In the morning, the drizzle became a little more rapid. Amidst the greenery, the ear-splitting shouts of death in a clear direction reminded everyone that the battle was in full swing on the west side of the stone bridge highland and in the upper reaches of the Taiping River.

The left army of the Imperial Camp of the Song Army consisted of 20,000 troops, plus 15,000 Dangxiang Qingqi from the Royal Camp Cavalry led by Li Shifu, 10,000 Khitan-Xi Qingqi led by Yelu Yujian, and 15,000 Ximengu Qingqi, in total.

Sixty thousand troops.

When the Jin army first noticed that the Song army was extending its forces upstream, they deployed four thousand households tit for tat.

In the Song army, Han Shizhong's imperial cavalry left army is undoubtedly the elite and the main force. Although Li Shifu's cavalry in the imperial cavalry are all light cavalry, they are after all imperial soldiers, well-equipped and well-trained, and can be regarded as

An extremely reliable auxiliary force. However, the Mongolian Qingqi, Khitan, and Xi Qingqi are somewhat dwarfed in terms of equipment and military discipline... Of course, no one expects them to really kill and break through. Their mission is more to contain them.

In order to harass the Jin army, they must rely on the maneuverability of light cavalry to disrupt the entire battlefield, so that the second main battle group of the Song army can cross the river to fight.

By the same token, the Jin Army's combat power here is also uneven. Their cavalry can never have the same combat power as their infantry, and Wanhu and Wanhu can never be equated.

The zigzag battle line runs roughly north-south, extending a straight line distance of eight or nine miles from the river bank to the back of the highland. The actual fighting front is likely to have exceeded twelve or three miles. However, in theory, for both sides,

For a battle involving hundreds of thousands of soldiers, the length of this battle line is still a bit short, and too short.

Overall, the strength of both sides is still too thick.

However, this is also the reason why Han Shizhong's Dagu appeared on the battle line. The Song Dynasty needed this sharpest knife to cut through everything.

"What are you going to do?" Amidst the loud shouts of killing, one of the 40,000 households on the Western Front, Pusan ​​Beilu, from the 10,000 households near the river, suddenly grabbed his son and questioned him face to face.

"I'm going to kill Han Shizhong under that big banner!" The tall and burly Pusanwu pulled down his mask and faced him with all his might, his face flushed red. "The unforgettable achievement is today!"

"Did Han Shizhong say that he can beheaded by beheading?" Pusan ​​Beilu was extremely speechless. "Don't risk your life so easily!"

"Father!" Wu Zhe responded angrily. "Taizu asked our Pusan ​​tribe to station at the border of Goryeo to prevent you from conquering the Liao and Song Dynasties. Later, the third prince (the third prince mistakenly believed that Li Duo was from the Pusan ​​family) asked you to

When you went to Longde Mansion to be the governor, you voluntarily gave it up to Ben Jian and just became an ordinary household. As a result, not only did those people not appreciate it, they only said that you were incompetent behind your back..."

"Wuzhe." Pusan ​​Beilu felt helpless. "It was a good intention of Taizu to let our Pusan ​​tribe guard the Yalu River. There is nothing else to do, so what does it matter whether we do it or not? I have been stationed in the rear all year round, and I really don't have a military strategy.

Empirical... As for what others say or don’t say behind their backs, what’s the point of worrying about verbal matters? The priority in everything is to protect the whole family.”

"Just to protect the whole clan, shouldn't we fight today?" The young servant Sanwu was still angry. "The fourth prince's last words are also reasonable, right? If the skin is gone, how can the hair be attached? If the Kingdom of Jin is

If we lose today, the country will be in dire straits. Will the servants be able to survive by then? We should fight to the death to serve the country."

"No one tells you to serve the country, but today's battle does not require you to serve the country like this. You must know that we are defending this time. The Song Army has no foothold on this side of the river, so as long as we hold on to the front and not collapse,

When it gets dark, the marshal leads tens of thousands of his troops out to sweep them away, and by then they will be considered victorious." Pu San Bei Lu said sincerely.

Just as Pusanwu was about to reply, suddenly, a burst of shouting came from the upstream direction in the west, directly interrupting the conversation between the father and son.

The two of them turned to look, and saw Han Shizhong's unparalleled banner moving towards their home. In front of the banner, hundreds of Jin Army cavalry on one wing could no longer be said to be defeated, but more like a rout.

Well, because some of the escaping cavalrymen panicked and ran into the infantry line, which made people nervous for a while.

"Wuzhe, I allow you to go to the front line as a commander." Pusanbeilu turned around, suppressing the uneasiness in his heart and making a last-ditch effort. "You take your own Meng'an, and I will give you ten more Mooke. Together we can

Take them there, but as long as you keep an eye on the front line, you are not allowed to expose yourself, and you are not allowed to attack without authorization like before... You just attacked to the river, and it was delayed to march with Tu Hesu. Ben Jian is already very dissatisfied... Can you give me

Make a promise?"

"I know!" Wu Zhe was filled with hatred, but he quickly put on his mask, turned around and rode away.

Seeing this, Pu San Bei Lu felt a little powerless in his heart.

You must know that compared to his long-term garrison near the Yalu River, his son led a group of soldiers to join the front line army seven years ago when he was only 16 years old, and has been participating in battles under the care of his nephew Niuliduo.

For a time, he accompanied Lu Bu in the Battle of Yaoshan. Ali crossed the river and participated in the battle to attack Luoyang, forcing Wang Boyan, the prime minister of the Song Dynasty, to death. His military exploits were recorded in the commander's mansion early.

This gap in experience and age destined father and son to have completely different views on war, and also destined their actual influence in the military to be slightly misaligned.

Otherwise, why would Pu San Bei Lu be so worried? And how could Pu San Wu command the troops on the front line?

Without further ado, Pusanwu Zhe abandoned his infantry and led ten Mooke forward together with the six Mooke from his fierce army. At the same time, he divided the ten Mooke into two groups and advanced alternately to resist Song Dynasty again.

While he was on the offensive, he ordered six soldiers from his headquarters to rectify the military discipline on the spot and collect the defeated troops. The situation was actually easily controlled by him.

This is something that can't be helped.

After the war started across the entire upper reaches, Han Shizhong personally urged the Beiwei Army to attack this area as a loophole. It can be said that this is the area where the Song Army's offensive is the most intense. It can also be said that it is the area where the Song Army has the upper hand.

On the battlefield.

Being dominant is a dominant force, but it does not mean that the Song army can crush the enemy and advance like a tide.

There is damage, but for the heavy cavalry and heavy steps of both sides, as long as the formation does not collapse and the morale does not collapse, large-scale destruction is almost a joke, especially since the spring rain has been falling so far, although it has not seriously affected the exchange of war horses and livestock.

But it has already made one of the main armor-breaking and killing methods of the two armies... that is, heavy arrows and hard crossbows useless.

As Liu Yan said, if you take out the bow to defeat the enemy and pass three arrows, the range and accuracy will no longer be a weapon. And the eldest brother does not laugh at the second brother. The same is true for the close-range hard bows and heavy arrows that the Jin army has always relied on.

There was also an advance. Han Shizhong used Beiwei's army as the forward, and asked Jieyuan to use another elite force from his headquarters as the flanks to resist the sudden attack, and then brought Li Shifu as the backup. It can be said that elites must be elites, and troops must be powerful.

Morale has morale, and there is no reason why you can't overwhelm the opponent.

However, the formations of both armies were too thick, so the battles often went like this. The Wei army fought cavalry against cavalry, and defeated a Jin army's advance in turn using the tactics of kidnapping horses. Taking advantage of the situation, they advanced for more than a hundred steps, and a new

A group of Jin Army cavalry came back from the gap in the posture of a kidnapping horse, and the originally defeated troops were able to take a breather in the rear, and then exerted the unique resilience of the Jurchen cavalry. After just a little reorganization, they rejoined the preparatory battle line.

.

This kind of scene is typical anxiety.

At this point, the Jin Army wants to maintain the anxious state, and the Song Army wants to break the anxious state.

This is a test for both parties.

The rain was obviously coming in waves, which made both sides anxious and anxious. The rain calmed down again, and in the chaos, the thick front line that had just been forced back more than a hundred steps by Han Shizhong's big banner was scattered.

The visitor suddenly noticed that dozens of elite Jurchen Iron Buddha cavalry were coming from the direction of the distant highlands.

Just by looking at the iconic waistcoat, Pusanhei knew that this was Wanyan Benjian's personal guard, and then he had no choice but to grit his teeth and face him. He thought it was because of his own repeated retreats, which aroused Benjian's dissatisfaction, so he continued

I'm going to be punished.

"What does Dutong (Wanyan Benjian) have to say?"

His heart was agitated, and his words became restless.

"Not all." It was unexpected and reasonable. The person who answered the other party was a familiar voice. The other party pulled down his mask, and it turned out to be Pucha Asa, Pusanwuzhe's friend. This person was indeed a perfect person.

Yan Ben saw that one of his trusted guards was now just Pu Liyan. "It's the King of Wei."

"What did King Wei say?" Wu Zhe, who had been slightly relaxed because of the arrival of his friend, felt frightened again.

"The King of Wei knew that Han Shizhong had come from your father and son, and was worried that you would not be able to resist him, so he sent people to Dutong (Wanyan Benjian) to inquire about the situation of the battle. But wasn't it raining heavily for a while? It was hard to see clearly.

So the governor asked me to come down and take a look." Puchaasa said in a relaxed tone.

What does it mean to be worried and unable to resist when you know that you are coming from our father and son?

Wu Zhe was immediately furious, but he couldn't do it to a brave man like Asa.

On the other side, Asa asked a few questions and observed with his own eyes for a while, and found that the Jin army was indeed losing ground. They could only rely on the toughness of the kidnappers to cover the retreat of the front line layer by layer, but he finally frowned:

"If this is the case, maybe Han Shizhong will be able to push you all the way to the high ground before noon?"

"Not bad." Wu Zhe responded helplessly.

"Is this how I'm going to tell King Wei?" Pucha Asa asked tentatively.

"What else can be done?" Wu Zhe blurted out.

Asa didn't care, so he could only push up his upper armor and turn back.

But at this moment, there was another roar in the front. Asa turned around in surprise and saw that the Jin army's front in front was in disorder and was attacked again by the Song army's cavalry under the urging of the unparalleled banner. He was also shocked for a moment, but Wu Zhe had already

Having adapted, he quickly issued military orders one after another and continued to maintain the front line.

When the military order was issued, Wu Zhe withdrew his gaze from the large banner hundreds of steps in front. He was originally planning to send someone to ask his father to mobilize a group of fresh reinforcements from the rear to replace some of the front troops whose morale was gradually depressing, but when

When he turned his head and glanced at Asa who was standing there watching curiously, his heart couldn't help but move slightly.

"Asa." Wu Zhe took the initiative to speak.

"What's the matter?"

"To tell you the truth, I originally wanted to go and take Han Shizhong's head in person, but I have a heavy responsibility, and I have agreed to my father's words to command the front line and not to attack without permission..."

"You want me to go?" Although Asa is a brave man, he is not a fool.

"Aren't you the number one warrior in the Marching Department of Longde Mansion? Aren't you able to kill a bull with one punch? On the march before, weren't you in front of the Fourth Prince lifting a baggage cart that was stuck in the mud with one hand? Now you are a

Good opportunity. Although Han Shizhong is a great general, he is so old and has been fighting for a whole morning. How can he be your opponent? I will give you five plotters as backup support. If it succeeds, it will be a great achievement...

"

"Don't you want this meritorious service?" Asa suddenly interrupted.

"I am the young master of the Pusan ​​Department and Taizu's nephew. Do I need a way to be promoted? When the time comes, I will naturally have glory and wealth... I am thinking about the country and the war situation... If I can kill Han Shizhong here, Song Dynasty

The army's offensive will be abandoned halfway!" Wu Zhe tried his best to confront me. "On the contrary, it's you, Asa. Don't tell me that you didn't deliberately lift the cart in front of the King of Wei that day without any intention of climbing up... How can I compete with you for credit?

"

Asa was silent for a moment, then looked back in the direction of the high ground.

Wu Zhe understood and immediately said: "Even if the matter fails and everyone is blamed afterwards, we, father and son, will protect you in front of the King of Wei! If it doesn't work, come to me, you will still be able to march vigorously... Where are you going?
To be continued...