Fenghou

It's only been a month, that's not too long, and everyone ordered to rest assured.

At this time, a soldier reported at the tent door, "His Royal Highness, news from the battlefield has arrived!"

Chen Qing hurriedly said: "Show them to come in!"

After a while, a scout commander quickly walked into the big tent, knelt down on one knee and saluted, "See Your Highness, see you generals!"

"How is the battle going?" Chen Qing asked.

"Reporting to Your Highness, the fierce battle has ended at dusk. Fifty thousand enemy troops were defeated. Except for thousands of cavalry who fled northward, the rest of the soldiers either died in battle or surrendered."

Chen Qing frowned. The battle started at noon, but it didn't end until dusk. The fight lasted for more than two hours. The opponent's combat power is not weak!This also means that the casualties of the Western Army are also not small.

"How many casualties did we have?"

"We haven't figured it out when the humble staff left, but it looks like there were nearly [-] casualties."

Chen Qing nodded, "I see, let's investigate again!"

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The war is over, the battlefield is full of blood, corpses are everywhere, and there are groups of exhausted soldiers, including the Western Army, who are also exhausted from fighting. Groups of signed soldiers are sitting on the ground, too tired to move no.

The tenacity of this signing army was beyond the expectation of the Western Army. They collapsed completely when their casualties were nearly [-]%, and usually [-]% or [-]% of casualties, and the soldiers lost their fighting spirit.

But this signed army persisted until half of the casualties, and completely collapsed with the escape of the coach. Of course, what defeated them was their own exhaustion. Moved, had to kneel down and surrender.

The 9000-strong army killed more than [-] people and injured nearly [-]. In the end, Han Chang fled north with more than [-] cavalry. The soldiers who were not killed in battle, including the wounded, all chose to surrender.

The Western Army also suffered close to 9000 casualties, with more than [-] killed and more than [-] injured.

Although this battle was tragic, the number of casualties on both sides was not too many. This was mainly due to the Sanqi in the wound medicine, which had a very good hemostatic effect.

In the era of cold weapons, armor will protect the vital parts. As long as the head is not chopped off, most of the injuries are almost flesh wounds, and the deaths mainly come from excessive bleeding or wound infection.

The Jinchuang Hemostatic Ointment and Feilong Baoming Pill of the Western Army are aimed at timely hemostasis and antiseptic disinfection of wounds. After the formulas of these two military medicines were leaked, the Jurchen Army and the Signing Army also equipped them in large quantities. The death toll was greatly reduced.

The infantry was cleaning the battlefield and escorting the captured soldiers to Wei County for temporary resettlement. The temporary camp of the Western Army was arranged in Wei County. Of course it was not inside the city, but outside the city. The main reason was to get some manpower and material support from the county.

After dawn, Yang Zaixing and Niu Gao's army had assembled, and the army escorted the prisoners of war and continued to march eastward.

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The complete annihilation of Han Chang's army had no effect on the Jin soldiers in Daming City, and they were even calm. At noon the next day, under Cui Jiu's suggestion, the Jin soldiers opened the city gates and let the people out of the city. Crowds of people helped the old and the young, and their families fled outside the city.

Cui Jiu's suggestion is very reasonable. The population is too large, not to mention the consumption of food, and it is easy to break out the plague. Letting a large number of people out will greatly reduce the food consumption. It will also reduce the population and reduce the possibility of the outbreak of the plague.

This suggestion was approved by Wan Yanchang, especially the worry about the plague, it even touched Wan Yanchang's heart.

He immediately ordered the gates of the city to be opened to let the people out of the city, and at the same time sent someone to deliver a letter to Chen Qing, hoping that the war between the two sides would not harm the people and let them leave the city smoothly.

Hundreds of thousands of people fled Daming City, more than half of the city's population, which made the originally prosperous and lively Daming City deserted all of a sudden, the shops were closed, and the streets were sparsely populated.

Of course, Cui Jiu's suggestion was selfish. He actually let his son and his family escape from Daming City.

Chen Qing approved Wan Yanchang's release measures, and never sent troops to harass him.

The city gate was opened for two days, and the people who were about to leave had almost left. At this time, 15 Western troops led by Yang Zaixing and Niu Gao arrived and began to build a barracks ten miles to the west, and the city gate was completely closed.

There is a pharmacy near the east gate of Daming City, called Renhetang. The shopkeeper is Liu Zhen, who is rich and handsome, and the scout commander of the Western Army. He was originally the shopkeeper of Yuanhe Restaurant. Soon he made a comeback and opened a pharmacy.

Liu Zhen also knows some medicinal materials. After introducing two sitting doctors and training some of his subordinates, he also turned into a medicine catcher and began to sell medicine in a decent manner. The business is very good, and there are long queues of patients every day.

Although the business in Daming City is sluggish and most of the population has run away, most of the shops are closed, but some shops are still open for business, such as rice shops, vegetable shops, grocery stores, and drugstores.

It is related to the normal life of the people, and these shops are needed, so they are not closed.

In the afternoon, a military official came in, followed by a few signatory soldiers. They were [-] troops who had withdrawn from Hejian Mansion to Daming Mansion. The Jurchens also needed an auxiliary army to run errands and patrol to maintain order. Guarding the city gates during the day and night, carrying items, etc., the [-] signatories were fully utilized.

"Which of you is the big shopkeeper?" The civilian officer asked as he entered the gate.

Liu Zhen hurriedly stepped forward with a smile and said, "That's the villain!"

"Where's your boss? Let him speak out."

"The proprietor left with his family a few days ago, and left the pharmacy to the villain."

"You tell everyone to stop what they are doing and concentrate on it. I have important things to do, so don't waste my time!"

"Everyone, including the old guy who guards the medicinal material warehouse?"

The civilian military officer was dissatisfied: "Don't you understand what I say? Everyone except cats and dogs, including women, children and the elderly, all come here!"

Liu Zhen hurriedly asked his staff to call the old man from the medicinal materials warehouse, and after a while, everyone arrived, a total of eight people, four young men, one old warehouse man, two sitting doctors and the shopkeeper Liu Zhen.

Civilian officers registered their names and places of origin one by one, and naturally they were all from Daming Prefecture.

"Listen, Marshal Du wants to recruit a group of useful civilians to serve in the army. The money will not be small. You know medicinal materials and can cure diseases. Those are useful people. I will give you a quarter of an hour. Go and pack your things quickly. , and follow me to the barracks."

Liu Zhen was stunned, "What about the patients outside?"

The civilian military officer said dissatisfied: "Life and death have their own destiny, how can they control them now, pack up quickly, close the shop and leave in a quarter of an hour."

The patients clamored, but it was useless. After a quarter of an hour, all eight of them were taken away, and the pharmacy was also closed by the soldiers. Liu Zhen apologized to the patients repeatedly, and then followed the civilian officers to the barracks.

"What is the general's name?"

Liu Zhen quietly stuffed an ingot of ten taels of silver into the hands of the civilian officer. The heavy silver dissipated the anger of the civilian officer. He immediately changed his face and said with a smile: "I am not a general, I am a logistics officer in the army. My surname is Shi, you just call me Shi to join the army, you don’t have to worry, there are thousands of people recruited this time, and you are just one of them, I will take care of you when I work in the military medical room.”

They came to the southwest corner of the barracks, and here was the barracks, which consisted of dozens of large tents. There was a serious shortage of military doctors, so they were temporarily arrested by Zhuang Ding. Two sitting doctors became military doctors, and four assistants continued to be in charge Grabbing the medicine, Liu Zhen and the old man were sent to the medicine storehouse to take care of the medicine.

The old man is called Jiang Tao. He looks five or sixty years old, but in fact he is not old. He is only 60 years old. He just looks old. He is also a scout of the Western Army and Liu Zhen's subordinate.

They entered the medicinal material warehouse, and Jiang Tao asked in a low voice, "Boss, what should we do now?"

Liu Zhen said indifferently: "It's a good thing to be able to enter the barracks. We just need to listen more, watch more and pay more attention. We will definitely get important information!"

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Yang Zaixing reported the surprise attack to Chen Qing, and he blamed himself all over his face: "The lowly job is too eager for merit, and I didn't listen to Wang Duo's repeated persuasion, and in the end all [-] brothers died in battle, and Cao Qing also died tragically. This is a lowly job." The responsibility of the humble official is extremely painful."

Chen Qing was silent for a moment and said slowly: "We are the generals, and one decision can determine the lives and deaths of thousands of soldiers, so we must be careful when considering issues and listen to other people's opinions. But if a decision is made wrong, the general will be held accountable. Responsibility, no one dares to make decisions in the future, so there is no need to pursue responsibility. No one dares to say that he is a long-victorious general. Since he is on the battlefield, every soldier must have the consciousness of death. I think failure is not shameful. The key is to learn a lesson, not to make the same mistakes again and again, I have seen this, if you encircle and wipe out [-] enemy troops, you have done a good job and are worthy of praise.”

"It's just General Cao Qing..."

Chen Qing interrupted him with a wave of his hand, "I will explain the situation to Cao De. His nephew died for fighting against gold, and he died for what he deserved. I will explain to Cao's family. Don't blame yourself anymore. It's the same sentence, learn from it." lesson."

"I have learned my lesson. I am really nervous about besieging and annihilating Han Chang's army. I am afraid that he will flee back to Daming City."

Chen Qing smiled slightly and said: "To be a qualified general, the most important thing is to be able to control the battlefield situation and the timing of the battle, just like you said in the battle to encircle and wipe out Han Chang's army, the timing is really difficult to grasp, or in other words, there are still some problems in this battle." There is some element of luck, because Wan Yanchang did not send troops to respond, if he did, the encirclement and suppression would probably fail, do you understand what I mean?"

Yang Zaixing nodded, "I understand that the timing is still not right, it's a bit late, luckily I'm lucky!"

"Exactly, you should have a bottom line on when to send troops. I think the bottom line is in Xiangzhou. No matter whether I send troops to support or not, you must launch an attack on the border of Xiangzhou. It's hard to say after entering the Daming Mansion. There will be reinforcements coming."

"Remember the humble job!"

Chen Qing immediately found Wang Duo, praised him, promoted him to a higher rank, and rewarded him with 1000 taels of silver.

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At night, the northeast corner of the Western Army’s camp shone like daytime. Hundreds of craftsmen were busy assembling heavy-duty trebuchets. This was a heavy-duty trebuchet that had just arrived. There were 48 seats in total. It was the latest trebuchet developed by the Western Army. Eighty catties of heavy stones were thrown 350 steps away, which is [-] steps higher than the old trebuchet.

Don't underestimate the fifty steps. This is because the craftsman has tested various materials and carried out more than twenty optimizations before increasing the fifty steps, which happened to avoid the enemy's crossbow arrows.

The second major feature of this batch of heavy-duty trebuchets is that they are relatively easy to install and fit very well. As long as they are installed in place, there is basically no need to adjust them.

Chen Qing also inspected the installation of trebuchets. He pointed to a row of tall trebuchets next to him and asked, "Is it all installed here?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, it has been installed, a total of fifteen!"

"It's so fast!" Chen Qing was very amazed, and fifteen of them were installed in one afternoon.

"Exactly! This batch of catapults is relatively easy to install, and we have enough manpower, so we can complete the installation tomorrow morning."

Chen Qing was overjoyed. He thought it would take at least three or four days to install, but he didn't expect it to be completed in one night. He asked again: "How long can one installation last?"

"About [-] times, but Beizhi recommends updating the leather goods every [-] times."

Chen Qing came to a giant trebuchet with wooden wheels underneath, which could be pulled by oxen.

At this time, a soldier came to report: "Your Highness, the patriarch of the Cui family asks to see you!"

Chen Qing nodded, "Ask him to sit in the big tent!"

The Cui family is naturally the Cui family of Boling. In the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Cui family of Boling was one of the five surnames and seven kings in the world. Although it had declined by the Song Dynasty, the starved camels were bigger than horses. The Cui family of Boling was still in the Hebei area. Has a lot of influence.

Even Wan Yanchang valued the Cui family, and his staff member Cui Jiu was an important member of the Cui family.

Although the Cui family works for Wan Yanchang, Chen Qing has no intention of angering the Cui family. He is very clear that a large reason why these families have survived for thousands of years is that they understand current affairs and the general trend. The imperial court is only loyal to its own family.

In the guest tent, Cui Yuan paced back and forth with his hands behind his back. Cui Yuan was the patriarch of the Cui clan and Cui Jiu's elder brother. He was about fifty years old. He also served as the general judge of Bozhou in the Northern Song Dynasty. After the fall of Hebei, he resigned. return home.But Jin Guo refused to let the Cui family go, invited them to come out as officials several times, and even threatened them with extermination.

Reluctantly, the Cui family put forward a condition that they should only serve as a staff member and not an official, and Jin Guo also accepted it. From the Jurchen's point of view, there is no difference between a staff member and an official position?

After consultation with several important members of the Cui family, it was finally decided to let Cui Jiu be Wan Yanchang's staff. In the past five or six years, Chen Qing in Sichuan and Shanxi has become more and more powerful, and he has continued to expand east. It can be concluded that it is the general trend for Chen Qing to replace Zhao Song.

The Cui family is also a little anxious. If they don't show some sincerity, the new dynasty will not have the Cui family's share.

So when he learned that Chen Qing was also in Daming Mansion, Cui Yuan rushed to see him.

At this time, a soldier reminded Cui Yuan that His Royal Highness King Yong was coming, and when the curtain was lifted, Chen Qing quickly walked into the big tent, and said with a smile, "Member Cui has been waiting for a long time!"

Cui Yuan hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "Boling Cui Yuan sees His Royal Highness King Yong!"

Chen Qing smiled and waved his hands, "You're welcome, please sit down!"

The two sat down as guests and hosts, and the soldiers came in and served them tea.

Cui Yuan said apologetically: "The news is relatively closed. I don't know that His Highness is in the Daming Mansion. I only got the news yesterday. Otherwise, I would have come to see you a long time ago."

Chen Qing smiled slightly: "During war, it's better not to get too close to the battlefield, there will always be danger."

"Your Highness is right. It is human instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. For example, this time when a famous city releases people, I heard that [-]% of the people have fled the city. Everyone is afraid of being affected by the war!"

Chen Qing thought for a while and said: "Last year's imperial examination, I remember that a Jinshi surnamed Cui was also admitted. His native place is Boling, Bozhou, but he is a child of your family?"

Cui Yuan smiled and said, "Your Highness is talking about Cui Lian, who is Quanzi, my youngest son, who passed the No.19 exam."

"Not bad! To be able to get in the top [-] in the exam is an outstanding talent. If I remember correctly, he should work in Henan Prefecture!"

"Your Highness is right. He is the current Lord Gong County Bo, and his family fully supports him to be an upright and capable official, and he can go up step by step."

Chen Qing took a sip of tea, and asked lightly, "Is Cui Jiu still in Daming Mansion?"

Speaking of business, what Chen Qing meant was to imply that Cui Yuan and Cui Jiu were still by Wan Yanchang's side!Who is the Cui family loyal to?

"Your Highness does not know that Cui Jiu is my younger brother. The family made a decision six years ago to let him work next to Wan Yanchang. It was also the worst strategy the family had to adopt in order to protect themselves. He sacrificed his reputation for the safety of the family, just two days ago, he sent his son Cui Hao out of the city to return to the family, and wrote a letter to His Highness."

After finishing speaking, Cui Yuan took out a thick letter and handed it to Chen Qing. Chen Qing took the letter and read it carefully. In addition to a letter, there was actually a map. Chen Qing read the letter first. The conflict between intention and Abusu.

Wan Yanchang wanted to take [-] Jurchens back to Liaodong, and Chen Qing also realized it, but he was only guessing after all, and Cui Jiu's letter confirmed this.

Cui Jiu also pointed out in the letter that Jin Bing's biggest weakness is the fodder for the war horses. The food can last for three months, but the forage and black beans for horses can only last for 20 days at most. If the forage can be burned In the field, Jin Bing couldn't stay for a day.

Chen Qing opened the map, and it was the location map of the forage field.

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Chen Qing took the map given by Cui Jiu and compared them to make their own city model, and found that there were many discrepancies in many places. The biggest difference was the location of the warehouse. The warehouse in the model was located in the southwest of the city wall, close to the city wall, while the warehouse in the map was located in the southwestern part of the city. In the center of the city, there should be a residential area.

Liu Qiong asked doubtfully, "Your Highness, is Cui Jiu's map reliable?"

Chen Qing smiled lightly: "This is his certificate of exoneration, do you think it is reliable?"

"But our intelligence shouldn't be wrong!"

"Of course our information is credible, but there is a time issue. It took half a year to make this wooden city alone. That is to say, the information is at the latest half a year ago. Many changes will occur in half a year. It’s not that Yan Chang doesn’t know that warehouses are easily attacked by fire if they are arranged on the edge of the city, and it’s believable that they recently moved the warehouse to the center of the city.”

Tang Qian next to him laughed and said, "It would be easy if the warehouse was on the edge of the city. We can quickly burn the warehouse to cleanliness with fire oil projection. We can do this in normal times, but we will definitely move it to a safe place in wartime. I think Cui Jiu's map is credible, just like we were in Ganquanbao back then."

Chen Qing pondered for a while and said, "If we can burn all the fodder in the warehouse, it will change the situation."

Liu Qiong also said: "You can notify the intelligence scouts in the city to see if they can do anything."

Chen Qing sighed, "The problem is that you can't enter the city!"

Tang Qian smiled and said, "What if the Cui family is asked to think of a way?"

One sentence reminded Chen Qing, he hurried to the tent and asked, "Is Cui Yuan gone?"

"Reporting to Your Highness, I just left."