Fenghou

Chapter 175
Soon, two soldiers brought back news that shocked everyone. The Jinbing camp was empty, without a single soldier.

The news made the soldiers of the Song army on the top of the city couldn't help cheering.

Wu Jie immediately sent hundreds of people to investigate in detail, and confirmed that the Jin soldiers had indeed retreated.

Wu Jie had a dignified expression. He was faced with a severe judgment. Did Jin Bing really retreat? , or pretend to retreat, to lure them into battle?
At this time, Wu Ling and Liu Kai also came. The three of them discussed for a while, and quickly reached a consensus that the Jin soldiers had really retreated.

Liu Qi smiled and said: "Actually, there is no need to worry. We will send a striker to walk in front, and the army will follow behind. If there is any change in the golden soldiers, the striker will immediately find out."

Wu Jie adopted this plan, and he immediately made deployments. Wu Ling led [-] men to guard Dasan Pass, Liu Kai led [-] soldiers as the forward, and Wu Jie himself led [-] soldiers as the main force, carrying a large number of sharp weapons. Chase the retreating golden soldiers behind.

When leaving the city, Wu Ling said to his elder brother Wu Jie: "I guess Chen Qing should have deployed ahead, most likely at the entrance of the Shenchagou valley, so I suggest that my brother take all the bed crossbows to prevent the golden soldiers from getting out, and then go out again. Come back."

Wu Jie nodded, "You are right. It is indeed very possible. As long as we defend the rear, the Jin soldiers can only retreat to Niu Shoufu, and our chance of victory will come."

The gate of Dasan Pass was finally opened, and [-] troops walked out of the pass, chasing southward.
It is about [-] miles from Dashan Pass to Shenchagou Valley in Heshangyuan. If the length of Shenchagou Valley itself is added, the distance from Dashan Pass to the entrance of Shenchagou Valley is about [-] miles. No wonder The Song army used gunpowder barrels to detonate in the south of Shenchagou, and the explosion could not be heard at Dashan Pass.

Jin Bing rushed all the way, and arrived at the north entrance of the Shenchagou Valley at about two o'clock. At this time, Wanyan Wushu got the news that Chen Qing's army was attacking at the valley entrance in the south, using gunpowder weapons. His eldest son Wanyan Bo He was shot in the face by a poisonous nail, and the poison has already developed, and the military doctor is doing his best to treat him.

Quan Wushu was taken aback by this news, and he hurriedly led the army to rush into the valley. His son Wanyan Bodie was receiving military medical treatment in the Ninth Battalion. The Ninth Battalion itself was called the Military Medical Battalion.

When Quan Wushu arrived, the treatment of his son Wanyan Bodie had already ended. The military doctor had found the antidote, and the toxicity had been brought under control, and it would subside completely within two days. Wanyan Wushu heaved a sigh of relief.

At the same time, Wanyan Wushu received the report that worried him the most. Chen Qing's army had pulled out the three military strongholds in front of Taniguchi and captured Taniguchi. This news was extremely serious, and it reminded Wanyanwushu of At Jiandao Pass, tens of thousands of troops could not break through the pass guarded by more than [-] people.

Is he going to face this cruel challenge again?
Wanyan Wushu was really hesitant, whether he should continue to move forward, or go back to the West Valley, because there is not enough food, if he really can't do it, he will kill the horse.

Wanyan Wushu had already thought of killing a horse, the scene that the Jurchens were most unwilling to face. He was indeed a little afraid to continue going south, and he wanted to turn back.

At this moment, a soldier came to report, "Report to Marshal Du, the main force of the enemy army is found in the rear, about ten miles away from us!"

Wanyan Wushu was stunned, Wu Jie had already dispatched troops, which completely shattered his idea of ​​going to the West Valley just now.

At this time, Wanyan Alupu stepped forward and said: "Marshal Du, we might as well try it out. If it doesn't work, we can consider other ways. Either go back and defeat the Song army in one fell swoop, or go to Niu Shoufu. Anyway, we are in Niu Shou Fu also dug the mountain road, cavalry can do it."

Wanyan Wushu nodded, "I'll give you [-] troops, which will be officially counted as your West Route Army, and you can attack Taniguchi for me within a day, maybe you can do it?"

"You must try your best in the humble position, but if you can't attack, Marshal Du don't blame me!"

Wanyan Alupu has also become cunning, he must leave room for himself, and must not issue a military order.

Wanyan Wushu patted him on the shoulder, "Your opponent is Chen Qing, if you lose, I won't blame you!"

Thinking that the opponent was Chen Qing, Wanyan Alupu immediately clasped his fists and said, "I will definitely risk my life and cut off his dog's head!"

"Go! I look forward to hearing from you."

Wanyan Wushu immediately sent an order to remove the nine military strongholds in the valley, and the army continued to march south.

At the same time, Liu Kai's [-] forward troops had arrived at the northern entrance of the Shenchagou Valley. Instead of continuing south, he began to build fortifications at the northern entrance.

After all, Wanyan Alupu is from the royal family, and he is the brother of Wanyan Zongbi. Although Wanyan Zongbi disliked this brother very much, at the critical moment, Wanyan Alupu was reused again and took charge of the West Route Army again. pioneer.

Wanyan Alupu led [-] cavalry to the south at a rapid pace and stopped one mile away from the valley entrance.

Wanyan Alupu looked at the top of his head, three bright gunpowder arrows shot into the sky, and in the sky went 'pop! 'It exploded.

This is obviously to inform the Taniguchi defenders that their army has arrived.

Wanyan Alu gave a heavy snort, turned back and ordered a commander: "Ahuya, you can lead your headquarters to Taniguchi to check the situation, and bring your shield and bow and arrows to prevent the enemy from raiding!"

"Follow the order!"

Ah Huya waved his hand, "Follow me from the first battalion!"

He led a thousand cavalry to rush to the valley mouth one mile ahead.
The signal on the top of the valley meant that the main force of the enemy army had arrived, and Zheng Ping was trembling all over. This was the first time Chen Qing let him lead the army to stand alone.

He roared, "Set fire!"

Hundreds of torches crossed the big stone wall and threw them into the valley. Hundreds of big trees were piled up in the valley, the branches and leaves were not removed, and they were sprinkled with gunpowder and sulfur, and there were hundreds of loads of hay.

It's a pity they didn't have fuel oil, otherwise it would be easy to catch fire.

The dry grass material caught fire first, and then spread rapidly, and some small branches and leaves also burned, and the gunpowder and sulfur assisted the combustion, making the fire more rapid.

In just a moment, a raging fire ignited in the stone wall, and thick smoke billowed, filling the depths of the valley.

If there are no new big trees to add, these hundreds of big trees will burn for at least one or two days. If the big trees are added continuously, the fire will not be extinguished for three days and three nights.

Ah Huya led a thousand cavalrymen into the thick smoke. They covered their noses and mouths and carefully groped forward. There were more than [-] steps away from the mouth of the valley. They saw the raging fire ahead and sealed off the entire valley.

At this moment, there was a sudden scream from behind, Ah Huya didn't know what happened, suddenly a huge black shadow fell from the sky, and hit him heavily on the top of his head, smashing people and horses to pieces.

Everyone was unprepared, although Xiao Zong's subordinates had encountered such a tragedy, it was a pity that all his troops were killed in battle, and the news was not passed on to Wanyan Wushu, so Jin Bing never dreamed that the god of death would fall from the sky.

Hundreds of thick tree trunks fell from the sky, crushing a thousand cavalrymen to seven or eight hundred people, and the remaining more than a hundred people were scared out of their wits, and desperately urged their horses to flee back.

Wanyan Alupu was taken aback, and looked up to the top of the mountain. When he saw the gunpowder just now, he muttered a little, how did the Song army climb to the top of the mountain?
Only now did he realize that the Song army had placed the battlefield on the top of the mountain.

On the west side of the Shenchagou Valley are cliffs and dangerous peaks, but on the east side it is a relatively gentle mountain top, indeed an ambush can be set up on it, but the Shence Valley Valley is trumpet-shaped, and the road at the south exit is very narrow, only twenty or thirty feet long , and then gradually widened, at most there was only a narrow valley of about two hundred steps to ambush, and then it opened up. The valley was as wide as one mile, and an ambush on the top would not hurt the soldiers below.

This is how to do?There is a raging fire in front of it, and it is said that there is a high wall outside, there are giant trees attacking on the top, and there is billowing smoke, this is simply impossible!

There is no water to put out the fire, and it is unrealistic to use sand and sand. They can’t get close to the fire at all. The thick smoke and heat waves are enough to knock them down. There are also giant trees above their heads and arrows shot from outside. It is even more difficult to go down the mountain of swords and into the sea of ​​fire.

At this moment, Wanyan Alupu was very glad that he did not issue a military order.

"Order, the whole army retreats!"

Nine thousand cavalry turned their horses and withdrew to the north of the valley.

(End of this chapter)