Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

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 20,000 (minus the civilians).

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

For the time being, Wanyan Talan led the troops and led 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 can't we cross the river?" Wanyan asked lazily.

Wanyan Zongwang said angrily: "I only have cavalry in hand. The Song people have been prepared for it and demolished the bridge. How can I dare to cross easily? I'll wait for you to come with your troops!"

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 have been prepared. 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 people of the Song Dynasty are cowardly. Over there in Chicang Town, there must be King Qin's Western Army. Seeing our Dajin Heavenly Soldiers, 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 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 3,000 Hezha Meng'an and successfully crossed the river with the support of light cavalry.

Hezha Mengan, also known as the escort army, was the elite among the elite, with less than 10,000 people in the heyday of the Jin Kingdom. But later on, they became a bit estranged and became more and more life-saving. After all, they were all nominally the bodyguards of the nobles.

Now is the most intense time!

"Keep retreating!"

Zhang Guangdao only has 20,000 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 really was no vigilance at all, because along the way from Yanjing to the Yellow River, the Song soldiers either defended or directly surrendered, 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 horses were too short. Although the best were selected, they were still southwest horses.

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 were shooting and moving at the same time.

Although their horses are shorter, their tactical movements are more standardized, each team is uniform, and the orders are passed down, 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, fired alternately and retreated, leading Guo Pharmacist 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?

More than 280 cavalry were seen, all wearing heavy armor, fighting out of the woods.

There were more than a thousand Hebei cavalry guarding both sides, helping the armored 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!"

He didn't need to remind him at all. All the cavalry under his command were slowing down and planning to turn around and retreat.

They could not retreat to both sides because Deng Chun's light cavalry also gradually stopped and was turning around to cooperate with the armored cavalry to attack from three sides.

"Boom!"

More than 280 mounted cavalrymen were already running and charging at an increasing speed.

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 is 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.

The other cavalrymen under Guo Yaoshi had completely lost their will to resist. They could escape as fast as they could and did not 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 wounded.

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 quickly turned into a pursuit. Guo Yaoshi led five to six hundred cavalry and rushed past Yu Dian's cavalry. Yu Dian suffered more than 200 casualties, and Guo Pharmacist also suffered more than 100 casualties. Then Guo Pharmacist 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 3,000 cavalry to fight, but now there are less than 800 left.

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