Chapter 549: The End of the Road
The sound of bows and arrows rang out, at first there was only one sound, but after a while, the heavens and the earth seemed to be filled with the sound of bows and arrows!
The whistling wind seemed to have stopped, and the heavy snow seemed to have stopped, only the overwhelming arrows shot towards the Jurchens mercilessly!
The power of these arrows was much greater than that of the Jurchens! The Jurchens used a horse bow that fought immediately, and the range was limited, and the biggest advantage was that it was easy to carry on a horse, and the rate of fire was fast! On the opposite side are the Song army soldiers, they are holding Song crossbows in their hands, the rate of fire of these Song crossbows is not as good as the horse bows in the hands of the Jurchens, but the range and strength are several times stronger!
Those Jurchen soldiers who were walking forward didn't have time to react, and countless people fell in pools of blood in an instant!
"Not good!" Wanyan Zonghan was taken aback!
The surrounding Jurchen soldiers have already ducked behind the trees!
It wasn't until this time that they saw countless figures faintly appearing in the distance! These people had apparently been lurking in the forest before, and now they had just emerged.
"Marshal Du, there is the Song army in front!" Wan Yan stared ahead and said.
"We have been avoiding the Song army all the way, how did we come here and there is still the Song army!" Wanyan Zonghan gritted his teeth and said.
They were harassed by the cavalry of the Song army along the way, and entered this forest after they came to the thorn from the water, and they felt a little safer, who knew that there were more Song troops here!
It turned out that the Song army was going to drive them here from the beginning, and the Jurchens naturally didn't know this!
"We've been tricked!" Wan Yan said.
"Yes, we've been tricked, and we must kill them now!" Wanyan Zonghan said.
"Marshal Du, I will lead 10,000 soldiers and horses over and wipe out the Song army! In the middle of the jungle, they are no match for us! Wan Yan said.
"Good!" Wanyan Zonghan nodded.
At that moment, Wan Yan led 10,000 soldiers and horses to move forward cautiously!
There were trees everywhere, and they hid behind the trees and moved forward step by step, beware of the Song army's bows and crossbows.
They were getting closer and closer to Song Jun, and there was a hint of excitement on Wan Yan's face! The Jurchens hunted in the forest all year round, and even after they got the world, this hunting was one of their favorite games! In the forest, they feel like they are invincible!
However, at this time, suddenly there was a scream from the front, and I saw a Jurchen soldier fall to the ground, and then the bow and crossbow on the opposite side shot mercilessly towards the Jurchen soldier, and the Jurchen soldier died there with wide eyes!
The screams became more and more loud, and dozens of Jurchens felt severe pain in their footsteps, fell to the ground, and were later killed.
"What's going on?" Wan Yan asked hurriedly.
"Little prince, there seems to be an iron thistle buried by the Song army here." A centurion.
"Damn! Let everyone watch their step! Wan Yan said.
However, they walked forward for a few more moments, and suddenly a muffled sound came! Huge craters appeared on the seemingly flat snow, and the screams rang out again!
The Song army on the opposite side was striding forward at this moment, and when the Jurchens were still in a panic, the sound of bows and crossbows sounded again, and another group of Jurchens died under the crossbow arrows.
Wan Yan kept moving forward with his soldiers and horses, but there were more and more traps on the road, and the Song army was constantly taking time to attack.
Not long after, Wan Yan Yan no longer dared to move forward, and he retreated with his soldiers.
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"Marshal Du, there are traps everywhere on the other side, and it's hard for us to get through!" Wan Yan said.
"Let's go around on both sides!" Wanyan Zonghan said.
"We might as well get out of the forest!" Wan Yan said.
"I'm afraid it's too late to quit now! The cavalry of the Song army are all outside, and now they must have surrounded this place, and they will also be attacked by cavalry if they withdraw! I hope the number of infantry of the Song army here is not very large! Wan Yan Zonghan said.
At that moment, Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongpan respectively led half of the Jurchen soldiers and horses to both sides, who knew that they had just walked for a long time, and they encountered the Song army again!
There are also countless traps on both wings, one after another, and the Jurchens are invincible! And the number of Song soldiers on both wings is also extremely large!
After half an hour, Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongpan both retreated again.
"Song Jun's bow and crossbow are really powerful! There's even a battering crossbow on the left! We can't get over it! "Wanyan Zongpan said.
"Marshal Du, the side we walked just now, I kept moving forward, and found that the terrain there was getting higher and higher, and I couldn't get through it at all, and the Song army was staying on it, just waiting for us!" A captain of ten thousand words.
"How many of us died?" Wanyan Zonghan said.
"More than 2,000 people died." Wan Yan said.
"Luckily, our main force is still there! We must get out of here, otherwise we will be besieged by the Song army, and there is only one way to die! The terrain on the right is getting higher and higher, and you can't go through that side! The number of soldiers and horses of the Song army on the left is extremely large, and at a glance, I am afraid that there are only twenty or thirty thousand people, and now it seems that the number of Song troops on the front is the least, let's break through from the front at all costs! Wan Yan Zonghan said.
"But there are so many traps on the front!" Wan Yan said.
"We must pass, this is the only way now! I'll be at the forefront later. Wan Yan Zonghan said.
After about half an hour, under the leadership of Wanyan Zonghan, the Jurchens once again headed in the direction of due north.
There are traps everywhere along the way, and on the opposite side of the trap is the Song army.
Wanyan Zonghan broke the traps one by one, but when breaking the traps, the Song army on the opposite side would always take the opportunity to attack, causing casualties to the Jurchens.
At the beginning, Wanyan Zonghan didn't care either, he felt that it was only a matter of time before he broke all the traps!
They had walked five miles, and once again more than a thousand soldiers had been damaged, but there were still traps ahead!
Then they walked five miles further, and before all the traps were broken, their soldiers were damaged.
By this time, the Jurchen soldiers were a little impatient.
"Marshal Du, when will we be able to break all the traps?" Wan Yan said.
"It should be soon! Go further! Wan Yan Zonghan said.
Wan Yan could only nod.
The Jurchen warriors kept breaking the trap, and the Jurchen women followed them into the trap area, and these women did not dare to stay where they were, lest they be attacked.
After walking forward for about three miles, the traps in front of them finally became fewer, and the faces of the Jurchen soldiers showed smiles.
However, their smiles were just revealed, and a moment later they were all there again!
Not far in front of them, the entire forest was full of Song troops!
At first, they thought that the Song army in the north was the least numerous, but who knew that the Song army here was hiding in the back, and it was not until they broke all the traps that they all appeared in front of the Jurchens!
Although it was in the forest, the Song army still maintained a certain formation, and all of them held bows and crossbows in their hands, and the bows and crossbows were pointing forward!
This is the naval team led by Wu Jue, who has been known for being good at crossbowmen in history, and since coming to the navy, he has the largest number of crossbowmen in his army! The 100,000 soldiers of the navy also train every day, never slacking off, and their bow and arrow skills are not much worse than those of the Jurchens!
At this moment, 50,000 naval officers are here, and they are distributed in a fan shape, surrounding this place!
And at this moment, there was also the sound of footsteps in the back, and countless Jurchen women looked to the south, only to see that countless Song army soldiers had already done it behind, these were the cavalry of the Song army, and they had already dismounted and entered the forest!
The Jurchens are in chaos!
Both the Jurchen soldiers and the Jurchen women were holding their weapons tightly at the moment and looking around in horror.
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"Marshal Du, we are completely surrounded by the Song army!" Wan Yan Yan's face was pale and he said.
"Yes, we were completely surrounded by them! Now I am afraid that there are forty or fifty thousand Song troops in the north, and there are also Song troops in the south, I don't know how many! If we attack the north, our wives and daughters will be behind us, and we will be attacked by them! But if we keep our wives and daughters, it will be even more difficult to get out! Wan Yan Zonghan said.
"Can't either side pass over?" Wanyan Zongpan said.
"There are traps on both sides, and there are also Song troops! Before we can pass, they will kill all our wives and daughters! Wan Yan Zonghan said.
"So what now?" Wanyan Zongpan said.
"Only fight to the death! We're just going to have to survive! The time has come to be loyal to the country! Wan Yan Zonghan said.
His heart was very bitter, he didn't expect that he had defeated a million Khitan rebels a few days ago, and he thought he would be able to escape, but now he would have to face such a situation.
"Pass the order, let the whole army be ready to fight to the death! Let those women also be ready to fight to the death! The Han people will not let us go, only fight to the death! Wan Yan Zonghan said.
Soon the generals passed on his orders, and the eyes of countless soldiers in the Jurchen army showed a determined look, and the faces of those Jurchen women also showed the same firm looks.
They knew that they had reached the end of their rope and that there was no other way but to fight to the end.
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