Chapter 99: Capture the Thief and Capture the King [Two in One]
"PS: The location of the city gate in the previous chapter was wrong. Wu Ji should have attacked from the west gate."
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"Fire the arrow!"
"Whoosh——"
"ah!"
"Come on!"
As Han Lihou Han Wu ordered a general attack by the entire army, the battle situation in the Julu South City Wall area, which had been a bit condensed, became fierce again.
More than 30,000 new Korean troops, with the cooperation of two elite groups, the Yuyang Army and the Shanggu Army, once again launched a fierce offensive against the city wall.
Facing this massive offensive, the Shang Shui soldiers on the Julu City Wall who only took a moment to rest had to drag their still tired bodies to block the Korean army's offensive.
However, just when almost everyone's attention was focused on the south gate of Julu, near the west gate, Shang Shui Army General Wu Ji held the reins in his left hand and an iron spear in his right hand, driving his war horse from the city. Slowly walked towards the city gate.
Behind him, a famous merchant marine cavalry held his head high and his chest was solemn. Although these soldiers had just transformed from infantry to cavalry not long ago and still lacked a lot of experience, their momentum was truly extraordinary.
Riding his horse slowly to the city gate, Wu Ji shouted towards the city gate tower: "Open the city gate!"
At this time, a messenger had already taken a step forward to inform the merchant general "Chen Xie" who was stationed at the city gate about the "cavalry attack" order. After learning about this, Chen Xie made a special trip to wait on the top of the city gate. As Wu Ji arrived, he saw Wu Ji personally leading his troops to the city gate. Without saying a word, Chen Xie ordered the soldiers at the city gate to open the city gate.
"General, I wish you success!"
On the city gate tower, Chen Xie, a general of 3,000 soldiers from the merchant navy, clasped his fists and congratulated Wu Ji at the bottom of the city.
Wu Ji smiled slightly, but did not reply. He waved his right hand forward quite confidently, then his eyes flashed, and he shouted seriously: "Shang Shui Cavalry, attack!"
After that, he clamped his legs under the horse's belly and took the lead in galloping out of the city.
Seeing this, the merchant cavalry behind him followed closely.
At the same time, in the southwest corner of Julu City, on a snowy slope about three miles away from the Korean army's main formation, Han Jiangdai County Governor Sima Shang was sitting on a horse, crossing his arms and looking at the area around the southern wall of Julu City. fighting.
"Marquis Li actually ordered a general attack by the entire army... What on earth is going on? Where are the Yuyang Army and Shanggu Army that previously invaded Julu City? Why is there no movement in the city?"
Since he didn't know the exact situation in Julu City, Sima Shang looked at the war from an outsider's perspective and inevitably felt a little confused.
The only thing he can be sure of is that at this point in the battle, his Korean side has lost nearly 30,000 soldiers, although most of these nearly 30,000 soldiers are new recruits recruited in the winter from Handan, Wu'an, Guantao and other places. , but it still caused Sima Shang a lot of pain.
It's no wonder, after all, in the entire Central Plains, only the Chu State, which was vast and densely populated, had the strength and confidence to completely treat its soldiers as expendable objects on the battlefield.
In addition, South Korea has always adopted the line of elite troops in the past. It is undeniable that this is the first time in recent decades that South Korea has used troops like Han Lihou and Han Wu.
"...To send new soldiers who have been trained for less than a month into battle, this is really..."
Looking at Julu South City Wall from a distance, even though it was far away, the view was not very clear, but Sima Shang could picture in his mind the scene of the new army marching and dying under Julu City.
This made him feel very heartbroken. After all, those new recruits were all passionate men from Korea who were willing to sacrifice their lives for the country!
However, these hot-blooded men had sacrificed nearly 30,000 before, and now, the other half of the new soldiers were ordered by Han Lihou and Han Wu to rush to the front line. Sima Shang could not imagine that this new army, which numbered 60,000 to 70,000 before the war, would After this war, how many more people can survive?
Can there be ten thousand people?
I'm afraid there won't even be 10,000 people left, right?
Sima Shang sighed secretly.
However, at this moment, Wu Ji, the general of the Shangshui Army, had led the Shangshui cavalry from the west city gate to the south along the base of the wall and arrived at the corner of the city.
Once they left the corner of the city, it meant that the whereabouts of his cavalry could no longer be hidden. Therefore, Wu Ji simply issued an order for the entire army to charge just as he was about to leave the corner.
After rushing out of the corner of the city and onto the open snowfield, Wu Ji immediately used his eyes to capture the cavalry of Han General Sima Shang - as early as on the city gate tower, he saw a group of cavalry standing here. A cavalry force with a strength of about 5,000, with a team of 1,000 as a unit, forming five cavalry phalanxes.
Wu Ji's mission this time was to take advantage of the Korean army's attention to the area around the southern city wall of Julu to quickly pass through or penetrate the cavalry under the command of Korean general Sima Shang, assault the Korean army's main formation, and kill them. Han Lihou Han Wu was the commander-in-chief of the Korean army here.
This important task was so severe that even Wu Ji couldn't help feeling a little nervous at this moment.
Of course, he was not nervous because he was worried about his own safety. The reason why he was nervous was because he was worried that the cavalry under the command of Han general Sima Shang would react quickly and might destroy his intention to attack the Korean army's main formation.
However, fortunately, until Wu Ji led more than two thousand cavalry under his command and ran about two hundred feet away from the corner of the city, there was nothing unusual about the Daijun cavalry under the command of Han general Sima Shang in the distance. It was as if those Daijun cavalry were nothing. Everyone was staring intently at the fighting around the southern city wall of Julu, secretly cheering for the friendly forces in their hearts, wishing they could go into battle in person.
Seeing this, Wu Ji was secretly happy.
"...What a God-given opportunity!"
Licking his lips, he squeezed the iron gun in his right hand, his eyes fixed on the distance between him and the Daijun cavalry on the opposite side.
But unfortunately, his good luck could not last long, because not long after, someone among the Daijun cavalry heard something strange.
It’s no wonder that although the sound of horse hoofs trampling on the snow is slightly lighter than that of running wildly on the plains, the horses under the crotch of more than two thousand merchant cavalry shake off their hooves at the same time. How can ordinary people not hear this sound?
"What sound?"
In the phalanx of Daijun's cavalry, several cavalrymen heard strange noises coming from their ears and turned around with confused expressions.
Looking around, they immediately saw Wu Ji's merchant cavalry, which made them look horrified and exclaimed: "Wei, Wei cavalry!"
"What?"
"Wei Qi?"
"Where?"
After hearing the exclamations of those fellow soldiers, Qiandai County cavalry became panicked and turned their heads to look around.
"Have you noticed our army now? Hey, it's too late!"
Seeing the panic and commotion of thousands of generations of county cavalry opposite, Shang Shui Army General Wu Ji secretly sneered.
Therefore, at this moment, he was less than a mile away from the Daijun cavalry on the opposite side. Even if the snow slowed down the charging speed of the horses to a certain extent, this distance was not enough for the Daijun cavalry to prepare a formation to face the enemy.
Thinking of this, seeing that Wu Ji had been exposed anyway, he simply raised his spear and pointed it at the Daijun cavalry on the opposite side, and shouted loudly: "Shangshui Cavalry Camp! Pierce them!"
"Whoa whoa!"
More than two thousand Shangshui cavalry shouted in unison, then lowered their bodies, stepped on the stirrups with their feet tightly, increased their charging speed again, and entered the final stage of the charge.
At the same time, Han general Sima Shang, who was watching the battle near the southern city wall of Julu, was also alerted by the exclamations of his cavalrymen. He subconsciously turned his head to look north, and when he saw a cavalryman in the distance,
When they were less than a mile away, even Sima Shang was so startled that sweat broke out on his forehead.
"When did this Wei cavalry approach?"
Screaming something bad in secret, Sima Shang shouted decisively: "Get ready to meet the enemy! Get ready to meet the enemy!"
It has to be said that when the two armies are only less than one mile apart, and the Wei cavalry on the opposite side has already accelerated to its fastest sprint state, in this case, even if Sima Shang leads the infantry, he cannot stop the army.
Don't worry about the Shangshui cavalry. What's more, Sima Shang still has a cavalry under his command, and it is also a stationary cavalry.
You must know that on the frontal battlefield, the lethality of cavalry comes from the speed and maneuverability of the horses under their crotches, but the defensive ability...cavalry has no defensive ability.
No, in the hasty response to the battle, the Daijun cavalry under Han general Sima Shang could not stop the merchant cavalry led by Wei general Wu Ji. When one of the two cavalry was active and the other was passive,
They collided violently, and for a while, the cavalry on both sides fell over. But more often than not, the cavalry of the Shang Shui Army whizzed past the gap between the two Daijun cavalry - this was exactly
The reason why cavalry has no defensive capabilities is that they cannot form a tight formation to resist the enemy's offensive like infantry.
In this chaotic battle situation, Wei General Wu Ji showed his strength as Wei's leading general. During this period, all the Korean cavalry who stood in front of him, whether generals or ordinary soldiers, were defeated by him three times.
After being swept off his horse, the iron spear in his hand was as light as dead wood, but when it hit the Korean soldiers, they would often make them vomit blood.
Seeing this scene from a distance, Han general Sima Shang also exclaimed in his heart: What a fierce general!
While praising him, he suddenly had an idea in his mind, that is, to capture the thief first, capture the king, kill the brave Wei general, and curb the momentum of this Wei cavalry!
However, just as he was about to ride his horse to meet Wei General Wu Ji, someone with knowledge of the situation pulled Sima Shang's horse rein with a look of horror on his face, and said urgently: "General, Wei is so brave and invincible.
There is only one general in the Shang Shui Army, and that is Wu Ji, the general of the Shang Shui Army. The general must not fall!"
"..."
After hearing what he said, Sima Shang was shocked and his heart was pounding.
Although he has a lot of confidence in his own martial arts, the opponent he can't resist is Wu Ji, the "Brave General of Wei". You must know that his predecessor, the former county governor Ju Xin, one of the best generals in Korea, is there.
Wu Ji was captured alive by the latter in a single-horse fight.
Compared with Ju Xin, Sima Shang believed that his martial arts was still inferior to the former, so he took the initiative to challenge Na Wu Ji. Wasn't that just a gift?
Thinking of this, Sima Shang never mentioned the matter and watched as Wei General Wu Ji knocked away a Mingdai County cavalryman about thirty feet away from him and walked away.
Even looking at Wu Ji's leaving figure, he was secretly glad that Wu Ji didn't come looking for him.
But when Sima Shang took a closer look at the direction in which Wu Ji was heading, he suddenly gasped in shock and his face turned pale: "Not good!"
It turned out that after cutting through the formation of Daijun's cavalry, Wu Ji went straight in the direction of the Korean army's main formation.
Seeing this, how could Sima Shang not understand?
"Follow them! Chase them and intercept them!"
While feeling shocked in his heart, Sima Shang sternly ordered.
At this time, he no longer cared about whether he might be targeted by Wu Ji. His mind was filled with the idea of intercepting this Wei cavalry, because the target of this Wei cavalry was obviously his Korean army's main formation. It is the place where Han Lihou and Han Wu are located.
Once this Wei cavalry attacked the formation and injured Han Lihou Han Wu, Sima Shang thought that even if he had ten heads, he could not afford the crime.
Thinking of this, he took the lead in turning his horse's head and chased after Wu Ji.
It has to be said that the Shangshui Cavalry, a cavalry transformed from infantry, is indeed better than the Daijun Cavalry in terms of riding skills. Even though they were left far behind, Han General Sima Shang led the cavalry in hot pursuit. It's actually possible to gradually close the distance.
Hearing the movement behind him, Ling turned his head and glanced at Wu Ji, feeling surprised.
Due to the rapid galloping, neither the Shangshui cavalry nor the Daijun cavalry had any formations at this time. The two soldiers were galloping while waving their weapons at each other randomly.
At this time, it can be clearly discovered that the riding skills of the Daijun cavalry are obviously better than that of the Shangshui cavalry. The former can still swing their weapons at the enemy even when their horses are galloping, and their own balance is not affected. On the other hand, the Shangshui cavalry, in order to shoot down the enemy cavalry, lost their balance, fell off their horses one by one, and fell to the ground in the snow, dazed.
During this period, Han general Sima Shang also gritted his teeth and gradually caught up with the war horse under Wei general Wu Ji.
"Huh?"
After frowning and looking behind him, Wu Ji swung the spear in his right hand with one arm and threw it towards Sima Shang.
There was a loud bang, and Sima Shang blocked it with the spear in his hand. He and Wu Ji were both shaken by the force of the shock, but neither of them lost their balance.
Think about it, even though the riding skills of the Shangshui cavalry are generally not as good as those of the Daijun cavalry, this does not mean that Wu Ji's riding skills are not good either. After all, Wu Ji has followed Zhao Hongrun in the north and south for more than ten years, and has gradually developed it. Excellent riding skills.
However, Sima Shang's riding skills were not inferior, so Wu Ji was unable to knock him off his horse even though he charged quickly.
"...It's so annoying!"
Glancing at the Han general Sima Shang who was only one position behind him, Wu Ji cursed in his heart.
Through the fight just now, he could actually judge that the Korean general opposite was not as powerful as him. If it were normal, he would be able to defeat this Korean general in less than ten moves.
The problem is, Wu Ji's current target is the head of Han Lihou Han Wu, so how can he have time to slow down his horse to compete with Sima Shang?
"Ding-ding-ding-ding-"
Wei General Wu Ji and Han General Sima Shang were galloping on their horses while waving their weapons and greeting each other, and they fought all the way.
In the end, after competing with each other for more than a dozen moves, Sima Shang was the first to be unable to hold on. Due to lack of strength, Wu Ji shot him in the waist. He let out a wail, and the horse's legs bent and fell to the ground. And he himself was thrown out, rolling on the snow for more than ten times, motionless, and seemed to have fainted.
Seeing this, Wu Ji swung his spear, fixed his tiger eyes on the banner of "Han, Lihou Wu" at the Korean army's main position, led a number of cavalry behind him, and headed straight towards that direction.
At the same time, at the main position of the Han army, Han Lihou Han Wu and Dangyin Hou Han Yang and others had already discovered the Wei cavalry led by Wei General Wu Ji. Seeing that the other party was heading straight towards their position, He was also shocked, his forehead was sweating, and his throat was dry.
Any fool knows the purpose of this Wei cavalry.
"...Are you actually targeting me? He really knows how to seize the opportunity as rumored..."
Han Lihou Han Wu glanced at the southern gate tower of Julu with a livid face.
To be fair, he really didn't expect that when he ordered the entire army to attack, Wei Gongzi Run from Julu would actually target him.
It must be said that from this point of view, on the same battlefield, the "scenery" that Zhao Hongrun could see was indeed much wider than that of Han Lihou and Han Wu.
At this time, Han Yang, the Marquis of Yin from the side, said urgently: "Marquis Li, please retreat quickly!"
"retreat?!"
Li Hou Han Wu glanced at Dangyin Hou Han Yang, and couldn't help but tighten the reins with both hands, indifferent.
Seeing this, Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin, looked even more anxious and repeated again: "Marquis Li, please retreat quickly..."
"shut up!"
Before Dangyin Hou Han Yang could finish his words, Li Hou Han Wu interrupted the former's words and said with a gloomy face: "Retreat? Do you want me to retreat at this time?"
Dangyin Hou Han Yang is also a battle-experienced general, and of course he understands what Li Hou Han Wu means: Right now, his Korean army is launching a general attack on Julu, with nearly 70,000 to 80,000 troops pressed up, and there is no way to retreat. If at this time, if His Marquis Han Wu's cowardly escape would most likely lead to the complete defeat of his Korean army.
And once the Korean army here is defeated, then South Korea... will be completely finished.
Although Han Lihou and Han Wu also had various bad habits, he would never be ambiguous in matters concerning the prosperity and survival of Korea.
Because he is the son of Han Wang Jian, a Korean hero who is as famous as Qi Wang Lu Xi!
It is the true orthodoxy of Korea!
It seemed that he felt the persistence in the heart of Han Wu, the Marquis of Li. Even though Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin, was the nephew of Kanggong Han Hu, and the two sides had a lot of trouble with each other, at this moment, he was also respectful of this monarch. Respect.
Thinking of this, Han Yang, the Marquis of Dangyin, said with a serious face: "Even if I don't give up my life, I will still block the Wei cavalry for Marquis Li!"
After that, he drew out the sword from his waist and shouted to the few hundred soldiers in the formation: "Sirs, listen to the order and follow me to fight Wei Qi!"
Turning to look at Dangyin Hou Han Yang leading the hundreds of infantry to resist the Wei cavalry coming from a distance, Han Lihou Han Wu looked at Julu City with an expressionless face.
"...Why did it end up like this?"
Li Hou Han Wu thought in a daze.
Wei State, just Wei State, was a weak country that was severely damaged by South Korea decades ago and has no longer become a threat to South Korea. After nearly twenty years of recuperation and recuperation by Wei King Zhao Si, Wei Gongzi Run After twelve years of conquests in the south and the north, it actually replaced Qi and became a serious problem for South Korea.
However, even today's Wei State, South Korea actually still has the strength and foundation to defeat the opponent. However, after this entire war, South Korea was restrained and failed everywhere: Xihe Battlefield, Hanoi Battlefield, and Julu Battlefield. , in these three battlefields where Wei was our enemy, South Korea did not have the upper hand in any of them.
Why is this happening?
Wei's soldiers are strong and his horses are strong, so is his Korean army weak?
Which of the Yanmen Army, Yuyang Army, Shanggu Army, Daijun Army, and Beiyan Army stationed on the border is weaker than the Wei Army?
Talking about the generals, the Wei State has Zhao Yuanzuo, Wei Ji, Jiang Bi, Shao Hu, Sima An, etc., and Korea also has generals such as Li Mu, Le Yi, Ma She, Bao Yuan, Jin Mao, Le Cheng, Han Yang, Han Xu, etc. .
But why, the more we beat him, the greater the disadvantage Korea will have?
"...Sure enough, it's because of Mr. Wei Run!"
After taking a deep look at the nearby Julu City, Lihou Han Wu thought to himself.
At this moment, he suddenly understood that the reason why he was deliberately trying to get rid of Wei Gongzi Run, even if he had to pay a heavy price for it, was not because he was jealous of his talent, or because he had a grudge because of being restrained many times, but because he His heart was filled with fear and apprehension.
He instinctively felt that his talents were not enough to contain Wei Gongzi Run, so he had to deliberately put him to death.
"That's it...that's it..."
At this moment, Li Hou Han Wu suddenly understood.
After thinking about it, he became more and more convinced that Wei Gongzi Run was the key to Wei's growing strength, and he had a vague hunch that if he couldn't find a way to defeat the opponent today and put Wei Gongzi Run to death, one day , and South Korea may be overthrown by Wei.
"Can't retreat! Yes, because there is no retreat!"
Li Hou Han Wu slowly closed his eyes, opened them again after a while, and looked with clear eyes at the area around the southern city wall of Julu, where the fierce battle was still taking place.
Today, Wei Gongzi Run must die in Julu!
In order to achieve this goal, his marquis Han Wu was willing to use nearly 70,000 to 80,000 Korean troops here as burial companions.
"Kaka——"
The sound of horse hooves trampling on the snow interrupted Marquis Han Wu's thoughts.
He turned his head slightly, and then he realized that a middle-aged Wei general holding a spear was also riding a horse not far from him.
I saw this Wei general, covered in blood, as if he had been fished out of bloody water, which was particularly dazzling.
"Your Excellency is Lihou Hanwu, right?" The Wei general looked at Lihou Hanwu with great interest, and said with a chuckle: "Knowing that our formation was attacked, you still dare to stay here, which is really beyond Wu's expectation. Wu I thought that a great Korean aristocrat like you would never have such courage..."
"Dang Yin Hou... was defeated?"
Li Hou Han Wu looked around and found that the soldiers on his side were retreating steadily under the attack of the Shangshui cavalry. Although the Daijun cavalry had also quickly come to support, the problem was...
Turning his attention to the Wei general again, Li Hou Han Wu asked in a deep voice: "Who are you?"
"Wu Ji." The Wei general replied calmly.
Hearing this, Li Hou Han Wu's eyes shrank. Of course he had heard of the reputation of Wei General Wu Ji.
"It seems you have heard of Wu."
Noticing the look on Han Wu's face, Wei General Wu Ji smiled slightly and said calmly: "Let's capture you without mercy, Han Lihou. If you are willing to surrender, Wu will be able to spare your efforts and capture you alive in front of His Highness the Crown Prince and ask him to punish you... …”
Not to mention, Wu Ji did show mercy, because according to the unwritten rules between countries, except on the battlefield, they generally would not kill the nobles of other countries at will. Therefore, if Han Lihou and Han Wu were willing to surrender, he would After the Wei-Korean War ended, in fact, Lihou Hanwu did have a good chance of returning to Korea alive.
However, in the face of Wu Ji's persuasion to surrender, Han Lihou Han Wu curled his lips and sneered, and slowly drew his sword from his waist.
"Captured without mercy? Who do you think I am?!"
"..."
Wu Ji was stunned for a moment, and then a hint of appreciation appeared in his eyes.