Fenghou

The siege vehicle passed through the hot mud and sand, and finally approached the city. Dozens of soldiers began to pull the ropes. At this moment, three barrels of kerosene fell from the sky above their heads and smashed heavily on the battering ram vehicle. The wooden barrel shattered, and black kerosene flowed all over the ground.

Immediately afterwards, sand with flames fell from the top of the city, and the kerosene was ignited with a bang, and the flames rose into the air and spread rapidly.

The soldiers panicked and turned to flee. One general shouted: "Don't panic..."

Before he finished speaking, two arrows swished over, hitting his neck at the same time, piercing his neck like a fork, the general let out a muffled groan, and fell head over heels.

At this time, the soldiers felt as if they had fallen into a trap. Dozens of puppet soldiers rushed to avoid escape, and shot three arrows to shoot down two burly soldiers. escaped back.

The sudden scene left Han Chang dumbstruck. He watched the siege engine engulfed by the flames, and for a moment didn't know what to do.

Wanyan Wulu appeared, and he sneered, "What did General Han say?"

"The humble job didn't think carefully, please give the humble job another chance."

"I have given you three chances, and you have wasted them all. As a result, we are still unable to break through the Jiandao Pass. You are unforgivable. Someone! Drag him down and behead him!"

Han Chang suddenly realized that Wanyan Wulu wanted to blame himself for not being able to win the pass, and he shouted: "It is true that the humble job is not good for attacking the city, but it is definitely not the responsibility of the humble job not being able to win the Jiandao Pass!"

Several Jurchen soldiers had already dragged him off the horse and dragged him back. Han Chang shouted, "Wanyan Wulu, you obviously don't want to send troops. You have hidden selfish motives and delayed the important affairs of the wolf lord. You are equally guilty!"

At this time, several generals stepped forward to persuade: "Han Chang is the chief general of the Han army after all, killing him will shake the morale of the army, so it is better to spare his life for the time being."

Another general persuaded: "Kill Han Chang, I'm afraid Talan will not be able to explain it."

The taran mentioned by the general is Wan Yanchang of the Jurchen royal family, who is currently serving as the supervisor of the Southern Expedition Army.

And Han Chang's backer was Wanyan Chang, Wanyan Wulu really wanted to kill Han Chang, and then put the responsibility for delaying the war on him, but Wanyan Wulu was still a little jealous of Wanyan Chang.

Wanyan Wulu glanced at the thousands of soldiers of the Han army, then snorted and said, "Death is inevitable, but life is inevitable. I will beat him with a hundred army sticks and drive him back to Pingliang Mansion!"

Chapter 50 Defeating the Enemy

The fierce battle of Monk Shangyuan lasted for more than half a month. The two sides did not face off as Wanyan Wulu said, but a fierce battle every three to five days.

Without the constraints of the Jin soldiers on the west road, the Song army stationed in Heshangyuan, defeating the attacks of the Jin soldiers time and time again. The Jin soldiers suffered tens of thousands of casualties, but it was still difficult to attack Heshangyuan.

At noon that day, Wu Jie, the governor of the capital, rode to the West Road Camp, which is currently Wang Yan's residence.

Wang Yan was discussing the military situation with Vice General Fu Xuan in the big tent, when a soldier reported outside the tent, "Report to Dutong, Commander Wu is here!"

"That arrives so fast!"

Wang Yan came out of the big tent with a smile, Wu Jie got off his horse and threw the reins to the soldiers.

Wu Jie walked into the big tent quickly and asked, "What's the hurry, Zicai?"

Wang Yan smiled slightly: "The enemy's offensive is very urgent recently, and I have a plan to defeat the enemy."

Wu Jie's eyes lit up, he became interested immediately, and hurriedly urged: "Hurry up and listen!"

Wang Yan came to the map and pointed to a black flag on the map, "This is a big tent that just appeared the day before yesterday. Judging from the specifications of this big tent, it should be the tent of Chief Wan, and it must not be Wanyanhuo. Girl, it should be Wanyan Meili, I think Jin Bing focused his attack on the West Road."

Wu Jie nodded thoughtfully, "Continue talking!"

"I was thinking, why did Wanyan Meili shift his focus to the West Road? Did he hope to join up with Wanyan Wulu's army and attack us from both sides?"

Wu Jie frowned, "Wanyan didn't immediately know about the Jiandao Pass?"

"If he knew that Jiandao Pass intercepted the West Road Jinbing, he would definitely send troops to support him, but so far, he has not sent troops. I boldly guess that he doesn't know yet, and he thinks that Wanyan Wulu His army will go to the west road and attack our back, so he came to the west road in person."

"So you think this is an opportunity to defeat the enemy?"

Wang Yan nodded, "If my army suddenly retreats in a panic, Wanyan Meili will definitely think that the golden soldiers from the West Road have arrived, and we can lure the enemy to go deep, and then the commander will cut off their retreat from behind. Retreat to the west and defend Niu Shoufu, there is no way out!"

Niushoufu is located in the west of Heshangyuan, the terrain is low-lying, the horses are difficult to walk, and the strategic position is extremely unfavorable. The Song army has always hoped that the Jin soldiers will be stationed in Niu Shoufu, but how could the Jin soldiers be fooled.

Of course Wu Jie knew that this plan was more risky, but without the West Road Golden Soldiers, their current military strength is evenly matched with the Golden Soldiers. As long as their troops cooperate well, the possibility of success is very high. The key is that Wanyan cannot be fooled if he is not established ?

"How sure are you that Jin Bing will be fooled?"

"Probably [-]% sure!"

Wang Yan looked at the map carefully again, thought for a long time, and said slowly: "You can give it a try!"

……

This morning, the Song army in the west of Monk Yuan suddenly retreated in a panic, and the spies of the Jin soldiers who were monitoring them rushed back to the camp to report.

The coach Wanyan Meili is indeed in the west camp. He has been under a lot of pressure these days. The fourth prince Wanyan Wushu ordered him to take down the monk Yuan as soon as possible and wipe out Wu Jie's army, but there is no Xilu Jinbing With cooperation, it is not easy for them to capture Monk Yuan.

Wanyan did not stand in the west camp for the past two days, just hoping to hear news about the golden soldiers on the west road.

"what?"

Wanyan stood up abruptly, "You mean the Song army retreated in a panic?"

"Exactly! The Song army who were at various gates retreated one after another. They didn't even have time to clean up their tents. It was as if they were attacked. The soldiers in the brigade rushed to the south without tidying up their ranks."

Wanyan Meili slammed his fist on the table, "There must have been an accident in Xigu, and the West Route Army has arrived."

"Boss, beware of fraud!" a general advised.

Wanyan shook his head, "The war opportunity is fleeting, we must seize it, no matter how slow the West Route Army is, it should arrive, this is a godsend opportunity for us to defeat the Song Army, pass on my order, the army will go up!"

The [-] Jin soldiers had no time to deal with them, and under the leadership of Wanyan Meili, they quickly rushed to the west of Monk Yuan, and occupied the original camp of the Song army in a short time.

It can be seen that the Song army retreated hastily, the tents were not collected, and many soldiers' blankets and personal belongings were not packed in time. The Chinese army's tent was even more chaotic, with maps and documents all over the floor.

At this time, a group of Jin soldiers caught a soldier of the Song Army and dragged him to Wanyan Meili.

The soldier turned pale with fright, kowtowed and begged for mercy, "The villain is just a cooking guy, please forgive me!"

"Tell me honestly, I don't have to kill you, why did you retreat south in such a hurry?"

"The villain can't be sure, but... I heard that there was an accident in the West Valley last night. The defenders of the West Valley were attacked by surprise and the entire army was wiped out. The villain doesn't know exactly what happened."

Wanyan was not overjoyed, as it turned out that the Jin soldiers from the West Road had arrived, and Song Jun was caught off guard, and the opportunity for a pincer attack from the north and the south came.

Wanyan did not immediately give the order: "Pass my order, the whole army pursues south!"

……

The [-] Jin soldiers did not have time to pack up the loot, and continued to chase south. They saw the lost items of the Song army along the way, which made the Jin soldiers even more enthusiastic. They chased for more than ten miles in one breath. It is about seven or eight miles long and one mile wide. It looks like a three-way connection. In addition to the north and south valley entrances, there is also a passage on the west, leading to Niushoufu, a depression.

Wanyan didn't stand to look at the sky, the dark clouds rolled up, as if a heavy rain was coming, he suddenly felt an ominous feeling, he seemed to feel that something was wrong, but he couldn't think of it for a while.

The [-] Jurchen cavalry, the vanguard of the Jin soldiers, had just arrived at Taniguchi when suddenly a drum sounded, and hundreds of bed crossbows appeared in front of them, and jackdaw arrows shot at the Jurchen cavalry like a storm.

More than half of the Jurchen cavalrymen and their horses were shot and killed. The Song army ambushing on both sides came out.

Wanyan Meili had already figured out what was wrong, whether it was the Song army camp or the supplies discarded along the way, there was everything, but there was no food.

But they didn't carry dry food themselves!

At this moment, there was a burst of panic and shouts in front, and a commotion started at the back. Some soldiers rushed to shout: "Marshal, the forward was ambushed by the Song army, and most of them were killed or injured!"

A cavalryman from behind rushed to report, "Marshal, our rear was cut off by the Song army, and the brothers in the rear army suffered heavy casualties!"

After reporting back and forth, Wanyan was stunned, and he suddenly realized that he had been tricked.

Wanyan did not immediately order, "Order the whole army to retreat to Niu Shoufu!"

As soon as he set foot on the road to escape to Niushoufu, a heavy rain swept in from the mountains, and it was very windy and windy.

The Jin soldiers were cold and hungry, and their morale collapsed. The morale of the Song army was like a rainbow, and they chased after them.

In this battle, the Song army lured the enemy deep and defeated the Jin soldiers. Twenty thousand Jin soldiers lost consecutive battles in Niushoufu. In the end, only more than 1000 people fled back to the camp from the mountain road. Almost the entire army was wiped out, including the coach Wan Yan. Among the chaos.

The main general of the East Road, Wan Yan Huo Nu, heard that the main force was defeated and the commander was dead, so she didn't bother to clean up the camp, so she led [-] Jurchen cavalry to retreat in the direction of Jingzhao overnight. The puppet troops surrendered one after another.

After attacking Heshangyuan for 20 days, tens of thousands of Jin soldiers finally ended in a disastrous defeat, and 10,000+ stone grains and countless money, grain and supplies were captured by the Song army. The Song army won the first big victory after the Fuping fiasco.

……

The eighth day of Fire Attacking Jianshau Pass, the pass city still stands proudly after countless battles, but the wooden gate has been completely burned, exposing the two huge stones and densely packed sandbags inside the city.

The twenty trebuchets carried by Wanyan Wulu were also completely damaged, and the plan to attack the city with fire could no longer be carried out. The battlefield ushered in a short period of tranquility.

In the afternoon, Chen Qing looked for several generals with a mysterious face. Except for Yang Zheng, Yang Zheng had already left five days ago. Chen Qing.

"Commander, what's the good thing, so mysterious?" Everyone asked with a smile.

"Look inside to see this!"

Chen Qing took out a bundle of items wrapped in paper from the big tent, and carefully placed it on a big rock.

He unwrapped the paper, and inside were ropes about a foot long, about the thickness of a little finger.

"What is this?" Everyone asked in puzzlement.

"This is what I exposed to the sun two days ago. It's called the fuse, or the fire rope."

Everyone looked at each other, still confused.

"It is cut into long strips with wool paper, brushed with a layer of water on top, evenly sprinkled with gunpowder, and brushed with a layer of paste on the side, rolled into ropes, and then dried in the sun before use."

"But, what's the use of it?" Yang Hua couldn't help asking.

Chen Qing took a fire rope and put it on the ground, took the torch from the soldier and lit it.

'laugh!laugh! 'The fire rope ignited quickly, and it was embers in a moment.

Chen Qing said with a smile: "If you put this kind of matchstick in the gunpowder barrel, you don't need paper to ignite the fire. Not to mention the danger of using paper, it is easy to extinguish it."

Everyone suddenly realized, Yang Hua clapped his hands and laughed, "This is great, more than a dozen barrels of gunpowder can be used, why don't we try a barrel?"

Chen Qing smiled slightly and said, "I tried it in the pine forest yesterday. The amount of gunpowder is limited, so there is no need to try again. I have put matchlocks on more than a dozen barrels of gunpowder. You just need to know how to use it."

"When will gunpowder be used?" Yang Hua asked.

Chen Qing shook his head, "I don't know either, it depends on the situation! Use it in an emergency."

Chapter 51 The Decisive Battle

In the tent of Jin Bing's head coach, Wanyan Wulu paced back and forth in the room with an urgent report, looking very nervous.

How could Wanyan Wulu not be nervous?He had just received a military order from Pingliang Mansion, the fourth prince Wanyan Wushu ordered him to arrive at Xigu before the end of February, and if he was a day late, his head would be cut off.

Unexpectedly, the situation became so serious, Wanyan Wulu regretted it in his heart, Han Chang was actually right, once the monk Yuan was defeated, the wolf lord would definitely be held accountable, and he might not be able to escape the blame, and the third prince might not be able to keep himself.

Wanyan Wulu finally realized how naive and ridiculous his little thoughts were in the face of the powerful kingship.

Now there are only three days left before the deadline, which makes him distraught for a while.

At this time, Wan Yanhui, the commander-in-chief of his subordinates, persuaded: "In any case, we must take the Jiandao Pass in the past two days. In this way, our progress will be slow at most, and it must not be said that it is because we can't take even a small Jiandao Pass. come down."

Wanyan Wulu nodded, that was all he could do. He could blame Han Chang for his inability to attack the city, but if he couldn't even conquer the Jiandao Pass, how could he shirk it?

Wanyan Wulu finally made up his mind, no matter how much he paid, he must win the Jiandao Pass tomorrow.

……

'Boom-thump-'

Before dawn, the earth-shattering sound of war drums came from outside the valley. The sound of the drums was dull and slow.

Chen Qing walked out of the big tent. The sound of the war drums was a bit unusual today, and the sound was particularly heavy.

Yang Yuanqing walked over quickly, "Commander, today may not be Huo Gong!"

Chen Qing nodded, he also had this intuition.

At present, the Song army in Guancheng has more than [-] people. If the Jin soldiers attack the city with all their strength again, how long can they last?

Chen Qing quickly climbed to the top of the city. At the mouth of the gray valley, a large number of troops could be faintly seen marching towards the valley.

"Ugh-"

The low sound of antlers continued to sound.

The enemy army is getting closer and closer. In front are the mighty Jurchen cavalry, one after another, making low-pitched shouts. Behind them are countless infantry, as dense as an ant colony, and the gleaming spears seem to be suspended. In the forest in the air, there are also huge buildings, like black monsters, slowly moving in the team, and the boundless murderous aura pervades the valley.

Half an hour later, [-] troops spread out in the wilderness north of Guancheng, like four huge maps, [-] puppet troops and [-] Jurchen soldiers.

All the siege weapons of Jin Bing are displayed, including 120 siege ladders, ten building vehicles, twelve catapults and two battering rams. murderous look.

At this moment, even the spring breeze in the valley became cold, as if there was no life in the valley, only the breath of death remained.

The three hundred soldiers on the top of the city clenched their spears tightly, their eyes full of tragedy, and there were three hundred soldiers standing under the corridors on both sides, and they would replace the soldiers on the top of the city when they were killed.

Wanyan Wulu looked at the city coldly, waved his saber, "Archer!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"