At the beginning of the rise of the Jin Dynasty, he used his troops like a god, conquered and conquered, and was invincible in the world. The elite of its cavalry has never been seen since ancient times.
Later, when King Hailing attacked the Song Dynasty, he mobilized 560,000 horses and demonstrated his extremely large cavalry dispatching ability. By the time of Emperor Sejong's reign, there were still 470,000 horses, 130,000 cattle, 870,000 sheep, and 4,000 camels in the nine herding stations in northern Xinjiang. In Henan, Shandong and other places, there were always 10,000 cavalry. two thousand.
As a result, in the battle the year before last, the Mongolian army, with the Khitan Yelu Tuhua as their guide, swept through all the herding stations in northern Xinjiang and drove away all their horses. The literati who attached themselves to Mongolia wrote a poem about this, saying: "I have obtained an additional 400,000 yuan of gold, which is unrivaled in the world."
The Mongolian army was strengthened and its military strength was greatly strengthened; while the Jin army was forced to realize the transformation from cavalry to infantry. In order to reorganize the cavalry, the imperial court even issued a private law to collect the dead horses of the defeated army, announcing that each high-quality horse was worth fifty taels of silver, and anyone who hid the horse secretly would be killed and hanged.
This decree had little effect, but the political embarrassment of the court was real.
Hu Shahu ran rampant with his thousands of cavalry horses and heavily armored knights without any scruples, because he knew very well that no matter how strong Yang An'er's troops were, there was no way he could match his superiority in cavalry in a field battle.
Not only Yang An'er was unable to defeat the traitor, but looking at Hebei and Zhongdu, even the two commanders Wan Yan Gang and Shu Hu Gao Qi, who were now the pillars of the imperial court, had absolutely no such powerful cavalry!
Although they led tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of troops, they could not have more than a thousand cavalry, and most of them were reorganized after the defeat. Regardless of the equipment level, training level and even mutual cooperation, they must be far inferior to Hu Shahu's. Ministry of elites.
Those cavalry are just show-stoppers. Facing the harassment of the Mongolian cavalry, they could only sit and defend the city, passively being beaten.
In Hu Shahu's view, only the cavalry under his command can truly inherit Daikin's tradition of being good at riding. These warriors who have been fighting in the north and south for more than ten years are by no means comparable to ordinary people.
Only they can compete with the Mongolian army in the wild. Only if they join the battlefield can they play the entire chess game, connect the Jin army that is tied up in various border fortresses, and then stabilize the overall situation of the entire northern front!
The forbearance in the past few years and the deliberate concessions on the battlefield in the past few years are all for the current situation. The weaker the Jin Dynasty became, and the more difficult it was to maintain the front line, the more it had to rely on the powerful Jurchen nobles. And who else could the so-called "powerful Jurchen nobles" be?
Hu Shahu came to Zhuozhou this time, intending to use a heart-wrenching victory to tell everyone that only I, He Shi Lie Zhizhong, are the ones the court should rely on! Those courtiers and Confucian scholars who only talk and chatter should step aside!
Of course, it is only natural to search in Zhuozhou by the way...
Hu Shahu is full of ambition and confidence.
Even if he found an uninvited guest on the battlefield, his confidence did not waver at all.
"Where did those two soldiers come from?" He gently waved his riding whip and asked, "I had never heard before that there was such a force in Zhuozhou."
His assistant Wugu Lunduola replied: "Just now Youyi reported that they should be a group of defeated troops from Xuande, Changzhou and other places back to Hebei. They have been stationed in Zhuozhou for a long time and now call themselves Zhuozhou Volunteers. We plan to enter the city to help defend."
"The defeated troops returned to Hebei?" Hu Shahu said angrily: "Then, they know I am here, how dare they not come to see me?"
"This... ahem... maybe these people have ulterior motives and don't dare to face the marshal's power?" The reason for this was naturally clear to Wu Gu, but he really didn't want to go into details, so he asked: "Marshal, let's Do you need to do something to deal with it?”
Hu Shahu thought for a while and said casually: "Wanyan Chounu is fighting in front, let his troops continue to move forward without being distracted. In addition, slightly strengthen the left wing and push Yang An'er's troops towards Fan Yangcheng, so that we don't have to worry about both sides. "
"Okay." Wugu Lunduola immediately sent a servant to deliver the order.
"Over there in Fanyang City... let Pu Cha Liujin send two hundred men from each of the left and right wings! Those Zhuozhou volunteers are unreliable. Let Pu Cha go directly to the north city and call the door. Tell them that the imperial army is here and ask them to open the door to welcome them! "
Pucha Liujin is Hu Shahu's trusted general. If Hu Shahu is an evil beast, Pucha Liujin is one of the sharpest claws of this evil beast, and it is the kind covered with blood. Hu Shahu had traveled north and south, and Pucha Liujin was responsible for many suppressions and massacres.
At this moment, Hu Shahu mobilized this person again, which shows that although he is arrogant, he actually does not deal with the situation lightly.
"The governor of Zhuozhou is Nian Kaizhen. He had some disputes with us that day. I'm afraid he won't open the door easily." Wugu Lunduola said cautiously.
Hu Shahu looked down at Wugu Lundua, and when Wugu Lundua was sweating on his forehead, he slowly said: "Let Pucha Liujin tell them that if they don't open the door, they are against me, against the court, and they are thieves." ! When I enter the city, I will first kill Nian Jiezhen, and then all the thieves in the city! Tell him not to imitate the Laishui County Magistrate and seek death on his own!"
"Yes! Yes!" Wu Gu said that he was a confidant in seizing Laorao, but he did not dare to face the murderous Hu Shahu. He hurriedly resigned and went to Pucha Liujin personally to give him instructions.
After a while, the Guaizima Qingqi, who were originally scattered on both wings, stopped slightly and split into half. The team on the right first moved more than a hundred steps towards Fan Yangcheng, then stopped and waited for the left wing to come and join forces.
The two hundred and fifty cavalry on the left wing were led by Pucha Liujin himself.
Pucha Liujin was born in the Weijie Army of Zhongdu. He always wore an ocher yellow robe representing Zhameng'an's birthplace in Zhongdu, and he also rode a yellow gelding. He rode forward first, like a yellow whirlwind clearing the way for the cavalry. He quickly made a long circle and passed behind Hu Shahu.
In fact, if you pass in front of Hu Shahu, you will go in a straight line and it will be faster. However, Hu Shahu had a violent personality and was moody. In his early years, when a close aide led troops to march, he blocked Hu Shahu's view of the formation, and was immediately killed by Hu Shahu himself. Pucha Liujin didn't dare to touch this bad luck.
After Hu Shahu gave the order, he stopped paying attention to him and continued to observe the battle ahead.
Seeing that Wanyan Chounu's infantry in front were disturbed by uninvited guests outside the battlefield, and the offensive slowed down slightly, he snorted with dissatisfaction, took out a short knife from his waist, and shouted: "Come here!"
A man came up.
Hu Shahu said with a cruel smile: "Without fighting these days, some people have slacked off! You lead a group of people, hold my sword, find the general of the first capital, behead him, and then let Wanyan Chounu unite his troops. Attack fiercely! Anyone who fails to try his best will be killed!"
The man hurriedly fell to the ground to take the dagger, and went forward like a gust of wind.
Hu Shahu squinted his eyes and watched the general who was unfavorable in the battle being beheaded in the formation. Then he ran back and forth with his head held high, shouting encouragement to the troops.
He nodded with satisfaction, looked around, and said in a deep voice: "This is just a little thief in front of us. We will have to deal with more in the future..."
Before he finished speaking, he suddenly heard a panicked movement behind him!
He turned around sharply and saw that the cavalry formation that was a hundred steps away behind him suddenly fell into chaos!
"Who is looking for death?" Hu Shahu roared loudly, as if a rolling thunder struck out of thin air.
When the Guaizima Qingqi were marching around the rear of the central army, they bumped into dozens of cavalry and rushed out from a depression.
Several cavalrymen went to call Pucha Liujin at the same time. Pucha Liujin was in front. He tightened the reins with one hand and looked back.
After looking at it twice, he sneered twice, not taking this group of cavalry seriously.
It turns out that the horses ridden by cavalry are very particular. Generally speaking, the elite cavalry of the Kingdom of Jin consisted of one man and two horses. The horses usually ridden were mostly Mongolian horses, which were characterized by excellent endurance and good at carrying heavy loads. During wartime, tall war horses from the northeastern hinterland were used. The war horses were taller and faster than the walking horses used daily.
Most of the cavalry in front of them were ordinary Mongolian horses, and Pucha Liujin didn't look down on them at all!
Where did these rabble come from? How dare they come to seek death?
There is no need to report such an unstoppable enemy to the marshal. I, Pucha Liujin, can easily handle it!
Pucha Liujin waved his hand and sent out a Jurchen general to lead people up to disperse them.
The two cavalry teams approached quickly, and when they reached a hundred paces, both sides fired with bows and arrows, and then there was another round of hand axes, spear throwing, and the like.
After two rounds of letting go, the cavalry each fell down a few people, and the distance was already within ten steps.
The Jurchen will be dancing with her iron spear, and she has just assumed the posture of stabbing with all her strength. One of the cavalrymen on the opposite side accelerated his horse and arrived in front of him in the blink of an eye.
The knight wore green velvet armor and a phoenix-winged hood, rode a black horse, and also held a military-standard iron spear in his hand. He was obviously a leader. The Jurchen generals only felt that they saw the battle achievements before their eyes, and shouted with joy: "Well done!"
The two of them had no answer, and each drew his gun. The two iron spears clashed with each other in the air, and the two horses passed by each other.
The Jurchens all felt a flash of light in front of their eyes, and then there was severe pain in the jaws of their hands, and they could no longer hold the spear shaft.
"This guy has so much strength!" He cursed secretly, quickly let go and threw away the spear shaft, then leaned over and drew the sword from his waist.
But he never thought that when he leaned down, he saw that the armor on his chest was shattered, and a gap as big as a bowl appeared out of thin air. Within the gap, blood surged out like a fountain, dyeing the horse's back red!
when did it happen? This time you die! With only two thoughts running through their minds, their vision went dark, and they threw themselves on the saddle without moving.
The two cavalry teams crossed each other at full speed, and smoke and dust rose. The knight wearing green velvet armor rushed forward a hundred steps at a breath, and the resistance of dozens of knights was as easy as a sharp blade breaking through grease. The iron spear in his palm came back and forth, seemingly nothing more than forward thrusts, pecks and sideways swings, but every move was as powerful as lightning, and there was no enemy in front of him!
Pucha Liujin was furious and went to greet him personally.
