Guide to traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty

Seeing that the Jin soldiers no longer retreated alternately, but ran towards the northeast at full speed, Zhang Guangdao said: "Light three wolf smoke!"

There are two to three hundred Ming Qingqi left here, used for short-distance orders and reconnaissance.

A light cavalry flew back to the previous battlefield, took out the command flag and started waving it.

Soon, three plumes of wolf smoke rose from Fangshan. From north to south, from west to east, beacon fires were lit everywhere, and three pillars of smoke rose.

Jucheng, which was twenty or thirty miles away from the battlefield, received the news about half an hour later.

"You bastard, Jin Bing didn't come to me!"

When Yao Pingzhong saw three clouds of wolf smoke in the distance, he kicked a pebble away angrily: "The whole army moved out, leaving only five hundred soldiers and civilians to guard the camp!"

Unlike those Northern Song Dynasty border generals who liked to conserve their strength, Yao Pingzhong always fought bravely and always dared to attack the enemy.

In such a battle, if the Jin soldiers did not break out in the direction he was guarding, it would mean that Yao Pingzhong would not get much military exploits this time.

He couldn't complain, because the task assigned to him by Zhang Guangdao was extremely heavy, and he would have to fight bloody battles if the Jin soldiers attacked Jucheng.

Now that we can no longer fight bloody battles, Yao Pingzhong must lead his army to attack. From the outskirts of the "eight"-shaped mountain ridge to the rear of the Jinbing camp, even if you use mules and horses to transport armor and march quickly, you will have to walk for a whole day.

If the bloody battle at the mouth of the "eight" character can continue until midnight tonight, Yao Pingzhong can still join the battle.

If the fighting there ends early, Yao Pingzhong will have no choice but to be sent to attack Yu County.

Yuxian County is almost an empty city. What credit can be gained by taking the city?

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Chen Ziyi, Yang Yun, Geng Zhongnian, and Wang De rode quickly to attack the enemy camp.

They must see the smoke before setting off, because if they are dispatched in advance, the Jin soldiers will definitely return to the camp to support the camp, and Zhang Guangdao will not be able to fight at all.

Wang De, who had just been formed, arrived at the camp first and followed the cavalry on horseback. They were the main force in attacking the enemy camp.

There were some scattered golden soldiers along the way, all of whom were Jurchen Qingqi sent to keep an eye on them.

A part of the Ming Dynasty cavalry was responsible for driving away the Jurchen light cavalry, while the main force of the Ming army's cavalry ran quickly.

Hurry and hurry, approaching the mouth of the valley.

All the cavalrymen dismounted and fed the horses bean cakes and salt water to restore their physical strength as soon as possible.

The number of heavy cavalry under Chen Ziyi has increased to more than a thousand. The equipment is not inferior to that of Hezha Meng'an of the Jin Kingdom, but the quality of the horses and cavalry is still slightly inferior, and they may be at a disadvantage in a head-on cavalry battle with the same number.

The retinues brought in heavy armor and helped the heavy cavalry put it on.

These thousand and dozens of heavy cavalry temporarily turned into heavy infantry in order to attack the enemy camp.

Wang De led five hundred troops to the camp first, closely following the heavy cavalry.

Two thousand knights also dismounted and fought on foot, cooperating with the main force to seize the camp.

The other two thousand knights led their horses to rest on the spot. If the attack on the enemy camp fails, they will be responsible for holding back the incoming Jin soldiers.

The retinues of the heavy cavalry also mounted their war horses, temporarily converted into light cavalry, and dispersed to investigate the military situation. When they discovered the main force of the Jin soldiers, they immediately blew their horns to warn them.

Most of the soldiers responsible for guarding Jinying were Yuxian defenders.

They were refugees from the Liao Kingdom who were placed in Shanxi by Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty. They were incompatible with the local Han people in Shanxi and helped Wanyan Zonghan to seize the city as a spy.

In addition, there are two hundred Jin Kingdom knights in the camp.

In the direction of Yao Pingzhong's attack, there are another three hundred Jin Kingdom Qingqi. If they find the Ming army, they will come back immediately to report the news.

These five hundred brave cavalry and light cavalry can form ten cavalry combat teams after joining together.

Of course, there are also civilian husbands.

"All take up arms. You have already invested money. If caught by the Ming army, you will all be executed!"

"Whoever dares to take a step back will be beheaded immediately!"

The civilian husbands were issued simple weapons and carefully assisted in defending the city. Sa Ba personally led 200 gold soldiers to serve as the supervisory team and reserve team.

The name Sa Ba is very common in the Liao and Jin countries, just like the big strong and iron pillars in the Han names. Its original meaning is "swift" and comes from the Khitan language.

The Saba in front of him, whose full name is Wendu Saba, is the third son of Wu Cang, the leader of the Jurchen Wendu tribe.

"The Ming army is climbing the mountain. You send four hundred soldiers each to guard the slopes on both sides!" Wendusaba said to the Han general Zhang He.

"yes!"

Zhang He was also a Han refugee from the Liao Kingdom. He was promoted to a general and stationed in Yu County because he helped Wanyan Zonghan seize the city.

This camp in the valley was set up only yesterday afternoon. There are no trench barriers. There are only wooden fences erected and a lot of iron caltrops sprinkled outside.

One thousand heavy cavalrymen raised their four-meter-long lances and walked slowly towards the Jin camp, followed by five hundred who had first climbed the camp.

There were a thousand Ming cavalry on each side, abandoning their horses and climbing up the hillside to attack the enemy camp.

"Don't shoot at those heavily armored soldiers, archery is useless!" Wendusaba shouted.

Arrows kept hitting the heavy cavalry, and they bounced off, and few of them could even be inserted into the armor.

Chen Ziyi stood outside the stronghold and commanded the battle. Although he only led five thousand cavalry, his military rank was extremely high. After all, he had the only heavy cavalry unit in the Ming Dynasty under his command.

Facing these thousand iron cans armed to the face, as they slowly moved forward, the defenders were obviously panicking.

Bow and arrow shooting is completely ineffective!

"put!"

The Ming Dynasty knights who abandoned their horses and climbed the mountain on both sides were already shooting arrows at the enemy camp.

The armor coverage rate of the Yuxian defenders was very low, and the civilians who assisted in the defense were even wearing civilian clothes.

After a round of arrows, the civilians had already fled, and more than 20 of them were hacked to death by the Jin Bingduo team on the spot. The remaining ones cried and turned back to defend.

The Jin soldiers also started shooting arrows, no longer shooting at the heavy cavalry, but instead shooting at the heroic cavalry on the hillsides on both sides.

The heavy cavalrymen carefully moved to avoid the thorns. It was inevitable that some unlucky man would step on them, which would be regarded as a wounded soldier.

Near the wooden fence of the enemy camp, the four-meter lances that were originally standing fell forward one after another. Standing on the top of the wooden fence, while poking at the enemy diagonally above, continue to accelerate forward.

Then he abandoned his spear and pushed forward against the enemy's weapon.

Even with heavy armor, they slammed into those wooden fences.

There are two wooden fences, front and back, about half a meter apart, and the middle is filled with loess blocks. The two wooden fences are not only inserted into the soil, but are also tied to each other with ropes.

That is, two wooden fences and many loess blocks form a village wall more than half a meter thick.

In one night and half a day, the Jin soldiers were able to build such fortifications very quickly.

Behind the wooden fence, there was a low wall made of loess blocks. Jin soldiers stood on the low wall to defend from a high position.

"boom!"

The heavy cavalry slammed into the wall of the village.

It would definitely have no effect if one person collided with it, but when nearly a thousand iron cans collided with each other, the force and momentum were astonishing.

The half-meter-thick civil structure wall, reinforced by a low wall erected by the defenders at the back, was obviously slightly shaken by the impact of the thousand-weight armor!

It was only filled with loess blocks and was not compacted. There were a lot of gaps in the middle. If it was bumped a few times, it would probably fall over.

The gate of the village is the most vulnerable. Even if the Ming army is found to be attacking, the Jin soldiers will move many pieces of loess and block it on the inside of the gate, but it will still be useless.

Several heavy cavalrymen collided with each other, the gate of the village shook suddenly, and several lumps of loess piled up inside rolled down.

"Civilians! The civilians threw away their weapons and leaned against the village walls and gates to exert their strength!"

Wendusaba was afraid that the village wall and gate would be knocked down, so he asked the Jurchen war team to force the civilians to stick to it and build a human wall to reinforce the village wall.

Just when the defenders focused their attention on the heavy cavalry and the heroic cavalry, Xian Deng camp, which was following the heavy cavalry, suddenly split into two and climbed towards the hillsides on both sides.

There is also a village wall there, but it is difficult to construct and is much shorter.

Wang De, wearing armor weighing dozens of kilograms, ran quickly on the ground and took advantage of the momentum to rush up the fifty-degree slope. Although the speed gradually slowed down, it was getting faster and faster.

The Liao and Han troops who were guarding there hurriedly dropped loess blocks.

These loess blocks were irregular and could not roll at all. They could only slide down the slope. Wang De was able to jump to avoid them while charging up the slope.

"Bah!"

Two long spears were thrust at him. Wang De stretched out his left arm and caught the defender's two long spears under his arm.

"kill!"

A dozen cavalrymen who had originally climbed up the hillside to launch arrows into the stronghold gave up their bows and arrows and came over to help despite the rain of arrows. They used their long lances to poke at the enemy, covering Wang De as he continued to charge upward.

There were also brave cavalrymen who braved the rain of arrows and lumps of loess and rushed to the wall of the slope village regardless of the danger. They half-crouched and yelled to Wang De's subordinates who had arrived at the camp first: "Come up quickly!"

The warriors who first climbed into the camp quickly understood what it meant, and rushed over with all their strength, pressing their hands on the wall of the village, and stepping on the hands of the knights.

"rise!"

The two knights squatted half-crouched and spread their hands, working together to lift up the first warrior.

Many warriors who were the first to reach the camp rolled up to the top of the wall. Some were stabbed in the face or neck by the defenders with melee weapons, and some were pushed out by spears or arms and then fell down.

But after all, some people could continue to fight, and even when they couldn't fight quickly, they rolled directly into the village wall and knocked down the defenders standing on the inner low wall.

This time it was not Wang De who was the first to break in, but several of his warriors who climbed over the wall of the village and fought in blood. They were soon injured and turned into bloody gourds.

The chaos caused by those brave men provided Wang De with a few opportunities.

Wang De climbed to the hillside where the wall could not be built, carrying the spear, arrows and loess blocks, and reached out to grab the ankle of a defender.

"go away!"

Wang De shouted loudly and pulled the man down from the height.

The defenders here, who originally had all the advantages in numbers and terrain, were now frightened, frightened by Wang De being alone.

They were just refugees from the Liao Kingdom in the past. Although they were ruthless, they had never fought any tough battles. Where have I seen such a living King of Hell again?

Wang De is tall and burly, with skin as dark as iron, and he attacks like an evil god.

"Yaksha is here to claim his life!"

A Liao Han was so frightened that he threw away his weapons and ran away. Several other nearby defenders subconsciously followed suit.

It's outrageous that before Wang De captured this highland, the defenders were actually scared away by his majesty.

Wang De took the opportunity to occupy the high ground and shouted to the warriors under his command: "Come here and follow me to the top first!"

"kill!"

The morale of the first camp was greatly boosted.