Fenghou

It was also mainly because Li Liangfu led an army of [-] to the south, no matter how bad it was, it would be a protracted war. Wan Yanchang never imagined that the Xixia Army would be defeated so quickly in the end.

Chen Qing didn't care about the battle situation in Hanzhong either. He had just reached an exchange agreement with Li Liangfu, exchanging ten shi of grain for a Xixia prisoner of war, a total of [-] prisoners of war, and exchanging [-] shi of grain. For at least ten days, Chen Qing focused on transporting food.

According to the agreement between the two parties, every time a batch of food is transported, Chen Qing will release a batch of prisoners of war. The key is that the prisoners of war captured by the Song Army are all elites of the Dangxiang clan. It is not that they are good at fighting, but their social status in Xixia Generally high, they are all members of the Tuoba tribe in the eight departments of the party, and they are the basis for maintaining the imperial power of Xixia.

It is for this reason that Chen Qing is not worried that the Xixia people will seize the transport team.

The fact was the same, no matter how unwilling Li Liangfu was, he had no choice but to implement the agreement honestly, and first exchange these precious soldiers back, otherwise he would not be able to explain to the emperor.

This morning, something happened that surprised Chen Qing. A camel team from Bashu arrived at Ganquan Fort.

Chapter 228 Returning to the Army

The soldiers brought the leader of the camel team to Chen Qing's tent.

"Regulation, man brought it!"

Chen Qing put down his pen and said with a smile, "Please come in!"

After a while, the guards brought in a middle-aged man from outside the tent. Chen Qing quickly took a look at him. He was about 50 years old, wearing short clothes, with bronze skin and a strong physique. The vicissitudes of time, especially the long scar on the left face, is very conspicuous.

The man stepped forward and knelt down to salute, "The villain, Scarlet Liu, sees the general!"

"Get up and talk!"

"Thank you, General!"

Chen Qing looked at the waybill in his hand, it was issued by Zhou Kuan, and the one thousand shi grain was transported from Zitong County to Chengji County one and a half months ago, and it took only half a month to transport it from Zitong County to Chengji County, but They stayed in Qinzhou for a month, of course because of the impact of the war.

"Liu Zhang has worked hard this month, I will ask Manager Zhou to pay you double the shipping fee!"

"Thank you General for understanding!"

This month, he paid for all his subordinates to eat, drink and sleep. The pressure was too great, and they wanted to unload the goods and go back, but they couldn't get Chen Tongzhi's signature, and the other party refused to pay for the freight, and he might have to pay for the food. He had no choice but to hold on, and finally heard that the battle in Fort Ganquan was over, so he hurried over.

Chen Qing thought for a while, and asked the soldiers to take 20 taels of silver and give it to Liu Scar, let him directly compensate it!Don't break Zhou Kuan's rules.

Scarlet Liu was very grateful for taking the money and signing the bill.

Chen Qing asked curiously again: "With a thousand shi of grain and camels, don't you have an army of Jin soldiers or puppet Qi?"

"Reporting to the general, the Jin soldiers did not come, but the army of the puppet Qi, but they just passed through Qinzhou. When the villain heard the news, he took the camel team and food to Qingshui County. It is safe there and there is no army. come over."

"Have you never been to Qingshui County?"

"No! Even the soldiers guarding the city gate are Qingshui County's own archers. As far as the villain knows, the puppet Qi army only stays in Chengji County, and there are no other counties in Qinzhou."

What Liu Scarzi said made Chen Qing feel a little strange. The scouts sent a message from Pingliang Mansion. The Puppet Qi Army in Pingliang Mansion only has 5000 people, and the Puppet Qi Army in Deshun Prefecture has 3000 people. So where are the 10,000+ Puppet Qi Army? went?

The battle between myself and Xixia's cranes and clams is over, where are you going to pick up cheap gold soldiers and fake Qi fishermen?

"How many puppet Qi troops are there in Chengji County?" Chen Qing asked again.

"I heard that there are 2000 people! I don't know the specific villain."

Chen Qing nodded, suddenly remembered something again, and quickly asked, "Did Manager Zhou arrange for soldiers to go north with you?"

"There are soldiers, Hong Dutou and thirty brothers, they came to Chengji County with us."

Chen Qing frowned, "What about them?"

"Reporting to the general, they didn't go to Qingshui County with us. The villain only knows that they deal with Wang Tongsan."

Chen Qing knew it well, probably Wang Huai hid them.

He comforted Liu Scar again, and asked the soldiers to send them to rest.

Chen Qing immediately sent someone to find Yang Yuanqing and Zheng Ping.

Not long after, Yang Yuanqing and Zheng Ping came to Chen Qing's big tent in a hurry, and they saluted, "See control!"

"Just now I saw the team leader sent by Zhou Kuan to deliver food to us. They came from Zitong via the Shu Road and passed through Xianrenguan. After staying in Qingshui County for a month, I found a strange situation."

Chen Qing told the two about his exchange with Liu Scarzi, and finally said: "I thought that after the Xixia army retreated, we would be attacked by the puppet Qi army again, but the situation is just the opposite, the puppet Qi army disappeared. , Jin Bing is also missing, to be honest, it is a bit beyond my expectation."

"Maybe they are going to attack Dasan Pass!"

Zheng Ping interjected: "Wan Yanchang suddenly figured it out, we are not important, attacking Hanzhong is the right way."

Yang Yuanqing pondered for a while and said: "There are various reasons, how do you think about the control?"

Chen Qing glanced at Zheng Ping and said with a smile: "I think Old Zheng is right in one point. Attacking Hanzhong is the right way for Jin Bing. You shouldn't focus on me."

"Since the control thinks so, you can send someone to Xianrenguan to find Liu Zan to inquire about it. We have more information, but Liu Zan must know."

"It makes sense. I'll send someone to inquire later. In fact, I asked the two of you to come and discuss it. What should we do next?"

Yang Yuanqing and Zheng Ping looked at each other, they knew Chen Qing very well, since the leader said so, he wanted to make a move.

"What do you think about the control?" Zheng Ping asked with a smile.

Chen Qing picked up his saber and said with a smile, "Let's go! Let's go to the Baishui River to have a look."

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The three of them led more than a hundred cavalrymen to the Baishui River. On the west bank of the Baishui River was the barracks of the Xixia Army that was burned to the ground. They destroyed [-] acres of wheat fields when they were stationed, but the tens of thousands of acres of wheat fields on the east bank are still there. The army has regarded these soon-to-mature wheat fields as their own supplies, and has not destroyed them for the time being, so that they escaped disaster.

The original owner of the wheat fields was the aborigines of Fort Ganquan, but they are no longer there. All the wheat fields have been bought by the Song army as military fields, and there are nearly a thousand soldiers working on the wheat fields.

The wheat has turned from green to yellow, and when a gust of wind blows, large pieces of wheat undulate like waves in the sun, and as far as the eye can see, there are endless light yellow wheat waves.

"How long does it take for the wheat to mature?" Chen Qing asked a soldier by the ridge with a smile.

Knowing the commander, the soldier hurriedly bowed respectfully and said, "Report to the control, and it will be harvested in about half a month!"

Chen Qing smiled and asked the two, "Do you know what I'm thinking?"

Zheng Ping rolled his eyes, and immediately understood, "Does Zhizhi want to return to Qinzhou?"

Chen Qing laughed and said, "We are already in Qinzhou now! I just want to return to Chengji County."

Yang Yuanqing hesitated for a moment and said: "In case the Xixia people..."

Chen Qing shook his head, "Li Liangfu has already led his army back to Xingqing Mansion, and the garrison in Baochuan County is only 3000 people. We have spies there, don't worry, and Xixia is facing the entire Shaanxi Road and Xihe Road, not just Ganquan Fort. , I think it is unlikely that they will launch another battle against Ganquan Fort in the near future. It is enough for us to leave [-] troops on Ganquan Fort. If we encounter unexpected enemies, we are not afraid. Isn’t there still [-] militia troops? "

"Government is thoughtful!"

Chen Qing smiled slightly: "The wheat is almost ripe, and it's time for us to go back."

"What is the control going to do?" Yang Yuanqing asked again.

"Depart early tomorrow morning!" Chen Qing had already made a decision.

Early the next morning, Chen Qing left Niu Gao as the general of Ganquan Fort, and continued to stay at Ganquan Fort. He led 1 troops to leave Ganquan Fort and go south, marching towards Chengji County.

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The fierce battle at Raofengguan has lasted for six days, and the Song army repulsed the Jin soldiers' attacks again and again.

In the afternoon, amidst the sound of fierce war drums, more than 800 Jurchen Tiefutu soldiers held large shields and short spears and launched an attack along the mountain road to the pass on the mountain. Thousands of golden soldiers behind them also carried dozens of short assault rifles. city ​​ladder.

Tiefutu is a Jinbing heavy armored cavalry, modeled after Xixia's iron kite, the number is not large.This time only 800 people followed Wanyan Sali to go south.

Eight hundred Tiefutu soldiers attacked the mountain as infantry. General bows and arrows and military crossbows could no longer penetrate their armor, so they could only rely on the god arm crossbow and bed crossbow.

On the mountain road in front of the pass, 250 powerful jackdaw iron arrows were shot down like raindrops. The large shields of hundreds of Iron Buddha soldiers who got up and ran were pierced by the jackdaw iron arrows. The penetrating power of the crossbow arrows is still strong. Continued to shoot through the armor and body, and the dozens of Iron Buddha soldiers who were shot in front rolled down the mountain.

The Tiefutu soldiers quickly got down on the ground, not daring to move forward.

Above their heads are dense god arm crossbows and long arrows flying past.

The goal of the long arrows of the divine arm crossbow is to shoot at the thousands of Jurchen soldiers behind, and the bed crossbow is the sharp weapon for dealing with the soldiers of the Iron Buddha.

But no matter whether it is the elite Iron Buddha soldiers or the ordinary Jurchen soldiers behind them, they all march forward against the rain of arrows. Every step is extremely difficult. They have only moved more than 100 steps since the early morning fight, and the number of soldiers killed in battle has reached one hundred. Thousands of 200 people.

The soldiers of the Song Army on the top of the city didn't seem to need to wind up their strings, and they shot arrows one after another, suppressing them so much that the Jurchen soldiers couldn't breathe.

300 people and 150 bed crossbows were deployed on the city head of Raofengguan. With the three-stage shooting method, 250 jackdaw arrows can be shot each time.

In the pass city of Raofengguan, [-] soldiers of the god-armed crossbow were deployed at the same time, and [-] soldiers were strung up for them at the same time, so that the arrows of the crossbow never stopped.

Wanyan Salihe stood at the foot of the hill, looking at the Raofeng Pass above, his army was still a hundred steps away from the pass, but they were still unable to attack.

Seeing that it was getting late, Wanyan Sa Li had no choice but to order: "Retreat!"

"Dang! Dang! Dang!"

The bell for the withdrawal of troops at the foot of the mountain rang, and thousands of Jurchen soldiers felt relieved and began to retreat slowly.

Chapter 229 Falling

Raofengguan is located in the middle of Raofengling, which traverses hundreds of miles from north to south, and is the lowest point of Raofengling mountain. Mule and horse caravans can also circle up the mountain road, pass through the pass and cross Raofengling.

Although the terrain of Raofengguan is relatively low, it is not easy to capture it. The main reason is that the mountain road is narrow, and the bows and arrows of the Song army are too sharp for the Jin soldiers to bear.

Under the night, in a large tent at the foot of the mountain to the west of Raofengguan, Fu Xuan was staring at the map in a daze.

Fu Xuan was deprived of military power by Wu Jie last winter because of the case of betraying Chen Qing by his nephew Fu Moshan, and was sent to Nanzheng on vacation. .

Wanyan Wushu took advantage of the situation at this time, did what he liked, and sent people to buy him off with a lot of money and nobles. Finally, Fu Xuan became a double-faced person. On the one hand, he continued to serve as the governor of the Western Army, and on the other On the one hand, he secretly worked for the Jin soldiers, and Wanyan Wushu promised him in writing that once he sacrificed Hanzhong, he would be made the Jiedu Envoy of the Yongxing Army and the King of Nanzheng County.

It's just that Zhu Shengfei, his backer, is now in power, and the Wanyan Wushu promised to him will lose power due to the defeat of the Dasan Pass, which makes Fu Xuan hesitate a little, wondering if the promise of Wanyanwushu is still useful.

But this time Fu Xuan was slapped hard by Zhu Shengfei. Seeing that he was going to become the main general of Dasan Pass, Zhu Shengfei changed his mind at a critical moment, reused Wu Jie again, voided his promise, and made himself serve Wu again. rank lieutenant general.

Fu Xuan finally woke up. Zhu Shengfei didn't believe in himself. He was just a tool Zhu Shengfei used to deal with Wu Jie. At the critical moment, Zhu Shengfei still used Wu Jie instead of himself. It can be seen that he is not as good as a dog in his heart.

He must make Zhu Shengfei pay for breaking his promise.

At this moment, Fu Moshan limped forward, "Uncle, let me go!"

Although Fu Moshan's injury was cured, he became disabled and became crippled. Zhu Shengfei still appointed him as the commander and made him in charge of the logistics of Fu Xuan's army.

Fu Xuan shook his head, "Your legs can't climb the mountain, so let my personal soldiers go, don't worry! The credit is yours."

Fu Moshan also knew that he couldn't climb the mountain, so he didn't insist anymore. Fu Xuan found his own soldier Dutou, gave him a letter and a map, and whispered a few words, the soldier Dutou agreed, and took the letter and map leave quickly.

Fu Xuan watched the soldiers disappear into the night, he sneered, and said to Fu Moshan: "Since Zhu Shengfei is unkind to me, don't blame me for being unrighteous to him!"

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At two o'clock in the night, Wanyan Sali, who was sound asleep, was pushed awake by the soldiers.

"What's the matter?" Wanyan Sali asked impatiently.

"Marshal, a soldier from the Song Army came outside. He said he was a soldier of Fu Xuan and had important information."

Wanyan Sali's eyes lit up, and he said repeatedly: "Hurry up and bring him to my tent!"

He quickly stood up and put on his outer robe, Wanyan Saliha heard from Wanyan Wushu that Fu Xuan had already been instigated by them, he was a hidden child they planted in the Song army and would use it at critical moments.

Wanyan Sali was still thinking about how to get in touch with Fu Xuan yesterday?Unexpectedly, he sent someone here tonight.

Not long after, Fu Xuan's soldiers were brought into the big tent, bowed, and presented the letter and map, "This is a letter and map from my family, and there is no verbal explanation."

Wanyan Sali glanced at him and asked, "Are you Fu Xuan's personal soldier?"

"Exactly! But I didn't bring my soldier card, for fear of being found out."

Wanyan Sali nodded, took the letter and opened it, read it carefully, he couldn't hold back the ecstasy in his heart, unexpectedly there is a trail to cross Raofengling.

He hastened to unfold the map, and saw a path drawn in ink, with 'Cicada Valley' marked beside it, about [-] miles north of Raofeng Pass.

Wanyan Sali asked the soldiers again, "Did you come from this Cicada Valley?"

"Exactly!"

"Tell me specifically, how does this valley road go?"

"Marshal Qi, this road is to walk along the Chanxi River, halfway up the mountain and enter a canyon that only one person can walk through. It is blocked by lush bushes and it is difficult to find. But after passing through the canyon, you will arrive at Raofengling. It’s west, at this time, you can go down the mountain and go around to the back of Raofeng Pass, and you can also follow the ridge to the top of Raofeng Pass.”

Wanyan Sali said happily: "Now you lead me the way, and after the matter is completed, I will reward you with a thousand taels of silver."

Fu Xuan's soldiers were overjoyed and hurriedly bowed and said, "I am willing to serve the Marshal!"

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At five o'clock, the [-] gold soldiers, led by Wanyan Saliho personally, had passed through the narrow Chanxi Valley and reached the west of Raofeng Ridge. It was easy to go up and down the mountain.

Wanyan Salihou immediately divided his troops into two groups, one led by general Wanyan Ude, led a thousand soldiers to the top of Raofeng Pass, and attacked Raofeng Pass downward with bows and arrows.

All the way, he personally led [-] troops to the Song Army camp at the foot of Raofengguan Mountain.

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