choke element

Chapter 790 Excuse me

Everyone in the cavalry team swung their whips, beat the horses and galloped wildly, and the horseshoes stepped on the turf, raising smoke and dust all over the sky.

The sentinel at the front turned his horse slightly back, and waved the small red and white triangular flag representing the number of enemy troops in his hand like a windmill.

He was looking in the direction of the general flag, and the whirlwind of the cavalry beside him seemed to pass by, and a familiar voice asked, "What did you find?"

The sentry cavalry quickly caught up: "Grand Duke, the front of the Song army has gathered around the city, and the Chinese army has not formed yet! Their rear team is coming from Zhuxian Town. I guess it is because they are urging the supervisor to accompany the army with supplies!"

"How many people are there in the Chinese army? How many cavalry? How many infantry? Are they hostile to us?"

"About 5000 people pass along the official roads on the left and right sides of Chicang Town. Most of them are infantry, and there are no more than a hundred cavalry. On the side of each infantry team, there are people holding small scarlet flags, and the flags are all held high. , are urging the march!"

The sentry cavalry looked very clearly, and he also understood the command rules of the Song army.It turns out that every time the Song army marched, each team dispatched people who were aware of the matter to walk alongside with flags.If you want the army to stop, the small flag should lie horizontally; if you want the army to speed up, the small flag should be raised straight;

Song Jun has not yet entered a state of high alert at this time, it seems...

Guo Ning galloped his horse for a while, and the anger in his heart subsided a little. He muttered to himself: "What happened in Kaifeng City is really weird?"

The sound of hoofbeats was rumbling, and Ni Yi asked loudly, "Duke, what should we do?"

Guo Ning sneered and shook his reins: "Song people dare not stop me, the soldiers continue to follow me forward!"

There was such a fire in Kaifeng, and the people of Song Dynasty could hardly absolve themselves of the blame. The two families turned against each other, but the Duke actually said that the people of Song Dynasty dare not stop them?
Ni Yi and his companions exchanged glances, somewhat skeptical.

These personal guards didn't see Yelu Chucai yelling and scolding behind them, but how could they not know that Zhou Guogong's body is very important, and at this time he took the risk lightly, it was really due to the change of the situation, so he had to?At the moment, everyone urged their horses, vaguely surrounded Guo Ning in the center of Gai, and each held their weapons, preparing for a fierce battle.

When the cavalry approached rapidly, Song Jun obviously became nervous. Many people shouted to signal the cavalry to stop, and some people stretched their bows and set arrows in a threatening gesture.

Ni Yi and the others looked at Guo Ning frequently, but Guo Ning didn't seem to notice it, and only focused on urging the horse.

In the next moment, the cavalry team suddenly crashed into the ranks of the Song army, and everyone was ready for the torrent of collision and their upside-down.The few knights galloping at the forefront even closed their eyes subconsciously, because the cavalry seemed to have an amazing momentum when they crashed into the formation, but they would suffer heavy losses, especially those who were responsible for breaking the formation. The impact, the knight is doomed to fall from the horse and die, and the horse will inevitably have broken bones and bones.

But that didn't happen.

The iron cavalry was getting closer and closer, and the Song army went from surprise to bewilderment, from bewilderment to confusion, their marching troops collapsed in an instant, and the cavalry of the Ding Navy seemed to enter the sea like a dragon, with only waves splitting and cracking in front of them!

It is said that this Song army was the elite of the Southern Dynasty, but it was dispersed by Li Ting once before. At this moment, they should have raised their vigilance, but they were dispersed by Guo Ning again.Do they all have silver pewter heads?

The knights were all overjoyed.

At present, the Ding navy cavalry team hides in wave after wave. Although they don't use weapons, their power is no different from charging.After dispersing the Song army in front of them, they moved forward along several roads at the same time.

Ni Yidan held a big ax in his hand, and planned to kill a few Song people who dared to stop him at any time, firstly to ensure the safety of the coach, and secondly to show his good martial arts that he had practiced hard for a while.

But Song Ren moved away from the left and right wings so fast that he didn't reap any results, and he just rode his horse and rushed the whole time.Considering the route taken by our cavalry team, we only saw a few unlucky people from the Song Dynasty being knocked over by the iron horse... The impact of the horse is so powerful, these people are sure to die, but in the case of the two armies colliding, What is this loss?
After rushing for a while, he suddenly became nervous again, and couldn't help shouting: "Duke, why are the people of Song so incompetent? Be careful!"

"Don't worry, go to the city first!"

Guo Ning has a plan in mind.He answered briefly and lifted the reins with one hand.The green horse jumped up and jumped over a Song soldier who had fallen to the ground.

In the past two years, Guo Ning has summed up his experience on the battlefield and confirmed it with the military books he read at hand.

However, after summarizing for a long time, most of the things that came out were based on the scattered experience of veteran status, which filled the teaching materials for military academies everywhere, but they were not in the eyes of everyone in the art of war.Guo Ning himself confirmed one thing, that is, although Guo is regarded as a god by the outside world, in fact, it is the opposite, he is very clumsy in the use of soldiers.

The ancients' books on war are numerous, and the art of war is refined every word, but when Guo Ning was really killed on the battlefield, he couldn't think of which chapter or sentence to use.But the words and phrases in the book of war can make him feel sorry for him, but in fact there is only the word clumsy and fast.

The so-called clumsy speed comes from Sun Tzu's Art of War. It refers to the fact that during the battle, there may be times when you are clumsy in wit, but if you make quick decisions and respond quickly, you will still not lose your initiative.

Guo Ning has been at a disadvantage in battles since he started his army, and he has suffered a lot of times, but he can turn the situation around every time and turn defeat into victory, relying on lightning-fast decisions and straightforward responses.

At this moment, if an ordinary general leads an army and finds that the position of the friendly army is in doubt and a large part of his own army has fallen, he must first convene his staff to discuss, carefully analyze the situation, choose an appropriate response strategy, and then dispatch troops. General, also strive for perfection, and cannot fall into the enemy's calculation again.

After going through such a set of procedures, until the real countermeasures are finally displayed, I am afraid that most of the day will pass.

But Guo Ning only needs half a moment from decision to action.

His decision may not be correct, but it must be fast enough. His actions are too bold and unscrupulous, but fortunately it is fast enough!

Any plan of the enemy will take time from formulation to implementation, from implementation to feedback, and then to adjustment.Whether the people of Song Dynasty and the Jurchens had colluded with each other beforehand, or they hit it off because they had the same smell on the battlefield, as long as Guo Ning's actions are fast enough, he can interrupt any plan of the enemy and regain the initiative!
Guo Ning's decision is not wrong at all.

When he led the cavalry to drive forward, the Song people he faced were almost in a state of complete ignorance, and most of them gave way directly.Those who were previously intimidated with bows and arrows at most cursed and wondered why the navy was so rough.

There were even a few teams of elite soldiers who maintained a strict order and ran all the way, avoiding the marching route of the Ding Navy cavalry.Many soldiers of the Song Army looked at the cavalry passing by like a wind, with complicated expressions.

Earlier, Zhao Fang led his army to the north, saying that Shi Xianggong decided to cooperate with Dajin's Zhongdu court to wipe out the Kaifeng rebellious party.This is obviously an internal strife in the Kingdom of Jin, and the Song Army is just a foreigner, so when Li Ting's troops rushed into Nanxun Gate, the soldiers of the Song Army did not dare to stop them, and there was no need to stop them. .

Later, the fire broke out in the city. It is said that the golden army entering the city fell into the fire site arranged before the defenders, and a terrible scene like hell was burned. If you want to rush into the city, you are afraid that you will be burned to death.

After a while, an order suddenly came from the front, saying that all the ministries should step up their march and enter Kaifeng.Outside of the military order, there are rumors that Grandpa Zhao and someone from the Kaifeng court are about to reach an agreement. After our army enters the city, we must immediately control the gates of the outer city, and be prepared to confront and even fight with Dinghai...

Such an order was a bit absurd to most of the soldiers of the Song Army. For a while, no one could figure out the reason behind it.

This Song army dared to go deep into the border of the Kingdom of Jin and attacked all the way to the city of Kaifeng. Its backbone soldiers were undoubtedly heroes, and they were not comparable to ordinary bandits.And the heroes of the Song people have one thing in common, that is, they have a strong hatred for the Jurchens.

Zhao Fang was able to gain great prestige in the Jinghu area because he was one of the few officials in charge of the local military and political affairs who was the main combatant.He is also one of the few generals in the main combat faction who can really lead troops to fight.

The soldiers followed Zhao Fang and defeated the Jin army who went south many times in the west of Beijing, Jinghu and other places. It was really difficult to win the opportunity to go north to threaten Kaifeng.

How many people are so excited about this that they can't sleep at night?How many people want to clean up the old mountains and rivers from scratch?Today the army is rushing towards Kaifeng, and the soldiers generally have the idea of ​​fighting the Jurchens, and they have long been aware of the death in battle.

Previously, our side sat on the mountain and watched the tigers fight, which was tactically brilliant; but suddenly they said that they would join hands with the Jurchens in Kaifeng...

What are these words?Is Grandpa Zhao crazy?

If there is an hour or two for Zhao Fang to explain in person while patrolling the army, with his prestige, he must be able to explain the truth of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism thoroughly, and persuade the soldiers to give up their hatred for the benefit of Song Dynasty .

Even if Zhao Fang didn't have time to show up, at least he could send an order to reward the soldiers to boost morale.The Song army has always been used to fighting with money and fighting with one hand, and Zhao Fang's ministries are not exempt from this custom.Everyone is a soldier, and they all understand the principle of using people's money to eliminate disasters. If they really want to get a reward, whether they are happy or not, they will be ready to be hostile to the Dinghai Navy.

But now, nothing wow!
That being the case, who will resist the wolf-like cavalry of the Dinghai Navy coming again?

Meng Zongzheng, who was in charge of commanding the central army, first pulled the Shenjin army directly led by his family to the side from a long distance away, and occupied a high slope to wait and see.

Meng Gong, who led people to stay outside Nanxun Gate, saw that his father had no fighting spirit, and Ding Haijun's attack was extremely fierce... What else could he do except rush to the city to report the news?

He yelled: "Dinghailing is here! They are all cavalry, and if there are more than half of the cavalry, they must be the elite of Dinghailing!"

Zhao Fang, Xuan Zang, Hou Zhi and others were all surprised.

Xuan Zeng smiled wryly, "So fast? Li Ting and his party were trapped just now, don't they know what to be afraid of?"

Hou Zhi shouted to his companion, "Go and close the city gate!"

Zhao Fang grabbed Hou Zhi's robe and said, "You are in the city, do you have other arrangements to retreat from the enemy?"

Hou Zhi shook his head again and again.

Zhao Fang turned to Meng Gong: "Take my personal guards to block the city gate! No matter what, you can't let the soldiers and horses of Dinghai come in... Even if you use swords, you have to block them! No, no, I will personally command !"

When Zhao Fang ran back, the Ding Navy cavalry had already rushed to Nanxun's gate.

Without Zhao Fang's order, the soldiers of the Song Army who gathered here also knew the key point of this place, and they could not let the Ding Navy forcefully pass through again and again, but the running momentum of the Ding Navy could not allow them to stop it calmly.When everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, a bearded archer from the Song army strode forward and shot with his bow and arrow.

His archery skills are very good, when he raised his hand, an arrow whizzed past Ni Yi's ear, and the cluster of arrows hit the edge of the helmet and bounced away.

These Song people really did it!This is courting death!

Ni Yi was taken aback for a moment, and then became furious.He picked up the big ax in his backhand and urged the horse to rush over.

Among the attendants around Guo Ning, Ni Yi's riding skills can only be considered ordinary.But the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood that has gone through countless battles naturally has his unique means.

At this time, he clamped the horse with both legs, and knocked on the horse's belly with his heels. The horse neighed and galloped, and the distance of tens of feet passed in an instant.The momentum of the horse was superimposed on the sharp ax in Ni Yi's palm, immediately forming an extremely terrifying lethality.

The horse galloped past the bearded archer, and the sound of the heavy ax cutting the back of the bow, splitting the flesh, and crushing the bones burst out at the same time.The archer who was the first to shoot at the Dinghai cavalry sprayed blood in a radius of Zhang Xu. He was still standing upright, but he was split in half from his shoulders to his waist.

With a single ax down, Ni subconsciously looked back at Guo Ning.

"Take down the city gate immediately!" Guo Ning said in a deep voice, "Don't hold back!"

Hundreds of knights behind him responded in unison: "Obey!"

(End of this chapter)