On the morning of April 24th, a chaotic and brutal battle had already begun near the ancient city of Hanzhong.
The first exchange of fire started was at the scheduled battlefield near the south gate of Hanzhong City. The main body responsible for the defense of this area was the first brigade of the first division of the Seventh Chinese Army, the artillery and engineering regiment directly under the first division, and a regiment led by Chen Hai. According to
Later statistics showed that their number was about 3,300. What they faced in front were the 13,000 people under Wanyan Xiyin who were relatively full of energy, and the 10,000 who had entered Hanzhong City first.
Yu Jin's army was defeated.
In terms of proportion, they faced approximately eight times as many enemies as their own.
This is the most brutal blocking battle that will occur in the entire Hanzhong Battle.
At the first moment when the artillery fire started, the Chinese army's position was silent and did not make any reaction. The soldiers hiding in the bunkers and behind the position had already understood the combat mission and purpose of this time.
They must coordinate with the not too many reinforcements that may arrive later to pin Wanyan Xiyin's army to the east of Hanzhong City, so as to serve as the main force of the army that is advancing westward at a high speed and gain valuable time to complete its strategic goals.
The first time the gunfire sounded, early morning clouds were drifting in the sky. The explosion raised a small amount of dust. The soldiers behind the bunker looked at the sky.
"I said, our combat mission, why not kill Wanyan Xiyin here, there are only more than 10,000 people on the opposite side..."
A soldier said this, and the soldiers around him laughed when they heard it.
The company commander not far away threw lumps of earth at him and hit him on the head.
This is a small fragment from the beginning of the firefight.
At this moment, Wanyan Xiyin was not aware of the changes that had taken place in the military camp opposite. Fifteen miles west of Hanzhong City, friction had already begun.
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The first to start fighting was the surrounding scout troops.
Such steps are normal in any battle. Wanyan Zonghan's main force is still nearly 30,000 strong at this moment. When the army advances, the scouts are sent out within a range of nearly two miles. There is naturally a time lag in the feedback of the news. However,
Soon after, the intensity of the fighting increased in several different directions.
In the past few days after the Battle of Hanzhong began, the battle was chaotic and fierce. The armies of both sides had been dismantled into countless small pieces. As Wanyan Zonghan dismantled his army into small groups and continued to throw them out, the Chinese army also
A small combat unit launched an attack.
Different from the Jurchen troops, when the Chinese army broke away from the brigade, they were still able to maintain a clear combat direction and strong will to fight based on a big goal. The consequences of this situation were the Jurchens' original behavior in the past few days.
From time to time, there would be fighting between scout teams near the formation.
Sometimes the soldiers of the Chinese Army they met were in large groups of companies and battalions. These teams even lost their position as the core force of the Chinese Army for a time, so they gathered in this direction with the purpose of "killing Nianhan". Of course, they were gathered in this direction on the way.
They would be subject to various attacks, but many times, troops miraculously broke through the defenses and extended their troops in front of Wanyan Zonghan. They immediately lurked, watched, harassed, and fled after seeing that the situation was not going well.
There are also times when the Jurchen scouts on the periphery will even encounter a few Chinese soldiers who are good at cooperating with each other and break away from the team and sneak over. They do not expect to assassinate Wanyan Zonghan, but constantly set traps on the periphery to capture the small team.
The Jurchen soldiers who were alone were transferred after killing people.
These Chinese soldiers are proactive in fighting and have a strong purpose. Jurchen soldiers are occasionally tricked and just don't chase them. If the scouts here are provoked and gather their strength to hunt them down, those Chinese soldiers will even more
He took the trouble to drag them around in the mountains. There were not many of them anyway, so attracting attention was a victory. On several occasions, false alarms even caused Zong Han's entire army to become nervous.
The Jurchens originally had a large number of elite scouts, but with the end of the Southwest War and the deaths of generals such as Yu Yu, the strength of the scouts has dropped to the lowest point in history. Starting from the afternoon of April 19th, for five days
In high-intensity battles, these elites were of course the first to be thrown out. By April 24, the mission given to the scouts by the Jurchen high-level officials even became defensive defense and information detection. They were no longer encouraged to engage in peripheral friction.
Take the initiative to chase and kill enemies, because for several days in a row, you have encountered too many situations.
Among Zong Han's nearly 30,000 troops, more than half of them had already suffered a defeat. Some of them returned on their own initiative, and some happened to meet the route of Zong Han's army and reorganized. In this regard,
Han Qixian and others have first-class internal affairs capabilities. Not only did they quickly adjust the leadership of the returning soldiers, a Chinese army team in disguise was also screened out and prepared to take advantage of the chaos to merge into the Jurchen brigade. They fled in panic. They underestimated Han Qixian's influence on
The ability to control the army only meant that in such a chaotic situation, the Jurchens would not have time to distinguish who was who when they saw the same defeated troops. It was simply naive.
In a sense, except for the main formation area where several armies are highly concentrated, the fields near Hanzhong have now become a huge scout war sandbox, with frictions of all sizes occurring every day and every moment.
Happened. Even if the Jurchen troops lost their will to fight and tried to find a direction to escape, they might be intercepted and killed several times unintentionally. The small Chinese army also encountered enemies from time to time.
When Wanyan Zonghan and others inside the battlefield learned the battle information coming from several directions, nearly half of the scout network in the southeast had been broken through, and battles also broke out in the east and north.
The battle originally scheduled near the south gate of Hanzhong City is imminent. There are of course two possibilities for being attacked at this time. Either a Chinese army unit with regiments launches a large-scale attack on our own side in order to prevent them from reaching Hanzhong.
The harassment, or the main force of the Chinese army, had already rushed towards this direction. Zong Han immediately rejected the former possibility with his intuition.
With his proud character, there are some things that were originally hidden deep in his heart. In terms of the result of the five-day battle in Hanzhong, he was not defeated yet. Although a large number of his own troops were defeated in the battle, but
The Jurchens' army will not fall to the bottom for a while. In such a battle, the Chinese Seventh Army is far more exhausted than itself. When the opponent is beaten to the end, the two sides will have another major decisive battle. On our side
, and will not lose.
At two o'clock in the morning, the smell of blood was rushing along the sparse woods. Company Commander Niu Chengshu watched the scattered Jurchen scouts running through the woods. He picked up the strong bow on his back and shot an arrow at the distant figure.
The strong bow was snatched recently and failed to hit. The soldiers in the company stopped at the edge of the forest, and the outline of the Jurchen army could even be seen not far away.
Niu Chengshu estimated the time: "Xiao Sun, ride as fast as possible to tell the regiment headquarters that we have broken through the perimeter and are ready to fight at any time."
The area where the entire regiment was dispersed was not far away. Correspondent Xiao Sun quickly rode away. Niu Chengshu looked around.
"I'll tell you the combat mission again, please be smarter, one platoon!"
"Here we come!" the platoon leader stood up.
"You are responsible for attacking the fortress! As long as you have the chance, rush up to me! Throw grenades into the enemy's formation in batches and blow them up! But you don't have many grenades left. Pay attention to them in batches and reserve three times for me to break the formation.
Chance!"
"yes!"
"The second row is ready to deal with the cavalry. If the enemy cavalry comes up, I will leave it to you. If there is a fight, a grenade will be exchanged for a horse. If they really die, the cavalry will be in danger. Don't hide it from me.
Tuck it in!"
"yes!"
"The third platoon of reserves is responsible for the general attack. Once the first platoon opens a gap, you guys will press forward and chop those beasts to death! Do you understand?"
"yes"
"The only thing to note is that if the enemy's artillery fire is fierce, we will hide and find a place to protect ourselves! Once the enemy's artillery fire moves away, we must make the noise louder to let them pay more attention to us! As long as they keep an eye on us, the rest
The brothers can cause trouble for them!"
Niu Chengshu's body also looked like a cow. As he spoke, he waved his hands and feet in front of the crowd. His voice was still ringing. On a nearby mountain, a firework flew into the sky with a huge sound. Then, southeast
In the sky above, there were also fireworks rising one after another.
"The whole regiment is in place! Everyone, today is a big day, cheer me up. Our people have surrounded Wanyan Zonghan, and we are going to treat him to dinner today! I still say the same thing, observe carefully! Fight calmly
!Killing should be celebrated”
One after another, fireworks are rising in the clear summer sky, which means that combat units with at least a battalion structure are bringing the enemy into the combat field of view. On the battlefield, the huge Jurchen military formation is roaring and moving,
In the change of formation, the huge ferocious beast has lowered its body, and the Chinese army's team of more than 7,000 people has immediately surrounded the Jurchen army, which has a total number of nearly 30,000 people. The rest of the troops are still in the process of arriving.
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Before three o'clock in the morning, the battle was launched.