Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 832 0827 [The golden soldier who fights to the death]

The organization of Li Yanxian's tribe was very complicated. He brought foundation from Shaanxi, as well as volunteers from Henan, Hebei, and Shanxi, and even incorporated some soldiers who surrendered to the puppet dynasty.

Among his generals were his Jianghu friends Yan Ping and Luo Ruming. The former followed Li Jinyi to attack Jinzhou, and the latter followed Yue Fei to attack the Jinbing Food Station.

The brothers Zhai Xing and Zhai Jin whom Han Shizhong conquered in Luoyang have been transferred to the second-line army for training due to their age. Their sons Zhai Zong and Zhai Liang, the former became Han Shizhong's general, and the latter became Li Yanxian's general.

There were also the three brothers Shao Long, Shao Yun, and Shao Xing, the leaders of the Shanxi Anti-Golden Rebel Army. Their troops were also disorganized, and Shao Long was assigned to Li Yanxian's command.

Among the four leaders of the Hebei rebel army, Jiao Wentong, Fu Xuan, Meng De, and Liu Ze, the first two became generals under Li Yanxian, and the latter two became generals under Yue Fei.

A bunch of miscellaneous troops with various origins were organized into a field army under Li Yanxian.

"We are also running out of livestock feed," Li Yanxian said. "We will start killing mules tomorrow. This will not only save some livestock rations, but also allow us to eat an extra day or two of military rations."

Shao Long began to complain: "Li Gong (Li Bao) and General Yue, neither of them came to reinforce, they only let us stand here with the golden soldiers. Li Gong used his troops like a god, and we cannot question it. But General Yue After all, he is young. If he cannot burn the enemy's rations, we will be in a dilemma. "

"How can we say there are no reinforcements? All the fire rifle soldiers under General Yue have been mobilized," Li Yanxian said with a smile, "Don't panic. At worst, if the army rations are exhausted, you can kill the mules and eat them to last for several days."

Jiao Wentong suggested: "We can start reducing meals from tomorrow, and then send people to the counties to ask for help, and ask Li Qiong to lead troops to deliver food supplies."

Li Yanxian shook his head: "It's not time yet. The one who is anxious now is not us, but the Jin soldiers on the opposite side. If you were the commander of the Jin soldiers and came with tens of thousands of troops, you would be unable to conquer Dading Mansion first, and then The attack on Wen'an Town has stalled, and the grain transport team has been cut off, but the rest of the Ming Dynasty's army is nowhere to be found. Are you panicking?"

"I was so panicked that I would have withdrawn my troops long ago." Zhai Liang said with a smile.

Li Yanxian said: "But Wanyan Zonghan cannot withdraw. He must have received an urgent report from Liaodong. Liaodong is almost gone. If he doesn't win the battle here, what morale will the Jin soldiers have if they retreat all the way? Even if he withdraws Yes, our army can stop pursuing it, stop at Dading Prefecture in the north, and attack Xingzhong Prefecture with all its strength in the east. "

Fu Xuan nodded and said: "It's not like Jin Bing is advancing or retreating. It's just like stepping into a quagmire."

Li Yanxian said: "So don't panic, just hold on to the main force of the Jin soldiers. Even if Yue Fei fails to burn food, we can still hold on for several days by killing mules and eating meat. If we hold the Jin soldiers for one more day, Li Gong will be able to attack more easily when he goes around." Wanyan Zonghan would be surrounded by the enemy and he would be able to escape alone, but without his rations and livestock, he would not be able to fight any further. "

Li Yanxian analyzed the battle situation clearly, and the generals were convinced.

After the meeting, all the generals returned to their camps.

They personally visited various places and reiterated again that they were not allowed to take off their armor while sleeping.

midnight.

"Bang bang bang!"

"Puff..."

A series of voices came.

But it was Wanyan Zonghan who sent out cavalry to disperse a small number of Ming sentry cavalry.

Then he pushed the cannon forward in the dark and threw stones in the direction of the Ming army camp.

The landing points of these stones were completely random. Some hit houses in small towns, some hit military tents in the camp, some hit peripheral tanks, and some even fell into the river.

The movement was quite loud and the effect was negligible.

After a round of stone throwing, the Ming army only suffered three casualties. Two of them were hit while sleeping in a military tent, causing one death and one injury. Another man was sleeping with his back to the chariot on guard, and a stone hit the chariot and injured him.

"Don't panic!"

The generals quickly rode out and went to appease the soldiers.

The field army formed by these miscellaneous troops has been personally trained by Li Yanxian for four years. In terms of military discipline, if the entire Ming Dynasty ranks among the top three, Li Yanxian is definitely good at training troops.

After all, in history, this man was able to make countless miscellaneous troops, even the bandits he had just conquered, and the ordinary people in the city, fight with him in the street battles after the city was captured. And no one betrayed, surrendered, or fled, even the bandits were ready to die.

What's even more rare is that the gentry and officials are also willing to obey his orders, and can also take the initiative to attack and farm.

Li Yanxian climbed to the beam of the tallest building in the town and silently observed the situation everywhere. He found that all the ministries were mobilizing troops normally and there was no need for him to direct the deployment.

"Oh!"

A big stone flew and fell several hundred meters away from Li Yanxian, destroying a dilapidated house.

It is estimated that this is the furthest attack distance of the enemy's catapult, and it must have been pushed very far forward.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

The musketeers on the periphery fired at the black shadow, and there were faint screams. It was unknown how many were hit.

"Boom boom boom!"

The Ming army's artillery also fired and seemed to hit a catapult.

The Jin soldiers have launched an attack on three sides, facing the river's position, and there are even Jin soldiers lying on the wooden planks to swim across.

However, Li Yanxian looked at the mountains behind him and said to the messenger: "No matter how lively the fighting is elsewhere, those who are facing away from the mountains cannot move. Go tell Jiao Wentong and let him defend his camp."

"Boom boom boom!"

The Ming army's artillery fired again, all attacking with shotgun shells, shouting to kill the enemy.

Immediately afterwards, flintlocks and crossbows also took turns to shoot.

It was a fool's errand, and he had no idea how many people he had hit.

A team of golden soldiers crawled over, avoiding most of the lead bullets and arrows, and then began to scream one after another - they had crawled into the iron caltrops area, and many golden soldiers had their palms pricked.

"Tear away the thorns!"

The Jurchen general Ulu was withdrawing and was not far behind at the moment, and he quickly issued specific military orders. A Jurchen soldier shouted: "You can't tear them apart. These caltrops are loose and not tied up with ropes. The southern thieves scattered the caltrops all over the ground!"

The caltrops are worn with ropes for easy storage after the war.

Li Yanxian only wanted to defend and did not consider the war at all. The key areas were covered with caltrops.

The main reason was that there were not enough soldiers and civilians to accompany them, and there was a lack of time to make arrangements. The outer trenches were not dug deep and the forts were not built very high.

The fire gun soldiers had finished loading their ammunition, and following the screams in front of the formation, they fired at the lying black figures.

"Bang bang bang bang!"

After a burst of gunfire, dozens of Jin soldiers in front of the battle were killed and injured.

Later, more golden soldiers rushed up and were immediately fired upon by bows and crossbows.

These core elites of the Jin Kingdom were beaten and humiliated by the Ming army for several years. The generals, including Wulu Tieba, have always been holding back a bad breath in their hearts. It doesn't even matter whether they win or lose. They have to let it out tonight.

They speculated that the Ming army's muskets and artillery would be very slow to reload at night, and it would be difficult to aim in the dark.

We must take advantage of the darkness and defeat the enemy regardless of casualties!
There was no supervising team at all, batch after batch of Jurchen elites were sent by Wanyan Zonghan to join the battle.

Even if they were injured and could no longer fight, they did not flee indiscriminately, but supported each other and retreated. The newly joined Jin soldiers were not frightened because they could not clearly see the tragic situation of their friendly troops. The wailing sounds coming from all directions only aroused their ferocity.

"Come at me!"

Ulu withdrew the remnants of the soldiers and quickly crawled across the caltrop belt, not even crying out in pain when his fingers were pricked. At many places along the way, he even crawled over the corpses of friendly soldiers.

Ahead was a trench, only thigh-deep and covered with weeds.

Wulu was crawling forward quickly. He pressed his right hand on the grass and almost fell down.

But someone fell beside him, and there was a sharpened wooden stick stuck at the bottom of the trench...

Unable to advance or retreat, Ulu got up and jumped over the trench successfully. It turned out that the trench was dug very narrow.

Ahead were chariots and ramparts, with many torches.

Ulu pulled out his weapon and rushed forward, and was hit by two arrows in an instant.

Protected by armor, the arrows caused little damage. Ulu retreated and pretended to be dead and fell down, then broke the arrow shaft and accelerated to crawl forward.

Screams came from behind him from time to time, and gunshots were heard from ahead. Looking up by the light of the fire, Ulu Tsunder saw a musketeer on the side and rear of the tank who was reloading ammunition after shooting.

Wulu Tsuba stood up suddenly, raised his gun and rushed forward, trying to stab the Ming Army musketeer to death through the gap between the two tanks.

Just stabbing one to death would be enough. He hated these cowards who could only hide and shoot!

"Someone!"

With a cry of surprise, two infantry spears struck at the same time, and a crossbowman fired at Ulu.

Ulu was stabbed by a spear. Although he was only slightly injured, his body swayed and he missed the target. The head of his gun passed over the squatting musketeer's head, and the other musketeer fired at him from a distance of only one and a half meters through the shooting hole of the baffle.

"boom!"

Ulu Tsuba fell on his back, and from the corner of his eye he saw his son following him, with several arrows stuck in his body.

Immediately afterwards, the son was also hit by a musket.

Is it really impossible to break through this kind of car formation? Ulu Tsuba died with his eyes wide open.

Wanyan Zonghan invested a lot of elites, and these guys were really vicious.

In the most dangerous place, due to the insufficient number of musketeers, the golden soldiers even attacked the chariot. All the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty took up arms to fight, and used thunder to repel the Jin soldiers.

Finally, the Jin soldiers collapsed.

Everyone was retreating one after another. Wanyan Zonghan did not bother to count the number of casualties and quickly organized a second attack.

This time it was still besieged on three sides, but elite troops were deployed to climb over the mountain and descend on ropes.

When the fighting was at its most intense, the Jin Kingdom's horse and infantry troops all unified Lousu and personally led the team down the mountain for a surprise attack.

Jiao Wentong, who was guarding this side, had already sent people out to light the bonfire after receiving Li Yanxian's order. As long as the golden soldiers who climbed over the mountain touched the outside of the position, they would be easily illuminated by the fire.

But the battle line was too wide, and the number of fires was obviously insufficient.

Lou Su asked his soldiers to get closer to the fires that were far away, and then launched a so-called surprise attack.

The raid failed.

Lou Su's death was more aggrieved than the Ulu withdrawal. He was not at the forefront and was hidden in the darkness. But a stray bullet flew from nowhere, and a musketeer fired randomly, hitting Lou Su in the chest.

After fighting for two full hours, Wanyan Zonghan launched three attacks.

All ended in retreat.

However, the Ming army generals were also shocked. The Jin soldiers tonight are so terrifying. They are really charging forward and risking their lives. Every one of them fights without their own lives!
“Woooooooo~~~”

Several horn blasts came from far and near.

Wanyan Zonghan was shocked. That was an alarm that the grain and grass were under attack!

(End of this chapter)