Three loud cannon shots resounded across the boundless wilderness.
Everyone who had fallen into a deep sleep inside and outside Yumen Pass was awakened.
After waking up, I heard the deafening sound of horse hooves.
The gate of Yumen Pass was opened after the sound of the cannon, and a wide wooden bridge was built over the trench.
Fifty thousand cavalry rushed out of Yumen Pass in a mighty manner.
Black Khan Barracks.
When the cannon sounded, a commotion broke out in the Black Khan barracks.
The Black Khan King Yusufu was awakened, stared and asked: "What happened?"
"King Khan, the Song people are coming!"
Some soldiers rushed into the Chinese army's tent and said anxiously.
The Black Khan King Yu Sufu was stunned and laughed, "Very good. I have been attacking Yumen Pass for several months, but no Song soldiers have shown their heads. I thought that the Song soldiers were completely acting like turtles with their heads down, but I didn't expect that the turtles would also stick out their heads one day.
"
"Gather your troops and prepare to meet the enemy!"
The Black Khan King Yu Sufu got up from the bed with great enthusiasm and gave loud orders.
The soldiers of the Song Dynasty blocked Yumen Pass for several months, unable to advance even an inch.
Black Khan Wang Yusufu was also depressed.
Now that Song Bing came to his door on his own initiative, he should let Song Bing see the power of the Black Khanate's troops.
After hearing the instructions of the Black Khan King Yusufu, the soldiers hurriedly agreed and went down to deliver the order.
After King Yusufu of the Black Khan was dressed neatly, he left the Chinese army's tent. As soon as he left the Chinese army's tent, he ran into his own soldiers again.
The soldiers were a little panicked, "King Khan, run away!"
The Black Khan Wang Yusufu yelled, "You bastard!"
The soldiers shouted anxiously: "Song soldiers are everywhere. The number of soldiers and horses has exceeded one million. We are no match."
When the Black Khan King Yu Sufu heard this, he was shocked. He had a gloomy face. When he listened carefully, he could hear the deafening sound of horse hooves from all directions. His face turned very ugly in an instant.
Just as the Black Khan King Yusufu was listening, his generals had already led their men and galloped to the Black Khan King Yusufu.
"King Khan, Song soldiers are attacking the camp. The number is unknown at the moment. Please mount your horse first."
Every Black Khan soldier cannot do without horses.
Horses are the courage of black soldiers.
When the Black Khan King Yusufu heard the general's suggestion, he got on his horse without hesitation.
"Gather the troops!"
After King Yusufu of the Black Khan mounted his horse, he issued an order in a deep voice.
The messengers went out in all directions and began to convey the orders of the Black Khan King Yusufu to the ears of other Black Khanate generals.
The generals restrained the troops under their command, but some soldiers were still in commotion.
The Black Khan King Yusufu ignored the soldiers and led his troops out of the military camp.
As soon as they left the military camp, they saw a majestic cavalry force approaching them.
The Black Khan King Yusufu was also shocked when he saw this iron cavalry.
It was too dark and he couldn't see the number of cavalry clearly, but he could hear clearly with his ears that the number of the other party should be between 150,000 and 200,000.
The reason why the Black Khan King Yu Sufu was frightened was not because of the huge number of cavalry in front of him.
It was because he heard that in addition to the iron cavalry in front of him, there were also an equal number of cavalry charging towards him on his left and right sides.
The total number of cavalry in the three directions is at least 500,000 to 600,000.
Although the Black Khan King Yu Sufu did not understand the war in the East, after contact in recent months, he also learned that the Song army had more infantry.
The Song soldiers could mobilize 500,000 to 600,000 cavalry, so the number of accompanying infantry would probably be even greater.
No wonder the soldiers in the Song Dynasty said when they saw him just now that there were more than one million soldiers in Song Dynasty.
"Didn't Xiao Pidi say that the Song Dynasty did not have many soldiers and horses stationed in Hexi, and most of the soldiers and horses went to Zhending Mansion? So where did these millions of soldiers and horses come from?
Is it a cover-up?"
Black Khan Wang Yusufu frowned and muttered.
He stared at the cavalry that was getting closer and closer in front of him, and decided to test the power of the cavalry that was charging towards him.
Just when the Black Khan King Yu Sufu gave the order to prepare for the charge, the general beside him suddenly said: "King Khan, Xiao Bi is not trustworthy. There is a troop coming from the direction of Yangguan where he is stationed.
The enemy can send troops from Yangguan, then Xiao Pidi is either dead or has escaped."
Black Khan Wang Yu Sufu raised his eyebrows and said solemnly: "You are right, I almost forgot that Xiao Pidi is besieging Yangguan, and there can be no enemy soldiers coming from Yangguan.
Now that there are enemy soldiers coming from Yangguan, it means that Xiao Pidi is no longer in Yangguan."
The general nodded and said: "King Khan, let's retreat and wait until dawn to take a look at the situation and make a decision."
Black Khan Wang Yusufu hesitated for a moment, "I always feel that the opponent is bluffing. Fight first, and then retreat if you lose."
The general hesitated for a moment and said no more. Instead, he raised his hand and ordered the trumpeter beside him to blow the horn.
As soon as the charge horn sounded, the Black Khan soldiers divided into three groups and rushed out in three directions.
During the days when the Black Khan King Yu Sufu was facing off against Zhong Shiheng, although he failed to capture Yumen Pass, he more or less learned some Eastern ways of fighting.
He learned to divide his forces.
It's just that the method of dividing the troops is different from the method proposed by Xiao Pidi before.
What Xiao Pidi proposed was to divide the troops before the war, and he learned to divide the troops on the battlefield.
The Black Khan soldiers divided into three groups and met the Song soldiers who rushed over.
The cavalry of the Song Dynasty, with momentum like a rainbow, rushed in front of the Black Khan soldiers, and the leading soldier roared angrily.
"cast!"
The soldiers all threw the grenades in their hands.
The grenades were thrown out like raindrops.
"Bang bang bang..."
Sparks rose up on the battlefield.
Even though the Black Khan soldiers blocked the horse's ears, the momentum of the charge was still affected.
Many Black Khan soldiers were injured by grenades, fell off their horses, and were trampled to a pulp.
Many horses were injured and ran rampant in the military formation, seemingly trying to escape.
The damage caused by grenades and the rising flames on the battlefield will have an impact on the war horse.
"Blindfolded!"
The Black Khan general shouted loudly.
The Black Khan soldiers instantly pulled out the black cloth and prepared to blindfold the horse.
Just when they were blinded, the second round of grenades was thrown at them again.
The grenades fell like raindrops again, and there were many phosphorus fire bombs mixed in among the grenades.
Sparks rose again on the battlefield.
It just rose up and never went out again.
Screams instantly filled the entire battlefield.
The black sweat soldiers who were contaminated by the phosphorus fire bombs instantly burst into flames.
Clothes are the first to burn, followed by hair.
One by one, the firemen fell off their horses and fell to the ground, wailing loudly.
Some horses contaminated with phosphorus fire went crazy and ran rampant in the charge team.
The momentum of the Black Khan soldiers' charge was completely blocked.
Don't wait for them to react.
The Song cavalry had already rushed in front of them.
The bright steel knife flashed one after another with cold light under the firelight.
Thousands of swords struck at the Black Khan soldiers.
"kill!"
Although the number of the Song Dynasty's cavalry was small, not many people were afraid of the powerful enemy in front of them.
In their eyes, those black soldiers are not powerful enemies, but acres and acres of land and ingots of gold and silver.
"Puff, puff, puff..."
The sound of swords piercing flesh never stopped after the Song Dynasty cavalry arrived at the Black Khan soldiers.
The general of the Black Khan Army was shrinking his troops while fighting head-on with the Song Dynasty cavalry.
The two sides fought together, and the battle was very fierce.
The war lasted until halfway through, and General Black Khan finally saw clearly all of the Great Song Dynasty cavalry in front of him.
Nothing like 150,000 or 200,000.
They only have fifty thousand.
The reason why they were able to run out of a formation of 150,000 or 200,000 people was because they had one person and two horses, and there were many branches and trunks behind the horses. They created a formation of 150,000 people through the collision of branches and trunks with the ground.
A charging formation of 200,000 soldiers and horses.
The general of the Black Khan Army saw clearly the reality of the Song Dynasty's cavalry, and felt happy and angry at the same time.
Fortunately, the Black Khan King Yusufu's guess was right, and the enemy was indeed bluffing.
What makes him angry is that the people of Song Dynasty dared to lie to him, causing him to miss many opportunities.
"Go two people and tell King Khan about this! Others, follow this general and kill these Song people! No prisoners will be left in this battle!"
The Black Khan general shouted loudly.
After hearing his order, the Black Khan soldiers immediately gathered around him and launched a fierce charge against the Song Dynasty cavalry.
The Iron Cavalry of the Song Dynasty did not give up in the face of the fierce charge of the Black Khan soldiers.
They attacked him head on and killed him.
Although they do not have as many people as the Black Khan soldiers, they have sharp steel knives and hard armor in their hands.
They were like sharp knives inserted into the middle of the Black Khan soldiers, constantly cutting and killing.
The Black Khan soldiers continued to surround and kill them.
The battlefield suddenly fell into a stalemate.
The battle in front of Yumen Pass fell into a brief stalemate, but the battles on the north and south sides of Yumen Pass had already achieved results.
The Black Khan soldiers divided into three groups and rushed out along the north and south. What awaited them was the forest of arrows flashing with cold light, as well as the muzzles of guns and cannons.
Kou Ji fought very luxuriously.
Zhong Shiheng also followed suit and became extravagant.
The Song Dynasty obviously had an absolute number of ordnance, and its effect was enough to crush the enemy, so there was no reason to use them.
The Black Khan soldiers rushed to the arrow forest on the north side, and what greeted them was the sound of banging bowstrings and the sound of whistles as arrows moved rapidly.
"Whoosh..."
As the first arrow was shot, the following arrows never stopped.
The arrows formed a dense forest and a network of arrows.
Continuously brushing against the black sweat soldiers.
The Black Khan soldiers fell off their horses like dumplings.
Arrow Net brushed through three times.
The Black Khan soldiers fled.
Facing the dense arrow net, they did not have the courage to fight.
The hail of gunfire and bullets on the south side is louder and more lethal than the rain of arrows.
The Black Khan soldiers rushed to the south side and rushed to line up and shoot.
The Black Khan soldiers rushed to the south side, and what they saw were sparks.
Bullets and cannonballs fell on them after sparks flashed.
Before they could clearly see the enemy's shadow, they fell off their horses and died.
The Black Khan soldiers who rushed to the south and north sides retreated to the Black Khan King Yu Sufu almost at the same time.
Every Black Khan soldier's face was full of fear.
Although the Black Khan soldiers in the east were encircling and suppressing the Song Dynasty cavalry, the battle between the north and the south was defeated without a fight.
The balance of victory has begun to tilt.
The Black Khan King Yusufu felt that the situation on the battlefield was not good, so he wanted to retreat.
He is not the kind of person who likes to go shopping with others.
He prefers to crush people with absolute force.
Now that the morale of the army is unstable and the battlefield is in chaos, it is difficult for him to gather the Black Khan soldiers and create the momentum of a million-strong army charging into battle.
"retreat!"
The Black Khan King Yusufu did not hesitate and issued the order to retreat.
The Black Khan soldiers were relieved and left Yumen Pass like a tide.
On the city of Yumen Pass.
After Kou Ji and Zhong Shiheng watched the raid, Kou Ji sighed and said: "The cavalry in the Zhenxi Army and Yongxing Army suffered heavy losses this time."
Zhong Shiheng sent troops and horses to attack on three sides.
The pressure from the north and the south is actually not great, because they have a large number of soldiers and horses, and they have a huge amount of ordnance to help them, so it is difficult for the Black Khan soldiers to get close.
To the east, the 50,000 Song Dynasty cavalry who rushed out from Yumen Pass faced the greatest pressure.
They don't have many soldiers and horses, and they don't have much ordnance to help them, so they can only choose to fight head-on with the enemy.
So their losses were very serious.
After Zhong Shiheng heard what Kou Ji said, he said calmly: "The number of crossbows and firearms is limited, and they can only meet the needs of one side, but not the three sides. If I distribute them evenly, then the three sides of the battlefield will not be able to benefit.
Moreover, none of us can guarantee whether the Black Khan King Yu Sufu will go crazy and rush towards Yumen Pass with millions of Black Khan soldiers, so it is not appropriate to place crossbows and firearms in front of Yumen Pass."
Kou Ji nodded slowly, he understood what Zhong Shiheng meant.
If the Black Khan King Yu Sufu goes crazy and rushes to Yumen Pass with millions of Black Khan soldiers, the crossbows and firearms placed in front of Yumen Pass will be a sign of support for the enemy.
Because although the firearms of the crossbow formation are sharp, it is impossible to kill all the millions of Black Khan soldiers.
If the millions of black soldiers really formed the momentum to charge, the momentum would be very fierce and the speed would be very fast.
Crossbows and firearms can only fire two or three rounds before losing their effect.
Because after two or three rounds, the enemy will have already rushed in front of you and put the knife into your chest.
Therefore, crossbows and firearms cannot be placed in one place, let alone in front of the enemy.
The arrangement is a waste.
The best ones who can meet the cavalry charge head-on are the cavalry.
Zhong Shiheng placed 50,000 cavalry in front so that they could deal with the enemy's cavalry charge.
If the enemy launched a charge with millions of soldiers and horses, then the 50,000 Song Dynasty cavalry would most likely be wiped out.
But the crossbow formations and firearm formations on the left and right sides will annihilate the enemy.
The longer the 50,000 Song Dynasty cavalry resisted, the more enemies they annihilated.
Maybe not all of them can be killed, but at least 300,000 to 400,000 wounded soldiers can be injured.
When the Black Khan soldiers killed all 50,000 Song Dynasty cavalry, and then chose to clean up the crossbow formations and firearm formations on the north and south sides, there would be more than 100,000 or 200,000 wounded soldiers.
The Black Khan soldiers will be completely disabled.
Zhong Shiheng will lead the Song Dynasty soldiers and horses left behind in the city to go out and completely annihilate the remaining enemies.
If the Black Khan soldiers choose to charge from either north or south, the 50,000 Song Dynasty cavalry will have a biting effect.
Disrupt the enemy's charge, tear off a mouthful of meat from it, and devour it.
The north and south sides that are not attacked will chase the enemy and beat them.
That is a real pursuit and shooting.
Because the enemy's rear was wide open, the Song soldiers were left with only their backs.
Song soldiers can kill as much as they want without worrying about being threatened.
When Zhong Shiheng set up this three-quet formation, he carefully discussed it with Kou Ji.
The reason why Kou Ji sighed was because the task of fifty thousand cavalry was really heavy and the losses were really heavy.
After the Black Khan soldiers retreated, there were less than 20,000 cavalrymen still sitting on their horses, and about 4,000 to 5,000 people crawled out from among the dead.
The rest were lying on the ground.
The person lying on the ground might be dead, might be dying, or might be in a coma.
The exact number of dead and how many alive can only be known after the battlefield is cleared.
"Leave some people to clean up the battlefield, while others prepare to march into Suoyang City!"
Zhong Shiheng immediately gave the order after the Black Khan soldiers completely retreated and disappeared.
The war did not end with the battle in front of Yumen Pass.
Everything is just the beginning.
Zhong Shiheng used tricks to scare the Black Khan King Yu Sufu, making him mistakenly believe that he had millions of soldiers in his hands.
Now the Black Khan King Yu Sufu has truly understood the number of soldiers and horses in Zhong Shiheng's hands through testing.
From now on, I will definitely not do Shiheng's evil deeds.
Although the Song Dynasty won the battle at Yumen Pass, it did not wipe out all the soldiers and horses in the hands of the Black Khan King Yu Sufu.
There were approximately 200,000 Black Khan soldiers on the battlefield this time.
More than 60,000 of them died in bloody battles.
Almost all the rest were injured and were left on the battlefield.
The Black Khan King Yusufu still has 800,000 troops in his hands, and he has enough strength to make a comeback.
So the war is not over.
Kou Ji reminded Zhong Shiheng by the way when he ordered people to clean up the battlefield.
"By the way, tell your men to block all the tunnels you dug. Don't leave opportunities for others to take advantage of, and don't let Yumen Pass become a useless thing."
The soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty can appear on the north and south sides of the Black Khan Army Camp, and they do not come from Yangguan.
Some of the soldiers and horses crossed from the northernmost desert of Yumen Pass, and some appeared outside the pass along the newly dug tunnels.
In order to ensure victory in only one battle, Zhong Shiheng had been planning for a long time.
Zhong Shiheng heard Kou Ji's words, nodded slowly, and ordered someone to pass on the order.
When the two of them went down to the top of the city, it was already the fourth watch.
The battlefield has been roughly cleared.
After the two of them got off the city wall, a general came to them with a solemn expression.
Kou Ji and Zhong Shiheng looked at each other, and Zhong Shiheng asked: "Is something wrong?"
General Pian nodded solemnly and said: "When Beiji and others were cleaning the Black Khan barracks, they discovered that the Black Khan King Yu Sufu had abandoned more than 300,000 seriously injured Black Khan soldiers to us."
Kou Ji and Zhong Shiheng's expressions darkened.
The seriously injured black soldiers mentioned by the general are not the seriously injured black soldiers on the battlefield.
It was the Black Khan soldiers who were injured during the previous confrontation.
The Black Khan King Yu Sufu had replenished his troops once before, so the number of Black Khan soldiers has remained at a very high level.
But similarly, the wounded in his camp also maintained a very high level.
The Black Khan King Yu Sufu could not get rid of the wounded before, so he had to carry them with him until they were hopeless and died.
Now that he finally had a chance and an excuse to get rid of the burden, he was naturally merciless.
Zhong Shiheng glanced at Kou Ji and said in a deep voice: "If you include the wounded soldiers we captured on the battlefield, the number of wounded soldiers may have reached nearly 500,000. We cannot treat nearly 500,000 wounded soldiers at all.
, we can’t afford to take him in either.”
There were some words Zhong Shiheng didn't say, but Kou Ji understood what he meant.
The huge number of wounded soldiers was a burden to the Black Khan King Yu Sufu, and it was also a burden to them.
Since it cannot be cured, it cannot be taken in.
Then there is only one way left to go.
That is to kill them and solve this problem.
Kou Ji thought for a long time with a serious look on his face, then sighed and said, "Maybe Bai Qi is not a private mass murderer, he is just forced to do so."
Zhong Shiheng glanced at Kou Ji and said nothing.
He probably understood the meaning of Kou Ji's words.
Bai Qi didn't know who he offended, and the historical records were very negative about him.
It is said that he killed 400,000 Zhao soldiers.
When the State of Zhao was fighting against the State of Qin, it dispatched 400,000 troops and horses as planned.
Then Bai Qi tricked and killed 400,000 people?
Could it be that Bai Qi dug a pit at the battle site, and when the Zhao soldiers arrived on the battlefield, they did nothing but took the initiative to walk in and beg Bai Qi to kill them?
Therefore, the number of 400,000 surrendered soldiers of Zhao State that Bai Qi killed in a trap is not credible according to historical data.
But it is true that Bai Qikeng killed Zhao Guojiang’s soldiers.
But did Bai Qi really intend to be slaughtered by himself?
Not necessarily.
Now that he encountered a similar situation, Kou Ji probably felt that Bai Qi did not intend to trap Zhao's soldiers.
Bai Qi killed Zhao's soldiers in a trap, so he probably couldn't afford it.
Before the rise of Qin, it was not wealthy.
Therefore, the food and grass that Bai Qi brought with him when he went into battle must have been very limited.
It is very likely that it can only satisfy the needs of the Qin army's officers and soldiers.
Bai Qi was of course unwilling to ask Bai Qi to carry forward his style and risk the Qin army's soldiers being starved to death to support Zhao's soldiers.
So he was left with the only option of trapping and killing.
However, Qin was very poor, but Song Dynasty was not.
Nearly half a million wounded soldiers cannot be cured with the existing medicinal materials in Hexi, but they can be fed.
Because Hexi has enough grain and grass.
Kou Ji also needed Heihan people to help him, so he thought of taking them in.
But he did not rush to a conclusion, but said to Zhong Shiheng: "Let's go see the wounded soldiers first."
Zhong Shiheng saw that Kou Ji did not say anything and asked him to trap and kill the wounded soldiers, so he roughly guessed that Kou Ji was probably thinking of taking in those wounded soldiers.
He did not refute and accompanied Kou Ji out of Yumen Pass.
When the two of them arrived outside Yumen Pass and in front of the barracks left by the Black Khan King Yu Sufu, they saw that the soldiers of the Song Dynasty had surrounded the barracks.
Koji walked towards the barracks, only taking ten steps.
After ten steps, he decisively exited the barracks.
Zhong Shiheng also covered his nose and frowned, and exited the barracks with Kou Ji.
It was very smelly inside the barracks. It was extremely smelly and pungent.
Kou Ji said with a gloomy face: "Yu Sufu deserves to die..."
They drove hundreds of thousands of wounded soldiers to one place without asking any questions.
I'm afraid no one will know when a person dies.
The smell is so pungent now, which means the situation inside is very bad.
Ninety-nine percent of the time it will breed a plague.