Fenghou

Gao Ding ate his dinner in a hurry, and then led hundreds of soldiers to gallop towards Chicang Town on horseback.

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Chapter One Thousand and Thirty

Gao Ding arrived at the Western Army Camp in Chicang Town at dawn the next day. At this time, Chen Qing was standing alone in front of the sand table considering the Bianliang encirclement and suppression plan. .

"Let him in!"

After a while, Gao Ding walked in quickly, knelt down on one knee and saluted, "See Your Highness!"

"Why did you come all night? What happened to Chen Liu?" Chen Qing looked at him strangely. There should be no golden soldiers in Chen Liu County.

"Reporting to Your Highness, I have received news that all the gold soldiers in Yingtian Mansion have been evacuated, probably at the same time when they went north."

Chen Qing was slightly taken aback, the news was a little unexpected to him, and he asked, "What is the source of the news?"

"It was Chen Liu, the magistrate of Lu, who brought a businessman to tell the humble official that the businessman also just came from Yingtian Mansion."

"Have you sent someone to confirm?"

"Xiaozhi has already sent people to Yingtian Mansion, but before the results are reached, Xiaozhi rushed here first, fearing that something important will be missed."

Chen Qing understood what Gao Ding meant by ignoring a major event, which meant that the Jin soldiers in Bianliang also retreated, and he immediately ordered his soldiers, "Hurry up and invite the military adviser!"

Not long after, Zhang Xiao hurried over, "Your Highness, what happened?"

"General Gao, tell me!"

Gao Ding repeated it again, and Zhang Xiao frowned, "But I haven't received any information from Bianliang!"

Chen Qing pondered for a while and said, "Is it possible that the Bianliang city gate is closed and the information cannot be sent out?"

Zhang Xiao nodded, "This possibility is very high, but what about the scout's news?"

"No news from scouts!"

Chen Qing seemed to think of something, and suddenly became worried, "The scout information from yesterday has not been delivered!"

As soon as the words fell, there was a low commotion outside, and a soldier said at the gate: "Your Highness, the scouts are back, and they seem to be injured!"

Chen Qing was startled, and hurried out, only to see a few soldiers carrying a scout covered in blood. It was Shen Qing, who had just been promoted to the deputy command envoy. , but the arrow is still inside the meat.

A military doctor came forward to examine him, and gave him a massage for a while, Shen Qing slowly came to his senses, and said in a low voice: "Quickly report, the main force of the Jin army has withdrawn to the east."

Chen Qing stepped forward and said, "Ask his subordinates! Why did only one come back?"

"His Highness asked where are your subordinates?"

Shen Qing began to cry, "They were all killed in battle, and met a 300-man sentry cavalry."

Chen Qing hurriedly said: "Hurry up and send him to a doctor, don't let him die!"

The military doctor rushed away with several soldiers carrying Shen Qing, Chen Qing nodded: "It seems that the information is true, and the golden soldiers in Bianliang have also retreated."

A few generals nearby said anxiously: "Your Highness, we will immediately hunt down the enemy, and we must not let them escape!"

Chen Qing shook his head and said: "The opponent is retreating strategically, and will not flee in defeat. Without my order, no one is allowed to chase without authorization. Those who disobey the order will be killed!"

Chen Qing then ordered an army of 15 to rise up and continue to slowly kill in the direction of Bianliang City. Chen Qing knew in his heart that there must be a large number of troops stationed in Bianliang City.

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Lin'an, in front of Huangjianzui Teahouse, an ox cart stopped slowly, a middle-aged man got out of the oxcart carrying a large wooden box, the teahouse clerk stepped forward, "Guest officer, welcome to drink tea, can you come?" A date?"

"On the second floor, Yulan Hall, I have an appointment with a friend."

"Guest officer please!"

This middle-aged man was Gu Yanxin, an official of the Privy Council. He hurried up to the second floor with a large box and came to the innermost Yulan hall.

Walking into the room, there are two smiling men waiting for him in the room.

One is Dong An, the director of the Lin'an Intelligence Station, and the other is Wei Yanzong, the deputy director.

"The two of you have been waiting for a long time."

"Guest Bo, please sit down and have a cup of tea!"

Gu Yanxin picked up the teacup and drank it down, then handed the wooden box to Dong An, "Here is the complete set of information you want, thirty thousand-stone grain ships, the Privy Council's grain allocation order, handover list, receipt, the same The receipt list has been sent to Yangzhou, and the Yangzhou logistics grain depot will accept the grain with the Chinese documents in your hands."

Dong An looked at the document and asked, "Is this document fake?"

Gu Yanxin shook his head, "The document is absolutely true, but the same fleet issued two documents. This fleet will depart from Lin'an tomorrow morning. You must hurry up."

"Why is there still a pennant?" Wei Yanzong asked strangely as he opened the box.

Gu Yanxin quickly explained: "That is the official flag, it is very important, it must be stuck on the ship, without the official flag, the ship cannot enter the warehouse at all."

Dong An was overjoyed, "Thank you, Master!"

He took out another 100 taels of silver, put it on the table and pushed it over. "This is a thought, please accept it!"

Gu Yanxin glanced at Baiyin, then pushed the silver back, "I don't help you for money, I hope to serve His Royal Highness King Yong!"

Seeing that he refused to accept the money, Dong An nodded and said, "I understand, I will report the truth to His Royal Highness Yong."

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Wei Yanzong went north by boat overnight with his suitcase. Two days later, he arrived at Zhenjiang Mansion. On the pier of Zhenjiang Mansion, he met Wang Qing, the commander in chief.

Wang Qing received an order from Yong Wang Chen Qing to lead his army to attack the Song Army's logistics camp in Yangzhou and cut off the logistics supply of the 20 troops.

Without logistical support, the northern expedition of 20 troops is just a joke.

The Lin'an intelligence station is also cooperating with Wang Qing's actions, and the documents they bring are also crucial.

Wang Qing looked at the qualifications in the wooden box, and felt relieved, "General Wei has worked hard."

Wei Yanzong smiled slightly: "I am Liu Gu, the steward of the fleet. I met the real steward of the fleet. He looks a bit like me. I will go to Yangzhou with Wang Tongzhi."

Wang Qing was overjoyed, "Then there is no need to delay, let's set off immediately!"

Thirty thousand stone grain ships left Zhenjiang Mansion Wharf and sailed to the other side of the Yangtze River...

The fleet arrived in Yangzhou very quickly, but the fleet waited until night before going to Yangzhou. They made a special investigation, and they stopped unloading after nightfall, and all civilian workers had to leave the warehouse area.

At one o'clock, the fleet arrived in Yangzhou, and slowly walked along the Cao River to the warehouse area. The way was full of soldiers and the guards were heavily guarded.

The boat was stopped in front of the water fence, and the general on duty said impatiently, "Why did you come at night again, didn't you agree to come during the day?"

Wei Yanzong said in an authentic Lin'an dialect: "Time can't be controlled! Help me, find someone to collect the goods!"

He threw a few pennies ashore, "It's not easy all the way, please help!"

There is nothing money can't handle, if not, then add more money.

The general weighed the money, "Wait, I'll find someone!"

The general on duty left in a hurry, and not long after, an official was brought over with a thick document in his hand.

"Is it Guanshi Huang from Lin'an?" the official asked.

Wei Yanzong clasped his fists and said, "I'm in Xiahuanggu, I'm sorry for coming so late, everyone."

Wei Yanzong was confident, and Gu Yanxin told them that this Huang Gu was escorting a boat to Yangzhou for the first time, so there was no need to worry about being recognized.

"Give me the paperwork!"

Wei Yanzong jumped off a small boat, reached out and handed the document to the official.

The officials checked the documents they received in the morning, and they were completely consistent and there was no problem.

He returned the documents to Wei Yanzong, "No one unloads the goods in the warehouse at night, or you can park outside overnight and be the first to enter the warehouse tomorrow."

How could it be possible to park outside for one night, or they would be finished if they acted. Wei Yanzong hurriedly said: "There are very important military supplies on board, we can't park outside, let's park inside!"

The official looked at the list, and it turned out that there were a thousand barrels of gunpowder. He looked at the fleet again, it was an official ship, and there were not many people.

Then he nodded and said: "Fortunately, you are an official ship. Civilian ships are not allowed to enter the warehouse area. You can park in, but you cannot leave people on board overnight. You must leave the warehouse area."

Chapter 31 Trojan Horse

The three checkpoints were opened one by one. Under the surveillance of the army, the fleet slowly entered the warehouse area. The warehouse area was huge, with hundreds of warehouses. Food, fodder, and military supplies were piled up in each warehouse.

The fleet stopped in front of the pier, and the officials shouted: "Everyone disembark, leave the warehouse area quickly, the army will conduct inspections."

Wei Yanzong also shouted: "Take your belongings, everyone, let's go! Come back tomorrow morning."

There were not many boatmen, only a dozen of them jumped off the boat one after another, and followed Wei Yanzong. The general on duty took dozens of his men and boarded the boat to check. They found that they were all food and supplies, and they did not find the boatman left behind. Take the soldiers away.

The warehouse door was slowly closed, and the warehouse area became quiet again, with no one in sight.

Time passed little by little, and at two o'clock, a bag of grain on the first big ship suddenly moved, and slowly moved to the side, revealing a hole. It turned out that the grain pile was hollow, and a black shadow jumped out of it lightly. , Then came out several black shadows, several black shadows appeared on several ships, and the leader was Wang Qing.

The grain ship has been specially modified. It looks like a big ship full of grain, but it is empty in the middle, but the waterline can see the flaws, so they choose to come to Yangzhou at night, so it is not easy to be seen. At the same time, they can also use the excuse to park in the warehouse area.

This is actually a Trojan horse trick. Of course, the Trojan horse tricks of the Orientals are closely linked, and every detail cannot be wrong, which is much stricter than the Trojan horse tricks of the Westerners.

The fleet was docked by the pier, and there were several large buildings by the pier, mainly for storing various tools, carts, etc. Thirty soldiers carried kerosene bags and carried kerosene barrels, followed Wang Qing along the building Running behind their backs, they dare not run over from the pier, they are too eye-catching, if the warehouse group has secret whistle, it is easy to be spotted.

They only have a general understanding of the Yangzhou warehouse. They know that the grain and grass area is in the east and the military capital area is in the west. be found.

The 30 people ran quickly, Wang Qing suddenly waved, and everyone stood against the wall, and saw a patrol team coming out of the grain and grass area and walking towards the material area not far away, thirty steps away.

When the patrol team was far away, Wang Qing waved, and the 30 people continued to run, rushing into the large granaries.

Each grain building is made of brick and wood, so it is not easy to burn it directly. It must be set on fire in the granary. The door of the granary is locked with a thick iron chain, but there is a small door for people to enter and exit, and there is also a lock on it.

This small lock is easy to deal with, and it can be easily smashed with an axe.

The Grain Depot has fifty large warehouses, but they only have 30 people. Wang Qing had a plan. They opened all the small doors of the warehouses, and each person was in charge of a grain warehouse. As for the forage warehouse, when they left, they threw in a A torch will suffice.

Everyone split up, sprayed all the kerosene on the grain bag, lit a fire bag, threw the grain bag, 'Boom! 'The flames burned.

The soldiers quickly retreated and threw torches into the forage warehouse while running. It took time for the grain warehouse to burn, but the forage warehouse burned rapidly, and thick smoke filled the air in just a moment, billowing thick smoke from all sides.

Wang Qing glanced back, secretly remorseful in his heart, he knew that he should not have set fire to the fodder storehouse, as this would have called the patrolling soldiers in advance.

But it was useless to regret now, and time did not allow him to think too much, so he led the crowd towards the ship.

There are still dozens of steps away from the ship, and the harsh alarm bell sounds!when!when!when!When it rang, someone shouted: "The grain depot is on fire, put out the fire!"

Patrol sentries rushed towards the grain and grass warehouses from all directions, and Wang Qing led the soldiers to jump into the grain boats one after another.

They have already considered the technique of escape, and the best way to camouflage on the beach is to turn into a grain of sand.

Then the way to escape in the warehouse group is to become a firefighting soldier.

At this time, a large number of soldiers rushed in from outside the warehouse, there were 3000 to [-] people, everyone took buckets and basins, and rushed to the warehouse group after fetching water.

Wang Qing and his subordinates also wore the same military uniforms, and each carried a wooden barrel and rushed to the warehouse group with a bucket of water.

Facts have proved that Wang Qing's worries are completely unnecessary. He is very worried that the grain warehouse will burn slowly and a large amount of grain will be rescued by soldiers.

He forgot the other two fatal factors, that is, thick smoke and high temperature. All the warehouses were filled with thick smoke, with crimson flames wrapped in thick smoke. Shouting, pretending to pour water in, no one knows what will be the use.

Wang Qing put his heart down, and he led the soldiers back to the Cao River to fetch water. There was chaos at the gate. Countless soldiers rushed to the warehouse area, but many soldiers also ran back to get more buckets for firefighting.

They ran out of the warehouse area among the large group of soldiers, and disappeared into the darkness as others ran to get fire-fighting equipment.

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The next day, Wang Qing took his men and Wei Yanzong to hide on a hilly hill about [-] miles away from Yangzhou City. There are lush pine forests here. Smoke, the fire is still burning and has not been extinguished. They have sent spies to inquire about the situation and are waiting patiently for a reply.

Wang Qing said regretfully: "The ship should be burned together, they will find the dark cabin on the ship, and they will know that we did it."

Wei Yanzong smiled slightly and said: "It is estimated that this afternoon, the real Huanggu will transport grain to Yangzhou, and it will be discovered at that time. In fact, even if the ship is burned, they can guess that we did it. Last night, it will be destroyed." Only our ships are moored inside."

"General Wei is right, it is indeed difficult to explain, but what about the official who helped us? Will he be discovered by the court?"

"You mean Gu Yanxin, once the court investigates, he will definitely be exposed. Don't dare, he is no longer in Lin'an. Their whole family should be in Dangtu County. Take a boat to Sichuan Road. He is from Bashu, and then changed his name and changed his surname to Dangtu in Bashu. Officer! This is our promise to him."

At this time, someone shouted: "The spies are back!"

When the three soldiers came back, Wang Qing went up to meet them and asked, "How is it?"

The leading soldier smiled and said: "We can't enter the warehouse area, it has been blocked, but in the teahouse outside the city, we met a few firefighting soldiers drinking tea, and they were telling everyone about the firefighting situation."

"What did they say?"

"They said that the grain depot and fodder depot are all over, they can't get in at all, they will be roasted and can't breathe, it's full of smoke and fire, they have abandoned the grain and grass area, and moved all the materials in the all-out rescue material area Go out, and then someone said, still save fifteen thousand shi of grain."

"What do you mean?" Wang Qing was a little confused. Since he couldn't get into the warehouse, how could he rescue [-] shi of grain?