Xu Guandong, the general guarding Sishui Pass, personally led eight thousand cavalry out of the city to block the Song Army's vanguard from crossing the river. They rushed straight to the river bank with lightning speed.
On the other hand, the Song army had fought fiercely for nearly a year with an army of 100,000 people. Of the only 70,000 horses left, nearly 30,000 horses were already crossing the river.
The defenders at Sishui Pass were approaching fiercely and were about to block the Song Army's vanguard at the banks of the Sishui River. But on the other side of the river, Song Zhiwen, the head coach of the Song Army, looked as usual, showing no signs of panic.
On top of the city tower, Chen Shouren watched the battle and felt it was strange.
On the battlefield, the two parties are gathering quickly!
Yang Cheng, the deputy general of the Song Army, saw that the eight thousand cavalry led by Xu Guandong had rushed out of Sishui Pass and marched straight to the river bank in formation. He knew that they must land in formation before Xu Guandong organized the formation and launched the charge, otherwise they would face being charged by Zheng Jun. The formation broke up, resulting in a large number of people drowning in the river.
Now that winter is coming, the river water is freezing cold. Don't talk about those soldiers, even if Yang Cheng soaked in the water, he would be shivering from the cold.
"Warlock, listen to the order, the three armies march forward and get ashore!" Yang Cheng yelled.
"Got the order!!"
Among the pioneers of the Song Army and in the densely arranged ferry boats, armored warlocks made seals with their hands and performed spells.
The Song army's densely packed boat suddenly accelerated, as if riding a strong wind, breaking through the waves.
On top of the city tower, Chen Shouren felt shocked when he saw the changes in the battle situation.
The densely packed ferry boat of the Song army suddenly accelerated. Chen Shouren could tell at a glance that there were warlocks in the dense team who used magic to destroy the boat and break through the waves, hoping to get ashore before Xu Guandong could organize the charging formation.
It was not an inscrutable magic, it was just the simplest method of "controlling water and riding the wind", which even a deceitful warlock could easily perform.
But the battlefield is changing rapidly, and it is especially important to seize the opportunity.
Nowadays, the art of controlling water and riding the wind, which is basically looked down upon by Jiuzhou warlocks, is of great benefit to the Song army when used at this time.
"Sir, the speed of crossing the boat has become faster." On top of the city tower, the sword attendant Aqin said softly, his beautiful eyebrows slightly twisted.
"It's too late." Chen Shouren thought about it in his mind and laughed, "If from the beginning, the Song army had used magic to destroy the ferry to speed up, they would have been able to get ashore before General Xu organized the formation. But those in the Song army The warlocks are nothing more than three-legged cat kungfu, and they are simply incapable of supporting the boat to speed up and cross the Si River from the very beginning..."
Before Chen Shouren could finish speaking, he suddenly realized something and his pupils shrank suddenly!
Sword Attendant Aqin immediately noticed something strange about Chen Shouren, "Master, what's wrong?"
"Magic!" Chen Shouren suddenly shouted, his expression ugly.
The young general's eyes widened and he suddenly looked at the huge siege equipment standing on the other side of the Sishui River.
In the morning light, behind the densely packed Song Army crossing the river, those behemoths had begun to operate without knowing when!
Chen Shouren's cultivation has reached the Great Perfection of the Four Realms, and his eyesight is so amazing that he can tell at a glance that the objects about to be projected by the siege equipment are not rolling stones at all, but dark and strange jars.
The young gentleman from Jixia Academy was immediately stunned and felt horrified!
Blackfire of the Abyss.
However, Chen Shouren had been worried about whether the Song army would use that big killer weapon at the beginning of Song Zhiwen's siege, and he had already been mentally prepared. But when he finally saw those dark and strange jars, he still stood on his head after just one glance!
The Black Fire of the Abyss was terrifying during the Northern War seventy years ago.
Whether it is attacking a city or holding on to it; whether it is a fierce battle on land or a naval charge, the Black Fire of the Abyss is an invincible existence!
Seventy years ago, the most glorious achievement of the Black Fire of the Abyss was the "Seven Hundred Miles of Burning Camp" that is still talked about by storytellers in the north!
In that battle, the three kingdoms of Zheng, Qi, and Yan joined forces, with a total of 800,000 troops! Even if we throw away non-main combat forces such as cooks and logistics for transporting baggage, the military strength of the Three Kingdoms is still more than 600,000.
This 800,000-strong army had only one purpose, which was to break through Suiyang City and carve up the most lethal and terrifying weapon in the northern war situation at that time, the Black Fire of the Abyss.
Unexpectedly, when the armies of the Three Kingdoms broke through Jiangcheng and headed straight for Suiyang City, the capital of the Song Dynasty, the 800,000-strong army was ambushed by the Song Dynasty general and burned to pieces!
It turns out that Jiangcheng is located between two continuous mountains. The water between the mountains is called Dongjiang River. Jiangcheng is also named because it is surrounded by mountains and rivers.
When the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms conquered Jiangcheng, 800,000 troops camped in the mountains on both sides of Jiangcheng. Due to the narrow terrain in the mountains, the military camp stretches for seven hundred miles from front to back.
It was June and the heat was unbearable.
In the mountains and forests, the heat has subsided for a while, but it is still sweltering.
But before the coalition forces left Jiangcheng, a strong wind suddenly broke out in June. The general of the Song Dynasty looked up to the sky and smiled, shouting three times, "God help me!" Immediately, death squads were sent out, carrying black cupping jars, and crawled into the mountains on both sides of Jiangcheng.
The results can be imagined.
As soon as the black cupping pot was ignited, it immediately spewed out blazing fire, instantly burning the nearby mountains and forests red! Coupled with the swift wind that passed directly between the two mountains, flames shot up into the sky for a while, like two ferocious fire dragons roaring on the ground.
The coalition forces were burned to the sky and into the ground, suffering heavy casualties.
After all, there is a Dongjiang River between two mountains that were blown by the strong wind and burned fiercely. Countless coalition soldiers jumped into the Dongjiang River, hoping to use the Dongjiang water to avoid being burned to death.
But little did they know that at the same time that the mountain fire quickly ignited the two continuous mountains, the Song Army Commander Fu Lin had already dug a fatal gap in the upper reaches of the Dongjiang River.
The Song Dynasty is known as a water town, and the most indispensable thing is water.
Fu Lin ordered people to dig a breach in the Dongjiang River and connect it to a nearby large lake. Depending on the water level difference, the water from the large lake was poured into the Dongjiang River. When the mountain fire filled the sky and turned the night sky into blood red, it caused a flash flood!
The coalition soldiers hiding in the river were immediately swept away by the flash flood, causing numerous casualties.
In the lower reaches of the Dongjiang River, the distributary channels have been dug out by the Song Navy, and there are densely packed layers of tattered corpses washed out of the mountains by flash floods and floating everywhere, making people feel numb.
In that battle, the Three Kingdoms Allied Forces were almost completely wiped out, and not a single allied general came out of Jiangcheng alive.
Since then, the Black Fire of the Abyss has become increasingly frightening.
Chen Shouren watched the dark jars being placed at the end of the huge swing arms of the siege equipment. The sergeant in charge of throwing them was adjusting the equipment. Next to each equipment, there were several soldiers in charge of igniting them.
As soon as Chen Shouren saw the soldiers of the Song Army lighting the torches, he felt a wave of cold skin rushing straight towards his Niwan Palace, and he immediately shouted for Xu Guandong to disperse the formation.
But Song Zhiwen asked where he would be given this opportunity?
"Kill." On the other side of the Si River, Confucian Sword Song Zhiwen gave the order, his voice as cold as cold iron!
…
