Chapter 518: Victory is in sight

In early September, just as Yang Yan, the commander of Qin Fengdu, was preparing to launch a surprise attack on the Jin army stationed in the suburbs of Fengxiang Mansion, the silver medal fast horse sent an urgent order from the Qinzhou Shuaisi, and the city of Fengxiang Mansion was bound to hold on and not to fight easily. (Niu Wen ~ Net)

Qin Fengshuai, Xu Wei, Senator Ma Kuo and others believe that this time is different from the past, when we had 80,000 troops, we were never afraid to compete with the Jurchens in field battles. But now, there are only more than 30,000 troops in the entire Shuai Division, and almost all the main forces are in Fengxiang, once there is a mistake here, it will endanger the entire Qinfeng Road and the Xihe River behind it.

Our army now has a considerable number of cavalry units, but it should be remembered that it is quite difficult for us to replenish one cavalry and one less cavalry, and the recovery strength cannot be compared with that of the Jurchens. Good steel is used on the blade, and Ma Jun should not use it indiscriminately. In view of the current actual situation in Fengxiang Mansion, the Preparation Division has ordered the "Liangxing Fengyang Pacification Division" to send troops to reinforce Zhu Jiguan. The task of the Fengxiang garrison is to ensure that the city is foolproof and that Zhu Jiguan will not be attacked on his back. After receiving the order, Yang Yan discussed with Zhang Xian and other generals and decided to send part of his troops out of the city to camp and confront the enemy.

On September 16, Yang Zaixing and Li Chengwei led their troops out of the city and began to camp in the northeast corner of Fucheng.

"Be smart, don't be like your mother didn't eat" Under the dazzling sun, Li Chengwei's bald head was shiny, and he was commanding the troops to erect fences, set up watchtowers, and pull military tents.

On the camp, sturdy soldiers can be seen everywhere driving piles with sledgehammers. The soldiers placed obstacles such as antlers and horses in front of the camp, and erected fences one after another, so that everything seemed to be in order. Li Chengwei put up a pergola and glanced at the city, defending it as tightly as ever.

"This kind of 'two moats and three walls' city defense is only seen in my life." One general Wangcheng sighed.

Li Chengwei smiled when he heard this: "Back in Pingyang, Hedong, I supported Xu Dashuai with the fold strategy, and I have seen this kind of city defense. Solid and unbreakable, as long as the materials are sufficient, it will not be a problem to keep it for two or three years. ”

"No wonder the boss has repeatedly asked to defend Fengxiang City, and there is nothing to be done about the defense of this city, with an army of 100,000." The ministry general echoed.

Li Chengwei shook his head: "It's not just because the city is strong, Fucheng is the support point of Zhu Ji Pass and Da San Pass, if the Fu City is lost, Zhu Ji Pass is like a fictitious form, and Da San Pass will also be directly threatened, understand?" ”

The general thought for a long time, shook his head and said, "I don't understand." ”

"If you don't understand, just ask more, okay, work." Li Chengwei touched his bald head and said. The voice fell, and suddenly a voice sounded from a high place: "Enemy cavalry raid" But it was the watchman on the watchtower who discovered the alarm

The soldiers in the battalion of "Enemy Cavalry Raid Enemy Cavalry Raid" also shouted

Li Chengwei's face changed, his eyes protruded, damn, you really came to pull back and run out, howling while running: "Burst into fire and ride on the horse"

The soldier led his horse, and the battle-hardened foal seemed to have a premonition of a fierce fight, and paddled its hooves impatiently. Li Chengwei flew on his horse, the soldier raised a musket with both hands, and after he grasped it, he clamped his legs, bowed his horse's hind feet, trampled on a few pieces of soil, and ran towards the outside of the camp.

In just a moment, the sound of hooves was loud, and behind Li Chengwei, many cavalrymen with assault rifles followed closely, and the knights let out a sharp shout, urging the war horses to gallop

As soon as they left the camp, they saw that the enemy cavalry had come within a thousand paces

The soldiers who were encamped put down their work, took up their equipment, and after hugging the antlers and horses and other obstacles, the officers urgently arranged and prepared to resist the enemy's sneak attack. Behind the city, the police gong sounded, and the defenders took up their positions one after another.

The sound of hooves rumbled, clods of earth splashed, and more than a thousand fire riders reacted in a very short time, following Li Chengwei to meet the enemy riders who came to pounce

The knights of the Golden Army let out a loud shout of killing, and the spears and scimitars shone blindingly in the sunlight

The cavalry on both sides gradually unfolded, and they all crashed into each other like arrows from the string At this time, the majestic war drums sounded at the head of Fengxiang City, and the soldiers also shouted in unison to cheer for the assault muskets

Before Li Chengwei took the lead, he ran with two pigtails, and he roared loudly, revealing a mouthful of white Sensen's teeth, and his face was hideous

The hundred-step fire cavalry flattened their three-eyed muskets, which ignited the medicine thread and the smoke rose up, and the medicine filaments quickly burned towards the medicine room

The sound of "whoosh" breaking through the air came, and a Ming Di shot Li Chengwei into the left shoulder blade, making him almost lose his musket and bite his teeth, clamping the barrel of the gun desperately, and let out a wild roar

The sound of gunfire in the seventy-step assault cavalry formation sounded in rows and rows, and the enemy cavalry in the front row, which was about to collide, fell off their horses one after another, just like a stick hitting the jujube tree, and now the assault rifles are all three-eyed assault rifles, and the three barrels share a medicine room, although the power is slightly reduced, but the density has been increased, and it is very effective against the enemy light cavalry that hardly wears armor

As soon as the musket was released, Li Chengwei picked up the gun with one hand, drew an arc, and slammed the spear in front of him

"Killing" the firefighters used their muskets as blunt weapons, and collided with the enemy hard, and the shouts of the knights and the roar of the horses were deafening for a while

When Li Chengwei rushed out of the enemy group, he broke the arrow shaft with his hand, and when he looked back, the two armies had already passed through the formation and continued to run for a distance, he raised his gun and signaled the brigade to stop, reorganize the formation, and prepare to complete a round. The knights fixed their horses and seemed to be in a hurry to reload their ammunition

On the other side, the cavalry of the Jin Army was doing the same thing. The battlefield between the two armies abounded with ownerless horses and groaning wounded soldiers, as well as corpses that never moved again

At this moment, an earth-shattering loud bang exploded, and the fire riders all saw that a cloud of dust rose behind the golden horse, and it was actually the flying artillery pushed over by the soldiers in the battalion, but it was a pity that the distance was over, and the range of the flying artillery was not enough, even so, this cannon also shocked the golden cavalry, and after they had not fully organized the offensive formation, they couldn't wait to attack again

Li Chengwei took a sip, helpless, he had to go up before he finished loading

"Brothers" shouted, and the party general who still had an arrow shaft on his shoulder blade once again led his troops to meet the enemy's war drums and thundered, and the brothers in the city looked at it dryly, although they couldn't help, they shouted in unison to help the army

The war horse is vigorous, with the momentum of thunder and thunder to pounce on the enemy before the two armies hedged, when the short soldiers are connected, it is called "together", now turn the horse's head and rush again, it is called "back", there must be a return, and "round" comes from this.

When a round was completed, Li Chengwei and his soldiers were bloody, and Dang Xiang Xiao gritted his teeth and said: "Come again" But when he led his troops to form a formation again and prepare for the second round, he found that the golden cavalry that passed through the formation did not stop, let alone turn back? Instead, he just ran away

"Chasing" Li Chengwei was furious, something will leave in one round, don't you Jurchen Ma Jun claim to be able to fight a hundred rounds

He led his troops in pursuit, and after running less than a hundred paces, the silver horn of the city made a loud sound. When Li Chengwei heard this, he had to hold the reins and scolded fiercely: "Mother X go back"

Under this order, the cavalry ran faster than the charge, and they all went crazy to grab the sharp weapons. If you are lucky, you can lead a horse that is intact, or only has a fur wound; Again, a little bit can also grab a scimitar; At the most back, I am afraid that I can only pick up a pair of cooked cowhide boots from the wounded soldiers and corpses.

In the city, in the camp, there were bursts of cheers. Yang Yan was on the enemy tower, threw the two drums and hammers, clapped his hands and smiled: "I finally saw that our horse army could compete with the Jurchen cavalry, and I closed my eyes when I died of old age."

"The commander seized twenty-eight horses"

"One hundred and thirty-one killed, twenty-five captured, including a centurion."

Li Chengwei was sitting on a bundle of arrows in the camp, and the soldiers were pulling out arrows for him, probably because of improper force, which hurt him, and this guy slapped him and shouted: "Give that centurion's scimitar to Lao Tzu to shave"

After this battle, Chi Zhanhui found that the cavalry of the Hu'er Army actually had considerable combat power, especially the firearms used by the other side were powerful, and they could even hit several people with a sound, and the cavalry of the two armies hedged, and the bows and arrows of the Jin Army obviously suffered a loss. He did not dare to underestimate the enemy, so he ordered to retreat twenty miles back and camp to see the situation again.

In late September, Xu Sheng led 5,000 troops and carried supplies to cross Weishui through a pontoon bridge in Baoji and march east to reinforce Zhuji Pass. Yang Yan and Zhang Xian also organized a transport team to transport ammunition to Zhu Ji Pass, Li Chengwei led the army to protect each other, and Chi Zhanhui did not attack

In October, the war in Shaanxi fell into a stalemate. To the north, Xu Yuan and Zhang Jun fought more than a dozen battles, but failed to defeat each other, and because they were too hasty and too violent, they suffered large casualties. Liu Guangshi's failure to save Huanzhou exposed Xu Yuan's side, and Xu was so angry that he scolded his mother and was forced to retreat to the front line of Qingyang Fucheng.

In the south, Han Chang tried his best, in addition to attacking head-on, the Jin army also dug the foundation of the wall, and even led Weishui, but there was no way to take Xu Sheng and Wu Xuan, and Zhu Jiguan could not be attacked for a long time. And Chi Zhanhui on the other end was also unable to block Fengxiang Mansion City. The angry Han Chang even came up with a pontoon bridge to cross the south bank of Weishui, and then build a pontoon bridge to cross the river on the south bank, and sneak attack on Zhu Jiguan.

However, Wu Luan was heavily guarded, and the white cavalry patrolled along the river every day, and the Song army in Dasanguan also dispatched small units from time to time to guard along the south bank of Weishui, so that Han Chang had nothing to do.

After entering October, the morale of the Kim and Han coalition forces suffered. At the beginning of the battle of Zhu Ji Pass, regardless of Jin Han, the soldiers were vying to be the first, lest they fall behind. But after the fight, the Korean army hesitated as soon as they heard the sound of the horn, and the Jin army still did not retreat with its fierce style. By October, Han Chang tried to organize a large-scale offensive, often drawing opposition. All the generals are cloudy, Zhu Jiguan is as strong as iron stone, and the frontal attack cannot be effective.

In this case, it is time to find another way. But Han Chang didn't do this, he was under strong pressure from Chi Zhanhui and couldn't take a step back. In view of this, he decided to organize another large-scale frontal offensive. As a commander of the army, if you make a decision that is not for military purposes, but is based on political considerations or personal interests, first of all, it will not be popular with the military, and secondly, you will lose your correct judgment and will definitely lose.

On the ninth day of October, Han Chang once again mobilized the Jin army with more than 20,000 Han troops, and used all available equipment to launch a fierce attack on Zhu Jiguan. At this time, Wu Xuan had long since lost the tension at the beginning of the war, and calmly commanded the troops to counterattack. The defenders' bows, crossbows, and firearms of all colors were all in unison, and before noon, the offensive of the coalition forces was declared a failure because of the active retreat of the South Korean army.

Annoyed and angry, Han Chang lost his mind, and commanded the Han army besieging the city to be executed, which made the officers and men of the Han army shudder. Moreover, Han Chang issued a military order again, and if he fought again tomorrow, those who retreated would die

The ninth day of the first month, at night.

After a painful day, the Coalition soldiers had dinner and went to bed early. Tomorrow's offensive, you don't have to think about it, you know, it will definitely be a feather. But the top has already lost his heart and is crazy, and he wants to fill it with our lives, what can he do to be a soldier and be paid? Sleep, it's a sleep to be able to sleep, tomorrow night, I don't know if there is a head to sleep.

In the company camp of the coalition army for more than ten miles, the firelight was dotted, outlining the outline of a majestic battalion. Most of the military camps of the South Korean army are in the front, forming a semicircle on the periphery, surrounding the military camp of the Kim army. At this time, a faint light was still burning in a military tent.

In the dim light, several pairs of bright eyes were staring at the light.

The first general was about thirty-two or three, and although he was sitting, his burly body was still stronger than that of his standing companions. The light is dim and he doesn't really look like it, but looking at his big eyes, from the sideburns to the chin, the thick beard is like a broom At this time, he pinched the joints of his hands to make a rattle, and suddenly slapped his palm on the table, and said in a deep voice: "I have no choice but to go back."

When he said this, the eyes of everyone in the tent suddenly lit up, and one said: "Brother, you can think about it, if you step out this time, you may lose your head."

The general looked around at his companions: "You have also seen that Zhu Ji is unbreakable, the Hu'er army is well-armed, and it will be in vain to fight again, although Han Chang is a Han general, he is not on the same road as me, regardless of our life and death, he insists on attacking." Today he killed more than thirty people, who dares to guarantee that it will not be your turn tomorrow? ”

"It's tomorrow, we will either die in front of Zhu Ji Pass, or we will fall under Han Chang's knife, and there is no choice to do this, if you turn against the water, you will cast Song" someone echoed.

"This statement is reasonable, many of us were Song generals in the past, and they defected to the Western Army, and they will be used."

"Don't be too optimistic, Zijin Tiger is now the commander-in-chief of the Western Army, that's not a good stubble"

"I'm afraid that Li Yongqi and his son have heard about it? In order to receive the Li family's father and son, Xu Jiu did not hesitate to take the risk of offending the Jurchens, if we go to defect, Hu Shuai will definitely accept it."

The leader of the generals waved his hand to stop everyone, and whispered: "It's not enough to just lead the department to cast weight, we need to take a credit, and then I'm not afraid that the Purple Gold Tiger will not be reused, if you trust me Li Cheng, how about listening to my orders?" ”