Although Zhao Hou wanted to use a battering ram to attack the North City Gate, Hu Yantong was the main general after all, so he ultimately implemented Hu Yantong's plan. Hu Yanqing personally led an army of 12,000 people under the cover of night, and went around to the north official road to ambush.
Zhao Hou was responsible for the feint attack on Nancheng. The next morning, the war drums rang loudly. Five thousand Song Army crossbowmen rushed forward and suppressed the soldiers at the top of the city with dense arrows. In addition, two thousand soldiers carried the troops compiled overnight.
There are more than a hundred wooden rafts, which can be used to climb the city with wooden blocks nailed on them.
They put on a posture of preparing for a large-scale attack, which frightened the soldiers on the top of the city. At this time, a thousand throwers, covered by the crossbowmen, rushed forward and threw small burning thin-skinned earthen pots onto the city.
This small earthen jar contained three kilograms of kerosene, which had been ignited with a layer of kerosene on the outside. It was thrown onto the top of the city by the throwers.
One after another, the fire jars were thrown on the city top, and then they broke into pieces. The fire oil overflowed and was ignited by the flames on the fragments. A thousand fire spots immediately appeared on the city top. The fire oil jars were thrown on the city head one after another.
Scattered fire points gradually connected into one, black smoke billowed from the top of the city, and fire raged.
Huyantong used common sense to judge the enemy's intentions. If the enemy valued Huoyi County and wanted to defend Huoyi County, they would definitely expand Huoyi County, build a strong city, and station a large number of troops. In this case, the city
More important than the army.
On the contrary, if the county town is dilapidated and small, and is not willing to spend financial resources and energy to rebuild it, and there are not many garrison troops, this situation is a typical situation where the army is more important than the city.
Huoyi belongs to the latter. Their army is more important than the city, because there are more important Yangliang Nanguan and Queshu Valley behind, which need more troops to guard.
The soldiers withdrew from the south city one after another. Thinking of the Song army's siege ladder, the defenders in the city realized that the head of the south city had been lost and the county seat could no longer be saved. General Wang Pei immediately ordered a retreat to the north.
The north city gate opened, and the five thousand troops quickly evacuated to the north. However, within ten miles of the withdrawal, only a drum was heard, and 12,000 Song troops rushed out from both sides of the official road, scattering the enemy troops to pieces.
, the Song army shouted in unison, "If the Han people don't kill the Han people, those who surrender will be spared death!"
At this time, the soldiers of the Xie Cong Army were no longer interested in fighting. Seeing the huge power of the Song Army, they were ambushed again. They were trembling with fear. When they heard the Song Army shouting, they knelt down and surrendered one after another.
The general Wang Pei galloped, but he met Hu Yantong head-on. Hu Yantong grabbed an enemy war horse, got on his horse, raised his gun and stabbed Wang Pei. Wang Pei was panic-stricken, raised his gun to block, and tried to escape with his life.
Although Hu Yantong's martial arts is a family inheritance, he is not qualified enough and his martial arts is only second-rate, but his opponent Wang Pei's martial arts is third-rate. When a second-rate encounters a third-rate, he becomes extraordinarily brave. The two horses cross each other, and Hu Yantong draws out his ancestral martial arts.
The steel whip was whipped to the back with a sharp crack, and the blades of the iron armor were scattered. Wang Pei spat out a mouthful of blood, shook his body, and fell off his horse.
Soldiers from both sides swarmed forward, knocked Wang Pei down and tied him up.
The general was captured, and some soldiers who still wanted to break out finally gave up and surrendered to the Song army. Five thousand people joined the army, more than 500 people were killed, more than 4,300 people surrendered, and a few people escaped.
Wang Hou led his army into the city, quickly took control of the entire city, and began to implement martial law. Next, they had to capture Yangliang South Pass, and then they could completely control the south entrance of Queshu Valley.
After five days of arduous march, Chen Qing's 100,000 troops were finally about to leave the valley, but they encountered a small trouble here. The Jurchens built a military city at the last exit, blocking the exit.
Of course, the Jurchen army only blocked the official road. You can still go out through the mountain through the side trail, but the war horses and baggage cannot go there. More than half of the 100,000 Song army are cavalry, and there are 30,000 camels. They must use the official road to get out.
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For Chen Qing, this military city is just a small problem. The military city is not big, with a circumference of only ten miles. It can station a few thousand people at most, but it is quite tall. The city wall is as high as three feet. It is built on a high place and is condescending.
It is a strong castle,
But these castles built on the mountains all have a common flaw, that is, there are places higher than them. However, the mountains on both sides of the military city in front of you are relatively gentle. Although there are high places, they are far away from the city.
You can't attack the military city from a high place.
Since the existing geographical environment cannot be used, Chen Qing has to create the conditions himself.
As soon as night falls, thick black dominates the sky. The clouds are quite thick tonight. Although there is a moon, it is obscured by clouds most of the time.
At this time, several black figures were slowly walking down the southern hillside. They were all dressed in black. In the dark night, the defenders on the city couldn't see the few black figures on the hillside at all, but the few black figures were still there.
Try to use shrubs and boulders to cover yourself.
These five black figures were three Song soldiers and two craftsmen. They were ordered to explore the structure of the city wall. After a while, the five people came to the junction between the foot of the mountain and the city wall.
"It's made of old city bricks!" A craftsman stroked the city wall for a moment and whispered.
The task of the two craftsmen was to evaluate the structure of the city wall and find the best place to place the gunpowder. The two immediately found the corner of the city wall. They looked at each other and their eyes lit up at the same time. This was it. They could see a long strip appearing on the wall.
Long cracks are through cracks.
As they expected, this is the biggest problem with using old bricks to build walls. Cracks are easy to appear at the corners. This is a big problem. It means that the strength and hardness of the bricks are not up to standard. Simply put, the internal structure has become
It is relatively loose, and no problems can be seen on newly built normal walls, but cracks and other problems will appear after a few years.
But the corners of the city wall are different. The old bricks here bear greater tension and pressure, and are more likely to cause problems.
One soldier went back to report, and the other two soldiers worked together with the craftsmen to unload a brick first. This brick had been crushed and could easily be taken out bit by bit.
Taking out one piece first, it would be easier later. The two soldiers quickly pried off more than twenty bricks with sharp iron crowbars. Half an hour later, two large dark holes appeared in front of them, and they were filled.
of silt.
At this time, more than a dozen soldiers slowly dragged down two huge wooden barrels. This was a huge wooden barrel filled with gunpowder. The barrels were made of extremely strong jujube wood and were as thick as 30%. Inside,
The gunpowder weighed 500 kilograms and its explosive power was astonishing.
This kind of powerful explosive firearm was produced during the Jingkang period, but there was not such a large amount of gunpowder, and the quantity was very rare. The same was true for the Western Army. The output of gunpowder was not high, so it could only give priority to small gunpowder barrels, such heavy gunpowder barrels.
Only twenty pieces were made in total, and they are generally not used easily.
Chen Qingdong only brought two of them during this expedition, and all of them were used on this military city.
In the distance, Chen Qing stood on a high place, staring at the dark shadow of the city wall. The night was indeed very cooperative tonight. He has not been discovered so far. He may not have this opportunity tomorrow.
Liu Qiong next to him said with a smile: "There should not be many defenders on the side, and the target is the corner, where there are the fewest defenders. Otherwise, no matter how dark the night is, they will be aware of it. I know this firsthand."
Chen Qing shook his head and said calmly: "You can't use your abilities to ask ordinary soldiers. You have worked hard to practice your eyesight and hearing since you were a child. Your eyesight, hearing and acuity are far better than ordinary soldiers. Even if you can't see someone on the other side, you can still feel it.
But ordinary soldiers can't do it. The top of the city is three hundred steps away from the hillside. It's so far away that they definitely can't see it."
Just as he was talking, a red light burst out in the distance, followed by two earth-shattering explosions, "Boom!". Three miles away, it felt like his heart was about to be shattered. The surrounding Song soldiers covered their ears and squatted down.
The entire military city was filled with black smoke. After calming down for a while, Chen Qing waved his sword and said, "Attack!"
"Woo——"
The low horn sounded, and 20,000 Song troops shouted and rushed towards the military city like a tide.
Dozens of miles away in Xihe County, Wanyan Huonv looked to the west with complicated eyes. Fifty miles away, he also heard a dull explosion.
Wanyan Huonv knew that Chen Qing's army must be attacking the military city.
Thinking that the enemy he had been waiting for for many years would finally meet, he felt an indescribable expectation in his heart, but he also felt an indescribable nervousness.