The group pet prince is a full-scale boss

Chapter 172 The First Battle

Jurchen divided [-] troops and set up camp along the Han River outside Fancheng, Zaoyang and Sui County each sent [-] troops.

The 15 troops came in a menacing manner, and they seemed to capture Xiangfan in one fell swoop, occupying Southwest Beijing Road and Hubei Road.

Once the Jing and Hu roads are occupied by Jurchen, the territory of Dazhao will be divided into two pieces. In the east, they can capture the Huainan East and West Roads and attack the capital Lin'an, and in the west they can extend the river into Sichuan and Shu, and occupy the land of abundance.

Da Zhao's territory was divided, and the head and tail could not look at each other, so they became fish on the chopping board, allowing the Jurchen army to slaughter at will.

This is why Xiangfan is known as "ships from the south and horses from the north, the thoroughfare of seven provinces", which shows how important its geographical location is.

Fancheng and Xiangyang are separated by the Han River. It is a sub-city of Xiangyang and a barrier of Xiangyang. It is very important, so Bai Dalang personally led an army of [-] to defend Fancheng, and another [-] troops to guard Xiangyang. The two cities echoed each other and attacked and defended each other.

The Jurchen army arrived outside Fancheng on the night of November 23, and attacked the city in the early morning of the 24th.

The cavalry was in front, followed by shieldmen and archers, and the infantry brought ladders, trebuchets, giant logs, etc. to press the formation, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses rushed up like a tide.

On the city wall, the soldiers of the Zhongshun Army all looked dignified, with murderous looks in their eyes. Looking at the Jurchen soldiers from far and near, they couldn't help but clenched their weapons tightly.

Through the continuous efforts of craftsmen day and night, the production of the new type of god arm crossbow is very fast. Today, thousands of crossbowmen in the city of Fancheng use the new type of god arm crossbow.

This object has a fast firing speed, a long range, and great lethality. It is even better than the original bed crossbow placed on the top of the city. With such a magical weapon, it is natural for the enemy to have a taste.

The soldiers on the top of the city were waiting in full battle, and when the enemy entered the range of the god arm crossbow, they heard an order, and thousands of crossbow arrows fired in salvo, as if a dark cloud was passing by in the sky.

When the deadly dark cloud fell, the Jurchen cavalry galloping in the distance instantly turned blank.

The rhythm of the Jurchen cavalry's attack stopped, and the formation suddenly became chaotic. "Bow and crossbow, Da Zhao must have a new crossbow. They can shoot from such a long distance? How did they do it?" The Jurchen general immediately noticed something was wrong.

"Come on, continue to charge forward, it takes time to rewind the crossbow, take the opportunity to charge over." Someone shouted loudly, urging the soldiers to continue to charge forward.

However, as soon as the words fell, another dark cloud descended, and the black crowd on the ground suddenly became blank again.

This time, the Jurchen general panicked. "Generalissimo, what should we do?"

At this moment, they were still about [-] steps away from the city wall of Fancheng, and their bows and arrows had not enough range to fight back, but they had to be attacked by waves of crossbow arrows from the opponent. Isn't this going to die?
"Don't stop, keep rushing, even if you use people as a cushion, you must rush to the city today."

Jurchen Commander was heartbroken seeing this situation, but no matter how heartbroken they were, they couldn't stop. They had traveled a long way, and if they couldn't take down the city in one go, their morale would definitely be damaged, and it would be even more troublesome to attack the city next time.

The commander had an order, and the subordinate soldiers naturally had to obey, so the Jurchen army continued to charge forward.

On the top of the city, the generals of Da Zhao were not afraid either, and the crossbowman adjusted the shooting angle from time to time, and quickly wound up and fired.

War has always been a test for both sides, and those who fail can only fail.

Tens of thousands of Jurchen troops attacked, and the cavalry was very fast. After a few rounds of crossbow arrows were shot, the Jurchen cavalry rushed up and began to counterattack with bows and arrows.

The infantry behind followed up, pushing catapults and other siege equipment, as long as they were within range, they could launch stone bombs to attack.

The god arm crossbow is good for attacking from a distance, but it is not as good as ordinary bows and arrows when it is close, so the crossbowman withdraws and replaces the archer.

At the same time, the trebuchet improved by Bai Mengjin and Song Yucheng is now ready to use.

The improved trebuchet has a much longer range than the original one, and what's more, it doesn't use stone bullets, but a gunpowder canister developed by Bai Mengjin.

Seal the gunpowder with a porcelain altar, ignite the fuze and throw it out with a trebuchet. The length of the fuze has been carefully tested, and it can explode just before the gunpowder pot is about to hit the ground.

There were iron nails and other things in the gunpowder pot, and the huge power of the explosion carried countless iron nails and fragments of the porcelain altar, and the attack power was simply beyond imagination.

A gunpowder canister exploded among the Jurchen cavalry, and the explosion blasted the nearest troops into the air. Then, countless iron nails and fragments flew all over the sky, attacking everyone nearby indiscriminately.

After the huge explosion, there was a scene of flying flesh and blood. This situation scared all the Jurchen soldiers around. What is this? It's too scary, right?
Before they could react, more than a dozen gunpowder cans flew down from the city wall one after another. These gunpowder cans exploded in the crowd, and the ground immediately became a hell on earth.

"Hey, what's going on here? Is it a demon technique? What kind of demon technique did Da Zhao use?" Someone shouted in horror.

"This is sorcery, hurry up, retreat quickly." Seeing that the situation is not good, someone turned his head and ran back immediately.

People have a herd mentality, especially after seeing such a horrible scene, the people around them are frightened. Once someone takes the lead in running away, the others will follow without even thinking.

Tens of thousands of troops, the rear continued to charge, but the front turned around and ran back. Now the formation was all chaotic, and each of them was spinning around like headless chickens.

On the city wall, gunpowder cans continued to fire from different angles and directions, resolutely delivering fatal blows.For a moment, there were screams outside the city, and blood and flesh were flying everywhere. The scene was simply unbearable to watch.

Bai Dalang saw clearly from above, and immediately shouted, "Stop firing the gunpowder canisters, lower the drawbridge, all officers and men will follow me out of the city to kill the enemy."

Why are you still in the city at this time?Hurry up and kill the enemies, or they will all run away later.

Thousands of cavalry had been waiting at the gate of the city for a long time. With the commander's order, the suspension bridge was lowered, the gate of the city was opened, and the cavalry rushed out like lightning, waving their long knives.

"The coach has an order that no horse should be injured when killing people." The main purpose of these people going out of the city is to pick up cheap things.

Da Zhao is really short of war horses, so don't rush to pull some war horses back at this time, thanks ah.

Bai Dalang took the lead and led all the soldiers to rush towards the enemy army. At this time, many horses of the Jurchen cavalry were frightened by the explosion, and they were out of control at all, unable to turn around and retreat immediately.

All the cavalrymen of Dazhao descended like fierce tigers and flooded into the sea, wielding long knives in their hands, harvesting the lives of the enemy.

The situation was one-sided, Jurchen was defeated, and the coach behind had to order to retreat.

Bai Dalang led his men to chase them for several miles before turning around. At this time, the infantry following out of the city had already begun to clean up the battlefield and gather horses, armor and other supplies.

Especially the horses, as long as they are not seriously injured, they can all be returned, this is a treasure.

In the first battle between Jurchen and Dazhao in Xiangyang, Jurchen suffered a disastrous defeat, and Dazhao won the battle neatly with a small loss.

(End of this chapter)