Fenghou

"Captain, they're coming!" The sentinel shouted loudly from the overlooking stone platform.

Chen Qing strode to the gate of the camp, and looked down the mountain. He saw a dense crowd of Jurchen soldiers on the mountain road, about a hundred steps away from the military camp. They held shields and spears, and there were about six or seven people in a row. He was walking towards the army village step by step.

But from Chen Qing's perspective, he couldn't see the opponent's number clearly.

"How many people are there in the other party? How are they deployed?"

The sentinel above replied: "There are about 50 people in front, holding shields and spears, and the main force is behind, separated by dozens of steps!"

Chen Qing pondered for a moment, the other party was also a scout, and the biggest characteristic of a scout was that they were cautious and would not take risks lightly. Chen Qing decided to take a gamble and catch the enemy by surprise.

He resolutely ordered: "Open the gate of the camp!"

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Wanyan Alu led three hundred Jurchen soldiers to attack the military stronghold cautiously. He was the commander of the sentinel cavalry and was very cunning. The main force followed behind.

"Commander, the gate of the barracks is open, and no one can be seen. Could it be that the enemy has all escaped?"

"Impossible. They didn't leave so many wounded soldiers in the woods or on the river beach, let alone on the mountain. They must be in the army camp, and they may have found weapons."

Speaking of this, Wanyan Alu ordered: "Notify the brothers in front, raise the shield higher!"

Wanyan Alu was not worried about the opponent's bows and arrows. Their iron armor was strong enough to resist ordinary bows and arrows, unless they were military crossbows, but with shield defense, military crossbows could not hurt them either.

In the end, the opponent could only use spears to fight them decisively, which was exactly what he expected.

If the [-] most elite sentry cavalry troops are no match for the more than [-] disabled Song troops, he might as well just wipe his neck.

Fifty Jurchen soldiers were getting closer and closer to the camp gate, fifty steps... thirty steps... twenty steps.

At this moment, five bed crossbows suddenly appeared at the gate of the camp, and Chen Qing shouted, "Launch!"

Five bed crossbows were fired at the same time, and 25 bed crossbow iron arrows shot out powerfully. This kind of iron arrow is also called jackdaw arrow. It is actually a small iron spear with feathers. It is three feet long and invincible within three hundred steps.

The shield in the hand of the Jurchen soldier shattered, and the Jackdaw's arrow pierced through his body, and then shot through the shield and body of the person behind him.

The five bed crossbows were pushed up and wound up, followed by another five bed crossbows pushed up and fired, and the 25 jackdaw iron arrows shot out again.

The Jurchen soldiers screamed and fell to the ground one after another. Blood mist filled the air, causing heavy casualties. In an instant, more than 20 people were shot dead by the Jackdaw Iron Sword.

"It's a bed crossbow!"

The Jurchen soldiers were terrified, turned around and ran away. At this moment, Song soldiers on the stone platforms on both sides showed their bodies one after another, raising their crossbows and shooting. Within dozens of steps, the powerful crossbow arrows pierced through the enemy's iron armor, and many soldiers were killed. The soldier fell headlong to the ground, unable to get up again.

Wanyan Alu never dreamed that the opponent actually had a powerful bed crossbow.

He reacted very quickly, and immediately ordered: "Go into the woods!"

There were forests on both sides of the mountain road, and the Jurchen soldiers rushed into the forest, hid behind the big trees and quickly retreated downwards.

"Kill me out!"

Chen Qing rushed out with [-] men holding spears, and eight Jurchen soldiers who were still injured and still alive howled and raised their spears to meet them, but they were no longer the opponents of the soldiers of the Song army.

In just a moment, all eight Jurchen soldiers were stabbed to death.

The first battle was a great victory, 37 corpses of Jurchen soldiers were left in front of the camp gate, but the Song army was unscathed. Hundreds of Song soldiers cheered, their morale was boosted, and they had confidence in the future for the first time.

A trace of worry flashed in Chen Qing's eyes. He discovered the biggest weakness of the army village, which was the pine forests on both sides of the mountain road.

What if the other party hides in the pine forest?

When the military village was built, the risk of the forest was also considered, so all the trees in the front, back, left, and right sides of the military village were cut down.

Thirty feet is only thirty steps, and thirty steps away is the forest. The Jurchen can hide behind the big tree, offsetting the power of her bed crossbow.

Simply be more ruthless, set fire to the mountain, and the smoke and heat waves will make it impossible for you to stay in the military camp.

Or detour up the mountain from the side, cut off your own water source on the mountain, or condescendingly shoot arrows to cooperate with the attack below.

I can think of these ways to attack the army stronghold, but can't the enemy army think of it?

Chen Qing once again realized that the only way for them to survive was to kill the opponent's general and make the opponent's dragons retreat without a leader.

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As night fell, the sky was cloudy, and the surroundings of the cottage were pitch black, which was very conducive to sneak attacks, but not conducive to defense.

At this time, a thin figure jumped down from the northwest corner of the army village, and was immediately spotted by the sentry.

"Who is it?"

"It's me, Zhao Xiaoyi!"

When Chen Qing heard that Zhao Xiaoyi was not dead, he was overjoyed and rushed to meet him.

"Xiao Yi, they didn't realize that it was the wild bees you released?"

Zhao Xiaoyi scratched his head and said with a smile: "They found out, but they couldn't help me, and they were in a hurry to catch up, so they had to let me go!"

"How did you get in?"

Zhao Xiaoyi turned his head and pointed to the northwest corner, "There is a gap over there, and there is a big rock underneath. I climbed up the big rock, and I saw the Jurchen cavalry, but they didn't see me."

"where are they?"

"Just hide in the woods!"

Zhao Xiaoyi's discovery made Chen Qing aware of the other party's intentions.

The Jurchens must have wanted to sneak attack the military stronghold at night.

"How many more Jackdaw Iron Arrows?"

"There are 68 more!"

Although the Jackdaw Iron Arrows are powerful, they are not many in number. A bed crossbow with ten Jackdaw Iron Arrows can shoot two rounds. They recovered eighteen iron arrows and can shoot another half round.

Chen Qing sighed in his heart, and said to Zheng Pingling of the guard team: "Save the Jackdaw Iron Arrow for the most critical time!"

"Humble post obeys orders!"

Chapter 9 Desperate

Chen Qing guessed right, Wanyan Alu was within the woods less than fifty steps away from them.

Wanyan Alu also discovered the weakness of the army village, the mountains and forests around them are dense, as long as they don't take the mountain path, or crawl forward on the mountain path, the opponent's bed crossbow can't do anything to them.

Wanyan Alu hid behind a big tree, observing the terrain around the military village.

Under the fence of the military village is a steep slope of [-] feet high. According to today’s standards, it is [-] meters high and has an inclination of about [-] degrees.

But they can use ropes to pull down the barracks, and then suppress the opponent with bows and arrows to cover the soldiers' frontal attack.

Wanyan Alu waved and called the three centurions forward.

"We don't have time to waste time with the Song army. Tonight we must wipe out each other. The three of you listen to my deployment. Yan Shulie leads a hundred brothers to attack from the front. I will talk about how to attack later, Yinya. And Bolt each lead fifty soldiers from the left and right to support, we must first destroy the enemy's barracks."

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Time gradually reached the middle of the night, and black shadows emerged from the woods on both sides of the mountain road.

There were dozens of people on each side, holding shields and spears, climbing up the muddy ground.

Hundreds of enemy soldiers also appeared on the mountain path. They crawled on the mountain path, waiting for the opportunity to attack.

The sentinel of the Song Army immediately discovered the opponent's situation, and the soldiers took their positions one after another.

Chen Qing watched the movement of the enemy army, but the night was pitch black, without stars and moonlight, he could only see some vague shadows.

He could understand the enemy attacking from the front, but why did they attack the sides, a slope that was one foot five feet high, the heavy rain for several days made the slope full of slimy mud, extremely slippery, they couldn't climb up at all, what did the Jurchens want to do?

But the development of the situation no longer allowed Chen Qing to think about it, and the figure of the other party gradually became clear and approached.

"shooting!"

At Chen Qing's order, the soldiers of the Song Army squatted in front of the barracks and raised their crossbows to shoot.

After a round of crossbow arrows was shot, only a few screams were heard, and at most four or five people were shot down by random arrows. The opponent had shields and armor, and the arrows could not penetrate.

"Tou, they use ropes!"

Ropes flew from below one by one, and they were accurately placed on the camp fence.

Chen Qing suddenly understood that the opponent wanted to pull down the barracks. The barracks were a barrier for soldiers. Without the barracks, the opponent's bows and arrows could suppress them.

"The first team cut the rope with me, and the rest of the soldiers shoot!"

Chen Qing yelled, swung his knife and slashed at a rope, 'Crack! 'A rope was cut.

The Jurchen soldiers below got up and tugged on the rope together, and the barracks began to shake violently.

Ten Song soldiers swung their knives and slashed at the ropes on the barracks.

At the same time, the remaining soldiers of the Song Army also seized the opportunity that the opponent could not use their shields, and shot dense arrows at the enemy...

The barracks of the military camp was not one piece, but was made up of [-] sections, each section was about two feet long. Chen Qing discovered the opponent's attempt in time, commanded it properly, and most of the ropes were cut off.

However, three sections of the six-foot-wide barracks were still pulled down, especially the two gaps in the east were connected together, with a width of four feet, through which the enemy could block the gate of the barracks with arrows.

For these three gaps, the Jurchen soldiers also paid the price of nearly 20 casualties, and even the centurion Bolt was hit by two arrows in a row and was seriously injured.

"Archery!"

Wanyan Alu let out a loud roar, and a hundred Jurchen soldiers simultaneously shot arrows into the gap to the east.

The arrows were like rain, and several Song soldiers couldn't dodge in time. They were shot by random arrows and fell down screaming.

"Kill it!" Wanyan Alu saw the opportunity and shouted sharply.

The soldiers attacking the camp gate on the mountain road got up one after another, raised their shields and walked towards the camp gate step by step, but the bed crossbow couldn't push it, and the arrows shot from the gap just blocked the camp gate.

The situation was critical, Chen Qing yelled at Yang Hua, the escort: "Ten shieldmen, block the gap!"

"Follow the order!"

Yang Hua divided his troops into two groups, and ten soldiers raised their shields and rushed up, blocking the gap with their shields.

But this was just a matter of profit, Yang Hua led ten other soldiers to drag out the corpses of the Jurchen soldiers piled up in the northwest corner.

This is the body of more than [-] Jurchen soldiers who were shot and killed by the bed crossbow during the day, and their armor has been stripped off.

They dragged the corpses to the gap and piled them on top of each other.

This is called a human target, also known as a meat pile. It was invented by the Liao army at that time, and it made full use of the corpses of the fallen enemy soldiers to resist bows and arrows.

Another burst of dense arrows came, and the arrows were all nailed to the corpse, the gap was blocked, and they could no longer enter the camp.

"Commander, those corpses... seem to belong to us!"

Silver Fang, the centurion, discovered the mystery of the human target.

Wanyan Alu punched the ground hard, his teeth clenching.

He originally wanted to use the night to sneak attack the opponent, but he didn't expect the sneak attack to be seen through by the Song army, resulting in too high a cost for both sides of the attack.

Moreover, the gap that was opened with great difficulty was blocked by the other party in a shameful way, and his plan was completely worth the candle.

Wanyan Alu couldn't help becoming angry from embarrassment, and ordered: "Concentrate your forces and attack the enemy's camp."

The original 100-man attacking team was increased to 150, led by centurions Yan Shulie and Yinya.

Just as the soldiers blocked the gap with their shields, ten bed crossbows had been pushed up and aimed at the Jurchen soldiers on the mountain path, and the Jurchen soldiers had already killed ten steps away.

"Shoot!" Chen Qing shouted.

The bed crossbow shot 25 jackdaw iron arrows powerfully, and the Jurchen soldiers running in front fell to the ground one after another, screaming, and many of them were shot through their bodies by the iron arrows.

Immediately afterwards, the second round of bed crossbows was shot out. In the chaos, both sides of the crossbows fired at once, and the Jurchen soldiers on the mountain road suffered heavy casualties.

The bed crossbow needed to be wound, and there was a short pause, and the centurion Yan Shulie roared, "Follow me!"

He charged forward with a spear, and the hundred Jurchen soldiers behind him rushed to the gate of the camp.

The situation was critical, Chen Qing roared and charged forward with a spear.

Chen Qing was wearing the black lacquered iron armor of the Jurchen soldiers who died in battle. This kind of iron armor was actually made by the Imperial Forest Army of the Liao Kingdom. It was made by the best Han craftsmen in Youzhou. Armor-penetrating arrows of the Jurchen cavalry.

The [-] soldiers of the Song army behind Chen Qing also put on the black lacquered iron armor of the Jurchen sentry cavalry. Although the iron armor of the two armies is exactly the same, the helmets are different. Wear a hat.

Chen Qing roared, and the big iron spear was as fast as lightning, and stabbed straight at the opponent's general.

The opposite of Chen Qing was the centurion Yan Shulie, the opponent's iron spear was too fast, Yan Shulie raised his spear to block it, but unexpectedly the opponent's move was false, he made an empty move, screaming in his heart that something was wrong, he hurriedly backed away, But it was too late, I only felt a pain in my chest.

'puff! The iron spear pierced Yan Shulie's chest, and Yan Shulie died immediately with a scream.