Chapter 171: A Desperate Fight
Although the spur was protected by layers, it was still shot through the thigh by a sharp arrow, and blood flowed down the root of the leg through the combat boots and dripped to the ground.
He was dizzy for a while, and when he looked around, he saw countless Jurchen soldiers, and they had died tragically on the spot without even seeing the face of the enemy. He was anxious and angry in his heart, but he knew that before rushing into the enemy formation, he still needed to be swept by such a strong rain of arrows three times, and he only felt at a loss in his heart at the moment, not knowing how many soldiers under his command would be left when he rushed to the enemy formation.
He just wondered in his heart, the sound of killing on the battlefield was shocking, why the opposite side had made an appointment to receive the soldiers and horses, but there was no movement for a long time.
If it is a two-sided attack, the Song army will be difficult to care about, although it has such a terrifying long-range strike capability, but it has to redeploy the troops and rearrange the formation, even those assault guns and bed crossbows, and they also need to adjust the beam before they can be fired.
And he rushed to this point, but there was no movement on the other side, the Song army could concentrate on the enemy, calmly launch, and then shoot, the strength of the crossbowmen of the Western Army was the crown of the forbidden army of the Song Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty began to establish the country, because there was no war horse to form a cavalry, more than 100 years of experience came to the conclusion that only the heavy infantry and a strong crossbowman team, the two auxiliary cooperation, can deal with the armed and strong Khitan cavalry.
For more than 100 years, the Song and Liao conquests gradually stopped, and the Western Xia, which had been fighting all the year round in Shaanxi, also started with cavalry, so that the Western Army was already the strongest army in the Great Song Dynasty at that time and even in the world in terms of the strength of the cavalry shock and the crossbowmen.
In front of such a well-prepared, high-morale, well-armed crossbow, and heavy long-range weapons such as bed crossbows and assault rifles, even if it was a Jurchen cavalry whose combat strength far exceeded that of the Khitans, it would never be able to bargain at all.
Seeing that the front army suffered such heavy casualties, the enemy's attack power and reaction were far beyond expectations, and Zong Bi in the rear was shocked and angry, he couldn't figure it out anyway. In his eyes, the weak and incompetent Song Army, how can he fight stronger and stronger, and any team has such an excellent reaction and performance. At the same time, the vanguard of the former army braved the rain of arrows, and even many soldiers had arrows stuck in their bodies, but they had already tried their best to knock down the thin fence. Keep moving forward. The other side made an appointment for reinforcements, but there was still no movement.
The weather was scorching, his forehead was covered with soybean-sized sweat grains, and his mind was full of despair. Zong Bi knew in his heart that if reinforcements did not arrive, with the reaction and performance of the Song army on the opposite side, with his own strength, he would not have the ability to rush through the enemy's position and bring the whole army to the opposite side.
He knew that the longer it dragged on, the worse it would be for his side. Not far from the Song military camp.
Everywhere there were drums and gongs, and the sound of footsteps seemed to be heard clearly even from miles away. As soon as he thought that the 200,000 Song army was coming like ants, completely surrounding his tens of thousands, he shivered violently, and he couldn't help himself in fear.
He was scared.
Zong Bi, who has always prided himself as a warrior, and Zong Bi, who has worked hard to support the overall situation with his fortitude and rigidity, was called the most military-talented Zong Bi by the Jurchens after Zong Wang and Zong Han, and he was really scared.
Thinking of the possible ending and end, Zong Bi was full of despair, and even for a while, he didn't know how to react.
Wanyan Ah Libu and other 10,000 household officers were behind him. With a blue face, he waited for Zong Bi to issue a military order, but was surprised to find that Zong Bi, who had always been known for making decisions on the battlefield, had completely stepped down at this time.
Zong Xian is the younger brother of the Zong Bi clan, and he is behind the battle at this time, and everyone has no choice but to find Zong Xian. When Zong Xian saw this, he was furious for a while, and stepped forward to Zong Bi and said, "The whole army is waiting for the commander's order, why is my brother silent?" ”
Seeing that Zong Bi was unmoved, he shouted again: "If Taizu sees you like this, what do you think?" ”
Jin Taizu finished his face A Guta, eloquent and strategic, excellent martial arts, like a god in the hearts of the Jurchens, Zong Bi was still young when he conquered Liao, and often followed Ah Guta's side, and the worship of his father has been imprinted into the bone marrow, Zong Xian said so, but Zong Bi woke up with a word.
He wiped the sweat from his forehead, thinking about the situation in front of him, and he was afraid that he would have no chance at all. Whether Zong Han did it intentionally or had some accident, as long as he didn't come over to answer, he would rush the enemy alone and arrange the ground line, and the end could only end in failure.
However, giving up the charge and retreating, there were all Song troops chasing behind them, front and back, left and right, heaven and earth, and there was no way out. And the only cavalry of the Song army, under the command of Yue Feidi, was afraid that it had already solved the Wanyan Yinshu Ke behind the palace, and was rushing here. As long as Yue Fei arrived, he would be able to easily defeat this remnant army that had no physical strength, no supplies and no morale without anyone's help, and under the pursuit of the enemy's cavalry, the destruction of the entire army would be inevitable, and no one would be able to escape.
Thinking of this, he had made up his mind, even though there was a mountain of swords and a sea of fire in front of him, it was still the only chance for the entire army.
He looked at everyone, but he sighed in his heart, following him around, all of them were first-class generals of the Jin Kingdom, some of them were outwitted, some were courageous, and some were strong models of martial arts, all of them were the heroes of the people, so that they could be more outstanding in the Wanyan tribe that was doubled by heroes, and became an officer of ten thousand households, and today's war, I am afraid that many people will die here, many years of war, the dangerous war is not nothing, and like today, he is full of despair and frustration, but no.
At the moment, he had to put away this sense of despair, and ordered everyone: "The whole army is attacking, there is no need to leave the rear team, just keep pressing and rushing." ”
Although the military order was simple, it was strong and resolute, just like his previous style, everyone listened to the order, and they were all in good spirits, and they scattered into their own ranks, ready to rush forward together.
Seeing that there was no one around, they were all Zong Bi's henchmen, so he stepped forward and whispered to Zong Bi: "As long as you rush out of the road for a while, you don't have to worry about anything else, as long as you can rush out, we will all die, and it is worth it." ”
Zong Bi said angrily: "The soldiers are still there, how can the commander abandon the army and flee?" ”
Zong Xian hurriedly said: "Today is dangerous, if we don't get it, we will all die here, you are the only one among our Jurchens who can lead troops, Zong Han is treacherous, today's matter is only afraid that he did it intentionally, and he is old and sick, after the Song army defeats us, it will definitely continue to go north, and no one will lead the troops to meet it at that time, is it that we are going to destroy the country and destroy the species?" ”
Zong Bi listened to his words but was reasonable, but he thought that he was going to flee like a lost dog, even if he escaped with his life, he had no prestige, and he had no confidence in resisting the Song army going north, since he could not do anything in the future, it was better to die in battle now.
It's just that he didn't want to tell the other party this pessimistic idea, so he had to shake his head again and again and ask Zong Xian not to say it anymore.
Zong Xian couldn't, so he had to retreat, but while beating the horse and leaving, he secretly signaled to Zong Bi's personal soldiers with his eyes, and saw that the other party nodded to show that he understood, and once he had the opportunity, he would flee with Zong Bi, and immediately put his mind at ease, and returned to his own department, ready to rush forward with the army.
Just after a while, the sudden speed has rushed into the Song army formation, but the other party has long been prepared, more than 10,000 sword players and spearmen stepped forward, the Jin soldiers' sharpness has been greatly reduced, under the blow of the Song army's arrow rain, more than half of the loss has been lost, and the Song army that stepped forward to meet the battle was full of morale and full of fighting spirit, and soon blocked the impact of the Jin soldiers, surrounded the golden cavalry in the formation, and waved the sword and spear together, cutting off the Jurchen knights one by one.
Zong Bi knew that he couldn't delay any longer, and when he gave an order, more than 30,000 people stepped forward together, and the horse's hooves flew over, shaking the heavens and the earth.
It's just that at the same time, the Song army of the brigade has arrived at the battlefield, Zong Bi saw at a glance, only to see the red tide dazzling, countless Song soldiers, with bows and crossbows, guns and spears, began to appear on the opposite battlefield, ready to meet the arrival of the main force of the Jin soldiers.
Naturally, he didn't know that just yesterday, the Mongol Great Khan Hebul united many steppe tribes and came to take advantage of the fire to rob. More than 30,000 Mongol soldiers rushed straight to the upper capital, and there were almost no Jurchen troops in the city, and a small number of defensive troops on the border had already been cut down by the Mongol cavalry.
When it comes to riding and archery kung fu and perseverance, the Mongols from the steppe are far stronger than the Jurchens in the depths of the jungle.
And sprinting and looting, burning and killing, the barbarism of the Mongols was also far above the Jurchens.
Shangjing fell overnight, the gold lord was captured, and in order to avenge the humiliation of the day by the stab, in front of the residents of Shangjing, the teenage stabbing was tortured to death by riding a wooden donkey.
The rest of the princes and nobles who remained in Shangjing were killed, their houses burned to the ground, and the gold, silver, jewelry, and beautiful concubines were all owned by the Mongols.
After the attack on Shangjing, the prestige of Hebule rose sharply, many grassland tribes came to vote in the starry night, integrated the Great Khan of nearly 100,000 troops, full of pride, and remembered the appointment with the Song Emperor Zhao Huan, and because of the detailed notice sent to Shangjing by the pedestrian division, he knew that the Song army had attacked the vicinity of Yanjing, so he led the army, rushed to the vicinity of Yanjing in the starry night, and made a big fanfare, and took all the cities and counties near Yanjing, and even tried to forcibly attack the city, but the Mongols were only good at field warfare at that time, and there was no corresponding siege equipment at all, so they had to do it.
In this way, Zong Han and Zong Bi had an appointment, and he could only do it all, he was too busy to take care of himself, and he knew that Shangjing was not guaranteed, and nearly 100,000 Mongolian barbarians outside were eyeing him, and he didn't dare to go out of the city at all, and he had to drink every day to pour his sorrows, as the commander who destroyed the Great Liao and almost destroyed the Great Song Dynasty, the country was so powerful, in addition to maintaining its power north of Shangjing, there was no place for him, and if he wanted to break through and run to his hometown, he could only solve the Mongolian cavalry outside the city first, he was not a fool, he knew that with the strength at hand, he would go out of the city to fight, It's just that they are sent to death in vain, they can only rely on the fortified city and delay time, and it is best that the Mongolian barbarians are too wild to stand the shackles of a long-term siege and withdraw from the siege, so that they can have another chance to escape.