One day later, at around three o'clock in the afternoon on February 30th.
The deadline for the last stage of this mission is actually less than nine hours away.
With a sound of 'bah~', the shirtless Zhang Dabang threw the arrowhead he had just taken off his body on the ground like rubbish.
At this time, you can see that there are already twenty or thirty wounds of various sizes on this guy's body.
If it weren't for this guy, the standard armor produced by the Ministry of Industry of the Song Dynasty would also be quite powerful, and his experience in close combat with people would be a bit ridiculous, and he would try his best to avoid some fatal positions.
Otherwise, this guy would be dead by now.
But even so, in the following time, when I took a small porcelain bottle of alcohol, poured it on the wound, and went through the process of disinfecting the "wound" in the mouth of the hygienist.
Poor Zhang Dabang was in severe pain and almost chewed his back molars.
After finally treating several new wounds that he had suffered in this battle, he broke out in a cold sweat from the pain, and his whole body seemed to be exhausted.
But compared with the pain on his body, Zhang Dabang's heart hurt even more.
Starting from this morning, the Xixia people finally deployed their cavalry units and continued to attack the car formation.
Even though these cavalry units are not their "iron kites" that are about to be blown up to the sky, they are just ordinary cavalry.
But facing these opponents with faster charging speed and stronger impact, their pressure is even greater.
Each time, it was only through hard support and heavy casualties that the Xixia cavalry were driven back.
It only took half a day to get down, and the old brothers who used to do no-capital business with him in Funiu Mountain and now joined the army together.
Originally there were thirty or forty people, but now only a dozen or so were left dead, and everyone was still injured.
Thinking of the days when everyone drank and ate meat together and were trained like dogs by the instructors in the recruit camp, Zhang Dabang began to tremble with distress.
But soon after, Zhang Dabang saw a familiar messenger from the division rushing toward him again.
Suddenly I felt a thump in my heart, knowing that there was worse news yet to come.
This is indeed the case. After the disgraced messenger rushed over, he said:
"There is an order from the division headquarters. Battalion Commander Zhang, you will be immediately promoted to the acting commander of the Third Regiment. You will be responsible for leading the brothers of the Third Regiment in the defensive tasks on the designated defense line."
After hearing such an order, the guy was slightly distracted.
Because a few days ago, Zhang Dabang was a deputy company commander, and he no longer even had a rank in the court.
As a result, now, this guy is already a regimental commander in the Song Dynasty court, with a rank ranging from a fifth-grade military attache. That crazy promotion speed represents too many things.
It means that he can be promoted like a rocket, apart from Zhang Dabang's performance on the battlefield, which is indeed very eye-catching.
It also means that the Third Army has been fighting so far, there are too many officers, and the soldiers have been killed or seriously injured one after another.
Now that all the 10,000 civilians have been temporarily added to the fighting force, a large number of wounded have been eliminated, and the number of troops capable of fighting is still only a little over 20,000.
In order to ensure the firepower of the vehicle array defense line when the combat strength was rapidly reduced.
They could only keep giving up some big cars and shrinking the car formation; until today, the car formation that originally surrounded the boss had shrunk to half its size.
So after reacting, Zhang Dabang asked in a trembling tone:
"Hou, Commander Hou San, what happened to him?"
The reason for this is that regardless of Hou San, a former dock worker, the regiment leader has extremely high prestige among the three regiments of the first division.
He comes from a grassroots background, but he has achieved all the enviable things through his own hard work.
Such a legendary experience is just one aspect.
More importantly, I don’t know how many soldiers in the regiment have encountered or seen this one-armed man secretly covering himself with a quilt late at night.
Or maybe it was during the march, when he couldn't walk, this man with a smile like his big brother patted himself on the shoulder, and then finally picked up the weapon in his hand.
In short, Hou San relied on all the above to win the respect of all the soldiers in the third regiment, and even the entire first division of volunteers.
Naturally, this includes Zhang Dabang, a rebellious former bandit.
At this moment, he was even willing to die in place of the regimental commander who was so happy that he almost cried when he found out that his wife was pregnant when he went on the expedition.
After hearing Zhang Dabang's question, the messenger's eyes immediately turned red.
In a crying voice, he answered: "Captain Hou was stabbed in the stomach by a bullet. Now the doctors in the army are rescuing him. I don't know if he can be saved."
Hearing such a sentence, Zhang Dabang felt somewhat relieved.
Mainly those in the military who can be called doctors instead of health workers. It is said that they were originally the best trauma doctors in Kaifeng City.
After he was recruited into the army, he was taught some medical secrets by Mr. Hu and others, which greatly improved his medical skills.
Therefore, Captain Hou San still has some hope of surviving.
But he was in a better mood, and the messenger came out with another piece of bad news:
"In the previous battle, in order to block a gap in a car formation, Lao Hei and Wu Zu Xianggong personally went up with guards. Although they successfully blocked the gap, they are still seriously injured and are being rescued."
At such a sentence, Zhang Dabang almost rushed to the field hospital.
If Hou San, the leader of the regiment and the former bandit, only has respect in his heart; then Lao Hei, Wu Zu and other thieves who joined the army and came from the army, have they become the idols of his life?
Even in my dreams, I wish I could go back to more than a year ago and join the battlefield in Chubing Mountain, fighting with all the young men who have just started their careers.
Even if he died on the mountain, it would be a great honor for his old Zhang family.
It was only before setting off that Zhang Dabang came to his senses.
Under the current circumstances, I still have to quickly assume the responsibility of acting leader of the third regiment, which is the most important thing.
So he forcibly suppressed the impulse in his heart and began to assume the role of acting regimental leader; he began to prepare for battle with the soldiers of the third regiment, who were now slightly injured and could not leave the firing line, with a total strength of only more than a thousand people.
Specifically, it means repairing the broken defense line, relocating firepower points, etc.
Such a process has just started five or six minutes ago, and there is already new movement from the Xixia people five or six miles in front of the position.
What's even worse is seeing those connected to each other with iron chains.
Even the Jin people's iron pagoda imitated their three thousand iron kites, which began to approach slowly; behind them, there were tens of thousands of cavalry following them.
The Xixia people actually took the stance that they would be wiped out in a single battle.
At this moment in Zhang Dabang's heart, he was still not completely despairing, so he shouted:
"I set up all the 'swarms' and bundled the grenades into a ball. Let's see if the iron kite is stronger, or if the shrapnel and gunpowder arrows are sharper."
Unexpectedly, his voice fell.
A voice full of panic replied:
"Zhang Tuanzuo, all the swarms were used up during the last Xixia attack. There are some grenades and explosive packs, but they are not many."
After hearing this sentence, Zhang Dabang was really desperate.
With inexplicable sadness and anger, he yelled: "Then take whatever you have and fight with the Xixia people..."
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When Zhang Dabang shouted the order to "fight the Xixia people", he was already prepared to die in battle soon.
But things are so magical. Those iron kites that are advancing like steel walls have just picked up the speed of their horses.
In the large formation of the Xixia people, the trumpet sound representing retreat sounded.
As a result, Zhang Dabang and other soldiers of the Third Army looked bewildered at the iron kites that could take them away in one wave, but they actually retreated like this.
And even greater confusion is yet to come.
Because from this moment on, the Xixia people used their cavalry to cut off the rear, and the infantry began to work together to clean up the camp, and actually retreated overnight.
What they didn't know was that just when the Iron Buddha Temple began to slowly move out, a messenger almost killed himself and his horse.
He brought desperate news to Li Qianshun: the Kingdom of Jin was destroyed.
The Jin emperor Wanyan Wu begged for and all his elite generals were wiped out in the battle at Bali Bridge outside Yanjing City. A large number of former Liao officials surrendered after offering sacrifices to Yanjing City.
There are only a few Jurchens, old, weak, women and children left in their old nest, and now they no longer have any power to resist.
Therefore, after obviously paying huge losses, they have been able to wipe out the entire Song army in front of them, but what's the point?
Apart from making the Song people hate them even more, it can be said that there is no benefit at all from attracting that terrifying Northern Expedition army.
Therefore, after issuing the order to 'stop the attack and retreat overnight', Li Qianshun, who was recognized by later generations as the most outstanding emperor among the Xixia people, suddenly aged at least ten years.
He knew that in the coming time, the Song people would be willing to accept the peace terms of sending all the Xixia princes to Kaifeng City as hostages. From now on, it would be the best outcome to keep their tail between their legs.
Regarding the above situation, Ma Kuo and Dayu, who are currently in charge of the situation, have vague guesses.
However, after taking the opportunity to enter Xinqin City and joining forces with the Zhe family, Da Yu, a not-too-old veteran, felt a little nervous.
He has been patrolling the city wall with people to prevent Li Qianshun from taking a turn.
In this situation, it wasn't until after twelve o'clock that the system made people feel extremely wonderful, and the cold mechanical sound that represented the end of this mission finally sounded...
