Fenghou

"Master Wan, why did you come to my house?"

Wanyan Asai laughed dryly and said, "Someone reported that today a carriage brought a lot of wooden barrels to your house. What's inside?"

"Does it matter what's inside?"

"If Wanyanchang's remnant party is hidden inside, I won't be able to ask the court to explain."

Xiao Wanmu suppressed his anger and said to his two sons, "Open the door and let them investigate!"

The gate opened, Wanyan Asai led his men straight to the warehouse, opened the warehouse door, and saw a carriage, the horse was taken away, the carriage was parked in the warehouse, and there were eighteen large wooden barrels on the carriage.

"Is it this car?" Wanyan A Sai turned around and asked.

His subordinates nodded, Wanyan Asai stepped forward and patted the wine barrel, the inside was heavy, he ordered someone to pry open the lid, and there were all high-quality wines inside, wine was very popular among Jurchen nobles, and it was also hard currency in Linhuang Mansion , but the taxes are high.

Wanyan Asai immediately understood that this was Xiao Wanmu's private goods for tax evasion.

"What is Commander Xiao doing with so much wine?"

Xiao Wanmu said coldly: "The salary is so low, I can't support my family, so I have to think of other ways! Isn't Mrs. Wan also thinking of ways to earn money?"

Wanyan Asai laughed dryly, "Understand! Understood!"

He waved, "Let's go!"

Wanyan Asai took the soldiers away, and when they were far away, Xiao Wanmu's eldest son asked in a low voice: "Are they suspicious?"

Xiao Wanmu shook his head, "Wanyan Asai is just trying to make money, he suspects that I have transferred the Yin brothers' money away."

Prologue to the first thousand and 470 chapters nine

The Yin brothers were not able to escape this catastrophe in the end. Their [-] sheepskins were all taken away in the name of army requisition. Of course, they were not the only ones. All the foreign merchants were basically robbed. Now the political situation is unstable, just to make a fortune In good times, no one cares about such things, let alone Wanyan Wushu in order to win over Wanyan Asai.

Overnight, Wanyan Asai robbed property worth 10,000+ pennies, and he was so happy that he couldn't even close his mouth.

Zhang Lu immediately sent the news of internal strife in the Kingdom of Jin to Yanshan Mansion by using Eagle Letter.

At this time, it was early February, and Chen Qing came to Taixue Agricultural College again, and the potatoes he had been paying attention to were ready to be harvested.

The Agricultural College was very quiet, and all the students went to Fengxiang for internships, including Chen Qing's son, Chen Ji, who also went to Fengxiang.

But Professor Yang Du and several students did not go. They took good care of the potatoes growing in the big glazed room every day.

Today, the five political advisers and other officials in charge of agriculture are here, and the grain with a yield of [-] jin per mu is about to be born. Of course, everyone is looking forward to it.

Under the eyes of everyone, Yang Du carefully scraped open the soil with a shovel, revealing a nest of potatoes in the soil, more than [-] large and small, everyone exclaimed, there are more than [-] under a single seedling, as small as a litchi , as big as a fist.

"How do you eat this stuff?" Zhou Kuan asked curiously.

This is actually an issue that everyone cares about. Since it is food, they must be concerned about how to eat it.

Chen Qing said with a smile: "First of all, it can be eaten as a vegetable, cut into shreds, sliced, or cut into pieces and roasted with mutton. It is easier to treat it as food. It can be boiled, roasted, or steamed. There are ways to eat it." There are a lot, so don’t worry.”

Soon, Yang Du dug out all the potatoes, and there were three big baskets, weighing 150 catties.

"Everyone has seen it with their own eyes. After planting less than half a cent of the land, we have harvested 150 catties. The yield per mu of land has reached more than 3000 catties. We used greenhouses, so the yield will be higher. The next 150 catties will continue Planting can be harvested in May and June, and then continue to plant. Two crops can be planted a year. After three years, the entire Guanzhong area can be promoted. Ten years later, all over the world will plant, especially poor people in mountainous areas. Planting a few mu of land can solve the food ration of a family, everyone, it can solve the food problem of the common people, and all dynasties have not been able to do it!"

All the officials applauded.

……

After returning from Taixue, Chen Qing received an emergency message from Yanshan Road. There was internal strife among the senior officials of Jin Kingdom, and Wanyan Wushu had killed Wanyan Chang. The news came from Linhuang Mansion and Liaoyang Mansion almost at the same time.

Of course, Chen Qing understood the conflict between Wanyan Wushu and Wanyanchang, but if he only regarded this internal strife as the deterioration of the conflict between the two, then the level of the problem was still a little lower.

Why didn't it erupt before, but it erupted at this time. At the juncture when he was about to launch an all-out attack on the Kingdom of Jin, the conflict erupted.

In fact, this is a self-protection and self-repair of the Kingdom of Jin. When the crisis of survival is approaching, the court of the Kingdom of Jin and Wan Yanchang did not make any changes, and did not make any countermeasures for the upcoming crisis. If this continues, It is inevitable that the Kingdom of Jin will be destroyed.

But there are also people who are aware of this crisis. In order to save Jin Guo, this coup will inevitably happen.

Chen Qing immediately convened a political meeting to discuss the plan to send troops to the Kingdom of Jin!

In the meeting hall, Chen Qing said to everyone: "I am considering sending 40 troops to the Kingdom of Jin this time. Our 60 troops are still insufficient. At least 15 troops should be left in Guanzhong. The 75 troops stationed on Fujian Road and Dingguangnan Road, and the [-] troops facing Lin'an Prefecture, we still have a shortfall of [-] troops, so I am going to convert the [-] militia troops in various places into regular troops, and also That is to say, we need a large army of [-] to ensure the smoothness of this Eastern Expedition.”

Jiang Yan pondered for a while and said, "Will the 40 army be a little more?"

Chen Qing shook his head, "Not many, after all, it is a battle to destroy the country. The current strength of the Jin Kingdom is about 35. They use the power of the whole country to fight against us. Of course, we also need to use the power of the whole country to destroy them. Not only the Jin Kingdom , we will also face support from the grassland nomads to the Kingdom of Jin, so it is still unknown whether the 40 troops will be enough."

Lu Qingshan asked: "How is the situation on the Guangnan Road, Your Highness?"

Chen Qing said slowly: "Sure enough, Liu Guangshi has once again separatist. He has already occupied Yongzhou, Binzhou, Hengzhou and Qinzhou, and has an army of about 2. Liu Qiong is currently leading an army of [-] in Yuzhou and Wuzhou. He did not rush to attack, but took every step of the way and fought steadily. With our absolute advantage, I believe that Liu Guangshi's rebellion will be wiped out in the first half of this year, and Guangnan West Road will be completely recovered."

Lu Qingshan nodded, "The humble job supports the expansion of the army!"

Everyone expressed their support for the expansion of the army. The Neizhengtang decided at the same time to provide 1000 million guan to support the war of destroying the country. The temple treasury and the government treasury will each contribute 500 million guan, and at the same time, an additional 120 million shi of grain will be added to Yanshan Road, and 50 yuan will be mobilized at the same time. surname, 30 ships and [-] head of livestock were recruited from various places.

The war machine of the entire Yong Kingdom is running again, and all kinds of food, grass, materials and people are constantly transported to Yanshan Road. In fact, preparations for war have begun since November last year. The 40 troops have long been transferred to Yanshan Road to assemble. The food supplies have been sent, but the 40 troops will consume 20 shi of grain a month, and 60 shi of grain will be consumed in three months of training and preparations. The first batch of food supplies is basically available.

Therefore, the Yongguo court had to prepare food for at least half a year, which was 120 million shi.

Three days later, Chen Qing bid farewell to his family, and led [-] cavalry to leave Jingzhao and march towards Yanshan Mansion. As the commander-in-chief of the three armies, he would personally preside over the battle of destroying the country.

At this time, the prelude to the war to destroy gold, the war to attack Linhuang Mansion has slowly begun.

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The battle against Linhuang Mansion was in charge of the veteran general Niu Gao, with Wang Duo as his deputy, and Shao Jichun, one of the new five tiger generals of the Western Army, as the vanguard. Niu Gao led an army of [-] and [-] camels for supplies, and left Yanshan from Juyongguan. Killed to Linhuang Mansion thousands of miles away.

The main reason for attacking Linhuang Mansion first was to cut off the support of the grassland nomads to the Kingdom of Jin. Once the Kelie, Tata and Mierqi tribes assembled their forces to support the Kingdom of Jin, Linhuang Mansion was the only way to go.

This is an extremely important pawn. Niu Gao's army may not attack the Kingdom of Jin, but he has built a front line in the west. This front line not only blocks the nomads' eastward advance, but also cuts off the retreat of the Jin soldiers to the west. the road.

When the time is right, Niu Gao's army can also capture Dading Mansion to the southeast. Dading Mansion is also a road for the Jin soldiers to retreat westward.

Chapter 480 Encounter

It was early February, and the grassland had entered the early spring season. The snow had not yet faded, and piles of residual snow could be seen everywhere, but the color of the grass had already been revealed. Groups of deer were gnawing on the grass seedlings that had just emerged from the ground beside the water plants. Very vigilant, looking up from time to time to watch the movement around.

At this time, a large herd of elk suddenly ran westward in fright. It turned out that an army appeared not far from them, and thousands of cavalry were rushing towards the small river.

This army is the vanguard of Niu Gao's army, led by the vanguard general Shao Jichun. Shao Jichun is only 23 years old this year, and he has already accumulated meritorious service to be promoted to the commander. Although he is young, he is very experienced, and his martial arts are extremely strong. The sixty-jin eight-lens purple gold copper hammer is second only to Yue Yun's plum-blossom bright silver hammer.

Ranked fourth among the new five tiger generals, second only to Yue Yun, Zhang Xian and Cao Ning, slightly higher than Yang Wenyi who ranked fifth. Cao Ning is the son of Cao De, who has won the essence of the Cao family spear Dragon Golden Spear is extremely fierce. Yang Wenyi is Yang Zaixing's son. He got his father's true biography. His Blizzard Spear can't even resist Liu Qiong. When Yang Wenyi was only 16 years old and lacked some experience, he ranked fifth.

There are also some cutting-edge young players, such as Niu Gui, the son of Niu Gao, Huyan Qingyun, the nephew of Hu Yantong, Liu Jinpeng, the son of Liu Zan, etc. These are the outstanding players of the new generation.

One thing that needs to be corrected here is Zhang Xian. He is 36 years old and should not be ranked alongside these young generals, but he is indeed extremely skilled in martial arts and has not caught up with the ranking of the five tiger generals in the previous class, so Chen Qing designated him as the new general. One session of the Five Tigers.

Don't underestimate these five tiger generals. This is the ranking of King Yong Chen Qing. It has the highest authority. It is the ranking list of martial arts recognized by the 70 Western Army. Of course, there will be a ranking of the top ten generals later, not only for martial arts, but also for commanding power , Yang Zaixing had already been designated as the top of the list by Chen Qing in advance.

Three thousand cavalry were drinking and resting by the small river, and their war horses were grazing tender grass. Shao Jichun stood on a high place and looked into the distance. They were now in the territory of the Kelei Department, and the Kelei Department was the only way to go to Linhuang Mansion.

After experiencing the fiasco in Toyosu, the Kelei Department has become a lot more honest, but honesty does not mean gentleness. Their honesty is more of a lack of strength. Once their strength is restored, they will immediately show their ferocious teeth.

At this time, two scouts came rushing from a distance, waving desperately while running, Shao Jichun also saw the black spot in the distance, and he shouted: "Blow the horn and gather!"

"Ugh-"

The horn of the Western Army blew, and three thousand cavalry who were resting quickly got on their horses and gathered in the open space. At this time, two scouts rushed over and shouted: "It's nomadic cavalry!"

"how many people?"

"About 5000 people!"

Shao Jichun quickly judged that this should be the troops assembled by several nearby tribes.

"Pass down the order to wipe out the enemy army and leave no prisoners of war!"

With the equipment and combat power of the Western Army, it is no problem for three thousand cavalry to kill four or five thousand nomadic cavalry. The key is not to reveal the news. They are only two hundred miles away from Linhuang Mansion. The strategy of raiding the Linhuang Mansion would have major consequences.

You must know that Linhuang City is famous for its firmness and tallness. The Jin soldiers lost tens of thousands of talents to capture Linhuang City. Their [-] troops rushed thousands of miles without carrying heavy siege weapons. To capture Linhuang City, they can only rely on internal response and surprise attack It is possible, so killing the enemy is a necessary means.

Five thousand nomadic cavalry came rushing from the north. They were indeed the assembled forces of the three tribes. They didn't realize that the Western Army's goal was Linhuang City, two hundred miles away to the northeast, but thought that the Western Army was aiming to destroy them. come.

The three thousand Western troops lined up neatly. Each soldier was wearing iron armor, holding a short spear, a sword on his waist, a shield on his back, and a horse on his crotch. He was well-trained and murderous.

"Riding the crossbow is ready!" Shao Jichun shouted.

Three thousand cavalrymen took out their crossbows from their horse sacks one after another. This kind of crossbow was specially made for cavalry. It was short and lean and could be wound by a pull.

The arrow used is also a short crossbow. The front end of the crossbow is quenched with a strong anesthetic, which is not very toxic. When the enemy or horse loses combat power in a very short time, it can only recover after lying down for at least an hour. It can penetrate the enemy within 120 steps. Army double leather armor.

This is a change in concept. The arrow does not need to penetrate the internal organs of the enemy, as long as it hits the flesh, the enemy army will lose its combat effectiveness. It is up to the Western Army to decide whether to live or die.

The five thousand cavalry rushed closer and closer, brandishing their sabers and shouting, and the distance was already a hundred paces away.

Shao Jichun ordered: "Sort out!"

"Ugh-"

With the sound of the horn, the Western Army suddenly launched, sprinting to the east and west sides like cutting through the waves, passing the enemy's head-on impact, rushing to the side and raising the crossbow to shoot, but the target was their horses.

These are the tactics summed up by the Western Army for many years. They cannot be attacked head-on. These nomadic cavalry are very fragile, with only two casualties. They have to retreat and escape. If they want to wipe them out, the last way is to attack from the side, even if they realize that something is wrong. , It was too late to escape.

The crossbow arrows rained down on the nomadic cavalry. The cavalry were skilled in equestrianism, and they tried to dodge one after another, hiding their bodies behind their horses.

But the target of the Western Army's crossbow arrows was not them, but their war horses. The dense crossbow arrows caused the horses to be hit by arrows one after another, and they fell down after only a dozen steps. In an instant, hundreds of war horses fell to the ground.

Before the nomadic cavalry could react, the second round of crossbow arrows from the cavalry of the Western Army came in like a storm. The cavalry of the Western Army shot arrows with one hand while running. This is an essential skill for cavalry training. There is a handle, which is very convenient for the cavalry to hold with one hand. Holding the three-jin cavalry crossbow in the hand must not shake the arm, and accurately shoot the straw man target [-] steps away.

Shao Jichun commanded [-] elite cavalry. Since they are elite, one-handed crossbow shooting skills must be mastered.

The best way to deal with this kind of small-scale nomadic cavalry is to use crossbows. Although the opponent has bows and arrows, they cannot penetrate the armor of the Western Army. The casualties are very small. If the opponent loses [-]% of their horses, they will collapse. The rest is chasing and killing. up.

The Western Army rode horses and shot at the enemy while running. This kind of non-contact battle gradually caused the nomad cavalry to collapse. Although they also shot the enemy with arrows, the opponent had almost no casualties, and their arrows could not penetrate the opponent's body at all. armor.

More and more horses fell to the ground. After several rounds of shooting, more than half of the horses of the five thousand nomadic cavalrymen were lost. This loss came so quickly that the opposing general had no time to judge. , he was terrified, and shouted: "Retreat! Retreat!"

Shao Jichun immediately ordered: "Divide the troops and fight!"

"Woo-woo-"

As the horns sounded continuously, the cavalry of the Western Army began to divide their labor. [-] cavalry were responsible for chasing and annihilating them, and the other [-] cavalry were responsible for killing the enemy soldiers who had fallen from their horses.

Fifteen hundred cavalry followed closely behind, raising their crossbows and firing arrows, and the enemy soldiers became fewer and fewer. In the end, dozens of them were surrounded by the cavalry of the Western Army, and they were all killed in a moment.

The cavalry of the western army in the back was killing the fleeing soldiers mercilessly, beheading their heads and piercing their vests mercilessly. Mercy, they will only be more brutal when they encounter Han women and children.

In less than an hour, the battle was over. Five thousand nomadic cavalry were all killed, and no one survived. Shao Jichun continued to lead his army to search the nearby tribes. Once found, it would be a merciless massacre. The news spread to Linhuang Mansion.

The first thousand and 480 chapters raid

In the past few days, the number of foreign merchants in Linhuang City has dropped sharply, and there are almost no merchants coming from the east. The soldiers all guessed that it was because the main general Wanyan Asai robbed the merchants so hard that the merchants were afraid to come.

But no one thought that this was a harbinger of the coming of the Western Army. After all, Linhuang Mansion was too remote, and even if war broke out, it would be Liaodong's side that would start first. Liaodong's side was safe and sound, let alone their turn.

At noon, two young Khitan merchants entered Linhuang's mansion. They led a dozen mules carrying cloth to Xiao Dan's inn.

"We're looking for Shopkeeper Xiao!"

Xiao Dan nodded, "I am!"

"What is the price of ginseng for the elderly in the east?"

"It's very expensive, even if you have 1 taels of gold, you can't buy it!"

The secret order was completely correct, two Khitan soldiers took out the military badges of the Western Army, Xiao Dan took them inside, and said in a low voice: "It's not safe here, Manager Zhang and his men have already been transferred to my uncle's house."

"Take us there!"

Ever since Wanyan Asai searched twenty wooden barrels, Xiao Wanmu suspected that someone was watching the inn, otherwise Wanyan Asai would not have gotten the news so quickly. He didn't dare to let Zhang Lu go to the inn again, so he simply hid in the inn. In his family, his brother-in-law Xiao Dan was responsible for delivering the news.

Soon, two Khitan soldiers saw Zhang Lu. Zhang Lu read Niu Gao's letter and said, "Wait for me for an hour, and I will reply to you soon."

Xiao Wanmu's son called his father, Xiao Wanmu pondered for a moment and said: "I am not on duty tonight, but the day after tomorrow happens to be my mother's birthday, so I can be on duty tonight. At three o'clock, open the west city gate. Take the fire on the top of the city as a sign!"

The two Khitan soldiers then left Linhuang City and rushed to report to Niu Gao.

……

Niu Gao's [-] troops had arrived in the southwest of Linhuang Mansion, only [-] miles away from Linhuang City. The Western Army finally stopped moving forward. It was already dusk. Niu Gao decided to march at night after getting the news. At noon, two Khitan soldiers had been sent into the city disguised as merchants, and he needed definite news of the response.

Among all the high-ranking generals of the Western Army, Niu Gao is the most benevolent and kind. His principle is not to kill women and children. This time, after Shao Jichun wiped out [-] nomadic cavalry, he slaughtered three tribes. From a strategic point of view, there is no problem. , Cut off the possibility of the Linhuang guards getting the news first.

But the massacre made Niu Gao very unhappy. He could have confiscated their horses and drove them west, the effect would be the same, but Shao Jichun didn't do that, but took the simplest and most brutal method.

In the end, Niu Gao didn't blame Shao Jichun, but took the responsibility himself. He didn't tell Shao Jichun well, but ordered him not to leak any news, but didn't tell him what to do.

When night fell, the two Khitan soldiers finally came back, and the sergeant immediately took them to the commander's tent. Niu Gao read the confirmation letter from Zhang Lu. There were 5000 troops in the city, and it was time for a surprise attack at the third watch Enemy camp.

Niu Gao immediately left [-] troops to guard the camels, and he led [-] troops to march towards Linhuang City under the cover of night.