Guo Ning is a soldier, but he does not like long wars that drag on for years. He is more willing to spend a long time preparing for war, and once he starts, he must be like thunder and decide the outcome in the shortest time.
In the early years, his own strength was not strong enough. He wanted to win a quick victory, so he could only rely on himself to take the lead and rely on the lives of his soldiers to fight. Now that the army is so strong and the troops are approaching Kaifeng, he wanted to win a quick victory, so he deliberately exposed some flaws. , allowing the enemy's elite soldiers to launch a counterattack.
Wanyan Congtan and other generals who were fighting against Guo Ning at this moment were the last batch of Jurchen generals. Their judgment on the battlefield was correct, but they absolutely did not know the weaknesses of iron artillery and new stone-shooting machines. They were suffering from After the fierce bombardment, you will definitely think that the army will be shattered to pieces sooner or later under the bombardment of iron artillery.
Then, some people will be shaken, and some will be discouraged. But the real elite warriors will choose to assault the iron artillery firing position to destroy this huge threat.
But what they didn't know was that although Guo Ning used advanced weapons, he did not pin his hope of victory on the weapons themselves.
In Guo Ning's impression, the Song people had foot armor and divine arm bows, but they were never a match for the Khitans and Jurchens; he also vaguely remembered the future generations in his dream, where there were so-called Jiang family dynasties who had masters of gifts from foreign countries. , a murderous weapon that is enough to arm hundreds of thousands of people, but in the end it cannot beat the Xiaomi rifle.
What can determine the outcome of a war are the variables surrounding advanced weapons, and more importantly, the people themselves.
Therefore, what Guo Ning relies on is people, and what he wants to eliminate is also people.
Once these elites of the Jin Army arrive, the navy will definitely be waiting for them and will gather them together and annihilate them. After these elites are destroyed, the rest of the battle will become easier and easier.
In order to realize this trap, the cavalry on the left and right wings of Ding Haijun had been ordered in advance and were ready to press towards the center at any time. The Chinese army also specially raised a hot air balloon and sent sentries with good eyesight to watch from above to ensure that the Jin army Any movement is unavoidable.
However, there was a cavalry of 500 people among the Jin army. They were running rapidly. The sentries thought that they were to cover the Jin army's frontal offensive and were ready to prevent the Ding navy's kidnap horses from outflanking... It turned out that they seemed to have made a big circle. , in fact, I decided to attack this place early in the morning!
And the long moraine they used for cover was only two miles to the north from the firing position of the iron artillery!
At this time, the stone-shooting machine has not yet been retracted, and the car array is completely spread out. If the entire ambush circle is used to deal with five hundred cavalry, it will be a killing of chickens, but the bait in the ambush circle is still in a position where it is easy to lose. when.
After all, this is a new gadget made with a huge amount of copper coins, and Guo Ning has high hopes for its subsequent research and development. Although he is reluctant to let his children catch the wolf, he always cherishes his own children, how can he really use them to feed the wolves? ?
Guo Ning laughed twice and saw that Zhang Lin was still waiting, so he waved to him quickly: "Hurry up and gather the convoy and form a formation!"
Fortunately, he was in the midst of tens of thousands of troops on full alert, surrounded by many camps. Marching and fighting was like playing chess. He had a lot of chess pieces in his hand, just to see when they would fall. As for being caught off guard.
Guo Ning pointed at the Chinese army behind him, and then pointed to his left side to indicate: "Don't pay attention to the various ministries and continue fighting as usual. The Chinese army immediately mobilized two thousand people to set up formations here to stop the enemy."
As soon as the order was given, the flag signal was passed urgently. In the main army of the Chinese army behind, two thousand soldiers stood up and rolled forward in formation.
At the same time, Zhang Lin led several people back and forth, urging the stone-moving carts to be collected. The piles placed at the corners of several stone-moving carts were stuck in the sand and could not be pulled out. He directly ordered them to be dismantled and moved quickly.
vehicle.
Ni Yi, Dong Jin and others were worried that the infantry would not arrive in time, so they began to check their armor and stomach weapons, and hundreds of attendants and cavalry also followed suit to make preparations. For a while, the soft sounds of armor leaves clanging could be heard one after another, and the atmosphere suddenly became solemn.
Behind the moraine, dust suddenly rose up. The sound of horse hooves on the ground became increasingly clear.
Under the flying dust, the knights of the Golden Army began to cross the top of the two-foot-high slope. Ten riders, twenty riders, more and more, some people directly changed to the tall horses used for charging at the top of the slope.
Immediately, another majestic cavalryman jumped out of the horse.
This person built a pergola with his hands, found his direction at the top of the slope, and then rushed down with dozens of riders, without even waiting for his companions to gather behind him!
If it were an ordinary cavalry, they would form their team slightly at this time in order to unleash the greatest combat effectiveness during the charge. However, Monk Wanyan Chen is not an ordinary cavalry. In the past few years, he has continued to gain experience in wars and has gained more and more experience.
Make radical but correct choices.
This time, his choice was also right.
Although his subordinates were not all present, the Dinghai navy troops that had rushed to intercept from the Chinese army had just arrived and had not even dispersed the marching column. Although the archers in the team fired arrows repeatedly and shot down several cavalry, they could not stop the cavalry.
charge.
Most of the cavalry followed Monk Wanyan Chen and rushed into the loose enemy formation with a desperate spirit. Immediately, they shouted and urged their horses to circle around and start slashing and killing.
Before today's battle, Monk Chen bandaged his injuries and had a full meal. Before the fight, he drank some wine. He also put on his best set of fine iron armor and eyebrow helmet, and a Jurchen-style helmet.
He wears a white embroidered military robe with a coiled collar, and wears deerskin gloves on both hands.
He had a straight knife and a short knife hanging on his waist, and a round shield on his back. He also carried two Hulu full of arrows slung on his horse, two bows and an iron spear. The whole person could be described as armed.
To the teeth.
The moment he entered the battle, the war horse was the fastest, and his two front hooves violently stepped on the chest of an infantryman blocking the way, crushing his ribs and causing blood to fly out of his mouth.
There was a foot soldier holding a shield in his hand, trying to intercept the diagonal thrust. The horse's hoof fell and stepped on the surface of the shield, knocking the foot soldier holding the shield horizontally to the ground. The foot soldier's forearm was covered with the leather behind the shield.
Before he could withdraw, the bones and muscles of the entire forearm were crushed.
The infantryman screamed loudly, as if he was slashing the horse's leg with a straight sword. Monk Wanyan Chen was condescending, holding an iron spear and pestle upside down, and the iron spear dug into the soldier's chest, and flesh and blood came out from under the right rib.
In just one moment, four or five more soldiers gathered in front of him. Their actions were so swift and their fighting spirit was so tenacious that they were completely unaffected by the deaths of their companions one after another.
Monk Wanyan Chen did not dare to fight, and swept them with his iron spear, forcing them to move away. Then he rushed out from the gap between the two soldiers.
Behind the gap, he bumped into a soldier who was stabbing with a spear. Seeing the sharp tip of the spear reflecting the cold light, coming directly in front of him, Monk Wanyan Chen roared wildly, tried his best to sidestep, and thrust out the iron spear again.
Iron spears and spears passed each other in the air, and the spear pierced the left shoulder of Monk Wanyan Chen, making a clanging sound and bounced away.
And that team was stabbed in the right shoulder socket by an iron spear.
Monk Wanyan Chen took advantage of the momentum of his horse, grasped the iron spear with both arms, pushed the group back, and immediately nailed them to the ground.
As the team struggled, the iron spears trembled fiercely. Monk Wanyan Chen let go of his hand, pulled out the straight knife from his waist, and shouted loudly: "Follow me! Continue to disrupt the enemy!"
When Monk Wanyan Chen was in Zhongdu, he once witnessed the Ding navy fighting bravely and driving the Mongols into panic. At this time, it seemed that the fierceness of this army was not diminished. In terms of personal martial arts training and tactical proficiency, it seemed that It was stronger then!
During this charge, half of the twenty or so cavalrymen who initially entered the formation with him were reduced by half. While the enemy troops were responding to the impact of the cavalry, they could also change their formations and try to perfect their blocking posture... This kind of training A well-trained army is really formidable!
But Monk Wanyan Chen would not be intimidated. The stronger the enemy, the more intense his fighting spirit became.
With the remaining ten or so cavalry, he shouted for battle and charged again. This time, he bypassed the soldiers along the way and rushed specifically towards the lieutenants, team leaders and even higher-ranking officers who were busy commanding. In his From the rear, the Jin cavalry who kept coming across Changqi followed suit.
Not long after rushing, Monk Wanyan Chen bumped into an unusually strong general.
This general is Yu Xing, a veteran soldier in the Ding Navy and a military academy graduate.
After Yu Xing saw Monk Yan Chen rushing towards him, he did not retreat, but stood on the same spot, showing a provocative posture.
At this time, the scorching sun was in the sky, and the hot wind was raising sand and dust, almost carrying Monk Wanyan, Chen, and other riders as they rushed forward. In the blink of an eye, the two sides had already encountered each other.
Monk Wanyan Chen was waiting for him to use his swords and swords to kill all the enemies in this small group, but when he heard Yu Xing yell loudly, more than ten sword and shield wielders around him stood up in a formation of fish scales.
Among the closely arranged shields, only Yu Xing leaned out half of his body, swung his huge mace, aimed it at Monk Wanyan Chen's horse head, and knocked it down.
A vicious storm arose, and the war horse subconsciously moved to the side, so Monk Wanyan Chen's slashing action turned into a block. His previous war horse stumbled and rolled down, and his arm was bruised. Now he seems to have lost a little strength. Straight Knife It is not as heavy as the mace itself, and when the two sides touch it, it will fly out.
Yu Xing shouted with joy, intending to catch up and fight. Monk Wanyan Chen, holding his horse with his legs, rushed past the fish scale formation. After rushing for more than ten steps, he gritted his teeth and shook his hand, took out his riding bow, turned over and fired an arrow.
Yu Xing was caught off guard, and when he dodged hastily, he was grazed by the arrow on the cheek. His big, fat face was suddenly ripped open, and two of his teeth flew out. When Hexue spat out the broken teeth, he reached out to cover his face, but his face The wound on his body was so deep that the bone was visible, and blood gurgled out from between his fingers, unable to stop it.
The heavy bleeding in a short period of time made Yu Xing feel dizzy and weak, and he fell to the ground.
And Monk Wanyan Chen rushed towards the next group of Ding Haijun like a whirlwind.
Guo Ning had been reining in his horse and waiting beside the car formation, watching with interest the various episodes in the war. It wasn't until Monk Wanyan Chen repeatedly charged into the formation that a slightly surprised look appeared on his face.
After watching for a while, he said again: "The enemy general is so courageous!"
