Chapter Eighty-Eight: Siege

"Rumble..." Wan Yan Xian is also worthy of being a veteran of the battlefield, just worried that the Texas army will block the way out, they did it over there, with a loud noise countless giant trees rolled down from the slopes on both sides, the dust and smoke settled, and the valley mouth was full of trees, almost blocking the road.

"Commander, let's break through quickly, otherwise it'll be too late!" Seeing that the retreat was blocked, and there were still rolling logs falling on the hillside, causing a commotion in the Jin army, they were warriors who were not afraid of death, and even had died on the battlefield to be proud, but this was not the same thing as waiting for death, and the gossip Xiang Wanyan also suggested.

"Stupid, the enemy is doing this on purpose to cause us chaos, as long as we are in chaos, they will attack, and no one will be able to get out at that time!" Jiang is still old and spicy, and Wan Yan Xian also saw through Zhao Ta's 'little trick' at a glance, and scolded a few panicked generals, "Immediately dismount and fight, capture the mountains on both sides of the mountain pass, and open the way!" ”

"Hmph, what an old fox!" Zhao Ta snorted coldly and said, "Igniting the fire, he doesn't want to go, so don't go!" ”

The main point of ambush warfare is to act quickly and covertly, tightly seal the news, and do a good job of camouflage in the ambush area. The command of ambush warfare should be flexible and decisive, the battle should be launched at the right time, the firepower should be suddenly and violently concentrated, and the enemy should be taken by surprise and bravely attacked, so as to quickly and completely annihilate the enemy. When encountering a strong enemy, if you can't achieve a quick decision, you should give fire to kill and then move.

Zhao Ta first let the ambushed army suddenly raise and appear, just to give the enemy a blow from the heart first, ordinary people are not mentally prepared when they encounter danger, they often panic and make wrong decisions in panic. can win in chaos, but it turns out that the psychological quality of his mother's golden army is not ordinarily good. Not only is it not chaotic, but it is gathered in a team. Prepare to fight back.

Originally, Zhao Ta didn't think that he could defeat the enemy with one move. If the enemy can't stand the fright of being blocked, he will definitely swarm up, scrambling to break through from the gap, and at that time, he only needs to put a machine gun to blockade, and he can destroy the enemy who broke through by name. But he made another mistake, and the enemy was not fooled.

Zhao Ta had no choice but to bother and ordered to set fire! Those rolling logs have been drenched with fire oil in advance, and when they see the fire, the valley mouth is on fire in an instant, even if an ant wants to pass from here, it has to turn into ashes and fly over first, and Jin Jun thinks that it will be impossible for a while!

"Boss, it seems that the enemy army is fighting for the commanding heights of Taniguchi. Is that still persuasion? Li Lei saw that the Jin army did not panic because the retreat was cut off, but dismounted in an organized way and rushed up to the mountain near the valley mouth.

"Persuade a fart, fire! Concentrate your fire on the enemy's dense areas and lose face. Then die! Zhao Ta said a little angrily. According to the procedure, it was supposed to persuade the Jin army to surrender as a victor, but of course I didn't think that they would really surrender. I just wanted to use this to hit the morale of the Jin army, but I didn't expect them to be more anxious than themselves. Start attacking.

The prince's order was quickly conveyed intact, and gunfire rang out in the valley. The besieged Jin army had already seen the power of the Texas armament, and those who were shot fell one after another, and the team that had just assembled was beaten to pieces. Wanyan Xian was not to be outdone, reorganized and fired back with a bow and crossbow, and shot at the mountain, which was really like rain, covering the sky and the sun.

The Jin army in the valley is now like a mouse in a glass bottle, with nowhere to hide in front of the condescending Texas army, and the narrow terrain also greatly limits the mobility of the cavalry, and it is difficult for more than 10,000 people to rush left and right in it. However, the Jurchens have been martial since ancient times, and the soldiers have received military training since childhood, and they have been rewarded for their military achievements, so the soldiers are fighting for the first, and their fierce and ferocious fighting style makes people feel uneasy, and everyone understands that they are not only fighting for money and honor, but also for their own lives, so they show unusual ferocity...

"Alas, the scholar is wrong!" Zhao Ta was not worried about the battle in the river valley at the moment, they were armed with sharp weapons, and they occupied a favorable position, it was not easy to defeat. His attention was on the Jin army attacking the valley mouth heights, it is said that the siege of the city and the seizure of land should be the work of the infantry, but Wan Yan Xian was also in a hurry to pursue, only with eight thousand light cavalry and two thousand iron floating figures, at this time can only let them dismount to fight, in fact, there is nothing wrong with this, but surprisingly the vanguard is actually wearing a heavy armor Tiefutu, probably in order to overcome the burden brought by the iron armor, they are connected by ropes, just like later generations of mountaineers for safety, each other is connected by protective ropes!

In Zhao Ta's previous life, whether from the official history or the wild history, what he saw was that the iron floating map was used as a heavy cavalry, but some later scholars were skeptical about it, and now they can tell the truth to future generations, that is, on occasions that are not conducive to cavalry combat, they will also dismount and use them as hoplites, and their use is similar to Zhao Ta's dragoons, and he feels that this new discovery should be paid attention to.

If Tiefutu is facing an army equipped with cold weapons, their armor can't cut through the knife and arrows, and people really can't do anything about them, as long as they climb up, the basic victory will belong to them. But they are facing firearms that are centuries apart today, and in addition to giving them some psychological comfort, the iron armor has become a burden, affecting the flexibility of their movements, and the Kruppers above are simply shooting at fixed humanoid targets, and almost every gunshot will take a life...

The Jin army's attacks were repulsed again and again, but they still forgot to launch waves of fierce attacks, but the gap in weapons became a gap that they could not cross, only consuming the lives of soldiers in vain, and the casualties they caused to the Texas army were minimal. The offensive and defensive battle lasted for half a day, and at this time the valley was filled with a disgusting smell of blood and pungent gunsmoke, the corpses of men and horses were everywhere, the solid sandy soil in the valley turned into red-black mud, and the casualties of the Jin army were more than half.

"Boss, what's wrong with you?" Li Lei looked at the prince with a telescope and looked at the battlefield with a blank expression, but there seemed to be no joy in the face of victory, he asked carefully.

"Don't you think that the opponent in front of you has to be respected?" Zhao Ta put down the binoculars and pointed at the Jin Jun who was still struggling on the battlefield and said.

"Respect the opponent?!" Li Lei was stunned, the enemy in front of him could be described as fierce and abnormal, causing heavy casualties to the Kryu army, how many brothers spilled blood on the battlefield and died in their hands, the words of the prince made him incomprehensible.

"Yes, isn't it worthy of respect for such a soldier who is in a desperate situation and is not discouraged, and who knows that he will die and does not retreat?" The Jin army was routed several times under the heavy fire of the Texas army, but not only did they quickly assemble in a group, using the rudimentary and primitive protective gear in their hands to shield the rain of bullets, covering the archers to shoot at the condescending enemy, and covering their comrades to attack the city.

At a distance of two or three hundred paces, the enemy seemed to be close at hand in the lens of the telescope, and the soldiers who had been knocked down by the bullets could be clearly seen, and as long as they could move, they would get up and move forward, completely ignoring the bleeding wounds; Those archers were already drenched in blood because they kept pulling the bowstring, but they kept releasing their arrows; And those officers often rushed to the front, fearless to take the lead in the battle, to boost morale.

"Boss, the Jurchens are indeed much more fierce than those Western Xia and Liao people, and they are also much more difficult to deal with!" Although he knew in his heart that what the prince said was true, his self-esteem made Li Lei reluctant to say it, "Do you think it's a pity that they died on the battlefield, but they are all wicked people who kill people like hemp and take captives?" Although he agreed with Wang Ye's statement, Li Lei still felt that Wang Ye was a little 'abnormal', and couldn't help but say his thoughts.

"Huh!" Zhao Ta smiled, Li Lei still misunderstood what he meant, "What I admire is their courage to die calmly, and what I respect is that they have done their duty as soldiers, not their jackal nature and goodness, but these still can't deny that they are an excellent army, understand!" ”

"Is it also the duty to die?" Li Lei understood it, but the prince has always emphasized that he should cherish the lives of soldiers, isn't this a contradiction.

"Yes, although I cherish life, but I am also not afraid of death, I have always thought that death is the duty of a soldier, and it is the highest honor of a soldier to be able to die on the battlefield!" Zhao Ta said solemnly.

"I see, Boss!" Li Lei nodded, he suddenly felt that he had a deeper understanding of the prince, and he also had a new understanding of what a soldier was...

As he spoke, the situation on the battlefield changed again, and the heavy casualties made Wan Yan Xian also realize that it was impossible to capture the high ground, and with his current remnants of the army to break through, I am afraid that there will not be one in ten, but he knew that the time for his rear army was almost up, and when the reinforcements from the two routes arrived, there was still a chance to win, so it was better to stick to the reinforcements, so he contracted his team and gathered in a hidden depression to wait for the opportunity.

"Deputy marshal, the rear army of the Jin army is less than five miles away from the valley mouth, and the infantry army is also advancing rapidly here, and there are less than twenty miles, please decide!" That's when a scout came in to report. Before the war, according to the deployment of the prince, several teams of scouts were sent to provide battlefield information, they were all over the battlefield, controlled the surrounding heights and roads, once the enemy army was found, not only through the flying horses to transmit information, but also through fireworks, trumpets to the enemy's troops, the direction of movement quickly transmitted back.

"Boss, what should I do, withdraw or fight?" Li Lei turned around and asked.

"Order the whole army to prepare for an attack, concentrate firepower to knock down the enemy's handsome flag first, and then let the whole army chant 'Wanyan Xian is also dead' to launch a general attack!" Zhao said.

"Yes, launch a general attack!" Li Lei ordered, and then left the command post and turned over on his horse.

'Dada... The order was swiftly given, and a dense rain of bullets rained down on the enemy's hidden depression, and the banner fell to the deafening sound of gunfire.

"Wan Yan Xian is also dead... Kill! "With the hussars as the vanguard, the Kryu army covered the army from the mountains, rushing towards the Jin army like an unstoppable iron stream, setting off a bloody storm ... (To be continued.) )