Those who were ordered to guard the three wooden pontoon bridges across the Wuzhang River were two men under the command of Wanyan Talan, the commander of the Liubu Road. They were commanded by Talan's generals Wanyan Teri and Ali Gu.
This Wanyan Talan was the son of Wanyan Yingge, the original biological daughter of Zhibu Jiedushi. He was the cousin of Aguda and Wu Qimai's cousin. At the same time, he married the daughter of Wu Yashu, the eldest brother of Aguda and others, who was Wu Qimai's niece... That was really a close relationship!
In addition, Wu Qimai was fostered into Wanyan Yingge's home when he was three years old. He played with Wanyan Tarlan, who was one year older than him, and naturally they became close friends from childhood to adulthood.
Later, during Agu's campaign to pacify Liao, Wanyan Talan gained the power to manage the affairs of the Xi people on Tokyo Road because he conquered three Xi tribes.
After Wanyan Wu came to power, Wanyan Talan, his cousin, niece, son-in-law, and best friend, naturally received his strong support and was sent to the Zhongjing Road area of the original Liao Kingdom where the Xi people lived. Dutong. This Liubu Road corresponds to the Xi Liubu of the Liao Kingdom, which was a yamen that recruited and managed Xi people.
At that time, the Yao Nian Zhaogu Ya tribe on the ground in Zhongjing Road of the former Liao Kingdom (the name seemed to be from the Khitan Yao Nian tribe, but in fact they were mainly Xi people) were severely beaten by Wanyan Xieye and his troops. Wanyan Talan was sent by his good friend Wanyan Wu to finish eating meat. In order to support Wanyan Talan, Wu Qiyi gave Talan ten Meng'an silver medals in one purchase... which meant that Wanyan Talan was allowed to recruit Xi Ren and Khitan people to form ten new Meng'an! Later, Talan failed to collect the 30,000 households required for ten Meng'an, and only nine Meng'an was provided. Wu Qimai asked him to lead four of the Meng'an personally, and also asked him to appoint the commanders of the remaining five Meng'an.
Since then, Wanyan Talan has become the most powerful Wanyan in the Jurchen clan, rivaling Wanyan Nianhan and Aguda's four older sons (Zong Qian, Zong Wang, Zong Fu, and Zong Bi). !
However, although his Wanyan is "big", the combat effectiveness of the nine Xi people under him, Meng'an, is relatively poor... These Xi people were killed by Guo Yaoshi when they followed Xiao Qian to conquer the Great Xi Kingdom. The Chang Shengjun (who had surrendered to the Song Dynasty) beat him so hard that even Xiao Qian's own head was cut off by his men and presented to Medicine Master Guo. I didn’t have much motivation to start my own business following Xiao Qian, but now how powerful can I be with Wanyan Talan as a lackey?
In the original history, Wanyan Talan became the main peace faction in the Jin Kingdom, which may also be related to the fact that his subordinates were not able to fight.
Wu Qimai also knew that his loyal friend's subordinates were a bit weak, so he did not dare to let Wanyan Tat fight a tough battle, so he gave him a job of guarding the pontoon and carrying food and baggage.
Wanyan Talan was also very clever. When he saw the power of the Song army, he knew that Liu Yanzong's Han army would not be able to withstand it. So he immediately transferred seven men under his command to carry the grain and grass baggage, lest the Song Dynasty people burned the cannons of Liu Yanzong and burned the grain and grass he was responsible for guarding... And the ones he left to guard the pontoon bridge were Only two men commanded by Wanyan Teri and Ali Gu were left, respectively placed on the north and south sides of the pontoon.
Seeing a large ship of the Song Army (Li Kui's Royal Boat) hit the wooden raft pontoon, and seemed to be stuck between the wooden rafts, the two tiger generals Wanyan Teri and Ali Gua became energetic - if they could snatch it With this big ship, they can win the first prize in today's battle!
So the two Jurchen generals immediately escorted their elite men and rushed from both sides of the pontoon to the middle, trying to snatch the big boat stuck in the middle of the rafts of the pontoon.
At the same time, there were many Xi soldiers who could not squeeze onto the pontoon bridge. Under the command of Wanyan Teli and Ali Fu, they lined up on the embankments on both sides of the Wuzhang River, took out their bows and fired arrows at the stuck warships.
For a moment, arrows were falling like rain, and soldiers were like tide, all rushing towards the big ship where Li Kui was.
After a while, the surface of this imperial boat, which looked huge even in the small ditch of Wuzhang River, was covered with arrowheads covered with white feathers. From a distance, it looked like it had a layer of white hair. .
Probably because the arrow rain was too dense, Li Kui, who originally wanted to go out of the cabin to command the cannon, was forced back and could only dance and curse in the cabin. The divine arm archers in the cabin also worked hard to fire wooden feather arrows to fight back, and the sixteen bed crossbows (eight on each side) placed on the top of the cabin also fired big arrows against the dense rain of arrows fired by the enemy - the cabin A thick baffle is also installed on the top, which is enough to withstand the enemy's sharp arrows. However, the top is not covered, so from time to time, heavy arrows thrown down pierce the armor leaves of the heavily armored crossbowmen. Some crossbowmen were injured by the heavy armor. Stabbed into vital parts, they fell to the ground, screaming and wailing, and some even injured their fur a little, and continued to control the crossbows to fight back as if they were unaware!
At the same time, the Xiren soldiers who rushed towards the imperial boat discovered an embarrassing problem. The side of the imperial boat was too high... Oh, it wasn't too high, it was about eight feet higher than the bridge deck of the pontoon. , and there is no place on the outside of the bow to set hands on, so it is not easy to climb.
Therefore, the Xiren soldiers who did not carry a ladder could not climb up at all!
Just when these Xiren warriors were at a loss surrounding the bow of the imperial boat, someone who didn't know who it was suddenly shouted loudly: "The enemy ship... is about to collide again!"
Another collision?
The Xiren soldiers who heard the shout turned and looked at the Wuzhang River on the west side of the pontoon bridge. They saw two large boats driven by long oars, one on the left and one on the right, rushing towards the pontoon bridge at high speed!
The pontoon was crowded with jeering soldiers who knew something was wrong, and they wanted to rush to both sides of the river. But before they had taken a few steps, they heard two loud noises of "bang, bang", and two warships transformed from Tsuna boats hit the wooden raft pontoon heavily!
The force of these two impacts was so great that the raft was knocked up in half. The soldiers who were crowded on the raft let out bursts of desperate screams, and then plopped straight towards the Wuzhang River like dumplings. dropped inside. For a moment, the surface of the river was like a boiling pot, filled with roiling water.
Most of the Xi people who fell into the water were wearing iron armor or leather armor... Wearing this armor is not convenient for swimming. Even if you try your best to flutter, you will inevitably sink!
If you sink, you will drown!
The bow of the big boat where Li Kui was located finally separated from the raft and regained freedom of movement by taking advantage of the raft being hit by another boat.
Seizing this opportunity, the big ship started to "reverse", turning the water wheel upside down and rowing the long oar in reverse, driving the warship back dozens of steps.
As soon as the warship moved, it was difficult for the Xiren soldiers on the shore to take aim, and some of them regarded the two ships that had just hit the pontoon as targets.
Taking advantage of this moment, Li Kui rushed out of the cabin again, yelling and screaming to direct the gunner to pull down the throwing rod, load the ignited fire oil tank, and then headed towards the camp where Wanyan Wanlibu and Wanyan Chan's mother were Throw it in!
The jar of fire oil hit a tent without missing a beat. The jar shattered and the oil splashed, instantly setting the tent on fire.
The lit tent seemed to have become a target for attracting firepower. Other warships equipped with cannons on the river also began to fire heavy fire oil cans. In less than a quarter of an hour, Wanyan Youlibu and Wanyan Yanmu were killed. The human camp turned into a sea of fire.
Just when Wanyan Onli didn't realize that there was a fire in the camp behind him, Wanyan's mother had already led her men around the burning camp and ran to join Onie.
Seeing Yan Mu flying up, Wanyan Weli wanted to ask him what happened, but before he could say anything, Yan Mu had already spoken: "We Libu, the Song army is marching from their camp." Coming out... there are at least 70,000 to 80,000 people, they can't resist it!"
Oli didn't dare to sit upright in the stirrups and look around. Just looking at it makes my heart feel cold.
The camp behind him has turned into a sea of fire! Moreover, "Sky Fire" kept flying from the Wuzhang River to his camp... Needless to say, the Wuzhang River must have been controlled by the Song Dynasty's warships!
To the west of him, there was smoke and flags all over the sky... Needless to say, it goes without saying that the main force of the Song people has already rushed over!
And to the south where Ooji couldn't leave, the Song people's phalanx was still blocked there, unmoving!
Only the east side was left open, allowing Oli Bu and Yan Mu to escape.
"Olibu... let's go quickly!" Mother Yan shouted loudly, "It'll be too late if you don't leave!"
"Where are you going?" Oli asked.
"Go east..." Mu Mu said, "There are no enemies in the east. Let's go east first and then swim across the Wuzhang River. Then we can survive!"
What to live for!
Wanyan Wanli said reluctantly: The Song Dynasty's warship is still on the Wuzhang River. Can we swim across it? As long as a warship appears then, we will drown in the Wuzhang River!
Seeing the frown on O Li Bu's face, Wan Yan's mother knew that this guy had no confidence in swimming across the Wuzhang River, so she gritted her teeth and said: "Then just rush across the pontoon bridge... There are three pontoon bridges, and now the Song Dynasty's war The boat is hitting the westernmost one, and we can still cross the river from the other two pontoons!"
Wanyan Youli shook his head: "That's a trap... As long as we cross the pontoon, the Song warships will throw 'sky fire'!"
In fact, the Song Army's cannons were not that accurate... However, Wanyan Yan's mother was also a little scared by the sky fire, and asked Ooli: "Then, where should we escape?"
I just thought about escaping... In fact, the fighting power of the two Jurchen Wanhu under the command of Wanyan Yan Mu and Wanyan Youli is far greater than that of Han Shizhong's subordinates. If they really fight with all their strength, they can definitely turn the tables!
But even Oni Li didn't have such confidence anymore. He gritted his teeth, then raised his hand and pointed at Huang Wuji's phalanx in front of him, "Let's rush south, risk our lives, and destroy that phalanx! Then we go west again. , bypass Kaifeng Fucheng, then turn back and head north, and evacuate from the retreat route prepared for us by Nianhan!"
Wanyan's mother was stunned, "Wouldn't we be in debt..."
Wanyan Wanli shook his head, "No matter...survival is the most important thing now! Uncle Eleven, my military governor will charge first later, and your people will follow. Let's rush out!"
