When a person is about to die, he is also good at words. The captured puppet soldier was seriously injured. Before he died, he told the enemy's situation. There were a thousand gold soldiers preparing to cross the mountains and carry out a sneak attack in the south of Guancheng. They were the vanguard team. Only
Twenty people.
There were actually a thousand people. Zheng Ping was secretly surprised. He only had fifty people.
He changed his mind and cursed: "Damn it, people are dead and birds are flying in the sky, what a fright!"
Having said that, he sent a soldier back to report to the commander that there was not enough kerosene and he needed some more.
At this time, Zhao Xiaoyi had boiled the poison in an iron pot, and the soldiers poured hundreds of caltrops into it.
Although Zheng Ping looks good-natured and fat, he is actually full of bad intentions and is best at using all kinds of sinister means.
He looked around the canyon and saw that it was very narrow and poorly ventilated. Zheng Ping couldn't help but rolled his eyes and turned around and ordered a team leader: "Take a few more brothers to cut down some pine branches and come back. If you want fresh pine branches, the more the better."
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"Follow the order!"
The corps commander saluted and led a dozen soldiers to the pine forest to the north.
Zheng Ping led a dozen brothers and scattered hundreds of poisoned caltrops into the canyon for a mile.
The soldiers held shields and crossbows and stood ready.
The table has been set, the knives and chopsticks are in hand, and the food is waiting to be served.
After waiting for half an hour, the enemy did not wait. The pine branches arrived first. More than a hundred Song soldiers sent a large number of pine branches. Zheng Ping's men encountered the Song soldiers who were logging in the pine forest. The pine branches were ready-made.
Everyone worked together and delivered more than a dozen cartloads of pine branches.
"That's enough, that's enough, brothers, go and do your work! I'll deal with it here."
Zheng Ping didn't mean what he said. He wished he could keep all these soldiers, but thinking about the greater pressure in Guancheng, he had to give up this unreasonable idea.
As soon as the soldiers left, a scream came from the canyon, someone stepped on a caltrop.
"Quick! Pile up the pine branches."
Everyone piled up pine branches as high as one person at the mouth of the valley, poured kerosene on them, and sprinkled a few tablespoons of gunpowder. Zheng Ping glanced at the poisonous juice left in the iron pot and rolled his eyes.
"Pour this poison in too!"
The pine branches were lit, and thick smoke billowed into the canyon.
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The fierce battle in Wujiazhen lasted for nearly an hour. Both sides suffered heavy casualties. The Jin soldiers were very brave in combat. Although they were one against four, they did not lose at all. They even gained the upper hand and took the initiative.
With the help of high-speed mobile cavalry and powerful cavalry and archery capabilities, they constantly attacked the Song army's formation. When the situation went against them, they immediately withdrew, reorganized their troops and came back again. Repeatedly, the Song army was very passive.
For more than an hour, more than half of the Song soldiers had been killed or injured, but the Jin soldiers also lost nearly 200 people.
A Dutou shouted: "General Yang, if we continue to fight like this, our entire army will be destroyed. Hurry up and retreat!"
Yang Zheng was also hit by an arrow. He smiled bitterly and said: "The whole army will be destroyed only when the army withdraws. The Jurchen cavalry will never let us go. If we persist, the Jin soldiers will not fight to the death. Maybe we still have a glimmer of hope."
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'Woo!'
The Jurchen cavalry in the distance began to gather again, and Yang Zheng shouted: "Brothers, fight with the Jin soldiers!"
The soldiers of the Song Army roared in unison and quickly formed a phalanx of spears.
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"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The sound of war drums at Jianxiao Pass was earth-shattering, and the Jin soldiers attacked like a wave. Han Chang invested 8,000 troops and attacked Guancheng at all costs.
He suppressed the opponent with an overwhelming barrage of arrows, and the soldiers immediately carried the siege ladder and rushed forward.
Han Chang learned his lesson and replaced all the first four rungs of the siege ladder with fine steel rods. The Song army could no longer cut them off.
This trick worked as expected. The Song army's sharp axes could no longer cut through the rungs, but they also lost the lives of several axemen, who were killed by random arrows.
The rolling logs and rocks on the top of the city fell like raindrops, and the siege soldiers kept screaming and rolling down. Some soldiers also attacked the top of the city and stood in front of the battlements and fought fiercely with the defenders.
Both sides were furious. A powerful puppet general with a long beard, holding a shield and a short spear, killed three Song soldiers in succession on the top of the city.
A crossbow arrow came from the side and hit General Qiuxu in the neck. He screamed and his body was crumbling. The Song soldier who was facing him seized the opportunity and pierced his chest with a spear, pushing him down.
The city wall.
It was the tiger shooters squatting beside the horse wall who played a role at the critical moment. The ten tiger shooters specialized in shooting enemy generals and brave soldiers. Facts have proved that their presence is extremely important for the defense of Jianxiao Pass.
Destroyed countless opportunities for the enemy to rush to the city.
Chen Qing was injured in the back and could not use weapons and bows. He could only command all the soldiers to defend the city wall.
"Send an order to Luo Dutou and send fifty more brothers to support the east of the city!"
"The situation at the tenth defensive position is not good. Send me reinforcements to kill me!"
"General Yang!"
Chen Qing shouted, and Yang Yuanqing looked up.
Chen Qing pointed behind him and said: "That big black man, he is about to break through, chop his lower body!"
When Yang Yuanqing turned around, he saw a strong black man climbing up desperately with a huge shield in his hand. Several cold arrows from the tiger's hand were blocked by his huge shield, and the three soldiers defending him were almost unable to withstand it.
Yang Yuanqing roared, turned over and rushed forward, slashing his sword through the gap in the opponent's giant shield.
‘Crack!’
This knife caught the big black man's defensive loophole and cut off his right leg.
The big black man screamed miserably and was pushed down by three Song soldiers.
Yang Yuanqing turned around and gave Chen Qing a thumbs up, and Chen Qing smiled and gave a thumbs up in return.
The battle became more and more bloody, but Chen Qing remained as calm as a mountain. He had a sharp eye and paid attention to the situation of every defensive position. Once there was a crisis in a certain position, he would immediately mobilize troops to support.
It was his powerful command that made the attack and defense of the city full of dangers, but the Song army always firmly defended the city and did not give the enemy a chance to break through.
General Han Chang watched the offensive and defensive battle at the top of the city with a solemn expression. He felt a little heavy in his heart. Although the opponent did not have many troops, the city wall was not wide, so a few hundred people could defend it.
But even so, the opponent's morale is too high and they are tenacious. When did the Song Army become so brave and good at fighting?
He looked at the sky again and saw that the sun was setting in the west. Han Chang became anxious and turned around and shouted: "Assault on the city ram!"
Two hundred soldiers appeared holding a huge battering ram. It was the trunk of a big tree, with one end sharpened and about five feet long. There were fifty people on each side holding it, and another hundred people holding it high.
Shield guard.
From a distance, it looks like a centipede covered with scales.
The battering ram was immediately discovered by the soldiers on the top of the city, and the soldiers ran to report to the commander-in-chief Chen Qing.
Chen Qing quickly arrived at the head of Ma Mian City. There was a half-suspension bridge hanging directly below the head of Ma Mian City. There were slopes on both sides, making it inconvenient to attack the city. It was the only place that was relatively safe and there was no enemy attack.
Several soldiers held up shields to protect the general. Chen Qing looked down the city and saw a centipede-like team of battering rams running toward the city gate.
"Commander, that's a battering ram!" Yang Yuanqing also appeared next to Chen Qing.
Chen Qing and his generals specifically discussed how to deal with the enemy's battering ram. They could use arrows or divine arm crossbows to shoot through the opponent's protective shield.
But the most effective method is to use rolling wood and stones, and they have developed a set of countermeasures for this.
However, the city gate received an unexpected blessing, that is, the suspension bridge. The suspension bridge was burned into two parts, and half of the suspension bridge was pulled by iron chains and hung just in front of the city gate, forming a natural protective shell for the city gate.
This invisibly increases the difficulty of the battering ram. It must first smash half of the suspension bridge before it can continue to attack the city.
Chen Qing nodded and said to Yang Yuanqing: "Deal with the battering ram according to the established plan!"
"Follow the order!"
Yang Yuanqing immediately ordered the ten tiger shooters: "Aim at the battering ram and shoot!"
He ran to the wall and shouted to a dozen soldiers: "Get ready to roll the wood and rocks!"
The tiger shooters are all highly skilled in archery. They use divine arm crossbows, and there are two soldiers behind each of them to cock the bow for them.
'Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!'
Ten powerful wooden feather arrows were shot out, with sharp armor-piercing arrows at the front, which were powerful weapons against shields.
Ten soldiers immediately fell down in the battering ram team. The head of the battering ram sank down and almost fell to the ground. The protective cover at the front was also broken open, revealing the soldiers holding the battering ram.
The tiger shooters each changed to a divine arm crossbow that had been loaded with crossbow arrows, and aimed and shot again.
Ten more people in the battering ram team were shot dead, and the battering ram lost its balance and crashed to the ground.
Han Chang could see it clearly from a distance, and he was furious in his heart. He ordered: "The Bronze Shield Army comes up to cover, and keep charging at the door!"
Two hundred soldiers holding bronze shields rushed forward. This was a special force prepared to deal with the Song Army's divine arm crossbows. The number was not large.
On the one hand, this is because copper is relatively expensive and cannot be forged on a large scale.
On the other hand, a copper shield weighs more than thirty kilograms. Not ordinary people can lift it. They are all specially selected soldiers. They are all tall and powerful.
There are three special armies under Han Chang. In addition to the wolf soldiers of the Xi clan who have been completely wiped out, the Bronze Shield Army, and a special army called the Firearms Army.
The enemy soldiers throwing fireballs down from the top of the mountain are the soldiers of the firearms battalion.
Two hundred Bronze Shield Soldiers held up their copper shields to block the Song army's shooting. The soldiers picked up the battering ram again, and under the cover of the Bronze Shield Army, they rushed towards the city gate...
Yang Yuanqing turned around and shouted sternly: "Get a few barrels of kerosene!"