Fenghou

Commander Wanyan Alu stepped forward and clasped his fists, "The humble job is here!"

"You lead three hundred sentinel cavalry to hunt down the remnant army, be sure to kill them all, and bring the head of the enemy general!"

"Follow the order!"

Wanyan Alu led [-] sentinel cavalry to pursue northward.

Wanyan Zongbi led more than [-] cavalry to chase in the direction of Weishui.

But Wanyan Zongbi's army was one step too late in the end. The [-] main force of the Bazi Army had just crossed the Wei River. The soldiers of the Song Army cut off the iron chains, poured kerosene on them, and a raging fire ignited on the pontoon bridge.

Chapter 7 Desperate

Chen Qing led more than 130 soldiers into the woods.

The moment they entered the woods, everyone had the feeling of crawling back from the underworld.

Chen Qing's war horse fell headlong to the ground, foaming at the mouth, and seemed to be dying.

The corps leader Yang Hua rushed forward and suggested, "Dutou, go through the woods, and the mountain on the other side of the river is Erlang's army camp."

Seeing that the soldiers were a little lax, Chen Qing shouted anxiously: "The enemy is about to chase, everyone, don't rest, continue to evacuate north!"

The soldiers cheered up again, stood up and ran.

"Dutou, Liu Wu is dying!" Zhao Xiaoyi shouted sadly from behind.

Liu Wu's lower abdomen was pierced by a spear, and his intestines were hanging outside. The blood was almost gone. He persisted until now. When he entered the woods, his will was loosened, and he could no longer hold on.

Chen Qing knelt down to bandage his wound, and comforted him: "You're fine, it's just a small injury, don't think too much about it."

Liu Wu's chest rose and fell violently, and he was already in a dying state. He held Chen Qing's hand tightly and begged, "Dutou, please... please do one thing!"

"you say!"

"Please tell my son, his father didn't embarrass him, he died for the country, you must tell him..."

Liu Wu couldn't catch his breath, tilted his head and stopped breathing.

Chen Qing restrained the tears in his eyes, closed Liu Wu's eyes with his hand, and nodded, "I will definitely do it!"

"Tootou, they are coming!" A soldier pointed to the outside of the woods and shouted in horror.

Only the sound of horseshoes sounded like thunder, and a group of Jurchen sentry cavalry with hundreds of people appeared a hundred steps away.

Chen Qing struggled to push Liu Wu's body into the mud ditch nearby, and the thick mud swallowed the body.

"let's go!"

Chen Qing led the rest of the soldiers and ran to the depths of the woods.

Not long after, three hundred Jurchen cavalry rushed into the woods like a strong wind. They were skilled at controlling horses, and galloped like flying in the woods.

The Jurchen cavalry rushed with bows and arrows, and a sharp arrow shot at the soldiers of the Song army who were behind. Some soldiers screamed and fell to the ground after being hit by arrows.

Many soldiers of the Song Army were seriously injured and couldn't run fast, and eventually died under the arrows of the Jurchen cavalry.

Seeing that more and more wounded soldiers were shot and killed, Chen Qingxin started to get angry. If this continues, they will all be killed soon.

"Look quickly!" Zhao Xiaoyi suddenly pointed at the tree and said loudly.

Chen Qing saw that there were two huge beehives hanging on the big tree in front of him, like two giant lanterns hanging on a branch.

Chen Qing's eyes lit up, this is a good way.

Zhao Xiaoyi hurriedly said: "Let me do it! I have been able to deal with them since childhood."

"Be careful!"

Zhao Xiaoyi was very flexible. He climbed up the tree like a monkey, and tore off his military uniform to cover his face and neck.

He waved to Chen Qing, and Chen Qing turned around and ran away.

After a while, three hundred Jurchen cavalry arrived, Zhao Xiaoyi slashed with his sword, and two huge honeycombs fell together with the branches...

Zhao Xiaoyi turned around and hugged a thick branch, which blocked his thin body.

'puff!puff! '

Two giant beehives fell heavily on the cavalry team, and Wanyan Alu was next to him, and densely packed hornets rose into the air and rushed towards the surrounding cavalry.

The horses neighed in terror, their front hooves raised high, and the cavalry covered their faces and ran away.

The Jurchen cavalry who were chasing quickly became a mess, and the cavalry behind them stopped their horses one after another, looking at the wild bees flying all over the sky in the woods in bewilderment.

Seizing this opportunity, the soldiers of the Song Army rushed out of the woods in one breath, ran towards the river, and jumped into the river one after another. There were two mountains in front of them, and the river flowed through the middle of the two mountains.

The river was about ten feet wide, and it was the dry season at this time, and the middle of the river was only knee-high, but the current was still very fast. There were too many wounded soldiers, and the soldiers were exhausted from fighting and running, making it difficult to walk in the river.

But the opponent's iron cavalry crossed the river easily, and with powerful bows and arrows, before they went up the mountain, they might all be shot to death at the foot of the mountain.

If there is another thing like a hive that hinders each other a little, they can escape this disaster.

Chen Qing's brain turned rapidly, he wanted to find a simple and effective way to block it.

The most effective way to deal with war horses in history is caltrops, but what about others?Stumbling on the rope, falling into the pit of the horse...

'Stuck in a horse pit! '

Chen Qing thought of it like a flash in his mind.

This is the most suitable method for the predicament at hand, simple and effective.

"Wounded soldiers go first, and the uninjured brothers follow me!"

Chen Qing led dozens of soldiers and quickly dug dozens of deep pits with daggers on the road that the cavalry must pass through. It is very easy to dig pits in the mud and sand. Then he broke off the arrows and inserted them upside down into the deep pits , and cover the hole with piles of leaves.

"Dutou, will it be useful?"

Chen Qing shook his head, "I don't know, if I can fight for a moment, it counts as a moment."

Chen Qing raised his head and looked at the woods behind him, feeling really worried in his heart, wondering if Zhao Xiaoyi could escape?

The thunderous sound of horseshoes came from the woods, and the Jurchen cavalry came after them.

"go!"

Chen Qing jumped up, jumped into the river with dozens of soldiers, and rushed to the opposite bank.

In just a moment, the Jurchen cavalry rushed out of the woods. They did not reduce their numbers, but they were wasted time.

The chief general Wanyan Alu's face was red and swollen, and he hated extremely in his heart. He looked at the soldiers of the Song army fleeing in the river, and waved his knife and shouted: "Catch up with the enemy and kill them all!"

Hundreds of cavalry speeded up and ran towards the river. Suddenly, more than a dozen cavalrymen in the front fell down one after another.

The cavalry behind stopped their horses one after another, not daring to go forward.

"What's going on?" Wanyan Alu asked sharply.

"Commander, there is a horse trap on the ground!"

More than a dozen war horses had their legs broken, and the arrow points pierced deeply into the hooves of the horses. The horses were useless, and several cavalrymen were seriously injured.

Wanyan Alu saw that the Song army had already disembarked and rushed to the mountain hundreds of steps away, he yelled anxiously, "Don't worry about being trapped in a horse pit, catch up!"

The Jurchen cavalry bravely rushed towards the creek, and another Jurchen cavalry unfortunately stepped on a horse pit, the horse neighed and fell, and the Jurchen cavalry rolled directly into the river.

Unpredictable, another cavalry also stepped into the horse trap, the sharp arrow pierced the horse's hoof, and the horse fell forward heavily, pressing the cavalry under him.

But the rest of the cavalry rushed into the river, and the horses galloped in the river, splashing the river water.

The Jurchen cavalry drew their bows and set up arrows, and shot at the soldiers of the Song army rushing into the forest. Chen Qing brandished a big gun to strike the arrows, and retreated as he walked.

The Jurchen cavalry was one step too late in the end. Chen Qing rushed into the forest with a few soldiers, and his back disappeared into the darkness of the forest.

The Jurchen cavalry reined in their horses in front of the forest, and they could only dismount and follow them. Wanyan Alu put his hands on the curtain and looked up the mountain. He faintly saw a wooden camp fence halfway up the mountain.

"There is a camp on the mountain, the whole army rests for a while, they can't escape!"

……

Chen Qing could no longer let the soldiers continue to flee for their lives. Most of the soldiers were injured. If they continued to run, even if they were not killed by the Jurchen cavalry, half of them would die due to the deterioration of their injuries.

They urgently need to rest and recuperate.

Erlangzhai is a small military village left behind by the governor Quduan when he deployed Guanzhong defense. There are many such military villages in Guanzhong, where soldiers are stationed and food and supplies are hoarded.

Zhang Jun, the commander of the Northwest Army, devoted himself to deploying the battle of Fuping and opposed Qu Duan's strategy of sticking to the defense. Almost all the military strongholds were abandoned.

The army village is located halfway up the mountain, not big. Looking down from the sky, it is crescent-shaped as a whole. The open space is about 200 to [-] square meters and can accommodate up to [-] people. The material warehouse, and then built a circle of barracks at the front end.

In addition, there is a mountain spring gurgling down from the mountain. This is the most important thing. There must be a source of water to build a military camp.

After entering the army camp, the exhausted soldiers lay down one after another. The pain and extreme exhaustion made them unable to move anymore. The uninjured soldiers soaked the spring water with cloth strips, and cleaned and bandaged the wounds of the wounded soldiers.

The soldiers opened the cave. There was no rain or humidity inside. It was well ventilated, warm and dry. They carried a dozen or so of the most seriously injured soldiers inside.

The soldiers were hungry, cold, and seriously injured. They had no medicine for sores, and no food.

Without wound medicine, wounded soldiers would not be able to survive tonight, and without food, they would not be able to survive tonight either.

What's more, they had no weapons. The armor and spears of the soldiers were thrown away in the woods, and only daggers and a few bows and arrows were left. The whole army only had an iron gun carried by the general Chen Qing.

Once the Jurchens attacked, they had no choice but to flee separately. The army dispersed and the establishment disappeared, which meant that their entire army was wiped out.

This is a cruel reality that no one wants to face.

All eyes were fixed on the cave warehouse, which was their only hope.

Chen Qing ordered the soldiers to tear off the seal and smash the big lock with a hammer. The corps leader Yang Hua smiled and said, "Don't worry, General, there must be armor and materials!"

Chen Qing ordered in doubt: "Break the lock!"

The big lock was finally smashed, the door opened, a large amount of light came in, and the situation inside the cave was clearly presented before their eyes, and the soldiers immediately cheered.

Chen Qing let out a long sigh of relief, and leaned wearily against the door frame, feeling a heartfelt gratitude to the former garrison.

Chapter 8 Desperate

There are a lot of supplies in the cave warehouse, food, salt, wound medicine, spears, swords, leather armor, crossbows, arrows, everything they need is available.

Perhaps it was because the Song army stationed here retreated so hastily that most of the stored materials were not taken away in time.

Chen Qing asked Yang Hua puzzledly, "How do you know that there will be armor supplies?"

Yang Hua explained: "Before I was stationed in Shengping Army City in Fangzhou, when we left, there was an order from above that all materials were not allowed to be destroyed, and all materials were sealed up and left to the rebels. It was the same when our Bazi Army withdrew from Shangdang. A large amount of armor and materials were left to the local rebels."

That's it, Chen Qing understood.

He stepped forward and picked up a tall infantry bow. To be precise, it was not an infantry bow, but a city defense bow. Its shape was very similar to the English longbow of later generations. It was about one person tall, and it used three-foot-long soldier arrows.

However, this kind of longbowman arrows can only deal with ordinary infantry wearing leather armor at present, and still cannot penetrate the black lacquer armor of Jurchen sentry cavalry.

To deal with the Jurchen sentry cavalry, a crossbow with stronger armor penetration must be used.

Chen Qing put down his bow, and another thing caught his attention.

Ten wooden trailers were neatly placed vertically beside the innermost wall. Chen Qing regarded it as a trailer because there were four wooden wheels underneath.

"What's that?" Chen Qing pointed to the ten wooden trailers and asked.

"Ah!" Several soldiers shouted in surprise, "It's the bed crossbow!"

The bed crossbow is the bed crossbow, which existed in the Han Dynasty. Zhuge Liang's Liannu was made of the bed crossbow, which can fire ten crossbow arrows at a time.

The military technology of the Song Dynasty reached its peak, and the bed crossbow was more sophisticated. It could shoot five iron arrows at a time, and could shoot through the enemy's iron armor at a distance of [-] steps. However, the operation was simple, and five soldiers could control a bed crossbow.

Unexpectedly, the sealed bed crossbow and a large amount of weapons and supplies were found in the army village, which gave hope to the desperate soldiers of the Song army again.

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"Brothers, we fought out from the army of thousands of horses. The most difficult time has passed. Although the number of pursuers is three times that of ours, the Jurchen's advantage is riding and shooting, and siege is not their forte.

We are condescending, with fortifications to rely on, beds, crossbows, and food. This is the way of life left for us by the heavens. Brothers, we will live up to the heavens, and we will surely win the final victory! "

Chen Qing held up his spear and shouted sharply: "God has fate, we will win!"

"We must win! We must win!"

The 98 soldiers raised their arms and shouted together, and their morale was high.

Chen Qing divided the 98 soldiers into five teams, and appointed corps leaders with rich combat experience as escorts.

The soldiers moved quickly, bundles of spears and arrows were moved out, dozens of military crossbows and ten bed crossbows were also moved out.