Deep horn sounds continued to blow on the top of the mountain, and two thousand Jurchen soldiers fired arrows at the same time. The dense arrows shot towards the top of the mountain like a storm.
Song soldiers continued to fall down after being hit by arrows, and they were so crushed that they could not lift their heads.
The three thousand Khitans suffered almost all casualties, and the attacking party turned into Jurchen soldiers. They were far braver than the Khitans and more fearless of death.
The Song army was at a comprehensive disadvantage. The more than 2,000 giant trees on the top of the mountain had been used up, and the hundreds of spare arrows had all been shot. The Song army's weapons were only crossbows and spears.
The Song army deployed 300 men to fight fiercely with the Jurchen soldiers on the last slope. They built a four-foot-high arrow-blocking mud bag wall on the edge of the slope to block the Jurchen arrows.
However, a thousand Jurchen soldiers engaged in the fiercest hand-to-hand combat. Although they suffered more than 400 casualties, they had captured three bunkers, leaving the Song army with only the last two bunkers.
At this time, the Song army also suffered heavy casualties, with more than 200 soldiers killed. There were bloody corpses of soldiers at every step along the mountain road.
Chen Qing wanted to shoot the Jinbing general, but Wanyan Huonv, the Jinbing general, was defended by thirty soldiers with bronze shields and was invulnerable.
He saw that the enemy's offensive was surging, and they became more and more courageous as they fought. The remaining dozens of Song soldiers could no longer support it. Chen Qing immediately made a decision and turned around and shouted to Yang Hua: "Go and notify the brothers on the Northeast Trail.
Mountain withdrawal!"
"Follow the order!" Yang Hua ran away.
In front of the penultimate mud bag wall, Dutou Xinlie led a dozen soldiers to fight to the death. Chen Qing shouted, "Xindutou, I order you to withdraw again, are you going to disobey the military order?"
Xin Lie turned around and said to a dozen soldiers: "The general has ordered us to retreat immediately!"
A dozen soldiers held up their shields and retreated quickly, but Xin Lie had no intention of retreating.
"Dutou, retreat quickly!" the soldiers shouted anxiously.
Xin Lie laughed miserably and said: "My parents, wife and children were all killed by Jurchen swords, and I am waiting to avenge them today!"
"Kill! Kill! Kill!"
Xin Lie roared continuously and stabbed several people with spears, but dozens of Jurchen soldiers rushed forward.
He was pierced by dozens of spears and his body was lifted high.
Xin Lie's spear fell to the ground. At the last moment of his life, he closed his eyes and murmured: "Mom, dad, madam, Chun'er, Sanlang, dad is here to accompany you!"
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Tears streamed down Chen Qing's face. He roared, rushed forward with an iron gun, and shot a centurion in the chest who had jumped on the mud bag wall. He then threw the body off the cliff.
His spear was like a rainstorm of pear blossoms, killing more than a dozen people in a row, stalling the Jurchen soldiers' offensive.
"retreat!"
He ordered the last twenty Song soldiers to retreat.
More than two dozen Song soldiers seized this rare opportunity and retreated towards the last mud bag wall.
Lieutenant General Yang Yuanqing led more than a hundred soldiers to guard behind the last mud bag wall, with spears like a forest, ready to fight.
Chen Qing turned around and shouted, "General Yang, lead your brothers to retreat to the back mountain, hurry up!"
Yang Yuanqing also knew that the top of the mountain could no longer be defended, so he shouted, "Follow me to retreat!"
He led the soldiers to rush into the military camp, passed through the military camp, and retreated to the back mountain. At this time, Chen Qing was also about to retreat.
He roared, and his spear was as fast as lightning, piercing the chests of seven or eight people in succession. The speed and power were so fast that the Jurchen soldiers retreated in shock.
Chen Qing turned around and ran, leaping onto the last bunker. At this moment, a cold arrow shot out with a 'Whoosh!'. Chen Qing knew something was wrong. The arrow was too fast and it was too late to dodge. 'Pfft!'
An arrow hit his right leg.
His strength quickly faded. Chen Qing's legs weakened, he staggered and almost fell. He endured the arrow injury, jumped out of the bunker, and ran towards the military camp...
Wanyan Huonv put away her bow and arrows and punched the mountain wall with great regret.
He didn't recognize Chen Qing until the end. He didn't expect that the general would actually fight in person. He always thought that Yang Yuanqing, who was standing at the rear and surrounded by soldiers, was Chen Qing.
It wasn't until Chen Qing ordered the retreat that Wanyan Huonv realized that the general who was alone covering the soldiers' retreat turned out to be Chen Qing, the enemy who killed her father.
If he had taken action just a little earlier...the enemy who killed his father would have missed it.
Wan Yanhuo Nu felt regretful and resentful, gritted her teeth and shouted: "Seize this Song general and seal off ten thousand households!"
The Jurchen soldiers screamed and rushed to the top of the mountain...
At this time, thick smoke billowed and flames shot into the sky in the Song Army camp. The soldiers lit the forage prepared in advance, and the fire spread rapidly.
Chen Qing took one last look at the group of war horses in the distance, sighed in his heart, and limped into the forest...
This tragic battle started in the morning and ended at dusk. The fierce fighting lasted for four hours. The Jin soldiers finally captured Qilin Village at the cost of losing 3,600 people. If yesterday's casualties are included, the Jin soldiers lost more than
Of the 4,000 people killed, 3,300 Khitans were killed, nearly 500 Jurchen soldiers were killed, and the rest were Han soldiers.
The Song army also suffered more than half of its casualties, and only about 200 people were left to retreat into the back mountains and retreat deeper into the mountains...
If Chen Qing could be killed, he would not hesitate to destroy Wanyan's entire army, but he still let Chen Qing escape.
When Wanyan Huonv saw that he had suffered such heavy casualties, he began to feel pain in his heart. The Song army and the Jin army suffered 10 casualties compared to 20, which made him feel ashamed. The news would definitely spread. At that time, how could he have the face to be called the number one Jurchen?
warrior.
For a time, he was so depressed that he even had the urge to commit suicide.
"Captain Ten Thousands, do you want to give chase?" several generals asked.
Wanyan Huonv shook her head. If they entered the forest, they would only suffer more casualties. Besides, if the other party left their war horses behind, it meant that the other party had retreated to Jingyuan Road, and there was no need to pursue them any further.
At this time, he saw his father's white dragon colt from a distance, felt a pain in his heart, and walked quickly towards the horses.
.........
Chen Qing sat on a big rock by the stream. The guide Yang Dazhi used a hunting knife to cut out the arrow, cleaned the wound, and applied the wound medicine he prepared.
The doctors in the county are all jealous, they are all made of precious medicinal materials, the scabs and muscles are formed much faster than ordinary wound medicines, and you are not afraid even if you injure your muscles and bones!"
"Did I hurt my bones?" Chen Qing asked worriedly.
"No! It's just a flesh wound, and there's no poison on the arrow."
Chen Qing picked up the arrow and saw several Jurchen characters engraved on the arrow shaft. He handed it to Zheng Ping, the head of the capital next to him, and asked with a smile: "It is said that you are knowledgeable, do you recognize these Jurchen characters?"
Zheng Ping was from Cangzhou, Hebei Province. He followed his father to do business in Liaodong since he was a child. He did have some experience. He took the arrow, looked at it and said with a smile: "The first few characters mean ten thousand households, and the second one is the name of the person. The pronunciation is live female. When they are connected,
She is the daughter of Wanyan, the leader of ten thousand husbands."
"Who is Wan Yan Huo Nu?" Chen Qing was a little confused.
Several generals laughed, "The general killed his father, but he doesn't know who he is?"
"Ah! He is Wanyan Lou's son?" Chen Qing's eyes widened.
Zheng Ping nodded, "He is known as the best warrior in the Jin Kingdom and kills people like crazy. He probably wanted to avenge his father, but in the end he didn't go out to fight in person, which is puzzling."
Chen Qing said lightly: "Maybe he didn't expect that I was Chen Qing! By the time he realized it, it was already too late, but this man is really powerful with his bow and arrow, and his speed is so fast that I can't even hide when I see him."
Yang Yuanqing said from the side: "It is said that he and his father Wanyan Lou's family both use two-stone bows. The arrow speed of the two-stone bow is indeed twice as fast as that of the Badou Bow."
Chen Qing's heart moved and he couldn't help but fell into deep thought.
After resting for half an hour, the soldiers were about to leave. Yang Yuanqing asked: "General, do we really want to go to Jingyuan Road?"
Chen Qing shook his head, "I didn't bring the horses, and I set fire to the military stronghold, which gave the Jurchens the illusion that we were going to Jingyuan Road. But in fact, we hid in the mountains for a few days, then returned to Qilin Stronghold, and waited.
After the heavy snow closes the roads, we can stay in Linyou County for the whole winter."
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The soldiers of the Song Army camped in a mountain col about fifteen miles away from Qilin Village. The soldiers built more than a dozen wooden houses with wood and branches. Each of them carried ten days of dry food, as well as kettles and medicines, and waited patiently in the valley.
Settled down.
That morning, Yang Hua took more than 20 brothers to hunt nearby. Chen Qing's leg injury had gradually healed. He also wanted to go hunting, but everyone was unanimously opposed, so he could only rest in the wooden house.
He simply took the bow and arrow, felt it, and slowly found the feel.
Chen Qing has never practiced bows and arrows, only crossbows. He can use carbines while running at high speeds with perfect accuracy. This is not the same as mounted archery, but it is common in some aspects. It mainly refers to controlling the horse with both legs and keeping the distance.
Balance on horseback is the basis of shooting, and it is also the basis of mounted shooting.
"Good bow!"
Yang Yuanqing walked in with a smile. He took Chen Qing's bow and looked at it carefully, "This is the bow from Wanyan Lou's house! It should be a two-stone bow, but it's a pity that I can't pull it open."
"What's the trick?" Chen Qingxiao asked.
Yang Yuanqing was startled, "Isn't the general good at riding and shooting?"
"It's not that I'm not good at it, I haven't practiced it at all. What I practice is crossbow."
"Mounted shooting is difficult to say, easy to say. The main difficulty lies in horse control and coordination. In fact, the same goes for the general's crossbow!"
Chen Qing shook his head, "It's still different. You can shoot at any time while running, but you can't use a crossbow. You have to stop and aim, and pay attention to your posture. This time I was hit by an arrow. It was so fast that I couldn't avoid it. I learned a painful lesson."
, if Wanyan Huonv and I meet again on the battlefield in the future, if I don’t know how to ride and shoot, I will definitely die under his arrow.”
Yang Yuanqing pondered for a while and said: "I was originally a subordinate of General Liu Ziyu. He was known as the number one archer of the Western Army. He once held classes in the military camp and taught the soldiers how to ride and shoot. I clearly remember a few formulas he said,
It's called, 'The power is like chasing the wind, the eyes are like lightning; draw the bow fully and release the arrow tightly'. He said that this is the essence of mounted archery. The more thorough the understanding, the higher the level of mounted archery."
"How did he explain it?" Chen Qingxiao asked.
"He said that the bow must be drawn full and the arrow must be released quickly. The bow must be full without stopping at all. Finding the target, aiming, etc. must be completed before drawing the bow. "When shooting, the target is in the heart, not in the heart.
In the eyes, these are the exact words he said. I have never understood this sentence."
"When archery, the target is in the heart, not in the eyes." Chen Qing silently chewed on the meaning of this sentence and shot the arrow with his heart. He seemed to have some enlightenment, but he couldn't grasp the key point for a while.
At this time, a soldier reported loudly at the door, "Commander, guide Yang Dazhi is back!"