Fenghou

After a pause, Chen Qing laughed again: "There is nothing interesting in Fuzhou. When we go to Shuozhou, we will visit Guancen Mountain."

"Is Guancen Mountain fun?"

"Guan Cen Mountain has been a royal garden since Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty. The emperors of all dynasties have regarded Guan Cen Mountain as a hunting place for the emperor's refuge. There are many high mountain lakes called Tianchi. Before it snows, you can Go up and have a look, if you get off the snow carriage, you won’t be able to get on.”

"Wow!" Yu Ying clapped her hands happily, her beautiful eyes were full of longing for the beautiful scenery.

……

The next day, Chen Qing ordered Zhe Yanzhi to lead an army of [-] to take care of the aftermath. The army immediately raised up and marched towards Shuozhou with [-] camels.

Walking tens of miles east from Fugu County is the Yellow River. It is easier to cross the river here.

At this time, Shao Long stepped forward to greet Chen Qing, and Chen Qing smiled slightly: "I never thought that General Shao was in Lanzhou. I always thought that General Shao and Fu Xuan were together."

Shao Long said ashamedly: "My humble job misunderstood the wrong person, so that I lost my life to the gold thief. Although it is only a few months, it is also the shame of my life."

Chen Qing smiled faintly: "Does General Shao know what I think about this kind of thing?"

"I don't know the humble job!"

"I never judge a person by his performance. Zhou Wen, the magistrate of Longgang County in Xingzhou, was unwilling to work for the Jinren when the Jinren killed him. He abandoned his official position and fled westward until he fled to Longzhou. Later, he defected to me. , I appointed him as the magistrate of Dingyuan County in Qinzhou. Although he was very tough in front of the Jin people, in his words, he was called not eating golden millet, but what happened? But he was actually the first one I beheaded A big corrupt official, privately greedy for three thousand coins for digging wells. On the contrary, Guan Shigu, Jiang Yanxian, and military adviser Zhang Xiao who surrendered to the Kingdom of Jin are now my right-hand men. This is called looking at a matter from the perspective of development. For a single person, General Shao surrendered gold for a few months, but resisted it for more than ten years, do you think I will evaluate the general in a few months, or in ten years?"

"Thank you Your Highness for your generosity!"

At this time, Niu Gao stepped forward and said with a smile: "Your Highness, General Shao's son is a young fierce general, only 17 years old, holding a pair of [-]-jin copper hammers. He can't go through ten rounds under his subordinates, but he keeps letting him go." I have reached thirty rounds, and my archery skills are superb, I am by no means inferior to Xiao Liu Dutong, and now I am a humble subordinate!"

Chen Qing was immediately interested, and asked with a smile, "Where is this little General Shao?"

Shao Long hurriedly said: "He has returned to Guancen Mountain, he has not actually graduated from the teacher, and he will officially leave the teacher next year."

Niu Gao added: "His ancestor is an expert, with a bronze bow and iron arrow, one arrow can extinguish the fire of a incense stick at a distance of two hundred paces."

'Bronze bow and iron arrow? '

Chen Qing's heart moved, "What's the name of this master?"

"I don't know the name of the common people, but I only know that the Taoist name is Chigu Zhenren."

"Is it really him, is he still alive?"

Chen Qing thought to himself, he smiled and said, "I'm going to visit Mount Guancen too, so I can drop by this real Chigu."

……

After the army built the pontoon bridge, the army crossed the Yellow River and continued eastward. This morning, the army arrived at Guancen Mountain. Guancen Mountain is not just a mountain, but a general term for a large mountain. The leaves are luxuriant, the ravines are vertical and horizontal, the mountains are strange and beautiful, and the water is as clear as clear.

Chen Qing ordered the army to camp at the foot of the mountain. He took Zhang Xiao, Yang Zaixing, Niu Gao, Shao Long and a group of civil and military personnel up the mountain, as well as his concubine Yu Ying. At the same time, he also went up the mountain with hundreds of soldiers.

Shao Long has been here twice, and he is more familiar with the way up the mountain. He acts as a guide for everyone.

People ride horses up the mountain along the winding road, and horse-drawn carriages can also walk. The mountains and rocks are beautiful along the way, and the ravines are deep and deep. Sometimes you can see gurgling water, and sometimes you can see towering giant trees.

The temperature on the mountain was obviously much lower than that at the bottom, so it was necessary to wear winter clothes. Fortunately, everyone was prepared and took out their cloaks and put them on.

It was late autumn at this time, and there were colorful red leaves everywhere on the mountain. Yu Ying was intoxicated by it all the time, even everyone was attracted by the gorgeous red leaves, and they let out bursts of exclamation from time to time.

The top of the mountain is relatively flat, and it has become an alpine pasture, where you can actually see groups of cattle and sheep grazing leisurely.

"Husband, look!"

When approaching the top of the mountain, Yu Ying pointed to the front, and saw a crescent-shaped lake lying on the top of the mountain, the top of the mountain was like a bowl, filled with this clear lake water, the sun shone on the lake water, golden light, clear as a mirror, It is simply beautiful to the extreme.

This is the famous Tianchi Lake. There are some ruins of palaces clearly visible on both sides. It should be the Son of Heaven Palace in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. The palace has disappeared, only stone steps and bases remain.

"Your Highness, that's Laojun Temple over there!"

Shao Long pointed to the other side of Tianchi, and he could see a small Taoist temple at the foot of Tianchi.

"There should be many monasteries here!" Chen Qing asked with a smile.

Zhang Xiaowei smiled and said: "Such a beautiful place, the Song Dynasty did not turn it into a royal garden, monks and priests of course will not let go of this rare opportunity, I heard that there are dozens of monasteries, large and small. and Taoism."

Chen Qing was right when he thought about it. Although the scenery here is beautiful, but it is so close to Xijing of the Kingdom of Jin, how could the royal family of the Song Dynasty allow themselves to stand under the dangerous wall.

Not long after, they followed the mountain road to Laojun temple, Chen Qing took out a name card and handed it to Shao Long, Shao Long took the name card and entered Laojun temple.

For a moment, the drums and music in the temple were playing together, and dozens of Taoist priests lined up to welcome them out. The leader was the presiding master Lu Qing. Hui, supreme glory."

Chen Qing nodded and said with a smile: "I just passed by Guancen Mountain, so I went up to have a look. I don't know where the real Chigu is? Can I meet him?"

A tall old man walked out of the Taoist priests, with white hair and a childlike face. He also saluted, "Your Highness, I haven't seen you for many years."

Chen Qing guessed right, it really was Zhou Tong who disappeared in Chengji County. Chen Qing always thought that Zhou Tong had passed away after the destruction of the Zhoujiabao. In fact, he did not die, but faked his death, and then came to Guancen Mountain to become a monk and become a Taoist priest.

Chapter 9 and Nine Changes

Zhou Tong invited Chen Qing and his party to sit in the back hall, and Yu Ying, accompanied by four female guards and two maids, went to rest in the side house.

Several young Taoist priests came in to serve tea, Niu Gao recognized one of them was Shao Jichun, and asked in surprise, "Why are you a Taoist priest again?"

Zhou Tong smiled slightly and said, "He has not yet completed his practice, and he will finish his training tomorrow and return to the world of mortals, but he is good at martial arts, and he has the most potential among my closed disciples."

Chen Qing said with a smile: "Speaking of which, I can be regarded as a lay disciple of a real person!"

Zhou Tong chuckled, "How can I be worthy of it? It was Xu Ning who taught His Highness how to shoot arrows for a few days back then. Although what he taught was mine, it had nothing to do with me, just like I also taught Yue Fei his marksmanship. , My disciples also know Xu Ning's eighteen golden spear moves, they have nothing to do with Xu Ning."

"Can the old man pass on some secret archery techniques to me? For example, shoot an arrow from two hundred steps away to extinguish the flames."

Zhou Tong shook his head, "His Royal Highness is displaying the world's martial arts right now, how can it be compared with ordinary martial arts like us."

Chen Qing smiled and said: "If I break through Shangjing and take the head of the emperor of the Kingdom of Jin, I still need superior martial arts. The real person was willing to teach 80 forbidden troops in Tokyo back then, why did he only reject me for thousands of miles?"

Zhou Tong sighed, "Your archery and martial arts are beyond my ability to teach, but how can I not help your highness break the ambition of going to Beijing?"

He stood up, quickly fetched a pair of bows and arrows, and handed them to Chen Qing, "This is the bronze bow and iron arrow that made me famous in the world. It was passed down to me by my master and has followed me for 40 years. It seems that it If you are destined to be with His Highness, please give this pair of bows and arrows to His Highness!"

Chen Qing said indifferently: "Such a pair of bows and arrows, wouldn't the Daoist pass it on to his disciples?"

Zhou Tong shook his head, "This pair of bronze bow and iron arrow is also called Tianxia Bow and Qiankun Arrow. No one can afford this pair of bows and arrows except Your Highness. Master and I are only temporarily keeping it for the real owner. Your Highness is in my last few days. Isn't it fate to manage Cen Mountain for many years?"

Chen Qing was overjoyed. He took the bow and arrow, and his hand sank. The bow and arrow weighed at least fifty catties. There were only ten iron arrows in the quiver. He took out one and put it on the bowstring. Creaking the bow, Zhou Tong's disciples were all shocked, even Shao Jichun felt ashamed, he could only draw the bow halfway, but Chen Qing could easily draw the bow fully.

String a loose 'boom! There was a loud noise, and there was a buzzing sound in the lobby. The arrow was nailed to the flagpole a hundred steps away, and the arrow shot through the flagpole.

"Good archery!" Everyone applauded and cheered together. If the rope is completely broken, it's nothing. The key is that ten strands are broken and nine strands are broken, and a trace is left to give the Taoist a face. This is a very profound skill.

Zhou Tong sighed and said, "If your Highness goes down and shoots at the Shao family's incense head, it will be extinguished, so I might as well!"

Next to him, Shao Jichun suddenly understood that shooting eleven birds with ten arrows was nothing at all. If it was Chen Qing, he would have shot down ten feathers, but not a single bird.

Zhou Tong slowly said to his disciples: "You guys understand now! This is the highest level of archery. Arrow with the heart, the arrow is in the heart, and the arrow in the world is determined by the heart."

……

Chen Qing didn't go back that night. Accompanied by more than 100 soldiers, he set up a large tent next to Tianchi and stayed overnight.

Tianchi was very cold at night, and the temperature was about to reach zero. Chen Qing was wearing a cloak, holding Yu Ying tightly in his arms, standing in front of Tianchi, watching the lake water under the moonlight, the moonlight was shining like clouds, clusters of white mist Floating on the lake, it is like white elves flying lightly on the lake.

"what is that?"

Yu Ying exclaimed in a low voice, "Is that the fairy in the legend?"

Chen Qing nodded, Tianchi has always been rumored that fairies will appear on moonlit nights and dance lightly on the lake. This is probably the reason. In fact, the temperature is cold and white mist appears on the lake.

Yu Ying raised her head, her bright beautiful eyes looked at her husband expectantly, "Husband, let's pay the bill! My day has come, I think I will definitely conceive a fairy tonight."

Chen Qing smiled and nodded, "We will succeed tonight. It's Xiaolang. I'll name him Xuanchi. If it's Xiaoniang, I'll name him Guancen."

……

In the afternoon of the next day, Chen Qing returned to the camp at the foot of the mountain, and the whole army rested for another night. The next morning, the army continued to set off.

This morning, the army arrived at Shanyang County, Shuozhou. Liu Qiong and Tang Qian led [-] troops to station in Shanyang County, and the commander Wang Duo led [-] troops to station in Ying County.

Now, together with the more than 11 troops brought by Chen Qing, Shuozhou has an army of nearly [-], with heavy trebuchets, ten kerosene chariots and ten gunpowder chariots each, enough to capture Datong City in one battle.

In the big tent, Chen Qing was pacing back and forth in front of the sand table with his hands behind his hands. At this moment, Zhang Xiao walked in and asked with a smile, "Your Highness looking for a humble job?"

Chen Qing nodded, "I have an idea, I don't want to wait for next year, I want to win Datong City this year!"

"But...it will snow in about half a month."

"Here is the problem. If we can break through the city of Datong before the snow falls, Wanyan Helisa will have to lead his army to retreat. If Datong wants to retreat to Yanshan Mansion, it will have to go to Duxing, cross Yanshan from Juyongguan, at least After walking for half a month or even 20 days, they are likely to be trapped by heavy snow along the way, have no food and grass, kill horses for food, and may encounter Mughal cavalry, and it is unlikely that they can return to Yanshan Mansion alive."

"Your Highness is planning to use the Iron Rhino?"

Chen Qing nodded, "Since we have an iron rhino, let's let it show its power!"

The Song Army Firearms Battalion called the five-hundred-jin box-type fire mine a rhinoceros, but after the success of the iron fire mine, the Gunpowder Bureau continued to conduct experiments and improvements. After a year, it finally successfully developed an iron fire mine weighing two hundred catties. Huolei, the iron shell alone weighs 120 jin, and [-] jin of gunpowder is filled inside.

They named the [-]-jin Iron Fire Thunder the Iron Rhinoceros, because it was too difficult and costly. At present, the Firearms Bureau has only produced three Iron Rhinoceros. Chen Qing specially sent Song Jun a An iron rhinoceros, but there is only a [-]% chance of successfully exploding.

If you use the iron rhino to blow open the city gate or blow down the city wall, it will be a real soldier who surrenders without fighting, occupying Datong Mansion without hurting a single soldier, and then let God clean up Wanyan, Lisa and his [-] soldiers. Jurchen army.

"His Highness understands what His Highness means, but before, His Highness wanted to besiege the city to fight for reinforcements, and used Datong Mansion to attract golden soldiers for reinforcements. Does His Highness think that the plan has changed?"

Chen Qing nodded, "It was Wanyanchang who changed his plan. Wanyan Helisa gave up attacking the Mughals in the north. Then next year the Jurchen army will attack the Mughals with all their strength. There will be no reinforcements to help Datong Mansion. More importantly, , I am worried that next spring, the Mughals will attack Datong Mansion in a big way to repay the hatred of the Mughals for being expelled. At that time, there will be a melee between the three armies.

"Your Highness is right. The enemy has changed his plan, so we have to change accordingly. I support His Highness to march north immediately."

Although Chen Qing decided to go north and march into Datong Mansion immediately, he still had to make a plan. If they couldn't capture Datong Mansion as planned, they would have to garrison outside Datong Mansion, so logistical support was extremely important.

Chen Qing ordered Niu Gao to lead an army of [-] in charge of logistics and deliver food and supplies. He personally led an army of [-] to set off northward, and appointed Yang Zaixing as the deputy general, and Liu Qiong and Tang Qian as the main generals on the left and right wings.

One hundred thousand troops marched towards Datong Mansion in mighty force.

But in many cases, plans are often inferior to changes. Chen Qing thought very carefully about his army, but he didn't see through Wanyan Helisa. He underestimated Wanyan Helisa's determination to take revenge.

The development of the situation was completely beyond Chen Qing's expectation.

9 Chapter Ten Changes

Two days after the army marched, they entered the territory of Datong Prefecture. At night, the [-] troops camped on the north bank of the Cangtou River to rest. tent treatment.

Only in the middle of the team, there are two marching tents, these are the only two camp tents, the smaller one is the tent of the military adviser Zhang Xiao, he is too old and can't stand the wind and camp, so Chen Qing ordered him to be treated preferentially.

The other big tent is the Chinese military tent.

It was already late at night, and there was silence in the campsite. There were countless sentry cavalry on the outside, and there were scouts hidden in the big trees farther away. If there was an enemy situation, red bright gunpowder arrows could be fired twenty miles away.

Candlelight still faintly shone from the tent of the Chinese army, and Chen Qing was still standing in front of the sand table, meditating. woman.

At this time, hurried footsteps came from outside, and a soldier said outside the tent door: "His Royal Highness, the scouts have sent urgent information!"

Chen Qing was startled, walked out of the tent and asked, "What's the emergency situation?"

One of the scouts knelt down on one knee and reported: "His Royal Highness, we found a large group of Jurchen cavalry moving southeast rapidly. There are about [-] cavalry."

Chen Qing immediately realized the [-] Jurchen cavalry, isn't this the [-] cavalry of Datong City?What is Wanyan Drinking Lisa doing?

Chen Qing asked again: "When did it happen, and where was it discovered?"

"It was discovered at dusk, and the location was twenty miles south of Huaiyuan County."

"Go and investigate again!"

"Follow the order!"

After the scouts left, Chen Qing immediately ordered to his soldiers: "Invite the military division to me quickly, as well as General Yang, General Xiao Liu and General Tang, all three together."

The soldiers ran to find someone. Chen Qing returned to the camp tent and looked carefully on the sand table. He quickly found the location where the enemy was found. Twenty miles south of Huaiyuan County, this is an official road running from north to south. Datong City leads directly to Ying County, that is to say, [-] Jurchen troops went to Ying County. This discovery really surprised Chen Qing.

At this time, Zhang Xiao and Yang Zaixing all arrived at the same time.

"Your Highness, what happened?" Zhang Xiao stepped forward and asked.

He knew that something important must have happened when His Royal Highness King Yong was looking for him.

Chen Qing calmly said to the crowd: "I just received an urgent military report from the scouts and found [-] Jurchen cavalry in the south of Huaiyuan County."

Chen Qing pointed to the official road south of Huaiyuan County with a wooden pole on the sand table, "It's right here!"

Everyone looked at it, and couldn't help but look at each other, Yang Zaixing said in shock, "Your Highness, are they going to Ying County?"

"The only way is to go to Ying County!"

Liu Qiong frowned, "But what do they mean?"

Chen Qing said indifferently: "The meaning is very simple. Wanyan Drinking Lisa and we have the same idea. Get a vote before it snows, annihilate our [-] troops in Yingxian County, and boost the morale of the army. If Liu Qiong leads the main force to go to Yingxian If the county provides support, it is likely to be trapped by heavy snow, which can be said to be a plan to use the weather to hit us hard."

"Could it be that the [-] Jurchens actually circled behind us?" Tang Qian thought for a moment.

"It's unlikely. There is no official road on the sand table. The ground is uneven and there are many rocks. It's okay for you scouts to walk, but the [-] army can't go. They have to march along the smooth official road, even at night. Unable to march."