The gods began by supporting Guo Jing to become emperor

Chapter 157: Genghis Khan gives up power and captures Taiyuan

Genghis Khan started out as a cavalryman, but most of the cavalry under his command were light cavalry, who came and went like the wind and liked to make long-distance raids and charge into battle. Heavy cavalry was only developed later.

At the beginning, after Genghis Khan defeated the Western Xia Iron Harriers with his light cavalry, their heavy cavalry equipment fell into the hands of the Mongols. Guo Jing returned to Mongolia just for this batch of equipment.

This thing did not pose much threat to the Mongolian cavalry, but it was a deadly threat to the infantry. Guo Jing did not ask for cavalry, but for heavy cavalry equipment, which Genghis Khan gave him readily.

After returning to Xijing, Guo Jing continued to train heavy cavalry, selecting suitable soldiers and horses from the army and training them into an army.

The heavy cavalry is not fast, but once they launch a charge, it will be earth-shattering and devastating.

"Bang, bang!"

A dull and terrifying sound continued to ring out, and a series of high-speed charging cavalry crashed into the front of the resisting army. The Jin soldiers in front of the formation were knocked away at the moment of the huge impact. The forest of guns fell on the iron armor, leaving dense white marks, and the surrounding sounds were all noisy and chaotic.

The horses neighed, the soldiers wailed...

As the heavy cavalry continued to advance, the enemies in front of them increased in number. The horses slowed down due to the obstruction, but their heavy bodies still moved forward firmly. The thick heavy spears pressed on the knights' arms and pierced the leather armor and cloth of the Jin soldiers, and continued to charge through the enemy's corpses. Lu Guanying chopped off the enemy who was standing in front of him with a knife, and continued to charge with the heavy cavalry.

The sudden attack of heavy cavalry stunned the Jin army. Their shields and chariots were as fragile as paper in front of the charging heavy cavalry. In less than three quarters of an hour, the Jin army's infantry formation was forcibly broken through.

On the high platform, Guo Jing saw that the enemy's line had collapsed, and immediately ordered the infantry and cavalry to press forward.

Afterwards, the heavy cavalry cleared the way and the light cavalry entered the scene again. They charged into the crowd. Shi Tianni swung the spear in his hand left and right. The Jin army formation in front of him gradually dispersed, and different figures rushed towards them.

The Jin army general was not a man without ability. Xixia had the Iron Harriers and the Jin Dynasty also had the Iron Pagodas1. Their ancestors had played with this kind of heavy cavalry and knew how to restrain them, so he transferred all the heavy infantry in front of the formation to encircle and intercept them.

The heavy cavalry had a slow movement speed and could not run as fast as the infantry when charging, so they ran into the enemy's heavy infantry.

A cavalryman at the front pushed the Jin army away, but before he could rejoice, the opponent swung down with a thick mace in his hand. He twisted his body and the mace hit the horse's head with a "bang".

At the same time, in another direction, there were infantrymen wearing heavy armor running towards them. They held iron axes or sledgehammers in their hands and hit the chests of their war horses hard. The black armor plates did not cause much damage, but the war horses were in great pain.

The heavy horse lost its balance, took a few shaky steps, and fell to the side with a loud bang. The cavalry on it rolled down in the huge shock. In his field of vision, countless sturdy bodies wearing heavy armor came over. Several halberds were raised and fell, slamming into his armor, causing the iron sheet to cave in. The struggling and screaming cavalry had bloodshot eyes and a large amount of blood was gushing from the corners of their mouths.

With their sturdy bodies and footsteps passing by the corpses, these heavily armored infantrymen swung their halberds and rained down their heavy weapons on the remaining cavalry in the sea of ​​​​fighters.

The sounds of fighting, roaring, and metal clashing continued to boil. The Jin army's infantry cooperated with the tall and strong heavy infantry to encircle the enemy. Spears, maces, and sledgehammers came, accompanied by the sound of metal scraping. The armored war horses let out mournful neighs, and men stood up to expose the horses' bellies. The sharp tips of the spears pierced into them, bringing out a strong smell of blood. The knights on top were also thrown heavily to the ground by the horses. The crowd swarmed up, chopping with swords and stomping with feet, shocking the people in the armor to death.

The battle spread across the battlefield, and the war horses neighed sadly.

The axe broke the horse's legs, and the huge horse body rolled over and fell to the ground with a bang, splashing blood. The armored knight rolled on the ground for a few circles. Above, the sword lights and spear tips pressed down on the cavalry who was struggling to get up and chopped and smashed hard. The spear tip pierced into the gap between the armor, and the figure twitched and roared a few times, unable to get up again.

At this time, Guo Jing had no time to care about the heavy cavalry. He was leading the cavalry to move back and forth in the enemy camp, while his infantry also pressed towards the Jin army. The two sides were entangled in a fight, and the troops of various groups were mixed together.

A rain of arrows flew into the sky and landed on the running crowd, creating splashes of blood. However, the footsteps of those rushing in the front did not stop. If they wanted to stay alive, they had to rush forward.

On the battle line that stretched for several miles, the soldiers rushed forward like a tide, but were held back by the shield wall. Flashes of swords flew out of their hands and slashed at the enemy. As more people pressed forward, those who were in the front line of the conflict were pushed onto their shields, plasma gushing from their noses and mouths, and their flesh and blood became blurred.

On the high platform, Guo Jing, wearing black armor, watched the scene coldly, constantly issuing orders and mobilizing soldiers to fill the gaps in the front line. In the past, he would have led the cavalry to charge.

But now it is different. Cavalry is important, but infantry is also important. If the infantry battle formation is defeated, even if the battle is won, it will only be a tragic victory. Therefore, he can only sit in the center of the army and mobilize the infantry to fight. He is not only a general, but also the commander-in-chief.

Although Guo Jing's troops were smaller than those of the Jin army, the combat effectiveness of the Jin army was weaker than he had imagined, even weaker than the Jin enemy he encountered when he first went to the battlefield.

In fact, the Jin Kingdom was now in a state of disarray, and having lost hundreds of thousands of troops before, its military strength was already stretched to the limit. These 100,000 troops were still gathered together by Wanyan Honglie.

At the beginning, the Jin Kingdom had no intention of driving Guo Jing out of Shanxi and recovering Xijing.

Unexpectedly, they didn't want to fight, but Guo Jing threatened them with food and forced them to fight.

The Mongolian cavalry that surrounded the Jin Dynasty from all sides crashed into the Jin Dynasty's infantry battle formation. The sea of ​​people fighting and shouting pushed in. The archers roamed around, shooting arrows at the heavy infantry in the formation. They broke into the formation, dismounted and formed a formation, cooperating with the infantry that charged in from the front to intersperse. Half an incense stick later, the archers and heavy infantry's formation collapsed, they were scattered and fled, leaving only the heavy infantry who had difficulty running and were still putting up a stubborn resistance, and then they were kited by the cavalry and shot to death on the field.

On the high platform, Guo Jing saw this scene and decided to send all the reserve troops forward. As the fresh troops joined the battle, the originally tilted balance of war gradually fell towards Guo Jing and his men.

"The general is dead!"

Suddenly, someone shouted something, and the Jin soldiers who were fighting were startled and looked back subconsciously, only to see that the flag of their commander had disappeared.

In an instant, they collapsed, not caring about the fight anymore, they turned around and ran.

At this time, neither the enemies behind nor the supervisors in the Jin army could stop their pace. Large groups of defeated soldiers ran in the setting sun. A scattered Jin cavalryman was shot in the back and fell off his horse. The ownerless horse was frightened and ran wildly, hitting the fleeing soldiers in front, and the soldiers and horses rolled over.

Running away is contagious. Gradually, more and more soldiers dropped their weapons and fled. Even though their generals shouted themselves hoarse, no one paid any attention to them. All their comrades had run away. Should they stay there and wait to die?

On the high platform, the Jin generals looked pale. The outcome they least wanted to see had occurred. They had lost this battle! The Jin generals hurriedly gathered their personal soldiers and fled the battlefield. If it was too late, they would have to die here.

The Jin army commander fled, and the remaining Jin troops were leaderless and collapsed even faster. The Mongolian cavalry was unstoppable on the battlefield. They spread over the lines of fleeing soldiers and shot them to the ground from time to time.

Under the pursuit of the cavalry, 100,000 Jin soldiers suffered heavy casualties. Many of them were too tired to run and lay on the ground gasping for breath waiting to die.

This battle lasted from early morning to late evening. The setting sun was blood-red, and the ground was blindingly bright with blood. Tall war horses fell not far away. In the outline of the battlefield, heavy cavalry horses fell, corpses lay in flat iron armor, and pairs of eyes could not close under iron helmets.

The exhausted soldier was leaning among the corpses, staggering back to the barracks.

It took three full days to clean up the battlefield. The final results were handed over to Guo Jing. In this battle, the 100,000-strong Jin army was defeated, more than 60,000 enemy heads were harvested on the battlefield, more than 20,000 were captured, and countless weapons and armor were seized.

The army under Guo Jing also suffered heavy losses, with more than 3,000 cavalrymen killed or wounded, only a hundred of the 500 heavy cavalrymen were left intact, and nearly 20,000 infantrymen killed or wounded.

After a few days of rest, Guo Jing did not attack Taiyuan, but first cut off Taiyuan's food supply, then bypassed the city and ordered Lu Guanying and Shi Bingzhi, father and son, to capture Ze, Lu, Fen and Huo states first.

At this time, Taiyuan had become an isolated city.

His troops were scattered all over the place, busy seizing passes and harvesting crops.

When the news reached Zhongdu, Wanyan Honglie, who was busy moving the capital, heard the news, and his hair, which had originally been a little black, turned completely white overnight. The 100,000-strong army was almost wiped out, and the Jin court was no longer able to send a large army to rescue Shanxi.

If more troops were withdrawn, the Jin Dynasty would be unable to resist the southward advance of the Mongol army.

In the palace, Wanyan Honglie threw the memorial in his hand to the ground, looked up to the sky and sighed, "Guo Jing, Guo Jing!"

Twenty years ago, he instinctively killed Guo Xiaotian and Yang Tiexin's family easily, but due to negligence, he let Li Ping escape. Twenty years later, Guo Jing has grown up and is working for the Mongols, the mortal enemy of the Jin Dynasty. He had previously defeated an army of 50,000, and this time he defeated an army of 100,000. This made him feel the pain deeply.

If it weren't for this person, Xijing would not have been lost, and the situation in the west of the Jin Dynasty would not have been so critical!
The Jin Dynasty had already given up on Liaodong and Liaoxi, and with the relocation of the capital to Kaifeng, the Jin Dynasty's strategic situation in Henan and Hebei would take a sharp turn for the worse. Of course, this was not without its benefits.

Although Kaifeng had no strategic location to defend, the Yellow River could help them hinder the Mongolian army and give the Jin Dynasty a chance to catch its breath. The Jin Dynasty was in great need of time as they were stunned by Mongolia's successive victories.

Wanyan Honglie was well aware of the disadvantages of moving the capital, but he could only drink poison to quench his thirst.

A month later, the battle report was sent to the Golden Tent of the Mongolian Khan. When Genghis Khan saw the news, he laughed and said, "Great, you are worthy of being my consort, Guo Baoyu. Come and have a look!"

Guo Baoyu, who was waiting on the side, took the battle report calmly and read it, with a hint of surprise in his eyes, "Congratulations, Great Khan, your husband has defeated another 100,000 Jin troops. At the beginning, the Great Khan handed the battle of Xijing to your husband. The Great Khan is good at judging people, and I admire him."

Genghis Khan couldn't stop smiling. Seeing his young people making great achievements gave him a strong sense of accomplishment. "Yes, this kid also gave me a surprise. We brought all the troops back to rest, and he didn't have many soldiers. I didn't expect him to agree to it. It seems that it's time to give him more responsibilities!"

"After this battle, the Jin Kingdom will no longer have the energy to rescue Shanxi. Pass on my order and order Guo Jing to recruit Han heroes, expand the army, and establish a province. I want to see how far this kid can go!"

Guo Baoyu's pupils shrank and his heart couldn't stop trembling. Establishing a province would hand over the power of ruling the place to him, which meant that from now on Guo Jing could openly set up a government and build up his own power.

He is only twenty years old now!
He has taken this step at the age of 20. If nothing unexpected happens, his future achievements will be limitless!
Then, Genghis Khan suddenly thought of something and asked, "By the way, didn't this kid bring a Taoist priest to introduce him to me before? Where is he now?"

The servant beside him hurriedly said, "Great Khan, the Taoist is still in the tribe. Do you want to see him?"

"The person Guo Jing personally recommended must not be an ordinary person. I would like to see what is so special about the Taoist priests in the Central Plains."

So, Qiu Chuji, who had been left out by Genghis Khan for several months, finally had the opportunity to meet Genghis Khan.

……

Xijing, General’s Mansion.

Since that war, Guo Jing returned to Xijing to handle government affairs and did not participate in the following war. Now that he is a commander-in-chief, he cannot do everything by himself. The Shi father and son led the army to capture cities and territories outside. In addition to them, heroes from all over Shanxi who came to join them also emerged and needed the help of these local tyrants.

There were no tough battles afterwards. The news of the Jin Kingdom's destruction of an army of 100,000 spread quickly across the country like wings, and Guo Jing's name was gradually remembered by the world.

Who made him a Han Chinese, and a Han Chinese who fought against the Jin people?

For the people of the Song Dynasty, when the Mongols attacked the Jin Dynasty, they would only think that it was dog biting dog, but when the Han people attacked the Jin people, they would have a good impression of them, just like people would have a good impression of celebrities with the same surname as themselves.

As long as you hit the gold man, we are friends!
As a result, the patriots in the Southern Song Dynasty who were still full of passion went north to join his army. There was no other way, since the Song Dynasty did not fight the Jin Dynasty, they could only find another way. As long as they could kill the Jin people, they would do it at all costs. Time could not erase the hatred, but deepened it.

Afterwards, Guo Jing rested for half a year and then surrounded Taiyuan with a large army in the first month of the following year. Taiyuan had been out of food for a long time at this time. The army went through a bloody battle and finally broke through the city defense from the northwest of Taiyuan and entered the city.

At this point, Taiyuan also fell into Guo Jing's hands.

(End of this chapter)