Fenghou

Chen Qing's personal soldiers had already rushed up, beheaded the head with a single knife, and saw the gold medal on the enemy general's waist, and the personal soldiers tore it off, "General, you are the enemy general!"

Chen Qing nodded, "Use his head to show the public!"

Several soldiers picked up Li Muyuan's head with their spears and rushed to shout: "The enemy's general is dead! The enemy's general is dead!"

The morale of the Song army was greatly boosted, and the offensive became more and more sharp. The Xixia army could no longer hold on, and suddenly collapsed. They threw away their helmets and armor, and ran for their lives in the direction of the county.

Chen Qing issued the killing order, and the Song army chased after them. The number of more than a thousand Xixia soldiers who fled became less and less. After running for less than ten miles, the last centurion of the Xixia Army was shot off his horse by Yang Zaixing. The Xixia army was completely destroyed.

At the end of the war, all 500 soldiers of the Xixia Army died in battle, and none survived. However, the soldiers of the Song Army also paid the price of more than [-] casualties, and more than [-] people were killed in battle alone.

On the several-kilometer-long battlefield, dead bodies were everywhere, and blood flowed into rivers. Soldiers lined up the corpses of Song soldiers who died in battle and registered their names. Wounded soldiers were bandaged and treated, and soldiers were cleaning the battlefield to strip off enemy soldiers. After the armor, the corpses were piled up and burned.

At this time, Niu Gao brought up more than 1000 Han slaves, and the ropes that bound them were all cut. They witnessed the bloody battle from a distance. , They were rescued by Song Jun and pulled back from the road of death.

The leader was a strong man about 30 years old. He was brought in front of Chen Qing and knelt down on one knee, weeping uncontrollably.

Chen Qing comforted him, and the strong man wiped away his tears and said: "The humble job is called Cheng Ju, who is the commander of the Jingyuan Army. Liu Kai's subordinates commanded Li Yanqi's troops. After the Battle of Fuping, the Xixia Army attacked Huanzhou, and Li Yanqi left the army behind. Fleeing to Weizhou, more than 3000 of us became prisoners of war of the Xixia Army and were escorted here to mine salt."

Cheng Ju was choked with sobs and could not speak. Chen Qing showed color to the soldier, and the soldier gave him a water hyacinth. Cheng Ju drank a few sips of water to stabilize his emotions, and continued: "In just over a year, Two thousand brothers were tortured to death, and the remaining one thousand of us could not bear the torture, so we decided to riot and flee tonight, but unfortunately the news leaked, the supervisor notified the Xixia army, we were all arrested, escorted back to the city and beheaded , if it wasn’t for the arrival of the general, none of us would be able to survive.”

Chen Qing nodded, "I was originally a subordinate of Wang Yan of the Bazi Army, but now I am the envoy of the Qinzhou government. The Song army you see is the Qinzhou army. Go and tell your brothers that your suffering is over and you can go home."

Cheng Ju saluted and ran back to tell the other slaves of the Song Army, everyone cheered.

Niu Gao said to Chen Qing: "Control, if they go back like this, they will definitely be caught by the puppet Qi army, why not go with me, and let them go home after the battle is stable."

Chen Qing nodded, "Go and tell them to appease them."

Seeing that the battlefield was almost cleared up, Chen Qing ordered the whole army to assemble and head to Baochuan County.

Zheng Ping had already taken control of the whole city. Although the main force of the enemy army rushed to Yanze, a small number of Xixia troops remained in the city, about 200 people, mainly responsible for guarding the warehouse.

In addition, there were more than a dozen soldiers guarding the city gate. The soldiers guarding the city gate were killed by Hu Yanlei's men, but it took Zheng Ping and his army nearly half an hour to kill all the guards after they robbed the warehouse.

Although Zheng Ping's men also suffered dozens of casualties, more than a dozen warehouses were kept, and none of them caught fire. The main reason was that the Xixia soldiers guarding the warehouses were not allowed to carry fire, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.

"Control, this harvest is too rich!"

As soon as he saw Chen Qing, Zheng Ping couldn't help smiling and said, "Controlling, it's a bumper harvest!"

Chen Qing raised his eyebrows, "Is there kerosene and gunpowder?"

"All!"

"How much food is there?"

"There are at least 20 shi of grain, more than [-] dan of fodder, and a large amount of copper coins and silver, which should be the salary of the Xixia Army, as well as armor, weapons, medicinal materials, and large trebuchets. The humble officer also captured a camel There are about a thousand camels in the team, and they are going to Deshun Prefecture with five thousand shi of grain."

"Look at it!"

At the moment when there is a serious shortage of food and materials, the harvest in Baochuan County is a bit beyond Chen Qing's expectations.

Chen Qing followed Zheng Ping to the warehouse group. The warehouse group was actually located outside the city, but a high fence was built around it. It could be seen that the warehouse group was newly built, not more than two years old.

From the construction of the warehouse group, Chen Qing realized the view of the Xixia court on the current situation. The Xixia court should no longer think that the Song army is a threat, so they dared to build the warehouse group outside the city. They believed that the Song army would never appear In Xinhui Prefecture.

Moreover, dozens of warehouses were actually built, which also shows the ambitions of the Xixia people. They probably want to use Baochuan County as a logistics center to encroach on the entire Xihe Road and Qinfeng Road.

As for Baochuan County's military strength of only 3000, it shows that the construction of warehouses is far from being in place, and there are only a small amount of food supplies, and the 3000 soldiers in the city are only responsible for guarding Yanze.

Speaking of Yanze, Chen Qing suddenly thought that Yang Zaixing led [-] soldiers to Yanze, and there was no news at all, so nothing unexpected would happen!

"Wang Hao!"

"The last general is here!" Zheng Ping's deputy commander made Wang Hao step out.

Chen Qing said to him: "You lead five hundred cavalry to Yanze to meet General Yang, go now!"

"Humble post obeys orders!"

Wang Hao turned around to lead the troops, and Chen Qing walked into the first granary.

Chapter 2 Blocking the Door

The result of inspecting the warehouses confirmed Chen Qing's guess that Xixia wanted to build Baochuan County into a logistics center, otherwise [-] large warehouses would not be built.

However, judging from the fact that more than half of the warehouses are empty, Xixia probably hasn't officially started this plan, or it has just started, so the supplies and food are not very rich.

This also explains why there are only [-] garrisons in Baochuan County. With more and more food and supplies, there will definitely be large troops stationed in Baochuan County, and the wooden fence outside the warehouse camp will also be built into high masonry walls.

But the abundance of supplies is equivalent. For hundreds of thousands of troops, this amount of supplies and food is still too little, but for Chen Qing's [-] troops, the current supply of food and supplies is already a bumper harvest.

Time was running out, so Chen Qing decided to start transporting grain and supplies that night. A thousand carts could transport [-] shi of grain, and a thousand camels would not transport grain. They were responsible for transporting kerosene and gunpowder.

These two are the most important strategic materials for Chen Qing, and they must be transported away first.

Zheng Ping volunteered to escort the first batch of grain and supplies to Ganquan Fort. Chen Qing's army was strictly disciplined. There are several brothels, which are worth visiting.

Chen Qing didn't think too much, he immediately ordered Zheng Ping to lead a thousand cavalry to escort the convoy and camel caravan to Ganquan Fort.

The Song Army moved into the Xixia Army's camp. At the fourth watch, Yang Zaixing and Liu Cui returned from Yanze, and they brought back tens of thousands of Han Chinese slaves.

"There are still [-] Xixia soldiers at Yanze, and I'm going to wait for them to fall asleep to sneak attack, so it took a lot of time."

"Is it all wiped out?"

Of course, Chen Qing knew that Yang Zaixing had succeeded in the sneak attack, and he was more concerned about whether there would be any survivors. He needed time to transfer food and supplies, and once he escaped from the survivors, the Xixia army would be attracted.

Yang Zaixing shook his head, "No one escaped alive, and thanks to Liu Cui's timely arrival, they blocked the possibility of Xixia soldiers and supervisors escaping from the outside."

"That's good!"

Chen Qing looked at the thousands of people who followed him, and he was really a little confused. Comforting the people is a labor-intensive and meticulous job. He can make decisions, but he is required to take care of the eating and drinking of tens of thousands of people. , he doesn't have that patience anymore.

At this time, Chen Qing had a thought, it seemed that Niu Gao had settled more than 1000 captured Song Army soldiers well, as if he was very good at it, so he immediately sent someone to find Niu Gao.

Not long after, Niu Gao rushed over and bowed to salute, "See the control for humble positions!"

"How about those soldiers?"

"Everyone has settled down. After dinner, they rested. The military doctor showed them their injuries. They were all flesh wounds, so it's not a big problem."

"I never imagined that General Niu, who looks so rough, can do such careful work!"

Niu Gao smiled wryly, "They were all forced out. The golden soldiers burned, killed and looted everywhere. Everywhere we went, there were hungry people everywhere. We had to rack our brains to settle them down, and we came here all the time."

Chen Qing pointed to the people outside the city, "Then please trouble General Niu to take care of them. Just ask for anything you need!"

"There is food, but I am afraid there is no place to live."

"Then drive out all the party members who live in the mansions of wealthy families, and free up houses to house them."

Niu Gao was taken aback, "Controlling, the city will be in chaos and affect our transportation plan. Why don't these people be temporarily placed in empty warehouses, and then they will leave together and move back to Qinzhou."

Chen Qing thought about it, and it was already the fourth watch time, so it was really not good to make any further fuss, let's wait until tomorrow.

"Okay! Put them in an empty warehouse first. I see that there are 10,000+ sheepskins in the warehouse. Each person will give them two, and then cook some porridge, steam some steamed buns, and let them have a meal. Settle down, let’s talk about something tomorrow!”

"The humble job will be arranged, please rest assured."

Niu Gao led hundreds of soldiers and tens of thousands of Han salt slaves to the warehouse, and he was busy until the fifth watch before he settled down the tens of thousands of salt slaves.

……

Early the next morning, the Song army began to impose martial law in the city. The city gates were closed and no one was allowed to go out of the city. At the same time, they began to clean up the big mansions in the city. They were concentrated in more than a dozen mansions in the east of the city.

More than 40 mansions were vacated in one morning, and all the shops and belongings of the party members were confiscated. Together with the money seized on the battlefield and tens of thousands of coins in the official warehouse, a total of various gold, silver, copper coins, and silks worth more than 20 coins were obtained. Luo silk satin, Chen Qing ordered all the property to be rewarded to the soldiers of the three armies. On average, each person can get more than [-] yuan of property, and the soldiers immediately burst into cheers.

Let the soldiers work hard to fight, not only rely on feelings and military orders, but more importantly, material rewards. Otherwise, the soldiers can easily earn three to five pennies a month at home, and they can take care of their families. Working hard for your salary?

Of course, feelings are also very important. If Chen Qing's army is not anti-gold, at least half of the soldiers willing to follow him will be lost.

At noon, Cheng Ju, the leader of the slave army, found Chen Qing. He cupped his fists and said, "If we are willing to join the army and follow the general to fight against gold, I wonder if the general is willing to take us in?"

Chen Qing smiled slightly: "Of course it's a good thing that you are willing to continue serving in the army. I definitely welcome it, but don't you want to go home and take a look?"

Cheng Ju sighed, "If you want to go home, you have to return home! We go back in such a desolate way, not only can't help our family members, but also drag them down. In fact, we can write a letter to tell our family members that we are still alive. While we are young, we still want to work hard to make money." A little homework!"

Chen Qing understood that the rewards he announced this morning should have stimulated these slave Song soldiers. After a big battle, each person was rewarded with more than [-] coins. The reward of money, such a good thing, these soldiers never dreamed of.

"How many people want to continue to join the army?" Chen Qingxiao asked.

"No one wants to go home!"

"all?"

Cheng Ju nodded, "Everyone!"

Chen Qing pondered for a moment and said: "If you want to fight against gold with me, I promise you here first, but we also have rules. You must meet our requirements before you can join the army. Now you should take care of your health and restore your physical fitness as soon as possible, and then go to Ganquan with me." Fort, Vice General Yang will be in charge of arranging you!"

"Humble job understands!"

……

Two days later, Zheng Ping came back with carts and camels, but his army only brought back 500 people. He brought shocking news to Chen Qing that Ganquan Fort was surrounded by [-] puppet Qi troops.

"On the way, we met patrolling brothers on the outskirts of Ganquan Fort. Two days ago, a puppet Qi army of 2 people went to Ganquan Fort and surrounded Ganquan Fort."

Chen Qing immediately realized that this puppet Qi army should have come from Chengji County. Chengji County rushed to nothing, and then went to Ganquan Fort.

"Did they attack?"

"According to Brother Patrol, no, it should be because he didn't carry siege weapons, which is a bit funny."

"Perhaps they originally planned to cut wood on the spot to make siege ladders, but they didn't expect that they would be one step ahead of the Xixia people."

Ganquanbao is surrounded by a barren loess plateau, with only some grasslands and shrubs, and almost no trees. The only small piece of pine forest ten miles away has been cut down by the Xixia people, or go to the upper reaches of the Baishui River forty miles away. There are a few green hills, and I have to thank the Xixia Army, they have cleared the walls of Ganquan Fort in advance.

"Where did you put your food and supplies?"

"In the wild wolf ditch in the northwest of Ganquan Fort, the humble officer specially left [-] soldiers to guard it."

Yelanggou is [-] miles northwest of Ganquanbao, which belongs to the boundary of Xinhui Prefecture. It is a relatively hidden gully, belonging to the gully within the gully. It is not only hidden, but more importantly, the puppet Qi army will not enter the Xixia people. Territory.

"I see, first move all the food, grass and supplies there, and then we will find a way to deal with the puppet Qi army."

Calculated, they still need to carry it two times, which will take three days. If the puppet Qi army finds the nearby people as guides, they can also find the woods. Adding in the time for logging and making the siege ladder, it will take about three or four days to make the siege ladder. , time is very tight.

Chapter 2 The Siege

In the barracks of Ganquanbao, Yang Yuanqing was demonstrating the essentials of movements to fifty axemen.

"When we raise the axe, our body must be concealed. There are archers under the city staring at us, so use the battlements to cover our body as much as possible, and then strike quickly and powerfully. If we need an axe, we must split the crossbar, and then withdraw immediately. return!"

Fifty tall and strong soldiers stood around Yang Yuanqing, each holding a long-handled sharp axe. They were strongmen selected from [-] soldiers, and all of them had long, vigorous hands and well-developed muscles.

Yang Yuanqing also knew that there were their patrols on the outskirts, and the news of the siege of the army must have been reported to the commander. It was not too far from Baochuan County to here.

The only thing that worries Yang Yuanqing is that the two thousand soldiers are all recruits, they have not been tempered by war, they are not experienced enough, their will is not tenacious enough, they are not forged with blood and fire, and they don't look down on life and death.

The only way is to teach the soldiers their experience in defending the city.

"Next, practice on your own. The stakes are like battlements, and the sticks on the ground are like the rungs of the stairs. You have to be quick to strike, break them with an axe, and turn around even faster. Hide behind the stakes so that you won't be shot by arrows. Hit."

"Keep in mind the three words 'fast, ruthless, and accurate', this is the key!"

Fifty wooden stakes are erected on the ground, and two green bricks are placed on the ground beside them. A short piece of wood is placed on the green bricks, just like the rungs of the stairs. Soldiers need to practice the essentials of movements. , they can function.

……

Yang Yuanqing came to another corner of the school field, where fifty soldiers were receiving training from military doctors, mainly to stop bleeding and bandage.

The fifty soldiers all seemed to be very smart, with quick hands and feet, and each of them carried two wine gourds and medical kits on their backs.

The military doctor explained the main points to them at the table, "the wounded soldiers should give them two sips of wine first, then pull out the arrows suddenly, wash the wound with strong wine, don't let them scream, it must be very painful, paste the medicine paste on the On the wound, stick it with dog skin plaster, mainly to prevent the medicine from falling off, and then bandage it, after doing this, it will basically stop the bleeding and save your life!"

When the military doctor saw Yang Yuanqing approaching, he stopped talking. Yang Yuanqing smiled and said, "Go on, it's very good!"

The military doctor nodded, and said loudly: "Remember, unless your head is cut off with a knife, or your lungs, heart or throat are pierced by a spear and arrow, this kind of critical injury is basically over, but in fact most injuries They were all injured, but there are still a large number of soldiers who could not be rescued and died. Why?

The reason is that the treatment is late, the wound is purulent, or there is too much blood loss, especially if the blood loss is too much, the blood will drain dry, and you will definitely die. Therefore, timely hemostasis is the key, and the wound must be cleaned with wine first. Let me demonstrate it below. Everyone is optimistic. "

The military doctor found two wounded soldiers whose arms needed to be changed. They demonstrated to everyone how to clean, how to apply medicine, and how to bandage.

When the military doctor finally stopped, Yang Yuanqing asked with a smile, "Can this wine be used for cleaning?"

The military doctor nodded, "It can be cleaned with the sheep wine left by the Jin soldiers. This wine is very strong, and it burns the wound like a fire. The sake of our Song Dynasty is not good. In fact, concentrated salt water is also good, but the injured soldiers can also use wine. Take two sips to reduce the pain."

"Are there enough herbs?" Yang Yuanqing asked again.

"The medicinal materials are enough. In addition, I have a suggestion."

"you say!"