Fenghou

Chapter 176 Dead End
From the soaring smoke and flames ahead, Wu Jie judged that the south exit of the Shenchagou Valley must have been blocked by Chen Qing, and he no longer pursued it. Instead, he led his troops to block the north entrance. The south exit is much wider, nearly half a mile wide.

There used to be lush forests here, but now all the trees have been cut down by Jin Bing, revealing a bare canyon mouth.

Wu Jie simply deployed [-] bed crossbows and [-] crossbowmen at the entrance of the valley to prevent the Jurchens from returning to Dashan Pass and retreating from the west valley.

Just when Wu Jie had just finished deploying, he received news from the forward scouts that a [-]-man Jurchen cavalry team was rushing towards the north exit. In fact, there was no need to report. Less than a mile away.

"Prepare the bow and crossbow!"

Wu Jie shouted, one thousand bed crossbows and three thousand crossbowmen were already in full formation, and there were ten thousand spear troops behind them. Even if the cavalry broke through the bow and crossbow defense line, they could not break through the thick spear formation.

The Jurchen cavalry had already killed a hundred steps away. Under the moonlight, they could see their ferocious faces. The violent horses rushed like a black tide, and the thunderous hooves made all the soldiers of the Song Army hold their breath. .

This is the assault that the Jurchen cavalry are best at. They use this unstoppable murderous aura to deter the enemy and break through all the enemy's defenses. Back then, Wanyan Aguda led [-] Jurchen cavalry to break through hundreds of thousands of Liao troops.

Only fifty steps away, Wu Jie roared, "Shoot!"

Three hundred bed crossbows were fired first, and [-] jackdaw arrows were fired at the oncoming Jurchen cavalry. One by one, the enemy soldiers fell on their backs and fell dozens of steps away. Immediately afterwards, the second round of jackdaw arrows was fired. The arrows were like rain, and the horses and cavalry behind screamed and fell down. The powerful iron arrows were indestructible. The Jurchen armor could not resist the penetration of such iron arrows, causing more than a thousand casualties in an instant.

Immediately, the third row of [-] bed crossbows fired, and [-] jackdaw iron arrows shot at the cavalry behind.

This kind of three-stage shot was first launched by Chen Qing. The generals of the Western Army all found the advantage of its formation, which can maximize the lethality of the arrow and strike the enemy without interruption. The generals followed suit, and Wu Jie also adopted it. The essence of this kind of three-stage ejaculation is brought into full play.

Not only did the [-] bed crossbows fire in three stages, but the [-] crossbowmen also fired in three stages, and the crossbowmen also began to show their power. The [-] crossbow bolts shot out powerfully, rushing towards the enemy like black locusts.

The purpose of the three thousand crossbowmen is to buy time for the bed crossbow to rewind.
Most of the Jurchen cavalry, who had suffered most casualties, were terrified. "Woo—" The soldiers blew the horn to retreat, leaving behind nearly [-] corpses, and the rest of the cavalry turned their horses and fled in panic.

The [-] cavalry who tried to test the northern exit were Wanyan Wushu's personal guards, and they were the only cavalry capable of fighting. As long as this cavalry broke through the northern entrance, the Song army would inevitably retreat to the north in a panic, and it might even take the Song army to the north. Catch them all.

But the only cavalry with combat effectiveness also ended in failure. Wanyan Wushu was completely desperate. He immediately ordered the army to retreat in the direction of Niushoufu. Wan Jinbing was buried in Niu Shoufu.

After a year, I can still see the tattered armor, leather boots and broken weapons left by the Jin soldiers who died last year. There are still many Song soldiers who did not take away the burned corpses and turned them into bones, lying in the ravine. Let Jin Bing be frightened.

At this moment, there was a fierce sound of war drums behind him, and the Song army came after them. Tens of thousands of Jin soldiers panicked and scrambled for their lives. Overthrown to the ground, trampled by war horses, broken bones and tendons died tragically. Thousands of golden soldiers died on the mountain road in just twenty miles.

At this time, Wu Jie led the Song Army to chase and kill them from behind. At this time, Jin Bing's morale collapsed and everyone was scrambling to escape. Even Wanyan Wushu rushed to the front. Surrounded by a thousand guards, he ran away on horseback and threw away all the other soldiers. Therefore, it is true that Niu Shoufu is the hell of the Jin soldiers. Tens of thousands of Jin soldiers were killed by the Song army and piled up dead bodies Like a mountain, there are countless surrenders.

Only less than [-] people escaped the Song army's pursuit.

More than [-] Jin soldiers entered the open area. This is a basin surrounded by high mountains and cliffs. It is the Weihe River.

But the problem lies in this not-so-steep mountain. Soldiers can climb over it, but the horses can't get through it. The soldiers can only leave the horses and climb the mountain on foot.

In order to prepare for war, Wanyan Wushu ordered tens of thousands of soldiers from the Xie Congjun army to dig a path through the mountain a few months ago, and dug out a narrow mountain path, which can barely walk on horses.

This narrow road, which was originally used for combat preparations, has now become the only way for Jin Bing to save his life.

Wanyan Wushu led his army up the mountain path and led his horses up the mountain. The mountain path was so narrow that only two cavalrymen could walk side by side. Soon, a long queue formed at the foot of the mountain path.

After more than an hour, Wanyan Wushu and more than a thousand of his subordinates climbed over the mountain and rushed down the gentle mountain.

Let Wanyan Wushu heave a long sigh of relief, and finally escaped.

At this moment, the sound of war drums suddenly sounded in front, and a cavalry rushed out from a valley a few miles away. The leading general was Chen Qing, who had just arrived with his army, just in time to meet Wanyan Wushu's team .

"Marshal Du is safe and sound, Chen Qing has been waiting here for a long time!"

Chen Qing waved Fang Tian's painted halberd to block Wanyan Wushu's way. When Wanyan Wushu saw Chen Qing for the first time, he was so shocked that his heart was broken and he cried out inwardly.

At this time, Wanyan Alupu roared, and rushed towards Chen Qing with a mace.

Wanyan Wushu seized the opportunity and urged his horse to gallop eastward. The eldest son Wanyan Bodie and a thousand cavalry followed closely behind. Yang Yuanqing led a thousand cavalry to intercept Wanyan Wushu, and Yang Zaixing led another thousand cavalry to intercept Fanshan The golden soldier who passed.

Chen Qing and Wanyan Alupu fought for less than two rounds, stabbing Wanyan Alupu's horse to death with a halberd, and Wanyan Alupu fell to the ground with his horse and man.

"Tied up!"

Chen Qing shouted an order, turned his head, saw that Wanyan Wushu had already galloped hundreds of steps away, he immediately mobilized his horse and chased after Wanyan Wushu.

Wanyan Wu's martial arts skills are extremely strong, he cut a bloody path, led his son out of the Song army's siege, and fled in a wilderness. Seeing that Chen Qing couldn't catch up, he drew an arrow, and the bow was an arrow.

The arrow was like a shooting star, it went straight to Wanyan Wu's neck, Wanyan Wushu heard the sound of the wind behind his head, his body dodged and avoided the vital point.

'puff! '

The arrow hit Wanyan Wushu's left shoulder, Wanyan Wushu let out a scream, his body swayed, almost fell off his horse, dozens of personal soldiers desperately guarded Wanyan Wushu, ran for their lives, and gradually went away.

The remaining more than a thousand soldiers had no intention of fighting and ran for their lives. Except for a very few who escaped, the rest were all killed by Chen Qing's army, leaving corpses all over the ground.

This is also a big difference between Chen Qing and Wu Jie. Chen Qing never kept prisoners of war against the Jurchen soldiers, and always killed them all, unless it was a senior general like Wanyan Alupu.

But Wu Jie will be surrendered. He does not advocate killing them all. Leaving a way can make the Jin soldiers give up resistance faster.

There were more than [-] golden soldiers trapped on the mountain, unable to move forward or retreat. At this time, it began to rain lightly, and the spring was cold. The golden soldiers were cold and hungry, and the soldiers were depressed and panicked.

The Wu rank army had already arrived. He sent someone to shout to the Jin soldiers that they could accept the surrender.

The eight thousand golden soldiers trapped on the mountain road were afraid of Chen Qing's killing, and they put down their weapons and surrendered to Wu Jie.

So far, the [-] Jin soldiers who participated in the Battle of Dasan Pass have been wiped out, and more than [-] people have surrendered. Seven ten thousand captains, including Wanyan Alupu, the clan of the Jin Dynasty, have been captured.

The first battle of Dashanguan shocked the world, the imperial court rejoiced, and Longyan was very happy. The emperor Zhao Gou sent a letter by means of a flying eagle, and he was granted the title of Wu Jie as the Jiedu Envoy of Hanzhong, promoted to the official servant doctor, and bestowed it on Nanzheng County Marquis.

Chen Qing made meritorious service in the fierce battles on the periphery, he was granted the title of governor, promoted to doctor of martial arts, and given the title of Viscount of Chengji County.

The rest of the generals will be rewarded after the official edict is issued.

　The weather suddenly dropped, and Lao Gao unfortunately caught a cold.

　　I have a terrible headache.

　　I can only ask for leave at noon today.

　　I implore readers to understand

　　
　
(End of this chapter)