The cavalry and musketeers lurking outside the city seemed to appear out of thin air, appearing next to the enemy army!This situation was completely unexpected by Wanyan Zongfu.
"Commander! Our two wings have been exposed!" Liu Lin's heart skipped a beat when he saw the cavalry appearing.
Wanyan Zongfu looked around and sneered, "With only a few thousand troops, you want to defeat me from both sides? It's like a fly shaking a tree. Left and right! The heavy infantry is in front of the mouth, and the archers are ready!"
After receiving his order, the main army quickly changed its formation, with heavy infantry at the front to guard against the enemy's cavalry charge.
The archers drew their bows fully and waited for the enemy to reach the ideal distance before shooting at the enemy.
But both Wanyan Zongfu and Liu Lin seemed to have ignored the Fire Gun Team!And this is the main reason for their imminent defeat! Generally speaking, surprise troops outflank the enemy from the left and right wings, with the cavalry attacking first and opening a gap, followed by the archers, and finally the infantry.
But Yue Fei did not copy the strategy in the military book. Instead, he followed Zhao Yingluo's suggestion and placed the Fire Gun Team ahead of the two armies.
As the signal flags on the city wall waved, the two thousand gunmen in front of the cavalry fired in unison, and iron sand poured down on the golden soldiers like raindrops.
The formation of the golden soldiers collapsed instantly under the fierce attack of the fire guns. The golden soldiers hit by the fire guns fell down one after another, while the golden soldiers who could not escape were beaten to death by the iron sand, and screams came one after another.
Seeing these rare soldiers, Wanyan Zongfu finally understood what Liu Lin was afraid of!
"General Liu, what kind of weapon is that pipe that makes smoke in their hands? Is it a witchcraft?"
Liu Lin was in an extremely bad mood, because the heavy infantrymen who were being shot by fire guns at this time were his heavy infantrymen!Although there is a shield, who can completely defend against those flying projectiles?
"Commander, this kind of weapon is called a 'fire gun'. It is said that it was shot by Shen Wanshu and handed over to the blacksmith for making."
"Fireball?"
"Yes! This kind of weapon is very strange. Not only does it attack quickly, but it is also small and difficult to detect. The defeat I suffered last year was largely due to this strange weapon."
Wanyan Zongfu's face turned never expected that Liu Lin's words turned out to be true!That mere woman Shen Wanshu could actually invent such a weird weapon.
The most terrifying thing is that she mass-produced this weird weapon, armed it with the army, and used it so skillfully.
"Commander! Our rear army seems to have been attacked!" A messenger came running to report in horror.
Wanyan Zongfu and Liu Lin were both surprised. They did not expect that in addition to the two wings, Yue Fei would actually send troops to sneak attack them from the rear.
It was not until this moment that Wanyan Zongfu realized that he had underestimated the battlefield command capabilities of the Song generals, and that they had fallen into Yue Fei's trap.
"Commander! We have fallen into a trap! Retreat!" Liu Lin shouted in horror.
The men and horses he led had suffered losses of more than 2 in the continuous battles to siege the city and defend the enemy forces on both flanks. Adding in the [-] men and horses lost earlier, more than half of his army had been lost. If this battle continued, his There is only one result!die.
Wanyan Zongfu was stunned for a moment. Seeing that the situation was over, he felt despair in his never imagined that he would stumble in front of this small Puzhou sighed helplessly, and then took a deep breath, "Send the order, the army will retreat immediately, and wait for the day to regroup! It's a shame for today."
In fact, none of the rear troops were attacked. It was just that Wen Boyuan held a firecracker and fired a few casually at the rear of Wanyan Zongfu's army.
It's just that these three days of day and night torture made the enemy army frightened. Under the overwhelming defeat, the combat power of Wanyan Zongfu's army was completely defeated!
With Wanyan Zongfu's command flag waving, the army began to retreat fled the battlefield in embarrassment, ignoring the wounded and dead Fei led the army in pursuit and chased them dozens of miles away before withdrawing his troops and returning to the city.
Back in the city, Yue Fei ordered his people to count the battlefield and tally the results.
In this battle, the enemy suffered nearly [-] casualties and tens of thousands of prisoners, while only more than a thousand of Yue Fei's men died in the battle.
It was not until this time that the crisis in Puzhou City was resolved.
At this time, due to the advance of the Central Army, the battle to defend Kaifeng was about to begin.
After Wanyan Zonghan learned that the attack of the East Route Army had been frustrated, he was so angry that he cursed, "He must have underestimated the enemy too much, which is why he suffered such a defeat! Even a mere woman is so scared, how can he achieve great things and make achievements in the future?"
"Send the order, the army will arrive at the Yellow River before sunset! Cross the river and break the city early the next morning!"
Zhao Yingluo also received the battle report almost on the same day. The lines in the battle report were full of joy after winning, and it almost overflowed from the battle report! In the political hall, three old men were studying how to use the natural advantage of the Yellow River to stop the enemy from wanting to attack Kaifeng a second time.
"When the Jin people went south, how could they have time to return? According to my speculation, they would probably use the same methods as in previous years. When the army finally reached the north bank, they would spend a lot of money to collect boats to cross the river."
"At the same time, civilian ships were destroyed immediately after crossing the river, eliminating the idea of evacuating safely even if they were defeated."
"So, in the Kaifeng defense battle a few years ago, the Jin people's morale was also high."
……
When the three of them were arguing and making a fuss, Zhao Yingluo came!
"Uncle, foster father, Mr. Li, the battle situation on the East Road has come out. Our army has won a complete victory!"
"Really?" the three asked in unison.
"Yes! We only used thousands of men and horses, and after three days of hard fighting outside Puzhou City, we successfully repulsed tens of thousands of enemy troops! The enemy suffered nearly [-] casualties and captured tens of thousands of people. Our side only More than a thousand people died in the battle." Zhao Yingluo said with beaming eyebrows.
"Okay! Great!" the three said happily.
"Sure enough, I was right about the person. That Yue Fei is very courageous and resourceful, and he will definitely become the person who determines the safety of the country and the country of the Song Dynasty in the future."
Zongze stroked his beard, feeling relaxed and relaxed, and the depression caused by the previous dispute with the other two elders was gone.
"Now that the forwards of the Central Army are about to arrive in Chanzhou, I wonder how the three of them will respond?"
The three old men were as motionless as wooden sculptures at this time. If they could work out a solution that satisfied all parties, they wouldn't be as red-faced as they were just now.
"General Han has led his troops north to cross the river, preparing to build a series of fortifications on the north bank of the Yellow River! I believe that in less than three days, his army will be in direct contact with the Jin people."
Zhao Yingluo pondered for a moment, "If our army crosses the river and confronts the Jin people with their backs to the Yellow River, it is not the best strategy! The art of war says that 'attack them halfway through'. As long as we concentrate our firepower and make a lightning strike while they are crossing the river, we will definitely be able to defeat them." Complete victory."