Fenghou

Chapter 39
'jingle!Jingle!Jingle! '

At the foot of a cliff, more than a dozen soldiers who knew how to blacksmith were sweating profusely and swinging their hammers. The fire was burning brightly, and the red iron bars were forged repeatedly under the soldiers' hammers.

There was no pig iron in Guancheng, so they melted some of the damaged weapons to obtain pig iron, and then made them into weapons needed by the army.

There are already a few ready-made weapons beside them. The weapons that the soldiers have built with all their strength are not spears and knives, but V-shaped iron forks used in the countryside to fork straw. It will become a sharp weapon against siege ladders.

Chen Qing made a slight change, leaving two small horizontal iron spikes at the bottom, which can prevent the bottom of the iron fork from being embedded in the ladder.

Chen Qing picked up an iron fork to examine it carefully, and asked the leader of the escort a few words.

"Commander!"

Zheng Ping rushed over excitedly, clasped his fists in salute and said with a smile: "The humble job has selected ten marksmen, please let the commander inspect them!"

These days, Chen Qing mobilized the soldiers to offer suggestions, and once adopted, he would be rewarded heavily, mobilizing the enthusiasm of the soldiers, and the soldiers offered their suggestions one after another, and Chen Qing got a lot of useful opinions.

For example, the soldiers suggested increasing the number of medical soldiers on the city wall so that the wounded soldiers could receive treatment as soon as possible to stop the bleeding. This is the experience summed up by the soldiers with their lives. Most of the soldiers died of excessive blood loss due to insufficient hemostasis. If the fastest medical treatment can be obtained, even if it is bandaged to stop the bleeding, many lives can be saved.

Another example is that the soldiers suggested adding a little wine to the jug. Although drinking too much would cause trouble, but drinking a few sips properly can make people overcome timidity and inspire soldiers' courage.

But this is not a new method. In fact, both Khitan soldiers and Jurchen soldiers carried wine. Drinking a few sips of strong wine can not only keep out the cold, but also stimulate murderous aura at critical moments.

Another soldier named Lu Gui proposed to cut off the top two rungs at the critical moment, and the miraculous effect would be that the enemy could not enter the city.

Even though Chen Qing's two axes cut off the handrail of the siege ladder, it was because he was powerful, and those batches of siege ladders were crudely made and did not meet the standards at all. , The iron hook is also bound in many places, and it is meaningless to cut off only one place.

So this soldier found another way and proposed to cut off the crossbar, which is very operable.

Chen Qing personally conducted an experiment for this, and cut off two beams of the only complete siege ladder. Although his hands could still touch the top of the city, his feet could not use his strength to climb up.

This method won the best proposal, and the soldier Lu Gui was rewarded with thirty taels of silver, and was promoted to the axe guard.

But the premise is to transform a batch of long-handled axes.

Selecting a group of sharpshooters was an idea proposed by Chen Qing. It also summed up the experience and lessons of the first city defense battle, and also the experience of his later generations to establish snipers.

Chen Qing found that the enemy troops who broke through the city walls were often not ordinary soldiers, but at least generals such as Dutou or Centurion. Such generals were particularly brave and powerful, and one person could deal with four or five enemies, so it was easy to break through.

The best way is to shoot these enemy generals before the battle at the top of the city, so a group of soldiers with strong archery skills are needed to act as snipers.

Zheng Ping selected ten soldiers for Chen Qing, all of whom were recognized as archery masters.

"I need ten tiger shooters, it depends on whether you are qualified!"

Chen Qing pointed to the god arm crossbow on the ground and said to the ten people: "This is your weapon. There are wooden targets a hundred steps away, show me one by one!"

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The preparations for the battle at Jianbaiguan continued to be in full swing. At the same time, the battle of Monk Yuan also kicked off. Fengxiang's main general Wanyan Meili, and Donglu's main general Wanyan Huonu led an army of [-] Jurchen and tens of thousands of Han. The army joined forces in Daying, Weinan.

On the second day of March, the lieutenant general converted [-] troops to launch a tentative attack on the monk's original western front, and Wu Lin led [-] troops to counterattack the enemy by relying on terrain advantages.

The two sides fought fiercely for two days and two nights, and the Jin soldiers lost nearly half of them, so they had to withdraw from the battlefield.

The Golden Bing camp was stationed at Yellow Niubu, ten miles away, and confronted Heshangyuan's Song army. Wanyan Meili sent thousands of puppet troops to attack Heshangyuan in turn every day, implementing harassment tactics.

Wanyan Meili had already realized that it would be too much loss to attack Monk Yuan, and he had to implement a north-south pincer attack to win. Everything was ready, and the only thing he needed was the east wind. Jinbing waited for the West Route Army led by Wanyan Wulu to arrive in time.

Wu Jie stood on the barracks and looked at the Jinbing camp ten miles away. He asked Wang Yan next to him in a deep voice, "What do you think Wanyan is waiting for?"

Wang Yan smiled faintly, "He is waiting for the troops from the western front to arrive behind us. Facts have proved that they have no advantage in a one-sided battle. Only when we face the enemy from the front and rear can they have any hope of winning."

Wu Jie deeply agreed with Wang Yan's judgment, and he asked, "Is there any new news from the Jiandao Pass?"

"There is no new news for now, but I guess the big battle over there has also begun, and Chen Qing will not let us down."

Wu Jie pondered for a moment and said, "I'm worried that they are short of troops. If Wanyan Meili finds out that the Western Front Army is blocked, he will definitely send troops to attack Jianbai Pass from the south. Once the Jianbai Pass is attacked, it may be very difficult to defend. "

Wu Jie's mind is very clear, every link is clearly presented in his mind, if any link goes wrong, he will lose the game.

He glanced at Wang Yan, saw that Wang Yan had no objection, and said decisively: "I will immediately send troops to support Jiandao Pass!"

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On the head of Jiandao Pass, every soldier's heart seemed to be pressed against a mountain.

Below Guancheng, a black army lined up in the canyon, invisible at a glance, and the spears raised high seemed to form a forest, with a murderous aura.

'Woo—'

The sound of the horn echoed in the valley, and tens of thousands of people raised their spears and shouted: "Kill——"

The shouts were earth-shattering, and the expressions of the soldiers on the top of the city changed.

Chen Qing squinted his eyes and stared at the distance, and a large siege weapon loomed in the distance.

This should be the weapon used by the opponent to attack Dasan Pass.

At this time, a cavalryman rushed from the team, holding a bow and arrow, with a letter on the arrow, riding his horse and urging his horse to gallop towards the city.

Chen Qing took the divine arm crossbow from the soldier, raised the crossbow and aimed at the cavalry, before the cavalry approached Guancheng, "Whoosh! An arrow shot out, and two hundred steps away, an arrow hit the cavalry's throat, and the cavalry fell to the ground clutching his throat.

The soldiers of the Song Army on the top of the city are all awe-inspiring, the commander's arrow represents the will of the Song Army, and there is no room for negotiation in the bloody battle to the end.

Jin Bing was in an uproar, and the general Wanyan Wulu's face was extremely ugly, and he said coldly: "Since they want to die, let them be fulfilled!"

He raised his warrant and said, "Retreat!"

The demonstration of the [-] troops was over, and the teams began to retreat slowly, returning to the camp outside the valley.

At this time, retreating is not retreating, but retreating like a beast, in order to better kill forward.

"Commander, the enemy might take action tonight!" Yang Hua stepped forward, pointing to the ditch under the city.

Chen Qing nodded. He also thought of it. If the enemy army wants to attack Guancheng, the first thing to do is to fill up the trenches. A trench of more than [-] feet can be filled up by thousands of people overnight.

Chen Qing looked up at the clear sky, the weather should be fine tonight, he sneered and said: "They really want to fill us up, but we can't stop them, but since it's a war, they have to pay the price!"

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"Wan Hu, I don't dare to disobey the military order, but I only have [-] people, and I have to spare part of my troops to protect the soldiers filling the ditch. I'm afraid I won't be able to fill the trench overnight. I implore Wan Hu to give it a few days."

Wanyan Wulu looked coldly at Xia Jin who was kneeling below, and said unhurriedly: "General Xia, I remember that you are from Xixia, your original surname was Li, but you changed your surname to Xia in order not to forget your homeland, am I right? "

Xia Jin said in a deep voice: "The humble job has always reported the resume truthfully, and has never concealed it, but if the humble job is allowed to fill the trenches overnight, the subordinates of the humble job will inevitably pay a heavy price. It is not easy to train the army. I implore General Wulu to think twice!"

"What does the Xixia Emperor say? He who haggles with the commander-in-chief can be killed three times! Since you are from Xixia, this sentence should be familiar to you."

Xia Jin had no choice but to cup his fists and say, "I obey the order!"

Wanyan Wulu snorted again and said, "If the trench is not filled before dawn, the whole army will be killed!"

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At one watch, Xia Jin led more than [-] soldiers and appeared one mile away from the city.

Xia Jin's face was gloomy. How could he never have thought that Wanyan Wulu would deal with him like this, just because he didn't capture Jiandao Pass, he punished his army to fill up the trench today.

How could more than two thousand people fill such a deep trench before dawn?Especially under the threat of the enemy's force, but Xia Jin had no choice, Wanyan Wulu was determined to clean up himself.

　Thank you for your support, Lao Gao is very grateful!Lao Gao originally only planned to eat two steamed buns, but he ended up eating steamed buns instead.

　　Once the buns are eaten, will the cake be far behind?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)