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Chapter 513 Confidence

This time Genghis Khan led the army into the central capital, unlike before, he only used the attached army as a guide or a cover to attract attention, but gave many gold generals important powers and made them take on the heavy responsibility of the main attack.

Therefore, on the entire front, the conflicts between the Mongolian attached army and the Jin army continued.

These attached armies constantly improved their own command and dispatch in the course of battle after battle. During siege operations, they still used the tactics that the Northern Xinjiang Golden Army was good at, and in field battles, they gradually absorbed the skills of the Mongols. specialty.

When attacking Jizhou, they either used one force to attract the attention of the Jurchen garrison troops and mobilized the garrison to create opportunities for another force to penetrate; or they launched an offensive at multiple points at the same time. , in order to lure the enemy into a panic, expose their weaknesses, and finally launch a surprise attack on the key target.

After entering Tongzhou and Zhongdu from Jizhou, the tactical command of the attached army was obviously more proficient than before.The actions of their small units became more and more bold, and their role became more and more obvious.Most of the time, their conflicts with the Jin army were small in scale, but the frequency was very high. As a result, the Mongolian army usually joined the army to win, while the Jin army lost their divisions and lost ground, retreating in embarrassment.

Although this kind of offensive was not as violent as the last time the Mongolian army entered the invasion, it was steady and steady, like a noose, slowly tightening around Dajin's neck.

And several generals attached to the army also forcibly showed their prestige in the battle.

According to the officer, the Khitan's Yeruke Zubaer, Bohai's You Xingzong, Shi Tianying, Xue Ta Lahai, Yang Jiezhige and others are especially famous people.

Everyone, including Liu Ran, knew that these people were by no means comparable to the mediocre Jurchen generals in the early years, and they could be regarded as timid enemies who were greedy for life and afraid of death.Each of them is really capable of fighting, they are outstanding talents with outstanding talents, and they are terrifying enemies!

These people were nothing more than basic-level generals of the Golden Army, or local tyrants with force.

Because of their outstanding talents and sufficient combat experience, they are often asked to be the main force leading the fight under the command of Jurchens senior officials and generals.However, the imperial court has always followed a strict ethnic order in the selection and employment of generals in the army, that is, important positions are held by Jurchens, followed by Bohai, Khitan, and Haner.

Under the constraints of this rule, the official position of the older generation is always relatively low, so it is inevitable to be constrained, dragged down, and often blamed on the superiors, who are accused of inexplicable crimes.

But after joining the Mongolian army, all this situation disappeared.

It doesn't matter if you say the Mongols are barbaric or rough, but in fact the vast majority of them are very simple-minded, just awe of power.They respect those who are strong, and bully and slaughter those who are weak, so they really pay attention to their performance on the battlefield and admire brave fighters; they have no natural contempt for these generals.

Genghis Khan was also an extremely broad-minded political leader. He didn't consider the ethnic origin of his subordinates at all.

In terms of Shi Tianying, when the Mongolian army approached Zhongdu, he led more than [-]% of the siege battles, successively captured four dangerous passes and six cities, and almost wiped out the surrounding area of ​​Zhongdu with a single army. Half of the strongholds.The results of the battle made any general in the Mongolian army far behind.

The rewards given by Genghis Khan were also extremely rich. Shi Tianying, with his military exploits, managed to prosecute Linhai County King, General Longhuwei, Marshal Youjianjun, Pingzhou, and Luanzhou soldiers and horses in just ten months.

These positions are very messy, because the Mongols are not interested in understanding the official system in the Central Plains, and they just pick a few official hats and put them on people's heads.But the combination of these positions means that Shi Tianying has become the actual controller of the four military states of Jin, Zong, Ping, and Luan between Zhongdu and Beijing.

On the other hand, the more combat missions Shi Tian should undertake, the more victories he will have, and the larger the number of troops he will be able to recruit and surrender.

The soldiers who joined him, after victories and plunders, became more and more enjoying the slaughter and eager to fight, and the ferocity of the soldiers also affected the commanding officers at all levels, making their confidence skyrocket , Dare to launch a fierce attack on any enemy.

Those who are strong in fighting spirit but unable to take down a camp are in the minority, after all, like the Yaren Bo Kehu.For Shi Tianying, this small setback was exactly the necessary process for him to go through in the army.And in the really critical battle, he will only use his full strength to ensure victory.

Especially facing Dinghai...

Shi Tianying already knew the record and reputation of the Ding Navy.But is the Ding Navy an unmatched opponent?Shi Tianying didn't feel it at all.

The battles that Ding Haijun fought were thousands of miles away. God knows how much the situation of the battle was spread to his ears, and how much he had gone through.

What's more, the combat effectiveness of the army is not calibrated by numbers, and the battlefield situation is ever-changing. If the Mongols lose, it does not mean that the warriors on Beijing Road will lose.The fighting spirit of warriors comes from their strong confidence in their own army, and after a series of victories, they are full of confidence!

Aren't the Ding Navy and the Black Army all local forces that rose during the decline of Dajin?It is nothing more than one side continuing to support the Jurchens, while the other side chooses to follow the power of the grasslands. Apart from starting earlier, how different can the Ding Navy be from its own side?
Just hit it!

The person who was ordered to take on this task was brother Yang Jiezhi, the leading general in the Black Army.

In the hundred years of the Dajin Kingdom's governance domain, many ethnic groups have merged with each other and influenced each other culturally.The Jurchens are arty, and there are many Han Chinese names; there are also many Han Chinese named Jurchen names.The "Jiezhige" in Yang Jiezhi's name means "sheren" in the Jurchen language.

Among the generals on the Beijing Road, Yang Jiezhi was similar in status to Xue Ta Lahai, You Xingzong from Bohai, and Yeruke Zuobaer from Khitan.The reason why he became a member of the Black Army was mainly because of his close relationship with Shi Tianying.

On weekdays, like Shi Tianying, he loves to study, but when he is charging in the battlefield, he is like a bloodthirsty tiger, and no one can stop him.

Brother Yang Jie has 3000 troops, of which nearly half are cavalry.Compared with the soldiers and horses of tens of thousands of other commanders, it is a bit shabby.

But most of the 3000 people are deserters from the northern border of the Kingdom of Jin, and many of them are tough fighters recruited from the surrendered soldiers during the attack on Zhongdu Road.

Shi Tianying intends to experience and determine the strength of the navy through the battle at Zhigu Village, but Brother Yang Jiezhi doesn't think so.In his opinion, it was just a small fortress... What?The Ding navy came out in full force, intending to fight in the field?
They are so daring!Then take the opportunity to break it in one fell swoop!
Brother Yang Jie is full of confidence.

As his soldiers and horses advanced rapidly, there was the sound of rumbling horseshoes in the wilderness.

A large group of cavalry, with dozens of cavalry, swarmed in from the north.Because dozens of cavalry are constantly gathering and reuniting, so at first glance, it seems that the field is covered with these dozens of cavalry.This is not the routine of the Jurchen cavalry, but the usual method of warfare of the Mongols. The so-called coming like falling from the sky and leaving like lightning is called the crow soldiers scattered stars.

There are a lot of knights in the black army, perhaps not as proficient in running and clutching as the decent Mongols, but the knights are covered in black armor and accompanied by black flags like clouds, which does not mean they are brave and brave.

"It's okay."

Liu Ran, who was at the height of Zhigu Village, roughly calculated the size of the enemy, and then said to his companions: "The location of Chen Qian's headquarters is just a dry passage for soldiers and horses to march in the muddy depression in the north. Occupying this hole is enough to resist the enemy's charge of more than a multiple. But..."

He looked left and right at the wall of the Zhigu village, but saw that there were very few Ding navy guarding the village, and a group of soldiers and civilians were busy carrying goods in the warehouse behind, and he didn't know what they were doing.

He shook his head, shook the doubts out of his mind, and continued: "When the Lugou River in the west is dry, the enemy army will not succeed in charging from the north, and maybe they will cross the river from the west Liukou and surround the village. We have to cheer up and be careful."

He is not from Zhongdu, but in the past few days, he has clearly grasped the terrain around Zhigu Village. After hearing what he said, everyone said: "That's natural. When it is necessary to defend the village, no one can coax gone."

Just as he was about to send people to defend the walls of the village, Zhang Pingliang pointed to the north, and said weakly: "Brother Ran, that's not right... Ding Haijun is still moving forward!"

"what?"

Everyone cheered and turned back to the battlement wall, looking up.

At a glance, everyone was stunned: "Why do you want to move forward? How can you move forward? Isn't that self-inflicted danger?"

On the wall of the stronghold, the leaders of the refugees were disturbing one after another. In the queue of Dinghai, seeing a large group of enemy cavalry approaching, the soldiers of Dinghai were quite calm.

Only Chen Ran's lieutenant, Tian Xiong, scolded: "Dog!"

After scolding, he grinned again: "You don't know how to live or die, and use the Mongolian routine to deal with us?"

Another officer said: "Very good, just when they were about to blow all their teeth away, we realized how powerful we are in the navy."

Several generals laughed.

From the beginning of the establishment of the Ding Navy, the Mongols were the ultimate mortal enemy.

Previously in Haicang Town, Laizhou, the soldiers of the Ding Navy could only rely on their own lives to fight the Mongols; in Liaodong, they only relied on the iron Buddha cavalry at the bottom of the box.

But in the past few months, with the expansion of the territory and the complete opening of trade routes, the financial and material resources of the Ding Navy have exploded, and the military construction has improved compared to before.

A large number of soldiers trained the most on weekdays, which was the method of dealing with cavalry raids. The equipment and ordnance that were continuously distributed to the army were always aimed at large groups of cavalry.

At this moment, everyone is full of confidence in the subordinate army who barely imitated the tactics of the Mongol cavalry.

　The warriors who appeared and were listed in these chapters are all legendary in Yuan history.

Regarding Yang Jiezhige, it is said that the name Jiezhige means Shalukun, which corresponds to the Mongolian clan Saljiwuti.But Brother Yang Jie was from Zhongdu when Jin Guo was still alive. Most of the names contained Jurchen language, not Mongolian. The pronunciation should be similar to Manchu sanjikun.Jinshi Guoyu interpretation, the mountains are only Kun, and the people are also.

Well, all of the above are my baseless guesses.

　
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