Guo Ning is a soldier, but he doesn't like the protracted war that drags on for years. He is more willing to spend a long time preparing for war, and once he takes action, he will be like thunder and decide the outcome in the shortest time.
In the early years, his own strength was not strong enough. If he wanted to win a quick victory, he could only rely on himself to take the lead and fight with the lives of his soldiers.
Now that his military strength was so strong and he was approaching Kaifeng, he wanted a quick victory, so he deliberately exposed some flaws to allow the enemy's elite soldiers to attack.
Wanyan Congtan and other generals who were fighting against Guo Ning at this moment were the last batch of generals among the Jurchens. Their judgment on the battlefield was correct, but they absolutely did not know the weaknesses of the iron artillery and the new stone-throwing machine.
After they were subjected to fierce bombardment, they would definitely think that the army would be shattered to pieces sooner or later under the bombardment of iron artillery.
Well, some people will be shaken and some people will be discouraged. The real elite warriors will choose to assault the iron artillery firing position to destroy this huge threat.
But what they didn't know was that although Guo Ning used advanced weapons, he did not pin his hope of victory on the weapons themselves.
In Guo Ning's impression, the Song people had foot armor and divine arm bows, but they were never a match for the Khitans and Jurchens; he also vaguely remembered the future generations in his dreams, where there were so-called Jiang family dynasties who mastered the gifts of foreign countries. , a murderous weapon capable of arming hundreds of thousands of people, but in the end it cannot beat the Xiaomi rifle.
What can determine the outcome of a war are the variables surrounding advanced weapons, and more importantly, the people themselves. Therefore, what Guo Ning relies on is people, and what he wants to eliminate is also people.
As soon as this elite group of Jin troops arrives, the navy will definitely be waiting for them, and they will definitely be gathered together and annihilated. Once these elites are destroyed, the rest of the battle will become easier and easier.
In order to realize this trap, the cavalry on the left and right wings of Ding Haijun had been ordered in advance and were ready to press towards the center at any time. The Chinese army also specially raised a hot air balloon and sent sentries with good eyesight to watch from above to ensure that the Jin army Any movement is unavoidable.
However, there was a cavalry of 500 people among the Jin army. They were running rapidly. The sentries thought that they were to cover the Jin army's frontal offensive and were ready to prevent the Ding navy's kidnap horses from outflanking... It turned out that they seemed to have made a big circle. , In fact, I decided to attack here early in the morning!
And the long moraine they used for cover was only two miles to the north from the iron artillery firing position!
At this time, the stone machine has not yet been retracted, and the car formation has completely spread out. If the entire ambush circle was used to deal with five hundred cavalry, it would be overkill, but the bait in the ambush circle was at a time when it was easy to lose.
After all, this is a new gadget made with a huge amount of copper coins, and Guo Ning has high hopes for its subsequent research and development.
Although I hate to let my children catch the wolf, I always cherish my own children, how can I really use them to feed the wolves?
Guo Ning laughed twice and saw that Zhang Lin was still waiting, so he waved to him quickly: "Hurry up and gather the convoy and form a formation!" Fortunately, he was in the midst of tens of thousands of troops on full alert, and there were many camps surrounding him.
Marching and fighting is like playing chess. He has a lot of chess pieces in his hand, just to see when they will fall, so he will not be caught off guard.
Guo Ning pointed at the Chinese army behind him, and then pointed to his left side to indicate: "Don't pay attention to the various ministries and continue fighting as usual. The Chinese army immediately mobilized two thousand people to set up a formation here to stop the enemy." With an order, the flags were urgent. pass.
In the main army of the Chinese army behind, two thousand soldiers stood up and rolled forward in formation. At the same time, Zhang Lin led several people back and forth, urging the stone cart to be collected.
Several of the stone-making carts had their piles placed at the four corners stuck in the sand, unable to be pulled out in any way. He immediately ordered it to be dismantled and moved the vehicle quickly.
Ni Yi, Dong Jin and others were worried that the infantry would not arrive in time, so they began to check their armor and stomach weapons, and hundreds of attendants and cavalry also followed suit to make preparations.
For a moment, the soft sounds of beetle leaves clanking came one after another, and the atmosphere suddenly became solemn. Behind the long moraine, dust suddenly rose.
The sound of horse hooves tapping the ground became increasingly clear. Under the flying dust, the golden knight began to cross the top of the two-foot-high slope.
Ten cavalry, twenty cavalry, more and more, some people directly changed to tall horses for charging at the top of the slope.
Immediately, another majestic cavalryman jumped out of the horse. This person set up a pergola with his hands, and after a while on the top of the slope to identify his direction, he immediately rushed down with dozens of riders, without even waiting for his companions to gather behind him!
If it were an ordinary cavalry, it would be slightly organized at this time in order to explode the maximum combat effectiveness during the charge, but Monk Wanyan Chen is not an ordinary cavalry. In the past few years, he has continued to gain experience in the war, and he has gained more and more experience. Make radical but correct choices.
This time, his choice was right. Although his subordinates were not all present, the Dinghai navy troops that rushed to intercept from the Chinese army had just arrived, and the marching column had not even been disbanded.
Although the archers in the team fired arrows repeatedly and shot down several cavalry, they could not stop the cavalry from charging. Most of the cavalry followed Monk Wanyan Chen and rushed into the loose enemy formation with a desperate spirit.
Immediately, they shouted and urged their horses to circle around and start slashing and killing. Before going into battle today, Monk Chen bandaged his injuries and had a full meal; before the fight, he drank some wine.
He put on his best set of fine iron armor and eyebrow helmet, a Jurchen-style white embroidered plate-collared robe, and deerskin gloves on both hands.
He had a straight knife and a short knife hanging on his waist, and a round shield on his back. He also carried two Hulu full of arrows, two bows and an iron spear slung on his horse. The whole person could be described as armed. To the teeth.
The moment he entered the battle, the war horse was the fastest, and his two front hooves stamped hard on the chest of a blocking infantryman, crushing his ribs and causing blood to fly out of his mouth.
There are infantrymen holding shields in their hands, trying to intercept them from the diagonal thrust. The horse's hoof fell and stepped on the surface of the shield, knocking the foot soldier holding the shield to the ground.
The infantryman's forearm was tied up with the leather band behind the shield. Before he could withdraw, the bones and muscles of the entire forearm were flattened.
The infantrymen screamed loudly and stabbed the horse's legs with a straight sword. Monk Wanyan Chen was condescending, holding an iron spear upside down and a pestle. The iron spear dug into the chest of the soldier, and flesh and blood came out from under the right rib.
In just one moment, four or five more soldiers gathered in front of them. Their swift movements and tenacity in fighting spirit were completely unaffected by the deaths of their companions one after another.
Monk Wanyan Chen did not dare to fight, so he swept across with his iron spear, forcing them to move away. Then he rushed out from the gap between the two soldiers.
Behind the gap, he bumped into a captain who was stabbing with a gun. Seeing the cold light reflecting off the sharp spear tip, coming right in front of him, Monk Wanyan Chen roared wildly, tried his best to sidestep, and thrust out the iron spear again.
Iron spears and spears crossed in the air, and the spear pierced Monk Wanyan Chen's left shoulder armor, making a clanging sound and bounced away.
And that team was stabbed in the right shoulder socket by an iron spear. Monk Wanyan Chen took advantage of the momentum of his horse, grasped the iron spear with both arms, pushed the team back, and immediately nailed them to the ground.
As the team struggled, the iron spears trembled violently. Monk Wanyan Chen let go of his hand, pulled out the straight knife from his waist, and shouted loudly: "Follow me! Continue to disrupt the enemy!" When Monk Wanyan Chen was in Zhongdu, he once witnessed the Ding navy fighting bravely and killing the Mongols. They were beaten and fled in embarrassment.
At this time, it seems that the fierceness of this army has not diminished. In terms of personal martial arts training and tactical proficiency, it seems to be stronger than before!
In just this charge, half of the twenty or so cavalrymen who initially accompanied him into the battle were reduced. While the enemy army is responding to the impact of cavalry, it can also change its formation and try to perfect its blocking posture... This kind of well-trained army is really terrifying!
But Monk Wanyan Chen would not be intimidated. The stronger the enemy, the more intense his fighting spirit became. With the remaining ten or so cavalry, he shouted for battle and galloped forward again.
This time, he bypassed the soldiers along the way and rushed specifically towards the lieutenants, captains and even higher-ranking officers who were busy commanding.
Behind him, the Jin cavalry who kept coming across Changqi followed suit. Not long after rushing, Monk Wanyan Chen bumped into an unusually strong general.
This general is Yu Xing, a veteran soldier in the Ding Navy and a military academy graduate. After Yu Xing saw Monk Yan Chen rushing towards him, he didn't even retreat. Instead, he stood on the same spot, showing a provocative posture.
At this time, the sun was scorching in the sky, and the hot wind was raising sand and dust, almost carrying Monk Wanyan, Chen, and other riders as they rushed forward. In the blink of an eye, the two sides had already encountered each other.
Monk Wanyan Chen was waiting for him to use his swords and swords to kill this small group of enemies. However, he heard Yu Xing yell loudly, and more than ten sword and shield wielders around him stood up in a fish scale formation.
Among the closely arranged shields, only Yu Xing leaned out half of his body, swung his huge mace, aimed it at Monk Wanyan Chen's horse head and knocked it off.
A vicious storm arose, and the war horse subconsciously moved to the side to avoid, so Monk Wanyan Chen's slashing action turned into a block.
His horse stumbled and fell, his arm was bruised, and now he seemed to have lost a little strength. The straight knife itself is far less heavy than the mace. When the two sides touch, it will fly out.
Yu Xing shouted with joy, intending to catch up and fight again. Monk Wanyan Chen crossed his horse with his legs and rushed past the fish scale formation.
After rushing a dozen steps, he gritted his teeth and shook his hand, took out his riding bow, turned over and fired an arrow. Yu Xing was caught off guard and when he ducked out of the way, the arrow grazed his cheek.
His big, chubby face was suddenly torn open, and two of his teeth flew out. When He Xue spat out his broken teeth, he reached out to cover his face, but the wounds on his face were deep enough to see the bones, and blood gurgled out from between his fingers, unable to stop it.
The heavy bleeding in a short period of time made Yu Xing dizzy and weak, and he sat down on the ground. And Monk Wanyan Chen rushed towards the next group of Ding Haijun like a whirlwind.
Guo Ning had been reining in his horse and waiting beside the car formation, watching the episodes in the war with great interest.
It wasn't until Monk Wanyan Chen repeatedly charged into the battle that a slightly surprised look appeared on his face. After watching for a moment, he said again: "The enemy general is so courageous!"
