Fenghou

Chapter 15
Chen Qing calmly looked at the Jurchen cavalry rushing forward, they could withdraw from the narrow alleys on both sides, the cavalry could only rush to the city gate to block them, but
The square a hundred paces away behind them was full of old people and children. Every child had a smile on their face, happily waiting for their parents to come back, as well as those gray-haired old people.

Leave the hope of life to them!

Five hundred soldiers held spears and shields, half kneeling on the ground, quietly waiting for the arrival of the cavalry shock wave.

First, hundreds of arrows were shot like a storm, and the soldiers of the Song Army raised their shields to resist the dense arrows.

However, the speed of the Jurchen cavalry was not affected by the archery at all. They accelerated and ran wildly, and everyone's eyes shone with a fierce light like a beast.

Fifty steps to go.

Chen Qing suddenly sneered, urged his horse to gallop forward, swung his spear, and flew Wanyan Loushi's headless corpse into the air three feet high, "Fight!" 'The body fell heavily to the ground.

Watching the corpse fly up and fall down again, all the Jurchen cavalry shouted and reined in their horses desperately, lest their own horses would trample on the lord's corpse.

Yinmuya took the first step, leaned forward and grabbed Wanyan Loushi's body, avoiding the trampling of the war horse, but the violent tornado instantly became smaller and the arrows stopped.

Chen Qing seized this opportunity and shouted sharply, "Let the Jurchen Tartars taste the power of the Song warriors, kill them!"

"Kill ah-"

Five hundred soldiers stood up one after another, threw away their shields, and charged forward with spears in hand.

Chen Qing took the lead and swept his spears. Three Jurchen cavalrymen screamed and fell off their horses. Someone nearby shouted, "Return my lord's head!"

The guards waved Yinmuya's mace and rushed towards Chen Qing. He was so angry that he wished he could smash Chen Qing's head to pieces.

Chen Qing sneered, and with a shake of the long spear, the big iron gun pressed down on the opponent's mace, and the tip of the gun pierced the opponent's throat like lightning.

Yinmuya blocked the spear upwards, but unexpectedly the spear was as if weighed down by a jack, and remained motionless, Yinmuya knew something was wrong, and widened his eyes in horror.

"puff!"

The tip of the spear pierced through Yinmu Fang's mouth, piercing through the head in an instant.

Chen Qing turned over his corpse, swiped his spear, and charged towards the most densely populated place of the enemy army. Wherever he went, he killed the Jurchen cavalrymen on their backs, leaving dead bodies everywhere.

The reason why Chen Qing dared to lead his army to a decisive battle with a thousand Jurchen cavalry was also because the terrain was not conducive to cavalry combat. The width of Shangdongmen Street was only ten or thirty meters. War horses need to run and charge, which is even more impossible on a ten-foot-wide street.

This is actually a kind of street fighting. The infantry has the upper hand, at least evenly matched with the enemy. The infantry and cavalry huddle together. If the spears cannot be used, they will use the saber to cut, stab with the dagger, and bite with the teeth. The narrow streets are full of blood and flesh. , dead bodies piled up.

But the Jurchen cavalry also has an advantage, that is, riding and shooting. The cavalry behind cannot rush up, so they pick up their bows and shoot arrows one after another. Fifty or sixty people were shot down by the arrows of the Jurchen cavalry, causing heavy casualties.

Chen Qing was really anxious, he suddenly saw a few Jurchen cavalrymen falling from their horses with arrows behind him, his eyes raised, and then Chen Qing realized that a dozen Song soldiers on the roof used the cover of the roof to calmly shoot the enemy with crossbow arrows, while the Jurchen The cavalry also had nothing to do with them.

Chen Qing slapped his forehead hard, and shouted: "Yang Hua, Zheng Ping, you each lead a hundred brothers to the room and shoot the enemy!"

"Follow the order!"

Immediately, Yang Hua and Zheng Ping led a hundred soldiers each to quickly climb up to the roof, lying on the roof and shooting the Jurchen cavalry with crossbow arrows.

In the dark, the Jurchen cavalry kept turning over and falling off their horses, or their horses were shot down, forcing the Jurchen cavalry not to raise their shields to resist, and unable to use their cavalry and shooting, and the battle entered a stalemate again.

At this moment, countless black figures suddenly rushed out from the alleys on both sides, and rained down on the Jurchen cavalry with spears, hoes, and wood. It was refugees and people from the city who came to help the battle, and the number was increasing. Many, tens of thousands of people were killed from all directions.

"retreat!"

Seeing that the situation was not good, a centurion shouted orders.

More than a hundred cavalrymen turned their horses and followed the centurion towards the west. Before the people in the west could get together, they broke through a road and fled in panic.

The remaining Jurchen cavalry had no chance to escape, and were gradually overwhelmed by the angry crowd, and all died tragically under the hoes and sticks of the common people.

It was finally dawn, and groups of Song Army cavalry shouted loudly in the city: "The Jurchens are coming back, please leave Jingzhao City as soon as possible and move to Hanzhong!"

Chen Qing came to Cangcheng with a few of his men. On the square, many hungry families were packing food and belongings. The children were holding the food bags with smiles on their faces.

The warehouses in Cangcheng have been swept away by refugees and hundreds of thousands of people in the city, and some old people are still picking up scattered copper coins on the ground.

"Gentlemen, let's go!" Chen Qing reminded the elders.

"General, is Shaanxi Road really unsafe?" An old man asked unwillingly.

Chen Qing nodded, Shaanxi Road is indeed over.

Although he captured Jingzhao City in a sneak attack, the elite Western Army was completely lost in the Battle of Fuping, and Jin Guo will soon increase its troops in Guanzhong. With the current strength and morale of the Song Army, it is no longer possible to compete with the Jurchen cavalry.

"Okay! Let's listen to the general and hurry south to Guanzhong."

Under the urging of Chen Qinghe's subordinates, groups of refugees began to leave Jingzhao City one after another, and moved towards Hanzhong along Ziwu Road. Not only the hungry people from Tongzhou, but also many people from Jingzhao City also left their homes and went south. .

Everyone understood that they plundered the Jin Bing's logistics and food supplies. Once the main force of the Jin Bing came back, they would definitely retaliate against them a hundred times and a thousand times.

Even the people who did not want to leave their homes began to leave the city and move to the countryside, and the entire Jingzhao City was mobilized.

In the fierce battle last night, although a thousand Jurchen cavalrymen were wiped out with the help of the terrain and the common people, Chen Qing's men also suffered heavy casualties. Nearly two hundred soldiers died in battle, and more than half of them were shot by the Jurchen cavalry's arrows. kill.

It was also this battle that made Chen Qing deeply appreciate the power of riding and shooting. It is no wonder that since the Han and Tang Dynasties, proficiency in bowing horses has been an essential foundation for a general. Without riding and shooting, it is tantamount to breaking off a wing. He has to find opportunities to practice riding. Shoot.

At noon, Chen Qinghe's men were about to evacuate.

Lieutenant General Yang Yuanqing immediately stepped forward and said loudly: "General, brothers are all ready!"

They seized more than [-] war horses, and in the middle of the night they cleaned up Wanyan Loushi's mansion. Every soldier made a small windfall, and everyone was overjoyed.

Chen Qing's original plan was to go to Dasan Pass to join the main forces of the Bazi Army, but bandits were rampant on Meridian Road, and he was worried about the people going south, so he decided to lead the army to take the first step to clean up the bandits for the people.

"set off!"

Chen Qing gave an order and led [-] cavalry to gallop towards Ziwu Road.

After the main force of the Jin soldiers captured Jingzhao City, the main force headed west all the way to conquer Yaozhou and Fengxiang Mansion. After conquering Fengxiang Mansion, the Jin soldiers divided into two groups. , Continue to attack Pingliang Mansion and Jingzhou, where there are more than ten thousand Jingyuan troops led by Liu Kai.

In addition, Wanyan Alu led an army of [-] to fight against Liu Ziyu's remnants in Weizhou.

On the other side, Wanyan Zongbi led [-] Jurchen troops and [-] Han descendants, marched southward from Fengxiang Mansion to approach Dasan Pass, and confronted Wu Jie and Wang Yan's [-] troops in the Heshangyuan area.

At this time, the commander-in-chief Zhang Jun had led the remnants of the Song army to retreat southward to Hanzhong, and the Jin soldiers had not completely occupied Shaanxi Road and Xihe Road. There is a possibility of a counterattack.

In the big tent, Wanyan Zongbi paced back and forth with his hands behind his back, feeling very uneasy. He sent two eagle letters to Jingzhao yesterday morning and early this morning, inquiring about the arrangement of food and grass. He should have replied yesterday afternoon, but now the sky is approaching At dusk, there was still no news from Jingzhao, which really worried him.

It stands to reason that Jingzhao should have quite a number of troops. There are [-] Jurchen soldiers and [-] Qi troops from Tongzhou to help defend. It should be safe, but why is there no news from Jingzhao so far?
Could it be that Yingxin was intercepted by Song Army spies halfway, and Jingzhao didn't receive his letter?Impossible, even if it is intercepted once, it is impossible to intercept it twice.

At this moment, there was a rush of horseshoes outside, approaching from far away, and stopped near his big tent, and then someone shouted in a crying voice: "I want to see the fourth prince, it's an emergency!"

Wanyan Zongbi walked out of the big tent quickly, and saw a soldier almost collapsed on the ground, supported by two sentry cavalry.

"What happened?" Wanyan Zongbi asked sharply.

The soldier knelt in front of Wanyan Zongbi and cried loudly, "Jingzhao was ambushed, Marshal. Marshal was killed!"

Wanyan Zongbi's eyes widened in shock, where did the Song army come to attack Jingzhao?What does marshal dead mean?Could it be Wanyan Lou's room?"

Wanyan Zongbi stepped forward and grabbed the soldier's skirt, and yelled loudly: "Tell me clearly, if you don't say anything else, I will kill you with one knife!"

"A Song army raided Jingzhao. They brought tens of thousands of refugees. The city defenders couldn't resist. The refugees robbed Cangcheng. Marshal Wanyan led the guards to suppress it. They encountered the Song army halfway. Pick, the marshal is defeated and killed!"

Wanyan Zongbi's eyes were red, he gritted his teeth and asked, "How many people are there?"

"About five hundred people!"

Wanyan Zongbi was about to go mad, he pulled out his dagger and cut off the messenger's ear, "If you talk nonsense again, I'll dig out your heart!"

The soldier who delivered the letter screamed in pain, jumped up and hissed and shouted: "I'm not talking nonsense, the other party only has [-] people, and there are only [-] Jurchen troops in our city, and [-] people were sent by the marshal to Shangzhou to suppress the rebellion. There were only [-] people, and they were no match for the Song army at all, and they were defeated by [-] people."

Wanyan Zongbi finally understood, he clenched his fists and asked, "Where are the fifty thousand Qi troops from Tongzhou?"

"The marshal said they were here to pick peaches, they were not allowed to come to Jingzhao, they are still in Tongzhou!"

Wanyan Zongbi felt dizzy for a while, and the soldiers hurriedly moved a chair. Wanyan Zongbi sat down slowly, and after a while he sighed and asked, "Who is the general of the Song army?"

The soldier who delivered the letter could hardly hold on any longer, and gasped on the ground, "Reporting to the fourth prince, the general of the Song Army is Chen Qing, the general of the Bazi Army that you offered a reward to Wan Guan before, and he challenged Marshal Wanyan. Down!"

"Ah!" Wanyan Zongbi opened his mouth wide in shock, unable to close it for a long time.

(End of this chapter)