Fenghou

At the same time when Wanyanchang's army went north, Pucha Abusu also led an army of [-] troops to the Western Army camp. Although Abusu hated Wanyanchang very much and didn't want to help Wanyanchang, he always wanted to leave .

But A Busu never imagined that Wan Yanchang would be so shameless, betraying himself, but he escaped and retreated north.

The army arrived at the camp of the Western Army, only three miles away, and Ah Busu ordered: "Sign the army to attack!"

Of course, Ah Busu would not lead the army to kill himself. He ordered [-] signing troops to attack in the vanguard. The leader of the signing army was called Wei Guoming. Although he was extremely reluctant, he had no choice but to shout, "Assault!"

"Woo--" the horn sounded, and [-] signed troops rushed towards the Western Army's camp like a tide.

The camp of the Western Army was not a large camp with slab walls, but was surrounded by barracks, and the surrounding Western Army patrols retreated one after another.

The 150 army rushed closer and closer, like a surging tide, only [-] steps away from the Western Army. At this moment, there was a sound of clappers, 'Bang!Bang!Bang! '

The [-] Western Army archers and crossbowmen ambushing in the trenches fired ten thousand arrows, and the [-] arrows shot at the running signing soldiers. The signing soldiers were caught off guard, and the arrows shot into the crowd like a storm, screaming and wailing. Four times, soldiers fell one by one, and thousands of people were shot down in an instant.

The soldiers of the signing army were terrified, turned around and fled. Pu Chaa has sent three thousand knives and axes to supervise the battle. The soldiers are not allowed to retreat. Once they retreat, they will all beheaded and killed hundreds of people. The soldiers had to turn around and continue running.

The soldiers of the sign army were poorly equipped, wearing old leather armor eliminated by the Jin soldiers, without even a shield, holding a spear, bowing their heads and rushing forward.

This time, Abu Suo's troops broke into the barracks from north to south in two groups, bypassing the Western Army's bow and crossbow array.

More than 250 signatories lowered their heads and rushed, and entered the crossbow range of the Western Army again. This time, the Western Army started shooting from [-] steps away, and the [-]-step God Arm Crossbow fired at a long distance. Even the chief general Wei Guoming was caught off guard. He was shot through the body by dozens of arrows, and immediately fell off the horse and died.

The soldiers who kept falling, the tide of soldiers who continued to rush, [-] arrows shot again, this time like a gust of wind sweeping fallen leaves, enemy soldiers fell one by one, followed by the second and third rounds of arrow rain, dense The arrows were like a storm, and nearly [-]% of the [-] signatories were killed or injured.

Looking at the screaming and wailing companions everywhere, the signing army completely collapsed, turned around and fled in all directions, throwing away their helmets and armor, and even the swordsmen couldn't stop them. In the chaos, hundreds of Jurchen swordsmen were also angered. The soldiers were stabbed with spears.

The Jurchen cavalry who were about to enter the camp of the Western Army from the north and south were also ambushed. 10,000+ Western Army cavalry, spearmen, and chariots surrounded the two Jurchen cavalry from all directions. Hundreds of chariots were drawn by war horses. Pulling, the small trebuchet threw wooden barrels of fire mines into the enemy army group. The fire mines exploded, the poisoned iron nails scattered, and the horses neighed in horror.

At this time, a large iron fire mine exploded in the group of Jurchen cavalry, with a loud bang, flames rose, black smoke filled the air, hundreds of soldiers were blown to pieces, and several soldiers were blown into the air.

Ah Busu realized that he had been caught in the trap. The Western Army had already ambushed. Seeing that his army was not good at night battles in the dark and suffered heavy casualties, he felt extremely remorseful and shouted: "Break out!"

But this time, Chen Qing had ordered the Jin soldiers to be wiped out regardless of the cost. If they wanted to break out, it would be so easy.

The first thousand and 310 chapters and six hunts

Hutuoshui is a large river in the middle of Hebei Road, spanning the entire Hebei Province. It is divided into South Hutuoshui and North Hutuoshui. The two large rivers merge into one in the north of Qingzhou, and soon flow into the Juma River and finally into the Bohai Sea.

The South Hutuoshui River was hundreds of feet wide. It was midsummer and the water was turbulent. In the afternoon of the next day, [-] Jurchen cavalrymen arrived in Xindu County in the north of Jizhou. Hutuoshui was in front of them.

The Jurchen soldiers built a pontoon bridge with leather rafts, and connected hundreds of medium-sized rafts with ropes to form the bridge body, and then put wooden boards on it to form a simple leather raft pontoon bridge.

Three thousand soldiers were busy building the bridge, and the rest of the soldiers rested where they were. Many soldiers opened their bags of wheat, let the horses eat the wheat, and went to the river to fetch water for the horses to drink.

Wan Yanchang sat on a boulder, feeling really humiliated in his heart, Hebei Road was lost like this before the First World War, how could he explain to the emperor when he went back?

But he was also fortunate that this battle would definitely be defeated, and it was a great achievement to keep [-] precious Jurchen soldiers for the court. If the land was gone, it could be retaken, and if a person died, he would have nothing left.

In the past few days, Wan Yanchang has a new idea. If the Kingdom of Jin cannot win the Great Song Dynasty, it can seize the Kingdom of Koryo. If the Kingdom of Korea is captured, there will be enough resources to recharge and recharge after ten years. After returning to Beijing, , I need to discuss this idea with Tianzihao.

After resting for more than an hour, the three simple pontoon bridges have been built. Wan Yanchang immediately ordered the army to cross the river, and the [-] troops began to line up to cross the river. Because it is a simple pontoon bridge, the stability is not very good, and walking on it is very unstable. You need to be careful to lead the horse Fortunately, the war horses have been trained and have good obedience. Although the pontoon bridge shakes badly, they can still walk across the pontoon bridge slowly.

It would take at least three days for the [-] troops to cross the river at the current speed, but there was no way. Wan Yanchang sent people to plunder the grain and waited patiently.

Chief Wanyan Yinduo led [-] soldiers into Xindu County, burned, killed, looted, and raped women in the county. The whole county seemed to have become a purgatory, with corpses everywhere, children and women crying.

Carts were full of food and belongings, and many young women were sitting on the carts with their hands tied behind their backs, crying dry.

At this moment, a western army + cavalry of [-] people swept in from the Nancheng Gate. There were more than a thousand Jurchen soldiers on the Nanchengmen Street. , but the western army came fiercely and cut off the opponent's head while the horse was galloping. After a while, the streets were full of people's heads rolling around and lying full of headless corpses.

Ten thousand cavalrymen of the Western Army rushed into the county seat. Seeing the miserable scene in the county seat, their eyes were red and their hearts were burning with anger. When they saw the Jurchen soldiers, they killed them without mercy, and they would not accept surrender.

The Jurchen soldiers were so frightened that they left the food and belongings and the young women and fled. Thousands of soldiers fled the county. , Immediately afterwards, the cavalry of the Western Army began to attack one after another. The surrounded Jurchen soldiers were powerless to resist, and they became less and less. Finally, they were all killed. Wanfu Wanyan Yinduo also died under the sword of the Western Army.

Chen Qing issued an order to kill all the Jurchen soldiers who raped and looted, leaving no one behind.

At this time, 20 Jurchen soldiers had crossed the river and more than [-] people, including generals such as Wan Yanchang, had crossed the river. At this time, [-] Western Army soldiers came from the south, and [-] Western Army cavalry rushed to the front.

There was overwhelming shouts of killing all around. The Jurchen soldiers panicked and scrambled to cross the river. The pontoon bridge began to shake violently. Groups of soldiers and horses were pushed off the pontoon bridge, struggling and screaming in the water, and were swallowed up by the river in a short time.

The cavalry of the Western Army came to hide and kill them. Seeing that there was no hope of escape, the Jurchen soldiers began to resist desperately. However, they had no formation, no fighting spirit, and no morale.

The western army's timing was extremely ingenious. When the enemy generals almost crossed the river and launched a half-cross attack, Chen Qing issued an order to kill them all without leaving any prisoners of war.

At this time, the three pontoon bridges were ignited by fire, and the pontoon bridges quickly broke. Thousands of soldiers and horses crowded on the pontoon bridges all fell into the water and were quickly swallowed by the river.

The soldiers on the south bank were crying loudly. Most of them were young Jurchen soldiers. Many of them had only been in the army for two or three years. I would rather die in battle than surrender, but unfortunately this generation can't do it.

Numerous Jurchen soldiers knelt on the ground and begged for mercy. However, the cavalrymen of the Western Army were all hard-hearted. They cut off their heads and pierced their chests without mercy. Tens of thousands of Jurchen soldiers were killed, and the Hutuo water was also stained red with blood. .

Wan Yanchang watched the soldiers on the other side fall down in batches like harvesting wheat, and were slaughtered by the Western Army. His heart was like a knife, and he knelt on the ground and cried bitterly. He got on his horse, and they couldn't bear to watch any longer. More than 3 people continued to flee northward.

Two hours later, nearly [-] Jurchen soldiers on the south bank were slaughtered. Chen Qing left [-] soldiers to clean up the battlefield, take care of the wounded, and ordered [-] soldiers to build three pontoon bridges within two hours.

The Western Army usually used small boats to build pontoon bridges, but they couldn’t find a small boat temporarily, so the Western Army temporarily made thousands of large wooden boxes. The large wooden boxes were very rough, and the woods were not even stripped, but they were very strong. Make a pontoon.

In less than two hours, the construction of three pontoon bridges was completed, wider and more stable than the Jurchens' sheepskin raft pontoons. One hundred thousand cavalry and fifty thousand infantry began to cross the river. Hunted northward.

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The great battle in Daming City ended at dawn. This time it was not a half-crossing of Hutuo River. Both sides were prepared for combat and their combat effectiveness was extremely strong. Except for the [-] signed troops who were defeated by the crossbow battle, the Western Army and the Jurchen Army The fierce battle was very cruel and tragic. In the end, the Western Army defeated the opponent with three times its strength.

Fifty thousand Jurchen soldiers were wiped out. According to the order of the coach Chen Qing, all of them were killed without leaving any survivors. However, the Western Army also paid a tragic price of 5000 deaths in this battle. This is also the Western Army's Eastern Expedition. Since then, the casualties are the heaviest.

This was also within Chen Qing's expectation, so Chen Qing's instruction was to wipe out the enemy at all costs. He knew that this battle would cost a terrible price, but this is war, killing three thousand enemies is self-defeating Eight hundred, in a head-to-head war where both sides are prepared and capable, there will be no victory without paying the price.

At dawn, the battlefield with a radius of more than ten miles was still filled with a pungent smell of blood and a faint smell of gunpowder smoke, which was the breath left after the explosion of wooden barrels, fire and thunder. The mutilated corpses were stripped of their armor and thrown into the cart, along with the scattered arms and broken legs.

Another group of soldiers put swords, spears, and armor in carts, and put gold and silver and other wealth in large boxes. Any army does not allow soldiers to embezzle spoils. Once found, it is a felony, and the same is true for the Western Army. Military discipline was strict, and embezzlement of booty was punishable by severe punishments ranging from rods to capital punishment.

Standing on a high place, Yang Zaixing said to Niu Gao: "If it was the iron fire thunder that was thrown, the damage would be greater, and our casualties would not be so heavy. To be honest, His Highness is a little too cautious on this point."

However, Niu Gao shook his head and said: "We have been relying on Tie Huo Lei, our soldiers may not even know how to kill the enemy in the end, just like the siege now, how long has it been since we used the siege ladder? If one day we use the siege ladder , the general thinks our soldiers can attack?"

"If you don't know how to attack the city, you can't do it!"

"Actually, these are not the key points. I also asked His Highness, and His Highness said that the iron fire thunder is not a profound thing. If the enemy gets it, it will be easy to imitate it. The Jurchens who have the iron fire thunder will be difficult to deal with. I think His Highness is right, he is very clear-headed on this point, he would rather destroy it than let the enemy get it, we only use it at critical times, General Yang, people have no long-term concerns, but near-term worries!"

Yang Zaixing was moved by Niu Gao's earnest words, and he said with shame on his face: "Niu Dutong is right, I am short-sighted!"

The first thousand and 310 chapters and seven hunts

After running for a day, more than [-] Jurchen troops came to the north of Raoyang County, and another big river appeared in front of them. This is the North Hutuo River. Its width and depth are similar to those of the South Hutuo River, and the water flow is not smooth.

Wan Yanchang was depressed all day long, watching the [-] troops slaughtered, but he was powerless, which made him heartbroken, especially the [-] troops were his foundation, most of which were destroyed, how could he gain a foothold when he went back?

All kinds of troubles and inner sadness were intertwined, which made Wan Yanchang's mood very low.

At this time, there was a sudden commotion in front, and a soldier shouted, Wan Yanchang hurriedly urged his horse forward, his heart suddenly became cold, and more than a dozen large ships appeared on the river. How to build a floating bridge?

All the generals looked at each other and looked at Wan Yanchang together. Wan Yanchang pondered for a moment and said: "Send an army to build a pontoon bridge fifty miles to the west, and notify us to cross the bridge after the construction is completed."

This is a good idea. Let an army go to build the pontoon first. They will drag the enemy warships here, and the army will go there after the construction is completed.

Puchaful Baru hurriedly arranged for an army of 3000 to install the pontoon bridge, while the rest of the army rested and waited.

Time passed little by little, and soon, an hour and a half passed, and the spies sent news that the Western Army's [-] cavalry had chased them fifty miles to the south.

This news made everyone angry, and the western army rushed to kill them all, which made everyone feel humiliated. Puchafulbaru said angrily: "Marshal Du, I am willing to lead an army of [-] to ambush the opponent. It is a big deal that everything will be destroyed, and we cannot allow it to be slaughtered." !"

Wan Yanchang was silent for a moment, then sighed, "Let's see how the bridge is built!"

The [-] army turned their horses and galloped west. An hour later, the [-] army arrived at the bridge. The soldiers moved quickly, and a pontoon bridge had been built. Wan Yanchang immediately ordered the army to cross the bridge.

Puchaful Baru stepped forward again and said in a low voice, "Father-in-law, I'm afraid the [-] troops will not be able to cross the bridge completely. We must reserve some troops to stop the enemy!"

Wan Yanchang said coldly: "I know that part of the army must be left behind, but why didn't I agree just now? Don't you understand?"

Puchafulbaru understood that his father-in-law just didn't want him to lead the army to the end, so he backed away silently and stopped talking.

Wan Yanchang looked at the speed of crossing the river, and estimated in his mind that it could pass about 2 people.

Wan Yanchang ordered: "Where is General Wen Yamu?"

"The last general is here!" A senior commander stepped forward to salute with fists in his hands.

"Lead [-] cavalry to intercept the western army's pursuit and cover the retreat of the army. If the bridge breaks, you can lead the army to go west and look for a bridge across the river!"

"Humble post obeys orders!"

Mr. Wan's eyes were a little sad, but he still took the order.

The Jurchen army accelerated the speed of crossing the river. Wan Yanchang and other generals also crossed the river first. The army had just passed 1 people. At this time, the warships of the Western Army appeared on the river. Hit hard.

The Jurchen soldiers on the bridge were in a mess. After several heavy impacts, the pontoon bridge broke into several pieces. More than 1000 people on the bridge fell into the water, and the 1 soldiers on the south bank were startled and shouted.

But this time, Wan Yanchang was mentally prepared and arranged in advance. Mrs. Wan Wen Yamu shouted: "Brothers follow me, let's go to the west to find a way out!"

The [-] cavalry who had never crossed the river reorganized their troops and rushed westward following Wen Yamu like a gust of wind. The [-] troops parted ways, and Wan Yanchang didn't know whether the [-] cavalry could escape back to Yanshan Mansion. The cavalry continued to flee in the direction of Yanshan Mansion.

After half an hour, Chen Qing led 1 cavalrymen to the place where the river was crossed. Tang Huai got off the warship and reported to Chen Qing: "His Royal Highness, about [-] enemy troops escaped across the river, and the remaining [-] cavalrymen were unable Crossed the river and fled west."

"How long has it been?

"About half an hour, I have sent ten warships to follow westward."

"Did Wan Yanchang cross the river?" Chen Qing asked again.

"Should cross the river and head north."

Chen Qing was faced with a choice, either continue northward to chase after Yan Chang, or go west to wipe out the [-] Jurchen troops. Although the troops could be divided, the cornered beasts would still fight. If one's own army is insufficient in number and does not form a crushing force suppression, even if the opponent is wiped out, it will suffer heavy losses.

After pondering for a long time, Chen Qing resolutely said: "Follow west!"

Chen Qing temporarily gave up chasing and killing Wan Yanchang, but turned to completely destroy the Jurchens' vital forces. This was also an important goal of his attack on Henan Road and Hebei Road, and wipe out the population of Jurchens.

The [-] troops continued to pursue westward...

Wan Yanchang led [-] cavalry like frightened birds, and rushed all the way to the north, not daring to stay any longer. Two days later, [-] arrived at Juma River in Bazhou. Crossing the Juma River means that it is temporarily safe.

Wanyanchang sent someone to deliver a letter to Wanyan Helisa in advance. When he arrived in Bazhou, he quickly found the pontoon bridge built by Jin Bing on the Juma River. It was not built with leather rafts, but with wooden boats.

Looking at the Jurchen soldiers standing guard on the pontoon bridge, Wan Yanchang finally heaved a sigh of relief, thinking that only [-] of his [-] troops were left, and the remaining [-] troops were still alive or dead, Wan Yanchang couldn't help feeling sad and burst into tears. .

At this time, Wanyan Helisa hurried up to meet him. He felt Wanyanchang's sadness, and hurriedly stepped forward to comfort him: "Chen Qing attacked with the power of the whole country, and it's normal that the marshal can't resist it. We can only cultivate our essence." Accumulate energy, accumulate enough strength and then go south to the Central Plains, we will still have a chance."

Wan Yanchang gritted his teeth and said bitterly: "We Jin Kingdom has hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers, but in the past ten years, they have been consumed on the battlefield again and again, without a single victory, and every time they are defeated, Wanyan Wushu I have to bear the most important responsibility, and I have to settle this account with the emperor, he is the chief culprit who ruined our Jin country."

Wanyan and Lisa sighed secretly, it's already at this time, and they still have to criticize each other and fight each other. In such a state of disunity, how could the Jin Kingdom win on the battlefield? This is one of the most important reasons for the defeat.

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Chen Qing's [-] army has been chasing westward, and both sides were exhausted. Two days later, the [-] western army finally caught up with the [-] Jurchen army in Gucheng County, Qizhou, and surrounded them without hesitation.

Chen Qing ordered Lu Liuqiong, Tang Qian, Lu Gui, Yue Yun, and Zhang Xian to lead [-] cavalry to attack the [-] Jurchens in the wilderness at the same time from five directions. Chen Qing also issued a killing order,' Surrender is not accepted, meritorious deeds will be counted on the head! '

This is a very cruel way of fighting. Merit is recorded by head, that is, no whole body is left, and all the heads of the enemy troops are cut off. It is usually used by the Jurchens to kill Song soldiers or kill the people of the Song Dynasty, but this time they fought back. to themselves.

The Jurchen cavalry also knew that it was difficult to survive, and they were desperate. The drums on the battlefield shook the sky, the shouts of killing continued one after another, plasma sprayed, human heads rolled, horses and human corpses piled up layer by layer, and many horses were pierced by spears. Convulsions before death.

There are headless corpses bleeding blood everywhere, all dressed in Jurchen cavalry uniforms, their heads have been chopped off by soldiers of the Western Army, and they are used as booty for meritorious service.

Although the Jurchen cavalry resisted desperately and erupted with stronger strength than usual, what they faced was the hundred thousand brave cavalry of the Western Army after all, not the weak and timid soldiers of the Song Army back then. With great strength, everyone is brave enough to kill the enemy bravely, and has formed a powerful crushing advantage with five times the number of people.

There was no suspense. After two hours, the Jurchen cavalry became less and less as they fought, and the last thousand Jurchen cavalry were swallowed up by the boundless cavalry crowd.

So far, in less than a month, the 35 Western Army launched five battles, wiped out the 12 Jurchen Army and 12 Signing Army entrenched on Hebei Road, a total of 24 Jinbing soldiers, and recovered the entire Hebei Province road.

The first thousand 310 eight chapters joy and sorrow

It was mid-June, and it was the hottest time of the year in Jiangnan. The sun was so hot that the earth seemed to melt. Even the dogs were hiding in the shade and sticking their tongues out. There were only coolies and hawkers on the streets. They are busy, under the scorching sun, sweating profusely carrying goods or selling along the street.

On such a hot day, poor people generally stay at home to enjoy the cool, while those with a little money like to make teahouses. Many teahouses have their own ice cellars to attract customers, not only for selling iced drinks in summer, but more importantly, like rich people, in Place ice cubes in the sandwich wall to cool down.

It was scorching hot outside, but the cool breeze was blowing in the teahouse. Of course, the tea drinkers flocked to it, wishing to stay in the teahouse all day.

"Have you heard that Xu Xianggong's son is serving as the county magistrate in Yuchi County, Kaifeng Prefecture!"

"real or fake?"

"I don't know. It is said that someone saw it, and it looks like Xu Xianggong's youngest son."

"Isn't this normal? Everyone has seen the situation now. The country will change its surname, and the world will change its master. At this time, who doesn't arrange a way out for themselves first?"

"Keep your voice down, if Plum Blossom Guard hears it, you will be overwhelmed and walk around!"

"I don't care! Who lost the country of the Han people, and who won it back? Everyone has a steelyard in their hearts, and they want to use power to persecute everyone to shut up. How is it possible?"

At this moment, the door was slammed open, and a few Plum Blossom Guard soldiers walked in aggressively from the outside. The leader of the escort glanced at everyone, and asked coldly, "Are you talking about the court?"

There was no sound in the teahouse, everyone was drinking tea with their heads bowed, the shopkeeper of the teahouse hurriedly said with a smile: "Everyone is chatting about Fengyue and discussing the room!"