Fenghou

Chapter 608
Wuren Road Crossing is about five miles away from Yichuan County. If it is a plain, it can be seen at a glance from the top of the city, but Yichuan County is not a plain. The surrounding hills are undulating and the loess is deep. The hills cover it, and the top of the city cannot be seen.

At two o'clock, [-] Song troops appeared. They had an orderly division of labor, and the three armies advanced layer by layer. The fish escaped.

More than [-] large tents were set up on the open space at Wuren Road Crossing. Except for the more than [-] soldiers on duty patrolling the checkpoint inside, the rest of the soldiers were sleeping.

With a wave of Tang Qian's hand, Lieutenant Liu Rui led [-] cavalry to rush towards the valley entrance at low speed. Their task was to kill all the sentries on duty and prevent them from sending signals to the county town with gunpowder arrows.

At the same time, [-] infantry shouted and charged into the barracks from all directions.
Tang Qian was about two miles away from the barracks, and could faintly hear the shouts of killing coming from the barracks. The sound was so small that it should not be heard from the county town five miles away, but he should be able to feel the movement.

Tang Qian stared at the dark city wall in the distance, the top of the city was very quiet, and the defenders on the top of the city should also be sound asleep, but at this moment, three gunpowder arrows suddenly shot out from the top of the city, flying straight into the sky, Tang Qian's heart tightened, what's going on?

After a while, gunpowder arrows were also shot from the crossing, but there were four. The four gunpowder arrows glowed red in the air.

It was like a question and an answer, and the city was quiet. At this time, a cavalry rushed over and reported with fists folded: "Commander Qi, all the enemy troops at the checkpoint have been wiped out!"

Tang Qian nodded and asked, "What happened to the gunpowder arrow just now?"

"There was a sign over the checkpoint, which said, 'Three arrows rise from the city, and we respond with four arrows'. General Liu shot four gunpowder arrows out of desperation."

Tang Qian praised approvingly: "Your general is really quick-witted!"

The fierce battle ended in just over half an hour. All the enemy troops on the periphery were wiped out, and basically no prisoners were left. Only the sentries inside Uren Dao could not be taken care of. At present, they can only block Uren Dao, and the sentries inside are not allowed to come out. .

The next step is to seize the county seat. They are still divided into four groups. Tang Qian leads [-] elite scouts to capture the northern city. Liu Rui led hundreds of scouts to intercept and kill the scattered soldiers who escaped outside.

The northern city was very quiet, and there were basically no patrolling soldiers. The soldiers set up planks on the moat, and three hundred black shadows galloped fast. They put the nooses on the battlements one by one accurately, and moved towards the city like apes. climb up.

On the top of the city, two Jurchen soldiers were chatting against the pillars of the tower, while the rest of the Jurchen soldiers were sleeping soundly against the wall wrapped in blankets.

Of course, countless black shadows suddenly appeared on the top of the city, and the two Jurchen soldiers were stunned. A few black shadows flicked their hands, and a few cold lights came, and the two Jurchen soldiers fell down clutching their throats.

Three hundred scouts went on a killing spree, raising their knives and beheading all the sleeping Jurchen soldiers, their heads rolling to the ground one by one.

The suspension bridge began to be lowered, and the iron bolts of the city gate were pulled up. Dozens of scouts ran down to the city and opened the city gate. Liu Qiong, who had been waiting outside the city for a long time, led [-] cavalry into the city and directly killed the Jurchen In the army barracks.

The Jurchen soldiers didn't have time to put on their armor, even barefoot, drew their knives and rushed out of the big tent to fight in a hurry, but what rushed towards them was the Song Army's crossbows shooting like a storm, chopping with swords and stabbing with spears, one by one. The Jurchen soldiers screamed and fell to the ground. Many Jurchen soldiers struggled to get up after being shot by arrows, but their heads were chopped off with a knife.

Crying, screaming, and wailing before dying came and went in the barracks, but the Song army showed no mercy and killed them all. Gradually, the barracks became quiet.

The south city gate opened, and hundreds of Jurchen soldiers on duty in the city tried to rush out of the city to break out of the siege, but were shot by three thousand soldiers ambushing outside with their crossbows, just like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves. After a round of arrows, there were no one standing Several people.

Even if individual Jin soldiers escaped from the city wall with ropes, they could not escape the hunting of Song army scouts in the end.

This is a death order from Chen Qing, no one is allowed to escape, and no one is allowed to come back and report to Wanyan Yinkeshu.

The [-] Jurchen cavalry rushed all the way like lightning, they bypassed Luojiao County and headed south, passed through Zhongbu County in the middle of the night, and continued to gallop south.

At noon the next day, [-] Jurchen cavalry arrived at the fork in the road. To the southwest was Tongguan Road, and to the southeast was Tongzhou Road. Wanyan and Lisa were familiar with this place, perhaps he was rather fat Because of this, he doesn't like the Tongguan Road. There is a very narrow passage in the Shenchuan Grand Canyon to the north, which makes him very uncomfortable for a fat man. He prefers to take the Tongzhou Road.

There used to be a Jinsuo Pass at the southernmost point, but since the Song army completely blew up Jinsuo Pass last year, there has been no obstacle to entering Tongzhou.

"Go to Tongzhou!"

Wanyan and Lisa shouted, and the cavalry continued to gallop towards the southeast.

The disadvantage of taking the Tongzhou Road is that most of the rivers are very narrow, especially the tens of miles of roads, with cliffs on both sides, and cavalry running in shallow water on both sides of the river, especially now in spring, when the water is very fast and cold.

The river is winding and winding, and it takes more than a hundred miles to reach Jinsuo Pass. It will take at least a day. Fortunately, the Jurchens grew up on horseback since they were young. A day is nothing to them.

But the Jurchen cavalry didn't know that not long after they went south, a Song army of more than [-] soldiers appeared from Tongguan Road, and they followed the Jurchen cavalry for more than ten miles silently.

In the afternoon of the next day, [-] Jurchen cavalrymen arrived at Jinsuo Pass. Everyone was stunned by the scene before them. A majestic pass appeared in front of them, and the pass was full of soldiers from the Song army.

More than a dozen commanders were dissatisfied and looked at Wanyan Helisa. Didn't he say that Jinsuoguan was destroyed?It's here right now, it doesn't look like it's been destroyed in the slightest.

Wanyan and Lisa were stunned. He murmured in a low voice, "Impossible! Absolutely impossible! It's already blown up, so it's impossible to lie to me."

Wanyan Helisa's [-] subordinates were not his deployment, they were all temporarily dispatched to supply him, and they didn't have a good opinion of this marshal who had been defeated repeatedly, let alone respect.

A commander-in-chief said bluntly: "General Helisa just heard that it was destroyed! He didn't come to check it himself,"

The general was right, Wanyan Helisa was indeed just hearing that when Jinsuoguan was blown up, he was still in Fengxiang!He only received a letter from the flying eagle at Pujin Pass afterwards.

But this issue is not important now, whether it is fake news, or whether it is the reconstruction of the Song Army, really does not matter.

Importantly, what do they do now?It was realistically placed in front of them, they did not carry siege ladders, and the soldiers would not be able to reach the top of the city even with human ladders.

After staying there for a full quarter of an hour, Wanyan Lisa let out a long sigh, "I am responsible, and I will go to Marshal Du to plead guilty later. Now, everyone, go back and take Tongguan Road instead."

The [-] soldiers complained, but they had no choice but to turn around and walk back. Their morale and energy were gone. Many soldiers even dozed off while walking. The team walked very slowly. Urging, unknowingly, they walked into the narrowest section of the river, which was only a few feet wide, with cliffs on both sides. This section of the steep river was about forty miles long, and it was also the most difficult road to walk.

However, compared with when we came here, it seems that it is not so difficult to walk. The water level has dropped a bit. No one paid attention to this abnormal situation.

At five o'clock, they had already traveled for more than [-] miles, the water level was getting lower and lower, there was no water on both sides, and even the river in the middle of the river was only submerged by horseshoes, and finally attracted the attention of Wanyan and Lisa.

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[Maybe I feel a bit cold from looking at my phone at night, and my arm muscles are sore. Rong Laogao will take a day off today to relax his arm. Two more shifts today, and three shifts tomorrow]

(End of this chapter)