The sun was only a speck of light left on the western horizon. The nearby mountains and land had already begun to darken.
The neighing of horses could be heard. Specks of fire could be seen burning between the mountains and the beach. The sound of defeated soldiers could be heard in the darkness of the night, and it was hard to tell the distance between them.
Explosions rang out on the mountain ridges. Flames and smoke rushed out for a moment, appearing particularly dazzling in the darkness of the land. Half of his body covered in blood, Chen Hai was almost hit by the explosion. He stumbled a few steps and tripped over a Jin soldier's corpse. He fell to the ground and held the corpse's head as he climbed back up, his hands covered in sticky blood.
"Geng Changqing! Watch my cannons and count them — "
Chen Hai shouted the name of his battalion commander and gave the order.
The battle on the Jin army's cannons was coming to an end.
The cannons manufactured and popularized by the Huaxia army were epochal weapons. They were extremely powerful against a dense battlefield. However, ever since the appearance of cannons and grenades, the Huaxia Army had already eliminated the dense phalanx formation. Although the 7th Division also had phalanx formation training, it was mainly to increase the army's discipline and unity. In actual combat drills, the 7th Division would use explosives to directly blow up the enemy, and their own side would also charge forward in a scattered manner. Small-scale cooperation at any time and place was the main focus of the 7th Division.
Pu Cha's ten thousand vanguards had brought with them more than twenty cannons. If they were to face a whole group of soldiers, they would certainly cause great damage. The shocking explosions were a form of deterrence to most people. But this deterrence had no effect on the veterans of the Seventh Division.
If time had developed, it would have been the new soldiers who were afraid of cannons and the veterans who were afraid of guns. It would not be a problem for a camp of more than twenty cannons to kill a single person, but no one would do so. To an individual soldier, the significance of more than twenty cannons was probably less than twenty arrows. At least when the arrows were shot, the archers could still aim at someone. And the cannons would not be fired at a single person.
Chen Hai organized the soldiers under his command into squads and moved around the foothills on the side, then launched wave after wave of attacks. The cannons did not play much of a role in stopping them. First, the two sides attacked each other with grenades and fireballs, and then the cannons were locked in a fierce battle. The Hua Xia army began to carry out the decapitation tactic while the Jin army put up a strong resistance.
As an army that had once dominated the world for thirty years, the Jin army's morale did not crumble despite the recent defeats and the loss of their generals. Their arrogance of the past and the predicament they were in caused many Jin soldiers to flee out of fear. At least in small-scale battles, they were still able to perform admirably.
As a result, Chen Hai had to expend a lot of effort to take down this position. Even when the battle was almost settled, there were still some Female Chen soldiers launching a desperate attack with their torches. The previous explosion was caused by a Female Chen soldier igniting a barrel of ammunition in the artillery position. The explosion also blew away two nearby cannons, rendering them useless.
"Save the wounded!"
"Construct a defensive line —"
"Test the cannons —"
Chen Hai walked around the position and gave out orders one by one. Someone came from afar with a head in his hand. "Commander, kill Mengan."
"Throw it to the dogs!"
As he spoke, the defeated soldiers on the battlefield below were still fleeing. Far away on the banks of Jialing River, the battle on the main battlefield was still going on. Chen Hai raised his binoculars and saw a blaze at the end of his eastern field of vision. On the hills far away from the mudflats, the torches of the cavalry formed a line.
"Saba is here. Prepare the cannons! "Chen Hai calmly ordered." Bring the spears and the engineering team to support Brigade Commander Hou. "
…
Wanyan Saba did not enter the battlefield immediately.
He led a total of 20,000 reinforcement troops, of which more than 3,000 were cavalry. His army was not far from Pu Cha's army. Originally, it would only take half a day for them to enter the battlefield. Of course, the speed of the cavalry would be faster. This time should have been more than enough, but he did not expect that the situation of the battle in Lüyang would change to such an intense degree.
On his way here, he received a total of five battlefield reports. The first two were normal, but the subsequent reports became more urgent. The last time the soldiers were simply defeated on the battlefield. The offensive of the Huaxia army was so fierce that it made people's scalps tingle. He led the cavalry into the battlefield. The moment he saw the battlefield, he ordered the cavalry to stop.
In front of him was a chaotic scene of defeat. Seeing the torches on the hills, some of the fleeing Jin soldiers came over. Saba ordered his personal guards to clean up the defeated soldiers and at the same time, he called someone over to inquire about the situation. Soon after, information came in one after another.
Pu Cha's ten thousand vanguard troops were on the verge of collapse, and a large number of soldiers were scattered by the Huaxia army. He led his personal guards to the bank of Jialing River, trying to defend with their backs against the river, so as to break the cauldrons and sink the boats.
While the soldiers were talking, Pu Cha was waiting for rescue at the bank of Jialing River. In front of him, the cannons had already been taken down by the Huaxia army. The Jin soldiers were scattered and disorderly in the night, while the Huaxia army had clearly formed into many torrents. In such a chaotic battle, they were subconsciously gathering and huddling together. These groups were not big, but to the scattered Jin soldiers, each group was like a man-eating beast, devouring every wave of resistance in their sight.
The largest group had obviously noticed their arrival. They were gathering in a long line at the hillside with the cannons. The long spears formed a forest, and in front of the forest, a row of soldiers seemed to be digging the ground crazily.
There were only two or three thousand soldiers in this infantry team. They were prepared to fight the cavalry in a positional battle at the first instance, blocking his way to the Jialing River to save people. However, Saba naturally understood that such a swift and determined team was quite terrifying.
What was even more terrifying was the information that contained the reason for the rapid collapse of Pu Cha's troops. He had already preliminarily organized it, and it made him feel a little sour at the roots of his teeth.
If it were ten years ago, he would not hesitate to throw his cavalry into the battlefield.
Of course, there was not much time left for him to hesitate and wait.
He quickly issued a few orders. One was to order his personal guards to gather and reorganize the fleeing soldiers to restore their combat power. The other was to quickly rush to Jialing River to pass the message, so that Pu Cha could not hesitate any longer and break through the eastern encirclement as fast as possible to meet up with his own troops. At the same time, he called over his most trusted personal guard and asked him to quickly return to the rear camp, so that he could convey the problems and findings of this battlefield to Zong Han.
"Go quickly, no more delays."
He said so.
Looking back, on the battlefield between the foothills, the woods, the marshes, and the beaches, there were sparse sparks. The sun had completely set, and for the cavalry, it was certainly not the best time to charge. But they had to charge, and they had to look for the opponent's flaws in the movement.
This was the only way out —
…
The sky was dark.
Zong Han's camp set up tents in the mountains, and the warhorses galloped in and out, rendering the night lively.
The war had begun in an unexpected way, relatively smoothly. The fire of war began in the afternoon. The first battle occurred in the mountains in the direction of Yangba. The friction between the scouts was expanding, but both sides did not clearly capture the location of the other's main force. Soon after, a battle report came from the Jialing River west of Lueyang County, and Saba began to go forward to support.
The main force that Wanyan Zong Han could mobilize this time was about 90,000 people, which was basically the last asset of the West Road Army. The 90,000 people were divided into five groups, with Pucha leading 10,000, Saba 20,000, Gao Qingyi 20,000, Sheyma 10,000, and finally more than 20,000, led by Zong Han himself, as the central force.
Pucha and Saba's troops marched from the north, and Gao Qingyi was mainly responsible for the south. Sheyma's troops came from the direction of Zhaohua to support Gao Qingyi, and also to block the road of the Seventh Army of Huaxia south to Jiange. The five armies were currently moving within a radius of a hundred miles, separated by dozens of miles. If they needed support, it would be quite fast.
The Huaxia army had a total of twenty thousand soldiers, and while their combat prowess was astonishing, the Jurchens were mostly generals who could take charge on their own. Their attacks and defenses were well-organized, and as long as they weren't too careless, the Huaxia army shouldn't be able to find an opening and take them down.
Of course, Zong Han, Han Qixian, and the others thought so. In terms of the art of war, there was not much problem.
After nightfall, intelligence came from time to time, and there was still not much breakthrough in the direction of Yangba. Gao Qingyi's troops were only based on the principle of stability, expanding the search, and guarding against sneak attacks, or the sudden attack of the Huaxia army on Jiange. In the direction of Jialing River, the battle had already begun.
"… If I'm not wrong, Pucha should be fighting conservatively on the banks of the Jialing River. They should have entangled this Hua Xia army by now. Sabadang should have arrived by now. What's unclear now is that the main force of the Hua Xia Seventh Army has not really started fighting at Yangba. Could it be that the main force of the Hua Xia Seventh Army is all concentrated in Lueyang, wanting to defeat our northern route with superior forces?"
At night, Han Qixian analyzed this possibility with Zong Han in the big tent, and Zong Han also expressed his agreement.
"The Huaxia army should be most concerned about the situation of the battle in Jiange. It's not impossible for Qin Shaoqian to simply put the main force in the north." Zong Han said, "However, Saba has always been steady in battle and is good at judging the situation. Even if Pucha is no match for the Seventh Army of Huaxia, Saba should be able to stabilize the situation. We are not far away now. Once we receive the report, we will set off in the early morning and travel through the night. Tomorrow, we will be able to bite Qin Shaoqian."
The bonfire was burning in the camp. Not long after dinner, a new round of battle reports came. It was confirmed that the Huaxia army in the direction of Lueyang had about 7,000 to 10,000 people (Pu Cha did not want to say too little about the opponent), and the opponent's combat power was fierce, so Pu Cha prepared to fight conservatively to entangle the opponent.
This round of battle reports was sent to the camp after notifying Saba, and it had been delayed for a long time. But after listening to the description of the battlefield, Zong Han and Han Qixian both thought that Pu Cha had made the right response, and they were slightly relieved. But not long after, Saba's personal guard rode a warhorse and rushed into the camp at a high speed.
In the big tent, Zong Han and Gao Qingyi listened to the personal guard describe the scene at the moment when Saba arrived at the battlefield. At around 5 pm, Lueyang had just received the enemy, and at a quarter past 7 pm, the 10,000 troops led by Pu Cha were almost completely defeated. Only about 2,000 people were forced to the bank of Jialing River, and they had reached the so-called desperate situation. In other words, in about four hours, under Pu Cha's conservative strategy, 8,000 people had been defeated.
"How is this possible …"
Zong Han had already stood up and slammed the table.
The personal guard knelt there, "… The general asked me to come back and report to the commander-in-chief that the Hua Xia army is very good at decapitation on the battlefield. The people who fought with General Pu Cha were 7,000 people from the first division of the Hua Xia Seventh Army. Each of the soldiers could separate from the main group to fight. When the general entered the battlefield to gather up the defeated soldiers, the thousands of people under General Pu Cha's command were completely routed. The reason is that the army was fierce and the strategy was good. Anyone who gave orders was found out by the Hua Xia soldiers one by one and killed all of them. Our soldiers were like a group of dragons without a leader and could only scatter in all directions. But the Hua Xia army was almost unafraid of decapitation. This kind of strategy is … unprecedented. The general said that if it wasn't for the other party, it would be difficult for us … to win … "
The personal guard cried out in sorrow. What he revealed was the anxiety and fear that Saba felt at that time. The moment he discovered this characteristic, Saba had already faintly felt the horror of this matter.
When the Jurchen Western Army entered the Sword Gate Pass and fought towards Zi Zhou, the Hua Xia Fifth Army still had to rely on the pass to defend. In addition, there were also some new recruits who had not fully displayed their pure decapitation strategy. But when Zong Han took the initiative to launch an attack in the wilderness, both sides no longer held back or played any tricks. All of their trump cards were revealed.
The crushing advantage of the modern military system over the ancient military system had been directly pushed to the eyes of Zong Han and Han Qixian. Zong Han and Han Qixian slowly stood up. They looked at the map inserted into the map. At this moment, the deduction of the battlefield had to be completely revised.
Layers of goosebumps spread along with the chill in the bottom of their hearts.
…
On the banks of Jialing River, Pu Cha who was attacked by two brigades of the Hua Xia First Division did not break through to the place where he converged with Saba that night.
The brigade commander Hou Lietang led more than 2,000 people to block Saba's cavalry. Together with Chen Hai who was on the side of the hill, they blocked Pu Cha's retreat for a moment.
On the other hand, the troops led by Qi Xinyi and Pu Cha's personal guards were engaged in a fierce battle. The Jin soldiers were scattered and there was chaos everywhere. It was impossible for Saba's cavalry to break into the midst of the Jin soldiers to rescue them. At a place where both sides could see each other, the Hua Xia Army brutally beheaded Pu Cha and ignited his marshal's flag.
After the rescue failed, Saba decisively retreated to the rear. At this moment, the infantry under his command were gradually gathering over here.
In addition to the scattered Jin soldiers that he gathered, Saba's military strength was more than three times that of the enemy. He even brought a cavalry with him. But at this moment, Saba was hesitant about whether he should take the initiative to attack.
More than two hours after he arrived, he had gathered more than 4,000 scattered Jin soldiers. Some of the soldiers did not lose their will to fight and could even fight. But among these 4,000 people, there were no middle or high ranking officers …
From Meng An to Mou Ke, the leaders of this army of more than four thousand were all killed by the Hua Xia army in the continuous battle. Some of the soldiers were scattered after they could not find the one who gave the orders. They were not aware of the horror of this matter and felt that they were willing to continue fighting …
In the night, the Hua Xia Army in the opposite mountain fell into Saba's eyes. It was like a demon's knife that was unsheathed. It carried a bloody aura and was eager to attack. It was ready to devour people at any time. He had been fighting for half of his life and had never seen such an army.
Those 7,000 people must have gone completely mad.
"Prepare to attack …" he said.
…
The night wind whistled, extinguishing some of the flames and fanning others.
In the mountains in the direction of Yangba, the battle was about to begin.
"If Ning Yi comes, he will say that we are wastrels." Putting down the binoculars, Qin Shaoqian, who was in the dark mountains, whispered with a smile, "But a general will die in battle … a hero will return after ten years …"
It had been more than ten years since the death of his father and brother …
…
On the 19th of April, a scene that the Perfected Person did not expect had already appeared in front of them. Faced with the encirclement of more than 90,000 people, the Seventh Army of Hua Xia displayed a charging stance without reservation. A shocking slash had already been made. It cut through the skin, severed the blood vessels, and tore the muscles. This slash went straight into the depths of the bone marrow.
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