Chen Qing guessed correctly, Wanyan Alu was in the woods less than fifty steps away from them.
Wanyan Alu also discovered the weakness of the military camp. The surrounding mountains were densely forested. As long as they did not take the mountain path or crawled on the mountain path, the opponent's crossbows would not be able to do anything to them.
Wanyan Alu hid behind a big tree and observed the terrain around the military camp.
Under the fence of the military camp is a steep slope of 1.5 feet high. According to today's standards, it is 4.5 meters high and the slope is about 80 degrees. The Jurchen soldiers could not climb it at all, so they had to go through the camp gate in the end.
But they can use ropes to pull down the camp fence, and then use bows and arrows to suppress the opponent and cover the soldiers' frontal attack.
Wanyan Alu waved his hand and called the three centurions forward.
"We don't have time to waste time with the Song army. We must completely wipe out each other in a battle tonight. The three of you follow my deployment. Yan Shulie will lead a hundred brothers to attack from the front. I will talk about the specific attack later, Yin Ya
He and Bolt each led fifty soldiers to support them from the left and right. We must first destroy the enemy's barracks."
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The time gradually reached the third watch, and dark shadows emerged from the woods on both sides of the mountain road.
There were dozens of people on each side, holding shields and spears, climbing up the muddy ground.
Hundreds of enemy soldiers also appeared on the mountain road. They were crawling on the mountain road, waiting for the opportunity to attack.
The Song Army sentries immediately discovered the opponent's situation, and the soldiers took up their positions one after another.
Chen Qing watched the movements of the enemy troops, but the night was pitch black, without stars and moonlight, and he could only see some vague shadows.
He could understand that the enemy attacked from the front, but why did they attack the two sides? The slope was one foot to five feet high. Several days of heavy rain had made the slope covered with mud and extremely slippery. They could not climb up at all. What did the Jurchens want to do?
However, the development of the situation no longer allowed Chen Qing to think carefully. The figure of the opponent gradually became clearer and was approaching.
"shooting!"
Chen Qing gave an order, and the soldiers of the Song army squatted in front of the camp fence and raised their crossbows to shoot.
After a round of crossbow arrows were fired, only a few screams were heard, and at most four or five people were shot down by random arrows. The opponent had shields and armor, and the arrows could not penetrate them.
"Du Tou, they use ropes!"
Ropes flew from below and were accurately placed on the camp fence.
Chen Qing suddenly understood that the opponent wanted to bring down the barracks. The barracks were a barrier for soldiers. Without the barracks, the opponent's bows and arrows could suppress them.
"The first team cuts off the rope with me, and the rest of the soldiers shoot!"
Chen Qing shouted and slashed at a rope with his knife. "Crack!" The rope was cut off.
The Jurchen soldiers below got up and pulled the ropes together, and the camp fence began to shake violently.
Ten Song soldiers slashed at the ropes on the camp fence with their swords.
At the same time, the other Song soldiers also seized the opportunity when the opponent was unable to use their shields, and fired dense arrows at the enemy...
The camp fence of the military camp was not one piece, but made up of twenty sections, each section about two feet long. Chen Qing discovered the opponent's attempt in time and commanded it well, and most of the ropes were cut off.
However, three sections of the camp fence that were six feet wide were still pulled down, especially the two gaps on the east side that were connected together and were four feet wide. The enemy could block the gate of the camp gate with arrows through the gaps.
For these three gaps, the Jurchen soldiers also paid the price of nearly twenty casualties. Even Centurion Bolt was hit by two arrows and was seriously injured.
"Archery!"
Wanyan Alu roared loudly, and hundreds of Jurchen soldiers simultaneously fired arrows into the gap to the east.
The arrows were like a rapid rain, and several Song soldiers were unable to dodge. They were hit by random arrows and fell down screaming.
"Kill!" Wanyan Alu saw the opportunity and shouted sharply.
The soldiers who were attacking the camp gate on the mountain road stood up one after another, raised their shields and walked towards the camp gate step by step. However, the crossbows could not be pushed through, and arrows were fired from the gap to seal the camp gate.
The situation was critical, Chen Qing shouted to Yang Hua, the escort: "Ten shield bearers, block the gap!"
"Follow the order!"
Yang Hua divided his troops into two groups, and ten soldiers rushed forward with their shields in hand, blocking the gap with their shields.
But this was just a power ploy. Yang Hua led another ten soldiers to drag out the bodies of the Jurchen Army piled in the northwest corner.
These are the corpses of more than thirty Jurchen soldiers who were shot by Fuzhen's crossbow during the day, and their armor has been stripped off.
They dragged the corpses to the gap and piled them up one on top of another.
This is called a human target, also known as a meat pile. It was invented by the Liao army, which made full use of the corpses of fallen enemy soldiers to resist bows and arrows.
Another dense burst of arrows came, and the arrows were all nailed to the corpse. The gap was blocked and no more arrows could be fired into the camp.
"Captain, those corpses... seem to be ours!"
Centurion Silver Fang discovered the secret of the human target.
Wanyan Alu punched the ground hard, his teeth grinding together.
He originally wanted to use the darkness to sneak attack on the opponent, but he did not expect that the sneak attack was discovered by the Song army, making the attack on both sides too costly.
Moreover, the gap that was finally opened was blocked by the other party in a shameful way. His plan was completely outweighed by the gain.
Wanyan A'lu couldn't help but became angry and shouted: "Concentrate your troops and attack the enemy's camp."
The original attack team of 100 people increased to 150 people, led by centurions Yan Shulie and Yinya.
Just as the soldiers blocked the gap with their shields, the crossbows were already pushed up and aimed at the Jurchen soldiers on the mountain road. The Jurchen soldiers were already ten steps away.
"Shoot!" Chen Qing shouted.
The bed crossbow fired twenty-five jackdaw iron arrows with great force. The Jurchen soldiers running in front fell to the ground one after another, screaming in agony, and many of them were shot through the body by the iron arrows.
Then the second round of crossbows was fired. In the chaos, crossbow arrows were fired from both sides. The Jurchen soldiers on the mountain road suffered heavy casualties.
The bed crossbow needed to be cocked, and there was a brief pause. Centurion Yan Shulie shouted, "Follow me!"
He rushed forward with a spear, and the hundreds of Jurchen soldiers behind him rushed towards the camp gate.
The situation was critical, Chen Qing roared and charged forward with a spear.
Chen Qing was wearing the black lacquer armor of a Jurchen soldier who died in battle. This armor was actually the armor of the Liao Imperial Guards. It was made by the most sophisticated Han craftsmen in Youzhou. It was stronger and stronger than the yellow velvet armor of ordinary Jurchen cavalry, and could effectively resist
Jurchen cavalry's armor-piercing arrows.
The thirty Song soldiers behind Chen Qing also put on the black armor of the Jurchen Ranger Cavalry. Although the armors of the two armies were exactly the same, their helmets were different. The Song soldiers wore iron helmets with hair on the inside, and on the outside.
Wear a hat.
Chen Qing roared, and the big iron spear was as fast as lightning, piercing the opponent's general.
Opposite Chen Qing was the centurion Yan Shulie. The opponent's iron spear was too fast. Yan Shulie raised his spear to block it. Unexpectedly, the opponent's move was a feint. He missed it. He secretly screamed that something was not good and retreated hurriedly.
But it was too late, I just felt a pain in my chest.
‘Poof!’ The iron spear pierced Yan Shulie’s chest, and Yan Shulie screamed and died immediately.
Yan Shulie's death demoralized the Jurchen army, and they were killed by more than thirty Song soldiers and forced them to retreat.
Wanyan A'lu was furious and shouted sternly, "The whole army will be escorted up!"
Wanyan A'lu made a desperate move and escorted the last fifty Jurchen soldiers up. There were two hundred Jurchen soldiers on the mountain road, and Wanyan A'lu personally commanded from behind.
"Woo——"
The horns of the Jurchen soldiers blew loudly, resounding through the mountains and forests.
The Jurchen soldiers on the mountain road surged forward like a turbulent wave. The soldiers on both sides raised their shields to defend against the Song army's crossbows. Countless spears fought in front of the military camp.
"Get out of the way!"
Zheng Ping from the escort team shouted from behind, and the Song soldiers moved out of the way. Several crossbows rushed out from the gap one after another. Eighteen jackdaw iron arrows were all shot out. The twenty-odd Jurchen soldiers facing them were shot down by the iron arrows.
, there was a lot of screams.
Chen Qing turned around and shouted: "Keep going!"
"Du Tou, the Jackdaw Iron Arrow is gone!"
Chen Qing's heart sank. What he was most worried about finally appeared.
……….
At the most critical moment, Song's crossbow stopped firing, and Wanyan Alu realized that the opponent's crossbow had run out of arrows.
He shouted excitedly: "The Song Army has no more crossbows. Charge forward and kill them all!"
The Jurchen soldiers attacked like a wave, and the Song army also attacked them all. They had no way to retreat.
Chen Qing waved his gun and shouted: "Brothers, our great Song Dynasty would rather die in battle than retreat!"
"Never back down!"
The soldiers of the Song Army roared in unison and fought hard towards the Jurchen soldiers. Even the seriously injured soldiers in the cave dwellings joined the battle. They started a bloody fight in front of the gate of the military camp. One group of soldiers fell and another group of soldiers came up to kill them.
……….
Chen Qing was hit by a spear in his leg, bleeding profusely, and was dragged down by the soldiers.
He simply bandaged up and stood up to check the battle situation. He found that the Song army suffered nearly half casualties, with only about fifty people left. However, there were still more than a hundred people on the other side. If this continued, their entire army would definitely be destroyed.
"Yang Hua!"
"The humble position is here!"
Chen Qing handed him his spear and said, "You lead the soldiers to resist, and I will buy time to go around and kill the enemy general."
"Follow the order!"
Yang Hua took the spear and rushed out.
Chen Qing picked up the only divine arm crossbow in the warehouse and said to Zhao Xiaoyi: "Lead the way for me and let's go around it!"