Chapter 276: Steady

They invested a large number of the most elite true Jurchens on the central front, and there were very few Jurchens, and as a result, the battle was still a simple competition for human life.

The Jin army assaulted only one step away from the fourth breastwork in one go, and eliminated about 2,000 or 3,000 Qingzhou soldiers, but its own losses were almost more than 1,000 people, and hundreds of others were seriously injured, and they would definitely not be able to return to their hometown in Liaodong.

If it weren't for the last, the Qingzhou soldiers were beaten in a hurry, and there were a little signs of collapse, and today's battle was that the Jin Army was exchanging lives with the second-rate troops of the Qingzhou Army one-to-one!

This kind of exchange ratio, Wan Yan Xian is definitely not willing to accept it!

This is simply shaking the foundation of Daikin!

But now there is no way back.

Wan Yanxie, the commander of the Northern Route Army, also went to the front line in person, and he bent down to stand in a parallel trench closest to the chest wall of the Qingzhou Army, stretching out half of his head to look at the chest wall ten meters away.

It could be seen that preparations for battle were also going on there, with countless spear tips surging behind the breastwork, and from time to time someone blew the piercing bamboo whistle, as if to beckon more people to gather.

Due to the close distance, Wan Yan Xian could even hear the junior officers of the Qingzhou Army shouting loudly to ask for more 10,000 enemies and wooden cannons.

In fact, the situation on the Jin Army's side is similar, the armored soldiers who have exhausted their physical strength just now are resting a little further back, and the newly invested elites are gradually moving forward through the communication trenches.

The Jurchens also had a knack for moving in the trenches, and they would place armoured soldiers to guide the advance of the troops at the main intersections they occupied, so that although they could not completely avoid blocking the roads, they would be slightly better than before.

After a day of fierce fighting, the soldiers began to eat, and the food was very simple, just multigrain cakes and cheese, and some soldiers with good family backgrounds and officers above the rank of Mouke had food such as dried meat.

Most of the people have no alcohol, only raw water from the river, and many people have already started to have diarrhea.

This also confirms the degree of embarrassment of the Jin army today - according to most of the military rations they brought from Liaodong by themselves, and when they entered the customs, the food supplement was only grabbed in Ji Province, which was already deserted, and then the Han Bo Fierce of Yanyun traveled thousands of miles to transport some.

Several Bo Jilie have sent elite cavalry back to escort grain and grass, and strictly forbid the people to eat secretly on the road, for which the people who starved to death were all over the wilderness, and many people were directly beheaded.

But the food in hand is still not as much as consumed on the road, after all, no matter how cruel the Jin soldiers are, the people can't push the grain cart without eating.

Moreover, the escorted Jin Bing is always full, right?

And then there are the red-eyed bandits and homeless people in Ji Province, who faintly follow the grain caravan and eat all the dead corpses – and they don't mind making a few of their own corpses to eat if the situation allows.

The cavalry of the Jin army drove away several times and killed a lot of people, but this is meaningless, those homeless bandits are no longer human, they are just some walking corpses that eat people, death is just a relief for them, and it can no longer form any deterrent.

Of course, even if it was useless to drive away these harassers, Yan Yun's Han Bo Jilie had no food in his hands, and even if all the food arrived safely, it would be a drop in the bucket for the Jin army, which had a strength of nearly 100,000 and was scattered along the Yellow River in Qi Province.

Wan Yan Xian also knows very well that the current Jin Army is actually actively reaching the limit, and if it can break through as soon as possible, then the consequences will .......

Hehe.

"Master, go to the back, the minions will definitely break through this earthen wall!"

A personal guard whispered beside Wan Yan Xianye.

The commander of the North Road of the Jin Army shook his head expressionlessly: "Today, no one, including Ben Shuai, should think of taking a step back!" ”

Then he waved his hand violently:

"Attack!"

Boom Boom!

The Jin army captured some wooden cannons in the previous battle, this thing is very light, and the use is relatively flexible, although most of the Jin soldiers did not know that there was such a thing as a wooden cannon before, but after interrogating the prisoners, they can probably still use it.

Anyway, all the wooden cannons are preloaded, and the muzzle of the cannon is aimed at the earthen wall, and the ignition is over.

As for whether it can be accurate, as long as it is close enough, it will not miss.

The breakthrough site chosen by the Jin army this time was not far from Wan Yan Xianye, and they concentrated 7 captured wooden cannons, and suddenly fired them at a distance of less than ten meters, instantly smashing a gap in the thin chest wall!

Then a large group of armored soldiers shouted and rushed towards the gap!

The distance of ten meters passed in the blink of an eye, and when the first armor soldier rushed through the gap in the earthen wall, the Qingzhou soldier who had been hit by the blow reacted and launched a counterattack.

The dense spear tips surged, and several Tartar armor soldiers who rushed to the front were stabbed and fell to the ground screaming, and the follow-up armor soldiers were in a group of several people, holding the spears with round shields, and squeezing inward little by little, the Qingzhou soldiers also did not flinch, and the two sides formed a short stalemate at the gap in the chest wall.

The Tartars in the back poured into the blocking trench and threw a dense number of light arrows behind the wall, and the Qingzhou soldiers immediately returned the favor with 10,000 enemies, and the number of casualties on both sides rose rapidly.

The bamboo whistles of the Jin Army's Conch and Qingzhou Army's sounded together, and both sides were summoning their companions to concentrate their forces on the side of the breakthrough.

The roar of wooden cannons sounded again in the battle, this time it was the firepower of the Qingzhou army's counterattack, and the surging shotguns swept across the entire blocking trench at close range, and the Tartar armor soldiers crowded outside the breastwork fell one by one.

The Jin army repeated the old trick, piling up the corpses of all the dead and wounded comrades to form a ramp to climb, and then stepping on these slopes to assault the breastwork.

As soon as there were many places in danger of being breached, the defense line of the Qingzhou Army immediately became precarious, and the militia who dared to fight was a minority after all, scattered in several points, making the defense line insufficient all day.

The other militias could only hold on to the breastwork, and without this geographical advantage, they could not do anything.

Some people had already begun to retreat along the communication trench towards the last line of defense west of the Yellow River, but as soon as they took a few steps, a cold light flashed, and the deserters separated!

"Death to those who retreat!"

A thunderous shout rang out, and Li Kui poured out of the communication trench behind the fourth breastwork with a large number of elite melee selectors.

The arrival of these well-armored new forces instantly stabilized the morale of the army.

When the strong Xuanfeng came to the breastwork, he took out the pottery balls from the pocket hanging from his waist, lit them with fire, and threw them over the breastwork.

Immediately, there was a roar of gunpowder weapons exploding outside, and then the Bladers armed with shields and long knives engaged in melee combat in the trenches with the Tartars pouring up the breastwork.

The two sides fought bloodily around the breastwork, and the militia who dared to fight with their hands free consciously concentrated on the gap made by the wooden cannons, and even the timid militia reflexively participated in the battle again, relying on the numerical advantage, the defense line that was almost broken through was stabilized again.