Chapter 568: Northern Expedition (5)
Wanyan Zonghan's identity is different, and his prestige is too high. Those powerful people in the capital have no way to deal with him for the time being. even continued to let Wanyan Zonghan be the commander of the army.
But Wanyan Xiyin is different. His prestige was not so high, and coupled with the fact that he went to the Song State as an envoy, he signed a very humiliating peace treaty. Wanyan Xiyin's reputation is very bad among the Jurchen clan. Moreover, if he moves, he can hit Wanyan Zonghan, which is completely a matter of killing two birds with one stone.
As long as there is a suitable reason, the Jurchen magnates will not care if they need to change people to garrison here. According to the ideas of those Jurchen magnates, this kind of strong and majestic fortress can be defended by everyone, and you don't have to finish Yan Xiyin.
Therefore, the most feared thing in a war is not the terrifying enemy, but the professional betrayal of teammates!
Finally, and most importantly. Wanyan Xiyin had previously spent some time in Bianliang City as an envoy. After returning to Beijing, he once complained that he was the one who carried the black pot. This is the best external condition for playing the discord meter!
Gao Yang used to read that those foreigners in the history books had successfully used the discord scheme again and again to pull down many famous generals of the Central Plains Dynasty, and he had already been angry. This time, he also wanted to play like this, and feel the huge power and inexplicable pleasure of the discord meter.
Just do what you say. With the existence of high-tech means in modern time and space, Gao Yang wants to forge a handwritten letter from Wanyan Xiyin, which is really too simple to do. In addition to letters, there must be witnesses, as well as all kinds of forged gossip.
After clever arrangement, the crucial letter fell into the hands of the Jurchens very 'coincidentally' and was quickly sent to Shangjing.
Then there was a series of quarrels and suspicions among the Jurchen high-level leaders in Shangjing. In the end, under the protection of Wanyan Zonghan, Wanyan Xiyin was not arrested, but was recalled to Shangjing to explain the matter.
As for the new commander who came to replace him, Wanyan Mochi was a famous brave general among the Jurchens. The reason why I want to say that he is a brave general means that he doesn't use his brains much in battle, and he is completely a dare to fight and kill. Fearless of death.
Wanyan Mochi is a member of the Jin Taizong line. After the destruction of Liao, he has been staying in the capital to enjoy happiness. I had only heard of Gao Yang and that terrifying Changsheng army, and had no experience in fighting. Again, I don't care too much about it. In the eyes of such martial artists who worship their own strength extremely, when they have not suffered losses, all enemies will not be taken seriously.
Wan Yan Xiyin told Wan Yan Mochi that he couldn't lead the army out of the pass no matter what, as long as he could keep this place well, it would be a great achievement.
It is reasonable to say that the so-called brave generals do not have a flexible mind under normal circumstances. These brave generals like to fight, like the battlefield, and like the bloody feeling between life and death. It's too hard for them to let them stay in peace and defend the city.
At the beginning, I saw the endless and huge victorious army outside the gate. Wanyan Mochi can still endure loneliness and stay in Songting Pass.
However, it didn't take long for Gao Yang to sell a big flaw on a moonless night, and immediately hooked Wanyan Mochi, who was already itching.
In Wanyan Mochi's heart, no matter how strong the Changsheng army is, how strong can it be compared to the Liaogou army back then? With such a good opportunity in front of you, can you let it go so easily? When they were in the guard, didn't they Jurchens defeat the Liaogou army of hundreds of thousands of people by relying on continuous night raids and assaults?
When Wan Yan Mochi, who was full of confidence and thought that he had seized the opportunity, personally led thousands of elite soldiers to rush into a large camp of the Changsheng army near the pass during the day, which was observed during the day, but the defensive strength was very weak, and was ready to take advantage of it. He was tricked.
Wanyan Mochi wears a helmet and armor. When he led the elites into the camp of the Changsheng Army, which was closest to Songting Pass, he suddenly realized that he had been fooled.
The camp was full of siege engines, but there was no one here except for the night patrols! I opened the tent and it was all empty! Even if Yan Mochi has no brains, he knows that he has been cheated.
"Go back! Get back! Evacuate!! Looking at the Jin Army sergeants who were still busy setting fire to all kinds of siege equipment, Wan Yan Mochi, who had a black face, roared angrily. In response, there were crazy gongs and drums in all directions.
I don't know when the victorious army that was quietly ambushing around the camp came out of the darkness in an instant. All of a sudden, the entire perimeter of the camp lit up. Countless torches were lit, reflecting the entire heaven and earth in red!
The elite of the Jin army who broke into the camp were all exposed to the raging fire. And the faces that were reflected in the firelight were all covered with despair!
"Oh~噌~~~噌~~~" Under the sound of sharp arrows leaving the string, the sergeants of the Changsheng Army who were ambushed around shot a dense crossbow arrow in their hands. The elite of the Jin Army, who were surrounded in the barracks, could only watch as the dense rain of arrows was thrown into the night sky like a torrential rain. Wave after wave fell on their heads!
For a while, I don't know how many thousands of sharp arrows were shot at those elites of the Jin Kingdom. The area, which was not too big, was covered by such dense firepower in a short period of time, and the result was that the Jin army, which had attacked at night, was immediately severely damaged.
Wait until a few rounds of arrow rain have passed. The sergeants of the victorious army, who had already been prepared, lined up in a neat line, stretching out the spear formation that glowed with cold light and was as dense as a forest. With neat steps, accompanied by the sonorous sound of armor on his body, the entire camp was submerged in the sea of people.
In the face of this completely desperate scene, the elites of the Jin Army who attacked at night did not have the slightest possibility of escaping. I could only watch as the rows of sharp soldiers pierced their bodies, and they were pierced with holes in them whether they were dead or alive.
Thousands of elites of the Golden Army were like a wave caught in the raging sea, and after struggling for a few churns, they were finally swallowed up by the terrifying waves!
Wan Yan Mochi, who had just appeared not long ago, received the lunch on the spot. This Jurchen with a full beard, a bald head and a black face, a burly body, and full of anger all over his body, was shot into a hedgehog by the dense rain of arrows. In the end, I didn't even have a chance to swing the sword in my hand!
The death of thousands of elite and chief generals greatly shook the morale and will to fight in Songting Pass.
Gao Yang seized the opportunity to attack with all his might after dawn, and tens of thousands of high-morale sergeants carried and pushed all kinds of military equipment to launch a continuous and powerful offensive against the panicked Songting Pass.
The engineering equipment that was used as bait and burned during the night attack of the Jin army didn't matter to Gao Yang at all. It's clear that it's for you to burn! In addition to the large number of people, the materials of the Changsheng army are like mountains and seas!
Many times everyone has been talking about the elite and the elite, but in fact, there is no real concept of the elite army in their hearts.
Let's put it simply. When you stand on the wall of Songting Pass at this moment, you can watch the endless rain of arrows flying in the sky towards you. When the enemy army on the ground is overwhelming, as far as the eye can see, armed to the teeth, pushing all kinds of siege engines like a wave towards you. Are you scared?
It's a person who will be afraid!
Once this is the case, those who can swing three layers in the past training can be regarded as strong soldiers. If most of the army were newcomers to the battlefield, it would be possible for the entire army to collapse under the weight of this terror.
At such a time, it is necessary to have elite troops as the backbone. Those elites who can calm the morale of the army are the most important existence of an army. They may also be afraid, but the elites who have experienced life and death on the battlefield can at least suppress the fear in their hearts and bravely face the terrifying scenes in front of them.
And the composure of these elites can greatly boost the morale of ordinary soldiers, at least prevent them from collapsing on the spot!
But at this moment, the defenders on the side of Songting Pass have been messed up by a stupid general. Wanyan Mochi's reckless impulse not only ruined himself, but also almost buried the elite of the Jin army in Songting Pass.
The heavily armored sergeants of the victorious army gasped for breath, raised their huge shields above their heads, and formed one dense phalanx after another. With heavy steps, he slowly approached the wall of Songting Pass.
Behind them were the more densely formed crossbowmen. The densely packed crossbowmen raised their crossbows and threw a rain of arrows as dense as a swarm of locusts into the Songting Pass. The panicked Jin Jun was shot to the ground in pieces.
The huge trebuchets in the rear threw the burning oil canisters into the sky with a tooth-aching twisting arm 'creaking' sound, drawing a long fiery red arc, and then slammed into the Songting Pass, instantly turning a large area around it into a sea of fire.
Songting Pass was littered with stumps and broken arms, charred black corpses blazing brightly, dead bodies lying on the ground full of crossbow arrows, and desperate wounded soldiers who were screaming and wailing. Thick smoke billowed and flames raged, and the entire Songting Pass was like a huge purgatory on earth.
The drums of war roared across the land, and the sonorous sound of armor shook the four fields!
In the sound of the majestic war drums, a large number of morale-boosting victorious soldiers arrived at Songting Pass. With the roar of the general, the steel phalanx with shields scattered to make way for the passage. The cannon fodder of the death battalion, which had been following the soldiers, rushed up frantically with wheelbarrows, and poured the sand and soil on the wheelbarrows into the trenches against the dense rain of arrows and rolling wood and stones on the city wall.
The crossbowmen in the back took turns to step forward in rows and shoot back at the wall of Songting Pass. Arrows rained down on the city, and a body pierced by sharp arrows fell heavily to the ground, instantly staining the ground beneath him. (To be continued!)