Fenghou

"You see it right!"

Wang Yan nodded approvingly, and he also looked at the Guanzhong Plain in the distance and sighed: "The monk is like a poisonous thorn in the back of the Jurchen, although there are Luotang Road, Ziwu Road, and Baoxie Road from Guanzhong to Hanzhong. Wait for the main point, but if the golden soldiers don't pull out the poisonous thorn that threatens Guanzhong, can they kill Hanzhong?"

Only then did Chen Qing understand that it was no wonder that the Jin soldiers were able to sweep the Song Dynasty, but they were still unable to capture Sichuan.

"How do you plan to arrange humble positions?"

Wang Yan thought for a while and said: "Li Jiang was killed in battle, so I decided to appoint you as the commander of the Bazi Army's scout battalion. It just so happened that the commander promoted you to be the commander. It is justified for you to be in charge of the scout battalion. If you have two hundred elites, you will have 500 people under your command, which is enough to be alone."

"Does Wu Dutong want to place lowly officials on the periphery?" Chen Qing understood their strategic intentions.

Wang Yan stared at Chen Qing and said, "Your actions in Jingzhao City have inspired us a lot. Wu Du and I agree that if there is an army harassing the enemy's logistics and grain transportation in the periphery, it will directly affect the Jin soldiers. The attack on Monk Yuan, and the leader who will carry out this mission is none other than you."

Chen Qing was speechless, he picked up the soft peaches and squeezed them with both hands.

……

Early the next morning, Chen Qing led [-] cavalry from Dasan Pass to the north.

Wang Yan stood on the pass and witnessed Chen Qingbei going, and Wu Jie also walked forward slowly and said with a smile: "I heard that Wanyan Zongbi and Wanyan Zongfu jointly offered a reward for his head, and the price has increased to 24 guan, and the price of your head and mine The sum is less than half of his, and he is less than [-] years old, so the younger generation is formidable!"

Wang Yan also sighed: "Whenever the country is facing danger, there will be young heroes like him who turn out to be born. This is our great Song Dynasty's luck!"

Wu Jie's face became serious, "I just got the news that the Jin soldiers sent 8 more troops from Hedong and the Central Plains to Guanzhong. The total strength of the enemy's army will be close to 20, and this is probably to open up the road into Sichuan."

Wang Yan's face also changed, and he asked anxiously: "Does the commander know?"

"It was the commander who sent someone to tell me."

"What about the imperial court?"

"The imperial court should also know that Jin's strategy has moved westward, but Nianhan's army on the east road is still in Jianghuai, and the imperial court has no time to look west. We can only rely on ourselves in Sichuan and Shaanxi, but Liu Ziyu still has [-] troops on Xihe road. , Liu Qi still has [-] troops on Qinfeng Road, and he can also contain some of the golden soldiers."

Wang Yan frowned, "You forgot the Xixia army, how could they not take advantage of the fire to loot, Liu Kai's army is going to fight Xixia, and Liu Ziyu's army is going to guard Xihe Road, so I'm afraid they won't be able to support us."

Wu Jie laughed, "So what if 20 golden soldiers come? The monk can't hold so many people. As long as we are prepared enough, the soldiers will stop us, and the water will flood the earth. Why should we be afraid?"

……

On the official road from Pujin Pass of the Yellow River to Jingzhao, the carts transporting grain and grass filled the official road one after another, covering the sky and covering the ground, and the edge could not be seen at a glance.

This is Jin Bing forced to recruit 20 civilian husbands, and transported 30 shi of grain and 20 dans of fodder to Guanzhong.

Due to the emptiness in Guanzhong, Wanyan Zongbi ordered tens of thousands of households to be escorted from the north of Shaanxi Road to fill Guanzhong, and ordered them to farm and farm to provide food for the Jin soldiers.

The Kingdom of Jin massively increased its troops in Guanzhong, and it was their strategic intention to open up the road to Sichuan, but their top priority was to fully occupy Shaanxi Road, Qinfeng Road, and Xihe Road.

Although Jin Bing won the Battle of Fuping, Wu's army still occupied Heshangyuan and threatened Guanzhong. Liu Qi's army was in Jingzhou, and Liu Ziyu's army was in Weizhou, continuing to fight against Jin Bing.

Only relying on the [-] Jin soldiers in Guanzhong and the tens of thousands of surrendered troops will not be able to achieve the strategic goal of the Jin Kingdom to occupy the Northwest. Only then did the Emperor Wan Yansheng of the Jin Kingdom order an additional [-] elite troops to Guanzhong. At the same time, he sent envoys to Xixia to order Xixia also cooperated in sending troops.

This morning, a Jurchen cavalry of thousands of people rushed out from Pujin Pass, and galloped westward like lightning.

This person is the eldest son of Wanyan Loushi, Wanyan Huonu, who is the famous general of the Jin Dynasty, Wan Fu, who served as the left guard in Taiyuan. When he heard that his father was beheaded by a Song general, he was very sad. Taiyuan came to Jingzhao, especially to avenge his father.

Wanyan Huonu led an army through a small town, and suddenly he stopped his horse in front of a high wall at the entrance of the town. A reward notice was posted on the high wall.

The reward amount was actually [-] guan, which was probably the highest reward offered by Jin Guo.

"Song General Chen Qing, whoever wins his head will be rewarded with a reward of [-] guan!" '

"Chen Qing!" Wanyan Huonu silently read the name.

"I don't want any reward, I want to behead his head on the battlefield!"

Wanyan Huonu gritted her teeth, whipped her horse, and galloped towards the town.

Chapter 18 Sniping

Twenty miles to the north from Heshangyuan is Chencang Mountain. After Chencang Mountain is the Weihe River, the north bank of the Weihe River is facing Guo County.

In the afternoon, Chen Qing led his army across the Weihe River and arrived at Guo County. He was not in a hurry to go to the county seat. Although the main force of Wanyan Zongbi withdrew to Jingzhao, he still deployed tens of thousands of mixed Jurchen and Han troops in Fengxiang Mansion. Husband Wanyan did not establish a commander.

The north bank of the Wei River is a famous grain producing area, and the surrounding area of ​​Guo County is no exception. There are endless wheat fields everywhere, and the wheat fields have been harvested, leaving only bare fields.

The sky was gray and the land was desolate and desolate. There was no one in sight, nor a village in sight. There were only flocks of crows circling in the sky, screaming shrilly.

Chen Qing led his army to rest in a forest in the east of Guo County. Standing on a big rock, Chen Qing looked at the county town two miles away. It must be a Jurchen soldier.

It is true that the main force of the Jin soldiers withdrew from Monk Yuan, but it does not mean that they will abandon Fengxiang Mansion.

There was a sound of horseshoes outside, and the two men sent by Chen Qing to inquire about the situation came back, followed by three Song Army cavalrymen.

The three Song Army cavalry were intelligence scouts deployed by Wu Jie on the outskirts, and their mission was not the same as that of Chen Qing.

The leader of the scouts was surnamed Jiang. He saluted Chen Qingxing and said, "Wu Dutong has sent more than 100 scouts. The three of us are responsible for the intelligence of Guo County. We are escorting Jiang Qing!"

"Please tell me about the situation in Guo County?"

"Reporting to the general, the Jin soldiers practiced fortifying the walls and clearing the wilderness. All the people within 1000 miles around the county seat moved into the city. There were about [-] Jin soldiers in the city, [-] Jurchen troops and [-] Han troops. Fufeng, Qishan and Baoji counties were also like this. , while the main force is stationed in Fengxiang County."

"Where can I get food?"

"We can only go to Linyou County or Purun County in the north of Fengxiang Mansion. There are only a small number of Han troops stationed there. As far as I know, there is no fortification and clearing of the wilderness, and it is said that there are rebels active nearby."

Chen Qing wanted to find a place with food security, but Guo County was obviously not suitable. Tens of thousands of Jurchen troops came to kill them and crush them to powder at any time. Only the outer areas were suitable.

Chen Qing smiled and asked Zhao Xiaoyi next to him, "I remember you are from Linyou County. Do you suggest we go to Linyou County or Purun County?"

Zhao Xiaoyi said with a smile: "Of course I will go to Linyou County. Although the north is mountainous, the south is a plain. The Du River passes through half of the county. It has been a major grain-producing county since ancient times. Purun County has no rivers and not many plains. Too poor."

The key is food, Chen Qing finally decided to go to Linyou County.

Jiang Qing reminded Chen Qing, "General, be careful of the golden soldiers wandering the sentry. If they find out, you will be in big trouble. It is recommended that the general should travel at night."

"thanks for reminding!"

As night fell, five hundred cavalry continued to march north.

……

In the middle of the night, under the Yongshui Bridge, several golden soldiers who were sleeping were awakened by the sound of horseshoes. They quickly got up and looked into the distance. They found a Song army cavalry, about 500 people, facing from the south. The Yongshui bridge came rushing forward.

The leader of the tour sentry watched the cavalry, and saw them crossing the bridge and rushing towards the north. There were about 500 of them.

The head of the Youshao immediately ordered: "Fire five gunpowder arrows at Qishan County!"

Five gunpowder arrows soared into the sky one after another, and the bright red flames illuminated the night sky.

"General, look!"

Yang Hua pointed to the back and shouted.

The cavalry reined in their horses one after another, and saw five gunpowder arrows flying behind them, which were clearly visible in the night sky, and Qishan County was ten miles away. They were spotted, and enemy spies were reporting to Qishan County.

All the soldiers looked at the general, Chen Qing, whether to bypass Qishan County or face the challenge head-on.

"We are not scouts!"

Chen Qing calmly said to the crowd: "Our mission is to harass the enemy army. If capturing Qishan County can disrupt the enemy's deployment, that is exactly what we will do."

Lieutenant General Yang Yuanqing pondered for a while and said, "Perhaps the other side's scouts are just reminding the Qishan County defenders to be careful when we attack the county at night, and the Qishan County defenders will probably not leave the city!"

Chen Qing smiled slightly: "No matter what is possible, as long as we are prepared and know ourselves and our enemies, we will not lose even if a battle is inevitable!"

He then ordered Yang Hua, the head of the capital, "Take a dozen brothers to Qishan County to observe the situation of the enemy army. If the enemy army leaves the city, notify us immediately!"

"Come with me!"

Yang Hua rushed to the county town with a dozen soldiers.

Chen Qing immediately led the soldiers to a forest hundreds of paces away.

……

Qishan County also has a thousand gold soldiers stationed, including [-] Jurchen soldiers and [-] Han soldiers.

The main general is Wan Yan Keli, a general of Meng'an, that is, the commander of a thousand commanders.

"Are you sure there are only five hundred cavalry?" Wanyan Keli asked loudly.

"There are only five gunpowder arrows, and there should be no more than 500 people!"

Outer spies use the number of gunpowder arrows fired to determine the number of enemy troops. The upper limit is nine gunpowder arrows, which means that the number of enemy troops exceeds a thousand.

Wanyan Keli immediately ordered the whole army to assemble immediately to face the Song army.

The chief general of the Han army, Shi Yang, turned pale with shock, and quickly said, "General, it's still midnight!"

Wanyan Keli stared bull-eyed, "Fart! Hundreds of Song soldiers crossing the border in the middle of the night, where are they going? What do you want to do? If the fourth prince asks, I don't know anything. Do you want me to lose my head?"

Shi Yang had no choice but to go to gather the army. In fact, they were only the Fengxiang Xiang army, not the main forbidden army. When they came to cover up the killing, they surrendered one after another and were organized into the Jin Bing Han Army.

Let them fight against the elite of the Song army. First, they feel ashamed, and second, they have no combat experience, especially fighting at night. They have never been trained.

But the five hundred Han soldiers had no choice. They could only follow the Jurchen cavalry and run south along the official road.

After running five or six miles in one breath, Song Jun didn't even see him.

Shi Yang breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Wanyan Keli in a low voice, "Could it be that the Song army also found gunpowder arrows and left Qishan County?"

In terms of time, it is indeed very possible. Wanyan Keli is still a little hesitant. If he can catch a single Song army and know the whereabouts of the enemy army, he can also explain to his superiors.

At this moment, a soldier suddenly pointed at Qishan County and shouted: "Fire! There is fire!"

A pillar of fire on the wall of Qishan city was burning fiercely, it was the beacon tower of Qishan county that was lit.

"not good!"

Wanyan Keli yelled, there are only a hundred defenders in the county!He fell into the trick of diverting the tiger away from the mountain.

The Thousand Golden Soldiers quickly turned around and ran towards the county seat.

One mile away from the county seat, a shout came from a forest thirty steps away: "Shoot!"

The dense arrows shot out like a storm, basically all shooting at the cavalry, the cavalry was caught off guard immediately, and suddenly a group of people turned their backs.

Hundreds of cavalry came out immediately, like a dagger pierced into the Jurchen cavalry ranks.

Lieutenant General Yang Yuanqing led a hundred cavalry to kill the Han army behind. The Han army was all infantry. It can be seen from their running in line that they lack morale and training.

But it is still more dangerous to use one hundred cavalry to deal with five hundred Han army, but Chen Qing has no choice but to put all his eggs in one basket. If the Song army cavalry loses, he will retreat immediately!

Wanyan Keli had already recovered from the confusion, and in a hurry, he shouted repeatedly: "The Song army is not many in number, you guys cheer up and annihilate all the enemy troops!"

But Wanyan Keli only yelled a second time, and Chen Qing swung his gun to kill him. Shooting people first, shooting horses, and capturing thieves first, has always been the first principle of Chen Qing's combat.

Wanyan Keli's shout revealed his position, and the spear stabbed in front of his eyes in an instant. Wanyan Keli was taken aback, and raised his spear to block it, but unexpectedly it was a false move, and he missed it.

Wanyan Keli yelled that it was not good, and hurriedly lay back, but it was too late, the enemy general's spear was too fast, he felt a sharp pain in his chest, the sharp point of the spear pierced through his armor, and pierced hard into the body. his chest.

Chen Qing could feel the moment the other party's heart burst. He drew his spear, and plasma gushed out of the gun hole.

Chen Qing went to the densest place of the enemy without looking back...

Two soldiers of the Song Army beheaded Wanyan Keli and ran with their spears, shouting, "The enemy general is dead! The enemy general is dead!"

This is not only a blow to the morale of the enemy, but also a boost to our own morale.

The morale of the five hundred Song troops was high, and all of them were extremely brave, killing the Jurchen cavalry to retreat steadily.

Shi Yang heard it clearly, and when he saw the head on the spear, he knew that the battle was over, no matter what the outcome was, the Jurchens would kill him to vent their hatred, so it's better to go first.

He didn't care about the soldiers under him, turned his horse's head and ran westward, and several soldiers hurriedly followed him and fled...

Shi Yang's escape made the soldiers of the Han army feel as if their spines had been broken. Hundreds of them collapsed in an instant.

"Leave them alone, Jurchen Tartars!"

Yang Yuanqing led more than [-] cavalrymen of the Song Army to turn around and kill them back. A group of Jurchen cavalrymen who were struggling to resist were attacked by the enemy, and finally they could not hold back. Under the leadership of a centurion, they retreated to the west.

"Kill the Tartars!"

Chen Qing yelled: "Kill them all, leave no one behind!"

Holding a spear in his hand, he took the lead in chasing and killing the Jurchen cavalry. His horse was fast, and he repeatedly knocked over the running Jurchen cavalry and assassinated more than [-] people in a row.

"General beware!"

Yang Yuanqing yelled, a wolf-toothed arrow shot towards him in the dark, and in an instant, Chen Qing turned his head instinctively. The wolf-toothed arrow shot past his ear, startling him into a cold sweat, and he was a little slow to react Little by little, the arrow exploded.

Yang Yuanqing rushed to the front, looked at the Jurchen cavalry who fled far away and said: "Although the Jurchen cavalry fled, they cannot be chased. Their cavalry and shooting are really powerful. If they are used to lure the enemy, they will often turn defeat into victory. We must guard against it!"

Chen Qing groaned inwardly ashamed, the poor should not chase after him, he ignored this point.