It turned out that Yang Yan was worried that the siege losses would be too great, and the monk Wanyan Chen was also afraid of the Song army's siege ability. Suzhou is not a fortified city like Jiankang and Zhongdu, and the Song army is not only good at attacking the city, but also has siege weapons such as tower cars and crash vehicles, as well as firearms, if the Jin army defends the city, it may not be able to block the attack of the Song army. After all, in the field battle, the Jin army can still have a certain upper hand, and at the same time its back to the city wall, so that the superior forces of the Song army can not be deployed, and the Jin army can also get the cover of the archers on the city wall, it is really unbearable, and it is not too late to defend in the retreat to the city, it is better than hiding in the city at the beginning.

Therefore, the monk Wanyan Chen and the two generals of Wulintai and Shizhan led 10,000 horses and horses out of the pass and back to the city to prepare to meet the Song army. 3。

Yang Yan immediately stood on a dirt slope, looking at the formation of the Jin army more than 500 steps away, of course he also understood the intention of Monk Wanyan Chen, but for the Song army, it was not bad for the Jin army to take the initiative to go out of the city to face the battle, although it was a formation behind the city, but at least it would not be worse than attacking Suzhou.

At this time, Ye Muxue took the female soldiers of the Surprise Yan Army and immediately stood by Yang Yan's side, she was also dressed in the same way as Zhao Yueru, with silver armor and white horses, and a white goose feather on her helmet, but her style and grace were not lost to Zhao Yueru at all. And over the years, the soldiers of the Great Song Dynasty have long been accustomed to having such a dress by Yang Yan's side, not only will they not feel that there is anything wrong, but on the contrary, they will be more motivated.

Although Ye Muxue has been fighting on the front line during the Jiankang Rebellion, it was just a small-scale turmoil, and this time, it was really on the battlefield, although the battle had not officially started at this time, but the atmosphere of the battle was quite urgent, and with Ye Muxue's calm personality that had been cultivated for many years, he couldn't help but be a little nervous.

However, this time Zhang Wei was not standing beside Yang Yan, but was incorporated into the combat team.

It turned out that Zhang Wei followed Yang Yan, and most of them had been to the battlefield in person, although he was a little late in formally practicing martial arts, but he got the guidance of Yang Yan, Zhao Yueru and others, and made rapid progress, and he was also considered to be outstanding among his peers, but he had never been on the battlefield in person. So just last night, Zhang Wei came to Yang Yan and asked him to let himself go into battle to kill the enemy in the next day's battle.

Although Yang Yan hesitated for a moment, he finally agreed. Then he called Qi Dazhu and arranged Zhang Wei into his team very solemnly. Qi Dazhu patted his chest at that time and assured Yang Yan that he would definitely take care of Zhang Wei, and then patted Zhang Wei on the shoulder and said, "Boy, you must remember that you must follow me closely tomorrow, do you hear it." ”

At this time, Yang Yan couldn't help but look at the queue under the hill, in fact, at this time, the Song army under the hill was densely packed with knives and guns, and he couldn't see Zhang Wei there. But I thought in my heart, I don't know how Zhang Wei is now, whether he is nervous or not, but before the first time he goes into battle, everyone will inevitably be a little nervous, but after he goes into battle, he forgets everything.

Ye Muxue saw Yang Yan looking at the queue at the bottom of the mountain, knew what was on his mind, and said, "Are you in Danxin Xiaowei?" Do you want to call him back? ”

Yang Yan shook his head and said, "No need, even if this is the path he chooses himself, then sooner or later there will be such a day." 4。 Then he shouted, "Drums." ”

"Knock-knock-knock-knock-"

The 200-sided cowhide drums in the Song army's formation rang out violently, and the huge sound shook the earth. Even Ye Muxue couldn't help but be a little moved.

In the sound of this earth-shattering drum, the Song army launched twenty-four stone throwers and fifty bed crossbows in the array, advanced towards the array of the Jin army, and stopped when it was about two hundred steps away from the Jin army, and then the stone throwing machine and the bed crossbow were launched together, throwing stones into the array of the Jin army, and firing crossbow guns. 7。

If the Song army takes the lead in attacking, then before making contact with the Jin army, it will inevitably be hit by bows and arrows from the city, so Yang Yan wants to use long-range attacks first to force the Jin army to take the initiative to attack, and at the same time, when the Jin army is far away from the city wall, not only can the Song army avoid being hit by the city, but also the space of the battlefield is larger, and the Song army can use roundabout and super tactics to give full play to the advantages of troops.

But Wanyan Chen monk also had long been prepared for this, before the Jin army went to war, he set up more than 200 wooden fences more than one zhang high, one zhang five feet wide, as soon as he saw the Song army push out the stone throwing machine and bed crossbow, immediately ordered the soldiers to shrink the formation, erect the wooden fence, and use oblique wood to support, the soldiers are hiding behind the wooden fence, and at the same time ordered the Jin army's stone throwing machine and bed crossbow on the city wall to also fire to the Song army's position. 4。

For a while, I only heard the sound of "woo, woo", and countless stones and crossbow guns flew back and forth in the air, all of which smashed down fiercely on the opponent's head. The Song army fired not only stones and crossbow guns, but also firearms such as thunderbolts, thunderbolts, and oil bombs. Some of the wooden fences were smashed by stones, some were hit by heavy oil bombs, igniting a fire, and some soldiers were injured and killed by the iron bullets that flew out after the explosion of thunderbolts and thunderbolts.

But on the whole, the Song army's long-range strikes were still limited to the Jin army, far worse than the results Yang Yan had hoped for. Therefore, the Jin army was still able to hold its position and not waver.

On the city wall, the Jin army also has twenty stone throwers and forty bed crossbows, and after years of renovation and updating, the performance is very close to the Song army's Yijing. 7。 And because the long-range weapons of the Jin army are all on the city wall, the starting point is higher, so it is also farther than the Song army's. Although the Song army's position was relatively backward and not within the range of the attack, it could hit the position of the Song army's long-range weapons.

Although the long-range attack is basically not accurate, but if you fight too much, you will always meet once, so the two sides attacked in less than a quarter of an hour, and the Song army was damaged by three stone throwers and seven bed crossbows, which is not counted, the Jin army launched actually there are firearms such as thunder, thunderbolts, and fierce oil bombs, and many Song soldiers who operate long-range weapons have been killed. In the position of the Jin army, hundreds of soldiers were also lost, but the military discipline of the Jin army was very strict and it was still able to maintain the formation. 3。

Yang Yan couldn't help but sigh, it seems that Jin Guo's technology has indeed made great progress, even if it is not as good as the Great Song Dynasty, but it is not far behind. It can no longer be underestimated in the future. In fact, since the end of the Jin army's southern expedition, both Song and Jin have tried their best to improve their shortcomings and make up for the gap with their opponents. The Great Song Dynasty was desperately raising horses and vigorously developing cavalry, while the Jin Kingdom racked its brains to improve technology and develop firearms.

In fact, the Song army also has a secret weapon - artillery, which can hit at least 500 paces away, and the Song army once used it when collecting Western Xia, and its range and power are above all long-range weapons. However, Yang Yan hoped that artillery could play a role on the battlefield of Guan Jianxing like the elephant army, and the Jin army would be caught off guard, and in this general battle, it was better not to use it, so as not to let the Jin army understand the artillery first. 2。

However, from the current point of view, the two sides will attack from a distance, and the Song army will not take much advantage. So Yang Yan immediately ordered the army to attack.

Five thousand infantry lined up in a neat line, and slowly advanced towards the Jin army's formation as the long-range weapons of both sides attacked each other. Although the whole army held shields high, they did not have much effect on long-range weapons, and the crossbow could easily penetrate the shield and pierce the soldier's body, and once stoned to death, it was often the same as the person with the shield.

However, despite the continuous fall of people in the Song army's formation, the whole army still maintained its formation and advanced towards the Jin army. After the distance was shortened, the archers in the Song army formation also began to fire their bows and arrows into the Jin army's array. 7。 At this time, the Jin army also put down the wooden fence, braved the rain of arrows and crossbow guns and stones of the Song army, and launched a formation, preparing for the final white-knuckle battle.

And the archers on the city wall also aimed at the phalanx of the Song army, firing their bows and arrows to support the Jin army under the city in battle. The long-range weapons of the Song army also stopped attacking the Jin army under the city, and instead aimed at the city wall. Because at this time the city wall was already full of archers, and as long as they hit the city wall with stones, crossbow guns, and firearms, they would definitely hit the target.

It can be said that on the current battlefield, except for the small hillside where Yang Yan and Ye Muxue and others are located, there is no place in Yijing that is safe. In fact, at this time, the main soldiers of the two sides had not officially fought, but the total number of deaths exceeded 1,000, and human life was extremely fragile at this time, as if they would die at any time.

Only then did Ye Muxue feel that compared to the rebellion a year ago and the battlefield in front of her, it was like a group of children playing at home. Not only her, but all the female soldiers present felt this way. Although before going on the expedition, I also heard Zhao Yueru, Han Zhaojing, Zhang Wenzhu and a few other old female soldiers who had real battlefield experience talk about the cruel situation on the battlefield, but most of them had experienced the war of rebellion, thinking that the battlefield was nothing more than that, and felt that the old female soldiers' speeches were inevitably a bit exaggerated, but now it seems that they know that it is really more than that.

At this time, the main combat soldiers of both sides finally took over the battle, and for a time there were swords and swords on the battlefield, shouting and killing to the sky, at this time the tactical arrangement was secondary, and the courage, willpower and personal force of the soldiers were the key to determining the outcome of the war.

Because the soldiers on both sides were fighting together, the archers in the city did not dare to release their arrows easily, and Yang Yan ordered continuously, and sent three cadres and a thousand archers from the left and right, and launched more than 100 hanging cities, and put them into the battle, and even Zhang Wei followed Qi Dazhu to participate in the battle group. Not only to keep the number of people on both sides at war balanced. And use archers to suppress the strength of the bow and arrows in the city. And under the city, the soldiers of both sides fought together with each other with white blades. The formations of the two armies were staggered in the form of dogs' teeth, mixed together, and they were quite indistinguishable.