There is nothing we can do about it.
After the war upstream was fully launched, Han Shizhong personally urged the Beiwei Army to advance to this place as a vulnerable part. It can be said that this was the place where the Song army's offensive was the most fierce, and it can also be said that it was a battlefield where the Song army had the upper hand.
But having the advantage does not mean that the Song army can crush the enemy with ease and advance like a tide.
There were casualties, but for the heavy cavalry and heavy infantry of both sides, as long as the formation did not collapse and the morale did not collapse, large-scale casualties were almost a joke, especially since the drizzling spring rain had not yet seriously affected the movement of war horses and livestock, it had already made one of the main armor-piercing and killing means of the two armies... that is, heavy arrows and crossbows, ineffective.
Just as Liu Yan said, when the Ke Di bow is taken out and three arrows are fired, the range and accuracy are completely different from those of other weapons. And the eldest brother does not laugh at the second brother, the same is true for the close-range hard bows and heavy arrows that the Jin army has always relied on.
There was also an advance. Han Shizhong used the Beiwei Army as the vanguard and let Jie Yuan use another elite unit of his own as a flank to hold off the sudden attack. Then he brought in Li Shifu as the rear support. It can be said that he had the elite troops, the manpower, and the morale. There was no reason why he could not overwhelm the enemy.
However, the formations of both armies were too thick, so the battles were often like what was happening now. The Beiwei Army used cavalry against cavalry to defeat the Jin Army's successive advances using the tactics of the Crooked Horse. Taking advantage of the situation, they advanced more than a hundred steps, and a new group of Jin Army cavalry advanced from the gap again using the tactics of the Crooked Horse. The original defeated soldiers were able to get a short respite in the rear, and then demonstrated the unique resilience of the Jurchen cavalry, and rejoined the reserve battle line after just a slight reorganization.
This kind of scene is typical of anxiety.
At this point, the Jin army wants to maintain the stalemate, and the Song army wants to break the stalemate.
This is a test for both sides.
The rain was obviously coming in waves, making both sides anxious and irritated. Then the rain eased up again, and in the chaos, in the thick battle line that had just been forced back more than a hundred steps by Han Shizhong's big banner, Pushan Wuzhe suddenly noticed that dozens of elite Jurchen Iron Buddhas were coming from the distant high ground.
Pushan Wuzhe knew that this was Wanyan Bendu's personal guard just by looking at the iconic vest, and then he gritted his teeth and went to meet them - he just thought that his repeated retreats had caused Bendu's dissatisfaction, so he was going to be scolded again.
"What does the Commander-in-Chief (Wanyan Bendu) have to say?"
He felt irritated, and his speech also became agitated.
"Not the commander-in-chief." It was unexpected but reasonable. The person who answered was a familiar voice. The other party took off his mask and it turned out to be Pusan Wuzhe's good friend Pucha Asa. This person was indeed one of Wanyan Bendu's trusted guards, but now he was just a Puliyan. "It's the King of Wei."
"What did the King of Wei say?" Wuzhe, who had originally relaxed a little due to the arrival of his good friend, felt a chill in his heart again.
"The King of Wei knew that Han Shizhong came from your place, and was worried that you could not resist, so he sent people to find the commander-in-chief (Wanyan Bendu) to inquire about the battle situation. But didn't it rain heavily for a while before? It was a little unclear, so the commander-in-chief asked me to come down and take a look." Pucha Asa said in a relaxed tone.
What do you mean by knowing that it comes from us father and son, and you are so worried that you can't resist it?
Wuzhe was immediately furious, but he couldn't get angry at a brave man like Asa.
On the other side, Asa asked a few questions and observed for a while. He found that the Jin army was losing ground and could only rely on the resilience of the crooked horses to cover the retreat of the battle line. But he finally frowned:
"If this is the case, I'm afraid you won't be able to hold out until noon, and Han Shizhong will be able to push you all the way to the high ground?"
"That's right." Wuzhe responded helplessly.
"Shall I tell the King of Wei like this?" Pucha Asa asked tentatively.
"What else can we do?" Wuzhe blurted out.
Asa didn't care and could only push up his armor and turn back.
But at this moment, there was another loud noise in front. Asa looked back in surprise and saw that the Jin army's front line was in disarray due to the renewed attack of the Song army's cavalry under the urging of the unparalleled banner. He was shocked for a moment, but the Wuzhe had already adapted to it and quickly issued military orders to continue to maintain the front line.
When the military order was issued, Wuzhe withdrew his gaze from the large banner several hundred steps ahead. He was originally planning to send someone to ask his father to mobilize another batch of reinforcements from the rear to replace the part of the front army whose morale was gradually declining. But when he turned his head to look at Asa who was standing there and watching curiously, his heart could not help but move a little.
"Asa." Wuzhe took the initiative to speak.
"What is it?"
"To be honest, I originally wanted to go and get Han Shizhong's head myself, but I have an important responsibility, and I have also fulfilled my father's words to take charge of the front line, so I cannot attack without authorization..."
"You want me to go?" Although Asa was a brave man, he was not a fool.
"Don't you call yourself the bravest warrior of the Longde Prefecture's marching division? Can't you kill a bull with one punch? Didn't you lift a baggage cart stuck in the mud in front of the Fourth Prince on the march? Now is a good opportunity. Although Han Shizhong is a great general, he is so old and has fought for a whole morning. How can he be your opponent? I will give you five Moukes as backup. If you succeed, it will be a great achievement..."
"Don't you want this achievement?" Asa suddenly interrupted.
"I am the young master of the Pushan tribe and the nephew of the great ancestor. Do I lack a path to promotion? When the time comes, I will naturally have wealth and honor... I am doing this for the country and the war situation... If Han Shizhong can be killed here, the Song army's offensive will be abandoned halfway!" Wuzhe tried to respond. "On the contrary, Asa, don't tell me that you didn't have the intention of climbing up when you deliberately lifted the carriage in front of the King of Wei that day... How could I compete with you for credit?"
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