Fenghou

Xie Cong Jinbing was wearing leather armor and couldn't resist the penetrating power of the crossbow arrows. In the crowd, pieces of enemy troops fell to the ground with arrows, revealing gaps, but the gaps closed quickly. About a hundred steps.

The second round of crossbow arrows was fired from the camp again, densely filling the air, and fell on the soldiers like raindrops.

Two rounds of 600 crossbow arrows resulted in the reduction of more than [-] soldiers, but [-] soldiers only accounted for [-]% of the attacking force, which was far from affecting the impact of the Jin soldiers.

At this time, the [-] god arm crossbow soldiers in front of the camp had been quietly replaced by [-] spear troops, and dozens of gunpowder men were hidden inside.

More than 2000 soldiers gradually approached the Song Army's camp, and the covering arrows stopped shooting, and the crossbow arrows in the barracks also stopped, and there was a kind of extreme anxiety and depression in the air.

Guo Anguo held his breath and was so nervous that his heart jumped out. The soldiers were less than fifty steps away from the gate of the camp, but the Song army did not make any counterattacks. If something goes wrong, there must be a demon. Guo Anguo felt a kind of The tension before the storm.

Han Chang narrowed his eyes, but he was very excited in his heart. He was about to see Chen Qing's counterattack. This was also the goal he ordered Guo Anguo to attack. He didn't expect Guo Anguo to capture the Jiwangpo camp at all. , how could Chen Qing be so weak?

But he hoped to test Chen Qing's defense bottom line and see the real defense level of Chen Qing's army, so that he could learn experience when he formally attacked.

More than 2000 gold soldiers finally rushed to the front of the camp. They were greeted by hundreds of spears and a mudbag wall as high as one foot. The spears on both sides faced each other, and the soldiers were very dense.

At this moment, dozens of gunpowder barrels were suddenly thrown from behind the mudbag wall, and the fuses ignited. These ultra-small powder barrels were about the same size as the milk powder cans of later generations. They contained three catties of gunpowder and mixed With a large number of poisoned iron nails.

The explosive power of this kind of gunpowder barrel is far from being comparable to the explosive packs of later generations. At best, it is similar to the power of a wooden handle grenade, but its lethality is not the explosive itself, but the half a catty of poisoned iron nails inside. A nailed shield and iron armor can resist, but leather armor and exposed face and neck cannot resist.

"Boom! Boom!"

The gunpowder barrels exploded one after another in the dense crowd, and several soldiers were blown up by the air waves, and there was a panic shouting everywhere, and the golden soldiers were in chaos, pushing and trampling each other, and the fallen golden soldiers wailed in despair in pain , The Jin soldiers were defeated like a mountain falling, scrambling to flee down the hillside, many soldiers fell down while running, and the toxins in their bodies broke out.

At this time, Song Jun fired arrows at the back, and the Jin soldiers who ran a little slower were all shot and killed by crossbow arrows.

This round of attack did not even meet the Song Army's Mao, so it ended in a disastrous defeat, with more than [-] casualties, and more than [-] people were trampled to death by their own people.

Guo Anguo was really frustrated, and stepped forward to plead guilty to Han Chang. Han Chang smiled and waved his hands, "Victory and defeat are commonplace in military affairs. Don't blame yourself for this small defeat. I saw a lot of things in this attack, but it was not enough. Please Guo Anguo The general continues to organize the attack, you can bring some more long planks and put them directly on the sand wall, so that the soldiers will not rush to the sand wall and have nothing to do, General Guo can give it a try."

Guo Anguo felt sorry for his own army. From last night until now, they have lost more than [-] casualties without a single contact. Isn't this just using the lives of soldiers to pave the way?

Guo Anguo also knew that Han Chang had this idea. He didn't care about the casualties of his own army at all, and clearly only wanted to know the defense situation of the Song army through the casualties of his soldiers.

Guo Anguo felt resentment in his heart, but he didn't dare to disobey, so he clasped his fists together and said, "I obey my orders!"

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In the barracks, Chen Qing witnessed more than [-] soldiers turned out and killed all the poisoned and injured enemy soldiers, leaving no one alive.

Zheng Ping next to him asked a little puzzled: "Commander, I am a little confused. We fought so fiercely at Jiandao Pass that almost all soldiers were exhausted, but here we fought like a game, killing more than [-] enemies." , we didn't hurt a single soldier, what's the reason for this?"

Chen Qing said indifferently: "Up to now, the enemy army is only a tentative attack, trying to figure out our details, not a real attack. Have you seen it? The attack is all the Han army, with poor equipment and low morale. Retreating downward, the Jurchens did not drive them away with knives and axes, these soldiers are just snacks before our meal, and the real feast has not yet begun."

"Then did we make a mistake in using kerosene and gunpowder to deal with the enemy?"

"Of course not, we also need to test the combat effects of kerosene and gunpowder?"

Yang Yuanqing said worriedly: "The humble officer is most worried about the Jin soldiers attacking from the east and west sides. Once they use heavy trebuchets to destroy the board wall, the enemy army will attack in an all-round way, and our disadvantage of insufficient troops will be fully exposed."

Chen Qing looked into the distance solemnly, and said slowly: "If we really reach that step, it will be the real test for us."

Chen Qing turned his head and said to Zhou Kuan and Zhang Miao, the two civil servants, "I would like to ask you two to work hard! Write the last letter home for the soldiers."

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At this moment, the sound of war drums in the distance sounded again, and the 100 Congregation troops assembled again, preparing for the second attack. This time they prepared more than [-] long and wide wooden planks, and prepared to rely on them to rush through the Song army. mudbag wall.

This way of thinking is correct. They didn't think carefully before, so that they rushed under the mudbag wall and had nothing to do. Now they finally have a countermeasure.

"Attack!"

Guo Anguo gave an order, and the five thousand Xie Cong Jin soldiers waved their spears and battle flags, holding crossbow arrows, and rushed towards the Song Army camp again like a tide in Qiantang.

This time Guo Anguo learned his lesson and directly mixed two thousand crossbowmen into the attacking team. The crossbow arrows can be shot farther. Their shooting target is no longer the Song army on the sandbag wall, but the soldiers in the camp. Song army soldiers.

Chen Qing's eyes became serious, and he shouted: "The shooting crossbow soldiers use their large shields, the trebuchets are ready to throw powder kegs, and the bed crossbows are ready!"

He also changed his strategy. He no longer waited for the enemy to crowd to the door before throwing powder kegs, but started throwing powder kegs a hundred steps away from the enemy, using poisoned iron nails to kill and injure enemy soldiers.

Poison-hardened iron nails generally do not cause immediate poisoning and death, but its toxicity will quickly paralyze the hands and feet of the enemy, causing them to lose combat effectiveness and blind their eyes for a long time. Life is in danger.

This kind of weapon is indeed vicious and unrighteous, but at the moment of life and death, on the battlefield where you die or I live, all benevolence and morality are all farts, and killing the enemy by any means is the kingly way.

Chen Qing also reduced half of the crossbowmen at the same time, and the other half used large shields to cover. This is because he found that the enemy's crossbowmen were also following the attacking team, and their target was obviously the Song army in the camp. up.

The five thousand associations rushed to the hundred-pace line from the military newspaper, and suddenly five hundred cavalrymen rushed out from among them. They rushed up the hillside with shields and spears in hand.

This was Guo Anguo's hidden weapon. Five hundred cavalrymen hid behind, covered by the banner, and suddenly exerted force at a hundred paces.

The long-distance space war between the two sides broke out at the same time. The arrows were like two dark clouds. They met and intertwined in the air, and fell into each other's ranks. The arrow was shot, and he fell to the ground screaming.

'Boom!Bang!Bang! '

When the Jinren cavalry reached the fifty pace line, fifty small trebuchets of the Song army were launched. A ten-jin kerosene barrel can only be cast to about fifty paces.

Dozens of flaming gunpowder barrels rolled in the air, and almost all of them exploded before landing. The matchlocks left by the Song army were very short, and almost all of them exploded above the enemy's heads.

"Boom! Boom!"

There was an explosion, and dozens of barrels of gunpowder exploded on top of the five hundred cavalry first.

In an instant, five hundred cavalrymen turned their backs on their backs, blood and flesh flew all over the place, and their horses were frightened, screaming loudly. Although the cavalrymen were wearing bright armor that protected their chests and backs, their thighs, faces and necks were exposed, not to mention the target For larger warhorses, once the warhorse is hit by dense poison-hardened iron nails, the poisonous onset will be faster.

At thirty paces, only half of the five hundred cavalry remained.

In the second round, fifty gunpowder barrels were thrown out again. This time, their targets were the thousands of infantry who came from behind.

Chapter 127 Fierce Battle

At the critical moment, five hundred crossbow troops arrived, and together they raised their crossbows and shot at the cavalry who were close at hand. The five hundred powerful crossbow bolts shot at the cavalry like a storm. In front of the powerful crossbow, the armor of the cavalry seemed like Thin paper, the galloping cavalry and horses fell headlong, blood burst out, the horses neighed, and the last two hundred cavalry quickly piled up into a mountain of corpses only a dozen steps away from the mudbag wall.

At the same time, gunpowder barrels exploded among the crowd sixty steps away, poisonous nails shot out, flames flew into the air, and black smoke enveloped the position.

Many soldiers were shot by the poisonous nails. The itching caused by the poison made the soldiers break down and turned around to run away. But this time, Han Chang did not allow them to flee. Hundreds of Khitan cavalrymen held sharp axes and ruthlessly They hacked and killed the soldiers who had fled back. The soldiers were forced to turn around and continue to attack.

Han Chang stared at the explosion in the crowd in surprise. At first he thought it was an ordinary firearm, but now he found something unusual. All the firearms thrown by Song Jun exploded without exception, which is unbelievable.

During the siege of Bianliang, the Song army also threw a large number of firearms, but less than [-]% of the firearms successfully exploded, and most of them were extinguished halfway. You must know that firearms use oil paper as the ignition medium, which is greatly affected by wind and terrain. , the wind will be blown out, and it will be easily extinguished after landing.

So that in order to improve the success rate, the Song army burned the iron bar red, poked it into the firearm to ignite the gunpowder and then threw it. Of course, this kind of firearm would not have explosive power, but only played a role of burning and igniting.

Therefore, the firearms seem to have powerful fireworks, but they are actually tasteless and not very lethal. Otherwise, the Song army would not be suppressed by the Liao army for a long time, otherwise the Song Dynasty would not have almost destroyed the country.

But now, Song Jun seemed to have found some trick. Not only did the firearms have a high success rate, but most of them exploded on Jin Bing's head, and the timing was very precise.

Han Chang suddenly became interested, and he immediately ordered: "If you pass on the order, whoever can find a non-explosive firearm will be rewarded with five hundred guan!"

Guo Anguo was about to explode. He watched the wounded soldiers retreat, but were slaughtered by the Khitan cavalry like livestock. Many soldiers had followed his father for many years. They did not die under the spears of the enemy, but died under the spears of their own people. Under the knife and axe.

He couldn't bear it anymore, rushed forward and shouted: "General Han, tell your subordinates to go away, you don't need them to be supervisors!"

"What did you say?"

Han Chang looked at him coldly, "Are you ordering me?"

Guo Anguo was in great pain. If he said one more word, he would be beheaded. Blood rushed to his head. He shouted at the two thousand soldiers behind him: "Brothers, follow me!"

He brandished his sword and rushed up the hillside with the last two thousand soldiers.

Han Chang snorted coldly, "Add twice as many knives and axes, no matter who it is, whoever dares to retreat will be killed without mercy!"

The Song army threw kerosene, the firearms exploded above the heads, the fire burned in the crowd, and there were powerful crossbow arrows. The whole hillside was like Shura Hell, the corpses were burning, the smelly smoke filled the air, and the ground was full of scorched corpses. Can't see the ground.

The attacking enemy army was already in a state of madness. They put wooden planks on the mudbag wall and attacked like zombies. They were shot to death by random arrows, and then rushed up frantically. The corpses rushed into the camp.

But they were stubbornly resisted by the Song army. The spear array composed of a thousand Song troops firmly withstood the enemy's impact. They were like seawalls made of huge stones. In front of the camp standing firmly, one soldier was killed, and immediately another group of soldiers came up. A group of soldiers died, and a new group of soldiers came up.

Fifty steps away from the spear array, there are [-] god-armed crossbow soldiers. They use dozens of carts as cover, and use five-stage shooting method to shoot round after round of powerful crossbow bolts at the enemy. Groups of enemy soldiers who had just rushed to the heights were shot down by them.

The generals who commanded the battle on the spot were Yang Yuanqing and Zheng Pingping. The chief general Chen Qing was squatting on the side wall, watching the movements of the [-] cavalry in the distance. What he was really worried about was the [-] enemy troops. , I am afraid that the camp will not be able to hold on.

At this time, Chen Qing suddenly saw an enemy general on the slope surrounded by dozens of people. He kept waving his saber and ordered the soldiers to charge.

Chen Qing decisively took down the Dingyuan bow, drew out an arrow, opened the bow and set the arrow, and shot at the general.

The general was Guo Anguo, and he also risked it all. If he retreated, he would die. If he simply captured the enemy's camp, his soldiers still had a way out.

But he never dreamed that he had already been locked by Chen Qing's arrow, and he suddenly saw a black spot in the sky, before he could see it clearly, the black spot was already in front of him, it was an arrow, it was too fast, he didn't even know it. Too late to react.

'puff! An arrow hit the center of the eyebrow, the arrow pierced the head, and the tip of the arrow protruded from the back of the head, and there was a lump of bloody red and white brain tissue on the tip of the arrow.

Guo Anguo didn't even scream, he fell off his horse and died on the spot.

More than 1000 of the most elite soldiers behind him saw that the little lord was killed, and began to hesitate and stopped charging.

Han Chang also saw Guo Anguo being shot, he cursed in his heart, and ordered around, "Cavalry gather!"

Now is not the best time to attack, but Guo Anguo's killing disrupted Han Chang's plan, and he had to attack.

There were still more than [-] enemy troops attacking on the ramp, and the enemy cavalry began to gather. Chen Qing could see clearly that the enemy was about to attack.

Chen Qing immediately turned around and shouted sharply: "Zheng Ping, throw the fire oil barrel! Throw the fire oil barrel!"

Hearing Guo Song's shout, Zheng Ping ran to the small trebuchet and shouted, "Throw fire oil!"

Nearly half of the trebuchets had been damaged, and the remaining [-] or so trebuchets started together, throwing barrels of kerosene out, over the heads of the enemy soldiers, and even fell into the crowd of enemy soldiers.

At the same time, Han Chang gave the order to attack. He has always grasped the timing very precisely. It can't be too early or too late. It must be when there is not much remaining courage left in the attack from the Allied Army. This is the time to pick the fruit. best time.

Now the ramps are full of Confederates, they will hinder the cavalry attack.

The ramp with a width of several tens of feet cannot accommodate ten thousand cavalry to attack. Without these allied troops, one thousand cavalry could rush in directly, but now, at most, five hundred cavalry can only rush up.

"The first battalion cavalry attack!"

The first batch of [-] cavalry rushed to the ramp, the second batch of [-] cavalry was eager to try, and the third, fourth, and fifth batches of cavalry were all ready to attack at any time.

Just as the first batch of cavalry rushed up the slope, the slope suddenly caught fire. The fire was so fierce that it seemed to explode. It instantly engulfed more than a hundred cavalrymen rushing ahead, and more than a thousand infantrymen were engulfed. The front door was shrouded in choking smoke, and I couldn't see anything.

However, the Song army was still throwing oil barrels one after another, and the fire was getting bigger and bigger. The more than 100 cavalry behind couldn't bear the fire, so they retreated one after another. Dozens of cavalry rushed out from the thick smoke and fire, bathed in fire. , The horse's tail was also burned, and the horse neighed in terror, and ran away desperately.

More than 1000 soldiers of the Confederacy Army couldn't stand the scorching fire, and rushed down the hillside to retreat. The main general Guo Anguo was dead, and Han Chang spared them this time for the first time, and he will take over the army.

The fire array only temporarily blocked the cavalry army, and once the fire subsided a little, the cavalry would come back.

At this time, the fierce battle inside the camp gate had gradually come to an end. The corpses in the camp were piled up like a mountain. It was hard to distinguish between the Song army and the Jin army. The five hundred god arm crossbow troops played a huge role. Enemy casualties.

When the last hundreds of people who rushed into the camp were wiped out, the camp suddenly became quiet, and there were no more enemy troops, only the catapults "Boom!"Boom! The sound of projection, thick smoke billowed on the hillside, and the flames were raging, and the fire became more and more fierce.

The battle lasted from noon to dusk. The Allies, including the main general Guo Anguo, dispatched 2000 troops successively. In the end, only less than [-] people survived, and even the main general Guo Anguo died in the battle.

The Song Army also paid a tragic price, with more than 500 killed and more than 300 injured.

The Song army had no time to celebrate the victory. They seized all the time to clean up the enemy soldiers, especially the two thousand charred corpses before and after the mudbag wall, so as not to give the enemy horses a chance to leap over the mudbag wall.

The last trebuchet was also damaged, and no new kerosene barrels were thrown out. The fire finally subsided, and the smoke gradually dissipated. The god arm crossbow soldiers are already in position, ready to meet the impact of the enemy cavalry.

But unexpectedly, the enemy cavalry did not continue to attack, and the chief ten thousand, Mutli, stopped the cavalry attack.

Without discussing with himself, Han Chang took the initiative to use the cavalry and arranged for the cavalry to attack, which accumulated the dissatisfaction in Mutli's heart to the extreme.

And the opponent's kerosene weapon also made Mutli very frightened. Once the fire burned into pieces, the horses could not bear it first, and they would inevitably fall into frenzy and collide with each other, causing huge damage to the cavalry.

Seeing Song Jun trying his best to clean up the corpses, Han Chang was furious, and shouted: "So many brothers died in exchange for the present opportunity. The opportunity is fleeting. If you don't catch it, you will never have another opportunity in the future." !"

Mutli said coldly: "You still have [-] Xie troops under your command. Since it's an opportunity, you just let them go. Why do you let the cavalry go to die?"

"You idiot!"

Han Chang finally couldn't help it, and cursed, "I really don't know how you got into the position of Chief Wan. You don't even understand the basics of common sense. The Song army is exhausted. It's a good opportunity for the cavalry to attack. You can defeat the enemy in one battle." , if I can use infantry, will I use cavalry?"

Mutli ignored Han Chang, and he said to a group of cavalry commanders: "Without my order, whoever dares to send troops without authorization will kill without mercy!"

He turned away.

Han Chang watched helplessly that the corpses in front of the Song army's camp had been cleaned up, and the bed crossbow appeared. He closed his eyes in anger. Muteli's stupidity bought precious time for the Song army, and the fighter that appeared in an instant has disappeared. up.

Han Chang was extremely frustrated. Today was indeed not going well, and internal strife caused them to lose their chance.

At the same time, he never got any samples of the Song Army's firearms. It's not that all the Song Army's firearms exploded, but that kerosene and firearms were mixed together, and a few gunpowder kegs that did not explode also burned up in the fire.

Night finally came.

Chapter 128

Wang Jianpo's attack also failed. Wang Jianpo's terrain was steeper and longer. Liu Ziyu hoarded a large number of rolling logs and boulders. The fierce battle lasted for a day. The attacking Khitan soldiers suffered heavy losses. Liu Ziyu's army suffered nearly a thousand casualties. , but the other party also paid the price of nearly 5000 people.

As night fell, Wanyan Alupu gave a long sigh and sent an order to withdraw the troops.

He had to admit that he underestimated the enemy, thinking that he could easily capture the enemy's camp, but the facts taught him a lesson. The tenacity and bravery of the Song army greatly exceeded his expectations.

He summoned several generals overnight to discuss the next move.