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He hurriedly said to Sun Jian and Zhang Wu: "You two can each lead [-] cavalry to chase the enemy!"

"Wait a minute!"

Wang Duo shouted anxiously, "Dutong, don't pursue, you will be ambushed if you pursue!"

Yang Zaixing suddenly realized that he almost made the same mistakes again, he quickly said to Sun Jian and Zhang Wu: "Don't chase, follow the army."

Yang Zaixing immediately left Hu Yanyun and led [-] troops to deal with the aftermath. He immediately led an army of [-] to set off after an hour.

……

Nearly a thousand large warships appeared on the sea outside Cangzhou. They were the [-] water troops of the Western Army. Their task was to capture the northern part of Hebei Road, wipe out the remnants of the Jurchens who had retreated to Yanshan Mansion, and at the same time cut off the imperial court of the Kingdom of Jin. Contact with Hebei Road Jinbing.

The terrain along the west coast of the Bohai Sea is mainly dominated by tidal flats and salt pans, and most places are not suitable for landing. However, there is a section of coast in the middle of Cangzhou that is suitable for large ships to dock.

The fleet gradually approached the coast, but the leading warship did not dock directly, but was looking for the mouth of a river.

"There!" The watchman on the warship shouted, pointing to the front right.

The boatmen also saw the mouth of the river, turned their bows and headed towards the mouth of the river.

This river flowing into the Bohai Sea is called Fushui. It is the largest river in Cangzhou. It goes directly to Qingchi County, the capital of Cangzhou. Drive the donkey to pull the fiber.

The Western Army fleet sailed into the mouth of the river one by one, and sailed along the river to the hinterland.

Qingchi County is a large county with a population of nearly [-]. Cangzhou is a major salt-producing area in Hebei. The Hebei Road Salt and Iron Transshipment Division is located in Qingchi County. With the support of the salt industry, the financial income is good, and the lives of the people are decent. .

There is no army in Qingchi County, but there are hundreds of salt soldiers in the salt and iron transfer envoy. Twenty thousand western troops came to kill them.

The state officials and magistrates had no choice but to surrender to the western army in Kaicheng. Tang Huai ordered the army to carry the food and supplies off the ship. Then he ordered two thousand soldiers and boatmen to moor the boat to the sea. The reason why the fleet sailed to Qingchi County was because they wanted to To transport grain and supplies, but it is not safe for the fleet to berth by the river, and it is easy to be attacked by the enemy and destroyed by fire. It is safer to berth at sea.

At this time, Tang Huai got the news that the [-] signed troops of Hejian Mansion had been mobilized to go south, and there were no troops stationed in Hejian Mansion. Thousands of troops were stationed in Qingchi County, while Tang Huai led an army of [-] to continue the offensive to the north. Tang Huai's army swept across Xianzhou, Shenzhou, Qingzhou, Lizhou and Hejian Prefecture all the way. And down.

……

Chen Qing's 20 troops set up a large camp in the wilderness ten miles east of Daming City. It took ten days to complete the construction. Daying is comparable to a county seat, a county seat to the east of Daming City.

Chen Qing had already achieved his goal by attracting [-] Jurchen reinforcements to Daming City, which greatly relieved Yang Zaixing's pressure.

He needs a big battle to completely eliminate the enemy forces in Daming Mansion.

This morning, Chen Qing was inspecting the soldiers building the plank wall, which was made of wood and earth, and it was extremely strong. At this moment, a soldier rushed over and reported: "His Royal Highness, Yang Dutong sent an urgent report! "

"Where is the messenger?"

After a while, a messenger soldier was brought up. He knelt down on one knee and saluted, "See Your Highness!"

Then he presented a letter from Yang Zaixing to Chen Qing. Chen Qing opened the letter and read it. Han Chang led an army of [-] to retreat towards Daming Mansion. Yang Zaixing hoped that he could send troops to intercept him. , Annihilate the [-] signed troops.

Chen Qing pondered for a moment, and immediately ordered: "Bring me Yue Yun and Zhang Xian!"

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Han Chang's urgent letter for help also spread to Daming City. Wan Yanchang's subordinates had different opinions. Some generals asked to send troops to meet Han Chang's [-] army, while some generals opposed sending troops, thinking that the risk was too great, and suggested that Han Chang's army You can go north.

Pucha Abusu, who had just arrived at Daming Mansion with [-] reinforcements, advocated going to support him.

In the lobby, the generals who asked to respond and the generals who opposed the response quarreled.

Pucha's rough voice reverberated in the lobby, "Our strength is already insufficient. It is a good thing that Han Chang's 20 troops came to supplement it. Our strength can reach [-], which is completely capable of confronting the Western Army. If we don't In response, the [-] troops will definitely be wiped out by the Western Army, which will seriously affect morale, and we will not be able to explain to the emperor!"

Wan Yanchang's son-in-law, Pucha Furbaru, who is also the commander of the Wanfu, objected: "Could it be that the 15 troops of the Western Army can't defeat Han Chang's army? They have been waiting for us for a long time. Send troops to respond. Once we send troops, we will definitely be cut by the Western Army, and it is impossible to come back. In fact, we will be divided into two. Besides, the Han people are unreliable. If they say surrender, they will surrender. He became a subject of Chen Qing, tens of thousands of troops all surrendered, and Han Chang’s men were fifty thousand Han, would they be loyal to the Kingdom of Jin? Is it worth it to take the risk of sending troops to save them?”

The idea of ​​Pucha Falcon Baru has won the approval of many Jurchen generals. The Han people are unreliable and not worth saving them. At this time, all the generals turned their eyes to Wan Yanchang. he.

Wan Yanchang said for a while: "Let me think about this matter! Everyone go away first."

Seeing that Marshal Du refused to make a statement, everyone dispersed separately.

Cui Jiu, the chief aide, remained silent and did not express any opinion. He returned home and sat in the study for a long time without saying a word. At this time, his son Cui Hao hurried to the door and said, "Father, are you looking for a child?"

Cui Jiu had two sons, but the eldest son died of illness three years ago, leaving behind a daughter, and the daughter-in-law also remarried. Now Cui Jiu has only his second son, Cui Hao. Later, Cui Hao fled back to Daming Mansion with his wife and children, and has not been an official for the time being.

"You come in!"

Cui Hao walked into the room and stood in front of his father with his hands down. Seeing his father's solemn expression, he couldn't help feeling a little uneasy.

Cui Jiu said slowly: "Just now everyone was arguing whether or not to send troops to meet Han Chang's [-] troops. It was a fierce battle, but I didn't say a word from the beginning to the end. Do you know why?"

"The child doesn't know!"

"Because I know Wanyan Chang more and more now, what he's thinking about now is not how to defeat the Western Army and keep Hebei, but now he only thinks about one thing, how to bring his [-] Jurchen troops back to Jinan safely. With these [-] troops as the foundation, he will not lose his status in the Jin Kingdom, and he knows better than anyone else that Hebei will not be able to keep it."

"The boy is confused. If this is the case, why does he still insist on Abusu's [-] troops to support him? There are also [-] troops from Hejian Mansion."

Cui Jiu sneered and said: "What is Jin Chan's escape, it is to leave a shell for the Western Army, and he escapes by himself. Abusu's [-] troops and Hejian Mansion's [-] troops are the shells. He needs such a shell." Shell."

"Wouldn't the shell be thicker when Han Chang's army came over?"

"But what if you can't handle it?"

Cui Jiu asked back: "He will definitely not send his own army to meet him. It must be A Busu's army. If Abusu is cut off by the Western Army, or he simply takes the opportunity to withdraw to Yanshan Mansion, wouldn't Wan Yanchang even have a shell?" there is none left?"

Cui Hao was stunned, "What does father mean to say, Ah Busu will run away?"

Cui Jiu nodded, and said with a sneer: "This Abusu looks very rude, but I have long since discovered that he is actually extremely shrewd. He will not be able to see Wan Yanchang's intentions? He found himself on Wan Yanchang's thief ship, I was also thinking about how to jump ship and escape, and it was an opportunity to meet Han Chang.

But Wan Yanchang managed to trick him, how could he run away, so I know that Wan Yanchang will never send troops to rescue Han Chang, the reason is very simple, in the words of Fulbaru, they are all Han Chinese, It's not worth saving them. "

Cui Hao said for a long time: "They have their own thoughts, how can Daming Mansion keep it?"

"Yeah! It's a bit difficult to be united in good faith, not to mention we still have our own ideas!"

Cui Jiu sighed and said, "That's why I came here for you."

Cui Jiu dragged out a large heavy box from the closet behind him, put it on the table and said, "This is the 500 taels of gold I have saved. There will be a chance to open the city tomorrow. You will leave Daming City with your wife, children and niece, and return to the blog." Go to Ling's hometown."

"What about father?"

"I can't go, I'm going, Wan Yanchang will not let the Cui family go, don't worry, if the city is broken, I will surrender, it doesn't matter if the Western Army wants to kill me, if I let me go, I will rush to join you reunion."

Cui Hao nodded silently. He understood his father's decision. After a moment of silence, he asked again: "Bo Ling, will uncle accept me?"

Cui Jiu's eyes flashed a look of displeasure, and he said displeasedly: "How can he not accept it? It is the family's decision that I work for Wan Yanchang. I gave up my reputation to protect the family from the Jurchens. How can they let go of the trouble?" Kill the donkey?"

Cui Hao nodded, "I'll pack up and leave tomorrow."

"No! Let's go tonight. I have prepared a yard and an ox cart next to the city gate. The old housekeeper will also go with you. You will leave as soon as the city gate is opened. There are not many opportunities. Only those who are closest to the city gate can seize the opportunity." .”

……

In the afternoon, Wan Yanchang's order came from the Marshal's Mansion, ordering Han Chang to lead his army back to Daming City immediately, but he didn't mention whether he would send troops to respond.

This is actually not going to send a response.

Pucha quickly learned that Wan Yanchang refused to send troops to support him, and was immediately disappointed. He came to find Wan Yanchang and had a big fight, and the two confronted each other.

"Han Chang is the commander of ten thousand men. He is loyal to the emperor. If Marshal Du does not respond to him, he will surely die in battle. His [-] soldiers are also well-trained and well-equipped. Marshal Du turns a blind eye to such a precious resource. , Let it be annihilated, how will Marshal Du explain to the emperor?"

Wan Yanchang heard that the emperor was on the left and the emperor on the right, using the emperor to suppress himself, he was annoyed in his heart, and said coldly: "I am Marshal Du, I will explain to the emperor, there is no need for General Abusu to teach me how to do it. ?”

"Hmph! Of course I can't control Marshal Du, but Marshal Du had better not force me. I have something to say first. If there is a crisis in Yanshan Mansion, I will immediately lead the army to rescue Yanshan Mansion. Marshal Du please don't stop me at that time!"

After finishing speaking, Ah Busu turned around and rushed away angrily, and the two broke up unhappy.

As soon as Ah Busu left, Puchagubalu hurried over to see Wan Yanchang. Puchagubalu was Wanyanchang's son-in-law, who was once captured by the Song army, and was later captured by Wanyanchang with several Song officials. He redeemed them, including Qin Hui.

In the back hall, Wan Yanchang was still angry. Although he and Pucha Abusu were not in the same system, Abusu was much lower than himself in terms of qualifications and status. The emperor backed him up.

"Father-in-law, what does this Abusu mean?"

Wan Yanchang snorted, "He wants to leave, he's looking for an excuse!"

"Keeping him is always a hidden danger, why don't you let my son-in-law send him on the road! Pretend to be an intelligence agent of the Western Army, kill him without anyone noticing, and collect all his troops."

Wan Yanchang was a little tempted, but he was also worried that once the assassination failed, it would be difficult to stop Ah Bu from leaving.

"There is no rush for this matter, and a long-term plan!"

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Han Chang's 150 troops have already retreated to Wei County in Daming Prefecture, about [-] miles away from Daming City. He originally wanted to retreat to Daming City in one go, but the soldiers were exhausted and hungry, and they couldn't move. Han Chang Had to order to rest in place.

At this time, several generals under his command stepped forward to surround Han Chang, and asked in a hurry, "Du Tong, will Marshal Du send troops to support us?"

"Soldiers should be sent to respond, but I'm worried that they will come late."

Another person said: "Dutong, the troops of Yang Zaixing and Niu Gao are still only ten miles away from us. If they attack at this time, I'm afraid the brothers will be hard to resist!"

Han Chang nodded, "It's possible, so take the time to rest and let the soldiers recover their strength!"

Wu Suiqing, the commander, also suggested: "We are only ten miles away from Wei County. It is better for the whole army to rest in the county town. Once the enemy comes, we can also rely on the county town for defense!"

Han Chang hesitated for a moment, this suggestion is not bad, at this moment, a low-pitched horn suddenly sounded in the distance, "Woo———"

The sound of the horn came from ten miles away, and all the generals stood up and looked to the east, only to see two black lines faintly appearing in the east, one in the northeast and one in the southeast.

Everyone was pleasantly surprised: "This is the army that supports us!"

"wrong!"

Han Chang immediately realized that the responding army would not adopt such a combat formation, "This is most likely the cavalry of the Western Army, order the whole army to stand up and form formation immediately!"

"Ugh-"

The signing army also blew the horn, and the army was in chaos, and they stood up one after another.

At this moment, there were also continuous horn sounds from behind, as if echoing the horn sound just now.

Everyone turned around, feeling a little scared, and saw a black cavalry group appearing several miles behind them, in the northwest, west, and southwest directions.

They were flanked back and forth, surrounded by [-] cavalry, but the opponent seemed to have left a hole for them. They could still withdraw from the north, but twenty miles to the south was the Yongji Canal, and they could not cross the river.

"Dutong, let's retreat north before they are completely surrounded!" Several generals suggested.

"Can't withdraw!"

Han Chang immediately vetoed everyone's request. He has rich combat experience and knows the opponent's intention to make an opening. Once the army retreats, the formation will disintegrate. If they can't outrun the cavalry, they will be slaughtered by the cavalry.

Han Chang immediately ordered: "The second and third armies line up to the east, the fourth and fifth armies line up to the west, and the cavalry of the first army is under my personal command."

Han Chang quickly deployed. He deployed [-] infantry back to back, [-] against the [-] army in the west, and [-] against the [-] army in the east. He himself commanded the only [-] cavalry for mobile reinforcements.

Fifty thousand cavalrymen of the Western Army arrived as promised according to Chen Qing's order, and wiped out Han Chang's army in Wei County. Yue Yun and Zhang Xian each led [-] cavalrymen to the east, while Yang Zaixing personally led [-] cavalrymen to the west. Niu Gao's fierce general Shao Jichun led [-] cavalry.

Although [-] cavalry were enough to defeat the opponent, Wang Duo and Li Fuxing each led [-] troops to follow closely behind the cavalry.

The [-] cavalry army was getting closer and closer, and it was only two miles away from Han Chang's [-] army. The sky was dark, the cavalry was overwhelming, and the spears were like forests.

"Archer ready!"

Twenty thousand archers lined up, aiming at the cavalry on the east and west sides.

At this time, Yang Zaixing ordered: "Beat the drums and attack!"

"Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!"

A hundred drums sounded at the same time, and the sound of the drums was earth-shattering, and five cavalry troops of ten thousand people were launched at the same time.

Yellow dust rolled over the vast wilderness, fifty thousand cavalry spread like a huge black carpet on the ground, gold and iron horses swallowed thousands of miles, arrows rained in the sky, and countless cavalry fell from their horses. The five directions entered the enemy's formation, and a tragic battle with no suspense about the outcome kicked off.

……

At the same time, this is a war of time and space. The scouts and spies of both sides are constantly running, spreading the progress and news of the war.

At night, more than a dozen cavalry scouts rushed to the Western Army's camp, and were soon led to the king's tent. The lights in the king's tent were brightly lit, and Chen Qing was discussing the siege strategy with the main generals.

On the big table in front of them, there was a huge wooden model of the daimyo city, including the city wall, moat, official roads and terrain outside the city, as well as the streets and alleys inside the city, as well as warehouses and offices.

Daming City was named Beijing in the Northern Song Dynasty. It was one of the four capitals of the Great Song Dynasty. It built the city according to the standards of the capital. Firstly, the city wall was tall and strong, and the moat was wide. Secondly, it had two city walls, the outer city wall and the inner city wall. The distance between the two city walls is fifty steps, and the middle is also called Wengcheng.

Often the siege soldiers took down the city wall with heavy casualties, only to find that there was a taller inner city wall inside, which was really desperate.

It was this strong defense system that made Wan Yanchang put his official government in Daming City instead of other cities.

How to capture Daming City is also a severe test for the Western Army.

"My idea is to besiege the city and trade time for space!"

Chen Qing smiled and said to the generals: "Besieging the city is also the best way to kill morale. As time goes by, their morale will be exhausted day by day. Let them taste the burning fire every day. Once the time is right , we will attack with all our strength, they will not be able to defend the city.”

All the generals were a little disappointed. His Highness finally decided to adopt the method of besieging the city. When will he go?

Seeing that everyone was disappointed, Chen Qing smiled and said, "The siege does not have to take a long time, the key is to see the effect. He also ambushed intelligence scouts in the city. If they can bring surprises, maybe the siege will be completed in a short time." In the end, if you want a specific time limit, I can tell you clearly, the longest will not exceed one month."