From ancient times to the present, based on the objective attributes of human beings, in order to pursue a better life, people have set various rules for themselves.
From customs, to laws, to all kinds of self-evident basic morality, people set limits for themselves, delimiting boundaries that should not be easily crossed. It can be said that these boundaries protect the foundation of people's lives. They prevent people with weak individuals from being easily damaged, and can properly use the power of each weak individual to gather sand into a tower, and finally create a strong and Brilliant country and civilization.
From this onwards, the rules created by human beings will gradually lose their scope of application, and among large groups such as countries, the nature of the law of the jungle begins to show its fangs more clearly. It will remind us of the most essential truth of this world, and it will clearly tell us that the basis of mutual respect between people lies in only two essential laws:
First, people can use each other.
Second, there is mutual deterrence between people.
When a certain rule between the two models is out of balance to a certain extent, all the man-made rules, all the truth, goodness and beauty that seem to be justifiable, may break away at any time and disappear. war, from this.
That is the real expression of omnipotence among human societies. All customs and morals can't stop it from running in, everything allowed by physical rules may happen in front of you, it widens the gap between people to the scale of emperors and animals, and makes countless people displaced from their wives. The ion disperses, making people realize that the world can be a more terrifying place than hell.
But it also exhausts people's imagination in the other direction. It forces people who want to survive to keep moving forward. It reminds people that all beauty is not given by God but created and defended by people. It reminds people of self-improvement. Necessarily, at some point, it will also push the old age of the world.
In the first year of Wu Zhenxing and the fifteenth year of Jintianhui, the years have alternated in the war for dozens of years.
There have been wars one after another that have determined the rise and fall of the world and the trend of history. In the past few decades, these wars have determined the Jinren to become the most dazzling character on the world stage. The wheel of history has crushed the future of countless people.
At the end of February, such a war was about to break out at a place called Wangyuan Bridge on the front line of Zizhou. At this time, the first battle between the Jinguo West Route Army and the Huaxia Army in the southwest had been going on for four months. People realized that such a node would appear, and it would definitely appear and then mark a temporary punctuation for everything.
It's just that when it appears, the whole process of the battle is so surprising.
It is true that at the macro level, the overall situation of the entire Southwest Battle during the Battle of Wangyuan Bridge was full of grand and bloody pictures. Everyone was doing their best to fight for the chance to win that line, but when the whole battle came to an end, people Only to find that all this is so simple and smooth, even so simple that it makes people feel weird.
At the surface level of combat, this war didn't even have any miraculous happenings. At first glance, it looked as if two armies had moved straight to the other side after a brief maneuver, one of them lunged towards the other with all their might, and so on until the end of the battle. Lots and lots of people didn't even react at all, so dumbfounded that it was hard to breathe...
Of course, within the entire war, there are naturally more inextricable causes and effects. To see these clearly, we need to cast a macro perspective on the entire battlefield on the day of February 23rd as the turning point.
Taking February 23rd of this year in the southwest as a node, in the vast mountains and fields more than 20 miles in front of Zizhou, the Jin Army troops participating in the southern expedition have been divided into five groups in essence, one side is stabilizing the formation, and the other side. Pour south.
At this time, the Jin Army was located among the five main armies on the front line of about 150,000. Among them, the southernmost one was the 20,000-strong Yanshanwei revenge army led by Wanyan Xiebao. The Yanshanwei was behind for many years. The more than 10,000 troops directly under the leadership of the former, although they are slightly behind, but two months have passed, this army has gradually sent thousands of war horses from the rear, at most when the mountain road is rough to make up for the transportation. However, as long as they reach the flat terrain near Zizhou, they can once again exert their greatest destructive power.
Echoing Yanshanwei, he has always been walking in the middle, pulling away from the speed army with steady steps. The core of his army is more than 20,000 people, but the scouts and active forces around him have drawn the most. The Jurchen general who broke through Huangming County looked a bit brutal and reckless on the battlefield, and did not put human life in his eyes, but the whole method of using soldiers was actually the most stable, and it was the most difficult for the Huaxia Army who liked to fish in troubled waters.
Pulling away from the Su army slightly to the north, the Dalai and Saba armies descended from Yuyu Stream were the largest army group in parallel. Due to the large number of troops, the entire group had more than 50,000 people, and their pace was a bit bloated. After the first month, Wanyan Zonghan, the coach of the Western Expedition who once appeared in Yuyuxi disappeared, and some Huaxia Army staff guessed that he was in this army with Wanyan Saba, the right-hand man he was most accustomed to using.
Of course, there are also some staff members who think that Zong Han may be sitting in the center of the pulling out quick formation. The conjecture proved to be correct after the fact.
A little further to the northwest, there are still about 30,000 Han troops, which are interspersed towards the borderline of the battlefield. Shortly after crossing the Yuyuxi and Huangming County front lines, the Jin Guo troops finally completed the Han troops who had returned from the Central Plains and Jiangnan. Stripping of troops. Or rout on the battlefield, or send to the sideline positions that are not important to focus on advancing.
Today, this army of about 30,000 is led by the Han general Li Rulai. The Jurchens don't have high expectations for them, as long as they can attract the attention of the Huaxia Army to a certain extent, disperse the troops of the Huaxia Army, and don't retreat to the main battlefield.
Four months into the war, the main force that Jurchen was able to send to the front line was probably about 120,000. With the addition of the wounded and left-behind soldiers in the rear, the total force might be improved a lot, but the force in the rear is already very difficult. pushed forward.
On the other hand, the Huaxia Army was the main force of more than 50,000 people in the four divisions at the beginning of its development. Later, about 20,000 recruits were added. By the end of February, the remaining number of the first division was about 8,000. , the second division experienced the defeat of Huangming County, and later added some wounded soldiers. By the end of February, there were more than 4,000 people left. In addition, the army commander He Zhicheng directly subordinated 6,000 active forces such as special brigade and cadre regiment. The frontline of Zongxi and Leigang participated in blocking the opponent's army of 150,000. In fact, it was these 34,000 people.
Watermelon was in the rear to suppress the bandits, and he led a special operations force. The 6,000 people he has in his hands include the Jingling Regiment, the Bandit Suppression Unit, some special operators who participated in front-line operations, and a small number of technical soldiers.
More than 34,000 people assembled on the front line were not actually concentrated. Relying on the rugged roads in the mountains in front of Zongxi and Leigang, and the characteristics that the large corps could not develop, a large number of troops were released and dispersed to fight.
In the early morning of February 23, several troops of Jurchen had already launched a large-scale interspersed raid. After the Huaxia Army reacted, about 15,000 troops assembled at the first time. Three groups of 4,000, 5,000, and 6,000 people attacked the weak forces under Xiebao, Chulisu, and Saba, and the battle started in the mountains from noon.
The strength of the Huaxia Army continued to mobilize afterwards.
Ning Yi's departure from Zizhou and Jurchen's choice was a "same time". But with his move, the day of February 23 has a completely different meaning for the entire Southwest war situation.
Everyone can know that the battle situation has reached a very critical node. But not many people can understand Ning Yi's motive for making this choice.
For the Jurchens, when they entered the Jiange, the main force was 200,000 troops, but now there are only 120,000 troops on the front line, and the available Han troops are almost exhausted. Historically speaking, this is an extremely embarrassing scene. But the war does not follow a simple exchange ratio. It takes tens of thousands of people to consume the golden soldiers like this. The Huaxia Army is under even greater pressure. When the strength of the army gradually decreases, it will collapse at a certain moment, more likely today Piecing together only 40,000 Huaxia troops left.
Of course, Jurchen understands a part of the purpose of the Huaxia Army taking the initiative to attack the mountains and muddy the water. The defense of the city needs to be exhausted until the attacker gives up. In the field of sports operations, you can choose to attack the leader of the opponent. For example, in the most complex mountainous terrain here, you can attack Zonghan by surprise, or pull out the speed, Saba, and oblique. Guarantee... As long as you defeat a main force, you can obtain results that cannot be easily won in defending the city, and even cause the opponent's early defeat.
In order to deal with this possibility, Zong Han even chose the most cautious attitude, unwilling to let the Huaxia Army know where he is. At the same time, his eldest son Wanyan She also did not appear on the front line.
The only bait that was really released was Wanyan Xiebao. Zong Han's son was known for his recklessness in the outside world, but he was actually delicate in his heart. The revenge army he led, with Yanshanwei as the main body, was second only to the entire golden army. Tu Shanwei's strong army, even if Lou Shi died for many years, the army that has been trained under the purpose of Xue Shao was originally the core force of the Jurchen attacking the southwest.
If the Huaxia Army wants to beheaded, the oblique protection is the best goal, but to behead the oblique protection, it is necessary to take their lives seriously.
In the past month or so, the Jurchen has gone through extremely difficult times and suffered great losses, but on the whole, there have been no fatal mistakes. In theory, once they crossed Leigang and Zongxi, the Huaxia Army would have to turn around and return to Zizhou to fight a reluctant defense of the city. And by that time, a large number of troops with low combat effectiveness, such as the Han army, the Jurchen would be able to let them drive straight ahead and destroy the rear of the Huaxia army to their heart's content on the Chengdu Plain.
This will make the Huaxia Army uncomfortable, but the other party must choose this way. Of course, Zong Han and others also predicted another possibility of crossing the line of Leigang and Zongxi. Abandon the Chengdu Plain and return to the Liangshan Mountains to continue to be his King of the Mountains. That was also a way for the battle of the Southwest to come to an end.
No one expected that Ning Yi would come out.
The strong man broke his wrist to this extent? Once the line is crossed, launch an all-out battle with 40,000 people
Zong Han also knew the story of the victory of the soldier, but in the current situation, such a choice seemed very irrational and even ridiculous.
Because of this confusion, the night of the 23rd to 24th in the Jurchen Army was extremely uneasy. The high-level generals pretended to make front-line transfers while negotiating with the core command group on the side of Tu Lisu. .
Dalai, Saba and others naturally thought they were deceitful. Wanyan Xiebao started to push forward frantically according to his "settings", making a gesture to seize the first moment of fighters, and the more than 10,000 troops who were already ready to go in the rear were also quickly crowding in. Gao Qingyi once advised: "Ning Yi is desperate, and his calculations must be extremely unusual. It is better to order the King of Baoshan to stop quickly and send another army to test."
Wanyan She also took the same cautious attitude, but Zong Han didn't make a decision for a while, and Tuo Lisu continued to do his steady work to make the middle army march forward calmly, even if there was something, it would not be against the oblique. Paul's army is completely out of touch.
"...Ning Yi's 6,000 men came out. Even if the fighting strength is amazing, what will be the next step? What is his purpose? To attack all the troops who have stepped out of Leigang and Zongxi? How many people can he defeat?"
For half the night, Zong Han and others continued to deduce on the map, but they couldn't come up with the result. It was not yet full daylight, and the messenger of Xiebao also came, bringing the letters and statements of Xiebao himself.
"...Our 150,000 men attacked, and my son and 20,000 people left Leigang and Zongxi first. No matter how strong the Huaxia army was, they would meet them with a total of 40,000 people. It can be concluded that the situation of the southwest battle has been decided... If the Huaxia army cannot meet with 40,000 people, and only Ning Yi has 6,000 troops, what fear does his son have? Another battle is…”
"...The two armies are fighting, and the fighters are fleeting. Ning Yi is proud of his fighting strength, and it is time for his son to strike head-on. The only thing to worry about is that Ning Yi lured the enemy with 6,000 people and assembled a frontal team. Yu Xian To completely swallow the army in my hands with the strategy of encirclement is the strategy of breaking one finger rather than hurting ten fingers, but this is not difficult to deal with..."
Ning Yi rushed out so arrogantly, the biggest possibility is nothing more than seeing that Leigang and Zongxi were no longer defendable, and wanted to concentrate the superior force to eat one of his own before all the 150,000 troops came out. But this is not a bad thing. In battle, if you are not afraid of the opponent's intentions, you are afraid that the opponent does not have it, then it is elusive. That's why, Baoshan Road, Ning Yi wants to eat, I will kill him.
As for the rear, as long as the army of Li Su, Saba, Dalai and others firmly suppresses the Huaxia army in the mountains, so that he cannot withdraw many people, the attempt to extract chestnuts from the Huaxia arms is unlikely to be realized. Withdrawal of troops, itself is very incredible.
From another point of view, if Ning Yi led 6,000 people over and said that he wanted to eat the 20,000-30,000 main force in Xie Bao’s hands, and Xie Bao’s response was not “let him eat, please finish it”, the woman would In fact, real people don't have to fight for dominance in the world anymore.
Even if it was four to five times stronger than Ning Yi, Xie Bao, who led one of the strongest Jurchen troops, also planned to lose the battle. The title of "Black Flag Army" has also been unknowingly changed to "Huaxia Army", which is also the respect that Huaxia Army has shown on Jurchen's face in the past four months.
On the twenty-fourth, Zonghan made a decision and approved the plan of oblique protection. At the same time, the army of pulling out the speed was steadily pressing forward, and at a point to the north, the army of Dalai and Saba maintained a conservative attitude. It was a deliberate response to the speculation of the Huaxia Army that "Zonghan and Saba are together".
It is worth mentioning that, after obtaining the approval of his father, although Xie Bao ordered the back road army to continue to speed up the advance, on the front line, he just maintained a fast attitude, and made the team as much as possible to devote themselves to the main force of the Huaxia army. One team went to battle, and the time for all the troops to cross the Palm Creek was as long as possible for a day.
He still felt that 20,000 people was not enough insurance, so he had to assemble an army of 30,000 people and then rush to Ning Yi. This action was also testing Ning Yi's true purpose. If the opponent really tried to fight him with 6,000 people, then he would You should wait for yourself.
In the early morning of the twenty-sixth, the first team of Xie Bao stepped across the Brown Creek. He originally thought that he would receive a head-on attack from the opponent, but the head-on attack did not come. Ning Yi's army was still gathering several miles away. He looked like It was to take the main force of the Jurchen in the middle of the attack, and moved to the side, posing a deterrent posture.
Intimidate you to paralyze!
At this time, Zong Han's flag was already displayed in the mid-range formation, which was pressing the main force of the Huaxia Army on the front line. The fighting in the mountains has been further escalated, and the offensive and defensive battles have been put into a positional mode. The Huaxia Army blocked the mountain pass with artillery arrays and continued to take advantage, but the Jurchen was also sure that the main force of the Huaxia Army would be killed so that it could not leave. In fact, everyone was waiting for the next change in the battle situation, and Ning Yi's reaction was so strange that it was confusing.
Twenty-eighth, the forces of nearly 30,000 people in the oblique protection have been assembled one after another, and even 3,000 cavalrymen have been drawn. Ning Yi moved forward unhurriedly, and Xie Bao also moved forward. He always thought that the other party should be cheating at some point, but he never did. The interaction between the two groups of people seemed to be two. Children's shouts.
"You kind of cut it!"
"I cut it!"
"You chop!"
"I cut it!"
"No cut is a grandson"
Always cut a knife, otherwise it will become Sima Yi.
On the afternoon of the twenty-eighth day, there was a lot of fighting in the mountains ahead. Near the Wangyuan Bridge, Wanyan Xiebao slashed down with a knife.