At the fourth watch, the soldiers carried Wanyan Yinkeshu up a low hill. He was covered with a thick military blanket and looked deeply into the west. No one knew what he was thinking.
"Marshal Du, it's very cold at night, go back!" Wan Yan Huo Nu advised from the side.
"Huo Nu, we really encountered a powerful enemy this time." There was a hint of desolation in Wanyan Yinkeshu's voice.
"Why did Marshal Du say this?"
Wanyan Yinkeshu smiled bitterly and said: "Some things can only be understood and cannot be expressed. Although Chen Qing and I are dozens of miles apart, we are competing in the air. After his army passed the canyon, he stopped
Stopped, obviously he knew what I was going to do next? And our army also stopped at the same time, because I also knew what the army was going to face? No wonder Wan Yanchang, such a shrewd man, was repeatedly defeated by him. This man
If we stop in Sichuan and Shaanxi, it will be a great blessing for our country of Jin!"
Speaking of this, Wanyan Yinkeshu looked back at Wanyan Huonv and asked lightly: "Do you know what I'm talking about?"
Wanyan Huonu shook her head blankly, and Wanyan Yinkeshu shook his head, "He knew we were going to counterattack, so he stopped in the canyon, and used the terrain of the canyon to weaken our cavalry advantage. This man laid out a ring, and there was no leakage.
, this is the most powerful opponent I have faced in the thirty years I have been on the battlefield. There is no one. Your father died at his hands, and now it seems that it is not unjust. I am afraid that I will die in his hands as well."
When Wanyan Huonv heard that the Song army was going to use the canyon to fight against the Jin soldiers again, she felt frightened and even felt a trace of fear in her heart.
"Then can we not counterattack?"
Wanyan Yinkeshu sighed slightly, "Now we only have three ways to go. One is to enter Wuren Road and forcefully fight back to the mouth of the Yellow River; the second is to return to Yichuan County and then take the northwest official road of Luojiao County; the third is to return to Yichuan County and take the northwest official road of Luojiao County;
Just turn around and fight back to break out of the encirclement. I might as well tell you the truth. The first two roads are what Chen Qing wants us to take. He will definitely block us halfway. What do you think we should choose?"
Wanyan Huonv thought for a moment and said, "Actually, I think the third option is still an option."
"How to choose?"
"I can choose to fight them to the death on the northwest official road, not necessarily with Chen Qing, but also with the intercepting troops from Luojiao County. As long as we break through their interception, we can withdraw north from Luoshui Road."
Wanyan Yinkeshu whispered for a while: "If we can defeat Chen Qing now, we still have a chance to enter Guanzhong."
Breaking through the official road in the northwest means struggling to survive, but breaking through the official road in the canyon means unwilling to fail. They have already eaten horse meat. Wanyan Yin Keshu's attitude is still unclear?
Maybe it will be more difficult to break through the canyon, but will it be easier to break through the northwest official road?
Wan Yan Huo Nu finally understood what Marshal Du was thinking. It turned out that he was still unwilling to fail!
Wanyan Huonv was really a little scared, but since Marshal Du had expressed his stance, he had to take this step.
He gritted his teeth and said decisively: "Then use the Khitan army and the Xi army to counterattack the Song army. If that doesn't work, we'll still take the northwest official road."
Wanyan Huonv nodded, "This is our last hope to enter Guanzhong. I will never give up if I don't give it a try!"
Just after dawn, the rumble of war drums sounded in the Jinbing camp, and the 60,000-strong army quickly lined up. They had eaten a meal of horse meat last night, which gave them a little bit of oil and water in their stomachs and boosted their morale. But there was a fundamental problem.
Unless it is resolved, they will never be able to regain the high morale they had when they went on the expedition.
Wanyanhuonu was entrusted by her coach Wanyan Yinkeshu to boost her morale by looking at the plum blossoms to quench her thirst.
He shouted loudly in front of the army: "Our Jurchen cavalry travels all over the world and has never been defeated. How can we be defeated by the small Song army? It's impossible!"
He pointed in the direction with his hand and said in a loud voice, "The Guanzhong Plain is three hundred miles away. As long as we defeat the Song army, enter the Guanzhong Plain, and enter Jingzhao, we will have a month's holiday. All the wealth will be plundered by everyone, and all the women will be there."
For everyone to enjoy, this is Marshal Du’s promise, we must defeat the Song army, we will win!"
The three armies were infected, and they saw the hope of getting rich again. They couldn't help but get excited and shouted, "We must win! We must win!"
Wan Yan Huo Nu waved her sword and said, "Let's go!"
Morale was revived, hope was reborn in the hearts of every soldier, morale began to rise, and the army rushed towards the canyon with great force.
Chen Qing's army was ready in the canyon. Three thousand large trees were divided into two lines of defense, blocking the river and official roads. Hundreds of barrels of kerosene were sprinkled on them. At the same time, a large amount of poisonous tribulus was sprinkled in front. The second line of defense was left one foot wide.
The passage allows the soldiers in front to retreat, but if the fire breaks out, the passage will be blocked by giant trees and engulfed by fire.
Chen Qing deployed three thousand divine arm crossbowmen in front of the first line of defense. This was the ultimate. At the same time, he deployed three thousand divine arm crossbowmen in front of the second line of defense. Once the soldiers in front retreated, there would be six thousand crossbowmen.
With your hands, three shots are enough to defeat the enemy's surprise attack.
What's more, there will be fragments of gunpowder barrels and poisonous nails above his head. As for the five hundred bed crossbows, Chen Qing thought twice and decided to deploy four hundred in the canyon. Only about a hundred are needed on the top of the mountain. The reason is very simple. In the canyon, dense long-range crossbows are needed.
To deal with the cavalry's mounted shooting, crossbow formations were needed on the top of the mountain, but the mountain road was so narrow that they really couldn't deploy a few.
The deployment on the top of the mountain was also completed at the same time. Gaoding did not use giant trees to block the narrow place. He did not need it. He would use another strategy to guard the mountain road.
Fifty bed crossbows were deployed in Gaoding, which was the ultimate deployment capability. Only ten bed crossbows could be placed side by side at the widest point, and then the arrows would be rotated.
This time Gao Ding will atone for his sins. Unless he dies in battle, Jin Bing will not be able to take a step further.
At noon, the main force of the mighty Jin soldiers finally reached the outside of the canyon.
Wanyan Yinkeshu personally deployed and attacked in two groups. Wanyan Huonv led 5,000 Xi infantry and 5,000 Khitan cavalry to attack the canyon. Marshal Hu Shidabie also led two equal numbers of Xi infantry and Khitan cavalry.
Attack the abandoned official road on the mountain.
Of course, they were just the vanguard. Wanyan Yinkeshu deployed another 40,000 cavalry to support the rear. Once the vanguard broke through the blockade, the cavalry would launch a massive attack.
The Song Army's blockade was about five miles away from the west entrance of the canyon, which was also the narrowest part of the entire canyon. Six thousand Song Army crossbowmen were already in full formation.
A Song Army scout galloped westward on the official road, bringing the latest intelligence about the Jurchen Army. At this moment, a Jurchen Ranger Cavalry appeared on the opposite side. They also galloped eastward on the official road. The two teams crossed
Coming closer.
A magical scene happened. Two scouts and spies actually passed each other. At the moment when they crossed paths, the two scouts were only one foot apart, but neither of them drew their swords to fight each other. Perhaps their respective intelligence was more important, so they passed each other.
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Not long after, the scouts of the Song army rushed to the front of the Song army, clasped their fists to the leader Liu Cui and said: "Commander, the enemy has launched. Thousands of Xi soldiers are marching towards this side in formation with large shields raised."
Sure enough, it was the Xi infantry who took the lead in attacking and used their Xi shields to break through the Song army's blockade.
At the same time, Wan Yanhuo Nu also received a report from the Ranger Cavalry. The Song Army had deployed two blockade lines with giant trees. If they wanted to rush through, the giant trees must be moved away.
Of course Wanyan Huonv knew that it was not just a giant tree, the Song army would definitely light it on fire to form two fire blockades. He had already learned this yesterday.
"Instruct the soldiers of the Xi tribe to carry two thousand bags of soil, put out the fire, and move the giant trees away."
Yesterday, they used earth to extinguish the giant tree fire array, and then used iron hooks to drag the giant tree away.
Five thousand Xi soldiers once again played the role of fire-fighting pioneers. Two thousand soldiers held large shields, five hundred soldiers held iron hooks, and the remaining soldiers carried bags of soil.
Five thousand soldiers of the Xi tribe marched forward in formation, slowly walking towards the blazing first blockade giant tree.
"They are coming!" Song soldiers shouted.
Liu Cui was rich in experience. He found that only the soldiers in front held large shields, forming a shield wall of ten rows, but the Xi soldiers in the back did not have shields.
"The messenger arm tilts upward to eject the enemy troops behind!"