056 Battle of Xiangyang (9)
A sudden attack gave the Song army a great victory. This time, the number of the Song army was small, but with the help of Lin Heng and other martial arts people, they won, and they won beautifully.
Judging from these two battles, whether it is the most reluctant attack or the usual harassment, the role of martial arts people in initiating cannot be ignored. It can be said that without them, the Song army could not have won.
For the first time, the guards of the two cities had a clearer understanding of them, martial arts people. It's a pity that they don't have much time, otherwise they would have sat down and had a good chat.
After a big victory and the crisis between the two cities was resolved, Qiu Chuji, Lin Heng and others led more than 400 intact martial arts people to the direction of Xiangyang. At the same time, the general in the main Mongolian camp received the news of the defeat of the army of the two cities. The moment he received the news, he didn't believe it. But after hearing the report of the spies below, he smiled bitterly.
In fact, not only Lin Heng thought of good ideas in this battle, but Huang Rong also thought of a lot of ideas. Although in the face of a Mongolian army of more than 70,000, she couldn't let everyone raid like Lin Heng, but the smart Huang Rong still made them suffer enough. One of them, which made the Mongols suffer a big loss, is to let martial arts people learn bows and arrows.
Compared with ordinary soldiers, martial arts people rarely use bows and arrows, but one thing you can't deny is that martial arts people have extremely strong arm strength. This arm power is used on the bow and arrow, that is, the ultra-long range.
Perhaps, a short period of training will not make these martial arts masters turn into marksmen, but as long as he shoots far enough to shoot into the influx of Mongol troops, it will be enough.
Huang Rong's move made the Mongol troops who attacked the city at the beginning suffer a big loss, because they could not imagine that the Song people's bows and arrows could shoot farther and stronger than the Mongols. It can be said that in the first encounter, they lost, losing thousands of lives.
A few thousand people are nothing in an army of more than 70,000, but a few days of siege will not work if you drop a few thousand people each time. Especially Huang Rong is not this move, her second move is even more ruthless, that is, with strong archers, shoot Mongolian officers, among which Guo Jing is the most powerful. Needless to say, Guo Jing's bow and arrow, which is reflected in the condor shooting. And with Guo Jing's leader, the others also had one person and one arrow, specializing in shooting those officers on horses.
Officers are different from ordinary soldiers, and no matter how many ordinary soldiers die, they are nothing to the Mongols, but officers are different.
We all know that this world is a relational world, no matter what era, if everyone wants to mix well, then it has to be a little related. Perhaps, there are not many people in the Mongolian camp who are promoted by connections, but it does not mean that there are none. As long as you have it, you can't let him die, let alone die several.
Therefore, Huang Rong's move completely hit the weakness of the Mongolian commander, he had to let them hide behind for the safety of those supervisors, and this affected morale, and the Mongols without attack arrows could exert a few percent of their combat effectiveness?
Under this double blow, the Mongols have no way to take Xiangyang, and the main generals wanted to withdraw to attack Xinye and Dengzhou, but immediately, he received the news of the rout of the army, and at this time he also had more than 20,000 dead and wounded here. This made him know that he couldn't spend here anymore, otherwise his tens of thousands of troops would have to die here.
So, before Lin Heng and the others rushed back, the Mongolian army began to retreat.
An army of tens of thousands formed a long corridor, and Lin Heng and the others saw it from a distance before they came to Xiangyang. They were surprised in their hearts, but they all knew immediately that Xiangyang must have won, otherwise they would not have retreated. Everyone was very happy about this, even Lin Heng. To be honest, although he was very active on the battlefield, he really didn't want to go to the battlefield.
The battlefield is a hell of life and death. Here, you don't have any reason to talk about, everything is killing. This is very cruel for a modern person's mind, even if he has been through a lot, but you can't change his modern thoughts in his heart, such as indiscriminate killing. This is definitely not accepted by an otaku like Lin Heng.
So, he hates the battlefield. But, again, he had to go to war, because in the eyes of the ancients, it meant honor. Although Lin Heng also has some ideas in this regard, he is not an authentic Song Dynasty person, so he does not have a strong sense of substitution.
Shaking his head, Lin Heng glanced at Qiu Chuji beside him and saw him with a happy face. In this regard, Lin Heng's heart was even more complicated, because he knew that these Mongols would be the subjects of a country in the future, and at this time, they would kill here, what would happen in the future?
Lin Heng thinks so, you may think that he is a woman, but you think about Yue Fei. Yue Fei has always been called a national hero, but in modern times, how many authoritative newspapers and magazines have promoted it like this. He, a national hero, can only be in the past, not in the modern age.
Everyone moved forward, and soon came to the outside of Xiangyang City, where the city gate had been opened, and the people in the city began to slowly walk outward, and everything seemed to have returned to before. Looking at the scene outside, where are there still traces of the previous war, maybe it won't be long before this war is forgotten by most people. What an irony!
"Qiu Dao Chang......" stood outside the city gate, and Guo Jing saw Qiu Chuji and others immediately greeted him. Although he didn't know the situation in Xinye and Dengzhou, Huang Rong beside him must have seen something from the withdrawal of Mongolian troops. With her reminder, how could Guo Jing be rude?
The crowd exchanged pleasantries outside, and then they were welcomed into the city. When they arrived at Guo's mansion, Guo Jing held a banquet to celebrate this victory and inquired about their process in detail.
Looking at the people eating and drinking, Lin Heng's interest was not very high, and he was even a little angry. In modern times, although there are celebrations after the victory of the Great War, but more important is the memorial to the dead, but here, the dead do not seem to be anything. Of course, this is the custom here, and Lin Heng understands it, but he still feels uncomfortable.
Syllable! Lin Heng took a sip of wine, put the wine glass on the table, and walked out of the room by himself. There are no masters at his table, some are just senior brothers, everyone is chatting happily at this time, and they don't care about Lin Heng's sudden departure from the table, after all, it is normal for everyone to go in and out. It's just that they don't know what to do, Lin Heng didn't leave the table normally, but left Guo Mansion and Xiangyang directly, and returned to the Quanzhen Sect.
Lin Heng's sudden departure did not attract everyone's attention, but when they were looking for Lin Heng, they found that Lin Heng was gone, and at this time, the servants below came to report that Lin Heng had rushed back to the Quanzhen Sect. His kind of farewell without saying goodbye is very faceless, especially for Qiu Chuji, which makes him even more embarrassed. It's just that it's useless for them to be angry again, because Lin Heng has already left.
Besides, Lin Heng, his interest was not very high along the way, and the reason was naturally the killing on the battlefield. He couldn't change the thoughts in his heart, and at the same time, he felt that he had to reverse what he was doing.
To be honest, as a modern person, it is normal to have a mentality like Lin Heng, but the key thing is that he is not modern, but ancient. Perhaps, now he doesn't think there is anything, but think about it, if the Mongols occupied the Central Plains and wantonly slaughtered the people of the Central Plains, what would he think then?
These things, Lin Heng is not ignorant of these things, it's just that you can't let him think so far, and after all, that's something that didn't happen, so you can't ask him to be like Guo Jing to serve the country and the people.
At the same time, it was this thought of him at this time that made him regret it in the future.