The hundreds of enemy soldiers running in front were not prepared at all. They were caught off guard and were doused by the raindrops of kerosene from the sky. The severe pain immediately made them jump and jump, and screamed repeatedly.
The soldiers behind realized the danger and raised their shields one after another. At this time, the second rain of fire fell, and the number of injured soldiers was greatly reduced. However, many people were still hit by the rain of fire. It was okay if it fell on the armor, but it fell on the armor. The severe pain on the skin is unbearable.
But what fell from the sky was not just fire and rain. Immediately afterwards, dozens of rolling logs fell from the top of their heads. All those who were hit had broken bones and tendons, and their brains burst. The commander Wang Zheng shouted: "Everyone move aside!"
The attacking soldiers rushed up the cliff one after another. At this time, the Song army's crossbows were ready, and the kerosene and trebuchets were also on standby. This signing army was about to repeat the tragedy of the previous group of three thousand soldiers.
Wang Duo deployed two hundred scouts behind the enemy army. The leader was a commander named Li Wu, a very common name.
Li Wu's mission was to harass the enemy, raid the enemy's food and grass, or attack the enemy's logistics team.
At the third watch, Li Wu quietly approached Jingxing County with two hundred of his men. The war broke out in Jingxing County. It was a matter of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. There had been no war for more than a hundred years. The walls of Jingxing County were very dilapidated, although it was not a hundred years old. It is an ancient city, but it has not been repaired for at least fifty or sixty years, and the entire city wall is riddled with holes.
Two hundred people came to the southwest corner, still hundreds of steps away from the city wall. There were soldiers standing guard on the top of the city, but above the city gate, there were no soldiers patrolling the walls on both sides.
The small county town cannot station 30,000 troops. The military camp is outside the city, but the grain and grass supplies are stored inside the city. At the southeast corner, two thousand soldiers are stationed near the southeast corner to closely guard the grain and grass supplies. They are not worried about the Song army's attack. Because the Song army was to the west of Niangziguan, the Song army could not get through. What they were actually guarding against were the residents in the city, preventing them from stealing food and supplies.
On the top of the city in the southeast corner, there are dozens of soldiers patrolling and standing guard. This is necessary. Below the city is the warehouse area. You can hang a rope to enter the warehouse area.
There were no soldiers patrolling the southwest corner. Two hundred soldiers quickly climbed up to the top of the city. They lined up and pretended to be a patrol and walked quickly to the southeast corner.
There are fifty soldiers standing guard at the top of the southeast corner of the city. They are divided into two squads. One squad is sleeping soundly, while the other squad of soldiers is working hard to patrol back and forth.
At this time, they suddenly found an army coming from the opposite side in neat formation. For the capital, they stepped forward and asked: "Whose subordinates are you? You are not allowed to come near here!"
Li Wu said loudly: "I am here to change the guard under the order of Marshal Huli Sa. This is the Wolf Head Order. You can go back to the camp!"
After saying that, he raised a copper wolf's head order, waved his hand, and put the wolf's head order away.
"Wait a minute!"
I'm all a little confused. The current commander is Wanyan Kuolie! Why did he become Heilisa again? Didn't he go to the Niangzi Prison?
"I'm going to report to the general. Please wait a moment, general!"
"Bring the Wolf Head Order with you."
Li Wu took out the copper wolf head with his left hand and handed it to him. Du Tou thought about it and reached out to receive the wolf head order. There was a flash of cold light and Du Tou's arm actually fell to the ground. Before he could scream, the cold light flashed again, ' Poof!' A human head flew up and blood splattered everywhere.
Two hundred soldiers rushed towards the fifty soldiers on the top of the city at the same time. They were highly skilled in martial arts and moved quickly. They stabbed with spears and chopped with swords. The fifty soldiers on the top of the city screamed a dozen times and then fell silent.
Come down.
Two hundred soldiers of the Song Army were divided into two, one hundred soldiers continued to patrol the city, and another soldier went from the lower city to burn grain and grass. The Song Army threw down ten sets of ladders, climbed down the city, sprayed kerosene, and started a fire.
It clicked.
Two hundred soldiers quickly left the city and headed towards the military camp.
"Dang! Dang! Dang!" Suddenly the alarm bell rang loudly in the military camp, waking up the soldiers one after another.
"There's a fire in the granary, hurry up and put out the fire!"
There was a sudden chaos in the military camp, and groups of soldiers rushed out of the military camp and rushed into the county town.
Li Wu and his men took the opportunity to rush to the camp and shouted: "You must use barrels and basins to put out fires. It's useless to go in with bare hands!"
The sentry had confused them with the soldiers fighting the fire, and was unprepared. The Song soldiers fired arrows randomly, and the sentry fell from the sentry tower.
The soldiers threw burning torches into the camp, and dozens of tents were set alight. The southeast corner of the camp was also on fire. This was downwind, and the fire spread rapidly. The 10,000 Jurchen soldiers who were originally resting in the tent were in a panic.
He escaped and watched helplessly as the raging fire engulfed the camp.
At night, the fierce battle for Niangzi Pass was still going on, and Jurchen soldiers also joined the battle. In the fierce battle during the day, more than 5,000 soldiers were killed and 3,000 were injured. Only 1,500 soldiers with fighting ability were left. However,
The city head of Niangziguan was also hit continuously by trebuchets throwing kerosene balls, causing a fire.
Seeing hope, Wanyan Helisa ordered an overnight attack and invested 3,000 Jurchen soldiers and 1,500 signature soldiers.
The fire on Niangziguan Fuguancheng was still burning, and the wooden Guancheng was already crumbling. Wang Duo led the soldiers to withdraw to Zhengguancheng. The bed crossbows, fierce oil fire cabinets and most of the materials were withdrawn, but the four trebuchets
Still engulfed in fire.
Four thousand and five hundred golden soldiers stood densely on the mountain road, led by Wanyan Helisa himself. Everyone held their breath and stared at the Guancheng that was about to collapse. At this time, the burning pillars of Guancheng finally could not bear the tower.
With the heavy weight, "Boom!" there was a loud noise, and the wooden gate city above collapsed.
The Jin soldiers cheered, and Wanyan shouted to Lisa, "Fight in!"
Five hundred Jurchen soldiers held spears in their hands and rushed towards Guancheng, which was two hundred steps away. They trampled on the corpses on the ground and ran quickly, followed by a large group of Jurchens behind them.
The signing army soldiers paid the price of more than 8,500 casualties to conquer the first sub-pass, but it was the Jurchen soldiers who won the fruits of victory, and 1,500 signing army soldiers fell to the end.
The Jurchen soldiers opened the gate with a battering ram, and five hundred soldiers rushed in. Unexpectedly, they were greeted by a storm of jackdaw iron arrows. The powerful crossbow arrows shot through the shields, penetrated their armor, and penetrated
Their bodies were broken, and in the blink of an eye, more than 300 Jurchen soldiers were hit by arrows and fell down one after another, wailing and screaming, and the remaining dozens of Jurchen soldiers rolled and crawled out of Guancheng Gate.
Two hundred steps away, under the main gate city, there are three hundred bed crossbows placed densely. These bed crossbows have wheels, making it very convenient to advance and retreat, and can shoot in turns.
Although the armor of the Jurchen soldiers is strong and can block most bows and arrows, it cannot stop the attack of the most powerful crossbow in the world. Each arrow has the power to pierce gold and crack stone. In the history of the Song and Jin wars, the Jin soldiers suffered the most heavy losses.
The casualties were all defeated by the Song army's bed crossbows.
But the Jin soldiers also had their own ideas. They forced the signing troops to climb up to the still-burning Fuguan City. They endured the scalding heat wave, cleaned up the ruins above, pushed the burning wood down the mountain, and sorted out a wide blue brick platform.
, and then use sandbags to build the fortification wall.
Six hundred soldiers of the Sign Army were constantly shot and fell by arrows during the preparation, but they did not dare to retreat. The Jurchen soldiers behind them glared at them fiercely with sharp axes, and anyone who dared to retreat would be executed as a deserter.
With great difficulty, a fortification wall dozens of feet long was built with sandbags. Only less than 300 of the 600-signed army were left, and the remaining 300 or so were all shot dead by the Song army with divine arm crossbows.
At this time, a soldier suddenly pointed in the direction of Jingxing County and shouted: "There's a fire over there!"
The soldiers on the mountain could clearly see the situation thirty miles away. They saw flames rising into the sky in the direction of Jingxing County, and the sky was reddened by the fire.
Wanyan drank and was shocked. He immediately realized that the logistics of Jingxing County must have been attacked by the Song Army. The Song Army had hidden troops in Jingxing Road. He glanced at the more majestic and fortified Niangzi Guanzhu Guancheng, and suddenly lost his heart.
Confidence, he sighed and said: "Send the order, the whole army retreats!"
Wanyan Helisa had to retreat in panic after paying the price of nine thousand casualties.
Wanyan drank enough lessons. He knew the strategies and tactics of the Song army very well. If the Song army had thousands of troops hiding on Jingxing Road, they would seize Tumen Pass, cut off their retreat, and burn their food and grass. His army would
If food and grass are cut off, the entire army will inevitably be destroyed in Jingxing. They had a tragic experience on the Luo Waterway in northern Shaanxi.
So now Wanyan and Lisa were not about to evacuate to Jingxing County, but to evacuate the entire Jingxing Road. Only then did he realize that they were not fully prepared to attack Taiyuan Prefecture. If they made a wrong step, they would be defeated by the Song army.
If they seize an opportunity, they will be doomed and their entire army will be destroyed on Jingxing Road.
