Fenghou

Zheng Ping led more than a dozen brothers and scattered hundreds of poisoned barbed wire into the canyon for a mile.

The soldiers held shields and bows and crossbows, and stood ready.

The dining table has been set, the knife and chopsticks are already in hand, and the dishes are waiting to be served.

After waiting for half an hour, the enemy did not wait, and the pine branches came first. More than 100 soldiers of the Song army brought a large number of pine branches. Zheng Ping's men encountered Song soldiers who were logging in the pine forest. Together, they brought over a dozen carts of pine branches.

"Enough, enough, let's get busy, brothers! I'll deal with it here."

Zheng Ping spoke insincerely, he wished to keep all these soldiers, but thinking about the greater pressure on Guancheng, he had no choice but to give up this unreasonable idea.

As soon as the soldiers left, there was a scream in the canyon, and someone stepped on a barbed wire.

"Quick! Pile up the pine branches."

Everyone hurriedly piled up pine branches one person tall at the mouth of the valley, poured fire oil on it, and sprinkled a few tablespoons of gunpowder. Zheng Ping glanced at the poison juice left in the iron pot and rolled his eyes.

"Pour these poisons in too!"

The pine branches were lit, and thick smoke billowed into the canyon.

……

The fierce battle in Wujia Town lasted for nearly an hour. Both sides suffered heavy casualties. The Jin soldiers fought bravely.

With the help of high-speed maneuvering cavalry and powerful cavalry and shooting capabilities, they constantly attacked the formation of the Song army. When the situation was not good for them, they withdrew immediately, reorganized the army and came back again. Repeatedly, the Song army was very passive. For more than an hour, more than half of the soldiers of the Song Army had been killed or injured, but the Jin soldiers also lost nearly 200 people.

A captain shouted: "General Yang, if we fight like this, our entire army will be wiped out. Let's retreat!"

Yang Zheng was also hit by an arrow, he smiled wryly and said: "The army will be wiped out once it withdraws, the Jurchen cavalry will never let us go, if we persist, the golden soldiers will not fight to the death, maybe we still have a glimmer of life .”

'Wow! '

The Jurchen cavalry in the distance began to gather again, and Yang Zheng shouted: "Brothers, fight with the Jin soldiers!"

The soldiers of the Song Army roared in unison and quickly formed a spear phalanx.

……

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The sound of war drums at Jiandao Pass was earth-shattering, and the Jin soldiers attacked like a tide. Han Chang invested [-] troops to attack the pass city at all costs.

He suppressed the opponent with overwhelming arrows, and the soldiers immediately charged forward with siege ladders.

Han Chang learned his lesson. He replaced all the four front rungs of the siege ladder with fine steel rods, and the Song army would never want to cut them off.

This trick really worked, Song Jun's sharp ax could no longer cut across the crossbar, and he lost the lives of several axemen in vain, and was shot to death by random arrows.

The rolling logs and stones on the top of the city rained down, and the siege soldiers kept screaming and rolling down, and some soldiers attacked the top of the city, standing in front of the battlements and fighting fiercely with the defenders.

Both sides were red-eyed. A Qiuxu puppet general was powerful. Holding a shield and a short spear, he killed three Song soldiers in a row on the top of the city.

A crossbow arrow from the side 'whoosh! The shot came and hit the neck of Qiu Xu's general. He screamed and his body was shaking. The soldiers of the Song army who were facing him seized the opportunity, pierced his chest with a spear, and pushed him off the city wall.

It was the tiger shooters squatting by the wall facing the horse that played a role at the critical moment. Ten tiger shooters were dedicated to shooting down enemy generals and brave soldiers. Facts have proved that their existence is extremely important for the defense of Jiandao Pass. It destroyed countless opportunities for the enemy to rush to the top of the city.

Chen Qing was injured in his back and could not use weapons, bows and arrows. He could only command all the soldiers to defend the city wall.

"Send an order to Luo Dutou, and send another fifty brothers to support the east of the city!"

"The situation at the tenth defensive position is not good, the reinforcements will kill me!"

"General Yang!"

Chen Qing shouted, Yang Yuanqing looked up.

Chen Qing pointed behind him and said: "That big black man, he is about to break through, cut off his lower body!"

When Yang Yuanqing turned his head, he saw a big black man with a strong body holding a huge shield and desperately climbing up. Several cold arrows of the tiger shooter were blocked by his huge shield, and the three soldiers defending him were almost unable to withstand it.

With a loud roar, Yang Yuanqing turned over and charged forward, and slashed in from under the gap in the opponent's giant shield with one blow.

'Crack! '

This knife caught the loophole in Hei's defense and severed his right leg.

The big black man let out a miserable scream, and was thrown down by three soldiers of the Song Army.

Yang Yuanqing turned his head and gave Chen Qing a thumbs up, and Chen Qing returned a thumbs up with a smile.

The battle became more and more bloody, but Chen Qing remained as calm as a mountain. His vision was like a torch, paying attention to the situation of each defensive position. Once a crisis occurred in a certain position, he immediately dispatched troops to support it.

It was his strong command that made the offensive and defensive battles at the top of the city seem dangerous, but the Song army always held the top of the city firmly, and did not give the enemy a chance to break through.

General Han Chang watched the offensive and defensive battle at the top of the city with a solemn expression. His heart was a little heavy. Although the opponent's troops were small, the city wall was not wide enough that a few hundred people could hold it.

But even so, the opponent's morale is too high, and they are tenacious. When did Song Jun become so brave and good at fighting?

He looked at the sky again, the sun had already set in the west, Han Chang became anxious, turned around and shouted: "Up the battering ram!"

Two hundred soldiers appeared holding a huge battering ram. It was the trunk of a big tree, with one end sharpened and about five feet long. There were 50 men holding it on each side, and the other 100 guarded it with shields high up. .

From a distance, it looks like a centipede covered with scales.

The battering ram was immediately discovered by the soldiers on the top of the city, and the soldiers ran to report to the general Chen Qing.

Chen Qing walked quickly to the top of the Mamian city. There was a half suspension bridge hanging directly under the Mamian city. There were slopes below both sides, making it inconvenient to attack the city. Only here is safer, and there is no enemy attack.

Several soldiers held up their shields to guard the general. Chen Qing looked down the city, and at a glance he saw a centipede-like battering ram team running towards the city gate.

"Commander, that's a battering ram!" Yang Yuanqing also appeared beside Chen Qing.

Chen Qing and his generals had discussed how to deal with the enemy's battering ram. They could use arrows or crossbows to pierce through the opponent's protective shield.

But the most effective is to use rolling wood and stones, and they have developed a set of countermeasures for this.

However, the city gate was unexpectedly blessed, that is the suspension bridge, the suspension bridge was burnt into two pieces, and half of the suspension bridge was pulled by the iron chain, just hanging in front of the city gate, forming a natural city gate protective shell.

This invisibly increased the difficulty of the battering ram. It had to smash half of the suspension bridge before continuing to attack the city.

Chen Qing nodded and said to Yang Yuanqing, "Follow the established plan to deal with the battering ram!"

"Follow the order!"

Yang Yuanqing immediately ordered ten tiger shooters: "Aim at the battering ram and shoot!"

He ran to the wall and shouted to a dozen soldiers: "Get ready to roll logs and stones!"

The tiger shooters are all skilled in archery. They use the god arm crossbow, and there are two soldiers behind each of them to string the string for them.

' Whoosh!Whoosh!Whoosh! '

Ten powerful wooden feather arrows shot out, with sharp armor-piercing arrows at the front end, which is a sharp weapon against shields.

Ten soldiers immediately fell down in the battering ram team. The head of the ram sank and almost fell to the ground. The protective cover at the front was also broken, revealing the soldiers holding the ram.

The tiger shooters each replaced a god-arm crossbow with a crossbow bolt installed, aiming and shooting again.

Another ten people in the battering ram team were shot, and the battering ram lost its balance and fell to the ground with a crash.

Han Chang could see clearly from a distance, and he was furious in his heart, and ordered: "The Copper Shield Army go up to cover, and continue to charge the door for me!"

Two hundred soldiers with copper shields rushed up. This is a special army prepared to deal with the Song Army's god-armed crossbow. There are not many people.

On the one hand, because copper is relatively expensive, it is impossible to forge it on a large scale.

On the other hand, a copper shield weighs more than [-] catties, and not ordinary people can lift it. They are all specially selected soldiers, all of them are burly and powerful.

There are three special armies under Han Chang's subordinates. In addition to the wolf soldiers of the Xi tribe that have been wiped out, there is the Bronze Shield Army, and there is also a special army that is the Firearms Army.

The enemy troops throwing fireballs down from the top of the mountain are the soldiers of the Firearms Battalion.

Two hundred bronze shield troops held up copper shields to block the Song army's shooting, and the soldiers picked up the battering ram again, and under the cover of the copper shield army, rushed towards the city gate...

Yang Yuanqing turned his head and shouted sharply: "Bring some barrels of kerosene!"

Chapter 46 Reinforcements

Thick smoke and poisonous gas billowed in the Beiting Valley. Hundreds of puppet soldiers were threatened by the Jurchen soldiers with crossbow arrows and walked towards the valley step by step. Tear off a piece of cloth to cover your mouth and nose.

But not long after walking, a soldier fell to the ground with a 'boom—', and the rest of the soldiers were shocked.

Soon, four more soldiers fell down, convulsing all over, and the leading general suddenly realized that the smoke was poisonous.

He turned around and waved his hand, telling the soldiers to go back, but before they went far, a dozen arrows roared and the soldiers in front fell down screaming.

The Jurchen soldiers were ruthless, and the puppet soldiers dared to retreat, and they would kill without hesitation.

"Bastards, don't treat us as human beings, it's better to smash them to pieces with a pile of stones!"

The soldiers of the puppet army cursed in a low voice, and had to turn around and run towards Taniguchi again.

"what--"

A few soldiers stepped on the poisonous terrestris and jumped about in pain. They pulled out a barbed terrier with sharp thorns, but after a while the soldiers fell limply. It is poisonous, and no one has bothered to investigate the cause.

At this time, dozens of puppet soldiers came from behind, and Jurchen simply chased all the puppet soldiers to fight the enemy.

Hundreds of puppet soldiers were forced to run fast, coughing violently one after another, and the crossbow arrows in front of them went 'whoosh!Whoosh! 'When the shots came, even if you held a shield in your hand, you couldn't stop them. People kept falling down, and I don't know if they were hit by arrows or stepped on poisonous thorns.

The soldiers of the puppet army finally rushed to the entrance of the valley. There were burning pine branches in front of them. They kicked away the pine branches desperately and rushed out. Several spears stabbed like lightning. The first general screamed and fell on his back. One, in just one cup of tea time, more than [-] puppet soldiers were all killed, and their bodies were piled up at Taniguchi.

Zheng Ping was stunned for a moment, then suddenly laughed loudly and said, "Damn it, I didn't expect that we can seal the entrance of Tani! Let's see how they come out?"

"General beware!"

A soldier threw Zheng Ping down, and several arrows flew over their heads.

Zheng Ping was furious, got up and yelled: "Damn it, shoot them to death with random arrows!"

Song soldiers rushed forward and shot arrows into the valley together, but there was no sound. Zheng Ping suddenly realized, "Not good!"

I saw dozens of people rushing out in the dark with large shields in their hands, and the Song army was caught off guard.

More than 60 soldiers of the Song Army with spears in their hands rushed up and fought with the enemy, but the enemy had already snatched the mouth of the valley, and more and more Jurchen soldiers came out of the valley, about five or sixty of them, each of them Holding a short spear and a big shield, he fought with the soldiers of the Song Army.

Immediately afterwards, more than 100 puppet soldiers were killed. The total number of Jin soldiers was nearly 200, while the Song army had only 50 soldiers, with a huge disparity in strength.

Zheng Ping was so remorseful that he yelled: "Zhiniang thief, fight them!"

He swung his big knife and rushed up, slashing up and down, left and right like crazy, and killed more than a dozen puppet soldiers, and the crossbowmen also changed into spears and rushed up. The casualties were heavy.

In just a quarter of an hour, more than half of the Song army suffered casualties, and nearly 50 Jin soldiers also suffered casualties.

Song Jun was about to lose his hold, at this moment, a loud shout came from the south, "Brothers, kill the Tartars!"

Countless soldiers of the Song army came from the south, and there was a mass of darkness. I don't know how many people there were. Countless spears and sabers came to kill the Jin soldiers. The leader was a general riding on a horse, holding a golden sword. The sword was sharp, it was Yang Zheng.

The battle in Wujiazhen was also over. Song and Jin both lost. The Jin soldiers retreated south, leaving only about [-] soldiers in the Song army. Unexpectedly, by mistake, they actually saved Zheng Ping's army at a critical moment.

Hundreds of fresh troops went into battle, and in an instant, dozens of Jurchen soldiers and puppet soldiers in the south were divided and surrounded, and the situation was quickly reversed.

The golden soldiers were killed and retreated steadily, with heavy casualties. Seeing that the situation was not good, the headed Jurchen centurion yelled a few times, and the remaining golden soldiers quickly withdrew into the canyon.

Zheng Ping was extremely surprised. Where did these hundreds of Song troops come from?Could it be the opponent's trick again, sending a puppet army to pretend to deceive the city?

……

It was getting dark, and the fierce battle at Jiandao Pass was gradually coming to an end. On the pass, three hundred soldiers of the Song Army were still fighting back tenaciously against the enemy's attack. Corpses were piled up like mountains above and below the city, and the top of the city was soaked in blood. Limbs of soldiers and bodies without heads are everywhere. The blood from the neck is still flowing out. There are also many bodies that have been cut into two parts. Various organs rolled on the ground. The stench is disgusting. .

Thirty siege ladders have been destroyed by the Song army, and 25 of them have been destroyed. Nearly [-] soldiers gathered under the remaining five ladders. No, only the log and stone covered with blood and brains.

Under the horse-faced city, a huge battering ram rolled down to the side. The flames on it had not been extinguished. Thirty or so Jin soldiers curled up on the ground and were burned to black charcoal, and several were killed by arrows. Ten corpses fell in disorder near the city gate.

The battering ram failed completely, and even half of the suspension bridge was not smashed. Before the two hundred soldiers attacked, more than a dozen barrels of fire were thrown from above, and the raging fire engulfed 200 people in an instant.

At this time, there was an extremely tragic siege battle. From early morning to dark, the siege puppet army suffered nearly 5000 casualties, and the defending Song army also suffered more than 300 casualties.

General Han Chang's eyes were full of despair. He cast 8000 people back and forth, but he still hasn't captured the city. Is the opponent really the Song army?Really less than a thousand people?

At this time, a Jurchen cavalry rushed over, cupped his fists and said loudly: "The marshal has an order, the general has done his best, please withdraw as soon as possible!"

Han Chang felt relieved, as if Wanyan Wulu had forgiven him.

It is true that this battle can no longer be fought. In the end, the energy of the two thousand soldiers was gone, and their morale was low. They just attacked upwards like walking dead, and they could only die in vain without meaning.

"Order to withdraw troops!"

'when!when!when! The bell for the withdrawal of troops rang, and the attacking soldiers seemed to hear the amnesty order, regardless of whether their backs were facing forward or backward, they ran back wildly, which was faster than the ebb tide, and no one cared about the soldiers who were seriously injured and still alive , leaving them on the battlefield to die.

Han Chang led thousands of soldiers to retreat to the camp outside the valley with great melancholy. The city was full of cheers and drums were beating loudly. This is the battle drum of victory.

In one day's tragic battle, the Song army killed more than 280 people, injured 110, and nearly 400 casualties, which did not include the casualties of Zheng Pingshou Beiting Valley.

There are only 400 soldiers left who can immediately enter the battlefield. The situation is very grim. If the Jin soldiers are determined to attack the city continuously like today, the Jianbai Pass will definitely not be able to hold.