Fenghou

The big men in black didn't chase after them either. They pulled up a long iron rope from the small boat and tied it to the mast.

The big men in black on the other dozens of small boats did not board the grain boat either. Their task was to cut off the ropes one by one.

At this time, the long rope was pulled by the soldiers on the other side, the leading boat changed its course and headed for the south bank, and the grain ships behind followed suit.

The thousands of soldiers on the north bank were stunned, but helpless, watching the huge fleet change course and sail to the south bank.

……

This time Yang Zaixing's military operation made full use of intelligence warfare. As soon as Liu Guangshi's army set off from Jiangling, they were targeted by the scouts sent by Yang Zaixing.

Chen Qing gave Yang Zaixing only one combat strategy, to attack head-on, forcing Liu Guangshi to retreat despite difficulties.

But how to fight will be planned by Yang Zaixing and Lieutenant General Liu Qiong.

At this time, Yang Zaixing led [-] cavalry soldiers [-] miles north of Yiling County, and his commander Zhao Xiaoyi led [-] soldiers to escort the prisoners back to Bashu.

Perhaps because he followed Chen Qing for a long time, many of Yang Zaixing's combat ideas gradually approached Chen Qing's.

The burning of Yiling City this time was a strategy planned by Yang Zaixing, but he was more lenient and did not kill the enemy army, basically giving the enemy a way out.

Of course, Yang Zaixing was not blindly benevolent, but on the basis of ensuring the complete annihilation of the enemy army, he focused on capturing the enemy army as much as possible.

At this time, in a small marching tent, Yang Zaixing and Liu Qiong were listening to the report of the scout leader Tang Qian.

"The enemy's camp is about ten miles long and two miles wide. The southernmost point is about three miles away from the Yangtze River. They deployed [-] troops to guard the north and east sides. Although the defense is relatively tight, the humble officer still found a loophole in their defense. .”

"What loophole?" Yang Zaixing asked.

Tang Qian pointed to the map he had sketched and said: "Their defense wants to be tighter without leaving any loopholes, but there is a defense line that is twelve miles long, and they only have [-] troops, which leads to a comparison of the defense line as a whole. Thin, only two or three soldiers in many places."

Liu Qiong pondered for a while and said: "Perhaps their task is to be vigilant, not defensive. As long as they can notify the main force in time, they will have completed the task?"

Tang Qian said with a smile: "Even if it is a guard, their cordon is a mile away from the place where the main force sleeps. Obviously, they want to use gunpowder arrows, but with such a thin sentry post, will they have a chance to shoot gunpowder arrows?"

Yang Zaixing nodded and said, "If I hand over the task of clearing the way to your scout battalion, how big a gap can you open for me?"

Tang Qian pondered for a moment and said: "If the control gives me another five hundred soldiers, I promise to open a gap one mile wide within an hour."

Yang Zaixing said indifferently: "There is no joke in the army!"

Tang Qian said slowly: "The humble official is willing to issue a military order!"

Chapter 583 The Game ([-])

The fourth watch had already passed, and all [-] soldiers were woken up. No one was allowed to sleep. Instead, they stood back to back, wrapped in army blankets and waited for dawn in the cold night. Everyone was shivering and complaining.

Liu Guangshi couldn't sleep all night after learning the news of the attack on the ration ship. He had a lot of experience, and the opponent's main force must be nearby, so the possibility of a night attack increased.

But he could not order the troops to move. The [-] troops moved at night, and once they were attacked, it was also easy to cause chaos.

The best way is to form an army in place. Once attacked, you can immediately stand up and fight back, especially when dealing with cavalry, you can prepare in advance.

Liu Guangshi paced back and forth in the room, his mind was heavy, his confidence in capturing Bashu had faded away, and what he was thinking about now was how to get out of the way.

"What time is it now?" Liu Guangshi asked anxiously.

"Report to Dutong, it's almost five o'clock."

Liu Guangshi breathed a sigh of relief, and ordered: "Order the whole army to set off in half an hour!"

Of course, the departure was to withdraw the troops. Their food ships were all intercepted, so how could they march on the Three Gorges Road again.

At this time, Yang Zaixing temporarily stopped the cavalry assault because the scouts found an important piece of information, and Liu Guangshi's army was in a state of sit-down and massing.

The cavalry assault is also dangerous, mainly due to the opponent's intensive bow and arrow counterattack. The opponent has an army of [-]. Once the bow and arrow are fired, all arrows will be fired, and the cavalry will suffer heavy losses.

Cavalry assaults often depend on the time difference, entering the enemy's formation before the opponent has time to react.

If the enemy army is asleep, then even running a mile will still have time to break into the crowd before the enemy army is ready.

But now that the enemy army is gathering at the police station, the opponent has enough opportunities to trigger the crossbow, and it is very likely that he will have to retreat after suffering heavy losses.

Yang Zaixing changed his plan and launched a surprise attack while the enemy was retreating.

……

Before dawn, the [-] troops began to evacuate quickly. The mighty army ran along the official road at full speed, pulling out for more than ten miles. Desire still stimulated the potential of the soldiers and made them run desperately.

Li Qiong discovered the problem, he urged his horse to catch up with Liu Guangshi and said anxiously: "Dutong, the team is too long, the terrain in this area is complicated, and it is easy to be intercepted by the opponent."

Liu Guangshi was at the front of the line. He looked back, and sure enough, the line was too long, and he could no longer see the tail.

Of course Liu Guangshi knew that this was very dangerous, so he immediately ordered: "The former army stops advancing!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a series of explosions from behind, followed by shouts of killing, the ranks were in chaos, and the soldiers were crying and running desperately, shouting, "The cavalry is here! The cavalry is here!"

The fear of the night finally broke out at this moment. All the soldiers began to run desperately, like a landslide. The soldiers were desperately pushing and trampling each other. These soldiers were all new recruits who had never fought before. affects everyone.

The generals yelled loudly to no effect, and they were surrounded by soldiers and fled eastward.

The cavalry of the Western Army did launch a multi-point attack, which caught Liu Guangshi's army off guard. Chased by the cavalry, the soldiers ran wildly and collapsed across the board.

The 2-strong rear army was intercepted and surrounded. Li Hongyu ordered the entire army to surrender. Yang Zaixing did not continue to chase, but ordered more than 7000 prisoners of war to retreat westward.

Liu Guangshi ran for more than forty miles in one breath, and stopped running when he reached Jingmen Mountain, and began to collect the remnants of the army. But until noon, they only collected less than [-] defeated troops. Could it be that the other [-] troops were wiped out by Chen Qing's army? Yet?

At this time, Li Qiong fled with thousands of soldiers and reported to Liu Guangshi: "Beizhi found a lot of discarded armor and weapons along the way. I guess many soldiers took the opportunity to flee."

"How many brothers were killed?"

"It shouldn't be many, more than a thousand at most. Chen Qing's cavalry just created momentum, especially the explosion of gunpowder, which frightened the brothers."

Liu Guangshi stood there for a while, then sighed and said, "Retreat to a safe place first!"

The army continued to retreat eastward. In the afternoon, they encountered more than 100 carts of food from Zhijiang County. The soldiers finally got a full meal. They withdrew from the boundary of Xiazhou and entered the boundary of Jiangling Prefecture that night. The whole army was completely relieved.

At this time, Wu Chang brought good news to Liu Guangshi. They robbed Jingnan South Road of taxes and food for a year, about 120 million yuan and 40 shi of grain, and hundreds of large ships were moored at Jiangling Mansion.

This news gave Liu Guangshi, who was extremely depressed, a glimmer of sunshine in his heart.

At this time, counselor Yang Chui'an suggested to Liu Guangshi: "It's better to discuss with Chen Qing's army and use money to redeem part of the surrendered army. If we can redeem [-] to [-] troops, it is very important for us to stand firmly on the Jingnan Road. "

Liu Guangshi took this suggestion very seriously, and immediately called his confidant Li Miao, and asked him to go to Shuzhong to negotiate with Yang Zaixing.

……

In the government office of Jiangling City, Li Hui paced back and forth in the lobby, appearing to be preoccupied.

Two months ago, Li Hui was named the Xuanfu envoy of Sichuan by the imperial court. He came to Bashu from a long way to take up the post. Unexpectedly, when he arrived in Jiangling, he got the news that Chen Qing's army had occupied the whole territory of Sichuan. Li Hui had to temporarily stay in Jiangling Mansion. Obey the follow-up arrangements of the court.

Not long ago, Li Hui received the imperial edict and learned that the emperor had sent two armies to attack Shu, and both armies were under his control. This news really cheered Li Hui up, showing that the emperor still attached great importance to his ability.

Yue Fei's army on the north road was too far away for him to reach, but Liu Guangshi's army on the south road was coming to Jiangling Mansion, so it happened to be under his control.

But Li Hui never dreamed that Liu Guangshi would ignore him at all. He ordered Liu Guangshi to come to see him twice, but Liu Guangshi ignored him at all. He rushed to find Liu Guangshi angrily, but he couldn't even enter the barracks.Li Hui suffered great humiliation.

But today he was connected to two important news. One news was that Liu Guangshi's army robbed hundreds of tax and grain ships belonging to the Jing South Road Transit Department. At this time, four hundred large ships were moored on the river outside Jiangling City. , with the banner of Jinghu South Road Transit Department on it, the evidence is conclusive.

When the second news came, Liu Guangshi's army was defeated in Yiling, more than half of the [-] troops were lost, and the remnants were fleeing back to Jiangling County in panic.

These two news made Li Hui very happy, but also made Li Hui deeply vigilant. He was happy because he finally caught Liu Guangshi and impeached him, but he was vigilant about whether Liu Guangshi would separate Jingnan road?

This is not Li Hui's random speculation, but the shopkeeper of Jiangling Restaurant told him that Wang De, the left-behind general, publicly declared when he attended the banquet of several squires that if Liu Guangshi could not serve as Sichuan Xuanfu envoy, he would be reassigned as Jingnan South Road Festival. Du envoy, permanently stationed on Jinghu South Road.

This shocked Li Hui. The Xuanfu envoy of Sichuan appointed by the imperial court was himself, and Liu Guangshi was only a military envoy. Moreover, when did the imperial court appoint Liu Guangshi as the envoy of Jingnan South Road?Still stationed on Jinghu South Road, what does Liu Guangshi want to do?

Li Hui smelled danger. If Liu Guangshi really had the ambition to separate Jing South Road, he would be in danger of his life if he stayed in Jiangling Mansion.

At this time, Li Hui's second son Li Chun quickly walked in to salute, "Father, the child is ready."

Li Hui immediately took out an impeachment memorial and handed it to his son, "Hurry back to Lin'an immediately and hand this memorial to Mr. Qin. Don't delay on the way, the situation is very urgent!"

Li Chun took the memorial and put it in his arms, "Boy, let's leave by boat!"

After a pause, Li Chun said with concern again: "Jiangling is not safe, and my father has to leave as soon as possible."

Li Hui nodded, "You go first, I'll pack up and go to Xiangyang, without the official's call, I can't go back to Lin'an!"

Chapter 584 The Game (Eight)

It has been a month since her daughter was born, and Chen Qing has been paying attention to her little changes. She has gained three pounds, her breathing is no longer so short, her skin is no longer sallow, but gradually becomes rosy and shiny, and her small arms The calf is also fleshy.

Although she is not completely out of danger, it can already be seen that her daughter is developing in a good direction.

Before, Dr. Wang said that he could recover within ten days, but he still underestimated the danger of premature babies. The child was in danger twice on the eighth day, No. 15. Fortunately, under the treatment of Dr. Wang, the child survived .

Now that the full moon is over, seeing the child's body getting better day by day, Chen Qing and Lu Xiu finally relax a little bit after struggling for a month.

This morning, Dr. Wang bid farewell to Chen Qing. She was very haggard, and for a month she was obsessed with watching the child's every move and every detail. It was her meticulous treatment and care that made Chen Qing's daughter turn from danger to safety. Chen Qing was full of gratitude.

"Dr. Wang's great kindness, our whole family will remember it in our hearts, this little money is just a little bit of our family's heart, it can't express our gratitude, please be sure to be a doctor!"

Chen Qing asked Yu Ying to bring 300 taels of silver, and Dr. Wang accepted it without being pretentious.

"About the child's feeding, I have explained it to my wife in detail. I will come here every day, but if you have any special circumstances, you can come to me immediately."

"sure!"

Dr. Wang laughed again: "I left two health-preserving prescriptions for the Xuanfu envoy. As long as the Xuanfu envoy takes care of my health according to my prescriptions, it doesn't matter if you marry more wives."

Chen Qing's face turned hot and he thanked: "Thank you very much!"

Dr. Wang packed up her things and left. She just doesn't live in Chen Qing's residence, but she still comes here every day. Chen Qing's daughter is the first premature baby she saved. Of course, she also hopes that the baby can grow up healthy.

Chen Qing went back to his wife's room again. Two curtains were installed in the inner room so as not to bring in the cold air from outside.

Lu Xiu is breastfeeding her child. Although she also wants to find a wet nurse for her child, she will breastfeed her child by herself for at least three months, which is also Dr. Wang's explanation.

Seeing that the child was sucking sweetly, Chen Qing stretched out her little finger and put it on the child's little hand. She immediately grabbed it. At this moment, Chen Qing could feel that the hearts of himself and the child were connected, and the child could also feel his own existence.

"Husband gave her his finger, and it will take another half an hour to grasp it." Lu Xiu said helplessly.

"It's okay, I'll just watch her from the side."

Chen Qing gently touched the child's ruddy little face, and touched the place where it should not be touched. Lu Xiu blushed and gave her husband a blank look, "There is no shape!"

Chen Qing giggled, "It's been a month, Madam, can you grant me permission?"

"Okay! I agree. Let Ah Ying go tonight. She has really worked hard these days. It is a reward for her."

After a pause, Lu Xiu asked again: "How do you feel about Qiao Yun's work?"

Chen Qing nodded, "She has done a very good job. Even Zhang Xiao and Jiang Yanxian praised her for her unique insights and clear thinking. These days, she has really helped me a lot."

Lu Xiu said with a half smile but not a smile: "You praise her like this, should I be jealous?"

Chen Qing scratched his head, "Then let her go back! I'll work harder myself."

Lu Xiu smiled and said: "I'm just joking with you. I have two children to take care of. I really don't have extra energy. I will definitely neglect my husband. Qiaoyun is my sister. She comes to chat with me every day. I can feel her gratitude to me in her heart, and Ah Ying and A Lian are also people I trust. I am relieved to have them take care of you. After the new year, you will take them two. As for Qiao Yun , she has a special status, I can't say, husband decides for himself!"

Chen Qing nodded, "I guess the imperial court will send someone to negotiate with me soon, maybe Qiaoyun will become a special condition."

Lu Xiuxiu frowned, "You use Qiaoyun as a bargaining chip?"

"It's not that I want to use her as a bargaining chip, but that I want to establish a tacit understanding with the officials. If I become his brother-in-law, the officials can find a way for themselves, and he can also give the minister an explanation."

"But what if the government asks Qiaoyun to be his wife?" Lu Xiu worried.

Chen Qing smiled faintly: "Now it's not me who is begging him, but he is begging me. I just give him a step. If he doesn't want it, forget it. We are a married couple, and no one can replace you."

……

In the afternoon, Chen Qing returned to the official room. As soon as he sat down, Zhu Sui, who joined the army in the recording room, stepped forward and said, "I want to report to the Xuan Fu envoy, there is an urgent eagle letter on the table!"

Chen Qing saw the eagle letter and had already copied it. It was Yang Zaixing who sent an emergency military report. Yang Zaixing received the battle report five days ago. I don't know what important thing happened now.

Chen Qing picked up the eagle letter and looked at it carefully. It turned out that Liu Guangshi sent someone to negotiate, hoping to redeem some prisoners of war. Yang Zaixing asked him how to deal with it.

Chen Qing thought for a while, then said to Zhu Sui, "Go and invite Zhang Sima and Jiang Changshi!"

Zhu Sui hurried away, and after a while Jiang Yanxian and Zhang Xiao hurried over, "See Xuanfu envoy!"

Chen Qing handed them the eagle letter, "Look at this first!"

The two read the Ying letter, Zhang Xiao smiled and said, "I wonder if it's still too late if I want to redeem the prisoners?"

"It should be possible, otherwise Yang Zaixing would not have written this eagle letter."

Jiang Yan pondered for a moment and said: "If they don't offer to redeem them, what will the Xuan Fu envoy plan to do with the prisoners?"

Chen Qingdao: "According to the rules, select some strong soldiers to join our army, and the rest will be farmed or mined, and released after three years."

Jiang Yanxian said: "The humble job suggests that the other party can redeem some of them, such as about 2 people, and then take this opportunity to reach an agreement with Liu Guangshi on non-restriction of trade and mutual non-aggression, so that Jingxiang's supplies can also be smoothly imported to Bashu. .”