She Song

Chapter 198 No winner
Zhang Jue was a wealthy local man in Pingzhou, with quite a bit of literary talent. He was a Jinshi in the Liao Dynasty and was appointed deputy envoy of Jiedu.

When the Jurchens destroyed the Liao Kingdom, Zhang Jue offered Pingzhou, so he was promoted to Jiedu Envoy and Pingzhou Magistrate. Later, he was promoted to the Nanjing (Pingzhou) stayer of the Jin Kingdom.

From an official point of view, this is equivalent to rising from the prefectural level to the top of a municipality. Aguda is definitely an extraordinary reward for Zhang Jue.

Why did Zhang Jue rebel against the Jin Dynasty and return to the Song Dynasty? It is said that he hated the Jurchens for taking the Song people and the Liao people as slaves. He believed that this would definitely cause turmoil, and he once wrote a letter to advise him.

But not long after, the Jurchens were still escorting millions of people from Yanjing to the north. They happened to pass through Pingzhou, and many of them were brutally murdered along the way. Therefore, Zhang Jue believed that the Jurchens' barbaric nature could not be changed, so he began to recruit troops and accumulate weapons.

In May of this year, when Zuo Qigong and others, who were also surrendered by the Liao Kingdom, passed by Pingzhou, Zhang Jue made a drunken mistake and Zuo Qigong did not express support.

In order to prevent the secret from being leaked, Zhang Jue brazenly killed Zuo Qigong and his party, and immediately decided to join the Song Dynasty.

Of course, the civilization of the Song Dynasty was already at the pinnacle of the world at that time, and its wealth was even greater. This also prompted Zhang Jue, who was a scholar, to throw himself into the arms of the Song Dynasty without hesitation.

In addition, his confidence comes from the [-] troops and horses at his disposal, of which [-] cavalry are his strongest financial resources.

The ambush battle at Tu'er Mountain was what he learned from military books, and he actually won it.

So, when Wanyan's mother led more than a thousand people in hot pursuit, Zhang Juegang was even more bold after winning a battle, and immediately set up his battle formation to scare the Jurchen barbarians.

There are ten thousand infantry in the center, and five thousand cavalry on each side. Looking from the air, they are densely packed with Song troops, like a huge shield.

However, the more than a thousand Jurchen cavalry who rushed from north to south did not look at how many people there were in Zhang Jue. They were like arrows leaving the string and without hesitation launched a charge towards the center of the Song army, which was the most densely populated.

It is common sense to shoot three arrows in one hundred steps, so Zhang Jue's archers fired as usual, but the Jurchens were too fast, and most of the arrows in the first round missed, and the effect in the second and third rounds was not obvious.

Wanyan's mother was hit by an arrow in the shoulder, but he broke the shaft of the arrow straight away, and continued to lead the whole army to sprint.

More than a thousand Jurchens galloped forward, but the smoke and dust they raised were left far behind. This shows how fast the horses were at this time!

Zhang Jue vaguely felt that the momentum was wrong. These Jurchens seemed to be too fierce!
But looking at the formation of [-] men, he felt a little relieved.

The pikemen at the front formed three rows of spears, waiting for the Jurchen cavalry to rush up, while the sword and shield bearers followed closely, preparing to kill the Jurchens who fell from their horses.

The distance of thirty steps was reached in an instant. At the moment when the war horse was about to hit the "forest of spears", Wanyan Mu took advantage of the inertia to rise into the air and flew directly into the queue of sword and shield soldiers. Behind him, hundreds of The Jurchen veterans followed suit and jumped towards the sword and shield soldiers one after another.

Wanyan's mother knocked two soldiers of the Song army into the air, swept across with her long knife, and a soldier with a round shield in front of him was knocked to the ground by his huge force.

Wanyan Yanmu was like a mad tiger, grabbing a shield with her hands, blocking the opponent's attack, and struggling to kill the surrounding Song soldiers.

Soon, Wanyan Yanmu gathered around four or five Muke. They were all veterans of hundreds of battles. Their bodies and fighting skills were at their peak. They were not timid when surrounded by thousands of Song troops. They could usually fight in just a few or two. Kill your opponent.

Wanyan Yanmu was guarded by her subordinates, her chest filled with the pain of losing her son. Even though there were seven or eight new wounds on her body, plus the blood spattered by her opponents, she looked like a bloody man, clenching her teeth and fighting in the layers of blood. The overlapping Song army cut through the waves.

Zhang Dungu, a branch brother of Zhang Jue's family, practiced martial arts since he was a child and followed Zhang Jue to manage the army and horses. He was still somewhat sober.

When Zhang Dungu saw that under the brave rush of more than a hundred Jurchen veterans, the first-line Song army was defeated, and the second wave of three or four hundred Jurchens easily smashed through the fragmented "gun forest" and hacked condescendingly. Kill the infantry formation.

The third wave took advantage of the situation to expand its attack surface to both sides, rushing towards Zhang Jue's banner at the high speed of war horses.

Zhang Jue's front infantry army had 2000 people. Counting from the time the Jurchens started charging into the formation, they collapsed in less than a quarter of an hour.

Zhang Jue was dumbfounded, what the hell, the Jurchens are so fierce!
On the one hand, he ordered the Chinese army to put up a defensive formation, and on the other hand, he raised a flag to signal the cavalry on the left and right wings to rescue the Chinese army.

As a result, a total of [-] cavalrymen surrounded the central part, and soon surrounded the remnants of Wanyan Yanmu, and a melee broke out!

Zhang Dungu realized that the Jurchens such as Wanyan Yanmu were the most deadly and resembled "snake heads". If they were not destroyed, the entire army would collapse. "Brother, the brothers in the Chinese army can't hold it anymore, I'm on board!"

After saying that, Zhang Dungu led a battalion of [-] soldiers to meet Wanyan Mu's assault team.

This timing is very critical, because the Jurchen "snakehead" is fighting more and more smoothly. After Zhang Jue's front army collapsed, facing more than 100 bloody fierce gods, the officers and soldiers of the Chinese army were already frightened, and almost no one dared to step forward to block Wanyan, who was like a madman. Mu.

As soon as Zhang Dungu's [-] fresh troops arrived, they immediately stabilized the morale of the Song army and resumed fighting with the Jurchen veterans.

Zhang Dungu took the opportunity to shout loudly: "Whoever kills Wanyan's mother will be promoted to the third level, have a hundred acres of fertile land, and a thousand guans!"

Under the reward, there must be a brave man.

Immediately, more people came up to besiege, and they actually blocked the Jurchens' momentum.

Zhang Jue finally got a chance to breathe and mobilized his troops to fight back again. The two sides fought endlessly outside Tu'er Mountain, and the battlefield of Nuo Da became a millstone of flesh and blood.

As the saying goes, too many ants will kill an elephant. The Jurchens were obviously able to handle the cavalry duel, but the number of infantry was too small. After more than a quarter of an hour of fighting, Wanyan Yan Mu's team of more than 50 people only had 5000 people left. The Song army still maintained a siege posture of [-] to [-] men.

Sometimes, changes in the battle situation often come from accidents, and this can only be explained by luck.

When the brave and invincible Jurchen cavalry defeated the Song army's cavalry on the right and prepared to outflank Zhang Jue's rear, Wanyan's mother sprained her feet because she accidentally stepped into a shallow pit during the fierce battle. Zhang Dungu, who was looking at her with eager eyes, chopped off her helmet with a knife. .

The huge force hit Wanyan Yanmu on the head, making him dizzy immediately, while Zhang Dungu's soldier stabbed the opponent in the shoulder with a gun, stabbing him to the ground.

The heroine will be injured, which will have a huge impact on both parties.

According to the Jurchen military regulations, if the main general dies in battle, all Moukes must be buried with him, so more than a dozen Moukes rushed over to protect Wanyan's mother with all their might.

Zhang Dungu took the opportunity to shout: "Wanyan's mother is dead! Kill her!"

At this time, the morale of the Song army rose sharply, and the passive situation was instantly reversed.

The Jurchen cavalry was obviously attracted by this news, so they changed their goals and sprinted towards the core of the fierce battle. No matter what, Wanyan Mu could not die!
The Jurchens ran long distances and fought fiercely for nearly half an hour, but still maintained their fierce lethality.

Four to five hundred cavalrymen broke into the Song army's formation, causing a rain of blood, and finally resolved the dangerous situation in which the Song army besieged Wanyan's mother.

The seriously injured Wanyan Yan's mother closed her eyes tightly, and her life and death were uncertain. This made the conspirators temporarily put aside their hatred and decided to cover the retreat of the general.

As a result, the Jurchens fought and retreated under the cover of the cavalry. Every time the Song army came forward to pursue, they were brutally counterattacked by the opponent, causing heavy casualties.

So far, both Zhang Jue and Zhang Dungu have realized that it is impossible to keep Wanyan's mother today.

Zhang Dungu looked at the number of people around him and could only suggest: "Brother, don't hesitate to return to the army, preserve some of your family assets, forget it!"

Only then did Zhang Jue wake up and look at the scattered subordinates. This battle was probably going to result in heavy casualties.

Zhang Jue, who was unable to pursue any more, sighed after cleaning up the battlefield and counting the troops.

There were only 300 cavalry left out of [-], and not even [-] infantry out of [-]. The only consolation was that there were more than [-] Jurchen heads, including more than ten Muke.

After the battle, both sides were exhausted and there was no winner.

(End of this chapter)