Fenghou

"Ah!" Several soldiers screamed almost at the same time. Four soldiers were shot by the poisoned crossbow and fell to the ground, convulsing all over.

"Leave them alone, run!"

The leading soldier let out a low cry, and led several other soldiers to continue running. Ten steps away from the ditch, another few arrows shot, and three more fell down. Finally, the three threw the mud bag into the ditch, turned around and ran, After running a few steps, the three of them fell to the ground one after another and never got up again.

Teams of soldiers were shot to death by the crossbow arrows on the top of the city. At five o'clock, the trenches were less than half filled, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood.

There were less than a thousand soldiers transporting mud bags, and the front of the trench was full of puppet soldiers who were shot and killed. The more than 1000 soldiers killed in battle alone were enough to fill the remaining half of the trench.

"General, the casualties are too heavy. It's already the fifth watch, and I've only filled in half. I'm afraid I won't be able to complete the task."

Xia Jin looked at the night sky, and asked hoarsely, "How many more brothers?"

"There are less than 700 people."

Xia Jin's heart twitched suddenly, and in one night, 300 people were killed in battle.

Xia Jin thought of Wanyan Wulu's cruelty and ruthlessness, and his heart was bleeding with hatred. He immediately ordered: "Order all the soldiers to assemble!"

After a while, the exhausted soldiers regrouped, everyone was covered in mud, and their faces were full of frustration, fatigue and numbness to death.

It was impossible to surrender to the Song army, and he would surely die if he returned to the barracks. Xia Jin felt a slap in the face, he had no way out, and had to lead his army to flee to Xixia.

"let's go!"

Xia Jin led the remaining [-] soldiers to quickly evacuate to Taniguchi, but as soon as he arrived at Taniguchi, flames burst out on both sides, and thousands of Han soldiers surrounded them from all directions.

The leading general is a one-eyed general, Han Chang, a well-known Han general in the Jurchen army. He lost one eye in the Battle of Fuping, but his military strength has not diminished. He is currently serving as the left deputy general on the western front, commanding [-] Han troops.

Han Chang waved his sword and said coldly: "The camp is in the east, why does General Xia want to go west?"

Xia Jin was terrified, Wanyan Wulu actually set up an ambush to deal with him, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and say: "I am originally from Xixia, since the commander Wanyan doesn't tolerate me, I can only return to Xixia, the general is also Han, hope the general understand!"

Han Chang raised his head and laughed, but suddenly he stopped his smile and said coldly: "The commander ordered you to take down the Jiandao Pass, but you ended it in a single battle. You delayed the army's strategy to go south, how can the commander spare you?"

"But the coach asked me to make a siege ladder, but he didn't let me continue to fight!"

"That's just because I was afraid that you would surrender to the Song army, so I deliberately stabilized you. You are in command, don't you know that military orders are like mountains?"

Xia Jin knew that he would not be spared, he suddenly shouted, "Break out!"

So he pulled his horse to kill in the northwest direction. Han Chang sneered, drew his bow and set up an arrow, and shot it out.

'puff! '

This arrow was powerful enough to pierce iron, and the spike pierced Xia Jin's body, protruding from his chest. Xia Jin screamed and died instantly.

Han Chang yelled: "If one is not left, the whole army will be killed!"

……

At dawn, the ditch was completely filled up. Finally, Han Chang took action. He dispatched an army of [-]. He used the method of two people holding up shields and one carrying a mud bag to completely fill up the ditch in an hour. There are only more than three hundred people.

He also took away all the dead soldiers. Han Chang knew in his heart that they would bear the brunt of the epidemic. He was more cautious than Song Jun in dealing with the dead soldiers.

On the top of the city, the soldiers who had fought fiercely all night went down to the city to rest, and a new batch of guarding soldiers were replaced at the top of the city. Although Chen Qing fought until midnight, he was not sleepy and looked down at the city with a solemn expression.

He realized the threat of shields to Guancheng. The opponent was wearing hard armor and leather armor. If he held a shield, step bows and crossbow arrows would not be able to pierce the shield or leather armor. Leather armor, but that's because it has enough height. Shooting arrows downward from the height of ten floors, the acceleration of soldier arrows is enough to shoot through shields, but here it is only three stories high. If it is thrown upwards, soldier arrows may be able to shoot Pierce enemy shields.

But no matter how you shoot, there are only three hundred soldiers on the top of the city, and you can shoot and kill more than a thousand people at most, but the attack on tens of thousands of people is insignificant.

The key is still the hand-to-hand combat of the siege, which is the main battlefield. I used to value bows and arrows in the past, so I avoided it a bit.

"Replace all the orders with defensive bows!"

As for the more than forty bed crossbows, Chen Qing finally held back, they were his last weapons, and he would not take them out until the last moment.

Yang Hua led a group of soldiers to send boulders and logs to the top of the city. At this moment, a low-pitched horn sounded from afar.

"Ugh-"

The horn sounded outside the valley, Chen Qing's eyes narrowed into a line, and the war broke out again.

"Beat the drum, prepare to fight!"

Suddenly, the drums on the Guancheng were loud.

……

The [-]-strong army shouted the bottom-sinking slogan, with a murderous look, and the formation was neat. The phalanx formed by the soldiers in black armor was like a black flag covering the valley.

They were all puppet soldiers. They were originally Song soldiers with low morale and loose military discipline. After surrendering to the Jin soldiers, they learned to plunder and kill with wolves. The animal nature in their bodies was stimulated, and their combat effectiveness became stronger.

Six thousand soldiers lined up in the valley with spears and shields in their hands. The dust was flying, and the tip of the spears flickered in the dark valley, and the canyon was filled with murderous aura.

There are dozens of siege ladders in the team, all of which are military siege ladders made by professional craftsmen. They are sturdy and wrapped in cowhide. The siege ladders made by carpenters in Siyang County are completely incomparable.

The general commanding this army is still General Han Chang, followed by [-] Jurchen cavalry far behind, holding spears or sharp axes, they are both supervisors and guards. Ten Jurchen generals.

Six thousand soldiers of the puppet army stopped one mile away from the pass city. Han Chang stared at the pass city for a moment.

"Whoever conquers the city will be rewarded with a hundred guan, and whoever conquers the city will be rewarded ten beauties with a thousand guan!"

Jin Bing has always been promising on the battlefield, as long as he can survive, the reward will be fulfilled, and the soldiers of the puppet army shouted excitedly.

Han Chang waved his saber and shouted: "Beat the drum! The first battalion strikes!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The huge war drum sounded suddenly, and a thousand soldiers of the puppet army lined up in front rushed towards the city carrying twenty siege ladders...

Han Chang was also experienced in many battles. The opponent's gate was narrow and could only accommodate two or three hundred people at most. Their arrow attacks did not affect the overall situation, not to mention that the soldiers had shields, so he didn't need to prepare a bow and arrow array.

On the top of the city, Chen Qing looked coldly at the thousand enemy soldiers rushing towards him like a tide, and he turned his head and ordered: "The bows of the defenders in the city shoot at the same time!"

Chapter 41 Wolf Soldier

Two hundred steps...150 steps...one hundred steps...eighty steps...

On the top of the city, [-] soldiers lined up in two rows holding city bows, with the arrows pointing upward at a [-]-degree angle.

In the city, [-] soldiers of the Song Army also lined up in five rows, holding the city bows and waiting in full force. Their arrows will fly over the city and shoot out of the city.

Entering the [-]-step line, Chen Qing ordered: "Shoot!"

'Bang!Bang!Bang!Bang! '

With the sound of clappers, eight hundred arrows shot up from the top of the city and inside the city one after the other, drawing high arcs in the air, and then turned around in the air, falling down like a ten-story building. , the penetrating power is stronger.

Wanyan Alu stared at the shot bow and arrow, and said calmly: "There are at most a thousand defenders in the city!"

"Raise your shield!"

Xue Yong, the commander of the first battalion, shouted, and the puppet soldiers who were running raised their shields one after another.

Strong soldiers and arrows 'whoosh!Whoosh! 'Falling down, the shields could not resist the penetrating power of the soldiers' arrows, and they were shot through one after another, and the screams rang out. More than 150 soldiers were shot by the soldiers' arrows and fell to the ground.

The remaining puppet soldiers continued to run wildly, and the second round of arrows from the top of the city shot out...

Holding a shield and a long spear, Chen Qing evaluated the effect of the soldiers' arrows on the top of the city. The enemy's casualties from the two rounds of arrows were visually estimated to be close to 300 people. As he estimated, the shooting angle was as high as [-] degrees, and the soldiers' arrows would be enough to destroy the enemy. The height of the shield, but this also sacrificed the distance and shot fewer rounds of arrows.

"Axe is ready!"

Yang Yuanqing yelled, and thirty soldiers with long-handled sharp axes stood by the city wall. At this time, the attacking soldiers rushed through the filled trench and rushed to the city...

At the same time, Han Chang ordered: "The second battalion rush up!"

The sound of drums was loud, and another thousand soldiers rushed towards Guancheng...

A siege ladder was erected on the city wall, and long iron hooks hooked the city wall. Puppet soldiers holding spears raised their shields and climbed to the top of the city. The ax slashed at the rung, 'Crack! ' One rung was cut, and then the second and the third, and the axeman stepped back.

The leading siege soldier also quickly climbed to the top of the city, but he unexpectedly discovered that three rungs were missing from the siege ladder, and he couldn't get up. The puppet soldiers were stunned for a moment.

"go to hell!"

The soldiers of the Song Army at the head of the city roared, and a heavy rolling log fell from the sky and hit the shield held high by the leading soldier. The shield was blown away, and the soldier couldn't stand still. Five or six soldiers.

"Boom!" The falling giant log rolled and fell, hitting a soldier's head hard. The soldier's brains were smashed and he died tragically on the spot.

This is just a series of accidents that happened to one ladder. In fact, all the siege ladders are performing the same script, with sharp axes slashing, rungs breaking, and rolling logs and rocks falling like hail.

The screams continued, and the puppet soldiers on the siege ladder became a little timid. Xue Yong was furious, and shouted: "Go up to me, whoever dares to take a step back, beheaded immediately!"

As soon as he finished speaking, three powerful crossbow arrows were shot from the top of the horse-faced wall. He was locked on by three tiger shooters at the same time. All three arrows shot at his vitals, the head and neck, which were exposed outside the shield. parts.

The god arm crossbow is powerful, and the arrow speed is too fast. Xue Yong just realized the danger, but it was too late. He was hit by three arrows in a row, blood splashed on his forehead, and his neck was pierced by an arrow, and he fell to the ground and died.

Hundreds of siege soldiers retreated in panic, but the second round of 1000 soldiers came. Led by [-] puppet soldiers, the enemy launched another attack on the top of the city. Soldiers kept smashing from the siege ladders, and the soldiers under the city were flying blood and flesh, causing heavy casualties.

At this moment, the bell to withdraw troops rang, 'When!when!when! '

Han Chang finally noticed the problem. The twenty siege ladders on the top of the city had become useless, and no matter how brave the soldiers were, they would not be able to attack them.

The siege soldiers retreated like a tide, and arrows were fired from the top of the city, and soldiers were constantly hit by arrows and fell down.

At this time, a Jurchen cavalry rushed over and asked loudly: "The commander wants to know, why are you withdrawing?"

"Please report back to the commander, the siege ladder has been destroyed by the enemy, and I can no longer go to the city. I can only readjust my tactics!"

The cavalry rushed to report to Wanyan Alu, Wanyan Alu was stunned for a moment, he didn't see any changes in the ladder!

Jurchen commander Wan Yanxin said from the side: "Commander, just now I saw enemy soldiers wielding big axes on the top of the city. Their target should not be the siege soldiers, they are probably destroying the siege ladder!"

Wanyan Wulu lowered his head and thought for a moment, then suddenly realized, "That's right, the opponent must have cut off the crossbar of the siege ladder, which prevented the soldiers from going to the city."

Everyone suddenly realized, and said one after another: "Song Jun's move is vicious enough, I don't know how General Han will deal with it?"

Wanyan Alu said to the soldiers: "Tell General Han, don't think about casualties, you must suppress the opponent with bows and arrows!"

……

Wanyan Alu's suggestion was correct, and Han Chang also realized that he underestimated the enemy, so he immediately changed his strategy.

'Woo—'

The low-pitched horn sounded again, and [-] soldiers with shields and bows and arrows lined up. Facing the arrows from the migratory locusts at the top of the city, the shields of the soldiers couldn't resist, and people kept falling down with the arrows.

Chen Qing turned his head and shouted: "Tell General Yang that the enemy's bow and arrow array is coming, order the soldiers in the city to evacuate immediately!"

The archers of the three thousand golden soldiers quickly arrived. They put down their shields, raised their bows and fired at random. Arrows shot towards the top of the city like dark clouds, overwhelming the top of the city.

Many arrows flew over the city wall and rained down on the open space in the city. It was exactly where the soldiers of the Song Army were standing just now, and a large area was filled in a short while. If they were not evacuated in time, the Song Army would suffer heavy casualties.

But the Song army on the top of the city still used their arrows to fight back. They were a few feet away from the top of the city, and their arrows were shot at a [-]-degree angle. , Amidst a series of screams, nearly a hundred soldiers of the puppet army were shot and fell down.

It's just that Han Chang didn't care about the casualties anymore. He waved his sword and said, "Attack!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The attack drum sounded, and two thousand gold soldiers rushed towards Guancheng carrying thirty siege ladders like a tide.

"Captain Wan, let me go!" A general over two meters tall appeared behind him, wearing heavy armor, carrying a long spear, broad shoulders, broad back, and bulging arms. He was extremely strong. From a distance, he looked like a A vajra giant ape.

His name is Xiao Ta, he is the leader of the Heishan tribe of the Xi clan, and he was once the commander of the Liao army.

After surrendering to the Kingdom of Jin, Han Chang took him as the center and specially selected a group of powerful Xi soldiers from the Liao army, nicknamed wolf soldiers. The heavy armored wolf helmet is not afraid of arrows, and is responsible for seizing the top of the city.

Han Chang had [-] wolf soldiers from the Xi tribe, but more than half of them were killed in the battle of Fuping. This time he only brought [-] wolf soldiers to the south.

Han Chang nodded, "If you can kill the enemy general, I will reward you with five thousand coins and a hundred beauties!"

Han Chang didn't know that the reward offered by the chief general in the city was far more than five thousand guan.

"Follow the order!"

Xiao Ta led eighty wolf soldiers towards Guancheng.

The two thousand golden soldiers had already reached the bottom of the city, the previous siege ladders on the top of the city had been taken away by the Song army, and thirty new siege warships were placed on the top of the city again.

At this time, thousands of arrows were shot at each crenel. Just as a few axemen raised their axes, they hit more than a dozen arrows in a row, and they fell to the city screaming with their axes.

Chen Qing yelled: "Use the shield to cover the axe!"

Immediately, several soldiers raised their shields and blocked the battlements, only a gap was exposed. The axeman swung his ax and chopped down, 'Crack! 'A rung was severed.

But there was no second chance, the axeman raised his axe and wanted to chop again, several arrows whizzed and hit the soldier with the axe on the head and chest, the axeman screamed and fell on his back.

Eight of the thirty siege ladders were cut down, but the bow and arrow array played a huge role, and the stormy arrows suppressed the city head, so that the Song army had no chance to cut off the beam.

Dozens of tall and strong wolf soldiers of the Xi tribe held shields in their hands and swords in their mouths, climbing up the stairs like giant apes...

The rolling logs and stones on the top of the city knocked over seven or eight wolf soldiers, but there were still more than twenty wolf soldiers climbing to the top of the city. And the head, the eight wolf soldiers turned over and fell down.

Fifty wolf soldiers continued to attack the city. Many wolf soldiers jumped onto the battlements and desperately tried to enter the city. But another wolf soldier rushed up.

More than a dozen wolf soldiers have jumped into the top of the city, fighting with the soldiers of the Song army with shields and swords.