Chapter 171: A desperate fight
Although the thrust was under layers of protection, it was still shot through the thigh by a sharp arrow, and blood flowed through the combat boots along the base of the legs and dripped straight down the ground.
He was dizzy in his mind, and he glanced around and saw countless Jurchen soldiers who had died tragically before they even saw the enemy. He was anxious and angry, but he knew that before rushing into the enemy formation, he had to be shot three times by such a powerful rain of arrows. He felt confused at the moment, and he didn't know how many soldiers under his command could be left when he rushed to the enemy formation.
He was just wondering in his heart that the sound of killing on the battlefield was shocking, so why did the troops on the opposite side have not been moved for a long time?
If the two sides attack together, the Song army is difficult to deal with. Although it has such terrifying long-range strike capabilities, it has to re-schedule troops and re-arrange them. Even those rifle guns and crossbows need to adjust the rays before they can be fired.
But when he rushed to this point, there was no movement on the other side. The Song army could concentrate on the enemy, launch calmly, and shoot again. The strength of the crossbowmen in the Western Army was the leader of the imperial guards of the Song Dynasty. Since the Song Dynasty had no war horses to form cavalry, more than a hundred years of exploration experience came to the point where only heavy infantry and powerful crossbowmen teams, assisted and cooperated with each other, could they deal with the powerful armed Khitan cavalry.
Over the past hundred years, the wars of the Song and Liao dynasties gradually stopped, while the Western Xia, which had been fighting for many years in the Guanxi Army, also started with cavalry. In this way, the Western Army was already the most powerful army in the Song Dynasty and even the world in order to deal with cavalry attacks and the strength of the crossbowmen.
In front of such a Song army, who had been prepared, had high morale, excellent crossbows, and had heavy long-range weapons such as bed crossbows and assault muskets, even the Jurchen cavalry with combat power far exceeds that of the Khitans, they would never get any advantage.
Seeing that the front army was so severely injured, the enemy's attack power and reaction were far beyond expectations, Zong Bi of the back formation was shocked and angry, and he could not understand no matter what. In his eyes, the weak and incompetent Song army was getting stronger and stronger, and any team had such excellent reactions and performances. At the same time, the vanguard of the front army was braved by the rain of arrows, and even many soldiers were still insulated with arrows, but they had tried their best to break down the thin wall of the wall and continued to fight forward. The reinforcements on the opposite side had made an appointment with the reinforcements, but there was still no movement.
The weather was so hot, his forehead was covered with soybean-sized sweat, and his mind was filled with despair. Zong Bi knew in his heart that if reinforcements were not arrived, with the reaction and performance of the Song army opposite, with his own strength, he would not be able to cross the enemy formation and bring all the soldiers to the opposite side.
He knew that the longer the time delayed, the more unfavorable it would be for his side. In the Song army camp not far away.
There were drums and gongs everywhere, and the sound of footsteps seemed to be able to hear them clearly even from miles away. When he thought of the 200,000 Song troops coming like ants and surrounding them completely, he shivered and was so frightened that he could not control himself.
He was scared.
Zong Bi, who has always claimed to be a warrior, and Zong Bi, who has struggled to support the overall situation with his firmness, strictness and perseverance, was called Zong Bi, the most military talented Zong Wang and Zong Han, by the Jurchens. He was really scared.
Thinking of the possible ending and ending, Zong Bi was filled with despair, and even for a moment, he didn't know how to react.
Wanyan Alibu and other ten thousand officers were behind him. His face was ashen, waiting for Zong Bi to issue military orders, but he was surprised to find that Zong Bi, who had always been famous for his decision-making on the battlefield, had completely crossed his energy and spirit at this time.
Zongxian is a fellow Zongbi clan. At this time, everyone was helpless and had to find Zongxian. When Zongxian saw this, he was furious and stepped forward to Zongbi and said, "All the soldiers of the army are waiting for the commander to give the order. Why don't the brother speak?"
Seeing that Zong Bi was unmoved, he shouted again: "If Taizu saw you like this, what would he think?"
Jin Taizu Wanyan Aguda was talented and skilled, with outstanding martial arts skills. He was like a god in the Jurchens' hearts. Zong Bi was still young when he was conquering Liao, and often followed Aguda. His worship of his father had been imprinted into the bone marrow. Zong Xian woke up Zong Bi's words.
He wiped the sweat off his forehead and thought quickly. In the situation in front of him, he would probably have no chance to rush forward. No matter whether Zong Han was intentional or unexpected, as long as he did not come to pick him up, he would have to set up a ground line on the enemy alone, and the ending would only end in failure.
However, the Song army was chasing the front and left and right, and there was no way out for the Song army, under the command of Yue Fei, and was afraid that Wanyan Yinshuke, who had already solved the palace behind, was coming here quickly. As soon as Yue Fei arrived, he could easily attack this remnant soldier without any help without anyone to cross the body, without any help. Under the pursuit of the enemy cavalry, the entire army would be destroyed, and no one could escape.
Thinking of this, he had made up his mind. Even though there was a sea of swords and fire in front of him, it was still the only opportunity for the entire army.
He looked at everyone, but he felt that all the people following him were the top generals of the Jin Kingdom. Some were more intelligent, some were unparalleled, and some were powerful martial arts models. They were all outstanding among the people. They were able to become more outstanding in the Wanyan tribe, which was twice as heroic as heroes, and became officers from thousands of households. In today's battle, I am afraid that many people would die here. After years of war, there were not a dangerous war, but there were no such things as today that made him full of despair and frustration.
At that moment, he had to put away this sense of despair and told everyone: "The whole army attacks, there is no need to keep the rear team anymore, just keep pushing and rushing."
Although the military order is simple, it is strong and persevering. Just like his previous style, everyone is very energetic after obeying the orders, and they dispersed into their own teams, preparing to rush forward together.
Seeing that there was no one around, and all Zong Bi's confidant, Zong Xian leaned forward and whispered to Zong Bi: "A moment, as long as you break the road, you don't have to worry about anything else. As long as you can rush out, we will die all of them, which is worth it."
Zong Bi was furious and said, "The soldiers are still there, how can the commander abandon his army and flee?"
Zong Xian said anxiously: "Today is dangerous. If we don't do it well, we will all die here. You are the only one among our Jurchens who can lead troops. Zong Han is treacherous. I'm afraid that he will do it today. He is old and sick. After the Song army defeats us, he will definitely continue to go north. No one will lead the troops to fight. Will our Wanyan tribe destroy the country and the seeds?"
Zong Bi was right to listen to his words. He just thought that he wanted to escape like a betrayal dog. Even if he escaped, he would have no prestige. Moreover, he had no confidence in the Song army that resisted the north. Since he could not do anything in the future, it would be better to die in battle now.
But he was unwilling to tell the other party about this pessimistic idea, so he had to shake his head repeatedly and tell Zongxian not to say anything more.
Zong Xian couldn't, so he had to retreat. However, while he was leaving, he secretly signaled to Zong Bi's personal soldiers with a wink. Seeing the other party nodding to show his understanding, he would surround Zong Bi and escape if he had the chance. He immediately felt relieved and returned to his own troops, preparing to rush forward with the army.
In just a moment, the sudden speed rushed into the Song army formation, but the opponent was prepared for a long time. The sword player and spear player with more than 10,000 were approached. The Jin soldiers' aura was greatly reduced. Under the attack of the Song army's arrow rain, it had been more than half of it. However, the Song army who came forward to fight had high morale and full of fighting spirit. It quickly blocked the Jin soldiers' impact, surrounded the Jin cavalry in the formation, swung the sword and spear, and killed the Jurchen knights one by one.
Zong Bi knew that he could not drag him any longer. At the moment, he gave an order, more than 30,000 people stepped forward together, and the horse's hooves flew, shaking the sky and the earth.
But at the same time, the Song army in the brigade had arrived at the battlefield. Zong Bi looked at it and saw the dazzling red tide. Countless Song soldiers, carrying bows and crossbows, holding guns and stopping spears, began to appear on the opposite battlefield, preparing to face the arrival of the main force of the Jin soldiers.
He naturally didn't know that just yesterday, the Mongolian Khan Hebule united many grassland tribes to take advantage of the situation to rob. More than 30,000 Mongolian soldiers rushed straight to the city of Shangjing. There were almost no established Jurchen troops in the city, and a small number of defensive troops on the border were cut and killed by the Mongolian cavalry.
In terms of riding and shooting skills and perseverance and strength, the Mongolians from the grassland are far better than the Jurchens in the deep forest.
The barbarism of the Mongols is far higher than that of the Jurchens.
Shangjing fell overnight, and the financial owner Hezhi was captured. In order to avenge the humiliation of being humiliated by Hezhi on the same day, Hebule, who was in his teenage years old, used the method of riding a wooden donkey to kill him to death in front of the residents of Shangjing.
The remaining princes and nobles who remained in Shangjing were killed in most of the houses, burned like white land, gold, silver, jewelry, and beautiful concubines all belonged to the Mongolians.
After attacking Shangjing, Hebule's prestige rose sharply. Many grassland tribes came to join the camp and integrated nearly 100,000 troops of Khan. They were full of ambition and thought of the appointment with Emperor Zhao Huan of Song. They also made detailed notices from the pedestrians to Shangjing. They knew that the Song army had already attacked near Yanjing, so they led the army and rushed to Yanjing at all, making great contributions to seize all the cities and counties near Yanjing, and even tried to forcibly siege the city. However, the Mongols were only good at fighting in field at that time, and there was no corresponding siege equipment at all, so they had to do so.
In this way, Zong Han and Zong Bi had to make a deal before, and he could not take care of himself. He knew that Shangjing was not protected. Nearly 100,000 Mongolian barbarians outside were eyeing him and did not dare to step out of the city. Every day, he had to drown his sorrow with wine. As the commander who destroyed the Liao Dynasty and almost destroyed the Song Dynasty, the country was in such a state of power. In addition to retaining power north of Shangjing, the Jin Kingdom had no place to stay. If he wanted to break through the siege and run to his hometown, he could only deal with the Mongolian cavalry outside the city first. He was not a fool. He knew that with his own troops, he would go out of the city to fight in a field, but to rely on the strong city and delay time. It would be best that the Mongolian barbarians were too wild and could not stand the shackles of long-term siege and retreat, so that he would have another chance to escape.
Chapter completed!