Fenghou

Chapter 8 Desperate

There are a lot of supplies in the cave warehouse, food, salt, wound medicine, spears, swords, leather armor, crossbows, arrows, everything they need is available.

Perhaps it was because the Song army stationed here retreated so hastily that most of the stored materials were not taken away in time.

Chen Qing asked Yang Hua puzzledly, "How do you know that there will be armor supplies?"

Yang Hua explained: "Before I was stationed in Shengping Army City in Fangzhou, when we left, there was an order from above that all materials were not allowed to be destroyed, and all materials were sealed up and left to the rebels. It was the same when our Bazi Army withdrew from Shangdang. A large amount of armor and materials were left to the local rebels."

That's it, Chen Qing understood.

He stepped forward and picked up a tall infantry bow. To be precise, it was not an infantry bow, but a city defense bow. Its shape was very similar to the English longbow of later generations. It was about one person tall, and it used three-foot-long soldier arrows.

However, this kind of longbowman arrows can only deal with ordinary infantry wearing leather armor at present, and still cannot penetrate the black lacquer armor of Jurchen sentry cavalry.

To deal with the Jurchen sentry cavalry, a crossbow with stronger armor penetration must be used.

Chen Qing put down his bow, and another thing caught his attention.

Ten wooden trailers were neatly placed vertically beside the innermost wall. Chen Qing regarded it as a trailer because there were four wooden wheels underneath.

"What's that?" Chen Qing pointed to the ten wooden trailers and asked.

"Ah!" Several soldiers shouted in surprise, "It's the bed crossbow!"

The bed crossbow is the bed crossbow, which existed in the Han Dynasty. Zhuge Liang's Liannu was made of the bed crossbow, which can fire ten crossbow arrows at a time.

The military technology of the Song Dynasty reached its peak, and the bed crossbow was more sophisticated. It could shoot five iron arrows at a time, and could shoot through the enemy's iron armor at a distance of [-] steps. However, the operation was simple, and five soldiers could control a bed crossbow.

Unexpectedly, the sealed bed crossbow and a large amount of weapons and supplies were found in the army village, which gave hope to the desperate soldiers of the Song army again.

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"Brothers, we fought out from the army of thousands of horses. The most difficult time has passed. Although the number of pursuers is three times that of ours, the Jurchen's advantage is riding and shooting, and siege is not their forte.

We are condescending, with fortifications to rely on, beds, crossbows, and food. This is the way of life left for us by the heavens. Brothers, we will live up to the heavens, and we will surely win the final victory! "

Chen Qing held up his spear and shouted sharply: "God has fate, we will win!"

"We must win! We must win!"

Ninety-eight soldiers raised their arms and shouted together, their morale was high.

Chen Qing divided the ninety-eight soldiers into five teams, and appointed corps leaders with rich combat experience as escorts.

The soldiers moved quickly, bundles of spears and arrows were moved out, dozens of military crossbows and ten bed crossbows were also moved out.

"Captain, they're coming!" The sentinel shouted loudly from the overlooking stone platform.

Chen Qing strode to the gate of the camp, and looked down the mountain. He saw a dense crowd of Jurchen soldiers on the mountain road, about a hundred steps away from the military camp. They held shields and spears, and there were about six or seven people in a row. He was walking towards the army village step by step.

But from Chen Qing's perspective, he couldn't see the opponent's number clearly.

"How many people are there in the other party? How are they deployed?"

The sentinel above replied: "There are about fifty people in front, holding shields and spears, and the main force is behind, separated by dozens of steps!"

Chen Qing pondered for a moment, the other party was also a scout, and the biggest characteristic of a scout was that they were cautious and would not take risks lightly. Chen Qing decided to take a gamble and catch the enemy by surprise.

He resolutely ordered: "Open the gate of the camp!"

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Wanyan Alu led three hundred Jurchen soldiers to attack the military stronghold cautiously. He was the commander of the sentinel cavalry, and he was very cunning. More than a hundred main forces followed behind.

"Commander, the gate of the barracks is open, and no one can be seen. Could it be that the enemy has all escaped?"

"Impossible. They didn't leave so many wounded soldiers in the woods or on the river beach, let alone on the mountain. They must be in the army camp, and they may have found weapons."

Speaking of this, Wanyan Alu ordered: "Notify the brothers in front, raise the shield higher!"

Wanyan Alu was not worried about the opponent's bows and arrows. Their iron armor was strong enough to resist ordinary bows and arrows, unless they were military crossbows, but with shield defense, military crossbows could not hurt them either.

In the end, the opponent could only use spears to fight them decisively, which was exactly what he expected.

If the [-] most elite sentry cavalry troops are no match for the more than [-] disabled Song troops, he might as well just wipe his neck.

Fifty Jurchen soldiers were getting closer and closer to the camp gate, fifty steps... thirty steps... twenty steps.

At this moment, five bed crossbows suddenly appeared at the gate of the camp, and Chen Qing shouted, "Launch!"

Five bed crossbows were fired at the same time, and twenty-five bed crossbow iron arrows shot out powerfully. This kind of iron arrow is also called jackdaw arrow. It is actually a small iron spear with feathers. It is three feet long and invincible within three hundred steps.

The shield in the hand of the Jurchen soldier shattered, and the Jackdaw's arrow pierced through his body, and then shot through the shield and body of the person behind him.

The five bed crossbows were pushed up and wound up, followed by another five bed crossbows pushed up and fired, and the twenty-five jackdaw iron arrows shot out again.

The Jurchen soldiers screamed and fell to the ground one after another. The blood mist filled the air, causing heavy casualties. In an instant, more than twenty people were shot dead by the Jackdaw Iron Sword.

"It's a bed crossbow!"

The Jurchen soldiers were terrified, turned around and ran away. At this moment, Song soldiers on the stone platforms on both sides showed their bodies one after another, raising their crossbows and shooting. Within dozens of steps, the powerful crossbow arrows pierced through the enemy's iron armor, and many soldiers were killed. The soldier fell headlong to the ground, unable to get up again.

Wanyan Alu never dreamed that the opponent actually had a powerful bed crossbow.

He reacted very quickly, and immediately ordered: "Go into the woods!"

There were forests on both sides of the mountain road, and the Jurchen soldiers rushed into the forest, hid behind the big trees and quickly retreated downwards.

"Kill me out!"

Chen Qing rushed out with [-] men holding spears, and eight Jurchen soldiers who were still injured and still alive howled and raised their spears to meet them, but they were no longer the opponents of the soldiers of the Song army.

In just a moment, all eight Jurchen soldiers were stabbed to death.

The first battle was a great victory. Thirty-seven Jurchen soldiers' corpses were left in front of the camp gate, but the Song army was unscathed. Hundreds of Song soldiers cheered, their morale was boosted, and they had confidence in the future for the first time.

A trace of worry flashed in Chen Qing's eyes. He discovered the biggest weakness of the army village, which was the pine forests on both sides of the mountain road.

What if the other party hides in the pine forest?
When the military village was built, the risk of the forest was also considered, so all the trees in the front, back, left, and right sides of the military village were cut down.

Thirty feet is only thirty steps, and thirty steps away is the forest. The Jurchen can hide behind the big tree, offsetting the power of her bed crossbow.

Simply be more ruthless, set fire to the mountain, and the smoke and heat waves will make it impossible for you to stay in the military camp.

Or detour up the mountain from the side, cut off your own water source on the mountain, or condescendingly shoot arrows to cooperate with the attack below.

I can think of these ways to attack the army stronghold, but can't the enemy army think of it?

Chen Qing once again realized that the only way for them to survive was to kill the opponent's general and make the opponent's dragons retreat without a leader.

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As night fell, the sky was cloudy, and the surroundings of the cottage were pitch black, which was very conducive to sneak attacks, but not conducive to defense.

At this time, a thin figure jumped down from the northwest corner of the army village, and was immediately spotted by the sentry.

"Who is it?"

"It's me, Zhao Xiaoyi!"

When Chen Qing heard that Zhao Xiaoyi was not dead, he was overjoyed and rushed to meet him.

"Xiao Yi, they didn't realize that it was the wild bees you released?"

Zhao Xiaoyi scratched his head and said with a smile: "They found out, but they couldn't help me, and they were in a hurry to catch up, so they had to let me go!"

"How did you get in?"

Zhao Xiaoyi turned his head and pointed to the northwest corner, "There is a gap over there, and there is a big rock underneath. I climbed up the big rock, and I saw the Jurchen cavalry, but they didn't see me."

"where are they?"

"Just hide in the woods!"

Zhao Xiaoyi's discovery made Chen Qing aware of the other party's intentions.

The Jurchens must have wanted to sneak attack the military stronghold at night.

"How many more Jackdaw Iron Arrows?"

"Sixty-eight more!"

Although the Jackdaw Iron Arrows are powerful, they are not many in number. A bed crossbow with ten Jackdaw Iron Arrows can shoot two rounds. They recovered eighteen iron arrows and can shoot another half round.

Chen Qing sighed in his heart, and said to Zheng Pingling of the guard team: "Save the Jackdaw Iron Arrow for the most critical time!"

"Humble post obeys orders!"

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(End of this chapter)