Fenghou

"Control, this is important information!"

Hu Yanlei nodded, "Notify Yang Dutong immediately!"

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At dusk, Alubu got the worst news. Within a radius of [-] miles, the two thousand cavalrymen did not find a grain of grain, not to mention livestock, not even a dog, and all the trees were cut down completely. The strong walls and clear fields.

Now it is impossible for them to go to other counties. The nearest county to Songcheng County is Gushu County. It is fifty miles to the south. They rushed to Gushu County. It was already dark. If there are people, they can still get some food. But what if it was an empty city again?

Moreover, there is a high possibility of an empty city. If it is an empty city again, they will have no time to procrastinate and can only withdraw their troops.

"Captain Wan, why don't you ask Dong'an to send some supplies over?" a commander cautiously suggested.

Alu's face sank, "Do you think Marshal Du can't think of it? Use your brain to think about it, why didn't Marshal Du let us carry supplies?"

"Stupid and humble!"

Alubu saw that the eyes of several commanders showed confusion, so he had to explain: "If we have supplies, once we attack Songcheng County, we will go deep into Kaifeng Mansion. We don't have many troops, nine out of ten The Western Army will be completely wiped out, and it will be too late to regret. Marshal Du will only give us dry food for a few days. The purpose is to limit us and prevent us from staying too long on the west bank of the Yellow River. Dry food, can't we get it?"

Only then did everyone understand Marshal Du's good intentions in restricting dry food, and they bowed together and said, "We understand!"

A Lubu nodded, and said to everyone: "If you can't attack Songcheng County before dawn tomorrow, withdraw your troops immediately!"

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As night fell, the attack began. Five hundred Jurchen soldiers held up their large shields, forming a [-]% shield armor, covering the battering ram and marching towards the northeast section of the city wall. The core of the shield armor was fifty soldiers holding the attacking The city hammers were covered by layers of large shields above and around their heads. Looking from the top of the city, it looked like a huge centipede wall approaching, and there were two thousand Jurchen soldiers following behind with their shields raised, and they would rush to replenish at any time.

"The first team of bed crossbows is ready!"

Two hundred mobile bed crossbows were deployed on the top of the city, and they were divided into four teams. After one team finished shooting, the second team would switch to shoot. Four paragraphs.

The centipede appeared two hundred steps away, and Hu Yanlei shouted, "Shoot!"

Fifty bed crossbows were fired at the same time, and 250 jackdaw iron arrows roared out. They were extremely powerful. The iron arrows pierced the shield and leather armor, and nearly fifty surrounding shield guard soldiers fell to the ground screaming.

"Fill!"

The commander shouted, and immediately dozens of soldiers rushed up to fill the gap that appeared.

Hu Yanlei cursed angrily, "Why don't you shoot the god arm crossbow, are you watching the fun?"

Zhou Ping hurriedly shouted: "The first team of god arm crossbows is ready, shoot the gap!"

The god-arm crossbow on the top of the city is a heavy-duty god-arm crossbow, which is powerful with six stones and cannot be operated by a single person, so a god-arm crossbow is equipped with three soldiers, one is in charge of shooting, and the other two soldiers assist in winding, a total of [-] pieces The heavy-duty crossbow, [-] soldiers practiced three-stage shooting.

At this time, the second gurney crossbow was shot out, and more than [-] Jurchen soldiers on the periphery fell to the ground. Before the supplementary soldiers rushed up, three hundred god arm crossbows were fired at once, and the powerful arrows rained down on the enemy. .

More than 70 shield-holding soldiers in the middle layer were shot through by arrows and fell to the ground screaming. Jurchen soldiers began to quickly replenish, and more than 100 Jurchen soldiers holding shields rushed up.

In this way, the Jurchen heavy shield soldiers were continuously shot down, and they were constantly replenished. In just a few hundred steps, thousands of soldiers were shot dead.

But the battering ram gradually approached the city wall...

The first thousand and 150 six chapters wiped out

"Damn it, I can't finish killing it!"

Seeing that the other party could not finish killing like ants, Hu Yanlei cursed angrily.

Deputy General Zhou Ping reminded: "General, it's time to use kerosene!"

"I know, you don't need to remind me!"

Hu Yanlei was furious, and shouted: "The fire oil barrel is ready, listen to my order!"

He shouted to Zhou Ping again: "Hurry up and patrol other places, don't be hit by the Jurchens' voices."

"Follow the order!"

Zhou Ping took a team of soldiers to patrol and defend elsewhere.

Arrows were still raining down on the top of the city, and the soldiers holding up their shields kept falling to the ground, but soldiers continued to join in.

The battering ram was still advancing step by step. It had already passed the ice of the moat and was about to go ashore. Hu Yanlei shouted, "Throw down the fire oil!"

Hundreds of soldiers poured down barrels of kerosene, and three hundred barrels fell down in an instant. A dozen torches were thrown down, and the kerosene burned loudly. The flames were raging, forcing the battering ram team to retreat again and again.

A Lu Bu in the distance sighed softly, Song Jun still used kerosene.

He turned his head and shouted sharply: "Attack with the torches!"

Ten thousand cavalry lit the torches, and like a long fire dragon, they galloped towards the city wall two miles away. The sound of horseshoes was like thunder, and the ground began to shake.

Hu Yanlei shouted: "The crossbowmen are ready to shoot!"

In just a moment, the cavalry team rushed to the city, and the arrows were like a storm. Soldiers continued to be shot and fell off their horses, but more soldiers struggled to throw their torches towards the city.

The torches fell on the top of the city like raindrops, more than a dozen barrels of kerosene were ignited by the torches, and a big fire ignited on the top of the city.

Hu Yanlei shouted anxiously: "Throw the torches and fire oil barrels down the city, and protect the other fire oil barrels!"

There was a mess on the top of the city, and the soldiers threw torches down the city one after another, covered the burning kerosene barrel with wet quilts, and threw the bedding and kerosene barrel down the city together.

After working for a long time, the fire on the top of the city was finally extinguished. At this moment, there was a loud bang, the city wall shook, and many soldiers could not stand still and fell to the ground.

Although the battering ram army was forced back by the fire, they did not go far. The torch attack was to cover them. Under the cover of the torch offensive, they took the opportunity to launch an offensive.

"Use kerosene!"

Hu Yanlei roared, "Smash the fire oil!"

Hundreds of soldiers ignored the fall, picked up the kerosene and smashed it down on their heads and faces. Just as the enemy hit the city wall for the second time, the kerosene poured on them all over the body, and the burning fire on the ground was instantly ignited, turning into a pile of burning men. After these two steps, the soldiers in front fell down one after another. What was originally a shocking blow turned into a battering ram and passed by the wall.

Hundreds of barrels of kerosene were thrown down, and the city was turned into a sea of ​​flames. Hundreds of Jurchen soldiers turned into firemen, howling and struggling in the fiery swamp. The battering ram was lost, and the soldiers ran out crying and screaming. After a dozen or so steps, he fell headlong on the ice and gradually stopped moving.

The huge three-foot-long battering ram also turned into a stick of fire, which continued to burn, and finally burned into coke.

When the time came to Haishi, the only siege weapon of the Jurchen Army was destroyed by the Western Army. Alubu was at a loss. Made a battering ram.

"Master Wan, the beams of the houses can be used as battering rams!"

"The beams?"

Alubu has been in the Central Plains for a long time, but he also knows what the beams of the houses look like. The beams of ordinary houses are too thin and too short to be used as a battering ram. If it is a house of a wealthy family, the beams of the main house will be thick. It can be used as a battering ram.

"Master Wan, you almost succeeded just now!"

"Master Wan, it's still early, let's continue!"

Everyone talked and talked, and Alubu nodded, "Okay! Go find the beams, make them strong enough, the main hall of a big family, take a look after demolition!"

A commander led hundreds of cavalry to find the main beam, and everyone had to wait patiently. Everyone realized that the crisis was coming, and there were basically only two meals of dry food left, one meal each in the morning and noon tomorrow , We will run out of food at night.

At this moment, the ground began to tremble slightly, and there was a rumbling sound of thunder in the distance. Arubu stood up in shock and looked to the west.

I saw a few spies running from a distance, shouting, "The Western Army is here! The Western Army is here!"

Alubu was so shocked that his scalp exploded, and he shouted: "Song Jun is coming, blow the horn!"

"Ugh-"

The horn blew, and the resting Jurchen soldiers got up one after another. They also felt the murderous aura, and quickly got on their horses.

The moonlight was bright and clear, and the snow-covered land was exceptionally clear. A few miles away, a dark cavalry appeared.

At this time, the spies rushed over and reported loudly: "There are 2 cavalry in the Western Army, and they are coming fiercely."

Another spies came to report, "Master Wan, the gate of the city has been opened, and [-] Western troops have come out."

Arubu quickly made a judgment that they could not be the opponents of the Western Army, and they would be wiped out.

"Blow the horn and retreat!" Arubu immediately ordered.

"Woo~woo~"

The urgent sound of the horn sounded, which was an order to retreat, and more than [-] Jurchen cavalry turned their horses and fled eastward.

In a short while, [-] cavalry from the Western Army came overwhelmingly, and the leader was Yang Zaixing. He received the news that the Jurchen cavalry had crossed the Yellow River the day before yesterday, and immediately led an army of [-] to support Songcheng County.

The [-] cavalry of the Western Army did not stop and continued to chase the enemy behind. Hu Yanlei also led the army to chase behind. The cavalry did not have time to clear the battlefield, and there would be many wounded soldiers, so they relied on the infantry who came later to make up for it.

The cavalry of the Western Army chased after them very quickly, and the Jurchen cavalry fled desperately. They passed a low hill. In the darkness, arrows suddenly shot out in a storm from both sides.

"Ugh-"

The horns of the Western Army sounded, and five thousand cavalrymen from both sides rushed out, and they made a detour to intercept the fleeing Jurchen cavalry.

The cavalry of the Western Army rushed into the enemy army in an instant, smashing the Jurchen cavalry into pieces. Not long after, the [-] main cavalry also arrived, and the [-] cavalry of the Western Army surrounded and suppressed the Jurchen cavalry from all directions.

This Jurchen cavalry belonged to the Jurchen cavalry in a broad sense, and they were actually Bohai and Korean people. Their combat effectiveness was generally weaker than that of the real Jurchen cavalry. They were no match for the cavalry of the Western Army one-on-one, let alone the cavalry of the Western Army was three-on-one.

The Jurchen cavalry was defeated. Alubu led more than a thousand people to fight a bloody road, and ran eastward in a panic. The rest of the Jurchen cavalry either died or fled.

After escaping the Yellow River in one breath, Alu Bu counted and fled back to the cavalry. They gathered sporadically, less than 3000 people, excluding those who died in the siege, that is to say, 1 people were wiped out in this battle.

A Lubu was frightened for a while, and immediately sent someone to inform Wanyan Digunai to withdraw his troops, while he himself returned to Licheng County in panic...

The first thousand and 150 seven chapters of greed

Wanyan Digunai led [-] cavalry to rush to Xuzhou. He had two tasks, one was to destroy the Yellow River warships of the Western Army, and the other was to plunder food, pigs and sheep, property and population.

Wanyan Digunai arrived at Xiao County first. Xiao County is a small county with a small population, but its geographical location is very important. It is the gateway from the Central Plains to Xuzhou. Wars broke out here frequently. The people here are very alert to wars. If there is any trouble, run for your life immediately, and there is no need to mobilize again.

Like Chuqiu County in the north, Xiao County was also an empty city. The people in the city ran away cleanly, not even an old man was left behind. The Jurchen soldiers dug three feet of the ground and found not even a grain of rice or a copper coin.

Wanyan Digunai was so angry that he cursed, but he had no choice but to let go of the looting of the population and property for the time being, and to destroy the warships of the Western Army first.

Historically, it was not without reason that Wanyan Digunai was able to become the King of Hailing. He had a strong view of the overall situation and knew the priorities of things. Although plundering property and food is very important, it is fundamentally more important than destroying the warships of the Western Army. It's nothing.

Destroying the warships of the Western Army is the real great achievement, and it freezes in winter, and the warships are frozen in the river and cannot move. This is the best and only chance to destroy the warships.

Wanyan Digunai led [-] cavalry to run in the desolate yellow flooded area, surrounded by desolate people, not even a tree in sight, and the world was bleak.

Wanyan Digunai was luckier than Alubu. When they passed through Feng County, they got more than 1000 stones of grain. Each soldier was given a few buckets of grain. They would not be like Alubu's army. They only had two days to finish Yan Digu Nai has more time, and there is no time urgency.

In the evening, [-] Jurchen cavalry arrived in Pengcheng County, where the Yellow River Navy's logistics were stationed. In winter, hundreds of warships should be moored on the water outside Pengcheng County.

Wanyan Digunai immediately dispatched [-] teams of spies to search for the whereabouts of the Western Army's navy within a radius of [-] miles in Pengcheng County.

Different from the plains in the north, there are many low mountains around Pengcheng County, and there are large forests on the mountains. Thousands of Jurchen cavalry stationed in a sheltered mountain depression, lit more than a dozen fires, and there was no game meat, so they could only enjoy the fire. Eat rice with bacon jerky on the side.

At night, the teams sent to investigate came back one after another, bringing news that disappointed Wanyan Digunai, not to mention warships, not even an ordinary small fishing boat was found.

At this time, a commander said to Wanyan Di Gu Nai: "General, I feel that it is normal for me to find it. The Western Army has strengthened the walls and cleared the country, and moved all the people into the city. Naturally, the warships will not stay outside. I guess They are also at the city gate."

"Can the warship enter the city gate?"

"The city gate is very high. If the masts of the ships are lowered, even a warship of three thousand stone can enter."

Wanyan Digunai pondered for a while and said: "We don't have siege weapons, and we don't know how many Western troops are in Xuzhou City. Is this trip in vain?"

"General Qi, I have a suggestion!"

The commander-in-chief Yabulie urged: "Since we have enough food in our hands, why don't we go south. It is said that Yangzhou is the most prosperous place in the world, why don't we go and plunder Yangzhou."

Wanyan Digu Nai came to the Central Plains relatively late, he didn't know that Yangzhou had suffered repeated wars and was plundered many times by Jin soldiers, his wealth had been plundered long ago, and the canal was blocked, Yangzhou had become a stagnant pool of water, how could there be any wealth for them grab.

Besides, the Song Army deployed 10,000+ troops along the Huaihe River, and they killed 6000 people, not even enough to fill the gaps between the Song Army's teeth. You must know that the current Song Army is not the Song Army in Jingkang, and now they are all Jianghuai children. The combat effectiveness is very strong, and it is also led by famous generals Liu Qi, Wang Jian, Tian Shizhong, Zhang Zigai and others.

It can only be said that this commander-in-chief's suggestion is simply dizzy, but Wanyan Digunai is young and vigorous, always looking forward to the glorious history of the predecessor Jurchen cavalry defeating hundreds of thousands of Song soldiers with ten thousand cavalry, and he also hopes that he can With this achievement, he was full of passion for a while, Wanyan Digunai immediately nodded and said: "This plan is very good, tomorrow morning, we will go south to Jianghuai!"

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The commanders of the Jurchen Army did not guess wrong. Since it is hardening the walls and clearing the fields, how could it be possible to leave the warships alone outside to be destroyed by the enemy. In fact, even if they are not dead and the walls are cleared, in winter, the warships will return to Hong Kong for repairs and maintenance, and the damaged planks will be replaced. , brushed with tung oil, replaced ropes and sails.

Chen Qing positioned Xuzhou as the base of the Yellow River water army, in order to find a harbor for hundreds of warships to cultivate. After entering the city, even all the civilian ships around also sailed into the city for shelter.

The governor of the Yellow River Navy of the Western Army is called Li Qingong. He was originally the commander of the Yangtze River Navy of the Song Army. Following Yang Yuanqing to guard Jiangling, the Yellow River Navy was established the year before last, and Li Qingong was transferred to serve as the deputy commander of the navy and concurrently the governor of the Yellow River Navy.

Niu Gao led the warship to attack the mutton supply ship of Daming Mansion. Niu Gao was only the commander in name, and the general who actually commanded the battle was Li Qingong. Niu Gao returned to Taiyuan to continue to sit in the town, and Li Qingong became the real commander of the navy.

In the early morning, Li Qingong was standing on the city wall, watching the movements in the west. He had already got the news that six thousand Jurchen cavalry were stationed in a mountain depression twenty miles away, and countless teams were looking for warships around Pengcheng County.

Li Qingong was secretly amused, there is not even a single commoner outside the city, how can you find warships?I don't know what they are thinking, but they actually want to destroy the Yellow River warships of the Western Army. When will the ships be frozen on the ice in winter?

There are [-] troops in Pengcheng County, all of them are navy troops. Although the number is larger than that of the opponent, the opponent is cavalry. Besides, the navy is not good at land warfare. Sending [-] navy troops will only be wiped out by the opponent. It is better to stick to it county seat.

At this time, a scout cavalry rushed from outside the city, ran to the bottom of the city and shouted: "Is Governor Li here?"

Li Qingong leaned out, "I'm here, what's the matter?"

"Report to the governor, six thousand Jurchen cavalry have gone south."

"When did it happen?" Li Qingong asked anxiously.