Fenghou

The centurion searched his hair again, but found nothing suspicious, so he waved his hand, "Don't go out casually at night, let's go!"

The man in Tsing Yi bowed to thank him and left in a hurry.

The patrol did not embarrass the grocery store, and continued to patrol the street...

The man in Tsing Yi returned to a closed restaurant in the city, and saw the shopkeeper in the backyard. Apart from the shopkeeper, there was no other staff in the restaurant. When a few guys are in the store, Jurchen soldiers will come to the door immediately. Even if they avoid a heavy beating, they will be fined a large sum of money, and more importantly, they will arouse the suspicion of the other party.

The shopkeeper, Zou Hong, could only let the people in Tsing Yi run errands and deliver news.

"The atmosphere in the city is very tense now. When I came out of the grocery store, I was stopped and searched by patrol soldiers."

"Now that the troops are together, it is very likely that they will attack the city in an all-round way, so the Jurchens are also very nervous, and the control is extremely strict. Is there any news?"

The man in Tsing Yi nodded, "Break the horse pen and release the horses tonight!"

"Is that all?"

"Just this one sentence."

The shopkeeper Zou Hong pondered for a while and said: "It should be tonight to attack the city. The county king wants to release all the enemy's war horses and restrict them from fleeing."

There are still more than [-] Song army scouts with high martial arts skills lurking in the city, but the number is too small to take the city, so these scouts have been secretly lurking in the warehouse of a shop, never going out, and have not been discovered by those beggars.

Tonight is the time to activate them.

7 Chapter Eighty

The moat of Taiyuan City originated from Fenshui, and a two-mile-long Cao River led Fenshui into the moat, and then entered the city from the water gate of the moat, forming a complete defense and water transportation system.

At four o'clock, thirty siege ships sailed slowly along the Cao River towards the moat, followed by [-] troops. This was the first wave of attacking troops. Wan Dajun and [-] cavalry are deployed on the periphery.

As soon as the fleet entered the Caohe River, they were immediately discovered by the Jurchen soldiers on the top of the city, and a rapid alarm bell sounded from the top of Xicheng, "Dang! Dang! Dang! Dang!"

When the alarm bell rang, the whole city was startled, and countless Jurchen soldiers woke up from their sleep. They all slept with their armor on, put on their shoes, grabbed their weapons and ran towards the city.

The ships had already sailed into the moat, and immediately divided into two groups, heading north and south, sailing along the edge of the moat. There were a hundred soldiers on each big ship. They hid behind the sides and cabins and shot arrows at the top of the city. Arrows were also raining down on his head, shooting at the sudden big boat.

At this time, Wanyan Yinshu was also carried up to the city. He watched the big ships passing by from behind the tower. Most of the defenders on the top of the city were at a loss. They didn't know what Song Jun wanted to do?

Wanyan Yinshu suddenly saw a ladder on a big ship, he thought about it, suddenly understood, and shouted: "It's a ship attacking the city, don't allow the ship to approach the city wall, burn it with kerosene!"

When the order was passed down, the soldiers on the top of the city were in a hurry, throwing pottery pots of kerosene at the opponent's big ship, but the Song army had already prepared for it, and thick burlap blankets were spread on the deck. As soon as it flowed out, soldiers rushed up, rolled up the blanket and kerosene, and threw them overboard.

However, more than a dozen ships were still ignited by the kerosene. At this time, thirty large ships were already in place, and battlements were built on bridges across the city. It can defend against arrows and prevent people from falling into the water from the overpass.

There are iron hooks at the front of the overpass, which are firmly hooked on the battlements like a siege ladder. Dozens of soldiers of the Song Army, holding shields and short spears, rushed up the overpass and rushed towards the top of the city. Ladders were all hung up, and soldiers of the Song Army quickly made a pontoon bridge with leather rafts. There were nearly a thousand soldiers behind each big ship.

This kind of siege ship is actually a kind of siege platform, which is similar to a nest car. The nest car has always been called a siege killer, but the weakness of the nest car is also obvious. Its outlet is too small, and it is easy to be destroyed by kerosene and gunpowder. The barrel destroys the internal structure, and the siege ship does not have the weakness of the nest car. It has two bridges across the city, which can attack from multiple points, and there is no way to take it with kerosene and gunpowder for the time being.

The only way to deal with it is to focus on the enemy. Soldiers at the head of the city will kill the big ship first, seize the big ship, and turn the big ship into an extension of the city's defense. This is the safest way. There are also some small skills, such as preparing a large number Wheat straw and wood are thrown onto the boats to ignite, or gunpowder barrels are used to blow up the overpass across the city, but this kind of fighter is fleeting and difficult to seize unless fully prepared in advance.

But at least for Taiyuan City, these opportunities are gone. The Song army began to rush to the top of the city and fought with the defenders on the top of the city. The battle between the two sides was extremely cruel and bloody. probably none of them.

……

There is a large open space in the north of Taiyuan City. This is the horse pen of Jin Bing, where 100 war horses are kept. More than [-] sheds are built inside, and each shed houses [-] war horses. Two soldiers are in charge.

But two soldiers alone cannot raise so many war horses. Jin Bing also hired hundreds of Han grooms, who were responsible for cutting grass, cooking beans, fetching water, washing mangers, etc., and [-] Jurchen soldiers were only responsible for guarding these Han grooms.

In the evening, all the Han grooms had to leave, and they were not allowed to spend the night in the stables. Two hundred soldiers were responsible for patrolling and keeping watch at night, and every two people were responsible for a large shed.

At this time, the fierce battle on the top of the city was in full swing, and all the grooms were in their positions. The coach Wanyan Yinshu had already arranged the retreat steps. If they could not hold the city, they would retreat immediately, and all the soldiers ran to the horses Riding horses in the circle, the [-] horses are ready to retreat at any time.

Twenty or so black shadows entered the stables. They directly cut off the railing outside and overturned all the railings. At this time, the war horses could run out of the stables, but they still stayed in the stables quietly. Inside, the Song army scouts still need to create some momentum.

The Song Army scouts ran through one stable after another, killing nearly a hundred Jurchen guards in a row. They directly lit the horse feed, and dozens of greenhouses began to burn blazingly. The fiery horses were frightened and began to run outside.

"Fire! Put out the fire!"

The remaining Jurchen soldiers shouted in shock, but they couldn't stop the horses. Many people were directly knocked to the ground by the horses. At this moment, 'Boom!boom!boom! 'More than a dozen gunpowder barrels exploded in the horse pen in a row. The violent explosion made the rest of the horses terrified. The horses screamed and rushed out of the city desperately. A large group of war horses rushed to the stables together, and ran towards the streets and alleys in the city.

After an hour of fierce fighting, all the [-] Song troops attacked the city. Both sides suffered heavy casualties. The southern city was the focus of the Song army's attack. The army was three times the number of the enemy's defenders.

Immediately afterwards, the gate of the south city was opened, and the suspension bridge was lowered. The [-] Song soldiers rushed to the outside of the south city, and the mighty army rushed directly into the city of Taiyuan.

At this moment, Wanyan Yinshu was still supervising the battle at Xichengtou, where the Jurchen army completely gained the upper hand, killing thousands of Song troops and retreating steadily.

But after several news came, Wanyan Yinshu was completely heartbroken.

"The head of the southern city has been captured by the Song army, and all the guards were killed. The Song army opened the gate of the southern city, and tens of thousands of Song troops entered the city."

"Thousands of soldiers of the Song Army are coming from the direction of Nancheng, brothers can't resist!"

Wanyan Yinshu let out a long sigh, "The south city has been lost, so what if we defend the west city? Order the whole army to retreat to the north gate!"

"Woo-woo-woo--"

The low-pitched shofars sounded continuously, which was a pre-arranged order. Once such a sound of the horn was heard, the whole army gathered towards the north city gate and rode their horses to break through the encirclement outside the north city.

The more than 8000 Jurchen soldiers in the west city quickly retreated, and the army in the east city also retreated. After nearly an hour of fierce fighting, more than 7000 Jurchen soldiers were killed in battle, and almost 5000 soldiers from the Song army were also killed.

There were still 3000 Jurchen troops left, and they were rapidly retreating towards Beicheng. As soon as they arrived near Beicheng, a commander rushed to report.

"Marshal, something is wrong, our horses are no longer in the stables!"

"what?"

Wanyan Yinshu, who had been keeping calm all this time, finally became furious, whipped away fiercely, and shouted: "What's going on?"

"I don't know. It seems that the guardrail was pushed down and a fire broke out inside. The horses were frightened and ran away. I only found more than 2000 horses."

Wanyan Ahu lazily persuaded: "Marshal, when a war broke out, the Song army set fire to the horse enclosure. It's normal for the horses to be frightened. The horses should all be in the city, and they can't escape!"

Wanyan Yinshu was so angry that he was about to faint. He had thought about everything, but he didn't think about the issue of the horses. The horses were all in the city, but they didn't have time.

At this time, there was a shout of killing from behind, Wanyan Yinshu looked back, and saw a wave of Song soldiers coming towards them, less than one mile away from them, and Song soldiers were also coming from the top of the city, coming from three directions surrounded.

All the soldiers turned pale immediately, and only then did they realize that it was unrealistic to find the horses again, and they had no chance.

Wanyan Yinshu is even more aware that once a street fight breaks out, their numbers are too small, and the entire army will soon be wiped out.

He gritted his teeth and ordered: "Don't care about the horses, the whole army will leave the city."

Of the [-] people, only [-] found their horses, and the other Jurchen soldiers had no choice but to run out of the city.

Chapter 781 Taiyuan

There was no Song army outside the northern city, and it looked like an opening for the Jurchen army to escape. The [-] Jurchen army rushed out of the North City Gate for less than ten miles, and they were surrounded by the main cavalry of the Song army. Fifty thousand Song army cavalry came from all directions. The Jurchen army came to kill.

Being slaughtered in the street fighting inside the city is actually the same thing as being slaughtered in the wilderness outside the city. Chen Qing never planned to let the Jurchen army in Taiyuan escape from the very beginning.

However, there were still many opportunities before. Chen Qing was still waiting for the end of the battle in the south. The [-] Jurchen cavalry in the city could escape to Datong Mansion, but they didn't seize the opportunity. Now, they don't have any chance.

Wanyan Yinshu was in despair. He was sitting in a carriage, watching the cavalry of the Song army coming from a distance like a landslide. A piece of grayish yellow.

"Assemble the team and fight Song Jun!"

Wanyan Yinshu knew that it was impossible for them to escape the pursuit of the Song Army cavalry, and they had no other choice but to fight to the death.

In the wilderness, the drums sounded like thunder, and the Song Army cavalry rushed into the Jurchen army. Suddenly, their limbs flew horizontally, their heads rolled, their flesh and blood were trampled into mud, and their bones were trampled into powder. Teams of Song Army cavalry opened a bloody path. , Divided the Jurchen soldiers into countless small pieces, and launched a suppressive massacre.

When Wanyan Yinshuke's carriage was breaking through, a horse was shot and killed by the Song army's arrows, the carriage overturned, and hundreds of Song army cavalry immediately surrounded the carriage.

This is an order from Chen Qing to capture the enemy commander in the carriage alive.

……

When Wanyan Yinshu woke up, he found himself lying in a large tent, and a Song army sergeant was bandaging him. He was about to get up, but the sergeant held him down, "I'm a military doctor, don't move!"

Hearing that the other party was a military doctor, Wanyan Yinshu closed his eyes again. He thought he was dead, but it turned out that he was not dead yet, and he fell asleep again. His dream was full of horrific massacres, bloody and dazzling... Red, the Jurchen soldiers cried and begged for mercy, but were finally beheaded mercilessly by the Song army.

After an unknown amount of time, he woke up again, and a little girl fed him porridge, "Little Huniang, why is it you?"

Wanyan Yinshu recognized the little maid, who was one of the four Jurchen maidens who took care of his daily life. After Wanyan Yinshu was paralyzed, he was very cautious. The four Jurchen youths carried him to walk, and the four Jurchen youths took care of him. The name Jurchen Xiaoniang, he doesn't trust the Han people.

"They said the master needed someone to take care of him, so they brought me here."

"Where am I?" Wanyan Yinshu struggled to sit up, Xiao Huniang quickly helped him to sit up, and put two big cushions behind him.

"Master is in the barracks!"

"Song army barracks?" Xiao Huniang nodded.

At this time, the military doctor came in and said, "My county king is here, so please avoid me, little lady."

Little Huniang was so scared that she went out with a bowl. After a while, Chen Qing and several generals walked in. Chen Qing said calmly, "Marshal Yinshu Ke, we meet again."

Wanyan Yinshu said coldly: "Your Majesty Chen, you are indeed very powerful!"

"I'm so proud of you. In fact, it's not me who's the best, but the thousands of soldiers under my command. It's them who wiped out your army."

"There are no survivors in our army?"

Chen Qing shook his head, "The two armies fought until noon. Your [-] troops were all killed, and my men also suffered tens of thousands of casualties."

"If my men don't lose their horses..."

"No ifs!"

Chen Qing interrupted him unceremoniously, "I, Chen Qing, am not Song Xianggong, so I have to consider fairness and benevolence. I'd better poison your wine and food. I will kill both of you without harming a single soldier." Killing all the ten thousand troops, this is the result I most hope for."

Wanyan Yinshu was speechless for a while, and asked: "What does the county king plan to do with me?"

"You are the same as Wanyan Nianhan. Your role is my negotiating capital. Let's recuperate well! You can die in your hometown."

Chen Qing turned around and left with his generals. Wanyan Yinshu let out a long sigh. He was both grateful and fearful at the same time. Fortunately, he was able to survive because of his political value, but he was afraid that they would have such a Calm down powerful opponents.

……

Chen Qing did not enter Taiyuan City until the afternoon of the third day, and Taiyuan City had returned to normal. Wanyan Yinshu's resolute refusal to recruit Han people into the army also greatly reduced the trouble for the Song Army to take over Taiyuan City. Some Jurchen soldiers hid in the houses.

After cleaning the battlefield in the city, the temporary martial law was lifted, the gates of the city were opened, and various shops were opened one after another. People walked out of their homes, talking and laughing loudly. The horror was torn to pieces at this moment.

On the street, the neat patrolling soldiers of the Song Army greeted the cheers of the common people from time to time. Many people had tears in their eyes. Ten years after the occupation of Taiyuan City, they once again saw the figure of the Song Army on the street.

Chen Qing didn't want to cause too much impact, so he entered Taiyuan City in a carriage. The two sides of the city gate were very lively, crowded with farmers and vendors who came to sell vegetables, and the people in the city also came to buy vegetables, bargaining One after another.

On the contrary, grain stores, salt stores, cloth stores, etc. are all in front of the gates. Everyone knows that the price will be reduced soon, and no one will come to buy high-priced salt and high-priced grain at this time.

Taiyuan City is different from other prefectures and counties that have just been recovered. In other prefectures and counties, the original officials will continue to maintain order temporarily. Once the county king's mansion is officially taken over, the original officials will be evaluated. If he can continue to serve, if the reputation is bad, he will be dismissed immediately, but if the reputation is bad, then he will be arrested and severely punished.

After the Song Army defeated the Jin Bing and regained the prefectures and counties, these officials generally conducted a self-evaluation. If they felt that they had a good reputation and wanted to continue to contribute to their fathers and fellow villagers, they would stay and work harder.

On the contrary, officials who have committed many crimes and are full of crimes will escape immediately. As for whether they can escape the arrest warrant, that is another matter.

However, this kind of situation where officials continue to serve after self-evaluation is not suitable for a central city like Taiyuan. After the Song army occupied Taiyuan, they removed all officials in Taiyuan Prefecture and implemented military control. The new magistrate and county magistrate were appointed by Chen Qing himself. .

Chen Qing didn't go to Marshal Jin Bing's mansion, but came directly to the warehouse. Taiyuan City, like other big cities, has two warehouses, one is the official warehouse and the other is the military warehouse, but the official warehouse is empty. They were all transferred to the military warehouse, even many civilian supplies, such as salt, sugar, oil, tea, koji, cloth, etc., were all transferred to the military warehouse. In fact, the Jurchen army controlled everything.

Juncang is a warehouse city, located in the northwest corner of the city, next to the war horse circle. In order to build the barracks, war horse circle and warehouse city, [-]% of the people in the city, about thousands of households, were forcibly relocated to the counties of Taiyuan Prefecture by the Jurchen army, and vacated a large tract of land.

There are currently [-] Song troops stationed in the barracks, and the horse enclosure has been filled with horses again. All the horses have been retrieved by soldiers from all over the city. Chen Qing's carriage passed by the horse enclosure and drove directly into Cangcheng. .

Hu Yanyun, who was in charge of logistics, came to greet him with several civilian officers.

"Take me to see the warehouse where the heavy armor is stored!"

Hu Yanyun nodded, "Jun Wang please follow me!"

Chen Qing was not very interested in the grain and other supplies in the warehouse, but he heard that there were [-] sets of cavalry heavy armor in the army warehouse, which immediately made Chen Qing overjoyed, and he hurried over to check.

In Xixia's warehouse, he got hundreds of sets of iron kite army heavy armor, and Chen Qing had the idea of ​​building a heavy armored cavalry. Nianhan's black armored cavalry are all heavy armored, especially when he saw with his own eyes that the armor of the black armored cavalry can withstand the arrows of the god arm crossbow, his intention to build heavy armor is even stronger.

He finally captured [-] sets of black armored cavalry, but this kind of armor is limited to soldiers, regardless of horses, it can only be regarded as half of the heavy armored cavalry, but this time the Taiyuan warehouse has a full set.

The warehouse door opened with a bang, and Chen Qing quickly walked into the warehouse accompanied by everyone.

Chapter 782 Earth Qi

The warehouse looks ordinary from the outside, but after entering, it feels that the space is very large and the utilization rate is high. Various large wooden shelves are almost touching the roof.

Various supplies were placed on the wooden shelves. This was the armor warehouse, which stored a total of [-] sets of armor, including [-] sets of heavy armor that Chen Qingxin was thinking about.

"I heard that these [-] sets of heavy armor were obtained from the Liao Kingdom. It is the same armor as the Iron Buddha Tu. Wan Yanchang wanted to build an Iron Buddha Cavalry in Hedong, but for some reason, he didn't start to form it. .”

This reason is more reliable. The strategic resources of the Liao Kingdom are divided among several factions. It is impossible to give all of them to one faction. It is also reasonable for the faction on Wanyanchang's side to get some heavy armor.

As for why the heavy armored cavalry was not established for a long time, Chen Qing knew the reason. The key was the horses. Chen Qing also captured some kidnapped horses in Xixia. The main horse was Tiefutu, and the heavy armored horse carried a heavy armored cavalry. This kind of war horse is required to be quite majestic, able to carry a weight of more than 300 catties and run.

Passing by the stables just now, Chen Qing saw that there were some good war horses in the stables, but there were very few of them. Cao Changchun, the yellow-headed Uighur, agreed to support Chen Qing with two thousand horses that could serve as heavy cavalry.

The war horses will be available soon, and now the only thing missing is the armor. Chen Qing is still thinking about how to build heavy armor, but he didn't expect to get it in the end without wasting effort.