Pirate Song

After hearing what Huang Yan said, everyone immediately stood up and was a little confused. Gao Huaiyuan himself was a little confused. How could the Jin army come here on this road he chose?

Have you come to the place? Have you won the ** lottery again?

"Tell me quickly, how many Jin troops are coming?" Gao Huaiyuan immediately asked Huang Yan.

Huang Yan wiped his sweat and said anxiously to Gao Huaiyuan: "You can't tell. The mountain road is full of golden soldiers. They are not far from here! They are mainly infantry. I don't know where they came from.

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Gao Huaiyuan knew that Huang Yan would never talk nonsense about such a thing, so his mind suddenly changed. He turned to the Song Jun who was accompanying him and asked: "Do you have anyone from this area? This road is okay.

Leading to where?”

The fan immediately scratched his head and said: "When the high security team asked this, the general really remembered that I know this road. On the branch road we just passed, we can lead to Maple on the edge of the Han River."

The current at Lindu and Fenglindu is gentle, and there are boats nearby, so it is a good place to cross the river. The Jin people want to divide their troops here to cross the Han River and attack us in Xiangyang from behind!"

Gao Huaiyuan heard that the secret passage was broken! This time he really won the lottery. After walking for a long time, he still ran into the Jin soldiers. Gao Huaiyuan felt a little bit dumbfounded and didn't know how to feel.

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

After a few quick thoughts, Gao Huaiyuan immediately rejected the idea of ​​​​escape. The Jin Army must have concealed the Song Army's action this time. They must have two purposes, either to raid Xiangyang from this road, or to attack Xiangyang from this road.

Take this road to Fenglindu and try to cross the Han River to outflank the Song Army. No matter what they do, they will be a huge threat to the Song Army. It is okay to run away by themselves, but if they do that, they may let the Jin Army

It succeeded.

After looking around, Gao Huaiyuan immediately locked his eyes on the pass he had just passed behind him, and loudly ordered his subordinates: "Everyone retreat to the pass immediately, form a formation and prepare to defend against the enemy! Move faster!"

After hearing Gao Huaiyuan's instructions, everyone immediately took action, turned the cart around, turned into the front group, and rushed towards the pass. The sound of riding whips echoed in the valley, and the mules and horses tensed their legs.

He exerted all his strength to pull the grain truck uphill, and all the rural soldiers worked hard to help push the cart from behind, driving the carts one by one to the pass.

"The old way is to turn all the cars sideways and block this pass. Let's block the Jin soldiers here!" Gao Huaiyuan pointed at the pass and shouted to everyone.

The man surnamed Fan said nervously: "High security team! I'm afraid this won't work! There are less than 500 of us, so if we want to stop the Jin soldiers, I'm afraid it won't work! In my opinion, we should leave these cars and hurry up

Withdraw to Xiangyang and report this matter to Mr. Zhao!"

Gao Huaiyuan snorted and said: "It's easy to say. We lost our vehicle and it would be a serious crime to go back. Besides, this place is not close to Xiangyang. Once the Jin people pursue us, we may not be able to escape! The terrain here is

A dangerous place is a good place to defend against the enemy. As long as we can resist them for two days, the Jin soldiers will have to retreat! Is Fan Dutou afraid?"

When asked by Gao Huaiyuan, Fan was a little confused and said angrily: "Gao Yao must not underestimate Fan. Since you all dare to defend the enemy here, what does Fan have to be afraid of?"

"Okay! In that case, everyone move quickly! Move the cart across quickly and prepare to throw stones and roll trees as soon as possible. Guo Liang will lead your people to cut down all the trees near the pass. Zhang Qing will lead your people to carry the stones.

, Huang Yan, please work hard, you can ride a horse here pretty well, I will give you two horses, don't waste time, return to Xiangyang City immediately to report the news and ask for reinforcements from the army! Everyone here is waiting for you to come back with reinforcements!"

Gao Huaiyuan immediately issued a series of orders.

Everyone immediately got the order and started getting busy, and Huang Yan gritted his teeth. Originally, he didn't want to leave here, but he also knew that with their small number of people, they probably wouldn't be able to last here for long. The only thing they could count on was the reinforcements from Xiangyang.

, so after nodding in agreement, he immediately took the two horses, got on top of them, raised his whip and headed towards Xiangyang City in the direction of Juechen.

After gaining experience from the previous battle, the village heroes were not too panicked this time. Although they were still a little scared, they felt that Gao Huaiyuan was right to do this. Even if he abandoned his vehicle and ran away, he might not be able to escape.

It would be better to fight the Jin soldiers here. When the reinforcements come, there is still a chance of survival, so they did not dare to neglect and started preparations immediately.

Gao Huaiyuan checked the terrain around the pass. It was really a natural danger here. Once the Jin soldiers attacked, except for this pass, there were cliffs on both sides. It would be difficult to get around behind them, so he felt relieved.

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As the carts were blocked behind the pass one by one, the pass was blocked to death, and the carts formed a low wall and became their temporary defense. Who said that there is no benefit to carrying heavy troops?

At least their large vehicles can be used as movable city walls!

With the joint efforts of everyone, they felled the trees at the pass one by one and quickly cut them into several sections. Then they were carried to the pass by the village heroes and stacked on the cart. Zhang Qing was now

He also took people with him to carry the stones back one by one, passed them to the pass, and stacked them together.

While they were still busy, Gao Huaiyuan kicked a big car and shouted: "Gu Laoer, come here, unload the crossbow from this car, unload all the arrows, and hand them over to me."

Use archers, spearmen and sword and shield men to block the gaps on both sides of the pass, and prepare more stones to prevent the Jin from breaking through from both sides!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Laoer immediately brought people over and wanted to unload the crossbows and arrows from the car, but Fan Dutou quickly came over to stop him and said: "No! These things are used by the military, we can't use them without authorization.

!This is a head-turning thing!”

Gao Huaiyuan became angry when he heard this: "Fan Dutou just encouraged Gao to lose his vehicle and run back to Xiangyang City. Now I want to use these things, but it won't work! Is it right to throw them to the Jin Army? Use them to kill

Did Jin Bing make a mistake? These things are what save our lives. Only bows and crossbows can work here. We have limited archers, and crossbows can be used by others. Stop talking nonsense. Gao will be responsible for this matter.

Hurry up and unload the car! I’m looking for it by the way. I remember there is still some kerosene in the car, so I’ll unload it too. I’ll give the Jin people a taste of our power later!”

After Fan Dutou was robbed by Gao Huaiyuan, he was speechless. He couldn't save his life at this moment, so how could he care about these supplies? So he summoned the archers under him with a stamp of his feet and ordered:

"Hurry and follow the instructions of the high security team and unload the truck! Today I will fight with the Jin people. You must not lower the morale of our Song army!"

After a short preparation at the pass, a temporary barrier was formed. Before they were fully prepared, they saw a Jin Army scout team of several people appeared on the mountain road, and they saw that the pass was blocked by the Song people.

After he died, he was stunned for a moment, then turned around and ran back again.

Not long after, there was a rumble of footsteps on the mountain road, and a large group of Jin soldiers appeared in their field of vision. Everyone looked at the Jin soldiers circling on the mountain road, and their scalps suddenly went numb. This was really their first time.

Seeing so many golden soldiers, looking down from the pass, there were at least several thousand golden soldiers here.

Fan Dutou was right this time. After Wanyan Saibu surrounded Zaoyang, he started a fierce battle with the Song army here. However, because Meng Zongzheng, Hu Zaixing and others continued to harass the Jin army, they

It was impossible to take Zaoyang in a short time, let alone attack Xiangyang, so Wanyan Sai ignored the opinions of his advisers and decided to divide his troops. Taking advantage of the opportunity that the Song army and navy were concentrated in the Xiangyang area, Wanyansai crossed from Fenglindu to the Xiangyang area.

Sneak across the Han River, capture Nanzhang County south of the Han River, cut off the connection between Xiangyang and Jiangnan, and then attack Xiangyang in one go.

So they offered rewards to some local traitors, and under their leadership, they secretly sneaked into the mountains from Huanglong Town and rushed all the way to Fenglindu. From the previous scout investigation, they also learned that there were basically no Song Dynasties in this area.

The garrison of troops was just enough to meet the suddenness of their battle and catch the Song army by surprise from behind.

The general who led the army this time was Wanyan Sai's general Ubru. This man could be regarded as a rare and powerful general in the Jin army. Wanyan Sai didn't value him very much, so he sent the troops this time.

Let him do the work.

After receiving the order, Ubru immediately ordered five thousand soldiers and horses, set off overnight, broke into the mountains, and also carried out a massacre in Huanglong Town, almost killing all the people in Huanglong Town, but he

What they never expected was that when they got here, they encountered a Song army blocking their way.

Ubru was very surprised at this time. From the information he got, the roads here were remote and not the area where the Song Army was stationed. The Song Army should not have appeared. Why did a Song Army suddenly come and block the place?

Up?

So after he learned the news, he immediately rushed to the front in person. He raised his head in the valley and looked at the pass in front of him. After carefully identifying it, he suddenly felt frustrated. As a veteran of marching and fighting, he could see at a glance that there was no way to block them.

It turned out that the one on the way was a heavy supply team of the Song Army.

Why did a baggage team choose to take this difficult mountain road instead of taking a good road? Ubru couldn't figure out the reason, but he knew that this was the only passage to Fenglindu. If it was still possible,

If he wanted to go around to Fenglindu, he had to break through here, so without even thinking about it, he ordered the front army to organize an assault immediately and kill the Song army blocking their way.

In his opinion, what could be so great about a baggage train? Among the Song army, most of the people who carried the baggage were either old and weak soldiers or rural warriors recruited from the local area. The flag of the baggage train in front of him also had the word Daye written on it.

, so he can basically be sure that this baggage team should be composed of rural warriors from Daye County in the Southern Dynasty. It is just a rural soldier. If he gives them a casual attack, they will be scattered, so he does not care about this matter at all.

It's just a coincidence. It wouldn't be a bad idea to kill them and grab another batch of grain. Just pretend that the people from 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 bearers as the front line and the archers at the rear as cover, and immediately rushed towards the pass shouting.

Gao Huaiyuan held a big bow and stared at the golden soldiers below. He frowned slightly and locked his eyes on a centurion. He also saw that this golden soldier did not regard himself as a counterattack at all.

Basically, they launched an attack on the pass without much preparation. In this case, it would be good to teach them a lesson.

"Hold on! No one is allowed to fire arrows without my order. Let's get close to them!" Gao Huaiyuan ordered the crossbowmen who were lying on the car next to him.

These powerful crossbows were all just unloaded from the cart. There were black lacquer crossbows that needed to be opened with feet, and wooden crossbows that relied on arm strength. Due to the lack of cavalry, the Song Army attached great importance to the use of crossbows.

There are a lot of crossbows in the army, and the manufacturing of crossbows has been systematic and standardized, especially the machine crossbows for individual soldiers. There are a lot of equipment in the army, and these are often among the supplies transported by the convoys.

You must own some of the things. In the past, Gao Huaiyuan couldn't get them even if he wanted to, but now he got 200 of them at once, which could be used as a sharp weapon for them to defend against the enemy.

The average bow is roughly seven to nine fights. It relies on the strength of a person's arm to open and pull the bow, which requires high shooting skills. Moreover, it cannot always maintain an open and aiming posture, so it places high demands on people. People in the Song Dynasty

Most of them were based on farming economy and commerce. During the Northern Song Dynasty, the north also attached great importance to folk practice of archery. Most localities organized folk bow and arrow societies. However, after the Southern Song Dynasty, even non-governmental organizations such as bow and arrow societies were gradually abolished, and even

It is no longer legal for private individuals to own bows and arrows, so it can be said that people with strong shooting skills among the people are now rare. Among the archers under Gao Huaiyuan, only the archers under Zhang Qing and the archers from his Crouching Tiger Village are relatively qualified.

Among the archers, among the rest of the country soldiers, there were very few who were good at archery.

The crossbow is different. The first crossbow does not rely on arm strength, so it is very powerful. Even the weakest crossbow has one stone and seven buckets, and the height can be more than two stones. It is said that the crossbows made in some places can even reach

More than five stones, both in terms of range and penetration, it is very powerful. More importantly, this kind of thing can be aimed at for a long time, and after a simple practice, anyone can operate it. It is what the Song Army has always used to deal with cavalry.

A kind of sharp weapon. In the Song and Liao Dynasties, what the Liao army feared most was not the heavy infantry wearing infantry armor of the Song army, but the large number of crossbows in the Song army. Even when the Jin army destroyed the Northern Song Dynasty, they also used it intensively against the Song army.

The crossbows were frightening. Jin Wushu, the famous general of the Jin Dynasty, once said that the Song army had nothing to fear, but the machine crossbows were extremely sharp! It can be seen that the Song army's machine crossbows were indeed powerful.

However, the crossbow also has its fatal shortcomings, that is, due to operational issues, the shooting rate is much slower than that of the bow. On average, a bow can shoot three arrows, while a crossbow can shoot once. Therefore, the use of crossbows in combat is relatively limited.

Using it, from the cavalry charge on the plain to the time they rush to the front of the formation, the archers can only shoot three arrows at most, which is good, but the crossbow can only shoot one arrow at most, and there is no chance to reload, so in the army

, bows and crossbows are often mixed and equipped according to a certain proportion to fully utilize their strengths.

Today's situation is obviously no better than fighting on the plains. First, Gao Huaiyuan and the others have an absolute advantage in the terrain. The opponent attacks from bottom to top, and it is impossible for them to charge with cavalry. This allows them to fully display their firepower.

There was a chance, and if an archer fired an arrow, he had to stand up and expose his upper body to shoot, but when using a crossbow, he could lie down on the car and aim and shoot. This greatly reduced the chance of being hit by an arrow when the Jin Army archers counterattacked.

That's why Gao Huaiyuan just now immediately focused on the crossbows that were transported in the vehicles. With an order, he unloaded all the crossbows, put them on the strings, and handed them over to his subordinates for use.

Now when the Jin soldiers began to prepare for the attack, the country warriors all got the crossbows assigned to them. After they were cocked, they climbed a row on the car. There were people behind them to help them prepare the bows, which could speed up their shooting rate.

, if they rotate, they can still fight for a long time. As for their arrows, not to mention their arrows. Among the goods they transported this time, there were at least a cart of various arrows, including point steel arrows, three-stop arrows, and flying arrows.

They had everything from feather arrows to iron-bone arrows, and there were more than 10,000 of them. Plus the arrows they carried, it was enough to make this Jin army drink a pot.

Moreover, the pass here is only tens of meters wide. After being blocked by the cart, even their own archers who can get on the cart to defend the enemy only have about a hundred people. Although the number of golden soldiers is ten times as many as theirs, the real

There were actually not many Jin soldiers who could charge forward to fight. This was the reason why Gao Huaiyuan had the confidence to fight the Jin army here.

Seeing the Jin army starting to attack, Gao Huaiyuan listened to the observer's call: "Three hundred steps, two hundred and fifty steps, two hundred steps, one hundred and fifty steps,..."

When he heard the observer's report of one hundred steps, he immediately raised his upper body, pulled out the strong bow in his hand, started the battle with a whoosh, and after releasing the arrow, he yelled: "Shoot for me!"

As he shot the first arrow, the centurion of the Jin army who was leading the attack immediately fell in front of the queue. Gao Huaiyuan shot an arrow through his right breastplate. Seeing that the Jin army was in danger,

Immediately, they were taken aback, and then more than a hundred crossbow arrows were shot down from the vehicles at the pass like locusts. Immediately, a bloody mist rose up among the ranks of the Jin army. The Jin soldiers who were hit by the arrows all let out wailing sounds.

Rolled to the ground.dd