401, Shooting Wanyan Liang (Please Order the Whole Set)

As expected.

After the bet was made.

In the middle of January of the 18th year of Shaoxing, the Jin army invaded the border.

The Shaoxing Agreement was torn up.

The Jin Kingdom, with the Grand Master and Grand Marshal Jin Wushu, led 280,000 troops, claiming to be 400,000, to attack the Southern Song territory.

The people of the Southern Song Dynasty were in a panic.

It is said that the reason for the Jin Kingdom to attack the Song Dynasty was very simple. Yue Fei was dead, Han Shizhong was an old general, and the other generals were brave, but the Southern Song Dynasty had been indulging in pleasure for a long time and its martial arts were slack, so it would be able to destroy the Song Dynasty in one fell swoop.

But this was only the reason given on the surface.

Of course, this reason was also convincing.

However, Bai Gui knew that the Jin Kingdom's dispatch of troops should be inseparable from Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing. . In December, he heard rumors that a Song Dynasty assassin assassinated a Jurchen noble.

Such a move would affect the entire body.

It seems to be a ridiculous reason for sending troops.

But in fact, it is not ridiculous. How many major battles were caused by assassinations. The Southern Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty had long been in conflict, but Zhao Jiumei was patient and had been cowardly. The Jin Dynasty, facing the now weakened Southern Song Dynasty, could not help but feel contemptuous and sent troops to attack the Song Dynasty. It was just a matter of going with the flow.

For example, in the tenth year of Shaoxing, the Song and Jin Dynasties negotiated peace. The Jin Dynasty was willing to return Bianjing to the Southern Song Dynasty. Zhao Gou sent Liu Qi to lead 30,000 troops to the north to accept Bianjing, but unexpectedly, the Jin people changed their minds. Jin Wushu led hundreds of thousands of troops to attack the Song Dynasty again, and Liu Qi led 30,000 troops to defeat Jin Wushu, and became famous in the Battle of Shunchang.

So it was beyond everyone's expectation that the Song and Jin Dynasties could maintain peace for six years.

The Jin people's betrayal was no longer surprising.

The Southern Song Dynasty also responded actively.

With Han Shizhong as the commander-in-chief, the imperial guards near Lin'an and the various roads in the south of the Yangtze River were summoned as the Eastern Route Army to go north to resist the Jin offensive. With Liu Qi as the deputy commander, he recruited troops from Jingnan Prefecture and nearby states to form the Western Route Army to contain Jin Wushu's troops from the flank.

The results of Bai Gui's training of the Shengyi Army in the past four months made Liu Qi's eyes light up, so he appointed Bai Gui as the vanguard of the Western Route Army to set out first.

…

Wanyan Liang stayed in Shangjing.

This time, Jin Wushu led the army to attack Song again. Wanyan Liang, who had always been close to Jin Wushu, his uncle, also went with Jin Wushu to attack Song. He was the general of the cavalry and managed 10,000 cavalry.

"Report to the general, we have explored the surroundings of Ruzhou, and there is no trace of the Song army."

The scout reported.

"The Song people are short of horses. I will kill every scout that comes. How dare the Song army send troops to the border so easily?"

"No need to explore anymore. Ruzhou is flat and there is no key pass to attack or defend. Go directly to Bianzhou and join my uncle's army."

Wanyan Liang pulled the reins, the warhorse neighed, and he laughed.

Although there was some thought of underestimating the enemy, his idea was normal. The Southern Song Dynasty was short of horses. Ruzhou was located in a plain, and the edge could be seen at a glance. It was unlikely to hide heavy troops.

He continued to march.

Suddenly, a team of cavalry appeared in front, one person riding two horses.

There were about thirty cavalry.

The leader wore a ghost mask and a white robe.

It was gone in a flash.

"Send a hundred cavalry to strangle this team of cavalry. And this ghost-faced white-robed general is probably a general of the Song army. Capture him alive and bring him back to see me."

Wanyan Liang frowned and gave an order.

Although the other side had more than 30 cavalry, the Song army's cavalry was often inferior to the Jin army's cavalry, and it was enough to win with three around one.

After a while.

Rows of Jin soldiers' heads were thrown in front of the Jin army.

"Five hundred cavalry!"

"This ghost-faced white-robed general should not be underestimated..."

Wanyan Liang's eyes narrowed, and his expression showed a trace of solemnity.

At this time, he remembered the story taught by his Sinology teacher. It said that during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, there was a Northern Qi royal family named Lanling Wang. Because he was too handsome, he wore a ghost mask, and there was a general named Chen Qingzhi in the Southern Dynasty.

What is said about "famous teachers and generals should not be self-righteous, thousands of soldiers and horses avoid white robes."

"It's a joke."

"The Song people are really ridiculous. Even now, they still believe in ghosts and gods. Bianjing... has been broken."

Wanyan Liang said disdainfully.

But as he walked, he gradually lost the news of the five hundred cavalry. When he arrived at Ruzhou City, the heads of five hundred Jin soldiers were neatly placed under the city.

More than two days.

The third time, the ghost-faced white-robed general appeared again.

But now there were a thousand more cavalrymen behind him, one horse and one mule for each man.

On the plain.

The two armies confronted each other.

"A thousand men against ten thousand, the advantage is mine."

"A mere thousand cavalrymen dare to raid my formation?"

Wanyan Liang sneered.

He finally knew what the Song general was thinking. It was because the Song army was short of horses, so he played the trick of "surrounding three and missing one" to earn horses.

Unfortunately, the Jin Kingdom was rich and had no shortage of horses.

The Song army's thousand cavalrymen were about seven hundred steps away from the Jin army's ten thousand cavalrymen.

Without exception.

This thousand cavalrymen were the Shengyi Army led by Bai Gui.

"Thirteen soldiers, put on heavy armor!"

"Guards, personal guards, put on armor for this general. After this general breaks through the enemy formation, you will follow closely, lead donkeys and mules to defeat the enemy with the fire bull formation!"

Bai Gui shouted coldly, and began to let the personal soldiers of the guards put on three layers of iron armor, four layers of paper armor, and two layers of leather armor for him.

A total of nine layers of armor!

These nine layers of armor were specially made for him by the craftsmen, making it easier to put on armor.

Similarly, this leather armor, iron armor, and paper armor are different from ordinary armor.

A whine came from the warhorse under his crotch.

With Bai Gui's weight, plus the terrifying nine-layer armor, and the iron armor on his horse, a charge would destroy his horse.

Approaching step by step.

When the two armies were about 500 steps apart.

Bai Gui led more than 100 elite soldiers from the guard camp and the personal guard camp, with him at the head, and rushed straight into the Jin army formation like an arrow.

Three-bow crossbow, double-bow crossbow, three-bow crossbow, and divine arm bow.

Bang Bang string sound.

There were also hard bows and arrows from the ten thousand cavalry, which also rained down.

However, when the arrows shot by these strong crossbows fell on Bai Gui, they were soft and were easily picked off by Bai Gui with his plain sword made of iron.

One man and one horse, galloping unparalleled.

"Who is this warrior...?"

"The Song people actually have such a great general?"

Wanyan Liang sat in the central army camp, and at this time he put away his contempt and said with a shocked look.

This... has exceeded his cognition!

Such a brave general is hard to find in the ages.

"If I had such a warrior, the country would be in good shape."

Wanyan Liang's heart warmed up when he thought of the throne. With the courage of such a warrior, even if he was unarmed, he could still defend the pass alone.

"Wait a moment, wait until he is trapped in the battle array, and then surrender him."

He said.

"Don't hurt my beloved general!"

He said again.

The arrows shot at Bai Gui were mostly feather arrows, and there were fewer large arrows from crossbows.

"Ridiculous,"

"Want to surrender me?"

Bai Gui was very thoughtful, and he knew exactly what Wanyan Liang was thinking.

If he wanted to learn from Cao Cao, he had to see if he had the ability.

He continued to charge.

Finally, he arrived in front of the Jin army.

Rows of leather shields blocked his way.

With a flick of the knife, the leather shields were torn into pieces, and Bai Gui rushed into the Jin army's battle array first.

The clever Jin army used a trip rope and a sickle to chop at the horse under Bai Gui's crotch.

Just then, the horse was exhausted.

Bai Gui jumped up, grabbed another Jin horse beside him, and continued to fight.

"Song General Bai Gui is here, is the bandit chief afraid of me?"

"Still dare not show up now?"

He shouted.

Wanyan Liang, who was in the central army tent, heard this and hurriedly asked around who this Song General Bai Gui was.

"General, this man should be the martial arts champion in Shaoxing in the 14th year."

"I have heard for a long time that Bai Gui is Han Shizhong's disciple."

"Now he is the commander of the Shengyi Army. It seems... this army is the Shengyi Army of Jingnan Prefecture."

The civil servant next to him replied.

Whether Bai Gui became the martial arts champion or worshipped Han Shizhong as his teacher, these things have caught the attention of the Jin high-level officials. At this moment, Bai Gui took the initiative to mention his name, and there must be someone in the Jin army tent who knows Bai Gui's identity.

"Han Shizhong... I have heard of Han Shizhong's bravery for a long time, but I didn't expect that his disciple is also so brave!"

"Step aside and raise the platform. I want to talk to this warrior."

Wanyan Liang said.

No matter who it is, meeting such a brave general on the cold weapon battlefield will be exciting.

The personal guards built a platform more than one person high, and Wanyan Liang jumped on it.

He could see that Bai Gui was about 300 steps away from the central army tent at this moment, and he was protected by personal guards holding shields around him, so he was not afraid of Bai Gui's sudden assassination.

"Wanyan Liang is here!"

"All soldiers, please stop fighting here for the time being, and let..."

Before Wanyan Liang finished speaking, an iron arrow suddenly came through the clouds, pierced the leather shield and several personal guards, and shot directly into his throat.

"Wanyan Liang is dead!"

"Why don't you surrender quickly..."

Bai Gui shouted.

At this time, he also threw the flag of the Jin army camp into the air to inform the soldiers of Shengyi Army.

As soon as the words fell, the Jin army soldiers, who had just been paying attention to Wanyan Liang on the high platform, saw Wanyan Liang fall to the ground after being shot by an arrow, and suddenly there was a commotion and the formation was in chaos.

At the same time, the Thirteen Qiao Guanshi led the personal guard battalion to charge in the army. On the other hand, when the rest of the Shengjie Army was more than a hundred steps away from the Jin army, they used torches to light the straw and kerosene tied to the tails of donkeys and mules, and led the donkeys and mules to charge.

Originally, the Jin army had generals at all levels to command, so there would not be a big chaos. But now there are thousands of donkeys and mules charging, and these donkeys and mules are fearless of death because they are splashed with kerosene, and they directly destroyed the Jin army's formation.

Bai Gui took advantage of this leisure time, holding a copper-framed iron bow and iron arrows, staring at the flag officer and officials at all levels who were commanding the Jin army.

He was an unparalleled archer.

When the arrows fell, the Jin army soldiers on one side were like headless ants.

The battle lasted from noon to dusk.

The long swords in the hands of the Shengyi army soldiers had been cut to the point of bending the blade.

The Jin army soldiers who lost the central command were like tigers that lost their claws and fangs. They looked terrible, but they would be hunted by people sooner or later in the trap.

"General..."

"Three thousand Jin people were captured in this battle."

"I wonder how to deal with these Jin people?"

Qiao Sanwu bowed.

His eyes were filled with a hint of fanaticism.

This kind of dismissal was unheard of in the history. He seemed to be a reckless man, but in fact, he planned carefully step by step. First, he took away the horses with Wanyan Liang's underestimation of the enemy, and then he used Bai Gui's bravery and the charge of the strong men such as Qiaoguanzhishi to make the Jin army's battle formation fall into chaos, and then he used a trick to gain Wanyan Liang's trust and shot him to death with one arrow.

These may not be enough to praise,

but he was able to defeat the enemy with the fire bull formation of Tian Dan, the Anping Lord of Qi in the Warring States Period, which was enough to show his talent.

It was linked together.

Of course, this is not the most important thing. The important thing is that the main general dares to fight regardless of death. How can these subordinates be cowardly and want to live?

"Burning the boats and sinking the bridges, the battle will be decided."

"When this general fought this battle, he was also terrified."

Bai Gui showed a look of lingering fear.

If he had not been extremely strong, it would be almost impossible for him to be exhausted. Otherwise, he really didn't dare to fight this battle.

Fortunately, he was an immortal body. If he really couldn't bear it, he could only expose his cultivation.

In fact, with unparalleled armor and no exhaustion, it would be a piece of cake for him to fight against an army alone.

"Then the general..."

Qiao Sanwu hesitated for a moment and wanted to repeat the question just now.

Bai Gui instantly glared at Qiao Sanwu.

Is there any need to ask him such a question?

They only have a thousand cavalrymen, and they have lost a lot in this battle. Even if the remaining infantry of the Shengjie Army arrived just now, less than two thousand people would be too dangerous to guard so many Jin troops.

Qiao Sanwu immediately understood.

In less than a moment, Qiao Sanwu ran over, "General, we just counted the war horses and baggage. Our army captured 8,000 war horses, and countless kinds of food and baggage..."

The Jin people all had two horses per person, or even three horses per person.

If it weren't for the "fire bull formation" that scared away many war horses, the gains would be even greater this time.

"Two thousand war horses will be given to Deputy Commander Liu, three thousand war horses will be given to Commander Han, and the remaining three thousand war horses will be used by ourselves. We will also ask Deputy Commander Liu to allocate donkeys, mules and supply elite soldiers to us."

Bai Gui said after a moment of hesitation.

Eight thousand war horses, Shengyi Army can't hold on. If he had 30,000 people, no, 10,000 people, he could completely digest these 8,000 war horses, but he only had an understaffed Shengyi Army.

War horses... can only be sent out.

But fortunately, Liu Qi treated him well and was a close elder. Han Shizhong was his master. After sending these 5,000 war horses out, the reward he gave him would not be small.

With this capital, we can make further plans without being so reckless as this time.