Chapter 1002 The Decisive Battle (7)
Under the hazy starlight, on the field outside Hanzhong City, soldiers were sleeping in rows and rows with their clothes on. Swords and guns were placed beside them, and the black flag was in front of them. fluttering.
This is a land that has become a battlefield, but except for the occasional night patrol soldiers, the camp still has a quiet atmosphere in the second half of the night. Even if someone wakes up from sleep, they rarely speak. Some people were snoring and sleeping heartlessly.
After days of fighting, the soldiers of the Chinese Army are extremely tired, but under the pressure of being attacked at any time, most soldiers will still wake up from time to time while sleeping. Sometimes it's because there are sounds of fighting or explosions in the distance, and sometimes it's because the surroundings seem too quiet, and the snoring suddenly stops. The soldiers wake up, feel the movement around them, and then continue to rest. .
The attack on the Jurchen camp not far away kept ringing into the early morning, occasionally causing a wave of excitement. The sleeping soldiers woke up and thought: "Chen Hai is crazy." Then they fell asleep quietly.
The battle initiated by friendly forces ensured that everyone on his side could have a relatively safe resting space. If Chen Hai's troops hadn't been harassing outside Xiyin's camp all night, then perhaps this would be the place where they would be attacked in the dark. For this reason, while Chen Hai and others were fighting all night, they had to seize the time to restore their physical strength to cope with the upcoming battle.
Even in the quietest moments, many things do not stop. In the city, Wanyan Yuchi was dismantling and packing a large number of iron cannons and ammunition into boxes, transporting them out of the city gate in the southeast on carts and sending them to the Xiyin camp in the south. On the one hand, Chen Hai launched attacks on the camp in different shifts. On the other hand, he also discovered the movement and submitted a combat request to the rear headquarters.
The command dismissed his relatively risky plan.
"...Chen Hai is crazy..."
In the southwest corner of the Huaxia military camp, the light in the camp stayed all night long. Qin Shaoqian and several staff, brigade, and regiment level cadres are still gathered here. The oil lamp in the tent is dim, and there is a simple battlefield diagram on the wooden box. Most of the flags are placed in a chaotic and disorderly manner. Regarding the troops represented by some of the flags, As for the location, they were just guessing and were not entirely sure.
"Chen Hai has less than a thousand men. From last night to now, he has twice proposed attacking Xi Yin at all costs. Is he thinking of bringing in all a thousand men and replacing Xi Yin with tired soldiers... "
"Chen Hai is very forward-looking. He has already seen that this decisive battle will not be easy to fight after dawn. "
"A regiment commander should also take some responsibility for his soldiers. It is not good to sacrifice himself at every turn. "
Army commander Qin Shaoqian, brigade commander Hou Lietang, Xu Xiaohu. , Staff Officer Lin Dongshan and others gathered here. It was already late at night. When talking about these things, most of them spoke in a low tone. After replying to Chen Hai's request, everyone still focused on the map and began to make final strategic decisions.
"...In short, as soon as daybreak, Xiyin's troops will try to launch a general attack on us. In Hanzhong City, they will drive the people out. Xiyin wants to complete his victory in one battle, and Zong Han is also coming from the west We are heading towards Hanzhong. So, we cannot fight in vain. In the general direction, if they want to fight decisively, we can fight decisively, but tactically, we must focus on our own priorities..."
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At two o'clock in the morning, even the stars in the sky seemed to have disappeared. The sound of explosions came from the night in the east. Liu Muchia held the scabbard at his side and suddenly opened his eyes. , then looked sideways. The squad leader came over and was waking up the soldiers one by one.
"Keep quiet, change into black clothes, prepare to form a team and start dispatching..."
They turned their military uniforms over, revealing the black side, and then headed west under the guidance of the squad leader Go, the order was determined by word of mouth among the soldiers as they moved forward.
"The First Division and the Second Brigade of the Seventh Chinese Army immediately marched northwest after receiving the order and arrived in the Xiaoyi area at Chenshi. They were prepared for attack and blocking. In the early stage of the operation, be sure to pay attention to concealment. Among them The tasks of each regiment and battalion are as follows..."
A group of soldiers accepted the order and had some discussions before leaving the camp.
“Go northwest, that’s where we came from yesterday.”
“We’re leaving, what will Xiyin do?”
“The third brigade is also calling. Are you going to give up here?"
"No, the artillery regiment and the first brigade are staying..."
After leaving the camp, the order to silence was given and everyone stopped talking.
One after another, black figures took advantage of the night to leave the camp outside the south gate of Hanzhong and began to disperse toward the northwest. More scouts and messengers were already running on the road.
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At dawn, stretchers were carried into the camp one by one. The doctors began to treat the wounded, and there was a rush in the camp.
Chen Hai, with a strong smell of blood on his body, led his soldiers back to the camp. He asked some soldiers to start looking for a place to rest. He almost fell asleep sitting on the ground, and the next moment he squinted his eyes. , he stood up again with a start, and scanned the situation in the camp.
"What's going on?"
A staff officer came over and reported to him the decision made by the command headquarters in the early hours of this morning. Various thoughts were swirling on Chen Hai's face. Finally, he clenched his fist and waved: "Okay!"
He then said: "I want to take a rest. Please tell the headquarters. My people will stay here and work together to stop Wanyan Xiyin. "
The staff officer saluted and turned around. Chen Hai looked back to the east. In the camp of Jurchen soldiers who had been harassed by him all night, there were already signs of awakening...
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Twenty-two miles west of Hanzhong, near the small county town called Tuanshanji, in Wanyan Zonghan's main camp, the soldiers had already gotten up and had breakfast, and the first group of troops came out of the camp.
That night, Wanyan Zonghan slept for two hours to recharge his batteries.
He has fully confirmed the situation near Hanzhong, including the Chinese army's occupation of the south gate and the confrontation with Xiyin's troops. The decisive battle is at this moment.
In the past few days, nearly 100,000 troops were dispersed within a radius of a hundred miles, but he still gathered nearly 30,000 troops under his command. And a large number of defeated troops are also gathering towards Hanzhong.
Similar to our own situation, the more than 10,000 men of the Chinese Seventh Army have also been scattered to pieces and are rushing towards Hanzhong. Since the two armies chose the same path, more than ten large and small battles and frictions broke out last night.
Xiyin had already spotted the opportunity the first time he arrived, and Zong Han also recognized this opportunity. A large number of scouts were released in the early morning. Their mission was to mobilize all the broken troops that could be contacted, gather to the southeast, and fight Hanzhong decisively!
Ning Yi, who defeated Jiange, is still at least three days away from here.
The Huaxia Army is also doing similar actions. What is slightly different from the behavior of Zong Han's scout troops is that the orders carried by the Huaxia Army scouts are not for all troops to gather towards Hanzhong.
This early morning, a total of tens of thousands of people, including the troops contacted by the scouts and the troops who had arrived south of Hanzhong City and secretly set out to march westward, were gathering on the road west of Hanzhong.
Wanyan Zonghan is coming.
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"... In the past few days, in order to avoid defeat in the large-scale decisive battle, Wanyan Zonghan used tricks and tactics to engage in wheel warfare and fueling. He had nearly 100,000 people coming up one after another. Grinding. It seems that the mountains and plains are full of mountains and plains, but the fighting strength has been getting worse every time. Now, we are tired of fighting, and they are He has truly lost his military morale..."
"...Wanyan Xiyin is different. More than 10,000 of his soldiers have not yet been engaged in battle, and their military morale has not been lost. We are already very tired and we have to fight a decisive battle with him. , is to use one's own shortcomings to attack the enemy's strong points, so to deal with this situation, we have to look at it separately. To deal with Xi Yin, we take a defensive position and try our best. Delay, and use Hanzhong as a barrier. On the other side, we launch a general attack! "
"... In the past few days, Wanyan Zonghan has tried his best to defeat the 100,000 men under his command, and it seems that he has not yet been truly defeated. With his arrogance, once the decisive battle in Hanzhong begins, his main force will definitely gather here at full speed. Then I will. We mobilize all available troops in this area to fight to the west of Hanzhong! Before their Valley God Xiyin can react, they forcefully eat Wanyan Zonghan——"
"This is the most difficult decision. , will stay here in Hanzhong and be responsible for blocking Wanyan Xiyin’s troops..."
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April 24th.
Dewdrops hung on the leaves of the weeds by the river, and white fish belly began to appear on the horizon. Then the wind blew away the clouds, and the sun gradually rose from the mountains to the east. In the military camps on both sides, the cooking soldiers had prepared breakfast, and the smell of meat filled the morning breeze.
The soldiers under Chen Hai are still sleeping.
Wanyan Xiyin watched as the iron cannons were loaded one after another and then pushed to the front of the battlefield. The Jurchen soldiers under his command were harassed by Chen Hai's attack all night long. Many of them had bloodshot eyes, which made them more murderous. They wanted to rush over immediately and kill all the Black Flag troops on the opposite position. Military morale is available, which is also a good thing.
Flags fluttered in the wind, and the army set up its formation and began to gradually move forward. On the opposite position, the Chinese soldiers stood behind the mounds they built and watched everything in silence. Xiyin was riding on a war horse, listening to the morning breeze blowing by his ears, and the Han River coming from the distance of his sight, winding and flowing. He suddenly felt the urge to talk to the other party's general.
In Shiling in the southwest, after the defeat of Wangyuan Bridge, Zong Han and Ning Yi had a negotiation. Zong Han had already told him through a letter that he had thought about the development of Gewu. A lot. If I had been there at the time, I might have been able to say something different.
At present, it is also a crucial battle. He has some things he wants to talk to the other party and some questions he wants to chat with the other party. It's a pity that the person opposite is not Ning Rentu.
He has experienced countless battles in his life, and this is the first time that he has the idea of "talking", but it is just an idea. After all, the cruel battlefield is not the story told by the storyteller. He let the thought linger in his mind.
The prelude to war, perhaps due to the accumulation of pressure, always makes people feel unusually solemn and silent. Soon after, Xi Yin waved his hand and ordered, and the cannon rumbled forward. Then, the artillery fire flooded the opponent's position...
Chen Hai woke up from his deep sleep, squinted his eyes and looked at it, then folded his hands on his chest and fell asleep again.
“Attack——”
Shouts tore the earth apart——
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Near Tuanshan, Wanyan Zonghan’s army was attacking in the morning breeze After advancing for several miles, the scouts at the vanguard of the army discovered traces of the Chinese army.
They may be separated troops who are gathering towards Hanzhong.
——This was his first thought at the time.
If the army led by Wanyan Zonghan still looks like a giant beast at this moment, the Chinese army's troops at this moment are more like a scattered and disorderly ant colony at first glance. They were divided into several groups, some large and some small, coming from different directions and gathering towards Wanyan Zonghan's only way to Hanzhong.
At two o'clock in the morning, Wanyan Zonghan found traces of the Chinese army staying in three directions around him.
After confirming several pieces of information one after another, the Jurchen veteran who had fought all his life was not surprised. He was just silent for a moment, and then thought about everything clearly.
"...Get ready for battle."
He said.
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Thousands of Chinese troops are crossing the fields and climbing over the mountains to enter combat positions.
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The Jurchens have gone through forty years of ups and downs.
In front of them, the attack came. (End of this chapter)