Chapter 59: The Battle of Jinju (2)
Jinju is in today's Shanxi, very close to Hedong, but it is Zhu Wen's territory. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoEvery time Zhu Wen wants to attack Hedong, he always garrisons Jinzhou, which can threaten Daoluzhou and Jinyang, Li Cunqiao has attacked Jinzhou twice, the most recent one is in the sixth year of Tianyou, and he personally went out, but history has changed a little from here, and he will attack Jinzhou again this year.
In other words, this place has a very big effect on Zhu Wen, if it can be captured, then strategically speaking, Zhu Wen's strategic bridgehead for attacking Hedong will be gone, and the price to be paid in the war will be unimaginably high.
Similarly, under the advantage of one and the other, Li Cunqiao can directly threaten Wang Rong's territory with Jinzhou, and the unification of the north is not just on paper.
Although this time it is still the same as last year, it is to cover Li Maozhen and disperse Zhu Wen's troops, which is also a very important thing for Hedong, in addition to the Yi'er Army, Li Cunqiao also sent Shatuo cavalry to help, and the degree of attention can be seen.
The next day, before dawn, I began to bury the pot and cook and pack up. After breakfast, the army set out. Under the leadership of Li Sizhao, the officials of Luzhou went out of the city to see them off, drank Zhuangxing wine, killed cattle and sheep to sacrifice to the sky, and a large set of procedures went down, and the sun had risen high.
On the road, you can't see the sentinels running back and forth, sending back the news from the front. Because of the good relationship established in the process of fighting the tiger, Li Gong and Wang Jin walked together and talked about the world.
Li Gong was dressed in chain mail, wearing a red tasseled iron helmet, and said profusely: "Brother Wang, this time I went to Jinzhou is another vicious battle, that Yang Shihou is a fierce general under the command of Zhu Lao Thief, and he has killed countless people, it is said that he is five big and three thick, his face is darker than the bottom of the pot, his arms are thick like thighs, and he has horns on his head. Li Gong chattered endlessly, as if he had seen it with his own eyes.
"Where did you hear that? Isn't that a ghost? Wang Jin said with a smile.
"It's not a ghost, otherwise where can you eat people! Zhu Wen has been fighting with Qin Zongquan for so long, and the soldiers under his command don't know how many of them are from Qin Zongquan's side, isn't it normal to eat people! Li Gong said.
Indeed, five generations of cannibalism is no longer news, this food and grass is in short supply, and there is a big war, how can you persist without cannibalism?
Wang Jin was silent, Hedong was still stable, and although the grain and grass were tight, it had not yet reached the point of eating people. However, this is only the situation of the army, and it is not known what the situation of the people in Hedong is.
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At the beginning of July, the army finally reached the boundary of Jinju, and this time Hedong shot tens of thousands of elites, looking at the momentum to take Jinju in one fell swoop. Zhu Wen's army had already arrived, and their purpose was originally to deter Wang Rong, so they fought with Li Cunmiao in advance.
History has changed a little, Wang Jin didn't fight so quickly in his memory, I don't know if he had a butterfly effect.
Wang Jin came from the later generations but basically didn't take any advantage, except for knowing in advance something that was bound to happen, but he couldn't change anything, at least now he didn't have the strength to change anything, he could only go with the flow.
Naturally, there are auxiliary soldiers to arrange, and the Yi'er army and the army from Jinyang converge together to prepare for tomorrow's battle.
In the early morning of the second day, the war drums had already sounded, the strength of the Liang army was not weak, and it was Yang Shihou who led the troops, so it was impossible to retreat in the city to avoid the battle.
On the uneven wilderness, the two armies set up in formation, with the Hedong Army in front and the cavalry on the side, ready to go.
The scorching sun shone on everyone's face, sweat had already soaked through their clothes, and everyone wanted to fight early.
There is no legendary call for battle, and there is no military general going head-to-head, and at the beginning, tens of thousands of people rushed together to fight for their lives.
The neighing of war horses, the noise of gongs and drums, the sound of weapons colliding endlessly, from time to time someone screamed, and a rain of blood sprinkled on his chest, which was immediately annihilated by the army behind.
Wang Jin's troops were behind, and they had not yet fought the enemy, but from the back they looked like the battlefield in front, with smoke and dust billowing out, armor and soldiers, and arrows flying in the sky like locusts.
This war was just a simple conflict, so brutal that the screams made every soldier's chest feel like a shadow.
Wang Jin was very aware of the consequences of the victory in this battle, and if he could make any great contributions, then the high-ranking officials would be at his fingertips, but unfortunately, this idea was quickly drowned out by reality.
"Defeated, defeated." A noisy sound came, followed by the cavalry of the Liang army towards the town of the Hedong army, the posture of the cavalry was extraordinary, and the sound of "boom" hit Wang Jin's eardrums, and the whole earth trembled. ”
Immediately, the infantry of the Hedong Army in front turned their heads and fled for their lives.
"Run to both sides, don't impact the big formation, otherwise you will be killed." Wang Jin heard the general shout.
Experienced soldiers know that they can't storm the large array of their own army when they flee for their lives, otherwise the soldiers who have not collapsed will also collapse and flee with them.
But after all, someone panicked and crashed into it headlong and was ruthlessly killed by the Warlords.
Wang Jin remembered that the Hedong Army should not have captured Jinzhou, which also confirmed the result of this war. However, he was still a little unwilling, this Yi'er army was the elite of Hedong, and it was impossible to collapse at the same touch as the infantry army in front, but it was also affected a lot, and the army's morale was a little shaken.
The cavalry of the Liang army was divided into remnants, and in a blink of an eye, they arrived in front of the Hedong army.
"Brothers, rush!" The Shatuo cavalry who pressed the formation on the flank began to move, and the same array shook the mountains, and the smoke and dust filled the sky, and in a blink of an eye, the two cavalry were mixed together, shrouded in smoke and dust, and they couldn't see clearly, only the screams of swords and guns colliding and the cavalry falling off their horses could still be heard.
The infantry of the Liang army had already pressed up, and then there was a rain of arrows.
With a "poof", Wang Jin was jumped on his face covered in blood, and a soldier standing next to him in the right battalion was hit by an arrow in the chest and throat, which pierced the trachea and exposed the cluster of arrows from the back of his neck.
Wang Jin couldn't help but bow his head, and the rain of arrows like locusts in the sky covered his head, and the number of people who fell gradually increased.
The chaotic soldiers in front were embarrassed by the pursuit, and they rushed to the back with rolling and crawling, but the infantry of the Yi'er army was suppressed by arrows, Wang Jin was very annoyed in his heart, no one expected that the battle would be like this, and the elite Yi'er army was actually beaten like this.
"Brothers, stay out of the edge for the time being, and withdraw!" The heads of the left battalion shouted to retreat, Wang Jin couldn't help but be furious, he was already very passive, and he was not looking for death in such a panicked retreat.
"No retreat is allowed, behind is the main formation of the military envoy and the prison army, and those who retreat will not be killed!" Wang Jin shouted desperately, but unfortunately his order could only be heard by the right battalion, and there were still many soldiers of the Yi'er Army who retreated with the rebellious soldiers who had retreated in front.
"Liang Jun is here!" I don't know who shouted, Wang Jin looked up, and a member of the group was wearing heavy armor, and there were dozens of guards on the left and right straddled the tall horses, and the pursuers broke the retreating Hedong army.
"Damn, look for death!" Wang Jin had a strong unwillingness in his heart, before the Yi'er army had fought, he ran half of the battle, and there was nothing more aggrieved than this.
Drawing a bow and arrows, holding the bow of the Hedong Army, the white feather arrow on the string trembled slightly, aiming at the war horse under the general's crotch.
The enemy general was covered in heavy armor, leaving only his face outside, and the war horse told him to run, relying on Wang Jin's archery ability, he had no confidence to hit it, so he had to shoot the unprotected war horse.
Wang Jin had a hunch that as long as he shot off the horse, the horse behind him would definitely be caught off guard under the huge inertia, and stepping on him would trample him to death.
This bow is a bow in the army, the power is not too great, Wang Jin has no experience in archery, but he shoots very accurately, and it is expected that the truth is similar.
At three o'clock and one line, Wang Jin closed his right eye, felt a little crosswind, and moved the left side of the arrow king by half an inch, the distance was relatively far, and he must have thrown it, and lifted the arrow cluster up a little at will.
In fact, Wang Jin was not the only one who thought of shooting, many people thought of it earlier than Wang Jin, but unfortunately they all hit on top of the heavy armor or were blocked by the guards. In an instant, the general had already rushed into the formation, a large sword, waving from side to side, like a harvested leek, falling down.
Wang Jin had already aimed at him tightly, feeling that he had entered the best state, and after understanding the ups and downs of the horse's ass, Wang Jin decisively let go.
The arrow shuttled away like a shooting star, and the violent sound of the bowstring "thumping" seemed so beautiful.
Wang Jin has a feeling that this arrow is about to be shot, then the situation on the battlefield will change, and he can counterattack.
In fact, it was only for a moment, but Wang Jin felt as long as a century. The arms of the enemy general waving left and right suddenly stopped, and he froze there. Then the long knife in his hand fell to the ground, and he fell headlong and dismounted.
The soldiers who had rushed in with him, who had just been brave, became disorganized in an instant, and jumped off their horses to convince the general.
I couldn't hear the situation from there, but I could see the general tilting his head and the arrow stuck in his throat between the helmet and the heavy armor.
Wang Jin didn't know what to say, he was obviously aiming at the horse, and he missed the person, and he also shot at the weak point under strict protection, and he was too lucky to hit the right one.
"Yang Shihou is dead, Yang Shihou is dead!" There was a burst of cheers from the front, and Wang Jin's brain was dizzy, oh my God, he actually killed Yang Shihou with an arrow!
Wang Jinfang Buddha saw the change of his fate, and his achievements were no longer empty words, and he also had the opportunity to become a prince.
"Kill Yang Shihou, the Yi'er Army Wang Jin, the Yi'er Army Wang Jin. Immediately, Xu Liang also shouted with this, and the soldiers of the right battalion also shouted.
The Liang army, which was still menacing just now, also became chaotic, and countless charging soldiers turned around and ran away, the main general was dead, how could this battle be fought?
Wang Jin didn't know why Yang Shihou also went into battle in person, was it to boost morale? But now it has the opposite effect, and it has dragged everyone down. The reversal of the battlefield form greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers of the Hedong Army, and the cavalry that rushed into the Hedong Army formation was divided and surrounded, and countless swords and guns were constantly flipping and shining in the sun.
All kinds of cries for help and screams spread throughout the battlefield, and countless lives were gone.
"Kill, kill, Li Yingxiong is like an angry lion, coming to the battlefield is also coming to his territory, the big knife was played in his hand, at this moment, Wang Jin suddenly picked up the knife in his hand and threw it at him.
Li Yingxiong felt it, and when he looked back, a steel knife was flying towards him, and then he looked at what Wang Jin threw at him, and he couldn't help but feel like ashes, but he didn't expect Wang Jin to kill him in chaos.
"Poof", Li Yingxiong was still standing, the knife did not hurt him in the slightest, and when he looked again, there was a corpse of Liang Jun lying behind him, holding a knife.
Li Yingxiong glanced at Wang Jin gratefully, then turned his head and went to fight again.