choke element

Chapter 42 Lightning
At the beginning of the rise of Dajin, it used soldiers like a god, defeated and conquered, and was invincible in the world.The elite of its cavalry has never been seen since ancient times.

Later, when King Hailing attacked the Song Dynasty, he mobilized 56 horses, and demonstrated his extremely large cavalry dispatching ability.When Emperor Sejong came to rule, there were still 47 horses, 13 cattle, 87 sheep, and 1 camels in the nine herds in northern Xinjiang. In Henan, Shandong and other places, there were always [-] cavalry.

As a result, in the battle of the previous year and last year, the Mongolian army, guided by the Khitan Yelu Tuhua, swept across the herds in northern Xinjiang in one fell swoop, and drove away with all their horses.The literati attached to Mongolia wrote a poem from this saying: "There is 40 gold sources, and the big and small greens are peerless."

The Mongolian army was like a tiger with wings added to the wings, and the army was greatly boosted; while the Jin army was forced to realize the transformation from cavalry-based to infantry-based.In order to reorganize the cavalry, the imperial court even promulgated the law of closing the dead horses of the defeated army, announcing that a top-grade horse worth 50 taels of silver would be accepted, and those who hid the horses in private would be killed and strangled.

This decree had little effect, but the embarrassment of the court and horse administration was real.

Hu Shahu ran rampant with his thousand kidnapped horses and heavy armored knights without any scruples, because his cavalry was already a rare and well-organized cavalry team in the Dajin Kingdom.He knew very well that no matter how strong Yang An'er's army was, it was impossible for him to match his cavalry superiority in a field battle.

Not only Yang An'er, the rebel, couldn't resist, looking at Hebei and Zhongdu, even the Marshal Wanyan Gang and Shuhu Gaoqi, who are now the pillars of the imperial court, never have such powerful cavalry!
Although they lead an army of tens of thousands or even tens of thousands, the number of cavalry under their command will not exceed one thousand, and most of them are reorganized after defeat. Regardless of the level of equipment, training level, and cooperation with each other, they must be far inferior to Hu Shahu. Department elite.

Those cavalrymen are just appearances.Facing the harassment of Mongolian cavalry, they could only sit in the city and be beaten passively.

In Hu Shahu's view, only the iron cavalry under his command can truly inherit the tradition of Dajin's good use of cavalry.These warriors who fought in the north and south for more than ten years are definitely not comparable to ordinary people.

Only they can compete with the Mongolian army in the wild.Only when they join the battlefield can the whole game of chess be played, and the golden army tied up in the frontier fortresses and fortresses be connected, so as to stabilize the overall situation of the entire northern front!

The forbearance of the past few years and the deliberate concessions on the battlefield in the past few years are all for the current situation.The weaker the Dajin court was and the more difficult it was to maintain the front line, the more it had to rely on the powerful Jurchen nobles, and the so-called "powerful Jurchen nobles", who else but me?

When Hu Shahu came to Zhuozhou this time, he planned to use a hearty victory to tell everyone that only I, Heshi Liezhong, should be relied on by the court!As for those courtiers and Confucian scholars who can only smack their lips and wag their tongues to fool the emperor, they should all stand aside!

Of course, by the way, search Zhuozhou, that is also a matter of course...

Hu Shahu is full of ambition and full of confidence.

Even if he found an uninvited guest on the battlefield, his confidence did not waver in the slightest.

"Those two soldiers, where did they come from?" He gently waved his horsewhip and asked, "I never heard before that there is such a force in Zhuozhou."

His assistant, Wu Gu Lun Duo, replied: "The Youyis just reported that they should be a group of rout soldiers who were defeated from Xuandezhou, Changzhou and other places and returned to Hebei. I plan to enter the city to help defend.”

"The rout soldiers who were defeated back to Hebei?" Hu Shahu said angrily, "Then, they know I'm here, how dare they not come to see me?"

"This...cough cough... Maybe these people have ulterior motives and dare not face the marshal's supernatural power?" The reason is naturally clear to Wugu when he talked about Duo, but he really didn't want to go into details, so he asked: "Marshal, what should we do?" Is there something to do about it?"

Hu Shahu thought for a while, then said casually: "Wanyan Chounu is fighting at the front, let his troops continue to move forward, don't be distracted, and in addition, strengthen the left wing a little bit, push Yang An'er's troops towards Fan Yangcheng, so that we don't have to worry about it. "

"Okay." Wu Gu Lun Duo Asa immediately dispatched a servant to deliver the order.

"Over there in Fanyang City... Let Pucha Liujin send 200 people from the left and right wing kidnappers each! For those who are unreliable in Zhuozhou, let Pucha go directly to the north of the city to call the door, and tell them that the imperial army is here, let them open the door to welcome them! "

Pucha Liujin is Hu Shahu's trusted general.If Hu Shahu is an evil beast, then Pucha Liujin is one of the sharpest claws of this evil beast, the one covered with blood.Hu Shahu had traveled across the north and south before, and Pucha Liujin was responsible for many suppressions and massacres.

At this moment, Hu Shahu transferred this person again, which shows that although he is arrogant, he actually does not take the situation lightly.

"The governor of Zhuozhou is Nianjiazhen, he had some disputes with us that day, I'm afraid he won't open the door easily." Wu Gu Lun Duoya said cautiously.

Hu Shahu looked down at Wu Gu Lun Duo'a, and waited until Wu Gu Lun Duo'a's forehead was sweating, and then slowly said: "Let Pucha Liujin tell them that if they don't open the door, they are against me, against the court, and they are thieves." When I enter the city, I will kill Nianjiazhen first, and then slaughter all the thieves in the city! Tell him not to learn from the magistrate of Laishui County, but to seek death himself!"

"Yes! Yes!" Wu Gu said that Duo Larao was his confidant, and he did not dare to face the murderous Hu Shahu.He hastily resigned and went to ask Pucha Liujin himself.

After a while, the Kidnapper Ma Qingqi, who had been scattered on the two wings of Xu Jin, stopped a little bit, and each split into half.The team on the right wing first moved more than a hundred steps in the direction of Fan Yangcheng, then stopped their horses and waited for the left wing to join them.

The 250 riders on the left wing were led by Pucha Liujin himself.

Pucha Liujin was born in the Weijie Army in Zhongdu, and he always wore the ocher yellow robe that represented the origin of Hezhameng'an in Zhongdu, and he rode a yellow puma.He rode his horse first, and he opened the way for the cavalry like a yellow whirlwind.Soon he made a long circle and passed behind Hu Shahu.

In fact, if you pass in front of Hu Shahu, you can walk in a straight line and go faster.However, Hu Shahu has a violent personality and is moody. In his early years, when he was marching with troops, his cronies blocked Hu Shahu's view of the formation, and he was immediately killed by Hu Shahu himself.Pucha Liujin definitely didn't dare to touch this mold.

After Hu Shahu gave the order, he stopped paying attention to him and continued to observe the battle situation ahead.

Seeing that the infantry of Wanyan Chounu in front were disturbed by the uninvited guests outside the battlefield, the offensive slowed down a little bit, and the attack direction of the left wing was even more fruitless, he snorted dissatisfiedly, took out the short knife from his waist, and shouted: "Come on! !"

A Jue came up.

Hu Shahu grinned and said: "There has been no fighting these days, someone has let go! You take a team, take my sword, find the capital of the first capital on the left wing, behead his head and the three armies, and then make Wanyan Chounu whole bundle The team storms! Anyone who doesn't do their best will be killed!"

Na Jue hurriedly fell to the ground to take the dagger, and rushed forward like a gust of wind.

Hu Shahu squinted his eyes, watching that the general who had lost the battle was beheaded in the battle, and then he ran back and forth holding his head high, shouting encouragement to the troops.

He nodded in satisfaction, looked around, and said in a deep voice: "This is just a thief in front of me, we have to deal with more..."

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly heard a panicked commotion behind him!

He turned his head sharply, only to see that the kidnappers and horses, who were a hundred paces away behind him, suddenly fell into chaos!

"Who is looking for death?" Hu Shahu roared loudly, as if a thunderbolt had been struck out of thin air.

When the kidnapper horse was marching around the rear of the Chinese army, it ran into dozens of cavalry and rushed out from a depression.

Several cavalrymen went to call for Pucha Liujin at the same time, but Pucha Liujin was in front, pulling the reins with one hand, and looked back.

After looking at it twice, he sneered twice, not paying attention to this team of cavalry.

It turns out that the horses ridden by the cavalry are very particular.Generally speaking, the elite cavalry of the Dajin Kingdom have one man and two horses. Most of the horses that are usually ridden are Mongolian horses, which pay attention to excellent endurance and are good at carrying heavy loads.In wartime, tall horses from the Northeast were used instead. The horses were taller and faster than the walking horses used in daily use.

Most of the cavalry in front of them were ordinary Mongolian horses, and Pucha Liujin didn't like them at all!

Where did those mobs come from, dare to seek death?
There is no need to notify the marshal of such a formidable enemy, I, Pucha Liujin, can easily take care of it!
With a wave of Pucha Liujin's hand, he dispatched a Jurchen general to lead people up to disperse them.

The two cavalry teams approached quickly, approaching a hundred paces, both sides fired bows and arrows, and then there was another round with handaxes and spears.

After two rounds of letting go, the cavalry each dropped a few people, and the distance was already within ten steps.

The Jurchens were all dancing with iron spears, and they were just in the posture of stabbing with all their strength.One of the cavalry on the opposite side sped up his horse and arrived in front of him in the blink of an eye.

The knight was wearing a green velvet armor, a phoenix-winged hood, and was riding a black horse. He also held a military-style iron spear in his hand. He was obviously a leader.The Jurchen generals only felt that they saw the battle achievements in front of them, and shouted with great joy: "Well done!"

The two didn't answer each other, and each fired their guns.The two iron spears clashed with each other in the air, and the two horses passed by in the wrong stirrups.

The Jurchens will only feel a flash of light in front of their eyes, and then their hands will hurt sharply, and they will no longer be able to hold the spear.

"This guy, what a lot of strength!" He cursed secretly, and quickly let go of the spear, then bent over and drew the knife from his waist.

But I never thought that when I bent down, I saw the armor on my chest was broken, and a gap the size of a bowl was created out of thin air. Inside the gap, blood gushed out like a fountain, and the horse's back was dyed red!
when did it happen?It's time to die!There were only two thoughts in their minds, their eyes went dark, and they threw themselves on the saddle and did not move.

The two cavalry teams staggered at full speed, and the smoke and dust rose.The knight in green velvet armor rushed forward a hundred steps in one breath, breaking through dozens of obstacles in a row, as easily as a sharp knife breaking through grease.The iron spear in his palm moves back and forth, seemingly nothing more than stabbing forward, pecking and swinging sideways, but every strike is as powerful as lightning, and there is no enemy in front of him!
"Bold!" Pucha Liujin was furious, and went forward to meet him personally.

(End of this chapter)