Fenghou

But Song Jun didn't give them a chance to breathe, and a hundred god-armed crossbow arrows shot again in the second section, followed by the third, fourth, and fifth sections...

After one round ended, the second round began again, and the crossbow arrows kept coming, so that the charging enemy army stagnated at the seventy pace line. They were still unable to charge forward, and groups of soldiers fell down on the hillside.

A soldier ran up to ask for instructions: "Commander, Commander Zheng requests the use of kerosene!"

Chen Qing shook his head, "Tell him not to use it for now, look at my command flag!"

The first batch of soldiers didn't have shields, but wore leather armor. Bows and crossbows were enough to deal with them, and there was no need to use extra fire oil.

Under the continuous attack of two thousand crossbowmen from the Song Army, more than [-] enemy troops fell on the hillside, and the remaining less than [-] enemy troops were also firmly suppressed by the arrows, unable to move.

Seeing that there were not many thousand soldiers left on the hillside, Han Chang was expressionless and ordered coldly: "The second battalion goes up!"

The three thousand Jurchen crossbowmen at the foot of the mountain fired their arrows in unison, and the overwhelming arrows shot at the Song Army camp, once again suppressing the Song Army above them.

'Woo—'

The horn blew low and low, and the second battalion of a thousand soldiers suddenly mobilized. They were still Khitan soldiers. This is the practice of Jin soldiers. The initial charge was made by Khitan and Han people. Until the final attack moment, the Jurchens would debut.

Chen Qing could see clearly that this time the attacking soldiers were wearing armor and shields.

Chen Qing sneered, the other party was following the rhythm, so he would accompany him to the end.

"Pass my order, stop shooting arrows and crossbows, prepare the god arm crossbow! Fire oil is ready, bed crossbow is ready!"

The Song army also changed its tactics accordingly. A thousand soldiers and arrows retreated, and twenty trebuchets creaked and pulled away.

On the two side walls, two hundred bed crossbows will be put into battle for the first time, but the target of the bed crossbows is not the attacking soldiers, but the cavalry who are about to charge behind.

The bed crossbow has a lethal range of [-] steps, even if the cavalry are wearing iron armor, the bed crossbow is still their nightmare.

A thousand soldiers shouted, holding up their shields and short spears and charged upwards. Long wooden planks could still be seen in the crowd, and they ran upwards stepping on the bodies of fallen soldiers.

"God arm crossbow shooting!"

The five-hundred God Arm Crossbow soldiers took the lead. They made full use of the insufficient width of the ramp and could not describe too many soldiers' characteristics, so they adopted five-stage shooting.

The biggest advantage of five-stage shooting is that it avoids the waste of multiple arrows hitting the same soldier, so that after a round of five-stage shooting, close to 300 soldiers can be killed, and the efficiency is at least tripled.

Powerful crossbow 'whoosh!Whoosh! Shooting at the enemy army seventy steps away, the crossbow arrows pierced through the thin shield and iron armor, and rows of soldiers fell down. Every time the attacking soldiers hit more than ten steps, dozens of soldiers fell down.

Despite the heavy casualties, the attacking soldiers still approached the gate of the camp step by step. At this moment, twenty barrels of kerosene rose into the air and hit the top of the golden soldiers in a parabola. The black kerosene splashed in the air, and all the kerosene The lids of the barrels were knocked off. This is because the ground was covered with corpses, and the kerosene barrels would not break when they were hit on the soft corpses. Their bodies became bedding on the hard rock.

Dozens of rockets were fired at the same time, and a raging fire was ignited about fifty steps away from the camp. The golden soldiers were burned so badly that they turned around and ran for their lives. Many wounded and surviving soldiers struggled to get up, but they still fell on the ground. In the fire.

The fire was flying high and the smoke filled the air. At this moment, the five hundred Jurchen cavalry launched. Although the fire defense was enjoyable, the billowing smoke also obscured the Song army's sight.

Five hundred cavalry, holding shields and spears, rushed up the hillside like a stormy sea, followed by a thousand Jurchen soldiers. This was Han Chang's real attack, but it was also expected by Song Army leader Chen Qing. In the middle of the book, he had already seen the tactics of the leader of the Pojin Soldier.

"Fire from the bed crossbow in the west, and stand by in the east!"

The red flag was raised, and one hundred bed crossbows in the west were fired at the same time. Each bed crossbow shot five jackdaw iron arrows. Hissing miserably, more than [-] or [-] cavalry fell to the ground.

Immediately after the red flag was raised again, the one hundred bed crossbows in the east were also fired, and five hundred extremely powerful jackdaw iron arrows shot at them. The dense iron arrows shot through their bodies without mercy.

A thousand jackdaw arrows showed great power, and nearly 350 cavalrymen were shot down. They had just rushed up the hillside and had not yet crossed the Song Army's fireworks blockade.

Han Chang gasped, and hurriedly ordered: "Retreat! Retreat!"

The bell for retreat sounded, and the remaining Jurchen cavalry and a thousand Jurchen infantry retreated in a panic.

The first attack, Jin Bing ended in a disastrous defeat.

Chapter 134

In the tent of the former head of the monk, Zhao Xiaoyi stood aside anxiously. He had never seen Wu Dutong look so serious before. Before that, Zhao Xiaoyi had seen Wu Dutong at least five times. goodwill.

But now, Wu Dutong's face was terribly gloomy, and murderous intent shot out from his eyes from time to time. Zhao Xiaoyi realized that the problem might be serious.

Wu Jie paced back and forth in the big tent with his hands behind his back. Of course, the problem was very serious. Maybe all 1 of them would be wiped out on top of Monk Yuan.

After a while, he said to the soldiers in a hoarse voice: "Go and invite Wu Dutong and Liu Dutong to come to me!"

The soldiers ran out, and Wu Jie said to Zhao Xiaoyi, "Go down and rest first, and I'll look for you later."

Zhao Xiaoyi didn't dare to ask any more questions, so he saluted and withdrew.

Wu Jie walked to the front of the tent with his hands behind his back, looked at the sky and sighed, "Scholars have lost the country!"

Half an hour later, Wu Ling and Liu Kai hurried to the handsome tent.

"Brother, what happened?" Wu Ling asked as soon as he entered the big tent.

"Sit down first!"

Wu Jie asked the two to sit down and handed Chen Qing's letter to them, "The situation is very serious, please take a look!"

The two quickly read the text message, and Wu Yan frowned and said, "If Liu Ziyu's plan was adopted and the city was built on Wang Jianpo, the situation would not be as passive as it is today."

Wu Jie waved his hand, "It's useless to say these things now, the key is what should we do? Wang Jianpo's camp fell, and Chen Qing's troops were too small. Once the opponent splits up again, [-] troops will monitor Jiwangpo's camp, and [-] Jin soldiers Get to the back of Monk Yuan, and attack Wanyan Wushu back and forth, and we're done!"

Wu Ling and Liu Kai glanced at each other, and they were both silent.

Wu Jie said anxiously: "What time is it now, if you have anything to say, just say it, Wu Ling, you say it!"

Wu Jie directly called out his brother's name, Wu Ling hesitated and said, "Brother is right to be worried, but in the current situation, it seems that Wanyan Wushu didn't think about it. This is our chance to withdraw our troops."

Wu Jie shook his head, "Wanyan Wushu has experienced hundreds of battles, how could he not have thought of this, it must be that he was a little afraid of Chen Qing, so he couldn't make up his mind for a long time, once the battle at Jiwangpo is beneficial to Jin Bing, he will definitely divide his troops , it’s just a matter of a day or two.”

At this time, Liu Kai said slowly: "Chen Qing means to let us withdraw to Dasan Pass immediately. That's what he meant by buying time for us. General Wu, we must withdraw immediately. We can't live up to the price Chen Qing's army paid. We must withdraw before Wanyan Wushu reacts."

Both of them mentioned withdrawing troops, Wu Jie's mouth twitched heavily. Monk Yuan had guarded him for two full years, but he was thrown away because of an objection from Sima Qu Yifei.

Wu Ling fully understood his elder brother's mood, and persuaded him: "Chen Qing's thousands of troops cannot stop tens of thousands of golden soldiers. Once the golden soldiers go all out to attack, he will not be able to defend for three days. Just like what elder brother said, if two Wan Jinbing came from behind, even if they didn't attack us, they just cut off our retreat, and we would starve to death in Monkyuan in one winter, big brother, winter is coming soon, we have to retreat to Dasan Pass, and wait until next spring to make plans .”

Wu Jie just felt sorry for Monk Yuan, he did not lose his mind, and he also knew that Chen Qing would not be able to delay for long, and he had no time to hesitate.

"All right!"

Wu Jie finally made up his mind and said: "The evacuation of food, grass and supplies will start tonight, and the whole army will withdraw to Dasan Pass within three days at the latest!"

Wu Jie sent someone to find Zhao Xiaoyi again, handed him a gold medal and said to him: "Give this gold medal to Commander Chen, and say that we have accepted his suggestion and immediately withdraw our troops back to Dashan Pass, and ask him to break out of the siege in three days. This gold medal can pass from Immortals to Hanzhong."

Zhao Xiaoyi accepted the gold medal, and Wu Jie asked someone to give him a letter eagle, and said: "After successfully breaking through, release this eagle letter, and it will come to Dashanguan to notify me."

Speaking of contact, Zhao Xiaoyi suddenly remembered something, and he slapped his head heavily, "The humble officer almost forgot, the commander said that once the army retreats to Dasan Pass, please light the beacon fire, and he will consider breaking out after seeing the beacon fire."

……

After all, Wu Jie had rich experience, and he knew very well that with Chen Qing's current strength, once tens of thousands of golden soldiers attacked with all their strength, Chen Qing would definitely not be able to defend for three days.

In the early morning, the sound of war drums from the Golden Camp resounded through the valley again, and Wanyan Alupu received a message from Wanyan Wushu's flying eagle, ordering him to capture Jiwangpo and take Chen Qing's head at all costs within three days .

Wanyan Alupu didn't like Han Chang's calculating attack very much. After fighting for a day, he lost troops and lost generals, but he didn't take advantage of it.

He is better at using violent, rough, and violent attacks, and now he has the support of the fourth prince, making him take Jiwangpo at all costs.

Wanyan Alupu abandoned Han Chang and deployed an army of [-] in person.

Looking at the Song camp that could not be attacked, Wanyan Alupu waved his saber, gritted his teeth and shouted: "The first battalion and the second battalion charge, the first one to break into the enemy camp will be rewarded with a thousand guan, and Chen Qing's head will be taken." , Reward 1 taels of gold, seal ten thousand households!"

Under the heavy reward, two thousand Jurchen soldiers frantically rushed up the hillside. Wanyan Alupu had a lot of experience in attacking cities. He knew very well that when attacking this kind of slope, the cavalry only looked powerful, but the real siege effect was not No, even if they rushed to the camp gate and looked down from a high position, the cavalry could not get over the mudbag wall and became targets in vain.

The corpses on the ramp had been cleaned up by the Song army. Thousands of charred corpses were thrown into the woods on the side, but the blood on the ground could not be cleaned up. It was very cold at night, and a layer of ice formed on the rocks and flowed down from the side The streams on the slopes also froze.

The Song army is ready to break through the mountain. Five hundred crossbow troops are still deployed on the mudbag wall in front of the mountain. One hundred throwers are deployed in the trench below. They are responsible for throwing logs, and throwing gunpowder barrels and kerosene at close range And other defensive weapons.

Behind the mudbag wall are still thirty small trebuchets, launched by a thousand spearmen. Once the enemy invades the camp, they will immediately form a long spear army to fight against the enemy. Behind them are a thousand infantry archers, who use the defending bows to shoot arrows up the ramp.

In the end, there are nearly [-] alternate spearmen, who can replenish their vital forces at any time.

After tasting the sweetness of the bed crossbow, Chen Qing moved all [-] bed crossbows to the board walls on both sides. One bed crossbow required four soldiers to operate, and [-] soldiers were deployed on each side.

Chen Qing also went all out. Both sides were buying time, and all the weapons at the bottom of the box were taken out.

Chen Qing stared coldly at two thousand soldiers rushing forward, each of them wearing iron armor, holding a shield and a short spear, and long wooden planks loomed in the ranks.

This was a Jurchen soldier, and Chen Qing immediately realized that the opponent's general had changed, and instead of using the Khitan who refused to go all out, he directly used the fierce and powerful Jurchen.

"Pass my order and shoot with all your might!"

Chen Qing's military order was issued, and the bed crossbow was the first to be fired. Two thousand Jackdaw arrows shot towards the dense crowd like a storm. In the ground, a large gap appeared in an instant, but it closed again quickly, but the number of troops was significantly reduced.

Wanyan Alupu saw the sharp weapons on Song Juncheng's head, and ordered: "The third battalion presses up, General Han, use the bed crossbow to shoot at the enemy's plank wall."

Their bed crossbows were seized from Wang Jianpo's camp, there were [-] of them in total, they didn't want to use them to attack the city, but now Wanyan Alupu couldn't care less about it.

The enemy's bed crossbows also shot at the plank wall intensively, and the iron arrows shot through the plank. Many Song soldiers were also shot by jackdaw arrows, screaming and falling down the plank wall.

Another thousand Jurchen soldiers rushed up. At this time, the five-stage shooting of the five hundred god-armed crossbow troops began, and a thousand soldier arrows also shot into the sky, falling from a high place, like hail, killing people from the top. enemy.

Mixed with the arrows were Song Jun's rolling logs, which were thrown one by one, rolling and hitting the golden soldiers on the hillside...

At this time, the Song army seized the opening of the enemy's bed crossbow, and the second round of bed crossbows shot out. The iron arrows were so powerful that they could destroy and kill everything. The Jin soldiers on the hillside suffered heavy casualties. Wanyan Alupu did not hesitate. The land sent another thousand Jurchen soldiers into battle.

The Jurchens were obviously stronger and more fearless than the Khitans and Hans. They kept dying and charging, and approached the mudbag wall step by step.

Chapter 135 The Slaughterhouse

The entire hillside was engulfed in flames, and a large number of logs and branches were also burned. Thick smoke billowed and flames raged. Zheng Ping stared blankly at the fireworks on the hillside. He suddenly slapped his thigh, "I understand now!"

"Fatty Zheng, what do you understand?" Yang Yuanqing asked with a smile beside him.

Several generals nearby all looked towards Zheng Ping.

Zheng Ping said with a mysterious smile: "When cutting trees, didn't I say that our slope is not steep enough, and the rolling logs are of little use?"

Liu Cui laughed and said: "To be honest, the effect of the rolling log is not as great as that of Wang Jianpo, and I haven't seen many people killed by it."

"The leader is not used as a log at all!"

Zheng Ping pointed to the raging fire on the slope and said with a smile: "These logs will burn for at least half a day, unlike kerosene, which will be extinguished in a short time. Fighting for half a day, burning for half a day, and continuing to burn at night, will it drag on day by day?"

Only then did everyone suddenly realize that setting fire to block the way was really clever.

"Is Yuan Qing here?" Chen Qing came galloping on horseback.

"The humble job is here!" Yang Yuanqing quickly stood up.

"Be careful on duty tonight, the other party seems to be testing a trebuchet!"

Yang Zaixing was startled, "Did Jin Bing build a trebuchet so quickly?"

Chen Qing nodded, "If you don't pursue stability and precision, a simple trebuchet is easy to manufacture, and we have experienced it ourselves."

"But what do they want the trebuchet for?" Zheng Ping asked puzzled.

Chen Qing smiled lightly, "If the road on the ramp is blocked, Jin Bing will definitely find another road!"

Chen Qing glanced at the surrounding board walls, and then said to everyone: "There is likely to be a fierce battle tonight, everyone hurry up and rest!"

Chen Qing turned his horse's head and headed towards the warehouse. Yang Zaixing thought about it, got on his horse and chased after him.

"Leader, go slowly!" Yang Zaixing shouted from behind.

Chen Qing reined in his horse and asked with a smile, "What's the matter?"

"Because I just remembered something, I want to talk to the commander."

"you say!"

"When Beizhi burned down the enemy's camp, he found that a large tent was filled with a kind of ladder. Unlike other siege ladders, it was very rough. It was made directly from two pine tree trunks. There were probably hundreds of them. Many, although it was burned by the fire in the end, but Beizhi felt that if the Jurchens recreated this simple ladder, it should be very easy."

Chen Qing nodded, "You are right. If the Jin soldiers want to attack from both sides, ladders are absolutely necessary. Since the trebuchet is already being tested, the ladders should be almost ready."

"Actually, I want to discuss with the commander, how to deal with this simple ladder?"

Chen Qing said with a smile: "I think you already have an idea, why not talk about it."

"Actually, I have been thinking about this problem for the past two days. I heard from General Zheng that you used an ax to cut off the front rungs. In fact, this is a good way."

Chen Qing shook his head and said, "I can bet you that the first few rungs of the ladder Jin Bing made this time must be made of iron. They have learned a profound lesson and will not make such low-level mistakes again."

"What about using fire?"

Chen Qing still shook his head, "We have also learned a profound lesson. When the fire burns the ladder, at least two hundred people can climb up the golden soldiers. It is actually unrealistic to burn the ladder with fire."

"Bizhi said that using fire does not refer to burning ladders, but to burn enemy troops. At that time, Beizhi used a kind of leather bag. Squeezing the leather bag, the fire oil can be sprayed out. Using this kind of leather bag to spray fire oil has great effect. It will be nice."

"I understand your idea!"

Chen Qing sighed and said, "There are only [-] bags of this kind of kerosene in bags. You took away [-] bags, and now you don't even have [-] bags. There are about [-] bags left."

"Use an iron fork, or an iron hook!"