The noon sun began to turn pale and dazzling, and the fierce battle near the south gate of Hanzhong City was becoming more intense every second.
From early morning to noon, Wanyan Xiyin commanded the troops to launch six consecutive large-scale attacks. The first two attacks were relatively stable, which was a test of the strength of the Huaxia Army. Knowing that the situation on the battlefield was not right, the four subsequent large-scale attacks were almost like a storm. under attack.
There was only a slight gap between each round of large and small attacks, and that was a short period of time when one of Jurchen's thousand-man team retreated after being hindered, and the next thousand-man team rushed forward.
The sound of explosions and slaughter came from far away, Chen Hai climbed up from the pool of blood, and his body was already shaking. The attack on this position was repelled, and operations continued on several other positions.
Viscous blood dripped from his hair, he reached out and wiped it, there was a bloody smell in his nose, and there were piles of corpses on the ground beside him, some of them belonged to Jurchens, and some belonged to his companions. The third battalion commander, Chen Kuquan, fell there, his stomach was split open by the enemy, and his internal organs flowed out, sticky and greasy.
No matter how long they fought on the battlefield, people couldn't get used to such a sticky and greasy feeling. Chen Hai reached out and wiped his eyes. Then, because his eyes were covered with blood, he wiped them with his relatively clean right sleeve. He squatted down and closed Chen Kuquan's eyes. This was a comrade who had been with him for the longest time. When he became the squad leader, Chen Kuquan was one of the soldiers in the squad. Now, none of the soldiers in that squad are in front of him.
The voice and breath in the ear only became real. The running figure, the soldier looking for the wounded, someone ran over to report: "...The second battalion commander died." .
"...The battalion commander sacrificed the company commander to be on top. The company commander died, and the platoon commander took his place."
Chen Hai said this calmly, then walked up to the small bunker next to him: "Wash up those who are injured! Count the number of each battalion! The golden dog is coming soon! Look at the comrades who have left beside you! They are Died for us, how are we going to repay him—"
He exhausted his strength and shouted to the last sentence, the voice that had always been quiet and indifferent was even a little hoarse.
The battlefield was dyed red in the corpses and pools of blood, and most of the people who were still alive also turned into a sticky red. No matter how much people experience, it is difficult to adapt to this sticky and sticky touch. It's just that some people will spit it out because of the pain, and some people will choose to throw such huge pain back on the head of the abuser.
So people can have a little more fighting power in their bodies.
In front of the Jurchen formation in the east, a thousand-person team that had become chaotic during the fight had withdrawn one after another, and Wanyan Xiyin looked ahead. He had already seen the entire situation on the opposite side. The strength of the Huaxia Army was only about 4,000. After five days of fierce battles, they repulsed the attacks of the Jurchen elites on their own side after wave after wave.
The noon sun was a bit dazzling, just like this offense and defense was so long that he felt a little disgusted. The soldiers under his command were already fighting hard, but what was in front of him was just because the opposing line of defense was too tough. Xi Yin could only watch his superior troops rush into the front of the opponent's formation, and then retreated in the fights again and again. , chaos or even partial collapse. In fact, the other party did not take advantage of too many fortifications.
In fact, the fighting in Hanzhong City was also going on. Some of the Jin Dynasty troops rushed the Han people to press out from the inside. The Huaxia Army built barricades with debris on the streets, and it was difficult for the crowd to move forward. The small-scale Huaxia Army troops rushed through the crowd and rushed into the city, causing a lot of confusion. Most of the soldiers in the city were defeated and retreated on the battlefield.
The old man frowned. Although he still looked calm, the blood in his forehead still swelled from time to time because of anxiety. About 20 miles to the west, Zong Han was fighting on the decisive battlefield. As soon as the news was confirmed, Xi Yin had several options to choose from, such as giving up this position and letting most of the troops escape from Hanzhong City. Detour out to support Zong Han, or board the fleet and go upstream along the Han River—of course, this is the most inefficient, and now the Han River is in the flood season, and the water flow is even more turbulent after passing through Hanzhong. No one has walked fast yet, and they may be attacked by the Chinese army when they land on the shore.
These deductions are meaningless, because if your own army can't defeat the 4,000 people on the opposite side in Hanzhong, then many of the next things will become meaningless.
Zonghan is not a child, he doesn't need to feel that the other party needs rescue when he learns that the other party is attacked - especially when 30,000 people are attacked by the other party's more than 10,000 people, and there are still many skirmishers on the battlefield that can be gathered. The unit that is the furthest away from the other side, there is no need to rush over there in a hurry. Zong Han will not make too many mistakes in tactics, because he is hit or ambushed to eat the opponent's big loss...
He used a violent offensive to defeat this Chinese army, and then supporting the battlefield was the most correct way to fight. If you can defeat the opponent in one hour, it's best, if you can't in one hour, then half a day, but half a day has passed. The opponent's tenacity finally made him feel a little anxious.
If the entire Chinese Seventh Army had such combat power, what would the Tuanshan battlefield look like
"Tula." He waved the flag down, "It's your turn, the Huaxia army is at the end of the shot... Pierce them—"
Meng An, named Tula, listened to the order, and in the noon sun, the war drums became more intense.
Zong Han is not a child, he will not make tactical mistakes.
And yourself, you must win here to determine that the entire battlefield can be won.
He looked at the daylight.
In another hour, they will be able to defeat them.
"kill-"
As another round of the army rushed out, the old man waved his sword and shouted loudly.
After that, the shouts of thousands of Jurchens swept across the entire battlefield like thunder, and the continuous addition of active forces brought new morale to the Jurchen soldiers who were still fighting on the battlefield.
Chen Hai raised his long sword and faced the incoming enemy, and a small soldier with a message was sent out.
"Tell Brigadier Lin that our regiment has no reserve team."
He didn't ask for support, because he could probably guess the other party's answer. Lin Dongshan would probably say, "I don't have it either, you keep it for me." But he still had to tell Lin Dongshan this kind of information, because if he died on his side, Lin Dongshan would have to figure it out.
Soon after, Xiao Bing came with Lin Dongshan's reply, and the position here was already caught in a sea of slaughter.
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The pale sunlight overlooked the earth, and on the road from the west gate of Hanzhong to Tuanshan, frictions of various sizes were also happening.
There were not many soldiers dispatched by the Huaxia Army here, but from the morning, soldiers from two companies had been circling near the west gate of Hanzhong, either intercepting the Jurchen scouts who had sent messages, or defeating the Jurchens who were retreating to Hanzhong. The soldiers fought against the autumn wind, and they even launched two rounds of feinted attacks on the city gate, and the momentum was so enthusiastic that the soldiers defending the city closed the city gate and basically did not dare to go out.
After the time passed, Wanyan Yuchi led more than 3,000 people to fight out from the west gate, and was about to go to Tuanshan. They were also attacked by these two teams at the first time. They relied on the terrain of the mountains and attacked the Jurchen troops who had passed the road. Launched an attack, and even launched two iron cannons that were captured from unknown sources to shell Wanyan Yuchi's army formation, so that Wanyan Yuchi had to send cavalry to expel them, and the two companies quickly hid in the forest. In the middle, he put on a posture of stubbornly resisting procrastination.
Among Wanyan Yuchi's 3,000-strong team, there were nearly 1,000 cavalry troops. Of course, if he wanted to annihilate the Huaxia Army of these two companies, of course there was no problem, but he knew the opponent's goal, so he had no choice but to use the cavalry to fire rockets, set fire to the woods, and let the infantry hurry up. pass.
Six miles west of Hanzhong, Xiaojizi named Qingyangyi was already occupied by a battalion of Chinese soldiers. Around noon, more than two hundred people found Wanyan Yuchi who had come and built fortifications to attack. . Wanyan Yuchi also launched the offensive and fought with the opponent for half an hour, but the opponent's defense was extremely strong. He finally decided to leave the side road and go to Tuanshan first, so as not to be dragged by these two hundred people. Can't reach the battlefield.
Not long after passing Qingyang Station, someone else touched the road. Three Huaxia soldiers hid in the grass beside the road. When the Jurchen troops passed by, they jumped out and threw three grenades. Tugou, then plunged into the small river not far away, and sped away - this was obviously a strategy planned according to the terrain, and the nearby cavalry quickly chased after them, but they still failed to shoot them before they fell into the water.
He has been following Wanyan Xiyin and never participated in the battle in the southwest. It was only in Hanzhong that he officially started to fight against the Chinese Seventh Army. Wanyan Yuchi finally felt annoyed about this group of troops that seemed to dare to attack him no matter how many people there were.
Better than field scout fighters, maybe fighting head-on, there will be weaknesses. With this thought in his heart, he turned his eyes to Tuanshan in the west...
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At this moment, on the south side of Tuanshan Mountain, between the hills and lowlands leading to Hanzhong, the fighting was boiling into a rage in the storm.
It's just past noon. The most tenacious counterattack led by Wanyan Zonghan began.
Under the sky, there were a large number of scattered soldiers within a radius of several kilometers. The corpses were left unattended on the battlefield. The smoke and dust were still rising from the positions after the shelling. In the core area of the inner circle, fierce fighting was taking shape. Yan Zonghan activated the core elite of 8,000 people under his command, and madly rushed towards Qin Shaoqian's troops on the hills to the northeast.
After half a day of fighting, half of the troops on the periphery had collapsed, and the rest still had thousands of teams. After the defeat and flight, it was only a number. Only the 8,000 people in the inner circle still maintained the will to fight. The middle and high-level generals who led these soldiers were promoted by the personal guards who had followed Zonghan for many years, as well as Zonghan's in-laws and close relatives. Following Zonghan's call, these People also understand that it is finally time for them to sacrifice.
Before the turn of the afternoon, the first thousand-man team led by Jurchen Meng An Chala made a fierce charge on the battlefield in the northeast. This is a veteran who has followed Zonghan since the Agu uprising. Fifty-five years old, tall and tall, only because the little finger of his right hand was deformed, and his achievements in the early years were not good - that is also because the stars gathered in the early Jin Dynasty - he followed Zong Han for many years, and the eldest daughter married Xie Bao as a concubine. Although Nian is old, he is full of energy and unusually brave. It is said that there are countless concubines in his home.
After confirming Qin Shaoqian's position and setting a target, he was the first to come out and ask for orders to charge. Zong Han looked at him and nodded.
The Jurchen veteran wielded a big axe, and then led more than a thousand people under his command to charge towards the Huaxia army on the hills ahead.
The strength of a battalion of the Huaxia Army was greeted from the front. This was more than 200 people from the first division, three brigades, two regiments and one battalion. Following the obstruction of the first battalion, the second battalion immediately attacked from the flank, and Chala split up to deal with it. Between the hills and the troubled times, arrows fluttered, and then there was an explosion. After the two sides faced each other, the throwing of grenades and fire and thunder did not stop. The soldiers slashed towards the Jurchen general who wielded a big axe.
The organization was messed up, even the elite Jurchen could see the phenomenon of a small number of soldiers fleeing to the side after losing their restraints. Zong Han called Wanyan Saba's cavalry team: "Execute the military law! Kill the fleeing ones!"
With the cavalry rushing out, Zong Han ordered Meng An Wanyan Zhentu to lead another 1,000-strong team to overrun. This is the cousin of Sheyema and Xiebao, thirty-two years old, he is an earl of the county, and he fights bravely. After getting the order, press it forward.
The sounds of shouting and fighting were so chaotic that it was annoying, and some of the Jurchen troops could be called orderly, but the Huaxia Army troops that came from all directions seemed to be chaotic at first glance. Most of them have already experienced one or two battles. In terms of number and physical strength, they are not as good as their own side, but the problem is that even if the number of people is superior, the people on their side only need to throw them out, on the battlefield. After being disturbed, it is basically impossible to catch them, and the Huaxia Army on the opposite side can still charge forward.
Wanyan Zhentu's second 1,000-strong team was blocked by the chaotic soldiers of his own side, and the support was not in place yet. Thousands of people led by Zha La had already been smashed in the incisive offensive of the Huaxia Army, and the guards gathered towards Zha La. , trying to protect the generals from retreating and meeting with Wanyan Zhentu, two grenades were thrown over, drowning the crowd in smoke, and several soldiers of the Huaxia Army rushed into the crowd.
The fight was in chaos. Through the sight of the binoculars, Zong Han could also see the figure of Chala who was wielding a big axe. A soldier of the Huaxia Army rushed over and hit the ground with him, and Chala rolled over. , got up and drew his sword to fight. The Huaxia Army soldier also rushed up, and Chala's personal guard next to him came to the front, forcing the Huaxia Army soldier to take a step back, and the other two Huaxia Army soldiers had also been killed. Already bloody. I don't know who threw the fire thunder again, and the rising smoke obscured the fighting figure.
The third formation rushed out along the flanks, and Zong Han's main formation pressed forward.
At this moment in the battle, the so-called tactics and intrigues have become difficult to show their effect, or in other words, these things are only the basic skills of command. Both sides can only hold their own pieces and do their best to devote themselves to the chessboard, and once they enter the game, the only thing that will follow is fighting.
A group of troops are widening the way forward. Three minutes later, Zong Han's entire army was thrown into the battle, and the two huge vortexes had merged into one, engulfing each other fiercely.
Before this, although Han Qixian and others also advised Zonghan not to take risks in person, they were rejected by Zonghan one by one.
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Arrows staggered and danced in the sky not far away all the time, explosions sounded occasionally, the neighing of war horses, the shouting of human voices, and the reverberation of explosions, as if the whole world had fallen into the slaughter.
The general wearing a blindfold stood on the small dirt slope and looked around with his one eye. The mighty impact of the Jurchen spread out in front of him.
The Jurchen routed soldiers that collapsed in the fierce battle were like the evaporated part of this huge vortex, and fled to the periphery, while small-scale Huaxia army teams were passing through villages and forests, trying to turn into one The long line pierced through the core team of Jurchen.
The offensive in the south was particularly strong, so that the middle section of the Jurchen army had been killed and twisted, and the entire brigade led by Qi Xinhan had been scattered, but he had gathered a regiment of troops in the south, and was trying to take out the still thousands of men. The Jurchen Array is cut into two pieces.
As for Qin Shaoqian's side, the slaughter has almost reached his eyes. There are more than 4,000 people, including Zong Han, who are pressing on this hill with all their strength. In front of them is a regiment led by Xu Xiaohu. There are about six or seven battalions or even scattered to the company level. He launched an attack on Wanyan Zonghan's location. Such an attack delayed the speed of Jurchen's advance. It can be said that this giant beast was being ripped apart while advancing.
Qin Shaoqian's position was less than 100 meters away from the fighting front line. Occasionally, there would even be a Jurchen marksman who forcibly penetrated to shoot arrows here. There was probably only a guard company with hundreds of troops following him. There are probably several companies and battalions active on the nearby hilltops and hillsides. Wanyan Saba led the cavalry to break through and circled behind Qin Shaoqian. On the one hand, he wanted to stop Qin Shaoqian from retreating, on the other hand, he could also head towards the hillside at any time. attack on.
Fortunately, this hillside is rocky, and it is not difficult to deal with the cavalry.
"I have informed Ni Hua at the foot of the mountain to keep an eye on Wanyan Saba. He has a battalion of troops available, but the number is insufficient. I asked him to recruit on the spot..." Chief of Staff Chi Wenguang came over and looked at the front with Qin Shaoqian. The battlefield, "...you said, when will Zonghan be able to kill here? Make a bet?"
Qin Shaoqian put down the telescope: "...he will never kill him."
The Huaxia Army's offensive is like a blade, slicing through the flesh and piercing the body of the Jurchen army...
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Zong Han has not experienced the feeling of being trapped in a battle for a long time.
He has been in a high position for a long time, and since the mid-term of the extermination of the Liao Dynasty, what he needs to consider is basically the matters of battle formation and strategy. Large-scale marches, siege operations, launched a dignified offensive on the battlefield, and then defeated the opponent.
In the past few decades in this world, there are not many people who are evenly matched with the Jurchen, and few people can stab him with the blade. is a breakout.
The current situation is different.
The Huaxia Army fought bravely, but after all, there were not many in number. Although the soldiers he led had not fought well recently, they still had the strength to fight in the first battle.
Once transferred, Jurchen will lose all opportunities, and only he is the one who takes the lead and moves forward bravely. In this afternoon, maybe the heaven can give Jurchen a blessing.
The handsome flag moved forward amid the mighty shouts, a group of Jurchen soldiers were fighting bravely, and the cannons were pushed forward, blasting the sky into black dust. Zonghan marched forward with swords under the guard of his personal soldiers, and sometimes even bows and arrows flew over. The personal guards tried to surround him, but Zonghan violently drank him away.
I don't know when, the offensive of the Huaxia Army has begun to spread to the artillery positions. Zong Han sent 200 people to support and defeated the offensive of the Huaxia Army Company, but not long after that, another small team of the Huaxia Army was killed from the flank. Come in, this is an inevitable situation after the situation on the flanks has been disrupted. If it is a Jurchen team, it is difficult to muster the courage to come in directly from the periphery, but the Huaxia Army team is keen on it, and some of them are already counting when they appear. Only ten feet away, he was killed and retreated when he encountered a team of a thousand people beside Zong Han.
The army formation at the forefront of the attack had already been shattered. Chala was the first to be beheaded by the Huaxia army. Several knives were rescued by the guards, and they were dying. Front, back, left, and right, the Huaxia Army team smashed through the chaotic army formations, and the team around Zong Han was also involved in the battle.
"Come with me—"
Zong Han moved forward with his sword, and his flag did indeed inspire many female soldiers, causing them to gather here again after their defeat.
A Chinese army team came from the flank, the crossbow shot crossed the crowd, and a "ding" sound was nailed on the armor of a personal soldier beside Zonghan. Someone threw a grenade. The guards in front went up to them and started fighting. Several guards came over on horseback, trying to block Zonghan from the possible attack, but Zonghan waved his whip to let them go a little: "Don't be fooling around! They throw fire and thunder, all of you will have an accident—"
Figures staggered in the smoke and dust in front of the side, and the soldiers fell down one by one. The blood splattered in the sky with the light of the sword, and fluttered outside the smoke and dust. Zong Han heard someone shouting: "Nianhan is here—"
"Kill him—"
"—Kill Nianhan!!!"
Amidst the billowing smoke, the leader was a strong-looking Chinese soldier. He turned his attention to Zong Han and collided in the slaughter. Zong Han waved his sword: "Go kill him! Reward a hundred gold! There were knights rushing up beside him, but on the side of the battlefield, a small group of Huaxia Army appeared in the field of vision. It seemed that they responded to the call of "kill Nianhan" and rushed over to stop the group of knights. Together.
The ox-shaped Chinese soldier helped his wounded companion in the chaos not far away, and came towards this side with a knife. Someone was shooting arrows. He was blocking it with a shield. Looking at the hillside not far away, there was a mighty fight everywhere, he took up the long sword: "Listen to my orders!"
He yelled, "Kill them—"
The formation was pushed forward, and the soldiers in the rear row lit fire and thunders and threw them over there. There were no more than a dozen Chinese soldiers in that area, and they scattered around, dodging in a hurry. Some people were rolling in the mud ditch, and some people were hiding. Behind the stone, some people were blown up on the spot. Amidst the billowing smoke, the soldiers in the front row rushed forward. Zong Han saw the Chinese soldier jumping out of the smoke behind the stone and slashed one of his personal guards in the chest with a knife, and blood spurted out. The corpse flew out two or three feet away. The soldier then staggered back under the attack of the two Jurchen soldiers. But as a wounded Huaxia Army came to help, the soldier immediately slashed the neck of a Jurchen soldier.
"it is good-"
Zonghan rode his horse and rushed over!
His heart was full of blood, and he rode his horse like a thunderbolt. In a blink of an eye, he rushed to the front of the Huaxia Army soldier, and cut him off with a sword!
The body of the Huaxia Army soldier jumped out, and with a long knife on his body, he slashed at Zonghan's horse's leg!
The blood splattered, and the Huaxia Army soldier was taken by the horse, and his body rolled on the ground. Zong Han even rushed out with his horse. Because the running distance was not long, the speed of the warhorse was still not the fastest. Although the front leg was slashed, it just stumbled to the ground. Zong Han directly fell off the warhorse and threw the With the long sword, the surrounding personal soldiers were shouting: "Master!" Zong Han lifted the cape and threw it away, picked up a large sword from the ground, and rushed forward.
When he was in his prime, he was good at using the sword, and he was basically only issuing orders in recent years, so he changed to a majestic long sword, but in the current situation, it was not good enough after all.
The Jurchen generals who were able to become famous in the early Jin Dynasty were all warriors in battle. Even in old age, Wanyan Loushi was still keen to stage the scene of the three or five elites wearing armor and winning the city. However, when it comes to fighting the right way, for example, Wanyan Zongbi, who has a splendid reputation in history, will be hanged and beaten by him one or two. The same is true for Zong Han. For decades, his army has been organized, but his martial arts training has never fallen. At this time, he is still the most outstanding warrior and hunter in the Jurchen tribe.
He is tall and in power all the year round, and he has accumulated a majesty and aura that far exceeds that of ordinary people. At this time, he is holding a knife in his hand, and his murderous aura is enough to intimidate people. Blood was smeared on the top and forehead, surrounded by Jurchen guards, and Wanyan Zonghan rushed forward with a knife. There was a frenzy in his eyes, and the two rows of teeth were exposed, which looked like a bloody grin—
He exerted force on his legs to meet Zonghan. The world-famous Jurchen Juju, who had killed countless people, slashed with a knife, like a butcher slashing at his prey, and the Huaxia Army soldier who was half a head shorter than him slashed from the bottom to the top, and went up to him with all his strength! The knife light soared into the sky.
With a sound of "Bang—", the two steel knives collided with full force in the air. Zong Han's full-strength knife was smashed open at this time. In the air, his eyes were frantic, blood spurted from his open mouth, and a roar resounded in front of Zong Han.
"kill-"
Murder is a joy.
More than ten years have passed, and Niu Chengshu, the first company commander of the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Regiment, of the Huaxia Seventh Army, once again fell the blade in front of Wanyan Zonghan. On one side are the seemingly insignificant soldiers of the Huaxia Army, and on the other are the Jurchen heroes who have brought shadows to the world for decades. The blades slashed together, and sparks burst into the air. In the blink of an eye, Wanyan Zonghan kept retreating and falling. into the crowd.
Jurchen soldiers drowned next to them—