It is strange to say that since the emperor of the Jin Dynasty came to the throne, the climate in the world has become weird, with droughts and floods happening constantly. In the second year of Da'an, there was a severe drought in Shandong and Hebei; in the third year of Da'an, Shandong, Hebei, and Hedong suffered severe droughts.
There was a severe drought on the roads; in the first year of Chongqing, there was a severe drought in Hedong, Shaanxi, and Nanjing; in the second year of Chongqing, which is this year, there was a severe drought in Hedong and Shaanxi. It is said that the local price of rice was as high as 8,000 yuan.
Wang Shixian was from Shaanxi, but he stayed in Hebei after the defeat because he could not survive back to Shaanxi.
If it were just a drought, and if the imperial court could mobilize the people in time to build water conservancy projects, there might not be no way to alleviate it. However, the drought would be followed by rain and floods. Just like the time in the second year of Da'an, there was a severe drought before and after spring plowing, and after June,
Heavy rains in Shandong and Hebei caused disasters. The water in the plains was several feet deep and wiped out thousands of hectares of fertile farmland.
At this moment, Zhuozhou and other places have been experiencing drought since last autumn and winter. The first rain in spring has been so heavy... When the water in countless ponds across Hebei is surging, no one knows how many people want to sell their children.
Women, how many people are displaced and how many people cannot survive!
There was a heavy downpour, and under the dark sky, the rainwater formed a vast white patch, slapping on the armor and on the sword, splashing water. The wind assisted the water, and extinguished a pine torch that was held up by a fulcrum.
The dense rain curtain obscured the view, and it was difficult to see clearly from a little further down the city. However, the sound of rain and thunder could not cover up the sound of fighting. Jing'an Min, Monk Luo, and Wang Shixian stood at the top of the city, listening attentively.
"Yang An'er's troops retreated resolutely. But..." Jing'an Min said uneasily: "That guy Hu Shahu is a madman! We have to cheer up the soldiers to prevent Hu Shahu from taking advantage of the chaos to seize the city!"
"Rebellion? That's also Hu Shahu's Chinese army in chaos!" Monk Luo shook his head nonchalantly and bowed his hands to the people of Jing'an: "You lead people to guard the city. I will lead my elite troops out and prepare to meet Guo Liulang!"
Monk Luo shook off his soaked uniform and strode down to the city.
Jing'anmin held his hand on the wall plate and looked outside.
Just now, a flash of lightning flashed across the sky, and he seemed to see cavalry fighting in the distance not far away. But the lightning quickly disappeared, and under the thick clouds and rain, nothing could be seen clearly.
At this time, his subordinates arrived one after another, and Jing'an Min arranged for them to take over the affairs of the city as soon as possible, as well as the internal and external defenses. He has been able to manage the situation of being the boss of Zhuozhou for more than a year, and his methods are naturally extraordinary. Although things are complicated at this time,
Although people are rushing back and forth, there is no rush. The subordinates follow orders and act neatly.
When his subordinates were ordered to leave one after another, Nian Kaizhen, who had been huddled in the corner, came up hesitantly and whispered: "How ferocious the Hu Shahu is! Don't think that the heavy rain can hinder anything. If he goes wild, it won't matter.
Regardless!"
Jing Anmin sneered twice and patted Nian Kezhen on the shoulder: "Nian Kezhen, you are thinking too much!"
After saying that, Jing Anmin left in a hurry.
Nian Kezhen chased after two steps in confusion. Wang Shixian came from behind and patted Nian Kezhen on the shoulder: "Nian Kezhen, governor?"
"Ah? What?"
Wang Shixian smiled broadly: "We don't care about our wild behavior!"
Nian Kaizhen trembled violently and ran quickly in the direction where Jing Anmin left: "Brother Jing! No, Brother Anmin..."
At this time, another lightning flashed, and Wang Shixian seemed to see the scene of knights fighting in the lightning. He rushed to the edge of the city wall, but the sky fell into darkness again, and he could not see clearly again.
"Monk Luo!" Wang Shixian shouted: "You should hurry up!"
Monk Luo's thick voice echoed in the city gate: "Set up the formation! Open the door!"
Jing Anmin and Wang Shixian saw it right. As far as they could see, a few meters away from Fanyang City, Guo Ning was leading a dozen subordinates around him, still fighting fiercely.
When the Jin army was strong, the most elite cavalry included light cavalry called Guaizima and heavy cavalry called Tiefutu. The so-called Tiefutu refers to elite knights wearing heavy armor, like iron towers. The armor worn by these knights weighs as much as
Weighing more than fifty kilograms, their faces are covered with a hood, leaving only two eyes exposed. They either ride armored horses to attack, or they attack on foot. No matter what battlefield they are on, they are a decisive force.
Nowadays, not to mention Hu Shahu's subordinates, even the entire Dai Jin, I am afraid it is difficult to gather the elite iron pagodas of the past. However, Hu Shahu still set up such a staff in his tent according to the tradition of the Jin army. His headquarters has two hundred armored warriors.
, can fight freely on and off horseback.
When Guo Ning rode straight towards Hu Shahu, he was immediately blocked by soldiers.
When the soldiers gathered together, it was like an iron wall that was impenetrable from the ground!
Guo Ning waved the iron spear in his hand and launched a thrust. However, the iron spear he had just snatched was not of high quality. After being hit several times, there were already cracks. At this moment, the tip of the spear and the armored man pushed against each other.
The shields in front collided with each other, and there was a continuous cracking sound. The shields were torn into pieces, and the iron spears were also broken into several pieces.
Both blows were made with great force, and the exploded spear shaft flew in the air. One section flew past Guo Ning's cheek, tearing a long wound. Guo Ning didn't care at all, and moved forward with the remaining spear shaft more than five feet long.
Thrust again.
The sky was extremely dark, and the soldier's sight was blocked by the remaining shield. The spear shaft instantly passed through the gap in the shield and hit the soldier's chest.
There was a series of slight clicks, and the soldier staggered back a few steps as if struck by electricity, and sat on the ground motionless.
The arm guard originally worn on Guo Ning's arm had been damaged. At this time, his arm brushed against the sharp gap in the shield and was immediately torn out. The flowing blood dyed his elbow to palm red, and then was densely covered with blood.
washed away by the rain.
Guo Ning used the recoil force of the spear shaft to rein in his horse and spin around, swinging half of the spear shaft at will, clanging with several swords and axes.
Another soldier rode his horse and ran into him from the diagonal thrust, hoping to use the momentum of his horse to knock Guo Ning down.
This soldier was well-dressed, and at first glance he was the leader in the Iron Float. His timing was really exquisite, as his horse slowed down and turned around.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! At this time, heavy rain was pouring, the ground was obviously slippery, and the horses instinctively refused to step on the ground with all their strength to avoid slipping. It was almost impossible for the two horses to avoid collision, and once the man and horse
If you fall to the ground, surrounded by hundreds of armored knights, you will die immediately!
More than a hundred Jurchen armored knights cheered and cheered in unison.
Guo Ning's subordinates all exclaimed.
Guo Ning roared loudly and pulled the reins hard.
The war horse under his crotch was indeed a top-grade horse, and it did not disappoint at the critical moment. The war horse neighed loudly, leaped with all its strength, and actually stood upright with its back feet in the mud, avoiding the lateral collision by a hair's breadth!
Guo Ning reined in his horse with one hand and threw the spear shaft to the sky with the other hand. When it fell and caught it again, he had already turned the spear shaft. Then, he followed the momentum of the horse's fall and used the iron at the end of the spear shaft to pound diagonally downwards.
The soldier who tried to hit Guo Ning with his horse was hit squarely on the side of the neck.
This time, the man and the weight of the horse were combined, and the force was too great. The iron sword was not sharp, but it smashed the iron collar with force, and then penetrated down through the terrible wound and penetrated into both sides of the body.
It was more than a foot long, but I don't know how many organs were pierced and how many bones were smashed. The knight screamed, his limbs suddenly twitched, and he fell off the horse with the iron spear.
The iron sword fell and blood splashed out, covering Guo Ning's head and face like a fountain, dyeing his green velvet armor black and red. Guo Ning also felt severe pain in his right palm and right wrist, which was obviously bruised. But he
Having lost his temper, he immediately tightened the reins on his right wrist, took out the iron bone flower from his waist with his left hand, and pointed around: "Come on! Come and fight!"
The cold wind is howling, murderous intent is rising, and the chicken-like posture of these killing generals is simply not found in this world, it is really like a vicious god coming to the world!
Dozens of Tiefutu soldiers were surrounding them one after another, but at this time the leading ones stopped moving forward in fright. As a result, they collided with their companions who were coming from behind, causing a moment of chaos.
Guo Ning laughed loudly, wiped the blood from his face, and drew a circle on the top of his head with his iron bone flower.
"Rokuro, give you a spear!" someone shouted from behind.
The speaker was Rui Lin. He was from Pingyu County, Jizhou, and his father and ancestors were all knights in the army. After the defeat at Yehuling, he met Guo Ning during the retreat, and then got separated. Not long ago, he heard that Guo Ning had summoned
The manpower came from Xishan overnight to defect. Because they did not catch up with Guo Ning to set up various subordinate capitals, they temporarily served as his own cavalry.
Rui Lin's martial arts skills were passed down from his family and he was proficient in many kinds of weapons. He handed the spear in his hand to Guo Ning, and then took out two iron maces from his saddle: "Liu Lang, Hu Shahu is in front! He dare not go against us!"
Guo Ning took the spear and shouted in a deep voice: "Zhao Jue!"
Zhao Jue responded: "I'm here!"
"In a moment, I will insert the enemy's right wing diagonally, and you will follow me. When you come out of the formation, you will use Ming Dy to indicate the direction for the rear troops!"
"yes!"
"The rest of you, rest for now. When I rush past, you can charge in the direction of Ming Dy!"
"Yes!" More than ten people behind him shouted in unison.
By this time, the group of people had completely disrupted Hu Shahu's team, and their own losses were minimal! Such a feat, such a thrilling battle, made everyone's blood boil, and they no longer cared about the mountains of swords and seas of fire in front of them!
Guo Ning looked deeply at his companions, and when he was about to urge his horse, a knight rushed from behind and shouted: "Liu Lang, Li Erlang is surrounded!"
The one who came was Chen Ran, another horseman who was famous for his ability to use long and short knives.
"Which direction is he?" Guo Ning asked.
Chen Ran pointed to the southeast: "Just now Li Erlang came out of the formation, and he ran into more than a hundred infantrymen from the front team who were retreating... The enemy was killing more and more!"
Guo Ning looked in that direction and vaguely saw many men and horses going around in circles, like a whirlpool. With the occasional flash of lightning, he could see the Jurchen soldiers on the periphery, all of them ferocious.
Guo Ning turned back to look at where the armored knights were. Those cavalrymen were all veterans of the battlefield. They were frightened by Guo Ning's bravery at first, but they quickly regained their composure and began to urge their horses to speed up. There were many people behind who took out
Bow and arrow, ready to shoot.
Guo Ning is indeed brave, but fighting on the battlefield does not rely solely on bravery.
He has gone through countless battles over the years and has seen hundreds of brave soldiers. However, most of them can only show off their power for a moment and are quickly swallowed up by thousands of troops. All because of their bravery and lack of calmness.
trade-off.
The more brave you are, the more you must understand that life and death on the battlefield depend on a moment, and opportunities are fleeting. No matter how passionate you are, you must know how to weigh the weight of gains and losses, and know the timing of advance and retreat.
Guo Ning suppressed the violent emotions in his heart and immediately made a decision: "Don't worry about Hu Shahu for now, let's..."
In the middle of speaking, I suddenly heard the Jurchen infantry on the battlefield screaming and shouting in panic, as if some extremely terrifying enemy was coming.
Guo Ning pursed his lips. The smell of blood, sweat and rain was a bit salty. He squinted his eyes and looked there, murmuring: "At this time, someone is rushing into the battle again? It's quite interesting!"