Just after Shen Shi arrived, signs of fighting appeared in the mountains to the west of Lueyang County.
Sharp and ear-piercing sounding arrows rose from the forest, breaking the tranquility of the afternoon. The vanguard of the Jin soldiers was marching on the mountain road several miles away. The march paused for a moment, and the generals turned their attention to the place where the sound appeared.
The nearby scouts were approaching at high speed.
For elite troops that can truly fight on the battlefield, scouts have always been the key to war. Soldiers who are released, able to perform tasks and come back will be reused in that army. Among the earlier Wu Dynasty troops,
Those who serve as scouts are usually the general's bodyguards and family generals. They are not many in number. They are pampered but cannot cover too far. Once they are attacked by a sneak attack, they often lose the ability to resist.
For the Jin people and even armies of the Tushan Guards level, it is normal for the army to move forward and the scouts to be sent out, so that there is no blind spot within a mile or two. Of course, when encountering armies of the same level, wars are often caused by scouts. In the Jin Dynasty,
In the process of annihilating the Liao Dynasty, there were many instances of scouts fighting each other, calling for friends, and finally leading to large-scale decisive battles.
Of course, too many scouts were sent out, and sometimes false alarms were unavoidable. After the first sound of arrows rose, Jin Jiang Pu Cha held up his telescope to observe the next wave of movement. Soon after, the second sound of arrows also flew up.
This means that we are indeed approaching the enemy.
The scouts from the front line gathered in that direction and swept over. For the Jurchens, they were the attackers this time. With their superior strength, once they caught the enemy, they could bite them to death. The team behind them was responsible for mobile support.
, will come continuously. In the case of Ba Lisu guarding the sword pavilion, this will always be their advantage.
As a result, the formation of the army changed along the road, and they were quickly ready for battle.
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The long knives clashed heavily in the air, and sparks were erupted from the collision of steel. Both sides pounced on them without hesitation after the first glance. The soldiers of the Chinese Army were slightly shorter, but they already had
With traces of blood, the Jurchen scout fought head-on with three swords. Seeing that the other party stepped forward without stopping and wanted to die together, he stepped back slightly, and the thick-backed sword whizzed down and cut him off.
of a hand.
Winning or losing on the battlefield can only happen in the blink of an eye. The Jurchen scout has been on the battlefield for a long time. The moment his arm was cut off, he would roll out, and the next moment, his head would fly up.
The last thing that flashed in his mind was the "military rank" on the shoulders of the Chinese Army soldier. This Chinese Army soldier seemed to be only in his twenties and thirties. He looked young. He even had a clean shave under his chin and no beard, but from the "military rank"
Look, he is already the "leader" of the Chinese army. On the Jurchen side, he is the "meng'an" officer who leads thousands of people.
If he had not seen such a military rank, the Jurchen scout would not have chosen to retreat subconsciously at the fourth sword. In fact, if he had faced a slightly worse enemy, his hand would not be broken and his head would not fly. On the battlefield,
After all, he is also a veteran who has been fighting for many years.
The thick-backed sword was swung in the air, and blood sprinkled on the ground, dyeing the vegetation with spots of red. Chen Hai tightened the red silk on his wrist. The fighting was coming to an end, and other Jurchen scouts were approaching from a distance.
, the nearby comrades were alert to their surroundings and also approached.
"The wounded will be transferred first." Chen Hai looked ahead and said, "Let's go south and inform the two companies behind us not to rush close and hide ourselves. We have too many people. Try to go to the mudflat and follow them.
Concentrate and fight hard.”
While he was talking, the observer who rode to the high point of the nearby ridge also came over: "Pucha has set up his position, and it looks like he is preparing to attack."
"As expected by the staff, the Jurchens had a strong desire to attack. Everyone loaded their crossbows and moved while attacking."
The scout team gathered a little, crossed the mountains, and turned to the south slope. The Jin scouts caught up with them. They shot here with strong bows - the range of the Jurchen sharpshooters was a headache, but the distance was too far to make it difficult.
Deadly, and once they enter the medium range, the Chinese army's powerful crossbows will cause them to lose many men.
Of course, long-distance shooting was not the main course for both sides. In order to prevent the pursuing Jurchen scouts from discovering the troops moving to the mudflats, Chen Hai led a group of comrades to set up an ambush midway. After a while of fighting, they finally
Set off again.
The mudflats were not too far away for the Jurchen troops. After a while, the number of scouts chasing after them had increased to more than two hundred people, and the number was probably still increasing. On the one hand, they were catching up, and on the other hand, they were chasing after them.
Explore the location of the main force of the Chinese army.
For the Jin soldiers, although they suffered many losses in the southwest and even lost the remaining generals who led the scouts, the number and combat effectiveness of their elite scouts cannot be underestimated. More than two hundred or more scouts swept over
, if they encounter an ambush, they can leave. In a similar number of head-on conflicts, they have no chance of winning.
Of course, the issue of scouts is another conceptual matter for the Chinese Seventh Army.
The number of scouts that the Chinese Seventh Army can use is, in most cases, approximately half of the army.
For Chen Hai and others, what they experienced the most in the few years they lived in Dayang was survival training in the wild, long-distance treks, or survival in the wild with or alone. These trainings are of course divided into several
At this level, some who really can't survive will be considered for inclusion in the ordinary arms, but most of them can survive.
Because before entering Dayang, they experienced three years of fierce fighting in Xiaocanghe. And moving forward from Xiaocanghe, some of the old people among them had experienced the battle in the northwest against Loushi. Going back further, there were also
A small number of people are survivors of Dong Zhiyuan.
As the leader of the regiment, Chen Hai is thirty years old and can be considered a young man among his companions. However, he has joined the Chinese Army for more than ten years. He is a soldier who participated in the Battle of Xiacun.
When the team passed through mountains and grassy slopes and reached a low-lying area called the mudflat, it was still early in the day and the air was moist and pleasant. Chen Hai pulled out his knife and went to the direction where the side meets the sparse woods: "Get ready to fight." His words
His face looked young, and so did his tone of voice, but his eyes were as determined and harsh as winter. Anyone who knew him well knew that he never smiled.
The Chinese Seventh Army has experienced harsh environments all year round. It is extremely normal to be slovenly during field training. But before setting off in the early morning, Chen Hai still cleaned himself up, shaved his beard and cut his hair.
When the soldiers under his command first glanced at him, they even thought that the regimental commander had become a young man, except for the look in his eyes.
It's just because he lost the youthful look in his eyes when he was a teenager.
More than ten years ago, the Jurchens went south for the first time, and Chen Hai was probably one of the most direct witnesses of that war. Before that, the Wu Dynasty was still singing and dancing, and no one had ever thought about what it would be like to be invaded.
However, the Jurchens invaded their village. Chen Hai's father died. His mother hid him in a pile of firewood. After getting out of the pile of firewood, he saw his mother's body without clothes. On the body, just
Half of his body was stained with black mud.
Soon after, he was rescued by the army. A hunter named Zheng, who was in his forties, took him with him to explore the situation of the Jurchens in Mutuogang for several days. The ice cracked, and the hunter named Zheng fell into the icy water.
There were Jurchens patrolling nearby, and the old Orion did not struggle in the water, so he survived.
Since then, he has cried several times, but never laughed again.
There is no black mud on the mudflats, but the mudflats are yellow. There is no ice in Hanzhong in April, and the air is not cold. But Chen Hai remembers the coldness every day. In a corner of his heart, there is biting mud.
——Chen Hai never smiles.
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At the second quarter of Shenshi, in the southwest of Lueyang County, in front of the depression called Lannitan, the friction between the scouts of the two sides further intensified. Several other scout units of the Chinese Army joined the battle one after another, gradually expanding the chaotic fighting to more than 600 people. The same
At that moment, the Jurchen scouts discovered that the main force of the First Division of the Seventh Chinese Army was marching from the Jialing River in the west towards the mudflat after receiving the report.
The main force had appeared. Pu Cha commanded the army at the same time and rushed towards the mudflat. The scouts had already quickly passed the battle situation to Zong Han's main camp in the rear.
They don't care about refueling tactics, nor do they care about fighting a bad battle. For the main attacker with superior strength, the only thing they worry about is that the enemy is running around like a loach. Therefore, as long as they see it, bite it first.
It's always true.
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Qi Xinyi sat on his horse and watched a brigade under his command push forward in the afternoon light. In the direction of the mudflat, beacon smoke was already rising.
"The Jurchens want to achieve results before Jiange falls. What we are afraid of is Xiyin's cannon fodder style. It just so happens that everyone is happy this time." He spoke to his regiment leader, "Last year there was only one large-scale friction, and the Jurchens
We are not very clear about our strength yet, so we must make good use of this opportunity, or we may have to be cautious next time we face them..."
The leader nodded.
"...Besides, once we finish fighting here, Xinhan will be able to live a better life..."
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The Jurchen vanguard troops crossed the ridge, and the scouts on the mudflat were still fighting fiercely in groups. A captain led the Jin soldiers to kill them. The Chinese army also came over with some people, and then the Jurchen brigade crossed the ridge.
, gradually formed a formation. The Chinese army's brigade stopped at the foot of the mountain and formed an array - they no longer marched towards the mudflat.
In Hanzhong in April, the sun set relatively late. Around You hour, the main vanguard of the Jin soldiers launched an attack on the Han army down the mountain. They had sufficient transportation capacity, so they brought iron cannons, but the iron cannons slowly spread out in the mountains.
.
Chen Hai, who was on one side of the Lannitan battlefield, had clearly captured the Jurchen command point on the opposite side. At this time, there were about 1,400 Jin soldiers gathered in Lannitan. A regiment under Chen Hai also had more than 900 people.
Already assembled, they have completed the task of luring the enemy in for the main force.
"We're done here. Close the net and give the order to charge." He gave the order.
Three loud arrows with fireworks rushed into the sky one after another in a very short period of time, and the fireworks were blood red.
Chen Hai drew his sword.
"kill--"
"kill--"
"kill--"
The shouts that suddenly erupted on the battlefield were like spring thunder, and the shouts of nine hundred people merged into one. On the entire battlefield, Chen Hai's soldiers automatically gathered into six groups and charged towards the four core points previously observed.
past.
The Jurchen commander who came down from the mountain was wearing armor and standing under the banner. Suddenly, he saw three groups of troops rushing towards him from different directions. At this moment, his scalp began to feel numb.
But what followed was the pride and passion of being a Jurchen general.
"Fire arrows - follow me to kill the enemy -"
He waved his long sword. Under the white sunset, he immediately slashed across the sword.
The Chinese Army threw the first round of grenades, and then the skirmisher lines converged. The Chinese soldiers who rushed over first focused on the generals in the Jurchen Army formation.
Chen Hai brandished his thick sword and killed the tall and tall Jurchen general on the war horse. The soldiers around him were like two opposing tides, devouring each other in the roar. The eyes of the Jurchen general were twisted and bloodthirsty, which was disappointing.
He was frightened, but Chen Hai never cared. In his eyes, there was only the roaring ice and snow and the devouring abyss.
The Jurchen general led his soldiers to kill him——
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At the second moment of the unitary hour, Pu Cha led the army and, in a fierce charge, penetrated the middle of the main force of the Chinese Army. This made him feel a little confused. But he immediately realized that in the battle just now, the Chinese Army took the initiative to choose two wings.
Expand them and put them into the rear - the rear is close to the Jialing River.
Just thinking about it for a moment, Pu Cha understood that in this battle, both sides had chosen the same combat intention. He led the army to the rear of the Chinese army in order to block the Chinese army's retreat until reinforcements arrived.
Arriving there will naturally establish victory, but the Chinese Army actually made the same choice. Do they want to put themselves in the angle with the Jialing River and fight a battle of annihilation?
After their victory in the southwest, the Chinese army became extremely arrogant.
Anger welled up in his heart.
At this moment, the support team led by Saba should already be on the way, and should be able to get here by nightfall at the latest.
Pu Cha has a total of ten thousand people under his command. At this time, 1,500 people are on the mudflat, and 2,500 people are forming a rear position on the opposite ridge. He leads nearly 6,000 people to this side, and the Chinese are attacking on the opposite side.
The total number of troops in the First Division of the Seventh Army is only about 6,000.
This is the first battle. Although the opponent is arrogant, you need to remember the lesson of Wangyuan Bridge. In the next battle, you can be as conservative as possible, order the opponent's mountain troops to advance slowly, and use iron artillery to support them. Fight until dark, and then
Kill all these Han dogs.
He already had a plan in mind, and at the same moment, scouts with blood rushed over. The battle on the mudflat was defeated, and Meng Anpuru was beheaded by the Han people. In almost a short time, three conspirators were killed.
Ke died in battle, and more than a thousand soldiers were disheartened and were fleeing in all directions.
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With a "pop" sound, a Chinese soldier cut off the head of the dead Jurchen general under the fallen flag.
"Captain, is this head still useful?"
"Throw it away and feed it to the dogs."
With half his body covered in blood, Chen Hai walked past the corpses of the Jin people. He held a telescope in his hand and looked at the Jin people's position on the opposite mountain. The artillery array was facing the main force of the Chinese army down the mountain and was slowly taking shape.
"The main force of the Jin soldiers has been separated. Let's assemble the troops. Before dark, we will take down the artillery array... so that we can greet the next group."
Chen Hai spoke like this.
Chen Hai never smiles.
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Before dark, Wanyan Saba's troops approached the Jialing River.