Chapter 710 0705 [What Era Is It Still a One-on-One Duel? ]

Jinzhou, the beautiful state.

The population here is mainly Han and Bohai, and a large number of craftsmen and farmers moved here in the early Liao Dynasty.

It was a private state for the emperor and queen of the Liao Kingdom. The emperor sent private soldiers to garrison it, and various specialties were directly supplied to the royal family of the Liao Kingdom.

Comparing the agricultural tools unearthed in later generations, the agricultural technology in the Jinzhou area of ​​the Liao Dynasty was far more advanced than that in northern Shanxi at that time.

When Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty spent money to buy the land of Youyan, the Kingdom of Jin moved a large number of farmers and craftsmen from Youzhou to Jinzhou for resettlement. Jinzhou has developed to this day and has become more prosperous and lively, which was extremely rare in the late Liao and early Jin Dynasties.

At this time, the Jinzhou City Wall had a circumference of six miles. This was nothing in the Central Plains, but it was one of the largest cities in the Northeast.

Wanyan Zongfu used the food stolen from Goryeo to formulate a plan to clean up the coast.

Among them, Quang Ninh Prefecture and Jinzhou sent 13,000 troops, 60% of whom were issued militiamen. In order to drive away Li Bao, the Jin Kingdom did not care about affecting Jinzhou's production. Not only did many farmers join the army, but even the craftsmen in the city were drafted to fight.

These troops were commanded by Wanyan Zongbi.

Over at Yanshan Mansion, Wanyan Zongwang also mobilized 10,000 people and gave them to Wanyan Talan to bring over.

Jin soldiers from the east and west, with a total of 23,000 troops, attacked the coastal county where Li Bao was stationed!

This dilapidated county town has a wall perimeter of less than three miles and looks more like a slightly larger castle.

"The Ming army in the city should come out to fight if they have the guts. Don't huddle in the city like women. If you don't come out, you will be a bastard without eggs..."

After the two groups of Jin soldiers converged, before the moat was filled in, Wanyan Zongbi sent someone to call for a duel outside the city.

Don’t think that such a thing as a duel between generals is a novelist’s invention.

Until the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, single combat between military commanders was still very popular.

As the population of the Tang Dynasty recovered and the army and horses became strong, the phenomenon of single combat became less and less, but it revived in the Five Dynasties.

During the Five Generations of warlords, the population dropped sharply, the number of troops decreased, and the intensity of wars decreased. It was often the case that one-on-one battles would determine victory or defeat.

The current era is another recovery period for duel.

In the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty in history, when the Jin State was facing difficulties in overcoming difficulties, it was forced to curse and call for battle. The overall quality of the Song Army is not good, but there are many strong men, which is just suitable for a one-on-one challenge in front of the battle. Anyway, if they lose, they can continue to retreat and defend.

The two countries of Song and Jin hit it off immediately, and there are many records of duels in history books.

The Jin generals outside the city were scolding him more and more unpleasantly. Not long after Daming Zhen surrendered, he was eager to perform meritorious service and took the initiative to ask for help: "General, let me go out of the city to meet that guy, so that the Jin soldiers will not dare to call him again!"

Li Bao glanced at Daming Zhen and said, "Our army is absolutely safe in defending the city. Why are you taking the risk of going out of the city?"

Da Mingzhen stopped talking. Next to him was Hu Yantong, a young general who was also eager to perform meritorious service: "General, if I lose, I will be dealt with according to military law!"

Li Bao said: "I know you are a powerful fighter, so there is no need for that right now."

Hu Yantong had no choice but to shut up, but his eyes were looking outside the city eager to try.

This guy is the prototype of Hu Yanzhuo in "Water Margin", but he is not a Liangshan hero, but a Xiangjun general from Shandong.

In history, Han Shizhong faced danger several times, but Hu Yantong stepped forward to turn the situation around. Once, he even turned defeat into victory by relying on a duel in front of the battle. It's a pity that this person committed suicide by drowning in the end. Some historical data say that he was suppressed by Han Shizhong, but the specific process is very outrageous, and it seems more like he was disheartened by the entire Southern Song Dynasty court.

In the next half month, Jin Bing sent people to fill in the moat and at the same time built a large number of return cannons.

As the moat was filled up little by little, the morale of Li Bao's direct troops remained as usual, but other troops appeared quite nervous.

There were only 3,000 Li Bao's direct descendants in the city, 2,000 newly formed field troops, and 500 to 600 Bohai soldiers who had defected to the city.

Since the Jin soldiers were shouting and yelling every day, the Ming army was always shrinking in the city. Li Bao obviously felt that his morale was declining. He called Hu Yantong: "Go out and meet that guy, just don't get hacked."

"Yes!" Hu Yantong was overjoyed.

The city gate opened, and Hu Yantong led a group of soldiers and horses to rush out.

Wanyan Zongbi said to one of the generals: "Kill this man and break the enemy's morale. Then we can attack the city with twice the result with half the effort."

This golden general is called Wuyan Puluhun, who comes from the Wugu Dihun Mountain District on Haozan Road. He was originally under the account of Wanyan Jian's mother together with his brother Hu Shahu. Later, he began to lead his own troops, with one hundred Jurchen soldiers from his own tribe, and the rest were all mixed troops from various ethnic groups.

Wuyan Puluhun is famous for his bravery. It is said that he can draw a strong bow and shoot 270 steps, which means he can shoot an arrow 400 meters!

But I saw them each leading a team of soldiers and horses, confronting each other outside the moat.

The men on both sides were waving flags and shouting, and the rear continued to beat drums to cheer. Huyantong and Puluhun each rode forward.

If Ju Ming were here at this moment, he would definitely feel that it was outrageous. In what era are we still playing one-on-one?

The last time Zhu Ming personally led troops to confront Wanyan Zongwang, Jin soldiers came to challenge him many times, but they were all rejected by Prince Zhu.

The war horse began to trot, Puluhun bent his bow and nocked an arrow, and shot an arrow hundreds of steps away.

Hu Yantong lay on his horse, arrows flying over his head, and the sound of them breaking through the air shocked him. When he was still unconvinced, Hu Yantong took aim with his bow and began to shoot at the enemy general on horseback.

Two consecutive arrows were shot at each other, and the leather horse armors were both hit. Both of them were quite afraid of each other.

The horses ran faster and faster, and they each drew back their bows and raised their guns.

They did not charge with their spears, and the horses were more than three meters apart when they crossed. They held spears about four meters long, twisted their bodies and stabbed to the side at the same time. This is the most common horse fighting posture in ancient Chinese paintings.

"Bang!"

The spears collided and made a sound. At this time, it was not about strength, but about who had the most exquisite moves, because the horses had their own strength when charging.

Hu Yantong attacked and attacked at the same time, and took advantage of Puluhun's spear being tilted, and stabbed out like a venomous snake. This attack seemed to violate physics. Although the horses had passed each other, Hu Yantong's strength was old, but the spear became half a foot longer out of thin air.

Puluhun dodged urgently and was almost pierced in the throat by a spear, which scared him so much that sweat broke out on his back.

The horses ran a distance each, and the two turned around and galloped to start the second round of fighting.

This time the charge distance was very short. Before the horses fully accelerated, the spears had already collided again, and there was still no winner.

In the third round, the charge distance was even shorter.

In such a fight, not only the moves are needed, but also the strength becomes extremely important, because the horse speed can't be rushed at all.

As the fight went on, they stopped charging and each rode their warhorses in a small circle, fighting with their guns while turning.

Li Bao also became nervous when watching through the telescope, and he grabbed the drumstick and beat the drum himself to cheer.

The soldiers of both armies shouted hard to cheer for their own generals.

Huyan Tong regretted fighting like this. His spear skills were more exquisite, but his strength was slightly less, which gave him an advantage in charging and fighting. At this time, Wuyan Puluhun knew that his spear skills were not as good as Huyan, and he kept using brute force to fight Huyan.

The moves of this Jin general were open and closed, deliberately reducing stabbing and using more sweeping.

Huyan Tong suddenly accelerated to escape to the city wall, no longer riding a horse to circle with the enemy general, and fled the battlefield in a panic as if he had admitted defeat.

Wuyan Puluhun immediately rode a horse to chase, and countless Jin soldiers shouted even louder, thinking that their generals had won.

Huyan Tong lay on the horse's back, his mind was extremely clear, controlling the speed of the horse so that the enemy could catch up.

He pricked up his ears to distinguish the distance of the horse's hoof sound, and turned his head slightly to observe the enemy's riding posture. Just when Wuyan Puluhun caught up and shot, Huyan Tong shot at a very strange angle.

The long spear seemed to come alive, and the spear body turned in the direction while shaking, and this rotation was hidden in the twisting of the body. In Wuyan Puluhun's vision, he only saw Huyan Tong twisting his body to avoid, and suddenly a cold light approached quickly, not giving him any reaction time at all.

A return shot, it's hard to defend against!

Wuyan Puluhun was shot in the face and fell to the ground on the spot.

Huyan Tong reined in his horse to slow down and stop, urged the warhorse to go back, and shot Puluhun who was not dead yet.

The spear pierced the armor, but Wuyan Puluhun was still alive.

Huyan Tong jumped off the horse and landed, drew his sword and pressed the enemy general, close to the throat and cut it.

A team of Jin soldiers brought by Wuyan Puluhun rushed to rescue him the moment he fell off his horse. The soldiers brought by Huyan Tong also roared and rushed forward.

The drums of both sides became more intense.

Huyan Tong lifted Wuyan Puluhun's head, quickly got back on his horse, and galloped back and forth in the open space of the battle to show off.

He led his team and rushed towards the Jin soldiers' support team.

The morale of that team of Jin soldiers plummeted, and they were killed and fled back in embarrassment. Huyan Tong led his troops and took Wuyan Puluhun's warhorse and body away.

A large group of Jin soldiers chased up and were shot back by the Ming army defending the city near the moat.

"Good man!"

Li Bao went down to greet him in person, patting Huyan Tong on the shoulder and praising him.

"Wansheng, Wansheng!"

The Ming army soldiers defending the city cheered.

The Jin soldiers failed to fight, and their morale was inevitably low.

Another Jin general, without even bothering to apply for a fight, rode towards the city and shouted: "Come and fight again if you dare!"

Li Bao sneered: "Shoot him to death!"

I've already won a fight, who the hell wants to fight you in a duel.

A round of arrows fired, the Jin general was almost shot to death on the spot, fell off his horse and rolled back to the formation in disgrace.

Wanyan Zongbi and Wanyan Talan were both helpless.

In their minds, the Ming army was nothing more than powerful in firearms, and the generals must be weak in a duel, so they wanted to hit the morale of the defenders through a duel.

Unexpectedly, the powerful Jurchen warriors actually lost in the duel.

Moreover, the Ming army won a duel and never fought again.

"Hahahaha!"

Watching the Jin general who challenged the battle flee in embarrassment, the Ming army on the top of the city laughed.

Even the Bohai soldiers who followed Daming Zhen and Daming Yi to surrender to the Ming became confident at this moment. They had seen the power of thunder before, and now even the generals were so powerful in single combat, so what was there to fear in defending the city?

(Finally home, just like fleeing famine, I ate three bowls of rice. For a person with a heavy taste, the food in Po County is really hard to swallow.)