When they crossed the Yellow River and the North River with a total of 3,000 Tiefutu cavalry, a victory that could reverse the decline of the Jin Kingdom was almost within reach of Wanyan Lou's room.
Because as early as when the Song army was building a fortress, Lou Shi and Xie Bao pretended to be Jin men's scouts and came to observe closely.
They found that the east side of the Song Army's camp was the strongest, followed by the south side, then the west side, and the north side was the least well-defended because it leaned against the Yellow River and the North River. They just filled the soil with straw bags and built a low sheep and horse wall. There were no trenches specially dug in front of the sheep and horse wall. There were only discontinuous trenches with no width, which were left behind when digging and filling the bags. of. Inside and outside the ditch, I didn't see any deer villages or horse guns, and there were no wooden crosses on the sheep and horse walls.
If the attacking Jin Army cavalry charges hard enough, they can even ride their horses across the ditch, and then jump directly over the low sheep and horse wall!
Of course, it would be difficult to cross the Yellow River and the North River on horseback in daylight. It’s not about how wide the river is or how deep the water is, but that the cavalry that slows down when fording will become a living target for the Song army’s big guns... A few days ago, Xiebao led his troops to cross the Yellow River and retreat from the Beihe River. I suffered a loss of blood once when I was a child!
But it's still dark, and it's pitch black on the river. Does the Song Dynasty's big tube know where to spray fire? Could it be that this big tube also has night vision function? This guy is really awesome. The Jin Dynasty is still in trouble. It’s better to declare himself a vassal and pay tribute as soon as possible.
But just in case, Lou Shi arranged for 2,000 Mongol cavalry to conduct a feint attack with the support of cannons... Although the Mongol people's feint attack failed, they had not touched the Song people's The camp was driven back by the divine arm bow and foot bow.
However, the Mongol's feigned attack still revealed some truth. Lou Shi found that there were not many defenders behind the northern camp wall of the Song people. Otherwise, they should have chased and killed the Mongol when they retreated!
Plus, they're not available in larger tubes...at least not yet. Otherwise, even if they couldn't hit the Mongols crossing the North River of the Yellow River, they should still bombard the cannons firing cannons on the north bank of the Yellow River!
Moreover, Lou Shi did not find that the Song people used barrel weapons to the west and south of their camp. This shows that all the tubes of the Song people are concentrated in the camp facing Wu Lahai City to the east... This is an opportunity!
As long as you rush in from the north of the Song camp and then attack from the inside to the east, you can snatch away all the barrels!
"Boom boom boom..."
Just when Lou Shi took the lead and led his 3,000 iron pagodas into the water of the Yellow River and Beihe River that could reach the belly of the war horses, the sound of the explosion of the bombing pot came from the right side of Lou Shi.
Lou Shi turned around and took a look, only to see in front of him to his right, about two to three hundred paces away, groups of firelights accompanied by thunderous sounds, appearing out of thin air, and then disappearing in an instant... That should be The Song people were throwing their little bombs to stop the Mongol attack!
The second wave of feint attacks by the Mongols was launched a quarter of an hour earlier than the time when Tiefutu led by Wanyan Loushi crossed the North River of the Yellow River... They had now rushed across the North River of the Yellow River and attacked the Song army. The camp is in front!
Before these Mongol people launched their attack, the Jin soldiers' cannons also fired hundreds of large explosive pots. Although they were not very accurate, they were still powerful enough to attract the Song army's attention!
The location of this wave of feint attacks launched by the Mongols was to the north and west of the Song Army's camp. At first glance, it seemed to be to echo the second wave of "main attack" launched by the Jin soldiers to the west of the Song Army's camp - The first wave of attacks launched by the Jin people on the west side of the Song Army's camp had been repelled, but they quickly organized again, invested more troops, and launched a second wave of more rapid offensive!
Because the Jin army had filled in part of the trenches in the previous offensive, their second wave of attacks was more fierce than the first wave. The hard-line soldiers of the Jin people reached the outside of the sheep and horse wall with one charge, and started a fight with the divine arm archers of the Song army who stood on the top of the sheep and horse wall (now they used long spears)!
The martial arts of these divine arm archers may not be as good as the battlefield-hardened Jurchen warriors, but the infantry fighting in formation on the battlefield relies not on individual bravery, but on collective strength and high morale.
When infantrymen fight side by side, they cannot express themselves freely. There are strict regulations on the movement, rhythm and position of their weapons.
The Jin people's hard-line soldiers who now appear on the west side of the Song army's camp are also very neatly behaved. The soldiers in heavy armor march side by side like a wall, holding various long-handled weapons, and attack the sheep and horses that the Song people are holding on to. Crush the wall!
After these hard soldiers and divine arm archers, the archers on both sides were desperately pulling their bows and shooting arrows, throwing arrowheads behind the hard soldiers and divine arm archers who were strangling together... Of course, they were The Song Army threw not only arrowheads, but also small explosive pots that looked like wooden handle grenades!
This expensive weapon, which used a bronze shell and granular black powder, was thrown out by the Song army's pot-throwing soldiers as if it was free, and fell into the rear of the attacking Jin army, blowing them up one by one. Turn...thereby dissolving their attack kinetic energy!
Even without the terrifying "tube", the Song Army's explosive pot was enough to change the balance of power on the battlefield!
When Lou Shi heard the roar of the explosion, he knew he didn't have much time left!
Thinking of this, Wanyan Loushi whipped his horse hard, urging it to speed up. The war horse, which had been whipped for no reason, let out a dissatisfied neigh, then spread its hooves and moved forward with all its strength. In the blink of an eye, it rushed across the channel of the Yellow River and the North River and rushed onto the river beach.
At this moment, the Song army guarding the front camp had discovered Wanyan Loushi and his men and rushed over. Early warning gongs, bangs and panicked shouts sounded at the same time.
Lou Shi also yelled: "Tiefu Tu... charge!"
"Iron Buddha...charge!"
The shouts of response immediately rang out, and the Tiefutu soldiers who had followed Lou Shi across the Yellow River and the North River did not hesitate at all, nor did they organize their already loose formation. They just shouted and beat their horses and ran wildly, fighting through the darkness. Go out and go straight to the Song Army's camp.
Lou Shi did not lead the charge, but straightened his horse and squinted his eyes to observe the situation ahead.
By the light from the bonfire in front of the Song army's camp, Lou Shi saw the Tiefutu soldiers under his command marching forward bravely like tigers descending the mountain!
The response of the Song Army was still very timely. When their horses were about to leap onto the low sheep and horse wall, the dozen or so Tiefutu who were rushing at the front suddenly fell off their horses... obviously The wooden feather arrow shot by the divine arm bow ended.
However, there were obviously not many divine arm bows arranged behind this section of the fort, and they could not stop the iron pagoda cavalry rushing forward like a tide.
Soon, Lou Shi saw a Tiefutu warrior riding a tall war horse leaping over the five-foot-high sheep and horse wall, and rushed into the Song army's camp...and then More iron pagoda knights jumped over the sheep and horse wall made by the Song Dynasty (if there were forks on the wall, the iron pagoda's horses would not be able to jump over), and there were shouts of killing, screams, and war horses. The neighing sound came from behind the Song people's sheep and horse wall!
"Come in! Well done!"
Wanyan Loushi couldn't help but cheer, and then he drove his war horse again, and headed for the breach, escorted by a group of soldiers.
At this time, the iron pagoda knights who had not been able to jump over the sheep and horse wall hooked the straw bags with ropes equipped with iron claws, and then used the power of their horses to drag them out from the sheep and horse wall. There was a gap in the Yangma wall.
Wanyan Lou's room, protected by his own soldiers, entered the Song camp through this gap.
After entering, I discovered that the battle behind the sheep and horse wall had ended. There are obviously not many Song army defenders in this section, and they cannot be opponents of the iron pagoda that keeps rushing in!
However, dozens of steps behind the Song people's sheep and horse wall, there was a car formation. In front of the car formation, horse-repelling guns were placed. Behind the rows of carts, there were also long, thin spears with pointed upwards. The war horse cannot jump over at all.
Behind the car formation are round tents. You can still vaguely see groups of Song Army soldiers running over...
In addition, many soldiers of the Song Army who had retreated also ran into the gap in the car formation, reorganized behind the car formation, and prepared to fight again!
It seems that although they were repelled, they were far from collapsed!
Lou Shi carefully observed the traffic formation again and felt that it would not be easy to succeed. So he raised his whip, pointed to the east, and shouted: "Iron Buddha, go east... grab the tube!"
"Xiangdong! Grab the tube..."
"Grab the tube..."
The warriors of Tiefutu who had just won a victory were greatly boosted in morale. They cheered and shouted as they rode along the passage between the chariot formation and the sheep and horse wall, towards the artillery fortress east of the Song Army camp.
The breakthrough point chosen by Lou Shi was not very far from the artillery fort, and the Song army's strength in this section was really empty. The Tiefutu under Lou Shi ran all the way, and rushed along the passage without encountering any obstacles. We arrived at an area surrounded by two "earth walls" - one of the two earthen walls was straight and the other was circular. Together, they formed a semicircle. area. However, the two earth-bag walls are only connected at the south end, while at the north end, the circular earth-bag wall is connected to the northern outer wall of the Song Army camp. The straight earthen wall connects the car array, forming a passage. The Iron Buddha Temple in Wanyan Lou Chamber rushed into the semicircular area from this passage.
And in this semicircular area, there are 32 "tubes" that look short and fat, a bit like a cauldron, and there is no one guarding them!
Wanyan Loushi said to herself: I grabbed the tube... but it was too easy!
