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In the Yuchang Valley, the pass is being built in full swing. Hu Yanyun is very particular about the site selection. Since he is building the pass in the valley, he must first ensure that the enemy cannot attack from above. There are cliffs up to a hundred feet high on both sides. Hu Yanyun
He had already sent people to take a detour up the mountain to ensure that the enemy could not attack from the top of the mountain, and then he determined the location of Guancheng.
Thousands of large vehicles are constantly transporting Dacheng bricks from Chengji County. These are not bricks for ordinary people to build houses, but are specially fired for building cities. Each brick weighs dozens of kilograms.
These big city bricks were originally fired and prepared to build Cangcheng, but now Guancheng is more important, so all of them have to be transported to build Guancheng.
Two thousand fortification soldiers were busy building the wall. In just half a month, the height of the city wall exceeded one foot and five feet.
Hu Yanyun himself estimated that if the city bricks could be delivered, it would definitely be completed within a month. Now he was worried about the city gate. He had agreed to deliver it five days ago, but it still hadn't arrived, which really made him a little worried.
, he issued a military order. If Guancheng cannot be built within a month, even if the commander-in-chief does not kill him in the end, he will inevitably be dismissed from office.
"I'm coming!"
Just when Hu Yanyun was looking forward to seeing what was going on, a large convoy appeared in front of him, and the soldiers started shouting.
Hu Yanyun was overjoyed and quickly got on his horse to greet him.
Sure enough, two special carts carried two gates, which looked thick and heavy and were covered with iron sheets. Several other carts carried door frames, door bolts, suspension bridges, iron chains and other accessories, and a complete set of gates came out.
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Hu Yanyun breathed a long sigh of relief. In this way, he would definitely be able to complete the construction of Guancheng within a month.
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At the same time when Yuchanggu was intensively building the city, Beixianren Pass encountered a severe test.
Captain Wanyan Agulu led 2,000 Jurchen soldiers and 5,000 puppet Qi troops to attack Beixianren Pass. This was the first official attack on Beixianren Pass. Wanyan Chang, Wanyan Helisa and Li Cheng and other senior generals
They were all watching the battle from a distance.
On the mountain road, a thousand soldiers of the Puppet Qi Army held spears and a thick battering ram among the crowd. They marched slowly in formation. In the first and second rows of the team, 80 soldiers were divided into two rows.
Walking side by side, they each held a large shield, forming two shield walls.
The team approached Guancheng step by step.
On the city wall, five hundred soldiers of the Song Army were standing ready. Most of them were soldiers operating bed crossbows. One hundred bed crossbows were densely arranged on the city wall. Each bed crossbow required four soldiers to operate. Fortunately, the city wall was relatively wide.
There is space for operations,
General Zhang Xuefei stared at the enemy troops one hundred and fifty steps away. He turned back and waved his hand. Inside the city, three medium-sized trebuchets were ready. They could throw thirty kilograms of heavy objects two hundred steps away.
At this time, the red flag was raised, and a captain shouted, "Launch!"
Three trebuchets violently threw three gunpowder barrels out. The gunpowder barrels burned in the air and flew towards the heads of the puppet Qi soldiers.
"Poisonous nails, get down!"
Someone shouted, and the soldiers of the puppet Qi army fell down one after another in fright. Three gunpowder barrels exploded, and the poisonous nails inside flew everywhere. However, most of the soldiers of the puppet Qi army lay on the ground, and there were not many casualties.
This is a method discovered by Commander Li Cheng during the gunpowder explosion test. As long as the soldiers can get down in time, at least 70% of the damage caused by the poison nails can be reduced. For this reason, all the puppet Qi troops have carried out targeted training.
Wan Yanchang, who was observing from a distance, was greatly surprised. He turned around and asked, "Can you avoid the poisonous nails by lying down?"
Li Cheng nodded, "This was discovered accidentally by soldiers during gunpowder evasion training. Perhaps it is because when the explosion occurs, the poison nails shoot upwards, so lying on the ground will not hurt you. The humble position is even equipped with a warning officer.
Once the enemy's gunpowder barrel is fired, a warning will be shouted immediately."
Wan Yanchang said happily: "This is a good idea. General Lisa will also train the Jurchen army."
Wanyan Helisa had already seen most of the Qi soldiers getting up from the ground, unaffected by the explosion, which made him convinced. He nodded, "I know about this and will arrange training as soon as possible!"
There were not many casualties when the gunpowder barrel exploded. The soldiers of the Puppet Qi Army were immediately boosted in morale and rushed towards Guancheng, shouting and speeding up.
Li Cheng's expression changed drastically, and he yelled: "A bunch of bastards!"
Wanyan drank from Lisa but didn't react. Wanyanchang also sighed, "The formation is messed up!"
At this time, there was a banging sound on the top of the city, hundreds of crossbows were fired at the same time, and five hundred jackdaw iron arrows were shot at the enemy soldiers like a storm. The powerful crossbow arrows penetrated the shields and penetrated the bodies, causing blood and flesh to fly everywhere.
There were screams and large areas fell down.
One thousand puppet Qi soldiers were shot dead and more than 300 of them were killed, causing heavy casualties.
But the general, Wanyan Agulu, turned a blind eye and ordered: "Beat the drum to urge the battle!"
He wanted to take advantage of the opponent's opportunity to reload the arrows and let the army rush forward. As soon as the troops approached the city, the crossbows had to be withdrawn, otherwise there would be no foothold for the fighting soldiers on the city.
This was also Wanyan Agulu's experience. He had long seen that the bed crossbow occupies too much space. As long as an army can rush up, the bed crossbow has to be withdrawn, creating opportunities for the troops behind it.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The earth-shattering sound of war drums was beating, which was a drumbeat urging the battle. But for the soldiers, this was not called a urging battle, but a forced battle. If they did not charge, they would be beheaded on the spot by the Jurchen law enforcement soldiers behind them.
More than 600 puppet Qi soldiers had no choice but to rush forward.
When they were still fifty steps away from the city wall, the soldiers suddenly felt something was wrong under their feet. There was actually a layer of wheat straw under their feet, and some people discovered that there was actually a dark liquid under the wheat straw.
"No, it's kerosene!"
Suddenly someone shouted, but it was too late. Hundreds of soldiers on the top of the city shot gunpowder arrows together and landed on the ground. The fire on the ground ignited with a bang.
Within eighty steps, it suddenly turned into a sea of fire, with thick smoke billowing and flames burning. The soldiers were so frightened that they screamed wildly, pushed each other, and ran back desperately.
At this time, the second round of crossbows was fired, and a thousand soldiers in the city fired crossbow arrows at the same time. The dense jackdaw arrows swept across the enemy army, and a thousand crossbow arrows roared down overhead.
More than half of the more than 600 soldiers were hit by arrows. Many soldiers were not killed by the arrows. They were struggling and wailing in the fire. It was so miserable that they were all buried in the sea of fire.
In the end, only about a hundred of the six hundred soldiers escaped, but what awaited them was harsh military law. As soon as they escaped from the formation, Wanyan Agulu waved his hand coldly, and hundreds of Jurchen cavalry rushed forward and slashed with axes. One hundred
Several soldiers screamed and were all hacked to death with axes.
Li Cheng flushed with anger and said angrily: "Qi Army soldiers are not beasts, why do you treat them like this?"
Wan Yanchang said calmly: "Military law is like a mountain, only advance but never retreat. Those who retreat will be killed without mercy!"
Li Cheng snorted, "Then please let the Jurchen soldiers come up next time. I want to see if the military law is as good as a mountain?"
Wan Yanchang glanced at him coldly, "Does Li Dutong want to instruct me on the formation of troops?"
Li Cheng had to hold back the anger in his heart and bowed: "I don't dare to be humble!"
"If you don't want to watch the battle, you can leave. I won't force you to do so!"
When Li Cheng saw that another two thousand soldiers were forced to fight by the Jurchen military cavalry, he felt a pain in his heart and whispered: "Please resign from your humble position!"
"Go get it!"
Li Cheng turned around and left with a sad heart. He really couldn't bear to see two thousand men go to die again.
He is an experienced general. How could he not see that the Song army was too well prepared and took full advantage of all the advantages of defending the city. There were powder barrels, trebuchets, enough kerosene, and an attack from above.
It can be said that it has all the advantages.
And they had no preparations for attacking the city at all, not even a siege ladder. How could they possibly attack Xiaguan City with only a temporary siege ram made by cutting down trees?
Even if the entire army dies in battle, they still can't move the city at all.
He believed that Wan Yanchang also saw this, but he still ordered the Qi army to attack. This was obviously using the lives of the Qi army to find loopholes in the defense of the city. It can be seen that in the eyes of the Jurchens, the Han soldiers were worse than pigs and dogs.
Li Cheng was sad and angry, but had no choice but to leave in tears.
The meat grinding battle at Beixianren Pass is still going on cruelly. Round after round of soldiers fell under the fire and the attack of powerful crossbows. Even if the soldiers who fled back knelt down and begged, they could not escape the ruthlessness of the Jurchen cavalry's axes.