Fenghou

Chen Qing watched the fireworks billowing from the top of the city, Liu Cui said in a low voice, "I feel that if we attack the city now, we should be able to capture the city wall."

Chen Qing said indifferently: "There are no soldiers on the top of the city. A large iron fire mine is enough to blow open the city gate, but this is not what I want. In the street fighting in the city, the enemy army has far more advantages than us."

"Your Highness wants to force them out?"

"Yes, but not necessarily with kerosene."

Looking at the city, Chen Qing said slowly, "It all depends on Cui Jiu's sincerity."

……

The fire attack of the Western Army was more of a deterrent or a warning. It hit the morale of the Jin soldiers. After a morning of attack, fires ignited inside and outside the three city walls, including hundreds of residential buildings.

The city was filled with thick smoke, and the scorching heat of the fireworks could be felt everywhere, and both the people and the soldiers felt frightened.

It was not until noon that the Western Army finally launched its fire attack and retreated slowly.

There was chaos in the military medical camp. Thousands of soldiers were burnt and urgently needed medical treatment. The military doctors were busy. At this time, Cui Jiu brought dozens of carts of medicine with the soldiers, all of which were collected from the pharmacies in the city. herbs.

"Warehouse, send it to the warehouse!"

Cui Jiu commanded the soldiers to send dozens of carts to the warehouse, and Liu Zhen hurriedly greeted them and said, "Director Cui, there are too many medicinal materials here, and they can't be put in the camp here, and they have to be sorted, and they have to be collected from the warehouse. Get some medicine for burns, we don't have enough stock here."

"Then leave it to you. You classify the medicinal materials yourself, then send them to Cangcheng, and then get the medicine from Cangcheng."

Cui Jiu handed a signboard to Liu Zhen, "With this signboard, you can enter Cangcheng. You can only enter five people at most, and then all five people must come out. These carts can also transport medicinal materials, so make good use of them!"

After finishing speaking, Cui Jiu patted the cart again. Only then did Liu Zhen notice that the bottom of the cart was generally thick. He realized Cui Jiu's hint. Could it be that the bottom of the cart was empty?

After everyone had gone, Liu Zhencai and Jiang Tao checked carefully one by one. There were a total of more than [-] large vehicles, but they were basically solid floor without hollow, which made Liu Zhen really disappointed.

"Shopkeeper, come and see this!" Jiang Tao found out.

Liu Zhen walked over quickly and tapped the bottom with a wooden stick, making a hollow sound. The bottom of this cart was empty, and Cui Jiu really arranged it for himself.

……

In the afternoon, Liu Zhen took four of his men and followed a dozen carts to the warehouse.

When they came to the gate of Cangcheng, they were stopped by soldiers, and the leader of them stepped forward and asked, "Are you a military medical camp?"

Cui Jiu had already said hello, too many soldiers were burned by the fire, and the military medical battalion wanted to come over to fetch medicinal materials.

Liu Zhen hurriedly stepped forward and said, "We are the staff of the pharmacy in the military medical camp, this is the brand."

He took out the sign and handed it to the commander. The commander looked at the sign, then looked at the convoy and said, "Only five people can enter at most, the driver cannot enter, and wait outside!"

The coachmen got out of the car one after another and went to wait outside. The next part was the inspection and body search. All the medicinal materials on the car were unloaded.The bottom of the cart should also be checked to prevent people from hiding under the cart.

Then all four of Liu Zhen's subordinates were searched carefully, and the leader said: "No fire is allowed to enter, all operations must be carried out under the supervision of soldiers, at most one hour, this is the rule, very strict, understand?"

"we know!"

As soon as the commander waved his hand, dozens of soldiers drove the carriage into the warehouse, and they went directly to the medicine warehouse.

"Everyone unload the medicinal materials, and the cart is parked next to the warehouse!"

The medicinal materials were heavy, and all the soldiers helped to carry the medicinal materials into the warehouse. At this moment, a black shadow flashed in the carriage and quickly hid behind the warehouse.

Everyone found the medicinal materials they needed in the medicinal material warehouse, and loaded the medicinal materials into the carriage. The soldiers drove the cart out of the warehouse. Liu Zhen and others were also sitting on the cart. From the beginning to the end, their every move was under the supervision of soldiers.

After counting the carriages and the number of people, the commander waved his hand, and the warehouse door was slowly closed.

Liu Zhen returned to the military medical camp with the carriage, and the staff began to make medicines busy, sending the medicine for treating burns to the military doctor.

Liu Zhen found an opportunity and tapped the bottom of the special carriage with a stick. The inside was empty, and Chang Song hidden inside was gone.

……

Another two days passed, and everything was safe and sound, and people kept coming and going in and out of Cangcheng, carrying food and fodder.

In the middle of the night on the third day, the warehouse was silent. A black figure appeared behind the forage warehouse. It was Chang Song who had been hiding in the warehouse for three days. It was not until three days later that many people came in and out of the warehouse, covering up the traces of the military medical camp, that Chang Song began to act.

He has already figured out the location of the forage warehouses. There are a total of sixteen forage warehouses, all of which are close together. Each warehouse has 10,000+ tons of hay or black beans. It may not be possible to burn them all.

Chang Song's high-strength martial arts began to be fully demonstrated. He ran in the dark, lit two short torches, and threw them directly through the transom into the two warehouses on the left and right. He continued to run at an extremely fast speed, and he threw all the lit torches Entered Cangcheng.

But when he was throwing the seven torches and the eighth torch, he was discovered by the patrolling soldiers on the city, "There is a fire!" Someone shouted.

"Dang! Dang! Dang! Dang!" The alarm sounded loudly on the top of the city, and soldiers began to rush down.

Chang Song had already thrown fourteen torches into the warehouse, thick smoke was billowing in the warehouse in front of it, the fire was burning, and tongues of fire spewed out from the transom.

Chang Song ran towards the last two warehouses...

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As soon as Chang Song ran to the warehouse, a spear stabbed him head-on. Chang Song dodged the spear and swung the saber in his hand with incomparable speed. The opponent fell to the ground with a scream.

Two more soldiers came from left and right. He jumped up and slashed left and right with his saber. The two soldiers were stabbed in the neck and fell down screaming.

Arrows rain from the opposite 'whoosh!Whoosh! When the shot came, Chang Song rolled over, escaped the rain of arrows, leaned against the warehouse, lit the last two, and threw a torch into the intake window with a sudden throw.

When the soldiers saw the torches, they all shouted, "Here!"

Dozens of soldiers rushed towards him, and there were still more than ten steps away. Chang Song rolled over again, rolled to the opposite side, and threw the torch in his hand into the last transom.

Dozens of soldiers were less than ten steps away from him, shouting and killing him.

Chang Song rolled over and over again, pulled a little distance from the soldiers, got up and ran towards the depths of the warehouse, with hundreds of soldiers chasing after him.

At this moment, all sixteen forage warehouses were set ablaze, with hay inside, and the fire spread extremely rapidly, and the fire spread more than ten feet away in the blink of an eye.

The soldiers opened the warehouse door one after another, and others moved some of the fodder out, but as soon as they opened the warehouse, flames and thick smoke gushed out, like a fire demon engulfed in anger, engulfing dozens of soldiers in an instant.

The soldiers at the back retreated in fright. It was better not to open the warehouse door. Once the warehouse door was opened, a large amount of air would enter and the fire would become more intense, turning the warehouse into a fiery hell.

The fire was completely out of control, and it was impossible to close the door again. After a while, all sixteen warehouses were completely engulfed by the raging fire.

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The fire in Cangcheng shocked the whole city, and the generals rushed out of the big tent one after another, looking at Cangcheng in astonishment. They couldn't believe that Cangcheng, which was so tightly guarded, was on fire. Could it be that it was attacked by the Western Army?

Wan Yanchang was furious and furious, he gritted his teeth and said, "Who did it? If I catch him, I will definitely skin him and stretch his tendons!"

Cui Jiu was more realistic, constantly urging the army to fight the fire, "All the troops go, don't let it spread, and control the fire!"

Countless soldiers rushed to put out the fire. Facts have proved that there is still a little effect, at least separating the burning warehouse from other warehouses. This is also due to the zoning system of the warehouse group. The entire warehouse group is divided into twelve districts. The districts are separated by walls, and the forage warehouses are all in the same district. In the end, the warehouses in the entire district are burned, but the warehouses in other districts are not affected.

The fire rushed to the sky thirty feet high, turning the sky red, and it was clearly visible dozens of miles away. Soldiers of the Western Army came out of their big tents one after another, looking at the raging fire in Daming City.

There was a smile on the corner of Chen Qing's mouth, Cui Jiu was really sincere, and he helped the intelligence spies in the city, and it really succeeded.

"Order the whole army to sleep wearing armor and not to take off their shoes and socks. Once there is an order, get up immediately!"

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Most of the Jurchen army didn't realize the crisis and did not withdraw overnight. The fire burned until noon the next day, burning sixteen warehouses in the fourth district to the ground.

And Jin Bing has been looking for the person who set the fire since last night. All the people who came to the warehouse during the day were suspects, even the guards. Wan Yanchang heard that he was a man in black with strong martial arts skills. He suspected that they were soldiers guarding the city. Most people would not be familiar with warehouses, only those who patrolled the warehouses every day.

He ordered Cui Jiu to be fully responsible for this matter, and within three days the person who set the fire must be caught.

Cui Jiu was very serious. He first created a list of suspects, including those who came to the warehouse during the day to collect food and supplies and soldiers who were not on duty that night. He quickly created a list of more than [-] people. In Cui Jiu's words , the arsonist must be among them.

Cui Jiu led his subordinates to investigate one by one in a serious manner. All the people who were investigated must have alibi or witnesses, and half of them were quickly excluded, leaving only more than [-] people on the list.

But at this moment, the crisis of the fodder barn being burned began to emerge. A Busu's army went to the warehouse to collect horse feed, but was told that there was no horse feed.

Pucha was shocked when he heard the news, and hurried to find Wan Yanchang.

"Marshal Du, are we running out of fodder?"

Wan Yanchang was stunned, and quickly said: "Didn't you grab some black beans?"

"I don't know. The warehouse told us that the fodder and black beans are gone."

Wan Yanchang became anxious immediately, and immediately ordered someone to find Cui Jiu. Cui Jiu hurried to the lobby and said to Wan Yanchang: "We are still investigating the perpetrators of the arson, please give Marshal Du more time!"

Wan Yanchang waved his hand and said: "Ignore the arsonist, I want to ask about the forage, how much forage and black beans are there now, tell me I grabbed some black beans last night."

Cui Jiu bowed and said, "Reporting to the lord, it's not that the black beans were snatched from the fire warehouse. The fire warehouse was completely burned down. We found three thousand bags of black beans in another grain warehouse."

"How many black beans are in three thousand bags?"

"Report to the prince, 30 catties!"

30 catties sounded like a lot, but Wan Yanchang immediately realized that something was wrong. They had 10,000+ horses, so wouldn’t each horse only weigh more than two catties? What was that enough?

"Did you go to the city to find fodder?"

"Reporting to Marshal Du, General Falcon took people to look for fodder, and I heard that they found some straw."

Pucha suddenly dissatisfied and said: "You have taken away the black beans, and I have no part in finding fodder in the city. Do you want all my war horses to starve to death?"

Wanyan Changlian explained to him: "There is absolutely no such thing, but I didn't expect the consequences to be so serious. I thought that your camp has a little stockpile, so it can last for two days. It is absolutely not intentional not to give the general fodder."

Pucha quickly snorted and said, "It doesn't matter whether you give me fodder or not. The important thing is, how long can we last? Once the fodder runs out, what will we do with 10,000+ war horses? Why doesn't the marshal think about it?"

When confronted with the question, Wan Yanchang was a little embarrassed. He quickly said that he hadn't thought carefully, and that he could support it for a few days without digging into the fodder. Now he also realized the seriousness of the problem.

A Busu said coldly: "Marshal Du doesn't need to explain the reason to me. I only care about the result. How much fodder and black beans do we have? How long can the horse last? My horse is still hungry. I hope I can give some For food, wheat is also fine, this is the top priority!"

"Don't worry! I'll send someone to deliver food to the general right away!"

Wan Yanchang turned back to Cui Jiu and said, "Let's put aside the investigation of the arsonist for now. Sir, go and count all the fodder, black beans and wheat for a few more days. I hope you can give me an answer today!"

Cui Jiu nodded, "I will give the prince a clear answer before dark!"

Chapter 310 Forced Withdrawal

At dusk, Cui Jiu brought a clear answer to Wan Yanchang. Forage and black beans are only enough for one meal. If the horses are allowed to eat wheat, they can last for about ten days. After ten days, there will be no food for humans and horses. up.

The situation was very serious, Wanyanchang immediately invited Abusu to discuss countermeasures.

Abu hurried over. He listened to the situation report and said without hesitation: "Marshal Du, since we have no hope of defending the Daming Mansion, why don't we retreat now? Don't we have to wait until ten days later when we run out of food before thinking of retreating?" ?"

A Busu's question was very sharp and aggressive, he was still fed up with Wan Yanchang's hypocrisy and incompetence, and he stopped speaking politely.

"Please forgive me for my frankness. If Marshal Du doesn't want to fight the Western Army, then retreat quickly, the sooner the better. If you want to fight the Western Army, then make a good plan. In short, waiting for nothing to do can only be Sit and wait!"

Pointing at the map, Wan Yanchang hesitated for a moment and said: "I'm considering a battle with the Western Army, otherwise I will have no face to face the Son of Heaven when I go back, but how to fight this battle is very particular, the opponent has two armies, one Eastern Army Yixi, then shall we concentrate our forces for one battle, or divide our forces into two routes and fight one army each?"

A Busu saw that the map was full of various battle plans, and he also believed that Wan Yanchang really wanted to fight the Western Army. He thought for a while and said: "The two armies are actually not far apart, only twenty miles away. The cavalry can be killed very quickly. If we concentrate our forces to fight one army, the likely situation will be that we are flanked by two armies. I think it is better to fight separately."

Wan Yanchang nodded, "The hero sees the same thing, I think the same way, Chen Qing is not a fool, he deploys troops like this because he wants us to attack the army in the west, and then he leads the army to kill us from the east, flanking us Surrounded, I also consider attacking them separately, how about this! My troops are a little stronger, I will lead the army to attack the main camp in the east, and the general can lead the headquarters and [-] troops to attack the western camp. Return to the city!"

"Agree with Marshal Du's opinion!"

The two reached an agreement and made an appointment to lead the army to attack at the fourth watch.

Wan Yanchang put on his armor and came to the camp. His son-in-law Pucha Ubalu stepped forward and said, "Father-in-law, are we really going to attack the Western Army's camp?"

"What are you talking about?"

Wan Yanchang glanced at him coldly. "These [-] troops are my foundation in the Kingdom of Jin. Without these troops, I would have been killed by the emperor long ago in the Kingdom of Jin. If I wanted to fight the Western Army, would I have waited until now?"

"My son-in-law knows his mistake!"

Wan Yanchang said again: "After leaving the city, retreat directly to the north, don't worry about Ah Busu's army, I will explain to the Son of Heaven!"

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At this time, Chen Qing was also nervously dispatching troops. From Cui Jiu's letter, he knew that Wan Yanchang would not fight him decisively. He would definitely return to the Kingdom of Jin with [-] troops. is his political foundation.

If Wan Yanchang wanted to use the golden cicada's plan to get rid of the shell, he would definitely keep the shell. This shell was A Busu's [-] troops plus the Hejian Mansion's [-] troops.

This army will be left to Yang Zaixing and Niu Gao to deal with, he will finish Yan Chang...

At one watch, Chen Qing led the 20 troops into three routes and headed northward.

His plan is very risky. If Wan Yanchang finds out that he is leading the army northward, then he will definitely join hands with Ah Busu's army to wipe out Yang Zaixing and Niu Gao's army, so Chen Qing left a few scout teams. Once he finds that the situation is not right, He immediately notified Yang Zaixing's army to retreat.

It was also because Chen Qing's scouts had wiped out the enemy spies left outside the city, at least all the enemy spies near the Western Army had been wiped out, so they dared to make this risky move.

But everything is not absolute, if there are one or two Jinbing spies left, if they leave the camp and go north, Wan Yanchang will definitely know.

……

At four o'clock, Abusu's army and Wan Yanchang's army left Daming City at the same time, and rushed towards the Western Army camps ten miles away from east to west.

But Wan Yanchang's [-] troops left the city for five miles, and they turned northward without hesitation. Their speed was fast. Their horses' hooves were wrapped in thick cloth. Although there was no thunderous sound, they were still dense and dull. , rumbling soul-stirring.

Wan Yanchang wanted to lead his army to escape, so he relied on Pucha's unstoppable army to hold him back.