When the sky gradually became brighter, the fierce battle on Tianchang Bridge seemed to have decided the winner.
Although Wang Yuan led his two to three hundred soldiers to cut off the rear, they tried their best to block the Everlasting Victory Army and the Nanjing Road Han'er Army led by Guo Tiannu and Dong Jingang. But when we meet on a narrow road, the brave one wins, and the brave man who meets many people wins.
On the long bridge now, there are more people from the Ever Victorious Army and the Nanjing Road Haner Army! And also more brave!
Guo Tiannu, who was leading the charge, was a female, but she was also really brave! When she saw the soldiers protecting Gao Qi in front blocking the narrow bridge and blocking the path of her own warriors, she immediately became furious and simply turned over and dismounted, holding a shield in one hand and a hatchet in the other, shouting. If you want to join in the killing.
When the soldiers of the victorious army around them saw their heroine acting fiercely, their fighting spirit immediately soared.
How can these big men let their heroine go up and kill them in person? So he shouted loudly, "The Ever-Victorious Goddess! The Ever-Victorious Goddess!"; while carrying his shield, he charged at Wang Yuan's soldiers with his sword.
"The Ever-Victorious Goddess" is the nickname of Guo Goddess, and these four Chinese characters are tattooed on her flag.
And these victorious soldiers who followed her were all elite soldiers left by her deceased husband, Dong Xiu, who had fought for a long time. Those are all fierce soldiers who have fought in the Battle of Liao and Jin, and the Battle of Xuan and Yanjing. Although their record is not very good, they have always been fighting against the world's top opponents, and they can survive a hundred battles. Their combat effectiveness is certainly very strong.
When the numbers are equal, the most powerful elite of the Western Army on the Song Army's side is no match for them. What's more, Wang Yuan's soldiers are not as many as them? If it weren't for the narrow deck of the Tiancheng Floating Bridge, Wang Yuan's men would have been killed by Guo Tiannu's veterans of the victorious army.
But even with the narrow terrain to exploit, Wang Yuan and his soldiers could not withstand the raging victorious army. They retreated steadily amidst the screams of killing and were about to be forced to Tiancheng Bridge. Went to Jushan Island in the southeast.
At this moment, in the northwest of Jushan Island, in an open space facing the head of the Tiancheng Floating Bridge, three hundred armored cavalry have formed a cluster of ten teams of thirty cavalry, and formed an arc facing the bridge head. shape.
On both sides of the arc formation composed of ten cavalry teams, behind the embankment of Jushan Island, were two teams of crossbowmen, each with about 300 people.
Behind these three hundred armored cavalry, there was a newly built fort. Although it was not big, it was much stronger than the big camp in Dagong Mountain.
Facing the Tiancheng Bridge, there are ditches, fences, female head walls, and wooden forks, all available! They also placed door-blocking knives and anti-horse guns at the entrances and exits. Zhao Kai, an official of the Song Dynasty, was neatly dressed at this time, standing on a wall with a virgin head, folding his arms, watching the fierce battle on the long bridge in front of him with a puzzled face.
There are two things that make Zhao Kai confused at this time.
First, how did the Sanshan Floating Bridge get lost in history?
After staying in the Sanshan Floating Bridge area for a few days, Zhao Kai has discovered that the Sanshan Floating Bridge is extremely dangerous... This area is obviously a natural hazard!
Is Dagong Mountain to the northwest of Sanshan Floating Bridge dangerous enough? It is absolutely possible to build a strong stronghold based on mountains, rivers and dams.
Among the three floating bridges, Jushan is an island. If the gold thieves want to capture Jushan Island, they must launch a landing battle. The terrain on Jushan Island is relatively flat, and a small number of cavalry can be deployed to perform horseback killing. The landing infantry is difficult to resist.
Baima City in Huazhou, southeast of Sanshan Floating Bridge, is a famous fortified city, and there are also two dangerous places, Wannian Xindi and Wenzi Mountain.
Dagong Mountain, Jushan, Wannian New Dam, Baima City, and Wenzi Mountain are all a series of dangers. If you put them all together, wouldn't it be enough for a gold thief to gnaw at them for several months?
Although the golden thief can cross the Yellow River without chewing the Sanshan Floating Bridge - the Yellow River is not very wide after all, and it will be covered with ice from time to time in winter (the weather was warm in the sixth year of Xuanhe, and there was no ice on the Yellow River). But the Yellow River has long been a hanging river in Kaifeng, Huazhou, and Junzhou!
Of course, the golden thieves could dig up the south embankment of the Ten Thousand Years New Embankment and divert the Yellow River to flood Daliang City (Kaifeng Prefecture). The Song Army could also dig up the north embankment of the Yellow River Embankment near the Sanshan Floating Bridge during the spring and summer flood seasons, flooding Liyang and Liyang in Junzhou. Weizhou Ji County and Xinxiang are three counties close to the Yellow River... Once these three counties are flooded, it will not be difficult for the gold thieves to return. They can either go west to capture Xingyang and Guangwu Mountains, and then Cross the river in Mengzhou and go north. Either detour through Kaide Prefecture and Daming Prefecture, retreat to Cangzhou via the east bank of the Yellow River (the east bank of the northern section of the Yellow River), and then retreat north from Cangzhou to Yanyun.
But neither path is easy!
Where are Xingyang and Guangwu Mountains? It is a mountainous area, a battleground for military strategists since ancient times!
As for Cangzhou, that place was sparsely populated in the Song Dynasty and had dense water networks. It was not a place where cavalry could travel, especially in the spring and summer when the water was abundant.
Therefore, as long as the Song army holds a series of dangerous places such as Dagong Mountain, Jushan, Wannian New Dam, Baima City, and Wenzi Mountain, the golden thieves will not dare to cross the Yellow River. Even if they cross the Yellow River, they will not dare to Surrounding Kaifeng Mansion and attacking fiercely... they couldn't even confront the Song army in Jiahe!
But how could a place that was easy to defend, difficult to attack, and extremely important, be lost in history?
Another question that puzzled Zhao Kai was who was this "victorious goddess"? I seem to have heard it somewhere, but I can’t remember it? Is this person a witch? He looked very fierce, and he actually beat the soldiers led by Wang Yuan to a pulp!
While he was thinking about it, a heartbreaking scream suddenly sounded in his ears: "Our family is dead, our family was shot to death by random arrows, wuwu..."
Someone else died?
Zhao Kai followed the sound and saw several people rushing into the camp carrying a "corpse" with white feathers on its back. Although this "corpse" knew that it was dead, it was still there. It's amazing how calling out there!
"Your Majesty!" Just when Zhao Kai was feeling magical, He Guan's voice suddenly rang out, "It's time!"
It's time for the cavalry to launch a wheel charge!
The ten cavalry clusters arranged in an arc were deployed by Zhao Kai himself, and they also used the tactics of the "Four Art of War" - small teams, wheels, short-distance slow charging, and immediate retreat after the impact, etc.
Moreover, Zhao Kai also assigned a luxurious lineup of commanders to these ten cavalry groups, including Huang Wuji, Huang Wubing, Xiang Ke, Liu Qi, Liu Xi, Liu Rui (Liu Qi's younger brother) and others, who are now cavalry captains , one person led 30 cavalry, and formed an array near the head of Tiancheng Bridge.
He Guan's two sons, He Ji and He Mos, each led 1,000 crossbowmen and ambush at the north embankment of Wannian Xindi and Jushan embankment respectively.
He Guan personally led 500 soldiers to follow Zhao Kai, and at the same time served as Zhao Kai's "consultant".
In addition, Han Shizhong led 1,000 cavalry to ambush south of Dagong Mountain.
If we include the 2,000 troops led by Wang Yuan to lure the enemy, Zhao Kai dispatched a total of more than 5,800 men in this ambush battle, which was later called the "Battle of Tiancheng Bridge", which was no more than the 4,000 men led by Guo Yaoshi. Where to go.
But now Guo Yaoshi's army has been trapped. Nearly 2,000 of them are crowded on the pontoon bridge that is more than a mile long, and the remaining 2,000 people are scattered at the Dagong Mountain camp and the northwest entrance of Tiancheng pontoon... They were already unable to look at each other, and they ran into the ambush circle of the Song Army. They were just waiting for the Song Army to take action!
"Okay! Attack!" Zhao Kai looked excited, nodded, and ordered loudly, "Bring my Qinghai Cong here!"
"Here!"
He Guan also responded with a happy face, and then waved to the two drummers beside him, and the marching drums immediately started playing.
When the drums sounded, the "Victorious Goddess" Guo Tiannu had just led her men to drive Wang Yuan out of the Tiancheng Bridge. Before she could take a breath, she saw the cavalry in front!
However, she did not realize that she had fallen into a trap. She was still immersed in the excitement of capturing the long bridge. She did not panic when she saw the Song Army's cavalry, and shouted to the left and right: "Spearmen, spearmen...form up!" Block the Southern cavalry..."
But before she could finish her shout, there was a rapid banging sound in her ears! Then there was the sound of a bow string and some kind of metal mechanism, followed immediately by a scream!
The 1,000 crossbowmen commanded by He Ji began to shoot arrows... However, the target of their shooting was not the soldiers following Guo Tiannu, but the victorious army and Nanjing Road Haner who were crowded on Tianchang Bridge. Army soldier.
Although these soldiers of the Ever Victorious Army and the Han'er Army are all wearing armor, they are now crowded on the long bridge and cannot form a formation at all. They do not carry heavy shields. How can they block the Song people's arrows and wooden feathers? arrow?
At the same time, the 1,000 men under He Moss who were ambushing on the north embankment of Wannian Xindi also began to take action!
The 1,000 of them not only carried a large number of divine arm bows that could be used for long-distance shooting, but each of them also carried a large flag. When the cavalry and crossbowmen on Jushan Island began to move, they first raised the large flag. flag, pretending that there are ambushes on the embankment, and then use the divine arm bow to shoot wooden feather arrows at the northwest entrance of Tiancheng Bridge to block the retreat of the Jin soldiers on the bridge!
The more than a thousand cavalrymen of Han Shizhong, who were lying behind Dagong Mountain, also began to attack the Gongshan camp along the wide road under Wannian Xindi.
In this ambush battle, the cooperation between the various departments of the Song Army was truly flawless!
Although the Song Army did not invest many troops in this battle. Only 3,800 people were actually used to annihilate the enemy, but their organization was very high... These 3,800 people were originally selected from 20,000 elite soldiers. Elite, and equipped with a large number of middle and high-level officers, as well as an official who personally supervises the battle, it is certainly not comparable to the ordinary Song army!
Besides, at the southeast entrance of Tianchang Bridge, the pace of the battle was so fast that Guo Tiannu and her soldiers, who had experienced dozens of battles, were extremely uncomfortable... Those groups of cavalry were moving very fast. The charge was launched from a short distance. There was no gradual acceleration process at all. In fact, the charge was not very fast. But for Guo Tiannu and others who did not have a few spears in hand and had no time to form a formation, the power of this cavalry charge was enough!
What's even more frightening is that these Song cavalry only charge and do not fight hand-to-hand. The 10 teams of cavalry are like hammers, hitting one after another. Each blow can knock down several of the soldiers around Guo Tiannu, and at the same time, Their already scattered formation became even more chaotic!
Guo Tiannu was quite flexible and had surprisingly good physical strength. She could still run and dodge left and right. She actually escaped 10 rounds of cavalry charges without being injured at all. She was just a little out of breath. Most of the soldiers were gone. Just when she wanted to take a breather, a majestic voice that she couldn't resist suddenly rang out: "Hey, you witch, why don't you hurry up and catch me!"
