choke element

Chapter 779 Courage

At this time, the battle continued in the horizontal formation in front of the artillery battalion.

After being swept by the iron artillery for a round, the infantry of the golden army was sluggish for a while, but with the officer's stern voice urging the battle, the follow-up troops stepped on the blood and flesh of their companions and charged again with their shields on their backs.The crossbowmen at the back of the horizontal formation were constantly slanting arrow rain outwards. Because the golden soldier had a shield in his hand, the killing effect was not good, and they were shot down by the arrows thrown back by the Jurchen from time to time.

However, once morale drops, it is very difficult to improve. The overall momentum of the Jin army cannot be compared with the first wave of charge.In the center of the formation, Han Xuan's general flag stood still. Guo Ning knew that this old man was waiting for an opportunity, and everything was under his control.

Although the scale of the frontal battle is large, the Jin army has never been able to gain the upper hand.In comparison, the side battles are more exciting.

Within a range of more than one mile from south to north, the entanglement between the infantry of the Ding Navy and the fine cavalry of the Jin Army gradually became fierce.

If the formation of the Dinghai Navy is compared to a huge millstone, the cavalry of the Jin Army entering the battle one after another is like iron and gravel being drawn into the millstone.They were squeezed, stirred, and rolled back and forth by the millstone, and they exerted the same force and the millstone, trying to break the millstone.

According to a rough estimate, there are about 2000 cavalry of the Golden Army still fighting, and the casualties are around a hundred; the [-] cavalry of our own army has about three times the casualties of the cavalry of the Golden Army.There is nothing wrong with Guo Alin's command if he steps up the enemy's cavalry and entangles him in a fierce fight to this extent.

The two armies confront each other on the battlefield, and the situation of the battle changes rapidly.There are too many subjective and objective factors that determine the development of the battle situation.Whoever gains the upper hand may not necessarily be wise, and whoever suffers a disadvantage may not necessarily be incompetent.

At this moment, Monk Wanyan Chen grew up in Fengzhou, the northern border of the Great Jin Kingdom. Like most of the brave officers of the Jin Kingdom, he was good at leading the elite cavalry for short charges.This method of warfare is the foundation of the founding of the country, and it can exert great power on specific occasions.

Especially when the main general is brave enough, he can often frustrate the enemy with a small number of elite soldiers, and the subsequent soldiers and horses are like a gust of wind sweeping away fallen leaves, and they will be invincible.

Monk Wanyan Chen is naturally a brave general. He can climb high and take risks, shoot like flying, and when using troops, he goes first and retreats. It is no exaggeration to say that he is simply a small Guo Ning.

Therefore, Guo Ning is also very clear about the problem of this method of warfare.In the final analysis, this method of warfare is to maximize personal bravery in order to bully the weak with the strong in a small area.

If the enemy army has shortcomings in morale, training, and tactics, or even is physically weak or the generals leading the troops are timid, they will collapse under such a brave assault.But what if there is an army that is full of tenacity and is not afraid of death or injury, and the individual's bravery has been exerted to the extreme, but it cannot overwhelm its will to fight?
Judging by Guo Ning's high standards, Ding Haijun at this moment may be a little less ruthless than the wild way back then.But after several years of hard work, the general's command ability and the army's own resilience have become more and more perfect.And Guo Alin followed the style of his boss, he was calm throughout the whole process, and kept his two thousand soldiers from collapsing...

After all, Monk Wanyan Chen only had [-] riders, and he was divided into several teams to enter the battle. Repeatedly rushing into the battle could not form a breakthrough, and he began to be passive.

No matter how strong an individual's courage is, it is the limit to fight against ten people, and it is a legend to fight against a hundred people. After all, Monk Wanyan Chen cannot resist the strength of the entire army.It is easy for him to enter the formation, but it is difficult to break out with five hundred horsemen.

If he goes all out to fight and charge, ignoring his teammates, he can lead dozens of cavalry to break through the interception. If he is lucky, he can bring out hundreds of cavalry.But what's the point?
This cavalry charge so far, the goal is not to kill the flag of the general, but to destroy the guns of the Dinghai.Those dozens of gun carriages are all huge and abnormal, if you chop them with a knife or an axe, it's like scratching your boots, leaving at most a few ugly marks.To destroy them, a fire must be lit.

To start a fire, we need to pile up some firewood, right?When stacking firewood and setting fire, someone must be responsible for dispersing the miscellaneous soldiers in the convoy, right?
How can these things be done by dozens or hundreds of riders?

When Guo Ning was estimating the losses of both sides, Monk Wanyan Chen rushed out of the Dinghai infantry array for the third time with more than 20 cavalry in some embarrassment.

This time the battle was not the result of Monk Wanyan Chen's surprise attack, but because the space for maneuvering in the formation was getting smaller and smaller. If this continues, the cavalry can only stand still and slash left and right, no different from infantry .

Monk Wanyan Chen made a decisive decision, stepped back with the bridle in his hands, got out of the chaotic battlefield and saw that the cavalry beside him separated and rejoined several times, there were a little more at this time, but there were only about eighty cavalry, he The Naiman general next to him was sitting on a horse that was on the verge of falling, and the blood on his side was rushing down his armor, and his calf was already stained red.

Monk Wanyan Chen's family was also covered in blood. Although most of it was the blood of Dinghai soldiers, the old wounds on his body were also cracked. There were new stab wounds on his shoulder and left thigh, and a stray arrow stuck in his back.He cut off the shaft of the arrow with his backhand, but he didn't have time to pull out the cluster of arrows, so every time he moved, blood flowed from his back.

"Ding Haijun randomly pulled out a group of infantry, and they are so powerful?" Another general said with a grim expression, "Captain, we can't beat it!"

"Where we can't get past it!" Monk Wanyan Chen took off his helmet and threw it away, hot steam rose two feet above his head: "Shouldn't we just go through it now?"

"But……"

The general wanted to say something else, but Monk Wanyan Chen ignored him and turned to look at the artillery battalion.

Because of the rapid movement of the people and horses, smoke and dust were everywhere around them, abruptly turning the daytime into dusk.Dust and silt fell from the sky again, making people cough uncontrollably.

His throat was itchy, but he resisted it, not wanting the coughing movement to affect the muscles on his back and cause severe pain.After waiting for a while, he noticed many shadowy figures running around the cannon carriage, so he turned around again.

More than eighty riders scattered around sparsely or densely, all of them were murderous, looking at Monk Wanyan Chen intently with bated breath.

"It doesn't matter!" Holding the iron spear, he pointed in the direction of the chariot camp: "Look, those artillery chariots are gathering, and the soldiers are also busy running, obviously no longer projecting, but preparing to defend on the spot. Guess why? ?”

Just a puff of smoke drifted past, and the line of sight was unobstructed.The general squinted his eyes and asked, "Are you afraid that dozens of us will destroy the cannon in the past? It shouldn't be!"

"They are afraid of death!"

"what?"

"This kind of cannon has never been seen on the battlefield before. I think it must be very difficult to build. What is more difficult than building is to train people who can operate this kind of cannon! , if a group of key personnel are killed, then the cannon cart is just a waste!"

"What does the captain mean, let's go straight there and kill it?"

"Haha, there's no need to..."

Monk Wanyan Chen laughed: "As soon as our cavalry arrived, the artillery tanks immediately stopped firing. This is tantamount to saving Wanyan Congtan's life! As long as he is not stupid, he will immediately mobilize all the cavalry to surround us with all our strength. Cheying, destroy these weapons! Listen! Do you hear any movement? They are coming!"

(End of this chapter)