Two days later, Zhang Guangdao arrived with a large army. Counting Deng Chun and Chen Ziyi's cavalry, as well as civilian and logistical personnel, the number of troops exceeded 20,000 (not counting civilians).
Zhang Guangdao arrived in the morning, and Jin Bing also arrived in the afternoon.
For the time being, Wanyan Talan led the troops and led the main force to join Wanyan Zongwang.
The deputy commander-in-chief, Wanyan Yanmu, led some Jin soldiers and arrested people everywhere to harvest wheat, and plundered new wheat from Hebei along the way to supplement the army's rations.
"Why can't we cross the river?" Wanyan asked lazily.
Wanyan Zongwang said angrily: "I only have cavalry in hand. The Song Dynasty people have been prepared for it and demolished the bridge. How can I dare to cross easily? I'll wait for you to come with your troops!"
These two are cousins and uncles.
Wanyan Talan had a total of four troops in his hands. But there were also five meng'an. When Wanyan Talan was founded, Wanyan Talan recommended candidates to serve as commanders, including Khitans and Xi. He also recommended Khitans and Xi.
Han people served as officials. From then on, all the state capitals of the Jin Kingdom were Khitan and were governed by Han officials.
Wanyan Talan relied heavily on the Han people, not because he admired Han culture, but because his political base was the northern Han people and the Sinicized Khitan people!
In terms of his attitude towards the Song Dynasty, Wanyan Talan always belonged to the peace faction, that is, just let the Song Dynasty cede land and pay compensation, and there was no need to beat him to death with a stick.
Wanyan Talan, as the supervisor of the East Road Army, has a tense relationship with the coach Wanyan Zongwang.
But overall, the two of them are allies. They were both supported by Wu Qimai to fight against the powerful Wanyan Zonghan.
How awesome is Wanyan Zonghan?
Many times, Emperor Wu Qimai of the Jin Kingdom had to listen to him!
Wanyan Zongwang said: "The ferry has been selected and the boats are ready. We will cross the river downstream tonight."
Liu Yanzong then took the Han soldiers and quietly moved to the downstream ferry. They needed to cross the river first. If they were attacked halfway across the river, these Han soldiers would be damaged. If the Han soldiers successfully crossed the river, they would form a formation on the other side to respond. The Jin soldiers
This passed without any danger.
Liu Yanzong's ancestor was Liu Bang, the Lulong Festival Envoy of the Tang Dynasty. He served as prime minister of the Liao Kingdom for six consecutive generations. Liu Yanzong himself also served as a privy council member of the Liao Kingdom.
Now, Liu Yanzong is the supreme commander of the Han soldiers of the Jin Kingdom, and even manages some of the Khitan soldiers.
Deng Chun's light cavalry all went out to cruise. The next morning, they found that most of the Jin soldiers had crossed the river downstream, and immediately went back to report the news to Zhang Guangdao.
"Continue to retreat south!" Zhang Guangdao ordered.
Although it will harm or even kill many people in the suburbs and expose them to the iron hoof of the Jin people, this is the order given by Ju Ming.
The officials and people inside and outside Tokyo must be taught how terrifying the Jin people are!
Zhang Guangdao's army retreated to the vicinity of Chicang Town and camped between Huimin River and Cai River.
Until now, Wanyan Zongwang and others thought they were Song soldiers.
Wanyan Zongwang sent out his cavalry to cover the battlefield and prevent the enemy from discovering his strength. Soon these cavalry found Zhang Guangdao's camp.
"The people of the Song Dynasty are cowardly. Over there in Chicang Town, it must be King Qin's Western Army. When they saw our Dajin Heavenly Soldiers, they were so frightened that they retreated again and again." Guo Yaoshi suggested, "As long as this Song Army is defeated, the Song Army in the city will not be defeated."
Dare to fight again."
Wanyan Zongwang thought the same way. He would definitely attack the troops outside the city first. Should he directly send troops to attack the city?
Without knowing who the enemy was, the Jin soldiers began to attack.
Wanyan Zongjun led thousands of light cavalry, including Guo Yaoshi, to cross the river between Tokyo City and Akacang Town. The Cai River was not wide, and there were a large number of golden soldiers holding bows to cover it. These thousands of light cavalry quickly crossed the river and established a foothold.
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Immediately afterwards, Wanyan Zongbi led three thousand men to safety and successfully crossed the river with the support of light cavalry.
Hezha Mengan, also known as the escort army, is the elite among the elite. In the heyday of the Jin Kingdom, there were less than 10,000 people. However, it later became a bit awkward and became more and more life-saving. After all, they were all nominally the bodyguards of the nobles.
Now is the most intense time!
"Keep retreating!"
Zhang Guangdao only has 20,000 soldiers, so how can he fight against tens of thousands of golden soldiers? What's more, he still has to complete Ju Ming's mission.
Before the Jin soldiers approached Caihe, Zhang Guangdao retreated again. He had a large number of ships, horses, donkeys and mules, and they retreated quickly with their baggage, pretending to be fleeing in panic.
After Guo Yaoshi crossed the Cai River, he took the vanguard to challenge. When he saw that the enemy camp was empty, he was immediately overjoyed: "Song soldiers are really cowardly. They fled without fighting. My sons, please follow me to kill the enemy!"
There really was no vigilance at all, because along the way from Yanjing to the Yellow River, the Song soldiers either defended to the death or surrendered directly to the city, so the Dingzhou garrison dared to go out of the city to lure the enemy.
There was a fire burning in Guo Yaoshi's heart. As long as he defeated the Song army in front of him, he would be able to gain the trust of the second prince!
Guo Yaoshi now has three thousand cavalry, half of whom are his direct descendants, and the other half are light cavalry from other units of the victorious army. As for the remaining Liaodong elite, they are still led by his son Guo Anguo, and Wanyan Zongwang does not dare to hand them over to Guo Yaoshi.
Three thousand victorious army cavalry chased them for several miles, but Deng Chun suddenly led three thousand light cavalry to meet them.
"Where did the short mule come from?" Pharmacist Guo looked dismissively.
Because Deng Chun's 3,000 light cavalry horses were too short. Although the best were selected, they were still southwest horses.
In Guo Yaoshi's eyes, it was not a war horse at all, but a mule that looked like a horse.
Can this kind of mule cavalry fight in war?
The victorious army's cavalry divided into several groups and charged forward. After shooting an arrow in the middle, they began to accelerate their charge, hoping to engage in direct close combat with their tall horses.
Deng Chun's mixed Han and Qiang cavalry were shooting and moving at the same time.
Although their horses are shorter, their tactical movements are more standardized, each team is uniform, and the orders are passed down, and the grassroots officers respond extremely quickly.
This place is more than twenty miles away from Tokyo City, and the woods have not been completely cut down.
Deng Chun led the light cavalry, fired alternately and retreated, leading Guo Pharmacist to a small forest.
With such a dangerous signal, as a veteran general, Yaoshi Guo should be vigilant and stop the pursuit. But firstly, he was deeply impressed by the cowardice of the Song soldiers, and secondly, he was eager to perform meritorious service and gain recognition from Wanyan Zongwang, so he led his troops to pursue them like this.
past.
In the woods, the guards had already helped put on the heavy armor.
The number of mounted cavalry under Chen Ziyi has now increased to more than 280. In addition to the war horses bought from the northwest, there are also war horses collected from the private sector. The private horses are all donated by wealthy households.
As long as you offer a horse that can carry the equipment, you can send the children of the clan to Zhu Guoxiang to be students!
In addition to the armored cavalry, Chen Ziyi also had more than a thousand Hebei cavalry.
Deng Chun approached the grove with his qing cavalry, and suddenly asked the trumpeter to blow the horn. The three thousand qing cavalry turned sharply, split into two and passed outside the grove.
"Kill the thief!"
"Woooooooo~~~~"
The horn sounding in the woods frightened Medicine Master Guo, and he subconsciously pulled the reins to slow down his horse.
But how can the cavalry in high-speed pursuit be stopped so easily?
More than 280 cavalrymen were seen, all wearing heavy armor, fighting out of the grove.
There were more than a thousand Hebei cavalry guarding both sides, helping the armored cavalry to disrupt the enemy's formation as much as possible.
Pharmacist Guo's pupils shrank when he saw it, and he shouted: "Quickly retreat!"
He didn't need to remind him at all, all the cavalry under his command were slowing down and planning to turn around and retreat.
They were unable to retreat to both sides because Deng Chun's light cavalry also gradually stopped and was turning around to cooperate with the armored cavalry in a three-sided attack.
"Boom!"
More than 280 mounted cavalrymen were already running and charging at an increasing speed.
Three thousand southwestern light cavalry turned around and fired arrows on both sides.
Guo Yaoshi's headquarters could still maintain morale, but other cavalrymen were frightened out of their wits.
Seeing that these enemy cavalry were about to run away, Deng Chun shouted: "Blow the trumpet, stop!"
Three thousand Southwest Qingqi stopped shooting arrows and charged diagonally forward in close combat, trying to keep Guo Yaoshi's troops behind.
Deng Chun's light cavalry were equipped with chain armor plus cloth armor. Their anti-arrow ability was fully maximized, and their melee defense was also pretty good.
Deng Chun's own war horse was actually Cornucopia's original partner, a tall and elegant Ganqing horse that Zhang Guangdao temporarily lent to him.
This guy threw out the heads of several horses under his command and rushed in almost single-handedly. His strength was so frightening that he knocked over the enemy cavalry with one swing of his mace. The second enemy cavalry came at him with his spear, and Deng Chun swung his left mace to attack him.
Jiama accelerates and strikes out with his right mace, directly breaking the enemy's arm.
Yang Yun, a young general of the Qiang nationality, rode a southwestern horse and shot down one man with his spear. Although his horse came from southwestern Sichuan, it was 1.3 meters tall at the shoulder, which was already very impressive in Sichuan.
This kind of ambush, surprise attack, and flanking attack from three sides, with a frontal charge of mounted cavalry, I'm afraid the Iron Buddha would have to drink a lot if it encountered it.
Other cavalry units under Guo Yaoshi had completely lost their will to resist. They could run away as fast as they could and did not dare to stop and fight - they no longer listened to Guo Yaoshi's command.
The cavalry of the headquarters was quite obedient. Guo Yaoshi escaped from death countless times, quickly found a breakthrough, and led the cavalry to rush towards Yu Dian's cavalry.
Yu Dian was a general of the Lizhou Xiang Army, and his martial arts and commanding abilities were not weak, but he was still not impressed when he met Guo Yaoshi and his soldiers. After just one encounter, Yu Dian was almost killed by Guo Yaoshi, and more than ten cavalrymen around him were killed and injured.
indivual.
At this moment, Chen Ziyi's armored cavalry finally rushed into the battlefield.
The cavalry of the Ever Victorious Army was stopped by the Southwest Qingqi. The horse speed had slowed down a lot, and the rear row was hit by the armored cavalry at full speed.
Facing these heavily armored men and horses, the victorious cavalry had no power to resist, and those who were alive could only speed up their horses and escape for their lives.
The ambush quickly turned into a pursuit. Guo Pharmacist led five to six hundred cavalry, and rushed past Yu Dian's cavalry. Yu Dian suffered more than 200 casualties, and Guo Pharmacist also suffered more than 100 casualties. Guo Pharmacist then fled without stopping.
Already.
Chen Ziyi and Deng Chun cooperated to divide, surround, strangle, and kill all the enemy cavalry who refused to surrender. The heavy cavalry retinue also rode their inferior horses and rushed out of the grove to receive the surrendered prisoners and clean the battlefield to guard the captured war horses.
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Then, Chen and Deng led their troops to pursue them one after another. They chased them for several miles before returning with their troops. When they pursued further, they encountered the elite Jin soldiers.
Pharmacist Guo fled back in embarrassment. He took 3,000 cavalry to fight, but now there are less than 800 left.
Wanyan Zongwang looked at the remnant soldiers in front of him and felt that something was wrong.