Fenghou

Chapter 246 Sky Attack
Three thousand crossbowmen were ready to go, when dozens of dark wooden barrels suddenly fell from the sky, some of them fell into the crowd, but most of them exploded on top of the soldiers, 'Boom!boom! 'Red light burst out, and tens of thousands of poisoned iron nails flew around, and the crossbowmen were hit by poisonous nails one after another, and the soldiers were in chaos.

Xu Jinwen was taken aback, and looked up to the top of the nearby mountain, only to find that there were many figures on the top of the mountain, and then threw the second round of gunpowder barrels.

The gunpowder barrel exploded on top of the soldiers again, but this time there were no poisonous nails. The Song Army cavalry was very close, which would lead to accidental injury.

"damn it!"

Xu Jinwen cursed angrily, Chen Qing obviously had an ambush long ago, set up a trap, and waited for him to attack when he passed by the foot of the mountain.

He knew that he could not retreat at this time. Once he retreated, the entire army would be defeated.

Just as the army was in extreme chaos, the cavalry of the Song army had already killed a hundred paces away. Xu Jinwen immediately shouted: "The crossbowmen retreat, and the spear army is ready to fight!"

The horn blew, and the crossbowmen in the confusion turned around and ran. At this time, the third round of gunpowder barrels was thrown down. This time, the target was thousands of soldiers of the Spear Army behind. There was a violent explosion on the top of his head, and tens of thousands of poisonous nails flew in all directions, with such strong penetrating power that the puppet Qi army's leather armor couldn't resist it, and many of them were shot in the face.

"Toxic! Nails are poisonous!"

The toxicity of many crossbowmen began to attack, and they shouted in horror, and the morale of the soldiers of the Spear Army began to be seriously shaken.

The cavalry of the Song army came up like a stormy sea, and more than a thousand crossbowmen were unable to retreat. Some were pierced by spears, some had their heads chopped off, and more were directly wrapped under the iron hooves of the horses. , Howling and screaming continued.

The spear soldiers flinched and stepped forward, only to hear a loud bang, dozens of soldiers were knocked into the air, and many cavalry and war horses were pierced by spears and fell into a pool of blood.

There were a thousand Song soldiers and fifty small trebuchets on the top of Yueya Mountain. At this time, they replaced it with kerosene, and dropped fifty cans of kerosene from the top of the mountain. , black kerosene flowing in all directions.

At this time, five hundred gunpowder arrows shot down from the top of the mountain, and the kerosene on the ground burst into flames, and the soldiers ran away in shock.

Deputy General Wang Heng saw that the spear soldiers could not resist the enemy cavalry at all, and they fell down one by one like harvesting wheat. The mountain kept throwing terrifying weapons. They were getting deeper and deeper in the trap. How could the Song army only send out cavalry? And ambushes.

He couldn't bear it any longer, found Xu Jinwen and said, "If this continues, the whole army will be wiped out. It's better to retreat south first, at least part of the army can be saved."

As soon as Wang Heng finished speaking, a soldier shouted: "Xu Dutong, the enemy army is coming from behind!"

Beads of sweat were all over Xu Jinwen's forehead. Seeing that the fire was getting bigger and engulfed countless soldiers, he swung his saber fiercely and shouted: "The whole army breaks through to the south!"

"Woo! Woo! Woo!"

The urgent trumpet sounded, which was the order to break out.

The puppet Qi army desperately broke through and was routed to the south. Chen Qing was well aware of the evil consequences of the puppet Qi remnants fleeing into the hinterland of Qinzhou. He issued an order to kill them, and the cavalry chased down to the last person.

This was a chasing battle without any suspense. The cavalry of the Song army chased all the way south, and the deputy general Wang Heng died in the chaos. At dawn, Liu Cui led a thousand cavalry to surround Xu Jinwen and his three hundred soldiers. This is the last batch of puppet Qi troops.

"Kill them all, leave no one alive!"

Liu Cui gave the order to attack, and a thousand cavalry rushed forward, gradually engulfing Xu Jinwen and his three hundred soldiers.

More than [-] miles of official roads were covered with corpses, and more than [-] puppet Qi soldiers were killed. Of course, it is impossible to kill them all. There are still many puppet Qi soldiers who fled into the barren mountains and mountains, but they basically all died. Abandoning weapons and armor, in twos and threes, they can no longer form a concentrated destructive force. The fate waiting for them is either to die of starvation, illness, or be beaten to death by Qinzhou farmers.

But the annihilation of the entire army of [-] people did not cause much disturbance. It was covered up by the coach Li Cheng. Gradually forgotten.

Wanyan Wushu led [-] cavalrymen to Jingzhao City. The first problem they faced was the insufficient supply of food and fodder. Jinbing never carried food and grass, and it was usually supplied by the local government. In Wanyan Wushu’s view , a huge Shaanxi Road can't support [-] troops?

But he forgot that there are hundreds of thousands of puppet Qi troops who also need support from Shaanxi Road. In the big sheepskin tent, Wanyan Wushu appeases Liu Yan, the puppet Qi State's Shaanxi Road appeasement envoy Liu Yan, and the soldiers and horses of the three armies. .

"I'm not an army of [-], nor an army of [-]. I only have [-] horses. I can't even eat mutton. I drink batter all day long. What's the use of raising you? I raise a hound and catch them for me." Rabbits, you are simply inferior to dogs!"

Wanyan Wushu scolded extremely badly, but Liu Yan and Li Cheng could only bear the scolding with their heads down. Their hearts were also full of resentment. It was this Wanyan Wushu who stripped away all the food on Shaanxi Road last year and accumulated The [-] shi army rations were burned by Chen Qing.

He attacked Heshangyuan and Dasan Pass year after year, and made the poor Shaanxi Road impoverished. Now he needs [-] sheep and [-] shi of grain, where can I find them for him?

Cursing and scolding, Wanyan Wushu still had to solve the problem. He walked a few steps with his hands behind his back and said, "When Chen Qing occupied Jingzhao City, didn't he distribute a large amount of food to the people in the city? These ill-gotten gains, Haven't you thought about taking it back?"

Liu Yan was very embarrassed: "His Royal Highness, I have already received it once, otherwise the Qi army will also be short of food."

Wanyan Wushu's face sank and he asked, "How much was recovered?"

"About [-] shi!"

"Not enough! Only [-] shi was recovered after [-] shi of food was distributed, which shows that you are not doing your job well. It is not only food, but also money. It is said that the people who drive the carts have made dozens of money. This is simply dividing up the spoils. We must strictly If you don’t want to hand it over, you will be arrested directly. I will give you three days to complete this matter. If you can’t handle it, then let the Jurchen soldiers do it.”

Wanyan Wushu made up his mind, if he couldn't make the people of Shanxi Road submit to him, then at least he had to make them fear him, and let them understand that following the Song army would never end well.

Jingzhao City closed the city gates, and the army began to search for food and copper coins from house to house. They said that they were looking for food and military pay that had been distributed, but they were limited to food and copper coins. But when it came to the soldiers' specific searches, there was no bottom line.

Not only copper coins, but all valuables were taken away, not only food, but also livestock, chickens and ducks were seized. Many young women also suffered.

In just three days, the food and belongings in Jingzhao City were taken away, and the people complained that there was no food. The people in Jingzhao City began to flee, and many people fled to Qinzhou.

But even so, the puppet Qi army only found [-] shi of grain, [-] guan coins, and hundreds of thousands of livestock, chickens and ducks, and the food was only enough to sustain the Jinbing for two months.

On the fifth day after Wanyan Wushu arrived in Jingzhao City, he finally met Wanyan Chang who had retreated from Hanzhong.

Wanyan Sali did not return to Jingzhao, and went directly north to Yanjing. This time he suffered a disastrous defeat, he really felt ashamed to come to see Wanyan Wushu.

In this battle of Hanzhong, after half a month of confrontation in Jinzhou, the food gradually ran out, and was attacked by Wu Jie continuously. The rear army lost thousands of people. They had to return to Jingzhao City due to the dismissal order.

Wan Yanchang was disheveled and haggard, and he also hated himself for listening to Wanyan's plan of letting go and thinking things too simply.

In the room, Wan Yanchang took a few sips of hot goat milk, sighed and said: "The biggest reason for this failure is lack of preparation, we are not familiar with the terrain of Hanzhong at all, it is not the Central Plains, we can support wars all the way.

Hanzhong is not good, because there are vast mountains everywhere, and often you can’t see a single family when you walk hundreds of miles. It’s hard to find a county town, but all the people hide in the mountains. There is no food, no livestock, and no supplies. The lesson is profound! "

Wanyan Wushu smiled and said: "I agree with the opinion of the supervising army. If you want to succeed, you must be fully prepared, so this time I specifically asked the wolf master for three years to attack Sichuan within three years."

"Then what are you going to do?"

"I plan to build a city before Dasan Pass, hoard supplies, food and grass in the city, and then face the city against the city. Instead, I will be condescending, so it will be easy to win Dasan Pass."

Wan Yanchang's eyes lit up, "This method is good, then you need to build large-scale siege weapons, such as super-giant trebuchets, and attack the city with kerosene or gunpowder, it will be much easier."

"As the supervisor said!"

Wanyan Wushu pondered for a while and said again: "There is also Chen Qing, how should we deal with him, I want to hear the opinion of the supervising army?"

(End of this chapter)