Fenghou

Tang Shaoqing shook his head and said, "I don't understand what medicine he sells in the gourd at all?"

"It is said that he led the army to the east. Could it be that he went to Huazhou and Tongzhou?"

"Who knows?"

Tang Shaoqing was very depressed. In just two days, Chen Qing killed 7000 of them with an army of [-], while the opponent had only more than [-].

Tang Shaoqing suddenly had a kind of hero's old age and the idea of ​​returning to his hometown.

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The Qi army deployed [-] troops in Guanzhong, of which [-] troops were scattered in various counties, the other [-] troops were stationed in Jingzhao City, and the remaining [-] troops were distributed in Zheng County, Fengyi County, There are three cities and four passes in Shangluo County, Tongguan, Pujin Pass, Wuguan and Lantian Pass.

Zheng County is the state capital of Huazhou, and it is also an important garrison point for the Qi army, with 3000 garrisons.

The day after leaving Jingzhao Mansion, Chen Qing led [-] cavalry to Zheng County.

Zheng County is also a large county with a city circumference of [-] miles. During the Xuanhe period, the population of Zheng County had reached hundreds of thousands. Hundreds of thousands of people in Zheng County died or fled. After the Battle of Fuping, the entire Guanzhong area was starved and devastated.

Now the population of Zheng County is only tens of thousands. Unlike the economic recovery of Jingzhao Mansion, Zheng County does not have a large imported population, and it still looks dilapidated. It was deserted, many houses collapsed, mountains, fields, rivers, and villages were all covered with white snow, and there was no life in sight.

Zhang Xiao, who was wearing a literati robe, introduced to Chen Qing: "The villages in the south of Zheng County are still a little bit alive, especially near Huashan. The Jin soldiers have not passed, and the villages there are populated, but the north is not good. It is deserted everywhere. It’s barely okay inside.”

When it comes to the villages around Mount Hua, Chen Qing has something on his mind. His predecessor was from this place, a young man named Chen Shangyuan. Of course, Chen Shangyuan was killed in the Battle of Fuping, but what about his family?

After pondering for a long time, Chen Qing found a quite capable confidant soldier and told him a few words. The soldier changed his clothes and went south on a mule.

In the morning, the team rested in a pine forest about ten miles away from Zhengxian County.

At the same time, Hu Yanlei led several scouts posing as businessmen to Zheng County to check the situation.

Hu Yanlei came to Zheng County with a dozen mules and a few men, but saw that the gate of Zheng County was closed tightly. He opened his hand curtain and shouted under the city: "I am a merchant from Taiyuan. I need to buy some dry food. Please, Mr. Jun." Open the city gate!"

After a while, a soldier poked his head out and asked, "Where did you come from?"

"Come here from Jingzhao!"

"Haven't you encountered the cavalry of the Song Army?"

Hu Yanlei immediately understood that Zheng County had already received news, and there should be pigeon letters between them.

"We haven't seen it. I heard that the cavalry of the Song Army has gone to Shangluo. Please open the door!"

The soldier waved his hand, "Go around! There is an order from above, and the city gate is strictly forbidden to be opened. We have no choice."

Hu Yanlei had no choice but to lead his men around to the east gate, and the east gate was the same. The gate was closed, and the soldiers above looked like they were facing an enemy. Helpless, Hu Yanlei had to lead his men to find a path back to the black pine forest.

After Chen Qing and the generals listened to the report, Yang Yuanqing said: "Since an honest attack cannot be carried out, maybe a sneak attack at night can be successful?"

Chen Qing frowned slightly, "It's not like a sneak attack on Pingliang County, we still have internal support, and we have nothing in Zheng County."

"Humble job means storming the city gate at night."

Chen Qing shook his head, "That's unnecessary."

After a pause, Chen Qing explained again: "The enemy must be heavily guarded at night these days. Our night-time attack will inevitably cause heavy casualties. Even if we capture the city gate, we will fight in the streets of the city. It will be a disaster for the people. This is not our responsibility." Original intention."

Yang Yuanqing said apologetically, "It's a humble job that didn't think carefully."

Everyone was helpless for a moment.

At this moment, Zhang Xiao, who had been silent all this time, said, "Actually, I have an idea."

Everyone looked at him together, Zhang Xiao scratched his head and said, "I have an intuition that Zheng County's army will be transferred to Jingzhao."

"Why?" Chen Qing asked.

Zhang Xiaowei smiled and said, "Because of Liu Yi, there were originally 300 troops in each county, but he couldn't accept that the number of troops stationed in Jingzhao City was less than 100, so he forcibly reduced the number of troops in each county to [-].

Jingzhao's army now has only [-] people, which is definitely unacceptable given his cowardly personality, and he will definitely send troops from various places to enrich Jingzhao. The reason why he has not moved now is because we are still in Guanzhong. "

Everyone understood, Yang Yuanqing smiled and said: "Mr. Zhang means that if we pretend to withdraw from Guanzhong, Liu Yi will redeploy troops."

Zhang Xiao smiled and nodded, "It's just my guess, it may not be accurate, maybe he will ask Liu Yu to send more troops to Guanzhong."

Chen Qing pondered for a while and said, "If Liu Yi transfers troops from various places, where will he transfer troops?"

"The first is the army of Zheng County. Zheng County is very close to Jingzhao. Jingzhao has an army. It doesn't matter whether Zheng County has an army. The second is the army of Fengyi County. Shangluo's army will definitely not be transferred. Shangluo must guard against the Song army. From Xiangyang to attack Shangzhou, I deduce that [-] troops from Zhengxian and Fengyi counties will be transferred."

Chen Qing glanced at everyone, and everyone laughed and said, "Mr. Zhang's suggestion is good, you can give it a try!"

Seeing that there was no objection from the crowd, Chen Qing said decisively: "Then pretend to retreat from Jingyuan Road!"

Chapter 156

In just two fierce battles, all [-] Qi troops were killed, which really frightened Liu Yi. He was originally timid, but after the two defeats, his sense of crisis became even stronger.

For three nights in a row, he dreamed that Chen Qing led the army to attack Jingzhao City. Chen Qing cut off his head with his own hands and hung it on the top of the city for public display. He woke up from the nightmare and couldn't sleep anymore. Several wives and concubines were called to accompany him.

In the early morning of this day, just as the sky was getting bright, a guard came to report, "Tang Du has an urgent matter to see you!"

Liu Yi was a little nervous, and immediately jumped up and shouted: "Let him come in and see me!"

Not long after, Tang Shaoqing hurried into the inner mansion and saw Liu Yi in the inner hall. He bowed and saluted and said, "Please refer to the prince for humble posts!"

"Tang Dutong, what's the matter?"

"The humble job is to report the movement of Chen Qing's army to the prince."

"Where is he now?"

"Reporting to the lord, Chen Qing's army was in Huazhou before, but they returned to Jingzhao Mansion yesterday."

"what!"

Liu Yi was so frightened that his heart almost stopped beating, he pressed his chest tremblingly and asked, "So... the devil came back again?"

"My lord, don't be afraid. He didn't come to Jingzhao City when he came back, but went north on Jingyuan Road."

"he's gone?"

"It should be gone. The subordinates must have seen his army enter Jingyuan Road. The subordinates think that he was going to Pingliang Mansion originally, but he just took the opportunity to leave us.

The humble judge deduced that Pingliang Mansion must be empty, and he led his army to kill Pingliang Mansion. "

Liu Yi let out a long sigh of relief, his heart sank, Chen Qing left, and he could finally have a good night's sleep.

But wait a moment, Jingzhao City has too few troops, he can't feel at ease, Liu Yi quickly said: "Since Chen Qing is gone, we can transfer the troops from Huazhou and Tongzhou to Jingzhao to concentrate on defending Jingzhao. "

Tang Shaoqing smiled wryly and said, "My lord, in fact, Jingzhao's troops are enough."

"enough?"

Liu Yi's eyes widened, "Then explain to me, what happened to the 7000 people? How many casualties did Chen Qing's army have?"

"This one……"

Tang Shaoqing was speechless for a moment.

Liu Yi snorted heavily, "That's it. First, send [-] troops from Zheng County and Feng Yi County to reinforce Jingzhao, and then I will ask Brother Huang to send more troops to Guanzhong!"

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After Chen Qing's army entered Jingyuan Road for fifty miles, they turned back to Guanzhong again. They took advantage of the cover of night to hide in a hilly depression, and then sent hundreds of scouts to Huazhou and Tongzhou to inquire about the enemy's movements. .

They are betting that Liu Yi is cowardly and will definitely deploy troops to enrich Jingzhao City.

That night, Chen Qing received an urgent report from the scouts that three thousand Qi troops had left Zheng County and were rushing towards Jingzhao City.

This news encouraged everyone, and made Zhang Xiao officially become Chen Qing's staff.

Chen Qing drew a simple map with tree branches on the ground, and said to everyone: "Whether the Qi army from Zheng County goes to the south bank of the Weihe River or the official road to the south, they all have to pass through Lintong County. We can set up an ambush in Lintong County. What do you think? "

Yang Zaixing pondered for a while and said, "Lintong County occupies a large area, and there are several ambush points. We need to choose the best location."

Yang Yuanqing asked Zhang Xiao with a smile, "Is Mr. Zhang familiar with Lintong County?"

Zhang Xiao shook his head, "I'm not familiar with Lintong County, but I suggest setting up an ambush closer to the county seat."

"why?"

"Because Wei Kun, the chief general of the Qi Army in Zheng County, is from Lintong County, he will definitely go home and have a look when the army passes through Lintong County. This time should be when he and the army are least vigilant, and it is very suitable for ambushes."

Everyone secretly praised Zhang Xiao for his thorough analysis of people's hearts, and he really has some skills.

Chen Qing said happily: "It's only three o'clock, let's set off for Lintong County immediately!"

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Wei Kun was in command of the Qi Army. He was about 30 years old. He was born in Jingzhao Wei's family, but he was not Zhengtang, but Lishantang in Lintong County. Surrendered the Jin soldiers, and later became a member of the Qi army and was named the ruler.

When the Qi army entered Guanzhong, he was selected because he was a native of Guanzhong. He was named the defense envoy of Huazhou and led [-] troops to garrison Huazhou.

Wei Kun received an urgent order from the King of Qin, asking him to lead his troops to garrison Jingzhao City immediately. In fact, he didn’t want to go to Jingzhao City. King Qin, Du Tongzhi, Vice Dutong, and Du Yuhou are all above his official positions.

But Wei Kun had no choice, he dared not disobey King Qin's military orders.

Wei Kun led three thousand soldiers along the official road to Jingzhao. He was not worried about the safety of the road. The pigeon letter he received made it very clear that Chen Qing had led the Song army to go north from Jingyuan Road. .

At noon, the army entered Lintong County. Wei Kun was from Lintong County. His wife, children and parents were all in the county seat. Since he was passing through Lintong County, of course he wanted to go home to have a look.

Twenty miles away from Lintong County, Wei Kun ordered the army to slow down the marching speed, and he himself led a dozen soldiers to speed up to the county seat...

About ten miles away from the county seat, there are large forests, with endless farmland to the east, and a continuous mountain in the distance to the south, which is Lishan Mountain.

Chen Qing immediately stood on the edge of the woods, looking at the official road a hundred steps away, just now a general galloped past with a dozen cavalry, it should be the enemy general Wei Kun, he rushed home first to visit relatives, but Leave three thousand soldiers behind.

Less than a quarter of an hour later, a long black line appeared on the snow-capped field in the distance. Chen Qing was very experienced. He could see the enemy's marching state at a glance. Without any vigilance, the team of 3000 people was unexpectedly long Up to several miles.

Of course, this is also normal. Only in wartime, the army will gather together and march. Ordinary marches, without urging, the distance between the teams will be relatively far.

The [-] troops of the Qi army were getting closer and closer, less than half a mile away from the ambushing Song army. Chen Qing lightly raised his right hand. This was an order to prepare for battle. .

The cavalry of the Song Army used military crossbows with a range of more than 150 steps, and they could shoot through the enemy's leather armor within [-] steps. They were [-] steps away from the official road, just within the killing range.

The team finally passed in front of them. At the front were a hundred flag soldiers, holding hundreds of banners high, and behind them were mighty Qi army infantry. Each soldier carried a spear on his shoulder and a sword on his waist. Some of the soldiers Still carrying bows and arrows, another part of the soldiers held large shields and swords, and there were actually three hundred cavalry.

In fact, the formation of the Qi army's infantry is the same as that of the Song army.

Therefore, it is normal for the army to have [-] cavalry, usually scouts and soldiers of the chief general, and even their armor is the same as that of the Song army, but each army has its own characteristics. For example, Chen Qing's five elements belong to the soil, so his army is still black, Qin The armor of the state army is painted black, and the military flag is also the black dragon flag with a red background.

And Liu Yu advocates fire, he thinks he is the emperor of Chilong, so his army wears red flags.

The helmets of the [-] troops in front of them are red, which is very dazzling in the sun.

The army was halfway through, and nine hundred crossbowmen appeared in front of them. Chen Qing shouted: "Shoot!"

The sound of clappers sounded quickly in the woods, and [-] cavalrymen raised their crossbows to shoot together. The dense crossbow arrows shot at [-] crossbowmen like a storm. , more than half of the nine hundred crossbowmen fell.

"Attack!" Chen Qing ordered again.

"Ugh-"

The sound of the low-pitched horn resounded across the field, and [-] cavalrymen rushed out, rushing towards the enemy like a sea tide.

The Qi army was in chaos, and they had no preparations for combat, so the Song army cavalry rushed into the ranks, slashing with knives, stabbing with spears, brutally killing and sweeping everything.

The cavalry took the lead in dividing the remaining [-] Qi troops into two, and immediately divided them into two groups. Chen Qing led Yang Zaixing, Liu Cui and [-] cavalry to kill the front army, and handed over the spear soldiers behind to Yang Yuanqing.

The spear soldiers of the Qi army resisted desperately. They fought against the cavalry in groups. The sharp spears also pierced the cavalry from all directions, and the horses kept neighing and fell...

"Fire arrows!"

Seeing that the cavalry casualties increased, Yang Yuanqing immediately changed his tactics.

Hundreds of cavalry came at a gallop, raised their crossbows and shot at the most stubborn group of enemy troops.

' Whoosh!Whoosh!Whoosh! 'The powerful crossbow shot through the bodies of more than a hundred Qi soldiers.

Pieces of enemy troops fell screaming, and then another group of Qi army formations that resisted tenaciously were also disintegrated by strong bows and crossbows.

As more than 200 capable soldiers of the Qi army fell under the crossbow, the spear soldiers of the Qi army finally collapsed.

The remaining [-] or [-] soldiers of the Qi army no longer had the will to resist. The soldiers fled to the snow field, throwing away their helmets and armor, and ran desperately. Soldiers carried out a bloody massacre.

The only ones who escaped were the [-] cavalry of the enemy army. They did not love to fight, and they galloped towards Lintong County. Finally, they escaped with their chief general Wei Kun, rushed out of Lintong City and fled towards Jingzhao City.

Chapter 157

Qin Wang Liu Yi was woken up in the middle of the night. He had just slept soundly for two nights, but the news that came immediately made him feel like a thunderbolt.

"Unfortunately, I told the lord that the army from Zheng County was wiped out by Chen Qingjun in Lintong, and Wei Kun just fled back to Jingzhao City."

Liu Yi sat there like an idiot. After a while, Liu Yi suddenly broke out. He jumped up and pointed at Tang Shaoqing and cursed, "Damn bastard, you told me that Chen Qing's army had withdrawn from Jingyuan Road, you...you actually Dare to lie about the military situation!"