Chapter 211: Victory after victory
In just a stick of incense, 10,000 Jin State cavalry were defeated and fled in embarrassment.
Among them, the number of people killed and wounded by the Song soldiers' stone throwers and bows and arrows did not exceed 500, but the number of casualties caused by the trampling of the Jin soldiers when they fled exceeded 1,000.
When Zong Ze, who was in Kaide, heard the spies' report and said that Yue Fei had already defeated the Jin soldiers' Western Route army without spending a single soldier, without the sword sheathed and without blood, he couldn't believe his ears at all.
When the spies slowly finished narrating the entire process of the battle, Zong Ze sighed that this ambush battle was really wonderful.
Trick 1: The selection of the ambush site, the timing of the ambush, the camouflage before the ambush, etc., were all done impeccably, and the golden soldiers were caught off guard.
Trick 2: A lot of war drums were used in the ambush, so that the golden soldiers were completely confused about the ambusher's military strength.
Trick 3: Zong Ze didn't expect that there were people under Yue Fei's account who knew how to speak the Jurchen words; At the moment when Jin Bing was stunned by the attack, he shouted the slogan of fleeing for his life just right.
This is what fighting is like this: it takes great courage to charge forward, so the commander needs to give the soldiers material stimulation or spiritual baptism; However, as soon as someone around them said that they wanted to escape, without the instructions of the commander, everyone would desperately retreat.
This is human nature, regardless of race, Han and Jin people are the same.
In fact, there is one more thing that Zong Ze has not seen about the reason for Yue Fei's victory, that is, Jin Bing's fighting spirit.
After spending more than a month in Bianliang City, the days of warm fragrance and warm jade, wine, meat and fat intestines, the willingness of the Jin soldiers to go to the battlefield to fight and kill the enemy. Almost gone; From top to bottom. It's better than that.
Fighting a war is a very dangerous gambling game. The stake is your own life; What is the war for, it is for women and money; Now that the women and money are available, how can you say that the golden soldiers have the heart to fight again?
This is also one of human nature
The leading general of the Jin Bing East Road Army is called Yelu Xiaoshi, who is a general of the former Liao State.
Before Wanyan Wushu attacked Bianliang City and fought with Zhang Shuye, he was killed by Zhang Shuye in the battle of tens of thousands of Jin soldiers, and most of the dead cannon fodder were Khitan soldiers of Liao, that is, Yelu Xiaoshi's subordinates.
In order to appease Yelu Xiaoshi. Wanyan Wushu assigned all the remaining alien soldiers in the Jin Barracks to Yelu Xiaoshi's command, forming the multi-ethnic army that is now Yelu Xiaoshi
Yelu Xiaoshi's multi-ethnic legion did not follow Wanyan Wushu's instructions to attack Kaide, but appeared in a city thirty miles away from Kaide, which was called Pucheng.
The reason why Yelu Xiaoshi appeared in Pucheng is very simple.
In the distribution of the spoils presided over by the previous military advisor Ha Miqi, the alien soldiers led by Yelu Xiaoshi became a depressed clan and received the least benefits; Even Yelu Xiaoshi, as the supreme commander, could only get a few vulgar fans left over by the Jurchens, not to mention other gold and silver treasures.
Of course, this is also very understandable, after all, it is different from intimacy.
Since you don't distribute. We'll take it ourselves; That's what Yelu Xiaoshi and his brothers thought.
Jin Bing's military discipline is quite strict, and all Yelu Xiaoshi usually has a thief's heart but not a thief's courage. But now he was ordered to send troops. If you don't take the opportunity to get a handful outside, you'll be sorry for yourself
When it comes to their attitude towards the Song people, the Khitan Liao people are undoubtedly dozens of times worse than the Jurchen Jin people.
The rise of the Jurchens was not long, most of the time they dealt with the Khitans, and they came into contact with the Song people for less than ten years; Since the founding of the Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, the Khitan Liao people have fought with the Song people, and have repeatedly won the battle, and have always been in the upper hand.
Therefore, the Khitan people looked down on the Song people in their bones,
Especially when the Liao State was the most difficult and was beaten the worst by the Jin State, the Song Dynasty actually stabbed the Liao State in the back, speeding up the demise of the Liao State.
Therefore, Yelu Xiaoshi, who is a member of the Khitan royal family, finally found an opportunity to vent his revenge, his eyes were red, and he kept urging the soldiers to set up a ladder to attack the city
The original officers and soldiers of Pucheng had fled two months ago, and even the magistrates of Pucheng had already hung up their seals; Now the soldiers on the tower of the city are all vigilante groups organized by the people in the city.
The people of the government ran away, and the officers and soldiers also ran away; In desperation, the gentry in the city had no choice but to recruit soldiers on their own and organize militia groups to protect the city and maintain law and order.
Now the days are getting more and more chaotic, not only the invasion of gold soldiers, but also more and more rogues; With the militia defending the city, even if you can't resist the Jin soldiers, you can at least defend against rogue bandits from different places.
According to the previous situation, if they had seen so many Jin soldiers, the militia in Pucheng would have opened the city gate and surrendered.
But this time the situation was different, so many militia soldiers, along with all the strong men in the city, were still struggling to support themselves on the city tower.
The difference this time is because from the very beginning, Jin Bing did not give the Pucheng people a chance to surrender, and they were all killed, and the chickens and dogs were not left.
There's no way, it's a death anyway, and the people of Pucheng are also out of the way.
If there is not enough rolling wood and stone, the house will be demolished; If there are not enough weapons, they will take out the knives, forks and farm tools at home and use them; There are not enough young men, but also old people and women
As a result, until the arrival of Yue Fei's 3,000 cavalry, Yelu Xiaoshi's soldiers were still outside the walls of Pucheng; At this time, the people of Pucheng had been resisting alone for more than an hour
Yue Fei led three thousand elite horsemen, and when he saw the tragedy of the people of Pucheng defending the city from a distance, he couldn't help but be angry from his heart, and the evil was born to the side of the gall, and he slammed into it from the rear of Yelu Xiaoshi's army.
Yelu Xiaoshi's army was busy attacking the city, and the soldiers were far away from their war horses, and they did not expect that Song soldiers would come to the rescue; And Yue Fei's 3,000 cavalry came with hatred, and they rushed to kill, and in a short period of time, half of the Jin soldiers were killed and wounded, and the survivors all fled, and Yelu Xiaoshi was also picked off the horse by Yue Fei with a shot
At the end of the next day, Wanyan Pu's Middle Route Army had been waiting in front of Kaide City for a night, and still couldn't wait for Yan Changsheng's Western Route Army and Yelu Xiaoshi's Eastern Route Army.
In desperation, Wan Yan puffed up in front of Kaide City and asked Zong Ze to fight.
With 30,000 cavalry against 20,000 infantry of the Song Dynasty, it is equivalent to killing chickens with cattle knives, so the Jin soldiers only brought a few days of grain and grass when they set out; If you don't attack again, wouldn't it be a joke to retreat because of a shortage of food and grass?
Besides, isn't it just 20,000 infantry of the Song Dynasty, and I can definitely eat 10,000 cavalry
If there is no carrier pigeon in front of him, Zong Ze will not pay attention to the battle of Wanyan Pu at all, and there is a kind of you who will come to attack the city and see how I entertain you with rolling wood and stones?
However, the carrier pigeon in front of him had just brought news that Yue Fei's three thousand elite horsemen were intact and were now about three miles away from the rear of Wanyanpu's army.
Zong Ze Ha Lu Ha laughed, climbed the city tower, and shouted loudly to Wan Yan Pu: "You retreat the team three miles, make room for me to set up a formation, and fight you to the death today."
After Yan Pu was overjoyed, he couldn't imagine that this old man was so uncontrollable, and he left the city as soon as he called out; Wan Yanpu hurriedly agreed to Zong Ze and retreated.
Zong Ze really kept his word, Wan Yanpu's team had just retreated a mile back, the city gate of Kaide had been opened, and a group of Song Dynasty infantry walked out of the city gate.
"What an idiot!" Wan Yanpu laughed at Zong Ze while telling the soldiers to speed up their retreat in order to attract more Song soldiers out of the city.
At this time, a spy suddenly came to report: "Yelu Xiaoshi's Eastern Route Army is behind our army, moving closer to our army." ”
"It's just the right time" Yan Pu's voice did not fall, and there were already murderous voices behind him, and the screams continued.
It was not Yelu Xiaoshi's Eastern Route Army that came, but Yue Fei's 3,000 elite cavalry.
Zong Ze ordered Yan Pu to retreat, which was to let Wan Yan Pu's cavalry troops spread out their formation and relax their combat thoughts, so that Yue Fei could suddenly attack halfway.
History of the Song Dynasty. The Biography of Zong Ze recorded: Ze ordered to quench into the army, met the golden people, and was defeated. The Jin people attacked Kaide and were defeated. Zedu Jin people will commit Pu, send 3,000 horsemen to help, Jin people are successful, defeated. The Jin people returned to Kaide, combined their forces to attack, and were defeated...... (To be continued......)
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