In April of the first year of Wu Zhenxing, in the early summer of the thirteenth year since Ning Yi killed the king in anger and raised the flag of China, much of the common sense in the world was being violently overturned.
The Fourth Southern Expedition of the Jin Kingdom, which lasted for nearly two years, has come to an end. During this period, the Southwest Campaign, which seemed marginalized but actually attracted the attention of countless people throughout the world, is also about to end. During the attack of the Jin Kingdom's East Route Army, the Wu Dynasty
The tragedy of fall, collapse, and almost the whole world kneeling before the Jin people is painful and sad, but it is not beyond the expectations of many people.
Throughout the whole process of the Jin-Wu War, the Wu Dynasty had foolish actions and tragic resistance, but no matter before or after the war, people clearly knew that the Wu Dynasty was the real weak one in this war.
The failure of the weak is sighing and heartbreaking, but most people in the world have thought about such a scene at least once or twice.
For a long time, people were unwilling to look at the black flag in the southwest. People in the Wu Dynasty had more or less biased impressions of it. Even many forces that had long-term trade and mutual benefit with the southwest were not convinced that they once huddled in the Liangshan Mountains in the southwest.
It is difficult for a mere few hundred thousand people among them to have a very high evaluation - and the upper limit of this "extremely high" is at most the same as that of the Wu Dynasty.
Even in the Jin Kingdom, most people did not consider the threat of the so-called "black flag" very seriously. Although the great war that took place in the northwest once caused the Jin Kingdom to lose two generals, after all, the Jin Kingdom
It ended with the victory of the Kingdom and the massacre of the northwest. Only Zonghan, Xiyin and other senior Jin officials who really saw the threat of the Black Flag, and their thinking also stayed on "it's not too late". They got fourth
During the Second Southern Expedition, the East Route Army mainly attacked the Wu Dynasty, while the West Route Army set its sights on the southwest. With Zong Han and Xi Yin's attention, others no longer worried about the hidden dangers of the Black Flag.
Zongfu Zongbi's expedition to Nanwu might still end in vain, but the target targeted by the West Route Army - the group of Wu Dynasty bandits hiding in the mountains - was basically impossible to escape.
of.
People watched the mighty battle between Jin and Wu Dynasty, watched the process of Nanwu's disintegration and destruction, and most of them had a relatively comfortable attitude towards the advancement of the West Route Army. If the war process of Wu Dynasty can support each wonderful event
The development of the war in the southwest can only become a bet on time for a long time: when will Zong Han defeat Zizhou, when will he defeat Chengdu, when will he defeat the so-called Chinese Fifth Army, and how
At the beginning of this year, this gamble may have been adjusted, but in the general direction, there was still not much change.
Until the inner demon in the southwest turned over the trump cards in his hand one by one like a master of magic.
No one expected that the Black Flag Army, which had only a few hundred thousand troops for a long time, would contain such huge power. In the second half of last year, the West Route Army entered Jiange, and in the hands of the inner demon
The trump cards were only revealed one by one calmly and slowly. The Western Route Army led by Zong Han only thought that they were facing a small pond that was constantly deepening.
But this year, especially starting from February, the cards in the hands of the inner demon began to become more intense, even more intense than each one. The small pond was shaking, and the fire was accumulating, and the people who had already penetrated deep into it were
What Zong Han and others saw was like a surge of magma coming towards them. The people who were preparing to fight against the small pond were faced with the eruption of the volcano.
From the Wangyuan Bridge in February to the chase in March, all common sense collapsed before their eyes. People thought that the black flag was just an unruly rebel within the Wu Dynasty - like Fang La, like Tian Hu, at most.
Fang La and Tian Hu were even more powerful and extreme - but unexpectedly, what Black Flag showed at this moment was a terrifying power that surpassed the rise of the Jurchens and was "invincible".
The most frightening thing is that this kind of power has not yet bottomed out. If the firearms that appeared in the southwest in February and March were a temporary breakthrough based on ingenious skills, by April Zonghan pinned his last hope on the Hanzhong decisive battle, people
Then I saw an astonishing scene that even surpassed the power of KitKat's obscene skills.
April 19th, in the records and summaries of later generations, was the moment when the modern military system and military beliefs truly showed their terrifying power. As the Seventh Army led by Qin Shaoqian rushed forward, they once carried the belief of "sorrowing the soldiers" and
The Jurchen army, which still maintains the peak of this era in terms of individual soldier quality, was caught off guard and was almost knocked to the ground. This was the performance of the Chinese army of 20,000 people facing the Jin army of 90,000 people.
Astonishing fighting will, excellent battlefield coordination, and super high organization, reflected in the field battle, the comparison of combat power is almost like a steel knife cutting tofu. On the afternoon of April 19, the forward troops led by Pu Cha
It was like encountering a huge grinding wheel, and was irresistibly defeated in the unexpected large-scale beheading tactics.
Before the battle, in this era, they were also a tenacious army of steel, but the steel was crushed violently, and Wanyan Saba who came later seemed to be able to hear the crisp crackling sound.
Fierce fighting continued that night.
For many years in later generations, evaluations of the performance of the Jin people in this Hanzhong battle often tended to fall in two directions.
One person believes that the Jurchen army was already in decline at this time, especially after the defeat in the southwest, the military morale of its army had collapsed into a mess, so the combat effectiveness of the Chinese Seventh Army should be discounted.
To measure, according to Qin Shaoqian's words at the time, it was probably a cold meal left over from the Fifth Army.
Another theory is that compared to the peak combat power based on the modern military system shown by the Huaxia Army here, the Jin Bing, under the leadership of Zong Han and others, also triggered the pinnacle of the feudal army within a certain period of time.
Strength, this is the proud remnant of the Jurchen army that has dominated the world for more than 30 years. After experiencing the defeat in the southwest, with the difficult march back to the north, the repeated setbacks in the Battle of Hanzhong finally inspired a certain ambition to mourn the soldiers.
——When fleeing in the southwest, the awareness of mourning soldiers probably only existed in the hearts of a very small number of middle- and high-level nobles such as Bali Su and other high-level generals. Only when they arrived in Hanzhong did the middle and lower classes gradually realize that they might not be able to return.
That kind of fear.
This kind of mourning for the soldiers inspired their combat effectiveness to a certain extent. Among the top brass of the army, the performance of several generals was actually very eye-catching, it was even like the light they emitted by burning themselves. Among them, for example
After Wanyan Saba failed to rescue Pucha, he immediately chose to consolidate his position and retreat for defense. On the second day, he led the cavalry in a desperate raid, which once caused a lot of trouble to the Chinese army.
Perhaps the most powerful reaction was Wanyan Zonghan's response that night. Shortly after receiving the news from Sa Ba's personal guards, this Jurchen veteran who had been fighting in the world for more than 40 years quietly mobilized the army.
, were well prepared to defend against night attacks or even set up ambushes to counterattack. At this time, it was Gao Qingyi who was confronting the Second Division of the Chinese Seventh Army more than 30 miles away. The fighting was fierce, and there were even fires in the mountains.
But it later proved that it was a false move by the Chinese army.
Qin Shaoqian led the main force of the Second Division, detouring dozens of miles along the mountain road that night, and launched an attack on Zong Han's camp in the early morning of April 20 when people were most tired and sleepy. Zong Han responded like a wild beast that night.
Such accuracy. He himself stayed up all night and prepared the soldiers in the military camp for the battle. The Chinese army attacked and then fell into a trap. This was the most beautiful scene for the Jin soldiers in the Hanzhong War.
However, the quality of the Huaxia Army's troops was also extremely amazing. A company responsible for the forward attack first noticed something was wrong and began to divide its troops for reconnaissance. This made the Jin soldiers' ambush unable to surround the Huaxia Army's brigade. In the first quarter of an hour after the battle began, the Huaxia Army
The forward of the army was once at a disadvantage due to artillery and fire attacks, but then launched a tenacious resistance and breakthrough.
In the subsequent battles, both sides showed amazing fighting will. Zong Han and Han Qi successively went to the front line to supervise the battle. When they discovered the enemy's leader, some of the Chinese army companies and squads that were semi-surrounded even once moved towards the core of the opponent.
A surprise attack was launched. This cost a certain amount of sacrifice but did not achieve any results. As the Chinese army retreated, the Jin soldiers launched a pursuit with great momentum. Soon after, they encountered a counterattack by the Chinese army. Thousands of Jin soldiers were attacked in the dark.
was defeated.
Compared with the losses suffered by the Chinese army after falling into an ambush, the subsequent battle caused more casualties to the Jin soldiers. Zong Han already understood the terrifying combat power of this Chinese army, and since then he built heavy defenses.
This night's battle seemed to confirm Ning Yi's previous statement. Although the Chinese army already has amazing combat qualities and has gathered everyone's wisdom through the staff department, in terms of on-the-spot command and tactical application of the war, compared with vertical and horizontal fighting,
For decades, the generals of the Jin Kingdom who still survived after countless tests were still not as good as before. Pang Liu'an lost Huangming County for this reason, and Qin Shaoqian's unsuccessful sneak attack that night was also for this reason.
However, General Jin is good at tactics, while the director of the Chinese Army is good at strategy. Ning Yi is good at operations. With modern military discipline and brutal training, the quality of the Seventh Army that has been built is enough to smooth out some of the tactical problems.
Flaw. Even if a thousand people surround five hundred people, the five hundred people only need to defeat a thousand people in turn.
After that night, Qin Shaoqian detached half of his troops to rush north, cooperating with the first division's attack to attack Wanyan Saba. Saba tried hard to stabilize his position, trying to use the advantage of artillery to drag the situation into a defensive battle for the large army.
.At the same time, Gao Qingyi and Zong Han broke camp and headed north, and Qin Shaoqian led his troops to attack the middle road. Zong Han mobilized a large number of middle and low-level generals and launched rounds of fighting with the Chinese army with fierce and long offensives.
In front of the astonishing combat power that the Chinese Army had already displayed, Zong Han did not choose to retreat. Retreating at this time was the real way to a dead end. Even though the Chinese Seventh Army was extremely powerful, it only added up to 20,000 people. This man
Jurchen veterans know that the only way out is to grit their teeth and fight.
He, Han Qixian, Gao Qingyi and others tried their best to maintain the organization of the army, divided the relatively large army into small groups, and launched continuous and frequent attacks on the Chinese army one after another - at this time they were in
There have been more losses than victories in local battles, but as long as there is no large-scale decisive battle such as protecting the steps and reaching the post, Zong Han has decided that even with the numerical advantage, this Chinese army will be destroyed.
Within a radius of a hundred miles, the two armies intertwined chaotically. The two armies fought point by point and hilltop by hilltop. The Chinese army was tenacious, but the Jurchens were under the control of Zong Han, Gao Qingyi and others.
It is dense and responsive. Every time one of its troops is defeated, the opponent will mobilize two troops to defeat two troops. There must be two troops behind them waiting to fight... The Jurchens' fighting style has always been rough, and it has been the same for forty years.
With just a wave of encouragement and a wave of charges, most of the enemies in the world were eliminated. But after forty years of control over the army, Wanyan Zonghan had no choice but to face another test. No one expected that he could do so with such force.
way to cope with this test.
He almost cut the army of tens of thousands into units of about a hundred people. Zong Han threw these troops everywhere like a chess game. Some troops were given death orders, while other troops were given relatively flexible orders. Everyone in the army
A Meng'an and Mou Kedu received relatively specific instructions in front of him. The transmission of information on the battlefield is inherently delayed, but Zong Han and others relied on years of battlefield experience and the reactions of other mid-level and high-level generals to predict the battlefield.
trend.
Part of the arrangement failed, but the big battle direction was almost all predicted by the old man in advance. In several high-intensity combat areas, Jurchen reinforcements continued continuously, which made the Chinese army feel exhausted for a time.
According to records recorded several years later, in the days when the decisive battle in Hanzhong began, soldiers from the Jurchen army testified that Wanyan Zonghan "had not slept for three days, his eyes were red, his beard and hair were all white." This old man shouldered half of the hopes of the Jin Kingdom.
, consuming himself to the extreme.
After the failure of the initial sneak attack, the Chinese Army changed to a more organized and calm combat mode. Although the intensity of the battle was extremely high, and the sorties, operations, troop divisions, and transfers were also extremely frequent, the staff's planning failed.
There was no panic. The twenty thousand people maintained coordination and integrity with each other in the general direction. Every attack was aimed at defeating the opponent at the minimum cost. Since Wanyan Zonghan had already shown a cautious response, he could not get through and directly stabbed the king.
If there is no opportunity for killing, the Chinese army will simply turn into countless small mouths, and through one partial victory after another, they will chew the opponent until his spirit collapses.
Near Hanzhong, more than a million "Han troops" - or just their leaders - were holding their breath and watching this crazy and fierce fighting. But the changes in the news even went further than their ability to recognize reality.
Quick. From the morning of April 19th to 23rd, people watching from the outside could not see clearly how the war in the west of Hanzhong was burning. At most, they could only know that the Jin people’s generals were doing their best.
The ground is burning itself, trying to burn out the terrifying enemy in front of it, while the Chinese army's attacks are like heavy hammers hitting it again and again, trying to extinguish the fire of the Jin Kingdom. The fighting between the two has exceeded the common sense of the past...
At noon of the same day, a battalion of the Seventh Chinese Army disguised itself as a defeated Jurchen army and seized the south gate of Hanzhong. In the afternoon of the same day, the focus of the battle between the two armies shifted to here. The two armies were originally entangled in the west of Hanzhong.
The flames of war seemed to spread suddenly, and suddenly, the entire Hanzhong was turned into a sea of flames——