Fenghou

Chapter 200
In the dark night, Chen Qing led [-] elite soldiers to appear one mile away from Ganquan Fort. Although he already knew about Ganquan Fort from the written records, he knew that it was tall and strong, guarding strategic routes, easy to defend and difficult to attack, but now he saw it with his own eyes. Arriving at Ganquan Fort, Chen Qing was really shocked. It is located on the edge of a big mountain, standing high, it is a mountain peak.

More importantly, it cut off the necessary official road from Deshun Prefecture to Huizhou. Not far from it is the north-south official road. Although there are many trails on the Loess Plateau, those who can walk cavalry and luggage There are only two official ways.

The night sky is clear, the galaxy is bright, and the huge black castle stands under the dark blue sky full of stars. It looks a little more mysterious, especially the tall pointed tower on the top of the city, which has the feeling of a medieval European city wall.

At this time, Zhao Xiaoyi bent forward and said in a low voice: "The subordinates found that there is also an army ambushing in a forest to the east, about [-] people, about three miles away from Ganquan Fort."

Chen Qing immediately realized that this must be the time when the Xixia army was going to seize the city tonight. Now it was the first watch, and it was very likely that the Xixia army would take the city at the second watch.

There are not many cases of night raids on the city during the first watch, mainly because most of the soldiers did not fall asleep at the first watch, or slept very lightly. Generally, the time for attacking the city at night is scheduled for the second or third watch. Chen Qing originally decided Attacking the city at the second watch, but now, he had to change his plan.

"Command Zhang Dutou, Flying Ape Team!" Chen Qing gave the order.

Zhang Dutou is called Zhang Yin. He was originally a young hunter in Zhongnan Mountain. He joined Chen Qing's army in Zhongnan County.

This Zhang Yin's greatest skill is climbing trees and rocks. Chen Qing saw him climb up a [-]-foot-high cliff with only a knife, and only took a short cup of tea.

With him as the core, Chen Qing set up a flying ape team of [-] people, which belonged to the scout battalion. They led the way to the young Orion, and Chen Qing recruited him into the Flying Ape team.

With a wave of his hand, a young man rushed away with nineteen men carrying battering poles.

Chen Qing also ordered Liu Cui and Niu Gao to lead one thousand crossbowmen and one thousand spear troops each to ambush on both sides of the official road to the east to deal with the Xixia people's sneak attack.

Zhang Yin and his men are attacking the city with long poles tonight. The reason why Zhang Yin does not use a knife to climb the city, he has already inquired clearly before coming. Cheng, and only a dozen years of history, such a city wall has no gaps at all, and a knife cannot be inserted into it.

So they adopted another way of climbing the city, using long poles to climb the city.

This kind of long pole is made of bamboo poles, not cut directly from the mountain, but similar to throwing poles of siege vehicles. Bamboo poles are soaked in oil for several months, and then dried for several months. Repeat this four or five times, which takes about time. Two years, if it is the throwing pole of the siege engine, it will take longer, at least nine times of soaking and nine times of drying.

The bamboo pole obtained in this way is extremely tough and difficult to break, so this kind of bamboo pole is called a siege pole, and it is mainly used for sneak attacks at night.

This way is a group of three people, using a five-foot-long siege pole. The soldiers at the front end are required to be thin and capable, and the soldiers at the rear end are generally two people, who are required to be tall and fat.

Seeing that there was no movement above the city, Zhang Yin waved his hand, "Go!"

Two groups of six soldiers rushed out with two long siege poles on their shoulders. They had all undergone extensive training and cooperated very tacitly. They rushed to the city wall. After jumping, the two tall and strong soldiers behind continued to run holding the back end of the battering pole, supporting the soldiers in front. The soldiers ran higher and higher on the city wall, and gradually ran to the top of the city.

Two short soldiers went to the city one after another. They climbed the battlements and looked at both sides. There were no golden soldiers on both sides. They quickly took off the rope ladders on their bodies, hung one end on the battlements, and threw the other end down.

Zhang Yin and other soldiers quickly climbed to the top of the city, and they fixed the climbing net made of thick ropes on the city wall.

Not long after, Yang Zaixing led [-] soldiers to swarm, grabbed the rope net and quickly climbed to the top of the city.
Chen Qing watched Yang Zaixing's army enter the city from a distance, and he let go of his heart. In fact, there were only a hundred golden soldiers in Ganquan Fort, and he didn't really care about it. their formidable enemy.
At this moment, the gate of the city opened and the drawbridge fell. Yang Zaixing stood at the gate with a spear in his hand. Chen Qing was overjoyed, "The army rushed in!"

More than [-] cavalry cavalry suddenly mobilized, and there was a thunderous sound of horseshoes. Chen Qing suddenly realized, "Not good! '

With the sound of horseshoes, the Xixia people should be in a hurry.

"First Battalion follow me!"

Chen Qing shouted, and the [-] cavalry behind him followed him and rushed to the northeast
'Woo--woo--' The horns in the east also blew continuously, followed by the sound of horseshoes, and the three thousand Xixia cavalry also broke out at the same time.

The leader of the Xixia Army is called Cao Li, a general who is equivalent to the commander of the Song Army. He was ordered by Li Mingxiu, the general of Deshun Prefecture, to look for opportunities to capture Ganquan Fort.

In the past, they had always been jealous of Jin Guo, and they dared not attack Ganquan Fort for a long time. When the news came that Zhu Shengfei, the head coach of Song Junxin Chuanshan, took office, Li Mingxiu no longer cared about Jin Guo's attitude, and decided to attack Ganquan Fort. After capturing Ganquan Fort, a hundred gold soldiers were sent out of the country.

Ganquan Fort is of great significance to Xixia. If Ganquan Fort is not captured, the Xixia Army in Huizhou and Deshun Prefecture will not be able to go south to capture Qinzhou. Attack Longzhou and Fengxiang Mansion.

Ganquan Fort has a pivotal strategic significance for Xixia.

Cao Li originally decided to attack Ganquan Fort at the second watch, but suddenly he heard the sound of horseshoes coming from the south. It was clearly the sound of horseshoes from the cavalry, and there were as many as two or three thousand people. The army must have been killed by the Song army.

Unexpectedly, Song Jun also chose to attack the city tonight. Cao Li was anxious and shouted: "Blow the horn, attack!"

With the sound of the horn, three thousand Xixia cavalry suddenly mobilized, and thousands of troops charged towards the east gate.
But just after running for five miles, there was a sound of clappers in the woods on both sides. Immediately afterwards, dense arrows shot out from the woods on both sides. The Xixia army was caught off guard.

Cao Li was taken aback, and immediately ordered: "Go to the forest to the north!"

The opponent is a crossbowman, so it should be easier to deal with.

The Song Army's second round of arrows shot out, and Fengxiang's army fell hundreds of people again. Cao Li made up his mind. If the Song Army who was ambushing them was not dealt with, how would they capture Ganquan Fort?
The Xixia cavalry turned their horses and headed towards the woods to the north. It was inevitable to kill to the north. The south was full of rocks, which was not good for the cavalry.

Before they reached the woods, a thousand spear troops were killed from the woods, blocking the Xixia army, and the two sides handed over their soldiers and fought together.

But not long after the fierce battle, the trumpet blew from the west of the city. This was the horn of victory, announcing that Ganquan Fort had changed hands.

Cao Li was extremely anxious. They were held back by the Song Army, and they watched Ganquan Fort change hands. At this moment, there was a thunderous sound of horseshoes from the west, and a sharp Song Army cavalry came.

Seeing that there was no hope of capturing Ganquan Fort, and the situation was not good for him, Cao Li had no choice but to shout: "Withdraw the troops! Withdraw the troops!"

'Woo!Woo! '

The horn sounded to withdraw the troops, and more than two thousand Xixia cavalry turned their horses around one after another, and rushed to the east.
(End of this chapter)