Dozens of gunpowder barrels suddenly fell on the heads of the Khitan cavalry behind them. This time, the Song army above used a small trebuchet, which was thrown farther and exploded on the heads of the Khitan cavalry. 'Boom! Boom! Boom!'
The explosion was deafening and reverberated in the valley. Thousands of poisonous spikes flew in all directions. The Khitan cavalry raised their shields to resist. Although the poisonous spikes could not penetrate their armor and shields, their legs and horses could not resist, and they were struck one after another.
The poisonous nails were hit, and the screams and the neighing of war horses resounded throughout the valley.
Many war horses went crazy and ran forward desperately, rushing towards the Xi army in front.
Amidst the explosions and screams, three thousand crossbow arrows were like a swarm of locusts that suddenly flew up, covering the sky with darkness.
The crossbow bolts flew over the shield wall and hit the soldiers in the rear. None of the soldiers in the rear had shields. In the dense rain of arrows, they had nowhere to escape. They were hit by arrows and screamed, and a large number of soldiers fell down.
At this time, hundreds of crazy war horses rushed into the crowd from behind, and the Xi soldiers were in chaos.
Wanyan Huonv hurriedly ordered the Khitan cavalry to retreat, but the Xi soldiers continued to attack. Wanyan Huonv also had rich combat experience. He knew that the reason why he was shot down by the Song army's crossbow bolt was the distance. As long as the distance was shortened, the projectile would be meaningless.
You can only shoot flatly, and then the shield wall will take effect.
Wan Yan Huo Nu shouted loudly: "Beat the drum!"
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The earth-shattering drum sound echoed in the valley.
Thousands of Xi soldiers began to run. The two thousand soldiers in front held their shields high, and the soldiers carrying soil bags were caught among them.
They were getting closer and closer to the fire line of the giant tree. Suddenly, the hundreds of soldiers running in front screamed and fell one after another. They stepped on the thorns on the ground, and the slender and sharp iron nails pierced the soles of their feet, which was painful.
Tolerate.
"Throw kerosene balls!" Liu Cui ordered coldly. This was their trump card.
'Bang! Bang! Bang!' Hundreds of small trebuchets were launched at the same time, and burning balls of kerosene hit the top of the shield wall. Dozens of soldiers instantly turned into burning men and ran towards the river wailing.
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The kerosene that had been buried on the ground was ignited, and the official road within two hundred steps turned into a sea of fire, and thousands of soldiers fell into the sea of fire.
They shouted in fear, some turned around and ran for their lives, while others rushed to the river first.
Three thousand divine arm crossbows were fired again, this time with three shots, and the stormy crossbow arrows were fired at the enemy in chaos. This time, the effect was remarkable. Rows of enemy soldiers were shot down. After one round of arrows, another
After one round of shooting, the five thousand Xi tribe soldiers completely collapsed in front of the powerful crossbow formation. They threw away the soil and turned around and ran wildly. The first attack ended in a disastrous defeat at the cost of two thousand people killed.
At this time, 5,000 Xi soldiers were also forcibly attacking on the top of the mountain, trying to seize this abandoned old official road.
The old official road is much narrower than that in the valley. It is about three feet at its widest point and only one foot at its narrowest point. Gaoding placed dozens of giant trees on the mountain road, but not to light fires, but to provide cover for the soldiers.
, they have arrows, and the other party can also shoot arrows...
Gao Ding looked coldly at the enemy troops hundreds of meters away, so dark that he couldn't see the end of them.
In fact, Gaoding had countless ways to deal with the enemy. He threw iron caltrops and burned them with kerosene. He only had to fill them with kerosene within two hundred meters, then cover them with a thin layer of soil, and he could burn and kill thousands of people with one fire.
But Gaoding decided to use the family-killing strategy, which completely stopped Jin Bing's idea.
On the mountain road, rows of Xi soldiers approached step by step, holding their shields high. "Attack!" a captain shouted, and the Xi soldiers accelerated at the same time and ran towards the Song army with short spears in hand.
The soldiers of the Xi tribe behind fired crossbows one after another, and the arrows were like rapid rain, shooting at the Song army two hundred steps ahead, trying to suppress the Song army with their arrows.
The soldiers of the Song Army hid behind the giant trees and lowered their heads to avoid the arrows fired by the enemy. After one round of arrows, the Song Army began to counterattack.
"Fire the arrow!"
Gao Ding gave an order, and ten bed crossbows were fired at the same time. Fifty jackdaw arrows were extremely powerful and shot at the rushing enemy.
Shoot through, not to mention there are only two hundred steps now.
The jackdaw arrow effortlessly penetrated the shield and armor at the same time. The soldiers running in front fell down one after another, but it did not affect the attack of the Xi soldiers, or even their running speed. They directly trampled on their companions.
corpses running.
The second row of ten bed crossbows fired immediately, and another fifty jackdaw arrows were fired at the enemy, knocking down dozens of people again. A row of five bed crossbows was fired, and nearly two hundred soldiers were killed, but for
For the five thousand enemy troops on the mountain road, the casualties of two hundred people were nothing.
The crossbows did not affect the running speed of the Xi soldiers. They were getting closer and closer to the Song army, only less than a hundred steps away.
"retreat!"
Gao Ding gave an order, and the soldiers of the Song army retreated one after another. Gao Ding pulled out a fire stick, flicked it into the wind, and lit a match beside him.
Gao Ding held a spear in his hand and fired the arrows. He was the last one and followed all the soldiers and ran westward.
The Xi soldiers cheered and swarmed up at a faster speed. At this moment, they heard an earth-shattering explosion. One hundred kilograms of gunpowder buried at the bottom of the mountain path exploded. The mountain path that was more than ten feet long collapsed suddenly, killing hundreds of enemy soldiers.
They fell down the valley together, and the dust filled the air.
When the dust was blown away by the wind, the mountain road that was seventeen or eighty feet long disappeared and turned into a steep slope. This was exactly the same as the method of blowing up the mountain road on Wuren Road. This was not a coincidence between Liu Qiong and Gaoding.
Okay, this is actually a case in the gunpowder combat manual, and all generals above the commander-in-chief have a copy of it.
Of course, this method can only be used by making full use of the soil mountain roads in the Loess Plateau. If it were the granite mountain roads in the Taihang Mountains, this method would not work at all.
Gaoding withdrew a mile away, detonated another hundred kilograms of gunpowder, and collapsed another section of the mountain road. This time, it was more powerful. More than thirty feet of the mountain road was blown down. Two blasts were completed, and the official road was abandoned.
There is basically no suspense in the battle for the battle.
The two huge explosions could be heard for more than 20 miles. Even Wanyan Yinkeshu, who was supervising the battle from behind, was alarmed. He asked anxiously: "Where is this explosion?"
The soldiers looked at each other, "Go and find out quickly!" Wanyan Yinkeshu ordered.
Several soldiers urged the horses to gallop away
At this time, the Song army in the valley rearranged their defenses, and Liu Cui ordered all 450 bed crossbows to be placed in front of the giant wooden formation. The giant trees were stacked relatively high, blocking the bed crossbows' firing.
Only by putting it in the front can it play a powerful role.
At the same time, Wanyan Huonv began to launch the second round of attack. Although the Xi soldiers had been killed in fear, they had no choice. Five hundred Jurchen swordsmen and axemen were behind to intimidate 3,000 Xi soldiers and 2,000 Khitan soldiers.
Charging forward, they had only one mission, to break through the giant wooden formation and create conditions for the cavalry behind to attack.
"Kill!" a captain of thousands roared, and five thousand Donghu soldiers rushed towards the giant wooden formation one mile away. Running in front were still a thousand shield troops, holding their big shields high and desperately charging towards them.
Running forward.
The Song army moved part of the giant trees on the river. This was a retreat path specially reserved for the two thousand soldiers manipulating crossbows. However, it also gave the enemy soldiers a glimmer of hope, so that most of the soldiers were running across the water.
After crossing the 400-step line of the Song Army, Liu Cui gave the order, "Fire arrows from the crossbow!"
Four hundred and fifty bed crossbows were fired at the same time, and more than two thousand jackdaw arrows shot out of the air at high speed, shooting in front of the enemy in an instant. It seemed as if everything had slowed down, and the strong shields were powerful.
The sharp iron arrows pierced through, and the jackdaw arrows penetrated the armor again and entered the human body. The Xi soldiers twisted their bodies and fell on their backs. In just one round of firing, more than 700 of the 1,000 heavy shield soldiers were killed.
The shield wall suddenly disappeared while running, and the six thousand divine crossbowmen started firing three-stage fire again. Crossbow bolts as dense as raindrops shot into the running enemy troops. The enemy troops fell one by one, in the water and on the official road.
, wailing all over the field, and countless soldiers even let out emergency screams, full of despair, helplessness, and fear of death.
The crossbow array composed of six thousand divine arm crossbowmen and four hundred and fifty bed crossbows was extremely powerful. In just three rounds of shooting, more than 20,000 powerful crossbow bolts were fired, and the five thousand soldiers almost disappeared into thin air.
At this time, Wanyan Yinkeshu got the news that the mountain road was blown up by the Song Army. At this time, he had never heard that gunpowder could be used to blow up the mountain road. He stared at the valley for a while, and finally realized that he was facing
That's right, the Song Army was so powerful that they couldn't break through the Song Army's canyon interception.
Hopes dashed, Wanyan Yinkeshu was completely in despair. With such a powerful opponent, how could he capture Guanzhong?
Wanyan Yinkeshu let out a long sigh, "Order the entire army to withdraw from the canyon!"
