Even so, Guo Ning made a gesture or nodded, and the cavalrymen who were galloping suddenly slowed down.
When the two armies slightly distanced themselves, the Dinghai navy cavalry gathered into a team of dozens or hundreds of people, raising their spears high, like a shrub growing out of the ground.
The Song army that was entangled with them finally got a chance to breathe and retreated like a tide.
Most of the soldiers of the Song Army gathered behind Zhao Fang. They adhered to their long-standing habit and paid great attention to command and overall cooperation. Even though they could not control the city gate at the moment, with the blazing fire in the city behind them, under the guidance of senior envoys and
Amid the shouts and shouts of the utility men, they formed a formation again, and the formation suddenly became dense again.
The soldiers in the array looked at the corpses of their companions scattered inside and outside the city gate. They were obviously unwilling to give up, and many of them were furious and eager to try.
At this time, they heard the cavalrymen of Ding Haijun yelling, saying that Zhao Fang and the Jurchens conspired to trap the general of Ding Haijun, which triggered a counterattack by Ding Haijun. The soldiers were all surprised, and many officers retorted repeatedly, but thinking about it just now
The strange situation of suddenly rushing to Kaifeng, thinking about the cooperation of the defenders after my family entered the city, I felt that this was probably true.
In this case, the next battle will probably become more and more difficult to fight. This battle is not about fighting a lost dog, it is about chewing hard bones... No, no, it is about going head-to-head with the ferocious tiger coming down the mountain!
The soldiers originally thought that their allies had turned against each other and everyone was angry, but now they heard that they had been unkind and provoked a powerful enemy. In addition to being filled with anger, they felt confused and frustrated.
Many soldiers began to whisper secretly: Is this different from what was said before the troops were sent out? Are the big shots at the top trying to kill us, the big soldiers? Everyone has been getting along well in the past two years, why would Grandpa Zhao do this? Is it possible?
The old man had already thought about it, but he just hid it from us? This is inappropriate!
Zhao Fang immediately felt the change in the atmosphere among his soldiers, but how could he send someone to refute the rumors for a while?
Under Guo Ning's gaze, Zhao Fang stretched out his hand and tried to close the big man's exploding eyes. However, the whole face of the big man was smashed by the ax handle, the flesh on his face rolled up and sunk, and even the eyelids were torn and deformed. Zhao Fang
Fang tried several times, but still failed, but his palms were covered in blood.
After a while, the blood of the deceased flowed along the cracks in the stone slabs, and even the hem of his robe was stained. However, Zhao Fang seemed to be unaware and allowed the bright red blood to slowly flow up.
Ni Yi, who was watching from a horse, snorted twice: "You're a hypocritical dog official!"
Previously, there was intelligence that Zhao Fang loved his soldiers as much as his son, and he had the demeanor of a famous general in ancient times. Seeing that his words were angry but suppressed, and his expression was extremely compassionate, it didn't seem to be fake.
The Dinghai navy cavalry rushed into the city and charged fiercely, but the Song army's response was a bit slow and did not cooperate with the Jin army defending the city. It can be seen that Zhao Fang's words were full of resentment, but it was not without reason.
But Guo Ning had no sympathy for Zhao Fang at all, nor for the Song soldiers who suffered heavy casualties.
Guo Ning has always felt that apart from having a weird dream, he is still an ordinary warrior with limited knowledge. He has met many officials from the Kingdom of Jin, but has never had serious dealings with senior officials from the Song Dynasty... Jia She
That certainly doesn't look like a serious official.
So when he found out that the Song people and the Jurchens were standing together, he immediately became furious. He felt that this might mean that the Song people had seen through their own plan throughout the whole process, and were about to cause a huge strategic passiveness for themselves, and they had to use thunderous means to break the situation.
OK.
But at this moment, when Guo Ning led his army into Kaifeng and saw the soldiers of Ding Haijun fighting with the Song army, but the Song army seemed not at all prepared to defeat the powerful enemy, he understood.
There was no long-term strategy for the Song people. They took one step at a time and thought about speculation all the time. As a result, they were taken advantage of by some people in Kaifeng City, that's all.
In this world, officials are always the same. They only think about making great achievements, and then use the lives of their subordinates to fill the ravines.
Along the boundary trench, it was clear that the Black Tatars were becoming more and more difficult to fight, and there were fewer and fewer grassland tribes on the side of Dajin. The Jurchen nobles still forced thousands of families to send troops to suppress the Tatars, and went deep into the grasslands to exterminate the Tatars again and again.
In fact, how could the people of the Tatar tribe be exterminated? All those who died were frontier soldiers!
But the death of a lot of soldiers on the border did not harm the Jurchen nobles' stomachs at all. There were occasional victories, but it was the stepping stone for the big shots. Therefore, the big shots never tired of it and carried out military adventures again and again, not caring about the meaningless deaths of countless soldiers.
In Mobei, in order to maintain the stability of the boundary trench, dozens of Hebei military states were drained of blood until their final collapse.
The officials of the Jin Dynasty were like this, and the officials of the Song Dynasty also had the same virtues. It's just that the people of the Song Dynasty had better brains than the Jurchens. If they won, they could write thousands of articles and blow away a single point of victory.
If you become a wise and powerful person, you will gain 100% benefits in the political arena; if you lose, it is just bad luck. Maybe a scholar will write a poem, sighing about the bones by the river and the people in the dream, in order to spread it to future generations.
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In the current situation, the thoughts of many people from top to bottom in the Southern Dynasty are nested in layers, and it seems difficult to understand. In fact, Guo Ning can see through it at a glance from the standpoint of a low-level warrior.
Most of Shi Miyuan and his subordinates were moved by the huge benefits offered by the Zhongdu court, and began to allow their own party members to make profits at sea. However, Shi Miyuan wanted to do something with the strength of the Southern Dynasty. After the demise of the Kaifeng court,
to gain direct benefits.
So he deliberately avoided Huainan, which was constantly being penetrated by Zhongdu, and instead gave an order for Zhao Fang to take the 20,000 troops and horses he had painstakingly trained in the Jinghu area to go north.
This is certainly because Zhao Fang has trained his troops well and his soldiers are very good at fighting; it also shows that in the eyes of the prime minister, the 20,000 soldiers are just chips that can be used for trial and error.
When Li Ting entered the city and was attacked by fire, Zhao Fang could have used all his strength to put out the fire to win Guo Ning's trust. He did not necessarily have to be hostile to Ding Haijun. At most, he would have taken a little risk to explain clearly in person that although his side had seized control
The idea of Kaifeng, but never the intention to kill allies.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! However, the Kaifeng court was at the end of its rope and wanted to make a last ditch effort, so the benefits offered by Hou Zhi were extremely tempting. The Song Dynasty monopolized Kaifeng? The Song Dynasty used the Kaifeng court as its
Puppet, and then reach out to half of the Kingdom of Jin?
If this thing comes to pass, no, even if it doesn't come to pass, this process will bring huge benefits, which will make Prime Minister Shi stand firmer in Lin'an, and make Zhao Fang leap over the dragon's gate!
Zhao Fang was a capable commander, but not a saint. He was attracted by this, so he dispatched troops on the spot, intending to capture the outer city of Kaifeng and forcibly block the Dinghai navy from the outside.
This plan is indeed very tempting, but the combat objectives of the entire army suddenly change, and all the original combat plans are overturned. Is it so easy to treat the enemy as friendly forces and the friendly forces as enemy forces on the spot?
An experienced general like Zhao Fang must know how difficult it is, but he still did it.
Because after weighing the matter, he felt that even if the big thing failed, he could still shift the responsibility to certain people in the Kaifeng court. Anyway, those people would die sooner or later.
Moreover, because he has 20,000 soldiers under his command, he has the conditions and qualifications to risk the lives of the soldiers for that beautiful goal!
Now, because the Dinghai navy cavalry is coming with lightning speed, Zhao Fang's plan has completely failed. At this moment, his compassion and resentment are real, but can the death and injury of those soldiers really be attributed to Guo Ning? On the surface, he loves his soldiers like his own son.
In fact, who is responsible for using troops like clay and treating them like grass?
Guo Ning was about to curse a few more times and cut down a few heavy-weight Song officers on the spot to express his anger. Suddenly, the wind direction changed, bringing with it a scorching temperature.
In front of Nanxunmen Street, the fire became more intense, causing the air to heat up significantly. Even though they were far away from the battlefield, everyone was subconsciously taking deep breaths, but they still felt like they were out of breath.
Zhao Fang raised his head and said in a deep voice: "Duke Zhou, when you came with your troops and horses, our rear team was in chaos. That's because our generals were busy collecting the water bags and water bags carried by the soldiers! There are also powerful ones.
All my men have gone to Cai River to fetch water! Even if you don’t come, I won’t watch your soldiers die in the sea of fire!”
"oh?"
These words surprised Guo Ning. He thought about what he saw when he led his troops to fight all the way, and found that these words were true. When several Song troops were overwhelmed by the cavalry, they really had water bags in their hands.
Interesting, interesting. The people of the Song Dynasty are indeed as rumored, their fighting skills are average, but their work is very authentic.
He made up his mind and took two steps forward with his horse: "Nanxunmen is mine, and Kaifeng is mine too. Your troops have entered the city rashly and there have been many casualties, so don't hold on. The remaining irrelevant people should go out of the city and wait."
Let me give the order! Mr. Zhao and Mr. Xuan stay, as well as the envoys and officials, to help me put out the fire!"
This order was given with confidence, as if Zhao Fang was his subordinate.
Behind Zhao Fang, Xuan Zhen's face turned blue and red for a while. He wanted to ask Guo Ning loudly, how dare he be so arrogant? Did he predict that he would win the fight with the Jurchens outside the city? How could he dare to command the handsome man of the Song Dynasty?
Sir, the army of the Song Dynasty? Do you think the men of the Song Dynasty are bloodless?
But none of these rhetorical questions came out of my mouth.
Zhao Fang narrowed his eyes and sighed. The two families were not life-or-death enemies, but they had already caused such a huge loss. What else could they do besides accepting defeat?
He stood up and patted the dust on his sleeves: "Okay."