In front of the Song Army's military formation, there was a loud explosion in an instant, black smoke filled the sky, and the air was filled with the smell of gunpowder smoke. The smell was so pungent that the Jin Army soldiers, who had never smelled it before, felt sick and uncomfortable.
In the black smoke, the horses of the Jin Army were frightened and ran around, huddled together with the cavalry coming from behind, and trampled on each other. Occasionally, those who ran into the Song army's position were often stabbed to death. In just a few breaths, the battlefield has become a mess.
After throwing out all his grenades, Shu Jiming retreated to the back and exchanged positions with the grenadier before he realized what was going on. After taking the spear, he saw that the front of the position was filled with black smoke and no one could be seen at all. The grenadiers of the Song Army just threw their grenades into the black smoke, unable to distinguish the target.
In a few breaths, the grenadier finished throwing the grenade. In the black smoke, grenades kept exploding.
Shu Jiming took a long breath, waited until all the grenades exploded, and then blew the whistle. As the whistle blew, the Song army raised their spears and pointed them at the Jin army on the opposite side.
As the short and loud whistles commanding the charge continued to sound, the Song army took steps and rushed forward to the rhythm of the whistles. There should be no chaos at this time. The more orderly and uniform it is, the more deterrent it will be. In movies and TV shows, rushing forward in a chaotic manner gives the opponent a chance to breathe.
The cavalry in the vanguard of the Jin Army were already in chaos. Under the threat of the Song Army's spears, they turned around and rushed back, colliding with the cavalry coming up from behind. For a time, people in the entire canyon were shouting, and the entire Jin Army brigade was in chaos.
The core of military combat effectiveness is organizational ability. At this time, the importance of organization is particularly highlighted. The chaotic army faced an organized attack and almost committed a unilateral massacre. Even though some Jin soldiers still kept their heads clear and knew how to resist the Song army, their comrades around them were in chaos and ran around blindly, so they could only run away. .
Shu Jiming led the spearmen and slowly pushed forward according to the rhythm. The forwards of the Jin Army were forced to retreat, and the retreating Jin Army crowded together with the advancing cavalry. The whole army completely lost order. The ice layer of the Yeyan River next to it was so deep that it was broken through at this time, and an unknown number of Jin soldiers were squeezed into the water.
I don't know how long it took for Shu Jiming to wake up. My arms felt so heavy that I could hardly lift them. Blood flowed from the head of the gun, and even the barrel of the gun was stained red.
The canyon is already filled with corpses of golden soldiers, countless of them. Most of the Jin Army cavalry in front had fled, leaving only some frightened horses still struggling. Even the Ye Yan River next to it was filled with corpses of Jin soldiers. The river could not flow down and overflowed onto the road.
Wang Zhongfu came up from behind and said to Shu Jiming: "You are using too much force, and I'm afraid you won't be able to catch up with the Jin soldiers. Now the two people behind are coming forward to clear the way forward, and we will chase to Dantou Village. Wang Tong leads the message Following the command from the headquarters, Dantou Village must be occupied!"
Shu Jiming nodded blankly and looked ahead stupidly.
During this period of killing, almost all the Jin Army's three thousand cavalry were lost, and only a few hundred cavalry returned to Dantou Village. Of course, most of the Jin army were trampled to death. But without the oppression of Shu Jiming and other spearmen, how could it be like this?
Shu Jiming only felt that his whole body was exhausted and it was difficult to move forward. After arranging the two others to move on, they sat down on the roadside.
After a while, Zhang Zhen and Cheng Liangsong arrived. Seeing that both sides of the road were filled with his own soldiers, some of whom were even asleep, his eyes felt moist. When he arrived in front of Shu Jiming, he said to him: "You defeated the Jin army with just one battalion! With so many corpses, the Jin army probably had two to three thousand people! This is an unprecedented victory. I will definitely report it to the Xuanfu Division. You will reward me greatly!”
Shu Jiming raised his head blankly and looked at Zhang Zhen for a while. Then he nodded and said "Yeah".
Zhang Zhen bent down, held Shu Jiming's shoulders, and said to him: "This is an unprecedented victory, do you understand? The team behind will come up in a while, you guys have a good rest! It's not okay to sit on the roadside, be careful with your health .When we get to Dantou Village, I want to celebrate your success!"
Shu Jiming just looked at Zhang Zhen stupidly, his mind going blank.
Zhang Zhen pressed Zhang Zhen's shoulder heavily, stood up, and went to the front.
After a while, Cao Yu came up from behind and hurriedly ordered the soldiers to help the disabled soldiers up from the ground. Think of preparing a place for them to sit and lie down so they can have a good rest. Some soldiers fell down to sleep, and they were allowed to sleep.
Shu Jiming had recovered somewhat, but he was out of strength and found it difficult to move.
Seeing Cao Yu coming over, he said: "Captain, my brothers have lost their strength. I'm afraid it will be difficult to move for a while."
Cao Yu hurriedly said: "It's okay, it's okay. The car will come up in a while, and you just go to the car to rest. This battle will be enough for you to brag about for a lifetime."
Shu Jiming shook his head: "I didn't realize anything happened just now. I just rushed to kill. If I can brag about this, I don't seem to have much meaning in my life."
Cao Yu said: "Of course, it may not matter to you, and you will definitely make greater contributions in the future. However, with one battalion, almost all 3,000 Jin Army cavalry were wiped out. This contribution cannot be overstated. "
Shu Jiming looked at the corpses of Jin soldiers around him and murmured: "There are three thousand people here?"
Cao Yu said: "We captured a few prisoners of the Jin army, and we found out clearly that they were indeed three thousand people."
"Three thousand cavalry?" Shu Jiming murmured. It didn't feel like anything was happening, it was just a rush, and it didn't take long for him to lose his strength. Did he actually defeat three thousand cavalry? This kind of thing seems to be in a dream.
Some of the Sandu soldiers and horses who were killed in front lost their strength, and most of them were exhausted. The troops who were caught up later helped them get into the car and drove all the way to Danzhai. The army behind them picked up the remaining soldiers of the Jin army and brought the remaining horses.
Dantou Village is fifty miles away from Qingjian City. Arriving outside the city in the afternoon, Dang Mingxian surrendered directly to the city. The Jin army who fled to the city was exhausted and could only surrender.
After entering the city, the leader of the village, Ming Xian, came forward to greet him.
Zhang Zhen said hurriedly: "The leader of the village does not need to be polite. I wonder how many soldiers and horses there are in the city? How are the reserves?"
Dang Mingxian said: "Because Anding Fort is sixty miles northwest of the village, there are not many soldiers and horses in the city. There are more than 320 Tibetan soldiers in total. There are some reserves, enough to feed the three thousand troops for half a year."
Zhang Zhen nodded. He said: "Besides these Jin soldiers, have you found any traces of other Jin soldiers recently?"
Dang Mingxian said: "There are Jin troops in Anding Fort, and there are a lot of them. Dantou Village is small, so the Jin Army brigade is not stationed here, but in Anding Fort. Also, there are Jin soldiers coming from the direction of Long'an Village. This I heard that the reason why the Jin army came out of the stronghold was to make room for the Jin army coming from Long'an stronghold."
Zhang Zhen nodded.
The Jin army coming from the direction of Long'an Village was expected, but I didn't expect that there were also Jin troops in Anding Fort. The two armies combined must be quite large in number. Sa Lihe has more than 10,000 troops in Shaanxi. A rough calculation shows that almost all of them are concentrated in this area.
Two thousand people were annihilated in Qingjian City, and another three thousand people were annihilated in Dantou Village, making the total number five thousand. Including the enemy troops from Anding Fort and Long'an Village, there are probably more than 10,000 people. Unknowingly, Zhang Zhen encountered all the Jin troops in Shaanxi.
Now that I think about it, when Salihe went north from Yan'an, he did not bring a large number of golden soldiers with him. He originally thought of Suide and ordered other Jin troops to come one after another, and finally concentrated in the area of Suide Army to confront Wang Xiaolie across the river. Unexpectedly, he was captured by Li Shifu and his army was defeated by Zhang Zhen along the canyon.
(End of chapter)
