Fenghou

"Dutong, do you want to shoot with the bed crossbow?"

"Can you shoot?"

"Basically it can be shot."

"Then shoot them a few arrows, but don't waste it, let them feel our anxiety."

After finishing speaking, Chen Qing laughed, turned and went back to the camp.

At dawn, the generals rushed to Chen Qing's tent one after another. They all heard about Jin Bing digging the water source, and everyone's face was full of anxiety.

Chen Qing glanced at the generals, then said to the soldiers: "Keep outside and don't let anyone in!"

Then he took out a roll of blueprints from the cabinet, spread them on the table, and said solemnly to everyone: "This is the top secret of Fort Ganquan, you can read it, but you are not allowed to disclose it to anyone, even your family members. If not, then it’s best not to read it.”

Everyone bowed and said, "Never leak!"

Chen Qing nodded, "I'll give you a brief explanation, and you'll understand!"

Everyone gathered around, only to see that the drawing seemed to be Ganquan Fort.

Chen Qing pointed to the drawing and said: "This is the floor plan of Ganquan Castle. I drew a few iconic buildings. You can see it at a glance. The middle is Cangcheng. These seven circles are water wells. Look at these seven wells. If you look at the arrangement, you will understand how the underground river in Ganquanbao goes."

"Ah! The underground river comes from the west." Yang Yuanqing exclaimed.

Everyone could see that their underground river water came from the northwest and passed through the thick hilly soil layer, so they couldn't dig it at all, but Jin Bing was digging in the northeast direction, because it was close to the small river, so it was completely out of reach. Contrary to each other, everyone let go of their hearts.

"You can rest assured now!"

Chen Qing smiled and said to everyone: "Today, I will give you a day off to visit your family. Tomorrow, you will start to train and prepare for the battle. Keep an eye on the Jinbing camp. Their nest cars have not yet entered the field!"

……

The south of Ganquanbao is basically the Longxi Loess Plateau, with undulating mountains and numerous gullies, and the wide official road is located between the gullies and mountains.

About 120 miles away from Ganquan Fort is Jichuan County. At this time, on the official road of Jichuan County, hundreds of transportation vehicles are slowly moving forward, and two thousand elite Jurchen cavalry escort the transportation convoy.

The convoy transported twelve large nest cars, of course they were dismantled and delivered in parts. In addition, there were also important military supplies such as kerosene and gunpowder.

It is precisely because these luggage are too important that they are escorted by the Jurchen cavalry and dare not hand them over to the puppet Qi army.

The team walked very slowly, and every ox cart was creaking and struggling.

The Jurchen cavalry were really impatient, but they had no choice but to follow slowly on both sides of the convoy.

On a mountain two miles away from the official road, there is a pine forest. Just at the edge of the pine forest, a ten-man cavalry team is staring at the baggage convoy on the official road.

This cavalry squad is naturally Liu Qiong's team. He led [-] cavalry to move around the periphery. The main task was to attack the enemy's logistics supply line. When the Xixia army attacked Ganquan Fort, their task was the same.

It's just that at that time, the Xixia people came from the north, but now the Jin soldiers are coming from the south and north.

The leader of the ten Song Army cavalry was Tang Qian, a scout chief who was temporarily assigned to Liu Qiong from the scout battalion.

After observing for a while, Tang Qian said to the two subordinates: "Go and report to the commander and tell him the importance of this supply team."

"Follow the order!"

The two scouts turned their horses and walked down the mountain from the other side of the pine forest.

……

Liu Qiong and his [-] subordinates were hiding in Anyuan Village at the junction of Gangu County and Jichuan County. Anyuan Village was a famous fort in Qinzhou, but it had been abandoned because the Kingdom of Jin gradually turned into a classic In Sichuan and Shaanxi, the large-scale massacres have basically disappeared, and people naturally do not want to abandon their homes and go to the mountains to live.

All the fortresses in Qinzhou will gradually fall into disrepair and eventually die out.

But the terrain of Anyuanzhai was still very dangerous. Even if the Jin soldiers found them and sent thousands of people to attack, they might not be able to take them down. Liu Qiong and five hundred troops hid here with a month's supply of food.

For this peripheral attack, Liu Qiong was under a lot of pressure, mainly because Jin Bing carried a large amount of food and grass at the beginning, and there would not be too many follow-up supplies, so there would not be too many logistics teams, which meant that he did not have much choice. Once the supply team appears, he will attack even if the risk is high. If he misses it once, he may have no chance.

At this time, the two scout cavalry returned to Anyuan Village, and Liu Qiong rushed out to greet them.

The two cavalrymen knelt down on one knee and saluted, "See Commander!"

"Did you find the enemy's baggage?"

"Exactly, a convoy of more than 400 carts has just passed through Jichuan County. The convoy is transporting nest carts and other supplies. It looks very important. Two thousand Jurchen cavalry are personally guarding it."

It turned out to be Jurchen cavalry guards, which means that the supplies are very important, especially the nest cart, of course Liu Qiong knows its importance.

He immediately ordered: "Pack up the horses and prepare to go!"

Chapter 396 Sneak Attack

As night falls, the stars are faint, the moon appears and disappears in the thin clouds, and the earth is also bright and dark.

Around Haishi, Liu Qiong and Tang Qian's scouting teams joined up.

"How is the situation of the enemy army?" Liu Qiong asked anxiously.

"Reporting to the commander, the enemy's luggage team spent the night in a mountain depression, just a dozen miles in front, and two humble subordinates are watching above the mountain depression!"

"What about the col, and what about the army and supplies?"

Tang Qian hurriedly said: "The col is very deep and wide, at least seven or eight miles deep, and one or two miles wide, like a peaked hat, which becomes narrower as you go inward. Hundreds of large tents, followed by two thousand Jurchen cavalry, lit more than a dozen bonfires, and dozens of soldiers stood guard at the mouth of the mountain."

Liu Qiong nodded, this is the most common deployment method, and it is also to ensure the safety of the baggage.

Seeing that Tang Qian hesitated to speak, he smiled and said, "What else do you want to say?"

"Beizhi thinks that we can go down from the top of the col and set fire directly inside!"

"If you go down from the top of the mountain, you won't be discovered by the other party? There should be guard posts around the luggage!"

Tang Qian hurriedly said: "The commander doesn't know something. There is a small forked valley on the side. When you go out, it is the resting place for the coachmen. If the humble officer sees a coachman running into the forked valley, it is convenient. We can pretend to be the coachman and sneak in."

"I'm worried that the brother who sneaked in will come out?"

"Come out from the same path while taking advantage of the chaos, and we will pull him up directly."

Liu Qiong pondered for a while and said, "Then I'll go down!"

Tang Qian was taken aback, "How to let the commander go down to take risks, of course it is a humble job."

Liu Qiong waved his hand, "Stop arguing with me. With my martial arts, it's no problem to kill more than a dozen Jurchens. You just need to throw down the kerosene bag in time."

"It seems that there is kerosene in the luggage."

"No! It's more convenient to use your own."

With a wave of Liu Qiong's hand, everyone got off their horses and walked around the path to the place where the Jurchen soldiers were staying.

……

The cols where the Jurchen troops camped were very common on the Loess Plateau, and one would appear almost every other distance. This was also a place where the common people liked to live, especially the cols near the river, which were the settlements of villages.

But there are no people living in the mountain cols on the official road. There is only one reason, the lack of water, and the nearest river is more than [-] miles away at the foot of the mountain.

In fact, the official road is located on the side of a very long mountain, but the mountain is too big for everyone to feel.

At the top of a mountain depression, Liu Qiong looked down the valley. The bottom of the valley is not deep, about seven or eight feet away. In the distance of the valley, the flames were raging. More than a dozen bonfires were lit. Laugh out loud.

All kinds of luggage are piled up in the innermost part of the valley, all of which have been unloaded, and each part is huge and piled up like a mountain.

Hundreds of ox carts were parked about a hundred steps away from the luggage, and a large group of cart drivers gathered together, but there was no campfire, so they could only drink water and eat dry food in silence.

At this time, Liu Qiong unexpectedly discovered that there were no Jurchen sentries guarding the luggage, and she should still be eating meat and drinking by the campfire.

Moreover, the nest carts are very large, piled up to several feet high, and I should not be noticed by wearing a black suit. The coachman is still far away, so it is impossible to have such good eyesight.

"Get me the rope!"

Liu Qiong made a decisive decision, and he went down from here.

The reason why Chen Qing sent Liu Qiong to lead the troops to the outskirts was because he was clear-headed, decisive in doing things, and clearly distinguished priorities.

If Liu Cui or Yang Zaixing led the troops, they would consider not only burning the luggage, but also annihilating [-] enemy troops. In all likelihood, they would act again in the middle of the night.

But Liu Qiong doesn't think so. Now that he has the opportunity, he must seize the opportunity decisively, and an accident may happen if it is delayed until midnight.

What he has to do is to attack the supplies, not the enemy army, which is more important, he knows clearly in his heart.

The moon hid in a large thin cloud, the earth became dark, and at least it would not come out for a cup of tea. Liu Qiong grabbed the rope and jumped down, while a dozen soldiers were pulling the rope on top.

The darkness covered Liu Qiong's figure. He only carried a knife and a dagger, and a bag of kerosene weighing twenty catties on his back.

Liu Qiong's speed was extremely fast, and he fell four feet in three jumps. The huge figure of the nest cart blocked him, and he fell to the ground soon.

Liu Qiong first touched the countless large barrels piled together. He pulled out his dagger and pierced the wooden barrels. Fine powder was scattered inside, which was gunpowder. There were more than 100 barrels. Although it was a pity to blow them up, Liu Qiong did not blow them up. Steal ideas.

He found another large wooden barrel, stabbed it in, and a jet of black liquid spewed out, this time it was kerosene.

He took the kerosene from his back, sprayed it on the luggage, threw away the sheepskin bag, and stabbed dozens of knives in a row. Dozens of barrels of kerosene began to leak, and soon the ground was covered with kerosene .

Liu Qiong ran to the rope and pulled it hard three times, and the soldiers above immediately pulled him up.

"Prepare the torch!" Liu Qiong ordered after climbing up.

A dozen soldiers lit torches and threw them into the canyon together.

"boom!"

The fire oil leaked on the ground was ignited, and the flames spread rapidly, and the whole area was burned.

"Run!"

Liu Qiong turned around and ran wildly with his men. He didn't know what the consequences would be if a hundred barrels of gunpowder were ignited. They could only escape as far as they could now.

The fire was getting bigger and bigger, the coachmen in the distance saw it first, and the cows pulling the carts also began to panic. The coachmen hurriedly drove the carts out. Fighting the fire was not important, these carts were their wealth and life.

The Jurchen soldiers also noticed the fire, and they ran over in shock. At this moment, they heard an earth-shattering explosion, the whole earth trembled, and the huge nest car parts were blown to pieces.

Black rain began to fall in the sky. It was because kerosene was blown up into the sky and fell down again. Then the valley was on fire again. Hundreds of tents were ignited, and thick smoke was billowing. The whole valley was filled with black smoke. It was impossible to put out the fire any more.

In desperation, two thousand Jurchen cavalry galloped out of the valley, and soon disappeared into the darkness.

Liu Qiong watched the Jurchen cavalry go away from a distance. The opponent's team was still in chaos under the crisis, and they kept order when they were running in the dark. The Jurchen cavalry was powerful, and it really deserved its reputation. You can ambush, but the opponent has 500 people, four times as many as yourself.

just forget it!Liu Qiong has self-knowledge. If the other party finds out that Song Jun was set on fire, it would be strange if he didn't fight with him.

As for fleeing with hundreds of ox carts, Liu Qiong did not disturb them. He did not lead his army into the valley until dawn. The bonfire had been extinguished, and the ground was in a mess. Personal items that real people have no time to take away.

The soldiers of the Song Army picked up a lot of money bags and other belongings, which was an unexpected surprise.

The fire was almost extinguished, and there was no trace of kerosene and kerosene, only the wreckage of the nest car scattered all over the ground, almost all burned into black charcoal, and some sporadic flames.

After confirming the results of the battle, Liu Qiong gave an order, and five hundred cavalry quickly left the valley and rushed towards Anyuan Village...

This ambush shattered Wanyan Wushu's plan to use the nest cart to attack Ganquan Fort, and he didn't have much kerosene, so he temporarily suppressed the idea of ​​attacking.

But the west is not bright and the east is bright. After several days of excavation, the soldiers finally discovered the underground river. Fan Gong was overjoyed and immediately ordered to cut off the underground river.

When Wanyan Wushu heard the news that the underground river had been cut off, he had a ray of hope in his heart. Once the well water in the city was cut off, the Song army would not be able to last long even if there was water in it.

He reached an agreement with Wan Yanchang, immediately changed the attack strategy, changed the attack to a siege, and patiently waited for the city to fall into chaos.

Chapter 397 Good News

Time flies to the middle and late April, and it has been a month since the Jin soldiers besieged Ganquan Fort.

The people in the city have long been used to this kind of siege.

This afternoon, Lu Xiu had a busy day and made more than 100 hemostatic creams. She was really tired, her husband didn't come back, and she didn't bother to make dinner. She sat in the courtyard and talked to everyone without saying a word.

At this time, she suddenly felt nausea in her chest and abdomen, and hurried to the corner to retch, Yu Lian and Yu Ying hurried up to support her, and lightly beat her back.

"Ma'am, is it okay?"

Lu Xiu waved her hand, "It's nothing, I may be a little tired."

She walked back and sat down again, took a sip of hot water, covered her chest and slowly calmed down.

Yang Liuer blinked, and suddenly asked: "How long has this retching been going on?"

"It's been a few days, and there is probably no major problem. It's just a burst of chest tightness and nausea, but I can't vomit anything."

"Ma'am, hurry up and ask the doctor for a pulse check!"

Lu Xiu shook her head, "No big problem, what are you doing for pulse diagnosis?"

Yang Liu'er covered her mouth and smiled, "Maybe you have another little Dutong in your belly!"

Lu Xiu's eyes widened, "You mean, I'm pregnant?"

"It feels very similar. I retched like you before."