Fenghou

"It's been tricked!" A thought came to his mind.

At this time, exclamations came from all directions, "It's a straw man!"

"Fucked, retreat quickly!"

The camp suddenly burst into flames, and the flames swept from all directions. The ground was covered with kerosene, so the burning speed was incomparably fast. In an instant, the entire camp became a sea of ​​flames. Thousands of cavalry were caught in the sea of ​​flames, and their horses hissed , refused to run, the tents were also ablaze, the tents were full of straw, burning more rapidly, thousands of cavalry were completely engulfed by the flames.

The cavalry behind who had not had time to enter the camp turned around and fled in fright. A cavalry was killed in a diagonal stab. The leading general was Shao Jichun. He was holding a pair of copper hammers. Among the cavalry.

The cavalry of the Signing Army was defeated and they ran for their lives. The Western Army chased after them. At this time, Sima An's [-] troops fell into the encirclement of the Western Army. Thousands of arrows were fired all around, and the soldiers fell one by one. Thousands of people were killed and injured in an instant. , Immediately afterwards, the cavalry of the Western Army came from all directions.

The signing army was in chaos, trampling each other, scrambling to escape for their lives, Sima An was too late to regret, he led hundreds of cavalry to flee for their lives, half a mile away from the city gate, suddenly found that they could not go back, there were thousands of Western troops in front of them intercepted, A mass of black arrows were fired, Sima An reacted quickly, turned his horse's head and fled eastward, but he was hit by two arrows, and the severe pain almost caused him to fall off his horse.

But the soldiers in the rear didn't react quickly. They happened to encounter the rain of arrows head-on. They screamed and were shot down. The rest of the cavalry turned their horses and fled eastward. Li escaped the pursuit.

Sima An couldn't gather the remnants of the army, and he couldn't explain to Wan Yanchang when he went back. He sat on a big rock and pondered for a long time, and finally sighed: "Go back to Anyang City!"

Dozens of soldiers were shocked, "Dutong, you will definitely meet the Western Army when you go back now!"

"I know, I'm going to surrender to the Western Army, I can't think of where else I can escape? Surrendering can at least save my life!"

Sima An knew very well that even if he fled back to his hometown in Zhaozhou, with his identity, he would be betrayed by the villagers sooner or later, and if the officials of the Western Army arrested him, his life might be in danger. It would be better to surrender, at least he would not die if he surrendered .

He came back with dozens of his own soldiers. At this time, the battle outside the city was over. All surrendered, and there were 2 soldiers who also died in battle, and the others surrendered. The [-] troops surrendered [-] people, and less than [-] escaped. The rest were killed by the Western Army, and the Western Army was also fighting Thousands of people were killed or killed.

Niu Gao was listening to the report. At this time, a soldier rushed over and said, "Report to Dutong, the patrol captured the enemy's chief general and said he is coming back to surrender!"

Niu Gao asked the army beside him, "What is the background of this Sima An, can he be guilty of a felony?"

Joining the army bowed and said: "This person is from Zhaozhou. He was a Jinshi during the Zhenghe period. At first he served as the general judge of Cizhou. After the fall of Hebei, he resigned and returned home. Later, he organized a rebel army of thousands of people to resist the Jin soldiers. Hebei Yijun, he led the army to surrender and was named Zhaozhou Zhizhi Envoy. Wan Yanchang admired him very much and promoted him to be the governor of the capital. He is in charge of the East Army, and Li Dean is in charge of [-] North Army, there is no big evil, but after he surrendered to Jin Kingdom, he persuaded many rebels to surrender, which is a shame."

Niu Gao once asked His Royal Highness King Yong how to deal with the officials who surrendered to the Kingdom of Jin. King Yong told him that the court of the Southern Song Dynasty could not protect itself, so it should not demand that the local officials always uphold righteousness, especially for the sake of personal righteousness, which led to the massacre of the city and cost tens of millions. The behavior of the people is unacceptable. Under the overthrow of the nest, as long as he can protect the people, he is a good official.

So Niu Gao also insisted on his principles, as long as he didn't lead his army to massacre the city, he could accept the surrender.

He nodded, "Bring Sima An to see me!"

Not long after, the soldiers brought Sima An up, and Sima An said in shame: "The humble job has nowhere to go, so I can only surrender to the Western Army. I beg General Niu to forgive me!"

Niu Gao nodded, "As long as you can persuade the Anyang defenders to surrender, I can report to King Yong of Ming Dynasty and appoint you as Minister of State and Minister of King Yong!"

Sima An was really overjoyed, he didn't expect this result, he quickly said: "I would like to order the defenders to surrender!"

"Okay! I will let you enter the city, and you must surrender before noon."

Sima An bowed and saluted, and left with his subordinates. Several generals of the Western Army said anxiously: "He wanted to escape into the city before but couldn't, why did the generals let him into the city?"

Niu Gao said indifferently: "Siege the city and attack the heart, I gave him a chance to be reborn, if he is treacherous and untrustworthy, then he will only die, but I believe he is not so stupid."

An hour later, just before dawn, the north city gate of Anyang opened wide, and [-] soldiers led by Sima An left the city to surrender.

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In the night, Cao Qing, the commander of the Western Army, led a cavalry force of 3000 people to march rapidly. Their goal was Xinping Town, fifty miles away, which was the logistics and grain camp of Han Chang's army. The camps were concentrated, and then sent to the front camp in a cart.

The decision to attack the enemy's logistics camp was made this morning. For this reason, the chief general Yang Zaixing and Wang Duo had different opinions. Wang Duo was Niu Gao's subordinate and inherited Niu Gao's combat style. However, he insisted that a sneak attack on the enemy's food and grass has the miraculous effect of four or two thousand catties, which can seriously defeat the morale of the enemy.

The two sides could not settle down, but after all, Yang Zaixing had a higher rank in the military, so he finally decided to make a surprise attack. Cao Qing, the commander, led [-] light cavalry to Xinping Town with kerosene.

At four o'clock, the army entered the Yellow Cow Valley, which is still twenty miles away from Xinping Town.

The Yellow Cow Valley is the only way to pass through the official road. Both sides are low and gentle hills with lush trees. Cao Qing is a scout with rich experience. He was a little vigilant when he entered the Yellow Cow Valley. He sent his men to investigate first, and found no abnormalities. Lead the army to advance slowly.

The moon was bright and the stars were scarce, and a full moon hung in the night sky, covering the earth with a layer of silver. Halfway through the march, suddenly there was a flutter of night birds flying above the mountains and forests. retreat!"

Before it was too late, there was a sound of clappers, and thousands of arrows were fired in the mountains and forests on both sides.

Shouts of killing sounded from all directions, the front and rear were full of flames, and countless soldiers held torches to block the retreat and the way out.

Seeing that they were surrounded by tens of thousands of people, and there was no hope of breaking out, Cao Qing gritted his teeth and said, "Brother, spray fire oil and light the fire!"

Each soldier carried a fire oil skin bag, which was a special fire attack oil bag with a copper pipe on the top. By squeezing the skin bag, the fire oil could be sprayed seven or eight feet away, which was very suitable for fire attack.

Two thousand soldiers sprayed kerosene on both sides together, and some soldiers threw torches, and the woods hundreds of steps wide suddenly burst into flames. .

Seeing the opportunity came, Cao Qing shouted: "Brothers, follow me to break through!"

More than [-] cavalry followed Cao Qing and galloped towards the entrance to break through. Cao Qing's heart was like a mirror. Since they were ambushed, the so-called grain and grass camp in Xinping Town must be false. They must break out and return to the camp to inform the general.

Tens of thousands of soldiers intercepted at the mouth of the valley, and the arrows were like a rainstorm. The cavalry of the Western Army kept being shot and fell off their horses. Cao Qing finally led his army into the enemy group and fought fiercely with the enemy.

More and more enemy troops retreated from the mountain. The Western Army suffered huge casualties, leaving only a few hundred people. Cao Qing was stabbed thirteen times, and the last arrow hit him in the neck. He turned his head and saw the enemy general Han Chang. With a long sigh, he fell to his death.

In this fierce battle, the Western Army only managed to break through dozens of people, and the remaining soldiers were outnumbered, and the entire army was wiped out.

……

In front of the big tent, Yang Zaixing looked at the looming flames in the distance, wondering if it was the flames of the enemy's grain and grass camp. A spy rushed over from a distance, knelt down on one knee and reported, "Report to Dutong, We captured an enemy spy and brought him behind!"

Yang Zaixing nodded and asked again: "How is the enemy's defense?"

"The number of patrols in the enemy camp is twice as high as usual, and the security is so tight that we cannot get close to investigate."

"Is there any sign of withdrawal?"

"There is no sign of the enemy retreating!"

At this time, more than a dozen scouts came to escort an enemy spy. He was blindfolded and his hands were tied behind his back. He was escorted to Yang Zaixing.

"Your Majesty!"

The soldier bent his leg, and the spy plopped down on his knees, bowed his head and said, "General, spare me!"

Yang Zaixing said coldly: "I don't have to kill you, but you have to be honest!"

"The villain's status is low, and he doesn't know many secrets."

"I don't ask you any secrets, just some common sense, how many troops are there in the barracks now?"

"Reporting to the general, there may be 7000 people. The villain knows that an army of 3000 people is going to escort food and grass."

Yang Zaixing asked a few more questions, then waved for the spies to be taken down.

At this time, Wang Duo rushed over, clasped his fists and said, "Yang Dutong, please send someone to investigate the fire in the distance immediately, I feel a little strange!"

"What does General Wang think is wrong?"

Wang Duo is Wang Yan's younger brother and Niu Gao's lieutenant general, and his qualifications are very old. Although Yang Zaixing has a higher military rank than him, he is quite polite to him.

"The distance is wrong!"

Yang Zaixing was taken aback, "Is the distance not right?"

Wang Duo said to Yang Zaixing: "Perhaps Yang Dutong can't see it, but I have been the chief shooter for a long time, and I dare not say that no one can measure the distance, but I also have the ability to judge the distance. Thirty miles away, but the food and grass camp is fifty miles away, the two are not the same place."

Of course Yang Zaixing knew Wang Duo's ability, and he also became worried, but it was wrong!When the spies were interrogated just now, they didn't send out any troops. Could it be... that they encountered Sima An's army?

Yang Zaixing immediately sent a scout team to investigate the situation.

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At dawn, Yang Zaixing got up to wash up, when suddenly a soldier came to report, "Report to Dutong, General Cao's men have escaped back, they said... they were ambushed, and the whole army was wiped out!"

"Dang!"

Yang Zaixing was so startled that the cup in his hand fell to the ground, "What's going on, where are they?"

After a while, a man covered in blood was led into the big tent, knelt down and cried loudly, "Dutong, we were ambushed by tens of thousands of people in the scalper, the whole army was wiped out, and General Cao was unfortunately killed!"

Yang Zaixing was too shocked to say a word, and asked for a while, "What happened to the fire last night?"

The commander said tearfully: "We were ambushed by the enemy's thousands of arrows. In order to escape, General Cao ordered to spray fire oil to burn the forest, and then broke through, but...there were too many enemy troops, we were surrounded, first five or six thousand, and then Nearly 2 people stepped up the siege, we fought desperately to open a bloody road, 33 brothers killed only [-] people, General Cao was shot in the neck by Han Chang with an arrow, fell off his horse and died, I saw it with my own eyes."

"Han Chang?" Yang Zaixing was stunned. Wasn't Han Chang in the camp last night?

At this time, the commander couldn't hold on any longer and fainted. Yang Zaixing urgently ordered him to be carried to the medical camp for treatment.

Yang Zaixing immediately sent someone to bring the spies arrested last night. The spies' statements were questionable.

Not long after, the soldiers came to report, "The spy who was arrested last night took poison and committed suicide. I don't know where he hid the poison?"

Yang Zaixing suddenly understood that last night the Jinbing camp was empty, and Han Chang led the army to ambush, but he was worried that he would attack the camp at night, so he pretended to let a spy be caught to confuse him.

In the first battle, he was severely fooled by the enemy and lost three thousand brothers. Thinking of the dispute with Wang Duo yesterday, Yang Zaixing's face burned hotly, and he was extremely ashamed.

He sighed and said, "Go and invite Wang Dutong to come and meet me in my handsome tent!"

Soon, Wang Duo hurried to the tent of the Chinese Army, and he also got the news that the Western Army was ambushed last night and the entire army was wiped out.

When he entered the big tent, Yang Zaixing bowed to him, "A certain family apologizes to the general for what happened yesterday!"

Wang Duo hurriedly said: "You don't have to be like this. In fact, the humble official is also responsible. Last night, the fire broke out. The humble official should lead the army to attack the enemy camp, but the humble official still hasn't made up his mind and missed an opportunity."

"Yes!"

Yang Zaixing also sighed and said, "Last night was really a chance, and I was deceived by Han Chang's cunning."

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The two stood in front of the sand table, Yang Zaixing sighed, and blamed himself: "Your Highness told me before that Han Chang is our old opponent, we know each other very well, and repeatedly told me not to underestimate the enemy, but I still... Raiders, the essence is to underestimate the enemy!"

Wang Duo persuaded: "It's enough to learn a lesson from a pitfall. Fortunately, the loss this time is not too big. It's just that I don't understand the humble position. Han Chang deliberately set up a trap, and in the end he only hurt our three thousand brothers. We But he didn't hurt his bones at all, so what's the point of him doing this?"

"To boost morale!"

Yang Zaixing said slowly: "The retreat of the [-] Jurchen troops to the east this time has dealt a great blow to the morale of the signing army. In order to boost morale, Han Chang needs a victory, so he doesn't need to wipe out many of our enemies. The key is to win. , he just wants to tell the soldiers that an army of [-] can defeat us!"

Wang Duo shook his head, "Unfortunately, he is delusional!"

"He is indeed delusional!"

Yang Zaixing said with a sneer: "He wants to use 12 troops to defeat [-] troops. He must be thinking about using surprise troops to win, but I won't give him any chance, or he is waiting for Sima An's army to go south to join him. He has [-] troops." , but he forgot that we also have an army of [-] in the north."

"Does Dutong want to wait for Sima An's army to go south?" Wang Duo asked again.

Yang Zaixing shook his head, "Whether Sima An's army is going south or not doesn't mean much to me. I'm actually waiting for news from His Royal Highness King Yong. His Royal Highness suddenly led his troops northward and approached the Daming Mansion. There must be deep meaning. I have to wait until His Highness hears." , to take further action!"

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At noon, the messenger soldiers sent by Chen Qing arrived at Yang Zaixing's camp. In the big tent, dozens of generals separated to the left and right. The messenger soldiers saluted and handed King Yong's letter to Yang Zaixing.

Yang Zaixing took the letter, opened it and read it again. He cheered up, and smiled at everyone: "There is good news. Niu Dutong has wiped out [-] troops in Anyang County. Sima An surrendered. Now Niu Dutong's army is rushing Going south, cutting off the retreat of the signing army, and receiving news from Niu Dutong, it is time for us to attack on a large scale."

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Han Chang also received urgent information from Anyang when he signed the army camp. It was the news from the spies he sent to Anyang, which surprised Han Chang. Sima An's surprise attack failed, so he surrendered to the Western Army in Kaesong.

This news also shattered Han Chang's only hope. He hoped to join forces with Sima An so that he could command an army of [-]. Not afraid at all.

But now it's the other way around, the opponent's strength has increased by [-], while he still only has [-] troops, and the opponent's strength is three times his.

Han Chang knew very well that the next step for Niu Gao's army was to cut off his retreat, and then the Seventeenth Army began to encircle and suppress him, and he was bound to lose.

After all, Han Chang is an experienced veteran, and he is very familiar with the combat style of the Western Army. They must launch an encirclement campaign against him after the deployment is completed. The time left for him is almost running out, and the chance to retreat is fleeting.

Han Chang immediately made a decision and shouted: "Order the whole army to assemble!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The rapid drum sounded.

The [-] troops ran out of the tents and quickly lined up on the square, with bright armor and murderous aura.

Han Chang yelled: "Daming City is in critical condition, we have to rush to Daming City to support immediately after receiving the order from Marshal Du!"

Of course he wanted to pass on false orders. If the three armies knew that they were about to be wiped out, the morale of the army would completely collapse.

"Give everyone a quarter of an hour, go back to the account to get your belongings, and set off immediately!"

The soldiers rushed back to the big tent to get their personal belongings, mainly money and things. After a quarter of an hour, the [-] troops left the camp and quickly retreated to the east.

Han Chang deserves to be a famous general of the Kingdom of Jin. He is courageous, resourceful, and resolute in his actions. Once he finds that the situation is unfavorable, he immediately retreats to the east, and even abandons the camp and supplies. All discarded, just for quick evacuation.

Which is more important, Han Chang's heart is like a mirror, the most important thing is to keep his vitality, everything else is secondary.

As soon as Han Chang's army left the camp, they were immediately spotted by the scouts of the Western Army, and the scouts rushed back to the camp ten miles away to report.

In the camp of the Western Army, Yang Zaixing was discussing the deployment of troops with several important generals, including the commanders Li Fuxing and Wang Lun, the deputy commanders Wang Duo and Hu Yanyun, and Yang Zaixing's confidants Sun Jian and Zhang Wu.

If Niu Gao's 12 troops cut off the enemy's retreat, then their [-] troops can attack the enemy from three directions: upper, middle, lower.

At this time, a soldier at the gate of Daying reported, "The scouts are urgently reporting that [-] signatories have left the camp and retreated quickly to the east!"

"not good!"

Yang Zaixing immediately realized that the other party must have also got the news of the collapse of Sima An'an's army, and the army retreated.