Fenghou

After sending Tang Shaoqing away, Wan Yanchang immediately found Wanyan Huo Nu, who was overjoyed when she heard that Chen Qing was in Zhongnan County.

"Zhongnan County is just two hundred miles away, let me start now, and kill it tomorrow!"

"Bullshit!"

Wan Yanchang scolded him, and asked a series of rhetorical questions: "It's easy for you to rush over, but how do you attack the city when he closes the city gate? Without food and grass, how long can you last? Have you forgotten the lesson of Linyou County? This time your life will be lost there."

Wanyan Huonu also realized that she was impulsive, and he said embarrassedly: "It's easy to think about the humble position, so how should we deal with him according to the supervisor's opinion?"

"This matter must be coordinated by the fourth prince. Wait a minute. I will notify the fourth prince before we act together. He will not withdraw for a while. The key is to strictly seal the news now, and no one is allowed to take action." The news of the siege leaked out."

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Since the Wucheng Inn was bought by Chen Qing, the shopkeeper and the three clerks have been replaced by scout soldiers. This inn has become an important communication channel for Chen Qing to contact Zheng Ping.

This morning, Wang Hao, the head of Zheng Ping's personal soldiers, came to Wucheng Town on horseback with two soldiers.

They have Zheng Ping's control gold medal, the barriers on the road will not embarrass them, and they also have good reasons to come to Wucheng, they come to Wucheng to buy wine, Wucheng spring wine brewed by Wucheng Restaurant is very famous in Fengxiang Mansion.

The snow covered the knees, and the three cavalrymen walked hard on the snow-covered official road. It was almost dark before they arrived in Wucheng Town. There are still ten days before the New Year. Many people in the town have posted peach charms and door gods, a little more A bit of a festive atmosphere.

The restaurant in Wucheng Town was closed, and the three of Wang Hao had to stay in the town for one night before going to buy wine tomorrow.

The three of them came to the inn and tied the horses to the stakes outside. They opened the door, and there was a steaming lobby inside. Next to the lobby was a dining hall, which also provided wine and food. More than [-] guests were drinking and chatting in the dining hall. The sound is quite noisy.

A clerk immediately greeted him, "The three military masters staying in the hotel?"

"I came to the restaurant to buy wine, but it was closed, so I can only stay for one night. Get us two rooms."

"No problem, there is one in the upper room, please come and register, and I will arrange a horse for you."

"Feed them good fodder and clean water!"

"Okay!"

The guy went out, Wang Hao came to the counter, exchanged glances with the shopkeeper inadvertently, there were so many people in the restaurant, they dared not be seen out.

The shopkeeper is called Jiang Chao, in his 30s, and looks very smart and capable. Chen Qing's scout battalion is planning to set up a field service department, which is a department dedicated to collecting intelligence. This Jiang Chao will be the head of the field service department's scouts.

Jiang Chao smiled while registering: "The Wucheng Spring wine in the restaurant is really good, and the military master will often come to buy the bar in the future!"

"Should come here often, and stay at your shop when the time comes."

"After that, there is no need to register. The three guest officials live on the second floor, and the two rooms on the east side. You are a businessman from Qinzhou. He is a nice person. You can have a chat!"

The shopkeeper, Jiang Chao, was hinting at Wang Hao, and the opposite was the person sent by the commander.

"I'm too tired, hurry up and arrange a room!"

A clerk led the three of them up to the second floor with a lantern, all the way to the east. The clerk knocked on the door rhythmically, and the door opened. Wang Hao stepped in, while two of his men went to arrange the room.

The room was dimly lit, and there were three men standing there. Wang Hao recognized one of them at a glance. His name was Li Quan. He was the scout who was in charge of contacting him as agreed last time.

"When did you three arrive?"

Li Quan smiled and said, "I just arrived yesterday, let's sit down and talk first."

After several people finished, Wang Hao asked in a deep voice: "Is there a way to contact the commander urgently?"

"We have, we brought two letter eagles, they can fly back directly, is there an emergency?"

Wang Hao nodded, "There is indeed urgent news. The Jin soldiers are already preparing to encircle and suppress the commander. General Zheng said that this time the Jin master personally ordered it, led by Wan Yanchang. The force is Wanyan Huo Nu leading [-] Jurchen cavalry, and then Wanyan Alupu led [-] Jurchen cavalry, they were in charge of direct combat, and Zhao Bin led [-] congregation troops to intercept the commander on the periphery. The operation has already begun. Yesterday Wanyan Alupu led [-] Jurchen cavalry to set off first , Tomorrow the Congregation Army will also set off."

Li Quan's expression became extremely serious. This is a big matter, and the commander didn't know it at all. They had to report it tomorrow morning.

Wang Hao continued: "The password for this operation is the net of heaven and earth, and please remember that if the situation is critical, you can ask Li Nong for help. There are a total of five alliance armies. He is the second army, and the soldiers are blue helmets. He is A descendant of the founding general Li Jixun, his position of surrendering to the Kingdom of Jin is unstable."

"What about General Zheng?"

Wang Hao smiled wryly and said: "He was left by Wanyan Wushu to guard the camp and warehouse, so he can't participate in this encirclement and suppression of the Song army!"

Wang Hao repeated the key information again.

Li Quan nodded silently, he completely remembered it.

Chapter 163

The urgent eagle letter sent by Li Quan flew to Zhongnan County the next afternoon.

The news in the eagle letter really surprised Chen Qing, and he immediately called important generals to discuss countermeasures.

The news of Yingxin also shocked the generals. The Emperor of the Kingdom of Jin personally issued an edict to encircle and suppress them. This fact alone is enough to make them proud, but now they still don't care about this point. There are tens of thousands of Jin soldiers coming forward Come round them up.

The grim situation made everyone look very serious. Yang Yuanqing coughed lightly and said: "The prerequisite for the Jin soldiers to encircle us is that our hiding place has been exposed. Commander, we must leave Zhongnan County as soon as possible."

Several generals said one after another: "Commander, Vice General Yang is right, we must evacuate as soon as possible."

Chen Qing nodded, "I also know that I have to evacuate, the key is how to get there, go to Luotang Road, or go east to Ziwu Valley?"

Yang Yuanqing persuaded again: "Commander, it's two hundred miles to Ziwu Valley, the risk is too great, I suggest taking the Luotang road."

At this time, Niu Gao, who participated in the discussion for the first time, said: "I am very familiar with the mountain road leading to Luotang Road, I can lead the way."

Everyone looked at Niu Gao together, Yang Zaixing asked: "It's winter now, can we go?"

"You can go. There are hot springs on that road. Generally, there is not much snow. Cavalry can also go, but they must travel lightly, especially carts."

Everyone looked at the commander Chen Qing again, and it was he who made the decision in the end.

Chen Qing sighed softly and said: "Our opponent is Wan Yanchang, this man is far-sighted and very cunning, I have learned his methods, if I am not mistaken, Luo Tang Road has been blocked, Ziwu Valley is the same, he will never We will not be allowed to retreat to Hanzhong."

"Then go straight out and fight them!" Liu Cui slammed his fist on the table and said.

Chen Qing smiled and said: "Sometimes the more dangerous the place is, the safer it is. I just said that the risk is higher, but it doesn't mean that we can't take risks."

Chen Qing immediately said to Yang Yuanqing: "Bring more food and grass, see if you can find a place to hide your belongings, and come to pick them up later, and distribute the rest of the supplies to the common people."

Niu Gao interjected: "Xiaozhi knows a very hidden place where it can hide belongings without being discovered."

Chen Qing nodded, "Yuan Qing, it's best to deal with it today, we'll leave overnight!"

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The soldiers only carried food and forage, and hid their own belongings together with those of the army. At midnight, the army left Zhongnan County without a sound and marched towards Luotang Road.

From Zhongnan County to Luotang Road, under normal circumstances, you have to go out from Zhongnan County first, walk tens of miles northward, reach the plain area, and then detour westward to Luotang Road. It takes nearly 150 miles before and after. A mountain road cuts through, and the distance is only forty miles.

The biggest advantage of this road is that it can walk on horses. Often, businessmen use donkeys to carry salt and grain from Hanzhong to Zhongnan County on this mountain road.

The mountains are high, the forests are dense, and the rocks are jagged. Although it is mid-winter and the north is covered with snow, there is indeed no snow in this valley, and there is even gurgling water. Chen Qing tried the water temperature, and the water was actually warm, indicating that this is The hot spring water flows out, and there is geothermal heat if there is a hot spring. No wonder it doesn't feel very cold here. The surface temperature is above zero, and snow cannot accumulate.

Although the horses are feasible and there is no snow, the road is still very difficult to walk. The main reason is that the mountain road fluctuates up and down, and there are too many rocks. If you are not careful, your legs will be scratched by sharp stone edges. The narrowest stone crack , A horse can just squeeze through, but if the horse is loaded with objects, it will get stuck and cannot pass.

Song Jun had to unload the things, let the horses pass first, and then the people slowly dragged the grain and grass.

It took five hours to walk on the mountain road for more than forty miles, and I didn't come out until noon the next day. In front of me was the northern mountainous area of ​​Luotang Road.

The reason why Chen Qing took this risk was that he judged that the enemy army could not be blocked at the exit of the mountain road. If they were to the south of the enemy army, they would go directly to Hanzhong. If they were to the north of the enemy army, they could adapt accordingly.

The army was resting in a valley, and Chen Qing sent scouts to investigate the situation on both sides of the north and south.

……

Half an hour later, the news brought by the scouts was not optimistic. Ten miles to the south was a large camp of the Confederate Army, which just cut off the only way to go south, and the number of people was about [-].

In the north, traces of the Jurchen army were found, but no Jurchen army camp was found.

Chen Qing pondered for a long time, then smiled at Yang Yuanqing: "Wan Yanchang always praises me for being courageous, so I'll let him learn what it means to be courageous!"

He had already made preparations in advance. He asked the soldiers to paint the helmets blue, and after drying for a while, he ordered the whole army to get on their horses, and the team slowly headed north.

After walking less than ten miles, a group of Jurchen cavalry suddenly appeared on the hillside two miles away. There were about a hundred of them. Their clothes were very familiar to Chen Qing. They were Jurchen sentry cavalry.

'Woo—'

The sentry cavalry blew their horns, and Chen Qing also ordered the soldiers to blow their horns in response, 'Woo——'

After a while, sentry cavalry rushed towards them, and Yang Yuanqing laughed softly: "They didn't suspect us, otherwise they wouldn't dare to approach us."

Chen Qing waved to Wang Duo, "You deal with them!"

Wang Duo could speak the Jurchen language, so he urged his horse to meet him, and asked loudly, "Is it General Alupu's team?"

The centurion of the sentinel cavalry sized them up and asked, "Password?"

"Tianluodiwang!"

Tianluodiwang is the password agreed upon by Wanyanchang and Wanyan Wushu to prevent unnecessary misunderstandings.

The centurion asked again: "Whose subordinates are you?"

"We are subordinates of General Li Nong, who controls the Second Army."

There was no flaw in Wang Duo's answer, nor was there any flaw in their attire. The blue helmet was the characteristic of Li Nong's army.

Of course, if the centurion goes deeper, he will find flaws. The Xie Congjun army is all leather armor and bronze helmets, but at least half of Chen Qing's army is made of Shanwenjia and Douhou.

However, Chen Qing intentionally let the recruits wearing the armor of the Qi army walk on the periphery, and the armor of the Qi army was exactly the same as the armor of the Confederate army.

The most important thing is that the password is correct, and the Jurchen centurion didn't pay attention to other details, after all, they don't know much about the Xie Congjun.

"able to pass!"

The centurion turned his horse's head and led the Jurchen sentry cavalry to run eastward.

Chen Qing immediately ordered the army to speed up to the north. The ground was covered with thick snow, and the cavalry couldn't get up any faster.

The north and west are low-lying mountains and forests. The five thousand cavalry led by Wanyan Alupu rested in a forest. Wanyanchang ordered him to cooperate with Wanyan Huonu to attack Zhongnan County from the west, but Wanyan Alupu Pu, however, refused to work hard, citing the difficulty of the road as an excuse, he dawdled and refused to rush to Zhongnan County.

At this time, sentinel cavalry came to report, and a 3000-strong Han Chinese cavalry appeared in the south. After questioning, it was found to be Li Nong's subordinates of the Second Army.

"Did you report the password?"

"Reporting to the deputy marshal, there is no problem with the password, and the opponent's helmet is blue, which seems to be correct."

Wanyan Alupu snorted, "These Han people are weird and strange, so they painted their helmets blue to show their differences. What's the difference? Aren't they all the dogs of our Jurchens?"

A Jurchen general jokingly said, "Dogs also come in various colors, yellow dogs, black dogs, flowered dogs..."

Everyone burst into laughter. At this moment, Lieutenant General Xiao Cong pondered and said, "It's a bit strange. What is this army going north for? Zhongnan County is to the east."

Although Xiao Cong was promoted by Wanyan Wushu to be the Commander of Wanfu and replaced Wanyan Alupu as the commander of the West Route Army, he is not Wanhu, not even Qianhu Meng'an, and Wanyan Alupu is dignified Jurchen royal family, although his status in the royal family is not very high, but it is far from Xiao Cong's comparison.

So when encircling and suppressing Chen Qing, Xiao Cong could only become Wanyan Alupu's deputy.

Wanyan Alupu glared at him dissatisfied, "What's so strange, since it's called Tian Luo Di Wang, isn't it the sky in the north? They are only in charge of the periphery, and it's the Jurchen's job to attack Zhongnan County, and it's not their turn."

Wanyan Alupu has no good looks towards Xiao Cong, a Khitan slave actually replaces him as the general, Xigu loses his army and lets Chen Qing escape, Xiao Cong is not responsible?

Xiao Cong sat down silently, although he felt that this army was very suspicious, he didn't want to have a dispute with Wanyan Alupu.

Chapter 164 Killing

Wanyan Huonu led [-] cavalrymen to kill Zhongnan County at noon, but they came a step too late. In the middle of last night, Chen Qing had already led his army to retreat, and came full of hope, but in the end they were all in vain. The woman's face was flushed, as if she was drunk, and he was so angry that he was about to explode.

He waved his saber and shouted sharply: "Kill me! Kill everyone, leave no one behind!"

All his anger was vented on the innocent people. Five thousand Jurchen cavalry rushed into the county seat, galloping through the streets and alleys, regardless of men, women, old or young, killing everyone they saw. Crying suddenly broke out in the city. A bloody massacre was launched...

At the same time, Wan Yanchang was heading towards Zhongnan County under the escort of the governor Tang Shaoqing and more than 1000 Qi cavalry.

Wanyanchang got the latest information. Wanyan's live girl has entered the only way out of Zhongnan County. There is no abnormality in Ziwu Valley in the east, and there is no movement on Wanyan Alupu in the west, which means that Chen Qing has been captured. It's stuck in Zhongnan County.

Wan Yanchang was in a very happy mood. This time he could finally explain to the wolf lord that the casualties were more serious, but he must get Chen Qing's head.

Wan Yanchang has already sent someone to inform Wan Yan Huo Nu not to forcibly attack the city, he needs to go to the scene to evaluate it himself, and then send another [-] servants to attack the county.

At this moment, a low-pitched horn sounded suddenly from the hillside on the left, 'Woo——'

Immediately after, countless Song Army cavalry appeared. Wan Yanchang's eyes widened suddenly, and he looked to the west again. Countless cavalry also appeared in the woods to the west.

"Ugh-"

The urgent horn sounded, and the Song Army cavalry on both sides shouted and killed them from the high ground like a mountain torrent.

"Tang Dutong, stop them, I recommend you as the envoy of Yanqing Festival!"

Wan Yanchang made a wish, turned around and fled, followed closely by more than a dozen Jurchen soldiers.

Tang Shaoqing was excited, raised his gun and shouted: "Brothers, the opportunity to kill the enemy and make meritorious service has come!"

He led a thousand cavalry to fight eastward...

The army in ambush was Chen Qing's [-] cavalry. He originally wanted to ambush the Jurchen army's logistics team, but he didn't expect the logistics team to wait for Wan Yanchang instead. Wan Yanchang didn't expect it, and neither did Chen Qing.