“GotelltheSpartans,

strangerpassingby,

thathereobedienttotheirlawswedie”

The above paragraph in English is an epitaph, which translates into Chinese as the following sentence:

"O stranger, bring a message to the Spartans, that I have faithfully fulfilled my promise and will rest in this place."

This epitaph tells the story of one of the most famous deeds in ancient Greece - the Battle of Thermopylae.

In this battle, 300 Spartan warriors resisted the Persian army led by the Persian king Xerxes at Thermopylae, and held back the Persian army for three days, and finally all of them were killed.

Although history does not record the exact number of Persian troops at that time, considering that the strength of the Greek alliance was only 10,000 hoplites and cavalry, it is estimated that the Persian army did not exceed 100,000.

The important point here is that the Battle of Hot Springs, judging from the comparison of the forces of the enemy and us, is the closest battle to the Battle of Xiaoshang River in human history.

The same three hundred men against tens of thousands of troops.

The difference is that the warriors of Sparta held out for three days, because they had the natural danger of hot springs; The warriors of the Yuejia Army led by Yang Zaixing only delayed for an hour, and they had no danger to rely on, and they relied on courage and life on the plain

Friends who have watched "The Complete Biography of Yue" know that in the battle of Xiaoshanghe, Yang Zaixing was like a god and unstoppable, and he rode alone into the enemy formation. Successively beheaded the general of the Jin Army. After forcing the Golden Vulture back. He wanted to take a shortcut to cross the Xiaoshang River, which was covered with mud and snow, but accidentally got stuck in the mud and was killed by random arrows.

Such a martyrdom can be described as heroic and invincible, a feat in the world.

It's just that these descriptions are not true.

Yang Zaixing is just a mortal, not a superman, let alone a god.

No matter who it is, no matter how brave it is, it is impossible to treat 100,000 people as nothing.

What's more, Yang Zaixing had already experienced a life-and-death battle six days ago. Wearing dozens of heavy wounds, just exertion will reach the physiological limit of the human body

When later generations studied the Battle of Thermopay, one of the topics was to study why these 300 Spartan warriors had the courage to face the surging Persian army.

They found a small thing in Herodotus's account: the Spartans had asked for an oracle from Delphi before they set out, and the oracle read:

"Oh, you who live in the wide streets of Sparta!

Either your glorious towns will be sacked by the sons of Perseus,

Or it will spread over the vast land of Laconia.

Mourn the fall of a king, the descendant of Hercules! ”

In other words, these three hundred Spartan warriors knew that once the hot spring pass was lost, their people would be bullied by foreigners. They had to fight to the death.

The national righteousness is all connected, and Yang Zaixing at this time is specific. All his extravagant hopes were to drag the enemy as much as possible and buy Yue Fei behind him even a little more time. Because reinforcements from at least two directions are rushing to reinforce in the direction of Yuncheng.

Zhang Xian's Yuejia front army and Liu Qi's eight-character army

The Battle of Xiaoshang River officially began.

In the heavy rain, the ground was muddy and the ravines were deep, and Yang Zaixing and his two hundred and ninety-five brothers from the Yue family army resolutely rushed into the Jin soldiers' formation.

The determination to die made these three hundred people feel brave, far beyond their usual performance, and the formation of the golden soldiers began to loosen on a large scale, and the casualties also increased suddenly.

This is strange, it is not that Yang Zaixing is a heavenly soldier god who will not be able to possess the body.

Possession is impossible.

There are only two reasons why Yang Zaixing and the others were able to intercept 100,000 Jin soldiers with a mere number of 300 people, and let the Jin soldiers begin to loosen and be chaotic:

Bad weather and low morale.

Among the 100,000 golden soldiers of Wanyan Wushu, only a few of them are of Jurchen blood, most of them are mainly Han and Khitan people, and it is strange that they are in the mood to fight under the torrential rain and on the muddy avenue.

What's more, since the defeat of Shunchang, the Jin soldiers have been defeated one after another, and it is difficult to find a victory. The morale of the Jin soldiers has reached a level where it is difficult to recover. Now that he suddenly saw the Song army coming to charge into battle, his first reaction must be to dodge first, and it is important to save his life.

Compared with the 15,000 cavalry led by Wanyan Wushu six days ago, the average force value of these more than 100,000 golden soldiers was much lower, and the pressure on Yang Zaixing was relatively small. For a time, Yang Zaixing led his brothers to rush left and right, as if entering a no-man's land.

This situation made the general command of Wanyan Wushu collectively angry.

The 100,000 army was provoked by such a small group of people, and even a man would not be able to accept it, not to mention that the men of the Jin Kingdom have been aggrieved for a long time.

In a fit of rage, they collectively made a very rare decision:-

These commanders and commanders of thousands of men fought in person.

The commander of ten thousand and the commander of the thousand commanders, in the Jin country, are all princes of one side of the separatist side, and belong to the tribal leader rank. Although their force is considered the best among their people, they can easily not go to battle.

They are all big people, and if one dies, there will be one less, which is precious.

Therefore, since the Song and Jin wars, Wu Jue, Han Shizhong, and even Yue Fei have little or no record of killing and capturing the Jin army's commanders.

But at this time, the generals of the Jin Army with this rank rushed towards Yang Zaixing like a bunch.

Of course, Yang Zaixing couldn't ask for it, this was simply good luck from God, to tell the truth, if these ten thousand commanders were hiding among the 100,000 golden soldiers, he wouldn't be able to find them anyway.

Yang Zaixing had already tried it six days ago, but among the fifteen thousand people, he couldn't find the end of Yan Wushu!

As a result, many Sumires, including Mother Sumire, Meng'an Sumire, Mouke Sumire, Pu Ran Sumire, and so on, fell under the guns of Yang Zaixing and his brothers.

I don't know how many senior officers of the Jin soldiers poured out to fight with Yang Zaixing, anyway, the final statistics were. After this war. More than 100 of the generals with the inscription "孛堇" died in the Jin soldiers.

These are high-ranking officers. Its value is simply not comparable to that of an ordinary soldier.

In desperation, Jin Bing began to release arrows.

Because it was a chaotic battle in his own formation, Jin Bing did not release his arrows at first, fearing that he would injure his own people by mistake; But now that too many senior officers have died, Wanyan Wushu is worried that his big array is in danger, so he has no choice but to be ruthless.

I'd rather kill the wrong one than let it go

The glorious moment has arrived.

Yang Zaixing and his brothers fought and ran, but wherever they ran. will usher in an endless rain of arrows.

There are fewer and fewer brothers around Yang Zaixing, and Yang Zaixing himself has begun to be shot. However, with each arrow, he broke the shaft of the arrow, allowing the arrow to remain in his body, and then continued to fight.

Why did he do this?

Modern medicine tells us that after an arrow is hit, the shaft of the arrow will keep shaking to expand the wound, causing the blood to flow endlessly, resulting in a rapid loss of physical strength; What if you pull out all the arrows? Arrows that penetrate deep into the body can likewise cause a huge wound on the surface of the human body. In cases where there is no time to treat the wound, the effect may be worse.

So. In a short period of time, without a chance to treat the wound, Yang Zaixing's method was already the best solution - break the shaft of the arrow that was exposed to the body and keep the arrow in the body.

Only in this way can he, Yang Zaixing, fight for as long as possible!

Yang Zaixing and his brothers finally died in the end.

He died at the hands of the golden soldiers.

Yang Zaixing insisted on his glory until the last moment of his life. Because before he died, no general of the golden soldiers dared to approach him and fight him closely.

Yang Zaixing in Xiaoshang River is an invincible existence.

Maybe he died because he was stuck in the mud, or maybe it was a ditch filled with water that trapped him.

It's just that for this heavy rain, I believe he will not be resentful, but may be grateful.

It was precisely because of this heavy rain that the mobility of the Jin soldiers was severely restricted, the morale of the Jin soldiers was weakened, and it provided great help to his actions

Yang Zaixing, the god of killing, is finally dead.

The rain became heavier and heavier, and more than 100,000 Jin soldiers stayed in place in a daze, looking at the corpses of the Song soldiers on the ground with strange eyes, and refused to move a step forward in saying anything.

Was the battle long? No, it's only an hour, two hours.

Is there too many people who have died? No, except for those ten thousand commanders and thousand commanders, it is just a little more than two thousand deaths; A considerable number of them were injured by mistake, just as the American GIs invaded Iraq, and their own people were injured by mistake more than the enemy was killed.

Who let you use a bow and arrows in the rebel army.

So is it raining too much? What's more, before meeting Yang Zaixing, Jin Bing was already hurrying in the rain.

But why didn't Jin Bing move, could it be that he didn't want to move forward after finishing his vultures?

Of course not, Wanyan Wushu's heart had already flown into Yuncheng and fought to the death with Yue Fei.

However, more than 100,000 golden soldiers just refused to advance.

In the education received by these Jin soldiers, the officers and soldiers of the Song Dynasty have always been cowardly, incompetent, timid and fearful spokesmen, and they are not the opponents of Jin soldiers at all.

Let's not talk about the successive defeats before, after all, it was a confrontation between the two armies, and victory or defeat was a common thing in soldiers, but this time, it was only the Song Dynasty patrol soldiers who met by chance on the way, and they dared to rush into battle, and it also caused such a big loss to the Jin soldiers.

The people you encounter on the road are already so difficult, what about the guards who are guarding Yue Fei's side? At the thought of this question, all the Jin soldiers shuddered.

Wanyan Wushu is worthy of a generation of famous generals, and after a little analysis, he learned the thoughts of the soldiers under his command.

Looking at the dark sky, the lightning that appeared from time to time, and the endless heavy rain, after thinking about it again, Wanyan Wushu could only sigh and decide to collect the troops to rest first, observe while resting, and wait until this heavy rain has passed.

For this decision, only six or seven hours have passed, and I regret it after completing the Yan Wushu. Because he received a report from Tanma, saying that there were two Song Dynasty armies that were rapidly approaching Yuncheng...... (To be continued......)

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