Fenghou

He really didn't expect that the Qi army was so sparse, and the [-] troops were defeated by tens of thousands of unarmed hungry people, which made Wanyan Loushi shocked and angry. If the food was robbed by the hungry people, the logistics of the various armies would not be guaranteed.

None of them let themselves worry.

Wanyan Loushi held a golden backed sword in his hand, his eyes shot out with anger, he had already seen from a distance that Cangcheng had fallen, and countless hungry people came out of Cangcheng carrying grain bags.

"Kill me, leave no one behind!" Wanyan Loushi gave the order to kill.

The cavalry suddenly mobilized, like a gust of wind blowing on the flat ground, and swept towards Cangcheng hundreds of steps away, but they ran less than 200 steps away, and arrows were suddenly fired from the alleys on both sides of the street and from the roof, and a crossbow The arrows were so powerful that they shot the Jurchen cavalry running in front of them, causing nearly [-] casualties in an instant.

Wanyan Loushi was taken aback. It turned out that the Song army joined the battle. No wonder the hungry people rushed into the city?

He didn't know the reality of the Song army, and shouted loudly: "Stop advancing, retreat immediately!"

At this time, a crossbow bolt 'whoosh! It was shot towards Wanyan Loushi's throat, the speed was incomparably fast, Wanyan Loushi was taken aback, and swung his knife to block, "Dang! With a sound, the crossbow was swung away, and a soldier behind was unable to dodge, and was shot in the chest by an arrow. The powerful crossbow pierced through the iron armor and pierced the heart. The soldier screamed and fell off his horse.

Wanyan Loushi's right arm was slightly numb from the shock of the arrow, he was secretly surprised, what a powerful arrow.

The remaining [-] cavalry raised their shields and retreated one after another. Hundreds of Song Army soldiers on the roof put down their crossbows and arrow pots, replaced them with shields and spears, quickly jumped down from the eaves, and rushed out from the alleys on both sides.

The leading general was riding on a horse, holding a big iron gun, and said coldly: "Marshal Wanyan, I have been waiting for you for a long time!"

Wanyan Loushi looked at him in astonishment, and asked, "Who are you?"

"Chen Qing, the scout chief of the Eight Character Army!"

Wanyan Loushi laughed, "I know you, Wushu offered a reward of [-] guan to take your head. I thought it was some kind of god, but it turned out to be just a small head."

"That's right! A little Dutoute from Da Song is here to challenge you!"

Chen Qing waved his gun and said proudly: "Wanyan Loushi, do you dare to challenge me one-on-one?"

"You all control Wu Jie and are also defeated by me. Do you think you are qualified to fight me one-on-one?"

Chen Qing raised his head and laughed loudly, "I heard that you are a sick cat, so I took advantage of your illness to take your head. If you dare not fight, it doesn't matter, let your men let go!"

Wanyan Loushi is known as the Tiger of Wanyan Mountain. He hated people saying that he was a sick cat. He was furious and swung his sword, "Okay! This commander will fulfill you and send you to heaven!"

The guard general Yin Muya was shocked, "Marshal, there are only a few hundred people on the other side, we can destroy them in one charge, you are seriously ill, you can no longer gamble with the Song army."

"fart!"

Wanyan Loushi stared, "This old man has been in the world for 30 years, and he has never been defeated for a while. Even Wu Jie was defeated by me. He is a small head, and I crushed him with one finger!"

Wanyan Loushi urged the horse, and charged towards Chen Qing with a knife in hand. Chen Qing shouted loudly and charged forward with his gun.

The two horses greeted each other, Wanyan Loushi gave a loud roar, and swung his saber to slash.

Chen Qing shouted, "Good time!"

He blocked the shot, 'Dang! ' There was a loud bang, sparks flew, and both of them were shaken so that their arms went numb.

The two sides staggered, Chen Qing shot backhand, the tip of the gun was as fast as lightning, and pierced Wan Yan Loushi's back, but Wanyan Loushi didn't dodge. Qing's left shoulder, this seems to be an all-in-one fight, but the result is bound to be one dead and one injured, and Chen Qing took advantage.

With a thought in his mind, Chen Qing drew his gun and swiped it horizontally, saying "Dang!" With a loud noise, the weapons of both sides almost flew together, and the horses separated immediately.

Wanyan Loushi chuckled, "Boy, the reaction is quite fast, but unfortunately you are wrong!"

Chen Qing realized at a critical moment that the opponent must be wearing inner armor, and this shot might not be able to pierce the vest, but his arm was gone.

But Wanyan Loushi told him that he was not wearing armor, and he made a mistake in judgment.

The two roared and urged their horses to charge up again. Both of them were powerful and fast, and they were dazzling. After ten rounds of fighting, Wanyan Loushi was seriously ill after all, and gradually began to feel exhausted.

But Chen Qing's weakness also came out, that is the war horse, his war horse is very ordinary, the speed is relatively slow, and it is a bit unable to withstand the strength of the two sides.

Wanyan Loushi has so much experience, he already has a plan to kill the opponent in his mind.

The two horses approached again, Wanyan Loushi let out a loud roar, cut across the waist, and a gust of cold wind swept over.

Chen Qing suddenly disappeared from the horse, Wanyan Loushi sneered, "Crack! ’ This knife hit Chen Qing’s warhorse directly on the head.

But at the moment when the horse's head was slashed by the sword, a short spear suddenly shot out from under the horse's belly like lightning, and it arrived in front of him in an instant. Wanyan Loushi's body leaned forward, and the sword was embedded in the horse's skull. It was too late to counterattack, even if he dropped his sword and fell off the horse, he could only avoid the vital point.

Wanyan Loushi hesitated for a moment, 'Pfft! ' The short spear pierced his throat, the point protruding from the nape of his neck.

Chen Qing tumbled to the ground, knelt down on one knee, held the spear tightly in his right hand, and watched Wanyan Loushi slowly fall from the horse coldly.

"This move is thanks to your subordinates!"

This round of the two men was like a rabbit rising and falling, seeing blood at the same time, the soldiers on both sides did not see it clearly, until Wan Yanlou's room fell from the horse, and Chen Qing's body stood up with a gun, and everyone knew that Chen Qing had defeated Wanyan Lou room.

"Master—"

The guard yelled at Yin Muya in grief.

Chen Qing turned on Wanyan Loushi's war horse, swung his sword and cut off Wanyan Loushi's head, and with a spear, lifted Wanyan Loushi's head in the air.

The five hundred Song soldiers erupted in an instant, and the cheers soared into the sky.

"Revenge for the commander in chief, kill them all!"

Yin Muya screamed wildly, galloped on his horse, and rushed towards Chen Qing brandishing a mace. The eight hundred Jurchen cavalry also screamed wildly, and charged at the soldiers of the Song Army with hatred in their hearts.

This is the decisive battle of life and death facing the five hundred Song troops...

Chapter 15 The Decisive Battle

Chen Qing calmly looked at the Jurchen cavalry rushing forward. They could withdraw from the narrow alleys on both sides, and the cavalry could only rush to the city gate to block them, but...

The square a hundred paces away behind them was full of old people and children. Every child had a smile on their face, happily waiting for their parents to come back, as well as those gray-haired old people.

Leave the hope of life to them!

Five hundred soldiers held spears and shields, half kneeling on the ground, quietly waiting for the arrival of the cavalry shock wave.

First, hundreds of arrows were shot like a storm, and the soldiers of the Song Army raised their shields to resist the dense arrows.

However, the speed of the Jurchen cavalry was not affected by the archery at all. They accelerated and ran wildly, and everyone's eyes shone with a fierce light like a beast.

Fifty steps to go.

Chen Qing suddenly sneered, urged his horse to gallop forward, swung his spear, and flew Wanyan Loushi's headless corpse into the air three feet high, "Fight!" 'The body fell heavily to the ground.

Watching the corpse fly up and fall down again, all the Jurchen cavalry shouted and reined in their horses desperately, lest their own horses would trample on the lord's corpse.

Yinmuya took the first step, leaned forward and grabbed Wanyan Loushi's body, avoiding the trampling of the war horse, but the violent tornado instantly became smaller and the arrows stopped.

Chen Qing seized this opportunity and shouted sharply, "Let the Jurchen Tartars taste the power of the Song warriors, kill them!"

"Kill ah-"

Five hundred soldiers stood up one after another, threw away their shields, and charged forward with spears in hand.

Chen Qing took the lead and swept his spears. Three Jurchen cavalrymen screamed and fell off their horses. Someone nearby shouted, "Return my lord's head!"

The guards waved Yinmuya's mace and rushed towards Chen Qing. He was so angry that he wished he could smash Chen Qing's head to pieces.

Chen Qing sneered, and with a shake of the long spear, the big iron gun pressed down on the opponent's mace, and the tip of the gun pierced the opponent's throat like lightning.

Yinmuya blocked the spear upwards, but unexpectedly the spear was as if weighed down by a jack, and remained motionless, Yinmuya knew something was wrong, and widened his eyes in horror.

"puff!"

The tip of the spear pierced through Yinmu Fang's mouth, piercing through the head in an instant.

Chen Qing turned over his corpse, swiped his spear, and charged towards the most densely populated place of the enemy army. Wherever he went, he killed the Jurchen cavalrymen on their backs, leaving dead bodies everywhere.

The reason why Chen Qing dared to lead his army to a decisive battle with a thousand Jurchen cavalry was also because the terrain was not conducive to cavalry combat. The width of Shangdongmen Street was only ten feet, 30 meters. It needs to run and hit, and it is even more impossible on the ten-foot-wide street.

This is actually a kind of street fighting. The infantry has the upper hand, at least evenly matched with the enemy. The infantry and cavalry huddle together. If the spears cannot be used, they will use the saber to cut, stab with the dagger, and bite with the teeth. The narrow streets are full of blood and flesh. , dead bodies piled up.

But the Jurchen cavalry also has an advantage, that is, riding and shooting. The cavalry behind cannot rush up, so they pick up their bows and shoot arrows one after another. Five or sixty people were shot down by Jurchen cavalry arrows, causing heavy casualties.

Chen Qing was really anxious, he suddenly saw a few Jurchen cavalrymen falling from their horses with arrows behind him, his eyes raised, and then Chen Qing realized that a dozen Song soldiers on the roof used the cover of the roof to calmly shoot the enemy with crossbow arrows, while the Jurchen The cavalry also had nothing to do with them.

Chen Qing slapped his forehead hard, and shouted: "Yang Hua, Zheng Ping, you each lead a hundred brothers to the room and shoot the enemy!"

"Follow the order!"

Immediately, Yang Hua and Zheng Ping led a hundred soldiers each to quickly climb up to the roof, lying on the roof and shooting the Jurchen cavalry with crossbow arrows.

In the dark, the Jurchen cavalry kept turning over and falling off their horses, or their horses were shot down, forcing the Jurchen cavalry not to raise their shields to resist, and unable to use their cavalry and shooting, and the battle entered a stalemate again.

At this moment, countless black figures suddenly rushed out from the alleys on both sides, and rained down on the Jurchen cavalry with spears, hoes, and wood. It was refugees and people from the city who came to help the battle, and the number was increasing. Many, tens of thousands of people were killed from all directions.

"retreat!"

Seeing that the situation was not good, a centurion shouted orders.

More than 100 cavalrymen turned their horses and followed the centurion and ran westward. Before the people in the west could get together, they broke through a road and fled in panic.

The remaining Jurchen cavalry had no chance to escape, and were gradually overwhelmed by the angry crowd, and all died tragically under the hoes and sticks of the common people.

……

It was finally dawn, and groups of Song Army cavalry shouted loudly in the city: "The Jurchens are coming back, please leave Jingzhao City as soon as possible and move to Hanzhong!"

Chen Qing came to Cangcheng with a few of his men. On the square, many hungry families were packing food and belongings. The children were holding the food bags with smiles on their faces.

The major warehouses in Cangcheng have been swept away by refugees and 10,000+ people in the city, and some old people are still picking up scattered copper coins on the ground.

"Gentlemen, let's go!" Chen Qing reminded the elders.

"General, is Shaanxi Road really unsafe?" An old man asked unwillingly.

Chen Qing nodded, Shaanxi Road is indeed over.

Although he captured Jingzhao City in a sneak attack, the elite Western Army was completely lost in the Battle of Fuping, and Jin Guo will soon increase its troops in Guanzhong. With the current strength and morale of the Song Army, it is no longer possible to compete with the Jurchen cavalry.

"Okay! Let's listen to the general and hurry south to Guanzhong."

Under the urging of Chen Qinghe's subordinates, groups of refugees began to leave Jingzhao City one after another, and moved towards Hanzhong along Ziwu Road. Not only the hungry people from Tongzhou, but also many people from Jingzhao City also left their homes and went south. .

Everyone understood that they plundered the Jin Bing's logistics and food supplies. Once the main force of the Jin Bing came back, they would definitely retaliate against them a hundred times and a thousand times.

Even the people who did not want to leave their homes began to leave the city and move to the countryside, and the entire Jingzhao City was mobilized.

In the fierce battle last night, although a thousand Jurchen cavalrymen were wiped out with the help of the terrain and the common people, Chen Qing's men also suffered heavy casualties. Nearly two hundred soldiers died in battle, and more than half of them were shot by the Jurchen cavalry's arrows. kill.

It was also this battle that made Chen Qing deeply appreciate the power of riding and shooting. It is no wonder that since the Han and Tang Dynasties, proficiency in bowing horses has been an essential foundation for a general. Without riding and shooting, it is tantamount to breaking off a wing. He has to find opportunities to practice riding. Shoot.

At noon, Chen Qinghe's men were about to evacuate.

Lieutenant General Yang Yuanqing immediately stepped forward and said loudly: "General, brothers are all ready!"

They seized more than 600 war horses, and cleaned up Wanyan Loushi's mansion in the middle of the night. Every soldier made a small windfall, and everyone was overjoyed.

Chen Qing's original plan was to go to Dasan Pass to join the main forces of the Bazi Army, but bandits were rampant on Meridian Road, and he was worried about the people going south, so he decided to lead the army to take the first step to clean up the bandits for the people.

"set off!"

Chen Qing gave an order and led [-] cavalry to gallop towards Ziwu Road.

……

After the main force of the Jin soldiers captured Jingzhao City, the main force headed west all the way to conquer Yaozhou and Fengxiang Mansion. After conquering Fengxiang Mansion, the Jin soldiers divided into two groups. , Continue to attack Pingliang Mansion and Jingzhou, where there are more than ten thousand Jingyuan troops led by Liu Kai.

In addition, Wanyan Alu led an army of [-] to fight against Liu Ziyu's remnants in Weizhou.

On the other side, Wanyan Zongbi led [-] Jurchen troops and [-] Han descendants, marched southward from Fengxiang Mansion to approach Dasan Pass, and confronted Wu Jie and Wang Yan's [-] troops in the Heshangyuan area.

At this time, the commander-in-chief Zhang Jun had led the remnants of the Song army to retreat southward to Hanzhong, and the Jin soldiers had not completely occupied Shaanxi Road and Xihe Road. There is a possibility of a counterattack.

In the big tent, Wanyan Zongbi paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, feeling very uneasy. He sent two eagle letters to Jingzhao yesterday morning and early this morning, inquiring about the arrangement of food and grass. He should have replied yesterday afternoon, but now the sky is approaching At dusk, there was still no news from Jingzhao, which really worried him.

It stands to reason that Jingzhao should have quite a number of troops. There are [-] Jurchen soldiers and [-] Qi troops from Tongzhou to help defend. It should be safe, but why is there no news from Jingzhao so far?

Could it be that Yingxin was intercepted by Song Army spies halfway, and Jingzhao didn't receive his letter?Impossible, even if it is intercepted once, it is impossible to intercept it twice.

At this moment, there was a rush of horseshoes outside, approaching from far away, and stopped near his big tent, and then someone shouted in a crying voice: "I want to see the fourth prince, it's an emergency!"

Wanyan Zongbi walked out of the big tent quickly, and saw a soldier almost collapsed on the ground, supported by two sentry cavalry.

"What happened?" Wanyan Zongbi asked sharply.

The soldier knelt in front of Wanyan Zongbi and cried loudly, "Jingzhao was ambushed, Marshal... Marshal was killed!"

Wanyan Zongbi's eyes widened in shock, "Where did the Song army come from to attack Jingzhao? What does it mean that the marshal died in battle? Could it be Wanyan Loushi..."

Wanyan Zongbi stepped forward and grabbed the soldier's skirt, and yelled loudly: "Tell me clearly, if you don't say anything else, I will kill you with one knife!"

"A Song army raided Jingzhao. They brought tens of thousands of refugees. The city defenders couldn't resist. The refugees robbed Cangcheng. Marshal Wanyan led the guards to suppress it. They encountered the Song army halfway. Pick, the marshal is defeated and killed!"

Wanyan Zongbi's eyes were red, he gritted his teeth and asked, "How many people are there?"

"About 500 people!"