Section 12 Battle of Chang'an (5)
Then, a group of foot soldiers carried torches and flags, and to the sound of drums, they rushed out. It should be out of the city according to the scale of a thousand households. When they came out to have enough for a team of 1,000 people, they crossed the river neatly. As the number of foot soldiers who came out gradually increased, the cavalry team that came out first gradually moved forward. The cavalry covered the foot soldiers out of the city, and the foot soldiers out of the city lined up in formation. The formation is lined up, and the foot soldiers behind continue to come out.
The foot soldiers are finished, and the cavalry is again. After the cavalry, there were large weapons. The army began to march at noon, and it was not until the end of the day that the army was completed, and they gathered at the place of the battle.
Thousands of thunders, 10,000 Yuntun. The flag covers the sun, and the drums and horns are noisy. The spears erected are like trees that cannot be seen at a glance; The armor connected together is like a black cloud that is about to crush the city. Strong crossbows and wandering stones, entrenched in the army, like crouching monsters, pointing at the enemy's camp respectively.
There were about 20,000 Jin soldiers and about 50,000 Song troops, forming a phalanx, and at this moment before the battle, they all raised their spirits.
Wan Yan Lou stood on the city tower and asked, "Do you see it?" ”
"The formation of the Chinese army in the south is like a plum blossom, the foot soldiers are in the front, the cavalry is in the rear, and the four armies on the left and right, the front and rear firmly protect the Chinese army, and the early stage should be mainly defensive. The formation of the right army in Nanfandi was juxtaposed, the left and right flanks were slightly protruding forward, and the central army was slightly behind, which was clearly an offensive formation. They should be the first to strike. A subordinate replied.
"That's right, our army must be the first of the whole army. Strive to break through enemy lines. Wu Jue replied to Wu Ling, "That's what Liu Tong's general order is. ”
The Song army was divided into three divisions, the left was the Huanqing army, the middle was the Qin Feng army and the Xihe army, and the right was the first Qin Feng army and the Yongxing army.
"However, the Jingyuan Army, which is the best at breaking through in the whole army, was taken away by Liu Jiu, and the Tielin Army under Qin Feng's army was also placed in the Chinese army, what will our Yongxing Army use to break through?"
The more Wu Xuan said, the more unfair: "The 'method of stacking arrays' that our brothers have worked so hard to practice was originally to let the golden soldiers and cavalry attack, and we defended, so now we take the initiative to fight hard with the gold thieves......"
"The military order is like a mountain! Second brother, what are you rubbing? Wu Jue shouted, "Don't hurry up and prepare!" ”
At this time, the Song army's three-way war drum had just been beaten.
The drums fall, the trumpets sound. After the horn stopped, the decisive battle began. In the middle of the drum falling corner, the gate of the Song soldiers' formation opened, and hundreds of light horsemen rushed out and went straight to the Jin soldiers' formation.
The light cavalry swept in front of the Jin army like the wind, driving the scattered cavalry of the Jin soldiers far away, at this time, the sound of drums and horns stopped, and the soldiers were silent.
Subsequently, the left and right flanks of Wu Jue's army began to slowly move forward.
At this time, the rear of the Wu army suddenly became chaotic. The Chinese army is the soul of the three armies, and if the Chinese army is in chaos, the two wings will be unstable. Besides, it's just the time when the wings are just beginning to move forward!
Wu Jue was watching the two wings move forward, and suddenly heard that the rear army was in chaos, he knew that something was wrong, and hurriedly sent someone to visit.
The people sent have not yet arrived, and the rear army has already come to report: there is a suo attack after the army!
It turned out that Wanyan Huonu got the order of Wanyan Lou's room, brought her own headquarters, and went out of the city from the east gate where there was no Song army, went around a big circle, and ambushed the side of the Song army's military formation.
When the Wu brothers ordered the army to move forward, Wanyan Huonu led the people to attack and attacked the right side of the Wu family's army.
Wu Jue was not shocked when he encountered chaos, he gave an order and said: Beat the flag and beat the drum! I ordered my brother to move on. And sent someone to the Chinese army barrier, and told Liu Tongzhi that if the Jin soldiers took the opportunity to send out cavalry to attack our formation, they would also ask him to send out the horse army immediately and attack the left flank of the Jin soldiers, so as my strategy!
Seeing the flag and hearing the rapid drumming of the war, Wu Lan immediately made a decision, "Keep moving forward!" Dare to have left and right caregivers! Not long after the military order was handed down, Wu Jue's military judge rushed to the two armies and read out the general's military order: no fox suspicion. After the drums are finished, if there is no battle, all the generals will be killed!
The women's troops who attacked the rear of the Wu army were like tigers entering the wolves, and they all fought bravely. A Hezha Meng'an is 3,000 people, but Wanyan Huonu selected the elite for this sneak attack and brought more than 1,000 people.
Wu Jun was unprepared at the beginning, and was broken by two teams in a row. One team, that's fifty people. fifty people, five chiefs; 100 people, 10 tithes. And there are two teams of positive, two teams of vices. Twelve officers, in the blink of an eye, all lay corpses.
The commander in charge of the rear army formation led the team to rush to the battle, and led the golden soldiers to fight against the beautiful living girl, was defeated, and was shot by a stray arrow, fell off the horse, fortunately the soldiers desperately rescued, and it was easy to snatch back.
Jin Bing was like a bamboo, all of them were brave soldiers, regardless of their lives, they rushed up when they were injured, crawled with their hands when their legs were broken, and bit with their mouths when their hands were broken, like crazy tigers.
The Wu army was defeated and retreated, and in less than half an hour, four or five teams were lost one after another. The situation is critical! The Yongxing army plus Qin Fengjun is one step, and it is necessary to say that the strength has the upper hand; However, the formation of the Wu army was facing forward, and all kinds of defensive settings were also placed in front. The army is in chaos, and it is really difficult to resist. It's not easy just to adjust the formation.
The urgent reports of the rear army, one after another, were sent to the front.
The generals and soldiers around Wu Jue were all frightened. Wu Jue sat firmly on the horse, his expression was calm, and he asked slowly, "Can I send my military order to my brother?" ”
"Delivered."
"Okay," Wu Jue pulled out an arrow and ordered several generals: "You and others lead their headquarters and follow my brother, if my brother breaks through the enemy formation, then you and others will be the backup." Everything is at my brother's command. ”
Subsequently, Wu Jue said to a general beside him: "You are in charge of the Chinese army here, in a word, the banner of the Chinese army is not allowed to move." ”
Then, he shouted: "Sons, come with me." ”
In the front battle, Wu Lan took the lead, sent farewell to the reinforcements who would guide and followed, and rode straight into the Jin Soldier Formation, shouting: The captives are broken!
The crowd is vying for the front. Seeing this, the Song army was stunned, and the Jin soldiers were shocked.
The Jin soldiers were frightened, and the left flank and the front hurriedly gathered and formed a formation to defend. Song Jun was stunned, and from the generals down, they were all dumbfounded.
The Song army's Wu Xuan division had already fought with the left flank of the Jin soldiers. Liu Xi saw it on the high platform and said to Zhang Jun: "The Chinese army should advance, thinking that it echoes." ”
"Please take command of the dispatch of troops."
When the two armies of Qin Feng and Xihe heard the leader, they each waved their flags, urged the drums of war, and went towards the oppression of the Jin soldiers.
As soon as Liu Xi's big array moved, tens of thousands of Song troops pressed towards the Jin soldiers like mountains. Taking advantage of the heights, I saw that the Wu army on the right and the Song army on the left were connected together, with flags covering the sun, and spears were like forests; Countless foot soldiers and horsemen rushed over with shouts, and the east and west were boundless.
The Jin soldiers also lined up and rushed head-on.
The Song army was about 50,000 people in battle, and the Jin soldiers went out of the city with more than 20,000 people. But the Jin soldiers were arrayed with their backs to the moat, and the entire battle line was so wide that the Song army could not put everyone in the first row.
The two armies of Song and Jin were roughly deadlocked along the moat, like two giants pushing and shoving. On the battlefield of fierce fighting, the severed limbs and stumps were everywhere, and the blood flowing from the wounded or corpses stained the yellow earth. He who rushes forward, regardless of the rear; The back follows the one that comes first, regardless of the feet,
There are those who do not pay attention to stepping on the corpse, and they often fall, but when they fall, they immediately get up and continue to rush forward to kill. If you can't get up immediately, you may be trampled under your own feet.
On the left flank of the Song army, Wu Jue finally repelled the sneak attack of Yan Huonu and stabilized his own military formation, he returned to the banner of the left flank and commanded reinforcements to support his brother.
Wanyan Huonu led the cavalry, went around a big circle, and arrived at the east gate of Wannian County, Chang'an, and the golden soldiers in the city saw the banner of Wanyan Huonu, opened the city gate, and sent out the food that had been prepared for a long time, for Wanyan Huonu's Hezha Meng'an to enjoy.
"Reinforcements have been prepared."
"Two Meng'an have been prepared for Xiao Jin to dispatch."
"All right, children, have a full meal, and go with me to the camp."
Wanyan Huonu existed as a mobile force outside the city, not just an ambush to attack the left flank of the Song army. Wanyan Lou explained that he "took advantage of the gap to enter", and the biggest flaw of the Song army, Wan Yan Lou and his son had already seen it clearly on the city tower...... The old battalion of the right-wing folk of the Song army.
After the failure of the sneak attack on Wu Jue, Wanyan Huonu aimed at the old camp of the Song army, and according to the arrangement of Wanyan Lou's room, Wanyan Huonu first rested and replenished under the county seat of Wannian, and then went straight to the old camp on the right wing of the Song army.
The Song army had a total of nearly 200,000 people, and the large camp stretched for more than ten miles, and the old camp of the Song army was located thirty miles away from Chang'an City.
Under the city of Chang'an, the two armies of Song and Jin never began a decisive battle, and after two hours, the sky was gradually darkening.
Zhang Jun had already come down from the lookout platform, sat in a shed behind the formation, and finished eating with a group of staff.
The food was set on the table of the staff, and Zhang Jun said: "The food is coarse, and the princes will drink with good news." ”
Liu Ziyu frowned slightly, when Zhang Jun ordered to eat, he felt that it was inappropriate. At this time, I heard Zhang Jun ask, "Why doesn't Ziyu lift a chopstick?" ”
Liu Ziyu said: "The soldiers are fighting in front of the army, and we are waiting here...... The subordinates invited themselves to the front to supervise the battle. ”
Zhang Jun said with a smile: "Ziyu, don't worry, the gold thief is fierce, and the soldiers see that we can still eat safely, and deal with it calmly, so naturally their confidence has increased greatly." This is the method of Huyan Pixian drinking at the head of the city and stabilizing the army's heart in "The Romance of the Hu Family". ”
Liu Ziyu said: "The verdict is clearly seen, and the official is served." ”
At this time, there was another hurried footstep outside the shed.
The two of them raised their heads to look, and saw that it was a messenger, and when they entered the tent, they didn't have time to salute, but fell directly to the ground, and said hastily: "The verdict is announced!" The old camp of our army was breached, and the grain was burned! ”
"What's going on?"
The captives led thousands of horsemen to attack my old camp, and they came very secretly and very quickly. When Zhao Jingluo was in front of the enemy, there was no one in the camp to command, the old camp was breached, and 70,000 people were killed and dispersed by him. Of the thirteen large warehouses, he burned ten of them. Fortunately, the battalion general reacted quickly, led the people to mount the horse, held the battle and fought, and fought hard for half an hour before it was repulsed. ”
The messenger did not tell the truth, and the battalion general dispersed the people after the Wanyan Living Girl, set fire to all the grain and grass, and then retreated, and then led the people to extinguish the fire, and only a little more than two warehouses of grain were left in the thirteen large warehouses.
Zhang Junteng stood up suddenly, and pulled out his sword: "You are a spy, dare to spread false news to disturb our army's heart?" A sword stabbed the messenger in the heart.