Fenghou

Before, the Jin soldiers stationed 3000 troops in Puyang, but seeing that the war was approaching, Wanyan Wushu quickly withdrew the troops stationed in various places. The [-] troops stationed in Puyang had already been withdrawn, leaving only [-] signed troops to guard the warehouse.

In the middle of the night, two thousand Western troops rushed from the direction of the pier, where more than a dozen large ships were moored.

This is the 50 troops sent by Niu Gao. The goal is to occupy Puyang City. They also need to re-ice [-] frozen mutton in Puyang City before they can continue to be transported to Luoyang, otherwise they will spoil on the road.

At the same time, hundreds of Western Army soldiers who had been lurking in the city also rushed to the head of the northern city. They entered the city the afternoon before, bribed the guarding soldiers a little, and packed all the armor and weapons into the city directly in cargo boxes.

There were only [-] soldiers in the city, so no one was guarding the city at night. Only two soldiers on duty lived in the tower. Soldiers from the Western Army knocked the two soldiers unconscious and tied them up, then opened the city gate.Waving torches on the city wall, not long after, two thousand soldiers ambushing outside the city rushed into the city.

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On the morning of the third day, the mutton fleet sailed into the confluence of the old and new Yellow Rivers. The river here is more than ten miles wide, surrounded by vast waves, and the city of Puyang can be seen in the distance.

At this moment, a fleet of about [-] or [-] ships appeared on the main channel of the Yellow River in front, and they were rushing towards the transport fleet, less than ten miles away.

"Dang! Dang! Dang!"

The transport fleet rang the alarm bell, and the commander of the escort ships turned pale with shock, and urgently ordered: "The fleet retreats, and the warships go up to meet them!"

Twenty guard ships rushed up to buy time for the tugboat team to retreat. The transport tugboat team began to turn around, trying to sail back to the old course of the Yellow River, but they did not expect that a fleet of thirty warships had already arrived. Followed for a long time.

Jin Bing's sailors are all Han Chinese. They grew up by the Yellow River and were recruited by Jin Bing as patrol sailors. However, they usually do not operate in the Yellow River, but patrol the inland river on Hebei Road.

The twenty sentinel ships were very flexible, surrounded the warships of the Western Army from all directions, and fired rockets at the ships.

Niu Gao sneered and said, "Surround them and sink them!"

The sixty big ships scattered, all of them were vehicles and boats of about a thousand stones in size. They sailed without sails, and were stepped on by people. They were faster and more flexible, and soon surrounded the twenty sentinel ships in a large circle.

The commander of Jin Bing was a little surprised that the other party was besieging him. Did they ignore the cargo ship?

Turning around, the scene in the distance left Commander Jin Bing stunned. He saw a fleet escorting a long cargo ship heading towards Puyang City.

It turned out that the other party blocked them, and another fleet controlled the tugboat team. The guards on the tugboat were not sailors, and they were either killed or surrendered.

Niu Gao's [-] shi main ship had already sailed to the side of the main ship at the rear without a sound, and suddenly accelerated to ram it.

"boom!"

The sentinel ship commanded by Jin Bing was caught off guard and was knocked over from the side by the main ship of the Western Army. The bottom of the ship turned upwards, and all [-] soldiers fell into the water.

Arrows rained down on the big ship, and the commander and a dozen of his subordinates were instantly killed by random arrows.

"Forgive me! We surrender..." The remaining soldiers cried and surrendered.

Without the leader, the other sentinel ships also surrendered one after another. They couldn't fight each other at all. The soldiers were not fools. The warships of the Western Army far surpassed them in size and speed. Apart from surrendering, there was only one way to die.

This water battle with disparity in strength ended in less than half an hour. Except for dozens of people who refused to surrender and were killed, the remaining more than 400 soldiers all surrendered.

The tugboat team arrived in Puyang, entered the moat directly from a small river, entered the city from the water city gate, and parked directly in front of the warehouse area. All the soldiers and surrendered troops participated in the unloading. Ten thousand frozen sheep were all transferred into the ice cave.

A commander said to Niu Gao: "The cavalry on the shore must have found us in the end, they will rush back and report to Wan Yanchang, and Wan Yanchang will immediately notify the Jin soldiers in Bianliang."

Niu Gao smiled slightly and said: "Don't worry, after all this coming and going, plus the time of the pigeons, it will take at least five days for the Bianliang Jinbing to reach Puyang, and we would have left Puyang County long ago. Two days is enough."

Niu Gao still underestimated the Jin Bing, he didn't wait for five days, three days later, five thousand Jurchen cavalry from Yingtian Mansion rushed to Puyang, but the Western Army escorted the fleet to Luoyang a day earlier .

Chapter 26 Confrontation

The wheat harvest in full swing ended ten days later, and the 20 troops of the Western Army began to march towards Kaifeng Mansion from three directions. Liu Cui and Yang Zaixing led [-] troops out of Hulao Pass and entered Zhengzhou. The retreat will be in Kaifeng, and the Song army will occupy Guancheng County, Zhengzhou without any effort.

The army continued to advance eastward along the Jinshui River. Two days later, the army captured Zhongmou County, west of Kaifeng Prefecture, and then stopped advancing. At this time, the West Route Army was still 150 miles away from Bianliang.

And Chen Qing led a main force of 180 to advance from Xuchang County to Kaifeng Mansion. In just three days, he successively occupied Fugou, Weishi County and Xianping County. The army was about [-] miles away from Bianliang.

However, the [-] East Route Army led by Gao Ding was moving in a strange way. They went north from Chenzhou, but instead of heading north, they turned slightly to the northeast, entered the territory of Yingtianfu, and captured Zhexian County in the southwest corner of Yingtianfu. .

The location of Zhe County is very ingenious. If you go west, you can enter Kaifeng Mansion, and if you go east, you can guard against the golden soldiers of Yingtian Mansion.

Wanyan Wushu didn't hesitate. He personally led [-] Jurchen troops and [-] signing troops to face the main force of the West Central Army.

But at this critical moment, news of the imperial court's 20 troops crossing the Huaihe River and the start of the Northern Expedition reached the Western Army Camp in Kaifeng Prefecture.

In the big tent of the Chinese Army in Yuchi County, Chen Qing stared at the sand table with a gloomy face for a long time without saying a word.

Zhang Xiao said in a deep voice: "From this incident, it can be seen that the imperial court is actually in collusion with Jin Bing. They must have received Jin Bing's order to go north across the Huaihe River. Neither, nor retreat."

Chen Qing pointed to the map and said, "I have already ordered Li Qiong to lead an army of [-] troops to defend Xuzhou City to the death. Even though the imperial army can occupy other places, as long as Li Qiong can hold on to Xuzhou City for a month, it will buy us time."

"One month should be enough. We sent [-] barrels of kerosene before, and Li Qiong's army wants to protect the family in the city. They must fight desperately."

Chen Qing walked a few steps with his hands behind his back and said, "But it's not enough to rely on Li Qiong to resist, we also need to send out surprise troops to help."

Zhang Xiao hesitated and said, "I'm afraid that the cavalry will go south and the Huaihe River will be difficult to pass!"

"There is no need to cross the Huai River."

Chen Qing shook his head, pointed to Dangtu County Road on the map: "Our surprise soldiers are here!"

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At four o'clock, a group of scout cavalry rushed to the Western Army camp in Weishi County. Soon, the leader of the scout, Shen Qing, was quickly led to the commander's tent. The soldiers asked him to wait for a while before going in to report.

Chen Qing was woken up by the soldiers in his deep sleep, he was very vigilant, sat up and asked, "What happened?"

The soldiers whispered: "His Royal Highness, there are scouts to report, saying that there is a major enemy situation!"

"Bring him in."

Not long after, Shen Qing was brought into the big tent, and he knelt down on one knee to report: "Shen Qing, the deputy commander of the Flying Eagle Army's scout battalion, reported the urgent military situation to His Highness!"

That's right, he was actually promoted to deputy commander. Chen Qing nodded and said, "Since you are a scout of the Flying Eagle Army, why didn't you report to Little Liu Dutong first!"

"The situation is urgent, and a humble official can't stick to the details."

Seeing his serious attitude, Chen Qing probably didn't intentionally leapfrog the ranks to report. Liu Qiong's Flying Eagle Army was in the south of the city.

"Tell me! What urgent information?"

"We found the main force of the Jin army in Chicang Town, about [-] to [-] people, marching at night, and the direction is Weishi County."

This information is too important. Chicang Town is only sixty miles away from Weishi County. If the opponent's cavalry rushes to attack, they will be killed in an hour.

Chen Qing confirmed again: "Is the information serious?"

"Humble job is willing to guarantee the head!"

Chen Qing stood up and walked out of the big tent to order: "Ring the alarm bell, the whole army muster!"

"Dang! Dang! Dang!"

The alarm bell rang quickly, and the soldiers woke up from their sleep. Thousands of scouts patrolling outside retreated quickly. Twenty thousand crossbowmen rushed to ambush in front of the camp. The rest of the soldiers began to dismantle the tent. The battalion also sounded the alarm.

The enemy cavalry arrived faster than Chen Qing expected. After half an hour, [-] Jurchen cavalry had already killed five miles away from the camp.

The ground began to shake, and the muffled thunder of cavalry cavalry was rumbling. They didn't slow down at all, they just wanted to gather troops before the Western Army had time to get up and kill the Western Army by surprise.

The cavalry was getting closer and closer, only 350 steps away, the dust was flying all over the sky, the moonlight and starlight were all blocked, and the sky and the earth became pitch black.

"Launch the bed crossbow!" Chen Qing ordered coldly.

A thousand bed crossbows were fired at the same time, and five thousand jackdaw arrows shot towards the enemy 350 steps away like a storm.

' Whoosh!Whoosh!Whoosh! Arrows shot into the cavalry group like a torrential rain, and the jackdaw arrows were invincible. They have always been the natural enemy of the Jurchen cavalry, and they are also the most feared weapon of the Jurchen cavalry.

It shot through shields, iron armor, and cavalrymen, and countless cavalrymen fell from their horses.

At this time, Chen Qing gave another order, "Shoot the God Arm Crossbow!"

Ten thousand god-arm crossbowmen launched the second wave of offensive, ten thousand arrows were fired at once, and ten thousand god-arm crossbow arrows flew into the air, shooting at the rushing Jurchen cavalry.

At this moment, the horns of the Jurchen cavalry blew, "Woo-woo-" The low-pitched sound of the horn echoed in the night sky.

The Jurchen cavalry suddenly began to change direction, instead of attacking the Western Army camp, they rushed east. When the Jurchen cavalry found that the Western Army was ready, they gave up the surprise attack and moved east.

But the [-] divine crossbow arrows did not fail, and all of them were shot into the cavalry team, and another group of people turned their backs on their backs, and I don't know how many people were injured or injured.

The Jurchen cavalry also fired arrows in a sprint, shooting arrows in the direction of the west army, and then rushed east.

But the Jurchen cavalry ran a little farther, and [-] Western cavalry rushed out from the camp and began to clean up the battlefield. All the wounded soldiers who were not killed were stabbed to death with a spear.

The results of the battle were quickly counted, and the bodies of more than [-] Jurchen cavalrymen were found, and [-] horses were seized.

This is the price for the enemy's unsuccessful sneak attack, but if the sneak attack is successful, it is very likely that the Western Army will be in chaos, tens of thousands of people will be killed, and Chen Qing will retreat southward in panic.

Wanyan Wushu will definitely pursue and kill him mercilessly.

This was a gamble, but it was a pity that Wanyan Wushu still underestimated the scouts of the Western Army, and ultimately fell short.

Chen Qing then rewarded the scouts heavily and ordered the whole army to assemble and go north.

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On the east bank of the Huimin River about 8 miles north of Yuchi County, the 7000 troops led by Chen Qing encountered the main force of Wanyan Wushu. There were originally [-] people, but now there are still [-] people.

The two armies stopped at a distance of five miles. Both sides lined up neatly, with banners unfurled and murderous intent.

At this time, a Jurchen cavalry came galloping, two hundred steps away from the formation of the Western Army, shot a letter arrow, turned around and galloped five hundred steps away, as if waiting for a reply.

A cavalryman of the Western Army rushed forward to pick up the arrow letter, and returned it to Chen Qing.

When Chen Qing opened the letter, it turned out to be written by Wanyan Wushu himself.

"His Royal Highness King Yong of Sichuan and Shanxi Province, I have left you with regret for letting you escape in the battle of Fuping. In the blink of an eye, it has been more than ten years. I have fought countless battles with you, each with their own victories. Even though they are enemies, they still cherish each other. I pity the Jurchen soldiers from generation to generation. I can't bear to die. If the army of His Royal Highness withdraws from Kaifeng Mansion, I will give up Bianliang and retreat eastward in a month. You can get Bianliang. I will not hurt the soldiers, and everyone will be happy. I swear by longevity, what I said The sentence is true, please think twice!"

Chen Qing couldn't help laughing, and wrote with a pen: "Let your mother's dog fart!" '

He handed the letter to the soldiers, "Shoot it back!"

The soldiers galloped away, shot an arrow, and the opposing cavalry bent down, picked up the letter arrow, and galloped back.

This Wanyanwu technique is still wishful thinking!Give yourself a month, let yourself lead the army to attack the army of the imperial court, and then concentrate his forces to attack Luoyang, and even Ying Tianfu's army will take the opportunity to attack Xuchang to maximize the use of the imperial army.

But it is more likely to confuse myself, let myself think that the meat-eating incident caused the morale of the golden soldiers to be low, and they are unwilling to fight with themselves, thus producing the intention of underestimating the enemy.

If Wanyan Wushu really had the sincerity to let him retreat for Bianliang, why did he send cavalry to attack him last night?He almost succeeded in sneak attacking him.

Chen Qing is the coach, he has to be responsible for the [-] troops, and he doesn't believe every word Wanyan Wushu says.

When Wanyan Wushu received the reply, he opened it impatiently, and when he saw the bottom line, he became furious, tore the letter to pieces, and shouted loudly, "Attack!"

Chapter 27 Fierce Battle

Wanyan Wushu's [-] crooked horses have been wiped out by Yue Fei's army, but he still has [-] iron stupas, that is, heavy armored cavalry. He used [-] iron studs to raid the Western Army's camp last night, but failed. Today He went into battle again.

Tiefutu took the lead in launching the attack, which is its tactical feature. It must be pre-emptive and run strongly to break the enemy's infantry camp.

Nearly [-] Iron Buddhas suddenly mobilized, the sound of horseshoes hit the ground, and the dust filled the air, rushing towards the main infantry formation of the Song Army from three directions...

In addition to the [-] Iron Buddhas, the Jin soldiers also had [-] light cavalry, including [-] Jurchen cavalry and [-] Eastern Hu cavalry, who used cavalry and archery to deal with the Western army, and there were also [-] signing infantry.

Chen Qing led an elite army of [-] troops, [-] infantry experienced in hundreds of battles, and [-] cavalry were also extremely powerful.

Although the Jurchen iron stupa is so powerful that it once swept the world with 20 iron studs, after [-] years of fighting with the Jin soldiers, the Song army gradually found a way to deal with the iron stud. Yue Fei grasped the weakness of the iron stud, Like the Kidnapper Horse, Tiefutu's weakness is also on the horse, attacking the lower body of the horse.

And Chen Qing also has his own way to deal with the enemy's Tiefutu. He had defeated the Tiefutu in Xixia, and used the formation to withstand the impact of the Tiefutu, and then the firearms and spears could gradually wipe out the enemy's Tiefutu.

Chen Qing personally commanded [-] infantry, and ordered Liu Qiong, Tang Qian, and Xu Qing to lead [-] cavalry each to fight against the enemy's [-] light cavalry. Thirty thousand infantry.

In this decisive battle, the fierce battle between Chen Qing's [-] infantry and the [-] Jurchen Tiefutu became the key to the victory of the entire battle.

Chen Qing raised his halberd and roared, "My sons of the Great Song Dynasty, this is the land of Bianliang, our most tragic and shameful capital city, the moment of revenge is coming, let us use iron and blood to wash away the shame of our fathers, and fight the enemy to the death, we must Win! Must win!"

Fifty thousand soldiers were full of enthusiasm, raised their guns and shouted, "We must win! We must win!"

The morale of the Western Army broke out, and a bloody battle kicked off...

The [-] elite cavalry on the left flank went up to meet the enemy's [-] light cavalry, and the [-] cavalry on the right flank also rushed to the enemy's [-] infantry.

The [-] infantry in the middle quickly formed two large square formations, one on the left and the other on the right, to face the [-] heavy armored cavalry killed by the enemy's flash flood.

But the bravery of the soldiers is not enough, and the effective deployment of the general is also needed. When facing the Jurchen Tiefutu, Chen Qing gave up the traditional front row crossbowmen. big secret.

Last night, the Jurchen Iron Buddha lost 800 people. Chen Qing found that 400 of them died from the jackdaw arrows from the bed crossbow, and only 400 people died from the god-arm crossbow. Iron Buddha.

Discovering this secret, Chen Qing resolutely canceled the crossbow formation and bow formation, and used five thousand throwers and five thousand heavy-duty god-arm crossbows instead. Each of the five thousand throwers carried five fine steel short spears, which could throw three Ten paces away, no amount of powerful heavy armored cavalry could block its sharp blow. Six thousand throwers are very flexible and can stand at will and wait for the opportunity to move.

The first row is 1 black-armored infantry led by Lu Gui and Peng Qi respectively, a total of [-] people, deployed in the first row of the two army formations respectively. One foot and eight inches, they can be hacked and stabbed, and they are extremely sharp. They are actually the Modao Army of the Song Dynasty, that is, the heavy armored infantry. The equipment of a heavy armored infantry is huge, and ordinary small separatist forces cannot afford to build such an army. .

The [-] sets of heavy armor were also seized from Xixia and Wanyan Nianhan's black-armored cavalry. Chen Qing himself used fine iron to forge [-] three-pointed double-edged knives to form this heavy armored infantry.

After the second row, there are [-] hooked spear troops and [-] tomahawk troops. They are the main force of the formation. They used to be spear troops, but in order to deal with the enemy's Iron Buddha, they switched to hook sickles and long-handled battle axes. , Training for two full years, just for this moment.

But the core part is still forty chariots. They are responsible for throwing powder kegs and fire oil balls, especially gunpowder kegs.