapidly! The crossbowmen simply turned on the spot, and the pikemen immediately ran to the west and formed again! In this way, even if the cavalry of the Jin Army attacking the Shaanxi Hua army can penetrate the entire formation, you will not be able to rein in at that time, and when you rush towards Qin Fengbing, you will have to face the attack of a rain of guns and arrows again! If you stop in time, you will lose your mobility, and the already scattered Shaanxi Chinese army will eat you to the bone!

When Lou Su saw the cavalry of the Western Army galloping towards him, he didn't pay attention to it at all. It can be found that when the main formation of the Song army changed formation, his face changed greatly, and his already tense body was like a creaky bowstring at this time, nervously paying attention to the progress of the battle. The well-faced girl who lives on the flank senses the danger and stands up! This Jurchen junior general jumped out of battle with a spear, led the cavalry of his headquarters to gallop out, and intercepted the cavalry of the Western Army!

The earth-shattering shouts of killing resounded through the four fields, and the roaring sound of horses' hooves was terrifying, and the elites of Song and Jin were engaged in an unprecedented decisive battle in this narrow area! At this time, I am afraid that no one except the commander still thinks about the outcome of the battle, and the soldiers are just doing their duty, or rather, just instinctively reacting.

Wanyan Huonu's troops collided with the cavalry of the Western Army, and for a time eased the opponent's offensive. Lou Su stared at this time, not letting go of any change on the battlefield, the horse army attacking the Jingyuan soldiers was blocked, entangled by the enemy, and the situation was not good. The cavalry attacking the Hu'er Army was attacking smoothly and was about to pass through the formation, but what was waiting for them was the trap laid by the old fox in the seed division!

Horse Five! Horse Five! I made an appointment with you a few days ago, why didn't you arrive! Although you are a Khitan, you have repeatedly made military exploits since you returned to Dajin, and the government and the opposition have praised you for your talent as a general, and I even divided my troops to let you stand alone! At the critical moment, are you so unreliable? You have harmed my Lou Su, the whole army, and the Dajin Kingdom! This sin, you will not be atoned for by death!

Three batches of troops from Fenglingdu have crossed the Yellow River and landed on the west bank. The fourth batch is a cavalry unit of the Zhejia Army, and the commander is the cousin of Zhe Yanzhi, Zhe Yanye, this young general of the Zhejia family was in the Pingyang Breakout Battle a few days ago, and a shot hit the face of a Jurchen nobleman. The arrival of the Zhejia army not only relieved the siege of Xu Wei, but also greatly increased his strength. It is only because the Fuzhou guarded by the Zhe clan for generations, although it is a small and sparsely populated place, it has a natural advantage, that is, horse production. The folding family is a hereditary system, and the military, government, finance, and litigation power of the prefecture are all in their hands. But the population of this place is not large, so selling horses is a big source of income for the Zhe family. In addition to equipping itself, Fuzhou war horses also supplied Shaanxi Zhulu. Therefore, it is necessary to ask for the army to aid Hedong this time, although it only brought more than 10,000 troops, but the horse army is as many as more than 3,000 cavalry. Just crossing this cavalry unit would take the entire fleet half a day.

When Yang Yan landed on the west bank, he quickly gathered his troops, and after a few months, he set foot on the land of Dingrong again, which made Yang Da very happy. Less than twenty miles west from here, there is Dingrong City! This time, our Hujie and Zhejia Army will join forces to enter the customs, and we will definitely be able to greatly increase the prestige of Taiwei and Brother Xu, Brother Xu, and Fourth Brother Xu! Set up a position and have a big fight with Lou Su's Jurchen birds, which is called happy! He thought that he could trap us in Pingyang City with a "lock city method", but people are not as good as heaven, and they led their soldiers all the way down from Fuzhou, and our two armies jointly fought so that the Jin army fled in embarrassment. When I come back this time, I will avenge the siege!

"It's all fucking neat! Grinding like a woman! Hurry up! Yang Yan held his curved blade spear in one hand and his helmet in the other, and the sound spread in all directions.

Beside him, the infantry was gathering formation, the cavalry was inspecting the horses, and only a very small number had crossed the river, and the large force was still waiting on the east bank to receive them. Xu Wei went out to Hedong, brought out about 20,000 troops, and the casualties when defending the city were very small, but the number of breakthroughs and attrition was quite large, and after the arrival of the Zhejia army, he added some from Shao Yi's rebel army. Now, his troops, plus the Zhejia army, have a total strength of more than 38,000 people, and it is claimed that 80,000 is no problem.

Dozens of horsemen came from the west, running extremely fast, Yang Yan looked at it at a glance, wasn't that Li Guan? His guys were the first to cross the river, thinking that Brother Jiu asked him to return to Dingrong to report the news first, why did he turn back again? When he was puzzled, Li Guan, who ran to the front, also found him and asked loudly: "Yang Tong, where is the courtesy?" ”

Yang Yan stretched out his hand and pointed behind him: "Still in the river, what are you doing in such a hurry?" ”

Li Guan didn't speak again, got off the war horse, and galloped wildly! At this time, the soldiers and horses on the shore gathered, Li Guan, who was short and light as a swallow, shuttled quickly through the crowd, and ran to the river in a short time, and was running into a small boat on the shore. He couldn't wait for all the soldiers to get off the boat, so he shot down with an arrow and shouted, "Sail!" Go and find a good match! ”

When the boatman saw him jump up, but the boat did not waver for a moment, he was astonished, and did not dare to ask any more questions, so he stretched out his pole and sailed into the river again. When Xu Wei was still on a small boat, urging the troops to cross the river, he saw that in the gap of the big boat, a small boat was coming quickly, and the person standing on the bow was Li Guan, who was his eyes and ears. Didn't I ask him to go back to Dingrong City to report to Captain Chong and his two elder brothers? Why did you come back again? Could it be that there is a change ahead? Thinking of this, my heart couldn't help but sink, and I quickly ordered the boatmen to meet it.

The two boats were still far apart, and Li Guan didn't know what to think, so he actually jumped! Before Xu Wei came back to his senses, he heard a plop, Li Guan fell into the water, and made a splash! Hey, this guy, you can fly on dry land, but it's on water! Do you think you are a white stripe?

The boatman handed out the pole and pulled Li Guan up, only to see that his clothes were soaked, his hair was close to his head, and his already short body was even more atrophied. With his appearance, who would dare to believe that he was actually a subordinate that Zijin Tiger relied on so much?

"Ask for justice! The war is already going on! As soon as Dark Qingzi said this, Xu Wei was taken aback. How? Captain and Big Brother have already started a decisive battle with Lou Su?

"Where?" Xu Wei asked sharply.

"Just north of Dingrong City, south of Guanxi Town, the lowly command department peeked from afar, only to see the enemy and me full of wilderness, crowds of people, and fierce battles!" It is not difficult to see the tragedy of the war from Li Guan's expression, otherwise, this murderous man who does not blink an eye would not panic like this!

Xu Wei's blood was boiling suddenly! He knew that this battle was unprecedented! The total number of troops invested by the Song and Jin armies is conservatively estimated to be more than 100,000, and a battle of this scale is not available at any time. Now whether it is Song Jun or Jin Jun, I am afraid that they don't know that I have crossed the river, and I have to give Lou Su a surprise. With this in mind, the boatman was in a hurry to sail to the east shore! After going ashore, they found Zheheqiu, Ma Kuo, Wu Jie and others, and after conveying the military situation, they discussed countermeasures together.

Although the generals expected that the decisive battle between Song and Jin would be in the near future, it happened to be on the day they landed, which was somewhat surprising.

Wu Jie was silent for a moment, and said loudly: "Our military has just crossed the river, and it will be noon tomorrow at the earliest." It's a bit tricky. ”

His words were agreed by everyone, yes, close to 40,000 troops, not to mention a large number of grain and grass baggage, just dozens of large and small boats, rushing to cross the river before noon tomorrow, is already the fastest speed. But in this way, I am afraid that I will not be able to catch up with this Armageddon! It is not difficult to see from the information brought back by Li Guan that the two armies of Song and Jin have pressed all their forces, and this is obviously not a tentative attack, but a real duel! Will this kind of big battle wait until tomorrow to decide the winner?

"If the number of troops is too small, it will not be of much use for a battle of this scale. To gather troops, it takes time and is a dilemma. Ma Kuo's face was solemn.

At this time, Zhi Keqiu, who had rarely expressed his opinion, suddenly said: "When the two armies are holding each other, as long as neither side has an overwhelming advantage, even a small force can play an unexpected role. The officer suggested that the Ma army rush to help the battle first, and the infantry army will catch up after abandoning the grain and grass. With a distance of less than twenty miles, it can be said that it is only possible in the blink of an eye. ”

Wu Jie looked at the river and asked: "Even so, at this time, the Ma army has only crossed a thousand horses, and there is no scale of four or five thousand horses, and I am afraid it will not play a role in this kind of decisive battle of more than 100,000 people." ”

A smug smile appeared on his face: "I brought these 3,000 horse troops, entangled with the party for many years, defeated the 'Bubazi', defeated the 'Iron Harrier', and penetrated five hundred miles into the territory of the Xia Kingdom!" Not necessarily worse than the Jurchen cavalry, right? ”

Wu Jie thought for a moment, nodded and said, "If we have to join the battle immediately, we can go west along Weishui and go around to the back of the Jin army to sneak attack." Attack it unprepared, surprise! The infantry army did not need to go to the battlefield, and also traced the river to the west to control the pontoon bridge on the Weishui River. If our army wins, stop the rout. If the battle situation is unfavorable, there are troops holding Weishui and cutting off its retreat, and Lou Su does not dare to pursue it on a large scale. ”

Zhi Keqiu glanced at Wu Jie in surprise, no wonder Zijin Tiger has become famous in the past two years, and he really has a lot of talent under his command. Wu Jinqing's arrangement can be called foolproof!

Xu Wei has a habit that when the generals discuss tactics with his staff, he generally doesn't say much and doesn't interfere. Because he knows that although he can't learn a lot when marching and fighting, he is not as good as Wu Jie, who joined the army in his teens. At this time, seeing that Wu Jie finished speaking, he didn't drag the mud and water, and immediately decided: "That's it!" The infantry stopped, and all the ships carried the cavalry under the command of Zhijing to cross the river as quickly as possible! Ma Tai had already landed with a thousand tigers and horses, and after crossing two thousand horsemen, he made a detour to the north of Kansai Town. Twist the scriptures, you see, who should lead the army? ”

Although Ma Tai is the commander of the Hujie cavalry, and he is also quite good at horse warfare, the cavalry of the Zhejia army is stronger than the Hujie in terms of tactical literacy, combat experience, and horse superiority and inferiority. At this critical time, there is really no need to fight for this merit.

"Although Orihiko is young, he is also good at kung fu and has a lot of experience. Led by him, how about Xu Zhao's please? Zhe Keqiu asked tentatively. If this battle is won, leading the Ma army to raid the Jin army will of course be the first merit! And his son simply grew up on horseback, and using him as a leading pioneer will never disgrace the family!

Xu Wei didn't think about it, nodded and agreed: "I ordered Ma Tai to lead the Hujie horse army that has crossed the river and landed to return to Linglang to control him, he is familiar with the terrain of Dingrong and can also be used as a guide." ”

Zhe Ke asked for great joy, and immediately called Orihikono. This person is no more than seventeen or eighteen years old, but he has the fierceness of a party member, he is more than seven feet long, his shoulders are big and his waist is thin, and his whole body is neatly draped, especially the hood with horns on his head is particularly eye-catching. The face is thin, the forehead is high, and a pair of eyes are sunk into the sockets, full of violent color!

"Recruit the prime minister to promote you and order you to go to break the enemy as the vanguard of the army, you must go all out!" Fold can ask for a lecture on his son.

Na Zhe Yanye glanced at Xu Wei, bowed down and bowed: "Humble duty will not disgrace your life!" ”

"Good! When the 3,000 horse army is ready, you can trace Weishui to the west! Once the follow-up cavalry unit crosses the river and becomes a formation, this officer will also rush to your aid as soon as possible! Remember, your success is the difference between success and failure! Little general, Xu, please leave it to you! Xu Wei finished speaking, and bowed his hand.

In a panic, he knelt down on one knee and bowed his head and said: "If you take a step back from your humble position, you will be willing to accept military law!" ”

Zhe Keqiu's heart was shocked, how could this military order be set up indiscriminately? Who in this world can guarantee victory in a hundred battles? It's just that his son was so excited by the Purple Gold Tiger that his words had already been spoken, and it was difficult to recover it, so he could only let it go.

After Zhi Yanye took the order and left, Xu Wei immediately made a series of arrangements. The first is to send people to summon Yang Zaixing, who is cruising outside, and the horse army that crosses the river after Zhiyan Ye Ma Tai is gone must be led by him; Second, it was to send Li Guan to immediately spy on the south bank of Weishui, and be sure to find out where the Jin army's pontoon boats and boats were located, so that the army could make corresponding arrangements.

"Hey!" Just as Xu Wei issued an order like a cannon, Wu Jie suddenly stomped his feet and shouted. Everyone was shocked to look at each other, what was wrong with him?

"Xianggong, I almost forgot a big thing!" Wu Jie's eyes lit up and he said loudly.

Xu Wei's heart moved, and he asked urgently, "What's the matter?" ”

"A few miles north from here, is where the Wei River and the Yellow River meet! Our army can completely divide its troops and directly cross to the north bank of Weishui to seize the pontoon boats! Break the way out! "Wu Jie said, Xu Wei was overjoyed! Yes, if I were to hold on to the south bank, even if the Jin army was defeated and retreated to the river, I would still have to engage it in close quarters. If you base on the North Shore, you will get twice the result with half the effort! At that moment, it was implemented according to the plan of Wu Jie, and the whole army was mobilized, eager to participate in the war! But Xu Wei didn't know that when he dispatched troops and urgently crossed the river, there were already variables on the battlefield of Dingrong!

"Woo......" The strange sound of the horn suddenly came!

Lou Su howled as if he was crazy: "Where to blow the trumpet!" Where to blow the trumpet! The soldiers around him also looked at each other, there was no order, who would dare to blow the horn indiscriminately? And this is still a rallying trumpet! Finally, someone found that two or three miles behind the Song army, there was a faint trace of troops!

Lou Su clamped his legs and rode out of the battle alone, not caring about the cavalry of the Western Army who might break through at any time, he rushed out hundreds of steps, stepping on the stirrup and looking at his neck! Is it Ma Wu? Is it Ma Wu? Did he hear the sound of the trumpet? At this moment, the horn sounded louder and louder! And that force is getting closer! Not bad! It's really my gold ** team! Jeremath indeed! He arrived, he finally arrived!

Lou Su was ecstatic, opened his hands, turned his back to the sky, and let out a long roar! Ma Wuyi arrives, and the Song army will be broken!

The main formation of the Song army was in a commotion, and General Qin Feng had obviously discovered the police situation behind it! What's going on? Where did the horse army come from? How can it appear behind the back of our army? One of the planters' hearts sank suddenly, where did this golden army come from? Unexpectedly appeared behind me? Is Chang'an falling? Why didn't Huazhou warn? When the battle situation is stalemate, the arrival of this Jin army will undoubtedly push the situation one-sidedly towards Lou Su!

This veteran of the Western Army, who has fought all his life, even had a panicked look on his face! The two wings have been controlled, and at this time, if this Jin army that fell from the sky and Lou Su attacked back and forth, even if my seed division had the ability to penetrate the heavens and the earth, it would be a lack of skills to return to the sky!

"This time ...... rest"