Chapter 742: Sneak Attack on Xiangzhou (Part II)
Since the cavalry of the Tang Army destroyed the temporary granary of the Jin soldiers on the south bank of the Yellow River, the Jin soldiers canceled the transit and directly requisitioned tens of thousands of people to send grain from the Daimyo's Mansion to the capital, and the grain delivery route was basically along the Yongji Canal to the south, from the Daimyo's Mansion to Xiangzhou, and then southward into Weizhou to Liyang County to cross the Yellow River, and the opposite bank was the famous Baimadu.
The whole grain transportation line is about 500 miles long, 80,000 people drive tens of thousands of grain trucks to send grain on the official road, about 10,000 cavalry are responsible for escorting, although there are many cavalry, but because the distance is too long, there are only 20 people per mile of the road, the number of people is really a little small, the most important thing is that the gold soldiers can not be so evenly distributed, due to the uneven distribution, there will inevitably be a long distance without soldiers to escort.
Yue Fei took a fancy to this opportunity, but he also knew that his strength was limited, even if he destroyed a little food team, it would not help the overall situation, but if he could get thousands of people to raise a big event, it would definitely affect the battle on the front line of the Jin soldiers.
It's a pity that no one is willing to raise the banner with him, but when he is depressed, Wang Gui led 3,000 cavalry to Xiangzhou, so that Yue Fei saw the opportunity again.
In a forest about 200 steps away from Yongji Canal, Yue Fei and Niu Gao led more than 1,300 people to focus on the endless grain convoy in the forest, "Fifth brother, are you sure there are no Jin soldiers in this section?" Niu Gao asked in a low voice.
Yue Fei said with a smile: "Of course there will be Jin Bing, but there will not be many Jin Bing, at most more than a hundred people, most of them are in a team of 100 people, I have already discovered their rules." ”
Niu Gao looked at the north again and asked, "How far is this from Anyang County?" ”
"About fifty miles."
"Could it be a little too far away from Anyang County?" Niu Gao was still a little worried.
"This can't be helped, this is the closest place to Anyang County, but you don't have to worry, the cavalry of the Jin soldiers is very fast, they are flying for help, and the defenders of Anyang can arrive in an hour at most."
As soon as Yue Fei's words fell, a soldier pointed to the distance and shouted, "The enemy cavalry is coming!" ”
Yue Fei also saw it, his face showed a hint of surprise, there were actually three hundred cavalry, it was really unexpected to him, the situation of three hundred cavalry was not nothing, but it was difficult to encounter, I didn't expect to be touched by them today.
Niu Gao was very excited, he thought that one hundred cavalry was too little, but he didn't expect three hundred cavalry to come, which really made him overjoyed.
"Crossbow ready!" Niu Gao shouted in a low voice.
A thousand cavalrymen raised their Divine Arm Crossbows, more than two hundred steps within the killing range of the Divine Arm Crossbow, but Yue Fei's men used ordinary bows and arrows, and the killing range was only a hundred steps at most, so they could only wait for the opportunity.
The cavalry got closer and closer, and rushed past them at a gallop, when Niu Gao shouted, "Shoot!" ”
A thousand crossbow arrows were launched suddenly, and the dense crossbow arrows shot towards the enemy cavalry like a burst of locusts, and the three hundred golden cavalry were caught off guard, and the dense crossbow arrows shot into the crowd, and suddenly a group of people turned on their backs, and the screams rang out, Yue Fei shouted, "Kill!" ”
He led three hundred soldiers to take the lead in killing, and then the cavalry led by Niu Gao also quickly killed, sweeping towards the enemy, the Jin soldiers were in chaos, and in the running, Yue Fei's men also shot a round of arrows, knocking over more than a dozen cavalry who were ready to break through.
The Jin soldiers had already suffered more than 100 casualties, and the formation was in chaos, and the leader of the thousand men shouted: "There is an enemy ambush food team, go to Anyang County for help!" ”
Several cavalrymen turned their horses and galloped in the direction of Anyang County, and the remaining two hundred cavalry fought and left, and after being killed by the Song army more than 50 people, the commander saw that he was going to be surrounded by the Song army, and he yelled, "Break through with me!" ”
He led the army to break through to the south, the south happened to be Yue Fei and his men, Yue Fei saw a Jin Guo general rushing with a mace in his hand, he sneered, and the spear swung up, without waiting for the enemy general to react, he stabbed away with a gun, this shot was too fast, and the commander of the Jin soldiers was also a little contemptuous because of Yue Fei's poor leather armor, and it was too late when he realized that something was wrong.
'Poof! A shot pierced the chest, the commander screamed, died on the spot, Yue Fei flipped his wrist, picked the commander off the horse, stretched out his hand and grabbed the reins of the opponent's horse, this is a very strong white horse, the limbs are slender and strong, tall and mighty, there is no miscellaneous hair on the body, so Yue Fei loves it very much.
At this time, the cavalry led by Niu Gao had already rushed to kill and surrounded more than 100 Jin soldiers, and the Jin soldiers desperately broke through, and the two sides fought fiercely.
At this time, the thousands of people who were carrying the grain trucks had already scattered in fright, leaving behind thousands of grain carts, although the grain teams were endless, but that was only for the 500-mile-long journey, but in fact the grain trucks were a batch of south, and this batch of grain trucks was about 1,400 grain carts, basically all of which were donkey carts. Each cart was pulled by two donkeys, and each cart was loaded with seventy or eighty stone of grain.
The stubborn Jin soldiers were finally annihilated by the Song army with superior forces, and the Song army immediately unloaded the donkeys, gathered all the grain wagons, sprinkled them with fire oil, and the grain wagons quickly ignited a raging fire.
The donkey is a trophy, of course, it will not be easily given up, Yue Fei asked the deputy general Xu Qing to lead his men to drive nearly 3,000 donkeys to leave first, and he and Niu Gao led a thousand cavalry to gallop towards Anyang County.
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When the Anyang defenders learned that the grain truck was intercepted by the Song army, the commander led by the commander was shocked into a cold sweat, the marshal has always been strictly responsible, the grain truck was robbed in Xiangzhou, once the marshal was held accountable, he did not act, I am afraid that there will be a worry about his life.
The commander was so anxious that he immediately led 500 Jin soldiers and 2,000 Han troops to leave Anyang County and kill them in the southeast direction.
The Han army is the Song army that surrendered to the Jin soldiers, the leader is called Song Ge, is a forbidden army commander, he was the first Jin soldiers to go south, he led 2,000 soldiers to surrender to Wanyan Zongwang, was named a tooth general, led 2,000 soldiers to assist the Jin soldiers to defend Xiangzhou.
The Song army that surrendered to the Jin State basically had no armor, but the helmet was surrounded by a circle of sheepskin, which made the helmet white, and the status of the Han army was relatively low, not only far inferior to the Jurchens, but also inferior to the Bohai people, and even the Khitan and Xi tribes, which belonged to the lowest status soldiers, of course, there were no war horses, just ran all the way behind the Jin cavalry.
The commander was so anxious that he led the cavalry to run all the way along the official road, gradually falling the Han army farther and farther away.
When passing through a peach forest, I only heard the sound of bangs on both sides of the peach forest, and then a dense number of arrows shot from both sides like a storm, and the five hundred golden soldiers suddenly turned on their backs, and the commander of the head was shot through the body by dozens of arrows, and was killed on the spot.
"Kill!" Wang Gui roared angrily, led two thousand cavalry out of the woods, the Jin soldiers in a panic to meet the battle, although they fought bravely, but after all, the Song army was several times their number, less than a quarter of an hour, five hundred cavalry was slaughtered by the Song army.
At this time, a partial general pointed to the Han army running in the distance and said: "Those should be the Song troops who surrendered to the Jin soldiers, they have no horses and are lagging behind!" ”
More than a dozen generals looked at Wang Gui at the same time, Wang Gui gritted his teeth and said slowly: "Surrender to the alien race, it's not a pity to die, kill me, don't leave a single one!" ”
The two thousand cavalry roared angrily, urging the horses to kill the Han army behind.
At the same moment when Wang Gui led his troops to encircle and annihilate the Jin soldiers and Han army, Yue Fei and Niu Gao led a thousand cavalry to Anyang and directly entered the county town where there were no defenders.