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He also didn't want it to be an epidemic. There were several bloody battles between the two sides. If it was an epidemic, it would also infect the Song army. Once tens of thousands of Song troops were infected, the consequences would be disastrous.

The military doctor clasped his fists and said with a smile, "It has nothing to do with the epidemic!"

Chen Qing dropped his heart, and asked again: "But he has diarrhea and fever at the same time, what's the problem?"

"Diarrhea is caused by them eating half-raw horse meat and drinking raw river water. The fever is caused by their weak body and cold at night. They are not infected, but everyone eats and drinks the same. The camping is the same, and the weaker the body will appear the same. Symptoms, it looks like an infection."

"But... they have already killed more than 1000 people."

The military doctor smiled wryly and shook his head, "Although it's not an infectious disease, it doesn't mean it's not serious. If you don't get medical treatment in time, you will die of dehydration soon."

"what about now?"

Chen Qing glanced at the medical account and asked, "How is the situation?"

"Drinking a few doses of medicinal soup, the diarrhea has stopped, and the body temperature has returned to normal. After drinking two bowls of white porridge, I will recover after a few days of rest."

"What medicine is so effective?" Chen Qing asked in surprise.

"It's just the usual Huoxiang Zhengqi Decoction, with some honeysuckle, coptis, etc., and the dosage is increased, and the effect is very good."

"It's that simple?"

"In fact, it's that simple. The key is to see if you have any medicine."

At this time, Ba Lisu walked over quickly, and the soldiers stood in front of Chen Qing one after another. Chen Qing stopped the soldiers with a smile, and Ba Lisu stepped forward to bow and salute, "Thank the king for curing my men, I'll go back and report to Marshal Du immediately, and discuss a decent way."

"The decent way is very simple. All the generals above the centurion will come out, including Marshal Du. I will prepare a carriage and send you to Jingzhao. I will arrange treatment for the soldiers and send them to the prison camp after they recover. abuse them."

"Will the soldiers let them go home?"

Chen Qing laughed, "In fact, I still have [-] Jurchen prisoners of war in my hands, all of whom are working in the mines. Of course they can go home and redeem them according to the rules."

"I understand, I'll go back and report to Marshal Du."

Ba Li quickly left one of his men to take care of the sick soldier, and he hurried back with a soldier. In fact, the two armies were only a few miles apart, but it seemed that they were separated by thousands of mountains and rivers.

Soon, the two returned to the Jinbing tent area. In just two days, more than a thousand people fell ill. This time, Wanyan Nianhan didn't rush them to fend for themselves. He also realized that maybe it wasn't The disease, if it is a disease, it will not take so long to pull out the speed.

In the big tent, Wanyan Nianhan said coldly: "I don't want to listen to their explanation, I just ask you, is it an epidemic or not?"

Ba Lisu sighed and said, "I have never seen a plague before, but if that subordinate got the plague, then the plague is not terrible at all. Drinking a few bowls of medicine and eating a bowl of porridge will cure it. This is obviously not in line with common sense. So I can only believe what the military doctor said, it’s not an epidemic, it’s just the diarrhea caused by drinking raw water and eating half-raw horse meat, and then the body is weak and catches cold and fever, so as long as the medicine is prescribed according to the symptoms, it will be fine soon.”

Wanyan Nianhan was silent for a moment and then said: "How can he guarantee my face?"

"Chen Qing personally agreed that he did not surrender, but was unable to resist the Song army's attack and was captured. Then the centurion and above generals were sent to Jingzhao in a carriage, and Marshal Du also went with him. The soldiers stayed behind for treatment. camp, we can let them go home through redemption.”

Wanyan Nianhan shook his head and said, "I want Chen Qing to write a personal letter, in which he promises his promise. I don't believe his verbal promise."

Helpless, Ba Lisu went back to contact him again, and about an hour later, Ba Lisu came back with Chen Qing's personal letter.

Wanyan Nianhan nodded, "Tonight around Haishi, ask Song Jun to park a carriage at the entrance of the valley, and I will get on the carriage and leave. After the general and the soldiers go out, the general also needs treatment. I will give you the gold order." , lead by you."

Ba Lisu smiled wryly in his heart, and after talking for a long time, Marshal Du only wanted to save his own face, and he didn't really care about other generals.

……

Around Haishi, a large black carriage parked at the entrance of Luoshui Road. This kind of carriage is actually a large iron cage, but it is decorated more comfortably, and it looks gorgeous on the outside. It is generally used to transport important things. prisoner.

At this time, a tall man in black came out from the Luoshui Road. Guan Shigu and a dozen soldiers of the Song Army stopped him. The soldiers searched him. The tall man in black was Wanyan Nianhan. He glanced at Guan Shigu complicatedly, pointed to the saber in his hand and said: "There is no other weapon, only this saber, Guan Dutong should know its origin."

Guan Shigu nodded, "When Marshal Du returns, he will return the original and we will keep it temporarily."

Wanyan Nianhan handed the sword to the soldier, glanced at the soldier holding the document, "What is this?"

"This is required for handwriting inspection to prevent impersonation. The document has no other meaning, so don't worry about it, Marshal!"

Wanyan Nianhan had no choice but to pick up a pen and sign the document. Guan Shigu moved out of the way, Wanyan Nianhan quickly stepped into the carriage, and the cavalry locked the iron gate from the outside. At this time, Chen Qing was standing not far away. He watched the man in black get into the carriage.

Guan Shigu stepped forward and said, "It's him, there's nothing wrong with him!"

At this time, the carriage passed by Chen Qing, and the black curtain was pulled open, Chen Qing saw a pair of sharp eyes staring at him, Chen Qing smiled lightly, waved and said: "Marshal Du, have a good journey!"

The carriage curtain was closed, and more than a thousand cavalry escorted Wanyan Nianhan to Fuzheng County to rest for a few days, and then went south to Jingzhao Mansion from Luoshui Road.

"The king of the county, that humble post has also gone."

Guan Shigu was in charge of escorting Wanyan Nianhan back to Jingzhao, Chen Qing nodded, "You can give him face, but there is no need to be polite to him, he is our prisoner of war, not a distinguished guest."

"Understandable!"

Guan Shigu clasped his fists in salute, and led a dozen of his men on horseback to chase after the cart team.

At this time, Chen Qing's eyes turned to Luoshui Road, "The next thing is that all the golden soldiers will be disarmed and captured!"

'Boom—boom—boom—'

With the sound of dull drums, tens of thousands of soldiers of the Song Army held torches and surrounded the mountain pass. Thousands of crossbow arrows confronted the mountain pass. Whoever dares to resist at this time has only a dead end.

The Jurchen generals came out first, and all the Jurchen generals took off their armor, put their armor and weapons on the ground, and were taken away by the sergeants to isolate them with their hands raised.

Then the soldiers surrendered, led by Ba Lisu, a total of [-] soldiers, many sick soldiers came out with their backs on their backs, and once it was determined that it was not an epidemic, these soldiers were pulled back from before the gate of hell.

The process is the same, put down all weapons and armor, must be barefoot, and then be taken by soldiers to makeshift prisoner-of-war camps and hospital camps.

This time, Ba Lisu came to Chen Qing's side and said: "All the soldiers have come out, only camps and horses are left on the pass, let's end here!"

Chen Qing smiled and nodded, "I hope we will have a chance to meet on the battlefield!"

"hope so!"

Ba Lisu replied dejectedly, turned around and left silently, this battle really made him disheartened, he had never missed his hometown like today.

Even though Wanyan Nianhan kept saying that they were captured, Ba Lisu felt in his heart that he was surrendering. Not only him, but all the Jurchen soldiers felt the same way. It was a blessing to be able to surrender without dying. How could they have any morale? Fight again?

Five thousand Song soldiers immediately entered the Luoshui Road, sprayed lime water to disinfect, packed up their belongings and war horses, cleaned up the dirt, burned the corpses for deep burial, and built a wooden bridge. It took three full days to restore the Luoshui Road to its original state.

But the Song army did not return to Jingzhao. Chen Qing led an army of tens of thousands to Pingyang Mansion. When Wan Dajun entered Yanzhou, the Hedong War had already begun.

It's just that neither Wanyan Chang nor Wanyan Yinshu realized this.

Thirty thousand camels set off from Fuzheng County loaded with food and supplies, and marched towards the Yellow River with the army in a grand manner.

At the same time, Yang Zaixing returned to Pujin Pass with an army of [-], preparing to attack Hezhong Mansion. Chen Qing also sent an order to Niu Gao who was stationed in the south of Zhongtiao Mountain to attack Xie County.

Chapter 763 Pu Jin

Zhongtiao Mountain is located in the northern part of Shanzhou, that is, on the north bank of the Yellow River. After Chen Qing's army captured Shanzhou, they actually took a large piece of land on the north bank of the Yellow River, and they could attack Hezhong Mansion through the pass of Zhongtiao Mountain.

The first step for the Song army to attack Hedong Road from Zhongtiao Mountain was to gain an important foothold. It could directly attack Hezhong Mansion from the southeast, or attack Jiezhou from the northeast.

Chen Qing finally decided to attack Xiezhou and seize the southernmost Xiexian County of Xiezhou. First, Xiezhou's defensive force was far inferior to that of Hezhong Prefecture.

Speaking of which, I would like to thank Yang Gongran of Shanzhou for his help. He persuaded his brother-in-law, Pei Bo, the head of Wenxi Pei's family, and Pei Bo's son, Pei Yundong, is the county magistrate of Xie County. With Pei Yundong's help, Five hundred Song troops sneaked into Jie County in three batches.

At present, the Song Army is deploying [-] troops in the area of ​​Ruicheng in the south of Zhongtiao Mountain, led by Niu Gao. The reason why the [-] heavy troops are deployed is not to defend Shanzhou, but to break through the pass of Zhongtiao Mountain and enter Hedong. , Cooperate with Pujinguan to fight from the side.

At night, a Song army of 2 people ran quickly on the mountain road. There are more than a dozen passes through Zhongtiao Mountain. Among them, the Song army controlled three passes, and the pass where [-] Song troops ran was one of them. one.

This pass is called Xiazikou, and twenty miles after passing through Xiazikou is Jiexian County.

It was the first watch at this time, and Niu Gao led an army of [-] to march all the way, and he saw the barracks and tents in front of him, and there was the Song army's control camp.

The Song army stationed 500 people in the most dangerous place. Looking from here to the distance, you can vaguely see the lights of thousands of families in Jie County.

Before the army arrived at the camp, the commander Yang Xu came out to welcome Niu Gao.

"Commander Yang, is there any news in the city today?"

In the city, a pigeon letter was sent to contact Niu Gao. Today is the last day. If there is any special change today, someone in the city will come out to contact Yang Xu.

"Reporting to Niu Dutong, there is no one in the city to contact Beizhi."

Niu Gao nodded, turned around and ordered: "Stay where you are and rest for half an hour!"

The soldiers were really tired from walking over the mountains and ridges, so they sat down on the side of the road to rest, drink some water, and eat some dry food.

Half an hour later, the army continued to set off. After passing Xiazikou, it was almost the way down the mountain. The soldiers were fast and relatively relaxed.

At three o'clock, the army arrived three miles south of Xiejie County. The time agreed by the two sides was to capture Nancheng at four o'clock, which was also the time when the city slept the deepest and sweetest.

Xie County is a large county with a population of more than 5000 people. The circumference of the city wall is about 1 miles. There are 5000 troops stationed in the city. There are [-] troops stationed in Xixian County and Hexie County.

At this time, the county town was very quiet. There was a Town God's Temple near Nancheng. Dozens of tents were set up in it, and it was full of peasants. These peasants were recruited by the county captain Pei Yundong to dredge the river in the city.

There are more than a thousand civilian husbands, but 500 of them are soldiers of the Song Army. The county captain Pei specially separated them from other civilian husbands. They live in more than a dozen large tents in the east.

Today is the day of action. At dusk, bundles of weapons were sent into the big tent and hidden. There were a total of 100 spears, [-] swords, and more than [-] pairs of bows and arrows. .

The main general of the 500 people is a commander named Cheng Xin, who is the brother of Cheng Heng, the commander of the upper military. Currently Cheng Heng leads [-] troops in Xixia, and Cheng Xin is Niu Gao's general.

There were crowds of people in the dark city hall of the Town God's Temple, and five hundred civilian soldiers gathered together. Cheng Xin said loudly to the crowd: "Listen, everyone, taking the city in one fell swoop, there is no pity, either the enemy dies or we live." , if the capture of the city fails, none of the 500 of us will survive!"

Everyone nodded silently, and Cheng Xin said to Li Hongwu, the deputy commander: "You and a hundred brothers are responsible for keeping the alarm bell, and you can't let the alarm bell ring."

"Understandable!"

After the arrangement was made and the time was almost up, Cheng Xin waved his hand, "Let's go!"

Five hundred subordinates followed Cheng Xin and rushed to the outside of the Town God's Temple. After leaving the gate of the Town God's Temple, there was Central Axis Street outside, and the South City Gate was less than a hundred steps away from them.

At four o'clock, the south city gate was also very quiet. Inside the city gate, a dozen soldiers were sitting on the ground and sleeping against the wall, holding spears in their arms. Cheng Xin gave him a wink, and one of them led fifty soldiers to rush in. The gate of the city gate controlled more than a dozen soldiers.

The 450 soldiers entered the city along the corridor. Cheng Xin waved his hand backwards to signal everyone to squat down. It was full of sleeping soldiers, as many as seven to eighty people.

Cheng Xin gritted his teeth and shouted: "Kill!"

He led hundreds of soldiers to rush to the top of the city, and killed the enemy at the tower like a gust of wind.

"There is an enemy!"

Several soldiers of the Confederate Army were awakened, and when they saw a large group of peasants rushing forward with spears, they shouted in fright.

A soldier reacted extremely quickly, picked up the mallet, jumped up and knocked on the alarm bell above, and a mace arrow went 'whoosh! 'The shot came and hit him in the neck, and the soldier fell to the ground with his head up.

More than [-] people swarmed up, wielding spears and fighting fiercely with the enemy on the top of the city. In just a moment, they all assassinated the enemy. The sporadic soldiers on both sides ran away in fright and shouted, "There is an enemy! There is an enemy!"

The soldiers of the Song Army ignored these sporadic soldiers. They quickly lowered the suspension bridge, opened the city gate, and lit the torches.

Niu Gao led an army of [-] to hundreds of paces away. When he saw the city gate opened and the torches were waving, Niu Gao shouted, "Break into the city!"

Twenty thousand soldiers stormed into the city...

Niu Gao led an army of [-] to capture Xie County. Most of the [-] soldiers in the city surrendered. Those who tried to resist were wiped out by the Song army. Niu Gao then ordered Cheng Xin to lead [-] soldiers to defend Jie County, and he led [-] soldiers to Hedong City. pounce.

There are 3 Congjun troops stationed in Hezhong Prefecture, which is the top priority for defending the Song Army's eastern expedition.

The Song army generally crossed the Yellow River from Pujin Pass to attack the East River. Pujin Pass was also called Pujin Ferry. On the one hand, the bank of the Yellow River in Hezhong Prefecture is very wide and flat, which is very suitable for ferry boats to cross the river.

In the early years, there was even a long bridge with iron chains on both sides of the river. Generally speaking, people on foot could go directly to and from the bridge. Only carts needed to cross the river by ferry.

But at this time, the [-] Jin Guoxie joined the army and waited for it, while on the other side, the [-] Song army was sharpening their swords and murderous.

The Xie Cong army built three defensive lines in front of the ferry, invested [-] troops, and sealed the ferry with crossbow arrows and bed crossbows. Sentinel boats patrolled the coast day and night, as if the Song army had sneaked at night.

In the early morning of this day, when the sky was just getting bright, there was a sudden sound of sirens on the banks of the Yellow River, and the sound of alarm bells also sounded in the east city a few miles away, and groups of soldiers rushed out of the city to their respective positions.

At this time, mist shrouded the river, and thirty ferry boats sailed at high speed on the river, rushing to the opposite bank, and each big boat was full of soldiers, and the thirty big boats were fully loaded with five or six thousand soldiers.

Soldiers of the Song Army crawled on the boat, holding shields in one hand and short spears in the other. Many soldiers held bows and crossbows in their hands, watching the boats slowly approaching the shore.

At this moment, hundreds of medium-sized trebuchets deployed on the shore were launched at the same time, and hundreds of ignited kerosene balls flew towards the ships of the Song army. The bright red fireballs flew in the air, emitting thick smoke and flames. , The fireballs are too dense, ships are constantly being hit by fireballs, kerosene is splashed, and the ships burn rapidly.

Many soldiers on the boat were splashed with kerosene and burned up. The soldiers screamed in pain. The soldiers next to them slapped the flames on their companions desperately. Some soldiers couldn't bear the burning and jumped directly into the Yellow River...

Fire oil balls flew in one after another, and the three large ships had been engulfed by the flames, and the soldiers of the Song Army on board jumped into the river one after another to survive.

The fleet is getting closer and closer to the shore, and it crashes against the pier. Thousands of soldiers jumped ashore, and the Jinbing catapults quickly retreated. Shooting, weaving into a dark cloud in the air, shooting to the top of Song Jun's head.

Chapter 764 Pu Jin

Although the soldiers of the Song Army held up their shields to meet the enemy, the arrows were too dense. The soldiers of the Song Army were hit by many arrows and suffered heavy casualties. Before they had rushed fifty steps, nearly two thousand soldiers fell to the ground with arrows, and a hundred trebuchets retreated. Going to a high place, throwing fire oil balls down continuously, thick smoke billows on the shore, and the fire burns.

Yang Zaixing's intention was also very clear. He used [-] soldiers to attack the opposite bank to create conditions for the laying of floating bridges behind. Small boats of [-] stone were chained together and covered with wooden boards. Hundreds of craftsmen started at the same time. fast.

General Han Chang stood on a high place and watched the changes on the battlefield. He saw the intention of the Song army, which was to build a pontoon bridge. The enemy retreats!"

"Ugh-"

A low-pitched horn sounded on the shore, and a group of cavalrymen from the Consortium outflanked and killed them from the northeast. They rushed straight to the pier like a torrent breaking the embankment, and then turned south, sprinting along the pier, aiming at the pontoon bridge that was about to be completed. Shooting away, dozens of craftsmen couldn't dodge in time, and they fell into the water one after another.

The cavalry sprayed kerosene, and then ignited the pontoon bridge, and the rest of the craftsmen retreated in fright.

Hundreds of soldiers of the Song army rushed forward, holding their shields high to resist the opponent's arrows. While dismantling the burning pontoon bridge, the craftsmen continued to assemble it. Although the pontoon bridge did not stop advancing, the speed slowed down significantly.