In the wilderness north of the Wei River, the earth was trembling, yellow dust was billowing in the distance, and large numbers of birds in the woods were frightened. The farmers working in the fields were so frightened that they rolled over and ran away desperately. A black line soon appeared in the distance. Along the line, 30,000 Jurchen cavalry rushed over at high speed, covering the sky and the earth with a shocking momentum. The millet seedlings that had just grown in the farmland were trampled down.
The 30,000 Jurchen army was indeed making a strategic retreat. Although Wanyanhelisa was reluctant to evacuate from Shaanxi Road, the situation forced him to make a choice. The most practical problem was the supply of grain and grass. Fengxiang's grain and grass could only support the Jin army. Two months.
Wanyan drank Lisa and retreated to Fengxiang. Originally, he wanted to retreat to Hanzhong in a crisis, but he had just received an urgent letter from Wanyanchang sent from Shangjing. The letter said that if the situation on the Shaanxi Road was not good, he must Retreat to Hedong Road as soon as possible, and never retreat to the Central Plains through Hanzhong, which means that the 30,000 Jurchen army will gain Wanyan Wushu in vain.
This was something Wanyan Helisa had not thought of in advance. His army would have to pass through the Central Plains to evacuate eastward from Hanzhong, and would indeed be annexed by Wanyan Wushu's army.
Wanyan and Lisa weighed the situation repeatedly and finally decided to follow Wanyanchang's arrangement and lead his troops to withdraw from Shaanxi Road and head to Hedong Road before the Song army completed the encirclement.
The army had passed Xianyang County and ran for more than thirty miles. The trumpets were blown continuously, the rear army slowed down, the cavalry in front also gradually slowed down, and finally the whole army stopped.
In front of them is the Jingshui River, which is where the Jingshui River flows into the Weihe River, forming a distinct water color. But how they cross the Jingshui River is a troublesome matter. They found a ferry a few miles north, but the ferry has disappeared. Jingshui River The water flow is rapid, as wide as a hundred feet, and the water surface is open.
Wanyan drank from Lisa and immediately ordered: "Build a floating bridge!"
Thousands of Jurchen soldiers began to quickly build a pontoon bridge using rafts and wood. Wanyanhelisa looked around. Not far away from the north was a large forest that stretched for several miles, and then there were rolling mountains. In front of it was the Jingshui River, and to the south was the Jingshui River. It's the Wei River. They are actually in a narrow triangular area. If an army intercepts it from behind, the consequences will be disastrous.
Wanyan drank from Lisa, feeling secretly uneasy, and ordered: "Pass the order, speed up!"
At this time, Deputy General Saligan whispered: "Marshal, after crossing the river and walking northwest, we enter Jingyuan Road. Should we withdraw the 20,000 Qi troops from Jingyuan Road and take them to the east of the river?"
Wanyan shouted without comment and said: "Let them deal with Chen Qing's main force! We don't have the time to wait for them."
"Marshal really thinks that Chen Qing's main force is still in Jingyuan Road?"
"Is not it?"
Wanyan Helisha looked at Saligan in confusion, "Could it be that the information we received before sending out the troops was false? Fifty thousand Song troops were attacking Jingchuan. This is information written in black and white."
"I just feel that the Song army is not that small in number, and it is impossible for Chen Qing to send only 50,000 troops to attack Shaanxi Road."
"That's just what you think!"
Wanyan shouted to Lisa coldly: "We all know that Chen Qing divided his troops into three groups, attacking Shaanxi North Road all the way, attacking Shaanxi Middle Road all the way, and attacking Jingyuan Road all the way. When our troops withdraw from Fengxiang, Chen Qing will follow Qian Shui directly attacks Fengxiang. With such a clear attack path, can you deny it just by saying 'what do you think'?"
"I don't dare to be humble!"
Sari moved his lips, and finally couldn't help but said: "The humble position means that it is best to send an army to Chang'an to take a look, and maybe bring some food."
Before he could finish speaking, Wanyan Helisa interrupted him with great disgust, "General Sarigan, you go and take charge of the rear army, go now!"
"I humbly obey my orders!"
Saligan had no choice but to turn his horse's head and head towards the rear.
Wanyanhelisha watched Saligan go away coldly. Although Saligan was the deputy general, he was Wanyanchang's confidant and had always looked down on him. Wanyanhelisha had long been unhappy with him.
At this critical moment, he still has to criticize himself. Does he think Wan Yanchang is still on Shaanxi Road?
"Hmph!" Wanyan drank from Lisa and snorted heavily.
An hour later, the pontoon bridge was finally built, and the Jurchen cavalry began to climb up the bridge to cross the river. The pontoon bridge was unstable, and the soldiers did not dare to ride horses. They led the horses cautiously, and the 30,000-strong army followed suit.
About ten thousand people passed by when suddenly a soldier pointed at the river and shouted: "There is fire!"
I saw only a dozen flaming rafts floating from upstream at a very fast speed. The soldiers panicked, shouting and pushing back and forth. The pontoon began to shake, and dozens of soldiers fell into the river, including men and horses. In an instant
Swallowed by the rushing river water.
At this time, a burning raft came close to the pontoon bridge. After a moment, it exploded. The raft on the pontoon bridge was blown to pieces. Dozens of Jurchen cavalry screamed and fell into the river. However, the explosion was not powerful enough and the iron chain was not broken.
Can be blown apart.
Soon, more than a dozen burning rafts all approached the pontoon bridge and exploded one after another. The pontoon bridge was finally blown into three pieces, and all the thousands of Jurchen cavalry on the pontoon bridge fell into the water.
Wanyan and Liza had already crossed the Jingshui River, but there were still more than 18,000 Jurchen cavalry on the other side. He could not give up the cavalry on the other side.
Wanyan drank from Lisa and shouted anxiously: "Rebuild the pontoon bridge!"
Hundreds of soldiers ran to the ferry to rebuild the pontoon bridge. Suddenly, a large fire floated on the river, as if the entire river was ignited. The soldiers who built the pontoon bridge shouted and fled back one after another.
Fierce war drums were also heard from the other side, and a large number of soldiers who had gone to log wood stumbled back. There was an ambush in the woods. They were attacked by bows and arrows, and thousands of Jurchen soldiers were injured or killed.
Wanyan drank from Lisa with an extremely ugly expression. He had realized that he was in big trouble and the Song Army would not allow them to build another pontoon bridge.
Another way is to cross the river directly on a leather raft and abandon the war horses, but the raft must use wood as a base. However, there are Song troops ambushed in the woods, and they will be attacked by arrows if they approach the woods.
Saligan sent five thousand cavalry to the woods to encircle and suppress the Song army, covering other soldiers in cutting down trees.
As soon as the five thousand cavalrymen rushed to the woods, arrows from the woods came like a storm, all of them were big arrows from the divine arm crossbows. The cavalrymen could not resist it, and the crowd fell on their backs. More than two thousand people were killed in an instant.
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The remaining less than 3,000 cavalrymen were so frightened that they retreated. When Saligan heard that one arrow killed more than 2,000 people, he knew that the problem was serious. This was the effect of 10,000 arrows. Song
The army actually ambushed ten thousand people in the woods.
Seeing that it was getting dark, he urgently ordered, "The army retreats!"
The triangle area where Jingwei meets is too narrow for the cavalry to move. Once the Song army surrounds them here at night, their entire army will inevitably be destroyed.
Saligan didn't care about Wanyan's thoughts and led the army to the west.
It was already dark, the lights on the east bank were brightly lit, and Jurchen Army soldiers lit hundreds of torches.
Wanyan Helisa was urging his men to speed up the production of rafts. They were going to make a batch of rafts and send soldiers to send them across the river. Even if the Song army intercepted them on the river, he could at least rescue part of the army. Even if he rescued half, he would still be 90%.
Thousands of people.
At this time, a subordinate who was delivering the message across the river ran back and reported, "Reporting to Marshal, the troops on the west bank have withdrawn to the west. I only found one brother who left behind to report the message."
"What?"
Wanyan Helisa's eyes widened and he became furious, "How dare he retreat without my order? Where is the messenger?"
A messenger was brought up and knelt down to report, "General Saligan found tens of thousands of Song troops in the woods. He was worried that he would be surrounded by Song troops, so he led his troops to withdraw to Xianyang County while it was still dark."
Wanyan drank and Lisa was startled, "How do you know there are tens of thousands of Song troops in the woods?"
"General Saligan thought that there were only a few Song troops in the woods, so he sent five thousand cavalry to encircle and suppress them. Unexpectedly, he encountered a hail of thousands of arrows from the opponent, all of which were divine arm crossbows. In one round, more than two thousand people were killed. This is still...
Only a part of the Song army, and a large number of Song troops did not participate in archery."
Wanyan drank from Lisa and had nothing to say. He also realized that the main force of the Song army had already arrived in Guanzhong and that he had made a mistake in judgment.
At this time, Wanyan Helisa felt increasingly uneasy. He was in danger and would most likely be attacked by the Song army.
He immediately ordered the entire army to mount their horses, and left dozens of people to support the rear army. He led 12,000 cavalry to leave the east bank and continued to rush towards Pujin Pass.