Volume 1 Chapter 13 The Battle of Two Famous Arrows

Wang Zizhao opened the blood book, which was written by Fei Zhong the day before he knew that he was dead and the city was broken, and he wrote at the beginning: "Chen Zhongyan: The minister will say goodbye to His Majesty with this book today!" When he wrote this book, he was still one in the world; When His Majesty read this book, the minister had become a ghost in the underworld. The minister wrote this book, tears and blood and ink together, I can't write and want to put down the pen, and I am afraid that Your Majesty will not notice my intentions, saying that I will give up Your Majesty and die, and I don't know that Your Majesty does not want me to die, so I forbear and be sad for Your Majesty's words......"

Next, Fei Zhong gave a detailed introduction to the enemy's soldiers and horses, siege tactics, and other information received by the spies, as well as our armament and combat measures, the killing of the enemy, and the tragic sacrifice of soldiers.

Finally, Fei Zhong wrote: "...... Since Zhong entered the Korean War, he has always felt His Majesty's love for his ministers, and this thought made me brave to die. Since Zhong met His Majesty, he has always wished for a family reunion in the world; However, the enemy has not been destroyed, and the heart is happy, how many can? There are clouds in the Analects: the benevolent, the old, and the old; The young of me, and the young of man. With the heart of respecting His Majesty, he helps the people of the world to love what he loves, so he dares to die before His Majesty, regardless of His Majesty. Your Majesty should think of the people of the world, and should be happy to sacrifice my body to seek eternal happiness for the people of the world. Your Majesty, don't be sad! ”

This book is sonorous and powerful, the patriotic heart of the loyal monarch is clear on the paper, there is not a word about the parents and family, the people who hear it are all sad and those who see it are all crying, the king of Nanping County fought side by side with Fei Zhong back then, like a brother, and listened to the words of the soldiers, he was already full of sadness, and now he reads this letter again, and he can't help but hold his head and cry. At that moment, someone suddenly shouted: "Avenge General Fei Zhong!" Avenge the dead brothers! So, the three armies raised their arms at the same time and shouted: "Restore my rivers and mountains, and swear not to return!"

Due to the ferocity of the enemy, many generals suggested following General Fei Zhong's last words before his death, deepening the trenches and adding barriers, while retreating to Miyun Pass. But at this time, Wang Zizhao had already surged in blood because of his youth and vigor, and said with great righteousness: "Husband war, courage, now, because of the death of General Fei Zhong, our army is strong and angry, and swallows mountains and rivers, and they all have the determination to die, just to avenge General Fei Zhong and the dead brothers." As the saying goes, the mourning soldiers will win, and they must not retreat at this time. The king of Nanping County also seconded: "Your Highness, Juyong Pass is the first male pass in the world, and it is not able to defend it, Miyun Pass is located on flat ground, the city wall is short, and there is no danger to defend." At this time, if we retreat to Miyun Pass, our army will be dead. Chen was willing to lead 20,000 infantry for the vanguard and take the lead in meeting the Changrong cavalry. ”

Wang Zizhao then asked the generals on the left and right how far this place was from Miyun Pass, and Zhou Tong, a general, reported: "Marshal, at this time, the army has left Miyun Pass for more than ten kilometers."

"Give the order to go down, garrison on the spot, dig more trenches, and build more barriers, and prepare for battle." Wang Zizhao ordered.

What's next? Wang Zizhao summoned Shang to discuss with Li Chongli, the guard general of Miyun Pass, as well as the king of Nanping County, the left vanguard, and Liu Changlin, the superintendent of the army. Liu Changlin asked: "Marshal, Your Majesty is worried about the safety of General Fei Zhong before leaving, so he transferred 1,000 of the 3,000 bed crossbows guarding the capital and the palace for our army to drive, and the minister is willing to lead 30,000 archers to set up bed crossbows for the queen of Nanping County."

Yunmengguo's bed crossbow is a large bow and arrow, more than 2 meters high, with pulleys and wooden frames installed underneath, each of which requires almost dozens of soldiers to control, and there are special personnel to aim, hammer, and launch. The arrows used are made of wood and the iron is a feather, which is known as "one gun and three swords and arrows". This arrow is actually a spear with a feather, which is very destructive. The bed crossbow also fires "stamping arrows", which are nailed to the earthen walls in rows, and the besieging soldiers can use the arrows to enter the city. The effective range of the bed crossbow is about 600 meters, which is the longest shot among ancient Chinese weapons.

Since General Fei Zhong has passed away, the right vanguard is temporarily led by General Li Chongli, and the permanent garrison of Miyun Pass is only 30,000 people, and the front gallop to help Fei Zhong has damaged 20,000 horses, so now there are only 10,000 horses left, therefore, Li Chongli came out and said: "The last general asked the marshal to send 30,000 more horses to the last general's dispatch, and the last general is willing to lead 40,000 swords and axes to set up ambushes on both sides, and after the enemy enters our army's position, he will be responsible for cutting off his rear road."

Wang Zizhao himself decided to lead all the cavalry and some archers and part of the infantry as the central army, and lined up behind Liu Changlin's archers.

After everyone finished speaking, the merchant said slowly: "Since there is nothing to do with the villain, then I will boil 10,000 cauldrons of mung bean porridge and wait for you to celebrate."

As soon as he finished speaking, several generals felt that this was very inappropriate and were very angry: "How can front-line soldiers be born and die, how can they use the things they feed horses to celebrate their achievements."

Shang said: "The former villain observed the wound of the messenger sent by General Fei Zhong, and found that the wound contained in his arrow wound was the poison of aconitum (a kind of herb), which is a special poison made by the ghost prescription, I was an arithmetic at the beginning of my childhood, and was assigned to engage in accounting accounts and sending and receiving vouchers in southern Xinjiang.

So they went their separate ways. In addition to shields and spears, the king of Nanping also ordered his soldiers to remove the wooden planks that transported the grain, tied the marching quilts to the wooden planks, and at the same time, put long nails on the outside of the planks and quilts to prevent the cavalry from attacking in close quarters. In addition to boiling mung bean porridge, Shang Chen asked Wang Zizhao to send more than 1,000 soldiers to call him, and he didn't know what he was busy with.

Helian Bo fought for days, and now he has just completely annihilated the 100,000 elite soldiers of Fei Zhong, a famous general of Yunmeng Kingdom, and the 20,000 horses sent by the Miyun Pass guard to reinforce, and his heart is ecstatic, so he is not in a hurry to attack, and set up camp ten kilometers in front of the trench dug by Wang Zizhao's army, and slaughter livestock and feast, preparing to let the soldiers and horses eat and drink enough to rest for a while, and continue to fight again the next day.

That night, Wang Zizhao was resting in the army, when someone suddenly reported to him and asked to see him. Wang Zi Zhaozheng was so distressed that he couldn't sleep because of the crossbow arrows, and when he heard the great joy, he hurriedly called Mr. to come in. Shang Chen gave a slight salute to the prince Zhao and said: "Tomorrow, the villain will have a group of old people visiting, and ask the marshal to let the armies open up and be accommodating, don't be surprised." Wang Zizhao immediately promised and sent a message to let him go.

Shang Yu repeatedly pleaded: "The villain's deceased is from southern Xinjiang, and the way he met may be a little special, for fear of disturbing everyone, I hereby make it clear."

Wang Zizhao said: "Even if you are the old friend of Mr. and my friend of Wang Zizhao, please rest assured, Mr. Let the army not be surprised."

The next day, as soon as the morning dawn dawned, all the soldiers had already lined up, just waiting for Helian Bo's army to come and kill together.

At the end of the hour, I saw that the cavalry of Changrong State had appeared 200 meters in front of the formation, and the archers of Changrong State followed by the cavalry.

Before Changrong Guo approached, he only listened to Liu Changlin's order, and then the rain of arrows from the bed crossbow shot directly at the opponent's archers, because the range of the crossbow arrows was only 150 meters, and the effective distance was not more than 60-70 meters, so the enemy fell down before he had time to set up and shoot.

The cavalry of the Changrong Kingdom stepped up their assault on the infantry led by the king of Nanping, who was defending in the front row, but when they rushed in front of the army of the king of Nanping, the first few rows were tripped by the horse rope and fell into the trench. However, Changrong ignored the lives of the fallen cavalry in front of him, filled the ravine with men, and then repeatedly attacked, and after three times, the enemy finally crossed the trench and just hit the longboard nail arranged by the king of Nanping County. The infantry in the front row desperately resisted the door panel, and the soldiers in the back row stabbed the enemy with their spears directly through the gap between the door panels.

At this time, although the enemy's archers sacrificed a lot, the rest of them had also come to the range of the repeating crossbow arrows under the cover of the ladder. In ancient times, the ladders used to attack the city were used for Tibetans underneath and above, and were equipped with archers to shoot enemies to protect the ladder from advancing.

At this time, the power of the bed crossbow was greatly weakened, and I saw ten crossbow arrows in a row, and the archer on the bed crossbow fell to the ground in response.

The battle had only begun for an hour, and the situation of the battle took a sharp turn, and the advance cavalry of the opposing side, under the protection of crossbow arrows, attacked frantically, advancing step by step.