Fenghou

Chapter 233 Sword Pavilion
Five thousand cavalry galloped in the dark night, each holding a torch, keeping a distance, like a fire dragon more than ten miles long, circling and galloping among the high mountains.

"General, the Immortal Nan is closed ahead!"

Chen Qing had already vaguely seen a light in front of him, he raised his arm and shouted: "Slow down!"

"Woo-woo-"

The low-pitched horn blew continuously, which was an order to slow down, and the five thousand cavalry gradually slowed down their horses.

The general guarding Nanxianren Pass is still Sun Yu, a general of Wu rank, but half of the pass troops have been transferred to guard Raofeng Pass, and there are still [-] soldiers guarding the pass.

When Sun Yu heard that Chen Qing was coming, he hurried out of the city to greet him. The two exchanged some pleasantries, and Chen Qing asked, "How is the situation in Hanzhong?"

Sun Yu sighed and said, "The golden soldiers attacked the west city for two days, but failed to capture it, so they set up a large camp twenty miles south of the west city. I heard that an army has already entered the Jinniu Road."

"Did Wu Dutong leave me a message?" Chen Qing asked again.

"There is a letter!"

The letter was on Sun Yu's body. He took it out and handed it to Chen Qing. Chen Qing took the letter, and several soldiers stepped forward with torches. The words on the letter were immediately visible.

After reading the letter, Chen Qing pondered for a long time and said to Sun Yu: "Wu Dutong is very worried that the Jin soldiers will attack Xianrenguan. What he means is that I send a part of the army to help General Sun keep Xianrenguan."

Sun Yu was immediately overjoyed. These days, he was very worried that Xianrenguan's troops were too small to resist the Jin soldiers' attack. It turned out that Wu Dutong thought of it for him. He looked at Chen Qing eagerly, to see if he would agree or not.

Chen Qing smiled slightly, "Commander Sun gave me weapons last time, how could I, Chen Qing, not reciprocate?"

He turned back to Liu Qiong and said, "You lead two thousand brothers to stay and help Commander Sun guard the Immortal Pass!"

Liu Qiong hurriedly saluted, "I obey the order!"

Sun Yu was really moved. He just gave Chen Qing dozens of spears and a big knife with a curved tip, and he remembered that helping him at a critical moment was like sending charcoal in the snow!
He hurriedly said: "There is a lot of food and grass here in Immortal Pass, if the commander wants supplies, just ask."

Chen Qing chuckled and said, "If that's the case, I won't be polite!"

The soldiers immediately got off their horses and rested. Both men and horses had a good meal, and they seized the time to lie down and rest.

Three hours later, before dawn, Chen Qing led three thousand cavalry across the Immortal Pass and rushed towards Nanzheng County.

Wanyan Saliha only sent [-] soldiers to Jianmen Pass to test the attack, and his lieutenant general Wanyan Chishulie led the army.

Although there were only [-] people, this army was quite brave and powerful. They were the elite of the golden soldiers, and there were [-] Tiefutu among them.

Even though it was just a probing attack, why didn't Wanyan Salihe hope that they could seize Jianmen Pass and open the gate of Bashu?
From here we can also see the cunning of Wanyan Saliyin, who used an army with as few people as possible to confuse the opponent, making the Song army think that it was just a probing attack, so that they could relax their vigilance, so that the Jin soldiers could seize the opportunity and break the sword in one fell swoop. The door closes.

'Woo—'

The horn of attack sounded, and two thousand soldiers formed two teams, holding short spears and huge shields, and slowly marched along the stone steps to the Jiange on the hillside.

On the top of the stone steps, fifty bed crossbows were densely arranged. Under the sun, the black iron arrows were aimed at the golden soldiers down the mountain.

Although Jin Bing is full of murderous spirit and brave and good at fighting, their opponent is also Liu Ziyu who has experienced many battles. Liu Ziyu knows how to deal with Jin Bing. Golden soldiers.

The official standing beside Liu Ziyu watching the battle was not an ordinary person. He was Li Yuan, a member of the driving department who came from Lin'an to inspect Sichuan and Shanxi, also known as the imperial envoy.

Li Yuan also came from Chengdu, but he passed by Zhu Shengfei. He directly led his entourage to the north and arrived at Jianmen Pass, just in time to meet the golden soldiers capturing Hanzhong, which shocked Li Yuan.

Fortunately, Liu Ziyu led thousands of soldiers back to Jianmen Pass, which eased Li Yuan's worries a little, but he was still terrified by the murderous intent of the Jin soldiers, fearing that the Song army would not be able to withstand it, and his life would be thrown at Jianmen Pass.

Seeing Li Yuan's nervousness, Liu Ziyu smiled slightly and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, they won't be able to break through the Jianmen Pass like this."

"May I ask Liu Dutong, how can we conquer Jianmen Pass?" Li Yuan asked curiously.

"Unless they use large siege weapons and giant catapults to smash and burn us first, otherwise they will attack with human flesh, as many as they come, I will let them die!"

Seeing that the Jurchen soldiers had crossed the hundred-pace line, Liu Ziyu immediately shouted, "Shoot!"

Fifty bed crossbows were fired at the same time, and two hundred and fifty jackdaw iron arrows rushed like a gust of wind. The speed was too fast. Before the Jurchen soldiers could react, the iron arrows had already pierced their shields and bodies. Shouting, the Jurchen soldiers in front were hit by arrows and fell down one after another, their bodies rolled over, and more than [-] Jurchen soldiers were shot and killed by the first round of arrows.

Wanyan Chi Shulie yelled, "Rush up!"

He was just taking advantage of the short opportunity for the opponent to exchange arrows, and rushed up to twenty steps first.

Hundreds of Jurchen soldiers ran up, and at the same time, 'Boom!Boom!Boom! There was a loud noise behind the bed crossbow, a dozen small catapults were launched, and a dozen large kerosene pots flew high and flew down the mountain. The bed crossbows were also being replaced quickly, and fifty bed crossbows retreated. , the other fifty bed crossbows were pushed up and aimed at the opponent's soldiers, but they did not fire.

Hundreds of Jurchen soldiers ran bravely, but when the clay pots hit their heads, they dodged one after another, 'Bang!boom!boom! 'Dozens of clay pots fell to the ground and were smashed to pieces, black and bright fire oil poured out, and flowed all over the steps.

"Rocket shooting!"

The soldiers of the Song Army who had been prepared for a long time immediately fired more than a hundred rockets, and the fire ball fell to the ground, and the kerosene was ignited quickly.

On the steps 'Boom! With a sound, the flames ignited, and hundreds of Jurchen soldiers were instantly plunged into the sea of ​​flames. They shouted in horror and turned to run away.

At this moment, fifty bed crossbows were launched, and the dense arrows shot at the enemy's back. The power of the Jackdaw's iron arrow was too strong, it pierced through the body in an instant, and shot at the person in front again. This round of Jackdaw's arrows unexpectedly More than [-] enemy soldiers were killed, which was more than double the first time.

It was only then that Li Yuan realized that Liu Dutong's delay in ordering to shoot arrows was to find the enemy's back and make him admire secretly. Jiang is still old and spicy.

"Shoot again!"

The third and fourth rounds of jackdaw arrows shot out, causing heavy casualties to the golden soldiers in the chaos. More than [-] people were killed in battle. Their bodies fell into the flames and were shrunk into a ball.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Wanyan Chishulie immediately ordered: "Retreat!"

'when!when!when! The bell for the retreat of the soldiers rang, and the golden soldiers left hundreds of corpses, fled down the steps in embarrassment, and retreated to a safe place.

The soldiers of the Song Army on the pass cheered, even Li Yuan couldn't help but clenched his fists and applauded loudly.

At the foot of the mountain, the golden soldiers were frowning, and a general said to Wanyan Chishu fiercely: "The opponent has fuel oil, bed crossbows, and the terrain is dangerous, I'm afraid we will attack with light troops, and it will be difficult to win!"

Why didn't Wanyan Chishulie understand that with his rich experience, without heavy siege weapons, he would not even think about conquering Jianmen Pass, but how would he know how the opponent would defend if he didn't try it out?

Now he figured it out, the other party had the bed crossbow, the fire oil, and finally the rolling wood and rocks, and there was really no need to sacrifice in vain.

Besides, the supplies they carried could not last for a few days, and the troops had to be withdrawn.

"Pass my order! Pack your bags and retreat to the camp."

The Jurchen soldiers packed their bags one after another, and after an hour, the Jurchen soldiers pulled out of the camp and retreated.

At this time, Liu Ziyu became a little worried. The retreat of the golden soldiers meant that they had lost confidence in capturing Jinniu Dao. Their strategy was to shift to capturing Hanzhong, and Xianrenguan was in danger.

(End of this chapter)