Chapter 867: A strong army versus a Taoist soldier, both sides suffer losses!
"Why did the Taoist soldiers I designed become like this?"
When Li Yan followed the induction of the sacrifice and saw the shape of the Wuxiang Taoist soldier, he was a little speechless.
The term "no form" is a Buddhist term, which refers to the true reality obtained after getting rid of the secular understanding of form, which contains profound Buddhist principles.
Li Yan actually designed several types of Taoist soldiers. The reason why he gave the training method of the Wuxiang Taoist soldiers to the King of Korea was because Goryeo believed in Buddhism and could better accept it. At the same time, it was also because this kind of Taoist soldiers could be trained quickly.
Fastest.
Just because he knew that time was short and it was impossible to be perfect, his expectations were also very low. But when he actually appeared on the scene, this weird appearance, combined with the flat face of the Korean people, really had a sinister impact and a kind of feeling.
Horrible style of painting...
"Anyway, let's see the actual results first!"
The appearance of the Taoist soldiers gave Goryeo a shot in the arm, and the battle reports from Dingzhou shocked and angered the subjects.
The crown prince trembled: "With only three hundred cavalry, they broke through the Dingzhou Pass guarded by Cui Hongzai. Are all these straight women ferocious beasts? How can they be so tyrannical?"
"I underestimated the Jurchens before. If they really rise, our country will be in danger!"
When the King of Goryeo heard the news, he was also frightened, and then he became determined: "Call Privy Yin, as long as the Nüzhi invades our territory of Goryeo, we will destroy them at all costs, and we will never negotiate for peace this time!"
Privy Council Yin is Yin Guan, the envoy of the Privy Council of Goryeo, the most trusted and relied-upon minister of the King of Goryeo. He led the army in the previous battle against Jurchen, and was defeated and returned, but he still entrusted him with his trust and recruited the "Bie Wu Ban" for training.
Before going on the expedition, he was personally awarded the 鈇yue in the Chongguang Hall and appointed as the Marshal of the Army and Horses to control the military power.
But listening to the resolute voice of the King of Goryeo, the Crown Prince's face changed slightly, and he remonstrated: "Father, the Liao people will definitely not tolerate the tyranny of Nuzhi. After all, Goryeo is only a vassal state of the Liao, why should we take the lead?
?Just take a step back appropriately!"
The muscles in the King of Korea's cheeks twitched: "A year ago, this group of thieves occupied Dingzhou Pass, burned the border fortress, and plundered a large number of Koreans as slaves. I retreated and instead compensated the other party for their military supplies and equipment. Therefore, a year later
, these thieves have tasted the sweetness and come to plunder again!"
"You can't make the same mistake again. As long as the two places are bordered and the Nüzhi are not destroyed, we will always be threatened. What's more, the Nüzhi are strong. Is this king's Wuxiang Dao soldiers weak?"
"As the crown prince, you should consider your subjects and not be cowardly. Don't mention this matter again. Just wait for the good news from the front line!"
The Crown Prince was keenly aware of the change in his father's attitude towards him, and was greatly frightened. He quickly stepped aside and did not dare to say anything.
And this decree was quickly sent to the hands of the Privy Council envoy Yin Guan who led a hundred thousand troops to the front line.
After reading it carefully, he circulated it to the generals on the left and right, stroking his beard and saying: "The king is a wise master after all, no better than the mediocre and foolish kings of the Southern Dynasties. Such a determined fight for war really boosts the morale of the three armies!"
The generals had different expressions when they saw him.
Some of those who had a face-to-face confrontation with Jurchens a year ago and survived by luck are still frightened and their faces suddenly turned ugly.
Some people had long felt that it was too shameful to bow their heads to that little fishing and hunting people, and immediately responded: "I will live up to the king's kindness and avenge the previous shame!"
Yin Guan was also a staunch fighter. Although he had been severely defeated before, he did not go to the front line in person. Instead, he sat in command and fled back together with the defeated army.
Now that he is commanding an army of 100,000 people, he is already feeling a little elated. The magic of the Taoist soldiers he has seen before has made him prepare a strategy: "quickly send out scouts to determine the whereabouts of the thieves, and order the Wuxiang Taoist soldiers to attack to destroy the morale of the thieves.
If my army presses forward again, I am not afraid that the thieves will be completely defeated!"
Wanyan's army was easy to spy on, killing people and setting fires all the way, as if they were in an uninhabited land.
Obviously, the other party was also pursuing a war, and took advantage of the large-scale "Bie Wu Ban" not long after its formation and neglected training to completely defeat it.
The two sides hit it off immediately and chose Xuande City as the place for the battle.
"A hundred thousand people? As my brother said, they are all just a mob!"
Wanyan Osai stood on the city wall, behind him was the Xuande City burning with raging fire, and the air was vaguely echoing with the wails of burning, killing and looting. It could be described as a hell on earth. In front of him was the advancing Goryeo army. With his astonishing eyesight, he would
The Divine Cavalry Army, Divine Infantry Army and Demon-Conquering Army all saw it clearly, and the corners of their mouths gradually raised, showing strong disdain.
Because he saw that the divine cavalry army was not good at riding, and it was obvious that they had not practiced for a long time.
The God Infantry's scattered steps and formations are of no use except to embolden themselves when the actual battle begins. Once they are at a disadvantage, they will immediately collapse in confusion and trample on each other.
Only the demon-suppressing army composed of monks still has some military formations, but it is not large in number, and it is a foot battle. It can be easily bypassed with the Jurchen's riding skills.
Wanyan Osai couldn't understand why the King of Goryeo thought that such an army could win the war.
In comparison, the Jurchen tribe has a very clear division of labor. The old, weak, women and children are all in the rear, and all those who go into battle are elite and strong men. It has always been the purpose of the Wanyan clan to value the elite but not the many.
Of course, this is inseparable from the hard life. Whether it is capturing Haidongqing for the Khitan nobles or fishing for pearls, it requires strong and capable people to be competent. Under the natural selection of generations, the weaker ones will
All were ruthlessly eliminated, and only extremely strong men were worthy of leading their families to survive within the clan.
Now, this group of strong men gathered behind Wanyan Osai, listening to the leader's order: "Go out of the city to meet the enemy, form ten teams of soldiers, attack repeatedly, shoot the cavalry, attack the infantry, and avoid the monk soldiers. This time we
We are going to defeat this 100,000-strong Korean army!"
Facing an army of 100,000 people, a thousand people were divided into ten teams. However, the Jurchens did not take it seriously. Instead, they loudly responded: "As ordered!"
Seeing such high morale, Wanyan Husai laughed and specifically told: "Brothers, protect yourselves and don't fall into the hands of these Koreans. If we get their food and grass, we will defeat the Khitans again."
Nor will I be oppressed!"
The Jurchen cavalry laughed: "General, don't worry!"
This time is no better than the destruction of the city wall of Dingzhou. It is impossible to fight in the wild without any casualties. However, the Jurchens have this confidence. Even with fewer enemies and more enemies, they can still reduce their own casualties to an almost miraculous level.
So this statement is not pure big talk...
However, this time, just as they left the city, the cavalryman on the outermost side suddenly screamed, tilted his body, and fell sideways.
With the Jurchen's riding skills, riding on a horse was as smooth as walking on flat ground. What happened at this time was almost impossible. However, one after another exclamations sounded, and more than one person fell down, and then started to struggle on the ground.
From the eyes of onlookers, this scene was both ridiculous and terrifying, because their tribesmen were waving their hands and feet, fighting with the air, but there was also a dull sound of hitting, and an uncontrollable hum.
"what happened?"
When there was a commotion behind him, Wanyan Husai never expected such a change, so he turned his horse's head to check.
A scene that made his eyes split open happened.
The Jurchen cavalry who fell to the ground suddenly pulled out the saber from his waist, suspended it in mid-air, and slashed it down hard.
The Jurchen cavalry reacted very quickly, rolling on the ground and dodging three swords in succession. However, the invisible enemy made it difficult to counterattack, and the fourth sword was still unavoidable.
At the critical moment, this Jurchen cavalry showed ruthlessness, closed his eyes, stretched out his foot almost instinctively, and kicked forward fiercely.
"ah!!"
This time the screams were extremely clear, a ripple appeared in the air, and a figure flew out and hit the ground not far away.
The scimitar fell, but soon stopped in mid-air, changed another angle, and slashed with one strike.
"Whoosh!"
This time the Jurchens could no longer escape. Half of their necks were cut open and blood spurted out.
When he was about to die, he wanted to fight back, but the knife suddenly stabbed his abdomen again, stabbing him six or seven times in a very short period of time.
Finally, the man's limbs were spread out limply, his eyes widened as he stared upwards, losing his energy.
Situations like this occur in different places.
As scimitars fell, every three Taoist soldiers targeted one Jurchen cavalry. In less than a quarter of an hour, at least thirty or forty people died under their attack.
"ah!!"
Seeing the tribesmen who had just been looting happily falling down one by one, Wanyan Osai let out an angry roar: "The enemy is attacking! There are enemies we can't see, it's the wrong way of the Central Plains!"
Others might not have been able to react in time, but Wanyan Husai suddenly remembered that his brother Wanyan Agu fought against Yanjing. He was planning to regain control of the defeated Yelu De, but was stopped by two people from the Song Dynasty in the Central Plains.
At that time, the two Central Plains people used similar methods to kidnap the emperor. Later, the elder brother consulted the shaman priests in the clan and deliberately asked them to come forward and use spells to spells to break this method.
But when they attacked Goryeo, they really did not make such preparations. There were no priests accompanying the army at this time, so they suffered such an unexpected attack and suffered heavy losses.
What's even more frightening is that the opponent's Koryo army took the opportunity to press over, and the Jurchen cavalry on the other side saw that the situation was not good and had already started to commotion.
In an extremely critical situation, Wanyan Husai roared: "Don't stop where you are, listen to my order, ten teams will charge!"
After saying that, he picked up the horn on his waist and blew it. The sound of the horn resounded in all directions. To Li Yan's surprise in mid-air, the Jurchen cavalry actually reorganized their formation and charged out according to the original plan.
"When ordinary soldiers encounter such a miraculous offensive, the huge psychological pressure alone is enough to collapse their morale. However, these Jurchens are 'advancing and retreating, enduring for a long time'. They are really tyrannical!"
Just as Li Yan was sighing, Wanyan Osai, who was blowing the horn, was also attacked and killed. Seven or eight Wuxiang Taoist soldiers who were relatively close immediately gave up their target and directly touched it.
"call!"
A strong wind suddenly hit his face. Wanyan Husai immediately knew something was wrong. He stopped blowing the trumpet and turned sideways to avoid it, but was hit hard on the shoulder on the other side.
Fortunately, the blow was not very powerful and did not break his muscles and bones. It only shook his body, and then the weapon from his waist was pulled out again.
Wanyan Osai immediately kicked out, but while kicking away a Wuxiang Taoist soldier, the scimitar was drawn out and slashed towards him.
In a normal confrontation, two fists are often difficult to defeat with four hands, not to mention that one party is still invisible. Wanyan Osai relies on his fighting instincts to fight left and right. He failed to defend himself and was cut on the arm by a knife.
"These enemies must be caught!"
He groaned. After seeing the blood, not only did he not panic, but he calmed down more and more. He suddenly covered the wound on his shoulder and squeezed it tightly. As the blood spurted out, he waved his hand out, and a stream of hot blood instantly splashed out.
Just hearing a snap, the air in front of me was like a layer of drawing paper being torn away, and two figures appeared out of thin air.
"Blood! The enemy is afraid of blood!!"
In the midst of Wanyan's shouts of intervention, the remaining Jurchen soldiers immediately began to counterattack. Some cut a scar on their palms, and some even used the corpses of their compatriots who had just fallen to spill their blood, killing each of the Wuxiang Dao soldiers.
It rained out.
"Such a solution is really barbaric and effective!"
Li Yan frowned.
The Taoism in this world is vaguely restrained by the masculinity of Qi and Blood, and the invisibility effect of the Wuxiang Taoist was inspired by the virtualization effect of the magic weapon Xiyoujia, so it is not invincible.
First of all, blurring can pass through walls and cross boundaries. This kind of invisibility can only make it difficult to detect visually. With his eyesight strengthened by the power of consciousness, if he carefully distinguishes it, he can see the vague outline of the human body, and the previous blow.
The sound also proves their existence.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Secondly, there are also restrictions on wearing. You can only cover up with robes of specific colors, you must be barefoot, and you cannot carry weapons. Therefore, at this time, the attack of Wuxiang Dao soldiers
The only way is to knock the Jurchen cavalry off their horses, then snatch their weapons, and finally assassinate them.
Even if the restriction is not small, it is enough to prevent them from being guarded against. Just like the flying magic soldiers in the original work killed Liangshan and abandoned their armor, Zhang Xian's wind demon Taoist soldiers can defeat the enemy every time they go into battle. In small-scale confrontations, the Taoist soldiers can defeat the enemy.
They have an absolute advantage in the first place, and the selection process is also very demanding. Goryeo only has these three hundred Taoist soldiers. It is not that they are reluctant to part with them, but it is precisely that they cannot select more suitable candidates in a short period of time.
As a result, the Jurchens rose up to resist. The three hundred Taoist Taoist soldiers have not killed fifty Jurchen soldiers so far, and their invisibility has been broken by Qi and blood.
Once his body appears, the situation is instantly reversed.
"Die! Die!"
When Wanyan Osai saw the outline of the enemy, he not only quickly took back the weapon, launched a counterattack, but even captured it, raised it above his head, and roared to tear it apart.
"ah--"
This group of carefully selected Goryeo elites died screaming in agony.
Li Yan sighed softly: "A single quick fix will not work after all!"
In fact, the Wuxiang Taoist soldiers in perfect condition need to use special secret medicine and continuously apply it on the skin, making the vital parts as strong as cowhide and difficult to be damaged by swords. They are by no means the combat power of ordinary soldiers.
This part belongs to the enhancement designed by Li Yan based on the secret medicine of Yum Jin.
There are many details for reference in the practice of strength in the Tang Dynasty world. For example, the Li family of Longxi has a secret transmission of Gongxian Jin, and the Yang family of Hongnong has a secret transmission of fish intestine strength. Except for a certain ghost, when a normal warrior practices the secret transmission
They all need to apply ointment. Back then, Jin Zhizhao wanted to bring the secret medicine formula back to Silla, but Yang Zaiwei didn't give it to him. This time, Li Yan didn't give him the secret medicine of the Wuxiang Taoist soldiers either.
He had two concerns. First, if the secret medicine was passed to Goryeo, it might suddenly become a Korean invention. On the other hand, he also wanted to prevent the secret medicine from falling into the hands of the Jurchens after Goryeo was destroyed.
Therefore, the Wuxiang Taoist Soldier at this time is a low-end version. It can only attack invisibly, has no secret medicine to strengthen it, and cannot use the Lost Soul Bell that targets the five senses. Now that the only extraordinary method is broken, it is naturally a complete failure.
However, Yin Guan, the privy envoy in the distance, did not think so. He saw the chaos of the Jurchen army, confirmed that the Wuxiang Dao soldiers had made a contribution, confidently issued the order, and implemented the tactics just now: "Attack the whole army and kill them all."
Thief!"
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"These thieves are all beasts! Beasts...run away!"
Yin Guan galloped on his horse, and then a sharp arrow shot directly into his heart. When he fell, the flag of the marshal's army also fell weakly, causing the Goryeo army to be completely confused.
When the Jurchens were caught off guard by the Wuxiang Taoist soldiers, the mighty 100,000 Korean troops were overwhelmed by less than a thousand Jurchens.
In fact, under Yin Guan's ineffective command, due to the large number of people, most of the Goryeo army had no chance to contact the enemy. They only saw that the forward cavalry was first overwhelmed, and then the Chinese army was torn apart by the sharp knives transformed by the Jurchen cavalry.
Finally, driven by fear, he began to run subconsciously.
As Wanyan Osai saw, those miscellaneous troops not only did not play any positive role, but because they fled prematurely, they caused other soldiers to flee with them, until they were completely defeated.
This should have been a brilliant victory.
But Wanyan Hesai, who fought in a bloody battle and shot the enemy coach to death with his own hands, had red eyes and tears rolling down his face.
Because the Wuxiang Taoist soldiers were of great use after all, in the fierce fighting just now, more than two hundred Jurchens fell on the battlefield forever.
For other armies, this was a perfect victory, but for the Jurchens, who had killed more than half of the Goryeo army with just over thirty casualties, this was a capsized boat in the gutter, with heavy losses!
"It was originally just for negotiation, but now so many tribesmen have been killed and injured. How can I explain to my brother? The Korean army cannot win completely, and both sides will suffer losses. How can we convince the various ministries that we can defeat the Liao people?"
Thinking that the Jurchens only had so many elite warriors in total, and that the soldiers who followed him here now suffered nearly 30% casualties, two fatal questions lingered in his mind, Wanyan Husai murmured, and suddenly made a decision.
Looking at the Koreans who were still defeated and trampling on each other, his eyes burst out with strong murderous intent: "Come with me and kill the Koreans, and let the world know what will happen to those who dare to block the front of my Jurchen army!!