Fenghou

Liu Qiong ordered the army to rest in place, and set up a marching tent.

In the marching tent, Tang Qian unfolded a map on the table and said: "According to our information, there are about 4000 to [-] Jurchen troops left behind in Yichuan County. In addition, [-] troops are stationed at the entrance of Wuren Road. When the army converges, I suggest that you first kill the enemy army at the entrance of Wuren Road, and then attack Yichuan County."

"How far is the distance between the two places?" Liu Qiong asked looking at the map.

"About five miles!"

"I also want to know the defense situation of Yichuan County?"

Tang Qian said with a smile: "The defense is looser at night. After all, there are not many people. The golden soldiers are mainly concentrated in the south. There are only dozens of people on the north wall at night. My scout army can take down the north wall and open the north gate for the general."

Liu Qiong was a little worried and said, "But I'm worried that the enemy army will escape from the south gate, so I will inform the main force of the enemy army. The commander-in-chief wants to delay the news as much as possible."

"It's not difficult. Set up two lines of interception outside the south city gate, and the enemy army will have no chance of escaping. Moreover, my scouts will set up sentries around to deal with the sporadic escaped enemy troops."

Liu Qiong discussed the details with Tang Qian again, and the two decided to attack at the second watch tonight, and first kill the [-] troops at Wuren Road Crossing.

Chapter 6 and Seven

Wuren Road Crossing is about five miles away from Yichuan County. If it is a plain, it can be seen at a glance from the top of the city, but Yichuan County is not a plain. The surrounding hills are undulating and the loess is deep. The hills cover it, and the top of the city cannot be seen.

At two o'clock, [-] Song troops appeared. They had an orderly division of labor, and the three armies advanced layer by layer. The fish escaped.

More than 200 large tents were set up in the open space at Wuren Road Crossing. Except for more than a hundred soldiers on duty patrolling the checkpoint inside, the rest of the soldiers were sleeping.

With a wave of Tang Qian's hand, Lieutenant Liu Rui led [-] cavalry to rush towards the valley entrance at low speed. Their task was to kill all the sentries on duty and prevent them from sending signals to the county town with gunpowder arrows.

At the same time, with a shout, five thousand infantry rushed into the barracks from all directions...

Tang Qian was about two miles away from the barracks, and could faintly hear the shouts of killing coming from the barracks. The sound was so small that it should not be heard from the county town five miles away, but he should be able to feel the movement.

Tang Qian stared at the dark city wall in the distance, the top of the city was very quiet, and the defenders on the top of the city should also be sound asleep, but at this moment, three gunpowder arrows suddenly shot out from the top of the city, flying straight into the sky, Tang Qian's heart tightened, what's going on?

After a while, gunpowder arrows were also shot from the crossing, but there were four. The four gunpowder arrows glowed red in the air.

It was like a question and an answer, and the city was quiet. At this time, a cavalry rushed over and reported with fists folded: "Commander Qi, all the enemy troops at the checkpoint have been wiped out!"

Tang Qian nodded and asked, "What happened to the gunpowder arrow just now?"

"There was a sign over the checkpoint, which said, 'Three arrows rise from the city, and we respond with four arrows'. General Liu shot four gunpowder arrows out of desperation."

Tang Qian praised approvingly: "Your general is really quick-witted!"

The fierce battle ended in just over half an hour. All the enemy troops on the periphery were wiped out, and basically no prisoners were left. Only the sentries inside Uren Dao could not be taken care of. At present, they can only block Uren Dao, and the sentries inside are not allowed to come out. .

The next step is to seize the county seat. They are still divided into four groups. Tang Qian leads [-] elite scouts to capture the northern city. Liu Rui led hundreds of scouts to intercept and kill the scattered soldiers who escaped outside.

The northern city was very quiet, and there were basically no patrolling soldiers. The soldiers set up planks on the moat, and three hundred black shadows galloped fast. They put the nooses on the battlements one by one accurately, and moved towards the city like apes. climb up.

On the top of the city, two Jurchen soldiers were chatting against the pillars of the tower, and the rest of the Jurchen soldiers were sleeping soundly against the wall wrapped in blankets.

Of course, countless black shadows suddenly appeared on the top of the city, and the two Jurchen soldiers were stunned. A few black shadows flicked their hands, and a few cold lights came, and the two Jurchen soldiers fell down clutching their throats.

Three hundred scouts went on a killing spree, raising their knives and beheading all the sleeping Jurchen soldiers, their heads rolling to the ground one by one.

The suspension bridge began to be lowered, and the iron bolts of the city gate were pulled up. Dozens of scouts ran down to the city and opened the city gate. Liu Qiong, who had been waiting outside the city for a long time, led [-] cavalry into the city and directly killed the Jurchen In the army barracks.

The Jurchen soldiers didn't have time to put on their armor, even barefoot, drew their knives and rushed out of the big tent to fight in a hurry, but what rushed towards them was the Song Army's crossbows shooting like a storm, chopping with swords and stabbing with spears, one by one. The Jurchen soldiers screamed and fell to the ground. Many Jurchen soldiers struggled to get up after being shot by arrows, but their heads were chopped off with a knife.

Crying, screaming, and wailing before dying came and went in the barracks, but the Song army showed no mercy and killed them all. Gradually, the barracks became quiet.

The south city gate opened, and hundreds of Jurchen soldiers on duty in the city tried to rush out of the city to break out of the siege, but were shot by three thousand soldiers ambushing outside with their crossbows, just like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves. After a round of arrows, there were no one standing Several people.

Even if individual Jin soldiers escaped from the city wall with ropes, they could not escape the hunting of Song army scouts in the end.

This is a death order from Chen Qing, no one is allowed to escape, and no one is allowed to come back and report to Wanyan Yinkeshu.

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The [-] Jurchen cavalry rushed all the way like lightning, they bypassed Luojiao County and headed south, passed through Zhongbu County in the middle of the night, and continued to gallop south.

At noon the next day, [-] Jurchen cavalry arrived at the fork in the road. To the southwest was Tongguan Road, and to the southeast was Tongzhou Road. Wanyan and Lisa were familiar with this place, perhaps he was rather fat Because of this, he doesn't like the Tongguan Road. There is a very narrow passage in the Shenchuan Grand Canyon to the north, which makes him very uncomfortable for a fat man. He prefers to take the Tongzhou Road.

There used to be a Jinsuo Pass at the southernmost point, but since the Song army completely blew up Jinsuo Pass last year, there has been no obstacle to entering Tongzhou.

"Go to Tongzhou!"

Wanyan and Lisa shouted, and the cavalry continued to gallop towards the southeast.

The disadvantage of taking the Tongzhou Road is that most of the rivers are very narrow, especially the tens of miles of roads, with cliffs on both sides, and cavalry running in shallow water on both sides of the river, especially now in spring, when the water is very fast and cold.

The river is winding and winding, and it takes more than 100 miles to reach Jinsuo Pass. It takes at least a day. Fortunately, the Jurchens grew up on horseback since they were young. They can stay on the horse for a few days and nights. Time is nothing to them.

But the Jurchen cavalry didn't know that not long after they went south, a Song army of more than [-] soldiers appeared from Tongguan Road, and they followed the Jurchen cavalry for more than ten miles silently.

In the afternoon of the next day, [-] Jurchen cavalrymen arrived at Jinsuo Pass. Everyone was stunned by the scene before them. A majestic pass appeared in front of them, and the pass was full of soldiers from the Song army.

More than a dozen commanders were dissatisfied and looked at Wanyan Helisa. Didn't he say that Jinsuoguan was destroyed?It's here right now, it doesn't look like it's been destroyed in the slightest.

Wanyan and Lisa were stunned. He murmured in a low voice, "Impossible! Absolutely impossible! It's already blown up, so it's impossible to lie to me."

Wanyan Helisa's [-] subordinates were not his deployment, they were all temporarily dispatched to supply him, and they didn't have a good opinion of this marshal who had been defeated repeatedly, let alone respect.

A commander said bluntly: "General Helisa just heard that it was destroyed! He didn't come to check it himself."

The general was right, Wanyan Helisa was indeed just hearing that when Jinsuoguan was blown up, he was still in Fengxiang!He only received a letter from the flying eagle at Pujin Pass afterwards.

But this issue is not important now, whether it is fake news, or whether it is the reconstruction of the Song Army, really does not matter.

Importantly, what do they do now?It was realistically placed in front of them, they did not carry siege ladders, and the soldiers would not be able to reach the top of the city even with human ladders.

After staying there for a full quarter of an hour, Wanyan Lisa let out a long sigh, "I am responsible, and I will go to Marshal Du to plead guilty later. Now, everyone, go back and take Tongguan Road instead."

The [-] soldiers complained, but they had no choice but to turn around and walk back. Their morale and energy were gone. Many soldiers even dozed off while walking. The team walked very slowly. Urging, unknowingly, they walked into the narrowest section of the river, which was only a few feet wide, with cliffs on both sides. This section of the steep river was about forty miles long, and it was also the most difficult road to walk.

However, compared with when we came here, it seems that it is not so difficult to walk. The water level has dropped a bit. No one paid attention to this abnormal situation.

At five o'clock, they had already traveled for more than [-] miles, the water level was getting lower and lower, there was no water on both sides, and even the river in the middle of the river was only submerged by horseshoes, and finally attracted the attention of Wanyan and Lisa.

Chapter 6 and Eight

"not good!"

Wanyan and Lisa yelled, and he immediately realized that someone in front must be building a dam to hold back the water. There are cliffs on both sides of this place, and it is so narrow. Once the flood came, they would have no way to escape.

"Quick retreat!"

Wanyan and Lisa yelled loudly, but many soldiers didn't react, and the ignorant rear team changed to the front team.

At this moment, there was a muffled thunder-like sound from behind, and the Jurchen cavalry turned their heads to look back, only to see the white waves to the north, and the raging flood, like a runaway horse, sweeping towards them.

The faces of the Jurchen cavalry were so frightened that they beat their horses and ran away desperately, but the Jurchen cavalry in front didn't know what was going on and didn't run away. The river was narrow, and the cavalry bumped into each other back and forth, screaming and huddled together.

The flood surged and engulfed the last hundreds of cavalry in an instant. The cavalry in front knew what had happened and fled in panic. However, there was no way to escape from the steep river section of more than 30 miles. After a short while, the roaring river rushed violently. However, all the [-] Jurchen cavalry were swallowed up.

This is a typical case of Chen Qingshan using terrain to wipe out the enemy. He actually used it once when he attacked Jinsuo Pass last year and found it very useful. Today he repeated the same trick again.

Of course, the terrain on both sides of Jinsuo Pass is high, this strategy will not work, and it must be in the middle of the cliff canyon to exert its greatest power.

From this, Chen Qing dug a nest, exited the Luoshui Road, and let Wanyan Yinkeshu discover this loophole. Wanyan Yinkeshu never thought that this terrain could use water attack, and he finally couldn't resist the temptation to enter the pass. , swallowed the bait, and eventually caused [-] troops to die in the flood.

The main general who carried out this dam-building operation was Commander Li Muqing. He led an army of [-] to ambush to the south of the Shenchuan Gorge. Their first plan was to block the enemy's troops in the Shenchuan Gorge, which is more than ten miles long, but Wan Yanhe Lisa did not take Tongguan Road, but Tongzhou Road.

Then use the second plan, build a dam and submerge the enemy army with floods. The location has already been selected. It took only more than two hours for 10,000 troops to build the dam. In spring, the water is abundant, and it is full overnight [-]+ square water, just wait for the Jurchen cavalry to arrive.

The river had run out, Li Muqing ordered [-] Song Army cavalry to kill along the canyon, and all the Jurchen cavalry who were not drowned could not escape the second round of Song Army's fierce follow-up killing.

Water and fire are ruthless, this round of surprise attack, the Marshal Wanyan and Lisa may be in danger.

……

It's not that Wanyan Yinkeshu doesn't know that it's too dangerous to keep only 3000 people guarding the logistics and supply areas. He's thinking about Han Chang's army. When the second batch of food arrives, Han Chang's [-] troops will also arrive. He often commanded [-] troops to guard the logistics camp and retreat.

Wanyan Yinkeshu had a good idea, but it is always impossible for things to be so perfectly integrated, there is a time difference, and this time difference is not big, only two days difference, but it happened that the opportunity of these two days was seized by Song Jun .

The task of Liu Qiong and Tang Qian was to capture Yichuan County and cut off the retreat route of Wuren Road. It was not difficult to capture Yichuan County, but it was not an ordinary difficulty to cut off the retreat route and prevent the enemy's reinforcements.

Liu Qiong led the army to transfer the food out of the city, hiding it in a ravine, and transferred the people in the city to the mountainous area, leaving an empty city. Liu Qiong then led the army into Wuren Road.

At noon, they arrived in front of the cliff. Liu Qiong looked at the cliff and asked Tang Qian, "Where is the trail you found?"

Tang Qian pointed to the rather steep hill next to him and said, "It's just behind the hill!"

"Is it possible to get by from here?"

Tang Qian observed for a moment and said: "The slope is too steep, you have to use ropes, soft ladders and the like to go up. When you reach the ridge, it is much easier to go down from the other side."

"Then send [-] soldiers up and lay an ambush on the mountain. Then we tore down the bridge and ambushed the enemy to send the food army."

Tang Qian asked in puzzlement, "But we don't know when the enemy army will arrive?"

Liu Qiong smiled slightly and said: "I captured a few prisoners of war and asked for some information. The second batch of food teams has already set off from Wurenkou and will arrive later today. It is noon now, and I guess it will arrive in the afternoon." arrival."

Tang Qian immediately made a decision. He sent dozens of scouts with high martial arts skills to climb up the ridge, pulled dozens of long rope ladders up, and put them on the boulders and trees on the top of the mountain. Crossbows and weapons began to climb upwards.

At the same time, Liu Qiong ordered the removal of the wooden bridge on the cliff, and ordered 1000 people to withdraw from Wuren Dao with their horses. He led other soldiers to climb up the hillside on the other side of the cliff, and [-] soldiers were ready to ambush. .

They waited until dusk, when the mighty second batch of food transportation team finally arrived on Wuren Road. This time the team was much longer, stretching for more than ten miles. In addition to 20 cavalry, there were [-] mules and donkeys and [-] Thousands of sheep.

After the arrival of this batch of military rations, the Jurchen army can last for more than a month, and there is no need to transport food for the time being. Wanyan Yinkeshu hopes to open up the Luoshui Channel and enter Guanzhong within a month.

Han Chang was a day later than originally planned. He should have arrived in Yichuan County last night because raising sheep was delayed by a day.

Things in the world are so wrong, if Han Chang came one day earlier, Liu Qiong would have no chance to seize Yichuan County.

The thousands of animals walking in front stopped in front of the cliff, and soon affected the entire team behind, and the team had to stop. Han Chang shouted loudly: "Go and see what's going on?"

A cavalryman galloped away, and came back shortly to report, "Marshal Qi, the bridge in front of the cliff has been demolished, and the team can't get through."

Han Chang was startled, and instinctively looked around. The road was only more than one foot wide, and it was built on the mountainside. On the left was a relatively steep mountain, which was twenty or thirty feet long. The lower part was also a hillside, but not as steep as the upper mountain. Overgrown with bushes and thorns.

"When you came last time, how was the condition of the bridge?" Han Chang asked one of his men again.

"Reporting to the Marshal, the bridge was in good condition when I came last time, very strong!"

"not good!"

Han Chang immediately realized the danger and shouted: "Back! Back!"

At this moment, there was a sound of clappers on the top of the mountain, and five thousand crossbow arrows were shot at the same time. The soldiers were all using god-armed crossbows and aimed at the Jurchen cavalry. Very quickly, they all raised their shields to protect them.

Although the soldiers were also shot to death, Han Chang saved his life. At least hundreds of crossbow arrows were shot at him. The big shield was full of arrows, and his horse was shot through the head by seven or eight crossbow arrows. , fell dead, knocked him to the ground.

He scrambled and rushed down the hillside, stood close to the hillside, held up a shield, surrounded by more than a dozen personal soldiers, and ran eastward close to the hillside.

The arrows on the top of the mountain were still falling like raindrops, and many cavalry were hiding under the horse's belly, but this was a narrow road, not a galloping battlefield. The horses couldn't move, and were shot by arrows one after another. With a violent scream, he rushed down the hillside, rolling down with both the man and the horse.

In the chaos, many war horses crowded and collided with each other, so that the cavalry on the edge were knocked down the hillside one after another, rolled down, and did not know whether they were alive or dead.

Hundreds of gunpowder barrels rolled down from above and exploded continuously on the mountain road. The Jurchen cavalry was blown to pieces and wailed all over the field. The cavalry behind were terrified and ran for their lives. .

Han Chang escaped from the arrow area, grabbed more than a dozen war horses and galloped to the east, followed by the cavalry behind him, gradually disappearing.

At this time, three thousand soldiers of the Song Dynasty descended from the sky holding the ropes. They killed all the wounded and surviving soldiers, and built more than a dozen long wooden boards on the cliff to drive the flock of sheep, mules and donkeys. They were carried together, and the mules and donkeys that were shot could not be lifted, so they took down the grain.

Tang Qian ran eastward with [-] soldiers carrying gunpowder boxes on their backs. A box of gunpowder weighed forty catties, and the explosive power was astonishing.

After running for seven or eight miles, the road turned into a narrow path, but there were still no defeated soldiers, and it was estimated that they had fled far away. The Song army began to blast with powder boxes one by one, completely destroying the mountain road.

"Boom!" With a loud noise, a large area of ​​loess collapsed, the mountain was sunken by the blast, and the mountain road completely disappeared.

Unless a plank road is built, but there are very few trees here, it is all loess and bushes. How can it be so easy to build a plank road?

Han Chang was shot by an arrow in his left arm. He led the defeated soldiers and escaped for nearly [-] miles in one breath. After walking a long narrow path, he came to an open place and sat on a big rock to bandage the wound.

At this time, a commander stepped forward and reported, "Marshal Qi, the count has been completed, and there are still 960 cavalry."

Han Chang nodded, losing [-]% of his troops, as he expected.

Several commanders also said one after another: "Marshal, we can use bows and arrows to fight back and rebuild the simple bridge."

Of course Han Chang knew the importance of Wu Rendao, and he was also thinking about how to restore Wu Rendao, but at this moment, a series of violent explosions came from the west, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, and was stunned for a while.

Chapter 6 and Nine

Han Changteng stood up and exclaimed: "The big thing is not good!"

He simply bandaged the wound, and led the generals towards the narrow path. At this time, the sound of explosions continued, and they finally reached the first explosion point. The original small path disappeared completely, and a gap more than ten feet wide appeared. The horses couldn't get through.

But it's not just this one gap, there are at least [-] gaps in the miles-long narrow path, and everyone's hearts have sunk into the abyss, and Wu Rendao has been completely destroyed.

All the generals looked at Han Chang. Han Chang pondered for a long time and said slowly: "We need to do three things now. First, send someone to inform Marshal Du that we can no longer take Wuren Road."