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But at this time, of course, Zhang Jun would not put the responsibility on himself. He hurriedly said: "Li Qiong's morale was unstable from the beginning, and he was full of complaints. He refused to accept Wang De as the top one. People with unstable morale cannot be placed in front of the enemy, but Zhang Xianggong does not listen, of course he has a heavy responsibility, but if he listens to me, Li Qiong will never have a chance to surrender, and Lu Zhi will not go to Li Qiong's army to stabilize the morale of the army, nor will he won't be killed."

Qin Hui said slowly: "I see, write what you said today into a self-defense, I will hand it over to the officials, and I will intercede for you, but you must also be prepared, the emperor will give it to all officials. An explanation."

"As long as the lowly military power is not lost, the other vain jobs can be dismissed! I don't care too much. Salaries can be lowered or fined."

"I see, you go! Leave everything you said to me tomorrow."

"Thank you, Mr. Xianggong, for helping me in times of crisis. I will keep it in my heart. Tomorrow, I will send someone to give you some local products from my hometown."

Qin Hui squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "The envoy Xuanfu is too polite. Local products are fine, they don't need to be too expensive."

The two looked at each other tacitly, and Zhang Jun left immediately. Qin Hui took out the impeachment letter from Yushitai. , he thought he could pass the level without any hint?

If Zhang Jun doesn't show enough sincerity this time, Qin Hui will make him unable to eat.

Of course, if Zhang Jun was sincere enough, he would be punished with three glasses of wine, and a symbolic punishment of one or two would be enough.

……

In the morning of the next day, Qin Hui, Zhao Ding and Li Guang all rushed to the imperial study, and the emperor Zhao Gou summoned them urgently.

Xu Xiantu was the only person in the imperial study, and Zhao Gou said angrily to everyone, "I just got the news that Yue Fei's army refused to retreat westward, and they still guarded the middle line of the Huaihe River. What do you want me to do?"

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. This news made people a little embarrassed. They withdrew from the center line, not because they couldn't hold it, but because the court's financial resources couldn't support it, but it must not be said to the outside world. up.

They always said to the outside world that the army was defeated, and they had to withdraw their troops because they couldn't defend the Jianghuai central line militarily. But now Yue Fei's army has actually defended it. Doesn't this embarrass them?

Li Guang bowed and said: "Your Majesty, since Jianghuai has not been lost militarily, it is better to hold on, at least we have a strategic buffer, and the Jin soldiers cannot rush to the south of the Yangtze River all at once. "

Zhao Gou thought about the strategic buffer, which was related to his own safety. His expression softened a little, and he said to everyone: "Since Yue Fei can keep the Jianghuai line, it is of course a good thing. I won't blame him, but how to raise money and food, everyone should think of a way." Let's go! I heard that Jianghuai is full of hungry people, I can't sit still!"

Zhao Ding bowed and said: "Your Majesty, there is not enough money and food, how about asking Chen Qing to help the court? He should have a good harvest after destroying Xixia! Anyway, we also support 50 guan, Chen Qing should be rewarded!"

Qin Hui shook his head, "He only asks the court for money, and asking him to pay for food and money is probably unrealistic."

Zhao Ding said with a smile: "There is no way, as long as His Majesty promotes another person to be Prime Minister, Chen Qing will definitely support the court with money and food."

Zhao Ding seemed to be thinking about the imperial court, but in fact he had selfish intentions. He wanted to block the seat of the fifth prime minister and not give Zhang Jun the chance to be a prime minister again. So he took this opportunity to propose that Lu Qingshan be the deputy prime minister, and Zhang Jun completely rejected it. It's over.

Everyone understood Zhao Ding's intentions, promoting Lu Qingshan to the position of chancellor, because of this face, Chen Qing would definitely support Jianghuai with money and food.

Zhao Gou did not object to Lu Qingshan being the prime minister. This was originally the condition of the negotiation, and it depends on whether this condition can be used again. He nodded, "I will talk to Lu Aiqing later, and hope that he will solve the court's worries and problems."

At this time, Xu Xiantu said again: "Menisters, I have also received news that Chen Qing is leading a large army to fight against Wanyan Nianhan in northern Shaanxi. Site."

Qin Hui sneered, "Wanyan Nianhan's cavalry is the most powerful in the world. They are the elite of the Jurchen army, not Wanyanchang's peripheral army. I'm afraid Chen Qing will encounter big trouble this time."

Chapter 759 Bloody Battle

Chen Qing's siege of Wanyan Nianhan has entered the tenth day, and the Jin soldiers are about to run out of food, and they have begun to kill horses for food. This afternoon, Wanyan Nianhan, who has been sluggish, sent someone to find Ba Lisu secretly.

"I guess Song Jun thinks that our military morale has collapsed, so he will take it lightly. Tonight, I will send out surprise soldiers to seize the exit, and then fight fiercely with Song Jun."

Ba Lisu immediately understood that Marshal Du wanted to let him go into battle, so he quickly bowed and said, "I would like to relieve Marshal Du's worries!"

"You led [-] black armored troops to attack the Song Army's mountain pass at night, so you can't ride horses. After you succeed, I will personally lead [-] cavalry to meet you."

Wanyan Nianhan told Ba Lisu his strategy in a low voice, and Ba Lisu was under a lot of pressure. He felt that the Marshal was going to put all his eggs in one basket tonight.

……

It is not for nothing that Wanyan Nianhan put the sneak attack time tonight. The night sky was clear and the moon was bright and clear in the past few days, and the vision at night was also very good.

But there was a light rain this morning, and it was overcast at night, covering all the stars and the moon. Especially in the second half of the night, I couldn't see my fingers, and I couldn't see the other party a few steps away. It was a godsend opportunity for a sneak attack.

At one watch, the two thousand Jurchen black-armored cavalry gave up their horses. They bent over the cliff and galloped. When they were still a mile away from the mountain pass, they all got down and crawled forward cautiously.

But what Wanyan Nianhan didn't know was that Chen Qing's military headquarters had a special staff decision-making battalion, which was specially designed to provide early warning for various situations. This time, thirteen soldiers who joined the army also followed in the army.

Climate, terrain, and hydrology are all the research objects of the army officers, especially this time, the strategy of trapping the beast is to use the terrain to attack the enemy, and the various details are basically planned by the army officers.

So when the weather became gloomy and cloudy, the soldiers who joined the army immediately noticed it. They immediately realized that this was an opportunity for the enemy to attack. At noon that day, a report was submitted to Chen Qing.

Starting in the afternoon, the Song army began to deploy in a targeted manner, and the two sharp weapons of kerosene and bed crossbows were already in place.

Chen Qing stood on the observation deck, staring at the official road in the canyon several miles away. An enlarged version of the gunpowder stick, which looks very much like a long flashlight.

This kind of powder keg will not explode and is generally used to start a fire, but it is also used for lighting in special cases, such as this night.

The gunpowder tube fell on the official road and burned with white smoke, emitting a blazing flame, illuminating the surrounding area for a foot, and before the soldiers of the Song Army could see it clearly, it suddenly went out.

Chen Qing immediately became vigilant and shouted: "There is an enemy situation!"

Instructing the flag bearer to raise the three torches, in fact, Liu Cui also saw the abnormality. The normal extinguishment is that the fire light gradually becomes smaller and then extinguished. This time it extinguished suddenly. It must be that someone stepped on the powder cartridge.

"Commander, there are orders on the observation deck!" A soldier pointed at the observation deck inside the city and shouted.

Liu Cui nodded. This must be the order of the county king. He immediately shouted: "Fire arrows on the mountain!"

Thousands of arrows shot down the official road from the top of the mountain like rain...

Ba Lisu gave a centurion two big slaps, and the gunpowder tube fell right next to the centurion. He instinctively stomped it out, and Ba Lisu was furious. Isn't this just telling Song Jun, is there anyone on the official road?You can explain it by kicking down the valley, but this bastard stomped it out.

"Next time, just jump off the cliff!"

The centurion was so frightened that he lowered his head and didn't dare to say anything, but there would be no next chance. Suddenly there were screams all around him. Before he could react, a helmet that was rubbed against him fell and stuck on the ground.

On the other side, he was shot in the neck by an arrow, and he screamed, clutching his neck and taking a few steps back, stepped on the air and fell off the cliff, letting out a long scream.

"Close to the wall!" Ba Lisu yelled, and he didn't care to alarm Song Jun, and ordered loudly.

When the arrows were a little thinner, he pulled out quickly and yelled, "Follow me!"

He also knew that the danger ahead was extremely dangerous. The cavalrymen were all dead before, but he had to charge. The arrow had already been strung and he couldn't help it. Besides, the distance to the mountain pass was only about [-] steps. It was so dark that they might rush over, but he still hesitated. Yu can only be wiped out by the whole army.

Holding the shield and sword in his hand, he ran forward at high speed, and the soldiers behind him ran wildly. Once he started to run, no matter how dark the night was, he could feel the figure shaking. When he ran four hundred steps, he entered the range of the bed crossbow. Five hundred bed crossbows were fired from the side at the same time, and 600 jackdaw arrows swept towards them. Even the shields could not resist them. There was a lot of screams, and [-] people fell down.

Pulling out the speed and running extremely fast, he escaped the sweep of the bed crossbow, but there was almost no one behind him. He didn't wait, and continued to move forward. His feet felt cold, and he felt that he was stepping into a sticky mud.

"It's fierce oil!"

A thought flashed through his mind, frightening him out of his wits, he ran wildly, and ran two hundred steps in one breath. The thousand soldiers behind him were not so lucky. Dozens of torches were thrown down, and more than 1000 soldiers were engulfed in a sea of ​​flames. up.

Before the fire engulfed him completely, Ba Lisu miraculously rushed through the kerosene array. There were five mudbag walls in front of him. He jumped up and jumped onto the mudbag wall. The shield blocked two sticks that were poking at him Spear, 'Crack! The sword chopped off a spear. Just as he jumped off the mudbag wall, he felt a sharp pain in the back of his head, and he staggered and fell to the ground. At the moment he was unconscious, he heard someone shouting, "It's a general, catch him alive!" !"

Ba Lisu's eyes went dark, and he didn't know anything.

The battle was extremely fierce, the entire army of [-] black armored soldiers was wiped out, but Wanyan Nianhan did not give up, and forced [-] cavalry to continue to charge. In this battle, there were explosions one after another, flames soared into the sky, flames soared, arrows rained, and drums The sound continued, and the shouts of killing shook the sky. The extremely brave Jurchen cavalry broke through five mudbag walls in a row, and fought bloody battles with five thousand Song army spears on the official road. Both sides risked their lives and fought desperately on the official road.

The battle continued until noon the next day, when all 4000 black-armored soldiers were killed, more than [-] cavalrymen were killed, and nearly [-] Song soldiers were killed. Do not order the troops to retreat.

……

Chen Qing walked quickly to the big tent, and saw a tall Jurchen general sitting in a big tent, with his hands and feet tied behind his back, his head bowed silently, and eight soldiers of the Song Army guarded him nervously.

He was so powerful that he broke free several times and almost snatched the soldier's knife. If he hadn't worn the golden belt of Wan Fuchang around his waist, the soldiers of the Song army would have hacked him to death.

Chen Qing picked up a gold medal next to it, on which was written Pucha Balisu in Chinese characters, "Are you the leader of the Black Armored Army, Balisu?" Chen Qing asked coldly.

Ba Lisu raised his head in surprise, looked at Chen Qing, and asked, "Who are you?"

"You robbed me of [-] barrels of oil, and you don't know who the sufferer is?"

"You are Chen Qing?"

Chen Qing nodded, "Exactly!"

Ba Lisu sighed and said, "I don't know how many Song soldiers died in my hands. If you want to kill them, kill them! I don't have any information for you."

"I don't need any information from you, and I won't kill you. On the contrary, I will let you go to see Yan Nianhan and pass a few words to him for me."

"Don't dream, my Marshal will not surrender."

Chen Qing ignored him, and said slowly: "Tell him, I have sent fifty thousand troops across the Yellow River to capture Pingyang Mansion, maybe his family will also be captured."

"and then?"

"Then I don't need him to surrender. The word surrender hinders his identity. He can lay down his weapons, capture him without a fight, and become my prisoner of war. I will use him to negotiate with Jin Guo and exchange some important people."

"Hmph! The emperor won't agree, he wishes we all died on Shaanxi Road."

Chen Qing said lightly: "If he himself wants to die, I can fulfill him. If he doesn't want to die, then he has the hope of returning to Shangjing. Even if you pull out General Lisu, as long as Jin Guo has enough sincerity to buy it, I can let him go." You go back."

7 Chapter Sixty Pingyang

Chen Qing then ordered the release of Ba Lisu, and gave him a horse back. Ba Lisu got on the horse and urged the horse to run south of the official road.

Liu Cui smacked his lips and said regretfully, "This man is the number one under Wanyan Nianhan. It's not easy to catch him, so it's a pity to let him go like this."

Chen Qing shook his head and said: "Yelu Mawu is also a mighty under Wanyan Nianhan, but he was so useless that he fell into the water and drowned. For me, catching him and letting him go back to Luoshui Road are the same. thing."

Guan Shigu also smiled and said: "The king is right, as long as Ba Lisu is still in the trap, he will either die or be caught, there is no third way."

After a pause, Guan Shigu asked again: "Does the Duke think that Wanyan Nianhan will be captured without a fight?"

Chen Qing said with a smile: "It doesn't really matter to me whether he surrenders or not. If he surrenders, I will exchange him for an important person. If he does not surrender, I will use his head to announce it to the world. In exchange for my reputation in the world. "

"I don't know what the county king wants to trade him for?"

Chen Qing said indifferently: "With Wanyan Nianhan's identity, it shouldn't be a big problem for one of the two emperors to come back!"

Guan Shigu felt terrified in his heart, and said in a low voice: "I'm afraid that the emperor of the Kingdom of Jin will not agree!"

"The old emperor of the Jin Kingdom may not do it, but the new emperor will definitely change!"

Chen Qing said confidently: "General Guan, do you still remember the allusion of exchanging thousands of pieces of gold for horse bones? If the emperor of the Kingdom of Jin wants to secure the throne, he must show his attitude of cherishing heroes, not to mention that Wanyan Nianhan has become a bunch of useless people. Horse bones, his gestures will be more sincere."

Guan Shigu sighed, "The county king's move, I'm afraid the court... I really don't know what to say about the humble job."

Chen Qing smiled slightly, "As long as we consider the interests of our descendants, General Guan won't be hesitant."

Guan Shigu nodded silently, if it wasn't for the benefit of his descendants, he would not have worked for Chen Qing.

……

In the big tent, Wanyan Nianhan was drinking alone. He fought fiercely from last night until noon and finally ended in a disastrous defeat. Not only did his troops drop to 1, but he also completely lost hope of breaking through. , Wanyan Nianhan was indeed a little desperate.

He didn't know what to do, so he could only drink to numb himself.

At this time, there was a commotion outside the tent, and a soldier rushed to the door of the tent to report, "Marshal Qi Du, Mr. Ba Lisu Wan is back."

"what!"

Wanyan Nianhan suddenly stood up, Ba Lisu was not dead, he was surprised and happy at once, and walked out of the big tent quickly.

I saw Ba Lisu leading a horse coming, with wounds on his face, and many soldiers surrounded him to inquire about the situation.

"Everyone go back!"

Wanyan Nianhan yelled sharply, and the surrounding soldiers retreated one after another, and Ba Lisu stepped forward and knelt down on one knee, "The lowly official is here to make an apology!"

Wanyan Nianhan looked at him for a while and said, "Let's talk about it!"

Wanyan Nianhan entered the tent and sat down, continued to drink, while Ba Lisu knelt aside and told about his injury and capture last night.

After a while, Wanyan Nianhan said coldly: "Three thousand black armored cavalry were all killed, but you are the only one alive, how do you face them?"

Ba Lisu said with shame on his face: "It is not a pity to die in a lowly position, but it is the sinner who missed the important matter of Marshal Du!"

"What's the big deal?"

Ba Lisu hesitated for a moment and said, "The humble official met Chen Qing."

Wanyan Nianhan nodded, with pain in his eyes, "I knew he was here, and I fell into his trap."

After a pause, Wanyan Nianhan said again: "Speak up! What did Chen Qingfang tell you when you came back?"

"He said that there is no need to fight anymore. He wants to use Marshal Du to exchange important people with the emperor. Anyway, he wants to let Marshal Du go back."

"Any letters from him?"

Only then did Ba Lisu remember that before he left, Song Jun had given him a letter, he hurriedly fumbled for the letter, and handed it to Wanyan Nianhan.

Wanyan Nianhan read the letter, it was indeed written by Chen Qing.

He quickly looked at it, and there was anger in his eyes. Chen Qing actually sent troops to Pingyang Mansion?

He then sighed again, it is normal to attack his old lair, there is nothing strange, he would do the same, I don't know if the Jin soldiers in Taiyuan will fight back?

Ba Lisu tentatively said: "Marshal Du, Chen Qing also said a word, the humble officer thinks it makes sense."

"what?"

"He said that being captured and surrendering are two different things. Being humble means being captured, and you never surrendered to the other side."