Three thousand crossbowmen were ready to go, and suddenly dozens of dark wooden barrels fell from the air. Some fell into the crowd, but most of them exploded above the soldiers' heads. 'Boom! Boom!' Red light burst out,
Tens of thousands of poison-tempered iron nails flew in all directions, and the crossbowmen were hit by the poisoned nails one after another. The soldiers were in chaos.
Xu Jinwen was shocked. He raised his head and looked at the top of the mountain nearby, only to find that there were many figures on the top of the mountain. Then he launched a second round of gunpowder barrels.
The gunpowder barrel once again exploded on top of the soldiers' heads, but this time there was no poison spike. The Song Army's cavalry was already very close, which would lead to accidental injuries.
"damn it!"
Xu Jinwen was so angry that he cursed. Chen Qing had obviously been ambushing him and had laid a trap, waiting for him to take action when he passed by the foot of the mountain.
He knew that he could not retreat at this time. Once he retreated, the entire army would be defeated.
When the army was in chaos, the Song cavalry had already reached a hundred steps away. Xu Jinwen immediately shouted: "The crossbowmen retreat, and the spear army is ready to fight!"
The horn sounded, and the chaotic crossbowmen turned around and ran away. At this time, the third round of gunpowder barrels was thrown down. This time the target was the thousands of spear soldiers behind. Dozens of gunpowder barrels were thrown at the spear soldiers.
There was a violent explosion above his head, and tens of thousands of poisonous nails were scattered in all directions. The penetrating power was so strong that the leather armor of the puppet Qi army could not withstand it, and many of them were shot in the face.
"Poisonous! Nails are poisonous!"
Many crossbowmen began to suffer from poisonous effects, shouting in panic, and the morale of the spear soldiers began to be seriously shaken.
The cavalry of the Song Army came up like a storm, and there were more than a thousand crossbowmen who could not retreat. Some were pierced by spears, some had their heads chopped off, and more were directly wrapped under the iron hooves of the war horses.
, wailing, and screaming.
The soldiers with spears cowered and stepped forward to fight. There was a loud bang and dozens of soldiers were knocked up. Many cavalrymen and horses were pierced by spears and fell in a pool of blood.
There were a thousand Song troops and fifty small trebuchets on the top of Crescent Mountain. At this time, they switched to kerosene and dropped fifty cans of kerosene from the top of the mountain. The soldiers of the Puppet Qi Army shouted and dodged, and the clay pots shattered on the ground.
, black kerosene flowed everywhere.
At this time, five hundred gunpowder arrows were shot from the top of the mountain, and the kerosene on the ground burst into flames. The soldiers were frightened and fled in all directions.
Lieutenant General Wang Heng saw that the spear soldiers could not withstand the enemy cavalry at all. They fell one by one like wheat. Horrifying weapons were constantly thrown from the mountain. They fell deeper and deeper into the trap. How could the Song army only use cavalry?
There are also ambushes.
He couldn't bear it anymore and went to Xu Jinwen and said: "If this continues, the entire army will be destroyed. It is better to retreat south first, at least part of the army can be saved."
As soon as Wang Heng finished speaking, a soldier shouted: "Xu Dutong, the enemy is coming from behind!"
Xu Jinwen's forehead was covered with beads of sweat. As he watched the fire getting bigger and bigger, swallowing up countless soldiers, he could only wave his sword fiercely and shouted: "The whole army breaks out to the south!"
"Woo! Woo! Woo!"
The rapid sound of the horn sounded, which was the order to break out.
The puppet Qi army desperately broke through and collapsed southward. Chen Qing knew very well the consequences of the puppet Qi army rushing into the hinterland of Qinzhou. He issued a kill order and the cavalry chased and killed the last person.
This was a pursuit battle with no suspense. The Song cavalry pursued them all the way south. Deputy General Wang Heng died in the chaos. At dawn, Liu Cui led a thousand cavalry to surround Xu Jinwen and his 300 soldiers.
These are the last batch of puppet Qi troops.
"Kill them all and leave no one alive!"
Liu Cui gave the order to attack, and a thousand cavalry rushed forward, gradually engulfing Xu Jinwen and his 300 soldiers.
More than a hundred miles of official roads were covered with corpses, and more than 17,000 puppet Qi troops were killed. Of course, it was impossible to kill them all. There were still many puppet Qi soldiers who fled into the barren mountains, but they were basically all killed.
Abandoning their weapons and armor, they were in twos and threes, unable to form a collective destructive force. The fate that awaited them was either death from starvation, illness, or being beaten to death by Qinzhou farmers.
However, the annihilation of the entire army of 20,000 people did not cause much trouble. It was covered up by the coach Li Cheng. Even Wanyan Wushu, after hearing about it, just said lightly, "Success or failure is a common thing for military strategists", and the battle was over.
Gradually forgotten.
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Wanyan Wushu led 50,000 cavalry to Jingzhao City. The first problem they faced was the insufficient supply of food and fodder. Jin soldiers never carry food and fodder, and they usually provide it from the local government. In Wanyan Wushu's opinion,
, a huge Shaanxi Road cannot support an army of 50,000?
But he forgot that there were hundreds of thousands of puppet Qi troops who also needed support from the Shaanxi Road. In the large sheepskin tent, Wanyan Wushu pacified the puppet Qi State's Shaanxi Road envoy Liu Yan and the three armies of the soldiers and horses. Li Cheng scolded him like a dog.
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"I am not an army of 500,000 people, nor an army of 100,000 people. I only have a mere 50,000 horses and horses. I can't even eat mutton. I drink batter all day long. What's the use of raising you? I have a hound that can catch it for me."
Rabbits, you are worse than dogs!"
Wanyan Wushu scolded him extremely unpleasantly, but Liu Yan and Li Cheng could only lower their heads and endured the scolding. Their hearts were also full of resentment. It was this Wanyan Wushu who robbed all the food on Shaanxi Road last year and accumulated a fortune.
Four hundred thousand shi of military rations were burned down by Chen Qing.
He has been attacking Monk Yuan and Dashanguan for many years, and has already reduced Shaanxi Road, which was not rich in the first place, to poverty and weakness. Now he wants 200,000 sheep and 100,000 shi of grain. Where can he find them?
Despite the scolding, Wanyan Wushu still had to solve the problem. He walked a few steps with his hands behind his back: "When Chen Qing occupied Jingzhao City, didn't he distribute a large amount of food to the people in the city? These ill-gotten gains,
Haven't you ever thought about taking it back?"
Liu Yan was very puzzled: "Your Highness, we have already harvested it once, otherwise the Qi army will also be short of food."
Wanyan Wushu's face sank and he asked: "How much will you take back?"
"About thirty thousand dan!"
"Not enough! One hundred thousand shi of food was divided, and only 30,000 shi was recovered. It shows that you are not doing things well. Not only the food, but also the money. It is said that the people who drove the carts made dozens of money. This is simply dividing the spoils. We must strictly
Search and seize them. If they refuse to hand them over, they will be arrested directly. I will give you three days to handle this matter. If you can't handle it, let the Jurchen soldiers do it."
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Wanyan Wushu made up his mind. If he could not make the people on Shaanxi Road obey him, he would at least make them fear him and make them understand that following the Song army would never end well.
Jingzhao City closed its city gates, and the army began to search for grain and copper coins from house to house. They said they were looking for the divided grain and military stipends, but they were limited to grain and copper coins. However, when the soldiers conducted specific searches, there was no bottom line.
Not only copper coins, but also all valuable things were taken away. Not only grain, livestock, chickens and ducks were also confiscated. Many young women also suffered. Jingzhao City was in a state of wailing and screaming.
In just three days, all the food and property in Jingzhao City were taken away, and the people were filled with resentment. Without food, the people in Jingzhao City began to flee, and many people fled to Qinzhou.
But even so, the puppet Qi army only found 30,000 shi of grain, 50,000 guan of money, and hundreds of thousands of livestock, chickens and ducks. The grain was only enough to sustain the Jin soldiers for two months.
On the fifth day after arriving in Jingzhao City, Wanyan Wushu finally met Wanyan Chang who had returned from Hanzhong.
Wanyan Salihe did not return to Jingzhao, but went directly north to Yanjing. He suffered such a disastrous defeat that he really had no shame in coming to see Wanyan Wushu.
In the Battle of Hanzhong, after half a month of confrontation in Jinzhou, food was gradually cut off, and they were attacked by Wu Jie continuously. The rear army lost thousands of people. The Jin soldiers fled back to Shangjin County in embarrassment, and finally received a letter from the Wolf Lord.
With the order of dismissal, they had to return to Jingzhao City.
Wanyanchang looked disgraced and looked haggard. He also hated himself for listening to Wanyan Salihe's plan and thinking about things too simply.
In the room, Wan Yanchang drank a few sips of hot goat's milk and sighed: "The biggest reason for this failure is lack of preparation. We are not familiar with the terrain of Hanzhong at all. It is not the Central Plains. We can support war with war all the way."
Hanzhong is not an option. There are vast mountains as far as the eye can see. Often you can’t see a single house even if you walk for hundreds of miles. It’s hard to find a county town. As a result, all the people are hiding in the mountains. There is no food, no livestock, and no supplies.
What a profound lesson!”
Wanyan Wushu smiled and said: "I agree with the supervisor's opinion. If you want to succeed, you must be fully prepared, so this time I specifically asked the Wolf Lord for three years to invade Sichuan within three years."
"Then what are you going to do?"
"I plan to build a city in front of Dashan Pass, hoard supplies and food in the city, and then face the city with the city. Instead, I will be condescending, so that it will be easier to capture Dashan Pass."
Wan Yanchang's eyes lit up, "This method is good. Then you need to build large siege weapons, such as super giant trebuchets, and use kerosene or gunpowder to siege the city. This will be much easier."
"It's just as the supervisor said!"
Wanyan Wushu pondered for a while and then said: "There is also Chen Qing, how to deal with him, I would like to hear the opinions of the supervisor?"