Therefore, although the summer evening was extremely long and the weather gradually cooled down, Sa Lihe replied after hearing the news. After a moment of silence, he still chose to retreat.

Then, he launched a night attack at the third watch of the night.

But still failed.

The Song army had already been prepared. There were torches and braziers everywhere on the city walls and on the mountain roads. In conjunction with the summer Milky Way starry sky, the open space in front of the mountain illuminated like daylight... In this case, the surprise attack was discovered early.

Moreover, the Song Army's long-range strike efficiency dropped by more than one level at night, but the Jin Army was not a fairy. Compared with the day, their organizational capabilities also declined significantly at night, so they were still unable to rush up the hillside.

Even this time, after the Jin Army retreated, they returned to the small village three miles away and found that many people had been injured in close combat... Obviously, in order to ensure the safety of the camp, the Song Army, after the long-range suppression took effect, in order to ensure

Due to the safety of their position, they actually chose to actively counterattack, chasing into the dark night, and engaging in hand-to-hand combat with the lagging Jin Army.

It's just that most of the Jin army had already evacuated at that time, and with the cover of night, it didn't appear too intense.

At dawn the next day, Salihe, who had not slept all night, withdrew the frontline troops whose morale had dropped to an extremely low level, allowing troops from the Huagou Camp to step forward to take their place, and prepared to continue attacking according to the strategy.

However, when the cold-faced man came to the sheltered hill again, he lost his temper and became furious on the spot. He was no longer as charming as he was yesterday... It turned out that after the Song Army won again last night, they knew that this was the front of the battlefield.

The most likely location of the Jin Army officers was that dozens of barrels of feces and filth were transported overnight from the cesspit behind the military stronghold on the mountain, so that the entire side and rear of the hill stunk.

After being furious, Sa Lihu ordered the new troops to advance slowly with shields and launch an attack. At the same time, he ordered the soldiers to cut down trees and dig soil, lay trenches on the road in front of the mountain, and build fences, as if they were preparing to use civil engineering along the way.

Forced to the foot of the mountain... Of course, it was also intended to make it easier for him to leave the hill and command from the front.

Not to mention this, Sa Li then sent messengers back to the camp at the mouth of the river to look for Lou's room, asking for additional troops from the Han army who were good at shooting, and preparing to shoot against each other.

In addition, the Jin Army Ten Thousand Households also did not forget to send a small group of troops to try to climb over the mountains to the north, trying to get around to the rear of the stronghold for a surprise attack.

All in all, after losing in a row and being humiliated again, Salihe was so angry that he tried to use all his methods and launched an unprecedented offensive at all costs, trying to capture this mountain, this village, this city.

Of course, an unprecedented offensive also means unprecedented casualties. The Song army won consecutive battles and killed a lot of people. Its morale was no longer what it was at the beginning. Faced with the Jin army's full action, there was no wavering on the mountains and the city.

In this state, they all began to fight against the Jin army at all costs.

On the mountain stronghold, they continued to condescendingly kill the Jin soldiers who came to attack the mountain. Although the shield effectively blocked some of the arrows, at the bottom of the mountain, faced with the divine arm bow, the most effective killing weapon of the Song army, it still seemed inadequate... The wooden shield

It was completely unable to stop the Divine Arm Bow, and although the few Jin troops holding metal shields rushed to a very close range, facing the decisive counterattack of the Song army, which was no longer in its previous state, the few people were simply dead.

After a charge, hundreds of shields were captured by the Song army.

The city, especially the bed crossbows fixed on the city, had long given up killing the Jin soldiers, and instead focused on attacking the earthen forts and wooden blocks erected by the Jin army across the river, trying to hinder the Jin army from building along this road.

Things like corridors... The bed crossbow has a range of up to five or six hundred steps, which is further than the artillery cart. Often, one hit will directly smash the hastily erected fortifications of the Jin army, and destroy the Jin army near the fortifications.

The sergeants and auxiliary soldiers suffered splash injuries.

The small Jin Army troops that were circling were even more delusional. How could Wu Jie not take precautions? They worked hard over the mountains and walked half a circle around the mountain stronghold, but were disappointed to find that there were no gentle slopes on the other two sides, but there were checkpoints on both sides.

, and all the trees around the camp had been cut down long ago... After hesitating for a long time, these Jin soldiers did not dare to show their heads.

At noon, as the Jin Army suffered setbacks on the third front, perhaps because the furious Salihe gradually adapted to the stench, the Jin Army finally changed its strategy. Most of the Jin Army withdrew to a safe distance and rested on the spot, while some of the Jin Army

Under the supervision of Gu Chipi, they no longer forcibly erected fences, but simply chose to pile soil along the river to defend against attacks from Fangzhou City on the other side of the river.

At the same time, Sa Lihe's request for help finally arrived at the Hekou camp, and the reinforcements were immediately approved and set off immediately.

The only thing worth mentioning is that after handling the reinforcements, the deputy commander-in-chief, Wanyan Balisu, took the initiative to see Lou Shi and raised a question.

"I did it on purpose."

Just when the Jin Army on the front line was completely frustrated, the Jin Army coach Wanyan Loushi calmly laughed. "I know that Salihe rarely suffers setbacks, has an arrogant temperament, and is easily angered. Just as I also know that Tuhesu has a bad temper and likes to rush in and kill himself.

Just like before... I just want to use Tu Hesu's irritability and Sa Lihe's arrogance... Think about it, if you or Yelu Mawu were allowed to go there at the beginning, I'm afraid you two would demand stability after seeing the casualty.

"

Ba Lisu suddenly understood, but couldn't help but sneer: "But what if we really can't capture Fangzhou City within a few days? Aren't the lives of so many soldiers going to be wasted?"

"If we really can't capture it for a while, we can only divide our troops here to lock up the city, and then go south regardless of the danger on the way back." Lou Shi gave the answer without hesitation. "However, we can capture it.

What we have to capture, in the overall situation, the lives of the soldiers, and even yours and mine, are not worth mentioning. If you throw it away, it is thrown away, not to mention that if it fails to do something useful, it is not thrown away."

Ba Lisu's expression changed drastically, but in the end he was speechless.

After noon, the sun was blazing and the weather became increasingly hot.

Because of the constant fighting in the past two days, the narrow ground on the other side of Jushui in the north of Fangzhou City already had a fishy smell, and there were countless bloodthirsty insects and flies hovering around.

At two ends and three sides of the battlefield, both sides are resting.

The difference is that since there was no order to withdraw, the Jin army still waited for orders after transporting the wounded to the small village in the rear. Many soldiers were tired and simply hid in the ravines and valleys on the roadside to rest at will. But this kind of

The evasion effect is extremely poor. Firstly, the shade is all there is. Secondly, many soldiers have armors on them. However, the Jin Army has extremely strict military discipline. No one dares to take off their armor easily. Even the helmets don’t know whether they should take them off or not.

...if I took it off, I would feel uncomfortable in the sun, but if I didn't take it off, my head would be covered with sweat, so I had to take it off and put it on again and again.

In sharp contrast, the Song army was all sitting in the city and in the stronghold, and did not even need to drink too much water...and a considerable number of them had removed their armor, were wearing cool clothes, and were taking a nap in the shade under the city in their tents.

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Of course, there was still some movement on the battlefield. On the east side of the battlefield, under the urging of the furious Sa Lihe and the supervision of Meng'an Gu Chipi, a small number of Han army auxiliary soldiers did not stop piling up soil.

During the process of fortification, the Song Army's crossbows also shot cold arrows towards this side from time to time... But in general, both sides seemed to be exhausted and were waiting for the evening heat to dissipate.

As the sun moves further to the west, the battlefield becomes more and more dull. In the military stronghold on the mountain, the atmosphere is slightly wrong... In front of the military stronghold, many crossbowmen are wearing armor, with crossbows placed in front of them. They are just chatting and laughing.

Some soldiers were cleaning up corpses and stripping off trophies on the mountain. There was still a lot of movement in this area. Starting from the front of the military stronghold near Wu Jie's Chinese army tent and then back, it was quite a large area, but it was a little too quiet.

When I turned around, there were obviously many soldiers in cool clothes resting under tents or wooden sheds, but almost no one talked to them. They would only whisper a few words when they went to the fixed drinking point to drink water, and once they returned and sat down, they were like dumb again.

Wu Jie, who was sitting in the Chinese army tent to escape the summer heat, also looked like a ghost and said nothing at all from beginning to end.

However, unlike the other soldiers, Wu Jie has been doing an incredible thing since noon - he placed a Jin Army gourd helmet in the open space in front of the Chinese army's tent, letting the sun shine

... This was peeled off from the Jin's corpse at night, and there was a hole in it... Then, every quarter of an hour, Wu Jinglue personally went out and touched the Jin Army helmet with inexplicable red and white stains.

But this time, I don’t know how many times it was, as Wu Jie reached out to touch the helmet, and then instinctively retracted his hand, the manager became energetic, and then he waved excitedly to the leader of the guards beside him.

Indicate.

Upon seeing this, the leader of the personal guard was a man who could speak. He immediately issued an order and ordered two purple flags to be brought out. One was arranged and held by himself, while the other was hung high in the southwest corner of the camp facing the suspension bridge.

Seeing the flags hoisted, there was a moment of commotion in the military camp and the city. Although they remained suppressed and did not speak, the movement could not be concealed, especially as a red flag was immediately hung on the gate tower of Fangzhou City in response.

The distance between the two flags was not very far. The Jin army Meng'angu Chipi, who had given up his patrol, had already hid behind a earthen fort to escape the summer heat. When he witnessed this scene, he was holding on because of the instinct of an excellent officer.

The billowing heat wave stood up in a daze. He glanced twice more, and then looked back at the weak Jin Army troops behind him who had been spreading out to a small camp not far away. After all, he suddenly woke up, and then this man immediately

He got on his horse and headed towards Sa Lihe.

On the wall on the other side, a crossbow that had already been strung up was immediately aimed and fired, but it only flew past Gu Chipi's head - this was not because Gu Chipi had eyes behind his back, but because his horse suddenly started to fire due to the weather.

After a few steps, he was frothing at the mouth, fell to his knees, and then completely pushed Gu Chipi down.

But after such a commotion, Guchipi's early warning effect has taken effect.

In the midst of the heat wave, Salihe, who was covering his nose and taking shelter from the heat behind a hill in the distance, looked at this scene and was immediately surprised. Then he immediately climbed up in confusion and did not forget the reminder of Gu Chipi, who was pointing Taizu's sword somewhere, and found that

After seeing the two flags and noticing the unconcealable movements in the city and the military camp, he suddenly woke up.

Wanyan Salihe immediately ordered the entire army to assemble.

However, when the military order was passed, the troops were extremely slow to assemble... Sa Li shouted and scolded him, but he still couldn't get the troops to move faster... There was no way, these Jurchens, Khitans, and Bohai people really couldn't bear the heat, and they were very interested in Jin.

For the military, at this moment, the power of the sun is probably even more amazing than the previous crossbow arrows.

After all, crossbow arrows are only useful when they hit people at an effective distance. They say they kill people quickly, but they only kill hundreds of people. But at this time, the sun was attacking the entire Jin Army position indiscriminately.

Looking at it, the two to three thousand gold troops here were all in a daze.

God is so mighty that manpower cannot defeat him.

Under the summer heat, in the Qiaoshan military camp, a purple flag flew forward from top to bottom. At the same time, the Fangzhou City suspension bridge was suddenly lowered, and then a red flag came out first. The two flags met in front of the suspension bridge,

It turned out that it was Wu Jie, the strategic envoy, and Wang Xi, who had just been promoted to commander for a day, who were holding shields and swords in front of them. Behind them, countless Song army soldiers swarmed out in two directions...

Yesterday, this scene would have definitely surprised Sa Lihe, but now, the cold-faced man who climbed up the hill and hurriedly came down regardless of the danger was extremely frightened.

The two banners of the Song army crossed a messy narrow battlefield, forcing the small group of Han soldiers who were piled here to flee in panic, but surprisingly they did not shout for killing. On the east side of the battlefield, many Jin soldiers were aware of a certain chaos.

, also received the military order, but due to the visual field and the heat, I still don’t know what is going on, and it is still slow and chaotic.

However, just a moment later, as the Song army drove the scattered Jin army across the narrow battlefield, Wu Jie, who was holding a shield and a sword in front of him, struggled to spit out a piece of iron money from his mouth, raised his sword and roared loudly.

Then, the seventy or eighty elite Song troops following him almost all spit out their final iron coins and roared!

There was a loud roar. In front of the Song Army's formation, the small Jin Army force that had just barely gathered 70 or 80 people was immediately stagnated. However, soon, the leader of the Jin Army Yinmao, who was holding an old sword, fiercely faced the enemy.

The Song army's military formation rushed forward, but this small force gritted its teeth and faced it bravely.

However, as Wu Jie's speed did not slow down, he just threw the shield captured in his hand at the advancing Jin Army officer, then directly knocked the silver medal, which was already in a mess, to the ground, and then cut it in half with a knife.

When Wu Da picked up the opponent's saber, he continued to charge forward without stopping. Under the scorching sun, the Jin army that hurriedly tried to block the intersection immediately collapsed.

At the same time, as more and more Song troops came out of the road of death behind them, more and more iron coins were spit out, and the shouts of killing became louder and louder, and then unexpectedly, between Qiaoshan and Fangzhou City

It forms an echo and reverberates endlessly.

Sa Lihe, who had been standing in a daze as early as the moment Gu Chipi died in the battle, now without any hesitation, directly jumped on his horse and fled.

It is not clear whether it happened at the same time or in what order. The Jin army, which was injured and killed, and was exhausted by the heat, did not wait for the Song army to come forward. It collapsed almost simultaneously, abandoned its weapons and ran away... This shape is similar to that of the mountain village two days ago.

The performance of the Song troops on the front line was no different.
Chapter completed!