Chapter 31 Heroic Spirit
The Mo knife team went up, cutting people's heads and cutting horses' legs, like a wall to advance, they used the long knives in their hands to strangle the Jin cavalry, the Jin army's attack was actually beaten by them, and the Jin army that kept coming behind could not stop the horses, trampled on each other, and the casualties were more serious. The stagnant cavalry became a target, and the long knives of the Mo swordsman swirled and flew around, and they fell off their horses one after another.
At this time, the crossbowmen and infantry soldiers with spears and sticks also joined the battle, they poked the enemy with their spears in front of the door, and lifted them off their horses, and then the soldiers with big sticks smashed their heads, and the big sticks with thick cups smashed on the heads even if they wore helmets, they couldn't help it, if they didn't die, they had to be a severe concussion, and even more powerful were vegetative people, but there were almost not many of them who could become vegetative people, and there were knives in the back to cut off their heads!
Xiao Yu resigned and returned to Xiangyi after the Western Expedition, but it was not that he was timid, at this moment he rushed forward with a horse chopping knife in his hand, and the long knife was headed, and the Jin army fell one after another. A centurion of the Jin army came up with a mace, he swung his knife and chopped down, the centurion of the Jin army raised a stick to meet him, but he was split in half with a stick, blood splashed, dyed him into a bloody man, and the Jin soldiers behind him were killed with the cold, and saw him retreat one after another.
The Mo swordsmen and the forwards composed of crossbowmen and infantry troops entered the battle together, and the Jin army gradually lost its strength and began to retreat. Seeing the retreat of the Jin army, Gao Pet ordered them to temporarily retire and re-line, and he personally led the infantry army to continue the pursuit.
The Song army's brave counterattack surprised Han Li, and there were no sharp firearms, deafening explosions, and undodgable bullets in this battle. However, they still failed to break the Song army's defenses, and were repulsed. Could it be that there is just one more Yan King? Can he turn a group of cowardly villagers into brave warriors in a short period of time?
Han was not confused, but he knew it was going to be a tough battle. He also knew that he had to win this battle, and only by defeating the Song army on the opposite side and beating their momentum down, could Prince Yan obediently go to his camp as a hostage, and the Song court would give up the most reluctant resistance and continue to negotiate peace with himself.
And Zhao Ta also understood at this moment that he was leading a miscellaneous army, and the only ones with combat effectiveness were his own Guards Brigade, the township soldiers of Xiangyi Zhuangzi and the highly favored Tiger Wing Army, and the rest were only those new recruits who had just entered the battlefield, and two emotionally unstable peace envoys. They were definitely at a disadvantage compared to the Jin army on the opposite side, which claimed to be 100,000. So he is not sure about this battle, but he must make this pot of raw rice into mature rice.
"Zhao Zhong, attack, you will win!" The Jin army began to retreat, and the legs and feet of the infantry army could not outrun on four legs, Zhao Ta ordered the cavalry on both wings to pursue in order to expand the results of the battle, and he knew that the battle could be fought like this now, and half of the credit was due to the morale of Gao Zhong and his own generals in front of the battle. And now this breath cannot be vented now, once the breath leaks, the victory will immediately turn into an uncontrollable rout, but as long as this breath is not vented. The ragtag army can also be worth the thousands of troops of the Jin army!
"Victory!"
"Victory!" Amid the cheers, three thousand cavalry on each of the left and right flanks activated, and surrounded the center from both flanks. Encircled and annihilated the retreating Jin army.
Zhao Zhong led the troops up for a burst of killing, and he understood that the army he led was not a loyal and brave army with strict training. It is necessary to ensure that the momentum of the impact is inconvenient, otherwise it may collapse in the melee if it falls into a stalemate. And he also understands the importance of this battle to the prince. Therefore, when he went into battle, he fought to the death with the probability of seeing death as home, and divided the Jin army into several sections. At the same time, Gao Zhong and Xiao Yu led the army to follow up and kill the besieged Jin army, and the Jin cavalry besieged by the infantry army lost the mobility and impact power they relied on for survival, and it was only a matter of time before they were wiped out...
Han Li did not command the Jin army to rush three times in a row, but failed to break through the battle formation of the Song army, but the losses were not small, but he also saw that the Song army's strength was limited, at most not more than 30,000, and now the casualties on both sides were only five or five, even if it was consumed, the Song army could be exhausted. As a 'veteran', he also saw that the team of the Song army lacked training, and it was all supported by the Mo Dao team, so he ordered to rush again!
After three battles in a row, Zhao Ta also saw that the fatigue of the Modao team had been revealed, and it would be abandoned if he continued to fight, so he took advantage of the short time of the truce between the two armies to adjust the formation, concentrated the cavalry with small losses and losses on the front, and the infantry army protected the two wings. The transfer of troops between the two armies was completed, and the war broke out again. This battle was killed from noon to dusk, and the battle was called a dusty sky, wailing all over the field, and there were shouts of killing everywhere, and the Jin Ge Iron Horse came with a sad roar!
The sky is full of beacon fire and wolf smoke, the sky is also shrouded in dark clouds, and the Jin soldiers are not soft, this time they are using their strength to fight to the death with the Song army, and the fight is very exciting, and it is also very tragic! They relied on the strength of the outnumbered people, not to be outdone, and the Song army resisted, so after such a stalemate, they fought dozens of rounds, but the two armies did not distinguish between the superior and inferior, and the dead and wounded were almost the same...
"Lord Wang, we can't fight anymore, let's retreat to Ligudu Village!" Nie Shan pulled the prince who had just returned to the battle and said, now both sides are red-eyed, it is really a river of blood, only a thousand people are left in the stockade, and the rest of the people are thrown into the battlefield, he sent people to the nearby Daimyo's mansion for help several times, but did not wait for a single soldier, and now they have become a lone army.
"We can't retreat, as long as we retreat, the Jin army will follow and pursue, our army will collapse, and now it depends on who can hold out to the last of the day!" Zhao Ta took the water bladder handed over by Jianxi and poured a breath of water and said.
"Lord Wang, let's eat something!" Seeing Xi took out a piece of dried meat from his arms and said, the two armies have been fighting since the morning, and there is no time to eat, and the prince has led the army to charge the battle several times, and wielding a knife and a gun is the most exhausting physical strength.
"Put it away! If the soldiers have not eaten, how can they eat? Zhao Ta said sharply, seeing that Xi was frightened by the sudden anger of the prince, he put the dried meat back into his arms, and quietly wiped away the tears on his face when he turned around, he saw that the prince stepped forward again and again in this battle, and suffered more than ten injuries on his body, but he quietly covered up his injuries and did not tell others, he always felt that the prince seemed to have made up his mind that he would rather die in battle than go to the golden camp as a hostage, which made him feel sad, why is this the prince?
"In the past, I always listened to the prince's victory, but today I know that the prince is brave, he has fallen into the enemy's formation seven in and seven out, killed countless enemies, and the five bodies that the lower officials admire are thrown to the ground, but the lower officials can't charge into battle, but they can stand up and cheer for the prince!" Wang Yun saw the Jurchens capture Zhending, and such fortified cities were captured in only half a day, so that he thought that the Jin army was invincible, and insisted on negotiating peace, but today they set up a formation in the wilderness with their backs, and in the case of inferior troops, they fought with the Jin army on an equal footing, and couldn't help but sigh that the Song army was not a person who dared to fight!
"Since the prince is determined to fight, the lower officials will sacrifice their lives to accompany the gentleman, and he is willing to beat the drum to strengthen the army!" Nie Shan said, he saw that the generals repelled the Jin army and returned to the battlefield and said, looking at everyone is 'people are blood people, horses are blood horses', the prince is even more charged into battle to kill the enemy under the horse, a young prince is so brave to kill the enemy, regardless of death, if he retreats, where should this old face be placed!
In fact, now not only the two old men, now the whole army is looking at the person who performed the best in this battle is the prince, every time he swings his sword and horses in front, facing the Jin army, his momentum is that all the people in the army are impressed, so because the heroism of the prince suppressed everyone's timid thoughts, and finally made the whole army unite as one, no one thought of turning back and running away, as long as the people who went into battle did not regret it.
"The sky is about to be dark, our army is tired, and the Jin army is also tired, now it's up to who can fight to the last moment, this king wants to concentrate his forces to completely defeat the Han Li Division, can the generals dare to fight?" Zhao asked loudly.
"I will obey the general's orders!" The generals replied in unison.
"Lin Shuo, Shang Hu, you two lead the troops to follow this king as the striker!" Zhao Ta said that the Guards Brigade did not go into battle as a reserve, and has been recuperating in the rear, and this time it is time to show this sharp knife that has been hidden in the snow for a long time.
"Subordinates obey!" Lin Shuo and Shang Hu bowed down to receive the order.
"Gao Pet, you lead the Mo Sword Team and attack the enemy's right flank with 10,000 foot soldiers; Zhao Zhong, you lead the horse army to wait for the high favor to make meritorious contributions, and immediately kill and divide the enemy army; Xiao Yu, your command will wait for the enemy army to disperse, and immediately wave the army to cover the kill, tonight we will celebrate in Wei County! Zhao said.
"The subordinates obey the order and are willing to follow the prince!" The two of them commanded.
"If this battle is won, the danger of Bianjing will be solved, the Great Song Dynasty can be solid, and the king is willing to repay the country with death with all the troops!" Zhao Ta finished his command and said loudly.
"Repay the country with death!" The generals shouted in unison.
"Take care!" At this time, Jianxi led the prince's war horse over and helped the prince get on the horse!
"Die for the country, where you die, why are you crying?" Zhao Ta saw tears of joy and reprimanded.
"Second master, the little one wants to go with you, life and death will not be separated!" Jianxi suddenly knelt down and said.
"Get up, I've memorized everything I've told me!" Zhao Ta lowered his head and asked, his eyes were also moist, Jianxi can be said to be the closest person to him in this world, although he has such and such problems, but he has always been loyal to himself, never abandoned, and followed him around.
"Second master, the little ones have been written down!" Seeing Xi kowtowed, he said.
"Erwa, Qingqi, fight!" Zhao Ta didn't say anything more, turned his face and yelled at Erwa.
"Swear to follow the prince to the death, live and die together!" The officers and men of the Guards Brigade finished lining up and shouted in unison.
"I wish to live and die with the prince!"
"I wish to live and die with the prince!" … The whole army roared with the same voice, and the sound shook the world!
"Beat the drums!" Nie Shan boarded the drum cart and personally beat the war drums.
The drums were pounding, Zhao Ta rode alone in front, looking back, tens of thousands of troops lined up behind him, and a sky-high pride rose in his heart! (To be continued......)