Fenghou

The generals were all surprised, "We have three thousand troops!"

Wei Ping said helplessly: "I know that tying up a hundred large rafts can carry three thousand soldiers."

Liu Qiong yelled sharply: "The Yellow River has drifted past, what is this little river water, hurry up and cut down the trees and tie up the raft!"

Three thousand soldiers put down their weapons and luggage, and went to chop trees and build rafts together. Liu Qiong asked, "How long is this river valley?"

"About twenty miles away, the Xiaohan Ancient Road is on the other side of the mountain. In fact, we have already passed the Hangu Pass."

It took three thousand soldiers half a day to build more than 100 large rafts. In order to increase buoyancy and stability, they tied sheepskin bags around them. The first large raft was launched, and [-] soldiers boarded the raft. Carefully paddling and drifting towards the middle of the river.

Immediately afterwards, the second large raft was also launched, which was full of soldiers, followed by the third and fourth rafts...

Liu Qiong sat on the first raft, and the current was relatively fast. Two soldiers held long bamboo poles one after the other to stabilize the raft.

"Where does the river end up?" Liu Qiong asked.

"Of course it's the Yellow River!"

Wei Ping said with a smile: "All rafts will be washed into the Yellow River in the end, and we landed halfway."

Liu Qiong nodded, the raft drifted for about twenty miles, Liu Qiong suddenly found a faint county town ten miles in front of the left, and asked in surprise, "Where is that?"

"That's Lingbao County. Hangu Pass is to the west of Lingbao County, but we're going ashore."

Wei Ping pointed to the right, and a river beach appeared hundreds of steps ahead.

Chapter 727 Birthday Banquet

In Henan Province, a puppet army of 2 people left Luoyang and marched in the direction of Shan County.

The leading general is a bargain, and the official post is the Shangshu of the puppet Qi military department, the military envoy of Henan West Road, and the stay-at-home of the Henan government. Together with Li Cheng, he became the real power in charge of the puppet Qi state.

Zhe Keqiu is also a member of Fuzhou Zhe family, Zhe Yanzhi's uncle, and was once a frontier general in the Song Dynasty.

Zhe Keqiu received a military order from Wanyan Wushu, ordering him to rush to Shanzhou to support Kong Yanzhou.

If it was Emperor Liu Yu's imperial edict, he would definitely push it back, but he didn't dare to disobey Wanyan Wushu's military order, and he didn't even dare to delay it. On the day he received the military order, he led [-] troops to Shanzhou.

The official road to the west was dusty, and [-] infantry were running in line, mighty and majestic, and the people on the official road were so frightened that they dodged and hid in the fields on both sides. Each soldier brought weapons and dry food. The situation was urgent, and they were too late Prepare the baggage cart.

Zhe Keqiu waved his whip and shouted: "In three days, we must arrive at Shan County!"

……

In Shan County, Yang's mansion has been extremely busy these days, with lanterns and festoons, pigs and sheep slaughtered, and a huge Chinese character "Shou" pasted on the vermilion lacquered gate, which means that the Yang family is celebrating its birthday.

Today is the [-]th birthday of Yang Gongran, the owner of the Yang Mansion, and the Yang Mansion sends out invitations everywhere, inviting the gentry, celebrities and generals of the garrison in the city.

In particular, the Yang Mansion has let out the news that this birthday banquet will bring out Jiannan Shaochun, which has been cellared for 30 years. It is known as the best shochu in the world. The general salivates, looking for connections one after another to attend the birthday banquet.

Of course, the Yang family has always been committed to improving the relationship with the garrison, so all the puppet Qi army generals above the capital have received invitations, and they are considerate of their meager income, so they do not need birthday gifts.

This is also the step that the Yang family has found for themselves. When will these generals present their birthday gifts?

In the back house, Tang Qian took a sip from the wine bowl and nodded, "It really is strong wine!"

The name of Jiannan Shaochun liquor has a character of burning, which means that it is distilled liquor, and it is highly distilled liquor, which is flammable when ignited, so Jiannan Shaochun is also known as the best spirits in the world.

Yang Chu said in a low voice: "There are only twenty altars of this kind of wine, even if they are given to the generals to drink all of them, they still won't be able to get drunk. Several of them drink very well. I mean, do you want to mix something up?"

"If it is mixed with medicine, it will be easy to drink out!"

"No, if you add a little less, the taste will not change at all, and the medicinal powder is colorless and tasteless."

Tang Qian thought for a while and said, "In this way, give them good wine first, a few bowls for each person, and then drink Jiannan Shaochun. Even if you get drunk, you will think it is because of drinking mixed wine."

"That's a good idea!"

Yang Jin praised: "Drinking wine and soju is really easy to get drunk, why don't you need to mix it with medicine!"

"We still need to mix a little medicine, it will be more sure, and then when arranging the seats, arrange all the generals together, and the twenty altars of wine are also exclusively for them."

At this time, Yang Gongran walked up to the lobby quickly and asked Tang Qian, "Is there any news about the reinforcements outside?"

Tang Qian nodded, "We have already contacted, and we have made an appointment to act at Haishi tonight!"

"Is there going to be a big fight?"

"It is estimated that there will be a fierce battle, so the family members of the Yang family must retreat to a safe place before Hai hour at night."

Yang Gongran nodded and said: "There is no problem with this. It has been arranged. There are still three hours before Haishi. I hope there will be no complications."

Tang Qian was also a little uneasy, and he was most worried about accidents.

……

Liu Qiong's army arrived in Shanxian County at dawn and hid in a mountain depression near Shanxian County. According to the agreement, he sent someone to find Tang Qian's men in a foot shop outside the city. The two sides agreed on the attack method. and time point.

In fact, Liu Qiong has no choice. Today is Yang Gongran's [-]th birthday, and the main force of the Song army has already begun to attack the Weihan Ancient Road. He must take Shan County tonight, otherwise, Luoyang's reinforcements will come. up.

Three thousand soldiers hid in a mountain depression about five miles away from Shanxian County. This place is relatively hidden, and usually only the shepherds who graze will come, but now the cold spring is cold, and it is not time to graze.

Soldiers sit on the ground to rest, and drink a sip of wine from time to time to warm their bodies. This is the tradition of the Western Army. Each soldier has two gourds, one big and one small. The big gourd holds water, and the small gourd holds wine. The winter here is really cold. , Soldiers marching in the field must drink to keep out the cold.

In a marching account, Liu Qiong and several generals discussed the attack strategy.

Almost all the county towns on the Weihan Ancient Road have no moats, which is related to their environment. There are very few flat lands on the Weihan Road, so there is no choice for building county towns. In the end, we can only build dry cities and rely on wells to draw water.

Wei Ping said to the crowd: "Shaan County only has the south gate and the north gate. The main gate is the south gate, and there are the most guards. The north gate is close to the Yellow River. There are almost no pedestrians. It is not usually opened very often. The garrison also Not much, when Li Yanxian raided Shan County, he also cooperated with the inside and outside, and succeeded through the North Gate."

Liu Qiong shook his head, "There is no need to explain. We have already made an appointment with Commander Tang. When we attack Beicheng at Haishi, they will throw three torches from the top of the city and open the city gate. The key is that after entering the city, we must control the barracks as quickly as possible. , we can’t let the enemy army spread out from the barracks, otherwise it will be a brutal street battle, and our troops are not as strong as the opponent’s, so we may not be able to win.”

"Excuse me, Commander, how many enemy troops are there in the city?" Commander Xia Ying asked.

"Currently there are 5000 people."

"That's not much!"

Liu Qiong glanced at the crowd and said solemnly: "There are not many troops, so this is our chance. Everyone must remember that after entering the city, you must be decisive, fast, and fierce. Use killing to frighten the opponent first, and then consider accepting surrender. The problem."

……

In the afternoon, guests came to congratulate him in an endless stream. In fact, today is not Yang Gongran's birthday. His birthday should be next month, and it is not 60 years old, but 58 years old.

But these are not important. During the war years, everyone was precarious, so it is completely understandable to celebrate their birthdays early.

Yang Gongran and his two sons greeted the guests at the door. Although it was stated on the invitation that no gift was required, everyone was embarrassed and gave some gifts. Otherwise, next time they celebrated their birthday, they would be ashamed to reciprocate.

No need to give gifts is written for the officers and generals. Sure enough, at dusk, a large group of generals came, there were 80 to [-] people, all wearing military uniforms, shoulders and backs, without exception, came empty-handed, let them go out Li, it's just a dream.

The Yang family sent a total of 1 invitations to the barracks. All the generals above the head have been invited, and there is no need to worry if he will not come. They will definitely arrive in the end, and there will be many more people. These generals are free at night. It's okay to come, Yang's mansion has food and drink, not to mention the No.[-] wine in the world today, how could you not come?

The only one who is not sure is the chief general Mo Huaixian, he can't drink enough, so he doesn't take part in banquets very much.

"Mr. Yang, congratulations on your birthday!"

A large group of generals stepped forward, congratulating with each other, but many of them stared at the guests and female relatives next to them, and the female relatives rushed into the mansion in fright.

Yang Gongran laughed and said: "Everyone is willing to come to drink to give me face. I have prepared for you today. In the West Courtyard, the meatiest and best wine, first drink the best wine, and then drink Jiannan Shaochun in the evening. If you don’t get drunk at night, you won’t return.”

This man can talk a lot, obviously this group of soldiers don't pay any money, and they also said that coming to drink is to give him face, which makes all the generals feel very comfortable, right, coming to drink is already giving enough face, treat others I may not come yet!

"Thank you, Mr. Yang, we will not be disrespectful."

Everyone followed Yang Chu to the mansion, and Yang Gongran added with a smile: "Go to the west courtyard, there will be Jiannan Shaochun in the west courtyard tonight, but there will be no more in the east courtyard."

At this time, a general whispered something to Yang Gongran, and Yang Gongran's face changed, "Can't he make an exception?"

The general shook his head, "General Mo's temper is also known to members of Yang, so there is no way to force it!"

"Okay! If General Mo doesn't come, maybe everyone can drink more happily."

"Yang Yuanwai is right. If he doesn't come, everyone will be happier."

The generals had all entered the mansion, and Yang Gong came to the backyard in a hurry, and said to Tang Qian, "I just got the news, Mo Huaixian may not be able to come."

Mo Huaixian is the chief general of Shan County and Kong Yanzhou's deputy general. He has followed Kong Yanzhou for many years and is considered an experienced general. Tang Qian is most concerned about him.

Tang Qian was startled, and indeed something unexpected happened.

He hurriedly asked, "Why can't he come?"

"There shouldn't be anything special. He just has this habit. He doesn't like to go to banquets. I heard that he has severe gout in his legs. Every time he goes to a banquet, he will be in pain, so he doesn't like talking."

Tang Qian nodded and said, "What about the other generals?"

"Most of them have come, there are still a few, and they will come soon. These bastards are like wolves. When they hear that there is wine and meat, they will come in groups like wolves. There will be no one less .”

"What time is it now?"

The subordinate next to him said: "It's still an hour before Haishi."

Tang Qian then told Yang Gongran, "Open it up for them to drink now, and go to Jiannan to burn spring in half an hour!"

Chapter 728

As the time gradually approached Haishi, the generals in the West Courtyard were all drunk on the ground, each of them was as drunk as mud, and the generals who had the most alcohol were still holding the wine jar and drinking, but they were no longer able to die.

Dozens of soldiers waiting outside were also invited to the inner courtyard for dinner, and the remaining ones had their throats cut by Song army scouts.

Tang Qian rushed to the North City Gate with more than forty elite Song Army scouts. The North City Gate was unpopular, and it was not opened during the day, let alone at night. Only a hundred soldiers were responsible for patrolling the North City at night.

But even so, a hundred soldiers would not stand guard on the top of the city honestly. In a courtyard closest to the north city gate, seventy or eighty soldiers gathered to gamble.

The room was steaming hot and brightly lit. Several soldiers sat at the table and gambled. All of them were red-eyed. Surrounded by soldiers who placed bets and watched the bets, they kept shouting, "Big! Big! Big!"

Tang Qian's army did not disturb them, but went directly to the city along the corridor. They were wearing the armor of the puppet Qi army, but they had a white cloth wrapped around their left arms, which was the mark of a disciplined soldier.

More than forty people swaggered up to the top of the city, the top of the city was deserted, there were only a dozen people, there were a few people on each side of the top of the city, and five soldiers stood on the top of the city tower.

Tang Qian immediately divided his troops into action, and two small teams went to kill the soldiers on both sides of the city, while he led his men straight to the tower.

"Where's your leader!" Tang Qian stepped forward and asked sharply.

It stands to reason that the password should be reported first, but a group of military discipline soldiers stepped forward aggressively, frightening the five soldiers.

"The commander... went... went to Yang's mansion for a drink." A soldier stammered.

Five soldiers of the Song army came up from behind the cat waist, with sharp daggers in their hands, they jumped forward, covered the mouths of the five soldiers, and cut their throats with one knife. At the same time, the soldiers on the two sides of the city also succeeded.

Song Jun immediately pulled out the big iron bolt that locked the door on the top of the city, and then opened the door bolt, and the city gate creaked open.

Three torches were thrown down the top of the city, and the three thousand Song soldiers who were ambushing not far away jumped up and rushed towards the north city gate...

At the same moment when Tang Qian led his army to the north city, a messenger cavalry entered the city from the south gate and rushed into the barracks.

"Where is Modu Tong?" the messenger cavalry asked loudly.

There are only two soldiers on duty in the commander's tent, and they will notify Mo Huaixian if there is an emergency.

The leading soldier on duty replied: "Mo Du is in the mansion, not in the barracks!"

"Please Mo Dutong come to the barracks immediately. Kong Dutong has an urgent military situation and needs his signature. I will go back overnight to report."

The guard on duty saw that the messenger cavalry was holding a red envelope with three goose feathers stuck on it, which was an urgent military message sent by the commander Kong Yanzhou, so he didn't dare to delay, and immediately led the messenger to Mo Huaixian's mansion.

Mo Huaixian's mansion is about [-] steps away from the barracks, and it is also on the central axis. It is an official residence covering an area of ​​five acres. His wife and children live in his hometown, and his two concubines live here.

The soldiers on duty called to open the door of the mansion, and went in with the messenger soldiers to report.

At this time, on the roof dozens of steps away from the gate, there were three Song Army scouts lurking. They were ambushers among the scouts, equivalent to snipers of later generations.

The three scouts had put three highly poisonous crossbow bolts into the slots, waiting patiently for the opportunity.

Not long after, a general in mountain-patterned armor came out surrounded by more than a dozen soldiers, and a soldier led his horse. The 40-year-old general got on his horse, and shot three poisonous crossbow arrows at the same time, 'Puff! 'Three poison crossbow arrows shot at the neck at the same time.

Mo Huaixian never dreamed that he was plotted against in front of his house, he let out a muffled cry, and fell from his horse on his back. The guards turned pale with fright, and hurriedly rescued him back to the house. General Wang!"

General Wang is the deputy general Wang Lin, and he is also drinking in the Yang Mansion!

The two soldiers rushed towards Yang's mansion. At this time, the birthday banquet in Yang's mansion had ended, and the guests had already gone home. The door was closed tightly. into the mansion.

When they found the west courtyard, they saw that the generals were all lying on the ground, and the deputy general Wang Lin was lying on the table, as if he had passed out drunk.

"General Wang!"

The two patted Wang Lin, and saw that his body was tilted, and he fell on his back on the chair, facing the sky, his neck was bloody and his throat had been cut.

The two soldiers froze in fright, and looked at the ground again, only to find that the ground was covered with blood, and all the generals had their throats cut...

Three thousand soldiers of the Song Dynasty had already entered the city. Some soldiers kicked open the gate of the courtyard and fired arrows. The soldiers who were gambling screamed and were hit by arrows. Dozens of soldiers rushed in and stabbed all the surviving soldiers to death with short spears. .

Three thousand soldiers rushed to the gate of the barracks. There were more than a dozen soldiers on duty inside the gate. Suddenly they saw the Song army coming. The dozen or so soldiers shouted in fright, turned around and fled. A dozen people all fell to the ground, and none of them escaped.