Chapter 23 The Doomsday of Guo Kan
Chapter 213 Guo Kan’s Doomsday
"Babys, cheer up and kill all the Nanman. The emperor will reward you beautiful women, glowing gold, beautiful silk, and delicious blister kitchen." Haha, riding on the horse, waved the scimitar in his hand, shouting loudly, inspiring the morale of the army: "The emperor has said that after winning a battle, everything here is yours. You can enjoy the warmth of a woman's breasts, you can use beautiful jewelry, you can eat delicious food, and you can wear the beautiful silk three layers inside and three layers outside. Babies, hurry up and rush out." He slapped the horse.
There is an old Chinese saying that "there will be a dead husband under heavy rewards." This makes sense. The Mongolian army is surrounded and at a disadvantage, so the morale will naturally be much lower. The morale of the army is a little unstable. Although Guo Kan has taken a series of measures, it still has not fully recovered. Haha, the problem is different. The Mongolian army, which was originally a bit unsuccessful, was shot out of greed in their eyes, shouting in unison, and rushed out like flying, running faster than a rabbit.
When an army was defeated, disappointment was even more terrible than a plague and was transmitted quickly. Similarly, when the morale of an army began to cheer up, it would also be transmitted quickly. Haha, the morale here was greatly boosted, which soon affected other troops, especially the phrase "The things here are yours", which made the Mongolian army's morale boost. They all boosted their strength and wanted to make a fuss.
The roar of greed, the shouts of moving ground, and the boundless sound of killing were intertwined, forming a song of sin. The Mongolian army rushed towards the first position like a tide.
Du Dayong, who stood on the hill, saw all this in his eyes. The always calm and rarely angry strategist flashed with anger and said coldly, "The Tartars should be punished!" He said to the gunners around him: "You have seen and heard. This is the insatiable Tartars. I don't know how many bad things they have done in the Central Plains. Now is the time for us to use the weapons in our hands to seek justice for the people. Fire!"
Blood and passion are the most basic requirements of soldiers. The Song army took the Mongolian army's face in their eyes and was angry in their hearts. They were already angry. Even if Du Dayong didn't say it, they knew what to do and said in unison: "Fire the cannon! Fire the cannon!"
With their shouts, a fire net appeared in the air and fell straight into the Mongolian army. After a shocking explosion, one after another appeared on the ground, countless broken limbs and broken arms, and splashed blood. I don’t know how many Mongolian soldiers died.
Artillery is a nightmare for the Mongolian army. Previously, Hahaer told the soldiers that the Southern Song Dynasty artillery had been destroyed by the Mongolian army. The soldiers believed it true, but they did not expect that this was not the case at all. The Southern Song Dynasty not only had artillery, but also had a large number. The Mongolian soldiers were so scared that they were stunned and their dream of getting rich was shattered.
Haha's the reason why he dared to tell the soldiers that there were no artillery in the Southern Song Dynasty was because according to Guo Kan's judgment, it was impossible for the Southern Song Dynasty to deploy artillery before they launched a counterattack. Haha's judgment of Guo Kan has never been doubtful, thinking that since this is the case, why not make up a story and inspire the morale of the army to have such a lie.
Facts are better than words. Amid the roar of the Southern Song cannons, Haha's lies are self-defeating. Du Dayong is particularly good at seizing opportunities and ordered the soldiers to shout: "Tartars, come and taste the power of our cannons!"
When things got to this point, even the pigs knew that the Southern Song Dynasty was very well prepared, so that the Mongolian soldiers would not rush up to die, and the offensive would be stopped immediately.
Haha, when he saw something was wrong, he shouted: "Babys, hurry up. Don't you want to get rich?"
Isn't he nonsense? Who doesn't want to get rich? However, if you are lucky and rich, you can't do anything you can't enjoy. The soldiers are still unwilling to rush forward. Haha, the scimitar in your hand turns into an arc, and the soldiers' heads move.
It would be fine if he didn't cut, but the problem would be big, because the Song army's artillery was very fierce, and they rushed forward to die. Haha, they could kill many people alone, and they had a greater chance of retreating than moving forward to survive. Of course, they were retreating. The Mongolian army's offensive came quickly and retreated quickly, as if the tide was receding.
At this moment, the Mongolian army shouted, and a shocking sound of hooves sounded. A Mongolian cavalry of no more than 10,000 people rushed towards the retreating army, shouting: "Those who retreated die! Those who advance were rewarded!" Those who retreated died. They did what they said, and one charge came down, and there were more corpses on the ground.
This cavalry was obviously well trained. After one charge, it immediately gathered again. This time it was different. In their formation, a large flag of Guo appeared, and Guo Kan was half lying on the soft couch. With a wave of his right hand, the cavalry shouted: "Those who retreated die! Those who advance were rewarded!" The death charge began again.
The corpse that died under the knife of this cavalry showed the fate of the retreater. The Mongolian soldiers did not dare to retreat any longer. They rushed toward the Song army with a hula. The cavalry supervising the battle was like a plague god, riding on horseback and following behind, ready to deal with the retreating soldiers at any time.
With this cavalry supervised the battle, the Mongolian army had to charge forward fiercely under the threat of death. The tide that had just retreated appeared again and rushed straight to the Song army's positions.
They were greeted by countless grenades and artillery shells that broke through the air. Under the intensive firepower of the Song army, Mongolian soldiers fell down in pieces, and the bodies on the ground were piled up, making them piled up like mountains.
Guo Kan, who was supervising the battle behind, had no expression on his face. Even if there was any change on his face, he could not see it due to disfigurement and kept ordering the Mongolian army to charge.
He had no choice. Although Guo Kan had the title of God and man, he was not a God and in this case, he had no better choice except to fight for a bloody path at any cost. According to his judgment, even if the Song army deployed artillery well, there would not be too many. If it took a long time, the Song army would have more and more artillery, and in that case, the hope would be even more slim.
Facts prove that Guo Kan, the god-like man, was correct, because the Song army's artillery was getting stronger and stronger and denser. It was unnecessary to think that the Song army deployed more and more artillery, and his hope for success was getting slim, and Guo Kan's pupils shrank and smaller.
"Report!" The spy came over and jumped off the horse, and was about to report the situation. Hulagu waved his hand to stop him, took a bag full of milk wine from the guards, threw it to the spy and said, "You can take a breath first."
The spy never expected that Hulagu would give him milk wine. This was a matter of supreme glory. He was so excited that he couldn't even speak, so he kept kowtowing to Hulagu. Hulagu waved his hand, and a guard jumped off the horse, pulled the lucky spy up, pulled the plug open and handed the bag in his hand.
Hulagu was cruel and cruel, and could massacre millions of people at one time, but he did have a way of cleaning up the morale of the army and had to admit this. He had already done this to this extent. It would be wrong if the spy was not moved to tears. He said with tears: "Khan!" He could no longer speak.
In terms of controlling the morale of the army, there are each of the famous generals in history, with different people and different ways of doing it. The most common one is to share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers, eat, drink, live and stay with the soldiers. Such generals are not a small number in Chinese history and world history.
Of course, there are also people who are very different from this. His approach is just the opposite. For example, Huo Qubing, a famous general in Chinese history, his approach is different from that of anyone. He asked him to share the same sweetness with his soldiers, eat, drink, live, stay, stay and clothes, and never think about it. "Records of the Grand Historian" and "Book of Han" repeatedly record that he was rich and did not care about his soldiers. In winter, he wore a warm fox, but some soldiers were frozen to death. In a series of wars he commanded, he was still in a row of wars.
Some things happened, some soldiers starved to death, and he threw the food he could not finish wasted. "Records of the Grand Historian" and "Book of Han" criticized his approach. However, we have to admit that his army can always win battles, and there are many classic works that win the most with few and attack the strong with weak. The reason is that he achieved four words "clear rewards and punishments". In his army, rewards for all achievements, and punishments for all mistakes, without exception.
Another method outside of this is a perverted approach in our current words. This is Wu Qi, a great military strategist who is ranked alongside Sun Wu. The soldier had a sore on his back and he sucked pus with his mouth. This made the mother of the lucky soldier know and cried bitterly. Someone asked the mother that she should be happy to be able to get the love of Wu Qi, the general, and it would be unreasonable for you to cry. The mother said that his son would definitely die on the battlefield, and he was crying for his son. Facts proved that this soldier really died heroically on the battlefield.
Hulagu's approach is similar to Wu Qi's perverted approach. Wu Qi is famous in history for sharing woe with his soldiers, and his army can always win battles. However, his approach was criticized. Some people say that he is too distorted. Without a general, how could a general be mixed with his soldiers? Compared with Hulagu, a spy is more than 100,000 miles apart, but he gives such a glorious reward, which no one can imagine, and at the same time, it is enviable.
"You can tell the soldiers about this and tell them that as long as they make meritorious service, Ben Khan will not be stingy with any rewards, including horses, wine, milk, cool, sheep, cattle, gold, silk, women, slaves, all of you." Hulagu read out from the enchanting eyes of the soldiers and seized the opportunity to clean up the morale of the soldiers.
The generals naturally had nothing to say and said together: "Abide by the order!"
The spy took a sip of the milk wine, stuffed the plug, and carefully put the milk wine away.
Hulagu asked, "Why don't you drink the horse milk wine that Ben Khan gave you?"
The spy was moved and said, "Khan, I want to keep it and drink it slowly."
"Well, tell me the situation." Xu Liexu praised his performance very much.
The spy immediately said: "Khan, Guo Kan's army is in a very critical situation now. The Southern Dynasties have broken through his five positions, and his army has suffered heavy casualties."
Guo Kan was in a siege, and it was reasonable to be besieged by the Song army. Xulagu had no doubt at all. What surprised him was that Guo Kan was defeated so quickly. In his opinion, Guo Kan was Guo Kan after all. Even if he was unfavorable and could not break through the siege, it was a tough bone to crack. It would be no problem to support for a month. Unexpectedly, the Song army broke through several positions in just a few days, which was too unexpected to him, and said, "Tell me more."
"At the beginning, Lord Guo thought that the Southern Dynasty would launch artillery bombardment before attacking, and ordered the army to be withdrawn from its position as before. Unexpectedly, the Southern Dynasty's fighting style was different from any previous one. There was no artillery bombardment, but directly attacked and took the first position." The spy began to report on the situation.
Hu Tuhu said angrily: "This Guo Kan is a god-like man. He evacuated the army from the formation. Isn't it obvious that he handed over the position to the Southern Dynasty?"
His words came to the hearts of the generals, and they all agreed, "Yes! Is this a god?"
Hulagu explained it another way, saying: "Zhonghe's approach is not wrong. Bombardment or not shelling is either false or real. If the army is not withdrawn, the Southern Dynasties will inevitably be shelling, and the losses will be heavy. The fault is not Zhonghe, but Zhonghe ignored his opponent. This is a very terrible opponent, and his talent is only above Zhonghe, not below him. Who else is the master general of the Southern Dynasties on the southern line except Zhang Shijie?"
"Gundam." The spy answered immediately.
Hulagu immediately rejected: "It's not Gundam. Gundam is good at fighting and is a tiger general of the Southern Dynasty, but he is not Zhonghe's opponent. Zhang Shijie cannot defeat Zhonghe, but there is someone else. Could it be that the emperor of the Southern Dynasty is on the southern front?"
"Impossible? The Southern Emperor is clearly on the Eastern Front. Even if he wants to set the Southern Front from afar, it will not be so fast." Luo Sike immediately expressed his opinion.
Hulagu nodded and said, "This makes sense." He thought for a while and said, "It's him!"
Although Guo Kan suffered a lot of defeats, his prestige in the Mongolian army was still unshakable. He followed Hulagu's Western Expedition and won the title of God. Hulagu and other generals were very convinced by him. Unexpectedly, he was so serious that he was now considered to be a stern person. They naturally wanted to know this capable man, and looked at Hulagu together to hear the answer.
Hulagu understood their thoughts and did not disappoint them, saying, "This person is Du Dayong."
Du Dayong was extremely talented, but he was behind the scenes most of the time and had not led his troops to the battlefield personally. Therefore, the Mongols did not have a deep impression of him. When the generals heard this, they disagreed. Hu Tu said, "It's that baby in his twenties? He has not had a bad breast. Can he be Zhonghe's opponent?"
His words were immediately supported by the generals and he said, "Yes."
Hulagu is Hulagu, but his performance is different from anyone else. He glanced at the generals coldly and said, "Ben Khan wants to tell you that since ancient times, he said, 'Don't judge heroes by success or failure'. Now what Ben Khan wants to tell you is not to judge heroes by age. You have never studied in your life and know too little about the Han people. There is a baby hero named Gan Luo who went to Zhao State when he was twelve years old and took back five cities for Qin State. Without using one soldier and one soldier from Qin State, do you think it is a hero?"
The story of Ganluo's twelve prefaces has been passed down to be a legend throughout the ages, but people have ignored Qin Shihuang's courage. He dared to use Ganluo, who was only twelve years old. If he changed someone, he might only regard Ganluo's words as Wuji's child words and would not reuse him at all.
To capture five cities, at least tens of thousands of troops must be dispatched, with several bloody battles and many casualties, they can only achieve this. They know very well. They can do it without a single soldier. They must admit that Gan Luo is a great hero, and they all said: "Count it."
"The Han people also have a famous hero named Huo Qubing. At the age of eighteen, he led 800 heroes, more than 1,000 miles away from the main force, and killed more than 2,000 Xiongnu people. When he was twenty, he led the Han army to attack the Hexi Corridor. The total force of two times was less than 30,000, but he defeated the 240,000 Xiongnu troops in the Hexi Corridor." Xulagu continued to teach his subordinates a lesson and said, "He has no rear, no supplies, no reinforcements, no reinforcements, who can do it?"
All the generals knew this and thought they could not do it, and they were all silent.
Hulagu warned: "You must always remember what Ben Khan said today: There is no age limit for heroes, only more or less merits!"
"Remember the Khan's teachings!" The generals dared not to obey.
"What happened later?" Hulagu asked the spy.
The spy then reported: "Return to Khan. Lord Guo found out that he was deceived and immediately mobilized the army to counterattack."
"When the Southern Dynasty has not yet gained a foothold and the artillery cannot exert its power, the time is chosen well." Hulagu praised: "Zhonghe is Zhonghe!"
However, the spy's next words made him drench a cold water. The spy said: "But, Lord Guo's attack stopped the artillery. The artillery of the Southern Dynasty seemed to be worthless and kept pouring out, and our people died one after another."
Although Hulagu was calm and always maintained his rationality, not to influence his emotions, he couldn't help but say in surprise: "The Southern Dynasty bombed with cannons?" He also made a judgment like Guo Kan. Unexpectedly, things unexpectedly went unexpectedly, so he couldn't help but be surprised.
"Yes, Khan." The spy continued: "Mr. Guo personally led people to supervise the battle and killed more than 10,000 people to stabilize the situation. Our people kept blowing and rushing, and the one behind stepped on the corpse in front rushed forward, but they just couldn't take the position."
Luo Sike immediately expressed his opinion and said, "This Guo Kan, he is so unhappy in his soldiers."
Hulagu waved his hand to stop the invasion and continued, saying, "I'll tell you that Guo Kan was unmoved and still ordered an attack. He had to retreat until he had no choice but to retreat. Due to the excessive number of soldiers who died under the artillery fire, his morale was greatly affected. With the support of artillery, the Southern Dynasty broke through his five lines of defense in one fell swoop. Now Zhonghe can count the time he can hold on with his fingers." He said it very well, to put it bluntly, it is Guo Kan's doomsday has arrived!
Although he had not been to the scene in person, he spoke as if he was buckles. The spy opened his mouth wide and couldn't close it.
Chapter completed!