Chapter 516: A strong counterattack

Xu Yuan also has the courage, once he decided to send troops, he immediately gathered 30,000 infantry troops and 5,000 horse troops, and personally led the team regardless of his old age, leading Wang Yu, Xu Cheng, Yang Rong and other generals out of Weizhou and went straight to Qingyang Mansion. Liu Ziyu was overjoyed, and sent Pegasus to report to the Qinzhou System Division, and the Western Army, under the command of Xu Ziang, opened the prelude to defensive operations in the two battlefields of Qingyang and Fengxiang

On August 23, Xu Yuan's troops entered Pengyuan County in the southwest corner of Qingyang Prefecture, where he had already discovered that the Han army had defeated the defenders in the north of Qingyang, and Zhang Zhongfu fled back to Fucheng with only a few dozen horsemen, and the Dingbian army also fell. After that, the Han army met under the city of Qingyang Prefecture, preparing to attack the city on the one hand, and dividing troops to take Huanzhou on the other. The whole Huanqing Road is precarious and crumbling

As soon as the Jingyuan army entered the boundary of Qingyang Mansion, it was discovered by the Han army, and Gao Wan, the son of Gao Xiaogong, the king of the puppet Han Qi, led thousands of people to block it, and the two sides fought in Pengyuan. The Jingyuan Feng army commanded Xu Cheng, and the strict array caused great trauma to the enemy with dense bows and crossbows, Gao Wan led the army to retreat to Chicheng City, and Xu Cheng pursued all the way, not giving the other party any respite. Gao Wan saw him menacing, abandoned Chicheng Town, and retreated to the outskirts of Qingyang Mansion.

Xu Yuan was very happy to see the bravery of his second son, but he was afraid that he would encounter an accident in the depths of his army alone, so he forced Xu Cheng to stop the pursuit and join the main force.

But Xu Cheng is also young and vigorous, although he is now an officer of Jingyuan Shuaisi, but he always has the habit of a general of the Hu'er Army, and believes that Gao Wan's department is a false appearance, so he disregarded his father's order, led the army to chase his 3,000-step mixed troops, chased after the butts of 10,000 enemy troops, and finally caught up when Gao Wan was about to cross Jingshui.

The Maling River and the Yanqing River flow into Jingshui under Qingyang Mansion, and Qingyang City is built in the triangle where the two rivers meet. Gao Wan led the army to retreat here, and when he was about to borrow a pontoon bridge to cross the river, Xu Cheng chased after him.

Although Gao Wan does not have much actual combat experience, but his father is Gao Xiaogong, this guy is quite bold, he drank and ordered the troops not to panic, continue to cross the river, he himself led the army on the bank of the Jing River to line up, personally broke off but Xu Cheng's father is Xu Yuan, his uncle is Xu Wei, Jingyuan Xiaoshuai didn't think about it, waved his army to cover up the past

The 3,000 Jingyuan soldiers under the leadership of Xiao Shuai struck away the enemy one after another, and their morale was high, and they crashed into the enemy like tigers and wolves. Where can the Korean army resist, those who were squeezed into the Jing River, and those who were forced to fall from the bridge, are innumerable. Gao Wan was in the melee, panicked and was squeezed into the river, and his subordinates desperately rescued him, grabbed the horse and fled north. It is also to blame that this guy is too arrogant, the armor is shiny, and the mount is a divine horse, which was discovered by the sharp-eyed Jingyuan soldiers, shouting to chase and kill the enemy chief and run out of the haunted ten miles, and was intercepted by the Jingyuan cavalry

After Xu Cheng established the first achievement, his blood was boiling, but he was self-aware, and he did not dare to use 3,000 people to fight hard with the main force of the enemy army under Qingyang City, so he tied Gao Wan and escorted him to his father's tent, firmly controlled the pontoon bridge, and waited for the main force to come.

Gao Wan's department was defeated, and his own life and death were unknown, which made Zhang Jun, who commanded the Jin-Han coalition army on the North Road, very angry, he is now the puppet Han and Shaanxi capital, and Gao Wan is the puppet Han privy envoy, the beloved son of Gao Xiaogong, the king of Qi, broke him, how can he explain? But the Jingyuan army rushed to the aid of Huanqing, and he was still quite afraid of fighting against his old commander Xu Yuan. Thinking about it again and again, he gave up the siege battle that was about to start, led the army to retreat for more than 100 miles, and stationed the main force in Dashun City, and the detachment will occupy Liyuan Fort and Anjiang Village on both sides of Dashun City, forming a three-legged momentum, waiting for Huanqing to fall, looking for fighters.

At the end of August, Xu Yuan led the army into Qingyang Mansion, and Liu Guangshi led the commander Si Wenwu out of the city to greet him. At that time, Liu Guangshi had 17,000 troops in the city, plus Xu Yuan's reinforcements, counting more than 50,000 horses. Xu Yuan decided that Liu Guangshi would go to save Huanzhou by himself, and he led the Jingyuan army to the north to attack Zhang Jun and clean up the portal.

The situation in Huanqing took a turn for the better because of Xu Yuan's intervention, and at this time, in Fengxiang Mansion, Zhu Jiguan, after several days of preliminary preparations, Han Chang and Chi Zhanhui decided to make a move.

The weather was cool on this day, with gusty autumn winds. Zhu Ji was closed, and the defenders were on standby. Before the pass, after paying the price of nearly 1,000 lives, the Kim and South Korean coalition forces finally took advantage of the night to basically clear the obstacles such as antlers and horses. This made Han Chang very impatient, hundreds of thousands of Jin Jun Han troops, the daily consumption is incalculable, just to dismantle the preliminary preparations and dismantle the obstacles, it took a few days, this is simply equivalent to losing the opportunity, before the battle first demoralization

But there was no way, the defenders were clearly well prepared. They even sprinkled thistles and horse nails on the ground in front of the pass, and tied bells to the antlers. At night, as long as the bell rings, turn off the cannon and fire a few shots, and then, random arrows are fired......

The wind gradually rose, blowing the flags of the two armies and dancing with the wind In order to let Han Chang concentrate on commanding, Chi Zhanhui personally led the elite cavalry to bypass Qishan County and attack Fengxiang Mansion, in order to prevent Fengxiang's Zhang Xian from having the opportunity to reinforce Zhu Jiguan.

On the plain in front of the pass, the coalition army laid out more than a dozen phalanxes, and the near siege troops with goose carts, flying bridges, and ladders were placed in the front. Followed by the artillery group, but this is not used to bombard the wall, the pass is different from the city, the pass is the only wall, the artillery attack does not work, this artillery group, is used to bombard the barrier on the Zhu Ji platform, contain the defenders above, so that they can not take care of the wall.

After that, there is the large crossbow group responsible for the front siege troops. The Jin army has mastered the manufacturing methods of sharp weapons such as the Divine Arm Bow and the Bed Crossbow, this time, Han Chang used nearly a thousand Divine Arm Bow and Bed Crossbow alone, which is a rather astonishing number If you look closely, it is not difficult to find that in the Jin Army's crossbow group, there are dozens of huge ones, which are the Eight Bull Crossbows

The last time he attacked Fengxiang, the huge power of the Eight Bull Crossbow left a deep impression on Han Chang, with a range of up to 1,000 steps, whoever rushes against this kind of giant crossbow will not know how to die

Commanders at all levels traveled back and forth to the Chinese army across horses, reporting on the readiness of the various units. Han Chang desperately inhaled a few breaths of cold wind into his lungs, exhaled heavily, pulled out his saber with a choked sound, swung it forward expressionlessly, and shouted in his mouth: "Attack"

The passionate and loud horn sound rushed to the sky and reverberated in the plain in front of the pass, with the sound of the horn, more than 100,000 troops shouted in unison, its sound was like a storm crashing on the shore, its momentum was like a chaotic stone through the clouds and the shore of Weishui, the Jin-Han coalition army launched an attack on Zhu Ji Pass with the momentum of throwing whips to cut off the stream

The soldiers pushed the goose cart and made the huge monster slowly move forward, and the sound of the neat trumpet kept ringing, converging into a flood of sounds, which was terrifying

Wu Lan stood behind a female wall, coldly watching the enemies surging like a tide. He was considered old in the Hu'er Army, but he was often overshadowed by the brilliance of his brother Wu Jue, and rarely commanded battles alone. So much so that he is now subject to the restraint of Zhang Xian, the head of Fengxiang's soldiers and horses. But this time, he has the opportunity to make a contribution, and whether he can shock Shaanxi depends on his creation

From time to time, pulling the short beard under his chin, Wu Tangqing could not hide his nervousness. He was fighting against more than ten times the enemy with more than 10,000 troops, but he firmly believed that this Xiongguan, which he was personally responsible for building, would not lose more than 10,000 regular troops and brave brothers, and would not fail him

The closer the shouting and killing, the louder the ears of every defender like thunder, the towering goose cart in the ears of each defender, like a monster, tightly pressed towards the 400-step wall of Zhu Jiguan, even if it was a veteran of the Jingsui camp period, at this time, he couldn't help but tremble

At the same time, the Jin army's artillery began to move forward, and countless soldiers hugged the giant cannons and pressed towards the barrier on Zhu Jitai. After a few more moments, the enemy's large crossbow group also extended forward, and the entire plain in front of the pass was like a flood, and the eyes were full of enemies approaching step by step

Suddenly, the sound of the horn turned to a hurry, and the enemy soldiers seemed to know that they were within range of the defenders' giant crossbows, and they all exerted their strength to speed up

"Eight Bull Crossbows." Wu Lan said in a deep voice.

The eight-bull crossbows arranged on the faces of the six horses had already entered the firing state, and the "one shot and three swords and arrows" lay quietly in the arrow path, waiting for the cry of death

The crossbowmen bowed their bodies and took aim again, and then they raised their wooden hammers and slammed into the crossbow machine with a thunderbolt, and the three thick strings on the eight-ox crossbow shot out a huge arrow with ten thousand powers, and a row of sharp arrows shot into the air with all their strength, drawing a string line, flying faster and faster, and falling towards the dense enemy group

A marching Korean army suddenly scattered and scattered only to hear a loud bang, and in the field they separated, a huge arrow like a gun sank into the ground, leaving only a small half of the arrow shaft with three iron feathers, countless pairs of frightened eyes staring at this giant arrow, and the soldiers couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva

"Keep in formation," the officer shouted through gritted teeth.

The soldiers regrouped and charged forward, but they didn't know if they would be so lucky that fear would also bring out human potential next time, and the frightened soldiers howled and galloped towards the four hundred paces of the wall

At this moment, the artillery began to fire bullets, bombarding the barrier on Zhu Jitai, watching the boulders rise into the air, and the soldiers of the coalition army were inspired and roared hysterically

Wu Lan tore off a beard and said fiercely: "Divine Arm Bow Bed Crossbow"

Four hundred steps off the wall, the dense chord sound was connected into a piece, and countless white feathers roared out to form a rain of arrows, pounced on the enemy group, this wave of blows, it was not as deterrent as the Eight Bull Crossbow

If there is any disadvantage of Zhu Ji Pass, it is that although it can block the way of the enemy, the terrain in front of the pass is too open and flat, and the area under attack is too large, which is why the defenders artificially set up obstacles in front of the pass. It was not until they entered the distance of two hundred paces that Zhu Jitai and Feng Mingshan sandwiched out a narrow space, and two hundred steps were too dangerous for the defenders, and if there was no dense and saturated counterattack, the attackers would be able to enter under the wall in the blink of an eye

Does Wu Xuan have such counterattack strength?

"Cannon group release" Wu Tangqing's roar shook the whole pass

On the other side of the wall, the officers holding the command flag held high the command flag and shouted to the gate: "Release" to the gate, almost every one of them was hideous, and the huge pressure made these battle-hardened commanders also become manic

Whatever their orders, after Zhu Ji passed, a black spot was suddenly vacated The coalition soldiers at the forefront of the attack watched this black spot take off and land, getting bigger and bigger When they found that the whistling stone bullets were huge stone bullets, there was no chance to dodge, and they had already entered a narrow area, and there was nowhere to dodge at all

The boulder smashed down in the air with the power of thunder, and the screams were loud, and I don't know how many people turned into a dense attack formation of the meatloaf coalition in this wave of stone bullet attacks, and because of the stone bullet attack, there were pits one after another. But this did not prevent them from attacking frantically, because they were only a little more than a hundred steps away from closing the wall

"Archer" Wu Lan's order marked the beginning of the intensive saturation attack

What is the most closed? The archers accounted for more than half of the entire defenders, and the rows were neatly arrayed, and the soldiers with bows and arrows looked cold, and the commander of the army gave an order, and the first row of archers took a step forward, and pulled the bowstrings round and let go, and the strings sounded like rain hitting the roof tiles, and the sound was endless

After the first row was launched, the second row immediately followed the cycle, and above the sky, a curtain of arrows appeared, and if it was a sunny day today, the rain of arrows would surely obscure the sun's brilliance

The attacking soldiers suddenly felt a darkness above their heads, and they knew that the rain of arrows was coming......

It's useless to hide, with this kung fu, it's better to do your best and rush under the wall

"Kill" a shirtless strong man with two knives in his left and right hands, driving the soldiers forward. A sudden splash of earth and rocks in front of his eyes, a huge force caused the majestic man like an ox to soar into the air, and only then did a loud sound rattle the eardrums of the soldiers around him

There was a shallow pit in the ground, and all the people around the pit flew out, and the officer who wielded the two knives lay on the ground, convulsing, and the blood of the spring poured out of his mouth, and soon he did not move, because there were at least three arrows nailed to his torso

Wu Xuan secretly screamed in his heart, he saw with his own eyes that under the attack of earth-shattering thunder and arrow rain, the enemy army group fell in pieces

Just as he was about to give the order to fire the flying artillery, the wind in front of him was cold, and he reached out and touched it, and the helmet was gone

He fixed his eyes on the enemy's approaching siege troops, and their crossbow groups were ready and began to shoot

"Flying artillery" Wu Lan did not have the slightest timidity, and this sentence popped out from between his teeth

On the 400-step wall, a total of more than 50 new-type flying artillery pieces were arranged, and almost every few female walls there was an iron cannon. The gunpowder had been filled, the shells had been loaded, and the black muzzles of the guns were approaching, and the gunners did not hesitate to stretch their torches to the fire door in the medicine room, where the lines of medicine were waiting for the brilliant burning to cause the roar of the landslide

The flying artillery exploded with a huge roar, and even the defenders on the gate were terrified, and iron projectiles condensed with the power of thunder roared out of the cannon

"Hit," one of the gunners cheered, as the shot he fired directly lifted the top of one of the enemy's goose carts

Immediately, he received a loud slap in the face, but he barely froze, did not touch his hot cheeks, and immediately set about removing the gunpowder residue and preparing for a second shot

The archers were getting lower and lower, and finally from upward to drooping, they shot and killed the enemy who was rushing to the wall not far away, and the suppression of the crossbow horde was hardly a great threat to them. Listening to the clanging sound, you also know that the enemy's arrows either flew away or hit the thick wall.

An officer ventured to climb the women's wall, holding his helmet and sticking out his head to look down at the originally flat wall, there were already a lot of huge arrows nailed in a mess, no matter how strong Zhu Jiguan is, your material is still a stone, and if it is a stone, it will not be able to withstand the huge power of the Eight Bull Crossbow

These seemingly jumble arrows are not useless, and seasoned veterans know what they do.

The first goose cart hit the wall, the ladder with its head folded quickly rose up, knocked on a female wall, and the soldiers hiding at the bottom of the chariot came like ants out of a hole, they were very clueless, ran in front, stepped on the ladder and slid up, bit the knife in the back, jumped up, grabbed the giant arrow nailed to the wall, and climbed up like a gecko

The Eight Bull Crossbow, in addition to shooting the enemy at an ultra-long distance, also has a role, it uses "one gun and three swords and arrows", which can pierce through the boulder and nail it to the wall of the city wall, and the soldiers can climb up to occupy the city head This is a unique weapon of the Song army, but now, it has been learned by the Jurchens

"Dodge," a one-eared warrior led the soldier to hug the batter and shouted. The archer in front of him made a way, and he and the soldier hit the thick ram of the bowl on the ladder of the goose cart only to hear a crisp sound, the ladder broke and was about to rush up to the city, and the soldier who became the first person in the coalition army to go up to the city grabbed the truncated ladder and fell backwards quickly, he let go of his hand, and his body fell vertically to a height of three feet and fell, I hope he will be blessed with a great life......

"I'll let you climb ......" On the horse's face, an archer had already pulled a round string, and under the squint, the sharp arrow was moving with an enemy soldier climbing up the wall. As soon as the right hand was released, the sharp arrow flew out, and the enemy soldier fell in response

The horse face is also called the enemy platform, which is a strong fortification on the wall of the city wall, protruding outward, and its function is that it can attack the enemy hiding under the base of the city wall, so as to ensure that there is no dead angle for attack. On the two horse-faced enemy platforms, as long as they are properly configured, it is completely possible to block the distance of this section

The wind died down, the clouds thinned, and the sun began to shine through. Before Zhu Ji Pass, as soon as the war broke out, it entered a fierce battle and only heard the rumbling of artillery, but seeing the arrows and stones flying, the officers and men of the two armies were betting on their lives and betting on the outcome of this battle

Within a distance of 400 paces in front of the pass, the corpses of many soldiers of the Kim and Han armies fell, and arrows were scattered like weeds on the spot since the start of the Song-Kim war, and there had never been a battle like this......