Fenghou

Chapter 125 Mistakes
On a three-foot-high temporary viewing platform, Chen Qing and several generals watched the flames in the west. In fact, when Jin Bing first fired the gunpowder arrow, he was spotted by the sentry and immediately notified the chief general Chen Qing.

"Commander, tonight's attack by the golden soldiers should be regarded as a sneak attack!" Yang Yuanqing could not hide his worry in his eyes.

"Looking at the night, it should be a sneak attack, but Liu Dutong has rich experience, and there should be patrols on the periphery. It is not so easy to sneak attack him."

"Commander, that's a beacon fire!" Zheng Ping pointed to a cluster of flames behind him.

Chen Qing nodded, "It should be Liu Dutong reminding us to guard against enemy sneak attacks."

Zheng Ping hesitated for a moment and said, "Since Wang Jianpo has already lit the beacon, the golden soldiers will not attack us again, right?"

This is not only Zheng Ping's thinking, but almost all the soldiers think this way. The barracks in front have already warned, so it is meaningless for the enemy to attack again.

But if Chen Qing thought the same way, Wu Jie would not be so eager to get him back from Lin'an, nor would he be placed in such an important position.

Jin Bing's sneak attack was the cause, and the beacon fire was the result. How could the result change the cause? They all knew it was the beacon fire, but Jin Bing didn't know it.

Chen Qing calmly ordered: "Order the whole army to enter the state of combat readiness!"

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.

Including the logistics army, Chen Qing's total strength is only [-] people. It is not easy to defend Jiwangpo, but fortunately this time he has abundant resources, enough defensive bows and crossbows, as well as kerosene and gunpowder, and even There is also the trick of the matchlock, which can produce the power of an 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.

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.

An [-]-strong Jin army quietly approached Jiwangpo. This army was all composed of the Consortium Army, which was 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 [-] people to attack the camp of Jiwangpo. He divided the auxiliary army into two parts. The former army had about [-] people, led by Guo Anguo himself, and planned to attack the Song army camp on Jiwangpo. .

The other [-] people were stationed a few miles away. They were strictly ordered by Han Chang not to act rashly. They would make a decision after seeing the effect of the sneak attack of the former army. If the sneak attack was successful, all the [-] troops would go up. If the sneak attack was not successful, they would have to wait for dawn Think about it later.

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 [-] god-armed crossbow arrows were shot, the cavalry behind them fell down one after another. There were less than fifty cavalrymen left, and more than two hundred and fifty cavalrymen were shot and fell down.

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 one hundred soldiers in front of them fell down, and the fifty cavalrymen who had rushed to the front also fell down.

Immediately afterwards, the second batch of [-] 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.

(End of this chapter)