Fenghou

Yang Zaixing was the sixth to appear on the stage. As soon as he appeared on the stage, everyone cheered.

White horse and iron armor, with flying helmet tassels, You Qi looks very handsome, with sword eyebrows and star eyes, high nose bridge, burly figure, and outstanding temperament.

Wu Jie couldn't help but ask Chen Qing, "Commander Chen, what's the origin of this?"

"The descendants of Yang Jiye from Taiyuan!"

"So it's the general of the Yang family!" Only then did everyone suddenly realize.

Yang Zaixing shot the first arrow while running fast, the rope snapped and the first copper coin fell to the ground.

There was thunderous applause all around, and then Yang Zaixing shot three spike arrows like a string of arrows, the arrows were precise, and three copper coins fell down.

At this time, everyone's interest was aroused. Seeing the effect of his last arrow, even Zhang Jun sat up straight and watched the battle.

There was no sound in the entire school field, only the rapid hooves of the war horses could be heard.

When he was about to qualify, Yang Zaixing shot the last arrow, 'Pa! 'The rope broke and the fifth copper coin fell to the ground.

The school field suddenly cheered, cheers and applause resounded through the sky.

Zhang Jun laughed straight away, this young man is very good, with high martial arts skills and outstanding character.

Liu Ziyu smiled wryly, his son was eliminated, he sighed and said to Chen Qing: "I don't know whether I should congratulate you or be jealous of you, your subordinates are really hidden dragons and crouching tigers!"

Chen Qing smiled slightly, "Liu Dutong has won the prize!"

Yang Zaixing hit all five arrows, and there was basically no suspense in the whole competition. In the end, both Qu Duan and Guan Shigu's men hit three out of five arrows, and Yang Zaixing won the first place.

Yang Zaixing knelt down on one knee, cupped his fists and saluted Zhang Jun. Chen Qing smiled and said to Zhang Jun, "General Yang used to organize a rebel army to fight against gold, but the effect was not very good. It is a pity that he is still in vain, and the humble post appointed him as the deputy commander."

Zhang Jun nodded, "Although General Yang has just joined the Song Army, his martial arts skills are really strong and talents are rare. This commander made an exception and appointed you as the deputy commander and recommended you as Xiu Wulang."

Appointments and appointments are quite different in nature.

Chen Qing was appointed as the deputy commander internally, with no authority but no position, while Zhang Jun was officially appointed as the deputy commander.

Yang Zaixing was overjoyed, and thanked him again, "The humble official must fight the enemy bravely, and live up to the support of the Xuanfu envoy!"

Zhang Jun took out a command arrow and handed it to Chen Qing with a smile, "You are lucky. The five hundred crossbow troops will be officially given to the Qinzhou Army. The commander will increase the number of troops accordingly."

Chen Qing also cupped his fists and saluted, "Thank you for your kindness!"

Zhang Jun said to the generals again: "Everyone, starting from tomorrow, we will officially enter the war. I hope that all the commanders in Wu Dutong will defeat the Jurchen army again, and prevent the Jurchen cavalry from stepping into Sichuan!"

Zhang Jun is gone, and he will return to Sichuan next, and the command of the army and the distribution of materials at Dasan Pass will be handed over to Wu Jie.

The generals watched Zhang Jun leave, and the army began to disperse.

Wu Jie stepped forward and patted Chen Qing on the shoulder with a smile, "To be honest, I really don't want to give you the five hundred crossbow troops."

"Why did you all say that?"

"You do the math, most of the soldiers who followed you were killed..."

Chen Qing frowned, "Wu Dutong, Fu Moshan is bound to win this army. None of his men died, why don't you give it to him?"

Wu Jie chuckled, "You really can talk, leaving people speechless. I was just joking with you. Sacrifice is part of the battlefield. The key is to die well."

Speaking of this, Wu Jie's face became serious, "Actually, my real idea is to give you this army and let them play their best role. Commander Chen, don't let me down!"

Chen Qing nodded, "In my hands, they are definitely not decorations!"

……

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it was the beginning of November, and winter began to enter all parts of Guanzhong, and the weather was getting colder day by day.

This morning, a 50-man Song Army scout led by Zhao Xiaoyi checked the situation in a forest about fifteen miles west of Jiwangpo.

Last night, the sentinel on the west side noticed a flickering fire in the distance. Although it only appeared for a very short time, it was captured by the sentinel of the Song Army. Chen Qing suspected that there was an enemy sentry nearby, so he sent two scout teams early in the morning Go to the east and west sides to investigate.

Hu Yanlei, the deputy commander of the scout battalion, was in charge of the east, and Zhao Xiaoyi personally led the army to investigate the west.

A few miles to the west of Daying is one of the largest open lands in the West Valley. The valley is more than ten miles wide, dotted with large forests and grasslands, and stretches all the way to Wang Jianpo. The valley was cut off, leaving only a passage less than ten miles wide. After passing Wang Jianpo, the valley suddenly opened up again.

As soon as Zhao Xiaoyi raised his hand, the soldiers under his command reined in their horses one after another, and Liu Jian asked, "What did the general find?"

Zhao Xiaoyi pointed to the ground, "Look!"

Only then did everyone notice the footprints of four hooves on the ground, densely packed, extending into the woods.

"What is this, it doesn't look like a war horse!"

Zhao Xiaoyi sneered, "This is the hoof print of a war horse, but the hoof is covered with cloth."

Everyone was skeptical and followed the footprints for a while, when a soldier suddenly shouted: "Here is a piece of cloth!"

He got off his horse and picked up a piece of sackcloth soaked in mud with a broken rope on it, in the shape of a cloth bag. Looking forward, there was indeed a clear horseshoe print among the hoof prints.

Only then did everyone sincerely believe that although Commander Zhao was young, his mind was very sharp.

Zhao Xiaoyi raised his head and looked into the woods. His eyes seemed to see more than a dozen Jurchen spies in ambush through the woods.

"Liu Dutong, you lead ten brothers to the west to intercept, Ma Dutou leads ten brothers to stay outside to intercept, and the rest of the brothers follow me!"

Zhao Xiaoyi divided his troops into three groups. He led thirty cavalrymen holding shields and short spears, circled an arc, and outflanked the forest.

This is a birch forest, the leaves are almost gone, only the straight bare trees are left, the horses walk in the woods rustling, and the soldiers hold their shields and watch the movement around them vigilantly.

At this time, a cold arrow swished, powerful, and aimed straight at Zhao Xiaoyi. Zhao Xiaoyi was startled, and hurriedly raised his shield to meet him.

Unexpectedly, the arrow shot at his horse, the horse's foreleg was shot, and the horse plopped! 'Fall down, and then a dozen arrows shot towards Zhao Xiaoyi.

This move was coordinated very cleverly, locking the general of the Song army, shooting the horse first, breaking the opponent's shield guard, and then shooting the opponent into a hedgehog with more than a dozen arrows.

However, Zhao Xiaoyi's biggest feature is his quick response and flexible mind, which is also the main reason why Chen Qing made him the chief scout general.

Zhao Xiaoyi reacted extremely quickly, as nimble as a monkey. He knew something was wrong, and as soon as he landed, his body rolled and walked away rapidly, and all the dozen or so arrows shot in the air.

Song Jun also found the enemy spies, roaring and urging his horse to kill the Jurchen spies.

The thirteen Jurchen spies could no longer hide, and rushed out from behind the big tree one after another, brandishing spears and sabers, and went up to the battle with shouts...

Chapter 121

Although the Jinbing spies are elite, the Song army is also very brave and powerful, and the number of them is nearly three times that of the opponent, so they have the upper hand in a fight.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the thirteen spies from the Jin soldiers killed five of them, and three from the Song army were also killed. Seeing that the situation was not going well, Jurchen Shichang shouted, "Retreat!"

The spies of the Jin soldiers broke through a tight encirclement with all their might, but were shot by the Song army and overturned three horses. The three Jurchen soldiers fell from their horses. Zhao Xiaoyi shouted: "The first team captures them alive, and the other brothers follow me!"

He led twenty cavalry in hot pursuit of five enemy troops.

After running for less than two miles, a few horse ropes suddenly appeared among the dead leaves on the ground. The Jurchen cavalry who were running could not dodge in time, and they were tripped by the ropes one after another. The leader was Shichang, and then he besieged and killed three other people, and finally tied up a wounded spy who was suppressed by the horse.

Not long after, Zhao Xiaoyi led the army to chase after them. Unexpectedly, the last five spies had been wiped out. Zhao Xiaoyi was overjoyed. They only killed three of them against the fierce and fierce Jurchen spies. It was a miracle.

……

In the evening, Zhao Xiaoyi put a detailed statement on Chen Qing's desk. Chen Qing looked at it and said with a smile, "It's actually a Khitan?"

Zhao Xiaoyi smiled wryly and said, "I always thought it was the Jurchens, but I didn't expect to find out that this spies were actually Khitans. No wonder they are not as fierce as the Jurchens cavalry."

Yang Yuanqing looked at the interrogation report and said: "It said that Jin Guo built a large camp at Xigukou, with [-] troops, mainly Jurchens and Khitans. Should we send someone to investigate the specific situation?"

Chen Qing pondered for a moment and said: "Someone was grazing in the West Valley before. I suspect that it was not a herdsman, but a spy of Jinbing. What are you looking for now?"

Yang Yuanqing blurted out: "It must be to investigate our specific situation, such as the number of our troops, equipment, and even our combat capabilities."

"Then do you think the fire last night was unintentional or intentional?"

Zhao Xiaoyi suddenly understood, "What does the commander mean to say that they deliberately set off the flames to lure us to arrest them? But the soldiers said that they accidentally ignited the fire."

"Ordinary soldiers won't know the truth, it's a pity that Shi Chang didn't catch it."

Yang Yuanqing was puzzled and asked: "If it was deliberately seduced, what was the intention?"

"The intention is to capture our soldiers. It's good to be able to capture one or two scouts. If you can't catch them, they will tell us some information to lure our scouts to their camp to investigate the situation. How many troops they have means to us? Not a lot, but how many troops we have means a lot to them."

Zhao Xiaoyi was deeply admired by the commander's reasoning. He bowed and said, "I understand, I will never let a scout be caught by the enemy!"

……

The West Valley is about a hundred miles long. Wanyan Wushu learned the lessons of last year and started to deploy the Western Army early. A large camp was built at the westernmost end a few months ago.

The big camp is composed of a barracks and a sheep and horse camp. The sheep and horse camp is an important place for food, grass and materials for the Jinbing, and hundreds of thousands of sheep and tens of thousands of war horses are stocked.

For several months, Jin Bing has been increasing troops to the West Camp, and the current strength has reached [-], including [-] Jurchen troops, [-] Khitan troops and [-] Xie Congjun troops.

The Cong Cong Army is the Han Chinese army that surrendered, and there are not many in Xidaying.

These Han armies are also divided into two types. One has stronger combat effectiveness and can assist the Jin soldiers in fighting.

The other kind can only do rough work such as logistics and transportation. They belong to the lowest-level army, called servants, with extremely poor conditions and very bad treatment. In fact, Jinbing did not count them as an army.

The number of servants is huge. This time Wanyan Wushu launched the Southern Expedition, and he recruited [-] servants for the transportation of food and various materials.

The atmosphere in the West Camp was tense, and the coach Wanyan Wushu personally inspected the West Camp. Yan Wulu was demoted to the Northwest Division, where he fought against the grassland herdsmen.

Wanyan Wushu stood on a high place on horseback, looked at the valley entrance in the distance and asked, "How much do you know about the situation in West Valley?"

Wanyan Alubu quickly bowed and said: "Reporting to Your Highness, I have sent spies many times to understand the situation in Xigu. I have a thorough grasp of the terrain of Xigu, but the Song army stationed in the two routes of Xigu still lacks some information."

Wanyan Wushu was taken aback, "What do you mean you owe a little information?"

"It's just that they don't know the important information about their strength and equipment. Their defense is tight, so it's hard to catch prisoners of war?"

"Who is the leader of the two Song armies?"

"The chief general of the Song Army in Xiying is Liu Ziyu, the former general manager of the Song Army's Xining Road. Dongying is a newcomer named Chen Qing."

"What's your name?" Wanyan Wushu's eyes widened.

"It's called Chen Qing, and he is the newly promoted commander of the Song Army."

Wanyan Alubu has just been transferred from Zhongjing to Shaanxi Road, so he doesn't know much about what happened last year.

Wanyan Wushu said coldly for a while: "You still need to know more about the situation, otherwise you will suffer a lot. This Chen Qing is not a newcomer. Wanyan Loushi's head was chopped off by him. Your predecessor Wanyan Wu Lu was also demoted because of him. The wolf lord offered a reward of [-] guan to buy his head. The living girl was defeated by his arrow in Lin'an. Last year I suffered from him and let the Eight Character Army escape. Do you still think he is Newcomer?"

Wanyan Alu opened his mouth wide, and he said in panic: "I made a mistake in my humble position, I didn't understand the enemy's situation in detail!"

Wanyan Wushu turned around and asked, "Where is General Han Chang?"

General Han Chang stepped forward and bowed to salute, "Humble post is here!"

"From now on, I will appoint you as the deputy commander of the West Camp, assist General Alubu to capture the West Valley, and cut off the retreat of Monk Yuan's Song army!"

"Humble post obeys orders!"

Han Chang participated in the battle against Jiandao Pass and knew a lot about Chen Qing. Wanyan Wushu appointed him as the deputy capital commander to make up for the lack of Wanyan Alu.

Wanyan Wushu said slowly to everyone: "West Valley is one of the important fulcrums of this Southern Expedition. Its success or failure is related to the success or failure of the entire battle. The Battle of West Valley must go first. This time I came to Xigu to inspect, just to urge you Start the war, the curtain of the Battle of the West Valley will begin from now on!"

……

In the afternoon, Wanyan Wushu returned to the main camp under the escort of [-] cavalry. Once the Xi Daying camp launched an offensive against the Song army, the main camp's [-] troops would soon launch a fierce attack on He Shangyuan.

Wanyan Alubu invited Han Chang to come to the big tent and asked: "The war is about to start, but we have no way of knowing the situation of the enemy army. What can the general do?"

Han Chang smiled slightly and said: "The strength and equipment of the two armies are secrets to us, but I believe it is by no means a secret at Dashanguan. Find news in Sanguan."

"But the Song army has already entered the state of wartime, and we can't enter Dasan Pass."

Han Chang thought for a while and said, "You can go to the Immortal Pass. If there are thousands of old and weak refugees in the pass, it is impossible for the Song Army not to let them enter. We only need to mix in two people to have a chance."

Wanyan Alu frowned, "It takes at least ten days to go from Immortal Pass to Dasan Pass, and it takes more than walking. Even if we get the information, how will we send it out? The war will start in three days, and we are too late."

Han Chang waved his hands and said calmly: "Old and weak women and children will definitely bring livestock and poultry, and homing pigeons can be mixed in. Yuguan is a few dozen miles away from Immortal Pass. There are mules and horses for rent at Yuguan. Two horses, they went to Dasan Pass not only to get information, but also to spread rumors and bribe some Song troops who wanted to surrender.

As for the strength of the Song army, I am actually more concerned about Chen Qing's army. I can roughly guess the number of Liu Ziyu's army. "

"How did you guess that?"

"At the beginning of the year, Liu Ziyu withdrew about 1 troops to Dashan Pass. His second son Liu Zan led 4000 troops to guard Xianren Pass and Yu Pass. Even if Wu Jie added some troops to Liu Ziyu, the total number of his troops should be [-]. Between [-] and [-], which corresponds to the size of his current camp, we can concentrate our forces to attack Liu Ziyu first, and at the same time closely monitor Chen Qing's army, as long as he sends troops to help, we will immediately set up a net for him!"

Wanyan Alu took a few steps behind his back, turned his head and said to Han Chang thoughtfully, "If we attack Liu Ziyu's camp, will we succeed?"

Chapter 122 Battle Curtain

On the fourth day of November, Dasanguan brought a batch of extremely important strategic materials to Chen Qingda's operation, including [-] bed crossbows, [-] jackdaw arrows, [-] barrels of gunpowder and [-] barrels of kerosene.

Chen Qing ordered the camp gate to be opened, and he personally went outside the camp gate to welcome the arrival of this batch of important supplies.

No matter in Erlang Village or Linyou County, he has experienced the powerful advantages of the bed crossbow. This is a sharp arrow much stronger than the god arm crossbow. It can shoot through the bodies of three people within dozens of steps. The army's cavalry formations and dense enemy formations have powerful lethality.