Fenghou

Yang Zaixing and Liu Cui also led [-] cavalry each to enter the Jurchen camp from the east and west. The Jurchen cavalry were caught off guard and there was a commotion.

There were violent explosions in the Jurchen crowd one after another, the flames shot into the sky, and the black smoke filled the air. The explosions startled the horses to run wildly. Before countless Jurchen soldiers had time to mount their horses, the horses ran away in fright.

Wanyan Aciben got on his horse, waved his long-handled mace and shouted: "Boys, come face to face with me!"

He led [-] cavalry straight to the banner of the Song army, and saw Chen Qing from afar.

Wanyan Ajiben roared, "The Southern barbarians come and die!"

When Chen Qing saw Wanyan Aciben, he quietly took off his bow and arrow, and laughed loudly: "You northern barbarian, look behind you before talking!"

A Jin soldier shouted behind him: "Master Wan, there is a fire!"

As soon as Wanyan Aciben turned his head, he saw the big ship ignited raging fire, he suddenly remembered his mission, he was taken away by the Song army, and he was fooled!

His eyes glared at Chen Qing like fire, but what Wanyan Aciben saw was an arrow point appearing between his eyes, 'Pfft! ' An arrow hit the eyebrow, and the arrow shot through the head.

Wanyan Aciben's body fell from the horse and died on the spot.

Chen Qing hung up his bow and arrow, waved Fang Tian's painted halberd, "Kill me!"

A thousand Song Army cavalry surrounded them from all sides and killed the three hundred Jurchen cavalry. Seeing that the commander was dead, the Jurchen cavalry had no intention of fighting and desperately broke through, but the Song army did not give them a chance to break through. The more the Jurchen cavalry fought, the fewer and fewer they were. Several people broke through, and the rest all died under the spears and swords of the Song cavalry.

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In this night raid, Chen Qing's target was not only hundreds of large supply ships, but also five thousand Jurchen soldiers. He used repeated harassment methods to gradually paralyze the five thousand golden soldiers, and finally attacked suddenly. The golden soldiers were caught off guard. Created a brilliant record of winning more with less.

The sky is getting brighter, the fleet is still burning, the smoke is billowing, the flames are raging, the corpses are piled up on the shore, and the blood flows into a river. Five thousand Jurchen soldiers were beheaded overnight. Or Xi escaped. Of course, the Song army also suffered hundreds of casualties.

Chen Qinghe's army did not leave immediately, and several ships did not burn, so that they also got a small part of the Jinbing's supplies, food and meat. After taking the supplies, the last few ships were also set ablaze.

It wasn't until noon that hundreds of warships were burned out, and Chen Qing led the army to leave the Hanshui River and head east towards Raofe Pass.

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Wanyan Chishulie had led his army back to the camp, and brought news that Wanyan Saliha expected, but also made him very helpless. Their current strength is indeed unable to win the Shu Road, and they can only consolidate Hanzhong .

The next step for Wanyan Sali is of course to win the Immortal Pass, and join forces with the Qi army to capture the Dasan Pass. As long as one hundred thousand Qi troops enter Hanzhong, they will completely secure the occupation of Hanzhong.

The nearly [-] Jurchen army then pulled out their camp and headed northward, to kill Immortal Guan [-] miles away.

Still on the way, Wanyan Sali got the unfortunate news that their logistics supply fleet was attacked by the Song army, the fleet was burned, the main general Wanyan Aciben was killed, and the five thousand troops were almost wiped out , Wanyan Sali was stunned by this news.

His current food and grass can last for seven or eight days, and he is waiting for the arrival of the logistics supply fleet!

Now that the fleet is burned, what are they going to do?

Wanyan Saliha suddenly found himself facing a difficult decision. If he withdrew his troops and returned to Shangjin now, the food and grass left might be just enough, but if he captured the Immortal Pass and was attacked from behind the Dashan Pass, the food and grass might be just right. .

But if he can't conquer the Immortal Pass, his food and grass will not be enough.

Wanyan Salihe was hesitant for a while, so he called several generals to discuss.

Several commanders had disputes. Some thought that they should seize the time to capture the Immortal Pass and get supplies from the Immortal Pass, but some believed that the Immortal Pass was dangerous. They did not have enough siege weapons, and their hopes were slim.

Wanyan Sali saw that Chief Wan Chi Zhulie had been silent, so he asked a little unhappy: "Chi Shulie, what's your opinion? Tell everyone!"

Everyone looked at Chi Zhulie, who sighed for a while and said, "Actually, I was thinking, where did the Song army attack the fleet come from? How many troops do they have? Are they watching from afar like wolves?" Let's look for an opportunity to make a move?"

Everyone was silent in thought. Chi Shulie's question is indeed worthy of attention. Everyone has experience. If you want to destroy 3000 Jurchen cavalry, even if the Song army sneaks in, the number should not be less than [-]. Where did the Song army with thousands of people come from? Come?

"Mr. Cui, tell me!"

Wanyan Sali saw his staff member Cui Baili thoughtful, so he turned his gaze to him.

Cui Baili hastily said: "The humble official is also thinking about this issue. After much deliberation, there is only one possibility, that is, the Song Army of Xianren Pass. After they attacked the fleet, they must have returned to Xianren Pass again."

"Then Mr. Cui's opinion is to go to Immortal Pass?"

Cui Baili shook his head, "It is a humble suggestion, it is best to retreat to Raofengguan first, and then make a decision after consulting the Marshal Du. If we occupy Raofengguan, we can attack when we advance, and we can defend when we retreat. After we get supplies and increase reinforcements, we can go back to the Raofeng Pass. It’s not too late to attack Immortal Pass.”

Cui Baili's suggestion was unanimously approved by everyone, but an accident happened at this moment.

Chapter 234 Rao Feng

It is much easier to attack from the west of Raofengguan than from the east. The main reason is that from the west, you can go up to Raofengling, and attack Raofengguan in the saddle from a condescending height. This is the method used by the Jin soldiers to capture Raofengguan.

In order to prevent the Song army from ascending Rao Fengling, Jin Bing also specially stationed [-] soldiers at a dangerous place on Rao Fengling, which cut off the possibility of the Song army climbing Rao Fengling.

But Jin Bing is a foreign army after all, they are not familiar with the terrain, they don't know that the mountain road in Shangrao Fengling is not limited to the Cicada Valley.

Under the night, a 500-man Song army climbed up the mountain along a small road under the leadership of a herb picker.

The Song army was led by Liu Cui. The path they walked was about [-] miles north of Chanxi Valley. The mountain road was not too dangerous, and they didn't need to climb the stone wall, but they had to go through a few forests.

"These Jurchens don't understand. As long as there is one road to the top of the mountain, there must be other paths. As far as I know, there are seven roads from the west to Raofengling. The road to Chanxi is not the best. Yes, they stationed troops there, they can only deceive themselves."

"Where does Raofengling lead to the north?" Liu Cui asked, looking at the mountains in the north.

"The north of Raofeng Ridge is Ziwu Ridge. If the road is familiar, you can go to Guanzhong through Ziwu Valley, but the road is very difficult. Concubine Yang Guifei's litchi road was completely destroyed last year!"

The herb pickers explained the road to Raofengling to them all the way. After half an hour, they went to the top of the mountain and walked south along the ridge.

Five hundred Song soldiers carried twenty whirlwind cannons. The whirlwind cannons are actually small trebuchets that can be mounted on the back of a camel to shoot stones weighing three to four catties a hundred steps away. The Xixia Poxi Army used the whirlwind cannon typical.

Twenty strong soldiers carried the whirlwind cannon behind their backs. More than 100 other soldiers carried materials such as kerosene, gunpowder, and poisonous smoke balls. Another [-] soldiers were the God Arm Crossbow Battalion of the Qinzhou Army. Both carry short spears and god arm crossbows.

The army walked out of a pine forest, and the herbal picker pointed to a crack several feet wide in front of him and said with a smile: "See, that's the top of the Cicada Valley, and if you walk a hundred steps forward, you can see the camp of Jin Bing. "

Liu Cui waved his hand back, signaling the soldiers to slow down, and after taking dozens of steps, they could already see the white tent below through the branches.

Not long after, they came to a mountain road, which was the mountain road that came up from the Chanxi Valley. There was a flat land about [-] steps below, about two to three acres, and a dozen large tents Standing there, under the moonlight, the big white tent is very clear.

With a wave of Liu Cui's hand, three hundred god-armed crossbowmen immediately took their positions, aiming cold arrows at the camp below, and faint laughter came from inside the tent.

"Fire arrows!"

With Liu Cui's order, a hundred god arm crossbows were fired at the same time, and the powerful arrows shot at the tent. There was a scream in the tent, and many people stumbled out of the big tent, but they were met by the second group of one hundred The shooting of the crossbow arrows knocked down dozens of people in front of the tent, and then the third group of arrows shot down all the more than [-] Jurchen soldiers who rushed out of the tent with weapons.

After shooting two rounds of [-] arrows in a row, there was no movement in the big tent, as if all of them had been shot to death.

Liu Cui sneered, "Throw the torch!"

Dozens of short torches were thrown down by the soldiers of the Song Army and landed on the tents. In a short while, more than a dozen large tents were on fire, and suddenly dozens of people rushed out from inside. These were the Jurchens lying on the ground. The soldiers, who escaped the crossbow shooting, were attacked by fire.

As soon as they escaped, the Song army shot down with random arrows, and dozens of people were shot down one after another, until the fire completely engulfed the big tent, and there were no more living people.

Liu Cui led his men to continue to the south. After walking for about two miles, the mountain came to an end. This is the saddle of the mountain, and below it is Raofengguan. The attacking Jin soldiers easily attacked Guancheng.

A hundred soldiers of the Song Army began to arrange quickly. They took down the whirlwind cannons, lined up on the top of the mountain, and took out ceramic pots, each of which contained ten catties of kerosene.

"let's start!"

Liu Cui issued an attack order, and clay pots of kerosene were thrown out by the whirlwind cannon and flew towards Raofeng Pass under the cliff.

The gunpowder arrows of the Song army also shot out, and the inside and above the pass city began to burn. Raofeng pass can only accommodate [-] soldiers at most, and the barracks are in the pass city. The army immediately dropped ten firework balls, and soon the poisonous smoke filled the Guancheng. The Jurchen soldiers hiding in the room finally couldn't stand the poisonous smoke, and began to panic, scrambling to flee to the outside of the Guancheng.

In the thick smoke, countless powerful crossbow bolts fell from the sky, and many running soldiers were shot out of their backs by one arrow and fell into the raging fire.

The fire burned for a full hour, and there was no more soldier in Raofengguan. At this time, a thousand Song soldiers in the city, led by Yang Zaixing, marched up, carrying a battering ram made temporarily from a giant tree.

Although the pass city was blazing with flames and shrouded in thick smoke, the Song army was more cautious. In front of them, the soldiers of the Song army held a huge shield and held short spears, and walked carefully along the stone steps to the pass city.

Chen Qing looked at the situation of Guancheng from the foot of the mountain. He was not worried about Guancheng. Guancheng was already in his pocket. In contrast, he was more concerned about the gains and losses of Jinzhou.

The battering ram knocked open the gate with only three hits, and a puff of thick smoke rushed in, choking dozens of soldiers of the Song army with snot and tears, and everyone retreated one after another to avoid the poisonous smoke that came out together.

At this time, the projection on the top of the mountain had stopped, but the smoke was still spreading, and the fire had not subsided. Basically, there were no living Jurchen soldiers in the closed city, and it was completely silent.

The fireworks did not subside until the fourth watch. The fire was extinguished, and the smoke disappeared without a trace. The clear moonlight returned to the city, but the walls and the ground became pitch black.

Early the next morning, the soldiers began to wash the Guancheng and clean the ground. Fortunately, the Guancheng was full of stone houses and the warehouses were iron gates. Song Jun was cheap in vain.

Bags of grain were brought out, along with a lot of dried meat, cheese and other items.

Chen Qing stood on the Guancheng with his hands behind his back and looked towards the foot of the mountain. The camp of the Jin soldiers was already empty, and they should have evacuated overnight.

At this time, Yang Zaixing came over and asked, "Control, the warehouse has been counted. There are a total of [-] shi of grain and [-] catties of dried meat, enough to feed us for ten days."

Chen Qing nodded, "Divide them into small portions and let each soldier carry one."

"The humble job has already arranged for the splitting of the manpower. May I ask Tongzhi, are we going to wait for Wu Dutong to arrive?"

Chen Qing shook his head, "Leave the wounded soldiers to guard the gate, and the other brothers rest until noon before leaving."

"The humble official thinks that the golden soldiers will be concentrated in Xicheng County, and they will definitely defend Jinzhou to the death, and we don't have siege weapons!"

Chen Qing smiled lightly, "I can understand Wanyanchang's reluctance to give up Hanzhong, but he should understand that the basis for seizing Hanzhong is Guanzhong. If the foundation for seizing Hanzhong is gone, what's the point of his vying for Hanzhong? We just need to seize If you seize this opportunity, you can still do a big job."

If Yang Zaixing realized something, "I understand the humble job, I will explain it clearly to everyone, and set off at noon!"

Yang Zaixing went to arrange military affairs, and Liu Cui hurried to Guancheng, followed by several civilians.

"Control, I have found the person you are looking for."

Liu Cui called one person forward with a smile, and said to Chen Qing, "This is Yang Fangxu, the governor of Jinzhou. He knows the terrain of Jinzhou like the back of his hand."

Yang Fangxu is about 40 years old. He looks very strong, with thick dark skin. He looks more like a farmer than a state finance minister.

Yang Fangxu hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "For a lowly position, please refer to the envoy!"

"You don't need to be polite, Sihu Yang, we have limited time, please ask Sihu Yang to show you the way."

A large table was placed in the inner courtyard of Guancheng, and a map of Hanzhong was spread on the table.

Yang Fangxu walked up to the map and asked, "I don't know what the envoy's plans are for the next step?"

Chen Qing pointed to the north side of Raofeng Pass and said, "I want to enter Guanzhong directly from Ziwu Valley. I wonder if it's feasible?"

Everyone was stunned, Liu Cui stammered: "Don't we want to chase the enemy?"

Chen Qing waved his hand, "Let Wu Dutong do the chasing of the enemy. It has nothing to do with us. Our mission has been completed and Hanzhong has been relieved. Next, we should do our own big things."

Yang Fangxu also became excited, and hurriedly said: "I am very familiar with the terrain in Ziwu Valley, and I am willing to lead the way for Zazhishi. I look forward to Zazhishi being able to capture Jingzhao City again!"

Everyone understood the coach's intentions, and they were all gearing up, waiting for the order to attack.

At noon, Chen Qing left more than 200 wounded soldiers to guard Raofeng Pass, and left a letter to Wu Jie. He led more than [-] of his men to leave Raofeng Pass and go northward, heading for the village eighty miles away to the north. Meridian Valley.

Chapter 235 Meridian

Wu Jie led an army of [-] to Raofeng Pass that night, and the gate guard gave him a letter. Wu Jie was dumbfounded after reading the letter.

"Wu Dutong, what happened?" Li Yuan walked over and asked.

Wu Jie raised the letter in his hand and said with a wry smile: "I thought Chen Qing went after Jin Bing, but he returned this task to me, allowing me to continue chasing and cut off the enemy's rear!"

"What about him? Where did he go?" Li Yuan asked at a loss.

Wu Jie pointed to the north, "A hundred miles away from here is Ziwu Valley, and he led his army to kill Jingzhao!"

"what!"

Li Yuan was stunned, his mind was a little messy, Jingzhao was the heart of Shaanxi Road, what would be the consequences of Chen Qing killing him like this?

"I'm a little confused. Since Meridian Valley can go, why don't the golden soldiers go south along the Meridian Road?"

"Ziwu Road is difficult and tortuous, and it is very difficult to walk. We have destroyed many easy-to-walk plank roads, and there is also Ziwu Pass inside. Three hundred Song troops are stationed. The terrain is very dangerous. Jin soldiers can't carry their luggage. Bring dry food and go south, if you can take the Ziwu Pass, it’s okay, but if you can’t, they will have to kill their horses if they want to go back.”

"I see, but why did Chen Qing go to Jingzhao?"

Wu Jie sighed and said: "Chen Qing has always been very courageous and did not take the usual path. He thought that the Jin army would attack Hanzhong, and the puppet Qi army would garrison and disperse the pass. Jingzhao would be empty. Guohe and Puppet Qi are disgraced, even if Wan Yanchang doesn't want to give up Hanzhong, Dasanguan has to withdraw his troops."

Li Yuan understood, he smiled and said, "Isn't this just besieging Wei and saving Zhao?"

"It is indeed to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao. I guess he had this idea from the beginning, but we were in a hurry, so he rushed to the rescue first. After retaking Raofeng Pass and the crisis in Hanzhong was resolved, he continued to attack Guanzhong."

Speaking of this, Wu Jie said with great emotion: "I, Wu Jie, have been in the army for more than [-] years. I have experienced hundreds of battles. I think I am also a famous general of the Western Army, but I really don't have his courage. Mr. Li, he is our Western Army. hope!"

Li Yuan nodded silently, this time he remembered Chen Qing firmly.

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After walking [-] miles north from Raofeng Pass, you will enter the entrance of Ziwu Valley. Chen Qing once walked this road, but Ziwu Valley was relatively easy to walk at that time. Wanyan Wushu attacked Meridian Valley last year and almost opened up the road. Wu Jie didn't dare to be careless, so he ordered the plank roads and bridges to be burned down. And the luggage can't pass.

Four thousand five hundred cavalrymen entered Meridian Valley and walked about [-] miles. The road ahead was blocked by a hill tens of feet high. A corridor was dug in the middle of the hill. Pass, here is Meridian Pass.

Ziwu Pass is the same as Jiange, guarding a dangerous location, easy to defend and difficult to attack. To attack, the army must walk through a long corridor. The corridor is very narrow. There is no way for the enemy to hide in the corridor. The blockade can be said to be one man guarding the gate, and ten thousand men are not allowed to open it.

In the past, the carts had to be unloaded when they came here. The carts were dismantled, the livestock and the carts passed through the customs separately, and then reassembled. It was very inconvenient, and now the carts cannot pass.

Yang Fangxu was very familiar with the guards above, he took Chen Qing's command arrow up to communicate, and after a while, more than a dozen soldiers came down, the leading general was Zhou Wu, the town general of Ziwu Pass, he was a general of Wu Ling, and he had heard about it for a long time Chen Qing's name.

"I have heard of Chen Tongzhi's reputation for a long time in a lowly position, and I am lucky to see you today!"