Chapter Fifty-Four Guo Kan's Fall (VIP)
After Zhao Qianyi finished speaking, he waved his sword and the Xuanjia cavalry divided into two teams, three thousand opened the way in front, two thousand broke the back, and Liu Hezi's remaining troops were in the middle and rushed south.
Guo Kan is a military master. Of course, he knew that this was a good opportunity to eat Zhao Qian and Liu Hezi. He would not miss it. He immediately ordered five thousand heavy cavalry to launch a charge. Five thousand heavy cavalry lined up in an orderly manner, and rode forward with a spear. People were like dragons, horses were like tigers, with extraordinary momentum and sounds of hooves like thunder. He rushed towards Zhao Qian and the others.
The impact of heavy cavalry is extremely terrible. As for this, anyone with a little military knowledge knows, Zhao Qian and Liu Hezi should immediately line up to deal with the attacks of heavy cavalry. Zhao Qian's actions were very abnormal. Not only did he not plan to line up, he seemed to have no idea that heavy cavalry launched a charge, he ignored it and continued to command the breakthrough.
This was very exciting for generals like Shu Liming. In their opinion, as long as the heavy cavalry rushed, Zhao Qian and Liu Hezi would be unprepared and would inevitably be defeated. They could kill the troops and completely annihilate the two troops. They were happy and did not think about it. Liu Hezi fought with them alone for several days and nights, and Guo Kan sent out heavy cavalry to attack Liu Hezi's formation. Liu Hezi relied on convenient terrain to build earth walls, dig horse pits, and dealt with Mongolian cavalry maneuvers and flexibly, which gave them a lot of trouble. Now that reinforcements have come, how could they not think of this?
It's no wonder that when people are happy, they always like to think about things in a good way. Although they are a bit wishful thinking, there is nothing they can do about it. Shu Liming said excitedly: "These southern barbarians don't take our heavy cavalry seriously. Isn't this asking for death?"
Guo Kan has the reputation of being a god, but it is different in his eyes. He said, "He doesn't take it seriously, he has a way to deal with heavy cavalry. I want to see what method he uses."
In ancient times, there were only a few ways to deal with cavalry, digging horse pits, setting up obstacles, digging trenches, building some earthen walls, etc. Zhao Qian and his team were in a siege, and they didn’t have any new tricks. No matter how smart Guo Kan was, he would never imagine. Understanding the opponent’s secrets would be of great benefit to him. With a glimpse of the essence, Guo Kan decided to use these five thousand heavy cavalry as a way stone to find out what was going on.
As Guo Kan expected, the heavy cavalry rushed to Zhao Qian and the others about ten feet in front of him. When the Xuan-armored cavalry waved his right hand, they threw out black things, and thousands of people threw them together, blocking the sunlight. As soon as this thing landed in the heavy cavalry formation, a ball of fire flashed, and explosions sounded, and the heavy cavalry immediately became messy. The tight formation was no longer strict, and people shouted, the horses neighed, and the horses fell in shock, and the chaos was in chaos.
Needless to say, Zhao Qian and his team used hand-throwing bombs with the name of grenades but not as grenades. Although heavy cavalry is covered with thick armor, it is also on the horse's back and horse head, which are very effective in dealing with arrows shot from the front. The grenade explodes on the ground, and the shrapnel is from bottom to top. The easiest one to explode is the horse's belly. There is no thick armor on the horse's belly, so the war horses naturally cannot bear it. Besides, Guo Kan's heavy cavalry has not yet experienced the baptism of firearms. When the explosion sounds, he must run away. Guo Kan also wanted to let the heavy cavalry receive the baptism of explosion during training. Unfortunately, the fire was almost all given to Boyan, and the result was that Liu Hezi was brought to the sea. Even if he was willing, he had no conditions to train.
It is of great benefit to give serious damage to heavy cavalry when it is in chaos. Anyone with a little military knowledge knows that Zhao Qian naturally would not miss this opportunity. He commanded the Xuanjia cavalry to rush into the formation and slashed and killed many corpses on the ground. Liu Hezi also commanded the command to specially clean up the cavalry that fell off the horse. Although they were exhausted, they were very morale. By letting go, the unlucky Mongolian cavalry naturally suffered. I don’t know how many of them were killed.
The Xuan Armored Cavalry has both the sharpest swords, the best war horses, and the best training. Everyone is a warrior with many battles. He has extremely skilled chopping skills. He is only stronger than the Mongols, and it will not be worse. This fierce slash is like a whirlwind, and the heavy cavalry has not had time to respond and has knocked down a lot.
The Mongolian generals saw such changes and found it difficult to believe that there were such fierce cavalry in the Song army, and they had not come back to their senses for a long time. This was just like when Wei Qing trained a cavalry unit that was good at fighting in the Western Han Dynasty, the Huns did not believe it at all. They did not understand until they split the cavalry unit led by Wei Qing into pieces.
Guo Kan was indifferent and immediately understood, and nodded and praised: "There are people in the Southern Dynasties, and there are capable people in the Southern Dynasties." Although only numbers are only, being able to say such words from this person with the title of God is more powerful than any praise of praise.
Guo Kan is good at benefiting all fighter opportunities. He knows that such an elite opponent cannot be let go no matter what, otherwise it will cause him a lot of trouble. Taking advantage of the opportunity of the Xuanjia cavalry being in the siege, it is the best strategy. Waving the order flag, the Mongolian army immediately moved to surround Zhao Qian and the others.
Don't say much, Guo Kan's ideas and disposal are correct, but his opponent will not give him a chance, so he has already calculated the measures he might have taken. The Mongolian army had just moved, and the earth-shaking roar of "Expel the Tartars! Return my rivers and mountains!" came from all directions, and countless Song troops seemed to emerge from the ground and suddenly appeared in front of the formation.
Two cavalrymen rushed over like a wind blowing. One was led by a tall veteran with white beards on his chest and a big sword in his hand made him look like a hot wheel. The Mongolian soldiers were injured when they hit and died when they hit. It was the veteran Gundam. The other cavalry was led by Huang Shengcai. Two cavalrymen rushed toward the gap, one left and one right.
Guo Kan was shocked by the sudden appearance of the Song army. After looking at the situation, a plan appeared in his mind and immediately commanded the Mongolian army to form a formation to press towards the Song army, preparing to use the impact of the heavy cavalry and the maneuver of the light cavalry to flexibly encircle and annihilate these Song army. In his opinion, even if the Song army was to come to lift the siege of Liu Hezi, the number would not be too many, at most tens of thousands, at most tens of thousands, at most one hundred thousand. If he eats this part of the army, it would be a heavy blow to Li Jun and would create good conditions for him to fight in the next stage.
Another part of the army went to encircle Gundam and Huang Shengcai, with the purpose of separating the two cavalry from Zhao Qian and others, so as not to join, so as to separate and annihilate them.
Guo Kan is worthy of being a god and his calculations are accurate, but his opponent's intelligence is not inferior to him. He has pondered every detail. Guo Kan will block the two armies so that they cannot meet. With a wave of Gundam's sword, the cavalry threw out grenades and blew the Mongolian army. At the same time, Zhao Qian and Huang Yongcai also acted as usual. In just a moment, a huge gap appeared. Gundam, Huang Shengcai, Zhao Qian and Liu Hezi's four armies gathered together and formed an unstoppable torrent, rushing southward.
Although the Mongolian army is good at fighting, and although Guo Kan is known as a god, he can no longer stop this army with too many grenades. Not to mention that Guo Kan is a mortal, even if he is a god, he can't stop him. He can only watch Gundam break out and meet with the army that came to meet.
"I really didn't expect that the Song army would have such combat effectiveness, and its movements were fast and fierce enough. No wonder Boyan was defeated so miserably. The advance and retreat were well-founded, and the person who planned all this was an amazing person." Guo Kan commented on the Song army in his heart. Then he thought, since they came, they must not let them retreat, otherwise the Song army would get together again. Although he was confident that he could defeat Li Jun, the difficulties would be much greater and the cost would be much greater. When the flag was waving, two light cavalry rushed out from the left and right wings. His intention was very obvious, and he wanted to cut off the retreat route before the Song army could respond, so as to gather and annihilate it.
Guo Kan's handling cannot be said to be wrong, but he will immediately know that his opponent is also a master of calculation. The two light cavalry he sent were attacked as soon as they were captured by the Song army. The arrows flew over like locusts, as dense as raindrops. If they wanted to escape from such a dense rain of arrows, unless they turned into flies, the light cavalry shot a lot.
The Song army's steel crossbows have always been the favorite of the Song army. They showed their magical powers in this war. It can be said that without the steel crossbows, Boyan's army would not have been defeated so quickly. Guo Kan wanted to encircle and annihilate the Song army, and Li Jun was also setting a trap for Guo Kan, so he would naturally send a steel crossbow. When the light cavalry encountered the steel crossbow, they naturally had to suffer losses. The two light cavalry left many bodies and had to return in disgrace.
Zhao Qian and the others quickly joined Huang Han's infantry and slowly retreated south.
Only then did Guo Kan realize that he had met a terrible opponent, and the opponent's intelligence was not inferior to him at all, so he had to re-evaluate the situation in front of him. Looking up, Li Jun's yellow Luo umbrella cover was right in front of him. Li Jun was wearing an imperial robe, riding a red horse, holding a silver horse whip in his hand, constantly giving guidance to Liao Shenggong beside him, calm and unrestrained, the emperor's domineering aura came out of his body, making people dare not look up.
"Okay." Guo Kan shouted in his heart, thinking that he could find a place without any effort. It turned out that the emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty came in person, so Li Jun's main force also arrived. It seemed that the decisive battle was coming early. When he thought of the big opponent in his eyes, Guo Kan's eyes immediately lit up and his body was full of vitality, like a ferocious lion.
It is no wonder that for a person like Guo Kan who is extremely wise, there are few opponents, and it is inevitable that he feels lonely that he is so cold that he is too cold at a high place. Once he meets an opponent, he will unnaturally arouse his ambitions and want to win in one battle.
Under Guo Kan's command, the light cavalry protected the two wings, the heavy cavalry was in the middle, and the infantry followed closely and pressed towards the Song army. Hundreds of thousands of troops moved, and the footsteps sounded like thunder, which made the sky and the earth change color. The entire formation was tight and dense, and it was extremely stable and heavy. It seemed like the sea was moving, without the murderous aura of soaring into the sky, and there was no intimidating power, but anyone could feel that this was an unstoppable force, invincible.
"Boyan's formation is more fierce and not sufficiently stable, and its murderous aura is full of murderous aura, which makes people know his determination at first sight. However, Guo Kan's formation is different, it is extremely stable and heavy, strict and inviolable, and it can be said that it has no weaknesses. What's more rare is that he is already anxious and wants to fight us, but he has no murderous aura, nor does he have the fighting spirit of Boyan, which makes people unable to guess his thoughts. The entire formation is like the sea, with calm waves, and on the surface there is no deterrent power, but in fact it is invincible." Li Jun looked at the advancement of the Mongolian army and sighed: "A god is a god. In today's world, no one can circulate such a formation."
Liao Shenggong nodded and agreed, "What the emperor said is very true, as the saying goes, 'The best is like water'. My formation is clever and takes into account both the heavy weight. I really cannot do it to be so invincible as Guo Kan."
Li Jun comforted him and said, "You don't have to worry about it. Military ranks are like fencing. Each has its own strengths, and there is no need to force consistency. Some are good at planning, some are good at fighting, some are agile, and some are fierce. Although the styles are different, the reason is still the same, it is nothing more than knocking down the opponent and winning. It is precisely this way of "Sun Tzu" freely practices and reasoning, not examples. This way of using military forces emphasizes flexibility and cannot be bound by form."
"Thank you the emperor's teachings." Li Jun's words came to Liao Shenggong's heart. He was good at planning and decisive, and he was able to use military force to be unique. He was consistent with what Li Jun said. After hearing this, he was overjoyed and said, "The Emperor's words are the most rational."
"Don't praise me anymore." Li Jun smiled and pointed at the Mongolian army with a horse whip: "Guo Kan's formation is perfect, but precisely because of its perfection, it is not difficult to break his shortcomings everywhere."
Liao Shenggong agreed with Li Jun's words and said, "What the emperor said is very true. Guo Kan is too pursuing perfection. You should know that things that are too perfect are often useless, but instead of saying them, they will be a burden. This is like a piece of beautiful jade without flaws. As long as it is stained with a little dust, it will not be perfect enough."
"So, our plan will be successful." Li Jun smiled and said the conclusion that Liao Shenggong did not say.
Guo Kan rode his horse slowly and saw the Song army lined up from a distance. Huang Han's infantry was in the middle. Gundam and Huang Shengcai each led a cavalry to protect the two wings. It was obvious that the Song army was interested in seeking war.
Now asking for battle is exactly what Guo Kan wants. Guo Kan waves the flag, a team of heavy cavalry rushed out, and infantry followed behind, and two teams of light cavalry covered their wings and rushed towards the Song army.
The infantry led by Huang Han was in a tight formation and could not be shaken. The heavy cavalry rushed to twenty feet away, and the formation of the Song army's infantry changed, revealing many steel crossbows. Attacking the heavy cavalry, it was a fierce rain of arrows. As soon as the steel crossbow was shot, it immediately retreated. Huang Han's infantry retreated and retreated behind an earth wall to be on the verge of battle.
The steel crossbow is known for its dense arrows. It shot down in one round and shot down many heavy cavalrymen. Fortunately, Guo Kan only made a tentative attack and suffered little loss.
The Song army's intention was very obvious, which was to rely on earth walls to deal with heavy cavalry. Guo Kan was named a god-man. When training, he considered the most frequently used method, and conducted targeted training, and cared about it. He ordered the flag to wave, the heavy cavalry dispersed, and charged in a scattered formation. The light cavalry took advantage of its lightness and flexibility to quickly assault from both wings, and the infantry held a shield to follow.
Guo Kan thought that the Song army would definitely have a fierce resistance. However, this god who never miscalculated the calculations miscalculated this time. The Song army set out to fight to the death, but there was no decisive action. It just fired a rain of arrows at the Mongolian cavalry, threw some grenades, and then retreated in an orderly manner.
After discovering Li Jun's trace, the main force of the Song army was also nearby. The main force of the Song army was not nearby, so he had to deal with Li Jun, the soul figure, and the war was over. Guo Kan looked at Li Jun under the Huangluo umbrella that was slowly retreating, and ordered the attack without hesitation.
Guo Kan once again wanted to seize Li Jun's retreat, and secretly ordered two light cavalry to take a big circumvention operation, and to trap Li Jun. The two light cavalry were ordered to move, but they were blocked by the Song army soon after, and they fought for a melee, and it was impossible to break through the Song army's formation, so they had to give up.
It doesn't matter that Li Jun must have a plan. However, Guo Kan is confident and not afraid. Even if Li Jun digs hundreds of millions of horse pits, one in the east and one in the west, whether it can work will be effective will be done. The chance of winning is similar to the ticket collection. As long as you pay a certain price, you can completely break it. Guo Kan will not worry about this.
Even if Li Jun wants to mobilize the army to fight to the decisive battle, he can't produce much army. With the information Guo Kan has obtained, Li Jun only has about 500,000 troops, which is equivalent to himself, and most of them are recruits who have never been on the battlefield. If they really fight, he will not be the one who has the upper hand. It is from this point of view that Guo Kan continues to advance.
Every time the Song army had a little contact with the Mongolian army, they retreated immediately and would never get entangled. The Song army had built many earth walls, and passed one and another one, as if it was endless. Guo Kan chased after him all night, but the Song army's earth walls were not used up.
For Guo Kan at this time, stopping the attack is a very good choice. Or turning the direction, dividing the troops into two groups, assaulting from both wings, and succeeding any route is a great thing. He can do a big detour, rushing behind the Song army, or mobilizing the Song army during the march, and then looking for a fight to fight.
However, the Song army had strictly blocked the two wings. Guo Kan sent troops to try to break through the two wings many times, and they were all in a melee, each with losses. It was impossible for the Song army to blockade. He was very unwilling to ask Guo Kan to let Li Jun escape from his nose. Not to mention that Guo Kan would not give up such a good thing, even if he and Li Jun were compared, Li Jun would not give up. Capturing Li Jun means the end of the war, and it would be worth it even if it was paid the great price.
Another reason that prompted Guo Kan to pursue him was that he had full confidence and was not afraid of Li Jun's strategy. For this god, he was good at attacking and defending, setting up an ambush in retreat, and not resisting the enemy. This is his best thing. No matter what Li Jun has any strategy, as long as his army is in hand, he is not afraid.
Guo Kan's confidence is not unreasonable. The Mongolian cavalry roamed the Eurasian continent and had never been trapped. It is impossible for anyone to trap so many troops, not to mention that there are hundreds of thousands of elite cavalry troops.
Chapter completed!