Chapter 179: Horseshoe Rush (26)
Although this is the case, but this Northern Expedition is destined to be a battle of life and death, it is conceivable that I don't know what the scene of Zhuozhou will be when I return again, and I don't know how many of my own brothers who will go north together will be able to return safely, not to mention what will wait for everyone's fate in the future.
Those who went with the army, as well as those people who survived the catastrophe, compared to the soldiers, they are also considered the lucky ones in this troubled world, struggling from desperate situations again and again, and they don't have to think about whether they will survive in the next war, after all, their task is only to transfer clothes and tents and other things with the army, just to earn a day's rations, the Great Song Dynasty is rich, and they never blink an eye at these expenses.
It is worth mentioning that these people are dragging their families along with the army, after all, these people have no livelihood, Zhuoyi Erzhou has long been a barren countryside, and there is no harvest.
If it weren't for the order from above, it would be difficult to say whether he would have survived!
But for the people in the troubled times at this time, maybe the days of stability and peace in the Great Song Dynasty have been too long, and they really can't be treated as nothing.
Zhuoyi Erzhou shattered into that scene, leaving them there, just sending them to death!
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Although the Jurchen army changed the previous mode of transporting grain, using the general method of transporting grain in the long snake array, but under the looting of Aliqi and others, dozens of truckloads of grain and rice were lost every time, which made the Jurchen army very distressed, but there was no way to take this capable Liao army squad, and the grain and grass that Aliqi looted was only left for a few days, and the rest were burned and not left behind.
This day is already the tenth day of the siege of Cangloukou, Aliqi's department is still struggling in this Jurchen army, always seeing the stitches and needles to do this, I don't know if there is a livelihood tomorrow, when it is strong, it will go, and when it is weak, it will eat, but the Liao army does this, it is to make the Jurchen army more fearless of death, even if the difference in strength is huge, after several battles, Aliqi's department is only left with more than 1,000 people.
If at this time, there can be a map attached to it with all the arrangements of the Liaojin side, it can be clearly seen that Yelu Aliqi, at this moment, has fallen into the encirclement of the Jurchen army, and the cangloukou where Yelu Yanxi is located, except for a few important places, the Jurchen army is also weak, and there is really a possibility of breaking through.
Aliqi was tossing and turning with his soldiers and horses at this time, and a member of the general jumped off his horse to watch carefully, and said: "General, this is the trace left by the Jurchen army, I think there must be a Jurchen army nearby." ”
Aliqi smiled slightly: "The Jurchen army has been circling behind us, and they have been calm, and they haven't bitten us until now, so I don't know what the hell they are doing!" ”
The general said in his heart: "General, the Jurchen army will not leave such a clear trace for us to see for no reason, it seems that it wants to make a move." ”
Aliqi nodded: "There is no good way, if he wants to come, just come!" I hope he doesn't do anything, and we can still loot more grain and make some trouble! ”
The trap soon appeared, and on this day, Aliqi and others robbed a grain transportation team escorted by more than 200 people, what Aliqi and others did not expect was that these Jurchen troops did not want to recapture the grain and rice.
Aliqi realized that there was a problem, and went to the grain cart and stabbed open the grain sac with a sword, but unexpectedly struck a spark, and the wrist of the shock hurt, and it turned out that the cart was loaded with stones, not grain.
I don't know when, Wanyan Zonghan's Daxu appeared on the hillside in the distance, the banner swayed, and the Jurchen army all over the mountains gathered and surrounded Aliqi and others.
The soldiers under Aliqi's command glanced left and right, and said: "General, there are about 6,000 people in the Jurchen army, and the location of the Jurchen army's grain carts is extremely unfavorable to us, this is only a fierce battle!" ”
Aliqi said with a smile: "A vicious battle will be a vicious battle, and I will take the lead in the killing, and then I will look for an opportunity to pass by the right side of the grain cart, and I will cross a mountain that is the river, and I can escape by jumping into the river." ”
The subordinates shook their heads and said, "General, how can I leave alone!" If we want to go, we have to go with the general, and dying on the battlefield is much better for us than those sergeants who are surrounded and waiting to die. ”
Wanyan Zonghan felt that Aliqi was indeed heroic, such a very rare figure turned out to be a native of Liao, at such a time, he even had the courage to stand up and become a pillar of the stone, just this courage made the Jurchens who have always been proud have to say that they are convinced, but this person is not friend or foe, if Aliqi does not die, then it will be a big threat to the Jurchen Kingdom!
With the shouts of the Jurchen army, the sound of creaking and squeaking became one, giving people huge psychological pressure.
"Let go of the ......" With this shout, a strong sound of breaking the sky sounded, like a spear's crossbow arrows tore through the air, like smokeless rockets towards Aliqi and the others, the Jurchens opened the bow and cracked the stones, the strength was extremely great, and the rain of thousands of arrows gave people the feeling that it was even more powerful than ten thousand arrows.
The Liao people have long been in battle, when they heard the second shout, a row of shields was erected, but the Jurchens were condescending, and it was a projectile, and the shield standing at the front was difficult to achieve good results, and the arrows shot to Aliqi, and the whip was out of reach, and more than 300 Liao soldiers were killed on the spot by arrows.
Then the Jurchen soldiers drove several carts over, and all the things made of bamboo tubes were carried from the carts, and all of them were tied to the arrows, and at the same time, dozens of crossbow machines appeared on the hillside.
A craftsman said: "These bamboo tubes are made of fresh bamboo, and after being cut down, oil is poured into them according to a special method. ”
The crossbow arrows tied to the bamboo tube were all wound, and with the order of the Jurchen army, they all shot at the place where Aliqi and the others were, after the first round of crossbow arrows, the second round of rockets was launched, and the grease cloth strips were wrapped around the giant crossbow arrows, and they were fired after they were ignited, which suddenly turned the place where Xiao Fengxian and the others were into a sea of fire.
"Boom ......"
"Bang ......"
Because of the burning of the bamboo tube that was shot before, the grease in the bamboo tube produced a fierce explosion, which made the fire even more rapid.