Chapter 154 Back and Forth
Now that the war has come, any calculations are meaningless. It's just a matter of fighting with life, equipment, horses, and courage. But no matter what, the generals are always an extremely important link in the fight. At least they have the final say on how to fight.
Thanks to Yue Fei's strategy of dividing and deploying troops, the original front-line commander Pucha Hubalu and his ten Meng'an under Changsha City were lured to Changge by Ma Gao and others, so the real commander of the Jin army's front line at this time temporarily became the young Wanhu Da?.
Da? is the younger brother of Databuye who died before, and the successor of Da clan, a prominent family in Bohai, in the Jin army... Of course, it is okay to say that Da clan is the royal family of Bohai, because the word "Da" itself evolved from the meaning of leader, and Da clan of Bohai had established the Bohai Kingdom, which was known as the prosperous country in the east of the sea, as early as the Tang Dynasty, but it was later destroyed by Yelu Abaoji.
It was precisely because of this, and the fact that during the rise of the Jurchens, the Bohai people revolted and attempted to establish the Greater Bohai Kingdom, that by the time of Wanyan Aguda, this Da clan, which had great prestige and strength in the Jurchens' original territory, immediately received the Wanyan clan's sincere solicitation and alliance. The two sides generally formed marriages, and the Da clan in fact enjoyed a transcendent status in the Jin Dynasty second only to the royal family.
How to say it?
This nobleman of the Jin Dynasty, who had just been promoted to the rank of Wanhu, was not without military experience, nor did he not understand the Jin army's military laws, nor had he not fought in previous wars... However, facing the military orders conveyed by Wanyan Talan and the reinforcements of the two Meng'ans, this Wanhu became a little hesitant.
He suddenly didn't want to fight anymore.
There are many reasons and they are all very simple… For example, his brother died at the hands of the Song people, and if nothing unexpected happened, he should have died at the hands of the owner of the Yue flag in front of him, and he was a little scared; for another example, when the army gathered here before, the fourth prince Wanyan Wushu abandoned him when selecting the elite, and he couldn't help feeling a little resentful; for another example, these days, Wanyan Talai and Wanyan Nianhan have been planning to set up a vassal state in Henan, and everyone knows it. What makes it difficult for this Bohai royal family to accept is that a few newly surrendered Han people can easily establish a country and proclaim themselves emperors, governing hundreds of millions of people and more than a dozen states and counties, while they, the Da clan, the dignified Bohai royal family and the Wanyan clan's in-laws, cannot even divide a state or a county… So their resentment is even greater!
In a word, since I don’t know when, this great general of Bohai no longer wanted to fight to the death, at least he didn’t want to fight with his own life!
However, the Jin army had strict military discipline. Since the right deputy marshal had personally ordered him to lead the cavalry to break through, he had to lead the troops to break through personally, otherwise he would still die!
"Follow me, follow me to dig in!" After a few random thoughts flashed through his mind, Da? suddenly raised his cowhide hand guard and cheered up. "Today I am invincible!"
The two new Meng'an (Thousand-man Team, Thousand-man Captain) who had arrived behind him and Da?'s own core Meng'an were also suddenly inspired when they heard the words, and they all worked hard!
Immediately, three complete Jin army Meng'an, all of whom were fresh troops and the largest mobile force that Da? could organize in a short period of time on the battlefield, began to arrange in a tight formation - the heavily armored cavalry moved forward, holding their spears, and the cavalry without horse armor automatically moved backwards, with bows and arrows in hand, and followed behind Wanhu Da?, slowly turning around to the side and rear, but in order to keep some distance and make room for the charge.
The dense cavalry of the Jin army began to move on a large scale. Their vests, armor, spear tips, and bow and arrow tips began to shine with a chilling light in the spring afternoon sun... Even before the charge began, the Jin army itself had already begun to unconsciously feel a surge of adrenaline, and the entire army began to be excited, while the Song army on the battlefield could not help but feel fear and began to worry about the battle situation... This was an instinctive reaction of both sides due to their respective war experiences.
Everyone knows how terrible the hard chiseling of the Jin army's armored cavalry is! In Hedian, Taiyuan, and Tongguan, the Jin army relied on repeated cavalry chiseling to carve out a powerful and prestigious Jin Kingdom!
"General!"
On the top of Changsha City, Cheng Min, who had been watching the battle in the southeast of the city, couldn't help but look at Han Shizhong. "Open the city gate, I will lead the Beiwei Army to charge, and I will definitely be able to hold back one or two Meng'an!"
Han Shizhong, who was sitting on the edge of the collapsed city wall in full armor, was playing with a dagger in his hand. Hearing this, he did not look at the battlefield or Cheng Min at all. He just shook his head slowly and said, "It's not time yet. Wait a little longer!"
Cheng Min shut up immediately, but Wang Shan, the commander of the Tokyo Garrison, hesitated a little: "Captain, this is probably the last chance. Once Yue Fei's 10,000 men who crossed the river first are defeated, the troops behind and those under the Wang banner will probably not be able to catch up, and defeat will be inevitable... Why wait?"
After all, Wang Shan was a guest general, and both sides had worked hard together in the city for two or three months, so they had some feelings for each other. Therefore, Han Shizhong told the truth directly:
"Because the Jin army is too impatient... How long has the war started and they are already trying to force their way in?"
Be it Wang Shan, Cheng Min, or Jie Yuan who had just returned from patrolling other places on the city wall, they were all stunned when they heard this.
Han Shizhong, who was sitting there, turned his head and looked towards the southeast of the city, where a large group of Jin cavalry had already begun to pull away and were slowly moving forward under the leadership of a large flag, and sneered:
"Drilling through with a hard hammer is powerful, but is it that easy? Once the hammer is driven down, the frontal army formation will certainly be lost, but the Jin army itself will also lose a large piece of flesh alive... The Jin army is so hasty and does not care about casualties. It can only be said that the real killer who came to support the royal army this time is still behind. They have to deal with the 10,000 people crossing the river as soon as possible!"
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