At the fourth watch, the drums on the battlefield were beating like thunder, and the shouts of killing were loud. Five thousand Jurchen cavalry were divided into three teams. One team cut off the Song army's retreat route to the camp, and the other two teams divided the Song army into three pieces, causing the enemy to retreat.
The Song army fought independently, and the situation was very chaotic.
Liu Ziyu did not think of a sneak attack from the waterway. He tried to use the cover of night to bypass the Jin soldiers' sentries from the side, but his army was still discovered by the Jin soldiers' sentry cavalry.
The left-behind general of the Jin army, Xiao Cong, immediately rallied his troops. The 5,000 troops under his command were all Jurchen cavalry, not the disorganized and disorganized troops on Jingwangpo. The Jurchen cavalry were well-trained and did not take off their armor while sleeping, so they could assemble quickly.
Quickly form combat effectiveness.
Xiao Cong laid a trap and left hundreds of people to pretend to be unprepared. When Liu Ziyu led the Song army to attack, hundreds of people fled in panic, leading the Song army into an ambush. When Liu Ziyu realized something was wrong, they were surrounded by five thousand Jurchen cavalry.
Liu Ziyu's army was also an elite army that had experienced hundreds of battles. Although they were trapped in a heavy siege, they did not panic. When Liu Ziyu's order to break out was issued, thousands of Song soldiers concentrated their forces to break out eastward.
Unexpectedly, the Jurchen cavalry were very brave. Teams of hundreds of people galloped in the dark night, shooting with their bows while running. Countless Song soldiers were killed by powerful arrows.
During the melee, the enemy general Xiao Cong discovered Liu Ziyu. He galloped on his horse, pulled out a poisonous arrow from a small quiver, and with the cover of a large flag, shot an arrow at Liu Ziyu's throat.
Liu Ziyu suddenly discovered the cold arrow. He was startled and instinctively leaned back, "Crack!" The arrow hit his collarbone, which was broken. Liu Ziyu yelled, turned over and fell off his horse.
"Daddy!"
Liu Cui's eyes turned red. He killed several people in a row and got closer to his father.
Liu Ziyu has been rescued by his own soldiers. The soldiers shouted: "The arrows are poisonous, General, we must break out of the encirclement as soon as possible!"
Liu Cui waved his big gun and fought his way to the east to break out of the encirclement.
Xiao Cong sneered: "Hanbo'er and Yincha attack together, block their retreat for me."
Two Jurchen armies, one in the south and one in the north, with four thousand cavalry began to gradually close together. Once they did, the Song army would have no chance of survival and could only be completely destroyed.
At the critical moment, there was a huge chaos behind the Jurchens. A Song Army cavalry came out from behind. The leader was Yang Zaixing. He led 500 cavalry to retreat back to Jiwangpo overnight. Unexpectedly, Liu Ziyu happened to attack the enemy.
Failure.
Yang Zaixing did not hesitate and led his army to give the Jurchen cavalry a hard blow from behind.
The troops behind Xiao Cong were empty. Seeing the Song cavalry coming, Xiao Cong was so frightened that he rushed his horse and fled. Yang Zaixing drew his bow and arrow and shot an arrow. The arrow hit Xiao Cong's back. Although the armor could save his life, this
The arrow still caused Xiao Cong so much pain that he almost fell off his horse.
Xiao Zong panicked and led dozens of cavalrymen to flee up Wang Jian's slope...
The Song Army cavalry who came from behind disrupted the Jin soldiers' plan and prevented the combined attack of the two Jurchen cavalry from being completed, giving the Song Army a chance to escape. Countless Song Army soldiers rushed into the river.
It was the dry season at this time, and a thin layer of floating ice formed on the river. The river was not deep, only reaching the chests of the soldiers, allowing thousands of soldiers to wade through the water and rush to the other side. Liu Cui also took his father with him.
He crossed the river and escaped into the woods on the other side of the river.
At dawn, Chen Qing met Liu Ziyu and his son, as well as more than 2,000 remnant troops who had broken out of the encirclement, ten miles west of the Jiwangpo camp, as well as Yang Zaixing's cavalry. Their troops were too small and they were also surrounded by the enemy.
, in the end, only more than 300 cavalry successfully broke through.
Liu Ziyu's army suffered heavy casualties in this battle. More than half of the five thousand soldiers were lost, and Liu Ziyu was seriously injured and fell into a coma.
Chen Qingying stepped forward and saw Liu Ziyu on the stretcher. He asked Liu Cui urgently, "How is the situation in the capital?"
Liu Cui said worriedly: "The opponent used a poisonous arrow and broke the collarbone. We dug out the flesh and blood near the arrow in time, but part of the poison still entered the body. The situation is not good."
Chen Qing touched Liu Ziyu's forehead. It was hot. The situation was indeed not good. He hurriedly said: "There are military doctors in the camp and antidotes. Go back quickly for treatment and ask the soldiers to follow us back to the camp."
Liu Cui looked back at the soldiers and saw that at least half of them had not broken out. He couldn't help but burst into tears. He suppressed his grief and said to Chen Qing: "This time we underestimated the enemy and were ambushed by the enemy. Our brothers suffered heavy casualties and the camp was also lost."
Yes, there are still so many wounded soldiers in the camp..."
Liu Cui's voice was choked and he couldn't speak any more.
Chen Qing patted him on the shoulder and comforted him: "Anyway, let's go back to the camp first. We succeeded in the sneak attack here and seized a lot of food and supplies, as well as war horses. We should be able to sustain it for a while."
When Liu Cui heard that Chen Qing's sneak attack was successful, he felt a little relieved and quickly ordered his soldiers to follow him and headed towards the Jiwangpo camp.
...........
After taking some time, Chen Qing came to Yang Zaixing and asked in a low voice: "How is the situation?"
Yang Zaixing clenched his fist and said: "The company camp was burned down. The entire camp was burned down. All the enemy's supplies could not be saved. Many Jin soldiers should have been burned to death. There were no casualties among our brothers. It's a pity...
.”
Chen Qing understood what he meant, but unfortunately came back to rescue Liu Ziyu's army, which suffered nearly 40% casualties. He patted Yang Zaixing's arm, "How could there be no casualties in the war? I will report the contributions of you and the brothers. Without logistical support, Jin Bing
I haven’t been staying in Dashanguan for a long time.”
Chen Qing immediately ordered Yang Yuanqing: "You lead three thousand brothers to start cutting down the woods to the west. Cut down as many big and strong trees as you can, keep the branches together, and use horses to drag them back to the camp."
He needed to prepare a large number of rolling logs and timber. Although the slope of Jiwangpo was not as steep as Wangjianpo, these logs played an extraordinary role.
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The commander-in-chief of Dashan Pass was Fu Xuan, who took over Wang Yan's military power. Wang Yan's Eight-Character Army was very good at fighting. In the last battle of Heshangyuan, it was Wang Yan's army that made great contributions.
It stands to reason that Fu Xuan should continue to guard Monk Yuan, but Fu Xuan is not good enough. He is narrow-minded and sinister. Almost all the generals have a bad relationship with him.
Wu Jie was worried that Fu Xuan's mistakes in cooperation would cause serious problems, so he switched his and Liu Qi's armies. Liu Qi participated in the defense of Monk Yuan, while Fu Xuan was asked to guard Dasan Pass.
Of course, Fu Xuan knew about the Xigu Jin soldiers' attack on Dashan Pass. He had already received Chen Qing's express message and saw the beacon fire lit by Chen Qing the day before yesterday.
This unexpected situation made Fu Xuan extremely angry, and he scolded Wu Jie for being stupid and deploying too few troops in Xigu, so that the Jin soldiers took advantage of the loophole and marched directly to the gates of Dasanguan.
Fu Xuan stood on the tall and solid pass city wall, looking at the temporary Jin Bing camp in the distance. There was always an inexplicable panic in his heart. Although the Jin Bing had no signs of attacking the city at the moment, who knew what would happen tomorrow? Attack
As soon as the city's weapons arrive, the Jin soldiers will probably attack the city on a large scale.
"Uncle, Chen Qing's failure to intercept Jin Bing must be a serious crime, right?" his nephew Fu Moshan appeared at the side and asked gloatingly.
Fu Xuan snorted coldly, "With Wu Jie favoring him, even if he is guilty, it will be Liu Ziyu who will take the blame. Unless the Dashan Pass is lost, he will not be able to be held accountable."
Fu Moshan's lips moved, "Uncle, can we use a strategy, such as temporarily losing Dashan Pass and then recapturing it..."
Fu Moshan didn't dare to say any more. Fu Xuan's sharp eyes almost killed him, and he murmured: "My child is just... just a hypothesis!"
"Hmph! I think you are blinded by hatred and have lost your job. At most, Chen Qing will be dismissed from his post, but I want to lose my head. You stupid idiot, get out of here!"
Fu Moshan was so frightened that he rolled over and ran away.
Fu Xuan was upset for a while. He really didn't expect that his nephew would say such stupid things, and for the sake of a little hatred in his heart, he would give up the Great Sanguan.
He also knew that his nephew was not stupid for a day or two, but he had no choice. He had no son of his own, so he had always regarded Fu Moshan as his own, and he had completely regarded him as his own son.
However, this son was as simple-minded as his father, which greatly disappointed Fu Xuan. He always had an intuition that one day he would be killed by this idiot.
At this moment, a soldier shouted: "Why did the Jin soldiers start to withdraw?"
Fu Xuan was startled and looked down. Sure enough, the Jin soldiers began to pack up their marching tents and put away their flags, and part of the army had already begun to withdraw westward.
Fu Xuan was really confused. Could the sudden withdrawal of the Jin soldiers to the west be a ploy to lure the enemy?