Han Chang stood up and exclaimed: "Something is wrong!"
He simply bandaged the wound and led the generals towards the catwalk. At this time, the sound of explosions continued. They finally came to the first explosion point. The original catwalk completely disappeared, and a gap of more than ten feet wide appeared. People and people
Even the horses can't get through.
But there was more than just this one gap. There were at least twenty gaps in the miles-long winding path. Everyone's hearts sank into the abyss. Wuren Road had been completely destroyed.
All the generals looked at Han Chang. Han Chang thought for a long time and said slowly: "We need to do three things now. First, send someone to inform the marshal that we can no longer take Wuren Road."
"But there's no way we can get there!" everyone said one after another.
Han Chang raised his head and looked up the mountain, gritted his teeth and said: "Send one hundred brothers who can speak Chinese to go over the mountain to find the way, each with ten days' worth of dry food. Anyone who can inform the marshal of the capital and the captain of thousands of people will be sent to the mountain.
Tens of thousands of sheep will be rewarded.”
As for what to do if he can't find it? That's his fate, so he doesn't need to say more.
There are also Han people from the Liao Kingdom in his army, at least one or two hundred of them. It would be good to let them change their clothes and pretend to be Han mule drivers to find the way and report the news.
"What if they fail to notify the marshal?" a captain asked worriedly.
Han Chang pondered for a moment and said: "I guess something happened to the defenders in Yichuan County and Wuren Road. Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many Song troops at Wuren Road. In addition, we didn't arrive as scheduled. Marshal Du should be able to feel Wuren Road.
Humanity is not safe, and sending people to report the news is just to ensure that nothing goes wrong, and not all Marshals will definitely be fooled."
Everyone nodded in agreement and asked, "What should we do next?"
Han Chang glanced at the crowd and said: "This is the second thing I want to say. We will return to Qingquan County immediately and seize the exit of Luoshui Road. We may not have enough troops, but the five thousand cavalrymen who are transporting the baggage are at Hukou.
, ordered them to rush to the Qingshuihekou camp to join us, and thirdly, mobilize 30,000 additional troops from Taiyuan to meet us at the Yellow River."
Han Chang issued the orders one by one, and everyone admired them very much and took the orders one after another to make arrangements.
At this time, Han Chang remembered something again and sent someone to inform the Xie Congjun at Pujin Pass to abandon the mission. There was no need to attack Guanzhong anymore. They were short of food supply, so it was lucky that the main army could retreat.
Han Chang immediately led five thousand cavalry back to Fushi County from the original route. They were burning with heart and ran all the way to see if they could seize the entrance of Luoshui Road in Qingquan County before the Song army.
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In Fucheng County, 60,000 Jurchen troops were deployed in the wilderness, with low war drums rumbling continuously. At a glance, the black army was boundless, and murderous intent filled the sky and the earth.
The city was covered with flags, and the murderous Song troops were also all over the city. Their armor was bright, and their swords and spears shone coldly in the sun.
This was the third day of confrontation between the two sides. Although the Jurchen army did not carry heavy siege weapons, they found several towering trees in the canyon and cut them down to make battering rams.
Wanyan Yinke Shu needs to maintain morale and fighting spirit, and must carry out appropriate siege. Archery warfare and battering ram siege are the only options.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
With the sound of drums, 10,000 Khitan troops from the Eastern Hu Dynasty came flying towards them. Holding large shields and crossbow arrows, they ran to a hundred and fifty paces away, covered themselves with their shields, and fired arrows at the top of the city. The Song troops left the top of the city.
With his back against the female wall, he fired crossbow arrows towards the city, and the arrows from both sides formed a dense and large net.
Amidst the sound of war drums, the fierce battle was fierce. In fact, the casualties on both sides in this non-contact bow and arrow battle were very small. The crossbow bolts of the Jin soldiers missed the Song soldiers squatting on the top of the city, while the crossbow bolts of the Song soldiers also missed. Not able to penetrate the large shield of the golden soldier.
In the fierce bow and arrow battle, hundreds of tall Xi soldiers with large shields were dispatched. Hundreds of soldiers carried a five-foot-long and nearly 10,000-kilogram hammer on their shoulders with ropes. There was a suspension bridge in front of the city gate to guard it. , the Jin soldiers' battering ram could not attack the city gate, so they turned to attack the city wall.
Grain upsetting
Hundreds of Xi soldiers guarded their heads with shields, like giant centipede beetles, running quickly towards the moat, on which a temporary passage had been built with wooden planks.
At this time, dozens of kerosene balls were continuously projected from the top of the city, falling on the river crossing wooden planks and the ground in front, burning fiercely, blocking the way forward of the battering ram team, and the huge centipede beetles had to stop moving forward. Ten soldiers came running carrying long planks of wood.
Yang Zaixing ordered: "Back off the trebuchet and push the bed crossbow over!"
The city head was not wide enough. After placing the trebuchet, the bed crossbows could not be placed. The soldiers carried the trebuchet away, and a thousand bed crossbows were quickly pushed over and aimed at the crossbowmen below the city and the attackers a hundred steps away. Battering team.
"emission!"
Yang Zaixing gave an order, and 300 bed crossbows were fired first, and 1,500 jackdaw arrows were shot at the centipede beetles. The powerful iron arrows penetrated their shields, and the closely guarded centipede beetles broke through. Three hundred people laughed. People screamed and fell down one after another. The extremely heavy battering ram crashed to the ground, smashing several injured soldiers who fell to the ground into meat patties.
At the same time, the Khitan soldiers who were launching a bow and arrow battle were unable to block the jackdaw iron arrows and were shot down one after another, causing heavy casualties.
‘Dang! Dang! Dang! Dang!’ The retreat bell rang, and the crossbow soldiers retreated in panic.
The order was issued by Wanyan Yinkeshu, but when he ordered the army to retreat, it was not because crossbows were used at the top of the city, but because he had just received a piece of news that shocked him extremely. Wanyan and Liza's 20,000 troops were in Tongzhou, Luoshui Road. Duan was attacked by the Song army using floods, and the entire army was destroyed.
The person who reported the news to him was a Jurchen soldier. He did not follow the team because of abdominal pain, but escaped. He hid in the forest with his horse, and waited until all the Song troops who were cleaning the battlefield had withdrawn before rushing back to report the news.
This news shocked Wanyan Yinkeshu to the extreme. He was speechless for a quarter of an hour. Twenty thousand Bohai and Silla troops died under Fushi City. Although he regretted it, he did not really take it to heart, but this The second time was 20,000 Jurchen cavalry, 20,000 elite Jurchen cavalry. The whole army was destroyed without even seeing the shadow of the enemy. Wanyan Yinkeshu was really shocked and saddened.
After the army retreated, Wanyan Yinkeshu was sitting alone in the tent. He had not yet recovered from the shock.
At this time, Wanyan Huonu's urgent voice came from outside, "Don't stop me, I have something urgent to do to see the marshal."
The soldier dissuaded him: "Marshal Du said that no one is allowed to disturb him."
"Let him in!" Wanyan Yinkeshu sighed, trying his best to free himself from the grief.
Wan Yanhuo Nu quickly walked into the big tent and reported: "To report to the marshal of the capital, the grain transport team sent an eagle message from Yichuan County. Yichuan County is already an empty city. The army is gone, the food is gone, and even the people in the city are gone." There are no more common people."
"What?"
Wanyan Yinke suddenly stood up, his eyes widened suddenly, he suddenly felt the sky turning dizzy, he staggered back two steps, his vision went dark, and he fainted on the ground.
"Marshal Du! Marshal Du!"
Wan Yanhuo Nu called out twice, turned around and shouted, "Someone is coming quickly!"
More than a dozen soldiers rushed in, and Wan Yanhuo ordered: "The marshal has fainted, go find a military doctor quickly."
Several soldiers rushed over, and other soldiers carried Wanyan Yinkeshu to the bed. The leader of the soldiers said worriedly to Wanyan Huonu: "Marshal Du has a bad heart and cannot be stimulated. Now we are in big trouble."
Several military doctors came over and gave some treatment. Wanyan Yinkeshu regained consciousness and said to Wanyan Huonu with great difficulty: "Send the order for the army to retreat as slowly as possible, so that Chen Qing cannot see the clues."