Chapter 654 0649 [The True Name of Yaksha]

Seeing that the Jin soldiers no longer retreated alternately, but ran to the northeast at full speed, Zhang Guangdao said: "Light three wolf smokes!"

There are two or three hundred Ming light cavalry here for short-distance transmission and reconnaissance.

A light cavalry ran back to the previous battlefield, took out the command flag and began to wave.

Soon, three wolf smokes rose from Fangshan. From north to south, from west to east, beacons were lit one after another, and three wolf smokes rose.

Jucheng, which was 20 to 30 miles away from the battlefield, received the news about half an hour later.

"Damn it, the Jin soldiers didn't run to me!"

Yao Pingzhong saw the three groups of wolf smoke in the distance, and kicked a small stone in anger: "The whole army will move out, leaving only 500 soldiers and civilians to guard the camp!"

Unlike those Northern Song border generals who like to preserve their strength, Yao Pingzhong has always fought bravely and dared to fight and rush when encountering the enemy.

In such a big battle, if the Jin soldiers did not break out in the direction he was guarding, it meant that Yao Pingzhong would not get any military merit this time.

He couldn't complain yet, because the task Zhang Guangdao gave him was extremely heavy. If the Jin soldiers attacked Jucheng, he would have to fight bloody battles.

Now he couldn't fight bloody battles, Yao Pingzhong had to lead the army to attack. From the outer periphery of the "eight"-shaped mountain range, directly to the rear of the Jin soldiers' camp, even if the mules and horses were used to carry armor and march quickly, it would take a whole day.

If the bloody battle at the "eight"-shaped valley mouth could last until midnight tonight, Yao Pingzhong could still join the battle.

If the battle there ended early, Yao Pingzhong could only be sent to attack Yu County.

Yu County was almost an empty city, so what merit could be gained by taking the city?

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Chen Ziyi, Yang Yun, Geng Zhongnian, and Wang De rode their horses and rushed to the enemy camp.

They had to see the wolf smoke before they could set off, because once they set out in advance, the Jin soldiers would definitely return to the camp to support the camp, and Zhang Guangdao's side would not be able to fight at all.

The newly formed Wang De first went to the camp and also rode on horseback with the cavalry. They were the main force attacking the enemy camp.

There were some scattered Jin soldiers along the way, all of whom were Jurchen light cavalry sent to keep an eye on them.

Some of the Ming Dynasty's cavalry were responsible for driving away those Jurchen light cavalry, while the main force of the Ming cavalry was running fast to catch up.

They hurried and hurried until they were close to the valley entrance.

All the cavalry dismounted and fed the horses with bean cakes and salt water to restore the horses' physical strength as soon as possible.

The heavy cavalry under Chen Ziyi's command had increased to more than a thousand. Their equipment was not inferior to that of Hezhameng'an of the Jin Dynasty, but the quality of their horses and cavalry was slightly inferior, and they might be at a disadvantage in a head-on cavalry battle with the same number.

The attendants brought heavy armor to help the heavy cavalry put it on.

These one thousand and dozens of heavy cavalry temporarily became heavy infantry in order to attack the enemy camp.

Wang De led five hundred to the camp first, and followed closely behind the heavy cavalry.

Two thousand cavalry also dismounted and fought on foot to cooperate with the main force to capture the camp.

The other two thousand cavalry led their horses to rest on the spot. If the attack on the enemy camp was not smooth, they would be responsible for delaying the Jin soldiers who came.

The heavy cavalry's followers also rode on war horses and temporarily converted into light cavalry. They were responsible for gathering military intelligence and blowing the horn to warn the main force of the Jin army.

The soldiers responsible for guarding the Jin camp were mostly the defenders of Yu County.

They were refugees from the Liao Kingdom who were settled in Shanxi by Song Huizong. They were incompatible with the local Han people in Shanxi and helped Wanyan Zonghan to capture the city.

In addition, there were 200 Jin Kingdom cavalry in the camp.

There were another 300 Jin Kingdom light cavalry in the direction of Yao Pingzhong's attack. They would immediately come back to report the news when they found the Ming army.

These 500 cavalry and light cavalry, after joining together, can form ten cavalry combat teams.

Of course, there are also civilians.

"All of you take up your weapons. You have surrendered to the Jin army. If you are caught by the Ming army, you will all be executed!"

"Whoever dares to step back will be beheaded immediately!"

The civilians were given simple weapons and trembling to help defend the city. Sabaqin led 200 Jin soldiers as the supervisory team and reserve team.

The name Saba was very common in Liao and Jin, just like Dazhuang and Tiezhu in Chinese names. Its original meaning is "fast" and comes from Khitan.

The Saba in front of us, whose full name is Wendu Saba, is the third son of Wuchun, the leader of the Jurchen Wendu tribe.

"The Ming army is climbing the mountain. You send 400 soldiers each to guard the hillsides on both sides!" Wendu Saba said to the Han general Zhang He.

"Yes!"

Zhang He was also a Han refugee from Liao. Because he helped Wanyan Zonghan capture the city, he was promoted to a general to garrison Yu County.

This camp in the valley was set up yesterday afternoon. There were no trenches or barriers, only wooden fences, and many caltrops were scattered outside.

One thousand heavy cavalry, with four-meter-long lances erected, slowly walked towards the Jin camp, followed by five hundred first-stage campers.

There were one thousand Ming cavalry on each side, abandoning their horses and climbing the hillside to kill the enemy camp.

"Don't shoot those heavy armored soldiers, archery is useless!" Wendusaba shouted.

Arrows kept hitting the heavy cavalry, and they bounced off with a clang, and few of them could even be inserted into the armor.

Chen Ziyi stood outside the camp to command the battle. Although he only led 5,000 cavalry, his military rank was extremely high. After all, he had the only heavy cavalry unit in the Ming Dynasty.

Facing these 1,000 iron cans armed to the face, as they slowly moved forward, the defenders were obviously panicking.

Bow and arrow shooting was completely ineffective!

"Shoot!"

The Ming Dynasty cavalry who abandoned their horses and climbed the mountain on both sides were already shooting arrows at the enemy camp.

The armor rate of the Yu County defenders was very low, and the civilians who assisted in the defense were even wearing cloth clothes.

After a round of arrow rain, the civilians had already fled, and more than 20 people were hacked to death on the spot by the Jin soldiers' supervisory team. The rest cried and turned back to defend.

The Jin soldiers also began to shoot arrows, no longer at the heavy cavalry, but at the cavalry on both sides of the hillside.

The heavy cavalry carefully stepped to avoid the caltrops, and some unlucky people stepped on them, which was also considered as wounded.

The wooden fence near the enemy camp, the four-meter lances that were originally upright, fell forward one after another. Leaning on the top of the wooden fence, while stabbing the enemy diagonally above, they continued to accelerate forward.

Then they abandoned the long spear and rushed forward against the enemy's weapons.

With people and heavy armor, they slammed into the wooden fences.

There were two wooden fences, front and back, about half a meter apart, and filled with loess blocks in the middle. The two wooden fences were not only inserted into the soil, but also tied to each other with ropes.

That is, two wooden fences and many loess blocks formed a half-meter thick wall.

In one night and half a day, the Jin soldiers were able to build such fortifications, and their speed was very fast.

Behind the wooden fence, there is a low wall made of loess blocks. The Jin soldiers stand on the low wall and defend from a high position.

"Boom!"

The heavy cavalry slammed into the wall of the village.

One person's ramming would definitely not have much effect, but nearly a thousand iron cans rammed hard, and the force and momentum were amazing.

The half-meter-thick earth and wood structure wall, and the low wall behind it reinforced by the defenders standing in battle, was obviously shaken slightly by the 1,000 heavy armored soldiers!

It was filled with loess blocks, and it was not compacted. There were a lot of gaps in the middle. It would probably fall down after a few more collisions.

The gate of the village was the most vulnerable. Even if the Ming army was found to be attacking, the Jin soldiers moved a lot of loess blocks and piled them inside the gate. It was still useless.

Several heavy cavalry rammed hard together, and the gate of the village shook violently, and several loess blocks piled up inside rolled down.

"People! People, throw away your weapons, all lean against the wall and gate and push out!"

Wendusaba was afraid that the wall and gate would collapse, so he asked the Jurchen supervisors to force the people to stick to them and use a human wall to reinforce the wall.

Just when the defenders focused their attention on the heavy cavalry and the brave cavalry, the first landing camp following the heavy cavalry suddenly split into two and climbed towards the hillsides on both sides.

There was also a wall there, but it was not easy to build, so it was built much lower.

Wang De, wearing armor weighing dozens of kilograms, ran fast on the flat ground and took advantage of the momentum to rush up the 50-degree slope. Although the speed gradually slowed down, it rushed up more and more.

The Liao Han army guarding there hurriedly threw down loess blocks.

These loess blocks were irregular and could not roll at all, so they could only slide down the slope. Wang De could even jump to avoid them while climbing the slope.

"Hey!"

Two long spears poked at him, and Wang De stretched out his left arm and twisted it, and actually clamped the two long spears of the defenders under his armpits.

"Kill!"

The dozen or so cavalrymen who had climbed up the hillside and shot arrows into the village gave up their bows and arrows and came to help in the rain of arrows. They used their long lances to poke at the enemy, covering Wang De's continued charge.

There were also cavalrymen who rushed to the slope wall of the village regardless of the danger, half-crouching and shouting to the first-descent camp under Wang De's command: "Come up quickly!"

The warriors of the first-descent camp quickly understood what it meant, and rushed over desperately, pressing their hands on the village wall, and stepping on the hands of the cavalrymen.

"Get up!"

Two cavalrymen half-crouched and spread their hands, and worked together to lift a first-descent warrior up.

Many warriors of the first-descent camp rolled to the top of the wall, some were stabbed in the face or neck by the defenders with melee weapons, and some were pushed out by long spears or arms and fell down again.

But in the end, some people were able to continue fighting, and even when they could not fight quickly, they turned over and rolled into the village wall, knocking down the defenders standing on the inner low wall.

This time, it was not Wang De who broke in first, but several warriors under his command who climbed over the wall of the stockade and fought bloody battles. Soon they were injured and turned into blood gourds.

The chaos caused by those warriors to the enemy army provided Wang De with a few opportunities.

Wang De climbed to the hillside where he could not build a stockade wall, and he stretched out his hand to grab the ankle of a defender while carrying a long spear, arrows and loess.

"Get out of the way!"

Wang De shouted with a loud voice and pulled the man down from the height.

The defenders here, who had the advantage of numbers and terrain, were terrified at this time, and were frightened by Wang De's loneliness.

They were just refugees from the Liao Kingdom before. Although they also had a fierceness, they had never fought any hard battles. Where have they seen such a living devil?

Wang De was tall and burly, with dark skin like iron, and he attacked here like a demon.

"It's Yaksha who came to take my life!"

A Liao man was so scared that he threw away his weapon and fled, and several other nearby defenders followed him subconsciously.

It was outrageous. Before Wang De could capture this high ground, the defenders were actually scared away by his prestige.

Wang De took the opportunity to occupy the high ground and shouted to his warriors: "Come and follow me to climb first!"

"Kill!"

The morale of the first-climbing camp was greatly boosted.