Destroy Jin and conquer Song, and carry the Northern Expedition through to the end

Chapter 244: Three Anxieties, Each Knows Themselves
"I'm going to kill this Miroku guy!"

Under the banner of Meng'an in the central army, Wanyan Hongji pulled the reins hard with such force that the warhorse under his crotch was forced to step anxiously in place.

Wanyan Hongji, however, didn't care and started cursing loudly.

After scolding, he was not angry, nor did he issue strict military orders, but fell into panic again.

Don’t blame him, I really don’t blame him.

Because the second-in-command of the Wuxing Army is either Tu Danzhang or Wen Dun Hunyu, these two people have enough prestige and experience, and can command other marching soldiers at any time, so these two people often carry out the task of leading an army alone.

Now, one of these two people is confirmed dead, and the other is probably dead.

Wanyan Hongji, the commander-in-chief of the front army, was completely forced to take on the task. If everything went well, it would be fine, but when faced with sudden changes, he had no power or ability to make decisions on the spot.

What's worse is that not only he knew about this, but the other two marching Meng'an also knew about it, as did their subordinates.

In this case, it is not surprising that he walked alone while reporting to Meng Tian to defend the country and waiting for his orders.

Wanyan Hongji was panicking, but he was also wondering, what would Tu Danzhang or Wen Dun Hunyu do if they were here?
Given Tu Danzhang's bravery, he would most likely have directly ordered the entire army to attack, attacking the enemy before their morale completely collapsed, and winning in the chaos.

With Wen Dunhunyu's wisdom, he would most likely directly order the entire army to return to the camp, first clarify the military situation, and then discuss attack and defense.

Neither of these two methods is wrong, both have certain reasons, and it can even be said that both have a certain chance of winning.

Thinking of this, Wanyan Hongji suddenly realized something.

It is not a wrong decision to make any decision, but hesitating and doing nothing is the biggest mistake!

That's what he's doing now!
Thinking of this, Wanyan Hongji recalled the authority Meng Tian had given him to command the front lines, and immediately gritted his teeth: "The entire army marches forward to defeat the loyal thieves!"

After saying that, Wanyan Hongji led his own Meng'an flag forward and attacked the Flying Tiger flag head-on.

In fact, at this time, Wanyan Hongji made two more mistakes.

One was that he wanted to learn the decisiveness of Tu Danzhang and Wen Dun Hunyu, but he did not think that these two people would either attack when morale was still good or retreat when morale was shaken. However, his initial hesitation led to the shaking of morale, but he took the initiative to launch an attack without stabilizing the morale of the army. As a result, although he was somewhat decisive, he learned a mixture of things.

Another mistake is that Wanyan Hongji really misunderstood Huitemitre.

I swear to God, Hui Te Mile really does not disrespect the authority of the interim coach.

He thought of himself as just a fighting general. To him, no matter who was the commander, he would recognize him and obey his orders.

The left wing of the Wuxing Army launched an attack against Zhang Xiaoyi purely because Hui Te Mile could no longer control his army.

You must know that today, Meng'an, the head of Hui Temile, sent out four Moukes to mix in with the Qian army to attack the Zhongyi army camp. After being hit head-on, the Qian army was defeated, and the 400 regular troops suffered some blows. Although most of them withdrew, some unlucky guys were captured alive.

Among them was Puliyan (captain of fifty).

After these people were hastily persuaded to surrender, the diehards were dragged out and taken to the front of the battlefield to be beheaded along with the prisoners captured today.

The two sides were two hundred steps apart, and there were cavalry fighting back and forth. Soon someone recognized that it was his own men.

And because of the military law of beheading the whole army, after Puli Yan died, at least five squad leaders would be buried with him. Not only these low-level officers could not tolerate this, but even several marching marshals could not ignore it.

Especially after many of the dozens of charging light cavalry were shot dead, it was not known who took the lead, or simply that the whole army was in a state of agitation, and several Moukes began to advance directly.

Huit Mile looked at the scene in amazement.

He never expected that his troops would move without orders. But on second thought, Hui Te Mi Le found a reason for his men.

The Sixth Meng'an has fought too many battles in the past few days, with heavy casualties, causing the entire army to become restless. Now that this kind of thing has happened again, it is not surprising that they have not been ordered to go forward to fight.

But although he understood it, Hui Te Mile became furious and started cursing loudly.

"I'm going to kill these brainless dogs!"

Upon hearing this, the surrounding confidants looked at each other in dismay. Immediately, a trusted confidant, Xingjun Mouke, stepped forward, grabbed the reins of Hui Te Mi Le's horse, and advised: "General, this is wartime. The two armies are only a few hundred paces apart, but it can be said that they have already engaged. It is only natural for our men to rush forward and fight."

Hui Te Mile immediately woke up.

Now there are at least five Mouke's infantrymen lined up for battle. If these five marching Mouke are killed, won't the Sixth Meng'an collapse instantly?

"All forces, attack!" Seeing that the battle had already begun, Hui Te Mi Le gritted his teeth and gave the order. At the same time, he called the military envoy and said, "Tell Wan Yan Hongji that it's not that I don't obey orders, but that our men are eager to kill the enemy. Please apologize to him for me."

After saying that, Huitemiler didn't know what he was thinking about, his face suddenly turned pale, and then he gritted his teeth and pulled the flag forward.

Can win!
The Loyal Army's little tricks can't make up for their lack of combat power. As long as they attack head-on, they can still win!
Hui Te Mile silently encouraged himself in his heart.

After Hui Te Mi Le and Wan Yan Hong Ji joined the battle one after another, Zhuo Tuo An had no way to avoid it, so he sighed and launched a frontal attack.

Compared to the confusion and bewilderment of the other two, Zhuo Tuoan saw things clearly from the beginning.

Retreat is absolutely impossible, otherwise wouldn't it be an admission that our combat power is not as strong as that of the Loyal Army?

This was a devastating blow to military morale.

Then we can only fight.

But the best opportunity has passed. Now not only are the soldiers afraid and hesitant, but even he, the marching commander, is nervous.

This is the standard case of suspicion among the three armed forces.

However, as soon as the battle started, Zhuo Tuoan put these chaotic thoughts behind him and found that the Loyal Army was indeed cunning.

The formation of the Loyal Army is called the stacked formation. Large shields, long spears and powerful crossbows are arranged in order, layer upon layer, burst upon burst, hence the name.

Generally speaking, this is a defensive formation. When used for offense, the power of bows and crossbows may not be fully utilized, causing the formation to become disrupted.

Therefore, when the Loyal Army initially formed this formation as if to attack each other, the knowledgeable officers of the Wuxing Army were somewhat happy, thinking that this was irrefutable evidence of the Loyal Army's inadequate training.

However, at this point, when the Wuxing Army had no choice but to take the initiative to attack, they suddenly discovered that the front row of the Zhongyi Army had not only urgently placed many chevaux deer horns, but also dug some horse traps.

This has become an offensive war again!

Seeing more than ten armored cavalrymen harassing the enemy with bows, but being blocked by chevaux de frise and then killed by spears and crossbows in front and behind the formation, Zhuo Tuoan could no longer endure it.

"All cavalry, withdraw! How can you charge into this situation?" Zhuo Tuoan shouted, "Have Cha Ba and Nian Ge dismount and fight on foot. Form a line with armored soldiers. Once the barricades are removed, charge in with your short weapons!"

"All archers, step forward! Shoot in groups! I don't believe the loyal bandits have more archers than our Wuxing Army! As long as we force the loyal bandits out of their hideous shells, we'll be halfway to victory today!"

"Here!"

Amidst the resounding response, the Eighth Meng'an quickly took action.

(End of this chapter)