Fenghou

Chapter 40
The night is clear and bright, the moon is bright and the stars are sparse, and a round of bright and clean half moon hangs in the night sky like a green curtain, spreading the clear light all over the earth.

Under Guancheng, a special battle is going on intensely. More than [-] puppet soldiers are divided into two groups, [-] are responsible for digging and bagging soil, and [-] people are divided into [-] teams, carrying soil bags to count. The ditch a hundred paces away sprinted, throwing bags of dirt into the ditch.

While running, soldiers kept falling down and never getting up again.

Powerful arrows flew through the night sky, shooting at every soldier running
On the top of the city, the [-] soldiers of the Song Army were also divided into two teams, half of which were responsible for raising the crossbow and shooting, and the other half were responsible for winding the crossbow. , Increased the casualties of soldiers filling the ditch.

In the southeast corner, ten puppet soldiers rushed with mud bags on their shoulders. They were still [-] steps away from the ditch. More than a dozen powerful crossbow arrows shot at them. The faint green light of the arrow flickering.

"Ah!" Several soldiers screamed almost at the same time. Four soldiers were shot by the poisoned crossbow and fell to the ground, convulsing all over.

"Leave them alone, run!"

The leading soldier let out a low cry, and led several other soldiers to continue running. Ten steps away from the ditch, another few arrows shot, and three more fell down. Finally, the three threw the mud bag into the ditch, turned around and ran, After running a few steps, the three of them fell to the ground one after another and never got up again.

Teams of soldiers were shot to death by the crossbow arrows on the top of the city. At five o'clock, the trenches were less than half filled, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood.

The number of soldiers transporting mud bags was less than a thousand, and the front of the trench was full of puppet soldiers who were shot and killed. The thousand soldiers killed alone were enough to fill the remaining half of the trench.

"General, the casualties are too heavy. It's already the fifth watch, and I've only filled in half. I'm afraid I won't be able to complete the task."

Xia Jin looked at the night sky, and asked hoarsely, "How many more brothers?"

"Less than seven hundred people."

Xia Jin's heart twitched violently. In one night, [-] people were killed in battle.

Xia Jin thought of Wanyan Wulu's cruelty and ruthlessness, and his heart was bleeding with hatred. He immediately ordered: "Order all the soldiers to assemble!"

After a while, the exhausted soldiers regrouped, everyone was covered in mud, and their faces were full of frustration, fatigue and numbness to death.

It was impossible to surrender to the Song army, and he would surely die if he returned to the barracks. Xia Jin felt a slap in the face, he had no way out, and had to lead his army to flee to Xixia.

"let's go!"

Xia Jin led the remaining [-] soldiers to quickly evacuate to Taniguchi, but as soon as he arrived at Taniguchi, flames burst out on both sides, and thousands of Han soldiers surrounded them from all directions.

The leading general is a one-eyed general, Han Chang, a well-known Han general in the Jurchen army. He lost one eye in the Battle of Fuping, but his military strength has not diminished. He is currently serving as the left deputy general on the western front, commanding [-] Han troops.

Han Chang waved his sword and said coldly: "The camp is in the east, why does General Xia want to go west?"

Xia Jin was terrified, Wanyan Wulu actually set up an ambush to deal with him, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and say: "I am originally from Xixia, since the commander Wanyan doesn't tolerate me, I can only return to Xixia, the general is also Han, hope the general understand!"

Han Chang raised his head and laughed, but suddenly he stopped his smile and said coldly: "The commander ordered you to take down the Jiandao Pass, but you ended it in a single battle. You delayed the army's strategy to go south, how can the commander spare you?"

"But the coach asked me to make a siege ladder, but he didn't let me continue to fight!"

"That's just because I was afraid that you would surrender to the Song army, so I deliberately stabilized you. You are in command, don't you know that military orders are like mountains?"

Xia Jin knew that he would not be spared, he suddenly shouted, "Break out!"

So he pulled his horse to kill in the northwest direction. Han Chang sneered, drew his bow and set up an arrow, and shot it out.

'puff! '

This arrow was powerful enough to pierce iron, and the spike pierced Xia Jin's body, protruding from his chest. Xia Jin screamed and died instantly.

Han Chang yelled: "If one is not left, the whole army will be killed!"

At dawn, the ditch was completely filled up. Finally, Han Chang took action. He dispatched an army of [-]. He used the method of two people holding up shields and one carrying a mud bag to completely fill up the ditch in an hour. There are only more than three hundred people.

He also took away all the dead soldiers. Han Chang knew in his heart that they would bear the brunt of the epidemic. He was more cautious than Song Jun in dealing with the dead soldiers.

On the top of the city, the soldiers who had fought fiercely all night went down to the city to rest, and a new batch of guarding soldiers were replaced at the top of the city. Although Chen Qing fought until midnight, he was not sleepy and looked down at the city with a solemn expression.

He realized the threat of shields to Guancheng. The opponent was wearing hard armor and leather armor. If he held a shield, step bows and crossbow arrows would not be able to pierce the shield or leather armor. Leather armor, but that's because it has enough height. Shooting arrows downward from the height of ten floors, the acceleration of soldier arrows is enough to shoot through shields, but here it is only three stories high. If it is thrown upwards, soldier arrows may be able to shoot Pierce enemy shields.

But no matter how you shoot, there are only three hundred soldiers on the top of the city, and you can shoot and kill more than a thousand people at most, but the attack on tens of thousands of people is insignificant.

The key is still the hand-to-hand combat of the siege, which is the main battlefield. I used to value bows and arrows in the past, so I avoided it a bit.

"Replace all the orders with defensive bows!"

As for the more than forty bed crossbows, Chen Qing finally held back, they were his last weapons, and he would not take them out until the last moment.

Yang Hua led a group of soldiers to send boulders and logs to the top of the city. At this moment, a low-pitched horn sounded in the distance

"Ugh-"

The horn sounded outside the valley, Chen Qing's eyes narrowed into a line, and the war broke out again.

"Beat the drum, prepare to fight!"

Suddenly, the drums on the Guancheng were loud.

…………

The [-]-strong army shouted the bottom-sinking slogan, with a murderous look, and the formation was neat. The phalanx formed by the soldiers in black armor was like a black flag covering the valley.

They were all puppet soldiers. They were originally Song soldiers with low morale and loose military discipline. After surrendering to the Jin soldiers, they learned to plunder and kill with wolves. The animal nature in their bodies was stimulated, and their combat effectiveness became stronger.

Six thousand soldiers lined up in the valley with spears and shields in their hands. The dust was flying, and the tip of the spears flickered in the dark valley, and the canyon was filled with murderous aura.

There are dozens of siege ladders in the team, all of which are military siege ladders made by professional craftsmen. They are sturdy and wrapped in cowhide. The siege ladders made by carpenters in Siyang County are completely incomparable.

The general commanding this army is still General Han Chang, followed by [-] Jurchen cavalry far behind, holding spears or sharp axes, they are both supervisors and guards. Ten Jurchen generals.

Six thousand soldiers of the puppet army stopped one mile away from the pass city. Han Chang stared at the pass city for a moment.

"Whoever conquers the city will be rewarded with a hundred guan, and whoever conquers the city will be rewarded ten beauties with a thousand guan!"

Jin Bing has always been promising on the battlefield, as long as he can survive, the reward will be fulfilled, and the soldiers of the puppet army shouted excitedly.

Han Chang waved his saber and shouted: "Beat the drum! The first battalion strikes!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The huge war drum sounded suddenly, and a thousand soldiers of the puppet army lined up in front rushed towards the city with twenty siege ladders on their shoulders.
Han Chang was also experienced in many battles. The opponent's gate was narrow and could only accommodate two or three hundred people at most. Their arrow attacks did not affect the overall situation, not to mention that the soldiers had shields, so he didn't need to prepare a bow and arrow array.

On the top of the city, Chen Qing looked coldly at the thousand enemy soldiers rushing towards him like a tide, and he turned his head and ordered: "The bows of the defenders in the city shoot at the same time!"

(End of this chapter)