Chapter 100: The Iron Blooded Master

Jiang Cai had extraordinary military talents. He knew that the battle would be twice the result with half the effort. He was so excited that he jumped onto the battlements and yelled: "Brothers: rush out of the city and kill all the Tartars!" He jumped off the battlements, flew off the horse, pulled the knife in his hand, and shouted: "Kill!" He took the lead and rushed out first.

The Song army and the Mongolian army fought hard for many days and were waiting for the arrival of reinforcements day and night. Unexpectedly, the reinforcements actually arrived. What they didn't expect was that the reinforcements were so brave and good at fighting. Their bravery was something they had never seen or heard of. They were so excited that their foreheads were hot and they could boil eggs. They encouraged Jiang Cai. They all wanted to rush into the Mongolian army and kill them hard, relieve the anger in their hearts, and rushed out of the city with shouts.

Jie Jin's cavalry was brave and good at fighting, and his combat ability was even higher than that of Mongolian cavalry. No matter what Zhang Hongfan could not imagine, the shock in his heart was already to the point where he could not describe it with ink. If someone asked him what he wanted to say most at this time, he would say the three words "impossible" without thinking, which means that the Southern Song cavalry could not have such strong combat power and could not surpass the Mongolian cavalry.

It is no wonder that the Mongolians were born to live on horseback, with great skill in bows and horses, and thought they were invincible in the world. In fact, the Mongolian cavalry was indeed invincible in the world. They swept across the Eurasian continent and established the largest empire in human history. It can be said that it is a miracle. It is really difficult for Zhang Hongfan to accept the Mongolian cavalry known as the "genius" to surpass the Song army.

During the Western Han Dynasty, like the Mongols, the Huns lived on horseback as soon as they were born. They were skilled in bows and horses, and naturally they were invincible, and they did not take the Han army seriously at all. After Wei Qing trained the elite cavalry of the Western Han Dynasty, the Huns were still unwilling to believe that it was the fact and still stubbornly believed that the Han people could not have cavalry that surpassed them. Until the elite cavalry led by Wei Qing carried out large detours, interspersed in depth, long-distance raids, and achieved one victory after another, the Huns had to accept this reality in the face of heavy costs.

Zhang Hongfan's performance today is exactly the same as the reactions of the Huns back then. If it weren't for the endless wailing sounds, the sound of the Mongolian soldiers' constant impacts, the rapid bodies of the Mongolian soldiers' bodies were getting thicker and thicker, and they wouldn't have time to immerse their blood in the soil, and the explosion of the hand-thrown cast iron bomb, Zhang Hongfan said that he would not believe that all this was real.

As a Han Chinese, Zhang Hongfan didn't even know that Han Chinese have always been able to create miracles. It's a shame that he is a Han Chinese.

The cavalry troops of Jie Jin alone were enough to be taken by Zhang Hongfan. Don’t say that Jie Jin caught him off guard, even if he was prepared and fought a dignified battle, he might not be able to deal with such elite cavalry. At this moment, he naturally felt that everything had changed, and it became gray, everything was gray, as if the sky had collapsed.

Jiang Cai seized the opportunity to break out of the city, which was like stabbing him in the back, making Zhang Hongfan, who was already poor at dealing with it, and he had no other choice. He had no choice but to escape. He fixed the situation and found that there was another hole that was not closed. This was not a mistake of Jie Jin and the European army, but caused by the laws of war. Jie Jin and his team had only 20,000 cavalry and not many troops. It was naturally far from enough to encircle Zhang Hongfan's 80,000 troops, so it was not enough to have this hole. Zhang Hongfan was known in history as calm and calm, fully exerting his characteristics, and slapped his horse and rushed towards the hole, preparing to escape.

For the enemy, the more they kill, the more they make themselves excited. Looking at the cavalry scattered under the city like entering a deserted land, wherever they passed, there must be corpses in the ground. As the cavalry continued to rush, more and more corpses were accumulated under the city, and fewer and fewer Mongolian soldiers survived. A satisfied smile appeared on the corner of Jie Jin's mouth.

This cavalry can achieve such achievements today is the result of his creation. His efforts are provided. His right hand is stretched out and his other big hand is stretched out to hold it with his right hand. The master of this hand is the European army. It was him and the two of them who worked together to build this excellent cavalry unit of the Southern Song Dynasty. The combat ability is above the Mongolian cavalry. They show their power in the first battle against Yangzhou and have achieved considerable results. The two of them used this method to express their excitement in their hearts.

Regarding these two excellent cavalry commanders, Li Jun's evaluation was: "They are born excellent cavalry commanders, and I just provide them with a stage. In fact, there are many excellent military commanders like Jie Jin and European Military Travel. They are just their outstanding representatives. The reason why the court has lost talents is not that there are no talents, but that it has not taken measures to discover talents and provided them with a stage for performance. It is this that makes Zhang Hongfan and Shi Tianze successful and famous in history. If the court discovers those excellent talents and uses them well, what is the point of Zhang Hongfan and others! China has always had a strong talent!"

While Zhang Hongfan was defeated at the city of Yangzhou, Shi Tianze, who was fooled by Jie Jin and the European army, was looking for them everywhere like a dumb geese. Shi Tianze is also an excellent military commander. He has been in the army for many years and has rich battlefield experience. If he can't wait for Jie Jin, he will naturally be suspicious. He also finds something wrong and orders the troops to retreat and then spies to expand the reconnaissance scope in order to discover new clues.

There is a saying that "one effort is one reward." This is still very reasonable. Shi Tianze's efforts have received a generous reward for him, which is so rich that he himself is unwilling to accept it. This reward is nothing else, but the reinforcements of the Southern Song Dynasty led by Zhao Liangchun surrounded him. When the spies found this news, they immediately reported to him: "Sir, I discovered a large number of Southern Barbarians."

Shi Tianze suddenly became energetic and asked, "Where is it? Tell me quickly."

"Sir, we are surrounded by you." The spy's face turned pale and he replied in fear.

It was obvious that it was so good, how could it be surrounded by the Song army? Shi Tianze really couldn't believe it. His face darkened and he shouted: "No, okay, there is no Song army around, how could it be surrounded? Could it be that they fell from the sky?"

As for why a large number of Song troops appeared around, even Shi Tianze, the commander, did not understand, so a spy naturally couldn't understand it. He hurriedly replied: "Sir, it's true, there are really a large number of Song troops."

Seeing the spy's expression that he was really killing me, Shi Tianze had to accept that he was trapped in the siege of the Song army, and his face turned pale. Shi Tianze's extraordinary military talent was highly valued by Kublai Khan. He attacked Xiangyang by himself. He would not have performed this way, but because Yue Liangchun came too suddenly, completely beyond his expectations. Based on his inference, this was impossible, and it was still a bit difficult for him to accept it all at once.

In fact, the more talented people are, the more difficult it is to change the things they are to identify. This is very obvious in history. Many people do not understand this rule and often accuse those with outstanding talents of being stubborn and stubborn. It is not those outstanding people who are stubborn, but those who are blamed for being superficial. Shi Tianze has fought a lifelong battle, is rich in experience and extraordinary in talent, and it is naturally very difficult to accept unexpected things.

Although Huaidong was very chaotic and unstable, the people here still looked to the court and kept providing information to the Song army. In addition, Li Jun established a special intelligence agency and strengthened the intelligence work in unstable areas such as Huaixi and Huaidong. Zhao Liangchun had long grasped Shi Tianze's movements. It can be said that Shi Tianze's every move was in his control, and decided to take advantage of his attention to attracting Jie Jin and get rid of him completely.

With a certain idea, Zhao Liangchun immediately sent troops to block the possible escape route of Shi Tianze, asking him to have no way to escape. Then mobilized the army to surround him from all directions. By the time the Mongolian spies were discovered, the siege of the Song army had already taken shape, and the 20,000 people led by Shi Tianze had already fallen into the net of heaven and earth.

Shi Tianze's reaction was fast enough. After a moment of contemplation, he knew that he had been deceived. The most important thing at the moment was to organize a breakthrough immediately. Unfortunately, his opponent was Zhao Liangchun, who had never liked to give advice to mobile phones. Before his order was issued, the Song army had appeared and he pressed him from all directions.

The earth-shaking footsteps and horse hooves were like thunderous sounds, with a thrilling and strange power, which was deafening, shocked Shi Tianze and the Mongolian soldiers. Looking around, Song soldiers were everywhere in the mountains and fields, with flags waving and rushing in the wind, with swords and guns dazzling, and particularly eye-catching. The Song army pressed up to the Mongolian army like a tide. I don’t know how many there were. The Mongolian soldiers had only one idea: there were too many, so many that it was unimaginable.

Zhao Liangchun had 50,000 troops here, which was determined to wipe out Shi Tianze's army. Otherwise, if he ran away, it would bring great difficulties to the future clearance work. In terms of military strength, the Song army had an absolute advantage, and Shi Tianze's army was not the opponent. Besides, the current Song army is no longer the Song army of the past. Under Li Jun's command, he won all the battles. He was strong in morale, strong in spirit, well-equipped, and superb in skills and tactics. Not to mention that the Song army has the advantage of military strength, even if the military strength is equal, the Mongolian army will not have the upper hand, and Shi Tianze will not suffer any losses.

Shi Tianze, the victor who won the victory in the attack of Xiangyang, once again witnessed a tragedy that he would never forget for life after the defeat in Yangzhou and Gaoyou. That is, the Song army was like a strong wind blowing down wheat waves. When the Song army thundered by, the Mongolian army could no longer rise, and the survivors were rare.

Looking at the broken limbs and arms, the colorful intestines and stomachs, and the beautiful blood splashed with blood that had been immersed in the soil, Shi Tianze closed his eyes helplessly and shouted: "Heaven! Life!" He pulled out the scimitar from his waist and wiped it out at his neck.

There is an exaggerated saying that when people are not good at peeing, they may be bitten by a certain part of their hand. Although this sentence is a bit exaggerated and a bit obscene, it is still a truth. This is the case now. Not to mention defeat, it will never be able to seek death. Just when his sword was about to touch his neck, a sharp arrow flew towards his right hand, and a puff shot on his wrist. The scimitar fell to the ground, and a crisp metal impact sound was found.

Shi Tianze opened his eyes and shouted, "Who?"

"I!" The answer with only one word is so concise and neat.

Shi Tianze looked closely and saw that a member of the Song general was seven feet long and a husband, with a majestic temperament and extraordinary temperament, wearing military uniforms and majestic, and strides with his personal soldiers. His reaction was not slow, and he immediately knew who this person was, and asked, "Are you General Zhao Liangchun and Zhao?"

"Yes, it's Zhao." Zhao Lianglang nodded, strode to him and said, "Shi Tianze, you traitor, have you ever thought that you have today?"

Shi Tianze calmed down and shouted: "It's common for victory or defeat, but what's the point of defeat?"

"As a Han Chinese, you don't want to make profits for the Chinese people, but you serve foreign races, help the tiger, help the evil, and capture Xiangyang, the important place of the Song Dynasty. What else do you have to say today?" Zhao Liangchun's eyes widened and looked straight at Shi Tianze.

Emotionally speaking, Zhao Liangchun had only one idea at this time, which was to tear Shi Tianze apart. It was the person in front of him who implemented the plan to attack Xiangyang, captured the most important northern town in the Southern Song Dynasty, and prepared the conditions for the Mongolian army's great march to Lin'an, so that today's soldiers and people would suffer a lot. Zhao Liangchun looked at Shi Tianze, and his teeth were clamored. He really wanted to cut him off with one knife to vent his anger.

Shi Tianze smiled and said, "How unclear is General Zhao's situation? I am a Han person, not only I am a Han person, but my father, my ancestors are all Han people, and they are all upright Han people. I can tell people all over the world that Song Ting only knows how to be peaceful and does not want to make progress, and has lost much opportunity to recover the Central Plains? General Zhao is a wise man, so he would not know.

"The Han people in the north are not just Shi, and the Han people who are officials in the court are not just Shi. Thousands of Han people are under the rule of the Mongols. Did Song Ting care about their lives and their happiness? Shi also thought of surrendering to Song Ting in his early years and worked hard for it. However, after seeing Song Ting's decay and incompetence, Shi was sad and desperate and was drunk. After this drunkenness, Shi decided not to go to Song Ting's small court that only knew "there will be green mountains outside the mountains and buildings outside the West Lake, when will the singing and dancing stop in the West Lake?" and then joined the foreign race.

"I remember when the Jin soldiers went south and the people in the north were in dire straits. They all hoped that Song Ting would fight north and save the people from water and fire. You wouldn't know what Zhao Gou did, right? It was he who extinguished the flames of the people in the north and resisted the alien races, and it was him who caused the tragic incident of a generation of hero Yue Fei to death Fengboting. Wu Mu is a hero! The hero in Shi's heart, who remembered his heroic deeds in his early years, often wished he could die for him."

He wiped the tears in his eyes and asked loudly: "General Zhao, do you know the feelings of the people in the north? Do you know the feelings of the Han people who serve foreign races? If Zhao Gou had been in charge of Wu Mu, attacking the Central Plains in the north, regaining his hometown, and relieving the people, would Shi still have to serve for the foreign races? Do so many Han people still have to be officials in the court? He went to see that not every Han people who were officials in the court, and many people were trying to save the people, trying to find ways to fight for more food for the people from the mouths of the Mongolians, but they still had to be a disgrace.

"Whose fault is all this? Is it our fault? Or is Song Ting's incompetent fault? Oh my god, can you tell me?" At this point, tears were already raining. The court he mentioned refers to the Yuan Dynasty.

As Shi Tianze said, many Han people who were officials in the Yuan Dynasty had thought of many ways to fight for the benefits of the people in the north. At that time, Mongolians were rampant. If these Han officials had not dealt with them, the lives of the people would not have known how hard it would be. This is a historical fact and cannot be erased.

After the Jin Dynasty occupied the northern territory, the northern people's struggle against Jin was in full swing and flourished. It was Zhao Gou's appeasement policy that wiped out the flames of resistance, which made many people sigh. As a member of the royal family, Zhao Langchun naturally understood this history and was speechless for a while.

I studied the historical materials at that time and came to a conclusion: a large number of Han people who were officials in the north were still looking towards the Han people in their hearts, and still hoped that Song Ting could recover the world. It was only because of reality and the disappointment of the Southern Song Dynasty that they finally turned to Kublai Khan's arms.

There is a historical rule: the more talented people are, the more they are unwilling to be lonely, the more they want to find a wise master, use it for the world, and show their ambitions. To apply Xin Qiji's depressed words, "Heroes are looking for Sun Zhongming", when they are disappointed with Song Ting, they will naturally turn their attention to Kublai Khan, who is generous.

Of course, there are also people who returned to the court. The famous poet Xin Qiji is one of them. He led hundreds of heroes to the court, but ended up in a depressed ending. The Southern Song Dynasty court had no intention of regaining the Central Plains at all, so naturally he would not use him. He was afraid that he would cause trouble and neglect him. This passionate poet had no choice but to express his love to a pen and wrote an immortal famous work.

The sentence "The hero is looking for Sun Zhongmou" not only expresses his depression, but also expresses the voices of many disappointed patriots in the court of the Southern Song Dynasty, and also expresses the depression of many extraordinary heroes in history who cannot find the wise ruler.

Zhang Hongfan, Shi Tianze, and Guo Kan are all first-class talents. No one can deny this. The fundamental reason why they were used by foreign races was the incompetence of the Southern Song Dynasty. If Zhao Gou could restore the Central Plains and recover his hometown, these three people and the millions of Han people who were officials in the north would have been used by the Southern Song Dynasty.

Shi Tianze's words were not unreasonable, and Zhao Liangchun couldn't refute it for a moment. After thinking about it, he sighed and said to Shi Tianze: "You go. I won't make things difficult for you. You go back and say to the Han people who serve foreign races: It's different now. The court is determined to regain their hometowns, and they must also recognize the situation. Otherwise, the king's army will never give up when he attacks the Central Plains in the north."

Zhao Liangchun actually let him go, Shi Tianze couldn't believe it and said, "You want to let me go?"

"That's right. For a traitor like you, it's too cheap to deal with you here." Zhao Liangchun nodded and said, "I want to deal with you the best place not here, but in Xiangyang, and Guo Kan and Zhang Hongfan. It was you three Han talents that made Xiangyang fall. Guo Kan planned a plan to attack Xiangyang, and you implemented this plan with your own hands. Zhang Hongfan defeated the most likely opportunity to deal with Xiangyang. The best place to deal with you three is in Xiangyang!"
Chapter completed!