MTL - Poor Family-v2 Chapter 1037 Qinghe War (Part 2)
Chapter 1037 Qinghe War (Part 2)
At this moment, like a sudden change in the situation, the main force of the golden soldiers behind was activated, the sound of horns resounded through the sky, the sound of horseshoes rolled across the field like thunder, and thirty thousand cavalry galloped out. Roar: "Kill it!"
The firearms of the Song army were also fired at the moment when two thousand Koryo cavalry rushed forward. The firing order flag was waved down, and five thousand firearms were fired at the same time. , A strong shot at two thousand cavalry.
Although the Goryeo cavalry is very well equipped, they are dressed in tough leather armor, which is difficult to cut through with ordinary swords, and hold spears and shields in their hands, and even their horses are covered with head armor.
They are only a hundred steps away from the Song army's position. For a hundred steps, it only takes more than ten seconds to rush through the horses with strong sprinting power. But this short hundred steps has become a nightmare for Jin soldiers. source of.
The two thousand cavalrymen looked so thin and fragile in front of the five thousand lead bullets. A lead bullet pierced through the shield and directly penetrated into the golden soldier's chest.
Another lead bullet was shot into the chest of a war horse, and the two thousand cavalry immediately turned their horses on their backs. The horse neighed and fell, convulsing and dying. Make the last struggle on the death line.
The powerful lead bullets not only severely damaged the Goryeo cavalry, but also dealt the final blow to the Bohai cavalry behind the Goryeo cavalry. In an instant, five rows of muskets fired continuously, and more than 800 people fell to the ground screaming.
"My God!"
Wanyan's mother in the distance saw the power of the musket, and he cried out in surprise. When Wanyan Xie also described the power of the Song army's musket to him, he felt that Wanyan Xie was more likely to shirk responsibility.
But at this moment, he witnessed this terrifying scene with his own eyes. More than half of the two thousand most elite Goryeo cavalry were killed and injured by a burst of powerful arrows from the enemy. In just a hundred steps, none of them could rush over. He was also killed in the overwhelming arrow rain of the Song army.
The turbulent golden cavalry had already rushed two hundred paces away, and the arrow rain from the Song army crossbowmen also shot overwhelmingly, and people kept falling off their horses while galloping.
But it still couldn't stop the rapid impact of nearly 30,000 Jinren cavalry. They brandished their swords, raised their spears, and galloped their horses. The sound of killing resounded through the sky.
Already sixty paces away, the Song army still remained motionless.
At this time, the crossbow army and the musketeers jointly fired, and thousands of arrows were fired at once. The black arrow rain covered the sky and shot into the enemy cavalry. Five thousand lead bullets were like hail, and the casualties of the golden soldiers increased sharply.
But Jin Bing is a powerful elite cavalry after all. They have more than 8,000 casualties, but they are still not afraid of arrows and lead bullets. At forty paces, the crossbowmen were ordered to retreat.
As the last round of crossbow arrows was shot, the crossbowmen and musketeers retreated quickly. At this time, the five thousand heavy armored infantry of the Song Army, which was the sharpest against cavalry, came out. The five thousand heavy armored infantry lined up in three rows, one foot long The long Zhanma sword was swung out, and the cold light shone.
As soon as the heavy armored infantry came out of battle, an overwhelming crowd of golden cavalry rushed over. First, the arrows roared, but the sharp arrows could not penetrate the heavy armor of the heavy armored infantry. They lined up closely It became a human wall, and the soldiers squatted halfway, touching the ground with the hilt of their knives, resisting the first wave of the golden cavalry with a collective force.
"Boom!" A huge wave hit each other like a stormy sea, the murderous aura scattered, and there were screams. Hundreds of golden soldiers were pierced through the body by the Zhanma sword and died tragically on the spot.
Song Army also had dozens of heavy armored soldiers who were overturned by the powerful cavalry, but the heavy armored soldiers in the back row immediately made up for it.
The chief general Guan Sheng let out a loud roar, and slashed down with his sharp sword vertically, splitting the head of a golden soldier commander in half, and the white brains rolled to the ground, and the stench and blood smelled in his nostrils.
The swords of five thousand heavy armored infantry were flying, and the sharp edge of the sword chopped off the heads of soldiers and horses, and the blood flowed like a river. Behind the golden soldiers, they threw countless short spears at the heavy armored infantry, like a torrential rain , The sharp short spears had an effect, and hundreds of heavy armored infantry were shot through their bodies and fell down.
Cao Meng saw that the enemy's short spears could penetrate heavy armor, so he immediately ordered, "Cavalry go forward!"
20,000 cavalrymen rushed up from the left and right, and fought fiercely with the golden cavalry.
The troops of Yue Fei and Han Shizhong also came, and launched a sharp attack on the Jin soldiers from the east.
At this moment, the 80,000 Song Army cheered, and their morale suddenly rose.
As soon as Wanyan's mother turned around, he was frightened out of his wits, and saw that two miles behind him, the dark army of Song Dynasty was coming, there were as many as 80,000 to 90,000 troops, and in the middle was a yellow dragon inlaid with golden rims. This is the golden dragon banner that only the Song army's royal conquests will appear.
Wanyan's mother suddenly realized that Li Yanqing must have personally led the army to kill him, and he immediately regretted that he should go north with Wanyan Zongfu, and if he missed the opportunity to retreat, he would die on the battlefield.
"Breakout!"
Wanyan's mother hissed and shouted, but it was meaningless to break through. The 160,000 Song army surrounded more than 20,000 Jin soldiers from three directions, and the Yongji Canal was to the west. The water flow of the Ji Canal is fast, and the water surface is more than forty feet wide, and most of the Jin soldiers can't swim.
The battle lasted from morning to afternoon. As the two thousand golden cavalrymen who finally tried to break through died under the Song army's spear formation like a dense forest, the thirty-five thousand golden cavalry was finally wiped out.
Li Yanqing had issued an extermination order in advance, and the 35,000 troops composed of 10,000 Bohai cavalry, 10,000 Korean cavalry, and 15,000 Jurchen cavalry were all killed, leaving no prisoners of war.
However, the Song army also suffered heavy casualties in this battle. It paid a heavy price for the death of 6,000 soldiers. Only the heavy armored infantry killed more than 700 people, and there were countless injuries.
It was the battle with the heaviest casualties of the Song Army since Li Yanqing launched the Northern Expedition.
But it was all worth it.
The end of this war means that the Song army has fully recovered the lost ground, and the Jin soldiers did not have a single soldier in the Song Dynasty.
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As the sky gradually dawned, the battlefield was full of mutilated corpses, the ground was stained red with blood, and the broken flags told the tragedy of the war in the morning wind. Groups of soldiers from the Song Army were cleaning up the battlefield. The corpses of Song soldiers were carried away on stretchers, while the corpses of Jin soldiers were stripped of their armor and thrown into carts, and the dead horses were also disposed of.
The weather is hot, and they must dispose of all the corpses on the same day to avoid an epidemic.
Zongcheng County was extremely lively. Nearly 10,000 wounded soldiers were in urgent need of treatment. Hu Qinger led 3,000 female soldiers to treat the wounded soldiers urgently. In the era of cold weapons, only a few soldiers were killed on the spot. Most of the soldiers died of serious injuries. The mortality rate of soldiers was as high as 70%, many of them died of excessive bleeding and wound inflammation.
So the establishment of female soldiers gradually became the consensus of the Song Army, including Yue Fei and Han Shizhong's armies each recruited 500 female soldiers. At this time, they followed Hu Qing'er to treat the wounded urgently.
At the gate of the city, tens of thousands of young women who were taken captive also lined up in a long line. Each of them was compensated with five taels of silver and two buckets of rice, and then went home together by boat. Then you can stay temporarily, or go to the south to resettle, or just find a husband in the army to start a family.
Li Yanqing was inspecting the county seat under the guard of dozens of personal soldiers. Yue Fei walked up with a young general and said with a smile, "Yanqing, let you see my son."
Li Yanqing was overjoyed, got off his horse and walked forward. He saw that the young general was only in his teens, but he was tall and round, with thick black eyebrows and piercing eyes.
The young general knelt down on one knee and saluted, "The last general, Yue Yun, see Du Shuai!"
"You should call me uncle!"
Li Yanqing smiled and pulled him up, looked him up and down, "Has he grown so big?"
Yue Fei smiled and said: "I'm already thirteen years old, and I participated in the battle for the first time today, and killed more than a dozen fans."
"Not bad! Not bad! What kind of weapon do you use?"
Yue Yun scratched his head, "I like to use a hammer, but Daddy wants me to use a gun."
Li Yanqing chuckled, "Then learn all of them. The hammer is my hobby, but your father's marksmanship is famous all over the world. It would be a pity if you don't learn it. You use a gun for far-distance combat and a hammer for close-range combat, understand?"
"The general understands!"
Li Yanqing really liked this little nephew, so he took off the sword at his waist and handed it to him, "This sword has been with me for many years, and I gave it to you!"
Yue Fei knew this sword, it was the White Dragon Sword owned by his master Zhou Tong, he hurriedly said: "Yanqing, this sword is too precious to be used!"
Li Yanqing smiled slightly and said, "Isn't it better for us to pass on the sword left by the master to the third generation?"
Yue Fei thought that his son's hammering technique was also left by his master, and his marksmanship was also taught by his master, so he nodded and said to his son, "Thank you uncle!"
Yue Yun took the sword and knelt down again to salute, "My nephew thanks uncle for giving me the sword!"
Li Yanqing patted him on the shoulder and asked Yue Fei, "When are you going to leave?"
Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, and Liu Guangshi will also lead their troops to participate in the battle against Yanshan Mansion, while Li Yanqing will lead his army back to Lin'an. He will not participate in the battle of Yanshan Mansion because he needs to go back to deal with some matters in the court.
Yue Fei put his arms around his son's shoulders and said with a smile: "We are going to leave in the afternoon, and Han Dutong is already impatient."
Li Yanqing nodded, "Just according to my previous deployment, first seize Pingcheng, cut off the rescue route of the Jin soldiers, and then encircle and suppress the Jin soldiers in Yanshan Mansion, but Yanshan Mansion only has 30,000 Han troops, so it shouldn't be a big problem. Send me the head to Lin'an."
"The humble job understands."
Yue Fei saluted, then took his son and left and went back to the barracks.
Li Yanqing took his own soldiers to inspect the wounded barracks. At this moment, Hu Qinger's personal female guard ran towards her and whispered: "You are handsome, go and see General Hu! She is crying bitterly in the big tent."
Li Yanqing was startled, "What happened?"
"as if.as if"
"Like what?" Li Yanqing said dissatisfied.
"I dare not speak nonsense."
"you say!"
The female guard then whispered: "General Hu was walking on the street just now, a woman who was captured suddenly ran up and grabbed her and cried, calling her daughter. General Hu was very emotional."
Li Yanqing patted his forehead, he knew, it must be Qing'er's remarried mother.
(end of this chapter)
