Fenghou

When Wanyan Huonu heard that the Song army was going to use the valley to fight against the Jin soldiers, she was frightened for a while, and a trace of fear arose in her heart.

"Then can we not counterattack?"

Wanyan Yinkeshu sighed slightly, "Now we only have three ways to go, one is to enter Wuren Road and forcefully fight back to the mouth of the Yellow River; the second is to return to Yichuan County and then take the northwest official road of Luojiao County; Just turn around and go back to break through, I might as well tell you the truth, the first two roads are what Chen Qing wants us to take, and he will definitely block us halfway, how do you think we should choose?"

Wanyan Huonu pondered for a moment and said: "Actually, I feel that the third option can be chosen again."

"How to choose?"

"I can choose to fight them to the death on the northwest official road. It doesn't have to be Chen Qing, but it can also be the intercepting army in Luojiao County. As long as we break through their interception, we can retreat northward from Luoshui Road."

Wanyan Yinkeshu said in a low voice for a while: "If we can defeat Chen Qing now, we still have a chance to enter Guanzhong."

Breaking through the official road in the northwest is struggling to survive, but breaking through the official road in the canyon is not willing to fail. After eating horse meat, Wanyan Yinke's attitude is not clear?

Perhaps it is more difficult to break through the canyon, but will it be easy to break through the northwest official road?

Only then did Wanyan Huonu understand what Marshal Du was thinking, it turned out that he was still unwilling to fail!

Wanyan Huonu was really a little afraid in her heart, but since Marshal Du had already stated his position, he had to go out at this step.

He gritted his teeth and said decisively: "Then use the Khitan army and Xi army to counterattack the Song army. If it doesn't work, we'd better follow the Northwest official route."

Wanyan Huonu nodded, "This is our last hope to enter the pass, I will never be reconciled if I don't try it!"

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It was just dawn, and the rumble of war drums in the Jinbing camp was beating, and the [-] troops lined up quickly. They ate a meal of horse meat last night, and there was a little bit of fat in their stomachs, and their morale was a little bit better, but there was a fundamental problem. If it is not resolved, they will not be able to restore the high morale when they went out.

Entrusted by the head coach Wanyan Yinkeshu, Wanyan's living girl is going to use the method of looking for plums to quench thirst to boost morale.

He shouted loudly in front of the army: "Our Jurchen iron cavalry has never been defeated. How can we be defeated by the little Song army? Impossible!"

He directed the direction with his hand, and his voice was like a bell, "The Guanzhong Plain is three hundred miles away. As long as we defeat the Song army, enter the Guanzhong Plain, enter Jingzhao, and have a one-month holiday, all wealth will be robbed by everyone. Let everyone enjoy it, this is the promise of Marshal Du, we must defeat the Song army, we will win!"

The three armies were infected, and they saw the hope of making a fortune again. They couldn't help being excited, and they raised their arms and shouted, "We must win! We must win!"

Wanyan Huonu waved her sword, "Let's go!"

The morale was revived, hope was reborn in each soldier's heart, and the morale began to boost. The army urged Ma Hao to kill in the direction of the canyon.

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Chen Qing's army was ready in the canyon. Three thousand logs were divided into two lines of defense, the river and the official road were blocked, hundreds of barrels of kerosene were sprinkled, and a large amount of poisonous caltrops were sprinkled in front. There is a channel that allows the soldiers in front to retreat back, but when the fire is on, this channel will also be blocked by giant trees and engulfed by the fire.

Chen Qing deployed [-] god-armed crossbowmen in front of the first line of defense. This is already the ultimate. At the same time, he deployed [-] god-armed crossbowmen in front of the second defense line. Once the soldiers in front retreated, it would be [-] crossbowmen. Hands, three shots are enough to defeat the enemy's surprise attack.

What's more, there will be fragments of powder barrels and poisonous nails on the top of the head. As for the [-] bed crossbows, Chen Qing thought twice and decided to deploy [-] in the valley, and only about [-] on the top of the mountain. The shooting crossbow array is used to deal with the cavalry's cavalry shooting. Although bed crossbows are also needed on the top of the mountain, but the mountain road is narrow, it is really not enough to deploy a few.

At the same time, the deployment was completed on the top of the mountain. Gao Ding did not block the narrow place with giant trees. He didn't need it. He would use another strategy to defend the mountain path.

Gao Ding has deployed fifty bed crossbows, which is the ultimate deployment, and only ten bed crossbows can be placed side by side at the widest point, and then they can shoot arrows in rotation.

This time Gao Ding wanted to atone for his crimes, unless he died in battle, Jin Bing would never want to go one step further.

At noon, the main force of the mighty Jin soldiers finally reached the outside of the canyon.

Wanyan Yinkeshu personally deployed and attacked in two groups. Wanyan Huonu led [-] Xi tribe infantry and [-] Khitan cavalry to attack the canyon. Attack the abandoned official road on the mountain.

Of course, they were just vanguards. Wanyan Yinkeshu deployed another [-] cavalry to support them. Once the forward broke through the blockade, the cavalry would attack aggressively.

The Song army's blockade was about five miles away from the west entrance of the canyon. This is also the narrowest part of the entire canyon. Six thousand Song army crossbowmen are already in full swing.

A Song army scout galloped westward on the official road, bringing the latest information about the Jurchen army. At this moment, a Jurchen sentry cavalry appeared on the opposite side, and they also galloped eastward on the official road. getting closer.

A miraculous scene happened. The two scouts passed by each other. At the moment of the staggering, the two scouts were only one foot apart, but neither drew their swords to fight each other. Perhaps their respective intelligence was more important, and they passed by. .

Not long after, the scouts of the Song army rushed to the front of the Song army, clasped their fists to the chief commander Liu Cui and said, "Report to the commander. The enemy army has already launched, and thousands of soldiers of the Xi nationality are rushing here in line with their big shields."

Sure enough, it was the Xiren infantry who took the lead in attacking, using their Xi shields to break through the blockade of the Song army.

At the same time, Wanyan Huonu also received a report from the sentinel cavalry. The Song army deployed two blockade lines with giant trees. If they wanted to rush over, they had to move the giant trees away.

Of course Wanyan Huonu knew that it wasn't just a giant tree, the Song army would definitely set it on fire, forming two blockade lines of fire, he had already experienced it yesterday.

"Order the soldiers of the Xi clan to carry two thousand bags of soil, put out the fire, and move the giant logs away."

Their giant log fire formation yesterday was extinguished with mud, and then the giant log was dragged away with iron hooks.

Five thousand soldiers of the Xi nationality once again played the role of fire extinguishing vanguards. Two thousand soldiers held large shields, five hundred soldiers held iron hooks, and the remaining soldiers carried dirt bags.

Five thousand soldiers of the Xi nationality lined up and walked slowly towards the burning first blockade log.

"They are coming!" Song soldiers shouted.

Liu Cui has rich experience. He found that only the soldiers in the front were holding large shields, forming ten rows of shield walls, but the soldiers of the Xi clan behind them had no shields.

"The messenger's arm is angled upwards, throwing the enemy behind!"

Chapter 614 Despair

Dozens of gunpowder barrels suddenly fell from the top of the Khitan cavalry in the back. This time, the Song army above used a small trebuchet to throw it farther, and exploded on top of the Khitan cavalry, 'Boom!boom!boom! '

The deafening sound of the explosion reverberated in the valley. Thousands of poisonous nails flew in all directions, and the Khitan cavalry raised their shields to resist. Although the poisonous nails could not penetrate the armor and shield, their legs and horses could not resist, and they were shot down one after another. The poisonous nail was shot, the screams and the neighing of the horses resounded through the valley.

Many war horses went crazy and ran forward desperately, rushing towards the Xi army in front...

Amidst the sound of explosions and screams, the three thousand crossbow arrows were like a swarm of locusts flying up suddenly, covering the sky in darkness.

The crossbow bolts flew over the shield wall and shot at the soldiers behind. None of the soldiers behind had shields. In the dense arrow rain, they had nowhere to escape. They screamed and fell down a large number of soldiers.

At this time, hundreds of crazy war horses rushed into the crowd from behind, and the Xi soldiers were in chaos.

Wanyan Huonu hurriedly ordered the Khitan cavalry to retreat, but the soldiers of the Xi tribe continued to attack. Wanyan Huonu also had rich combat experience. He knew that the reason why he was shot down by the Song army's crossbow arrows was the distance. It can only shoot flat, and the shield wall will work at this time.

Wanyan Huonu ordered loudly: "Beat the drum!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The earth-shattering drum sound echoed in the valley.

Thousands of Xi soldiers started to run, and the [-] soldiers in front held up their shields, and the soldiers carrying soil bags were wrapped in them.

They were getting closer and closer to the line of fire of the giant log. Suddenly, hundreds of soldiers running in front screamed and fell down one after another. They stepped on the thorns on the ground, and the slender and sharp iron nails pierced the soles of their feet, causing excruciating pain. Tolerate.

"Throw fire oil balls!" Liu Cui ordered coldly, this is their trump card.

'Boom!Boom!Boom! 'Hundreds of small trebuchets were fired at the same time, and burning kerosene balls hit the top of the shield wall one after another. Dozens of soldiers instantly turned into burning men, howling and rushing towards the river.

The kerosene buried on the ground was ignited, and a distance of two hundred steps along the official road turned into a sea of ​​flames, and thousands of soldiers fell into the sea of ​​flames.

They yelled in terror, some turned around and ran for their lives, some rushed to the river first...

Three thousand god-armed crossbows were fired again, this time with three shots, and the stormy crossbows were fired at the chaotic enemy army. This time the effect was remarkable. After one round of shooting, five thousand soldiers of the Xi tribe completely collapsed in front of the powerful crossbow array, threw away the soil and turned around and ran wildly. The first attack ended in a disastrous defeat at the cost of 2000 deaths.

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At this time, five thousand soldiers of the Xi tribe were attacking forcibly on the top of the mountain, trying to seize the abandoned old official road.

The old official road was much narrower than the valley. The widest part was about three feet, and the narrowest was only one foot. Dozens of giant trees were placed on the mountain road, but they were not for lighting the fire, but to provide cover for the soldiers. , they have arrows, and the other side can also shoot arrows.

Gao Ding looked coldly at the enemy army hundreds of miles away, and he couldn't see the end of his eyes.

In fact, Gao Ding has countless ways to deal with the enemy army, such as throwing barbed thorns and burning with kerosene. He only needs to fill the kerosene within two hundred, and then cover it with a thin layer of soil, and one fire can kill thousands of people.

But Gao Ding decided to use the trick of extermination, which completely cut off Jin Bing's idea.

On the mountain road, rows of Xi soldiers raised their shields and approached step by step, "Attack!" A commander shouted, and the Xi soldiers accelerated at the same time, and ran towards the Song army with short spears in their hands.

The soldiers of the Xi nationality behind fired crossbow arrows one after another, and the arrows shot towards the Song army two hundred steps ahead, trying to suppress the Song army with arrows.

The soldiers of the Song Army hid behind the giant tree and lowered their heads one after another to avoid the arrows shot by the enemy. After a round of arrows, the Song Army began to fight back.

"Fire arrows!"

With Gao Ding's order, ten bed crossbows were fired at the same time, and fifty jackdaw arrows were extremely powerful and shot at the rushing enemy army. Shoot through, let alone only two hundred steps now.

The jackdaw's arrow shot through the shield and the armor effortlessly, and the soldiers running in front fell down one after another, but it didn't affect the attack of the soldiers of the Xi clan, or even their running speed, and they directly trampled on their companions. dead body running.

Ten bed crossbows in the second row were shot out immediately, and fifty jackdaw arrows were shot at the enemy forcefully, and dozens of people fell down again. A lotus and five gurney bed crossbows were shot out, and nearly two hundred soldiers were shot dead. For the 200 enemy troops on the mountain road, [-] casualties are really nothing.

The bed crossbow did not affect the running speed of the soldiers of the Xi tribe. They were getting closer and closer to the Song army, less than a hundred steps away.

"retreat!"

After Gao Ding gave an order, the soldiers of the Song army retreated one after another. Gao Ding pulled out a torch, flung it into the wind, and ignited a matchlock beside him.

Gao Ding held a spear in his hand and dialed the arrows. He was the last one, and followed all the soldiers to the west.

The soldiers of the Xi tribe cheered and rushed up at a faster speed. At this moment, there was an earth-shattering explosion, and a hundred catties of gunpowder buried at the bottom of the mountain path exploded. Falling down the valley together, the dust filled the air.

After the dust was blown away by the wind, the mountain road with a length of seventeen to eighty feet disappeared and turned into a steep slope. This was exactly the same as the method used to blow up the mountain road on Wuren Road. This was not due to Liu Qiong and Gao Ding Hey, this is actually a case in the gunpowder actual combat manual, and all generals above the command have a copy.

Of course, this method can only be used by making full use of the soil mountain roads of the Loess Plateau. If it is the granite mountain roads of Taihang Mountains, this method will not work at all.

Gao Ding withdrew a mile away, detonated a hundred catties of gunpowder again, and blew up a section of the mountain road, but this time it was even more powerful. A mountain road of more than [-] feet was blown down. Two blasts were completed, and the official road was abandoned. There is basically no suspense in the battle for the .

Two huge explosions could be heard for more than twenty miles, and even Wanyan Yinkeshu, who was supervising the battle behind him, was startled. He anxiously asked the left and right: "Where is this explosion?"

The soldiers looked at each other, "Go and find out!" Wanyan Yinkeshu ordered.

Several personal soldiers urged their horses to gallop away...

At this time, the Song army re-arranged the defense in the valley. Liu Cui ordered all 450 bed crossbows to be placed in front of the giant wooden formation.

Only by placing it in the front can it play a powerful role.

At the same time, Wanyan Huonu launched a second round of attack. Although the soldiers of the Xi tribe were terrified of being killed, they had no choice. Charging forward, they have only one task, to break through the giant wooden array and create conditions for the cavalry behind to charge.

"Kill!" A commander-in-chief roared, and five thousand Donghu soldiers rushed towards the giant wooden formation one mile away. The one in front was still a thousand shield troops. run wildly.

The Song army removed part of the giant wood on the river, which was reserved for the retreat of two thousand soldiers operating bed crossbows, but it also gave the enemy soldiers a glimmer of hope, so that most of the soldiers were running on water.

After crossing the [-]-step line of the Song army, Liu Cui gave an order, "Fire the arrows from the bed crossbow!"

450 bed crossbows were fired at the same time, more than 2000 jackdaw arrows shot out of the air, and shot at the enemy quickly, and shot in front of the enemy in an instant, as if everything slowed down. Piercing through, the Jackdaw arrow shot through the armor again and shot into the human body. The soldiers of the Xi tribe twisted their bodies and fell on their backs. In just one round of firing, more than [-] of the [-] soldiers with heavy shields were shot and killed.

While running, the shield wall suddenly disappeared, and the six thousand divine crossbowmen started to launch three-stage shots again. The dense raindrops of crossbow arrows shot into the running enemy team, and the enemy troops fell one by one, in the water, on the official road , wailing everywhere, and countless soldiers uttered the screams before the moment, full of despair and helplessness, full of fear of death.

The crossbow formation composed of 450 god-armed crossbowmen and 2 bed crossbows was extremely powerful. In just three rounds of shooting, more than [-] powerful crossbow bolts were fired, and [-] soldiers almost disappeared.

At this time, Wanyan Yinkeshu got the news that the mountain road was blown up by the Song army. At this time, he had never heard that the mountain road could be blown up with gunpowder. He stared blankly at the valley for a while, and finally realized that what he was facing That's right, what a powerful Song army, they couldn't break through the canyon interception of the Song army.

Hopes were shattered, Wanyan Yinkeshu was completely hopeless, with such a strong opponent, how could he take Guanzhong?

Wanyan Yinkeshu let out a long sigh, "Order the entire army to withdraw from the canyon!"

Chapter 615 Morale

After losing more than [-] people, Wanyan Yin could stop the loss in time, stop the canyon breakout, and the army retreated eastward.

Chen Qing also ordered the army to clean up the battlefield. After the enemy retreated [-] miles east, the Song army continued to set off, following behind the Jin soldiers leisurely.

At the same time, on Jingyuan Road, Wanyan Mici led five thousand cavalry to attack continuously, but he was still unable to break through the three defensive lines set up by the Song Army at Tanzheng Gorge. After nearly 2000 casualties, Wanyan Mici knew that Unable to break into the pass, he had to lead the army back from the original road.

At this time, the entire Jingyuan Road and the Song Army in nearby counties were eyeing this uninvited guest. The Pingliang military envoy Wang Duo led an army of [-] troops to set up a net at Qingshiling, where the Jurchen army must pass, waiting for the arrival of the Jurchen army. .

Qingshiling is a valley about seven or eight miles long, with dense pine forests on both sides, and a narrow official road in the middle. Three thousand Jurchen cavalry are like frightened birds, walking day and night. The Qiannvzhen cavalry appeared, and they rushed into the canyon, heading for the valley entrance in the north.

Wanyan Mi rushed to the north exit, but unexpectedly found that the exit was blocked by countless giant trees.

"not good!"

Wanyan Mici knew that he was in an ambush, and shouted: "Go and move the wood away!"

Hundreds of soldiers rushed towards the giant wood pile, and suddenly there was a bang, the giant wood pile was ignited, and the soldiers' feet were full of flames, engulfing dozens of soldiers in an instant.

The light of the fire was the signal, and the ambushes on both sides fired all arrows, and the Jurchen cavalry turned their backs on their backs, killing more than a thousand people in an instant.

"retreat!"

Wanyan Mici turned his horse's head and ran towards the way he came, but after only a few miles, they stopped their horses in shock, and saw the flames blazing ahead, the flames flying up, heat waves and thick smoke coming towards them, and the mountains and forests on both sides were covered It was lit, and the official road was engulfed by the flames on both sides.

At this time, the pine forest that was ambushing them in the north was also set ablaze by the Song army, and there were raging fires in front and behind. Wanyan Miji shouted anxiously: "Abandon your horse and go up the mountain!"

The soldiers jumped off their horses one after another and ran towards the mountain forest to the east, but they only ran a few hundred steps up the mountain. Larger and wider, the entire canyon was set on fire, and the flames, thick smoke, and heat waves engulfed the desperate Jurchen soldiers.

Wang Duo stood on the top of the westernmost mountain, overlooking the valley covered in flames and thick smoke. Behind him, an army of [-] was retreating to the west. Thousands of troops blocked their way to the south at Tanzheng Gorge, and finally killed all the troops when they retreated.

Wang Duo turned his head and said to the lieutenant general: "After returning, immediately send the Eagle letter to Tongguan County, saying that the [-] Jurchen cavalry who invaded Jingyuan Road have been wiped out."

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It is about [-] miles from Yichuan County to Luojiao County, all the way is the vast loess plateau, there is no green in sight, and even the river is hard to see, the surrounding is deserted, only the endless loess, and you will get tired after walking for half a day endlessly.

Wanyan Yinke was desperate for his legs. For several days, the military doctors gave him acupuncture, massage, and medicine every day, but there was still no movement. The condition of the leg will not deteriorate, which means, it will not recover, and I am afraid that he will never be able to stand up again for the rest of his life.