Fenghou

Chen Qing also said: "The war of destroying the country cannot be accomplished overnight. It can be as short as a few years or as long as decades. Strategically, the two sides eliminate each other's national power, and the stronger national power wins. But tactically, you must be familiar with the terrain, make full use of your strengths and avoid weaknesses, and make full use of it." own advantage.

But back then, the Sui army was eager for quick success and quick gains, and rushed forward. They always wanted to replace strategy with tactics. They completely lost the long-term strategy, and they were not familiar with the terrain.

Back then, the advantage of the Sui Dynasty was equipment and warships. They did not make full use of the advantages of warships, but fought fiercely with the enemy in the high mountains. Ji Silla, or Goguryeo, why not worry? "

Zhang Gongyu understood, and he immediately said: "The old man has a long-term ambition. Even if he is 70 years old, he will lead the army and navy to capture Tamna Island for His Highness."

Chen Qing smiled slightly: "You don't need to be 70 years old, I believe you can realize this wish before you are 60 years old!"

"Humble job is looking forward to that day!"

Tang Huai was in a hurry, and hurriedly said: "Your Highness, even a lowly official can lead the navy to go out!"

Chen Qing said with a smile: "Don't worry, General Tang. Your journey is in the south. There are many uninhabited islands and lands in the south. They are rich in resources and fertile for thousands of miles. As long as we have a powerful navy and an extremely large transport The fleet, these lands will belong to our children."

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Chen Qing stayed in Penglai County for five days, and then led the fleet to set off again. The fleet came to Binzhou, where the Beiqing River flows into the Bohai Sea. Drive along the Beiqing River to Jinan Mansion in a mighty way.

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In Daming Mansion on Hebei Road, Wan Yanchang is also in intense battle preparation. Although he cannot get information from Jingzhao and Taiyuan, he knows the movements of Bianliang and Jinan Mansions. For grain and grass materials, a 20 army was assembled near Biankou, and [-] troops were assembled in Jinan Prefecture, not to mention the troops gathered in Hedong.

The war is approaching, and the dark clouds are pressing down on the city, which really makes Wan Yanchang nervous. He hurriedly sent someone to Liaodong to deliver a letter, asking the court to pay attention to Hebei Road and the Western Army. Chen Qing is no longer the warlord of the past, he is already the monarch of a country. Attack Hebei Road with the power of the whole country. If Jin Guo cannot deal with it with the whole country, then Hebei Road may not be able to be kept.

Wan Yanchang must let the emperor understand this truth, and must send another [-] Jurchen troops to support Hebei.

"Marshal Du thinks the emperor will send reinforcements?" Cui Jiu asked.

Wan Yanchang shook his head, "I don't know, Wushu and Nianhan are very powerful in the military, if they don't agree, even if the emperor wants to, he can't do anything!"

"They are more likely to object, especially Wushu. His relationship with Marshal Du is very bad, and he will definitely not agree."

Wan Yanchang sighed and said: "At this time, personal grievances are actually not important anymore. In the final analysis, it is because of different political opinions. Wushu and Nianhan have persuaded the emperor more than once to give up Hebei and concentrate their troops to protect Yanshan Mansion, but the emperor does not want to give up. This At that time, if the Son of Heaven wants to invest more resources to protect Hebei, they will definitely not agree, it will depend on whether the Son of Heaven can overwhelm them with imperial power, if not, then only the [-] reinforcements from Yanshan Mansion will go south in the end."

"But the reinforcements haven't moved yet!"

"They have to wait for the emperor's will and will not listen to my arrangement. I can only urge the emperor."

"But the emperor may have been persuaded by them."

"not at all!"

Wan Yanchang said coldly: "As long as the negotiating envoy doesn't come, the emperor doesn't want to give up Hebei!"

Cui Jiu felt helpless, and said again: "Marshal Du, no matter whether the imperial court wants to send reinforcements or not, we have to deploy our troops in place. I suggest that all the [-] signed troops be deployed in Xiangzhou, which can deal with the entry of the Hebei Army Fukouxing into Hebei. , and can defend Hanoi’s western army from rushing into Hebei, it can be said to kill two birds with one stone, or even kill three birds with one stone.”

Wan Yanchang shook his head and said: "Everything has both positive and negative sides. Although deploying in Xiangzhou can defend from multiple sides, it will also encounter attacks from three sides. In the end, one loses sight of the other. It is better to separate."

"But... it's easy to be broken up separately. Marshal Du, with a hundred thousand signed troops stationed in Anyang, the other side can't divide their troops either!"

Wan Yanchang still shook his head, "One hundred thousand signed troops are stationed in Anyang, how to block Fukouxing, how to defend Hanoi, how to defend the Western Army from crossing the Yellow River? Or do nothing, but if you divide the troops, it will not be the same Was it broken by everyone?"

Cui Jiu wanted to persuade him again, but Wan Yanchang waved his hand to stop him, "Sir, you don't need to persuade me any more. You don't know about some things. These signed troops are mixed. Some have strict military discipline and strong combat effectiveness, while others have loose military discipline and low strength Breakdown, if forced together, the bad ones will be worse, and the good ones will be dragged down, it’s better to work on our own, and be responsible for ourselves, I’ve made up my mind, so be it!”

"What about the [-] troops in the Daming Mansion? How will the prince arrange it?"

Wan Yanchang was silent for a while and said: "The [-] troops are my foundation, and the foundation should not be moved lightly."

Cui Jiu looked at Wan Yanchang silently, unable to say a word for a while.

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Chen Qing's fleet has arrived in Jinan Prefecture, and the 20 troops also arrived in Jinan Prefecture under the leadership of Gao Ding, Liu Cui and Liu Qiong. Including the previous 22 garrison troops, there are a total of [-] troops.

The army built a plank camp outside Licheng County, covering an area of ​​thousands of mu. The camp was as large as a county seat. Although it had not yet entered the state of war, Chen Qing still sent Yao Mei to Licheng She lives temporarily in the county. Fortunately, Li Qingzhao is also in Licheng County. She recently renovated her ancestral home and guarded her parents' tomb. She will not return to Jingzhao until next year, so Yao Mei happens to live in her residence.

In the big tent, eight generals above Dutong were surrounded in front of the sand table. Chen Qing smiled slightly at the crowd and said, "First of all, I want to tell you that I have assembled more than 20 troops in Jinan Prefecture, and I am not pretending. [-] Wan Dajun I will definitely join the Hebei battlefield, in fact you are the main force to attack the Daming Mansion, so don’t worry, everyone will definitely give you a chance.”

The generals gathered in Jinan Mansion, and when they heard that they were a reserve army, they were impatient. After hearing His Highness's promise, the generals' impatience gradually calmed down.

Liu Qiong asked: "May I ask, Your Highness, when will the attack on Hebei Road be launched?"

Chen Qing said indifferently: "In fact, it has already begun. Niu Gao's 20 troops have already entered Fukouxing. Once they break through Fukou Pass, they will definitely attract the main force of the enemy army. Huaizhou's [-] troops will start to move eastward, and then It is Yang Zaixing's [-] troops crossing Hebei, and after the battle in the west of Hebei Road breaks out, I will observe the enemy's income and then decide the investment time of our [-] troops. It is not a good thing to throw all the chips out too early!"

"Your Highness, will the Jin Dynasty court send reinforcements?" Gao Ding asked.

Chen Qing shook his head, "To tell you the truth, I don't know. It is said that the military of the Kingdom of Jin is now in power, Wanyan Wushu and Wanyan Nianhan are in control of the court, and the emperor of the Kingdom of Jin has to submit to their opinions."

Liu Cui pondered for a while and said, "Your Highness, if the two of them are in power, then they will definitely advocate sending troops to Hebei!"

"It's just the opposite!"

Chen Qing smiled slightly: "The two of them used to be hardliners in the main battle, but now it's the other way around. Both of them have become soil defenders, advocating abandoning Hebei and defending Yanshan Mansion with all their strength."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, but they didn't understand!Liu Qiong asked: "Can your Highness explain it to us? This change is really surprising!"

"This... I don't have specific information, and my understanding may not be correct. My understanding is that the population of the Jin Kingdom is currently insufficient, and its military strength has dropped sharply. The basic plan, of course, they also have selfish intentions. Nianhan hopes that the Kingdom of Jin will continue to develop on the Mobei grassland, which is his sphere of influence. Wushu is unwilling to send troops to support Wanyanchang because of his deep personal grievances with Wanyanchang. It is public and private, so they are not in favor of supporting Hebei Road."

After a pause, Chen Qing continued: "I originally thought that the Golden State Council would send envoys to negotiate with us. They gave up Hebei Road, and the two sides signed an armistice agreement. It was released to attack Hebei, but the envoys from the Kingdom of Jin have not arrived, which shows one thing."

Chen Qing stopped talking, glanced at everyone, saw that everyone was listening attentively, and then smiled slightly: "It means that their emperor wants to keep Hebei Road, or another faction in Jin Kingdom wants to protect Hebei Road, the two factions The struggle was so fierce that neither reinforcements came to support Hebei Road nor envoys came to negotiate with us."

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Fukou Xing is the fourth of the Taihang Eight Xings. In fact, it uses Zhangshui to travel in the valley of the Taihang Mountains.

This road across the Taihang Mountains has been very difficult and dangerous since ancient times. Mules and horses can be used, but carts cannot be used. Only Jingxing can use carts. Even so, merchants still use mules and donkeys to carry goods across Fukouxing, between Hebei and Hebei. east of the river.

However, there are large and small basins distributed in Fukouxing, which are flat and flat, and there are many villages.

A western army of 5000 people is walking quickly on the mountain road. This army is the vanguard of Niu Gao's army, led by the young fierce general Shao Jichun.

Shao Jichun has always been Niu Gao's number one fierce general, daring to fight, brave and good at fighting, known as the desperate Saburo, this time his task is to take down Fuyang Pass.

Most of the Fukouxing area is controlled by the Western Army, while the Jin Bing controls the Fuyang Pass and the [-]-mile mountain road. Among them, there is a mile-long canyon that is very difficult and dangerous, called Yixiantian, which can only accommodate one person and one horse. But, this is the first pass that the Western Army wants to capture, followed by Fuyang Pass.

The signers deployed three hundred soldiers on the front line. They had a large amount of dry straw and hundreds of barrels of kerosene, and blocked the exit with crossbows. Immediately deploy hay and kerosene and stand ready.

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At dusk, Shao Jichun led five thousand soldiers to the west entrance of Yixiantian. Shao Jichun ordered: "Drive the mules in!"

More than a dozen soldiers drove three mule carts in to explore the road. After walking for about half a mile, the mules refused to leave and kept retreating. They saw smoke rising in front of them. Black smoke billowed into the canyon with a pungent smell. , It was extremely choking, and a dozen soldiers hurriedly turned around and ran.

Suddenly, three soldiers fell to the ground one after another, and other soldiers quickly picked them up and ran. The soldiers coughed desperately, struggled to escape from the Yixiantian Canyon, and sat on the ground to breathe heavily. Only then did the soldiers realize that the three fallen soldiers were all Nose bleeding, has stopped breathing.

"How's the situation?" Shao Jichun stepped forward and asked.

"It's not good!"

Wei Capital said: "The other party actually used poisonous smoke, the three mules are gone, and three brothers died, all of them died of inhaling poisonous smoke."

"When did you start smoking?"

"About halfway there!"

"Is there a fire?"

Du shook his head, "I didn't see the fire, there should be fire."

Wu Qiming, the commander next to him, said: "General, after the enemy army has burned a batch of firewood and kerosene, they must wait for it to cool down before sending people in to deploy the second batch of firewood and kerosene. As soon as the first batch was burned, we rushed over, and they had no time to deploy the second batch, so we killed them."

"How to deal with poisonous smoke and fire?"

Another experienced commander said: "You can put out the fire with a wet bedding, and cover your mouth and nose with a wet towel to prevent smoke, but it won't last long?"

"How long can it last?"

"At most one stick of incense time!"

Shao Jichun calculated the time, one stick of incense was enough time, he immediately said: "Assault battalion is ready, follow me to kill!"

All the generals were shocked, and they all persuaded: "The general is the chief general, so you can't take any risks!"

Shao Jichun said angrily: "Which time is it better for me to take the lead and rush to the front, don't waste any more time, everyone get ready!"

Shao Jichun and the three hundred soldiers of the assault battalion covered their mouths and noses with wet towels, tied a knot behind their heads, and held shields and short spears ready to move. In addition, each of them carried a wet bedding on their shoulders, which could not only protect the soldiers, but also protect the soldiers. Can extinguish the fire in time.

Shao Jichun walked in the front carrying a large shield and a long spear. His usual weapon was a pair of sixty-pound copper hammers.

At this time, the first batch of igniters were almost finished, and the poisonous smoke was not as strong as before. This was an opportunity. If the opponent rushed ahead of them and completed the second deployment, it would be troublesome.

The soldiers ran at a faster speed. They quickly stepped on the corpses of three mules. It was already halfway through. At this time, the poisonous smoke was even smaller, and the road ahead could already be seen.

About 150 steps away from Taniguchi, flames appeared in front of him, and Shao Jichun shouted: "Extinguish the fire!"

He turned sideways, and a dozen soldiers rushed to the front, spreading wet quilts. The open fire was extinguished immediately, and another group of people stepped forward. Although the speed of the team was slow, they continued to move forward. in the first square.

Fifty steps away from Taniguchi, someone in front of them shouted loudly: "The fire ahead has been extinguished, hurry up and bring the oil barrel!"

This is a moment of life and death. If the other party succeeds in dumping fire oil, 300 of them will surely die. Shao Jichun tore off the wet towel from his mouth and nose, and rushed forward like a strong wind.

Several soldiers deploying firewood and kerosene were caught off guard and were stabbed to death by Shao Jichun's spear. There were screams, and someone shouted: "The Western Army is here!"

A dozen or so soldiers turned around and fled in fright. Shao Jichun led his men to follow closely behind them, but did not kill them with his hands, using ready-made human shields.

The signing army outside heard the screams and shouts in the canyon. It must be the Western Army who killed them. The leader commanded anxiously: "Light it up!"

They had laid dry grass for about [-] steps, and there were a lot of oleander branches. Some soldiers immediately lit the dry grass, and the fire suddenly ignited.

"Prepare your bows and arrows!"

Three hundred soldiers raised their arrows and aimed at Taniguchi.

At this time, the Yixiantian Canyon yelled: "Commander, it's us, don't light the fire!"

The commander of the signing army immediately ordered: "Shoot arrows!"

Immediately, random arrows were fired, shooting into the canyon, and the screams continued to ring out from the sky. I don't know if it was their people or the Western Army. The commander shouted: "Don't stop, keep shooting!"

Another round of arrows was fired, and the screams stopped. At this time, some soldiers discovered that the fire had also gone out.

"Commander, the fire in the canyon is extinguished!"

"Go and pour the kerosene to light the fire!"

Several soldiers hugged the kerosene barrel and rushed over. Just as they reached the entrance of the valley, a black figure suddenly rushed out from the entrance of the valley with a cold light in their hands. Several soldiers screamed and fell to the ground, all shot in the throat.

"The enemy army has come out, shoot arrows!"

Three hundred arrows shot at the black shadow, but the black shadow had a big shield in his hand. He ran with the big shield to avoid the arrows. It was the fierce general Shao Jichun. He suddenly threw away the shield and rushed into the crowd. place, like a tiger in a herd of sheep.

The commander of the signing army yelled, and stabbed at Shao Jichun with his spear. Shao Jichun sneered and dodged. Inhaled the throat, blood spurted out, and the commander was killed on the spot.

Behind him, more and more soldiers of the Western Army rushed out, killing the enemy army, crying and howling, and the corpses were strewn all over the ground. The remaining hundred soldiers turned around and ran for their lives. Shao Jichun led [-] Western Army of the Assault Battalion to chase after him.

At this time, it was getting dark, and I saw two groups of hundreds of soldiers running on the mountain road, the distance between them was only seventy or eighty steps. In front were the fleeing soldiers, and behind them were the [-] Western troops chasing them. The opponent seized Fuyang Pass.

The five thousand troops behind also passed through the sky and followed behind.

It was about 150 miles from Yixiantian to Fuyang Pass, around the time of Hai, [-] soldiers finally ran under the pass, shouting for the door, they didn't care if the Western Army behind them would take the opportunity to enter the pass, as long as they could Just live.

Fuyang Pass is built on a slope, with cliffs on one side and a deep stream of hundreds of feet on the other. Zhangshui is below. Zhangshui rushes eastward in the valley. Waterfalls, boats can't sail, they can only take the dangerous road on the mountainside, Fuyang Pass is built on such a dangerous road, it can be said that one man guards the pass and ten thousand men cannot open it.

Of course, in the majestic Taihang Mountains, there are many such dangerous passes, and Fuyang Pass is not well-known. In the Taihang Mountains, the really famous dangerous passes are Niangziguan, Yanmenguan and Juyongguan.

Fuyang Pass is not big, guarded by only 700 soldiers, led by a commander named Li Wen, and there are only [-] people left in the pass.

Li Wen got the report and hurried to the city. In the night, he saw a large group of soldiers standing under the city. Li Wen asked, "What's going on, where is General Wang?"

The head of the capital shouted: "Commander Li, General Wang has died in battle. The Western Army has broken through the sky and is chasing behind. Please open the door quickly, Commander!"

Li Wen was taken aback, and hurriedly looked into the distance. The mountain road in the distance was very quiet in the night, and no pursuers were seen.

"Where are the pursuers?"

Looking back at the capital, he didn't see any pursuers. He felt a little strange, where did the Western Army go?

But at this time, it was important for them to save their lives, so they said casually: "The Western Army is still several miles away, and will catch up soon. Please open the door, Commander."

The Western Army was still several miles away, so Li Wen felt relieved, and immediately ordered: "Open and close the door!"

The closed gate opened slowly, and the soldiers rushed into the closed gate impatiently. At this moment, dozens of black shadows jumped up from the ground and rushed towards the gate like a pack of wolves, thirty steps behind them. Running wildly, other soldiers of the Western Army who were hiding two hundred steps away also ran over.

Li Wen was stunned for a moment, he suddenly realized and shouted: "Guancheng! Guancheng!"

The soldiers defending the city began to close the city gate, but the hundreds of soldiers below the city fought against the closed gate desperately and squeezed into the closed city.

"You bastards, the enemy is coming!"

Shao Jichun was the first to kill, stabbing more than a dozen people with his long spear, and opened a gap. He rushed into the Guancheng first, his long spear was like a storm, and the twenty or so soldiers who closed the city gate died or fled, and the city gate was closed. no more.

Thirty soldiers behind him also rushed into the Guancheng, Li Wen shouted anxiously: "Kill them, close the city gate!"