Chapter 35: Burning the Cavalry

Soon, dust rose in the distance, and then the ground began to shake slightly, and the amplitude of this vibration slowly increased, and finally, the figure of the Jin army cavalry appeared in the sight.

The so-called number of more than 10,000 people is overwhelming, not to mention the 50,000 vanguard troops of the Jin Army led by Wanyan Zongbi now, the scene is really spectacular, at first it was just some small black spots, and then it slowly became larger, and the black pressure rushed towards Kaifeng Mansion.

Zhang Xian clenched the spear in his hand hard, because he was too hard, his fingers were a little white, as an overseer who presided over this kind of war for the first time, it was impossible for him not to be nervous.

"The archers listen to my command, don't let go of the arrows yet, and wait for their main force to come in!" Zhang Xian said to the archer.

"Command!" The archers agreed, but they were also very nervous, staring intently at the rushing Jin army's iron cavalry, for fear of accidentally delaying the archery.

A Thousand Steps......

500 steps......

One hundred steps......

The vanguard of the Jin cavalry was about to cross the trench.

"Ignite the fire and draw the bow!" Zhang Xian ordered.

"Papapa......" Rockets were ignited, and the faint light of the fire exuded Sensen's killing intent.

The speed of the cavalry was very fast, and as he spoke, the vanguard of the Jin army's iron cavalry had already rushed through the trench.

"Shoot the arrows!" Zhang Xian gave an order, and in an instant, arrows rained down all over the sky.

With a "pop", the rocket fell to the ground.

The oil in the trench (named by Shen Kuo of the Northern Song Dynasty) encountered an open flame and immediately burst into flames, and soon the area became a sea of fire.

"Phew! Seeing this, the cavalry behind ...... was startled, and hurriedly grabbed the reins of the horse, which was able to strangle the horse on the edge of the sea of fire.

The front side was holding the war horse, but the cavalry behind didn't know what the situation was, and they were still rushing forward, so the cavalry in front was also caught in a sea of fire under the impact of the cavalry behind.

For a while, the cavalry rushing in front wanted to retreat, and the cavalry behind wanted to rush forward, and the entire cavalry camp was immediately chaotic.

The Song army used the oil in the trench to successfully cut the Jin army's cavalry in half from the middle.

The cavalry of the Jin army, who rushed through the trench, wanted to retreat at this time, it was basically a fool's dream, although the trench dug by the Song army was not deep, but it was very wide, and it became a luxury to want to ride a war horse to jump over this sea of fire formed by oil.

And when the horse saw the fire, he became irritable, and began to run uncontrollably, trying to get away from what it considered dangerous.

Surrounded by a sea of fire on all sides, only there was no fire in front, so the war horse didn't need to be commanded, and began to gallop desperately towards Kaifeng.

"Shoot the arrows!" Seeing the cavalry of the Jin army rushing over, Zhang Xian ordered.

So, to meet this group of cavalry, there was another wave of arrow rain, and in addition to the bow and arrow, there was also a Jingkang crossbow, this huge crossbow arrow is like a sharp knife, where it passes, it will form a living mouth, the power of this thing is really too great.

After three rounds of arrow rain in a row, the battlefield was already full of corpses of the cavalry of the Jin Army, and some people were more unlucky, with more than a dozen arrows stuck in their bodies, and blood flowed out along the wounds, directly turning this person into a bloody man.

In the circle of fire, there are less than 1,000 Jin soldiers alive, and there are still some colors on their bodies.

Seeing this, Zhang Xian no longer ordered people to release arrows, there were too few people, and the effect of the arrows disappeared, but what should these thousand people do? Do you want to let them go when the fire is gone?

If it was an ordinary Song army general, they would definitely let them go, but now it is Zhang Xian, one of the four fierce generals under Yue Fei in history, he ordered someone to open the city gate, and rushed out with a team of 1,000 people.

Although the difference in numbers between the two sides is not very large, but the strength is indeed very different, on the one hand, it is to wait for work, and on the other hand, it is a bird with a frightened bow, so when the remaining Jin army saw and rushed out, they couldn't tell how many people there were on the other side, and they were completely chased and beaten by the Song army when no one commanded.

Soon, the vast majority of these remaining Jin troops were killed, and the remaining hundreds were suppressed by Zhang Xian and became prisoners of the Song army.

The battle situation here soon reached the ears of Wanyan Zongbi, and when he heard that the 20,000 iron cavalry he led had lost nearly half, he fainted on the spot in anger, and the deputy general hurriedly found Lang Zhong.

After Yan Zongbi woke up, he pulled the deputy general next to him and roared: "Tell me, what's wrong with my cavalry?" ”

"General, the battle damage has been counted, our cavalry has killed more than 9,000 people and wounded more than 1,000 people, general, we have lost!" The adjutant general looked at Yan Zongbi with a painful face.

"Impossible, how can I lose after Yan Zongbi, it is the Song army who is cunning, using tricks to harm me, and those who have the ability to fight with me on the battlefield, conspiracy and trickery, not by real men." Wan Yan Zongbi said angrily.

The deputy general knew that Wanyan Zongbi was angry at this time, and he didn't dare to answer, the Jin army was brave and good at fighting, but he was not good at strategy, which was also the reason why they hated the Song army so much, and they always felt that the Song army was fighting, but it was not good.

After all, Wanyan Zongbi was a famous general in history, and after roaring for a while, he finally regained his composure and began to ask what happened.

“…… The Song army sprinkled the trench with an unseen fuel, which divided the cavalry of our army into two ends, so that the head and tail could not be taken into account, the horses of the front army were frightened, most of them were shot dead by the Song army, and the remaining few were also captured by the Song army. The deputy general said to Wanyan Zongbi.

Fuel you've never seen before? Wanyan Zongbi sighed secretly in his heart, the historical accumulation of the Song Dynasty is too rich, which is incomparable to a nomadic people like them, at this time, Wanyan Zongbi has already given birth to a kind of reverence for the high civilization of the Song Dynasty in his heart.

"Order the whole army to retreat, camp ten miles outside Bianjing City, wait for the arrival of the general, and then attack together." Wanyan Zongbi said to his lieutenant.

The deputy general took the order, and when he walked to the door, he was stopped by Wanyan Zongbi again.

"Remember to send more people to take care of the grain and grass, if anything goes wrong, I will ask for you." Wanyan Zongbi said to his lieutenant.

The adjutant hurriedly took the order and left.

At this point, the vanguard of the Jin army was intercepted outside Bianjing City, and Wanyan Zongbi seemed to have a psychological shadow, and before Wanyan Zonghan led the army, he did not dare to act rashly.