Fenghou

Chapter 126

'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 said with a smile: "Liu Ziyu is in command of the capital. If there are only [-] 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 Song army with [-] soldiers 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!"

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!"

"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.

(End of this chapter)