Fenghou

Chapter 612 Interception
Wanyan Huonu hurriedly bowed and said, "Marshal Du, please give me instructions!"

Wanyan Yinkeshu said slowly: "Two things, first, I remember that there is a canyon in front of me, which is relatively narrow. I ordered the brothers to pass through at full speed, no rest and delay!"

"If there is a Song army ambushing on the top of the mountain, why don't we stop now and fight the Song army behind us!"

Wanyan Yinkeshu smiled wryly and said: "I understand Chen Qing's strategy, he won't fight us at all, he is waiting for our food to run out, we stop and he stops, we pursue, He will retreat, living Marshal, we are running out of food, coupled with low morale and unstable morale, we will not allow us and the Song army to be exhausted, we must evacuate as soon as possible."

Wanyan Huonu reluctantly agreed, "I obey the order!"

Wanyan Yinkeshu continued: "Since Yichuan County is an empty city, there should be no defenders at the Wuren Road crossing. I am very worried that the Song army has cut off Wuren Road. You must immediately send spies to Wuren Road to investigate first. The situation, if it doesn’t work, we will immediately divert to Luojiao County and retreat along the original road!”

"Beizhi understands, and will immediately send spies to investigate Wu Rendao, but I have an idea, let's send an army up the mountain, and when the Song army arrives later, we will launch an attack from the top of the mountain, what does Marshal Du think?"

Wanyan Yinkeshu nodded, "Yes!"

Wanyan Huonu returned immediately, and sent dozens of spies to Wu Rendao to investigate the situation, and then sent two thousand people up the mountain to ambush, preparing to attack the Song army.

Gaoding has already gone up the mountain and reached the top of the canyon. The canyon is tens of feet deep and about two miles wide, which is actually not too narrow. Of course, it should be called a canyon, mainly because of the official road Not walking in the middle, but sticking to the south mountain wall.

If the army throws stones or shoots arrows above, it will have a great impact on the troops below.

Standing on the top of the mountain, Gao Ding could already vaguely see the distant team heading towards the canyon.

"General, there is an enemy situation!" A soldier suddenly pointed at the foot of the mountain and shouted.

Gao Ding leaned forward and looked down, only to see an army of about [-] people appearing at the bottom of a trail, climbing up along the trail.

"Damn it!"

Gao Ding cursed fiercely, of course he knew the other party's target, it must be targeting Song Jun behind.

"Bows and arrows are ready, listen to my orders!"

A thousand soldiers of the Song Army crawled forward, raised their crossbows and aimed at the Jin soldiers who were climbing up the mountain.

Jin Bing had no idea that there was an ambush from the Song army on the top of the mountain, and two thousand Jin soldiers were struggling to climb up. Gao Ding suddenly realized that he could only kill one or two hundred people at most in this way. up.

Gao Ding carefully looked at the official road and river below. If the Jin soldiers marched on the official road, they would be attacked, but if the Jin soldiers moved to the shallow river next to them, they would be more than half a mile away from the mountain wall. The attack on the top of the mountain Can't hurt them.

Jin Bing would definitely not stay on the official road stupidly and be beaten, and attacking Jin Bing on the top of the mountain is actually of little significance.

Gao Ding thought for a while and asked the soldiers next to him, "How long is this canyon?"

"About fifteen or six miles!"

Gao Ding had an idea in his mind, so he decisively ordered: "Shoot!"

A thousand soldiers pulled the hanging knives at the same time, the arrows were like rain, and the dense crossbow arrows shot at the climbing golden soldiers. The golden soldiers were caught off guard and were shot by the arrows one after another, rolling down the mountain. Shouting, turning around, rolling and climbing down the mountain to escape.

Although only dozens of people were shot and killed in this round, it also cut off the idea of ​​Jin Bing going up the mountain to ambush.

Gao Ding immediately said to the commander Du Min: "General Du led a thousand brothers to attack the Jin soldiers on the top of the mountain, and I will take other brothers to ambush at the entrance of the canyon ahead."

"Follow the order!"

Gao Ding led [-] soldiers to run eastward, and ran for more than ten miles in one breath. The front suddenly opened up, and the canyon became open again, with a width of more than [-] miles.

There is a sheep road here. They went down the mountain along the sheep road and saw a large jujube forest not far away. Gao Ding arranged for soldiers to cut down hundreds of jujube trees and blocked the exit of the official road with a width of [-] zhang. On the right was the river. The north bank of the river was full of rocks, and the cavalry could not move.

The soldiers poured kerosene on hundreds of big trees, so that the Jin soldiers could only rush out along the river. Gao Ding asked the soldiers to find hundreds of stones weighing hundreds of catties from the north bank of the river and throw them all into the river. , In this way, even if Jin Bing rushed out of the river, it would not be so easy.

Considering that the Jin soldiers were powerful in cavalry and shooting, the Song army piled up dozens of large trees that were cut down later as bunkers for the soldiers.

At this moment, there were thunderous explosions in the valley, one after another.

The enemy army is coming, Gao Ding shouted: "The whole army is in formation!"

Four thousand Song troops immediately lined up to form a fan-shaped crossbow formation, everyone raised their crossbows and stood ready.

About a quarter of an hour later, there was a fierce sound of horseshoes in the canyon ahead, the sound was like thunder, and it was getting closer and closer. After turning a corner, a large group of cavalry appeared, rushing towards the canyon like lightning.

"Fire arrows!"

Gao Ding yelled, and the stormy crossbow arrows shot at the Jurchen cavalry in the valley. They all used divine arm crossbows, thanks to Li Cheng's [-] troops who attacked Chengji County. Among the weapons and equipment they captured, There were actually [-] god-arm crossbows, and [-] god-arm crossbows were seized from Liu Guangshi's warship.

The god arm crossbow was equipped with a large number of Western troops. The range of the god arm crossbow was nearly [-] paces, and the damage was about [-] paces. However, to penetrate the armor of the Jurchen cavalry, it must be within [-] paces.

Therefore, the Song army fired the god arm crossbow arrows at about two hundred and fifty steps, but the Jurchen cavalry's bows and arrows could not reach this distance, which ensured the safety of the Song army crossbow array.

Hundreds of Jurchen cavalry running in front were caught off guard and were shot on their backs, killing nearly [-] cavalry in an instant.

But the Jurchen cavalry at the back took advantage of the opportunity of the Song army's winding up and galloped up, and hundreds of cavalry were less than a hundred steps away from the mouth of the valley.

"ignition!"

After Gao Ding gave an order, the soldiers of the Song Army threw more than a dozen torches, 'Boom! With a sound, hundreds of big trees burst into flames, and the sudden burning fire frightened the horses, screaming violently, raising their front hooves, and refused to run forward.

The Jurchen cavalry were really skilled in riding. They turned their horses and ran towards the river. The river was very shallow, only submerged about half a foot above the horses' hoofs.

At this moment, the second round of crossbow arrows came, and the rainstorm-like long crossbow arrows penetrated the Jurchen's iron armor and the body of the war horse. Amidst the wailing, a large number of cavalry fell to the ground, and the river was stained red with blood.

The Jurchen cavalry had no choice but to stop advancing at the corner. After two rounds of crossbow arrows, [-] Jurchen cavalry fell under the powerful god-arm crossbow arrows.

There were more and more main forces, and they were piled up at the corner of the valley. At this time, Marshal Wan Yan Huo Nu also arrived, and asked angrily, "What's going on?"

A captain bowed and reported: "Marshal, there are thousands of Song soldiers blocking the exit with crossbows at the entrance of the valley, and giant wooden fires were lit on the official road. The brothers suffered heavy casualties and could not rush through."

"Damn Chen Qing!"

Wanyan Huonu cursed and said, "Why don't you wade out of the river!"

"There are also hundreds of boulders blocking the road in the river, and the cavalry can't get through!"

"Can the living be suffocated by urine?"

Wanyan Huonu cursed again, and ordered: "Let the Giant Shield Army come over!"

In a short while, two thousand Xi people soldiers came up, each of them was equipped with a thick and large shield, which could cover most of the body. The emperor's infantry guards made heavy shields, which were made of two very strong pieces of jujube wood, with a layer of copper hammered into a thin shape sandwiched between them, and then covered with two layers of cowhide to make a magnificent shield. The famous Xi Dun, Song Jun called them King Kong Shield.

Xi craftsmen made tens of thousands of Xi Duns in more than ten years. Later, most Xi craftsmen died in the war, and this kind of Xi Duns were lost. Some tens of thousands of Xi Duns were destroyed by fire, and some It flowed into the Central Plains, but more than half of it was captured by Jin Bing. Jin Bing used it to form a giant shield army, which was distributed among various armies, and the soldiers were mainly Xi people.

Except that this kind of diamond shield can't block the bed crossbow of the Song army within [-] steps, no other crossbow can penetrate it.

Wanyan Huo pointed at the rocks in the river with a horsewhip, and ordered: "Use your shields to cover and clean up all the big rocks in the river!"

"Follow the order!"

Commander Xi Ren yelled a few times, and the soldiers of the Giant Shield Army got off their horses one after another. They held up their heavy shields and waded into the river ahead.

Xi Ren's soldiers were experienced, and a thousand soldiers formed two shield walls in the river, and the soldiers behind them began to move the boulders in the river and threw them away to go north.

Arrows came like raindrops, but they were all blocked by the giant shield wall. The powerful crossbow arrows of the god arm could not penetrate this diamond shield.

"Ah! It's the Diamond Shield."

A Song general shouted, and Gao Ding asked, "What King Kong?"

The general of the Song Army explained: "It is Xi Dun, a high-quality large shield made by Xi Craftsman, which is known as the best shield in the world. The Song Army calls it the Diamond Shield. Only bed crossbows can penetrate it.

The shield moved forward step by step, and the boulders in the river were basically cleaned up.

Gao Ding immediately made a decision and shouted: "Follow me!"

He led four thousand soldiers to the jujube forest in the distance. It took a long time to climb up the mountain in line, and the Song army would suffer heavy casualties. The best way was to lead everyone into the woods.

The river channel was dredged, and all the rocks and rocks were thrown away. The giant shield soldiers moved out of the way, and Wanyan Huonu gave an order, "Rush out!"

The [-] Jurchen cavalry took the lead, wading in the river and rushing out of the canyon.

(End of this chapter)