Fenghou

Chapter 220 Mutation

Yelu Ali is called the demon knife, not referring to the big knife in his hand, but a hidden revolving knife. This revolving knife is thrown out horizontally, circles in a circle in the distance, and flies back quickly from behind without making a sound. , as fast as lightning, the blade pointed right at the back of Yue Yun's neck.

Severing Yue Yun's posterior carotid artery with one knife, Yue Yun would surely die. At this critical moment, an iron arrow shot at an incomparable speed. .

It was only then that Yue Yun realized that he had almost been plotted against, and his expression changed drastically.

Yelu Ali stepped back more than ten steps, glanced at the iron arrow on the ground, he immediately understood, and shouted sharply: "May I ask His Highness King Yong, who will win the second battle?"

What he meant was that without this arrow, he would have already killed Yue Yun, and it was the Western Army who cheated.

Chen Qing replied: "That's right, you won the second round, I just want to save my life!"

Chen Qing shouted again: "General Yue, please come back!"

Yue Yun's face was full of shame and anger, but King Yong ordered him to do so, so he dared not disobey, so he snorted heavily and urged his horse to run towards the camp.

The soldiers of the Jin Bing Army cheered. They won the second round. The first two rounds each won a round. It was a tie. The key is the third round.

Yelu Ali shouted loudly again: "The third team is still old man, would His Royal Highness King Yong wish to end the battle?"

At this time, Chen Qing's subordinates called for the battle one after another, but Chen Qing was a little embarrassed. Among them, Yang Zaixing's martial arts skills were the strongest, but his strength was still inferior to Yelu Ali. Yelu Ali was not only superb in sword skills, but also extremely powerful. The big sword weighed at least sixty catties, and with his rich experience, even the number one fighter, Yue Yun, was inferior to the opponent in terms of experience. Even if the opponent didn't use the whirling sword, then Ali would win in the end.

This formidable opponent reminded Chen Qing of Wanyan Loushi, the two of them were really close friends, apart from himself, Chen Qing couldn't think of anyone else who would be his opponent?

"Stop arguing, I will go to the third round myself!"

Yang Zaixing was shocked, and said anxiously: "Your Highness, with a body of a thousand gold, can't go to battle to compete for the bravery of ordinary people. If there are three rounds and two shortfalls, what should the Western Army do?"

Chen Qing said with a smile: "I never fight in uncertain battles. General Yang used bows and arrows to hold the battle for me. It should be foolproof."

Chen Qing got on his horse, stretched out his hand and said, "Bring my halberd!"

The generals couldn't persuade them, so they had to pin their hopes on Yang Zaixing. Not only Yang Zaixing, but Zhang Xian and Yue Yun were also holding bows and arrows in their hands, a hundred paces away, ready to attack at any time.

Wanyan Wushu was overjoyed, he didn't expect Chen Qing to fight in person, he was trembling with excitement, he must seize this opportunity!

He shouted: "General Ali, behead Chen Qing, I will play the emperor and make you king."

Chen Qing laughed loudly, "General Wu Shu, back then you offered a reward of Wanguan for my head, do you want you to come and receive the reward yourself?"

Wanyan Wushu also smiled and said: "The first emperor offered a reward of [-] guan for your head, and it is still valid. I will ask the Emperor Dajin for a reward, and half of it will be buried in you!"

Yelu Ali gritted his teeth and said: "If you defeat me, the prince will naturally end up. It's useless to talk too much, just die!"

He urged the horse to gallop, and slashed out with the big knife. He was afraid that Chen Qing would go back and return to the camp, so he eagerly drew the knife first, feeling a little impetuous.

Chen Qing saw the impatience of the other party, and the most feared thing was impatience, once he was impatient, it would be easy for the other party to catch the loopholes.

Back then Chen Qing fought fiercely with Wanyan Loushi, and it was also because Wanyan Loushi was seriously ill that Chen Qing took advantage of it. But more than ten years have passed, and Chen Qing's martial arts are no longer the same as Wuxia Ameng back then.

Like his thinking, his martial arts were fully mature, and he used every move calmly, like an antelope hanging its horns, making the opponent invisible.

He didn't dodge at all, with a flick of the halberd, the halberd slashed toward the opponent's neck like flowing water. This knife seemed to have passed through time, and there should have been a process, but the shadow flashed, and it had already reached the end.

Yelu Ali also felt that something was wrong, but he didn't want to give up this opportunity. He was about to slash Chen Qing's waist. As long as he slashed Chen Qing, he would become the number one hero of Dajin and become a prince. He seemed to have seen the prince golden helmet and put it on his head.

He was impatient, greedy for merit, and should immediately return to defense, but he was reluctant to draw the sword, and wanted to bet all the wealth of his children and grandchildren on the sword.

The blade was still two inches away from Chen Qing's waist, and Yelu Ali caught a glimpse of Chen Qing's dark and dull waist armor. "Oops!"

He suddenly realized that King Yong's armor was different from other generals.

At this time, he suddenly discovered that the earth was rushing towards him, and the soil hit his forehead heavily.

The last thought of his life flashed through his mind, that his head had fallen off.

Big knife with inertia 'dang! 'The ground fell on Chen Qing's waist armor, making a sharp metal impact sound, and the waist armor made of fine steel was not damaged at all.

Chen Qing sneered, Yelu Ali forgot, he was King Yong, could King Yong's armor be the same as that of ordinary generals?

Even if this knife hits the target, it will definitely cut through the black hammer armor piece made of refined steel, not to mention the soft armor made of gold thread next to the body, which can't penetrate the arrows of the god arm crossbow, which can really hurt him. , but it was the bronze hammer of Pucha Ahudie, the first warrior.

Yelu Ali's headless body fell off the horse, blood spurted from the neck cavity, and the head rolled more than ten feet away. Chen Qing's soldiers rushed up to grab it.

There was no sound in the golden army formation, who was known as the number one general in the army, but he was killed by King Yong in one face-to-face.

Wanyan Wushu was speechless for a while, but he could see clearly that Yelu Ali was too eager, before Chen Qing entered the battle, he rushed up and slashed out, his greed for success eventually killed himself.

Wanyan Wushu let out a long sigh, took off the long sword in his waist and handed it to the soldiers, he shouted, "Go back to the city!"

Twenty thousand cavalry followed Wanyan Wushu and retreated to the city twenty miles away.

The soldiers handed Xia Guojian to Chen Qing's soldiers, Chen Qing drew out the sword, saw the cold light, extremely sharp, he waved the long sword and shouted: "Attack!"

"Woo--" The low-pitched horn blew, and the [-] cavalry who had been ambushing for a long time charged out from both sides of the camp, and the yellow dust billowed with murderous intent, chasing and killing Wanyan Wushu's [-] troops.

Wanyan Wushu turned pale with fright, and urged his horse to run wildly. Suddenly, a cavalry force of 3 people was killed from the front of the oblique stab, cutting off their retreat, and the leading general was Liu Cui.

There were [-] troops chasing after them, and [-] troops intercepting them in front. Seeing that they were about to be surrounded, Wanyan Wushu's soldiers' eyes turned red, and they shouted: "My lord, the south can break through!"

Three thousand cavalry guarded Wanyan Wushu and broke through to the south, while Yue Yun led eight thousand cavalry in hot pursuit.

Chen Qing's more than [-] troops were all mobilized, and Wanyan Wushu's [-] troops were surrounded by the cavalry of the Western Army like an iron wall. In less than half an hour, the Jurchen cavalry were all annihilated and killed.

Wanyan Wushu never dreamed of such a result, he led [-] troops to single-handedly fight, but was tricked by Chen Qing, who ambushed [-] troops and Liu Cui's [-] cavalry in advance.

The 13 Western Army surrounded and wiped out Wanyan Wushu's army, and Chen Qing made a special opening to break out to the south. Wanyan Wushu was escorted by [-] cavalry to escape to the south, followed closely by the cavalry of the Western Army. , causing Wanyan Wushu to flee farther and farther away from Licheng County completely.

An army of more than 20 troops followed Chen Qinghao and marched towards Licheng County. At this time, Fan Gong had already received the news that Wanyan Wushu had fled to the south, and he was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot. After fighting several miles away, Fan Gong immediately made a decisive decision and ordered the entire army to withdraw from Licheng County and quickly retreat to the northeast.

Fan Gong knew very well that the prince could no longer return to the city, and there was no point in sticking to Licheng County any longer. If the prince could escape the pursuit, he would definitely make a detour and retreat north, maybe they could meet again.

Dozens of scouts rushed to Chen Qing and reported loudly: "His Royal Highness, the main force of the Jin army has withdrawn from Licheng County and retreated to the northeast!"

Chen Qing nodded his head and said: "Pass my order, the whole army will pursue at top speed, kill without mercy!"

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The Jurchens are relatively simple to think about. A heads-up is a heads-up. If you win, you will go back to the city if you win. If you lose, you will pay the bet.

But Chen Qing may not be willing to fight the opponent one-on-one, he found the opportunity here, as long as Wanyan Wushu can't return to the city, the army in the city will definitely abandon the city and retreat.

This is not a question of the main general being killed in battle, and the deputy general going up to the top, Wanyan Wushu is not the main general, he is the monarch, if the king retreats, the whole army will inevitably be defeated.

The 11 troops retreated eastward in a panic, including [-] Iron Buddha Jurchen soldiers. The Iron Buddha refers to heavy armored cavalry. The army could not retreat very far.

The [-] Iron Buddha soldiers didn't even carry any armor, so they retreated lightly, leaving all the heavy armor in the barracks.

The [-] cavalrymen of the Western Army pursued and killed them, and the Jin soldiers were defeated. The Jurchen cavalry and the Donghu cavalry fought their horses and fled desperately. He knelt down and begged for mercy.

At this time, Chen Qing issued an order that the Han soldiers could accept the surrender and pursue and kill the Jurchen soldiers and Donghu soldiers with all their strength.

To the north of Licheng County is the wide Jishui River. Why is it called Jinan? It means the south of Jishui River. Tens of thousands of Jurchen and Donghu cavalry galloped along the south bank of Jishui River. The soldier was shot and fell off the horse, and there were shot dead bodies along the way.

Fan Gong had already started to prepare for the evacuation. He arranged the evacuation floating bridge in Laohekou Town, eighty miles away from Licheng County. At the same time, it was relatively hidden and was not discovered by the scouts of the Western Army.

At this time, the Jurchen cavalry who rushed to the floating bridge first were not the main force retreating in the city, but Wanyan Wushu and more than 1000 cavalry guards. Wanyan Wushu was chased by the cavalry led by Yue Yun. He also knew that escaping further south would be a dead end. One, you must flee north to have a chance of survival.

He ordered [-] cavalry to fight to the death to resist the pursuers, and he took a detour to escape to Laohekou Town in the north with more than [-] bodyguard cavalry. The overwhelming army fled, and the subordinates shouted: "It's our cavalry!"

At this moment, a fleet of [-] vehicles and boats from the Jiaolong Battalion led by Ruan De sailed in the middle of the river.

In the distance is the yellow dust that covers the sky and the sun, and more than [-] cavalry from the Western Army are chasing after them...

The speed of the vehicles and boats was still slower than that of the cavalry. The first batch of thousands of Jurchen cavalry fled to the bridge first, led by Wanyan Wushu's eldest son Wanyan Heng, including counselor Fan Gong, Chang Shi Zhao Yuan, Wanyan Zongxian, Wanyan Di Gu Nai, Chi Zhanhui and a group of Jurchen generals.

When Wanyan Wushu saw his son, he was overjoyed and shouted, "Cross the bridge!"

The cavalry urged their horses to rush to the opposite bank. The first batch of more than [-] cavalry had just rushed over when the fleet of the Western Army arrived. The first three collision ships slammed into the floating bridge. "Boom!" There was a loud noise, and the floating bridge was smashed. It crashed into two sections, and the ships behind poured kerosene on fire one after another, and the pontoon bridge suddenly became a sea of ​​flames.

The ten thousand Jurchen cavalry behind couldn't get through. They shouted and shouted on the bank. Thousands of Jurchen soldiers abandoned their horses and swam to the opposite bank with their sheepskin bags. How could it be so easy to swim across the three-mile-wide Jishui? In particular, there were warships of the Western Army in Jishui. The soldiers of the Western Army shot through the skins with arrows. Without the skins, the Jurchen soldiers were wearing heavy armor and could only sink into the water. All three thousand Jurchen soldiers drowned in Yujishui. One person can swim to the other side.

The tens of thousands of cavalry on the bank were unable to cross the river, so they had to continue to flee eastward. In just a moment, more than [-] cavalry of the Western Army came to the scene, with dust flying, a majestic momentum, and the sound of horseshoes.

Wanyan Wushu knew that the general situation was over and the whole army could not be spared, so he sighed and fled northward to the Yellow River with more than [-] cavalry. It is also the retreat route deployed by Fan Gong, and it is not far from the seaside.

Tens of thousands of Jurchen and Donghu cavalry were finally overtaken by 150 Western troops in Jiyang County, [-] miles away. In front of them were rolling hills and hills, and [-] cavalry led by Liu Qiong blocked their way.

The [-] Jurchen cavalry and the Donghu cavalry had nowhere to escape. Under the leadership of the veteran Puluhun, they turned their horses and fought desperately with the more than [-] Western troops who came after them. Chaos is far from being the opponent of the Western Army.

This desperate battle lasted until that night, with heavy casualties on both sides, but no one of the Jurchen cavalry surrendered. The battle continued until the last cavalry. The 5 Jurchen cavalry were wiped out by the 15 Western Army, and there was no chance to surrender in the end. , The Western Army refused to accept the surrender, and killed all the wounded and surrendered soldiers.

So far, of Wanyan Wushu's 13 troops, except for 7000 who escaped with Wanyan Wushu, the other 12 troops were wiped out, and 4 people surrendered, almost all of whom were signed by Han Chinese, including the general Li Cheng. , was also forced to dismount and surrender to the Western Army.

The remaining [-] Donghu cavalry and [-] Jurchen cavalry refused to surrender, and were all killed without a single life.

Chen Qing also learned a lesson. After the [-] Jurchen soldiers of Wanyan Zonghan who were captured in northern Shaanxi were exchanged by the Kingdom of Jin, they all stayed in Hebei and continued to become the backbone of the army. This really annoyed Chen Qing. From then on, he no longer accepted The Jurchens and Donghu prisoners of war were all killed in order to reduce the population of Donghu and make them unable to compete with the Central Plains.

However, the Jurchen cavalry fought desperately in this battle, and the soldiers of the Western Army also suffered heavy casualties. More than [-] cavalrymen of the Western Army were killed and over [-] soldiers were injured.

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The small number of troops left in the city are township soldiers belonging to Jinan Prefecture, about a thousand people, led by Zhang Shaoyan, the prefect. Zhang Shaoyan was originally the general judge of Zizhou in the Northern Song Dynasty. His reputation in Zhongkou was also good, so he was highly regarded by Wanyan Wushu, and he was appointed as the prefect of Jinan.

Zhang Shaoyan is alert and very intelligent. When the Jin soldiers retreated in a panic, he knew that the Jin soldiers were gone. If he wanted to get King Yong's approval, he had to do something. Zhang Shaoyan immediately mobilized the state soldiers to guard the warehouses and barracks to prevent the people from looting supplies.

At the same time, state soldiers were sent to the streets to persuade the people to go home and stabilize people's hearts, so that although Licheng County fell, it was not chaotic at all, and the streets and alleys were very quiet.

An hour later, Chen Qing personally led the [-] Western Army into the city and took over the defense of Licheng County. Chen Qing saw that the city was very quiet, and the streets and alleys were orderly, especially the warehouses and barracks, as well as state soldiers standing guard. The prefect sent state soldiers to maintain order, which greatly appreciated Chen Qing.

The warehouse of Wanyan Wushu is too important. Although the Puppet Qi State replaced the Northern Song Dynasty in the Central Plains, it does not mean that the Puppet Qi State took over the wealth of the Northern Song Dynasty. In addition to the wealth that was plundered and transported to the Kingdom of Jin, there is still a large amount of accumulated wealth. It was occupied by Wanyan Nianhan, Wanyan Wushu, and Wanyanchang. Among them, Wanyan Nianhan possessed the most wealth and materials. When Wanyan Nianhan attacked Shaanxi Road and wiped out the entire army, the wealth and materials he left behind were taken away. Wanyan Wushu and Wanyanchang were divided.

After Chen Qing occupied Bianliang and Henan Road, he didn't get much wealth, he only took part of it from the puppet Qi officials, but a large amount of property was transported to Shandong Road by Wanyan Wushu in advance.

Chen Qing asked to bring up several shopkeepers, all of them were shopkeepers from nearby shops, they knelt down and saluted together, "Xiaomin see His Royal Highness King Yong!"

"Every shopkeeper, please stand up!"

Several shopkeepers stood up, and Chen Qingxiao asked: "I want to ask you, how are the officials in Jinan Prefecture and Licheng County? Are they corrupt and perverting the law, exploiting the common people?"

Several shopkeepers looked at each other, shook their heads together and said: "Prefect Zhang and Yang County are very good. They provide porridge for the hungry, build charity homes, and don't force everyone to pay taxes. Everyone supports them very much. As a result, the prefect Ma, who was appointed by the puppet Qi before, was called Ma Yanluo, that's called bad, changing tricks to collect money, fish and meat the common people, later I heard that he embezzled [-] guan of military salary and [-] shi of military rations, was discovered by the Jurchens, and Marshal Wanyan killed him in a rage , and then changed to Zhang Zhifu and Yang County, it will be much better."

"Thank you everyone, please go back! Order will be restored soon and taxes will be reduced."

Several shopkeepers thanked them with gratitude. In fact, Chen Qing also knew that Wanyan Wushu was not very good at appointing officials. He paid great attention to the ability of officials and hated corrupt officials. Most of the officials he appointed on Henan Road stayed on. On the contrary, almost all the officials appointed by the former puppet Qi were dismissed.

However, Chen Qing has his own rules. Every time he goes to a big city, he must first find some merchants or rich families to ask the local officials for their reputation.

The officials of the Jinan Prefecture seemed to be doing well. They had been in office for less than two years and had a good reputation among the people. Chen Qing immediately asked the soldiers to bring the prefect to him.

Not long after, Zhang Song, the prefect, was brought to see Chen Qing by soldiers.

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Zhang Song had a clear mind, and the various introductions were well organized, substantial and unambiguous, which made Chen Qing appreciate it, and everyone came to the warehouse immediately.

The city of Licheng County is very large, with a circumference of nearly forty miles. There are at least 50 people living in such a large city. However, the population of Licheng County is actually very small. There are only more than [-] people in the city, mainly because most of the land They were all occupied by the military, and the people were all relocated.

Among them, only one Cangcheng covers an area of ​​thousands of acres, and there are hundreds of warehouses inside, surrounded by high walls. The Jin soldiers retreated hastily, and the two thousand Jurchen soldiers guarding Cangcheng fled to the barracks before they even had time to close the warehouse gates. went on horseback.

After the Jin soldiers withdrew, thousands of people around were really ready to move, but fortunately the magistrate Zhang Song reacted sharply, and immediately sent [-] state soldiers to guard the gate, so that thousands of people who came with baskets and sacks could not enter Cangcheng, so they had to leave in resentment. return.

At this time, the warehouse has been taken over by 40 soldiers of the Western Army. The soldiers stood on the top of Cangcheng and patrolled. A [-]-year-old official came to see Chen Qing. , responsible for the management of the entire Cangcheng."

Chen Qing nodded and said with a smile, "Are all the civil servants who manage the warehouse materials Han Chinese?"

Kong Wen hurriedly said: "Reporting to Your Highness, most of them are Han Chinese, but there is a Jurchen general named Wanyan Zongxian, who was originally left behind in Bianliang, and he is in charge of all the logistics of the army."

"Go in and take a look!"

Chen Qing entered Cangcheng surrounded by the Chinese. Kong Wen introduced: "There are 470 seven warehouses in total, 20% of which are granaries. There are nearly a million stones of grain alone. The fodder is not here. There are only black beans for horses here. About [-] tons."

Zhang Song said from the side: "There are 50 dans of fodder in the government's warehouse. Wanyan Wushu felt that it was easy to catch fire, so he transferred it to the government's warehouse. There is not much grain in the government's warehouse, only [-] shi , mainly used to help the people.”

Chen Qing asked again: "How many copper coins, gold and silver, and cloth are there?"

"About 1000 to [-] million copper coins..."

"How much?" Chen Qing was startled.

"1000 to [-] million coins, most of them were transported from Bianliang. It is said that they were all money from the former official treasury. If the Jin Guoyun did not go away, they all stayed."

Zhang Xiao smiled and said, "Your Highness, 1000 to [-] million is only half of the annual tax in the Northern Song Dynasty, which is actually not too much."

Chen Qing couldn't bear the excitement in his heart, and asked again: "Where are the gold, silver and silk?"

"140 million taels of silver, 15 taels of gold, 350 million bolts of silk, and 70 bolts of silk and satin. In addition, jewelry, jade and porcelain are not here, but in the warehouse of Prince Liang's Mansion."

"What other supplies are there?" Chen Qing asked with a smile.

"Reporting to Your Highness, there are other weapons, armor, bows and arrows, tents, flags and drums, as well as pig iron, copper, fur, medicinal materials, wood, and hundreds of other sundries. There are so many people to live in, and there is also a large underground freezer full of mutton and wine."

Chen Qing nodded and said with a smile: "It's hard work for Kong Canjun to count all the supplies as soon as possible."