Fenghou

Three hundred soldiers gathered on both sides of the northern city head. Tang Qian and two hundred of his men were in charge of the main city gate in the middle. Tang Qian ordered to light three torches.

Immediately the drawbridge was lowered, and the city gate creaked open.

The Song army had already ambushed [-] troops one mile outside the city, waiting for the signal from the top of the city. Liu Qiong stared at the dark top of the city in the distance, and suddenly three fire spots appeared on the top of the city, shaking crosswise. Here comes the signal.

Liu Qiong immediately ordered: "Attack!"

A gunpowder arrow flew into the sky, emitting bright red flames. This was the order to attack. Liu Qiong led a thousand troops to attack quickly, followed closely by 2000 troops, one square formation after another, each square formation was about 2 People, this is also a narrow mountain road, which cannot accommodate [-] people attacking at the same time.

The army rushed towards the gate of the city like a river at high tide...

On the top of the city, the throats of three hundred sleeping Jurchen soldiers were all cut.

Sun Liangji also saw the gunpowder arrows of the Song army. He immediately called all the generals under his command and said to them: "The main force of the Song army has already entered the city. If you don't want to die, quickly ask the soldiers to tie a white cloth strip around their necks."

All the generals looked at each other, and Sun Liangji roared, "Hurry up!"

Only then did the crowd rush to inform the soldiers in a panic. At this time, the Song army had already entered the city, first entering the Jurchen's camp, followed by Ma Bo's Xi camp.

The Jurchens had no chance to escape, and together with the main general Wanyan Tumi, the entire Song army was killed.

A large number of soldiers from the Confederate Army gathered at the south city gate. They shouted to open the city gate, but the city gate was closed tightly. Hundreds of people tried to rush to the top of the city. Unexpectedly, the upper city corridors on both sides were ablaze. Drive these soldiers back in a panic.

As more and more troops rushed into the city, Jiexiu's military city was over. The soldiers began to surrender in batches. The soldiers dressed up by the general Ma Bo were also exposed, captured and tied up by soldiers of the Song Army.

At this time, the [-] army had completely controlled Jiexiu Military City. At this time, Chen Qing also entered the Military City under the escort of thousands of cavalry.

Tang Qian introduced Sun Liangji to Chen Qing, and Sun Liangji knelt down on one knee and saluted: "See the county king for the humble job!"

Chen Qing smiled slightly and said: "This time General Sun not only turned to the dark, but also made great contributions. You will continue to serve as the commander and join the Fourth Army."

According to regulations, surrendered generals have to study in a military academy for one year, and then they will be assigned. Generally, all military positions will be demoted, and only surrendered generals who have made great achievements will keep their original positions.

Sun Liangji was overjoyed, "Thank you, the king of the county, for your consideration!"

He got up and bowed to Liu Qiong again. It was Liu Qiong who was in charge of the Fourth Army, and Sun Liangji would be Liu Qiong's subordinate in the future.

At this time, a soldier pushed Ma Bo up, and Ma Bo was pushed to kneel on the ground. Chen Qing waved his hand, "Push him down, behead him!"

Ma Bo shouted anxiously: "I was originally a general of the Song Dynasty, but the Jin army is strong. Hundreds of thousands of Song troops have surrendered to the Kingdom of Jin. The court is incompetent. What does it have to do with us little people?"

Chen Qing said coldly: "It's nothing to surrender to the Kingdom of Jin. Many of my generals and civil servants have served for the Kingdom of Jin. I didn't kill you because you surrendered to the Kingdom of Jin. It was because you led the army to kill the Kingdom of Jin 11 years ago." What happened in Ping'en County, Mingzhou, tens of thousands of people died under your butcher's knife, not only you will die, but none of your subordinates who participated in the massacre will die."

Chapter 776 Plan

By daybreak, more than 400 of Ma Bo's old subordinates had also been killed. These soldiers were all involved in the massacre of civilians in Ping'en County 11 years ago. But they still couldn't escape death.

At dawn, a ray of morning glow shrouded Jiexiu county town, coating the military city with a layer of brilliant golden light.

Standing on the top of the city, looking at the Queshu Valley in the distance, the majestic Luliang Mountains to the west and the majestic Taiyue Mountains to the east, the two mountains seem to be about to collide and stop in an instant. For hundreds of millions of years, at the foot of the two great mountains, the surging Fen River flowed southward, feeding hundreds of millions of creatures in the land of Sanjin.

Tang Qian said from the side: "In addition to Queshu Valley, I heard that there is a small road that can go north, parallel to Queshu Valley."

Chen Qing nodded and said with a smile: "I've heard of this small road, but this small road is not important to us anymore, maybe it is more important for the Concorde Army in the south to go north."

Tang Qian immediately clasped his fists and said, "Humble job, please order me to control this path!"

Chen Qing glanced at him, and said calmly: "The purpose of blocking this path is to capture prisoners of war. It has no meaning to the scout army. General Tang should lead the scout army to Taiyuan Mansion!"

Tang Qian's face was hot, and his view of the overall situation was still a little weak. He quickly said: "I understand, let's go to Taiyuan Mansion."

Chen Qing then said to Li Muqing: "There is no news about Yang Dutong so far. I guess the Yangliang South Pass has not been captured yet. You immediately led an army of [-] to attack Yangliang South Pass from behind. No, you can use the Thunderbolt, you carry a Thunderbolt down."

"Humble post obeys orders!"

Not long after, Li Muqing led an army of [-] to leave Jiexiu Military City, and rushed south along the Queshu Valley Road.

Liu Qiong walked to Chen Qing's side and said, "I have always had a doubt about it. We have been tossing around in the south and middle of Hedong Road, but Taiyuan Mansion is actually very quiet."

Chen Qing smiled slightly, "There's some movement from them! Didn't they send [-] Donghu cavalry south to support them?"

"It's better not to send the [-] troops. They are only sent to train our soldiers."

Chen Qing pondered for a while and said, "Actually, you also know where the problem with Wanyan Yinshu is?"

"The king of the county means that they are short of troops?"

Chen Qing nodded, "Wanyan Yinshu suffered a disastrous defeat in northern Shaanxi, and his army strength was only a little over 3. Although his brother Ba Lisu increased his troops by 3, the [-] troops have been stationed in Datong Mansion, Taiyuan The actual military strength of the government is only [-] people.”

"Didn't you say [-] before?"

"Did you forget to support Wanyan Nianhan's [-] Xie Congjun army?"

Liu Qiong suddenly realized that Wanyan Nianhan was an army of [-] Xie supported by Hedong Road. Wouldn't Taiyuan Mansion become an army of [-]?

He suddenly realized something was wrong, hesitantly said: "If the ten thousand Donghu troops are removed, wouldn't Taiyuan Mansion only have twenty thousand troops now?"

Chen Qing laughed, "Now that you understand Wanyan Yinshu, why is there no movement? It's not that they don't want to move, but because they don't have the strength to trouble them."

"They may force conscription in Taiyuan Mansion."

Chen Qing still shook his head, "Their conscription now will only speed up the fall of Taiyuan. Yinshu will not do such a stupid thing. I think it should be Wan Yanchang who promised him more troops, and he is waiting for reinforcements."

Liu Qiong said urgently: "Then we should go north immediately to prevent the Jurchen reinforcements from entering Taiyuan City."

Chen Qing said lightly: "Don't worry, it doesn't matter whether you take Taiyuan or not. I value the vitality of the Jurchens more. Population is the real weakness of the Jurchens. Once the Jurchens' strength drops, they will lose control in many places. .”

"Humble job understands!"

……

The fierce battle in Linfen City has lasted for three days. 10,000+ Song Army surrounded Linfen City. The Song Army's five consecutive small-scale attacks were repelled by the defenders. After three days, the Song Army had a total of nearly 3000 casualties.

This morning, Yang Zaixing sent someone to invite Liu Cui, Gao Ding, and Niu Gao to come to his tent to discuss military affairs.

The three-day attack failed, and almost all of them were defeated by the fire oil counterattack of the defenders, which really made everyone feel aggrieved.

"I just received a message from the king of Feiying. The king of the county has taken Fenzhou, the northern part of Queshu Valley has been cleared, and the north gate of Taiyuan Mansion has also been opened."

Gao Ding couldn't help but said: "But the South Gate of Queshu Valley has not been captured yet."

Gao Ding was clearly criticizing Huyantong for his ineffective attack, but Huyantong was Liu Cui's general, Liu Cui glared at Gao Ding in dissatisfaction and said, "Yangliang South Pass is the most difficult pass in Queshu Valley, and the pass was built on a high place , the height difference is as high as seven feet, how can the brothers attack? If it is easy to capture, shouldn’t the northern city of Linfen County be captured earlier?”

Gao Ding was in charge of attacking Beicheng of Linfen County. He also lost all three battles. Gao Ding blushed suddenly and was speechless for a while.

Seeing the two quarreling, Yang Zaixing quickly changed the subject, "I invite you all to come here, because I want you to discuss how to capture Linfen County. Let's discuss together to find a more suitable plan."

At this time, Niu Gao said: "I'm thinking about the reasons for the failure these days. I think there are two aspects. One is that our fire attack failed, and the other is that the opponent's fire oil is used well and is very targeted. Siege ladders are no longer realistic."

The failure of the fire attack is the main reason. Han Chang found a way to deal with the fire attack of the Song army, that is, to use wet bedding and sand. The ball covered it, put out the flames, and then covered it with sand and swept it under the wall.

No one knew how Han Chang came up with this method, but Han Chang's method was indeed simple and effective, successfully suppressing the biggest siege weapon of the Song army, the kerosene attack.

Moreover, there are more than 1 barrels of kerosene in Linfen City, which are very effective against the Song Army's siege ladders, which makes the Song Army's three-day offensive very passive and all end in failure.

Everyone agreed with Niu Gao's point of view that the siege ladder could no longer be used, it would only increase casualties, and it would be impossible to capture the city.

"What method do you think is the most effective and reliable?"

Niu Gao said slowly: "I think the battering ram is more suitable."

The largest battering ram of the Song Army is in Jingzhao. It is too big to transport. If you cut down a big tree on the spot to make a battering ram, everyone feels that it is not reliable. Liu Cui was silent for a moment: "If the other party uses kerosene Burning is as ineffective as a battering ram."

Niu Gao smiled slightly and said: "If the battering ram doesn't work, you can also consider using a big ship to attack the city and implementing nest cart tactics!"

Everyone's eyes lit up. This method is good. Linfen's moat is very close to the city wall. It is indeed possible to use large ships to attack the city and directly board the city. Moreover, they all have experience. Fire attacking ladders is very effective, but fire attacking large ships is not effective. No, even if all the big ships were set on fire, the soldiers could still attack the city. Niu Gao's suggestion made everyone agree.

Gao Ding said with a smile: "While attacking the top of the city with a big ship, we also attacked the gate of the water city by the way, what do you think?"

Liu Cui agreed with a gloomy face: "You can use a gunpowder barrel to blow open the water gate fence."

Everyone said something, I said something, and with the accumulation of various experiences, a complete plan to seize the city was gradually formed.

At this moment, a soldier reported outside the big tent, "Emergency eagle message from the king of the county!"

The eagle letter was sent to Pujin Pass, and then sent by Kuaima.

"Bring it in!"

A soldier came into the account and handed over a tube of eagle letters. Yang Zaixing opened it, glanced at it, and said to the crowd with a wry smile: "The king of the county asked us to carry out the heart attack plan!"

"What about the ship attack?" Liu Cui asked.

Yang Zaixing said calmly: "It will take two more days for the big ship to be transferred, so let's use these two days to implement the plan of attacking the mind, and treat it as our courtesy first and then soldiers!"

……

Han Chang repelled the Song army's attack for three consecutive days. Although he also suffered thousands of casualties, he still had the upper hand compared to the more than 1 casualties of the Song army. More importantly, they found a way to deal with fire oil. Method.

This is also the method they have concluded in more than a dozen actual combat kerosene drills. Wet quilts are used to put out fires by learning from the Song Army, and they thought of cleaning kerosene with sand. At first, they used soil, but the soil was very sticky and stuck to the surface The ground couldn't be cleaned up, so I finally thought of sand.

But in any case, they cracked the sharpest fire oil siege of the Song army, and at the same time used fire oil to counterattack, successfully defending the city.

This made Han Chang very proud. He immediately reported to Marshal Zuo Wanyan Yinshu with an eagle letter. Just when he was expecting to receive the award from Marshal Zuo, Wanyan Yinshu wrote back to tell him the sad news. The woman died in battle, and Fenzhou has been captured by the Song army.

In the reply letter, Wanyan Yinshu had the idea of ​​abandoning Taiyuan Mansion and concentrating troops to protect Datong Mansion.

This news was like a blow to the head, making Han Chang's joy disappear without a trace, and he began to feel anxious. If Yinshu really gave up Taiyuan and withdrew to Datong, what's the point of him sticking to Linfen?

If the Song army broke through Linfen, what should he do?

Chapter 777

At night, dozens of large fire kites flew towards the city of Linfen from all directions at the same time. The fire kites were not ignited, and they were boosted by catapults and gunpowder. There are many, and when the wind blows, it will cover the whole city.

Many soldiers on duty got one, and when they looked carefully under the firelight, it turned out to be a "Letter from Lingwu County King Chen Qing to Linfen Generals and Soldiers".

"The fertile soil of the Three Jin Dynasties, I gave birth to my ancestors and parents, nourished by the Fen River, raised my sons and daughters, passed on from generation to generation, and the blood continued. However, the barbarians were cruel and devastated the Central Plains. They killed my parents, raped my wife and daughter, and cut off my descendants. The fertile soil turned into coke , the ancestral house was burnt to ashes, pale hair, starved to death in the fields, weak children, trampled in the ravines, a hot-blooded man from the three Jin Dynasties, to defend the family and the country, expel the Tartars, and restore the Han family..."

Groups of soldiers gathered together and read the above words, all of them burst into tears, and many soldiers couldn't help crying on the battlements.

There were also Jurchen generals on duty at night, and they ran to find Han Chang with the note.

Han Chang woke up from his sleep and read Chen Qing's report to the generals. He was shocked and stood up hastily: "Confiscate all of them, and don't let a single one go out!"

He knew in his heart that if this stuff spread, the morale of the army would be ruined.

He hurriedly organized the army to collect the notices to the soldiers, but by dawn, only more than 3000 leaflets were collected. You must know that the wind was very strong yesterday, and tens of thousands of leaflets were blown all over the city.

Commander Miao Xiu said in a low voice: "Master Wan, perhaps many orders have not entered the city, and have gone directly outside the city."

Han Chang stared at him viciously with one eye, "Do you think I'm an idiot? I'll believe your words."

Miao Xiu didn't dare to say anything when she saw his fierce look. Han Chang said to several confidant generals: "Quickly search the whole city, and it's fine to hand it over. Those who hide the leaflets will be executed by the whole family."

Thousands of soldiers began to search the whole city, causing chaos.

In fact, there was a flyer hidden in Miao Xiu's arms. He went back to the big tent, took out the flyer and looked at it carefully, and there was a sentence behind it that made his heart skip a beat. The general who surrendered without any serious evil will be demoted to a lower level of employment, and those who surrender and do meritorious deeds will be hired as in their original positions.

He is the ruler now, and if he returns to the Song army, he can also become the ruler. Who would want to be a traitor whose spine is poked?

Miao Xiunian is about forty years old, a native of Suizhou, Shaanxi Province. He was originally the commander of the Western Army and a general in the Zhongshi Division. He surrendered Wanyan Yinshuke in the Battle of Taiyuan. At present, it is Han Chang's Four King Kong, one of the four commanders, commanding [-] troops.

In the Battle of Northern Shaanxi last year, Wanyan Yinshu suffered heavy losses, and lost most of the [-] gold soldiers in his hand. Miao Xiu also gained a new understanding of Chen Qing's Western Army from this. He gradually realized that Chen Qing The Western Army under his command is no longer the former Western Army.

In the past, the Western Army suffered from the embarrassment of the imperial court and was randomly commanded by those civilian officials who did not understand military affairs. He would not go back to such a Western Army, and the imperial court would not tolerate them rebels.

But Chen Qing's Western Army is not the same thing, it is actually a separatist army, an army that can compete for the world, Chen Qing will never discriminate against surrenderers, many of his senior officials are returnees of the puppet Qi State, Even after Guan Shigu's return, he can still serve as a military counselor.

Miao Xiu has always been tempted, but he has some concerns, will Chen Qing say one thing and do another?

But today's "Letter to Linfen Generals and Soldiers" gave him another ray of hope.

At this time, more than a dozen generals came in from outside the big tent, and they all clasped their fists and said: "General, the soldiers are making a lot of noise, and they don't want to do it anymore, what should we do?"

Miao Xiu frowned, "Is it all because of Chen Qing's list?"

"Exactly, that list is too powerful, it directly disintegrates the morale of the army, and no one wants to be a slave to Jin Bing anymore."

"General, tell us what we should do!"

Looking at the expectant eyes, Miao Xiu suddenly understood that these generals also have the same appeal, and they don't want to work for the Jinbing anymore, the situation is stronger than others, and now everyone knows that Hedong Road can't be defended, so if they don't surrender, they will find a way out , it's too late.

"Do you all want to return to the Song Army?"

A general said: "It's not returning to the Song army, but returning to conscience. I know how my grandfather died. I have been tormenting my conscience for so many years. If the ruler is unwilling, please don't stop us."

"Control, Kaesong, surrender! We are Han people. If we want to defend our homeland, how can we be slaves to the enemy?"

"Control, order!"

"Everyone, please be quiet!"

Miao Xiu raised her hand and said loudly: "I fully understand everyone's feelings. In fact, the situation in Linfen is over now. A single thought can determine the fate of many people. I don't want my subordinates to die in the end or be sent to prison. Mine, I hope everyone can live a good life, give yourself a little dignity, and give your family a decent life. I have been thinking about what should we do? Now Chen Qing has given us a chance, if we don’t seize this opportunity , I will definitely be ashamed of everyone in the future, so I decided to lead everyone to abandon the dark and turn to the bright."