Chapter 648 0643 [Wanyan Loushi Is Here]

Zhang Guangdao's troops were all elite, and there were also Zhai Xing and Zhai Jin who were subdued by Han Shizhong, as well as Liu Qi, Wu Jie, Wu Lin and others brought by Yao Pingzhong.

All the above armies were attacking the city, but the defenders were too stubborn. Even with wooden cannons for early fire suppression, they were killed and returned after attacking the city many times.

Only Wang De climbed the city first and then established a firm foothold, and the subsequent friendly troops continued to climb the city.

This man joined the army very late, and he was recruited by Yao Gu only after Song Huizong ordered him to defend the king.

Until last year, Wang De was just a soldier. He followed Yao Pingzhong to intercept Richard and personally killed more than a dozen Xixia troops, and was appreciated and promoted to a general of a hundred.

In history, Li Cheng in Shandong was defeated by Wang De once, except for being defeated by Yue Fei. Han Shizhong at his peak, his general was chopped off by Wang De for no reason, and he had to call Wang De a hero the next time he met. Wang De also led the infantry to defeat the elite cavalry of the Jurchens head-on, killing nearly 10,000 Jin Wushu in one battle, but he himself suffered only more than 900 casualties, which shocked Liu Qi and made him call him his brother.

It is a pity that such a fierce general has been under the command of Zhang Jun and Liu Guangshi during the Southern Song Dynasty.

Of course, Wang De also has fatal flaws, he is too arrogant and unruly.

He was transferred to Han Shizhong's command, and he did not listen to Han Shizhong's orders at all, and killed Han Shizhong's generals who stopped him from sending troops. Another good general Li Qiong partnered with him, and he directly forced Li Qiong to rebel against the Song Dynasty and surrender to the pseudo-Qi.

Such a person can only be a fierce general to charge into battle, and it is difficult for him to command one side to convince the crowd.

However, Wang De fought more and more fiercely, and led the follow-up friendly forces to capture an entire section of the city wall. After the friendly forces gained a foothold, he led dozens of his soldiers to kill into the city from the horse road, trying to seize the gate of the city from the inside.

The local Han army in Shanxi was directly defeated by Wang De, and the old Liao Han army also retreated step by step.

There were only a few dozen people, but after entering the city, they killed hundreds of defenders.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the defender Wanyan Saba personally led hundreds of Jurchen soldiers to try to stop Wang De and annihilate him.

"Brother Wang, I'm here to help you!"

Just when Wang De was trapped, Wu Jie finally led his troops to catch up.

On the other hand, because Wang De entered the city, Wanyan Saba left with the Jurchen soldiers, and the Bohai soldiers responsible for defending the city were shaken. The brothers Zhai Xing and Zhai Jin both climbed the city, attracting more reserve troops to defend the city, and Xu Ning under Zhang Guangdao also took the opportunity to capture the city wall.

The walls on both sides of the city wall were broken through.

When climbing the city, Wang De was the most powerful, but after gaining a foothold, it was Xu Ning who made the fastest progress.

The old soldiers of Jinzhou who followed Zhu Ming to start the rebellion followed Xu Ning and automatically formed a formation on the top of the city, cooperating with each other to quickly expand the situation. The members of each team cooperated very well, and the Bohai soldiers had no power to resist. They were rushed, divided, surrounded, and slaughtered one by one.

Zhang Guangdao nodded and smiled. Although the troops he led were slow to climb the city, they were the best at killing the enemy in formation.

Yao Pingzhong also discovered this situation through the telescope.

He had a strong desire to win, and did not want to be outdone. He decided to train his troops well in the future. Among his generals, Wu Jie was particularly good at training troops. Yao Pingzhong decided to hand over the troops to Wu Jie for training.

"There are also Ming troops coming from the west, and all the local Han soldiers have fled!"

"Let the Bohai soldiers hold on!"

Wanyan Saba gave a panic order. This offensive and defensive battle was completely beyond his expectations. He was caught off guard by 120 wooden cannons.

Under normal circumstances, the Ming army could not climb the city at all. At least they had to attack repeatedly to make the defenders exhausted. It would be good if someone climbed the city first after half a month, and they might not be able to stand after climbing up.

And the dark-skinned enemy general (Wang De) in front of him is simply not a human being. He is still advancing against the elite Jurchens!

Wang De is like a killing machine. The fearless Jurchen elites are all terrified by the frontal killing. On the street behind the side of the city wall, the Jurchen soldiers who were waiting for battle were forced to break in by Wang De. If they continue like this, they will be killed.

On the other side, Xu Ning and the veterans of Jinzhou have completely different styles.

They never fight alone. No matter what they do, they act as a team. If there are different teams that are crippled, they will be temporarily combined and advance quickly and orderly.

Moreover, the formation is extremely fast, and the formation can be used in a very narrow area.

The same is true for their subsequent friendly forces. The military orders between the teams are transmitted very quickly. In the chaotic battlefield, each team is performing its own tasks. Some capture and occupy the stronghold to help other troops climb the city, some rush into the city from the horse road to intercept the defeated enemy, and some go to open the city gate to occupy the city wall.

After entering the Wengcheng, a closed and narrow area, the veterans under Xu Ning were even more fierce and killed the fearless old Liao Han soldiers in groups to surrender.

Seeing more and more defeated soldiers fleeing from behind him, Wanyan Saba knew that the situation was over, and fled on horseback with more than 20 personal soldiers. If he didn't run, he would be attacked from both sides.

Along the main axis of Pingdingjun City, Wanyan Saba ran all the way and ordered the defenders in the north of the city to open the city gate.

As soon as these guys rushed across the moat, the Qiang young general Yang Yun led the cavalry to kill, and Geng Zhongnian also led the cavalry to intercept them in front.

Cavalry commander Chen Ziyi didn't move at all, just holding a telescope to observe the situation.

More than 2,000 Ming cavalrymen surrounded and intercepted more than 20 Jurchen cavalrymen...

As he grew older, Yang Yun became more burly, and the southwest pony under his crotch was replaced by a majestic Gansu-Qinghai horse. People wear strong armor and horses wear horse armor, and they have transformed from light cavalry to cavalry.

More than 2,000 Ming cavalrymen shot arrows at more than 20 Jurchen cavalrymen.

Arrows rained down, and the armored Jurchen cavalry was fine, but most of the horses under their crotch were hit by arrows. The simple horse armor blocked the key parts, and the horses were not fatally injured, but they were seriously frightened by the pain, and the cavalry had to distract themselves to control and comfort them.

At this time, the Ming cavalry rushed forward.

Yang Yun rushed forward with a spear, and Wanyan Saba was frightened and turned to flee, but was intercepted and killed by Geng Zhongnian's troops. When the horses crossed, Wanyan Saba was attacked from both sides, and narrowly avoided a long spear, but was stabbed by another long spear.

Fortunately, the tip of the spear hit the armor and slipped, and Wanyan Saba was still able to sit on the horse.

While he was still in shock, Geng Zhongnian had already rushed over, raised his spear and swept Wanyan Saba directly off the horse.

"Catch him alive!"

Geng Zhongnian was ecstatic about his meritorious service, and when he reined in his horse and turned around, he saw Wanyan Saba being trampled to death by the subsequent horses.

Yang Yun rode over, glanced at the corpses on the ground, curled his lips and rode back to the moat. There were more defeated soldiers here, scrambling to escape from the city.

Merit after the battle.

Wang De led his troops to the top first.

Xu Ning's troops captured the city gate and opened the gate second.

The troops of the brothers Zhai Xing and Zhai Jin helped Xu Ning open the situation third.

The Ming Dynasty never did things based on the number of people. They were all based on the troops, and then collectively rewarded based on the results they achieved.

Wang De was an exception, and his personal record was too outstanding.

To put it bluntly, it is divided into collective merit and individual merit, and most of the time it is collective merit.

Zhang Guangdao went to comfort Wang De in person, and the military doctor said: "General Wang was wounded in nine places, but they were all flesh wounds, and the swords and guns did not penetrate deep into the flesh, so it is not serious."

"That's good!"

Zhang Guangdao was even happier, patted Wang De's arm and said: "What a hero, I will personally report your merits."

Although Wang De was unruly, he was not ignorant of the commander-in-chief's personal visit and personal report of his merits. He happily bowed and said: "If you want to attack any city in the future, send me to fight, and I guarantee that the city wall will be captured."

"Okay, I will not forget you when attacking the city!"

Zhang Guangdao asked again Yao Pingzhong: "What position does Wang Zhuangshi hold?"

Yao Pingzhong said: "Last year, he made meritorious service and became a general of 100 men. This time, he made meritorious service again, but I plan to let him lead 500 men."

Zhang Guangdao nodded and said: "It is more than enough for him to lead 500 soldiers. You can select brave warriors and set up a vanguard camp for him. I will give the best weapons and armor to these 500 warriors. It will depend on them to recover Shanxi in the future."

Wang De was even happier and finally knew to thank him: "Thank you, Marshal Zhang and General Yao for your support!"

After a few more words of encouragement, Zhang Guangdao went to visit other meritorious people and the wounded.

After Zhang Guangdao walked away, Yao Pingzhong finally breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that Zhang Guangdao would take away his brave general.

The next day, Zhang Guangdao divided 6,000 troops and asked Zhai Xing to take them to help Guo Yaoshi.

The rest of the troops were stationed in the ruins of Zhao Jianzi City and in Pingdingjun City. The two cities could help each other.

There are several Zhao Jianzi cities in the country, but this one is to the west of Yangquan City, with a river valley connecting to Shouyang where Guo Yaoshi is stationed.

After six thousand elite troops went back to reinforce Shouyang, Zhang Guangdao no longer worried about that place.

He didn't know that Wanyan Zonghan had divided his troops to attack from the north, and he was too lazy to care about Wanyan Zonghan. The next plan was that Zhang Guangdao planned to defend Pingdingjun City, and then divide his troops to attack Chengtianzhai, and open up Jingxing all the way to threaten the pseudo-Song capital Zhendingfu.

In the terrain of Shanxi, it is enough to divide the troops to defend the city, and the surplus troops can participate in the Hebei War.

Even Guo Yaoshi's Shouyang was lost, which had no impact on the overall situation. Anyway, Zhang Guangdao still had another grain route in the south.

After two days of rest, Yao Pingzhong's troops went to attack Chengtianzhai, and the Xiandeng Camp under Wang De was the main attacking force.

Due to the terrain restrictions, it was useless to go there too much.

Zhang Guangdao's main force stayed with the Pingding Army, and sent cavalry to the north to Yu County to inquire - there were not many defenders in Yu County, and it might be possible to take it in one fell swoop, and then the main force could directly attack Wanyan Zonghan's rear.

The day after the cavalry was sent out, they ran into Wanyan Loushi's army, which was quickly coming from the southern border of Yu County.

Not knowing how many enemies had come, Zhang Guangdao was alert and quickly sent people to recall Yao Pingzhong's troops who were halfway. He asked Yao Pingzhong to garrison the Pingding Army, and his main force was stationed in Zhao Jianzi City, intending to find out the enemy's situation before taking action.

Wanyan Loushi rushed over, and also called the defenders of Yu County, and requisitioned all the food and grass in Yu County.

"There are only more than 10,000 people, and they are still coming?"

"We have crossed the riverbed. The Jin soldiers are mostly cavalry, and there are even fewer infantry. The infantry are probably all the defenders of Yu County, and there are not enough civilians to help transport food."

Zhang Guangdao was a little bit unbelievable. His main force was here, how could Wanyan Zonghan dare to send 10,000 troops to come?

He sent 6,000 soldiers back to rescue Guo Yaoshi because there were river valleys along the way, and near the entrance of the river valley in Shouyang, there were forts set up by the Ming Dynasty. The Ming army had all the favorable terrain, and of course they were not afraid of Wanyan Zonghan's main force.

However, neither Wanyan Zonghan nor Wanyan Loushi was worried about this trip.

In their minds, 10,000 elite cavalry were enough to sweep the world, and as long as the Ming army did not stay in the city, they would definitely win the battle. There were tens of thousands of cavalry, and they didn't know how to lose!