Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

At the end of the first round of hedging, Wanyan Zongjun was forced to abandon his gun and pulled out an iron bone flower as a weapon.

Because his left arm was broken by Ju Ming, and his right waist was stabbed by Chen Ziyi. Even wielding the bone to fight with one arm is extremely difficult, and every time you exert force, you will pull the wound on your waist.

Yang Yun and Geng Zhongnian's cavalry came from two directions and formed a very dense formation, completely blocking the escorting army's charging space.

Wanyan Zongjun could only ride in a small circle and swing the Iron Bone Flower with all his strength. The wound on his waist continued to seep blood, and from time to time it touched the broken bone of his left arm. He almost fainted from the severe pain.

He had been shot several times, and was protected by heavy armor. However, his strength gradually disappeared due to excessive bleeding.

Yang Yun, a young Qiang general, finally approached Wanyan Zongjun after killing an escort. He saw that the enemy general's left arm was hanging down, so instead of attacking the vital part, he picked up the barrel of his gun and hit his broken arm.

"ah!"

Wanyan Zongjun had been gritting his teeth to bear the pain, and finally couldn't help but scream.

Another Han cavalryman took the opportunity to stab Wanyan Zongjun at the intersection, trying to stab Wanyan Zongjun in the throat.

Wanyan Zongjun endured the severe pain to dodge the spear tip and slide it against the item.

Another shot stabbed his chest, but it was still blocked by the heavy armor. Wanyan Zongjun was even able to use his strength to smash the gun away, and urged his horse to step forward in an attempt to continue the fight.

These escorting troops were surrounded and killed by enemies four times their own size, and their horses lost room to move. They still continued to fight with their heavy armor.

The musketeers seemed useless, but a single salvo earlier killed more than 40 enemy horsemen and injured more than ten. The damage they inflicted on the escorting troops was equivalent to Yang Yun and Geng Zhongnian leading their troops to fight for a long time.

Seeing that Yang Yun could not break the enemy general's defense, he urged his horses to get closer. He relied on his superb equestrian skills to lean out half of his body. He reached out and grabbed Wanyan Zongjun's hanging broken arm, and yanked it towards him, causing the enemy general to scream in pain again, and his body fell to the side involuntarily.

Another cavalryman took the opportunity to draw a gun, and the tip of the gun was pressed against the mouth of Dunxiang, and then he stabbed it hard inside.

"puff!"

The fifth prince of the Jin Kingdom finally died, with a big hole in his throat.

Zhu Ming led his troops to counterattack, but was blocked by a group of escort troops and could no longer approach Wanyan Zongjun. He only avoided attacks with blunt weapons, allowing the enemy's sharp weapons to stab him, and then swung his maces to hit him left and right.

I don’t know how many spears were stabbed into Ju Ming’s Heavenly King Armor. Just like Wanyan Zongjun, nothing happened after he was shot.

Instead, it was Ju Ming's two maces that hit each other, causing death or injury.

At this point in the siege, the escorting army had actually collapsed. The reason why they hadn't fled yet was because there was no place to escape. Four times the number of troops surrounded and killed them. No matter where they fled, they were enemies, and they were forced to fight to the bitter end.

Deng Chun also used a double mace. He already had an advantage against the ordinary cavalry of the Jin Kingdom, but the subsequent attack of four hundred escort troops made it very difficult for them to deal with it.

Until Pharmacist Guo joins the battlefield!

This fierce general who had rebelled countless times led his troops to charge into the rear of the 400 escorting troops. After charging closer, Medicine Master Guo abandoned his spear and picked up the iron bone flower to hit it.

Deng Chun was startled at first and thought that Medicine Master Guo was coming to kill him. When he saw the direction of Medicine Master Guo's attack, he suddenly felt extremely outrageous and delighted.

Before the four hundred escort troops were blocked, some people kept retreating and rushing out of the encirclement, and then rushed back to cover the friendly forces. They had suffered defeats before, so they took turns to cover their retreat, and after most of them had withdrawn, they regrouped to organize the attack.

Medicine Master Guo was very familiar with this. He urged his horses to stick to each other, not giving the escort troops who had broken through the encirclement a chance to turn around and fight.

"Poof!"

Deng Chun struck out with his mace. General Hanpu Lijin was hit with a dent in his chest because he was not wearing heavy armor.

The battle is basically over, and all that's left is encirclement and pursuit.

Of the three to four thousand cavalry brought by Wanyan Zongjun, except for Guo Yaoshi who led his troops to defect, only a dozen light cavalry managed to escape, and not a single one of the escorting troops was left dead.

"The sinner Guo Yaoshi, please bow to the Grand Marshal Lang Jun!"

Medical Master Guo got off his horse and knelt down to kowtow to Ju Ming.

Zhu Ming was covered in blood at this time. He looked at Pharmacist Guo who was kneeling on the ground to take action. His emotions were complicated and very embarrassing.

To accept or not to accept?

Can you surrender yourself?

According to the secret letter sent by Li Bangyan, Medical Master Guo kept the Liao costumes after surrendering to the Song Dynasty to show that he was nostalgic.

Regarding this practice, Song Huizong first commended him for his loyalty, and later asked civil servants to persuade him to change his clothes. It wasn't until Wang Anzhong was recalled to Tokyo and Cai Jing took over as the prefect of Yanshan that he finally succeeded in getting Pharmacist Guo to change into Han clothing.

Less than half a year after the change, this product has already dropped in price.

And it’s still the same old routine, insisting on wearing Han clothes in the Kingdom of Jin. It was not until he was deprived of the command of the infantry and ordered to be the vanguard to attack the Song Dynasty that Guo Yaoshi quickly transformed into a golden man.

What an ill-fed wolf!

But Yaoshi Guo voluntarily defected to the Song Dynasty and made considerable military exploits. He couldn't refuse to take him in and force him to surrender to the Song Dynasty, right? It would be even more nonsense to kill them directly. There is no reason to kill those who have served and performed meritorious services indiscriminately.

Medical Master Guo was kneeling on the ground at this moment, beating a drum in his heart. He had betrayed his master too many times, and he was afraid that he would be jealous of Ju Ming because of this.

After waiting for a long time, Ju Ming put away his visor and collar, took off his helmet and turned over to the ground.

Bai Sheng ran over to help him remove his armor.

While taking off his armor, Ju Ming said: "Get up and speak, and call the officers under your command."

"Thank you Marshal Langjun!"

Pharmacist Guo was immediately overjoyed and asked the messenger to summon his officers, and the lower-level soldiers subconsciously moved closer.

Zhu Ming said loudly: "I am a Han, and you are also Han from the North. We are all descendants of the Yan and Huang people, and we should be a family. The Khitan has occupied Youyun for more than a hundred years, so it is understandable that you serve for a foreign race."

After hearing this, Pharmacist Guo and his soldiers felt that Marshal Zhu was very reasonable, and they were willing to accept Han'er's identity.

Zhu Ming added: "You used to be resentful soldiers. The Lord of Liao is too stupid to let you live a good life. You can only unite to protect your lives. It is understandable that you betray the Lord and surrender to the Song Dynasty."

Everyone listened quietly and thought that Marshal Zhu was considerate and spoke to their hearts.

Zhu Ming changed the subject and said, "Although the Lord of Song is mediocre, he treats you very well. Why do you have to surrender money to Song?"

Pharmacist Guo explained: "Wang Anzhong, the prefect of Yanshan, snared and killed the surrendered generals of the Liao Kingdom without permission because of the blame of the Jin people, which chilled the hearts of us Liao Han people. We also fought with our lives for Zhao and Song, and almost set fire to the Jin army's camp, but were killed by friendly forces. Betrayed and put himself in danger. After returning to the city, Cai Jing did not punish those who deserted before the battle. Those bird men conspired to pay the gold, and the ever-victorious army in Yanjing would inevitably be unable to defend itself due to internal strife, and we could only be forced to surrender to the Jin men."

Ju Ming asked: "If I treat you well in the future and you encounter a certain death situation, will you also abandon me and surrender to the enemy?"

"Don't you dare!" Medicine Master Guo knelt down quickly and the soldiers behind him followed suit.

Pharmacist Guo explained: "Marshal Lang Jun, who is well-educated, knows that from top to bottom, the victorious army has never been afraid of fighting on the battlefield, and is willing to sacrifice his life no matter who he serves as a soldier. He turned his back on the Liao Kingdom because the nobles of the Liao Kingdom were persecuted too much, and they were completely Don't leave us a way to survive. We turned our backs on the Song Dynasty because the monarchs and officials of the Song Dynasty were ignorant and the rewards and punishments were unclear. We fought to the death to kill the enemy, but we were treated like deserters. Now we are turning our backs on the Jin Kingdom because the Jin people don't regard us as human beings. First of all, He separated me from the infantry under his command, went to the battlefield and drove us to die. We tried our best not to frown, but deliberately let us die, but we couldn't stand the cowardice."

Ju Ming said frankly: "You are all straightforward men, and I am also a straight-forward person. Let's make a three-part agreement: First, I can forget about your past things, and treat them equally in the future; second, you must strictly abide by my military discipline, and any violation will be ignored. I will deal with those who follow military orders and discipline seriously, especially those who harass the people! Third, General Guo, you can still command the troops, but you and the officers under your command must not show any resistance or disobey orders if they receive orders to be transferred to other troops. If you don’t comply, I will also place civil servants nearby, and the soldiers’ food and salary will be distributed by my people.”

Does this mean the lifting of military power?

It didn't seem to be the case, so he was allowed to continue leading the troops.

Moreover, after experiencing the Jin people's seizure of military power, Zhu Ming's approach of clearly stating the rules in advance was acceptable to Yaoshi Guo.

Ju Ming said: "I am a person with clear grievances. If you can't accept it, you can go to the Song Dynasty now. All officers and soldiers please get out of the way!"

After Ju Ming gave the order, all the teams evacuated, even the soldiers cleaning the battlefield retreated far away.

Pharmacist Guo and his soldiers knelt on the ground, not knowing what to make for a moment.

Ju Ming made it very clear that as long as he surrendered, he would no longer be a warlord. They will not have their own territory, and they must be obedient when being promoted, demoted, or transferred, and they must strictly observe military discipline and not harass the people.

Pharmacist Guo had no choice. He had already rebelled against the Kingdom of Jin. With the attitude of the Jin people towards traitorous generals, he would have to shed his skin even if he returned home.

It was even more impossible to defect to the Song Dynasty. Everyone knew that the Song Dynasty was in ruins.

In addition to seeking refuge with Ju Ming, could he also travel thousands of miles to seek refuge with Xixia?

Medical Master Guo stood up with his soldiers, walked to the front of Ju Ming and knelt down again: "Sinners, all listen to Marshal Langjun!"

Zhu Ming then personally helped him up and said with a smile: "I have gained the general, which is like adding wings to a tiger!"

The soldiers who pursued the enemy returned one after another, and the battlefield was almost cleaned. There was no time to count the spoils and losses, so Ju Ming immediately led his troops to leave the battlefield.

After returning, check carefully.

Of the more than 280 heavy cavalry, 98 were killed in the battle, and almost all of the others were injured. There were also more than a dozen seriously injured people whose lives were uncertain. The casualty and aggravation rate is close to 40%, and the casualty rate is 100%!

Geng Zhongnian's Hebei cavalry lost 107 people in battle, and the death toll rate was about 9%.

Deng Chun's Han and Qiang light cavalry suffered 374 casualties and 153 serious injuries. The rate of casualties and aggravated injuries was about 19%.

There are really heavy casualties, and these are all the treasures that Ju Ming spent a lot of money to train!

does it worth? worth!

Hezha Meng'an of the Jin Kingdom had only 6,000 men, and in this battle, Ju Ming wiped out 1,000 of them.

Hezha Meng'an is a top-notch elite who is selected from the best. Even if he is replenished, his combat effectiveness will decrease. Moreover, the Kingdom of Jin did not have enough heavy armor at this time, and it was also difficult to replenish the armor of cavalry and war horses, but Ju Ming captured a large number of war horses and armor.

Those Jin soldiers who were lucky enough to escape brought the news back to the Jin camp. After hearing this, Wanyan Zongwang almost wanted to withdraw his troops!