Fenghou

Tang Qian saluted and hurried away.

At this time, Liu Qiong came in, clasped his fists and said, "Why doesn't the king let the soldiers go back to Xiangyanggou to cut down trees and build a barracks?"

Before Liu Qiong sent someone to tell Hu Yanyun to cut down as many trees as possible from Xiangyanggou to make camp fences, but when he met Huyanyun just now, he knew that Huyanyun didn't cut down a single tree, it was the order of the county king. It is not allowed to bring a piece of wood back.

This made Liu Qiong really puzzled, why not allow the tree to be cut down?It is too dangerous to protect the camp with only one trench.

Chen Qing smiled slightly and said, "Does Liu Dutong think that the Wanyan living girl will sneak attack us at night?"

Liu Qiong was startled, and said for a while: "If there is no barracks, it is indeed possible!"

Chen Qing said with a half-smile: "But we should not have a barracks. The surrounding area is cleared by solid walls. Where did we get the trees?"

Liu Qiong suddenly slapped her forehead, she was too stupid, the king of the county just wanted to lure Wanyan live girl to attack.

"Humble job understands!"

Chen Qing smiled lightly, "Tell me the reason why the other party wants to attack us?"

Liu Qiong thought for a while and said, "First of all, he has enough kerosene. Of the [-] barrels of kerosene that we were robbed by Wanyan Nianhan, he gave Wanyan Yinshuke [-] barrels in exchange for food. Yan Huonu has fire oil in her hands, and secondly, because of the strong walls and clear fields, we have no camp fence, which makes it easier to sneak attack, and..."

"There are also Wanyan girls who will be dazzled by hatred!" Chen Qing reminded.

"Yes! In Luoshui Road, he has already made similar mistakes, but he will definitely do it again. He will definitely use fire oil to deal with us, most likely by sneak attacking our camp tonight."

"I am looking forward too!"

Chen Qing said slowly: "In the past, we were the ones who attacked others, but now they are attacking us. I was thinking, if Wanyan Huo Nu failed to attack us and went back to find that Xihe County is gone, how would he feel?"

"The king of the county means to counter the sneak attack?"

Chen Qing said coldly: "Not only do we need to counter the sneak attack, but we also need to counter the ambush. As long as he leads the army out of Xihe City, he will completely lose this time."

……

In the end, Wanyan Huonu couldn't restrain her desire to sneak attack. When he got the report from the spies that Chen Qing didn't even use the barracks, he knew his chance had come.

Of course, Chen Qing's army would not have a barracks. All the trees had been cut down by himself. Without the protection of the barracks, his camp was open to himself.

"Master Wan, it's hot now. The big tents of the Song army must be made of cloth tents, which are very easy to ignite. Let's do it!"

"Captain Wan, we have trebuchets and large fire oil balls, which can be thrown from miles away and head straight for the enemy's camp. This is God's will, let's do it!"

"Let's do it! This is an opportunity given to us by God. Burn Chen Qing's [-] army camp. This is Red Cliff in Hedong. Don't hesitate anymore, Commander Wan!"

The soldiers under his command were impassioned, and the fire of hatred began to burn in Wanyan Huonu's heart. He gave up inheriting his father's business and his bright future just to avenge his father by beheading Chen Qing. He had waited eight years for this moment. When should he wait?

Wanyan's last sliver of reason was finally swallowed up by the flames of hatred, he gritted his teeth and said, "Send the order, immediately assemble the army!"

Half an hour later, the [-] troops left the west city gate and rushed along a small road to the camp of the Song Army.

There are a total of 1 Xie Congjun troops in the city, 2000 troops plus 1 troops withdrawn from the military city, and now only [-] people are left to guard the west city, and the remaining [-] people are killed to the Song Army camp.

The distance from Xihe County to the camp of the Song Army is about [-] miles. The [-] Xie Congjun army led by Wanyan Huonu set off at noon and arrived at about midnight. As soon as Wanyan Huonu's army came out of the city, they were spotted by the Song Army scouts The Song army scouts hurried back to the camp to report.

When Wanyan Huonu's army was still 2 miles away from the Song Army's camp, a [-] Song Army led by the commander Li Muqing also set off.

The two armies crossed in the middle of the night, only five miles apart. Interestingly, both armies did not light torches, and both marched quietly, rushing to their respective targets.

Five miles away from the goal, Wanyan Huonu's army walked out of the path, and their vision became wider. They also saw the Song army camp. It was the middle of the night, and there were only a few scattered lanterns in the camp.

Prepare trebuchets and move two miles away. The Congregation Army also carried five medium-sized trebuchets, each of which weighed a thousand catties. It was up to the soldiers to carry them on the march. It can be shot a hundred steps away, but this kind of fire oil ball is made of tightly wound fire cloth, which has excellent elasticity.

As long as the power is enough, it can be ejected several miles away and rush into the camp of the Song army with a raging fire, thus igniting the entire camp. It is indeed a wonderful imagination. If the Song army does not have any defenses, or just defends around the camp, then Wanyan The living girl is really about to make her dream come true.

Ten thousand soldiers ran to a group of highlands two miles away. The highlands were located directly south of the camp, about three miles away from the Song Army camp.

A thousand soldiers rushed to the front carrying five catapults. When they were about a hundred steps away from the high ground, thousands of Song soldiers suddenly appeared from the trenches on the ground, and they raised their crossbows and shot at the soldiers of the Xie Cong army.

The storm came suddenly at the most unexpected moment.

Chapter 772 Beheading

Eight thousand crossbow arrows shot at the soldiers of the Union Army running towards them like a storm. The rain of arrows came so suddenly that the soldiers of the Union Army had no defense at all. , the five trebuchets also rolled on the ground.

The Allied Army behind turned around and fled. Eight thousand cavalry suddenly appeared on the heights, and a low-pitched horn blew, "Woo——"

The arrow-shooting soldiers hid in the ditch, and eight thousand cavalry suddenly mobilized, rushing down from the high ground like a flash flood, and killing the soldiers of the Allied Army. The soldiers of the Allied Army panicked and ran wildly.

Wanyan Huonu cursed in her heart, but she couldn't call out to the soldiers, so he had to gallop on his horse, and led a group of cavalry guards along the official road towards Xihe County...

At this time, Li Muqing had led an army of [-] troops to the city of Xihe County, and ordered the defenders to surrender in Kaesong. The commander in chief was Xiong Zhenyuan, a native of Jiexiu County. He discussed with several commanders, and everyone agreed to surrender in Kaesong .

The city gate opened, and Xiong Zhenyuan led several generals and two thousand soldiers out of the city with a white flag to surrender. Li Muqing appeased the crowd and let the city gate remain as it was. But thousands of soldiers crouched under the battlements.

Not only that, there were thousands of soldiers ambushing on both sides of the city, and more than a thousand people were ambushing on the official road to Taiyuan Mansion outside the city.

The heaven and earth nets have been deployed, and it is just waiting for Wanyan Huo Nu to throw herself into the net.

At dawn, Wanyan Huonu fled back in a panic with two hundred Jurchen cavalrymen. These two hundred Jurchen cavalrymen were all his own soldiers and had followed him for many years. Yan Huonv didn't take it to heart.

Now he is anxious to report to the coach Wanyan Yinshuke and ask for more troops, otherwise they won't be able to defend Queshu Valley.

Wanyan Huonu ran to the base of the city and shouted, "Kaicheng!"

Xiong Zhenyuan looked at it with his head, and quickly shouted: "It's Mr. Wan who is back, open the city gate!"

The suspension bridge creaked down, the city gate opened, Wanyan Huo Nu rushed into the city gate like a gust of wind, just after she ran out of the city gate, a large net fell from above her head, just covering Wan Yan Huo Nu, and the Song troops on both sides pulled hard, Wanyan Huo Nu was dragged to the bottom with her horse and her body.

At this time, more than a thousand soldiers shot arrows at the soldiers of Wanyan Huonu. Everything happened so suddenly that the soldiers were caught off guard and fell off their horses one after another. The arrows were fired together, shooting more than a hundred cavalry like hedgehogs.

In the blink of an eye, except for Wanyan Huonu, the other two hundred cavalry guards were all shot dead.

Just as Wanyan Huonu was about to struggle to get up, a spear was coldly pressed against his neck, Li Muqing said coldly: "Move, I'll kill you!"

At this moment, Wanyan Huonu felt that all thoughts were lost, all thoughts of revenge were in vain.

……

In the afternoon, 10,000 troops arrived in Xihe County. The army set up a large camp outside the city, and selected [-]+ trees from the piled up trees in the city to make camp fences.

As soon as the Chinese army's big tent was set up, Li Muqing escorted Wanyan's living girl to the front of the big tent. Wanyan's living girl was tied up and knelt on the ground, staring at Chen Qing with wide eyes.

"Living lady Wanfu, we finally meet!"

Chen Qing sneered and said, "Seven years ago, your Linyou County shot me with an arrow, and it still affects my body. I have been waiting for today."

"Pooh!"

Wanyan Huonu said viciously: "I can't share the hatred of killing my father. I only regret that I didn't shoot you to death with an arrow seven years ago. Waiting for the next life, I will take the life of you, a thief!"

Chen Qing pointed behind Wanyan Huo Nu, "Look behind you!"

Wanyan Huonu turned her head to look, and saw more than 100 middle and low-level generals standing not far behind, all of them clenched their fists and their eyes were spitting fire.

"They are all your enemies. You killed their wives, children, and parents, and you also have a sworn hatred against you."

Wanyan Huo Nu looked up to the sky and laughed loudly, "I, Wan Yan Huo Nu, killed people like crazy, how can I remember who I killed?"

"You must remember that they are all from Zhongnan County. When you massacred more than 1 old and weak women and children in the county on the Zhongnan Line, you will forget it!"

"That's right! It's in Zhongnan County. I ordered the massacre of the whole city, leaving no one behind. So what?"

"So today is your time to go to hell!"

Chen Qing didn't want to talk to him anymore, so he waved his hand, "Push it over and behead him, and show his head to the public!"

More than a dozen soldiers dragged him over. Wanyan Huo Nu's face was pale and trembling. He suddenly thought of the hundreds of thousands of people he killed. Will they spare him in hell?

"Chen Qing, you kill people like hemp, and you will die!"

"Chen Qing, I can return to the Song Dynasty clan!"

Wanyan Huo Nu yelled desperately, but Chen Qing no longer gave him a chance. Amidst the roar of the generals from Zhongnan County, Wan Yan Huo Nu was grabbed by the hair, and a sergeant held up the beheading knife, He slashed down fiercely, "Crack!" The head fell to the ground, and blood spurted out of the neck cavity.

The wicked Wanyan living girl finally died in the Song army camp. Chen Qing ordered that the head of Wanyan living girl be sent back to Jingzhao immediately, and Jingzhao officials were ordered to sacrifice the heads of the hundreds of thousands of Wanyan living girls who had been massacred by Wanyan living girl. People on Shaanxi Road.

……

In the evening, Tang Qian rushed forward with a scouting team. He quickly came to the tent of the Chinese army, and was soon led into the tent by his own soldiers. He saw Chen Qing standing in front of a sand table, with Liu Qiong, Li Muqing and his staff member Pei Xiangjun.

Tang Qian bowed and saluted, "See the county king!"

Chen Qing smiled slightly: "General Tang, we are waiting for your news!"

Liu Qiong handed him the wooden pole and said with a smile: "Let's talk first! We'll drink tea and rest later."

"Humble post obeys orders!"

Tang Qian took the wooden pole, pointed to the surrounding counties and said, "It's easier to collect information this time. Thanks to the brothers of the Intelligence Department, they have a branch in Jiexiu County, and they have found a lot of important information. We learned that, Jin Bing deployed a total of 2 people in Fenzhou. In addition to Xihe County and Tanikou Military City, there are also 5000 people deployed in Jiexiu County, 3000 people deployed in Pingyao County, and [-] Donghu cavalry in Qi County, ready to support Fenzhou .”

"And then?" Chen Qing asked again.

"Then the defenders of Pingyao County don't have to worry. The defenders can instigate rebellion. The trouble is the defenders of Jiexiu County. The chief general is a Jurchen commander. Jiexiu is very difficult to attack, and the guards are so tight that outsiders can't get in. I want to send It’s impossible for people to get in.”

Chen Qing pondered for a moment and said, "Can we use Wanyan Huonu's command arrow to call out the Jiexiu county guard?"

Tang Qian shook his head, "The people Wanyanhuo Nu sent to deliver orders are all his own soldiers, all Jurchens. This is his characteristic, and it is difficult to fake."

At this time, the staff member Pei Xiangjun smiled and said: "It's better to start with the general of Pingyao County."

Pei Xiangjun is also recommended by Guan Shigu to Chen Qing's staff, Wen Xi, a son of Pei's family, Jinshi during the Xuanhe period, once served as the magistrate of Xie County, Guan Shigu had contact with him, this person is quite quick-witted, and his thinking is very clear, the key is to understand The officialdom in Hedong was very familiar with it, so Guan Shigu recommended Pei Xiangjun to Chen Qing.

Chen Qing nodded. It was a good idea. He asked, "What's the name of the Pingyao county guard, and why is he easier to instigate rebellion?"

Chapter 773 Instigating Rebellion

Tang Qian didn't even take a sip of water at the end, left the camp, and rushed to Pingyao County with his men.

The guard of Pingyao is called Sun Liangji, a commander. Hu Yanlei’s subordinates have already contacted him. The reason why he is said to be easy to instigate rebellion is because he is from Gaoling County, Jingzhao Prefecture. His parents, wife and children are all in his hometown, but In his resume in Jin Guo, his parents, wife and children were all dead, that is to say, he lied to Jin Guo, his father died at the beginning of the year, and his mother, wife and children were still alive.

Hu Yanlei's subordinates have talked to him several times, and his only concern is that he still has a concubine and daughter in Taiyuan City, and he is afraid that his surrender will affect them.

However, his mentality has changed a little in the past two days. The reason is that Chen Qing personally led an army of [-] into Fenzhou. He immediately realized that this might be his last chance.

In the morning, Sun Liangji was dealing with military affairs in the big tent of the military camp, when a soldier reported at the door, "General, Sun Proprietor of Hongji Restaurant said he wanted to see you."

Sun Hong, the proprietor of Hongji Restaurant, was the head of the Fenzhou Intelligence Department. He happened to have the same surname as Sun and was from Jingzhao. Everyone thought he and Sun Liangji were relatives.

Sun Liangji was also thinking about going to find Sun Hong at noon, but he didn't expect him to come on his own initiative. Sun Liangji quickly ordered the soldiers to invite him in.

Not long after, the short and fat Sun Hong walked into the big tent, followed by a tall and strong man in his 30s.

Sun Liangji's heart skipped a beat. Out of instinct, he felt the powerful murderous aura of the man behind him. He was also a soldier.

"Welcome to the proprietor, please sit down! Please sit down!"

Sun Hong sat down with a smile on his face, he glanced to both sides, Sun Liangji understood, went to the door of the tent, and ordered the soldiers not to allow anyone to enter the tent.

Only then did Sun Hong introduce the man next to him, "This is Tang Tongzhi, the scout battalion of the Western Army!"

Sun Liangji was taken aback. Isn't the commander of the scout battalion the top general of the scout battalion?

He hastily saluted and said, "So it's Tang Tongzhi, I'm disrespectful."

Tang Qian saluted slightly, took out a letter and handed it to him, "This is a personal letter from the king of the county to General Sun!"

Sun Liangji was immediately flattered that the majestic king of the county wrote a personal letter to a small person like himself. He quickly accepted the letter respectfully, opened it and read it carefully. In the great cause of Jiangshan, he promised him to continue to serve as the commander, and at the same time promised to let him return to his hometown.

The words "returning home in splendid clothes" made Sun Liangji feel excited. For so many years, he dared not go back to his hometown because his father did not allow him to enter the house. Even when his father passed away at the beginning of the year, he could not go home to see his father on his last journey. The elders all scolded him as a traitor, so that his mother, wife and children couldn't lift their heads. If he could return home in good clothes, then he would also be able to put a handful of soil on his father's grave.

Sun Liangji's eyes became a little wet, and he nodded, "Please tell General Tang to tell the county king that he will let me be reborn, and I, Sun Liangji, would like to do my best for him."

Sun Hong next to him smiled and said, "General Sun, don't worry about the family members in Taiyuan. Our people have brought their mother and daughter out of the city, and they are currently hiding in the suburbs of Taiyuan. Jinbing can't find them."

Sun Liangji was completely relieved now, and he quickly said: "I will order to change the flag and flag, and the whole army will return to the Song Dynasty."

Tang Qian waved his hand and said, "The king of the county wants Jiexiu. It is estimated that Lord Jiexiu will transfer you to Jiexiu today or tomorrow. I will lead an army to join your team and go to Jiexiu together."

Only then did Sun Liangji understand the intention of the king of the county. He thought for a while and said, "I'm not afraid of things. I'm worried that the general will be in danger. There are too many people. The maximum is 200 people. If there are too many people, other subordinates will find out."

"That's 200 people!"

Tang Qian immediately went out of the city and took a group of 200 elite men to join Sun Liangji's army.

Chen Qing's judgment was indeed correct. At noon, Sun Liangji received an emergency order from the chief general of Jiexiu County, Wanyan Tumi, ordering him to lead his army to Jiexiu County immediately.

Without any hesitation, Sun Liangji assembled an army of [-] troops and rushed towards Jiexiu City in mighty strength...

At one o'clock, Sun Liangji's army arrived in Jiexiu County.

Jiexiu County is divided into an old city and a new city. The old city is a civilian city, located in the basin, surrounded by flat terrain, and tends to be agricultural, while the new city is a military city, which took two full years to build, all of which are made of granite from the Taiyue Mountains. Shi Jiancheng, as high as three feet, is very strong and solid, with a circumference of about fifteen miles. Of course, what Chen Qing is concerned about is also the military city. Its location is very tricky. Above, there are Baizhang cliffs to the west, Fenshui below, and cliffs and mountains to the east, and even climbing to the top of the mountain, it is impossible to attack downwards, because the distance is too far.

Jiexiu County is the last pass city entering Taiyuan Basin from the southeast of the River East, and Jin Bing spent a lot of money to build it.