In Tanzhou City, Han Shizhong gave an order, the suspension bridge was lowered, and all 80,000 elite cavalry came out.
On the land of Youyan, the messenger cavalry dispersed in all directions, and the beacon towers inside and outside the Great Wall were lit.
The smoke of the wolf flew straight into the sky. All the soldiers looked up at the sky and unconsciously clenched the weapons in their hands.
Yelu Dashi often talks about the ten years of life and gathering. Ten years is enough to turn a young boy in a tribe into a strong warrior.
The Song Dynasty did not need ten years. With its huge national strength and population base, the Han dynasty in this magical land only needed a few years of correct governance by the rulers to achieve a terrifying increase in national strength.
The soldiers of the Great Wall Corps, which had been holding back for a long time, had long been seeking a fight, but for the sake of a larger strategic purpose, they had been on the defensive.
The Jurchens will not understand how much progress their opponents have made in just three battles with Youyan.
The soldiers and horses of each unit fought their way out of the cities and fortresses. Strict military discipline is the biggest feature of today's Great Wall Corps. All soldiers and horses strictly obeyed the general's orders and started marching precisely according to the route assigned in advance.
This was the biggest improvement from the daytime drills and nighttime classes, which changed the atmosphere of the Song Dynasty's bottom military camp, which had always been a mixed bag of good and bad.
The Great Wall Corps was like an efficient machine. Han Shizhong turned off the switch and started operating.
Wanyan Zonghan, who was slowly retreating and preparing to retreat to Jingzhou to stabilize the defense line, looked at the smoke pillars rising from the mountains in the distance and felt more uneasy in his heart.
As expected, the Song people retreated in a planned way, not like the Liao Dynasty who failed to stop the Jurchens and fled.
The counterattack came so quickly, which was beyond his imagination. Fortunately, Longshan was still there. He could advance, attack, retreat or defend. It was expected that the Song army would have nothing to do against itself.
As long as the emperor's army arrives, they will definitely kill the Song soldiers and make them fall on their backs and trample across the flowery mountains and rivers to the south.
Wanyan Zonghan ordered the rear army to turn around and defend, while the front army accelerated its advance and retreated to Jingzhou before dark.
The Jurchen generals all disagreed, and they all wanted to fight with the Song people immediately to verify the deep-rooted idea that the southerners were weak and not rivals of the Jurchens.
However, Zonghan's prestige was too high, and these Tatar generals had to withdraw their troops in accordance with the order.
Suddenly, a desolate horn sound sounded among the mountains, and the earth at the foot of Yanshan Mountain began to tremble.
Countless soldiers and horses suddenly appeared in front of them, with red headbands, gathering into a sea that looked like fire.
Han Shizhong reined in his horse and stood up. He did not expect that the Jurchens would withdraw so decisively.
As soon as the two sides met, there was only a moment's pause, and soon there were loud sounds of drums and horns on both sides.
The soldiers on both sides have their own pride, and their morale and momentum are equally matched. Under the impact of soldiers and horses, it is a life-or-death fight when they encounter each other.
The goddess's gathered strength is like an unruly and murderous ancient beast, and the Song Dynasty's Jingqi, who cooperate with each other tacitly, are like a sophisticated war machine.
All arms cooperate with each other tacitly, change skillfully, execute orders and prohibitions, and the advance and retreat are completely controlled by the commander.
The Song Dynasty's light cavalry harassed the flanks and became invincible in the infantry policy. Under Han Shizhong's improvement, different combat capabilities were exerted through the light cavalry.
There were mostly light cavalry in the Song Dynasty. They used the flexibility of the cavalry to constantly move around and look for gaps and weaknesses in the Jurchens.
In the middle is the duel of heavy cavalry, the collision of flesh and blood and iron weapons, it is like the collision of two mountains from the beginning.
In the center of the battle formation, the familiar sound of violent collision between men and horses sounded again. It was a sound of bones and flesh being broken as men and horses collided heavily, the sound of armor and horse drapes, metal collision, and the sound of armor and flesh being broken were mixed together.
The horrible sound.
Then came the screams of soldiers, the neighing of war horses, and the smell of blood that suddenly became thicker, making people feel sick.
The heavy cavalry of the Song Dynasty charged forward and relied on their inertia to knock the Jurchen soldiers in the front row off their feet.
The sounds of weapons piercing armor and flesh were heard one after another, and the first row of Jurchen soldiers who rushed towards them were almost wiped out.
However, the combat power of the Jurchen cavalry was fully revealed at this time. After a few adjustments, a standard cavalry confrontation formation with a wide front was arranged.
Such a brave opponent did not frighten the Jurchen Tatars, but instead aroused their ferocity.
For these heavily armored cavalry, the cavalry's lethality was negligible and could not harm them at all.
The only way to determine the outcome is without flesh-and-blood collision and slashing. The infantry and light cavalry on both sides did not dare to approach at all.
After one move, both sides turned their horses and charged again. The two opposing cavalry armies collided with each other, with even greater momentum, and huge smoke and dust were rolled up. In the yellow smoke, the sound of the collision between the two armies this time was even more fierce than before.
More than ten times.
Han Shizhong's eyes were roving back and forth, his face as sinking as water. This battle had exceeded the experience of many generals. They had never thought that on this battlefield, with the soldiers showing such strength, there would be someone who could match them.
The sky and the earth were turbulent, and the wind and clouds were changing colors. Even though the land of Youyan was used to seeing blood and rain, it should have never seen such tragic battles several times.
The two sides fought from noon until the sky was dark and the rumble of horse hooves could be heard in the distance.
"Shuai Han is the reinforcement from Jizhou!"
"There are Pinglu soldiers and horses from the east side coming to support!"
The morale of the Song army was greatly boosted, especially the generals who raided the formation, who were all gearing up and preparing to make an effort to deal with this group of Tatars who were advancing alone.
Zong Han in the distance couldn't bear it anymore and cursed: "Why haven't the Longshan reinforcements arrived yet!"
Little did he know that Longshan was already in flames.
Xie Yuan ordered to defend Hongjiazhai, and soldiers and horses continued to come from the Great Wall to support him.
The Jurchen follow-up troops in the north looked at the steep cliffs and found it difficult to move forward.
And his most beloved son Sheyema had his brain eaten by ants, leaving an empty skull.
From all directions, soldiers from the Song Dynasty continued to attack. Han Shizhong looked up to the sky and laughed, "The thieves of the Tatars have invaded the border three times. Today is the time of reckoning. The left wing will outflank, and the right wing will block the retreat in the valley. Beat the war drums and swear to kill Zong Han!"
"The Tang Dynasty soldiers and horses have arrived!"
"Brothers from Miyun are here to support us!"
"That's the flag of Zunhua over there."
The golden drums were beating loudly here, and the Jurchens were gradually exhausted. After fighting for a day, they had already reached the point of exhaustion. The addition of new forces from the Song Dynasty put the Jurchens at a complete disadvantage.
Zong Han's eyes were about to burst. He looked to the east to make sure that no reinforcements had arrived. He gritted his teeth and said, "Pucha Wulie will stay behind and the army will retreat to Longshan!"
This order had already declared the defeat of the battle. Several Jurchen generals howled in dissatisfaction, "Zong Han, do you want to escape? We Jurchens followed the emperor to rebel against the Liao Dynasty and have never escaped. We can't start from me."
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"Zong Han, you go and run for your life, Pucha Wulie and I stay here."
Zong Han's face turned red. He did not expect that seven or eight generals were unwilling to withdraw their troops.
Their Muke was also an elite Jurchen. Zong Han was in a hurry and did not want to waste time, so he led his troops and fled eastward, abandoning their baggage.