She Song

Chapter 236
Things in the world often change the direction because of a detail, and even determine success or failure at critical moments.

Although the Jurchens had the reputation of being invincible in the world, Wu Shu, who had always been famous for their bravery, was completely discouraged when they saw the fire gradually spreading all over the mountains and plains.

Facing the power of nature, non-human beings can resist!

Rushing back to Gubeiguan, Zong Wang and Xi Yin still didn't know anything about it. After listening to Wu Shu's story, they remained silent.

Wu Shu half-knelt in front of his second brother and said sadly: "It was Wu Shu's momentary negligence that trapped the entire army in despair. Please enforce the military law!"

Xiyin knew that Wu Shu was indeed at fault in this matter, but now that the four thousand army was at the end of its rope, what was the use of killing his own people?
So he appealed to Zong Wang: "Although Wu Shu was wrong, he still achieved success in conquering the pass. At this time, the enemy is approaching, let him use his merits as punishment!"

Zong Wang looked around and suddenly said with a smile: "Isn't it just an escaped southerner who set a fire? There's nothing terrible! How long do you think this mountain fire can last?"

Xiyin replied doubtfully: "There are a lot of dead grass and rotten leaves in the mountains and forests here. I'm afraid it will take at least half a day to burn..."

Zong Wang said calmly: "Then we will wait here for a long time!"

Xiyin suddenly became enlightened.

That's right, if you can't leave now, just wait until the fire is out. Gubeikou is a checkpoint after all. The enemy is chasing light cavalry. They don't bring any equipment at all. No matter how many people they have, it will be in vain in front of Guanqiang and Jurchen warriors. As for The infantry of the Song Army arrived with artillery and other equipment, and the mountain fire had long been extinguished.

"Yes! The Second Prince has seen clearly. We can just rest here and wait until the fire is out before we leave!"

Wu Shu was stunned. Is it that simple?

"If the southerners come to attack..."

Suddenly he also understood that the opponent had no artillery now, and the Jurchens had the advantage of city defense. One was ebbing and the other was ebbing. It was a dream for the Zhenguo Army to conquer Gubeiguan!

Seeing that his brother understood, Zong Wang waved his hand and said, "Now that you understand, go to the south wall and keep an eye on it. You must guard it for a long time. If there are any more omissions, you will be punished for both crimes without leniency!"

"Yes!" Wu Shu escaped and immediately took the order and led his guards up to the south wall.

A hundred steps south of the wall, the Song cavalry carrying torches spread backward along the mountain road, like a huge fire dragon with no end.

long time?As long as there was food and drink and the opponent had no artillery, Wu Shu thought he could defend the enemy for three days and three nights.

Come on, let's see whose knife is sharper?
Then, in order to stimulate the soldiers of the Zhenguo Army, the Jurchen soldiers cut into pieces the corpses of the original Gubei defenders and threw them out of the wall. They even engaged in various acts of insulting the corpses...

After chasing for a day and a night, Jiang Queer and Zheng Liang finally caught up with the Jurchens at Gubeikou, but they all had doubts. Since Zong Wang had conquered the pass, why did he hold on and not retreat?

Seeing the Jurchens' crazy and shameless behavior, Zheng Liang and others were furious. The pursuit of the Jurchens was originally the order of the King of Zhenbei. Now that the remains of the martyrs were so insulted, how could they endure it?
He immediately ordered the cavalry to dismount and use them as infantry to attack the pass.

Jiang Que'er quickly grabbed him: "Old Zheng, don't fall for the trap! If you attack like this, they will have an advantageous location and we won't be able to get any advantage, and the losses will be huge."

Zheng Liang looked at the one-foot-high south wall and the Jurchen soldiers who were waiting in full formation. If they attacked by force, the losses would indeed be huge.

"Then what should we do? You can't just waste it like this?"

Jiang Que'er looked at the steep mountains on both sides and said, "No matter what, it's not too late to find out what's going on inside the customs before attacking... You go up and take a telescope to the front and look carefully!" He pointed at a few His subordinates issued orders.

Seven or eight special operations team members immediately divided into two teams and took out various equipment to climb the stone wall.

Zheng Liang looked at the nearly cliff-like mountains on both sides and asked worriedly: "Is it possible?"

"Climbing is a basic subject for the special operations team. Don't worry, there will be news soon."

Sure enough, Zheng Liang immediately saw seven or eight people using their hands and feet to quickly climb up the stone wall in coordination with each other, and soon disappeared among the vegetation.

Soon, news came from the condescending special forces team members: There were nearly a hundred gold soldiers on the pass wall, and there was also a large group of gold soldiers inside the pass. They were already moving forward along the mountain peak to continue their investigation.Zheng Liang scratched his head and asked doubtfully: "It's really strange. The golden dog actually stayed in the pass. Is he too tired and needs to be repaired?"

Jiang Que'er frowned and thought hard, and suddenly he said: "It's not like, they just got supplies in Tanzhou... Could it be that something unexpected happened that forced the Jin army to stop here?"

"What's the emergency? Zong Wang is dead, so he should run away quickly. They didn't even stop in Tanzhou, how could they stop in Gubei?"

Neither of them could understand it. After a while, news came from the cliff again.

"There are over a thousand Jin soldiers in the pass, and there are also a large number of gold soldiers outside the north pass... Well, the red light above the two miles north of the pass is suspected to be caused by wildfires, and further investigation is needed."

Oh!
The latter sentence caught Jiang Queer's attention. He immediately took out the map and quickly found "Eagle's Beak Cliff" by the light of the fire.

The Eagle Beak Cliff is a particularly narrow area with high mountains on both sides. It has always been a good place for ambushes. Similarly, if you burn a fire, you will be unable to pass for at least half a day.

No wonder Zong Wang wants to defend Gubeikou!

Jiang Queer and Zheng Liang looked at each other, and they both knew one thing clearly: in order to prevent the Jurchens from escaping, the Gubei defenders deliberately set fire to the Eagle Beak Cliff.

This was a stroke of genius to completely annihilate Zongwang's troops and buy him half a day!

The person who set the fire was a hero and deserved the first prize!
Zheng Liang asked: "Depending on the situation, Zongwang Laogou is forced to guard the gate. After three hours, they can run back..."

"Go back?" Jiang Que'er said sarcastically with a murderous look on her face: "It's better to send them back to their hometown!"

"Can you take down the wall?"

Jiang Queer looked at the gradually whitening morning light, then looked at the more than a thousand elite special operations team members behind him, and said: "Raise troops for a thousand days, use them for a moment! Since the Jurchens are so arrogant and barbaric, let them see what it means." Special Operations!”

"I order: The first special operations team will block the north wall from the left, and the second special operations team will block the south wall from the right. They can use explosive packets and fuel bombs in a small area to annihilate the enemies in the pass within half an hour. Is there any problem? "

The two captains stood at attention at the same time and saluted: "No problem, I promise to complete the mission!"

Jiang Queer returned the military salute and said: "Execute it, I'm waiting for your good news!"

As the order for the special forces attack was conveyed, 400 people on each side of the mountain wall quickly climbed up using ropes, and then dropped more ropes.

In less than a moment, more than 700 special operations team members had disappeared into the dense vegetation.

"Ah Que, your soldiers are really powerful!" Zheng Liang couldn't help but praise when he saw that all the special forces members were agile and could climb mountains and ridges as if they were walking on flat ground.

Jiang Queer put down the telescope and said, "It's obvious from this special terrain that we are no match for the cavalry brigade on the plains."

Zheng Liang said: "It can't be compared like this. At least my 1000 cavalry can't kill more than [-] Jurchen cavalry. It's a one-on-one comparison. To be honest, the golden dog's cavalry shooting is really powerful!"

Jiang Queer nodded and said: "People wear crotchless pants and play under the horse. Practice makes perfect. But among us Song people, except for the dignitaries, who can raise a horse?"

The two of them were paying attention to the situation at the critical moment while talking. At this moment, they heard a "bang" and a thick smoke rose from the top of the north wall.

Immediately afterwards, a large group of fireworks also appeared on the south wall, making a violent explosion, followed by rumbling explosions one after another.

Knowing that the special forces had launched an attack, Zheng Liang put down his mask, raised his sword high, and ordered: "All members of the cavalry brigade charge and kill all the golden dogs!"

After that, he urged his war horse and took the lead towards the south wall of Gubei.

(End of this chapter)