Fenghou

Jin Bing would definitely not stay on the official road stupidly and be beaten, and attacking Jin Bing on the top of the mountain is actually of little significance.

Gao Ding thought for a while and asked the soldiers next to him, "How long is this canyon?"

"About fifteen or six miles!"

Gao Ding had an idea in his mind, so he decisively ordered: "Shoot!"

A thousand soldiers pulled the hanging knives at the same time, the arrows were like rain, and the dense crossbow arrows shot at the climbing golden soldiers. The golden soldiers were caught off guard and were shot by the arrows one after another, rolling down the mountain. Shouting, turning around, rolling and climbing down the mountain to escape.

Although only dozens of people were shot and killed in this round, it also cut off the idea of ​​Jin Bing going up the mountain to ambush.

Gao Ding immediately said to the commander Du Min: "General Du led a thousand brothers to attack the Jin soldiers on the top of the mountain, and I will take other brothers to ambush at the entrance of the canyon ahead."

"Follow the order!"

Gao Ding led [-] soldiers to run eastward, and ran for more than ten miles in one breath. The front suddenly opened up, and the canyon became open again, with a width of more than [-] miles.

There is a sheep road here. They went down the mountain along the sheep road and saw a large jujube forest not far away. Gao Ding arranged for soldiers to cut down hundreds of jujube trees and blocked the exit of the official road with a width of [-] zhang. On the right was the river. The north bank of the river was full of rocks, and the cavalry could not move.

The soldiers poured kerosene on hundreds of big trees, so that the Jin soldiers could only rush out along the river. Gao Ding asked the soldiers to find hundreds of stones weighing hundreds of catties from the north bank of the river and throw them all into the river. , In this way, even if Jin Bing rushed out of the river, it would not be so easy.

Considering that the Jin soldiers were powerful in cavalry and shooting, the Song army piled up dozens of large trees that were cut down later as bunkers for the soldiers.

At this moment, there were thunderous explosions in the valley, one after another.

The enemy army is coming, Gao Ding shouted: "The whole army is in formation!"

Four thousand Song troops immediately lined up to form a fan-shaped crossbow formation, everyone raised their crossbows and stood ready.

About a quarter of an hour later, there was a fierce sound of horseshoes in the canyon ahead, the sound was like thunder, and it was getting closer and closer. After turning a corner, a large group of cavalry appeared, rushing towards the canyon like lightning.

"Fire arrows!"

Gao Ding yelled, and the stormy crossbow arrows shot at the Jurchen cavalry in the valley. They all used divine arm crossbows, thanks to Li Cheng's [-] troops who attacked Chengji County. Among the weapons and equipment they captured, There were actually [-] god-arm crossbows, and [-] god-arm crossbows were seized from Liu Guangshi's warship.

The god arm crossbow was equipped with a large number of Western troops. The range of the god arm crossbow was nearly [-] paces, and the damage was about [-] paces. However, to penetrate the armor of the Jurchen cavalry, it must be within [-] paces.

Therefore, the Song army fired the god arm crossbow arrows at about 250 steps, but the Jurchen cavalry's bows and arrows could not reach this distance, which ensured the safety of the Song army crossbow array.

Hundreds of Jurchen cavalry running in front were caught off guard and were shot on their backs, killing nearly [-] cavalry in an instant.

But the Jurchen cavalry at the back took advantage of the opportunity of the Song army's winding up and galloped up, and hundreds of cavalry were less than a hundred steps away from the mouth of the valley.

"ignition!"

After Gao Ding gave an order, the soldiers of the Song Army threw more than a dozen torches, 'Boom! With a sound, hundreds of big trees burst into flames, and the sudden burning fire frightened the horses, screaming violently, raising their front hooves, and refused to run forward.

The Jurchen cavalry were really skilled in riding. They turned their horses and ran towards the river. The river was very shallow, only submerged about half a foot above the horses' hoofs.

At this moment, the second round of crossbow arrows came, and the rainstorm-like long crossbow arrows penetrated the Jurchen's iron armor and the body of the war horse. Amidst the wailing, a large number of cavalry fell to the ground, and the river was stained red with blood.

The Jurchen cavalry had no choice but to stop advancing at the corner. After two rounds of crossbow arrows, [-] Jurchen cavalry fell under the powerful god-arm crossbow arrows.

There were more and more main forces, and they were piled up at the corner of the valley. At this time, Marshal Wan Yan Huo Nu also arrived, and asked angrily, "What's going on?"

A captain bowed and reported: "Marshal, there are thousands of Song soldiers blocking the exit with crossbows at the entrance of the valley, and giant wooden fires were lit on the official road. The brothers suffered heavy casualties and could not rush through."

"Damn Chen Qing!"

Wanyan Huonu cursed and said, "Why don't you wade out of the river!"

"There are also hundreds of boulders blocking the road in the river, and the cavalry can't get through!"

"Can the living be suffocated by urine?"

Wanyan Huonu cursed again, and ordered: "Let the Giant Shield Army come over!"

In a short while, two thousand Xi people soldiers came up, each of them was equipped with a thick and large shield, which could cover most of the body. The emperor's infantry guards made heavy shields, which were made of two very strong pieces of jujube wood, with a layer of copper hammered into a thin shape sandwiched between them, and then covered with two layers of cowhide to make a magnificent shield. The famous Xi Dun, Song Jun called them King Kong Shield.

Xi craftsmen made tens of thousands of Xi Duns in more than ten years. Later, most Xi craftsmen died in the war, and this kind of Xi Duns were lost. Some tens of thousands of Xi Duns were destroyed by fire, and some It flowed into the Central Plains, but more than half of it was captured by Jin Bing. Jin Bing used it to form a giant shield army, which was distributed among various armies, and the soldiers were mainly Xi people.

Except that this kind of diamond shield can't block the bed crossbow of the Song army within [-] steps, no other crossbow can penetrate it.

Wanyan Huo pointed at the rocks in the river with a horsewhip, and ordered: "Use your shields to cover and clean up all the big rocks in the river!"

"Follow the order!"

Commander Xi Ren yelled a few times, and the soldiers of the Giant Shield Army got off their horses one after another. They held up their heavy shields and waded into the river ahead.

Xi Ren's soldiers were experienced, and a thousand soldiers formed two shield walls in the river, and the soldiers behind them began to move the boulders in the river and threw them away to go north.

Arrows came like raindrops, but they were all blocked by the giant shield wall. The powerful crossbow arrows of the god arm could not penetrate this diamond shield.

"Ah! It's the Diamond Shield."

A Song general shouted, and Gao Ding asked, "What King Kong?"

The general of the Song army explained: "It is Xi Dun, a high-quality shield made by Xi craftsmen, which is known as the best shield in the world. The Song army calls it a diamond shield. Only bed crossbows can penetrate it."

The shield moved forward step by step, and the boulders in the river were basically cleaned up.

Gao Ding immediately made a decision and shouted: "Follow me!"

He led four thousand soldiers to the jujube forest in the distance. It took a long time to climb up the mountain in line, and the Song army would suffer heavy casualties. The best way was to lead everyone into the woods.

The river channel was dredged, and all the rocks and rocks were thrown away. The giant shield soldiers moved out of the way, and Wanyan Huonu gave an order, "Rush out!"

The [-] Jurchen cavalry took the lead, wading in the river and rushing out of the canyon.

Chapter 612 Violation

After coming out of the canyon, Chen Qing ordered to stay and rest on the spot, and no longer follow Jin Bing.

Gao Ding hurried back to the big camp to hand over the order, and met Liu Cui at the gate of the big tent, Liu Cui shook his head and said to him: "Du Tong is very angry, you should be more careful."

Gao Ding felt apprehensive, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and walked into the big tent, only to see the coach sitting on the seat with a gloomy face, Gao Ding stepped forward, knelt down on one knee and clasped his fists, saying: "The humble official is here to deliver the order!"

Chen Qing slapped the table heavily, and said coldly, "Gao Ding, are you convicted?"

"Humble job... I don't know!"

"Huh! What is the mission I gave you, to ambush the enemy on the cliff, how did you do it, and pretend that you are innocent?"

"Reporting to Dutong, it is meaningless to attack the enemy on the cliff. The golden soldiers walked in the river, and the bows and arrows could not reach it. The fact proves that the humble official left 1000 enemy soldiers near the top of the mountain, and only killed dozens of them. The humble official Intercepted at Taniguchi, shot..."

"enough!"

Chen Qing let out a roar and interrupted Gao Ding's words. He said angrily, "Am I here to destroy the enemy? Could it be that I didn't think of sending troops to intercept the enemy at Taniguchi, and you still need to make up your own mind? You do it on your own, it's going to be bad." I'm a big deal!"

Only then did Gao Ding lower his head, "Convicted of my humble position!"

Chen Qing said angrily: "You disobeyed the military order and acted without authorization. According to the military regulations, it is a felony. I think you have outstanding military achievements. I will spare you the punishment of flesh and blood. From now on, you will be demoted from the commander to the commander. If you commit the crime again next time, I will definitely punish you." I will behead you for public display!"

"Convicted of a lowly position!"

"Go back!"

Gao Ding retreated with shame on his face, and went back to his big tent. Commander Du Min stepped forward and said, "I don't understand the humble post. The commander shot and killed more than 200 enemy troops. Not only did he have no credit, but he was punished and demoted. Why?"

Gao Ding sighed and said: "What the governor gave me is to clarify the mission, where to go, what to do, and it is not the goal and mission of General Liu Qiong. I will give you a goal and you can play it yourself, as long as you complete the goal. They are two completely different missions. I was given a clear mission, but I completed the target mission. Based on this alone, I did not obey military orders during wartime and acted without authorization, which is a felony under Article [-] of the military regulations. If you win, you can be punished lightly, if you lose, it will be a death penalty, and they will only lower me one level, which is already a light punishment."

"Humble job understands!"

Du Min withdrew, although Gao Ding was convicted, he was in a bad mood, sitting alone in the tent and feeling bored.

At this time, a soldier outside said: "See Du Tong!"

Immediately, I heard the coach's voice, "Is your general there?"

Gao Ding was startled, and quickly got up and walked out of the tent, "Humble job is here!"

Chen Qing smiled slightly and said, "I want to check the morale, you can go with me!"

"Humble post obeys orders!"

Gao Ding quickly asked the soldiers to bring the horse, and he got on the horse and followed Chen Qing.

Chen Qing said lightly: "I thought about it later, and I also have a certain responsibility. At that time, the time was quite urgent, so I didn't explain it clearly to you."

"It's my humble job. It's a clear task given to me, but my humble job treats it as a target task. It's really against the rules. I'm fined by this humble official."

Chen Qing shook his head, "That being said, this is not my way of doing things. You are a first-class general, not a commander. If I let you do things in a daze, how can you lead your subordinate commanders?"

Gao Ding nodded silently, without speaking.

Chen Qing said again: "My strategic goal is to take advantage of the unique terrain of the Luoshui Road and the disadvantage of the enemy's lack of food and grass, to trap the enemy in the Luoshui Road, to be precise, in Yichuan County and Luojiao. On the northwest official road between the counties, if they want to take Wuren Road, they can also be trapped to death in Wuren Road. Since I have this goal, why don't I trap the enemy troops to death in this canyon, you Tell me why?"

Gao Ding thought for a while and asked, "Is the condition of the canyon not enough?"

"Completely correct!"

Chen Qing explained in detail: "The length of the canyon is less than ten miles, but the length of the enemy army is more than ten miles. Before the tail enters the canyon, the head has already come out of the canyon, so I didn't consider using this canyon to block the enemy. Army, just arrange the army to harass them, destroy the morale of the enemy army, and make the enemy army become frightened."

Hearing this, Gao Ding suddenly understood, "The humble officer intercepted the enemy army at the mouth of the canyon, in fact, we leaked our strategic intentions to the enemy commander."

Chen Qing smiled, "Actually, it's not a leak. How could the enemy commander not think of it? It just made him more sure of our intentions. I guess Wanyan Yinkeshu will not follow the Northwest official route again. Counterattack us, so I can no longer follow at this time, but use this canyon to withstand the enemy's counterattack, the trapped beast will fight, and if we really fight, our [-] army may not be able to withstand the enemy's [-] army."

Gao Ding was ashamed and said: "I'm guilty of a humble job!"

This time he was really convicted. He was not as simple as violating the rules, but leaked the coach's strategic intentions.

Chen Qing said slowly: "I'll give you a chance to make meritorious service. You lead an army of five thousand to defend the abandoned official road above. No matter what means you use, give me a chance to withstand the enemy's army and break through from above."

"Humble job must fight to the death!"

……

Chen Qing immediately ordered the soldiers to cut down the trees, and the [-] troops cut down the jujube forest in just half a day. Thousands of big trees were transported to the south of the canyon, and some of the big trees were pulled up the mountain by the soldiers with ropes.

The army retreated to the south of the canyon again, preparing to meet the enemy's breakthrough.

At this time, the main force of the Jin army also stopped advancing sixty miles ahead. The reason was that one of the troops sent to inquire about Wu Rendao had fled back. This soldier brought back bad news. Han Chang's army was defeated and Wu Rendao was occupied by the Song army. .

This news was definitely a blockbuster, which shocked all the generals. Wu Rendao's retreat was cut off, what should they do?

All eyes were on the coach Wanyan Yinkeshu, who was half lying on the cart, but Wanyan Yinkeshu was calmer than everyone else at the moment. This result was completely within his expectation.

"When we were crossing the canyon, I saw Chen Qing's true intention. He just wanted to use the terrain to trap us to death, just like he used Luoshui to drown Lisa's army. This is his defensive advantage. It is impossible for him to abandon it, and there is no need to deny that we are indeed facing a severe survival crisis, and if we fail, our entire army will be wiped out."

All the generals were in an uproar, "Marshal Du, what should we do?"

The generals were all emotional, and the big tent was full of noise.

"Shut up for me all!"

Wanyan Huonu shouted angrily, like a thunderbolt from the blue sky, the big tent suddenly fell silent.

"Continue to listen to Marshal Du."

Wanyan Yinke waved his hand, "Don't worry, everyone. There is no unparalleled road. If it is not possible, we will fight with the Song army. I believe that at least half of the army can survive."

"Fight with Song Jun!"

A ten thousand elder roared, and the crowd immediately cheered up, demanding a battle with the Song army. This trip to the south was really aggrieved, and the anger had already accumulated in their hearts.

Wanyan Yinkeshu waved his hand again, and the tent quickly fell silent, Wanyan Yinkeshu said again: "The most urgent thing now is to appease the morale of the army, Marshal!"

Wanyan Huo Nu hurriedly stepped forward, "The humble job is here!"

"Can all the horses shot dead in the canyon be brought out?"

"All brought out, a total of eleven hundred horses."

Wanyan Yinkeshu said to everyone: "Although I also know that everyone can't accept eating horse meat emotionally, but now is a special situation, you must make it clear to the brothers that we never killed horses, these are all things that were ordered by the Song army. It would be a pity not to eat the horses that were shot."

Everyone agreed and left.

Wanyan Huonu arranged for people to break down the horse meat and reward the three armies.

Chapter 613 Counterattack

At the fourth watch, the soldiers lifted Wanyan Yinkeshu up a low hill. He was covered with a thick military blanket, and he looked deeply at the west. No one knew what he was thinking?

"Marshal Du, it's cold at night, let's go back!" Wanyan Huonu advised from the side.

"Woman, we have really encountered a strong enemy this time." Wanyan Yinkeshu's voice revealed a trace of desolation.

"Why did Marshal Du say that?"

Wanyan Yinkeshu smiled wryly and said: "Some things can only be understood but cannot be expressed in words. Although Chen Qing and I are separated by tens of miles, we are fighting across the air. After his army passed the canyon, they stopped. Stopped, obviously he knew what I was going to do next? And our army also stopped at the same time, because I also knew what the army was going to face? No wonder such a shrewd person as Wan Yanchang was defeated by him repeatedly. It would be a great fortune for the Kingdom of Jin to stop in Sichuan and Shaanxi!"

Speaking of this, Wanyan Yinkeshu looked back at Wanyan Huonu, and asked lightly, "Do you know what I'm talking about?"

Wanyan Huonu shook her head blankly, and Wanyan Yinkeshu shook her head, "He knew we were going to counterattack, so he stopped in the canyon, or used the terrain of the canyon to weaken our cavalry advantage. , This is the most powerful opponent I have fought in the battlefield for 30 years, not one of them, your father died under his hands, and now it seems that it is not unjust, I am afraid I will die at his hands too."