One Piece of Song Dynasty

Soon Hu Yantong gathered the only fifty bed crossbows in the entire army. After gathering them, he began to shoot at the Jin Army cavalry. The bed crossbows had a maximum range of meters, which was far greater than the Thunder Chariot and Tiger Crouching Cannon. The firing range is far, and the Jin cavalry is useless even five hundred meters away from the Song camp.

The huge power of the bed crossbow can often shoot through two or three people at once, just like skewers of sugar-coated haws. The first round of firing fifty bed crossbows caused more than a hundred casualties to the Jin Army's cavalry. This number is relatively small compared to Although the number of Jin Army's huge cavalry was only a drop in the bucket, it also caused waves of commotion among the Jin Army's cavalry.

When Sa Lihe saw that the cavalry formation was wavering, he quickly ordered: "Hu Zhan, go and stabilize everyone, and spread out the formation a little bit. This will help avoid the enemy's crossbows."

Hu Zhan nodded and said, "Yes, Marshal."

After the formation of the Jin Army's cavalry dispersed, the casualties caused by the crossbows were reduced a lot. Qu Duan watched for a while and found that the Jin Army's cavalry did not retreat as much as he wanted, and then returned to the camp.

Taiyuan has become a small fight, but the offensive and defensive battle on Feihu is still going on fiercely. Starting from the th, Han Shizhong commanded the army to attack for three consecutive days. Today is the fourth day, and the Jin army in the city has already The initial number of people dropped to , and Han Shizhong's men also lost nearly people.

Han Shizhong, who was holding a telescope, saw with his own eyes that his army's offensive was repelled by the Jin army again. He returned to the commander's tent with a gloomy face. Looking at Han Shizhong who looked unhappy, Wang Quan advised: "Commander Han, don't be anxious, attack the city." War has been difficult since ancient times. Our army has been attacking for three days in a row. In the end, we will see that Feihu City is in dilapidated condition and cannot hold out for more than a few days."

Han Shizhong sighed: "If things were normal, I would certainly not be in a hurry. This battle is not just about Feihu. We have been attacking the city for three days. The Jin army in Taiyuan should have received the news. Maybe they are withdrawing. If If we cannot break through Feihu in time and seize Daizhou, we will not be able to block the opponent's retreat. Now we are competing with the Jin Army for time. You all should think carefully about whether there is any way to defeat Feihu City as soon as possible."

The generals didn't say anything after thinking for a while. Jiang Feng, who had been acting as a transparent person next to Han Shizhong, said: "Han Shuai, there is actually a way to break Feihu City."

Jiang Feng, a graduate of the Chongwu Academy in Xinghan City, was assigned to Han Shizhong as a staff officer before the Northern Expedition. However, because he was a newcomer, Jiang Feng did not speak much after he came to the army. He just followed Han Shizhong silently and watched everything in the army. .

Han Shizhong looked at this little brother who had been a transparent person beside him for several months and said, "Oh, what can you do?"

Jiang Feng replied: "You can use gunpowder to blow open the city wall. There are still nearly kilograms of gunpowder in the army. Take two thousand kilograms and bury them under the city gate, and then detonate them to definitely blow down the city wall near the city gate."

Han Shizhong was surprised and said: "Concentrate the gunpowder and use this method. You have used it before."

Jiang Feng shook his head and said: "I haven't used it before, but I heard it from the teacher when I was in Chongwu Academy, and we did a small experiment at that time. We used dozens of kilograms of gunpowder to blow up a small brick house, so we will not be able to use it." I feel that to blow up the city wall, thousands of kilograms of gunpowder must be used intensively."

Han Shizhong slapped the table and said: "Okay, let's try this method. Jiang Feng, I will leave this matter to you. You can choose anyone from the army, don't weigh two thousand pounds. I will leave it to you." I’ll add one thousand catties to you, making a total of three thousand catties for your use.”

Jiang Feng clasped his fists and said, "The final general will get the order."

After receiving the order, Jiang Feng summoned some soldiers and divided three thousand kilograms of gunpowder into dozens of wooden barrels. Then Jiang Feng personally led the soldiers holding shields under the cover of the army and used vehicles modified as battering rams to attack the gunpowder. All the gunpowder was delivered to the city gate.

When he arrived at the city gate, Jiang Feng asked half of the soldiers to hold up shields to resist the attack of the Jin army on the city. At the same time, he directed the remaining soldiers to dig a hole at the base of the city wall. After the hole was dug, he fixed the gunpowder barrel and then pulled out the fuse. , then slowly retreated with the shield in hand. After retreating fifty meters, Jiang Feng lit the fuse with a fire stick.

After the fuse was lit, Jiang Feng led the soldiers and ran back crazily with shields in hand. After running a hundred meters, he heard a loud bang under Feihu City, and then saw the city wall near the city gate collapse. Hundreds of golden soldiers were also buried.

Han Shizhong was stunned for a moment when he saw this scene and then laughed loudly and said: "Okay, Jiang Feng did a good job. Pass the commander's order and the entire army launches a general attack on Feihu."

Wanyan Yuying, who was directing the battle on the nearby city wall, heard a loud noise and was shaken to the ground. When he stood up, he saw that the city gate had collapsed, and then he froze there, mouthing He murmured: "It's over, it's all over, Feihu can't hold on any longer."

Seeing him like this, the soldiers hurriedly woke him up and said: "General, retreat quickly, the city can no longer be defended."

Wanyan Yuying came to his senses and said bitterly: "Let's gather a few hundred of our cavalry and rush out of the city to Yu County. Daizhou is not allowed. That must be the Song Army's next target."

In this way, Wanyan Yuying hurriedly gathered hundreds of cavalry and rushed out from the north gate to escape. After Wanyan Yuying escaped, someone reported the situation to Han Shizhong. Han Shizhong said: "Don't worry about them, quickly clean up the battlefield and then drive towards Lingqiu." , the captives sent a thousand soldiers to Yizhou."

On the afternoon of the th, the Jin army's infantry retreating from the north of Taiyuan arrived at Shiling Pass one after another. After Peng Xuan arrived at Shiling Pass, he took over the defense of Shiling Pass in accordance with Jin Wushu's order. Jin Wushu arrived at Shiling Pass. After Lingguan, Peng Xuan did not stop to make arrangements and continued to lead the army north.

Sa Lihe didn't order the retreat until the afternoon when he estimated that Jin Wushu had led his army to Shiling Pass. After receiving the order, a group of cavalry withdrew northward as if they were amnesty in a dream. Throughout the day, the Jin army's cavalry were shot with crossbows by the Song army. There were about a thousand people. Although the number was not large, it still put a lot of pressure on the Jin Army cavalry.

After the Jin Army's cavalry withdrew, Qu Duan called Yue Yundao: "General Yue, the Jin Army's cavalry has left. You can follow us with our cavalry, but don't chase too closely. A certain person will arrive with his infantry soon." , if you are attacked by the Jin Army’s cavalry, don’t hesitate to fight, your numbers are small and you cannot afford to lose.”

Yue Yun cupped his fists and said, "Don't worry, Commander Qu, I've written it down."

Yue Yun took the order and left with his cavalry. Qu Duan called Wang Yan again and said: "Wang Yan, you must gather people as quickly as possible to follow Yue Yun. I will lead the army soon."

Wang Yan cupped his fists and said, "Yes, Commander."

Then Qu Duan arranged for Jiang Wu to take over people and repair Taiyuan City. Taiyuan City was too important. Now that it was recovered, it must be rebuilt into a fortress.