After hearing Huang Yan's words, everyone immediately stood up, and they were all a little stunned, Gao Huaiyuan himself was a little confused, how could there be a Jin army running to a place where birds don't lay eggs on this road he had chosen thousands of times? Did you win the ** lottery again?

"Come on, how many Jin troops are here?" Gao Huaiyuan immediately asked Huang Yan.

Huang Yan wiped his sweat and said to Gao Huaiyuan urgently: "I can't see it, the mountain road is full of golden soldiers, and it's not far from here!" Mainly infantry troops, I don't know where it came from! ”

Gao Huaiyuan knew that Huang Yan would never talk nonsense about this kind of thing, so his mind turned sharply, and he turned to the head of the Song army who was accompanying him and asked, "Do you have people in this area?" Where else does the road lead? ”

That Fan's head immediately scratched his head and said: "When the Gao Detention team asked, the last general really remembered, I know this road, on the fork in the road we just passed, it can lead to Fenglindu on the edge of the Han River, Fenglindu has a gentle current, and there are boats nearby, it is a good place to cross the river, Jin Ren wants to divide his troops to cross the Han River here, and attack our Xiangyang from behind!" ”

Gao Huaiyuan heard that the secret road was broken! This time I really won the lottery, I picked the road for a long time, and I still ran into Jin Bing, Gao Huaiyuan felt a little crying and laughing, and I didn't know what the mood should be.

Anyway, he knew at this time that it was too late to run, unless they left these vehicles and food and fled lightly, otherwise, they would have no chance.

After a few brain teasers, Gao Huaiyuan immediately vetoed the idea of escaping, the Jin army's action this time must have concealed the Song army, they must have two purposes, either to raid Xiangyang from this road, or to Fenglindu from this road, trying to cross the Han River to outflank the Song army's back road, no matter what they do, it is a huge threat to the Song army, and it is okay to run away, but if you do that, you will let the Jin army succeed.

After raising his eyes and looking around, Gao Huaiyuan immediately locked his eyes on the pass he had just passed through, and commanded his subordinates loudly: "All of them immediately retreat to the pass and form a formation to prepare to resist the enemy!" Move fast! ”

After hearing Gao Huaiyuan's orders, everyone immediately took action, turned the cart on the spot, and then changed the front team, and rushed towards the direction of the pass, a horsewhip echoed in the valley, the mules and horses tensed their legs, exerted all their strength, pulled the grain cart and struggled uphill, and all the township soldiers were hard to help push the cart behind, and the cart was driven to the pass one by one.

"The old way, turn the car sideways, stubble this pass to death, let's block the Jin soldiers here!" Gao Huaiyuan pointed to the pass and commanded loudly to everyone.

The man surnamed Fan said nervously: "Gao Escort Team! I'm afraid it won't work! There are less than 500 of us, and if we want to block the Jin soldiers, I'm afraid we can't do it! In my opinion, let's leave these cars, quickly withdraw to Xiangyang, and report this matter to Lord Zhao! ”

Gao Huaiyuan snorted coldly and said: "It's easy to say, we lost the vehicle, and it's a felony to go back, not to mention that here is still not close to Xiangyang, once the Jin people chase us, we won't necessarily be able to run away!" The terrain here is dangerous, it is a good place to defend against the enemy, as long as we resist them for two days, then the golden soldiers will have to retreat! Is Fan Dutou scared? ”

Being asked by Gao Huaiyuan, Fan Du's head was a little unbearable, and he said angrily: "Don't underestimate Fan Mou, since you all dare to defend against the enemy here, what is Fan afraid of?" ”

"Good! In that case, let's hurry up! Hurry up and cross the cart, prepare the arrows and rolling wood as soon as possible, Guo Liang quickly take your people to cut down the trees near the pass for me, Zhang Qing led your people to carry the stones, Huang Yan, you work hard, you can ride a horse here, I will give you two horses, don't delay the time, immediately return to Xiangyang City to report the news, and ask for help from the army! The people here are waiting for you to come back with reinforcements! Gao Huaiyuan immediately issued a series of orders.

Everyone immediately got the order and began to get busy, and Huang Yan gritted his teeth, originally he didn't want to leave here, but he also knew that they alone might not be able to support themselves here for long, and what they could count on was Xiangyang's reinforcements, so after nodding and agreeing, he immediately took the two horses, turned over the horses, and raised his whip towards Xiangyang City.

After the villagers had the experience of the last battle this time, they were not too panicked, although they were still a little afraid in their hearts, but they felt that Gao Huaiyuan was right to do this, even if they dropped the vehicle and ran now, I am afraid they would not be able to run away, it was better to fight with the Jin soldiers here, and there was still a glimmer of life when the reinforcements came, so they did not dare to slack off, and immediately began to prepare.

Gao Huaiyuan looked around at the pass to check the terrain, this is really a natural danger, once the Jin soldiers attacked, in addition to this pass, there are cliffs on both sides, and it is difficult to go around behind them, so I am relieved.

As the carts were blocked one by one after the pass, the pass was blocked to death, and the carts formed a low wall, becoming their temporary fortifications, who said that the baggage soldiers are not good, at least they can be used as a mobile city wall!

With the joint efforts of everyone, the trees at the pass were cut down by them one by one, and they were quickly cut into several sections, and then they were carried to the pass by the villagers and stacked on the cart.

Just when they were still busy, Gao Huaiyuan kicked at a big cart and shouted: "Gu Lao Er, come here, unload the crossbow on this cart for me, unload all the arrows, and hand them over to the archers to use, the pikemen cooperate with the sword and shield men to plug the gaps in the two wings of the pass, prepare some more stones, and don't let the golden people break through from both sides!" ”

When Gu Lao Er heard this, he immediately brought someone over, and he was about to unload those crossbow arrows and other things on the car, but Fan Dutou hurriedly came over to stop him and said, "Don't!" These things are all used in the military, and we can't use them without permission! It's a head-scratching thing! ”

When Gao Huaiyuan heard this, he became angry: "Fan Dutou also encouraged Gao to lose his vehicle and run back to Xiangyang City just now, I want to use these things now, but it won't work!" Is it right to lose it to the Jin army, but is it wrong to use it to kill the Jin soldiers? These things are our life-saving things, only the bow and crossbow can play a role here, our archers are limited, the crossbow can just be used by others, don't talk nonsense, this time the matter is borne by someone Gao, hurry up and unload the car! By the way, I remember that there are still some fire oil in the car, and I will unload it together, and give Jinren a taste of our power in a while! ”

After Fan Dutou was robbed by Gao Huaiyuan, he suddenly had nothing to say, his life couldn't be saved at this time, how could he take care of these materials! Then he stamped his foot and summoned his archers to him, and commanded: "Unload the cart as the high escort team commands!" Today, Lao Tzu and Jin Ren are fighting, don't fall into the morale of our Song army! ”

After a short period of preparation at the pass, a temporary barrier was formed, and before they were fully prepared, they saw a group of several Jin Army scouts appearing on the mountain road, and they saw that this pass was blocked by the Song people, they were stunned, and immediately turned around and ran back.

Not long after a while, there was a rumbling footsteps on the mountain road, and the golden army of the brigade appeared in their field of vision, everyone looked at the golden soldiers who were winding and circling on the mountain road, and suddenly their scalps were a little numb, they really saw so many golden soldiers for the first time, looking down from the pass, at least thousands of golden soldiers arrived here.

This time it was really said right by that Fan Dutou, after Wan Yan Sai did not surround Zaoyang, he fought fiercely with the Song army here, but because Meng Zongzheng and Hu Zaixing and others continued to harass the Jin army, they could not take Zaoyang in a short time, let alone break through Xiangyang, so Wan Yan Sai did not listen to the opinions of his advisers, and decided to divide his troops all the way, taking advantage of the opportunity of the Song army and the navy to concentrate in the area of Xiangyang at this time, smuggling across the Han River from Fenglindu, taking Nanzhang County south of the Han River, and cutting off the connection between Xiangyang and Jiangnan. Then in one go, he captured Xiangyang.

So they offered a bounty to find some local traitors, and under their guidance, they sneaked into the mountains from Huanglong Town, all the way to Fenglindu, and from the previous scout reconnaissance, they also learned that there was basically no Song army stationed in this area, which was just enough to meet their suddenness of the battle, and hit the Song army by surprise from behind.

The main general who led the troops this time was the general Ubru under Wanyan Sai's account, and this person can be regarded as a rare fierce general in the Jin Army, and he was not valued by Wanyan Sai, so he handed over this matter to him.

After Ubru received the order, he immediately gathered 5,000 soldiers and horses, drove overnight, broke into the mountains, and by the way, there was a massacre in Huanglong Town, almost killing the people of Huanglong Town, but what he never expected was that when he walked here, he actually ran into a Song army blocking their way.

This time Uburu was very surprised, from the information he got, the road here is remote, not the area where the Song army is stationed, there should not be a Song army, why did a Song army suddenly come and block this place?

So after he learned the news, he immediately rushed to the front in person, raised his head in the valley to look at the pass in front of him, and after carefully identifying it, he suddenly felt depressed, he, a veteran of marching and fighting, saw at a glance that it was a baggage team of the Song army that blocked their way.

Why does a baggage team not take the good road and take this difficult mountain road? Uburu couldn't figure out the reason, but he knew that this was the only way to Fenglindu, and if he wanted to go around Fenglindu, then he had to break through here, so he didn't even think about it, so he ordered the front army to immediately organize a surprise attack and kill the Song army that blocked their way.

In his opinion, what can be great about a baggage team, among the Song army, most of the people who transport the baggage are not the old and weak soldiers, or the township warriors recruited by the local government, and the banner of the baggage team in front of him also has the word Daye written on it, so he can basically be sure that this baggage team should be composed of the township warriors of Daye County in the Southern Dynasty, a township soldier, just give them a surprise attack, and they will be scattered, so he doesn't care about this matter at all, it's just a coincidence, kill them, and grab a batch of grain by the way. It's just that the people of the Southern Dynasties sent it to them for free!

Therefore, under his order, the commander of the front army immediately organized a team of several hundred people, with the sword and shield men in the front, and the archers in the rear of the palace, and immediately rushed up to the pass with shouts.

Gao Huaiyuan held a big bow in his hand, staring at the golden soldiers below, his brows furrowed slightly, and he locked his eyes on a centurion led by him, he also saw that this golden soldier didn't take his people seriously at all, and basically didn't prepare much, so he launched an attack on the pass, since this is the case, then give them a lesson.

"Steady! No one is to release arrows without my orders, but let them come closer! Gao Huaiyuan commanded the crossbowmen lying on the car beside him.

These crossbows are just unloaded from the car, both need to use the foot to open the black lacquer crossbow, there are also by the arm strength to pull the wooden crossbow, the Song army because of the lack of cavalry, attaches great importance to the use of bows and crossbows, so the number of bows and crossbows in the army is very large, and the manufacture of crossbows is also systematized and standardized, especially for individual soldiers to use this kind of machine crossbow, the number of equipment in the army is very large, often among the materials transported by the baggage team, this kind of thing must occupy a part, Gao Huaiyuan wanted to get it before, but now he has made two hundred pieces at once, It is used as a weapon against their enemies.

The general bow is roughly seven buckets to nine buckets, relying on the strength of the human arm to open the bow to pull apart, the requirements for archery are very high, and can not always maintain the posture of opening and aiming, so the requirements for people are very high, most of the people in the Song Dynasty are based on agricultural economy and commerce, the Northern Song Dynasty also attached importance to the folk practice of archery, most of the local organizations have folk bow and arrow clubs, but after the Southern Song Dynasty, gradually even the bow and arrow society has been abolished, and even private ownership of bows and arrows is not legal, Therefore, people with strong archery skills can be said to be rare now, among these archers under Gao Huaiyuan, only the archers under Zhang Qing and the archers of his Crouching Tiger Village are relatively qualified archers, and the rest of the township soldiers, there are almost few people with good archery skills.

And the crossbow is different, first of all, the crossbow does not rely on the arm strength to open, so the strength is very strong, even the weakest crossbow, there are seven buckets with one stone, the high can have more than two stones, it is said that the crossbow made in some places can even reach more than five stones, both the range and penetration are very strong, more importantly, this kind of thing, can be aimed for a long time, and as long as it is simply practiced, anyone can operate and use, it is a sharp weapon that the Song army has always dealt with cavalry, when the Song Liao era, What the Liao army is most afraid of is not the hoplites of the Song army wearing foot armor, but the large number of bows and crossbows in the Song army, even when the Jin army destroyed the Northern Song Dynasty, it was also frightened by the crossbows used by the Song army. It can be seen that the Song army's machine crossbow is really powerful.

But the crossbow also has its fatal shortcomings, that is, because of the problem of operation, the firing rate is much slower than the bow, on average, the bow can fire three arrows, the crossbow can be fired once is good, so it is also relatively limited to the use of the crossbow in battle, the plain from the cavalry to charge, to them rush to the front of the formation, the archer at most can put three arrows is good, but the crossbow is at most to shoot one arrow, there is no chance to reload, so in the army, the bow and crossbow are often mixed equipment according to a certain proportion, to make the most of their strengths.

Today's situation is obviously not as good as fighting on the plains, first of all, Gao Huaiyuan occupies an absolute advantage in the terrain, the opponent is attacking from the bottom up, and they cannot charge with cavalry, so that they have the opportunity to give full play to their firepower, and if the archers release arrows, they must get up and expose their upper body to fire, and when using crossbows, they can lie on the car and aim and fire, which greatly reduces the chance of being hit by the archers of the Jin Army.

That's why Gao Huaiyuan immediately hit the idea on these crossbows escorted with the car, and with an order, all these crossbows were unloaded, and after being hung up, they were handed over to his subordinates for use.

At this time, when the Jin soldiers began to prepare for the attack, the townsmen got the crossbows assigned to them, and climbed a row on the car after winding, and there was a special person behind them to help prepare the winding, which could speed up their firing rate, and if they were rotated, they could also fight for a long time, not to mention their arrows, this time among the goods they transported, there were at least all kinds of arrows in a cart, including steel arrows, three-stop arrows, flying feather arrows, and iron bone arrows, and the number was as many as more than 10,000. Coupled with the arrows they themselves carried, it was enough for this golden army to drink a pot.

And the pass here is only a few tens of meters wide, after being blocked by a cart, even their own archers can get on the car to defend against the enemy, only about a hundred people, although the number of Jin soldiers exceeds them by ten times, but there are actually not many Jin soldiers who can really rush up to engage in battle, which is the reason why Gao Huaiyuan has the confidence to fight with the Jin army here.

Seeing that the Jin army began to attack, Gao Huaiyuan listened to the number of "three hundred steps, two hundred and fifty steps, two hundred steps, one hundred and fifty steps、......

When he heard the observer report a hundred steps, he immediately raised his upper body, pulled the strong bow in his hand hard, and started the battle with a whoosh, and after releasing the arrow, he shouted: "Shoot me!" ”

With the shooting of his first arrow, the centurion of the Jin army who led the attack below immediately fell to the front of the queue, and was shot through the right breastplate by Gao Huaiyuan's arrow.