‘Dang! Dang! Dang!’ Guo Anguo saw that the situation was not good and hurriedly withdrew his troops.
The burning kerosene on the hillside made everything around it dim within a hundred steps. The crossbowmen of the Song Army discovered the target, and five hundred divine arm crossbow arrows were shot through the firelight. The crossbowmen of the Jin Army were caught off guard in panic and were shot down in large pieces.
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"Retreat! Retreat!" Guo Anguo shouted anxiously.
The Jin soldiers retreated in panic, quickly escaping from the range of the crossbows...
The sky was gradually getting brighter, and the fire in Wang Jianpo's Song Army camp was gradually extinguished. The entire camp fence on the west side of the camp was burned to charcoal, part of it had collapsed, and the other part was still standing dark on the cliff.
Although the sneak attack failed, the Jin soldiers still gained something. They captured several Song Army detectives on the periphery. After a night of torture, the Song Army detectives finally confessed the information that Wanyan Alupu was eager to obtain.
There were only five thousand Song troops in Liu Ziyu's camp. This was beyond Wanyan Alupu's expectation and brought him unexpected joy.
Han Chang smiled and said: "Liu Ziyu is the commander of the capital. If there are only 5,000 troops in his camp, then Chen Qing's camp will not exceed this number. The Song army's garrison in the West Valley can only have 10,000 troops at most."
Wanyan Alupu couldn't hide his excitement and said: "I can concentrate our forces and capture Liu Ziyu's camp in one battle, then turn around and attack Chen Qing's camp. We can completely occupy the West Valley within five days."
Han Chang pondered for a while and said: "General Alupo's plan is exciting, but I have a few suggestions. General, are you willing to listen?"
Although Wanyan Alupu had participated in the Battle of Hebei before, the Song armies he encountered were basically defeated in one battle. This was the first time he fought against the Western Army. In his mind, he still retained the old Song army.
In his opinion, the victory of the Song army of 5,000 men in two days was already overestimated.
This is also the reason why Wanyan Wushu appointed Han Chang as his deputy general. He was worried that Wanyan Alupu was inexperienced.
Wanyan Alupu's face sank. He heard that Han Chang did not agree with his plan, and he said displeasedly in his heart: "Does General Han have any other suggestions?"
Han Chang saw Alupu's displeasure, and he explained patiently: "Our biggest advantage is that our military strength is five times that of the Song army, and the army is good at fighting and brave. We can use part of the army to deal with the two camps.
The remaining troops can directly attack Dashan Pass, cut off the connection between Dashang Pass and Monk Yuan, and even attack Monk Yuan Song Army from behind. Beiji believes that this is a loophole in the Song Army's strategic deployment, and we must seize it.
What does the general think of this loophole?"
Wanyan Alupu said for a while: "I don't really agree with such an adventure. Once the Song army sends troops from Dashan Pass to cut off our forward's retreat, the food and grass are not available, and the morale of the army is low, this army that sneaks into Dashan Pass is likely to
The whole army will be destroyed. If our troops from the West Valley go to respond, these two Song armies will also cut off our retreat from behind. Has General Han considered these consequences?"
"General, there are not so many Song troops in Dashan Pass. The main force of the Western Army is in Hanzhong and Sichuan. The total strength of Dashan Pass is not large. Otherwise, there would not be only 10,000 troops in the West Valley."
"That's what you take for granted. Who knows how many troops there are in Dashan Pass? Even the fourth prince doesn't know! Just now you said it was a loophole in the Song Army's layout, and now you say it was caused by the Song Army's lack of troops. Isn't this contradictory?
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Wanyan Alupu wanted stability and did not agree with Han Chang's plan. More importantly, he believed that two Song army camps could be captured within a few days, so there was no need to take this risk.
Han Chang was really helpless because Wanyan Alupu didn't adopt such a good plan.
Wanyan Alupu glanced at Han Chang, and he remembered the fourth prince's instructions. The fourth prince valued Han Chang very much and should not neglect him too much.
"General Han, let's do this! We have a limit of two days. You will lead an army to attack Chen Qing's camp, and I will lead an army to attack Liu Ziyu's camp. If we can't take the camp within two days, then I will use your
How about the plan?"
Han Chang nodded, "That's fine, it's settled like this!"
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At noon, Han Chang led 10,000 Khitan troops to Jiwangpo. Guo Anguo was building a temporary camp two miles away opposite Jiwangpo. When he heard that Han Chang had arrived, Guo Anguo quickly came out of camp to greet him.
"How was the sneak attack last night?"
Guo Anguo sighed and said: "I thought the opponent would be paralyzed, but I didn't expect that the opponent was still well prepared. The crossbows were very sharp. We lost nearly a thousand soldiers. According to the general's order, we did not continue the attack."
Han Chang nodded, "The night last night was very suitable for a sneak attack, but if the sneak attack fails, it will be detrimental to us. It is good that you withdraw your troops in time, otherwise the losses will be even more severe."
"Before I thought that the general had too high a view of Chen Qing, but through some details last night I discovered that he is really powerful."
Han Chang said lightly: "Wanyan A'lu's disastrous defeat at Jianxiao Pass, which caused Wanyan Zongfu's power to be squeezed out of Guanlong, was all thanks to this man. Moreover, he dared to lead a lone army into Jingzhao and killed Wanyan Lou.
This shows how courageous this person is. I suspect that he also has arrangements on the outside. You must be careful of enemy troops sneaking up on the camp at night."
Guo Anguo was awe-inspiring and quickly clasped his fists and said: "I don't dare to be careless in this humble position!"
The Jurchen Ten Thousand Captain Mutli said disapprovingly: "There are only a few thousand people, but he still dares to sneak attack on us? Why does General Han look down on himself like this?"
Han Chang knew that this Mutli was extremely arrogant, looked down upon the Han people, and thought about things simply. He was a fool with no ability. Such a person could actually be a captain of ten thousand men, which showed that nepotism was also true within the Jin Kingdom.
Han Chang cursed in his heart and ignored Mutli. He was more concerned about attacking Chen Qing's camp. He immediately inspected the terrain of Jiwangpo accompanied by Guo Anguo.
In fact, Han Chang had detailed maps of these terrains in his hands, but the maps were still not as intuitive as on-site viewing.
Han often pointed his riding whip at Jiwangpo and said to Guo Anguo: "The map says that Jiwangpo Camp is easier to attack than Wang Jianpo Camp, but in fact it's the opposite. Do you see the reason?"
"Reporting back to the general, it should be that the two military camps are different!"
"That's right, Wang Jianpo Camp is a barracks, while Jiwang Paipo Camp is a plank military camp. If we use ladders to go up from both sides, it makes no sense at all. We can't climb the camp wall at all. In fact, the walls on both sides of Wang Jianpo
The cliff is higher and steeper, and it is also difficult to attack. I don't know where General Alupu has the confidence to capture the Song Army's camp in two days."
Guo Anguo heard Han Chang's inner dissatisfaction. He smiled and catered: "Wanyan Alupu was the first captain of thousands to invade Zhongjing. He was promoted to captain of ten thousand. Maybe he was transferred to Guanzhong."
, just because he is good at attacking cities!"
Han Chang said lightly: "Maybe! But we have to attack with all our strength. If he really captures it, wouldn't it make me lose face?"
Guo Anguo hesitated and said: "General, if we attack from the front, I'm afraid our brothers will suffer heavy casualties!"
Han Chang glanced at him with dissatisfaction, "The reason why you and your son are not favored by the Wolf Lord is largely because of this army. We have spent all this army for the Wolf Lord's country. Maybe your Guo family has more
The situation has changed, do you understand what I mean?"
Helpless, Guo Anguo had no choice but to bow and say: "I understand my humble position!"
"As long as you understand, brothers will start attacking with all their strength after lunch!"
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"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Just after noon, drums were beating loudly at the foot of Jingwang Slope, and seven thousand gold soldiers lined up neatly a mile away. Behind them were the general Han Chang and ten thousand Khitan cavalry. Han Chang was temporarily transferred by Wanyan Wushu, but he did not
Military power and the Jurchen Army were in the hands of Wanyan Alupu.
Even with the 10,000 Khitan cavalry behind him, the actual military power was still in the hands of Mutli, the commander of 10,000 men.
The Song troops in the camp also took action, and all the tents were demolished. Chen Qing was most concerned about Cangying. Cangying was located to the north of the camp. It was a camp within a camp, made of logs spliced together, with no middle ground.
We used logs to add a roof to the top of the warehouse camp, and wrapped the entire warehouse camp with asbestos cloth. It was very strong and strong. All the grain, grass, supplies, weapons, kerosene, gunpowder, etc. were placed in the warehouse camp.
Even if the Jin soldiers attacked with fire, they could not ignite the warehouse camp.
There are also soldiers of the Song Army patrolling above the board wall to prevent the opponent from attacking from both sides. Although it is unlikely, we still need to prevent the Jin soldiers from taking risks.
Chen Qing stood on a high observation tower. From his position, he could see the situation around Jiwangpo, and of course he could also see the deployment of Jin soldiers.
Chen Qing was most worried about the use of trebuchets by the Jin soldiers. Once a large trebuchet was used, the surrounding walls would not be able to withstand the impact of the boulders and would inevitably collapse. Their walls would lose their defensive role and the Jin soldiers could climb up from both sides.
Climb the ladder.
But now it seems that the Jin soldiers have not prepared trebuchets, not even large siege weapons, nor ladders.
This illustrates two points. First, the Jin soldiers were not fully prepared for this attack. Second, today's attack was not a formal attack. It was just a response, or a tentative attack.
But no matter what the opponent's intentions are, he will go all out to kill as many enemy troops as possible.
"Send my order and prepare the powder keg!"
At this moment, two thousand Xie soldiers rushed up and fired their bows and crossbows at the camp gate. Arrows were like dark clouds, overwhelmingly shooting towards the military camp.