Zhang Guangdao's men were all elites, including Zhai Xing and Zhai Jin who were conquered by Han Shizhong, and Liu Qi, Wu Jie, Wu Lin and others brought by Yao Pingzhong.
All the above armies were attacking the city, but the defenders were too tenacious. Even with wooden cannons for early fire suppression, they were all killed after they attacked the city many times.
Only at Wang De, he climbed first and then established a firm foothold, and subsequent friendly troops continued to climb the city.
This man joined the army very late. Song Huizong ordered King Qin to recruit him, and he was recruited by Yao Gu.
Until last year, Wang De was just a small soldier. He followed Yao Pingzhong to intercept Brother Richard and captured more than ten Xixia troops with his own hands before he was appreciated and promoted to a hundred-man general.
In history, Li Cheng from Shandong Province was defeated by Wang De only once besides being defeated by Yue Fei. At his peak, Han Shizhong's generals were killed by Wang De for no reason. Next time they meet, he will call Wang De a hero. Wang De
De also led the infantry to defeat the Jurchen elite cavalry head-on, killing nearly 10,000 Jin Wushu in one battle, but only suffered more than 900 casualties. Liu Qi was so shocked that he called him his brother.
It is a pity that such fierce generals were always under the command of Zhang Jun and Liu Guangshi during the Southern Song Dynasty.
Of course, Wang De also has a fatal flaw, he is too arrogant and unruly.
He was transferred to Han Shizhong's command, but he did not obey Han Shizhong's orders at all, and even killed Han Shizhong's generals who prevented him from sending troops. Another good general, Li Qiong, partnered with him, and he directly forced Li Qiong to rebel against the Song Dynasty and join the puppet Qi.
Such a person can only serve as a fierce general and charge into battle. If he is allowed to lead one side, it will be difficult to convince the crowd.
However, it is said that Wang De became more and more fierce as the war progressed, and he led subsequent friendly troops to capture an entire section of the city wall. After the friendly troops gained a firm foothold, he led dozens of soldiers under his command and fought all the way into the city from the horse road to seize the gate of Wengcheng from the inside.
The local Han army in Shanxi was directly killed by Wang De and collapsed, and the old Liao-Han army also retreated steadily.
There were only a few dozen people, but after entering the city, they killed hundreds of defenders.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the guard general Wanyan Saba personally led hundreds of Jurchen soldiers over, trying to stop Wang De and annihilate him.
"Brother Wang, I'm here to help you!"
Just when Wang De was under siege, Wu Jie finally led his troops to follow him.
On the other side, as Wang De's side entered the city, Wanyan Saba left with the Jurchen soldiers, and the Bohai soldiers responsible for defending the city were shaken. Brothers Zhai Xing and Zhai Jin both boarded the city, attracting more reserves to defend the city. Zhang Guangdao
His subordinate Xu Ning also took the opportunity to capture the city wall.
The walls on both sides of the Wengcheng were breached in all directions.
Wang De was the strongest when he ascended the city, but after he gained a firm foothold, it was Xu Ning who made the fastest progress.
The Jinzhou veterans who followed Ju Ming in the uprising followed Xu Ning and formed a formation at the top of the city. They cooperated with each other to quickly expand the situation. The members of each team cooperated with each other so well that the Bohai soldiers were unable to resist. They were rushed in and divided one by one.
Surround and massacre.
Zhang Guangdao then nodded and smiled. Although the troops he brought out were slow to climb the city, they were the most powerful in forming formations to kill the enemy.
Yao Pingzhong also discovered this situation through a telescope.
He had a strong competitive spirit and did not want to be compared with others, so he decided to train his troops well in the future. His generals, especially Wu Jie, were very disciplined in their military training. Yao Pingzhong decided to hand over the troops to Wu Jie for training.
"There are also Ming troops coming to the west, and all the local Han soldiers have fled!"
"Let the Bohai soldiers hold it back!"
Wanyan Saba ordered in panic. This offensive and defensive battle was completely beyond his expectation, and he was caught off guard by 120 wooden cannons.
Under normal circumstances, it would be impossible for the Ming army to ascend the city. At least they would have to attack repeatedly to tire out the defenders. It would be good if someone could ascend first in half a month, and they might not be able to stand even if they ascended.
And the dark-skinned enemy general (Wang De) in front of him is simply inhuman, and he is still advancing against the elite Jurchens!
Wang De was like a killing machine. The Jurchen elites who were not afraid of death were all killed from the front and were frightened. On the street behind the barbican, the Jurchen soldiers who were waiting in full formation were forcibly broken in by Wang De's troops. If this continued, it would be quick.
Killed and penetrated.
Xu Ning and Jinzhou Veterans on the other side have completely different styles of painting.
They never fight alone, no matter what they do, they do it as a team. If there are different teams that are disabled, they will be temporarily combined together to advance quickly and orderly.
Moreover, the formation changes are extremely fast, and the formation can be used in very narrow areas.
The same is true for their follow-up friendly forces. Military orders are transmitted very quickly between the teams. In the chaotic battlefield, each team is performing its own tasks. Some capture positions to help other troops board the city, and some rush into the city from the horse road to intercept and defeat them.
Some of the enemies opened the city gates and occupied Wengcheng.
After entering Wengcheng, in this closed and narrow area, Xu Ning's veterans acted like wolves and tigers, killing the old Liao and Han soldiers who were not afraid of death until they surrendered in groups.
Seeing more and more defeated troops fleeing from behind him, Wanyan Saba knew that the situation was over, so he took more than twenty soldiers to escape on horseback. If he didn't run away, he would be attacked from two sides.
Wanyan Saba ran all the way along the central axis of Pingding Military City and ordered the defenders in the north of the city to open the city gate.
As soon as these guys crossed the moat, Yang Yun, a young Qiang general, led his cavalry to kill them, and Geng Zhongnian also led his cavalry to intercept them in front.
The cavalry commander Chen Ziyi did not move at all, only observing the situation with a telescope.
Two thousand Ming Dynasty cavalry chased and intercepted more than twenty Jurchen cavalry...
As Yang Yun grew older, he became taller and taller, and the southwest pony under his crotch was replaced by a majestic Ganqing horse. The man wore strong armor and the horse wore horse armor, and he had transformed from a light cavalry into a brave cavalry.
Two thousand Ming cavalrymen shot arrows at more than twenty Jurchen cavalrymen.
Arrows rained down like rain. The armored Jurchen cavalry was fine, but most of the war horses under their crotches were hit by arrows. The simple horse armor blocked the key parts. The war horses were not fatally injured, but they were severely frightened due to the pain, and the cavalry was distracted to control them.
appease.
At this moment, the Ming cavalry rushed forward in a swarm.
Yang Yun took the lead and rushed in with a gun. Wanyan Saba was so startled that he turned to run away, but was intercepted and killed by Geng Zhongnian's troops. When the horses crossed each other, Wanyan Saba was attacked from both sides. He narrowly avoided a spear, but was killed by another.
Stab him with the spear.
Fortunately, Wanyan Saba could still sit on the horse when the tip of the spear slipped against his armor.
While he was still in shock, Geng Zhongnian had already rushed over, raised his gun and swept across the area, knocking Wanyan Saba off his horse.
"Catch them alive!"
Geng Zhongnian was overjoyed with his achievement. When he reined in his horse and turned around, he saw that Wanyan Saba had been trampled to death by the horses that came after him.
Yang Yun rode over, glanced at the corpse on the ground, curled his lips and rode back to the moat. There were more broken soldiers here, scrambling to escape from the city.
Discussing merits after the war.
Wang De led his army to take first place.
Xu Ning's troops captured Wengcheng and opened the city gate for the second time.
Brothers Zhai Xing and Zhai Jin helped Xu Ning open up the situation and ranked third.
The Ming Dynasty and the New Dynasty never engaged in the practice of judging merit based on head count. Instead, they regarded troops as units to see what results they achieved, and then collectively rewarded them.
Wang De is an exception, his personal record is too impressive.
To put it bluntly, it is divided into collective merit and individual merit. Most of the time, collective merit is counted.
Zhang Guangdao personally went to express condolences to Wang De. The military doctor said: "General Wang was injured in nine places, but they were all flesh wounds. The sword and gun did not penetrate deeply into the flesh, so there is nothing serious."
"That's good!"
Zhang Guangdao was even more happy. He patted Wang De on the arm and said, "What a good man. I will repay you personally."
Although Wang De was unruly and rebellious, the commander visited him personally and wanted to report his merits in person. How could he not be interested? He happily held his hands and said: "If you want to attack any city in the future, just send me out to ensure that the city wall is taken down."
"Okay, I won't forget you when I attack the city!"
Zhang Guangdao asked Yao Pingzhong again: "What position does Wang Zhuang hold?"
Yao Pingzhong said: "Last year he made meritorious service and became a general of a hundred men. This time he has made meritorious service again, but I plan to let him command five hundred men."
Zhang Guangdao nodded and said: "Commanding five hundred soldiers is more than enough. We can select brave men and set up a first-camp camp for them. I will allocate the best soldiers and armor to these five hundred warriors. We will rely on them to regain Shanxi in the future."
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Wang De was even more happy and finally knew how to say thank you: "Thank you so much Marshal Zhang and General Yao for your support!"
After a few more words of encouragement, Zhang Guangdao went to visit other meritorious service members and the wounded.
When Zhang Guangdao walked far away, Yao Pingzhong finally breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that Zhang Guangdao would take away his powerful general.
The next day, Zhang Guangdao divided his troops into 6,000 troops and asked Zhai Xing to take them to help Guo Pharmacist.
Among the rest of the troops, one was stationed at the ruins of Zhao Jianzi City and the other was stationed at Pingding Military City. The two cities could assist each other.
There are several Zhao Jianzi cities across the country, but this one is to the west of Yangquan City. There is a river valley connecting Shouyang where Guo Yaoshi was stationed.
Six thousand elite soldiers returned to reinforce Shouyang, and Zhang Guangdao no longer worried about that.
He didn't know yet that Wanyan Zonghan was coming from the north, and he didn't bother to take care of Wanyan Zonghan. For the next plan, Zhang Guangdao planned to defend Pingding Military City, and then divide his troops to attack Chengtian Village, and go all the way to Jingxing to threaten Zhendingfu, the capital of the puppet Song Dynasty.
In the terrain of Shanxi, it is enough to divide the troops to defend the city, and the remaining troops can participate in the Hebei War.
In fact, Yaoshi Guo could accept the loss of Shouyang, and it would have no impact on the overall situation. Anyway, there is another grain road to the south of Zhang Guang Road.
Yao Pingzhong's troops, after resting for two days, went to attack Chengtian Village. Wang De's Xiandeng Camp was the main offensive force.
Due to the terrain restrictions of that place, it would be useless to go there too much.
Zhang Guangdao's main force stayed on the side of the Pingding Army, and at the same time sent cavalry north to Yu County to investigate - there were not many defenders in Yu County, and they might be able to capture it in one fell swoop, and then the main force could directly take Wanyan Zonghan's retreat.
The day after the cavalry dispersed, they encountered Wanyan Loushi's army, which was rapidly coming from the southern border of Yu County.
Not knowing how many enemies had come, Zhang Guangdao became vigilant and quickly sent people to recall Yao Pingzhong's troops who were halfway there. He asked Yao Pingzhong to garrison the Pingding Army, while his main force was stationed in Zhao Jianzi City, intending to find out the enemy's situation before taking action.
However, Wanyan Loushi came in a hurry, also called the Yu County garrison, and confiscated all the food and grass in Yu County.
"There are only more than ten thousand people, but they still come here to kill you?"
"We have crossed the bottom of the river. Most of the Jin soldiers are cavalry, but there are fewer infantry. The infantry are probably the defenders of Yu County, and there are not enough civilians to help transport food."
Zhang Guangdao couldn't believe it. His main force was here. How could Wanyan Zonghan dare to send 10,000 troops?
He divided 6,000 troops back to rescue Guo Yaoshi because there were river valleys along the way, close to the entrance of the valley in Shouyang, and there were also fortresses set up by the Ming Dynasty. The Ming army had a favorable terrain, and of course they were not afraid of Wanyan Zonghan's main force.
However, neither Wanyan Zonghan nor Wanyan Loushi had any worries about this trip.
In their concept, ten thousand fine cavalry are enough to sweep across the world. As long as the Ming army does not stay in the city, they will definitely win the battle. There are tens of thousands of cavalry, and they don't know how to lose!
