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Chapter 1304 Night Battle

Carloads of steaming steamed buns were delivered to a military camp on the front line.

"Pass your Majesty's order, the vanguard battalion will begin to advance at midnight!"

Shi Qian looked at Zhong Shidao, Han Shizhong and others in front of him and spoke.

"These buns have just been steamed. Once you eat them, get ready for war!"

Shi Qian pointed to the carts of steaming buns again.

"Yes!"

Zhong Shidao's face was a little stiff. This moment had finally come, but he also knew that he couldn't go against it, so he could only respond with cupped fists.

"Eating buns!"

The lazy Forbidden Army didn't have any awareness at all. When they saw the steaming big buns, they rushed forward. However, the veterans stood in front of the car together, and the Forbidden Army subconsciously lined up when the whip was waved. .

There were five buns per person, two stuffed with meat, two with vegetarian stuffing, and one sweet. The Imperial Guards were extremely happy, and their mouths were full of oil as they ate the buns.

"Brother, eat some, the battle is about to begin tonight!"

Zhongshi Zhong handed a piece of steamed bun to Zhongshi Dao. No matter how upset he was, he couldn't stop eating.

Zhong Shidao looked at the steaming steamed buns. During the war, this kind of food was definitely considered delicacies. However, it looked like the last meal before the execution, and the soldiers who were about to die could eat it one by one. That's called sweetness.

"General Lao Zhong, I'll bring someone up first later!"

Han Shizhong said after eating two big buns in one go.

"Are you going to take the others up first? I'll go first!"

Yang Keshi said that he also wanted to go to the front line to clear his name.

"Let's all go!"

Zhong Shidao took a bite of the buns and then said, their soldiers' combat effectiveness is too poor, and if there are too few people going, something will happen.

"The enemy's formation is in chaos. We are afraid that more than half of us will die or be injured if we go there!"

Wang Zhen said, judging from what he observed, the Jin army's combat effectiveness was not bad, and their soldiers were no match at all.

"Actually, you don't have to worry so much. Sun Lei's arrangement is actually for our benefit. Our attack will be at night. In this case, we may not be able to fight!"

Zhong Shidao finished eating the buns and then spoke.

"Although night fighting limits the enemy, it also limits us. These soldiers are afraid that they will be in chaos in one battle!"

Wang Zhen opened his mouth and said that he knew best what the situation of his soldiers was, and they would definitely disperse when they encountered the enemy.

"I can't control that much anymore. Just like Sun Lei said, they have been given enough opportunities. If they don't cherish it and think they can continue like this, then it depends on fate!"

"In this way, let's gather some soldiers together and fight as a small team!"

Han Shizhong looked at the crowd and said, it is impossible for them to bring tens of thousands of miscellaneous soldiers to deal with the Jin army. This would be to die. What they can do is to gather the soldiers who can be seen as commanding, so that they can still fight.

"This is a good idea!"

Everyone nodded in approval. Although the soldiers under their command were very poor, there were always some relatively good ones among so many people. As long as those ruffians who remained stubborn were eliminated, they wouldn't be able to take out the rest.

"Then let's do it! Let's settle down to our destiny!"

Zhong Shidao looked at everyone and said, especially after that, the words of "Ge'an Tianming" were particularly heavy.

"Yes!"

Everyone bowed to the veteran general and saluted. They were all generals who had subjugated their country, and they no longer had any superior-subordinate relationship, but they still admired the veteran Zhong Shidao.

"Old General Zhong, are you going to die?"

After everyone left, Han Shizhong didn't know anything. Instead, he asked Master Zhong in a low voice. "I have lived long enough. I am satisfied to be able to die on the battlefield and be shrouded in horse leather!"

Master Zhong shook his head and said.

After hearing this, Han Shizhong sighed and left. He had no way to persuade Master Zhong, so he could only do his own thing, but he was not prepared to die in battle.

In the dark night, the Jin army is in formation.

"Your Majesty, the enemy keeps testing. They are well-armed. Without cities and mountains, we cannot stop them for long!"

Wanyan Loushi looked at Wanyan Wu's begging and said, just after a short battle, they felt the gap in the equipment between the two sides. Not to mention the artillery, the enemy's armor, shields, swords, guns, and crossbows were not comparable to them. .

"Fight and retreat, pull the enemy's formation apart! The enemy's formation is too tight now, and our cavalry cannot charge!"

Wanyan Wu Qimai looked at the crowd and said, most of their cavalry are light cavalry, and their tactics are nothing more than impact and detour. Both of these tactics need to be used after the enemy's formation is deployed.

"Listen, the enemy's temptations will not stop. Spread out the army and retreat to the two wings after a little resistance. If the enemy does not pursue you, he will attack in a roundabout way. The enemy's formation must be torn apart..."

Wanyan Wu Qimai assigned tasks to everyone.

"Report, Your Majesty, the enemy is coming to kill you from the front!"

A soldier hurriedly ran into the camp and said.

"The attack started in the middle of the night? How many people were there?"

Wanyan Wu Qimai frowned and asked, "It's just past midnight. Is the enemy going to fight all night long?"

"Your Majesty, it seems that the enemy wants to fight us for endurance!"

Wanyan Gao said.

"Then let's see who has more endurance!"

Wanyan Wu's begging voice was cold. These Jurchens, who have been fighting for their lives in the mountains and forests all year round, are not afraid of the Central Plains people.

In the dark night, the shouts of killing shook the sky. Zhong Shidao and others led the army to launch a fierce attack on the newly deployed forward position of the Jin Kingdom.

The smooth attack and the dark night environment gave these forbidden troops courage. They believed that the enemy was nothing more than this and they could easily defeat it.

"Hold your position and kill me!"

Wanyan Zongqian commanded the army on the front line, because it was dark and he didn't know which part of the enemy's army was coming.

The front line of the two armies stretched for five miles, and the armies were directly fighting each other. There were constant sounds of fighting in the dark night.

"wrong!"

Wanyan Zongqian realized something was wrong just after an hour of fighting. His plan was to resist for two hours, evacuate at dawn, and pull the enemy's formation apart. However, after the battle, he found that the pressure was not great and the enemy could shout loudly. The sound was loud, but it couldn't actually break their frontline positions.

"General, how shall we fight?"

A group of generals looked at Wanyan Zongqian and asked. The order they received was to show the enemy weakness and lure the enemy deeper, but the result was that the enemy was very weak, so weak that they didn't know what to do.

"Keep fighting, hold your position and don't rush in. Let's see what the enemy's plot is!"

Wanyan Zongqian ordered to the generals around him that he wanted to wait until dawn to see what happened.

"Kill me!"

Zhong Shidao waved the Pu Dao in his hand and directed the soldiers to charge forward, but their attack was powerless in the face of the Jin army.

"I'm telling you, if you can't defeat the enemy, you will all die!"

When Zhong Shidao saw that the soldiers encountered enemy resistance, they began to slack off in their work. Some of them shouted with hatred that the war had broken out. These soldiers thought they could fool them.

But no matter how advanced they were as teachers, those soldiers just did not work hard and were not willing to fight forward at all. They just waved flags and shouted outside the enemy's lines.