Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Fighting General
The next day, the peace envoy of the Song people again refused to return the hostage prince and the tribute under the pretext of waiting for the holy decree.
There were more than 40,000 volunteers and township soldiers who arrived at the Daimyo Mansion with the mission, including 2,000 people from the Guards Brigade who pretended to be Xiangyi township soldiers and 3,000 people from Zhuangzi, and 3,000 township soldiers with horses who were organized as cavalry troops, with Zhao Zhong as the commander; 10,000 people who were proficient in archery were organized into a crossbow army, with Xiao Yu as the commander; The rest of the people were organized into a team of soldiers, with Gao Zhong as the commander, all with long knives and wooden clubs.
Li Gudu set up a stockade to protect the ferry, but there were only 1,000 soldiers, Zhao Ta led the team to arrive, immediately took over the stockade, and immediately expanded the trench and built a fortress, stationed troops here, and at the same time sent people to the Daimyo Mansion in the name of the mission, asking for grain, grass and ordnance, and asking Zhao Ye to cooperate with the Jin army.
Zhao Ta backed the Yellow River and stood in battle, which was actually a taboo for soldiers, and a clear-eyed person would die at a glance, but he insisted on doing it, because Zhao Ta knew that this was not his loyal army, there was no artillery support, and only those who were equipped with firearms were those in the Guards Brigade, and this battle would be a battle dominated by cold weapons.
And the volunteers and the villagers just followed them here with a lot of blood, but they lacked training and did not go through the battle formation, if they saw the Jin army thousands of troops and horses rushing into the formation, it was likely that they would not be able to withstand a round and have to collapse, and fighting against the water was to make them understand that they could live if they entered, and there was only a dead end to retreat, so as to arouse their determination to fight to the death.
Zhao Ta still put out a goose-shaped formation, with the highly favored Mo Dao team as the vanguard, the cavalry as the two wings, and the bow and crossbow in the front. The soldiers were in the rear. Nie Shan and Wang Yun also changed their uniforms and sat in the Chinese army to boost morale, and they also knew that this battle was too small to say that it was a matter of peace. At best, it is related to the safety of Bianjing.
The Song people listened and immediately handed over King Yan. Send tribute, get out of the way, and let you live, otherwise the army will launch a piece of armor and leave no armor behind! "A general in the Jin army array jumped out of the battle and called out in front of the Song army.
"Who is going to kill this guy?" In the past, Zhao Ta disdained this kind of single-handedness of generals against generals, but today he must fight a battle in the era of cold weapons, and fighting generals can boost morale and boost the morale of the army, so today he made an exception and shouted generals.
"The last general is willing to go out to kill this general!" Gao pet roared. He is an old man of the loyal army, and there are many generals under the prince of Zhilu Dao, but they have all made the prince spoiled, he likes to swarm bees in war, he is not good at fighting alone, and he is not even prepared with a weapon in his hand, and Zhao Yong can play a few times, but he is not there, so he can only go on his own.
"Drum cheers!" Zhao Ta raised his hand and shouted. 'Knock knock...' The war drums sounded, and the high-favored prancing horse spear rushed out of the gate.
"Let's get the name together!" General Jin yelled at Gao Pet.
"The commander of the Tiger Wing Army, Gao Pet is also!" Gao Zhong reined in his horse thirty steps before him and replied, "Who are you?" ”
"I'm Wanyan Meng'an, Wanyan Dali!" Kim replied with a horizontal sword.
"Can General Gao do it?" Wang Yun was sweating in the cold weather, and he couldn't help but be nervous when he went into battle for the first time. His legs trembled involuntarily, and he spoke with a fluttering voice.
"Lord Wang, rest assured, it won't take three rounds. General Gao will kill the enemy general! Zhao Ta said with a smile, a civil official can muster up the courage to ride a horse into battle. It is commendable that he can not fall off the horse, and he is even more relieved to be favored. When it comes to the kung fu of the spear and the big sword, he is willing to bow to the wind, but he is the first shot in the legendary Southern Song Dynasty, even Yue Fei, who is known as invincible in marksmanship, is not his opponent, not to mention a small commander of the Jin army.
Zhao Ta said that the three rounds were a bit conservative, the routine was over, and Gao Zhong urged the horse forward with a gun, in fact, the horse battle was by no means as wonderful as the commentary said, but it was similar to the Western knight duel, the two of them rushed forward to each other at the same time, and often ended the battle at the moment of convergence, and did not distinguish the winner or loser, so they returned to the horse and fought again. So now in the TV series, the two generals fight on horseback and jump to the ground and become a foot battle, or it really won't be exciting, and there won't be enough episodes!
Gao Zhong's arm strength is amazing, and the spear in his hand is still specially made for him by Zhao Ta with fine iron, and it weighs fifty catties. The two generals urged the horses at the same time, and in an instant, the horse speed was raised to the highest, and the two horses were staggered. Wanyan Dali couldn't stand it, and the big knife in his hand was shocked away at once,
Wanyan Dali's weapon was taken off, just in his stunned kung fu, Gao Zhong violently lifted the reins of the horse, the war horse man stood up, and instantly reduced the speed to zero, he held the reins in one hand, and the gun turned around and stabbed out with his right hand, and the sharp blade shattered Wanyan Dali's heart goggles in an instant, broke through the armor, and pierced him through the heart, and the body fell off the horse, barely using two moves!
"General Gao is mighty!" Wang Yun, who was in the array, couldn't help but shout loudly, but his voice was immediately drowned out by the cheers of the soldiers, and Gao Zhong cut off Wanyan Dali's head with a spear blade, and carried it back to the formation with a spear.
"Does King Yan dare to fight with a certain family?" As soon as Gao Chong came back, another person rushed out of the Jin army's camp, six feet tall, with a big waist and a round waist, wearing heavy armor, holding an iron shovel and shouting loudly, pointing the spearhead at Zhao Ta.
"Lord Wang, my subordinates are willing to fight again!" Gao Pet said.
"Lord Wang, let's go down!" Xiao Yu clenched his fists and said.
"Lord Wang, although I am not talented, it should be no problem to kill him!" Zhao Zhong also hurriedly asked for battle, the three of them had followed Zhao Ta for a long time, knowing the temper of the prince of the Dao Dao, and dared to challenge by name, he had to go, so he preemptively asked for the battle and tried to stop him.
"Go, go, don't move anyone, I want you to be ashamed! He's calling me for a battle, if I don't go, I won't let everyone see Bian, how will I mix in the army in the future! As expected, the prince immediately stopped them from playing for him.
"Lord Wang, you are a daughter, how can you experience the war in person!" Seeing that Zhao Ta was eager to try, Nie Shan also hurriedly dissuaded.
"Is Zhao Ta'er afraid of grandpa, or obediently come to my camp as a hostage, and still have a small life!" Jin Jiang on the opposite side saw that no one was fighting, and scolded even more rampantly.
"Did you hear it, he scolded me, I didn't kill him with my own hands!" Hearing the scolding, Zhao Ta found a reason even more, he knew that the Song army had experienced too many defeats and needed the encouragement of a victory, and he would personally kill the enemy generals and greatly improve morale.
"The prince..."Gao Zhong saw that the prince was going into battle, but he didn't even have a long weapon in his hand, so he couldn't step forward and shoot him, if that was the case, it was better not to go!
"Brother, lend me your Mo knife!" Zhao Ta saw a general in front of Gao Pet's horse carrying a Mo knife in his hand, he reached out and took it, and rushed out of the horse... (To be continued......)