Fenghou

"There are only 5000 people in the city now?"

Zhou Jin shook his head, "Where are there 5000 people, there are only 3000."

"Didn't you say there were [-] garrisons?"

Zhou Jin laughed, "It seems that Jiang Dongzhu has never been in the army. The number of soldiers in the Song Army actually has two meanings. One is the number of garrisons, and the other is the actual number of garrisons. We say that the garrison in Fushi County is 8000. , actually refers to the number of garrisons, the actual number of garrisons is the real number of garrisons, it will definitely be less than the number of garrisons, and there will be a little room, for example, our actual garrison is [-] people."

Jiang Ying can fully understand, isn't it the same for Hebei rebels?The team is said to be hundreds of thousands, but in fact there are only tens of thousands of people, and there is a lot of water. Fushi County claims to have 1 troops, but the actual number is 8000, which is actually quite good.

"I have four subordinates. Can General Zhou arrange for us to enter the barracks? Instead of all entering, arrange for four of us."

Zhou Jin pondered for a while and said, "Arrange up to three people!"

"Three people are enough."

Jiang Ying and the others have to personally participate in the defense of the city, so that the inside and outside can cooperate to seize the city wall.

7 Fifty Chapters Planning

A flying eagle slowly landed on the Eagle Tower at the head of Jingzhaodong City, and a slave eagle took the red letter post from his lap and flew away immediately.

A quarter of an hour later, Chao Qing put a copied Eagle letter on Chen Qing's desk, with a red label on it.

Chen Qing picked up the copy and asked, "Where did it come from?"

"Yanzhou!"

"Copy a copy and pass it to the inner guard!"

"Report to the county king, it has already been given."

"Go and invite Jiang Changshi and General Guan!"

Chao Qing agreed and left in a hurry.

Not long after, Jiang Yanxian and Guan Shigu hurried over, and they saluted and said: "Jianjun Junjun!"

Chen Qing handed the letter to the two of them, and said with a smile, "Look at this eagle letter."

The two picked up the eagle letter and looked at it, both laughed, "Sure enough, the county king guessed it right."

Chen Qing nodded, "Before we got the news that Wan Yanchang came to Taiyuan, and then we got the news that Wan Yanchang went to Pingyang Mansion, he must have met Wanyan Nianhan, although we don't know what they talked about, but Wan Yanchang As soon as Yan Chang left, Nianhan sent people to Yanzhou to investigate the situation of our army and the defense of the city. It seems that Nianhan has nowhere to go, so he can only put all his eggs in one basket and attack Shaanxi Road."

Guan Shigu hurriedly said: "Since Wanyan Nianhan has no choice, then we don't need to give up Fushi County to him!"

Chen Qing shook his head and said: "Since we want him to go to Luoshui Road, we must give him Fushi County. He has a foundation, so he can go south with peace of mind."

Jiang Yanxian also said: "I'm afraid he will learn the lesson of Wanyan Yinshuke, and many of our arrangements will be seen through by him."

Chen Qing said with a smile: "It is indeed possible, but how likely is this possibility? I think the possibility is at most [-]%, or even only [-]%. The two of them are hostile factions. Lesson taught Wanyan Nianhan, at most Wanyan Nianhan’s subordinates heard some after-dinner stories in Taiyuan restaurant, we can’t seek absolute certainty in war, as long as [-]% to [-]% certainty is enough.”

Guan Shigu smiled and said: "The king of the county is right. Wanyan Nianhan is very conceited. He is the number one hero in destroying the Liao Kingdom and the Great Song Dynasty. Especially when he attacked the Great Song Dynasty, he swept dozens of Wan Dajun, Wanyan Wushu often suffered disastrous defeats, but Wanyan Nianhan never failed. He looked down on Song Jun from the bottom of his heart, and actually wanted to use [-] troops to destroy us. His pride can be seen, maybe he will be very happy Be cautious, but this is just his habit of using troops, but once he achieves his goal, he will not hesitate."

Chen Qing smiled slightly and said, "General Guan knows them well!"

Guan Shigu said shamelessly: "I have nothing to do in Bianliang, so I talked about them with Zhang Xiaochun, the puppet prime minister of Qi. I didn't study them deeply. Zhang Xiaochun studied them deeply. I mostly quoted his words."

Chen Qing smiled faintly: "This time against Wanyan Nianhan, General Guan will be my staff!"

Guan Shigu chuckled, "It's my honor to be the county king's aide!"

……

Chen Qing then sent an order to Liu Qiong, asking him to pay attention to the movements of the golden soldiers on the Yellow River.

The Yanzhou plan is very challenging. It must allow the Jin soldiers to occupy Fushi County just right, and withdraw the troops just right. It can neither cause heavy losses to the Song army, but it must not make Wanyan Nianhan suspicious.

In order to make Wanyan Nianhan believe that only [-] troops in the city are reasonable, Liu Qiong simply arranged for [-] troops not to mine coal mines and build docks in Wan'an Village. This open-pit coal field was discovered the year before last, but there is no manpower in northern Shaanxi. It has never been mined.

Since several dangerous shoals formed by accumulation of sediment in Luoshui were collapsed by gunpowder, Luoshui has become valuable for shipping again. It is more convenient to transport coal to the Weihe River by flat-bottomed boats, and then from the Weihe River to Jingzhao.

Therefore, it is imperative to develop this coal field, but it just happened to meet Chen Qing's Yanzhou plan.

Five thousand soldiers excavated the soil on a flat highland in Wan'an Village. The thick soil was dug away, exposing the black coal seam below. The soldiers began to blast the internal shock with gunpowder. Pry it off.

Luoshui was a few hundred steps away. More than a thousand soldiers used big stones to build the wharf, and at the same time opened up storage yards and roads. Five thousand soldiers were very busy.

In a forest two miles away, a man watched for two hours, then jumped off the big tree, got on his horse and ran towards Fushi County...

This man was one of Jiang Ying's four subordinates. Jiang Ying was very cautious. He had to confirm that Song Jun was mining coal before reporting to Wanyan Nianhan.

On the tenth day of April, that is, the tenth day after Wan Yanchang left Pingyang Mansion, the first batch of grain was transported from Taiyuan Mansion by [-] carts, a total of [-] shi, and Wanyan Nianhan also got his son. According to the news, he had given up the Daming Mansion, handed over the army and the Hebei regime to Wan Yanchang, and led [-] troops to protect his family and move to Hedong.

The time has come. That night, a pontoon bridge appeared on the Yellow River. The [-] Congregation Army, led by Ma Wu, the ten thousand husband, ran across the pontoon bridge and entered the boundary of Yanzhou on the west bank of the Yellow River.

Tens of miles behind the [-] Xie Congjun army, Wanyan Nianhan personally led an army of [-] and [-] carts. Wanyan Nianhan did not want to put the precious Jurchen army on the siege, and the Jurchen army was not good at it. For siege, the Jurchen army is better at raiding thousands of miles and entering Guanzhong.

The [-] Xie Congjun was Han Chang's subordinate, but they had already been handed over to Wanyan Nianhan by Wan Yanchang. The Xie Congjun was relatively independent, but in Wanyan Nianhan's hands, it became an out-and-out slave army.

Wanyan Nianhan looked down on the Han people from the bottom of his heart, and did not trust the Han people. All the generals above the command were replaced by Jurchens, and the chief general Ma Wu was from Khitan. His full name was Yelu Ma Wu. It has a face of a Han Chinese, which is completely Donghu.

Yelu Mawu is a confidant who has followed Wanyan Nianhan for many years, and has always been a vanguard general. Back then, he led the army to chase Zhao Gou all the way to the Yangtze River, and chased Zhao Gou and his party like crazy.

This time, Yelv Mawu took up the mission of the vanguard without exception and took Fushi County.

Just as Jin Bing started to cross the Yellow River in a large scale, on the west bank of the Yellow River, more than a dozen scouts from the Song Army immediately released Xinying, which soared into the sky, circled a few times and then flew towards Fushi County.

The scouts of the Song army immediately left the west bank of the Yellow River and retreated to a more secluded forest more than ten miles away. Their task was to record the total strength of the enemy army, the ratio of cavalry to infantry, etc., and to observe whether the main general Wanyan Nianhan had passed up the Yellow River.

It was already dark, and more than a dozen Song Army scouts stood by the woods on the hill. Below the hill was the official road. They could clearly see the details of Jin Bing.

……

In Fushi County, a [-]-man army was patrolling the city. Jiang Ying, a Jurchen spy, was one of the patrolling soldiers. There were ten men under him, including two of his men.

Jiang Ying had long discovered a pattern. The army did not change shifts at night. Before the second watch, the soldiers patrolled vigorously. After the second watch, their spirits became listless.

Then the best time to siege the city is after the third watch. Moreover, Jiang Ying also found that there are few night watch soldiers on the east city, but more on the west city. Of course, he also understands that the coal fields are in the west, and the soldiers who go to mine will return to the city at night. , so it is convenient to open the west gate.

This virtually created the conditions for Jin Bing to attack the East City at night.

After the third watch, the patrolling soldiers couldn't bear the sleepiness anymore, and the head of duty asked, "Which team is willing to be on duty tonight?"

Jiang Ying raised her hand and said, "Let's come!"

"This is how newcomers should behave. Only by performing better will they have a future!"

Everyone yawned big and went down to the city. The soldiers also went to sleep on both sides of the city wall. It is said that sleeping on both sides is not easy to be found.

Jiang Ying said with a smile to his subordinates: "You all go to bed too! I just need to keep two brothers on the top of the wall."

His men also went down to the city, leaving only Jiang Ying and two men above the city gate, but what was difficult was that there was a big iron lock on the mechanism that opened the city gate and the iron chain of the moat suspension bridge, and they couldn't open the city gate. We can only let the golden soldiers climb the wall and enter the city.

Seeing that everyone had gone to sleep, Jiang Ying gave two of his men a wink, and threw a bundle of ladder ropes hidden in the tower into the city.

Jiang Ying stretched out her hand outside the city, waved her hand, and lit a torch.

Chapter 751 Entering the City

"There is an enemy situation!" When the soldiers of the Union Army climbed up, they were immediately discovered by a soldier who got up at night.

Jiang Ying cursed angrily, and shouted: "Speed ​​up!"

At the beginning, soldiers climbed to the top of the city, and the soldiers on duty on both sides were startled and shouted, "Enemy troops are coming to the city!"

They shouted as they ran, "The enemy is coming to the city!"

"Dang! Dang! Dang! Dang!"

Alarm bells rang on Xicheng's head.

At this time, dozens of Xie Congjun soldiers smashed the lock of the suspension bridge with a sledgehammer, the suspension bridge was lowered with a clang, and the city gate was opened, waiting for more than 1 Xie Congjun troops to rush in outside the city.

The west gate had already been opened, and the Song army quickly retreated from the west gate. On the surface, the retreat was hasty. The barracks were in a mess, and many soldiers had no time to carry their personal belongings.

Yeluma rushed into Fushi City with five horses, and shouted: "Martial law is ordered, and anyone who dares to go on the road will be killed!"

At this moment, Jiang Ying brought Zhou in to see Yelu Mawu. Yelu Mawu knew that this was someone the commander valued more. He comforted Zhou Jin and asked, "How many subordinates does General Zhou have?"

Zhou Jin said ashamedly: "The humble officer was on duty tonight. There were originally 1000 soldiers. The soldiers were scattered, and most of them fled in the chaos. At present, there are only 350 soldiers in hand."

"Where are the soldiers in the barracks?"

"The barracks is close to the west gate, and the soldiers basically retreated from the west gate."

Yeluma Wu snorted and said, "You run really fast, how many soldiers are from this city?"

"Reporting to General Yelu, the army did not recruit soldiers in this city. There used to be militia groups, but now there are no militia groups."

"why?"

"Fushi County is the only place where fire oil is produced. All the young and middle-aged people in this city must ensure the production of fire oil. Middle-aged men are responsible for making barrels. They used to make some leather. Now the production of fire oil is very high, and leather is no longer made. The whole city only has kerosene."

At this time, a soldier brought up the magistrate. The magistrate was called Wang Chuan. He was short and fat, with a smile all over his face. Promoted to county magistrate.

"My subordinate Wang Chuan is meeting with General Yelu!"

Seeing him smiling flatteringly, Yelu Ma Wu asked with contempt in his heart, "How much food and grass are there in the city?"

"Reporting to the general, there are three thousand shi of grain in the official warehouse and ten thousand dan of fodder. The lower officials in the military warehouse don't know, so I have to ask General Zhou."

Jiang Ying whispered a few words to Yelu Mawu, and Yeluma Wu nodded. At this time, the soldiers came to report: "Mr. Wan, the other officials have not been found."

Yelu Ma Wu frowned, and asked Wang Chuan dissatisfiedly, "Where are the other officials in the city?"

"Basically, they have all been dismissed from their posts. The new officials have not taken office yet, and there are only subordinate officials and some county officials."

Jiang Ying explained from the side: "It was the fire oil robbery incident. The other party could not find any internal response. Chen Qing was furious and ordered all the officials involved to be dismissed and taken to Jingzhao for interrogation. Empty."

Yelu Ma Wu glanced at Zhou Jin, then asked the county magistrate, "Is there a register of people in the county?"

"Yes! Yes! It was only updated last year."

"Go get it!"

The soldiers went with the magistrate.

Yelu Mawu immediately ordered, "Expell all the people from the city, then search the city thoroughly, and then check the roster one by one and enter the city. If they are not in the roster, give me a strict interrogation."

After a pause, Yelu Mawu said to the generals again: "Restrain my military discipline, I can get money, but I'm not allowed to murder, set fire and rape women. Fushi County Council is temporarily the base of Marshal Du, understand?"

Several generals agreed abruptly, and led the troops separately.

There was a commotion in the city, and the soldiers began to go door to door asking the people to come out of the city to assemble, and the government servants kept beating the gong and shouting: "Everyone save your life first, go out of the city and assemble!"

The people in the city did not dare to resist, and helped the old and the young to go out of the city to gather. After an hour, the city was completely empty, and the soldiers of the Xie Congjun began to search houses from house to house, and at the same time seized property.

The spring night in Yanzhou was still a bit chilly. Tens of thousands of people stood in the wilderness outside the city, shivering from the cold. At the gate of the city, every family was going through the trial to enter the city. Yelu Mawu stared at the people like an eagle.

At this time, a family of three came up, and a man in his thirties helped an old couple to come forward. The soldier asked, "What's the name of the head of the household, and where does he live?"

The old man said: "My name is Sun Licai, and I live in Liyuanwai Lane. This is my son Sun Daming and his wife Wang."

The soldiers quickly found Sun Licai, the address was correct, his son Sun Daming, and his wife Wang Shi were all right.

Seeing that the man was very tall and strong, Yeluma pointed at the whip and asked, "What do you do?"

The man clasped his fists and said, "Xiaomin is mining kerosene, and the second team of the fifth pit is the leader."

"Ever been in the military?"

"I worked as a village soldier for a few years, and then I have been in charge of oil production."

If it were another city, such a strong man would definitely stay and join the army, but Yelu Mawu also knew that collecting fire oil was very important, and young and strong men were needed, and the young and strong men in Fushi County were still unable to move.

He waved his horsewhip, "Let's go into the city!"

The man helped his parents into the city, and Zhou Jin next to him broke into a cold sweat. This Sun Daming was clearly the scout controlling Tang Qian!Fortunately, he can speak fluent northern Shaanxi dialect.

Seeing tens of thousands of people gathered outside the city, Zhou Jin could not finish the investigation in a few days. He stepped forward and advised, "General Yelu, it will be troublesome if the Song army counterattacks aggressively. It is better to let the old and weak, women and children advance." City, the rest are men, so soon."

Yeluma Wu was right when he thought about it, if the Song army attacked in a large scale and the city was lost again, the marshal would have to kill him.

He immediately ordered: "The old and the weak, women and children can enter the city, and all the young men go to the barracks for investigation."

In fact, this order proved to be redundant. Except for some merchants, the other more than 1000 people were from the county, and Yelvma Wu had to release all the backbone laborers for mining kerosene. The merchants were all older and had goods. It can't be the defenders, so they have to release them all.

At noon the next day, Wanyan Nianhan's army arrived at Fushi County, and Yelu Mawu led the crowd to meet him. After hearing the report, Wanyan Nianhan frowned and said, "How could one soldier occupy Fushi County without being injured?" , don't you find it strange?"

"Reporting to Marshal Du, thanks to Jiang Ying and others who responded at the head of the city, and thanks to Zhou Jin who only sent a small number of soldiers at the head of the east city, we did not encounter any resistance in seizing the city, and there were no deaths or injuries. This humble official thinks it is normal."

Wanyan Nianhan said dissatisfied, "I'm not talking about your army, I'm talking about the Song army. How could there be no resistance and no casualties?"

"This..." Yelv Mawu couldn't answer.