A ignorant soldier who has just entered the battlefield will probably only evaluate a general by being brave and bold. As his experience becomes more and more abundant, he will realize that a general needs all five virtues.
Of course, different generals will have different emphasis on the five virtues of wisdom, trust, benevolence, courage and strictness. For example, a general like Guo Ning who came from a rough background relied on courage and courage to start his career. The most important thing when judging enemy generals is courage. In just a short moment, he praised the enemy general's courage twice in a row, almost making the attendants around him jealous.
However, the courage that Guo Ning said was not limited to his performance when charging.
He himself is the best at rushing into battle formations, and the enemy general in front of him may not catch his eye. The key is that this person led the team to attack the convoy. Obviously, he was trying to find a flaw and catch him by surprise. But as the iron artillery showed its power, The convoy has become the key to victory or defeat, and the navy must be closely guarded.
In this case, the enemy general attacked with only 500 cavalry. He was really determined to disregard life and death, and he wanted to use his own life to fight for a glimmer of hope for the successor Jin Army!
The Jurchen regime had been in decline for decades, and when it was about to perish, a group of loyal and brave people emerged one after another.
Perhaps these people had been serving as subordinates for many years, and their path to advancement was blocked by the Jurchens' own high-ranking officials. It was not until Sui Wang Wanyan Shouxu found a new career in Kaifeng that they were given a chance.
It's a pity that they will all die here, and the new sky that the Jurchens have placed high hopes for will also collapse.
Dong Jin said from the side: "My lord, the enemy cavalry is coming with great force. I really want him to rush to the carriage camp..."
He was not necessarily worried about the artillery carriage, but what he wanted to say was that if the enemy troops rushed here, Guo Ning would be afraid that he would not be able to go into battle himself. That would be inappropriate in any case, and it would be too embarrassing for the generals of the Ding Navy.
"It doesn't matter." Guo Ning pretended not to hear what Dong Jin meant.
He held the horse's reins and continued to watch the battle: "The ambush circle set up in the formation is for Wanyan Congtan and others. Don't move for the time being. The team in front of you is Guo Zhongyuan's soldiers, and the leader is Guo Alin. He is reliable... …They are trying to trap the enemy.”
Among the officers of the Ding Navy, Guo Ning knows a lot of people. In addition to being remembered by Guo Ning, Guo Alin can also be praised as "reliable", which is remarkable. If this evaluation reaches Guo Alin's ears, it will make him happy. a few days.
But Guo Alin was not happy at the moment. He was trying his best to gather the queue and was completely focused on it.
The main generals of the Ding Navy each have their own subordinates and their own specialties. Relatively speaking, Guo Zhongyuan and his close subordinates have always felt that their group is relatively weak.
After all, few of them are serious martial artists. Before joining Guo Ning, Guo Zhongyuan only served as a top soldier for two years and worked hard to become a general. Guo Alin and others were even ruffians in Zhongdu City. For half of their lives, Mo It has nothing to do with fighting on the battlefield. Even when gangsters grab land in Zhongdu, they have no results to speak of.
Therefore, Guo Zhongyuan has been telling Guo Alin on weekdays that there are no secrets or tricks for us to fight in the army. We only need to follow the four words step by step, and everything must be done in a down-to-earth manner according to the drill.
Guo Zhongyuan's own family did this, and Guo Alin, who regarded Guo Zhongyuan as his father and brother, also did this.
His group was ordered to go forward, but as soon as they arrived at the designated position, they were attacked by Monk Wanyan Chen's troops. The queue was instantly in chaos, and there were heavy casualties. The Jurchen cavalry galloped around, shouting and killing, and horse hooves trampled
The ground stirred up smoke and dust, as if thousands of cavalry were fighting against our side.
If someone else is leading the troops, most of them will be nervous and try to adapt to changes. However, Guo Alin has become much calmer in the past two years. He doesn't think about anything. He just follows the requirements in the drill, constantly gathering the soldiers and re-arranging them.
"There are still twenty-one people left in Li Lailu's unit, so they will be assigned to the second battalion of the C group. Let's go now."
"Where's Chen Hula? Sound the dysprosium and blow the trumpet and tell him to stand still. Both left and right are now under his command!"
"Yu Xing is seriously injured? Ask Yu Man'er to take someone to take over which one!"
Some of these orders worked, but some failed to keep up with the changes in the situation. For example, before Chen Hula, the governor who was supposed to be in charge of the three capitals, was still standing, he was intercepted from behind by monk Wanyan Chen and died on the spot.
Guo Alin did not jump into a rage, nor did he care about being surprised. He immediately issued another order and asked a lieutenant of his own soldiers to rush over and take over the command.
Not long after the lieutenant led his men there, suddenly there was a loud killing sound around Guo Alin. A group of Jin Army cavalry showed off their power and rushed towards them. They were separated by several feet and missed their arrows first.
One of the soldiers looked poorly and swooped in from the side to protect Guo Alin. As a result, he was hit by two arrows in the chest and abdomen, killing him immediately.
Guo Alin was pushed down by the soldiers, tripped over gravel under his feet, and staggered immediately. He threw himself to the side, and then jumped up with one hand on the ground. Because his body was splashed with the blood of the soldiers, many subordinates around him suddenly screamed in surprise.
Guo Alin shouted: "I'm fine! Everyone is standing still with their shields raised! There are only a few people in the Jin army, so they can't attack us!"
Amidst the shouts, his subordinates raised their shields to greet him. Then the muffled sound of horses and shields colliding, and the crisp sound of metal collisions came one after another, forming a huge sound. A soldier beside him opened his mouth to ask something, but Guo Alin didn't hear it clearly at all.
The sounds of fighting around were too dense and too loud. There were soldiers vomiting blood, retreating all the way to Guo Alin, and suddenly they lay down motionless.
At this moment, Guo Alin felt that his scalp was numb, but he quickly calmed down, pulled out a long knife, and held it across his chest. He shouted: "The Jurchens can't beat us! They retreat again!"
Sure enough, the Jurchen cavalry could not forcefully break through the dense formation. They galloped around the small phalanx twice. Seeing that there was no chance to take advantage, they whistled and turned to the side.
Guo Alin took two steps forward and felt pain in his thigh. When he looked down, he found that an arrow had been hit in his leg at some point. Fortunately, his thigh was protected by the armor and stomach, and the arrow cluster did not penetrate deeply into the flesh. He pulled out the arrow and missed it.
Throw it away, cut off a section of sleeve, and wrap the injured area in twos and twos.
In the smoke and dust, he saw the front of the queue, and Yu Xing stood up again unsteadily.
He immediately shouted: "Have you seen Fatty Yu? He is still alive! Send a tweet!"
Suddenly, an orderly soldier shot a dynamite behind him. He didn't actually aim, but when the arrow fell, it almost touched Yu Xing's belly. Yu Xing was startled when he saw that it was a dynamite with special specifications from his side.
Don't worry. The sharp sound of Ming Dy immediately alerted the soldiers scattered around, causing them to gather towards the sound.
Guo Alin then turned to other directions and continued to mobilize his men. In just a short while, he issued seven or eight more orders. The soldiers responsible for flags, shooting, and blowing horns were busy non-stop.
On this battlefield, tens of millions of soldiers are making decisions every moment, ranging from whether to cut up or down with a sword during a fight, to whether the general reserve team should move or not. All decisions converge in one place, that is,
Promoted changes in the battlefield situation.
Therefore, Wei Liaozi said that the only way to eliminate harm is to dare to make a decision. The Art of War also said that the disaster for the three armies lies in suspicion. This means that you must first dare to make a decision. As for whether the decision is right or wrong is another matter.
Guo Alin continued to mobilize and gather troops, sometimes it was as if he was collecting heads and waiting to die on Monk Wanyan Chen's galloping route, but more orders slowly had an effect.
As the orders to gather troops and form formations were implemented, the two thousand-man army suddenly stabilized its position at the cost of considerable casualties, and then gained the momentum to surround the enemy's cavalry.
In contrast, Monk Wanyan Chen found that his previous decision was decisive enough, but wrong.
When he rushed through Changqi, the infantry of the Ding navy formed a formation to block him. While the enemy formation was not yet complete, he could actually lead his troops to make a detour to avoid entanglement.
But firstly, he wanted to deal with the huge threat from the artillery carriage as soon as possible, and secondly, he was worried that after detouring, he would bump into the Dinghai navy and then mobilized intercepting troops, so he chose to charge in a straight line, forcibly breaking through the infantry queue and heading towards the convoy.
As a result, although he himself ran rampant in the formation, most of the cavalry who followed him were entangled with the enemy.
It was impossible for Monk Wanyan Chen to continue deep into the enemy formation with only a few dozen cavalry. Of course, he had to turn back to pick up his companions. However, he charged twice in a row and picked up more than a hundred cavalry. In addition, many cavalry were hindered by the increasingly strict formation.
They couldn't rush up and show their speed; some people were shouting to kill like crazy, they were obviously trapped!
Monk Wanyan Chen shouted with hatred: "Five hundred iron cavalry were blocked by weak soldiers... How can there be such a reason in the world?"
