Fenghou

Outside the city, hundreds of soldiers of the Song army were cleaning up the battlefield. Their bodies were dragged away and buried. The puppet soldiers who were seriously injured were also killed. They all lost too much blood. .

Weapons, armor, and belongings were all collected, and the rolling logs and rocks had to be transported back to the city for reuse. The workload was quite heavy, and it might not be completed even if it was busy until midnight.

"Commander, will the Jin soldiers attack aggressively tomorrow?" Yang Yuanqing asked worriedly.

Chen Qing shook his head, "I don't know, but Jinbing still has a lot of precious treasures that have not been brought out, such as building carts, trebuchets, firearms, etc., and Jurchen soldiers have not participated in the attack. Our severe test is still here." Behind."

Yang Yuanqing's heart was heavy. Even if some wounded soldiers went into battle, they only had half of their strength. How to deal with the more powerful offensive in the future?

At this moment, a soldier rushed over to report, "Commander, Zheng Dutou brought a Song army, about a few hundred people, said to be from the original monk."

Chen Qing was overjoyed, hundreds of people!It's like sending charcoal in a timely manner.

He and Yang Yuanqing walked down the city quickly, "What's the name of the general?"

"It seems to be called Yang Zheng!"

"Yang Zheng?"

Yang Yuanqing stopped suddenly.

Chen Qing looked back at him, "Do you know this person?"

Yang Yuanqing smiled wryly, "Why don't you know him? He is my brother, he is the son of the Yang family, and I am the son of the concubine. Five years ago, we had a fight over where to join the army. I went to Qingzhou in a fit of anger to join the ring." Qing Army, he joined the Jingyuan Army."

"Which Yang family are you from?"

"The Yang family in Taiyuan, the ancestor Yang Gong inherited the industry."

Chapter 47 Heart attack

Chen Qing was immediately in awe, it turned out that Yang Yuanqing was a descendant of the general of the Yang family!

"Yang Zheng is the great-grandson of the third ancestor Wen Guang, who has always been the direct descendant of the Yang family, but I am not. My ancestor is Yan Bin, the youngest son of old Linggong. Now that Yang Zheng has been promoted to commander, I am still the head of the army. Didn't do well without him."

Yang Yuanqing's deputy general was appointed by Chen Qing. His official position in the military was only a general, and he served as the head of the capital under Zhang Zhongyan.

Chen Qing said with a smile: "Your credit is enough. After this battle is over, I will definitely recommend you to the commander-in-chief as the deputy commander!"

Yang Yuanqing was moved and nodded silently.

The two got on their horses and urged them to run towards Nancheng.

As soon as he arrived in Nancheng, he met Zheng Ping and Yang Zhengxing rushing over.

Seeing Chen Qing, Zheng Ping hurriedly stepped forward and clasped his fists, "See the commander for a humble job?"

"How's the situation over there in the valley?"

"It's terrible. The opponent has a large number of people and is holding a huge shield. The crossbow is useless. Nearly 200 of them rushed out of the valley. We are too few in number to be our opponents. The whole army is about to be wiped out. Fortunately, General Yang led the army to arrive. At the critical moment, the battle situation was saved.”

Although Yang Zheng was the commander, one rank higher than Chen Qing, the chief general Wu Jie repeatedly told him that he was only going to assist in the defense of Jiandao Pass, and that the chief general was still Chen Qing, and he should not overpower others.

Yang Zheng stepped forward and saluted with fists in his hands, "My servant, Yang Zheng, salute the commander!"

"General Yang, you are being polite. Are you the reinforcements sent by Wu Dutong?"

Yang Zheng sighed, "I'm ashamed, we are indeed reinforcements. I originally led [-] troops to support Jiandao Pass, but in Wujia Town, I encountered [-] Jurchen cavalry who also came to Jiandao Pass. The two sides fought fiercely for a long time, and the other party suffered casualties. After halfway through, the Jurchen cavalry withdrew south, and we were left with only five hundred people, which disappointed the commander."

"Five hundred people is not bad, enough to keep us going."

Chen Qing asked Zheng Ping again, "Who is guarding the valley?"

"Xiao Yi led fifty brothers to guard the canyon. We blocked the canyon with five boulders weighing several thousand kilograms. Unless they smashed the boulders, they would definitely not be able to get through."

"I must tell Xiao Yi not to be careless. The other party can climb over the boulder just like using a ladder."

"Don't worry, the commander. I've repeatedly told him that he can't get over it with a ladder."

At this time, Yang Zheng stepped forward and smiled at Yang Yuanqing: "Old Wu, I haven't seen you for many years!"

Yang Yuanqing was a little embarrassed, "I was young back then, so I was really impulsive, I shouldn't have done it."

Yang Zheng patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "They are all my brothers. Why do you care about such small things? I was very worried about your life and death in the Battle of Fuping, and I was afraid that you would surrender to the Jin soldiers. Later, I heard that you followed General Chen. I finally let go of my heart.”

"Brother, worry too much. Our Yang family would rather die in battle than surrender!"

……

In the Jinbing camp, Wanyan Wulu did not blame Han Chang, he was also on the battlefield, and he could see clearly that Han Chang had no problem sending troops to deal with it. Under such circumstances, if Han Chang was accused of ineffective attack, it might chill the hearts of the soldiers of the Han army. Wanyan Wulu was worried that they would no longer work hard.

Wanyan Wulu pondered for a moment and said to Han Chang: "Burn and burn, attack and attack, and still can't take down Guancheng. This is not an option. We may delay the important matter of the fourth prince. I think about it again and again, is it possible?" Take an offensive strategy?"

Han Chang's lips moved, but he hesitated to speak.

Wanyan Wulu raised his gaze, and said with some dissatisfaction: "If you have any thoughts, just speak up, don't be like people from the Southern Dynasty, dare not say anything, keep it in your heart!"

"The humble officer wants to say that we have already walked [-] steps in a thousand steps, and the last two hundred steps should be to strengthen the offensive and use the superior force to overwhelm the enemy. The humble officer infers that the opponent's strength is not much."

"Your idea is good, but there is still a slight lack of intelligence. Don't you know that the reinforcements from the Song Army have arrived?"

"what?"

Han Chang was taken aback, "When did it happen?"

"It was this afternoon that the army going to the valley to the south was blocked by the Song army. It had already successfully rushed out of the valley, but suddenly a Song army came from the south, which made the brothers fail. This army should be the reinforcements. "

Han Chang's heart sank into the abyss, and he asked unwillingly, "How many reinforcements are there?"

"There shouldn't be many, and the Jiandao Pass doesn't have that much capacity, so 2000 people will be enough."

Han Chang bit his lips and said, "How about we also ask Fengxiang for help and ask them to send troops to attack Jiandao Pass from the south?"

There was a sudden silence in the big tent, Wanyan Wulu's face darkened, and all the Jurchen generals looked at Han Chang strangely.

Han Chang realized that he had said something wrong. Jurchen's various systems were born out of the tribal system, and it was the tribal system that allowed each general to have his own tribal people and army.

As a result, there are many factions in the army, Zonghan, Zongfu, and Zongbi are three major factions. Wanyan Wulu in Longyou is the Zongfu faction, and Wanyan Meili in Fengxiang Mansion is the Zongbi faction. These two factions usually They don't agree with each other, and the battle of Fuping depends on the highly prestigious Wanyan Loushi to twist them together.

He actually asked Wanyan Wulu to ask for help from Wanyan Meili, and his head was kicked by a donkey.

Han Chang quickly changed the topic, "The commander wants to use the tactics of attacking the heart, is he planning to use the surrender letter we prepared before?"

Wanyan Wulu nodded, "One tube is enough!"

They printed [-] copies of the "Book to the Song Army Generals and Soldiers" before, and Xu Yihou called them to surrender. It was originally intended to be used at Dasan Pass, but now it is ready to be used at Jiandao Pass. One tube is [-] copies, which is indeed enough .

……

It was already very late at night, and the main generals at Jiandao Pass were still discussing various countermeasures. Although Yang Zheng was the commander, he did not replace Chen Qing's position as the chief general. He was more of a consultant Come join the discussion.

"If the Jin soldiers are in a hurry, they will indeed use the tower carts. It is indeed a sharp weapon for attacking the city. I heard that Zhongjing in the Liao Kingdom was captured by the Jurchen's tower carts."

Jin Bing’s building car is the nest car of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. In fact, it is a moving staircase, surrounded by wooden boards and cowhide. Siege killer.

"Is there any way to deal with Louche?" Chen Qing asked.

Yang Zheng thought for a while and said, "I have never encountered this kind of high-rise car, but I heard from Wu Dutong that the best way to deal with this kind of high-rise car is to use fire."

Chen Qing nodded, the hero thought the same thing, he also thought of fire, but besides fire, he also thought of the bed crossbow.

"What's the situation in Monk Yuan?" Yang Yuanqing, who had been silent all this time, asked.

Yang Zheng smiled and said: "Without the West Road Jinbing attacking from behind, Monk Yuan's pressure has been greatly reduced, and the enemy has repeatedly failed in several attacks. This time we are fully prepared. Wu Dutong and Wang Dutong dispatched Properly, the key is that the West Road Golden Soldier is blocked, otherwise with our current strength, it is still unknown who will win the battle."

"Is the key still the function of the Arrow Pass?"

"Exactly!"

Yang Zheng said solemnly: "The longer the delay, the more beneficial it will be for the battle of Monk Yuan. The burden on the commander's shoulders this time is not ordinary!"

Just then, outside air 'Bang! 'There was a bang.

Everyone was stunned and walked out of the room one after another, only to see pieces of paper from the sky falling down like snowflakes, there were thousands of copies.

Chen Qing reached out and grabbed a piece of paper, looked carefully under the lamp, it turned out to be a letter of surrender.

'Letter to the generals of the three armies of the Song Dynasty: Guanlong is gone, and it will belong to the land of the Kingdom of Jin. Wherever the Song Army of Guanlong surrenders to the Kingdom of Jin, they will be rewarded with [-] acres of land in their hometown, tax-free for ten years, and give them a hundred guan of money to settle down. Don't cheat! '

"The conditions are quite exciting."

Chen Qing smiled and handed the letter of surrender to the Yang brothers, "I just can't figure it out. If we give our soldiers huge profits, what about their puppet soldiers? The puppet soldiers who died in battle didn't see them paying attention. It's really annoying to compare people to others." what!"

After reading the letter of surrender, Yang Zheng asked, "How does the commander plan to respond?"

Before Chen Qing could speak, a soldier ran over and said, "A Han official came from outside the city, saying that Sima Tao Shuang of Pingliang Prefecture is here to deliver a letter to the commander!"

Chen Qing smiled slightly and said, "I was worried that there would be no Jiang Gan, so the Jinren sent one!"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, who is Jiang Gan?

Chapter 48 Jiang Gan

Tao Shuang was in his early 50s. During the Jianyan period, he served as the Sima of Pingliang Mansion. After the Jin soldiers captured Pingliang Mansion, Tao Shuang surrendered to the Jin soldiers and was appointed as the chief historian of Pingliang Mansion, in charge of government affairs.

He happened to escort thousands of sheep to the Jinbing camp today, Wanyan Wulu simply let him go into the city to persuade the enemy general to surrender.

Of course, if Wanyan Wulu knew that the chief general of the Song army was Chen Qing who beheaded Wanyan Loushi, he would never have sent someone to persuade him to surrender.

Although Tao Shuang was extremely reluctant, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and come to Jiandao Pass.

A Song soldier blindfolded him with a black cloth and led him towards the barracks.

Not long after, Tao Shuang was brought into a room, and the black cloth was taken off for him. The soldier said to him, "Please wait a moment, the commander will deal with some matters, and he will be here soon."

Tao Shuang was really uneasy, but it was a little better than before, at least the general was willing to see him, and did not directly order him to be pushed out and beheaded.

At this time, a soldier who looked like a teenager came in with a plate containing a glass of water.

Tao Shuang glanced at the glass in surprise, there was only half a glass of water in the glass.

He asked inexplicably, "Why is there only..."

"It's good to have this water to drink." The young soldier put the cup in front of him dissatisfied.

Tao Shuang didn't dare to drink it. If something goes wrong, there must be a demon. How can anyone entertain guests with only a little water? What if there is poison in it?

The soldier licked his lips and said timidly, "If my husband doesn't drink, can you reward me?"

"If you want to drink, take it!"

The soldier grabbed the cup, gulped it down in two gulps, with an intoxicated expression on his face.

"Why, you don't have enough water to drink like this?"

"It's hard to say, each of us only has this little water every day."

"why?"

The soldier was silent, Tao Shuang asked again: "How old are you, and where are you from?"

"The villain is 15 years old, from Chencang County, Fengxiang Prefecture."

"You and my wife are from the same town! She is from Huangxi Township, Chencang County."

"It's next door to my house! I'm from Fengwei Township."

"I've been there. There is a Fengwei Mountain there. The scenery is pretty good, especially the river, which is crystal clear."

"My house is at the foot of Fengwei Mountain. The river that my husband mentioned is called Cangshui, and it flows past my house."

"Who else is in your family?"

"My parents are here!"

"Your parents are here, you are still so young, why do you want to join the army?"

Xiao Bing said in a low voice for a long time: "Dad fell ill last year and owed a huge debt. In order to pay off the debt, he fought with General Chen and gave three taels of silver."

Tao Shuang suddenly found an opportunity, he took out ten taels of silver and handed it to Xiao Bing, "Here is this for you, take it back to pay off the debt!"

"No! No! No! I can't have it."

"You can take it if you want. My wife is from the same town as you, and you might even know your parents."

"Thank you, Mr. Xiang!"

Xiaobing held the silver tightly, the excitement in his heart could not be concealed, he turned around and quietly stuffed it into his arms.

Tao Shuang could see these details clearly. He was well versed in the world and knew very well in his heart that this little soldier had been bought by him.

"Little brother, can you tell me why there is only this little water?"

The little soldier sighed and said: "A few days ago, the Jin soldiers attacked and burned the city, and the warehouse was set on fire. Everyone fetched water to fight the fire, and finally put out the fire. The next day, they found that the spring water had been cut off, and there was only half a pool of water left. We drank for seven or eight days. General Chen has been digging wells everywhere these days, but he couldn’t find a drop of water, even in the pine forest to the south. However, more than 1000 people came today, and the water was already tight, and everyone complained."