Fenghou

Chapter 1493 Breakthrough
The fire on the top of the city is still burning, and thick smoke fills the sky above the county seat.

It was four o'clock at this time, the night battle had just ended, and the trebuchets of the Western Army had also withdrawn to the camp.

And at this moment when they should be hiding in the city and licking their wounds, the [-] Jurchen troops began to break through.

In the night, the city gate slowly opened, Wanyan Nianhan glanced at the Western Army camp in the distance with a complicated expression, and waved his hand, "Attack!"

Wanfu Commander Wan Yan Tahan was the first to go out of the city. He led [-] elite cavalry as the vanguard.

Ten thousand cavalry were like a raging tide, ten thousand horses were galloping, the horseshoes stirred up billowing yellow dust, and rushed towards the enemy camp.

As soon as the city gate was opened, the Western Army found out, and [-] Western Army crossbowmen were in place quickly. They were lying in the trench holding the crossbow with the god arm, and they were ready.

The Jurchen cavalry was getting closer and closer, and the [-] main force behind them also dispatched, and led by Wanyan Nianhan, they ran towards the opening in the west.

Wanyan Nianhan also figured it out, if the Western Army is prepared, the camp is likely to be an empty camp, a trap, and if they go in, they will fall into the trap.

So it is still necessary to break through from the gap in the west. They are cavalry, and they can rush through part of it anyway.

In the wilderness of ten miles in length and width, a bloody and cruel extermination battle broke out.
The battle lasted until the morning of the next day before it finally came to an end. All [-] Jurchen cavalrymen were killed. There were horses and human corpses everywhere in the wilderness.

Wanyan Nianhan drew his sword and shouted, "Brothers, fight them!"

This annihilation battle lasted for ten days, and finally wiped out most of the southern forces of the Jin Kingdom, including the army of Dadingfu, with a total of nearly 13 people, of which about 4 Korean soldiers were captured.

At the same time, Yang Zaixing's army was also dispatched and deployed to the north of the camp. They had dug their traps and waited for the enemy to rush in.

Thousands of soldiers searched on the battlefield, constantly carrying out the bodies of the dead soldiers of the Western Army. Soon, Wanyan Nianhan's body was also found. He was pierced through the chest by a spear from behind and lay face down. In the pool of blood, the soldiers of the Western Army also moved out his body, and collected items such as battle swords and seals.

This news was really beyond Chen Qing's expectation. He thought that there would be a big battle against Shangjing, but he didn't expect the plague to break out in Shangjing first.

Pang Guangji bowed and said, "I have learned about this plague specially. There are still traces of this plague outbreak. It first broke out in the Jueyuan Temple in Xinzhou last fall. Pilgrim, after the pilgrim brought it back, the plague spread in more than a dozen surrounding villages, and many people died. Later, when winter came, the road was blocked by heavy snow, and the news of the plague gradually disappeared.”

Chen Qing's [-] troops also rushed out of the camp, overwhelming the Jurchen cavalry. At this moment, Chen Qing had been waiting for a long time.

"Is it really gone, or is it fake?" Chen Qing asked again with a smile.

The Liaoyang Mansion is the last army of the southern forces of the Kingdom of Jin. It is composed of [-] Jurchen soldiers and [-] Korean soldiers. The commander of Wan Yanchi is the commander. The Western Army did not come, but the Twenty Western Army from the Liaoxi Corridor came to kill.

"Controlling Wang Qiao shouted, "Shoot! "

Chen Qing walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, and then asked, "Has the Jin Kingdom's army been infected with the epidemic?"

The 20 troops of the Western Army continued to march north and occupied the Liaodong area including Jinzhou, Xianpingfu, Guangpingfu and Shenzhou, and the [-]th army immediately surrounded Liaoyangfu.

"Woo! Woo!"

"There should be more. At that time, the officials of Xinzhou asked for help from the court of the Kingdom of Jin, saying that a plague also appeared near Xinzhou City, and dozens of people died. Take it to heart."

But it was useless, the soldiers gradually stopped their horses, ready to turn around and follow the main force, but the hesitation of the Jurchen cavalry gave the Western Army's crossbow troops a third chance, and the [-] crossbow troops raised their crossbows to shoot again.

Chen Qing asked: "What are the signs? I mean, what are the clues and reasons for the outbreak of the plague? Does Steward Pang know?"

The cavalry continued to run, and at [-] paces, the second round of crossbow arrows was fired. The arrows covered the sky and covered the sky, and there was no way to hide. Only when the people in front were shot, could they have a chance to survive. The Jurchen cavalry was shot and killed countless times again.

Dozens of western army cavalry with torches rushed forward from the north, and threw the torches out. With a bang, the kerosene on the ground was ignited, and at the same time, the kerosene also burned from the east.

Two fierce generals, Yue Yun and Zhang Xian, took the lead, each leading [-] elite cavalry galloping across the wilderness, brandishing their spears, their swords flickering coldly, tens of thousands of soldiers roared loudly, "Kill the Tartars!"

Another dense crossbow arrow swept the fallen leaves like an autumn wind, and once again fell a large number of enemy cavalry.

"It's kerosene!"

"Later, His Highness also knew that there was a coup d'état, Wanyan Wushu killed Wanyanchang, and at the same time wiped out Wanyanchang's henchmen in the imperial court, and replaced new officials. As a result, the newly appointed officials didn't know about the plague at all. Then Wanyan Wushu issued a gathering order, ordering all the food, supplies, and population from all over the country to be gathered in Shangjing. Shangjing can only accommodate 10,000+ people. As a result, 50 people flooded in, and they were all concentrated in the outer city. It is said that the outer city exceeded Ten times the capacity, there must be patients from Xinzhou, so the first batch of plague patients discovered were dozens of Xinzhou people."

In the big tent of the Chinese army outside the city, Pang Guangji, the leader of the intelligence station of Liaoyang Prefecture, reported an extremely important news to King Yong Chen Qing that a plague broke out in Shangjing.

The passage to the west is about five miles wide and three miles long. It is full of gravel and sand, which is not suitable for horses to run. The horses can easily stumble while running. But at this time, tens of thousands of cavalry can no longer care about the terrain. With superb riding skills, he galloped on the gravel ground. After running for two miles, he soon discovered that something was wrong. The ground was covered with viscous liquid and the smell was pungent.

The kerosene burned extremely rapidly. In just a moment, tens of thousands of cavalry fell into a sea of ​​flames. Catapults continued to throw kerosene into the sea of ​​flames. The fire became more violent and thick smoke billowed. up.

In just two rounds of arrows, half of the cavalry were shot down. The morale of the Jin soldiers began to collapse, and they did not want to run anymore. Wanyan Tahan swung his knife and shouted: "Shock! Shock!"

Thousands of arrows were fired from 150 steps away, and the arrows shot at the Jurchen cavalry like a storm. The Jurchen cavalry suddenly turned on their backs and fell one by one. The screams and neighing of horses resounded across the battlefield.

"Yes! It's just that the quantity is unknown."

At this time, Wanyan Nianhan's army had already arrived, and the rest of the assaulting enemy army rushed to the gap with the main force.

The more than 2 Jurchen cavalry in the back reined in their horses one after another, looking at the sea of ​​flames in front of them in horror, and then countless cavalry from the Western Army came to kill them.

The soldiers were so frightened that they beat their horses and galloped desperately.

When the horn sounded, more than [-] Jurchen cavalrymen turned their horses around and charged towards the Western Army cavalry. At this time, Yang Zaixing's [-] cavalrymen also rushed out from the camp, and charged at the Jurchen cavalry from behind.

"and after?"

Pang Guangji said: "As far as I know, soldiers in the army are also infected, because the Shangjing army urgently transported medicinal materials from Liaoyang Prefecture a few days ago, and there was a batch of honeysuckle in the medicinal material warehouse of Liaoyang Prefecture, which was transported northward by them."

"Has the army in Liaoyang Mansion been infected?"

"When Beizhi escaped from the city yesterday, he didn't hear that there was an epidemic in Liaoyang Mansion. There shouldn't be any. During this period of time, no one came back from Shangjing."

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[Old Gao is preparing a new book and writing two books at the same time. His body is a bit overwhelmed. There are only two updates today. I'm sorry! 】

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