Angry Banana

Chapter 601: Tragic Slaughter, Long River of Blood (2)

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Winter nights are long.

As dusk fell, the sunlight in the sky quickly faded, leaving only a hint of white on the western horizon amidst the wind and snow. The boundless snowfield reflected a bleak silver-gray in the dim light. The infantry were retreating, and then, the sound of iron hooves surged forward.

With a roar, swirling snow kicked up a giant wall, and heavily armored cavalry charging straight ahead plunged into the crowd, unleashing a black wave of blood with the flashing of their blades. The soldiers in the front ranks tried to hold their ground, but their spears and swords struck only the steel armor of the riders.

Battles on the battlefield sometimes resemble a game of chess, where each person has only one chance to make a move.

The advancing cavalry were like iron plows churning through the crowd, slaughtering and cleaving their way forward. Light cavalry followed closely behind, and further back were the infantry advancing in formation. On the flanks of this advancing array, more than a thousand Jurchen cavalry rode, observing the situation from a distance, hesitant to advance. They rode into the range of arrows, shooting towards the enemy, who returned fire. Neither side gained an advantage, and the exchange of arrows yielded almost no results.

Qin Shaoqian turned his head to look at the distance of the Jurchen cavalry, then brandished his steel saber. "Kill! No need to change formation! Kill them all—"

Back at the Mu Tuo Gang camp, upon receiving the news, Shu Liesu was momentarily stunned. "What? Armored heavy cavalry?"

According to the messenger, the Jurchen army, which had launched a bold attack, had unexpectedly run into a tough opponent.

As the two sides clashed, the cavalry leader, Hu Zongxiu, was in the first row of the formation, which was unusual. Firstly, Hu Zongxiu was a fierce and courageous general, and secondly, their long string of victories had led the Jurchens to take the ease of cutting down the Wu Dynasty's armies for granted. This time, when Zong Wang attacked the city, Hu Zongxiu was not brought along, which made him feel very stifled. Although leaving him here was indeed due to the strong combat power of the cavalry he led, the infantry left in the camp at this time were mostly the lowest-ranked soldiers in the Jurchen army. He was extremely frustrated to be guarding the camp with these people.

It should be known that the Jurchen army valued cavalry the most. Although there were quite a few infantry units, most of them were either used to clean up the battlefield and take some minor credit, or simply to do hard labor. The more than six thousand infantrymen left in the camp at this time usually had to help the craftsmen with their work, or even move goods and transport supplies. Even so, their combat power was still much stronger than that of an equal number of Wu Dynasty soldiers.

In short, Hu Zongxiu was very depressed. He led the cavalry, taking the brunt of the attack into the enemy's formation. When he discovered that the people under the cloaks were all wearing iron armor, it was too late to react. The massive cavalry collision caused the Jurchen army to suffer unimaginable heavy losses in the first round. Hu Zongxiu himself was cut from his shoulder to his chest with a single blow. He was already tall and strong, and with a loud shout, "It's a trap, retreat—" he lost his breath.

In such a charge, even if the people in the front row heard the shout and wanted to change formation, it was already extremely difficult. The Jurchen cavalry had a very strong fighting spirit. Since there was no way to retreat, they would use their strongest force to break through the opponent. However, in this battle that lasted for dozens of breaths, the Jurchen soldiers encountered attacks of equal strength to their own. Not to mention the heavy cavalry, who were almost unable to cause any damage to the opponent in close-quarters combat. Even if a few heavy cavalry were knocked to the ground in the snow by the huge impact, the damage they inflicted on their side was several times greater.

If that was all, the Jurchen cavalry could still use the combat power and willpower of a large number of cavalry to encircle and kill the small number of heavy cavalry. However, after a short period of light cavalry fighting in dense hand-to-hand combat, the Jurchen elites realized that something was wrong. The Wu Dynasty army in front of them, even the light cavalry, maintained almost the same fighting will as their own. Although their individual combat power still had various shortcomings, their swinging of swords and thrusting forward were extremely firm, which was the primary characteristic of becoming an elite army. With this kind of will, they would often not run away even if they suffered heavy casualties.

The reason for the Jurchens' numerous victories in the past few months was this: ten thousand cavalry facing tens of thousands of infantry, the casualties in the first round were not very different, with the cavalry suffering one or two hundred casualties and the infantry suffering three or four hundred. However, after the first round, the casualties of the Jurchen elite cavalry would drop sharply, and the infantry who had their first line of defense broken by the frontal assault would be subjected to slaughter.

The same was often true even in cavalry battles. The Wu Dynasty had cavalry, and because it was not easy to build up a cavalry force, they often underwent a lot of training. However, when the psychological defense was broken in the first charge, these Wu Dynasty cavalry would also become the hunted. In large-scale army operations in the age of cold weapons, the real key was willpower. If this was not equal, other factors were basically not worth considering.

In the Battle of Hupudagang, if the two thousand Jurchen soldiers had encountered not eight hundred thousand Liao soldiers, but eight hundred thousand wild dogs, the Jurchen side would probably have been defeated. When morale collapses on the battlefield and forms an avalanche effect, people are worse than dogs.

The Jurchen soldiers in the battle formation at this time may not be able to clearly state this, but their sensitivity to battle, honed through repeated battles, was still extremely high. Hu Zongxiu's death caused them some hesitation, but after realizing that something was wrong, the deputy general below Hu Zongxiu immediately issued an order to retreat. At this time, many junior officers in the Jurchen cavalry had already begun to lead their teams to retreat.

More than five hundred Jurchen soldiers were killed in the blood after suddenly encountering this Wu Dynasty army.

The retreating fifteen hundred men still maintained their fighting will. Under the leadership of Hu Zongxiu's deputy, Talai, the Jurchen cavalry began to shift to the side, trying to attract the opponent's attention, while also sending out messengers to inform the infantry to retreat and notify the camp to be on guard. But they then discovered that the Wu Dynasty army did not change course to pursue them. They charged straight towards the Mu Tuo Gang camp, and the two thousand men led by the infantry general Pulu happened to be in the middle of this road.

The sky was dim. When the heavy cavalry came with wind and snow in front, Pulu's soldiers did not have time to retreat into the camp. Even though Pulu was still pondering the meaning of the so-called "elite Wu Dynasty cavalry" that Talai and others had conveyed, they still formed a defensive formation, but he soon understood.

The speed of the heavy cavalry might not be as fast as that of the light cavalry, but as they steadily advanced, the corpses of the infantry paved the way like a blood-soaked carpet. Severed limbs, minced meat, slurry, and dragged-out viscera, the human bodies crushed by the horses' hooves, were shockingly stretched out in an instant. The tragic scene of Wu Dynasty infantry being slaughtered by Jurchen cavalry, which had often occurred in the past, was reproduced here on a small scale.

The gate of the Mu Tuo Gang camp was not far behind. Pulu organized the resistance, still trying to withdraw his troops into the camp, but Shu Liesu's order arrived soon after.

Stop outside the camp gate, defend the ground, do not allow entry!

In the distance, Shu Liesu walked to the gate of the camp, and then quickly saw through the opponent's intention. He immediately ordered the camp gate to be closed tightly. In the distance, as many as two thousand soldiers had abandoned their formation and began to turn around and flee. The Wu Dynasty cavalry chased and killed all the way behind them. In the horses' hooves and wind and snow, these Jurchen soldiers seemed to be chased by angry tides, and from time to time someone was swept into it. And in the dim sky on the side, the Jurchen cavalry was quickly detouring, trying to occupy the upwind position and then attack the Wu Dynasty army.

"After Hu Zongxiu's death, Talai took over?" Shu Liesu, above the camp gate, asked a question.

"Yes."

"Good." Shu Liesu nodded. "Order to draw bows, the farthest distance ahead... prepare... shoot—"

On the city wall, arrows flew into the sky. After falling, part of the arrows shot into the cavalry formation, and at the same time, many of the Jurchen soldiers running at the rear fell down.

There seemed to be an invisible line separating the routed soldiers and the heavy cavalry. Looking at the camp gate from a distance, the cavalry stopped. This Wu Dynasty army was waiting for the infantry to follow closely, and its purpose was quite clear, it seemed to be attacking the camp.

The two sides had been fighting for a short time, and Shu Liesu had not had this feeling for a long time, just like what Zong Wang did when he was preparing to attack the Wu Dynasty people. Overnight, tens of thousands of troops broke through more than 200,000 Wu Dynasty troops in the wilderness outside Bianliang City with thunderous force, and then defeated the enemy whenever they met them, almost directly crushing the fighting spirit of all the Wu Dynasty troops. And the unknown Wu Dynasty army in front of them seemed to have the same idea. Before Shu Liesu closed the camp gate, they wanted to take advantage of the opportunity for the Jurchen infantry to enter the camp, and use the heavy cavalry to clear the way all the way, and rush in directly.

Many times, simple tactics are the strongest tactics. The Jurchens have become accustomed to victory in this land. If Shu Liesu was a little careless, a little hesitant, and unwilling to abandon his allies under the victory, he would have to fight with the door open at this time.

And at the moment, the cavalry had stopped outside the range of the arrows.

On the snow, Qin Shaoqian looked at the camp lit with fire from a distance. He turned his head to look at Han Jing beside him, and Han Jing was also frowning while reining in his horse.

"General Han, the enemy's garrison is Shu Liesu, a famous general who has fought hundreds of battles. A quick decision must be made."

In this desperate battle, although the cavalry was under his command, Qin Shaoqian understood that it was Han Jing who came down from Mount Lüliang who truly led this team. The bandits of Mount Lüliang had always been fierce. Although Ning Yi had subdued the leader, Miss Lu, it was hard to say how he got along with these soldiers. Qin Shaoqian was also unwilling to suppress them as a general. The most important thing was that this battle was led by the cavalry, and the fight just now, although it caught the Jurchens off guard and left thousands of lives along the way, it was this elite cavalry that came down from Mount Lüliang that was truly casualties. At this time, many of the heavy cavalry who had突進 all the way were also taking the opportunity to rest and recuperate.

In peacetime, achievements that could already be boasted about in the Golden Luan Hall cannot be relaxed at all in the current situation.

Han Jing cupped his fists: "Since we have come here this time, we have already put life and death out of our minds. General Qin does not need to worry, just give the order."

On the city gate of the Mu Tuo Gang camp, Shu Liesu took a breath and exhaled it again. At this time, the entire Jurchen camp had already moved, and a large number of soldiers were pouring to all parts of the wall: "Order to notify Talai with the signal sound, use the Wild Fox tactic to attack the Wu Dynasty infantry and heavy cavalry, and lure the opponent's cavalry to attack, consuming the heavy cavalry's stamina!"

Before the order was issued, the light cavalry unit of more than two thousand people in front of the camp had already begun to run around in disguise. The direction they took was the thousand cavalry led by Talai, while the infantry and heavy cavalry began to merge and formed a formation without moving. Immediately, the Jurchen cavalry also began to run. If it was just a clash of light cavalry, one thousand five against two thousand, Talai might dare to do it, but considering that the opponent's heavy cavalry was still there, and the task of defending the camp was important, it was not enough to just fight this battle, he was not willing to be entangled by the opponent's cavalry.

The Wu Dynasty's light cavalry kept parallel to the outer wall of the camp and ran straight to the east. The Jurchen cavalry circled around in reverse. From a distance, the snow dust splashed by the two teams was like a long dragon running. On the camp gate, Shu Liesu issued orders in succession, asking the soldiers responsible for the defense of the west wall to be vigilant.

Cavalry is not suitable for attacking a city, but it is not impossible. And on the side of this Wu Dynasty cavalry, Talai led fifteen hundred Jurchen knights, always keeping a distance of nearly an arrow's distance from the opponent. Once the opponent entered the distance to shoot at the camp, he would immediately shorten the distance with the opponent and shoot at the light cavalry together with the camp.

At the same time, the Wu Dynasty infantry phalanx in front of the camp gate also began to move, pushing towards Talai's cavalry. The Wu Dynasty cavalry team ran to the distance and began to turn around, trying to press the running Jurchen cavalry into the angle between the two sides' shooting range.

Like a giant dragon, the long team ran轰然 on the snowfield. Talai led the troops and turned in an arc shape. On one side, the Wu Dynasty infantry was pushing forward, and behind them, the Wu Dynasty light cavalry was pressing over. The two sides drew their bows, and then shot arrows together. The arrows flying into the sky划往 in different directions, and then only a few fell into the range of each other's formation.

Talai led the cavalry and successfully插了 out at the limit distance of the two sides' encirclement!

"Good!" On the city gate, Shu Liesu挥了挥拳 and shouted. That was the control force almost like art that the Jurchens had酝酿 in the battlefield killings!

After Talai穿插 out, he拉远 the distance from the Wu Dynasty light cavalry. Taking the Wu Dynasty infantry formation as the center, he began to狂奔散射, trying to激怒 the heavy cavalry that was with the infantry. The infantry also展开 回击 at the same time, and on the other side, after追跑 the Jurchen cavalry, the light cavalry of more than two thousand turned again. They对准 the wall of the Mu Tuo Gang camp and began to展开 奔射. On the wall, the soldiers竖起 their shields and also以弓箭 还以颜色. However, at this time, the north wind was blowing, and the Mu Tuo Gang camp was at a下风口. For a while, the arrows shot on the shields, sounding like冰雹.

Just like the Jurchens' tactics outside Bianliang City, any part of the city wall needs to be守. The high-speed 奔射 can quickly 转换 the position. The Wu Dynasty people's main idea is obviously like this. Once they find the weak point of the营墙 in such a rapid movement, two thousand people will swarm towards this side. There is no doubt that once these four thousand people break the camp, everyone's颜面 will be当然无存.

The烈度 of the battle has begun to酝酿...

Wu Dynasty people, are there still teams with such战意? Above the营墙, Shu Liesu watched all this and thought in his heart...

South of Mu Tuo Gang.

More than a hundred white figures quickly冲入 the冰湖湖面,朝湖泊对面 the火光通明 的Jurchen大营,无声的奔袭而来...

At the same moment, Bianliang.

Since the start of the war, the most惨烈 的厮杀 inside and outside the城池 is taking place.

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周圍 都 是 鮮血.

Surrounded by blood.

The 劇烈 而 沸騰 的喊殺聲 from all directions,混乱中,师师聽见有人在呐喊:"城门——"Then there was also the怪叫聲 of the Jurchens, 一队武朝士兵冲过去, with nearby Jurchen soldiers杀在了一起.

The intense and deafening shouts of killing came from all directions. In the chaos, Shi Shi heard someone shouting: "City gate—" Then there was also the strange cry of the Jurchens, a team of Wu Dynasty soldiers rushed over, and fought with the nearby Jurchen soldiers.

师师看见了地下的屍体,颠簸后退,then she忍住了 the冲动 of腹中翻涌,摸着墙壁,朝附近的伤兵营冲过去.

Shi Shi saw the corpses on the ground, stumbled back, then she endured the urge of churning in her stomach, touched the wall, and rushed towards the nearby wounded camp.

厮杀蔓延,师师冲到 the那些大营帐附近 of the伤兵营,一些女真士兵 and附近的守营士兵正在厮杀,they砸翻篝火,点燃了营帐.Around 雪 and blood, and人 的屍体已经混成了一气,the 大营帐中 全都 是 人,some 从其他的门冲出去,some 跑出来试图战斗,but 事实上,the 大都 是 重伤者 of the 伤兵营 at this time,light伤无非是包裹一下,没法住进来的.伤势是如此严重的,the entered the战圈 没有太多的意义了,被砍翻在地 after a few strikes.

The fighting spread, Shi Shi rushed to the vicinity of those large tents of the wounded camp, some Jurchen soldiers and nearby guarding soldiers were fighting, they smashed the bonfire, and lit the camp. Around snow and blood, and people's corpses have been mixed together, the large tents are all people, some rushed out from other doors, some ran out trying to fight, but in fact, most of the wounded camp at this time were severely injured, light wounds were nothing more than wrapping them up, and there was no way to live in. The injuries are so serious that there is not much meaning to enter the battlefield, and they were砍翻在地 after a few strikes.

She躲在阴影中焦急地看了几眼,然后拿起附近的一个水桶,朝着营帐的另一边试图绕过去,was才绕行到一半, with a披散头发 的女真士兵陡然打了个照面.

She hid in the shadows and looked anxiously for a few times, then picked up a bucket of water nearby, and tried to繞過去 to the other side of the camp, but she had only繞行 halfway, with a scattered-haired Jurchen soldier suddenly facing each other.

The 对方偏了偏头,猛地挥刀砍来.

The other party tilted his head and suddenly砍来 the knife.

The 瞬间,女子 的脑中已经一片空白,然the next刻,the 女真士兵 的手臂被一道刀光直接砍断了,the 人影将那女真士兵一脚踢飞 from the side冲来.师师愣了愣,is一个手持单刀的大汉 next to him,他握着钢刀,身材甚是魁梧,然不仅头上绑着绷带,the 大汉 的整个左臂,都已经没有了,is也正被绷带包裹着 at this time.

In that moment, the woman's mind was blank, but in the next moment, the Jurchen soldier's arm was directly砍断了 by a blade of light, the figure kicked the Jurchen soldier with one foot from the side衝來. Shi Shi愣了愣, there is a big man next to him with a single刀汉,他握着钢刀, 身材 is very魁梧, but not only with a bandage on his head, the big man's entire left arm is gone, it is also being包裹着 by bandages at this time.

This救了她 的大汉回过头来:"哎,你..."像是认出了她.

The big man who saved her looked back: "Hey, you..." Like he recognized her.

随后,血花溅上来,师师感到脸上热热的,刀锋直接刺出 from the 大汉 的胸口 of a柄长刀 ,the 后方 的人一刀挥过,砍掉了 the 大汉 的人头.

Then, blood splashed up, Shi Shi felt hot on her face, the blade was directly刺出 from the big man's chest of a柄长刀, the person in the rear waved a刀 and砍掉了 the big man's head.

The 就在师师 的面前,the 魁梧 的身形,the人头一下便不见了.In 前方 的视野里,冲过来 of already 有几名女真士兵,the also have 武朝士兵杀过来 next to subsequently.

Right in front of Shi Shi, the魁梧 figure,the head disappeared at once. In the视野里 in front,冲过来 already has a few Jurchen soldiers, the also have 武朝士兵杀过来 next to subsequently.

刀光相击,血花飞溅,师师愣了愣地站在那儿,she 身体颤抖,口中只有轻微 的"啊,啊..."的哭 的声音,she 去看地上那无头的屍身,不知道什么时候,there seems to be 更多的人来了.师师俯下身去,拿那无头屍身手上的刀,the did not 拔出来 after拔了 two下 .The 屍体已经没了头,with a knife in his hand,the 竟握得如此之紧,but 师师 finally still 拔了出来 that刀,she拿在手中,朝着前方走了过去.The 几名女真士兵 大都 already 被杀死,the 肚子被两把长枪插进 的最后一人, the pushed and 撕扯一边 by两名武朝士兵, 将他扎死在了附近的土包上.The 那女真人已经咽气了 when Shi Shi 走过去.

The blades collided, blood spattered, Shi Shi 愣了愣 and stood there, she was shaking, there were only slight"啊,啊..."cries in her mouth,she looked at the headless corpse on the ground, I don't know when,there seems to be more people coming. Shi Shi bent down, grabbed the刀 from the hand of that headless corpse,the did not 拔出来 after 拔了 two下. The corpse has lost its head,with a knife in his hand, the is so tight,but Shi Shi finally still 拔了出来 that knife,she took it in her hand,and walked towards the front.The a few Jurchen soldiers were mostly killed already,the last person who has 肚子被两把长枪插进, the pushed and tore by 武朝 soldiers,扎死在了附近的土包上.The 那女真人 has died when Shi Shi 走过去.

Looking at the Shi Shi taking knife旁边的士兵,举刀要砍那屍体, thought that she——they did care—but Shi Shi終究 只是哭,没砍下去,回了了看看那大汉的士兵,someone said"Is this your man"

Looking at the Shi Shi taking knife,The Soldiers in the next thought that she lifted the knife to cut the corpse——they did care—but Shi Shi only cried at the end, she didn’t cut it, 几名士兵回了回去看看看看的士兵 said “are they yours?”

She did not answer,呼喊之声 came from远处,往那边去了 便:”“快走,这危险“”she She didn't replied and the sounds of shouts from远处。往那边去了 便:”“快走,这危险“”
师师却拿着刀坐在地上
Shishi was sitting with the刀in her hands.

过了一阵,又有人呼喊着:“师师姑娘、师师姑娘。”朝这边找了过来,那却是薛长功的小舅子侯敬,他率领了一队士兵过来,城池上下的喊杀声,似乎变得更为剧烈了。眼见师师的状态,侯敬分外着急,师师却已渐渐收敛了恐惧:“怎么了?现在到底是怎么了?”
After a while people calling Shishi, were coming to search her in this direction, which was Hou Jing brother-in-law of Xue Cheng Gong, leading troops to this place ,the shout of killings in the city getting more intense ,houjin was in more anxiety on shishi ,which shishi control her fear, “what happen,what is happening exactly now”

“女真人方才破了城墙,我们又夺回来了,有些女真人冲了进来,欲夺城门,我也正要率人前去支援。师师姑娘,你没事吧,你这样没事吧?”
“the jurchen has break the walls of the castle now, and we have recapture it back ,jurchen are running over to get the gate of the castle, and also, i will be in charge to support it, Miss Shishi, are you alright ? will you be safe like this?

“我没事。”师师道,“你快去啊——”

“I am alright” Miss Shishi said” Please go on now.”

“那我去了,你找地方躲起来,躲起来啊!”

“So i go and you please be safe,find a places and please take safe.”
侯敬有着着急地挥着手,随后带了人往城门那边跑过去了。
houJin waved hands full of rush and took the soldiers and ran to the castle gate.

师师却擦了擦眼泪,她先是扶着那有死人的土包,才缓缓站起来,待到双腿不再发抖的时候,才继续往伤兵营那里冲过去。有人已经救了火,许多人死了,有些伤得更重,师师奔走期间,开始帮人处理伤势。营帐此时已经被烧掉大半,风雪漏进来,师师可以看到远处的城墙,在那段据说已经夺回来的墙头,白热化的战斗还在持续,无数人蚂蚁一般的涌上去,喊杀之声也在城门那边嗡嗡作响。

Shishi wiping her tears, stood up slowing from there was a grave with the dead, untill her legs stop shaking, she went to the injured soldiers in the camp, some people had been putting the fire off, and many people died, many people were heavily injured, Shishi began helping the injuries, more than half of the tent had been burt , snow and wind leaking in, shishi can see the far wall,the wall said to had been recaptured, the fighting still going on, thousands of people rush like ants, the sounds of the castle door still rumbling.

火光弥漫,城池在动,更多的人、一拨一拨的在士兵、官员的带领下,正在朝这边涌过来。
fires were filling the land, the city moving, more and more people were coming towards this place, soldiers and governers leading the way.

巨大的战争涡旋,这个夜晚,无数的人命都在往这边填补而来……

The biggest war vortex, and many lives filling here……

十里之外,牟驼岗。

10 mile away, Mu Tou Gang.

惊人的厮杀与混乱,也开始了……
The chaos and the surprised killings, started.

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