Chapter 17: Run, Run
Wan Yan Lou Room didn't know that he had been captured by the Song army, and seeing that the support of Yan Lazy had not yet arrived, Wan Yan Lou Room mistakenly thought that it was because he had not yet found the right time, so he could only continue to order the soldiers to advance.
But the heart of the Jin army was already on the verge of collapse at this time, and the soldiers were full of thoughts about retreating quickly. Wan Yan Lou's order did not have a good effect.
The ground in front of the Jurchen soldiers was already a sea of fire, and even if they wanted to move on, they would not be able to get close to the hillside where the Song army was located when they could not extinguish the fire at the moment.
The billowing black smoke brought tears to the tears of the Jurchen soldiers in the downwind position, and the Song army was more or less affected.
Black smoke rose from the sky, although the Song army was not in the wind position, but the visibility was not very high, and the Jurchen soldiers under their feet could not be seen clearly, and they would be thrown indiscriminately when throwing various lethal weapons, which was difficult to achieve the effect of effectively killing and injuring the Jin army.
The whole battlefield is now like a human purgatory, people trapped in iron armor and burned to death, corpses that have not escaped the fire and turned into charcoal, and stumps and broken arms scattered everywhere due to the explosion of gunpowder, everywhere you look.
Although the Jurchens were savage, they had never seen such a battle. Smelling the air after the strange smell of barbecue mixed with the smell of burning, many girls and real people fell to their knees and vomited.
Under this situation, the Jurchens could no longer move forward without fear of death.
On the other side, the Jurchen cavalry was also defeated and retreated under the rogue offensive of the Song cavalry. During the battle yesterday, because the armor on the Song army could not penetrate, the Jurchen cavalry thought about solving the horse first.
As a result, today's Song army took precautions, in order to ensure safety, they actually sacrificed the speed of the war horse, and in this way, Wanyan Lou saw that the status quo was powerless, and had to order the whole army to retreat.
In the end, he couldn't wait for the lazy strange soldier to appear behind Song Jun, and he was secretly annoyed in his heart.
Lazy is a reliable general, and the reason why he sent him was not because he was lazy and brave, but because he was more decent, and he would definitely not get any moths on the road.
But now it seems that the laziness is mostly an accident.
Thinking of this, Wan Yan Lou was so angry that his eyes were dizzy. What is the origin of these Song troops, they can be taken down by them endlessly, not to mention the terrifying weapons in their hands.
Could it be that the Song people now have such strength? No wonder they were able to defeat the Western Xia a few years ago, it seems that the strategy of Sakai first west and then south was really prescient, but before the Liao State was destroyed, the Song State had already acted in advance and mixed in.
And whether it was His Majesty personally sending people to the Song Kingdom, or the envoys he sent out before, what he got from the other party was a tough answer.
They just want to intervene with arms, no matter how useless they say, as if they have seen through the Jin State and want to attack the Song State after destroying the Liao State
Shape.
Wanyan Lou is very depressed, if he can, who would want to deal with such an opponent? At this moment, he had completely understood that his opponent had completely teased the messenger he had sent, and until just now, he had been kept in the dark by him.
If he is really as the envoy said, he is brave and unscrupulous, extremely irritated, and has nothing but words, then even if the Song army has that kind of powerful weapon, the Jurchen army has no possibility of defeat.
So this bastard is playing dumb.
Thinking of this, Wan Yan Lou felt that the other party was not simple. He even took a keen interest in Tang Ning, and if he had the chance, he would love to meet Tang Ning in person to see what was so different about this wise and brave Song general.
After two battles and two defeats, the number of troops under Wanyan Lou's office was drastically reduced.
From 80,000 at the time of departure, to 40,000 now. He led 20,000 men to be defeated by the Song army, none of them returned, and the remaining 20,000 people were wounded by the Song army's long-range fire during these two attacks.
It is also discouraged, except for the first day of the sneak attack, which caused damage to the Song army, the rest of the battles, the Song army's casualties were negligible.
And this is where the Jurchen soldiers are most emotionally broken.
Many Jurchen soldiers were ready to die on the battlefield a long, long time ago. They gladly accepted their own death, and no matter what kind of death they had, they had already realized it.
But what they couldn't accept was that they couldn't even touch the corners of the enemy's clothes, so they died in such an unknown way.
Not to mention that this is a war between countries, that is, two ordinary people fighting, and one of them lies down without even seeing how the other person moves, won't this also hold back the fire in his belly?
Many Jurchen soldiers died blindly, and their deaths were worthless.
The Jurchen soldiers in the back also saw this scene, so they retreated in fear.
Looking at the soldiers in the battalion with a sad look, Wan Yan Lou Room sighed. The morale of the army is weakened, and this battle can no longer be fought. If we continue to fight, we will only increase the casualties.
Walking into the big tent and looking at the hillside in the distance, Wan Yan Lou made a creaking fist.
The Song army had only been on Zhongjing Road for two days, and it had already collapsed itself. Forty thousand people have become the nourishment of the land in the blink of an eye, and even if Wan Yan Lou's heart is tenacious, it has already been shaken.
The subordinate generals began to persuade themselves to retreat, and Wanyan Lou also felt that with his current strength, he could not take advantage of the Song people, so he hurriedly ordered the whole army to return to Dading Mansion and fight the Song army after recruiting troops.
The scouts of the Zhenguo Army continued to monitor the movements of the Jin army as soon as the battle ended, and saw that the Jurchen soldiers began to retreat
, the scout sent someone back to report first.
Later, he continued to monitor, because this may be a flaw deliberately sold by the Jin people, in order to lure the Zhenguo army to take the bait.
I don't know how many times the left and right sides played the same trick when simulating actual combat, so the scouts learned from the pain, and if they encounter this situation in the future, they will not be sure of the authenticity of the information.
Tang Ning's opinion was also to continue to monitor, he didn't believe that Wan Yan Lou ran away so easily.
As for Chong Jianzhong, Zhao Li, Fang La and others agreed that the Jurchen army was in its current state and could not confront the Song army at all, so retreat was the wisest choice, and there would be no deception in it.
Speaking of which, Tang Ning is still too unconfident.
Although there is a big killer weapon such as gunpowder, the name of the person is the shadow of the tree. These fierce generals of the Wanyan Department have fought for many years in history, from Liaobei to Jiangbei, and from Liaodong to the Western Regions.
Half of Asia was the place where they had fought before, and Tang Ning was still very wary of these people subconsciously.
But in the eyes of the middle people of Chongjian, it is different, they have never seen it, they have not heard the story of Yan Bu wreaking havoc on this land, they don't know the shame of Jingkang, and they don't know that the Jin State has been ruling across the river from the Song State since then.
Wanyan Lou Room, Wanyan Zonghan These people are just a well-known general in their eyes. can be born in troubled times, there are too many famous people in this world.
The Western Army has Liu Fa, and he alone is the existence that terrifies the Liao Army and the Xia Army.
Not to mention Guo Cheng, after Guo Kui, he is steady and wise, and in time, he will become a great tool.
Planting Pu, the nightmare of the Qiang people. Not long ago, there was a rebellion of the Qiang people in the northwest, and Chong Pu killed tens of thousands of rebellious Qiang people to set an example.
Not to mention Zhe Keshi, the battle with Western Xia made him shine and became world-famous.
There are many fierce generals like them, even Li Changjie of Jiaozhi can be ranked in this period, and his defeat and self-slaughter have made countless people regret, but it has also made many people ecstatic.
So it doesn't matter if it's famous or not. There are really not many people who can make the Zhenguo army afraid.
An average of seven taels of silver per man is enough to bulldoze twice their strength.
If the Song State, which still maintains the alliance with the Liao State, is a sick cat, then the sick Song State, who has the alliance of the Liaoyuan Alliance, has now completely turned into a tiger.
Zhao Xu used the large amount of money saved as military expenses, and half of them were used to arm the Zhenguo army.
Even in later generations, the so-called arms race is nothing more than a competition for the two sides' investment in military spending. Not to mention the era of cold weapons, which is really a penny for every penny.