Wanyan shouted at Lisa, and he immediately realized that someone must be building a dam in front of them to block the water. There were cliffs on both sides here, and it was so narrow. Once the water came, they would have no way to escape.
"Retreat quickly!"
Wanyan drank from Lisa and shouted loudly, but many soldiers did not react, and the confused rear team became the front team.
At this moment, there was a thunder-like sound from behind. The Jurchen cavalry turned their heads and looked back, only to see the white waves rolling into the sky to the north, and the surging floods sweeping towards them like wild horses running wild.
The Jurchen cavalrymen were so frightened that their faces changed color, and they tried their best to beat their horses and run away. However, the Jurchen cavalrymen in front did not know what was going on and did not run away. The river was narrow, and the cavalrymen bumped into each other front and back, shouting wildly, and huddled together.
The flood surged forward and swallowed up the last few hundred cavalry in an instant. Only then did the cavalry in front realize what happened and ran away in panic. However, there was no way to escape from the cliff section of more than 30 miles. Not long after, the roaring river surged.
They ran over and engulfed all 20,000 Jurchen cavalry.
This is a typical example of Chen Qingshan's use of terrain to annihilate the enemy. He actually used it once when he attacked Jinsuoguan last year and found it very useful. He repeated the same trick today.
Of course, the terrain on both sides of Jinsuoguan is high, so this strategy will not work. The greatest power must be exerted in the cliff and canyon section in the middle.
Chen Qing then dug a nest and exited Luoshui Road, allowing Wanyan Yinkeshu to discover this loophole. How could Wanyan Yinkeshu not think that water attacks could be used in this terrain, he finally couldn't resist the temptation to enter the pass.
, swallowed this bait, and eventually 20,000 troops died in the flood.
The leader of this dam-building operation was Commander Li Muching. He led an army of 10,000 to ambush in the south of the Shenchuan Gorge. Their first plan was to block the enemy troops in the more than ten miles long Shenchuan Gorge, but Wanyan was unable to do so.
Lisa did not take the Tongguan Road, but took the Tongzhou Road.
Then use the second plan, build a dam and flood the enemy troops. The location has already been selected. It only took 10,000 troops more than two hours to build the barrage dam. In the spring, the water was abundant, and it was full in one night.
Hundreds of thousands of square meters of water are waiting for the Jurchen cavalry to arrive.
The river had drained out, and Li Muqing gave an order, and ten thousand Song Army cavalry were killed along the canyon. Any Jurchen cavalry who had not been drowned could not escape the Song Army's second round of fierce killings.
Fire and water are merciless. In this round of raids, Marshal Wanyan and Lisha may be in trouble.
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It’s not that Wanyan Yinkeshu didn’t know that it was too dangerous to leave only 3,000 troops to guard the important logistics supply area. He was considering Han Chang’s army. When the second batch of food arrived, Han Chang’s 10,000 troops would also arrive.
Han Chang led 15,000 troops to guard the logistics camp and retreat routes.
Wanyan Yinkeshu's idea was good, but things can't always be so perfectly integrated. There is a time difference, and this time difference is not big. It is only two days apart, but it happened that the opportunity of these two days was seized by Song Jun.
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The mission of Liu Qiong and Tang Qian was to capture Yichuan County and cut off the retreat from Wuren Road. It was not difficult to capture Yichuan County, but it was not an ordinary difficulty to cut off the retreat and prevent enemy reinforcements.
Liu Qiong led his army to move the grain out of the city and hide it in a ravine. He also moved the people in the city to the mountains, leaving an empty city. Liu Qiong then led the army into Wuren Road.
At noon, they arrived at the cliff. Liu Qiong looked at the cliff and asked Tang Qian: "Where is the trail you found?"
Tang Qian pointed to the rather steep hill next to him and said, "It's just behind the mountain!"
"Is it okay from here?"
Tang Qian observed for a moment and said: "The slope is too steep. You have to use ropes, ladders, etc. to go up. Once you reach the ridge, it is much easier to go down from the other side."
"Then send five thousand soldiers up and lay an ambush on the mountain. Then we will demolish the bridge and ambush the enemy's supply army."
Tang Qian asked in confusion: "But we don't know when the enemy will arrive?"
Liu Qiong smiled slightly and said: "I captured a few prisoners of war and asked for some information. The second batch of food teams has set off from Wurenkou and will arrive later today. It is noon now. I estimate that it will arrive in the afternoon."
arrival."
Tang Qian immediately made a decision. He sent dozens of scouts with high martial arts skills to climb up the ridge, pulled dozens of long rope ladders up, and tied them to the big rocks and trees on the top of the mountain. Five thousand soldiers carried the divine arms on their backs.
Crossbows and weapons began to climb upward.
At the same time, Liu Qiong ordered the removal of the wooden bridge on the cliff, and ordered a thousand men to withdraw from Wuren Road with their horses. He led other soldiers to climb up the hillside on the other side of the cliff, where 8,500 soldiers were already in ambush.
Ready.
Gu Su
They waited until dusk when the mighty second batch of grain transport team finally arrived on Wuren Road. This time the team was much longer, stretching for more than ten miles. In addition to 10,000 cavalry, there were 20,000 mules and donkeys and 20,000 mules and donkeys.
One hundred thousand sheep.
After the arrival of this batch of military rations, the Jurchen army will be able to support it for more than a month, and there will be no need to transport food for the time being. Wanyan Yinkeshu hopes to open up the Luoshui Road and invade Guanzhong within a month.
Han Chang was one day later than originally planned. He should have arrived in Yichuan County last night because he was delayed for a day because of collecting sheep.
Things in the world are so unpredictable. If Han Chang had come one day earlier, Liu Qiong would have no chance to seize Yichuan County.
Thousands of them walking in front stopped in front of the cliff, which soon affected the entire team behind them. The team had to stop. Han Chang shouted loudly: "Go and see what's going on?"
A cavalryman galloped away and came back shortly to report, "Reporting to Marshal, the bridge on the cliff in front has been demolished and the team cannot pass."
Han Chang was startled and instinctively looked around. The road was only more than a foot wide and was built on the mountainside. On the left was a relatively steep mountain, twenty or thirty feet long. There was also a hillside below, but it was not as steep as the mountain above.
It was covered with bushes and thorns.
"How was the condition of the bridge when you came here last time?" Han Chang turned around and asked one of his subordinates.
"Reporting to the marshal, the bridge was in good condition when I came here last time and was very strong!"
"not good!"
Han Chang immediately realized the danger and shouted: "Back off! Back off!"
At this moment, there was a banging sound on the top of the mountain, and five thousand crossbow arrows were shot out at the same time. The soldiers used divine arm crossbows, aiming at the Jurchen cavalry. They were shot so hard that they were knocked over. Han Chang's more than twenty soldiers reacted.
Very quickly, they all raised their shields to protect them.
Although the soldiers were also shot and killed, Han Chang managed to save his life. At least hundreds of crossbow arrows were shot at him. His shield was full of arrows, and his horse was also shot through the head by seven or eight crossbow arrows.
, fell to the ground dead, flipping him to the ground.
He rolled and rushed to the bottom of the hillside, stood close to the hillside, held a shield high, surrounded by more than a dozen soldiers, and ran eastward along the hillside.
Arrows were still falling like raindrops from the top of the mountain. Many cavalrymen were hiding under the horses' bellies, but this was a narrow road, not a galloping battlefield. The horses could not move away and were shot by arrows one after another. Many of the horses were in unbearable pain and fainted.
Yoyo screamed violently and rushed down the hillside, tumbling down with the man and his horse.
In the chaos, many war horses crowded and collided with each other, so that the cavalry on the edge were knocked down the hillside and rolled down, not knowing whether they were alive or dead.
Hundreds more gunpowder barrels rolled down from above and exploded continuously on the mountain road. The Jurchen cavalry were blown to pieces and their flesh and blood were flying everywhere, wailing all over the field. The cavalry behind were even more frightened and ran away lifelessly. They were so angry that they spread their wings and flew as far as possible.
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Han Chang escaped from the arrow area, grabbed more than a dozen war horses, and galloped away to the east. The cavalry behind him also followed suit and gradually disappeared.
At this time, three thousand Song troops grabbed ropes and descended from the sky. They killed all the injured soldiers who were still alive. They also put up more than a dozen long wooden boards on the cliff and drove the sheep and mules and donkeys over. Many of the sheep that were shot were also
Carry them together. If the mules and donkeys that were shot cannot be lifted, take the grain.
Tang Qian led three hundred soldiers and ran eastward, carrying boxes of gunpowder on their backs. One box of gunpowder weighed forty kilograms and exploded with astonishing power.
After running for seven or eight miles, the road turned into a narrow path. Still no defeated soldiers were seen, and they were probably far away. The Song army began to use explosive boxes one by one to blast away, completely destroying the mountain road.
"Boom!" With loud noises, large areas of loess collapsed, the mountain was dented, and the mountain road completely disappeared.
Unless a plank road is built, there is a lack of trees here, and it is all loess and bushes. How can it be so easy to build a plank road?
Han Chang was hit by an arrow in his left arm. He led the defeated soldiers to escape for nearly thirty miles in one breath. After walking through a long trail, they came to an open area and sat on a big rock to bandage the wound.
At this time, a captain stepped forward to report, "Marshal Qi, the count has been completed, and there are still 5,960 cavalry."
Han Chang nodded. He had expected to lose 40% of his troops.
Several captains also said: "Marshal, we can use bows and arrows to fight back and rebuild simple bridges."
Of course Han Chang knew the importance of Wu Ren Dao, and he was also considering how to restore Wu Ren Dao. But at this moment, a series of violent explosions came from the west. Everyone looked at each other and were stunned for a moment.