The God of Luck also favored Wanyan Wushu. It only took them three days to complete their return journey. On the last day when they had run out of dry food, they also walked out of the rice warehouse road. The moment they walked out of the rice warehouse road, they were completely
Yan Wushu led 10,000 gold soldiers to kneel on the ground and thanked the Changsheng Heaven for his blessing.
The Micang Road was impassable, so the Jin soldiers had no choice but to take the Jinniu Road to attack Bashu. At this time, the battle for the Jinniu Road also reached its climax, and the two sides' offense and defense were fierce.
Xicheng County, which was guarding the eastern entrance of Jinniu Road, had been captured by Wanyan Helisa at the cost of five thousand casualties. The Song army commander Peng Zhu and the two thousand defenders fought to the last moment, and finally all were killed.
After clearing the obstacles on the Golden Bull Road, Wanyan Helisa began to attack the Golden Bull Road. He learned the lesson from last year and no longer blindly advanced, but worked step by step. He ordered Hu Lagu, the captain of ten thousand men, to lead an army of 5,000 to guard the entrance of the Golden Bull Road.
He personally carried a large amount of food and supplies and slowly pushed southward.
Three days later, 30,000 Jin soldiers arrived at Jianmen Pass. At this time, both the Song and Jin armies showed a spectacular scene. On the mountain road north of Jianmen Pass, the Jin soldiers' camp stretched for twenty miles, and a large amount of grain and grass supplies were destroyed.
Transported to the front line of combat.
There is also a Song army camp that is more than ten miles long south of Jianmen Pass, and the battle of life and death will be decided at Jianmen Pass.
The Jin soldiers will also use large siege weapons. Unfortunately, there is no battlefield on the mountain road, so they can only use two large trebuchets. They transported the parts to the Jinniu Road and assembled them temporarily. Although there were only two trebuchets, they
This is probably the first time in the history of Jianmen Pass that we have encountered large-scale siege weapons.
Before it got dark, the Jin soldiers launched a tentative attack. The leader of the Jin soldiers was Han Chang. He looked at the high sword pavilion and shouted loudly: "Launch!"
Two trebuchets, one in front and one behind, were launched at the same time, with two loud noises, 'Bang! Bang!!', and two burning kerosene balls soared into the sky and hit the Jianmen Pass above. One of them was slightly larger.
It passed directly over Jianmen Pass and fell into the cliff.
The other one hit the city wall of Jianmen Pass, the clay pot inside shattered, black kerosene flowed down the wall, and then a raging fire ignited.
The Song army deployed five defense lines at Jianmen Pass, two of which had been broken through by the Jin soldiers, leaving only the three defensive counties of Jianmen Pass. The first line of defense was the ice slope, and the Song army poured a lot of water on it.
On the stone steps, layers of ice froze, and finally the stone steps were covered with a thick layer of ice, which was so slippery that it was difficult for the Jin soldiers' leather boots to walk on it.
The second line of defense is the bed crossbow array in front of the pass. The Song Army deployed fifty bed crossbows and used powerful bed crossbows to attack the enemy. The third line of defense is Guancheng. The Song Army has used huge rocks to
The city gate was blocked, and the Song troops outside could only go back along the soft ladder on the city wall. The city gate was built with huge stones, which was tall and solid, easy to defend and difficult to attack. It was a natural hazard.
Just like the Shibao City of the Tang Dynasty, a few hundred Tubo people could resist the attack of tens of thousands of Tang troops.
Today, Jianmen Pass has become the last barrier to defend Sichuan. Wu Jie personally led 3,000 troops to defend the pass, while Wu Gao led the main force to station in the rear, with the camp stretching for more than ten miles.
While Han Chang was launching fire oil balls, he was also breaking through the Song Army's first line of defense, the ice slope.
Two hundred soldiers were crawling up the ice slope, each holding a large bag filled with sand. The method was very simple and effective. As long as a layer of sand was laid on the ice slope, the soldiers could directly
Rushed up.
Burning giant trees kept rolling down from above, and the soldiers lay tightly on the ground, letting the giant trees roll over their heads and backs, and then continued to climb up.
The huge tree rolled down with a rumble, slamming toward the trebuchet with great force, and finally hit the mud bag wall, which was the protective wall of the trebuchet.
Balls of kerosene were continuously thrown upward, and fires broke out inside and outside Guancheng.
Han Chang squinted at the crawling soldiers, and he suddenly realized that this was a good way to attack Guancheng! The bed crossbow could not hit them, and the rolling logs and boulders would not do much harm to them. They could crawl up to the front and then jump up and fight with Song
Military decisive battle.
Why didn't I think of this good idea before?
"Captain Ten Thousands, beware!"
A soldier knocked Han Chang down, and only heard a strange whistling sound. It turned out that the Song army fired a dense crossbow, and two hundred crossbows roared towards them. The target was two heavy trebuchets, and a trebuchet behind them.
Two belts of the machine were shot and broke immediately. The one-foot-tall trebuchet fell apart. Several Jurchen soldiers were unable to dodge and were hit by the falling giant tree.
Han Chang stood up and ordered: "Add three hundred more people, climb up for me, and kill the opponent's bed crossbow!"
The long ramp was covered with Jurchen soldiers. As they climbed up little by little, arrows were fired from the top of the city, shooting high into the sky. When they fell, the arrows kept hitting the Jurchen soldiers on the ramp.
Wu Jie could see clearly from the top of the city that arrows could not stop him from climbing up. Unfortunately, they had no kerosene. He thought for a moment and ordered: "Throw down the straw bales and prepare the trebuchet!"
Although Wu Jie did not have kerosene, he still had tools for arson. He prepared thousands of straw bales, each weighing dozens of kilograms, tied into a square shape.
The soldiers threw lit straw bales one after another. The straw bales rolled over the hillside and scattered. Dozens of straw bales scattered, and soon a sea of fire was formed. More than a dozen trees were also thrown out, and the entire
The ramp was engulfed in flames.
Hundreds of Jurchen soldiers scrambled down to escape, but were shot from behind by a storm of crossbow arrows, instantly knocking down more than two hundred of them.
Han Chang was annoyed, but had no choice but to do anything. At this moment, a soldier shouted: "Watch the top of your head!"
Han Chang looked up and saw a big stone roaring from the air. With a loud bang, it hit the trebuchet behind Han Chang, and the trebuchet fell suddenly.
After coming out of Ziwu Valley, Chen Qing led 10,000 cavalry into Hu County to rest and recuperate. There were no defenders in the city, and the few old soldiers guarding the city gate did not dare to stop them. They quickly ran to report to the county magistrate that Song troops were coming.
Chen Qing saw that every house in the city was decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations, filled with a festive atmosphere, as if it were a festival.
Chen Qing was stunned for a moment, then turned around and asked, "What day is today?"
Everyone laughed, and Gao Ding said with a smile: "Don't you feel it? Today is New Year's Eve!"
"Ah! Today is New Year's Eve?"
It was beyond Chen Qing's expectation. He quickly said to Hu Yanyun, the logistics manager: "Take more brothers to buy pigs, sheep, chickens and ducks. Buy as many as you can. If you don't want to sell them, you will pay twice the price. Any more
Buy some black beans, but don’t take them by force, you know?”
"I understand the humble position!"
Hu Yanyun led thousands of soldiers to the city first.
At this time, the county magistrate Xu Yunhui came with a large group of officials to greet Chen Qing.
"It turns out to be General Chen!"
Xu Yunhui recognized Chen Qing, trembled with fright, and said quickly: "My subordinate is Xu Yunhui, the county magistrate. Welcome General Chen to our county!"
Chen Qing saw a group of county government officials with frightened expressions on their faces, probably because his nickname of "human devil" frightened them.
He said to a group of officials: "Xuzhi County, fellow county officials, today is New Year's Eve. My men and I need a good day's rest. We will leave tomorrow and will not infringe on your interests. But if you go to Jingzhao to report,
It triggered a war between armies and forced me to kill people. The consequences would be unimaginable. I hope everyone will cooperate!"
Xu Zhixian said quickly: "We don't dare to invite the army into the city. There are some vacant houses in the east of the city, so the army can rest!"
Chen Qing led the army into the city and immediately ordered the city gates to be closed. County officials vacated hundreds of rooms for the soldiers to rest, and took out hundreds of stones of grain and hundreds of kilograms of mutton from the warehouses to give to the Song army.
But where food needs to be arranged, Chen Qing ordered the soldiers to transport thousands of kilograms of frozen mutton to the army and distribute it to the soldiers.
At this time, Hu Yanyun bought hundreds of pigs, sheep, and a large number of chickens and ducks. Chen Qing ordered the army to kill pigs and sheep, rush to prepare a sumptuous dinner, cook soup and roast meat, and give the tired soldiers a delicious New Year's Eve dinner.
Several hundred stones of black beans were cooked and fed to the horses, allowing the horses to enjoy the New Year atmosphere.
Jiang Yanxian hurried back from the warehouse, clasped his fists at Chen Qing and said with a smile: "It's not bad. The warehouse has one thousand stones of grain and twenty thousand loads of hay, which is enough to support us on our way to Fengxiang Mansion."
Chen Qing said with a smile: "Let the brothers rest first and have a good meal. You can drink a little wine. Don't get drunk!"
That night, 10,000 Song Army cavalry gathered for dinner in the county town. The soldiers ate meat and drank wine to celebrate the arrival of the third year of Shaoxing.
