Chapter 74 Xinkou

Xinkou Village is not on the flat ground, but on the east bank of the Hutuo River, cutting off a section of earth slope from Wutai Mountain, and then cutting the slopes on all sides steeply to form a high platform. Xinkou Village is at the top of this high platform.

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The Jin soldiers rushed to the front of the platform and climbed up the steep mountain wall. The Song army was on the platform, and the outermost side were the players who stood the cards on the edge of the platform. In the gap between the cards, the spearmen stabbed down with the spears. The two layers of armor of Tiefutu could withstand the bows and arrows, but in most places, the spearmen could not block the spears. The spearmen avoided the Jin soldiers' heart protection mirrors and stabbed the enemy down from their shoulders.

The Jin soldiers who were lucky enough to climb up the platform would immediately face a siege of three spears and two straight knives.

The defense of the Song Bing on the platform was very simple, but the engineering preparations of the Jin Bing were even simpler.

The west of Xinkou Village is the Hutuo River, and the west bank of the Hutuo River is Yunzhong Mountain. The east of Xinkou Village is Wutai Mountain, so the Jin soldiers cannot get around it.

Just as the Jin soldiers crossed the dense corpses and attacked the high platform of Xinkou Village, a flower-dressed commander suddenly rushed out on their left, that is, to the east, and stabbed the Jin soldiers in a mess, smashing the Jin soldiers' array into chaos.

Wanyan Nianhan transferred a Meng'an to destroy the Song army. The commanding Song army retreated into the valley, with the mountain road on the road, and the 11th Regiment had already set up its formation. At the front were the horse-received horses and fences, behind the three rows of fences were trenches. After the Song army passed the horse-received horses, several wheelbarrows quickly sealed the gap.

The Jin soldiers launched a charge, and Yang Jizhong ordered the shooter to prepare. A Yu Hou asked, "Sima, don't we use Rockets?"

"Rocket manufacturing is not easy, and both work and materials are expensive, so it must not be abused."

Although the rockets are not powerful, they are all fine work, and they must be skilled in sawing wood, painting, feathering, collecting cartridges, and grinding gunpowder. Therefore, the production of rockets in Cangzhou is extremely slow. After several battles, only armored grenadiers can carry and use rockets.

When the Jin soldiers entered the range, Yang Jizhong ordered arrows to be fired. The divine arm bow and stair bow were fired intensively along the mountain road. Seven of the ten arrows could hit the target. Tiefutu in the front row of the Jin soldiers was shot like a hedgehog. Some people fell to the ground, while others rushed to the fence.

They used axes and maces to smash the fences and horses. The Song army's spears crossed the fences, pierced the iron armor, and killed the Jin soldiers. But more Jin soldiers rushed up, spread them open at all costs, and pushed them down.

The two-foot-two spear solved the Jin soldiers rushing in the first row, but more Jin soldiers rushed up, smashed them with maces, chopped them with axes, and moved them with their hands, making the second row of fences with gaps. These Jin soldiers were also stabbed to death by their spears.

There were more and more Jin soldiers, and they were finally breaking through the third row of fences.

Yang Jizhong made a spear in his hand, and the two commanders had formed a flower dress team. The front row of Song soldiers retreated from the gap in the queue, and then the two commanders blocked the mountain road tightly.

The sergeant Zou Run stood in the third row of the team, holding a spear, while his uncle Zou Yuan held a side sign and three columns between him.

With the commander's order, the first row of spears was placed flat, the second row of spears was raised high, and the first row of spears pierced diagonally from the right shoulder of the first row, and the third row pointed upward with an oblique finger of forty-five degrees, extending from the left side of the front army.

The commander roared and his spear continued to stretch out.

As the commander of the sergeant, Zou Run thought of the flaws in the first two rows to prevent the Jin soldiers from breaking through to the back of the spear head. His spear would be raised up and attack the same Jin soldiers with the two soldiers in front of him. The spear would be stabbed left and defeat the enemy with the soldiers on the left. The spear would be pointed at the bottom, half a foot above the ground, and sealed the origin of the Jin soldiers who were lying on the ground.

Suddenly, Zou Yuan, the next two rows of players who were the leader, shouted loudly, and joined the battle in the back.

Although there were many Jin soldiers, the mountain roads were so wide. The Song army, which was fighting in formation, gathered more troops in a narrow area. And behind these two commands, the Song army shot arrows to kill and injure the Jin soldiers.

A fierce Jin soldier is not a rival to a regiment of Song troops under such a special terrain.

The 11th regiment on the side occasionally circumvented from Mount Wutai from time to time, hit the side and hit the back. If the Jin soldiers chased, the 11th regiment would be stuck on the mountain road and set up a stacked formation and use the narrow terrain to repel the Jin soldiers.

There were 35,000 Jin soldiers, facing the two regiments of Xinkou Village, the 5,000 Song troops had no choice but to change the 16th regiment, so that the new soldiers could learn in actual combat. Moreover, after Ma Kuo settled the people of Wutai County, he also brought the 15th regiment to come.

This war of attrition lasted until May 28th.

Late at night, dozens of vehicles and ships came to the Hutuo River on the west side of Dong County and leaned against the shallows, and dozens of black shadows emerged from each ship. These black shadows rushed to the shore and began to wear armor.

It was the armored grenadiers led by Wu Song, with a total of 500 people, all wearing half-armored armor. Then, they carried a few big trunks and rushed under the city wall.

The Jin soldiers stationed in the city discovered these black shadows and were about to shout, a half-old man without armor bent his bow and arrow, and a single arrow blocked his mouth.

The Song army rushed to the city wall and began to dig bricks on the city wall with a hoe. They quickly dug out some holes, stretched the trunk in, lit the leads at the top of the trunk, and then ran away.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

With several explosions, the city walls exploded out of a six-foot-wide gap. These trunks are variants of pine cannons - blasting tubes. The trunks were hollowed out, leaving only a thin layer of wooden walls. Then the trunks were stuffed with gunpowder, installed leads, and sealing both ends of the trunks.

The blasting tube was not very powerful, but a few pieces combined to deal with the county wall were enough. After the gap was exploded, Wu Song rushed into the gap with a seven-leaf hammer in his left hand and a four-foot axe in his right hand.

The array of armored grenadiers was unstoppable in the county town. They first rushed to the county government, found the head of the Jin soldiers, and killed them. Then they found the warehouse where the grain was stored and set fire.

Wanyan Nianhan saw the fire in Wan County and couldn't help but beat his chest and sigh.

After the food and grass in Gan County were burned, the food and grass that the Jin soldiers followed the camp could only last for five days. After the food and grass were used up, the 35,000 troops were at the slaughter of others. And even if Xinkou Village was captured within five days, could they find new food and grass immediately?

Wanyan Nianhan made a quick decision: "withdrawal."

The first time the Jin soldiers "rejuvenated the siege" ended in such a way.

Looking at the Jin soldiers' queues away, Zhao Bangjie asked, "Don't you chase them?"

"I can't chase after the Jin soldiers. We only have tens of thousands of dollars. We are only a little over ten thousand, and half of them are new recruits. It's not cost-effective to be bitten by the Jin soldiers."

The Jin soldiers retreated, but the people who took refuge in Wutai County did not return to their original county town, but began to stop around the county town. Because there was no food when they went home. Hedong was already barren, so there was no food in stock last year. This year's spring plowing was disrupted by the Jin soldiers, so they definitely couldn't collect much food.

After the Jin soldiers' uprising and conquering, the powerful people in Daizhou were basically disbanded, and most of the remaining 50,000 to 60,000 people in Daizhou were left in Wutai, and the household registration was as famous as the ones.

The marriage with the powerful Daizhou proposed some time ago was reduced after the household registration and the people were allocated. Because the forts were destroyed or abandoned, the powerful had lost their foundation. They had no homes and property to be regarded as a tycoon, and they were not loyal to the people who thought it was strong.

Zou Yuan and Zou Run were unemployed refugees in Daizhou and made a living by being an idle thug for the tyrants. However, after joining the Song army, they have been promoted to the chief and the sergeant. They also married women among the people according to the unified arrangements in the army.

"Uncle, I didn't expect that our sturdy man could have a happy event as lively as a wealthy family."

"This is all the kindness of Hu Jiang Lord. After marrying this wife, my uncle and nephew will sell the three hundred pounds to Hu Jiang Lord."

The uncle and nephew were about to marry the former tenant-farmer daughter of a wealthy family named Mu in Daizhou. The Mu family was also a local tycoon and had also raised more than a thousand forts. Now they are taking refuge in Wutai County. The people in the fort, including the former tenants of the Mu family, have been incorporated into the new Baojia.

"The court is very hateful. The little daughter of the Bai family has not been touched by the young master, but she wants to make the gangster Zou Run a cheaper one." The younger brother Mu Hong was angry.

"Zou Run is extraordinary now. He is the commander of the imperial army." Although his elder brother Mu Chun claimed to be "unrestrained", the Jin soldiers invaded repeatedly and the elders of the Mu family died suddenly. He has become more calm now.

"The commander, I'm not even an official, and Zou Run's martial arts are not very good. He is rated to make trouble."

"Don't let it go. Zou Run joins the government army. If you want to make trouble, you will be unable to get along with the government army." Mu Chun thought for a while, "The day before yesterday, Magistrate Ma asked E to serve as the militia commander. It seems that he must agree. Second brother, you go to the 15th Regiment to join the army. If you have an older brother to protect you, you will fight for a future. You can't be overwhelmed by such an idle man like Zou Run."

Hu Yangeng sent a messenger to Cangzhou along the Hutuo River to transfer a batch of grain to Daizhou. On Daizhou, it was necessary to speed up the integration of the army and the people.

The entire Daizhou had a small population, and the original affiliation was disrupted by the Jin soldiers. In Wutai County, Hu Yangeng's expected permanent army - mobilization army structure was first realized.

The standing army was to stay in the 15th Regiment stationed in Daizhou, and to expand the magistrate Ma to the regiment Sima. At the same time, Li Jingzhong would stay in Daizhou for a period of time to complete the training of the recruits.

Each capital guarantee is usually farmed and paid taxes. Male prisoners can participate in military training on time and can participate in service at any time. At present, more than 200 capital guarantees can be organized, which means that 20,000 people can be mobilized.

All military pay for the standing army is distributed uniformly by the Fanyang Town Fushi Office.

Although the 16th Regiment is also a new recruit, this regiment will return to Cizhou with Puliu Ru Bosheng.

After finishing the big things, Hu Yangeng came to visit Zhe Yuelan: "Three Lady, I want to hold a group wedding in Wutai. I also ask the Three Lady to help."

"What is that group wedding?"
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