Wan Yanhuo Nu quickly bowed and said: "Please give me the Marshal's orders!"
Wanyan Yinkeshu said slowly: "Two things. First, I remember that there is a canyon ahead, which is relatively narrow. I ordered the brothers to pass through at full speed without any rest or delay!"
"If there is an ambush by the Song Army on the top of the mountain, we might as well stop now and fight the Song Army behind us!"
Wanyan Yinkeshu smiled bitterly and said: "I finally understand Chen Qing's strategy. He will not fight with us at all. He is just waiting for our food supply to be cut off. If we stop, he will stop. We will pursue.
He will retreat, live female marshal, we don't have much food, coupled with low morale and unstable military morale, we and the Song army cannot be allowed to waste any more, we must withdraw as soon as possible."
Wanyan Huonv reluctantly agreed, "I humbly obey my orders!"
Wanyan Yinkeshu continued: "Since Yichuan County is an empty city, there should be no defenders at Wuren Road. I am very worried that the Song Army has cut off Wuren Road. You must immediately send spies to Wuren Road to investigate
If that doesn't work, we will immediately change route to Luojiao County and retreat along the original road!"
"Beizhi understands and will immediately send spies to explore Wu Rendao. However, Beizhi has an idea. We send an army up the mountain. When the Song army arrives later, we launch an attack from the top of the mountain. What does Marshal Du think?"
Wanyan Yinkeshu nodded, "Okay!"
Wanyan Huonv immediately returned and sent dozens of spies to Wurentao to inquire about the situation. She also sent two thousand people up the mountain to ambush in preparation for a sneak attack on the Song army.
Gaoding has already gone up the mountain and reached the top of the canyon. The canyon is dozens of feet deep and about two miles wide. It is not actually narrow. Of course, compared to the more than twenty miles wide valley ahead, it really should be called a canyon. It is mainly an official road.
Instead of walking in the middle, we walked close to the south mountain wall.
If the army throws stones or shoots arrows from above, it will have a great impact on the army below.
Standing on the top of the mountain, Gao Ding could vaguely see the team in the distance, heading towards the canyon in a mighty manner.
"General, there's an enemy situation!" A soldier suddenly pointed at the foot of the mountain and shouted.
Gao Ding leaned forward and looked down, only to see an army of about two thousand people appearing below a trail, climbing up the trail.
"Damn it!"
Gao Ding cursed fiercely. Of course he knew that the other party's goal was to target Song Jun behind.
"Ready your bows and arrows, follow my orders!"
A thousand soldiers of the Song army crawled forward and raised their crossbows to aim at the Jin soldiers who were climbing up the mountain.
The Jin soldiers had no idea that there was an ambush by the Song army on the top of the mountain. Two thousand Jin soldiers were struggling to climb up. Gao Ding suddenly realized that he could only kill one or two hundred people in this way. Moreover, the Jin soldiers fled back to report the news, so the main force of the Jin soldiers would be prepared.
Already.
Gao Ding carefully looked at the official road and river below. If the Jin soldiers marched on the official road, they would be attacked. But if the Jin soldiers moved to the shallow river nearby, they would be more than half a mile away from the mountain wall. An attack on the top of the mountain
Can't hurt them.
The Jin soldiers will definitely not stay stupidly on the official road and get beaten. There is actually little point in attacking the Jin soldiers on the top of the mountain.
Gao Ding thought for a while and asked the soldier next to him, "How long is this canyon?"
"About fifteen or sixteen miles!"
Gao Ding had an idea in his mind and decisively ordered: "Shoot!"
A thousand soldiers fired the hanging knives at the same time, arrows rained out, and dense crossbow arrows were fired at the climbing Jin soldiers. The Jin soldiers were caught off guard, and were hit by arrows one after another, and rolled down the mountain. The Jin soldiers were frightened.
He yelled, turned around, rolled and climbed down the mountain to escape.
Although only dozens of people were shot in this round, it also eliminated the idea of Jin soldiers going up the mountain to ambush.
Gao Ding immediately said to the commander Du Min: "General Du led a thousand brothers to attack the Jin soldiers on the top of the mountain. I took the other brothers to ambush at the entrance of the canyon ahead."
"Follow the order!"
Gao Ding led 4,000 soldiers to the east and ran for more than ten miles in one breath. The front suddenly became clear, and the canyon opened up again, reaching a width of more than 20 miles.
There was a sheep trail here. They followed the sheep trail down the mountain and saw a large jujube forest not far away. Gaoding arranged for soldiers to cut down hundreds of jujube trees and blocked the exit of the official road that was a hundred feet wide. On the right was the river.
The north bank of the river was piled with rocks, making it impossible for the cavalry to move.
The soldiers poured kerosene on hundreds of big trees, so that the Jin soldiers could only rush out along the river. Gaoding asked the soldiers to find hundreds of large rocks weighing 100 kilograms from the north bank of the river and throw them all into the river.
, in this way, even if the golden soldiers rush out of the river, it will not be so easy.
Considering that the Jin soldiers were powerful in cavalry and shooting, the Song army piled up dozens of large trees that were cut down later to serve as bunkers for the soldiers.
At this moment, thunderous explosions came from the valley, one after another.
The enemy army was coming, Gaoding shouted: "The whole army is in crossbow formation!"
Four thousand Song troops immediately lined up to form a fan-shaped crossbow formation. Everyone raised their crossbows and stood ready.
Valley grebe
About a quarter of an hour later, fierce horse hoofbeats were heard in the canyon ahead, the sound was like thunder, getting closer and closer. As soon as they turned a corner, a large group of cavalry appeared, rushing toward the mouth of the canyon like lightning.
"Fire the arrow!"
Gao Ding shouted, and a storm of crossbow arrows shot at the Jurchen cavalry in the valley. They all used divine arm crossbows. This was due to Li Cheng's 100,000 troops attacking Chengji County. Among the weapons and equipment they captured,
There were actually 20,000 divine arm crossbows, and 10,000 divine arm crossbows were also seized from Liu Guangshi's warships.
The God's Arm Crossbow was equipped in large numbers with the Western Army. The God's Arm Crossbow had a range of nearly 500 steps and could kill about 400 steps, but to penetrate the Jurchen cavalry's armor, it had to be within 300 steps.
Therefore, the Song army fired divine arm crossbows at about 250 steps, but the Jurchen cavalry's bows and arrows could not reach this distance, ensuring the safety of the Song army's crossbow array.
Hundreds of Jurchen cavalry running in front were caught off guard and were shot to their knees. Nearly 500 cavalry were killed in an instant.
However, the Jurchen cavalry behind them took advantage of the Song army's opportunity to speed up and galloped. Hundreds of cavalry were less than a hundred steps away from the entrance of the valley.
"ignition!"
Gao Ding gave an order, and the soldiers of the Song Army threw out more than a dozen torches, and with a sound of "Boom!", hundreds of big trees burned. The sudden fire frightened the war horses, and they screamed and raised their front hooves.
Reluctant to run forward any further.
The Jurchen cavalry were indeed highly skilled in riding. They turned their horses' heads and ran towards the river. The river was very shallow, only covering about half a foot above the horses' hooves. The horses ran rapidly in the river, but the large rocks in the river hindered them.
At this moment, the second round of crossbow bolts came, and the heavy rain of long crossbow bolts penetrated the Jurchens' armor and the bodies of their horses. Amid the wailing sounds, large swathes of cavalry fell to the ground, and the river water was dyed red with blood.
The Jurchen cavalry had to stop advancing at the corner. After two rounds of crossbow bolts, 1,200 Jurchen cavalry fell under the powerful divine arm crossbow bolts.
There were more and more main forces, piling up at the corners of the valley. At this time, Marshal Wanyan Huonu also arrived and asked sternly and angrily: "What's going on?"
A captain bowed and reported: "To inform the marshal, there are thousands of Song troops at the entrance of the valley blocking the exit with crossbows. Huge wood fires were also lit on the official road. The brothers suffered heavy casualties and cannot rush through."
"Damn Chen Qing!"
Wan Yanhuo Nu cursed loudly and said, "Why don't you wade out of the river and rush out!"
"There are also hundreds of huge rocks blocking the road in the river, making it impossible for the cavalry to pass!"
"Can a living person suffocate to death?"
Wanyan Huonu cursed again and ordered: "Let the Giant Shield Army come over!"
After a while, two thousand Xi people soldiers came up. Each of them was equipped with a heavy shield, which could cover most of the body. The emperor's infantry guards made heavy shields. This heavy shield was made of two very strong pieces of date wood, with a layer of copper hammered into a thin shape sandwiched between them, and then covered with two layers of cowhide to make an impressive shield. The famous Xi shields were called King Kong shields by the Song army.
Xiren craftsmen made tens of thousands of Xi shields in more than ten years. Later, most of the Xi people's craftsmen died in the war, and this kind of Xi shield was lost. Some of the tens of thousands of Xi shields were destroyed by fire, and some were destroyed by fire. It flowed into the Central Plains, but more than half of it was captured by the Jin soldiers. The Jin soldiers used it to form a giant shield army, which was distributed among various armies. The soldiers were mainly Xi people.
Except for the Song Army's crossbow within five hundred steps, this kind of diamond shield could not stop any other crossbow from shooting through it.
Wan Yanhuo Nu pointed her riding whip at the rocks in the river and ordered: "You raise your shields to cover and clear away all the rocks in the river!"
"Follow the order!"
Commander Xiren shouted several times, and the soldiers of the Giant Shield Army dismounted one after another. They raised their heavy shields and waded into the river ahead.
The soldiers of the Xi people were experienced, and a thousand soldiers formed two shield walls in the river. The soldiers behind them began to carry the big rocks in the river, throw them away and go north.
Arrows came like raindrops, but they were all blocked by the giant shield wall. The powerful divine arm crossbow arrows could not penetrate this diamond shield.
"Ah! It's the Diamond Shield."
A Song general shouted, and Gao Ding asked: "What King Kong?"
The general of the Song Army explained: "It is Xi Dun. It is a high-quality shield made by Xi people's craftsmen. It is known as the best shield in the world. The Song Army calls it the Diamond Shield. Only a bed crossbow can penetrate it."
The shield moved forward step by step, and the big rocks in the river were basically cleared away.
Gao Ding immediately made a decision and shouted: "Retreat with me!"
He led four thousand soldiers towards the jujube forest in the distance. It would take a long time to climb up the mountain, and the Song army would suffer heavy casualties. It was the best way to lead everyone into the woods.
The river was dredged, and all the large and small stones were thrown away. The giant shield soldiers moved out of the way, and Wan Yanhuo Nu gave the order, "Charge out!"
Five thousand Jurchen cavalry took the lead, wading through the river and rushing out of the canyon.