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At this moment, Chen Qing finally realized that the Song Army had made a mistake in judging the battle situation before, and the Jin soldiers did not necessarily have to eradicate the Xigu Song Army one by one.

They have enough troops to attack at the same time. They can even send a cavalry to Dashan Pass directly after surrounding the two Song camps to cut off the connection between Dashan Pass and Monk Yuan.

Isn't this the strategic intention of the Jin army to attack Xigu?

Song Jun obviously didn't think of this before formulating his strategy. He didn't expect that as long as Jin Bing had enough troops, the two intercepting barracks would be nothing to worry about.

The reason why Jianbai Pass was successful was because Jianbai Pass blocked the only southward passage, but now, neither Wang Jianpo nor Jiwangpo could do this.

After Chen Qing figured this out, he suddenly became anxious. Is there any way to prevent Jin Bing from advancing eastward?

Call for reinforcements?Obviously impossible. Now that all the troops have been deployed, there is no surplus army at all.

After much deliberation, the only way is to merge with Liu Ziyu's army and strive to make one plus one greater than two.

But the timing of the merger seems to have been a bit late.

Chen Qing heaved a long sigh, and now he had to take a step forward.

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Including the logistics army, Chen Qing's total strength is only 500. It is not easy to defend Jiwangpo, but fortunately this time he has abundant resources, enough defensive bows, kerosene and gunpowder, and even There is the trick of matchlock, which can produce the power of explosion.

Chen Qing deployed the God Arm Crossbow Army in front of the camp gate. The enemy's army attacking the camp gate must use heavy armor that can defend against ordinary bows and arrows. At this time, the power of the God Arm Crossbow Army was displayed.

The Song army built two defensive walls with mud bags in front of the camp gate, arranged high and low like ladders. Five hundred heavy crossbow soldiers were deployed on the defensive walls, and dozens of small catapults were also deployed. At that time, throw the fire oil barrel directly.

At this time, Yang Zaixing walked over quickly, clasped his fists and said, "Is the Commander looking for something?"

Chen Qing pondered for a moment and said, "I want to entrust you with an important and arduous task."

"Please give orders!"

"There are [-] cavalry in my barracks. I want you to lead these [-] cavalry to be active on the outskirts, attack the enemy's logistics transportation, and drag the enemy to Dasan Pass."

This task is indeed very difficult and dangerous. The West Valley is only a dozen miles wide, and it is easy to be locked and surrounded by the enemy, especially the Jurchen cavalry. Once surrounded by them, the Song Army cavalry will almost be wiped out.

Chen Qing also didn't want to send this surprise soldier, but this was the only way to hold the enemy back to Dasan Pass.

Yang Zaixing pondered for a while and asked: "Can the commander be sure that the other party will send troops to kill Dasan Pass?"

Chen Qing shook his head, "I'm not sure, but if I am the general of the Jin army and I have enough troops in my hands, I will definitely send two armies to surround the two Song army camps, and then send another army to attack Dashan Pass. Logistics transportation, then this army will not withdraw at Dasan Pass.”

Yang Zaixing said with a smile: "Since that's the case, why didn't you lead the army to directly attack the Jin Bing's Xigu master camp?"

Chen Qing's eyes lit up, and then he said worriedly: "I'm afraid it will be difficult for the army to pass!"

"As long as the enemy army doesn't know about it, the humble officer will find a way to pass."

Chen Qing nodded, "The situation outside is changing rapidly, and I can't deploy you. I just give you a principle, attack the enemy's logistics, delay the enemy's eastward attempt, and it is best to destroy the enemy's heavy siege arms."

"Humble post obeys orders!"

Not long after, Yang Zaixing summoned [-] cavalry, and Chen Qing appointed Zhao Xiaoyi as Yang Zaixing's deputy general to cooperate with him in fulfilling his strategic intentions.

Five hundred cavalry went down the hill from a temporary gap. Chen Qing told Zhao Xiaoyi: "This operation is of great importance. You must strictly follow General Yang's orders. Don't act like you are senior. Don't take it lightly!"

Zhao Xiaoyi hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "Don't dare to be humble!"

"Go! Come back safely."

Zhao Xiaoyi also urged the horse to go out from the gap, and Chen Qing immediately wrote a letter, ordering people to rush to Dashanguan to send it to the general Fu Xuan.

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At four o'clock, the sentry in the northwest corner was the first to notice the abnormality outside. Although it was as dark as pitch black, the movement of the figure and the neighing of the horses still exposed the arrival of an army.

A group of 8000 Jin soldiers quietly approached Jiwangpo. This army is all composed of the Consortium Army, which is the former Han Army.

However, there are also two types of Han armies in Jin. One is the Song army that surrendered to Jin. This kind of army has the largest number of hundreds of thousands, and most of them have gradually transferred to the Qi army. The Han army in the national army is an army composed of Han people in Youzhou.

The [-] Xie Congjun Army in Xidaying belonged to the latter, originally the Han army in the Liao Army.

The leader of this army is Guo Anguo, the son of Guo Yaoshi, a rebel general from Youzhou.

This time Guo Anguo led 8000 people to attack the camp of Jiwangpo. He divided the auxiliary army into two parts. The former army had about 3000 people.

The other 5000 people were stationed a few miles away, and were strictly ordered by Han Chang not to act rashly, and make a decision after seeing the effect of the sneak attack of the former army. If the sneak attack succeeds, all [-] troops will be sent up. Think again.

Guo Anguo looked at the dark gate on the ramp, and his intuition told him that the gate seemed to have been demolished, and the other party was ready.

Although he knew that the opponent was prepared, but the arrow had already been wound, and he was not allowed to shoot.

Guo Anguo immediately ordered: "Archers cover, sword and shield army attack!"

A thousand soldiers rushed forward, lined up in three rows, and shot arrows towards the gate together, and the arrows rained, 'Woo!Whoosh!Whoosh! 'The powerful front pierced the night sky, and in just a moment, the mudbag wall in front of the camp and the shields of the soldiers were full of arrows.

Jin Bing's second round was about to shoot, Guo Anguo waved his saber, "Kill it!"

One thousand shield troops and one thousand spear troops rushed up, and the three hundred cavalry rushed in the front. The horses galloped, and the soldiers galloped behind. The soldiers shouted, and the two thousand troops rushed to the heights like a surging tide Pentium came.

The Song army's god arm crossbow showed its power, and three hundred powerful crossbow arrows were shot out at the same time. The length of this god arm crossbow arrow was similar to that of the defenders' arrows, but it was extremely powerful. Being pierced by it with one arrow is the most feared conventional weapon for Jurchen cavalry besides the bed crossbow.

The [-] cavalrymen running in front suddenly turned on their backs, the neighing of the horses and the screams of the soldiers resounded through the night sky.

Immediately after the second row of 50 god-arm crossbow arrows were shot, the cavalry behind them fell down one after another. There were less than 250 cavalry left, and more than [-] cavalry fell down from arrows.

The cavalry fell, revealing the infantry behind. At this time, the second round of powerful crossbow arrows came, only a few dozen steps away, and the shields could not block the powerful crossbow arrows. The shields and armor were shot through. The more than 100 soldiers in the army fell down, and the fifty cavalry who had rushed to the front also fell.

Immediately afterwards, the second batch of 100 crossbow arrows came, and more than [-] people fell down again.

The golden soldiers seemed to be peeled off onions. The soldiers outside were peeled off layer by layer, but the attacking army was getting closer and closer to the gate of the camp. Only a dozen steps away, the cold iron armor and fierce faces of the enemy soldiers could already be seen .

Chen Qing gave an order, "Throw the oil barrel!"

Dozens of barrels of kerosene were thrown out by small trebuchets, and the wooden barrels fell to the ground and shattered into pieces. The pitch-black kerosene flowed down, and several soldiers dropped their torches.

'boom! The fire oil started to burn, and the hundreds of gold soldiers running in front couldn't escape, and were engulfed by the fire in an instant.

After a while, the entire hillside turned into a fire zone. The soldiers who ran slower were covered in fire. After running a few steps, they fell into the fire and were quickly engulfed by the fire.

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'when!when!when! Seeing that the situation was not good, Guo Anguo hurriedly withdrew his troops.

The burning kerosene on the hillside made it dimly lit within a hundred steps. The Song Army crossbowmen found the target, and five hundred god-armed crossbow arrows shot through the fire. .

"Retreat! Retreat!" Guo Anguo shouted anxiously.

The golden soldiers retreated in panic, and quickly escaped from the range of the crossbow arrows...

The sky was getting brighter, and the fire in Wang Jianpo's Song army camp was gradually extinguished. The entire fence to the west of the camp was burned into charcoal, and part of it had collapsed, while the other part was still standing black on the cliff.

Although the sneak attack failed, the Jin soldiers still gained something. They captured a few outlying Song army scouts. After a night of torture, several Song army scouts finally confessed the information Wanyan Alupu was eager to get.

There were only [-] Song soldiers in Liu Ziyu's camp, which was beyond Wanyan Alupu's expectation and brought him a pleasant surprise.

Han Chang smiled and said: "Liu Ziyu is in command of the capital. If there are only 1 troops in his camp, then Chen Qing's camp will not exceed this number. The Song Army's garrison in Xigu is only [-] at most."

Wanyan Alupu couldn't hide the excitement in his heart and said: "I can concentrate my forces, take down Liu Ziyu's camp in one battle, and then turn around and attack Chen Qing's camp, within five days we can completely occupy the West Valley."

Han Chang pondered for a while and said, "General Alupu's proposal is exciting, but I still have a few suggestions. Would you like to listen to the general?"

Although Wanyan Alupu participated in the Battle of Hebei before, the Song army he encountered was basically defeated in one battle. This is the first time he fought against the Western army, and he still retains the old Song army in his mind. According to his impression of the army, in his opinion, it is overestimated that the 5000-strong Song army won in two days.

This is also the reason why Wanyan Wushu appointed Han Chang as his lieutenant general, he was worried that Wanyan Alupu was inexperienced.

Wanyan Alupu's face sank, he heard that Han Chang did not agree with his plan, and he said displeasedly: "General Han, do you have any other suggestions?"

Han Chang saw that Alupu was unhappy, and he explained patiently: "Our biggest advantage is that our army is five times stronger than the Song army, and the army is good at fighting and brave. We can use part of the army to deal with the two camps. The rest of the army can directly attack Dashanguan, cut off the connection between Dashanguan and He Shangyuan, and even attack He Shangyuan Song Army from behind. I think this is a loophole in the strategic deployment of the Song Army. We must seize it This loophole, what does the general think?"

Wanyan Alupu said for a while: "I actually don't quite agree with such a risk. Once the Song army sends troops from Dashanguan to cut off our forward retreat, the food and grass will run out, and the morale of the army will be low. The entire army will be wiped out, and if our Xigu army goes to meet it, then the two Song armies will also cut off our retreat from behind, has General Han considered these consequences?"

"General, there are not so many Song troops in Dashan Pass. The main forces of the Western Army are in Hanzhong and Sichuan. The total strength of Dashan Pass is not large. Otherwise, there would not be only [-] troops in the West Valley."

"That's what you take for granted. Who knows how many troops there are in Dasan Pass, not even the fourth prince! You said just now that it was a loophole in the layout of the Song Army, but now you say it was caused by the lack of troops in the Song Army. Isn't this contradictory? "

Wanyan Alupu wanted stability and did not agree with Han Chang's plan. More importantly, he believed that he could win two Song army camps within a few days, so there was no need to take this risk.

Han Chang was really helpless, Wanyan Alupu did not accept such a good plan.

Wanyan Alupu glanced at Han Chang, he remembered the instructions of the fourth prince, the fourth prince valued Han Chang very much, so he should not be too cold.

"General Han, let's do this! We have a limit of two days. You lead an army to attack Chen Qing's camp, and I will also lead an army to attack Liu Ziyu's camp. If the barracks cannot be taken within two days, then I will use yours." How about the plan?"

Han Chang nodded, "Alright, it's settled like this!"

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At noon, Han Chang led [-] Khitan troops to Jiwangpo. Guo Anguo was building a temporary camp two miles away from Jiwangpo.

"How was the sneak attack last night?"

Guo Anguo sighed and said, "I thought the opponent would be paralyzed, but I didn't expect the opponent to be ready. The bow and crossbow are very sharp. We lost nearly a thousand soldiers. According to the general's order, we did not continue to attack."

Han Chang nodded, "Last night's night was very suitable for a sneak attack, but if the sneak attack is unsuccessful, it will be against us. It's good that you withdraw in time, otherwise the loss will be even greater."

"Before I thought that the general had a high opinion of Chen Qing, but after some details last night, I found out that he is really powerful."

Han Chang said indifferently: "Wanyan Alu's disastrous defeat at Jiandao Pass caused Wanyan Zongfu's forces to be squeezed out of Guanlong. It is thanks to this person, and since he dared to lead a lone army into Jingzhao and killed Wanyan Lou The room shows the courage of this man, I suspect that he also has deployments on the periphery, you must be careful of the enemy's sneak attack on the camp at night."

Guo Anguo was awe-inspiring, and quickly cupped his fists and said, "I don't dare to be careless in a lowly position!"

Mutli, head of Jurchen ten thousand husbands, said disapprovingly: "There are only a few thousand people, and he dares to attack us? Why does General Han underestimate himself like this?"

Han Chang knew that this Mutli was extremely arrogant, looked down on the Han people, but he was a simple-minded, incapable idiot.

Han Chang cursed inwardly, ignoring Mutli, he was more concerned about attacking Chen Qing's camp, and then accompanied by Guo Anguo, he inspected the terrain of Jiwangpo.

In fact, Han Chang has detailed maps of these terrains in his hand, but the maps are still not as intuitive as viewing them on the spot.

Han often pointed at Jiwangpo with a horsewhip and said to Guo Anguo: "The map says that Jiwangpo's camp is easier to attack than Wang Jianpo's camp, but in fact it's the opposite. Have you seen the reason?"

"Reporting to the general, it should be that the two barracks are different!"

"That's right, Wang Jianpo's camp is a barracks, while Jiwang Paipo's camp is a plank barracks. If we use ladders to go up from both sides, it is meaningless at all, and we can't climb the camp wall at all. In fact, Wang Jianpo's two sides The cliff is higher and steeper, and it is also difficult to attack. I don't know where General Alupu has the confidence to take the Song army's camp in two days."

Guo Anguo heard the dissatisfaction in Han Chang's heart, and he greeted with a smile: "Wanyan Alupu could be the first commander in chief who invaded Zhongjing, so he was promoted to commander in chief, maybe he will be transferred to Guanzhong , because he is good at attacking cities!"

Han Chang said indifferently: "Maybe! But we also have to attack with all our strength. If he does attack, won't it make me lose face?"

Guo Anguo hesitated and said: "General, if you attack from the front, I'm afraid the brothers will suffer heavy casualties!"

Han Chang glanced at him dissatisfied, "The reason why your father and son are not welcomed by the wolf lord is largely because of this army, which was wiped out for the sake of the wolf lord's society. Maybe your Guo family has another It's time to change planes, do you understand what I mean?"

Helpless, Guo Anguo had no choice but to bow and say, "I understand!"

"It's good to understand, the brothers will start attacking with all their strength after lunch!"

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"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Just after noon, there was loud drumming at the foot of Jiwang Slope, seven thousand golden soldiers lined up neatly one mile away, behind them was the chief general Han Chang and ten thousand Khitan cavalry, Han Chang was temporarily transferred by Wanyan Wushu, he did not Military power, the Jurchen Army is in the hands of Wanyan Alupu.

Even the [-] Khitan cavalry behind them had actual military power in the hands of the ten thousand chief Muteli.

The Song army in the camp also took action one after another, and all the large tents were dismantled. Chen Qing was most concerned about the Cangying. The Cangying is located to the north of the Daying. In the gap, logs were used to add a roof above the barracks, and the whole barracks was wrapped with asbestos cloth outside, which was very strong and strong. All grain, supplies, weapons, kerosene, gunpowder, etc. were placed in the barracks.

Even if the golden soldiers attacked with fire, they could not ignite the barn camp.

There are also soldiers of the Song Army patrolling above the wall to prevent the opponent from attacking from both sides. Although it is unlikely, it is still necessary to prevent the Jin soldiers from taking risks.

Chen Qing stood on the high observation tower, and from his position he could see the situation around Jiwangpo, and of course he could also see the situation of Jin Bing's deployment.

What Chen Qing was most worried about was that Jinbing used trebuchets. Once large-scale trebuchets were used, the surrounding slab walls could not withstand the impact of boulders and would inevitably collapse. Their slab walls lost their defensive function, and Jinbing could climb from both sides. up the ladder.

But now it seems that Jin Bing has not prepared a trebuchet, and even a large siege weapon has not been seen, and the ladder has not been seen.

This shows two points. First, Jin Bing is not fully prepared for this attack; second, today's attack is not a formal attack, but just a coping, or a tentative attack.

But no matter what the opponent's intentions are, he will go all out to kill as many enemy troops as possible.

"Pass my order, the powder keg is ready!"

At this moment, two thousand Xie Congjun troops rushed up and fired their bows and crossbows at the gate of the camp together. Arrows shot towards the camp like dark clouds.

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Guo Anguo waved his saber and shouted sharply: "Kill!"

Three thousand spearmen rushed towards the Song army camp with spears in their hands. Guo Anguo found that the shields could not stop the Song army's strong crossbow, so he simply stopped using the sword shield army and directly used the spear army, sacrificing [-]% of them. The remaining [-]% can reach the camp gate.

Three thousand gold soldiers ran wildly from one mile away, and when they reached 150 steps away from the camp, the bows and crossbows of the Song army fired, and 2000 people shot arrows from the barracks at the same time. To the rushing golden soldiers.