Fenghou

"Humble jobs are not dead!"

Lu Gui has rough skin, thick flesh, hard bones, and heavy armor. It is not easy for him to die.

"Follow me if you're not dead!" Chen Qing swung his halberd to stab him diagonally.

"Damn it, I don't want to die, even the King of Hades can't take me away!"

Lu Gui leaned on the handle of the hammer and struggled to stand up. He felt that his internal organs were churning. He resisted the discomfort, grabbed a war horse, got on the horse, and followed Chen Qing to the thickest place of the enemy army.

Chapter 618 The Final Battle

The drums were like thunder, the horns were whimpering, and two cavalry troops of more than 7 people fought fiercely on the Loess Plateau. The dust that was stirred up covered the sun, and the sun in the morning turned dark red.

The low morale of the Jin soldiers is not reflected in the fierce battle. In order to survive, the Jurchen cavalry will fight to the death no matter how low their morale is. The key is how long they can last, and whether they are willing to fight to the end when they are at a disadvantage, or find Chance to escape.

Chen Qing's [-] troops faced Wanyan Huonu's [-] troops. Judging from the numbers, the Jurchen cavalry had an absolute advantage, but in terms of combat effectiveness, the Song army was stronger than the opponent. The Song army's cavalry was well trained and cooperated tacitly , The battle is strong and brave.

The word "cooperating tacitly" is easier to understand. Two-on-one is definitely better than one-on-one, but the word "skilled in training" sounds rather empty. What is skill in training is actually a matter of combat efficiency. In weapon time, individual soldiers compete for height, strength and stamina.

A knife that weighs more than ten catties is almost exhausted after wielding it dozens of times, but he may not even touch the opponent's fur, but if he is a well-trained soldier, he will never do ineffective Attack, the opponent may be cut down with a few knives, and the combat efficiency is extremely high.

The 20 tiger and cardinal guard cavalry were selected from an army of [-]. All of them were strong, brave and good at fighting, and they cooperated very well. Like a reef in a stormy sea, no matter how rough the surrounding waves are, the reef still stands firm.

The Song army formed a team of a hundred people and fought against the enemy while galloping. They could not stop. If they stayed for a while, the enemy's cold arrows would shoot from all directions, or an unmanned horse ran past in front of them, but their spears flew from the horse. The stabs coming out from under the abdomen are hard to guard against.

Only by fighting at a gallop can we get rid of the advantage of the enemy's large number of troops. Teams of cavalry are running in the wilderness, and the scope of operations is getting wider and wider. The distance between the left and right flanks and the central army is several miles away.

But what frightened the Jurchens the most was Chen Qing's [-] cavalry. They were like a sword that cut iron like mud, invincible, and no army could resist it wherever they passed.

I don't know how many people died under Chen Qing's Fang Tian painted halberd. The blade of the halberd slashed, heads rolled, the tip of the halberd stabbed, and corpses piled up. On both sides of Chen Qing, dozens of personal soldiers closely followed, using shields Resist the cold arrows shot from all directions for him.

Wanyan Huonu had been waiting in ambush among the crowd for a long time, he was like a forbearing wolf king, when Chen Qing appeared eighty steps away, he drew out a spiked arrow, put the bow on the bow, aimed at Chen Qing's cheek and shot Go, the brilliance of this arrow lies in its concealment, it was shot from a gap between more than a dozen soldiers, and when Chen Qing found out, the arrow was already in front of him.

Chen Qingchao's reaction was manifested at this moment. At the same time he felt the arrow, the poisoned Spike arrow passed by on the side of his face.

Chen Qing was furious, brandishing Fang Tian's painted halberd to kill dozens of Jurchen cavalry in a row, rushed to Wanyan Huonu, and without saying a word, the sharp halberd pointed towards Wanyan Huonu like lightning.

Wanyan Huonu had never seen Chen Qing at such a close distance. He suddenly remembered the scene of his father's tragic death, his eyes turned red, and with a loud roar, he swung his knife and slashed at the tip of Chen Qing's halberd, "Damn! With a loud noise, the arms of both sides went numb, Chen Qing's Fang Tian's painting halberd was swung away, and Wanyan Huonu's sword almost fell out of his hands.

The war horses of the two sides met, and Wanyan Huonu slashed at the back of Chen Qing's head with a backhand. Chen Qing lay back and slashed through the air.

At this fleeting moment, Chen Qing seized the opportunity that flashed by. He held the halberd in his left hand, and swung his sword upwards with his right hand, 'Kacha! With a bone-cutting sound, Wanyan Huonu's right hand was cut off at the elbow, and blood gushed out. Wanyan Huonu screamed, and the golden knife fell to the ground, but he reacted very quickly, and his body fell down immediately, hanging on the other side of the horse. On one side, the horse galloped away, and a dozen personal soldiers rushed up, rescued Wanyan Huonu, and ran away into the crowd.

Chen Qing looked at the half of his arm on the ground and shook his head regretfully. This was the best chance to kill the enemy's coach, but it was a pity that it fell short.

Although he didn't get the head of Wanyan Huonu, Chen Qing still asked the soldiers to take his arm to tell the three armies that the enemy's commander's hand had been cut off, and he was about to die soon!

Several cavalrymen used their spears to pick up Wanyan Huonu's commander and shouted all the way: "The enemy commander has been beheaded! The enemy commander has been beheaded!"

Thousands of soldiers heard that 'the enemy's commander has been beheaded', and their morale was boosted immediately, and they continued to launch fierce counterattacks against the enemy. The commander, Wanyan Huonu, hid among the soldiers and never appeared again.

The battlefield has moved more than ten miles to the west, and the garrison can no longer see the situation on the battlefield, but Wanyan Yinkeshu still uses the sentry cavalry to convey the battle situation.

After hearing the deployment of the two armies, Wanyan Yinkeshu couldn't say a word for a long time. What he was most worried about happened. Wanyan's live girl was still blinded by hatred and fell into the trap of Chen Qing's troops. How could he Let the most troops fight against the Chinese army with the least number of opponents?What about the left and right wings?

Wan Fuchang Wanyan Sha whispered: "Perhaps the living Marshal wants to wipe out the middle army of the Song Army as soon as possible and kill Chen Qing?"

Wanyan Yinkeshu said coldly: "Is Chen Qing a fool? Let him be killed by the opponent. He may not have many soldiers, but he must be the strongest. Just let that idiot be fooled and lose his left and right wings."

At this time, a group of sentinel cavalry rushed over from a distance, whispered something to Wanyan Yinkeshu, Wanyan Yinkeshu's eyes lit up, "Really? Where is the secret passage?"

"Going westward for more than a dozen miles, there is a small river. Going upstream along the river to the north, there is a dense road leading directly to the Luoshui Road. The exit is in the north of Luojiao County."

Wanyan Yinke was overjoyed, and immediately ordered his subordinates: "Go and find the living marshal immediately!"

Before his subordinates set off, dozens of soldiers escorted Wanyan Huonu back, his face was pale, one hand was gone, he was so weak that he couldn't even speak.

"What's going on?" Wanyan Yinkeshu asked in shock.

A soldier next to him said: "Marshal met Chen Qing!"

"what!"

Wanyan Yinke was stunned.

"Marshal Du..."

Wanyan Huo's voice said in a low voice: "Chen Qing's 2 troops can defeat [-] of us. If the deployment of the humble position is wrong, I'm afraid the army will be defeated. Marshal Du please withdraw first!"

Wanyan Yinkeshu shook his head helplessly, it would have been better if he had found out about the secret passage.

……

The fierce battle had been going on for an hour, and the casualties on both sides gradually increased. At this time, Liu Cui's [-] cavalry had defeated the Khitan cavalry. Leading more than [-] soldiers to join the encirclement and suppression of the enemy's right wing, this is the upper horse and the middle horse of the Song Army, encircling the enemy's middle horse.

Nearly half of the [-] Jurchen cavalry led by Pucha Asa had suffered casualties, and it seemed that they could not hold on.

The remaining [-] cavalrymen were unwilling to give up their lives, and they all turned their horses and fled. Pucha Asa couldn't stop shouting again and again, so he had to mix with the army and fled. More than [-] Song troops chased and killed them. The defeat seriously affected the morale of the Chinese army. Although the Chinese army still had [-] cavalry, which was at a stalemate with the [-] Song cavalry, the fighting spirit of the soldiers disappeared instantly, and they turned their horses to flee. The Jurchen cavalry was defeated for a while. Falling down, Chen Qing yelled, "Kill the Jurchen Tartars!"

"Kill the Jurchen Tartars!"

The cavalrymen of the Song army roared and ran, chasing and killing the defeated Jurchen cavalry mercilessly, killing the Jurchen cavalry until blood flowed into rivers and corpses were strewn all over the field. After chasing for more than [-] miles in one breath, Chen Qingcai ordered to stop the pursuit.

Chapter 619 Secret Road

However, Chen Qing accidentally discovered that the enemy's [-] garrison troops hadn't been encountered, so he hurriedly called the peripheral scouts to inquire. Only then did he learn that the enemy garrison troops withdrew shortly after Wanyan Huo Nu was injured and disappeared. .

Chen Qing knew in his heart that it should be Wanyan Yin who could judge that the Jurchen army would be defeated, but if he couldn't notify the army to withdraw immediately, they would be covered up and killed, and he would be affected, so he retreated first.

Only then did Chen Qing order to clean up the battlefield. In this battle, the Song army killed more than 5000 Jin soldiers, and the Song army suffered nearly [-] casualties, of which about [-] were killed. This is more than Chen Qing raised his troops. The most casualties ever.

At this time, the main force of the Song army still had 3000 people, while the main force of the Jin army was only 3 at most, and the force began to reverse.

The Song army did not keep any prisoners of war, so Chen Qing ordered all the injured Jurchen soldiers to be executed. These Jurchen soldiers had participated in the invasion of the Song Dynasty, and each of them had a bloody debt in their hands, and death was not enough to atone for their crimes.

The armor of the Jurchens is pretty good. Many soldiers actually wear the mountain-patterned armor of the Song Army. These mountain-patterned armors cannot be seen on ordinary Song Army soldiers. Only the generals and the imperial guards around the emperor are eligible to wear them.

In addition to armor and weapons, the Song army also seized more than 7000 war horses, and countless battle flags, gongs and drums. In addition, a large amount of property was found from the dead soldiers, mainly gold, silver, copper coins and various jewelry. Qing rewarded all the property to the three armies, and there was thunderous cheers for a while.

All the corpses of the Jurchen soldiers were burned and buried deep. The corpses of the Song soldiers who died in battle were also burned separately, and the bones were put into bags, labeled with names, and returned to their relatives.

It took Song Jun just one day to clean up the battlefield, and he rested for another night. At noon the next day, the army was assembled and ready to go. At this time, Chen Qing received the news from Yang Zaixing on the Eastern Front. Encountering [-] Jurchen defeated soldiers inside and outside, the [-] Jurchen troops had their morale collapsed, and they had no fighting spirit, so they all surrendered to the Song army.

Chen Qing was stunned by this news. How could there be only 1 people, and Wanyan Yin could do it?

……

Wanyan Yinkeshu dispatched more than a dozen Han Chinese from the Liao Kingdom to dress up as Song soldiers, looking for passages other than official roads. These dozen soldiers met a family of hunters and pretended to be looking for a small road to Luoshui Road to ambush the golden soldiers. The old hunter believed it. He pointed them to a path, and Jin Bing finally found a secret way to escape from the official road in the northwest.

Wanyan Yinke was very cunning. In order to confuse the Song army, he only collected some of the defeated soldiers, and his own 2 garrison troops, about [-] people, left the official road and hurried along the trail.

The remaining Khitan people, Xi people and some of the Jurchens did not know that the main force had withdrawn, but they continued to retreat eastward. They were about forty miles away from Luojiao. More than a hundred defeated soldiers had their hearts broken and their fighting spirit was exhausted. They had no intention of fighting again, so they put down their weapons and surrendered to the Song army.

Yang Zaixing immediately sent someone to report to Chen Qing, and when Chen Qing found out that the situation was abnormal, it was already noon the next day, a total delay of twelve hours.

Liu Cui clasped his fists and said, "Dutong, it is impossible for the golden soldiers to fly with wings. They must be hiding in a mountain depression. I am willing to lead my troops to find them!"

Chen Qing shook his head, "They won't be able to survive for a few days with food, and it's impossible to hide in the col. I'm worried they've found a path."

Liu Qiong suddenly said in a hurry: "All the way, there are at least dozens of forks in various roads. If you look for them one by one, don't you find the year of the monkey?"

Everyone was silent, this matter is indeed very difficult.

At this moment, Tang Qian hurried over, bowed to Chen Qing and said, "I am reporting to Dutong, there is a young hunter who is in a hurry to see him, and he said he knows the whereabouts of the golden soldiers."

Chen Qing hurriedly said: "Bring him in!"

Not long after, a 24-year-old man was brought over. He was very strong and his eyes were full of anger.

Several personal soldiers stopped him vigilantly, not letting him approach, the man suddenly knelt on the ground and burst into tears.

"Don't cry yet, tell us what you know."

The man suppressed his grief and said: "The villain is called Nie Jianhui, a local hunter. I just came home today and saw my mother lying in a pool of blood, dying, but my father disappeared. Before she died, my mother told me, Yesterday more than a dozen Song soldiers came, saying they were looking for a trail to stop the Jin soldiers, so my father took them to a trail, but they came back alone and stabbed my mother seriously."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, they had vaguely guessed the ending, Chen Qing asked calmly, "And then?"

"Then I chased along the river, and found my father's body in the ravine beside the trail to the north, and they had already killed him."

Overwhelmed with grief, the young hunter wept again.

Tang Qian persuaded him for a while, and the young hunter finally calmed down. Chen Qing asked again: "Is there any trace of the army passing by on the trail you mentioned?"

"Yes! There are horseshoe prints all over the ground. There are at least tens of thousands of people. In the ravine where my father died, there are still many abandoned and broken weapons."

Chen Qing winked at the soldiers, and immediately the soldiers took the pen, Chen Qing said: "Draw that path!"

Holding the pen, the man roughly drew a small road, and said while drawing: "This small river is about fifteen miles ahead, not the small river five miles ahead, and it will go ten miles further, although they finally converge. But it’s still different. I found this small river and walked northward along the small river. After walking about fifty or sixty miles to a mountain, I walked northwest along a narrow path at the foot of the mountain. After walking about a hundred miles, I arrived in Luoyang. waterway."

"Wait a minute!"

Chen Qing interrupted him and asked, "The exit of Luoshui Road you mentioned is in the north or south of Luojiao County?"

"To the north, about thirty miles from Luojiao County!"

Chen Qing's heart sank, the thing he was most worried about really happened, Jin Bing was about to escape from the north of Luojiao Road.

"Is there any special sign near this exit?"

"The exit is next to Guandi Temple!"

Chen Qing immediately wrote the words Guandi Temple at the exit, handed it to the soldiers together with a golden arrow and said: "Rush now and hand it over to Yang Tongzhi, and ask him to send troops to Guandi Temple immediately to block it." Export!"

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On a narrow path in the northwest, an army of 2 people is marching at great speed. Although the road is narrow, it is not an obstacle to the Jurchens who grew up on horseback. They are skillful in controlling the horses, and they can do it Until the two ride side by side.

It had been a day and a night since the march, and the Jin soldiers didn't care about rest, and hurried forward. This was their only chance to escape, and whether they succeeded or not depended on it.

Wanyan Yinkeshu couldn't ride a horse. He was lying on a large sliding pole with a thick blanket covering his body. Four strong soldiers carried him to walk. The same was true for Wanyan's live girl behind him. He lost his right hand and was in a very emotional state. low.

Wanyan Yinkeshu was in a good mood. Seeing Wanyan Huonu's frowning face, he smiled and said, "Don't worry, the Song army is going to clean up the battlefield. When they find out that something is wrong, we will already be on Luoshui Road."

Wanyan Huonu looked at the tightly wrapped right arm and felt like crying. His father and brother were killed by Chen Qing, and now he himself was seriously injured in Chen Qing's hands and became a useless person. This Great revenge, he will never want to avenge it.

At this time, there was a commotion in front, Wanyan Yinkeshu frowned, what happened?

A soldier ran over excitedly and shouted: "Marshal Du, the front has entered Luoshui Road."

"Ah! Is there an ambush by the Song Army?"

"No! Thousands of our former army have entered Luoshui Road. There is an earthen temple next to it, and there is no sign of the Song army around."

It wasn't until this moment that Wanyan Yinkeshu's heart hanging in the air finally fell.

6 Chapter Twenty Messages

Two days later, Chen Qing's army arrived at the small temple of Emperor Guan [-] miles north of Luojiao County. Yang Zaixing stepped forward to salute and said apologetically, "The humble officials came a day late, and they have already gone north."

It's only two days' journey from Luojiao County to Qingquan County. If you come a day later, you won't be able to catch up.

Chen Qing was not disappointed, this was within his expectations, he had already been delayed for a day and night when he found out, and it would be another day to inform Yang Zaixing, and the other party was taking the shortest bowstring route, so it would be too late for Yang Zaixing to catch up again.

Chen Qing nodded, "This is their fate, let them go!"

"There are still [-] prisoners of war, what should I do with the humble officer?"

"Leave the mining, if Jin Guo wants to redeem it, that's fine too!"

"Humble job understands!"

Chen Qing waved his horsewhip, "The army continues to march north!"

Yang Zaixing sent deputy general Cheng Huan to lead an army of [-] to escort the prisoners to Guanzhong, while the other army followed Chen Qinghao to the north.

Two days later, the main force of the Song Army arrived in Qingquan County. To Chen Qing's surprise, Qingquan County was ransacked by gold soldiers who were not hungry, and the magistrate was still there. Chen Qing immediately sent someone to bring the magistrate to him.

The county magistrate of Qingquan County is called Zhao Ruinian, who was appointed by Chen Qing. When he came to Chen Qing, he knelt down and wept, "It's a crime to be humble!"

Chen Qing glanced at him and asked, "What's your crime?"

"The humble official was afraid of the Jin soldiers slaughtering the city, so he dedicated thousands of grains from the official warehouse to the Jin soldiers, and collected all the livestock and thousands of chickens and ducks from the people, and gave them to the Jin soldiers."

"And then? Have they entered the city yet?"

Zhao Ruinian shook his head, "Their general lay on the sliding pole and said that for the sake of our sincerity, they will let us go this time!"

"How many people are there in the city?"

"There are three thousand households with more than ten thousand people."

Chen Qing pondered for a moment and said: "You are also protecting the people, the situation is special, this time I will not count you as an enemy, get up!"