Chapter 20: The Battle of Chaoge Town
Pucha Shi's slave was so angry by Niu Gao's agitation that he was like thunder, and he was about to rush forward with his big knife and fight Niu Gao alone. Jin 13 hurriedly said, "General Pucha, as the commander of an army, how can you be like these rabble, and you can fight alone at every turn. Wouldn't it be a pleasure for us to have thousands of elite soldiers, rushing into the camp, and slashing this black guy. ”
Pucha Shi's slave was persuaded by Jin Shisan's words. If it had been placed more than ten years ago, Pucha Shijianu would have rushed directly to the battlefield to fight Niu Gao. But at this time, at that time, the Pucha Shijia slave at that time was just a poor herdsman who pressed out of the tiger water, and he had nothing, so he could only fight for fame with his own life. At this moment, he is a concubine with a good face and bones, and there are countless beautiful wives and concubines in the family, of course, he can no longer break into the enemy's big array at every turn like when he first debuted, and capture the flag.
Pucha Shi slave was not aware of the change in himself at all. But in the face of Niu Gao's naked challenge, he did not dare to rush to the front. Just like in the face of the fierce man Fu Qing's solo cavalry assault, he would only let his own soldiers fire arrows together, but he didn't dare to engage Fu Qing with short soldiers.
Jin 13 had already discovered that Puchashi's slaves were no longer as brave as they were back then. However, Jin 13 has never advocated a heads-up victory, and the Jurchen cavalry dominates the world, relying not on one or two warriors, but tens of thousands of elite soldiers and strong generals who have experienced hundreds of battles. The two armies faced each other, and the iron cavalry swept by. Even if the enemy on the opposite side was Xiang Yu Ran Min, the Jurchen army also swept through.
Although the battle with the loyal militia in the past two days has reduced Jin Shisan's self-confidence a little. Those loyal militiamen who were not afraid of death inflicted nearly 400 casualties on the Jurchen soldiers at the cost of thousands of casualties. It seems that the Jurchen soldiers won a great victory, but the population of the Emperor Song was hundreds of times that of the Jurchens. If we can't completely dispel the fighting spirit of the loyal militia, the loyal militia of the Central Plains alone will be able to defeat the Jin soldiers to a standstill.
But Jin Shisan still believed that as long as he killed Yue Fei under Xiangzhou City, and then waved his army south to sweep the entire Yingtianfu, it was estimated that the heroes of the Central Plains would stop. After he persuaded Pucha Shi's slave, he walked to the front of the formation and looked at Yue Yun with his eyes.
Yue Yun was looked at uncomfortably by Jin Thirteen, shook the short iron gun in his hand, and shouted loudly, "Golden Dog, what are you doing with Master Yue?" There is a kind of one, come up and fight me alone. ”
Jin 13 couldn't help crying and laughing. He didn't expect a little kid to be so arrogant and not take himself seriously. Even if he is not known for his bravery, he has also killed more than a dozen Liao soldiers and generals.
However, Jin Thirteen is scheming, and his joy and anger are invisible. He was annoyed, but he still had a smile on his face. "Are you really Yue Fei's son?"
Yue Yun's neck was raised straight, and he said proudly, "What? ”
Jin Shisan smiled, "If it is, then I'm welcome." I'm going to capture you and make your dad surrender. ”
Yue Yun snorted, pointed at Jin Shisan and scolded, "The golden dog also wants to capture your little master Yue, go dream." When my heroic and invincible Uncle Niu defeats you, I will capture you alive. ”
Yue Yun knew that he was too young to go to the battlefield, so he directly slapped Niu Gao. Niu Gao saw that Yue Yun also said that he was invincible, and immediately grinned and laughed. "The old Pucha dog on the other side, don't you have the courage to go head-to-head with your grandfather Niu?"
Pucha Shijianu's challenge to Niu Gao was unheard, and he loudly ordered his subordinates to Jin Bing, "Sons, after Chaoge Town, it is a horse Pingchuan." When the time comes, the whole Xiangzhou will let us gallop. Now, let's take down this rabble in one go. ”
In the past two days, the Jurchen cavalry was harassed by the loyal militia. It's just that those loyal militias are too treacherous to dare to confront them head-on. Now that they finally saw a camp, the Jurchen cavalry suddenly boosted their morale. They can finally go on a killing spree. As for the camp that Niu Gao hastily set up, it was not taken into account by these Jurchen cavalry at all. Since they started their troops according to the tiger water, they don't know how many impregnable cities they have conquered, and how many camps known as iron walls have been leveled.
Niu Gao saw that the Jurchen soldiers on the opposite side were not provoked, and did not send people out to fight alone, but prepared to attack in a big way, and immediately retreated into the camp, preparing to meet the first attack of the Jin soldiers.
But the first to engage the Jin soldiers were the motley cavalry of Fu Qing and others. More than 300 loyal militiamen rode on various mounts and fought with the rear of the Jurchen army. Fu Qing carried a long knife and entered the Jurchen army first. Fu Xuan and Meng De followed. But the most ferocious is the four-headed Jiao Wentong, not that he is more powerful than Fu Qing, but that his bull went crazy when he saw blood, and rushed directly into the Jurchen array, rushing and colliding, and the two horns on his head knocked over a few golden soldiers. Jiao Wentong danced with two knives in his hands, killing very quickly.
But this time, the Jurchens divided the thousands of cavalry into three teams, one to attack Niu Gao's stockade, and the other to deal with Fu Qing's loyal militia. The middle team is used as a reserve. As the personal soldiers of Pucha Shijianu blew the horn, the five hundred gold soldiers got off their horses, wore heavy armor, carried big axes and long knives, and went straight to the Niu Gao camp.
Niu Gao stood on the high platform in the center of the camp and looked coldly at the Jurchen soldiers who rushed up. At this time, Niu Gao was full of a strong murderous aura, and he no longer had the grinning face that teased Jin Bing just now.
The heavily armored Jurchen soldiers marched forward in unison, and their heavy footsteps shook the earthquake slightly. They were getting closer and closer to the big camp, a hundred, eighty, fifty. But Niu Gao remained silent, as if he had forgotten his mission.
When the Jurchen soldiers rushed to a distance of thirty paces from the camp, they began to speed up and run. At this moment, Niu Gao's raised right hand slashed down fiercely, shouting, "Shoot!" The guards behind the wall let go of their fingers, which had turned a little white from drawing their bows for too long, and powerful crossbow arrows shot out of the camp. Because of the proximity, the bow and crossbow are extremely powerful, and ordinary bows and arrows also have the power to pierce armor. In the blink of an eye, dozens of Jurchen soldiers were shot over.
But the Jurchen army that saw the blood was even more ferocious. Some of the Jurchen soldiers had more than a dozen arrows hanging on their bodies, and they still gritted their teeth and rushed to the front of the village, swinging heavy axes and slashing at the unreliable camp.
But they often only had one axe and were stabbed to the ground by the pikemen hiding behind the camp. Or be torn through your armor and nailed into your throat by a heavy arrow at close range.
Seeing that the bows and arrows in the camp were too fierce, Pucha Shijianu immediately selected 300 Jurchen soldiers who were good at shooting, walked to the front of the camp, and suppressed the shooting. The speed at which the Jurchen archers shot arrows was much faster than that of the Taihang rebels. Feathered arrows in the air. Soon Niu Gao's archers couldn't hold it anymore, and they were shot a gap by the Jurchen archers.
The heavily armored Jurchen soldiers rushed to the front of the camp along this gap, and their long knives and axes were chopped down one after another, and the camp was quickly cut down. The Jurchen soldiers let out a cheer and poured into the camp together.
But the Taihang Righteous Army did not retreat directly into the second camp. Instead, he started a hard-fought battle with Jin Bing before the second camp. Dong Xian held a long knife in his hand, and personally broke through the formation, slashing the several Jurchen soldiers who rushed to the front into two pieces. Behind him, hundreds of pikemen lined up in a dense array of guns, and the spears in their hands kept rolling and attacking. As long as it is a Jurchen soldier who has fallen to the ground, it is absolutely impossible to take only one shot in his body.
But no matter how brave Dong Xian is, it is impossible to defeat Jin Bing with the strength of one person. Whether it is armor and weapons, or combat experience, the Jin soldiers are far above the Taihang Righteous Army. After half an hour of bloody fighting, the Taihang Righteous Army was finally forced to retreat behind the second wall.
At this time, Fu Qing's loyal army had been killed and retreated by the Jurchen rear army. Jin Shisan, who was in charge of commanding the rear team, came to the front of the camp and found that the army had broken through the first wall, and immediately said with admiration, "General Pucha's technique of attacking the city and pulling out the village is really powerful. It seems that our army will be able to defeat this gang of grass robbers before lunch. ”
Pucha Shijianu shook his head, pointed to the corpses of the Jin soldiers inside and outside the camp, and said in a deep voice, "Old Thirteen, have you seen it?" Before the hour came, the sons and daughters had lost at least two hundred people. That Black Tower hasn't shot yet. If this continues, breaking this camp, I am afraid that our army will have at least nearly 1,000 casualties. ”
Jin Thirteen gritted his teeth and said, "That can't be helped." They just blocked the way of our army, and if we don't break through this camp, we don't want to go to Xiangzhou. ”
Pucha Shijianu looked thoughtfully in the direction of Xiangzhou, and said slowly, "Old Thirteen, I originally didn't think that you attached so much importance to Yue Fei. But now I'm starting to trust you. If he didn't get rid of this Yue Fei, the entire sleeping Central Plains would be awakened by him. ”
Jin 13 nodded in response, "Not bad." Although there are many grass robbers on Taihang Mountain, before the Xiangzhou War, they did not have the courage to take the initiative to fight with my Dajin. Only when we attack the cottage, we will rely on the terrain to resist. Now they dare to stop us with thousands of rabble, which shows that they have become bolder. ”
Pucha Shijianu sneered, "This time, I want to wipe out Niu Gao's army and see if the other Taihang grass robbers dare to go down the mountain." Boys, beat the drums and attack again. ”
The terrible thing about the Jurchen army is not that it is fierce, but that it is resistant to war. Other armies often fight for three or two rounds, and the winner will be decided. If you can't tell the winner, you will rest for half a day and fight again. But the Jurchen soldiers were able to wear heavy armor and fight day after day. As the Jurchen cavalry often said, "If you can't fight hundreds of rounds, you can't be considered a good man." "Whether it is to destroy the Liao or the Song Dynasty, the Jurchen soldiers used this tireless charge to defeat many famous generals.
Sure enough, as Pucha Shijianu expected, when the Jurchen soldiers attacked again, the Taihang rebels behind the second camp were still panting. These rebels don't have the recovery speed of the Golden Soldier's perverts.
But Niu Gao also has a back hand. This time he took a total of 4,000 rebels down the mountain. Among them, there are 800 elite rebels with complete armor. The reason why Niu Gao dared to block the five thousand gold soldiers in Chaoge Town was because he relied on eight hundred elites.
When the Jin soldiers attacked the first camp, Niu Gao did not dispatch these 800 elites. He wanted to see the combat power of the Jurchen soldiers. After reading the results, General Niu pouted, but that's it. Sure enough, it's better to be famous than to meet. If you don't kill these golden dogs face-to-face, you won't be able to discover the essence of their external strength and middle work. No wonder Yue Fei dared to counterattack thousands of Jin troops with hundreds of elite soldiers.
Seeing that a golden soldier wearing heavy armor appeared in front of the second camp, Dong Xian led the troops to support it. Niu Gao suddenly picked up a red flag on the high platform and shook it three times. Immediately, there was a rapid banging sound in the barracks, and eight hundred armored rebels rushed out. Niu Gao let out a long laugh, strode off the high platform, carried his double hammer, and stood in front of the eight hundred righteous army.
"Brothers, follow me old cow. I rush there, and you rush there. Jin Gou thinks he is invincible in the world, and this time let them see the real Taihang heroes. ”