Fenghou

Zhao Ruinian stood up in tears of gratitude and said, "Thank you Xuanfu envoy for your forgiveness, I am really ashamed of my lowly position!"

"Let me ask you, are there any other golden soldiers besides Wanyan Yinshu's golden soldiers?"

"There is also a golden soldier transporting grain carts, about [-] people, who arrived one day earlier. The leader is called Han Chang. He didn't go into the city either, and went directly to Luoshui."

Chen Qing said with a smile to Yang Zaixing: "Sure enough, as I expected, Han Chang came to meet Yan Yinkeshu after finishing it. They should go back to Fushi County from Wuren Road, and then go south."

Yang Zaixing was a little worried and said: "In this way, the enemy's strength will be 3. If Niu Gao leads the army out to intercept, it will be dangerous."

Chen Qing smiled slightly: "Don't worry about this issue. I have already agreed with Niu Gao. If he needs to go out of the city to intercept him, I will send him an eagle letter. Since I didn't send an eagle letter, he must still be strictly guarding the skin." county."

It was only then that Yang Zaixing realized how important the capital attaches importance to Fushi County. Fushi County is currently the only county with a large population in northern Shaanxi. The springboard of Shaanxi Road, coupled with the tall and strong city wall of Fushi, is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and has sufficient fire oil. How much manpower and material resources will it take for the Song army to capture it?I can't even imagine it.

"The humble staff understands Du Tong's good intentions!"

Chen Qing ordered an army to garrison Qingquan County, and his army continued to march northward. This morning, the army arrived at Fushi County. A scout had already reported Niu Gao. It was still ten miles away from the county seat. Niu Gao led a dozen people The general came to welcome the arrival of Chen Qing's army.

"The humble Niu Gao sees Du Tong!"

Niu Gao knelt down on one knee and clasped his fists in a military salute, and the generals behind him also knelt down and saluted.

Chen Qing hurriedly supported Niu Gao and said with a smile: "I only hope that General Niu will not let me down, guarding Fushi County, it can be said that the gate of northern Shaanxi is preserved."

"Ashamed of my humble position, I can't follow all of them to conquer the Jinbing. The soldiers fought bloody battles with the Jinbing, but I was doing nothing in the county, watching the Jinbing retreat and leave."

Or how can I say that Niugao is popular?He absolutely does not take credit, puts himself down, praises the bloody battles of other troops, and can talk, of course everyone likes him very much.

Chen Qing said with a smile: "General Niu, you don't have to be overly modest. You also wiped out 7 golden soldiers. We wiped out more than [-] main golden soldiers successively. This is also a glorious victory."

"There is one more important matter in the humble position. It is related to Xixia, and it must be reported to the capital!"

Chen Qing was startled, "What happened to Xixia?"

"Xiao Heda is dead!"

Chen Qing frowned, "What's going on?"

"It's a long story, please go to the city to rest, and report in detail!"

Chen Qing immediately ordered the whole army to enter Fushi County to rest for a day, Niu Gao arranged for the army to camp, and ordered people to slaughter [-] sheep to clean up the army.

In the temporary large tent of the Chinese army, Chen Qing ordered people to set up a Xixia sand table. This is a simple sand table, the terrain is not detailed, only the direction of the mountains, the distribution of cities, the location of the desert, the situation of the Yellow River, etc.

"The humble job is also based on the description of the Han merchants who fled back from Xixia. It should be that a 2 Jin soldiers entered Xixia. It happened in half a month. The meaning is to divide Xixia. The Xixia court was very dissatisfied, but Xiao Heda was very excited. I was also beheaded by the Jin soldiers, and my head was given to Li Qianshun, the emperor of Xixia."

"and then?"

"Then the sons of Xiao Heda had internal strife for the right to inherit. This was the last news ten days ago, and I don't know about it after that."

Chen Qing stared at the sand table without saying a word. He understood Jin Bing's intention to stand up for Xixia at this time. On the one hand, it was to control Xixia more deeply, and on the other hand, it was also to support Xixia to deal with him.

Once Xixia puts pressure behind their backs, it will inevitably slow down their eastward advance. Jin Bing really has a wishful thinking. They are not afraid that they will send troops to destroy Xixia when Xixia is weak?

Niu Gao's information came in a timely manner, and he immediately understood Jin Kingdom's strategic deployment. Wanyan Yinkeshu attacked Shaanxi Road, and then Jin soldiers joined forces with Xixia Army to attack Xihe Road, and finally forced himself back to Dashan Pass. South.

I'm afraid it's better to change the plan. Jin Bing should attack Xiao Heda's remaining troops soon, but Xiao Heda's sons are in conflict. I believe Jin Bing is willing to see them kill each other, but in this way, Jin Bing will Precious time wasted.

This bought myself time to go back to Fangxihe Road.

The key here is Lanzhou. Lanzhou not only defends the Xixia army from going south to Xihe Road, but also defends the Xixia army from advancing to the Hehuang Valley. The strategic location is extremely important.

At present, Chen Qing has only [-] troops in Lanzhou, led by Liu Zan, which really makes Chen Qing worry.

Thinking of this, Chen Qing said to Niu Gao: "I will give you another 1 troops, and you will lead 2 troops to Lanzhou tomorrow to take over Lanzhou's defense. You can recruit another [-] troops in Lanzhou to increase the defense force to [-] Ten thousand people must not only defend the Xixia army from crossing the Yellow River south, but also defend the Xixia army from entering the Hehuang Valley along the Yellow River. Will General Niu be willing to accept this burden?"

"What about Liu Zan, the governor of Lanzhou?"

"I will transfer him to be the envoy of the Tongzhou system, responsible for guarding Pujin Pass and Tong Pass, and I will leave Lanzhou to you."

Niu Gao hastily bowed and saluted, "I will never let down Dutong's great trust in my humble position!"

Chapter 621 Reuse

Niu Gao was arranged to defend Lanzhou. Early the next morning, Chen Qing led the army to continue along the Qingshui River. Two days later, they came to the Yellow River. There was no shadow of the floating bridge.

In this battle, more than 1 Jin soldiers were wiped out, [-] were captured, and their vitality was severely injured. They will not invade Shaanxi Road for the time being.

Chen Qing originally planned to continue the eastward attack on East Road after resting, but after he got the news that Jin Bing had entered Xixia, his plan began to face adjustments.

He provoked a civil war in Xixia, and supported Xiao Heda in fighting against the Xixia court. Seeing that the two families were defeated, and now Xixia was at its weakest, Jin Guo came to pick peaches. How could Chen Qing tolerate it?

In fact, if the Jin Bing hadn't attacked Shaanxi Road, he would probably be on his way to attack Xixia now. Now that the Jin Bing was defeated, would his plan for the Northern Expedition be implemented again?

After resting in Fushi County for three days, Chen Qing immediately led the army to the south and returned to Jingzhao...

At the same time that Chen Qing and Jin Bing were fighting on Shaanxi Road, the imperial court was also fighting against Liu Guangshi's rebellion. Emperor Zhao Gou ordered Huguang Xuanfu envoy Li Gang to lead [-] troops to put down Liu Guangshi's rebellion.

Li Gang ordered Jiang Xiadu to unify Xie Qian and Tanzhou Governor Liu Hongdao to lead 2 people to attack Jiangling Mansion from north to south.

Although Liu Guangshi was the famous Liu Paopao against Jin Bing, he was an expert in the civil war. Liu Guangshi ordered his confidants Wang Meng and Li Qiong to lead [-] troops each to fight.

Li Qiong's army was stationed [-] miles away from Liu Hongdao's army, confusing Liu Hongdao, while Liu Guangshi himself led [-] troops to the back of Liu Hongdao's camp by boat, and attacked Liu Hongdao's camp in the middle of the night.

Liu Hongdao was caught off guard, and his army was defeated. Liu Guangshi beheaded thousands of people, captured more than [-] people, and took away all the supplies. Liu Hongdao fled with only a few hundred soldiers.

And Wang Meng's army also defeated Xie Qian's army in Tongmian Town, capturing more than [-] enemies.

Li Gang was defeated in both battles, and Wang Bao, the supervisor of the army, immediately sent the battle report to Lin'an.

……

"boom!"

Zhao Gou slapped the table hard, gritted his teeth and said, "It's a pity that I still trust him so much, thinking that he can succeed immediately, but I didn't expect it to be so easy. Is this how he repays me?"

Zhao Gou immediately ordered: "Let Qin Xianggong, Zhang Xianggong and Zhao Xianggong come to see me!"

The eunuch immediately rushed to announce the summons, and Zhao Ding, who had been rehabilitated, came first. Zhao Ding read the report of the Supervisory Army: "Li Gang is old, and his energy and physical strength are not as good as before. Moreover, I feel that he has obviously underestimated the enemy."

Zhao Gou agreed that Li Gang was old and weak, but Zhao Gou didn't quite understand Li Gang's underestimation of the enemy. "Why do you say that Li Gang underestimates the enemy?"

Zhao Ding shook his head and said: "Liu Guangshi has never won any victories. Everyone underestimates him and thinks he is a general who has been defeated repeatedly. In fact, Liu Guangshi still has skills, but he is unwilling to work hard, but now it involves his vital interests. , he will naturally go all out, and Li Gang hastily sent troops to fight without careful investigation, which is actually a sign of underestimating the enemy."

At this time, both Qin Hui and Zhang Jun rushed over, and Zhao Gou handed the overseer to the two of them, "You all have a look! I have nothing to say."

Qin Hui couldn't bear the excitement in his eyes. He had always opposed Li Gang's return to military power, but the officials refused to listen to his persuasion. Now that Li Gang's defeat proved that he had the foresight.

But he didn't dare to bring up this issue, because the officials would not come down, Qin Hui said euphemistically: "Li Gang has made a lot of achievements in fighting against the Jin soldiers who invaded Jingzhou. This time I lost, I guess I also underestimated the enemy."

Qin Hui also thought that Li Gang underestimated the enemy, which was consistent with what Zhao Ding saw. Zhao Gou looked at Zhang Jun, "What does Mr. Zhang mean?"

Zhang Jun pondered for a moment, "We were defeated in both wars. Underestimation of the enemy is the main factor. On the other hand, it also shows that Liu Guangshi is not incompetent. It is not the best strategy to use civil servants to deal with warlords like Liu Guangshi. I recommend Liu Kai to lead the army to put down Liu Guangshi's rebellion."

Zhao Ding shook his head, "Liu Guangshi has rich experience, is old and cunning, although Liu Qi is also from the Western Army, he still can't be alone, it is better to let Wu Jie lead the army to suppress the rebellion."

Qin Hui opposed Wu Jie, thinking that he was good at defense but lacking in offense. Moreover, he had just been transferred to the Huaihe River for defense, so he could not give up halfway. Hundreds of ships went to quell Liu Guangshi's rebellion.

Accepting Qin Hui's recommendation, Zhao Gou decreed to remove Li Gang from his position as envoy of Huguang Xuanfu, and changed him to Zhiyue Prefecture Affairs to continue to restore people's livelihood along the Dongting Lake. At the same time, he decreed to summon Zhang Jun.

……

Zhang Jun is currently in Lin'an. He was summoned by the emperor and hurried to the palace.

Zhang Junnian is about 50 years old. He is tall and has a deep appearance. Although he was born as a general, he has good literary talents. He can be regarded as an all-rounder in both civil and military affairs. Han Shizhong, Yue Fei, and Liu Guangshi are all talented in both civil and military affairs, and even Chen Qing can be reused because of his good literary talent.

"My minister, Zhang Jun, sees His Majesty the Emperor, and I wish His Majesty long live long live long live!"

Zhang Jun is currently leading an army of 15 to garrison along the Yangtze River. However, since the troops of Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, and Wu Jie have basically captured the Jianghuai River and are building a defense line along the Huaihe River, Zhang Jun's army can be temporarily transferred to counter the rebellion.

Zhao Gou said with a gentle smile, "Ai Qing, please stand up, please sit down!"

An eunuch brought him a chair, and Zhang Jun sat down opposite Zhao Gou.

Zhao Gou asked: "About Li Gangping's defeat in rebelling against Liu Guangshi, what does Ai Qing think is the problem?"

Zhang Jun bowed and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, I have always believed that only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you win a hundred battles. The mistake Li Gong made was that he didn't know both himself and the enemy. He went to battle hastily, which led to the defeat of the army."

Zhao Gou said with great interest: "Maybe Aiqing talk about it in detail?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Li Gong has not touched the military for almost three years. He has been devoting himself to cultivating wasteland, relocating the people, and restoring the people's livelihood after the Yang Yao Rebellion. Talk about a civil official like Li Gong.

And he used Liu Hongdao as the left army, but he didn't know that Liu Hongdao had enjoyed himself for the past two years, his military discipline was lax, his training was deserted, and his army sometimes disturbed and harmed the people, so Liu Hongdao's camp was easily attacked by Liu Guangshi Succeeded, almost the entire army was wiped out.

The same is true for the Xie Qian army. They are stationed in Jiangxia. The training has been neglected in recent years. I heard that his soldiers have not gathered for training for a whole year. They are addicted to drinking and gambling all day long. They have no physical strength. Destroyed, Li Gong is obviously not aware of these situations, this is self-ignorance.

All the ministers knew that Liu Guangshi was training the navy and changed the cargo ships into warships, but Mr. Li didn't bring a single warship with him. He only brought hundreds of logistics ships carrying food and supplies. It can be seen that Mr. Li didn't know him at all. Situation, this is what Wei Chen said that he doesn't know himself or the enemy, so he will definitely lose. "

Zhao Gou was very appreciative of what he heard. This is called professionalism, and he analyzed the reasons for Li Gang's defeat very thoroughly.

He quickly asked: "If I let Aiqing be the general, how will Aiqing fight?"

"Your Majesty, I know Liu Guangshi very well. This man is cold-hearted, narrow-minded, and extremely suspicious. But he relies on Wang De and Li Qiong the most. I know that Liu Guangshi has an old relationship with Li Qiong. Always feeling dissatisfied, this minister will start with Li Qiong.

Therefore, the minister wanted to ask His Majesty for a reward, to entrust Li Qiong as the governor of the capital, and let him guard one side, and the minister would be sure to win Li Qiong over. Liu Guangshi lost Li Qiong, as if he had lost his arm, and the complete suppression of the rebellion was just around the corner. "

Zhao Gou was overjoyed, he took out a gold medal and handed it to Zhang Jun, "I will reward Li Qiong, Aiqing can decide on her own, if you can put down Liu Guangshi, I will make you Taiwei and Xia Guogong."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your trust. I will rush to Jiankang Mansion tomorrow and send troops immediately!"

Zhang Jun resigned and left.

On the same day, Zhao Gou decreed again that Zhang Jun, the commander of Shenwu Youjun, should be Huguang Xuanfu envoy and marshal of rebels, and lead [-] land and water troops to Jingnan South Road to quell the chaos.

Chapter 622 Settling Accounts

Just as Zhang Jun was leading the army to attack Liu Guangshi, Chen Qing also led the army back to Jingzhao.

Chen Qing immediately rewarded the troops who participated in the war with 50 guan and 20 pieces of silk.

Another batch of meritorious generals was promoted, Liu Cui, Gao Ding, Niu Gao, and Liu Qiong were promoted to deputy commanders, and Yang Zaixing was promoted from deputy commanders to commanders.

Among them, Li Muqing was promoted to the commander of the upper army, and he was the only general who was promoted two ranks in a row.

The reason is that he did something that Chen Qing admired very much.

After flooding the 30 Jurchen army, Li Muqing did not follow Chen Qing's order to kill all the surviving Jurchen soldiers. Instead, he captured thousands of surviving soldiers who were not drowned, and then interrogated them. All the Jurchen soldiers were executed. These soldiers basically participated in the war of aggression against the Song Dynasty.

The young soldiers and generals stayed behind and captured more than [-] people, including eight thousand commanders and two ten thousand commanders, and the main general Wanyan Helisa was also captured.

Li Muqing's approach was obviously more rational and more valuable, and Chen Qing greatly appreciated it.

In the prison, Chen Qing saw Wanyan Helisa who was imprisoned in solitary confinement. He was sitting unkempt on a pile of straw in the corner with iron shackles on his hands and feet, as if he had just cried, and the tears in the corners of his eyes were still wet.

Chen Qing was funny. Although this Wanyan Helisa was very fierce on the battlefield, conquering everything and making countless achievements, he was very timid and afraid of death. When the Song army cavalry wanted to stab him to death, he was so frightened that he begged for mercy. He was spared by saying that he was the Lord's general drink Lisa.

Chen Qing smiled faintly: "General Lisa, I didn't expect that our first meeting would be on this occasion!"

"Are you...Chen Xuanfu envoy?"

Wanyan Lisa suddenly rushed over, his hand and foot shackles clattered, he grabbed the thick wooden fence and said anxiously: "Xuanfu envoy, I have value, very high value, the Kingdom of Jin will definitely be willing to redeem me, I implore Xuanfu envoy Negotiate with Jin Guo."

“I speak Chinese well!”

Chen Qing smiled and said, "What's your value, tell me?"

"My tribe has a population of tens of thousands, and my family has a great influence in the Wanyan tribe. It is because of my family's support that Wanyanchang was able to become the prime minister."

"Can you exchange for the Supreme Emperor of Song Dynasty?"

Wanyan Helisa looked sadly, "I'm afraid not, but it can be exchanged with other royal families of the Great Song Dynasty."

After a pause, Wanyan Drinking Lisa said again: "If you add me and Wanyan Qi, you can return to the old prince Zhao Zhan."

Chen Qing didn't know that there was another prisoner named Wan Yanqi. It seems that the identity of the prisoner was concealed!

"Who is Wanyan Qi?"

"He is the eldest son of Wanyan Zongwang, and a commander in chief."

Chen Qing smiled and said, "Why don't we make an exchange first! If you testify against me who is Wanyan Qi, I'll put you under house arrest and arrange two Jurchen women to serve you, how about it?"

Wanyan and Lisa were stunned for a moment, Chen Qing didn't know that Wanyan Qi was also captured, didn't he expose him?

Chen Qing said again: "If you don't want to, it's the same if I let other prisoners of war testify. I gave you a chance, but you didn't take it."

"I promise!"

Wanyan Helisa was afraid of losing this opportunity, so he hurriedly said: "The commander with a big black birthmark on the back of his neck is Wanyan Qi, about 20 years old, the eldest son of Wanyan Zongwang, and he joined the army for the first time. "

"Is there such a person?" Chen Qing turned around and asked.

The jailer hurriedly said: "There is such a person, a Khitan commander in the register, named Yelu Shousu."

Wanyan Helisa quickly explained: "It's him. His mother is Yelu Yuliyan, Princess of the Liao Kingdom. His Jurchen name is Shou Su. His father Wanyan Zongwang gave him the Chinese name Wanyan Qi."