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This result made Wanyan Yinkeshu feel rather depressed, lying on the cart, silent all the time.

Jin Bing did not rush on the road, Wanyan Yinkeshu sent sentry cavalry to scout around, looking for people. They were not looking for food, but looking for locals to lead the way. There were thousands of ravines, Wanyan Yinkeshu firmly believed There is no unparalleled road in the sky, and there is always a small road that can bypass the Song Army's front and rear interceptions.

The reason why Wanyan Yinkeshu is reluctant to fight the Song army again is that the state of the Jin soldiers is extremely sluggish. Like the grassland nomadic cavalry, the Jin soldiers are emotional troops, and they rely on plunder and conquest to stimulate their morale. But once a defeat or hope is lost, the morale of the army will quickly disappear, and it will quickly fade from a ferocious wolf to a panicked wild dog.

The current Jurchen soldiers are in this state. After the failure in the canyon, the morale that was just stimulated has long since disappeared. Not only that, but fell into a deeper downturn. The anger and dissatisfaction of being deceived and fooled filled every soldier's heart. The direct consequence of this emotion was war weariness, and no soldier was willing to fight for the top.

Wanyan Yinkeshu also knew this very well, so when Wanyan Huonu proposed a decisive battle with the Song army twice, they were both rejected by Wanyan Yinkeshu. In this state, they will definitely lose when they fight the Song army with high morale. .

Wanyan Yin could save this army, but he would never fight the Song army unless it was absolutely necessary.

This afternoon, Wanyan Huonu hurriedly found Wanyan Yinkeshu, and he said solemnly: "Marshal Du, there are deserters!"

Wanyan Yinkeshu frowned, how is it possible, how could the Jurchens desert?something that never happened.

Wanyan Yinkeshu changed his mind, and quickly asked: "Isn't it a Jurchen soldier?"

"It's Xi Ren. More than 1000 soldiers are missing. I don't know when they escaped. Their general just reported."

Wanyan Yinkeshu heaved a sigh of relief, he could understand Xi Ren fleeing, more than 4000 people were killed in the attack on the canyon, and the total force was less than [-], the resentment in their hearts can be imagined, but so what if they escaped, The same is death.

"Leave them alone, how much food is there now?"

"This is also the second thing I have to report. The brothers only have three days of dry food, and there are still three hundred shi of grain left, and several thousand dans of fodder."

"How many carts are there?"

"There are more than [-] vehicles!"

Wanyan Yinkeshu immediately ordered: "Distribute the food and fodder to the soldiers, and slaughter all the livestock pulling the carts. Next, start killing the horses of the Khitan people and Xi people, and let them both ride on one horse."

"Humble job understands!"

After walking for more than ten miles, the army found a small river running north-south. The thirsty soldiers cheered and ran towards the river together, and the river suddenly became very lively.

Wanyan Yinkeshu saw that the soldiers were very tired, so he ordered them to camp, and he called Wanyan's live girl, and asked him, "Are there any Han soldiers in our army?"

"There are some in the Khitan army!"

Wanyan Yinkeshu nodded, "You pick a dozen or so fluent Chinese, and let them all wear Song Army armor and pretend to be Song Army spies, and go down the river to find people. There must be someone by the river, let them find a local Anyone who inquires about the Xiaodao, whoever finds out about the Xiaodao, will be promoted to three ranks, and will be rewarded with five thousand guan!"

"Humble job, let's arrange it!"

……

Liu Qiong's army rejoined, restoring the main force of the Song army to 4. They were also on the northwest official road, about [-] miles away from the Jin soldiers. At dusk, they learned that the Jin soldiers had camped and rested, and Chen Qing also ordered Soldiers rest.

At this time, Tang Qian, the leader of the scouts, brought news that a team of their scouts had captured [-] Xiren prisoners of war.

This news really surprised Chen Qing. You must know that the first scout team of the Song Army had only [-] cavalrymen, and the [-] cavalrymen actually captured more than [-] prisoners of war. This made Chen Qing very interested and immediately asked Tang Qian to come to see him.

Not long after, Tang Qian brought a Dutou to Chen Qing's big tent, and they saluted. Tang Qian introduced: "This is the scout Dutou Wang Jingyang, and they captured more than 300 Xiren prisoners of war."

Chen Qingxiao asked: "How did you capture the prisoners of war? Wang Dutou will tell you first!"

Chapter 616 The Final Battle

Dutou Wang Jingyang bowed and said, "I would like to report to Dutong that the brothers of the humble rank found them in a ravine in the north, and we made a noise, but we never saw them come out to break through. We entered the ravine, only to find that they were all kneeling on the ground." Surrendered, weapons and armor piled up nearby."

Chen Qing asked again with a smile: "Did they surrender because you created momentum, or were they going to surrender?"

Wang Jingyang was a little ashamed and said: "To be honest, I feel that they want to surrender in the first place, and it has nothing to do with our momentum. They have nowhere to go."

Chen Qing nodded. He also thought so. Based on his understanding of Jin Bing, no matter how many troops they had, they would fight to the death and would never surrender without a fight. It seemed that there must be something wrong inside Jin Bing.

"Have you interrogated them?" Chen Qing asked again.

Tang Qian hurriedly said: "The humble job has arranged for the subordinates to be interrogated in groups. It is relatively smooth so far, and there is basically no resistance."

"When can you give me a statement?"

"Within an hour at the latest, the humble official must come up with a confession!"

"As soon as possible!"

Tang Qian gave himself some leeway. In fact, half an hour later, he handed over the completed confession to Chen Qing.

All the information Chen Qing wanted to know could be found in the confession. He read it several times, and immediately summoned the main generals to his tent.

"Everyone must have heard about the capture of Jin Bing. Let's look at these confessions again. Jin Bing's morale is low, his fighting spirit is weak, and his war weariness is generally very serious. There are even deserters. The 300 people are only a small part. They fled last night. Hundreds of people were killed, and more than 1000 people escaped this morning. Although they were all Xiren soldiers, the situation of Jinbing is very pessimistic. I think the time for a decisive battle is ripe. I would like to hear what you have idea?"

Gao Ding raised his hand and said, "Could it be that Xi Ren's desertion was deliberately arranged by Wanyan Yinkeshu to lure us into a decisive battle with him?"

Chen Qing shook his head with a smile, "Other armies may be possible, but the Jurchens will not. The Jurchens regard deserters as a great shame, and if they find that their morale is slightly low, they will find a county town for the soldiers to plunder and vent, so as to reinvigorate the soldiers Morale will never wait until there are deserters, and it is also because Danzhou is desolate, there is only one Yichuan County, which is still an empty city, and Wanyan Yin has nothing to do, so there will be deserters, and deserters will definitely not be fake."

Liu Cui also raised his hand and said, "I read from the confession that they still have two or three days of food. Why don't we wait until they run out of food before attacking?"

Chen Qing said indifferently: "Their food will not be exhausted, and there are tens of thousands of war horses. There is a saying that everything must be reversed. If they are really forced to kill war horses for food, they will have a kind of killing intent with the same hatred. Simple In other words, it is to go all out and fight, to die and survive, the best situation is that the food is not cut off, but the faith is already desperate, which is the current situation."

Liu Qiong slammed his fist on the table, "Dutong, let's fight! We have been waiting for this day for a long time."

"Dutong, let's fight!" Everyone expressed their opinions one after another.

Chen Qing glanced at everyone with sharp eyes, and said slowly: "We need a big battle to defeat the golden soldiers on the battlefield, so that the confidence of the soldiers will be completely erected."

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Just after dawn, Chen Qing's army appeared ten miles away from the Jinbing camp. He left [-] troops to guard the camp, and led [-] troops to challenge the main force of the enemy army. They were immediately spotted by the Jinbing cavalry. Gunpowder arrows flew into the sky continuously.

Wanyan Huonu urgently ordered the whole army to assemble, and the [-] gold soldiers were in chaos. Most of the soldiers didn't want to fight, but they had to fight, so they had to find their own troops in the chaos. After the assembly was completed, Wanyan Huonu led a [-]-strong battalion to fight against the Song army...

Not all of the Jurchen army has to fight. It is necessary to keep an army stationed in the formation, not to participate in the battle, to protect the logistics and the coach Wanyan Yin can do nothing.

However, the Jurchen army is not separated by forty miles like the Song army. They are only a few miles away from the Song army. They cannot only keep a few thousand troops. Garrison.

Wanyan Yinkeshu did not expect that Chen Qing would take the initiative to come to challenge, but Chen Qing chose the right time. When morale was at its lowest, when the army was most dispirited, and when the soldiers were most tired of fighting, he already guessed that Chen Qing must have captured Xi Ren as a prisoner of war. Otherwise, it would be impossible to know the situation of our own army so well.

Watching the golden soldiers rushing away, Wanyan Yinkeshu was worried. He was really worried that Wanyan Huonu would calmly command the battle when facing Chen Qing?

If there is no problem with his legs, he must personally command the battle, but he is half paralyzed, God's will!

The big formation set up by Jin Bing also has one master and two wings. Wanyan Huo Nu has [-] Jurchen troops as the main formation, Pucha Asa, the ten thousand husband commander, leads [-] Jurchen troops as the right formation, and Marshal Hu Shida leads [-] Khitan troops. He Xiren's army is on the left.

The two armies fluttered their banners and flew flying in the morning glow. The equipment on both sides was almost the same, they were all wearing iron armor. Chen Qing's 20 army was the most elite among the [-] army.

They wore bronze helmets, gold-lacquered iron armor, short horse spears in their hands, round shields on their backs, and swords in their waists and hips. They were majestic, murderous, and their morale was very high. They had been waiting for this moment for a long time.

The equipment of the Jin soldiers is also good. They wear the standard yellow velvet army armor of the Jin Kingdom, holding spears and swords, bows and arrows on the back, and generals generally use maces.

Although the golden soldiers and iron cavalry swept the world, it was only when the morale was high that the Jurchen's wildness could be fully displayed. On the other hand, the army of the Song Dynasty was extremely corrupt, and only [-] Jurchen iron cavalry swept a million The feat of the army.

But once the morale of the Jin soldiers was low and the morale of the army was slackened, the aura of the Jurchen army like a tiger descending the mountain could not be seen. In front of the two armies, their aura was actually overwhelmed by the Song army.

The war between Song and Jin has been going on for more than ten years, and the tenacious and tenacious side of the Han people has gradually been reflected in the continuous struggle. Only then have there been elite armies such as Yue Jiajun, Han Jiajun, and Wu Jiajun, and there has also been a weak army that has grown step by step. The Chen family army, today they fought a decisive battle with tens of thousands of Jurchen cavalry, but they did not have any fear, but were full of passion and anticipation.

Although the strategy can be despised, the tactics must be taken seriously. For today's battle, Chen Qing thought hard and considered several plans. Finally, he decided to adopt Tian Ji's horse racing strategy. He would use his horse to fight against the enemy on horseback, and his horse to fight against the enemy's army. The middle horse, use the middle horse to dismount the enemy.

It's easy to say, but it's actually just on paper. Tian Ji's horse racing is not that simple, you can use it if you want, and the enemy will listen to your arrangements?Why should the enemy take up their horses and confront your dismounted ones?So this kind of thinking is wishful thinking.

The reason why Tian Ji was able to win must be that he spent money to buy off the confidants of King Qi Wei, and knew the order of the opponent's horse racing arrangement in advance.

The reason why Chen Qing chose this strategy was because he knew that the opponent's general was his old enemy Wanyan Huonu. In order to avenge the murder of her father, Wanyan Huonu would definitely concentrate superior forces to deal with him. You can choose to be dismounted.

Therefore, his main formation consisted of only [-] elite troops, consisting of [-] directly subordinate Huben Guards and [-] scout troops.

Mounting the horse is Gaoding’s left wing, which is composed of [-] cavalry, to fight against the [-] Jurchen army led by Pucha Asa. This is the mounting horse against the middle horse.

The middle horse is the [-] cavalry led by Liu Cui, facing the weakest enemy's [-] Donghu army, that is, the opponent's dismount.

Liu Cui's [-] troops were all equipped with god arm crossbows and [-] bed crossbows. Chen Qing concluded that Wanyan Huonu would let the Khitan and Xi people take charge of the first round of attack.

A gust of wind suddenly blows up, dust is flying on the Loess Plateau, and the military flag is looming in the diffuse dust. A war between Song and Jin is about to begin.

Chapter 617 The Final Battle

Chen Qing drew out his battle sword and shouted to the [-] soldiers: "Since Jingkang, the Jurchen cavalry has broken through our homeland, the court has been annihilated, the people's homes have been destroyed, our parents have been massacred, our wives and daughters have been humiliated, the shame has left us Two generations have been shouldered, but today we stand up, let us use our swords to seek justice for our departed relatives, let us wash away the shame with the blood of the Jurchens, brothers, raise your swords, let the heavens testify, this war Must win! Must win!"

"This battle must be won! Must be won!"

The shouts of anger resounded across the field, and the soldiers of the Song Army were boiling with enthusiasm. Thirty-six thousand swords were raised to the sky, forming a sea of ​​cold light under the sun.

The morale of the Song army was like a rainbow, but the Jurchen cavalry was deserted and there was no enthusiasm. The Jurchen cavalry was obviously shocked by the opponent's momentum. Each soldier had complicated expressions in his eyes, thinking about his own fate.

Wanyan Huonu narrowed her eyes, he could see Chen Qing, and indeed they met on the battlefield, he knew very well that this might be his last chance, in the future Chen Qing would become more and more powerful, and he would no longer lead the army to fight in person.

He immediately ordered to the left and right: "Order Commander Pucha Asawan to fight against the enemy's left flank, and order Marshal Hu Shidabie to take the lead in attacking against the enemy's right flank. I will concentrate my superior forces to annihilate the Song army's main formation!"

Wanyan Huonu drew her sword and shouted, "Beat the drum and attack!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The earth-shattering sound of war drums was the order to attack.

Hu Shidabie, the leader of the left wing, waved his mace and shouted, "Attack!"

Ten thousand Khitan cavalry and Xi cavalry rushed out suddenly and charged towards the enemy formation. The Hexi people also resigned to their fate. There are a thousand knives and axes behind them to supervise the battle. Once they escape back to Qizhan, they will be beheaded by the knives and axes.

What's more, if they were killed in battle, their family members would also be changed to civilian status, and they would be granted the status of civilians in the Kingdom of Jin. Anyway, they would die if they advance or retreat. In contrast, they would rather be shot and killed by the arrows of the Song army.

The dense horseshoes hit the ground, dust was flying, and the ground was trembling. Ten thousand cavalrymen swept towards the Song army like a flood.

Liu Cui's army went out first, and his army began to deploy quickly. Five hundred soldiers launched five hundred bed crossbows, aiming at the galloping enemy army. It can only be shot once, and the battlefield cavalry is so fast that there is no time to reload it for a second shot.

Behind the five hundred soldiers are [-] spears. These spears were seized from Yichuan County and Wuren Road. Entering the ground, this is also the traditional tactics of the Central Plains army, using spear arrays or carts to offset the most powerful first wave of impact of nomadic cavalry.

At the same time, behind the spear array, [-] cavalry raised their crossbows together, waiting for the enemy to approach.

The left-wing cavalry of the golden soldiers gradually approached, and when they entered five hundred paces, Liu Cui shouted, "Fire arrows from the bed crossbow!"

Five hundred soldiers knocked down the hanging knives at the same time, and [-] jackdaw arrows shot at the galloping enemy army extremely powerfully. Hundreds of soldiers running in front turned their backs one after another, and many horses behind were tripped and fell one after another. Rolled to the ground.

In the running of a group of war horses, once they fell to the ground, they would almost die, especially when tens of thousands of war horses were running, the fallen men and horses would be trampled into flesh, and no one was spared.

After firing a round of crossbow arrows, the five hundred soldiers of the Song Army immediately dragged their bed crossbows across the dense array of spears and rushed to the rear of the army regardless of the result.

The [-] jackdaw arrows directly or indirectly caused the death of nearly [-] enemy troops, but the Khitan and Xiren cavalry were not affected in the slightest. Once thousands of horses galloped, they would not be able to turn around and could only accept their fate Running forward without slowing down, if you are a little negligent, you will be knocked over by the horses behind you.

The enemy's forward cavalry was getting closer and closer. At the same time, the Jurchen army's center and right-wing cavalry also launched at the same time. They were also experienced, and they launched only a little later than the forward army.

However, the central army and the right-wing cavalry did not attack frontally, but surrounded the Song army's target in a left and right arc.

"God arm crossbow ready!"

Liu Cui yelled, the first drum sounded, and ten thousand soldiers raised their god-armed crossbows with a [-]-degree oblique angle, aiming their cold arrows at the galloping enemy troops.

The enemy forward had reached the 250-step lethal range, "Shoot the arrow!" Liu Cui shouted again.

The second drum sounded, and the [-] soldiers in the front were the first to release arrows. Three thousand crossbow arrows rose into the air and shot at the galloping enemy army. The arrow hit the fallen horse.

The [-] cavalrymen in the middle also fired crossbow bolts, and the [-] cavalrymen in the rear also fired powerful crossbow bolts. Ten thousand crossbow bolts shot into the enemy group like a storm, and the enemy cavalry fell one by one while running. The military ranks gradually became thinner.

It is impossible to count the specific number of casualties, but it can be seen from visual inspection that at least [-]% of the casualties are.

The cavalry of the Song army did not continue to shoot. They hung up the crossbows and took out the short spears to prepare for the battle. The [-] spears in front of them flashed coldly. They were preparing to deal the final blow to the Khitans. They could not escape the spear array , can only bump into it abruptly...

Getting closer and closer, one hundred steps... sixty steps... thirty steps, Song Jun could already clearly see the opponent's face distorted by fear.

The Khitan cavalry running ahead screamed in fear, but they couldn't stop. They were surrounded by a huge force and charged towards the spear array.

With a sound of "boom", the horses and cavalry crashed into the spear formation, and the sharp spears pierced through the bodies of the horses and cavalry, and blood burst out in an instant. The impact abruptly knocked three big gaps into the spear formation, and the cavalry behind were able to break through the formation.

"kill--"

Liu Cui shouted, and the [-] Song troops suddenly mobilized to kill the [-] cavalry who broke through the spear formation...

Chen Qing also ordered coldly: "Order the whole army to attack!"

"Woo-woo-"

The horn sounded to attack, and Chen Qing shouted, "Follow me!"

"Kill ah-"

Five thousand of the most elite Huben army and one thousand scout army followed Chen Qing to kill the main force of the enemy army.

Wanyan Huo Nu shot at Chen Qing with an arrow while she was galloping. Chen Qing swung Fang Tian's painted halberd and sent the cold arrow flying, staring at Wan Yan Huo Nu coldly. The opponent's general, prompting the enemy's defeat.

At the last moment, the cavalry on both sides rushed forward to protect the coach from being hit by the cavalry.

The one rushing to the front is Lu Gui, the deputy commander. He is a veteran general who joined Chen Qing's army in Linyou County. Mature, martial arts more powerful, he is currently the deputy commander of Chen Qinghu's army.

He swung his long-handled copper hammer, 'Crack!Snapped!Snapped! He smashed the heads of the three enemy horses, but his horse was also killed by the enemy horses. The powerful impact knocked Lu Gui into the air, but the copper hammer did not let go.

The soldiers on both sides screamed, dozens of people were killed on the spot, "Lu Gui, are you dead?" Chen Qing asked loudly.