Chapter 60: The End of the Road
At the moment when the Seed Master Dao was attacked, Yao Gu, Zhang Hao and other Song troops were also attacked by the Jurchen army.
The plan was good, the three armies converged under the city of Taiyuan, and the 200,000 troops jointly attacked the 30,000 army of Yan Lou's room, crushing the Jin army with strength, relieving the siege of Taiyuan, and establishing immortal feats. It's just a beautiful plan, but in practice, it is often full of flaws, such as if the three armies converge, who will command them in a unified manner; And what to do if you are attacked!
Originally, Li Gang, as the envoy of Hedong Xuanfu, was responsible for the unified command of the three armies. It's a pity that the Song Dynasty was established because of the Chenqiao Mutiny, and naturally it was also necessary to guard against the emergence of a new Chenqiao Mutiny, so naturally he was not worried about Li Gang commanding a 200,000 rescue army.
In addition, Li Gang has always been a literati, and has never commanded a large army, even when he was in Bianliang, he temporarily took over the city defense, and he was also a so-so command, compared with those generals in the army, it was three streets worse, and the ability to command the army was insufficient, and the prestige was insufficient, making it difficult for him to command these arrogant generals.
As a result, it could only be Song Qinzong of Bianliang, who commanded three reinforcements remotely for thousands of miles.
It's a pity that in this era, there is no radio, no telephone, everything is transmitted by fast horses, and Bianliang remotely commands the three armies, which is ridiculous. And Song Qinzong is a military idiot, he doesn't understand the battle situation in Hedong, he just commands the clouds, everything is so inadequate, so ridiculous.
Originally, they were supposed to cooperate with each other, acting as horns and attacking each other; But in fact, they are fighting for themselves, you fight yours, and I fight mine.
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The night is very beautiful, round, like a disc, which makes people unconsciously think of their distant hometown.
And at this moment, the seed master road is constantly galloping wildly, surrounded by embarrassed Song army soldiers are also constantly running, running away in order to live, living in order to run away, behind is the Jin Army iron cavalry that is constantly chasing and killing, the ghost is not gone, like a ghost, falling dead behind the buttocks.
Whenever the Song army was assembled, it would be impacted by the iron cavalry of the Jin army. The Song army, which had just converged and formed a formation, was scattered again.
In the continuous pursuit, some of them died in battle, some surrendered, most of them were scattered, and less than 20,000 people remained around.
In this battle, not only was the loss so heavy, but all the food and grass were lost, and only less than three days' rations were left in the pocket.
The whole army was in a desperate situation.
Running and running, the Planter Dao saw a mountain range and immediately rushed up, and the Song soldiers around him also followed closely. At the same time, it quickly built a simple defense to guard against the impact of the Jin Army's iron cavalry. After a long time of fierce fighting, after the death of dozens of Jin soldiers, the Jin army's iron cavalry did not rush to kill, but guarded the mountain pass, guarding some key positions, preventing the Song soldiers from running away, and preparing to trap the Song army.
"What is this place?" Panting, dismounting, the breeder asked.
"Kill Bear Ridge!"
"Kill Bear Ridge, good place!" The planter said leisurely.
At the end of the Qin Dynasty, the overlord Xiang Yu died by the Wujiang River; During the Three Kingdoms, a generation of genius Pang Tong died in Luofengpo; Zhuge Liang, a generation of famous ministers, died in Wuzhangyuan; And the veteran Yang Jiye died in the Two Wolves Mountain, and now he died in Killing Bear Ridge, which can be regarded as a well-deserved death.
Just call him a bear, but look up to him a little.
During the Shang period, a generation of famous ministers Jiang Ziya was called a flying bear. He assisted King Wu of Zhou, crusaded against King Zhou, and established the 800-year-old foundation of the Great Zhou Dynasty. But he was defeated and died here. As soon as he was defeated, Yao Gu, Zhang Jing and other troops would inevitably suffer setbacks, and the elite of the Western Army would all be wiped out in Hedong.
If the soldiers and horses are not there, the Great Song Dynasty will die.
"I'm a sinner!" Tears flowed from the eyes of the planter, and his mood was extremely lost.
The cold wind was blowing, and the Song soldiers who had been defeated all around, sitting on the ground weakly, gnawing on dry food, and taking a general look, there were less than 10,000 people. And under the mountain range are the soldiers and horses of the Jin army, monitoring everything and attacking at any time.
At this moment, the initiative in the battle is already in the hands of the Jin army, which can attack and retreat. The reinforcements of the Jin army continued to pursue, and the number of people increased, and gradually killed the inner three layers and the outer three layers of Xiongling Wai, and not a single bird could fly out, and it was the Song army that was defeated.
This battle is certain to die, and the difference is only how long it can last.
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It was a long night, and it was dawn.
By the next day, it was getting bright. Rows of Jin soldiers began to attack upwards, some holding shields to cover, some holding single knives and going straight up, some pushing some simple siege equipment, and in the distance were Jurchen soldiers shooting arrows, responsible for covering the attack.
The battle was in full swing.
Previously, field warfare was dominated by Jurchen soldiers; And at this moment, attacking the mountains is a Han pawn from Liaodi. At this moment, it seems that the Song army on the mountain is crumbling, and it seems that it is about to be destroyed in an instant, and they are all desperately rushing forward to kill, constantly impacting the mountain. And the Song soldiers on the mountain ridge were also desperately fighting back.
One is to fight for military merit, and the other is to fight for life.
After a long fierce battle, the Jin army suffered more than 1,000 casualties, and the corpses were scattered all over the hillside, but the Killing Bear Ridge still existed.
After resting for a while, the Jin army attacked again, suffering numerous casualties, but still did not attack.
Fighting again and again, the Song army relied on the advantage of the terrain, condescending, and resisted the attacks of the Jin army again and again, not moving like a mountain, leaving only corpses all over the hillside and flowing blood. However, the losses of the Song army were also heavy, and a large number of Song soldiers were killed by sharp arrows.
Thanks to this expedition, the army carried a large number of divine arm crossbows, with long range and huge power, as long as it was shot, it was almost certain to die, and it was able to resist the attack of the Jin soldiers who rushed up by constantly shooting and killing them. It's just that this situation didn't last long, and the quality of the Divine Arm Crossbow was very poor, and it was scrapped after about a few dozen arrows.
The range of the bow and arrow of ordinary soldiers is limited, and the blocking of the shield of the golden army is limited. And the most worrying thing is that the consumption of arrows is very large, and the situation of fewer and fewer arrows left is also becoming more and more dangerous.
The battle began in the morning and reached sunset and dusk, and the Jin army still did not attack Killing Bear Ridge.
At this time, Wan Yan Lou arrived at the room.
After yesterday's battle, except for one Jurchen army chasing the seed division, most of the Jurchens camped on the spot and fell asleep tired. And Wanyan Lou's room is also washed and slept!
It wasn't until I woke up the next day and had breakfast that I learned that I had surrounded the Seed Master in Killing Bear Ridge.
When he arrived at Killing Bear Ridge, the fierce battle was still going on, and the Song army guarding Killing Bear Ridge seemed to be immortal Xiaoqiang, but they couldn't be killed, and they still stuck there after fighting for a day and a night.
Wanyan Lou Room was suddenly furious: "Yesterday, it only took half an hour to defeat the 80,000 army in the seed division; But it took a day, but he didn't defeat the remnants of the seed master and cut off his head, how can it be reasonable! ”
Wan Yan Lou was angry, he was very angry in his heart, the generals around him immediately trembled, and several Han generals on the side were even more earthy, and some of them even shed sweat. Wanyan Lou has a good temper and rarely gets angry, but once he gets angry, it is the anger of thunder, which makes people's hearts tremble.
"It's these men who don't make a difference, just like girls, otherwise they will attack this broken mountain as usual!" A Jin army general immediately shouted.
With the shouting of this Jurchen general, other Jurchen generals also kept shouting, spitting and accusing the Han generals of incompetence. The Han generals all lowered their heads and did not speak, looking like they were resentful and scolding, but some of them were clenched with fists, and their hearts were extremely angry, constantly accumulating resentment in their hearts.
When Yan Lou saw the situation, he immediately felt bad. Although it is said that the Jurchens are less than 10,000 and invincible, there are still some things that still need the help of these miscellaneous armies such as the Bohai Navy, the Xiren Army, and the Han Army. After all, the Jurchen population is too small, and the number of Jurchen troops is also limited. These armies still played an important role in the attack on the Zhao and Song cities.
And he has been trying his best to win over these miscellaneous armies, in order to win over the hearts of these Han generals, but the current situation seems to be a little bad. But he couldn't speak, but his eyes drifted to Wang Lang on the side.
Wang Lang sighed slightly in his heart, and said: "The Jurchen generals opened their mouths and said, my Han people are waste, if the generals have a kind, why don't you lead the troops and horses of your headquarters to attack, if it takes a day to attack the Killing Bear Ridge, Lao Tzu would rather cut off his head and give it to you as a night pot!" ”
The words were extremely rude, and even Wang Lang himself couldn't believe it, but he had to be so rude.
The Jurchens are a group of savages who have just walked out of the mountains, and they are a group of barbarians who don't know etiquette. It's useless, it's just a fart. Only more barbarism, more rudeness, can shock this group of barbarians.
As soon as these words came out, there was a silence in the camp, whether it was a Jurchen general, a Han general, or a Wanyan Lou room, they were all surprised, is this still the gentle Tanhualang?
But after a while, many Jurchen generals immediately became angry and wanted to open their mouths to besiege this Han strategist, but at this time, Wanyan Lou Room waved his hand, and immediately those Jurchen generals became quiet, unable to speak anymore.
"I don't know, how did Mr. break the enemy?" Wan Yan Lou asked.
"What's so hard about breaking the enemy? Breaking the army is second, attacking the heart is the first! Wang Lang said: "I have two strategies, the next strategy is not to rush to attack the mountain, only need 3,000 soldiers to surround the mountain pass, besiege for ten days and half a month, naturally the Song army will starve to death, then you only need to go up to collect the corpse; If the Song army breaks through, it will be completely annihilated! ”
A general of the Jin army asked, "In ten days, if reinforcements from the Song army come, what will happen?" There are also Yao Gu, Zhang Jing and other troops surrounded by the territory of Hedong, if reinforcements are sent to save the remnants of the division, what should it do? ”
Wan Yan Lou also nodded: "The siege takes too long, it's not cost-effective!" ”
"Reinforcements?" Wang Lang sneered, "Are there any reinforcements in the seed division?" Don't look at Yao Gu, Zhang Jing and other troops, the distance is not far, and they can support at any time. But will they come? The Song army has always had a tradition of not saving each other, but it did not have the habit of fighting each other's horns. There are no reinforcements in the planter? Those reinforcements won't come!"
"What if the Song army's reinforcements come, and how do you know that the Song army will not come to help?"
"A Song man and a dragon are heroes and heroes; Ten Song people and ten snakes, infighting constantly, deceitful and deceitful; Hundreds of Song people are white maggots, disgusting; Thousands of Song people, 10,000 Song people, a plate of loose sand! Wang Lang sneered, and smiled and smiled, tears flowed from his eyes, "If the Song people are not a plate of loose sand, sitting back and watching their comrades die and not attacking, how can the Jurchen Iron Cavalry drink the Yellow River and coerce Bianliang!" ”
Wan Yan Lou asked again: "What is the best policy?" ”
"A steamed bun is better than an arrow!" Wang Lang smiled: "The Song people pay attention to being a soldier and eating food, being a soldier is just to eat food, the will to fight is extremely weak, and a steamed bun is enough to break the army's heart!" “
PS: The second update is here, and there will be a third update later.