Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 454 0449 [Guo Yaoshi defeated]

Two days later, Zhang Guangdao arrived with a large army. Counting Deng Chun and Chen Ziyi's cavalry, as well as civilian and logistical personnel, the number of troops exceeded 2 (minus the civilians).

Zhang Guangdao arrived in the morning, and Jin Bing also arrived in the afternoon.

For the time being, Wanyan Talan will lead the army and lead the main force to join Wanyan Zongwang.

The deputy commander-in-chief, Wanyan Yanmu, led some Jin soldiers to capture people harvesting wheat and plundered new wheat from Hebei along the way to supplement the army's rations.

"Why don't you cross the river?" Wanyan asked lazily.

Wanyan Zongwang said unhappily: "I only have cavalry in my hands. The people of Song Dynasty were already prepared and even demolished the bridge. How dare they go there easily? Just wait for you to bring the troops over!"

These two are cousins ​​and uncles.

Wanyan Talan has a total of four troops in his hands.But when Wumengan was founded, Wanyan Talan recommended candidates to serve as commander-in-chief, including Khitans and Xi people.He also recommended Khitans and Han people to serve as officials. From then on, all the state capitals of the Jin Kingdom were governed by Khitan and Han officials.

Wanyan Talan relied heavily on the Han people, not because he admired Han culture, but because his political base was the northern Han people and the Sinicized Khitan people!

In terms of his attitude towards the Song Dynasty, Wanyan Talan always belonged to the peace faction, that is, just let the Song Dynasty cede land and pay compensation, and there was no need to beat him to death with a stick.

Wanyan Talan, as the supervisor of the East Road Army, has a tense relationship with the coach Wanyan Zongwang.

But overall, the two of them are allies. They were both supported by Wu Qimai to fight against the powerful Wanyan Zonghan.

How awesome is Wanyan Zonghan?
Many times, Emperor Wu Qimai of the Jin Kingdom had to listen to him!

Wanyan Zongwang said: "The ferry has been selected and the boats are ready. We will cross the river downstream tonight."

Liu Yanzong then quietly moved to the downstream ferry with the Han soldiers.They need to cross the river first. If they are attacked halfway across the river, these Han soldiers will also be damaged.If the Han soldiers successfully cross the river, they will form a formation on the other side to support them, and the Jin soldiers can cross without danger.

Liu Yanzong's ancestor was Liu Bang, the Lulong Festival Envoy of the Tang Dynasty. He served as prime minister of the Liao Kingdom for six consecutive generations. Liu Yanzong himself also served as a privy council member of the Liao Kingdom.

Now, Liu Yanzong is the supreme commander of the Han soldiers of the Jin Kingdom, and even manages some of the Khitan soldiers.

Deng Chun's light cavalry all went out to cruise. The next morning, they found that most of the Jin soldiers had crossed the river downstream, and immediately went back to report the news to Zhang Guangdao.

"Continue to retreat south!" Zhang Guangdao ordered.

Although it will harm or even kill many people in the suburbs and expose them to the iron hoof of the Jin people, this is the order given by Ju Ming.

The officials and people inside and outside Tokyo must be taught how terrifying the Jin people are!
Zhang Guangdao's army retreated to the vicinity of Chicang Town and camped between Huimin River and Cai River.

Until now, Wanyan Zongwang and others thought they were Song soldiers.

Wanyan Zongwang sent out his cavalry to cover the battlefield and prevent the enemy from discovering his strength. Soon these cavalry found Zhang Guangdao's camp.

"The Song people are cowardly. On the other side of Chicang Town, it must be King Qin's western army. Seeing our Dajin Tianbing, they retreated again and again in fright," Guo Yaoshi suggested, "As long as this Song army is defeated, the Song army in the city will not be defeated." Dare to fight again."

Wanyan Zongwang thought the same way. He would definitely attack the troops outside the city first. Should he directly send troops to attack the city?

Without knowing who the enemy was, the Jin soldiers began to attack.

Wanyan Zongjun led thousands of light cavalry, including Yaoshi Guo, to cross the river between Tokyo City and Akakura Town.The Cai River is not wide, and there are a large number of golden soldiers holding bows to cover it. These thousands of light cavalry quickly crossed the river and established a foothold.

Immediately afterwards, Wanyan Zongbi led [-] Hezha Meng'an and successfully crossed the river with the support of light cavalry.

Hezha Meng'an, also known as the Escort Army, is the elite of the elite, with less than 1 people in the heyday of the Kingdom of Jin.But then it became a bit stretched, and he became more and more life-threatening, after all, they were all noble guards in name.

Now is the most intense time!
"Continue to retreat!"

Zhang Guangdao only has [-] soldiers, how can he fight with tens of thousands of gold soldiers?What's more, Ju Ming's mission has to be completed.

Before the Jin soldiers approached Caihe, Zhang Guangdao retreated again.He had a large number of ships, horses, donkeys and mules, and he retreated quickly with his baggage, pretending to be fleeing in panic.

After Guo Yaoshi crossed the Cai River, he took the vanguard to challenge. When he saw that the enemy camp was empty, he was immediately overjoyed: "Song soldiers are really cowardly. They fled without fighting. My sons, please follow me to kill the enemy!"

There was really no vigilance at all, because from Yanjing to the Yellow River, the Song soldiers along the way would either stick to it or surrender the city directly, so the Dingzhou defender dared to go out of the city to lure the enemy.

There was a fire burning in Guo Yaoshi's heart. As long as he defeated the Song army in front of him, he would be able to gain the trust of the second prince!
Guo Yaoshi now has three thousand cavalry, half of whom are his direct descendants, and the other half are light cavalry from other victorious armies.As for the remaining elites of Liaodong, they were still led by his son Guo Anguo, and Wanyan Zongwang did not dare to hand them over to Guo Yaoshi.

Three thousand victorious army cavalry chased them for several miles, but Deng Chun suddenly led three thousand light cavalry to meet them.

"Where did the short mule come from?" Pharmacist Guo looked dismissively.

Because Deng Chun's three thousand light cavalry, the war horse is too short. Although the best is selected, it is a southwest horse after all.

In Guo Yaoshi's eyes, it was not a war horse at all, but a mule that looked like a horse.

Can this kind of mule cavalry fight in a war?
The victorious army's cavalry divided into several groups and charged forward. After shooting an arrow in the middle, they began to accelerate their charge, hoping to engage in direct close combat with their tall horses.

Deng Chun's mixed Han and Qiang cavalry marched while shooting.Although their horses are shorter, their tactical actions are more standard, and the teams are uniform, and the orders are transmitted, and the grassroots officers respond extremely quickly.

This place is more than twenty miles away from Tokyo City, and the woods have not been completely cut down.

Deng Chun led the light cavalry, firing alternately and retreating, leading Guo Yaoshi to a small forest.

With such a dangerous signal, as a veteran, Yaoshi Guo should be alert and stop pursuing.But firstly, he was deeply impressed by the cowardice of the Song soldiers, and secondly, he was eager to make meritorious deeds and gain recognition from Wanyan Zongwang, so he led his troops to pursue them like this.

In the woods, the servants had already helped put on the heavy armor.

The number of uniformed cavalry under Chen Ziyi has now increased to more than 280.In addition to the war horses bought from the northwest, there are also war horses collected from the folk. The folk horses are all donated by wealthy households.

As long as you offer a horse that can carry the equipment, you can send the children of the clan to Zhu Guoxiang to be students!

In addition to the armored cavalry, Chen Ziyi also had more than a thousand Hebei cavalry.

Deng Chun approached the grove with his Qingqi, and suddenly asked the trumpeter to blow the horn. The three thousand Qingqi turned sharply, split into two and passed outside the grove.

"Kill the thief!"

"Woooooooo~~~~"

The horn sounding in the woods frightened Medicine Master Guo, and he subconsciously pulled the reins to slow down his horse.

But how can the cavalry in high-speed pursuit be stopped so easily?
I saw more than 280 cavalry, all of them in heavy armor, came out of the small woods.

There are more than a thousand Hebei cavalry guarding on both sides, helping the armed cavalry to shoot and disrupt the enemy's formation as much as possible.

Pharmacist Guo's pupils shrank when he saw it, and he shouted: "Quickly retreat!"

Without his reminding, all the cavalry under his command were slowing down, planning to turn around and retreat on the spot.

They could not retreat to the two sides, because Deng Chun's light cavalry also gradually stopped, and they were turning around to cooperate with the armed cavalry to attack from three sides.

"Boom!"

More than 280 mounted cavalrymen, moving faster and faster, were already running and charging.

Three thousand southwestern light cavalry turned around and fired arrows on both sides.

Guo Yaoshi's headquarters could still maintain morale, but other cavalrymen were frightened out of their wits.

Seeing that these enemy cavalry were about to run away, Deng Chun shouted: "Blow the trumpet, stop!"

Three thousand Southwest Qingqi stopped shooting arrows and charged diagonally forward in close combat, trying to keep Guo Yaoshi's troops behind.

Deng Chun's light cavalry were equipped with chain armor plus cloth armor. Their ability to resist arrows was fully maximized, and their melee defense was also pretty good.

Deng Chun's own war horse was actually Cornucopia's original partner, a tall and elegant Ganqing horse that Zhang Guangdao temporarily lent to him.

This guy threw out several of his horses' heads and charged in almost single-handedly.His strength was a bit scary, and he could knock over the enemy's cavalry with one swing of his mace.The second enemy cavalry thrust toward him with his spear, Deng Chun swung his left mace and struck it away. The horse accelerated his right mace and smashed it out, directly breaking the enemy's arm.

Yang Yun, a young general of the Qiang nationality, riding a southwestern horse, also drew his spear and killed one person.Although his horse comes from southwestern Sichuan, its shoulder height reaches 1.3 meters, which is already very impressive in Sichuan.

This kind of ambush, surprise attack, and flanking attack from three sides, with a frontal charge of cavalry, I'm afraid the iron pagoda will have to drink a pot if it encounters it.

Guo Yaoshi's other cavalry had completely lost the will to resist. They could escape as fast as they could, and they didn't dare to stop and fight - they no longer listened to Guo Yaoshi's command.

The cavalry of the headquarters was quite obedient. Yaoshi Guo escaped from death countless times, quickly found a breakthrough, and led the cavalry towards Yu Dian's unit.

Yu Dian was a general of the Xiang Army in Lizhou. His martial arts and commanding abilities were not weak, but he was still not enough when he met Guo Yaoshi and his soldiers.After just one encounter, Yu Dian was almost killed by Guo Yaoshi, and more than a dozen of the cavalry around him were killed or injured.

At this moment, Chen Ziyi's armored cavalry finally rushed into the battlefield.

The cavalry of the Ever Victorious Army was stopped by the Southwest Qingqi. The horse speed had slowed down a lot, and the rear row was hit by the armored cavalry at full speed.

Facing these men and horses with heavy armor, the cavalry of the Ever Victorious Army had no power to resist, and the surviving people could only speed up their horses and escape.

The ambush soon turned into a pursuit. Guo Yaoshi led five or six hundred cavalry and rushed past Yu Dian's cavalry.Yu Dian killed and injured more than 200 people, Guo Yaoshi also died and injured more than a hundred people, and then Guo Yaoshi fled without stopping.

Chen Ziyi and Deng Chun cooperated to divide, surround, and strangle, killing all the enemy cavalry who refused to surrender.The heavy cavalry retinue also rode inferior horses and rushed out of the grove to receive the surrendered prisoners and clean the battlefield to guard the captured horses.

Then, Chen and Deng led their troops to pursue them one after another. They chased them for several miles before leading their troops back - and when they pursued further, they encountered the elite Jin soldiers.

Pharmacist Guo fled back in embarrassment. He took [-] cavalry to fight, but now there are less than [-] left.

Wanyan Zongwang looked at the remnant soldiers in front of him and felt that something was wrong.

(End of this chapter)