Chapter 85: Rain of Arrows

The south bank of the Yellow River was like a mess, and in the Song army camp within a radius of several miles, people roared and neighed, and countless soldiers were panicked because there was no one to command. They didn't know where the officers had gone, but they saw countless robes fleeing westward. Escape, the officials are nowhere to be seen, why are we soldiers coming?

"Look! Jurchens! Countless frightened voices followed. Looking at the opposite bank, on the wall of the Da Pi Mountain, the battle flag of the Jin army has been erected. Under the arch of the bridgehead, enemy troops had already begun to assemble. It's over, the north bank has been lost, and the south bank is afraid that it will be sooner or later.

"The Jin Army has arrived, run for your life!" Someone shouted. Where to use him to teach, tens of thousands of troops collapsed, mixed with foot and horse, trampling on each other, just looking at the banner of the Jin Army, the elites of the Great Song Dynasty were already frightened.

At this moment, a group of soldiers and horses rushed into the camp, and the soldiers shouted in unison: "Defend the pontoon bridge!" Fight off the gold thief! ”

Whose troops are this? The officers and men who had not yet escaped asked each other, but they all said that they did not know. Someone approached the unit and asked loudly about the military number. The answer I got was "I am the subordinate of Commander Xu", Commander Xu? Is there such a number one person in the army? However, the situation was serious, and there was no room for much thought, and the officers and men who did not want to flee began to converge on the bridgehead.

On the other side of the river, on the wall of Da Pi Mountain, a group of Jin army archers stood under the military flag, looking at the Song army scattered and fleeing on the other side of the river with a complicated expression. Several people strode up, the first of whom was about 50 years old, with a length of eight feet, a square face, hanging horned eyebrows, prominent cheekbones, and a long beard reaching to the chest, extremely powerful. Covered in armor, with a knife in his right hand and a whip in his left, a pair of vicious eyes scanned everyone.

After coming up, this person looked at the city from afar, and saw that the Song camp on the other side was in chaos, and a cruel smile flashed on the corner of his mouth. But when he saw the pontoon deck near the south bank, the smile disappeared. There, a Song army was blocking the passage with horses, vehicles, and tree trunks. Look at the opposite barrier, which is already full of archers. Who is so bold as to dare to stop the Jin Army? This is self-defeating!

With a whip in his hand, this man said in a deep voice: "Our army's morale is at its peak, and the Song army rats are vainly trying to block the car with their mantis arms, who wants to go to break it?" ”

Behind him, no one answered, the man's face changed, and he turned around and shouted: "Do you dare to have two hearts?" ”

The generals looked at each other and couldn't answer. The man waved his whip: "You! Take the cavalry of the headquarters to dismount and fight on foot, and rush to kill it! Captured the pontoon! ”

The general raised his head and glanced at him, immediately lowered his head, and clenched his fists and said: "It's not that he doesn't want to die, it's just that this pontoon bridge is easy to defend and difficult to attack." The other party blocked the passage again, and set a crossbow on the wall, if it was strong, ......"

"Fart! You are the Song army, you should know its fiction and reality, which battle is not a self-defeating battle? This is also called the army? It's just a bunch of pigs! As soon as the banner of our army is beaten here, the other side is already frightened, and if you lead your troops to rush again, the Song army will be defeated! Go quickly, dare to delay again, military law is engaged! The man scolded him and degraded Song Jun to worthlessness. But he is fluent in Chinese, and there is no doubt that he is a Song person. The general hesitated for a while, but he had to take the order down to the city and gather his cavalry to announce the order.

"On the other side of the river, we are all the former brothers of the robes, and we are ...... Besides, my department was originally a cavalry, dismounted and fought on foot? Someone questioned.

The general's face was gloomy, and he smiled bitterly: "We are already doomed, and if we don't carry out the order, there is only one way to die." At this point, he paused for a moment, and then added, "Don't you also speak of the former brothers?" Now each is his master, and he has no choice but to do it, so let's go. ”

"What the ruler said is extremely true, presumably the other side of the river...... When the Song army on the other side saw the banner of the Jinren, their legs trembled, and we rushed up for a while and captured the pontoon bridge, which was also a great achievement. After the man finished speaking, there was silence. He also felt bored and kept silent.

The general sighed secretly, clenched the long knife in his hand, closed his eyes, and his expression was extremely painful. After a while, he opened his eyes and gritted his teeth and said, "Before the Song army completely blocks the bridge, brothers, kill!" If you take the pontoon bridge, the second prince will have a heavy reward! ”

Xu Wei stood on the city wall on the south bank, and at this time he knew the terrain on both sides of the river. The city wall where he is located, built around the mountain, is about 300 steps long, more than two zhang wide, all piled up with big stones, solid as gold. It can accommodate at least 3,000 soldiers, and he has mobilized all the nearly 1,000 archers of the Jingsui battalion here and is ready for battle. The bridge deck is not wide, if the Jin people attack, a row can stand nearly thirty people, it is the time for the bow and crossbow to show their might. It's just that the bow equipped by the Jingsui camp was made by the daimyo capital sakuin, and the maximum range was only one hundred and fifty paces, which is why he ordered the obstacle to be set at a distance of one hundred paces.

"Brother Jiu!" Yang Yan shouted. On the bridge deck on the opposite bank, an infantry is rushing quickly!

Throwing the Mo knife to the soldiers beside him, Xu Wei held the horsewhip and stared at the enemy without blinking his eyes. There are about 1,000 troops, the formation is compact, and the platoon is densely packed. It's crazy! Seeing that there are many archers on my city wall, I actually dare to discharge this formation with the intention of attacking! I'll let you have no return! was about to give the order, and suddenly found that these more than 1,000 people were all wearing Song Army standard armor! After a little thought, I realized that these people must be the surrender of the Song army, and this is to act as cannon fodder for the Jin army!

"Archer, prepare!" Xu Wei snorted coldly and raised his horsewhip. More than 1,000 archers were divided into two rows, standing in a staggered manner, listening to the command's orders, taking out feather arrows and putting them on the strings. Compared with the battle against the Jin army a few days ago, the soldiers of the Jingsui battalion at this time were already fearless. Besides, let's occupy the danger and wait for work, are you afraid that you will not be able to fly over with wings?

Yang Yan suddenly burst out laughing, because he saw that when the archers of the Jingsui camp took the arrows, the pace of the enemy running on the bridge suddenly stagnated, and there were even a hundred and ten people behind him! Such a gutless rat dares to show his eyes?

"What are you laughing at? It's not the face of the Jurchens! Xu Wei stared at him and shouted. The Song army fought the Song army, and it was the Jurchens who should laugh, and they couldn't leave! No wonder people say that the history of thousands of Chinese is a history of cannibalism. No matter what era, there is no shortage of people in China who sell their country to seek glory!

"Open the bow!" Xu Wei's tone was full of hatred, and his left hand clutched the wall tiles!

Each archer pulled their bow round, looking for their target without blinking.

"Shoot the arrows!" When the enemy is already approaching the obstacle, he whips his horse! The strings rang out, and the whistling arrows shot out like lightning! After the first row of archers finished shooting, they immediately retreated, and the second row then made up! The bow was like a full moon, the arrows were like meteors, the arrows on the barrier were like rain, and the screams of the enemy from a hundred and fifty paces away rang out! None of the enemies in the front row escaped, and all of them fell to the ground with arrows!

The archers of the Jingsui battalion fired only five arrows, and the enemy had already withdrawn in a hurry, and they pushed each other, and those who fell into the Yellow River were like pearls of broken lines! Those who were not killed by the arrows crawled on the bridge deck and cried out, begging their retreating comrades to take them. But the brothers who ate with them in the same pot had already fled back to the north shore...... The archers were still shooting the undead enemy, and Xu Wei immediately ordered it to stop. Arrows are limited and must not be wasted, and this defensive battle is by no means a matter of a day or two, and we must be prepared for long-term resistance.

As soon as the enemy withdrew, Xu Wei ordered two more heads to lead his subordinates to cut down trees on the mountain to strengthen the defense. He expected that when these surrenders did not work, the Jin army would definitely attack in person. The Jurchens, who are not afraid of death, will never take half a step back because of some casualties!