Chapter 403
No one can stop me
When the smoke dissipated, the wall was in a mess. A large number of stones were scattered around, and even the newly repaired wall had cracks.
Liu Yizhen pushed aside the shield held by Fan Daoji above his head with his hands, and looked down at the Hu Xia camp, with a look of joy on his face.
"good!"
Compared with the embarrassment on the Song Army's side, Hu Xia's side was completely "horrible".
Because of the cover of the wall and the Song army's soldiers being well prepared, Hu Xia's catapult just now made only loud thunder and little rain. Except for a few unlucky ones who were accidentally hit by falling stones, there was no major damage.
Hu Xia is different.
They were almost completely unprepared for the crossbows on the city wall. There were even a few good-hearted Hu Xia soldiers who stood on the shaft of the catapult and looked far away, hoping to see the tragic scene when the Song army was hit.
But what they saw were dozens of guns and arrows with terrifying power!
The guns and arrows released from the barrier were no more dense than ordinary crossbows, but the terrifying size didn't require volume to win.
A Hu Xia soldier standing on the shaft of the chariot was directly shot through and plunged deeply into the ground.
The rapid speed caused these soldiers to wail on the ground in pain even after their abdomens were penetrated.
"pain……"
The words reached his lips, but it was difficult to say them completely, because the blood that surged up along the esophagus after the organ ruptured had filled his mouth, and every time he opened his mouth, a large amount of minced blood and flesh spilled out, blocking it.
their last voices.
In addition to the soldiers who were hit by guns and arrows, the most tragic thing was the catapult.
The wooden catapults could not hinder the violent power of the guns and arrows. After being shot, many catapults exploded on the spot. The sawdust flying in all directions hit more Hu Xia soldiers. For a time, Hu Xia's catapults
The car position has become a hell on earth.
"emission!"
The scary thing is that this kind of attack is not just one.
Liu Yizhen took advantage of the situation to attack, ordered the soldiers to reload their guns and arrows, and began the second baptism of Hu Xia's positions.
It wasn't until the third launch that the crossbow string was overwhelmed and broke after another moan, but this moan was too insignificant at this time.
Because the Hu Xia camp below was completely reduced to ruins.
Even if there were occasionally a few operational catapults, no Hu Xia soldiers dared to control them at this moment. Instead, they retreated crying.
"Open and close the door!"
Liu Yizhen ordered the soldiers to open the door in an orderly manner and then gave Xue Andu a look.
"Now...you can rush!"
After receiving the order, Xue Andu immediately rushed out of Yangping Pass with hundreds of Yulin cavalry and rushed towards the retreating Hu Xia position.
The soldiers of Hu Xia, who were already timid after being shot by crossbows, saw that the Song Army cavalry dared to fight out of the pass, so they immediately dropped their weapons and ran away in fear.
Helian Bobo, who had been watching the battle with the Chinese army, realized something was wrong when the Song army fired the crossbow.
The huge losses caused by the three rounds of salvos made Helian Bobo's eyelids jump.
"Liu Yizhen...this guy."
Even without exact information, Helian Bobo was sure that this was something Liu Yizhen created.
Seeing that Xue An was coming with his troops, Helian Bobo wanted the army to attack, but he soon hesitated.
Because out of the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of a gun and arrow just a few dozen steps ahead.
And there, it's five hundred steps away from Guanqiang!
Five hundred steps...
This calculation result made Helian Bobo feel his scalp numb.
Now the position of his central army is only 600 steps away from the Guanqiang.
Who can guarantee that the maximum range of that gun and arrow is only 500 steps?
If it were just that far away, how unfair would it be to be killed by a gun and arrow while leading troops to kill him?
Since the chaos of the late Han Dynasty, many famous generals have been shot to death by cold arrows on the battlefield. Helian Bobo did not want to risk his life on the attack range of the Song Army's bed crossbow.
Seeing that Xue Andu was getting closer and closer to him, Helian Bobo immediately ordered: "The front army forms a formation! The Chinese army and the rear army retreat five hundred steps!"
The Hu Xia army, which was still closely connected just now, immediately separated, leaving the former army to bear Xue Andu's impact alone.
Xue Andu has many shortcomings, but he is really unambiguous when it comes to fighting.
A horse spear made a tiger angry. After he rushed into the enemy's formation, almost none of the Hu Xia soldiers were his enemies. In less than half a moment, they were pierced through the army's formation.
"withdraw!"
The terrain in front of Yangping Pass was already cramped and the army could not move at all.
Now that the front army has been cut open by the Song army, if Helian Bobo delays for a while, he may be slapped in the face by the Song army.
Just when Helianbobo changed his formation and planned to retreat, there were several loud noises in Yangping Pass.
Zhu Xiuzhi, Liu Yuanjing, An Jie, and Zong Ji rushed to the front, each leading their elite troops to follow Xue Andu's troops to attack the Hu Xia front army that was left behind.
"Chanyu!"
Helian Ding suddenly turned his horse's head and wanted to lead his troops back with some reluctance.
"withdraw!"
Helianbo's tone remained firm.
"The morale of our army has been broken by the crossbows. This narrow terrain is more suitable for the Song Army's infantry operations. There is no need to continue to entangle!"
Helian Ding held the big knife in his hand and glanced back unwillingly.
In his opinion, it was not that Yang Pingguan was lost, but that his position as prince was lost!
"withdraw!"
Helianbobo's eyes were already a bit dangerous, and he obviously did not allow anyone to dare to challenge his majesty.
Even if this person is his son!
The main force of Hu Xia began to retreat, but the Song army became more and more excited when they saw this. They chased after them in one go and recaptured several walls that had been breached before.
Xue Andu was the wildest one. He chased him all the way to the Xian River alone and on a horse. He looked at the heavy troops deployed by Hu Xia in the upper reaches of the Xian River and Han River before leaving proudly.
Before leaving, Xue Andu shouted in high spirits: "This is the Han border, how dare you little thieves to come here on horseback?"
"If you are interested, come here quickly and kowtow to your Grandpa Xue to admit your mistake! Otherwise, you may lose your head!"
"..."
Seeing that Xue An was going too far, Liu Yuanjing, who arrived later, was afraid that he would anger Helian Bobo and force Helian Bobo to have a decisive battle with the Song army, thereby destroying Liu Song's overall plan, so he quickly pulled his horse's head and drove him away.
Take them away and go back to continue to collect the soldiers left behind by Hu Xia.
The results of the battle were calculated in the afternoon. This battle not only captured more than a thousand soldiers of Hu Xia, but also advanced three walls along the way!
In this way, Helian Bobo's half-moon effort was almost reduced to nothing in one battle!
Compared with the Song army, Liu Yizhen achieved such a victory as soon as he arrived, which made the morale of the newly recovered skyrocket again!
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I posted a map later, which is a topographic map of the west of Hanzhong, including the locations of Yangping Pass, Hanshui River, and Dingjun Mountain. I have clearly marked the locations. You can take a look at it for reference.
Chapter completed!