Chapter 778: Courage (Part 2)

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An ignorant soldier who has just entered the battlefield will probably only evaluate a general on the basis of bravery and boldness.

As you gain more experience, you will realize that being a general requires all five virtues. Of course, different generals will have different emphasis on the five virtues of wisdom, trust, benevolence, courage and strictness.

For example, a general like Guo Ning who came from a rough background relied on courage to start his career. The most important thing when judging enemy generals is courage.

In just a short moment, he praised the enemy general's courage twice in a row, almost making the attendants around him jealous.

However, the courage that Guo Ning said was not limited to his performance when charging. He himself is the best at rushing and killing, so the enemy general in front of him may not be able to catch his eye.

The key point is that this person led the team directly to the convoy, obviously in order to find a flaw and catch him off guard.

But as the iron artillery shows its power, the convoy has become the key to victory or defeat, and the navy must be closely guarded. In this case, the enemy will attack with only 500 cavalry. That is really determined to risk life and death. Use your own life to fight for a glimmer of hope for the successor Jin Army!

The Jurchen regime had been in decline for decades, and when it was about to perish, a group of loyal and brave people emerged one after another.

Perhaps these people have been serving as subordinates for many years, and their path to advancement has been blocked by the Jurchens' own high-ranking officials.

It wasn't until Sui Wang Wanyan Shouxu created a new world in Kaifeng that they were given a chance. It's a pity that they will all die here, and the new sky that the Jurchens have high hopes for will also collapse.

Dong Jin said from the side: "My Lord, the enemy cavalry is coming with great force. We really want him to rush to the carriage camp..." He was not necessarily worried about the artillery carriage. What he actually wanted to say was that if the enemy troops rushed here, Guo Ning would not be afraid. Go into battle in person.

That was inappropriate in any case, and it would be too embarrassing for the generals of the Ding Navy.

"It doesn't matter." Guo Ning pretended not to hear what Dong Jin meant. He held the horse's reins and continued to watch the battle: "The ambush circle set up in the formation is for Wanyan Congtan and others. Don't move for the time being. The team in front of you is Guo Zhongyuan's soldiers, and the leader is Guo Alin. He is reliable... ...They are trying to trap the enemy." Guo Ning knew many of the officers in the Ding Navy.

In addition to Guo Ning remembering his name, Guo Alin also got a saying

The "reliable" evaluation is extraordinary; if this evaluation reaches Guo Alin's ears, it will make him happy for several days.

But Guo Alin was not happy at the moment. He was going all out to gather the queue, completely focused on nothing else.

The main generals of the Ding Navy each have their own subordinates and their own specialties.

Relatively speaking, Guo Zhongyuan and his close subordinates have always felt that their group is relatively weak.

After all, few of them are serious warriors. Before joining Guo Ning, Guo Zhongyuan only served as a top soldier for two years, working hard to become a general.

Guo Alin and others were all gangsters in Zhongdu City. For half their lives, they had nothing to do with fighting on the battlefield. Even when gangsters in Zhongdu City grabbed land, they had no results to speak of.

Therefore, Guo Zhongyuan has been telling Guo Alin on weekdays that there are no secrets or tricks for us to fight in the army. We only need to follow the four words step by step, and everything must be done in accordance with the instructions.

Guo Zhongyuan's own family did this, and Guo Alin, who regarded Guo Zhongyuan as his father and brother, did the same.

His group was ordered to go forward, but as soon as they arrived at the designated position, they were attacked by Monk Wanyan Chen's troops. The queue was instantly in chaos, and there were heavy casualties.

The Jurchen cavalry galloped around, shouting and killing, and the horses' hooves stomped on the ground, causing smoke and dust to billow, as if thousands of cavalry were fighting with their own canines.

If someone else is leading the troops, most of them will be nervous and try to adapt to changes. However, Guo Alin has become much calmer in the past two years. He doesn't think about anything. He just follows the requirements in the drill, constantly gathering the soldiers and re-arranging them.

"There are still twenty-one people left in Li Lailu's unit, so they will be assigned to the second battalion of C character. Let's go now."

"Where's Chen Hula? Sound the dysprosium and blow the trumpet and tell him to stand still. Both left and right are under his command now!"

"Yu Xing is seriously injured? Ask Yu Man'er to lead people to take over which department!" Some of these orders worked, but some failed to keep up with the changes in the situation. For example, the commander-in-chief Chen Hula, who was supposed to be in charge of the three capitals, had not yet taken a stand. Monk Wanyan Chen intercepted him from behind and died on the spot.

Guo Alin did not jump into a rage, nor did he care about being surprised. He immediately issued another order and asked a lieutenant of his own soldiers to rush over and take over the command.

Not long after the lieutenant took his people there, suddenly there was a loud killing sound around Guo Alin. A group of Jin Army cavalry showed off their power and slammed into them. They were several feet away and shot first with arrows.

One of the soldiers looked poorly and swooped over from the side to protect Guo Alin. As a result, he was hit by two arrows in the chest and abdomen, killing him instantly.

Guo Alin was pushed down by the soldiers, tripped on gravel under his feet, and staggered immediately. He jumped to the side, then jumped up with one hand on the ground.

Because his body was splashed with the blood of his own soldiers, many subordinates around him suddenly screamed in shock. Guo Alin shouted: "I'm fine! Everyone is standing still with their shields raised! There are only a few people in the Jin army, they can't attack us!" As he shouted, his subordinates raised their shields to greet us.

Immediately, the muffled sounds of horses and shields colliding and the crisp sounds of metal collisions came and went, forming a huge sound wave.

A soldier beside him opened his mouth to ask something, but Guo Alin didn't hear it clearly at all. The sounds of fighting around him were too dense and too loud.

There were soldiers vomiting blood, retreated all the way to Guo Alin, and suddenly lay down motionless. At this moment, Guo Alin felt that his scalp was numb, but he quickly calmed down, pulled out the long knife, and held it across his chest.

He shouted: "The Jurchens cannot defeat us! They have retreated again!" Sure enough, the Jurchen cavalry could not forcefully break through the dense formation. They galloped around the small square formation twice. Seeing that there was no opportunity to take advantage, they whistled and turned to Went sideways.

Guo Alin took two steps forward before he felt pain in his thigh. When he looked down, he saw that he had been hit by an arrow in his leg at some point.

Fortunately, the thigh was protected by the armor and stomach, so the arrow cluster did not penetrate deeply into the flesh. He simply pulled out the arrow and threw it away. He cut off a piece of his sleeve and wrapped the wound in two or two strokes.

In the smoke and dust, he saw the front of the queue, and Yu Xing stood up again unsteadily. He immediately shouted: "Have you seen Fatty Yu? He's still alive! Send a buzzer!" Suddenly, an orderly soldier shot a buzzer behind him. In fact, he didn't aim, but when the arrow fell, it almost touched Yu. Waking belly.

Yu Xing was startled, but felt relieved when he saw that it was Mingdi of our own special specifications. The sharp sound of Ming Dy immediately alerted the soldiers scattered around, causing them to gather towards the sound.

Guo Alin then turned to other directions and continued to mobilize his men. In just a short while, he issued seven or eight more orders. The soldiers responsible for flags, shooting, and blowing horns were busy non-stop.

On this battlefield, tens of millions of soldiers are making decisions every moment, ranging from whether to cut up or down with a sword during a fight, to whether the general reserve team should move or not. All decisions converge in one place, that is, Promoted changes in the battlefield situation.

Therefore, Wei Liaozi said that the only way to eliminate harm is to dare to attack. In the Art of War, it is also said that the disaster for the three armies lies in suspicion.

It means that you must first dare to make a decision. Whether the decision is right or wrong is another matter. Guo Alin continued to mobilize and gather troops. Sometimes it was as if he was gathering heads and waiting to die on Monk Wanyan Chen's galloping route, but more orders slowly had an effect.

As the orders to gather troops were implemented one after another, the two thousand-man army suddenly stabilized its position and gained momentum to surround the enemy cavalry at the cost of considerable casualties.

In contrast, Monk Wanyan Chen found that his previous decision was decisive enough, but wrong.

When he rushed across Changqi, the infantry of the Ding navy formed a formation to block him. While the enemy's formation was still pending, he could actually lead his troops around to avoid entanglement.

But firstly, he wanted to deal with the huge threat of the artillery carriage as soon as possible, and secondly, he was worried that after detouring, he would bump into the Dinghai navy and then mobilized intercepting troops, so he chose to charge in a straight line, forcibly breaking through the infantry queue and heading towards the convoy.

As a result, although he himself ran rampant in the formation, most of the cavalry who followed him were entangled with the enemy.

It was impossible for Monk Wanyan Chen to continue deep into the enemy formation with only a few dozen cavalry. Of course, he had to turn back to meet his companions. However, he charged twice in a row and rescued more than a hundred cavalry. In addition, many cavalry were hindered by the increasingly strict formation. They couldn't rush up and show their speed; some people were shouting like crazy to kill, they were obviously trapped!

Monk Wanyan Chen shouted with hatred: "Five hundred iron cavalry were blocked by weak soldiers... How can there be such a reason in the world?"