Chapter 418: First Encounter
When he learned that Bianjing was lost, the Jin soldiers who went south traveled day and night, as Yue Shao'an expected, the next day, when the sky was bright, the scouts urgently reported the military situation, according to which the Jin soldiers outpost was found less than thirty miles away.
After another period of time, the second wave of scouts also returned, and the news brought back was also followed by Jin Bing, and then, after another hour, there was no need for scouts to tell him, Yue Shaoan also knew, because standing on the top of the mountain, he could still see the winding procession in the north direction.
Yue Shao'an didn't sleep all night, with a little bloodshot in his eyes, he drank cup after cup of tea, and the tea was almost gone, but he didn't realize that with the arrival of the golden soldiers, the atmosphere on the mountain was unprecedentedly tense.
Yue Shao'an ordered one by one, the generals guarded each other, and the person in charge also shouldered the task of defensive command, the only exception was Zhu Chongyi, the arrangement of the mountain pass was particularly important, and Zhu Chongyi had to go, so Yue Shao'an let him be responsible, but the battle command, Zhu Chongyi was not this material.
Yue Shao'an transferred a deputy captain in the pro-soldier team, this person also followed Yue Shao'an from the time of Kaizhou, named Lin Li, calm and unassuming, so he is usually very low-key, but not many people know him.
The reason why Yue Shao'an transferred him over was that he valued his calmness, and more importantly, Lin Li's patience was extremely good, and in the past time, he had shown unusual patience, which happened to be what the people guarding the mountain pass must have.
After Lin Li received the order, he was a little surprised at first, and then he was delighted.
When Zhu Chongyi was deployed, Yue Shaoan did not tell him that he would be in charge of this command, but just asked him to be a deputy to help, he has always been low-key and hardworking, he never thought that one day the emperor would value himself, this time the reuse made him see hope.
As long as the performance is good this time, then there will naturally be a chance of promotion in the future, although Lin Li is low-key, it does not mean that he does not want to be valued, therefore, as soon as he received the order, he immediately rushed over, and at the same time made up his mind to satisfy the emperor and fight a beautiful battle.
Yue Shao'an also valued these things, so when Lin Li left, he cast an expectant look at him, and it was this look that made Lin Li's determination extremely firm.
After arranging the defensive task, Yue Shaoan came to the edge of the cliff and looked down.
The vanguard of the Jin soldiers has arrived at the foot of Qingshan, and the cavalry who are advancing rapidly, running for such a long road, are not chaotic, still brightly armored, and full of momentum, Yue Shaoan can't help but nod, just looking at this formation, he knows that it is a strong force.
Looking at the continuous golden soldiers, Yang Fan couldn't help but clench his hands into fists, he turned his head to look at Yue Shao'an's expression, saw that his face was calm, and he was a lot more relieved, and turned his gaze to the bottom of the mountain.
The galloping cavalry came to a halt abruptly, and in line with each other, rows of boulders lay across the middle of the road in front of them, blocking the way.
The leading vanguard general is the second prince of the Jin Kingdom, and among the princes, except for the four princes, the ability of the second prince is relatively strong.
The team stopped, Wan Yan Chenggong raised his hand to stop a few generals who wanted to step forward, raised his eyebrows slightly, and sent a few ordinary soldiers to check, after a while, seeing that there was no abnormal movement, the team stepped forward, intending to move the mountain and stone away.
On the mountain, Yue Shao'an saw it clearly, and just as Jin Bing stepped forward to carry the mountain rocks, he turned around and stretched out a finger to the herald, and the herald immediately understood.
A torch was thrown, and the sound of gunpowder burning "Ziziz ......" was heard, followed by "Boom! A yellow smoke rose up, straight into the sky, above the mountain pass, Lin Li saw the signal, pulled out the long sword at his waist, went forward, and shouted: "Release the arrow-"
"Whoosh ......"
Arrows rained down, with the sound of breaking the wind, shot out repeatedly, among them, some soldiers were no longer bows and arrows in their hands, but after Yue Shao'an's imagination, Zhu Chongyi's transformation, the latest production of repeating crossbows.
Although, because of the relationship of time, the number of these repeater equipment is still very small, but, whether it is the energy and accuracy of shooting or the speed, it is not possible to think of the bow and arrow, the only disadvantage is that the range is slightly inferior to the bow and arrow, the reason is only because the bow and arrow shoot in an arc, and the crossbow shoots in a straight line, these are the problems of gravity and skill.
However, at present, these shortcomings have not been shown, because the distance between the two sides is within the firing range, and the Song army is condescending, and it occupies a geographical advantage.
The lethality of the arrows is limited, and the vanguard of the Jin soldiers are all thick armor of grass-roots cowhide, so they can't hurt them unless they hit the vital point, and the speed of the arrows is limited, so it's much easier to block.
However, crossbow arrows are different, several layers of cowhide armor can easily penetrate into them, and the speed of crossbow arrows is extremely fast, and it is not easy to block.
Suddenly, most of the Jin soldiers up and down were killed and wounded, and screams were heard. Wan Yan was successfully protected by the soldiers with shields in the middle, and retreated to the rear, and the soldiers in front threw down a pile of corpses and retreated one after another.
This battle situation was expected by Yue Shao'an, seeing Jin Bing push back, Yue Shao'an's face was slightly relaxed, and he looked back at Yang Fan, but saw that Yang Fan's fists were still clenched, obviously not coming out of the emotions just now.
He gently patted Yang Fan's shoulder and said, "Brother Yang, take it easy, the next thing is a tough battle!" ”
Yang Fan was slightly stunned, then reacted, nodded yes, at this time, he became more and more incomprehensible to the emperor in front of him, he always felt that he was unfathomable, he looked leisurely and complacent on weekdays, but he was always strategizing at critical moments, and it seemed that everything was under his control.
In fact, Yang Fan knew Yue Shaoxin's distress, he seemed to be unfazed, but he had worries in his heart that others did not have, that is, in the past few days, he had been drinking idle tea and giving seemingly random orders, but none of the orders were all after his hard thinking and meditation, and all the battle situations were assumed, deduced, denied, and then deduced...... And come out.
The defeat of the Jin soldiers under the mountain made Yue Shao feel at ease a lot of stability, because everything had been staged according to the script he arranged, and the next thing, as long as there was no accident, this time the Jin soldiers would suffer a big loss.
The last time they went south, they took advantage of it, and this time it's time to return it.
Yue Shaoan thought all the way, and couldn't help blurting out: "Come out and mix, you always have to pay it back......"
"Uh......" Yang Fan turned his head to look at Yue Shaoan in surprise, Yue Shaoan waved his hand and said, "It's okay, I just remembered a sentence from an hour......
The sky was blue, and the layers of white clouds seemed to dissipate together with the defeat of the Jin soldiers, and they did not linger for a while, however, Yue Shaoan knew that what should come was always coming, and the short clear sky always ushered in the moment of clouds and mist again.
The bloodstains under the mountain are just the beginning, the real war is only about to start now, and at this moment, he can't be easy anymore......