Fenghou

Chapter 38 First Battle

The arrows under the city were shot at the top of the city like locusts, tightly suppressing the soldiers at the top of the city, preventing the soldiers on the top of the city from leaning forward and shooting down.

The speed of the attack was very fast. Even though they were attacked by crossbowmen of the Song Army behind them, and people kept falling with arrows, there were still too many enemy troops besieging the city. Dozens of soldiers climbed to the battlements first, and fought fiercely with the Song Army at the top of the city. If they want to jump on the top of the wall, the other side wants to drive them off.

The two sides fought together, and the crossbowmen of the puppet army stopped firing and began to retreat quickly, out of the range of the Song army. In just a quarter of an hour of the bow and arrow battle, the puppet army crossbowmen suffered nearly [-] casualties.

But without their cover, it was impossible for the soldiers of the puppet army to attack the city so smoothly. In fact, the casualties of the crossbow soldiers were exchanged for the smooth attack of the city.

This is also the rich experience accumulated by the enemy's general Xia Jin in long-term combat. He knows very well that he must pay a price to gain something.

The fierce battle on the top of the city was in a state of stalemate. The soldiers of the Song Army fought fiercely with the enemy with their tenacious will, continuously assassinating enemy soldiers one by one and throwing them out of the city.

And the soldiers defending the city were pierced by enemy spears from time to time, and fell down to death...

The soldiers of the Song army defending the city were all new recruits and had no experience in defending the city. Even the general Chen Qing also had no experience in defending the city. He and Yang Yuanqing each led [-] soldiers as mobile reinforcements. Wherever there was danger, they rushed forward immediately. support.

In this offensive and defensive battle, the Song Army played very passively. They obviously had the advantage of being condescending, but they failed to fully utilize it.

Chen Qing already understood that the root cause was still on the siege ladder. If the enemy's siege was not destroyed, the enemy would continue to attack him, and finally defeated himself with superior forces.

At this moment, a soldier shouted: "Commander, Xicheng... broke through!"

As soon as Chen Qing turned his head, he saw a dike break in the west, and countless enemy soldiers rushed to the top of the wall.

He yelled, "Come with me!"

With a swing of his big iron spear, Chen Qing led thirty soldiers towards the westernmost point.

In just a moment, Chen Qing rushed to the place where the embankment broke. Dozens of enemy troops had already been killed on the top of the city. The westernmost passage was completely opened, and the enemy soldiers were still pouring upward. Desperately resisted, but the number of enemy troops was too large, and they were killed and retreated steadily.

An enemy general flew up and down with an ax in his hand, his face was full of flesh, and he looked very fierce. At his feet lay the corpses of five Song soldiers, some with different heads, and some with their heads split in half. Flowing all over the place, the death was extremely miserable.

"go to hell!"

Chen Qing shouted, and stabbed the enemy general with his long spear. This shot was as fast as lightning and powerful.

"Good come!"

The general had a double axe, holding down the tip of the gun, with some strength, Chen Qing sneered, raised his arms upwards, the general yelled, and the two axes were lifted into the sky.

'puff! 'The spear had pierced into his chest, the general yelled and was killed immediately.

Chen Qing grabbed a broad ax that fell from the air, and handed it to a soldier behind him.

"Take it first!"

With a swing of his long spear, he stabbed at the enemy like a storm, killing five or six people in an instant, and his thirty subordinates also rushed forward, killing more than ten of the enemy in a row, dividing the enemy into two.

Chen Qing stabbed the three soldiers who had just rushed to the top of the wall and turned them down, then turned around and shouted, "Where is the axe?"

The soldier hurriedly handed the sharp ax to Chen Qing, and Chen Qing leaned out of the city, and struck with the ax fiercely.

'Crack! 'The left handrail of the siege ladder was cut off, and the siege ladder tilted suddenly, crumbling, and the dozen or so soldiers below all shouted in fright.

Without hesitation, Chen Qing raised the ax and cut the right handrail in two. He then pushed hard, and the siege ladder lost its iron hook, lost its balance and quickly slid down to the left. A dozen soldiers on the ladder screaming and falling into the ditch,

The last dozen or so enemy soldiers who attacked the city had no way out, and were killed by the Song army in despair.

Chen Qing sternly ordered: "Pass my order, cut off the straps of the siege ladder as soon as possible!"

The iron hooks of the siege ladders were tied together with the ladders by belts, and cutting off the belts meant that the siege ladders would lose their fixation, and the defenders could overturn them to the next city.

The Song army found the weakness of the siege enemy army, and they cooperated tacitly. As the belts were cut off by sharp swords, in just a short time, the remaining seven siege ladders lost their iron hooks, and one after another rushed to attack the city. Overturned by the Song army, the puppet soldiers on the ladder fell into the city, causing heavy casualties.

Xia Jin could see clearly from a distance. He knew that there was no hope of attacking the city today, so he ordered: "Retreat!"

'when!when!when! '

The bell for the withdrawal of troops rang, and hundreds of puppet troops retreated like a tide.

In this battle, more than [-] soldiers of the Puppet Army suffered casualties, and soldiers of the Song Army defending the city also suffered more than [-] casualties.

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Xia Jin led the puppet army to retreat slowly to the camp outside the canyon.

Chen Qing ordered the city gates to be opened to clear the battlefield, especially enemy soldiers to be burned and buried deeply to prevent the outbreak of the disease.

On the top of the city, Yang Yuanqing sighed and said, "Today's battle was very passive! I never thought that a puppet army would be so strong."

Chen Qing said in a deep voice: "This siege battle is a mirror that reveals our various deficiencies, but it also brings us valuable lessons and experience, telling us that we should not underestimate the enemy at any time and in any place. !"

Yang Yuanqing said with shame: "The commander is right, we really underestimated the enemy."

Chen Qing simply sent someone to find Yang Hua and the other three generals.

"I want to use this opportunity to summarize the experience and lessons of this siege battle for everyone. Everyone can add."

Chen Qing calmly said to the crowd: "Vice General Yang said that we were very passive in this siege battle. We were indeed very passive. I think there are three main reasons!"

Yang Hua, Zheng Ping, and Luo Gan all looked solemn and listened to the general's summary.

"On the one hand, the opponent's general has more experience in deploying troops, and suppressed us with bows and arrows. At first, I didn't understand that our crossbowmen were all hiding behind the battlements. What's the use of his crossbow array? I later learned that his army When attacking the city, there is almost no pressure, and it is very smooth to reach the top of the city."

Yang Yuanqing nodded, "It's one thing that the opposing general has experience, but I have to admit that their soldiers are very brave, completely different from the Han army we usually come into contact with."

Chen Qing smiled and said: "You didn't realize that although they call themselves the Han army, they are not actually Han people!"

Yang Yuanqing was stunned. He thought for a while and said, "I haven't noticed the commander, but it seems to be the case. The faces are different from ours."

"They should be vassal soldiers in the Western Army, Qiang people, Dangxiang people, etc. They are good at fighting in mountainous areas, and attacking cities is also their strong point. Their combat effectiveness is no less than that of the Jurchen army. Today I have seen their strength."

Chen Qing glanced at Zheng Ping, Yang Hua, and Luo Gan next to him, and continued: "The third reason is that we don't have enough experience in defending the city, and we don't know that dealing with the enemy's siege ladder is the key, and we are clearly in Qilinzhai used rolling logs to play a huge role, but when defending the city, they didn't think of using big stones and rolling logs, it really shouldn't be!"

When it comes to quarrying, Zheng Ping has the most right to speak. He quarried a piece of "Emperor's Stone" weighing several thousand catties, which fooled the defenders of Jiandao Pass.

He smiled and said, "Commander, quarrying rocks in the canyon is easy, and logging is actually not difficult. There is a pine forest two miles to the south."

"You're right, it's never too late to make up for it!"

Chen Qing immediately ordered Zheng Ping and Yang Hua to take [-] soldiers each to quarry and cut wood, preparing to roll wood and stone.

Xia Jin's army did not continue to attack after tentatively attacking Guancheng. Xia Jin received a message from Wanyan Wulu Kuaima ordering him to build siege weapons in Longzhou.

Xia Jin conscripted more than [-] carpenters and blacksmiths in Longzhou, and ordered soldiers to cut wood in all directions, collect iron objects from the people's homes, and start building siege ladders.

At the same time, Wanyan Wulu led [-] Jurchen cavalry, [-] puppet troops, and thousands of carts, left Pingliang Mansion, and marched towards Jiandao Pass in mighty force.

On the pass road, the black golden soldiers stretched for more than ten miles, with flags fluttering, drums rumbling, and horns whimpering. In front were ten thousand Jurchen cavalry. They were all fierce in appearance and strong in physique. Spears, murderous, everyone's eyes have a kind of beast-like cruelty.

Behind them are [-] Han troops. They not only participated in the battle, but also took care of the logistics support. The [-] Han troops were brightly armored and energetic. Each of them carried spears on their shoulders. Sea of ​​spears.

Behind them are more than [-] carts, carrying a large amount of various military supplies, even siege weapons, but there is no food and grass, and the food and grass transported by Xia Jin is in Siyang County, so they don't need to bring any more food .

At this time, the preparations for the battle in Jianbaiguan City reached its climax.

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