The spring sun is warm, but the Jiaozhi soldiers in the sun feel cold.

The valley in front faces the sunlight, and a huge shadow is dragged out from behind, revealing a cold breath, like a beast's mouth being ready to choose someone to eat.

Chen Changji rode on the horse and looked back. Song army's stone bullets fell behind like rain. The road before entering the valley had left the corpses of nearly a thousand Jiaozhi people. The stone bullets were mixed on the road, blocking the way forward. The subsequent team could not maintain its formation at all and became scattered.

Chen Changji had no expression on his face. This was something that would inevitably happen and a price that must be paid. He only hoped that the process would end soon and reorganize the team at the entrance of the valley. I hope that there would be no more accidents in the valley, and that the situation would be unfavorable. If the situation was facing the Song army head-on on the ground, there would always be a chance to fight.

There is no chance of attack on the hillsides on both sides. As long as he can withdraw from Fuliang River, his best choice is to enter the valley to fight the Song army in a decisive battle, and the faster the better. It is best to be able to disrupt the deployment of the Song army.

Deep in the valley, Nanliangzhou City is vaguely looking at me, what is waiting for me?

Xu Ping on the top of the mountain was also a little nervous. Although he made all kinds of arrangements, the situation on the battlefield changed rapidly. Who knows what would happen?

Most of the defensive forces on the mountain have been concentrated on the peaks on both sides of the valley entrance, especially the crossbowmen, pointing toward the Jiaozhi team from a high point.

Tan Hu and his personal soldiers were flying on the long wall in the valley, conveying Xu Ping's military orders. Everything seemed tense and orderly, waiting for the decisive battle to come.

Shi Quanbin in the city got the news, rode out of the city gate, and ran along the long walls on both sides of the valley to the top of the mountain where Xu Ping was. This wall was not only a line of defense for the Song army, but also a line of transportation. When he arrived near the hillside, he went straight up to the top of the mountain, connecting the mountain with a city several miles away.

When he arrived on the hillside, Shi Quanbin dismounted and greeted Xu Ping. When he climbed up to the south, he saw an ant-like Jiaozhi soldiers marching towards the valley.

Shocked, Shi Quanbin asked Xu Ping: "What's wrong with the Jiaozhi people? Why did they suddenly attack the valley?"

Xu Ping said: "Either the opponent's general figured it out. No matter what arrangements there are in the valley, they must face them. Otherwise, they will retreat. Or, in my opinion, it should be someone from Shenglong Mansion, urging him to end the war as soon as possible, and he can't wait."

"How do you say this?"

"In the south of Jiaozhi, although the offensive in Cham City was not fierce, the war continued. In the north, Su Maozhou was already in chaos and implicated in nearby places. The situation was unstable. The head of the Pavilion should not forget that there were several rebellions when the King of Jiaozhi Li Foma ascended the throne. Although the rebellious kings were imprisoned, they were still there. Li Foma had no choice but to pacify the whole way as soon as possible and then concentrate their troops to calm the war in other directions. Liangzhou was urged urgently, and it was thought that in the eyes of the people of Jiaozhi, we were the weakest."

Shi Quanbin heard this and looked at Xu Ping and said strangely: "Yunxing, you have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. There are more civilians who can recruit them. If you have enough money and food, how can you be weak? Feng Zhizhou doesn't have this strength!"

Xu Ping smiled and said, "This is what we know. The Jiaozhi people don't think so. Besides, Feng Zhizhou is determined to defend Qinzhou, and Li Foma is brave enough to attack the territory of our Song Dynasty. After all, we can attack. But his heart is too big and there are a few people coming."

With Xu Ping's temper, if he faces this situation, he will do it more simply. More than 10,000 people are too petty. He can draw 30,000 to 40,000 people from the Fuliang River.

"Officials, the Jiaozhi army has arrived at the valley entrance!"

Lu Fang ran over to report, his face showing a serious look. Now both sides knew that when the final battle was coming, no one dared to be careless.

Xu Ping looked up at the sun in the sky, breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Lu Fang: "Let the Jiaozhi vanguard enter the valley, starting from the central army, the crossbowmen on the mountains on both sides shoot arrows! The commander and the supervisor of the battle watched closely. After the war, the rewards were paid according to the number of arrows from each soldier! Those who dared to take advantage of the troubled waters will be killed!"

"promise!"

Lu Fang turned around and left. After a while, the drums on the hills on both sides rang, and the drums gradually became dense.

Shi Quanbin listened and felt a fever in his body and was in a stir. He said to Xu Ping: "Yunxing, let's go to the mountain to see the military formation of the Jiaozhi people!"

"What's so good about it? I'll follow me here, wait for them to enter the valley later, and there's time to watch it. After entering the valley, it's a big battle, and now it's just a small fight."

Shi Quanbin's position is not high, but he is close to the emperor. When he arrived in front of the mountain, a man accidentally shot a madman and shot him with an arrow. After being injured, he would implicate Xu Ping.

Seeing that two thousand vanguards passed through the valley entrance without any danger, Chen Changji breathed a sigh of relief. Although the Song army did not build a pass at the valley entrance, the two mountains confronted each other and the geographical location was still there, which was the most dangerous place.

As soon as Chen Changji breathed out, he heard the drums on the mountain. With the sound of valleys, the bows and crossbows on the hills on both sides shot towards the Jiaozhi soldiers like raindrops.

In infantry formations, each team has shield-holding ones, which can greatly reduce the damage of enemy arrows. However, this arrangement is aimed at arrows coming from the front of the formation, and there are not many ways to come from the side. In the blink of an eye, many Jiaozhi soldiers fell to the ground and were in chaos at the entrance of the valley.

Chen Changji was walking in the middle of the valley, and the arrow could not reach him. He hurriedly ordered his personal soldiers to send a command to suppress him, try to maintain the formation and pass through the entrance of the valley quickly. While cursing in his heart, the commander of the Song army opposite was extremely treacherous and always let the vanguard attack the middle part of the team. When the person was placed in the right direction, the same was true for the military formation. When the middle was chaotic, the entire team would be in chaos. It was really the most insidious move.

The valley entrance was not far away, but a few dozen steps away, and two or three hundred people were paid. The Jiaozhi army passed quickly. Because Chen Changji was decisive in handling the situation and the force of the sturdy force, the formation was not in chaos.

Through the entrance of the valley, the view suddenly became wider, and Chen Changji discovered the layout in the valley.

A few miles away in front of me, a little slanted is Nanliangzhou City. It extends from the edge of the city wall, like two thick arms, and two tall earth walls extend all the way to the hills on both sides of the valley entrance.

Chen Changji felt dizzy and had the manpower and material resources to build two long walls. Why didn’t the Song army build a decent barrier at the entrance of the valley? Then he would die early. This arrangement was to introduce himself into the valley?

The front was empty and there was no large group of Song troops waiting for the battle as expected, and they all went to Nanliangzhou City without any barriers.

Chen Changji became increasingly confused. Did the Song army want to lead his troops to attack the city and use the city to compete with his subordinates? Nanliangzhou City is not a strong city, and that would be better than building a pass at Gukou.

After thinking about it, Chen Changji still couldn't figure it out. He really wanted to call the Song army commander over and asked carefully: "Why didn't you build a pass at Gukou? Why didn't you build a pass?"

The sun was slowly climbing to the top of the head and the weather gradually became hotter.

The Jiaozhi soldier who entered the valley breathed a sigh of relief and finally walked through the gates of hell. There seemed to be no obstacle ahead. The forward had advanced nearly a mile and still had no attacks.

Could it be that everything outside the valley is a trick of the Song army? In fact, after passing the valley, there is no more arrangements and you will face the city directly?

Chen Changji couldn't believe this. The two tall earth walls on both sides reminded him at any time, all of which were illusions. The Song army must have other means.

When the personal soldiers saw Chen Changji enter the valley, they stood still and reminded carefully: "Master General, we have entered the valley, and there is no longer any Song army to stop him. Should we attack the city immediately?"

"Go forward and order all units to move forward quickly! No matter what means the Song army has, you won't be afraid of them if you fight with real swords and guns! In the front city, one person and one handful of soil will be climbed up!"

Chen Changji suddenly came to his senses and urged his horse to move forward.

"Woo--"

At this moment, a melodious horn sounded on the earthen walls on both sides.

Chen Changji felt nervous. He immediately looked to both sides and saw countless Song soldiers poking their heads out of the earthen wall.

"There is an ambush? What ambush?"

Chen Changji was puzzled. Seeing that the two earthen walls were like the hillside behind him, they were also inclined. Could it be that the Song army would rush out from behind the wall to attack his flanks and behind him.

"Dong!Dong!Dong!"

Just when Chen Changji was confused, a dull sound suddenly came from behind the earthen wall. At the same time, thick black smoke rose.

With this sound, dozens of stone bullets flew out from the side earth wall and shot diagonally towards Chen Changji's central army.

These stone bullets are more powerful than the stone cannons on the hill, with a longer range, and are almost direct shot. Once they bounce over, they directly swept out a blank of dozens of steps in the Jiaozhi formation.

"The Song army, who was killed in heaven, was despicable and shameless, and there was still a cannon in the valley!"

Chen Changji jumped down from his horse and rolled to the ground. He watched as he stepped down and rode down and breathed, and he became a pool of meat paste, crushed by a huge stone bullet.

With the sound of cannons, drums were heard on both sides, and locust-like arrows were flying straight towards the Jiaozhi army. Looking at the arrows and listening to the sound, Chen Changji knew that the Song army was using a powerful crossbow on the wall. No wonder he had never seen a powerful crossbow when attacking the hillside. This was the Song army's unique skill, and he didn't expect to use it here.

The entrance of the valley is more than one mile wide, and the earthen walls after entering the valley are farther away than the width of the valley, about five or six hundred steps. The range of powerful crossbows on both sides cannot be covered with them even if they return, but only left a narrow road for the Jiaozhi soldiers in the middle.

The narrow part in the middle, covered by artillery, is actually a dead place.

Chen Changji looked back and saw that the Jiaozhi army was still rushing into the valley, and the front, including the vanguard, had been fooled by the sudden attack of the Song army and was in chaos.

What to do? Chen Changji closed his eyes and had no idea.

On the top of the mountain, Shi Quanbin was excited to see it and asked Xu Ping next to him excitedly: "This is the pocket array? Why is it like this?"

"I have six thousand hard crossbows here. If you don't set up this formation, these hard crossbows will not be able to be moved. When the two armies face each other, they must try their best to exert their strength and make the enemy's strength unable to be exerted. If this goal is achieved, victory will be visible. The head of the Pavilion, 70% to 80% of the people in Jiaozhi have entered the valley. Do you think we have already won?"

"I won! I have won! The Jiaozhi people have the ability, and now they can only let us slaughter them! Yun Xing, you are fighting beautifully in this battle. I will definitely give you good words in front of the official family when I go back!"

Shi Quanbin was extremely excited. He had already seen that he knew nothing about the war. The Jiaozhi people couldn't escape even if they wanted to run away. I had heard that the cannons made by Xu Ping were very powerful, much more powerful than the stone cannons that were lined up on the hillside. Now that I saw them with my own eyes, I realized that it was not a false statement.

Xu Ping didn't know much about artillery, but based on his previous impression, he casted the simplest front-mounted artillery. Although this kind of artillery also has ballistics, it is still shot directly. If it is installed on the mountain, it is not very effective. Xu Ping arranged all the artillery on the earth wall, facing the valley entrance, forming cross firepower, which is the essence of the pocket array.

Chen Changji was completely lost. In just a moment, the Song army's artillery fired another round, and the Jiaozhi army was completely in chaos and could not command it at all. In a mess, some wanted to escape to the entrance of the valley, but were intercepted by the Song army's crossbow on the mountain, and few people escaped. Even after the entrance of the valley, the Song army's stone cannon on the hillside had not stopped yet. Only with the luck of defiance of heaven could one escape by chance.

A farther from the valley entrance, looking at the Liangzhou City in front of him, it was clear at a glance, as if there was no defense, and instinctively ran toward places. Either died under the powerful crossbows on both sides, or were taken away by artillery projectiles. Only a very small number of people avoided these deadly weapons, but they did not know that there were more than 10,000 horse-strike Song troops waiting for them in front.

Xu Ping on the hillside looked at him and was also shocked. He just arranged the defense according to the principle of exerting the maximum firepower, but he did not expect that there would be such power. A team of more than 10,000 people would become a lamb to be slaughtered.

Fortification bunkers are far ahead of the artillery, and the role played by the long-range weapons is beyond imagination. Xu Ping also thought that once the Jiaozhi army wakes up, they will attack the earth wall, and deliberately made the earth wall into a slope that is conducive to defense. However, he did not expect that the Jiaozhi army could not react at all and suddenly became a headless fly.

Behind the earth wall, when the soldiers of the Song army were seeing the appearance of the Jiaozhi army, the morale of the Song army became higher and higher. They used force to skeletons on the wall, and with the trigger in their hands, the crossbow arrow flew out, and their movements became more and more proficient. At the back, some soldiers even began to aim, betting on each other who shot more accurately.

To open a strong crossbow, you must use waist force. Those who can open a single arm are all strangers. Even if you use waist force, you can only shoot 10 or 20 times and you will be exhausted. If you continue to overdraw your physical strength, you will often lose your combat power for several days.

Xu Ping's formation relies on firepower strikes from long-range weapons, and of course this situation cannot be allowed. He urgently built a winding mechanism and set up a crossbow frame on the wall. The soldier can only use his feet to stomp the crossbow by weight, which greatly reduces the difficulty of operation and saves physical strength. Normally, the crossbowmen in the Song army are strong men selected by thousands of people, and here they are generally young and strong men, otherwise it is difficult to have such momentum.

The crossbow frame can only be fixed on the earth wall, and once the attack is attacked, it will be useless. But at this time, it can really exert its maximum power.

From building fortifications to improving the operation of various weapons, Xu Ping finally accumulated an overwhelming advantage in the shortest time.

The sun passed the top of the mountain and hung on his head with a scorching heat, making the weather become hotter.

Shi Quanbin looked at the scene in the valley and said to Xu Ping: "The Jiaozhi people are over. Yunxing, please send someone back to prepare for the celebration banquet. We will stop drunk tonight!"
Chapter completed!