Fenghou

Zheng Ping jumped out from the side, and said with a smile: "How can such a bad idea save me, fat brother? The simplest way is to use an iron fork to prop it up, or sprinkle some water on the edge of the cliff to make it freeze and smooth. One point, when the time comes, put a rope around the ladder, pull it sideways, and go down with a squeak, it must be very cool.”

Yang Zaixing's eyes lit up, "General Zheng is right. The simplest method is actually the best. You can let the soldiers work in groups of five to deal with a ladder."

Chen Qing was also interested, and smiled happily: "Go and call Liu Cui, Lao Yang, and Wang Duo, and Hu Yanyun, let's discuss together, and then mobilize the soldiers to find a way, three cobblers can beat one!" Zhuge Liang, besides, there are so many people here that we have to go."

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At two o'clock, a thunderous sound woke Chen Qing from his sleep. He didn't sleep all night last night and was really exhausted.

Although his body was still sleepy, Chen Qing sat up instinctively and asked loudly, "What's the sound outside?"

After a while, a soldier reported, "Commander Qi, Vice-General Yang said that the enemy army has started attacking the wall with trebuchets."

Chen Qing's drowsiness disappeared immediately, and he got up immediately. He was wearing iron armor, but he just put on the iron pocket, took the weapon, and walked out the door quickly.

Chen Qing got on his horse. He was now behind the big camp, and he could see the fire still burning in the direction of the slope in the distance, and the black smoke was billowing. They had cut down enough trees, and it would be no problem to burn them for several days and nights. Come, you can only play ideas on both sides.

"Boom!" There was another muffled sound, and a big hole appeared on the east panel wall.

Chen Qing urged the horse and ran over.

Their slab walls were built by special engineering soldiers of the Western Army. They were made of mud and wood. The east and west sides were relatively thin, so soldiers could not go up to the city. A bed crossbow can be placed.

Of course, this kind of mud wall cannot be compared with the city wall. It is easy to be penetrated by a trebuchet, and it will even collapse under a heavy rain.

Thousands of torches were lit under the cliff on the east side, illuminating the surroundings like daylight. The east side is relatively open, and the battlefield can be set up, while the west side is densely forested, and even the trebuchets cannot enter. Naturally, Jinbing would not consider it. west.

Under the board wall stood more than 1000 soldiers of the Song Army on night duty, holding spears and crossbows, very vigilant.

The observation tower with the huge wooden wheel has moved to the east. Chen Qing stepped up to the observation tower quickly, and Yang Yuanqing greeted him and said: "The situation is not good, the plank wall is almost unable to support it."

Chen Qing stepped forward and looked out of the camp. He saw thirty or forty large trebuchets lined up dozens of steps away. They were very crudely made, and several of them were damaged before they were launched and fell to the ground.

At this time, more than [-] trebuchets were fired at the same time, smashing dozens of large stones on the high wall, making a series of dull sounds, like thunder rolling over the clouds.

It turned out that what I heard was not a heavy blow, but the chorus of dozens of blows.

"Boom!"

A section of the plank wall finally gave up and collapsed.

The soldiers standing below retreated one after another. The collapsed slab wall was about [-] feet wide, and it collapsed as a whole rather than broken, and the base below was also crushed.

Chen Qing's eyes narrowed, and he found that there were dense figures of people in the dark behind the thousands of torches.

"Not good! The enemy is about to attack!"

Chen Qing immediately ordered, "Sound the alarm!"

"Dang! Dang! Dang!"

The harsh bells rang in the camp, and thousands of soldiers woke up from their sleep. They all slept with their armor on and their weapons beside them. As soon as the alarm bell sounded, the soldiers turned over and jumped up. Run to the big tent.

Thousands of troops were gathering quickly, and the golden soldiers below also changed. Thousands of Jurchen soldiers rushed towards the collapsed place carrying more than a dozen ladders. The trebuchets were still smashing the wall, but the war had already begun.

Chen Qing was extremely calm. At this critical juncture, he issued three orders:

First, the fire on the other side of the slope could not be stopped. Wang Duo was required to closely monitor the situation below the slope, and the five hundred soldiers with the God Arm Crossbow could not evacuate.

Second, dismantle all the big tents immediately to protect the horses from being disturbed by the war.

Third, invest in two hundred ten-man teams, Yang Zaixing and Zheng Ping lead one hundred teams each, Yang Yuanqing leads five hundred cavalry as support, and Liu Cui leads one thousand spear troops as backup.

Chapter 136 The Slaughterhouse

The ten-man team is the result of everyone's consultation. In fact, it is the smallest combat unit. It is equivalent to a current squad. There are big and small ones. , Chen Qing's predecessor was a cavalry corporal.

The formation of the new ten-man team has not changed, it is still the original soldiers and the original fire chief, but their equipment and combat thinking have changed.

A ten-man team has a steel fork soldier, a gunpowder soldier, a fire oil soldier, three crossbowmen, three spearmen, and an escort.

Each team of ten is responsible for dealing with one ladder.

The east side of Jiwang Slope is about two feet four feet high, and the edges are all solid rocks. It is indeed possible to climb up the rocks with a ladder. This is also a new direction that Jin Bing found after repeatedly failing to attack the slope.

The sound of war drums was beating, and the army ambushing in the dark was killed under the fire, and the trebuchets were still violently attacking the slab walls.

A thousand soldiers are like ghosts escaping from the region, or like a pack of extremely hungry wolves in the wilderness. Just after a section of wall is smashed down, Jurchen soldiers swarm like wolves and tigers desperately.

The one who was really anxious was the enemy general, and there were less than two days left before the deadline given by Wanyan Wushu, and Wanyan Alupu was already impatient.

In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen ladders were put up on the rock, and dozens of Jurchen soldiers with ferocious faces bravely climbed up. At the same time, two thousand crossbowmen shot arrows to the top of the slope, suppressing the Song army. , unable to lift his head.

"Long fork! Where is the fucking long fork?" one of the guards yelled.

His subordinates were sweating profusely from fright, and hastily handed over the steel fork. The escort gave him a sharp look, grabbed the steel fork, struggled against the top iron rail, and turned around to curse, "Damn it, Do you have eyes on your buttocks? Why don’t you come over here and help me?”

Several subordinates grabbed the long fork and pushed it out. Suddenly, a big hairy hand stretched out from the ladder, grabbed the steel fork and pushed it out.

Seeing that the steel fork was about to be pushed out, the escort's eyes were red, and they swung their knives and slashed at Mao Shushou's big hand, 'Crack! ’ The wrist was cut off, blood spurted out, and the Jurchen soldier below screamed and rolled down the ladder.

The other soldiers of the Song Army yelled together, the ladder was finally slowly pushed away, and suddenly slipped to the left, the ladder lost its center of gravity, and fell violently to the left, knocking down more than a dozen soldiers on the other ladder, There was a scream at the bottom of the cliff.

"Boom!" Another section of the sixty-foot-long board wall collapsed. Dozens of Song soldiers were unable to dodge and were buried under the collapsed mud wall.

Wanyan Alupu was overjoyed and shouted: "Kill another 3000 people!"

Another [-] Jurchen soldiers rushed out of the darkness, carrying dozens of simple long ladders, rushing forward. One by one, the ladders were put on the cliff, and the ant-like enemy troops struggled to climb up. Song Jun used steel forks to struggle outward Pushing, the Jurchen soldiers below desperately held down the ladder.

"Use the powder keg!" Yang Zaixing shouted.

The soldiers lit the matchlocks one after another, and the matchlocks sizzled and burned. When they reached the bottom red line, the soldiers threw the gunpowder barrels down one after another.

"Boom! Boom!"

Gunpowder arrows exploded in the crowd one after another, poisonous nails were scattered, flesh and blood flew everywhere, and ladders were blown to pieces.

At the other end, Liu Cui commanded the soldiers to dump dozens of barrels of kerosene, throw down a dozen torches, and throw down dozens of bundles of fodder. The flames spread rapidly, and the Jurchen soldiers howled in the flames. The soldier ran out crying and shouting. After a few steps, he fell to the ground, curled up in a ball, and gradually lost his life.

Wanyan Alupu was so red-eyed that he didn't care about the lives of the soldiers. Nearly a hundred trebuchets worked together, and the last section of the wall collapsed. Five thousand soldiers were killed, and hundreds of ladders were brought in to climb up crazily.

The [-] Jurchen soldiers launched an all-out attack. Flames shot up into the sky, thick smoke filled the sky, explosions sounded one after another, ladders were constantly overturned, and Song soldiers also went all out. They were constantly shot by arrows and fell down the cliff screaming. .

A soldier ran up to Yang Yuanqing and shouted: "General Yang, the north has been breached!"

Yang Yuanqing was taken aback and shouted: "Follow me!"

He rushed to the north with [-] soldiers. The three ladders on the northernmost side were connected as one and broke through the defense of the Song army soldiers. Dozens of Jurchen soldiers rushed up the cliff. There are more and more Jurchen soldiers, and the soldiers of the Song Army are being killed and retreated steadily, and they can't stand it anymore.

Yang Yuanqing roared, brandished his long spear and charged in. Three hundred of his men also rushed up, replacing the Song Army who had suffered more than half of the casualties, and immediately reversed the situation. Falling off the cliff screaming.

At this time, Chen Qing was standing on the slope, looking warily at the [-] cavalry that were gathering in front of him. Chen Qing was most worried about the slope. Although he created a blockade with fire, it might be effective for the infantry, but what about the cavalry?Chen Qing was not sure.

"General Wang, go and push the bed crossbow up!"

After Chen Qing gave an order, Wang Duo immediately led the soldiers to carry the bed crossbow.

'Woo——' the low horn sounded.

The cavalry suddenly mobilized, and hundreds of cavalry rushed towards the ramp like lightning.

"not good!"

Chen Qing yelled in a low voice, and sternly shouted: "God arm crossbow is ready to shoot!"

The cavalry was sent by Han Chang. He had a disagreement with Wanyan Alupu. He insisted on sending the cavalry to attack from the ramp, but Wanyan Alupu insisted on attacking from the side.

Neither of them could convince the other, so they had to go their separate ways.

The 500 Jurchen cavalry were like an incoming sandstorm. Relying on their superb riding skills, they jumped over the burning flames and swept towards the gate of the camp.

The moment they rushed out of the black smoke, Chen Qing shouted, "Shoot!"

The five hundred god arm crossbow troops shot the first round of arrows, and they were turned on their backs immediately. The arrows pierced through the black smoke, and the screams of war horses and soldiers' screams were also heard in the black smoke.

The five hundred god arm crossbow army is like a precise machine, a hundred arrows are shot out, followed by a hundred arrows in the second section, followed by the third section...

Arrows were like rain, and groups of cavalrymen kept falling in the flames. The air was filled with a strong stench of burnt flesh. More than [-] Song soldiers kept throwing tree trunks more than ten feet long.

Han Chang was unmoved, and continued to send cavalry upwards to attack. More and more cavalry were killed, but the distance to the mudbag wall was getting closer and closer, and the fire and crossbows could not stop the cavalry.

More than a dozen Jurchen cavalry stepped on the corpse several feet high, jumped up, passed over the mudbag wall, and shot arrows in mid-air. The soldiers with spears from the Song army fell down one after another. Among the enemy army, Changlong flew up and down, killing seven or eight people in a row, and the blood and brains sprayed all over his body.

Behind him, [-] Song army spears formed a large formation, and went to face the enemy troops that kept coming in one after another. The fire on the hillside gradually weakened, and more and more cavalry were killed. Casualties, in just one cup of tea, more than a hundred people were killed by enemy cavalry.

"God arm crossbow soldiers retreat! Retreat!"

Chen Qing yelled, and the remaining 300 or so God Arm Crossbow soldiers quickly retreated from both sides.

Seeing that the God Arm Crossbow soldiers had already retreated, Chen Qing ordered again: "Light the kerosene! Light the kerosene in the trench!"

He now had to build a wall of fire to prevent the cavalry behind from rushing in. There were hundreds of barrels of kerosene in the trench. Several soldiers of the Song army rushed in, split the barrel with an axe, and black kerosene gushed out.

The Jurchen cavalry also realized that something was wrong, and the Pegasus shot quickly, and several soldiers were all shot to death in the trench.

A soldier held a torch and climbed onto the mud bag desperately. Suddenly, an arrow hit his vest from behind. The soldier of the Song Army screamed and jumped into the ditch holding a torch.

'boom! The kerosene overflowing in the trench burned rapidly, and the flames soared, turning the entire gate of the camp into a sea of ​​flames, preventing the Jurchen cavalry behind from rushing in.

Nearly [-] Jurchen cavalrymen and soldiers of the Song Army fought fiercely, blood and flesh flew from both sides, and corpses were scattered all over the ground. Wang Duo suddenly shouted from behind, "All brothers, get down!"

The soldiers of the Song army were trained and got down one after another. Even Chen Qing pulled his horse and rushed out from the side. One hundred bed crossbows were fired at the same time, and five hundred dense and powerful jackdaw arrows shot into the enemy cavalry group. The cavalry fell.

Immediately afterwards, another round of Jackdaw arrows was fired, and all the remaining Jurchen cavalry were shot down, and the gate of the barracks suddenly became quiet.

Chapter 137 The Slaughterhouse

Chen Qing's voice became hoarse, and he ordered the soldiers to clean up the sandbag wall, directly set up 300 bed crossbows and fired them down the hillside in turn, and poured more than [-] barrels of kerosene down at any cost. The Jurchen cavalry attack.

More than [-] cavalrymen died on the slope, and they were burned to charcoal together with the horses. Giant logs were thrown down one by one, and the hillside was rekindled with monstrous fire.

Seeing that he failed once again, Han Chang felt extremely helpless. He punched the saddle hard and had to accept the reality. Wanyan Alupu was right, he really couldn't attack from the slope.

It was almost dawn at this time, but the fierce battle in the east of Jiwangpo still showed no signs of stopping. Wanyan Alupu invested [-] soldiers and hundreds of ladders, and batch after batch of soldiers died in battle. Batches of soldiers came up, trampling on the thick corpses, and the ladders were placed on the burnt corpses. It was hard to tell whether it was the Jin soldiers or the Song soldiers.

The soldiers of the Song army above used gunpowder, kerosene, and rolling logs. After a night of fierce fighting, Jiwangpo became a slaughterhouse. More than 2000 gold soldiers were killed. The golden soldiers broke through the defense three times, but were killed by the stubborn Song army. , but the Song Army also paid a heavy price for this, with nearly [-] people killed in battle.

The sky was finally bright, and the golden soldiers who attacked like a tide finally retreated temporarily, the broken ladder was still burning, green smoke curled up, and the air was filled with a pungent burnt smell.

In the distance, the Jin soldiers were cutting wood on a large scale in the pine forest to make simple ladders. This is the truth of their temporary truce. The more than 600 ladders built overnight have been exhausted, and even more than 100 trebuchets have been destroyed by the Song army. All the crossbows were destroyed.

Thousands of soldiers of the Song Army were lying on the bloody ground. He was so tired that he didn't even have time to eat breakfast, so he fell asleep.

Chen Qing quickly came to the southeast corner, and a group of soldiers brought over a general who was hit by an arrow. This general was Zhao Xiaoyi. He was hit by two arrows and was dying. The ladder rescued him.

"The commander is here!"

The soldiers moved away one after another. Chen Qing stepped forward and saw a military doctor stopping Zhao Xiaoyi's bleeding. There was an eagle cage next to it, and a letter eagle was squatting in the cage.

"How is he?" Chen Qing asked hurriedly.

The military doctor smiled wryly, "He has a very high life, and it is logically difficult for him to survive, but he still held on."

"Can it be saved?"

The military doctor sighed, "I can only say my best. Whether I can survive in the end depends on God's will!"

The military doctor stopped the bleeding for Zhao Xiaoyi, and told the left and right, "Put him on the soft frame, watch out for the arrow in his back!"

Zhao Xiaoyi slowly opened his eyes, saw Chen Qing, quickly grabbed hold of him, and said in a low voice with difficulty: "Should be guarded for three days, pay attention... to the beacon fire, let the eagles go after you leave!"

"I see, don't talk anymore, save your life first."

Chen Qing waved his hand, and the soldiers hurried away carrying their airs.

As soon as Zhao Xiaoyi was carried away, Zheng Ping rushed over and asked out of breath, "Commander, how is Xiaoyi?"

"It is estimated that the sentry cavalry who met the Jurchen got two arrows in the back and was seriously injured. I don't know if he can survive, it depends on whether he can hold on."

Chen Qing has already looked down on life and death, even for a confidant general like Zhao Xiaoyi, he still downplays death.

"Ah! I must go and see him."

"Go!"

Zheng Ping rushed to the wounded barracks, and Chen Qing asked the soldiers to put away the eagle cages, and hurried to the barracks.

What he was thinking about was the news brought by Zhao Xiaoyi that Wu Jie would withdraw from the Dasan Pass within three days, of course not starting from today, it should be counting from yesterday and ending tomorrow night, the more important thing is the notification from Fenghuo.

Chen Qing was very worried. If Jin Bing continued to attack regardless of the cost like last night, would his troops and supplies last until tomorrow night?

In the warehouse camp, Zhou Kuan and Zhang Miao, two civil servants, were busy counting various supplies, and a dozen soldiers helped them carry them.

"Zhou Yuhou, the commander is here!"