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Li Hua was silent for a moment and said, "Let's discuss together!"

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Chunhua County is not a fortress, nor is it a strategic location. It will be a matter of time to give up, but everyone has differences on the next step.

"General, Jingzhao City is empty. This is a rare opportunity. If you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't catch a tiger cub. If you make a peerless contribution, you can make the Huanqing Army famous again and wipe away the frustration!"

Chen Qing tried his best to persuade Li Hua, but Li Hua showed embarrassment. He wanted to lead his army to retreat westward from Jingyuan Road, but Chen Qing persuaded him to surprise Jingzhao City, which really put him in a dilemma.

Yao Ling sneered and said: "General Chen took it for granted. The so-called emptiness of Jingzhao City is just that there are no tens of thousands of troops stationed before. We can't deal with just a thousand Jurchen soldiers, let alone thousands of puppet Qis. military."

"Thousands of Jurchen soldiers are protecting Wanyan Loushi, not defenders. The real defenders are only [-] Han soldiers. We have [-] elite soldiers, and we can completely defeat them in one blow. As for the Jurchen army, it's not like that. Why should we be afraid of cavalry fighting on the plains and street fighting in the city?"

"Winning more with less is just a fluke, but General Chen regards it as normal. I really admire General Chen's ignorant and fearless courage!"

Chen Qing glared at Yao Ling, "We are in the dark, the enemy is in the open, we know ourselves and the enemy, and we have a plan in hand, but the enemy is ignorant. Is this a fluke?"

At this time, Li Hua let out a long sigh, "General Chen's courage is admirable, but the brothers are extremely lucky to have survived the war. They still have parents, wives and children at home. General Chen, Guanzhong is over. You don’t have to fight the tide.”

"General, we are not fighting against the general trend. Jingzhao is the enemy's logistics center. If Jingzhao is lost, the Jurchen army in front will inevitably retreat. This will buy precious time for our main force."

Li Hua was unmoved, he had made up his mind to go, only Yao Ling looked at this overbearing leader with a mocking face, who did he think he was?Can it change the overall situation?

Chen Qing stared at Li Hua speechlessly. Li Hua's originally resolute face had become relaxed, and his sharp eyes had also dimmed. His cowardice defeated the defense line of the general of the Song Army.

Chen Qing stopped persuading, everyone has his own ambitions, and he didn't want to force the other party.

"How many troops can General Li give me?"

Li Hua pondered for a while and said, "I can only give you five hundred soldiers at most, General Chen, I'm sorry, I can only do so much."

Chen Qing nodded silently. Five hundred soldiers had already exceeded his expectations.

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Five hundred soldiers gathered outside the city, Chen Qing cupped his fists towards the top of the city and said, "No matter what, I, Chen Qing, will always remember General Li's life-saving grace!"

Li Hua nodded, "General, take care!"

Chen Qing turned his horse's head and headed south with more than [-] soldiers without hesitation. Except for a dozen or so seriously injured soldiers who stayed in Chunhua County to recuperate from his more than [-] old troops, the rest of the soldiers did not hesitate. followed him further south.

On the top of the wall, Li Hua watched Chen Qingyi leave without hesitation, and couldn't help shaking his head.

Yao Ling sneered, "This kind of person doesn't know the heights of the sky and the earth is thick, and insists on hitting a stone with an egg and finding his own death. The general doesn't have to feel sorry for him!"

Li Hua sighed, "This man is courageous, resourceful, courageous and resolute. If he does not die, he will definitely not be in the pool in the future. General Yao, we are indeed not as good as him."

The corner of Yao Ling's mouth curled slightly, "Not necessarily!"

Li Hua glanced at him and suddenly thought of his family background, so he didn't say anything more?

"Order the army to assemble and prepare to retreat north!"

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Chapter 13 God's Help

Chunhua County is not far from Jingzhao City, only a day's journey.

Although Chen Qing has enough courage, it does not mean that he is reckless and ignorant. Chen Qing knows very well that even 500 people may not be able to capture Jingzhao City, not to mention that he only has [-] soldiers now. swallow.

He needs to find an opportunity to attack, and if the conditions are not allowed, he must also resolutely give up this operation.

Jingzhao City is Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty. After the catastrophe at the end of Tang Dynasty and the wars of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, today's Chang'an City has long since lost the glory of the Han and Tang Dynasties. Countless magnificent palaces have disappeared in the cruel war.

After hundreds of years of recuperation and commercial development in the Northern Song Dynasty, the Guanzhong Plain has regained its treasures, wealth and prosperity. Unfortunately, the Jin soldiers invaded several times and repeatedly raided and killed nearly one million people. The bones were deposited in the ravines, and there were devastation everywhere, and the wild dogs eating people were in groups in the wilderness.

At night, five hundred soldiers were resting in a forest about ten miles away from Jingzhao City. The tragic scene along the way made the soldiers very silent. No one spoke, and everyone was silently eating dry biscuits.

"Everyone listen to me!"

Chen Qing stood on a big rock, and five hundred soldiers surrounded him.

"The ultimate goal of our trip to Jingzhao City this time is to kill Wanyan Loushi. This is an opportunity, but the risk is very high. It is very likely that we will never come back after this trip, including me, so I want to give everyone One choice, if there are parents, wives and children at home, and there are still concerns, everyone can leave now, I will not force it!"

All the soldiers were silent for a moment, and one soldier asked, "General, is there any hope of killing Wanyan Loushi?"

"There is [-]% hope, but we have to face his thousand guards. It will be a desperate battle. It is very likely that our entire army will be wiped out, but we may also kill Wanyan Loushi, so I let everyone choose , willing to go with me, we will face life and death.”

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Standing by the edge of the woods, Chen Qing looked into the distance. In the night, he could vaguely see the outline of Jingzhao City, like a long gray-black dragon lying across the plain.

Lieutenant General Yang Yuanqing walked to Chen Qing's side and said in a deep voice: "All brothers are willing to follow the general, even if they die in battle, they will not hesitate!"

The result was beyond Chen Qing's expectation. He originally thought that at least [-]% of the soldiers would leave.

"Why?" Chen Qing asked puzzled.

"Because the general's target is Wanyan Loushi. He was the chief general of the Jin army who invaded Shaanxi several times. He massacred countless cities and killed millions of innocent people. Almost all soldiers had family members who died at his hands. Brothers are willing to follow the general. It's all because of the deep-rooted hatred for the ruin of the country and the death of the family, and they want to fight Wanyan Loushi and his guards to the death."

"Killing Wanyan Loushi is my highest goal, but it's not the only goal!"

Chen Qing pondered for a while, and explained to Yang Yuanqing: "I divide this mission into three goals: upper, middle and lower. For the lowest goal, I hope to burn the enemy's food and supplies, so as to make the logistics of the Jin soldiers in the west difficult. .

The medium goal is to wipe out the puppet Qi army and burn food and supplies, creating the illusion that Jingzhao Mansion has been captured, forcing the westward Jin soldiers to retreat.

The highest goal is of course to kill Wanyan Loushi. It is not impossible, but it must be very difficult. In fact, I think even if we complete the lowest goal, the results will be just as brilliant. I can’t explain it to the soldiers in detail, but I hope you I can understand! "

Yang Yuanqing nodded, "The general is right, we still have to keep our feet on the ground and take it step by step!"

At this time, two cavalrymen rushed from a distance, and the scouts who had gone to investigate the news returned.

Seeing Chen Qing, the two scouts dismounted from their horses, led the horse forward and said, "Soldier, the situation is true. The upper east gate has not been built yet, but the city gate has been blocked with sandbags!"

Lu Yuhou told them an important piece of information. The upper east gate was destroyed when the Jin soldiers attacked Jingzhao City. They hadn't repaired it when they left the city yesterday.

This is undoubtedly an extremely important piece of information that will solve their big problem of entering the city.

Another scout said: "General Qi, there is another important piece of information. When we came back, we found a team of hungry people, about tens of thousands of people."

Chen Qing's eyes lit up, the news seemed to open a window in front of him, allowing him to see an opportunity, this is God helping him!

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Tens of thousands of hungry people fled from Tongzhou, and [-] puppet Qi troops rushed into Guanzhong and stayed in Tongzhou. They did not bring logistics and military food, so they plundered the food of the people in Tongzhou, not only looting food, but also killing people. Cai, raped women, and tens of thousands of people fled Tongzhou to Jingzhao.

Tens of thousands of people helped the old and the young, and finally arrived at Jingzhao, but the area around Jingzhao was also devastated and starved to death, which made these people of the same state fall into despair.

In the wilderness, the wind was howling and the drizzle was blowing. Tens of thousands of hungry people gathered together. There were a large number of old and weak women and children, and there were also many young and strong men. The grass roots and bark dug along the way were eaten up. The crying was loud.

More than [-] hungry young men gathered together, and a general of the Song Army stood in the crowd and raised his arms and shouted: "We all have parents, wives and children, no food, no clothes, and hunger and cold. Are they starving to death and freezing to death? We can’t! We must never let our parents, wives and children starve to death!”

"No!" Thousands of hungry people raised their arms and shouted angrily, and the anger that had been pent up in their hearts for several days burst out.

This general was Chen Qing. He asked the soldiers to gather all the young and strong men, and Chen Qing personally mobilized them to fight.

"Everyone listen to me!"

Chen Qing raised his hands high and shouted passionately: "There are hundreds of thousands of stones of grain and millions of cloths in Jingzhao City, but there are only two to three thousand soldiers guarding them. This is an opportunity given to us by God. I am Chen from the Eight Character Army Qing, I would like to lead everyone to seize food and cloth. Each of us is an indomitable son of the Song Dynasty. Even if we die in battle, we will never let our parents, wives and children starve to death. If you want food and clothes, everyone will follow me. !"

"Food! Clothes! We want to survive!" Seven thousand young and strong men shouted with excitement.

In desperation, the starving people have put their life and death aside, and [-] hungry people followed Chen Qing's [-] troops to the east city. Seven thousand young and strong men walked in the front. With spears and iron forks, a mighty torrent was formed.

The three thousand guards in the city gathered at the east gate, and General Yang Han hurriedly sent someone to report to Wanyan Loushi. Wanyanlou lived in the palace of Zhao Tingmei, the former king of Wei. A hundred mu, a thousand Jurchen soldiers guarded Wanyanlou's room.

The emptiness of troops in Jingzhao City is only temporary. Originally, there were [-] Jurchen troops guarding. Because the Song army who surrendered in Shangluo County rebelled again, Wanyan Loushi sent general Wanyan Mutuo to lead [-] troops to Shangluo to suppress the rebellion. When troops were needed to maintain order, Wanyan Loushi sent another [-] Qi troops from Tongzhou to join in the defense.

Wanyan Loushi never expected that he sent [-] Qi troops to Chunhua County to accept the surrender of the Song army, but it caused a disaster.

Wanyan Loushi stood in front of the steps in armor and said sharply: "Tell Yang Han, don't look forward and backward, and be ruthless in your strikes. Regardless of whether he is male, female, old or young, kill them all. If they dare to enter the city to grab food, they will seek their own death!"

Even though Wanyan Loushi's condition was very serious, he was still full of murderous intent, his voice was like a bell, and his leopard eyes were so sharp that it made people shudder.

"We must focus on guarding against the warehouse, dare to let the food be robbed, and peel all of you for grass!"

The sergeant was so frightened that he repeatedly agreed, turned around and ran away.

The guard general Yin Muya said in a low voice: "Marshal, this group of Han troops has poor military discipline and low combat effectiveness. I am worried that they will not be able to stop the hungry people. Why not lead the army to help defend the warehouse!"

Wanyan Loushi waved his hand, "Don't worry, let's see the situation first. They are soldiers after all. If they can't stop tens of thousands of starving people, I think they should wipe their necks and kill themselves!"

Although Wanyan Loushi said this, he was still a little worried, so he sent two soldiers to check the situation...

It was already dark, and outside the upper east gate of the east city, there were many hungry people standing there. Thousands of torches were lit. In the darkness, the eyes of the hungry people were shining with anger. Although it was damaged, the suspension bridge was pulled up so high that the hungry people couldn't rush over it for a while.

A thousand soldiers of the puppet Qi army were also standing on the top of the city, holding crossbows and spears, ready to fight.

The 1000 soldiers of the Qi army were deployed in three places, with [-] soldiers at the head of the city, [-] soldiers on the street inside the city gate, and [-] soldiers defending the warehouse.

The warehouse is the original Chang'an East City, only one mile away from the upper east gate, surrounded by tall walls, covering an area of ​​thousands of acres, forming a city within a city.

Inside the warehouse, a thousand soldiers were also on guard. The guard suddenly discovered that not only were the hungry people threatening the warehouse, but even the people in the city were starting to move.

What shocked him even more was that his soldiers were also spying on the money bank...

"Come on—"

Someone shouted, and the young and strong men among the thousands of hungry people outside the upper east gate mobilized. The crowd rushed in the darkness, countless people ran forward desperately, jumped into the moat and swam towards the city gate.

"Archery!"

Arrows were fired from the top of the city, shooting at the running refugees. Some people kept screaming and falling to the ground, but the arrows could not scare the hungry people. They still ran desperately, either dying in battle or starving to death.

At this moment, there was a great chaos on the top of the city. Chen Qing led five hundred soldiers to kill them. Three thousand defenders gathered at the east gate, leaving the other gates unguarded. Chen Qing led his army from the south to the east. Enter the city through the gate and kill along the top of the city.

Chen Qingchong was at the front, holding a big iron gun in his hand, flying up and down, like a tiger entering a herd of sheep, the place he passed was filled with blood mist, and there were many dead bodies.

The morale of the five hundred soldiers of the Song Army was so high that they killed the puppet soldiers of the Qi Army, crying for their fathers and mothers, and running around...

Chapter 14 Heads-up

"Don't panic, hold on! Hold on to me!"

The main general Yang Han waved his sword vigorously in front of the tower to command the soldiers to resist.

"General beware!"

A soldier shouted, and when Yang Han turned his head, he saw a murderous General Song appearing on his left, with an iron spear in his hand stabbing at his temple like a long snake, with an incomparably fast speed.

Yang Han was taken aback, and swung his knife to block, 'Dang! 'His saber was shaken away, but the spear was not affected at all,'Pfft! 'The sharp point of the spear pierced his skull.

Yang Han screamed and died instantly.

Chen Qing flung the corpse vigorously into the moat.

"General Yang is dead!"

The main general was killed, and the defensive formation of the puppet Qi army on the city head collapsed in an instant, and the soldiers threw away their helmets and armor and ran to the north for their lives.

"Put the drawbridge!"

Chen Qing yelled, and a dozen soldiers rushed up, pushed the winch, the iron chain fell down with a clatter, and the suspension bridge below began to creak and lower.

The suspension bridge was lowered, and the gate of life of the starving people was opened. Tens of thousands of hungry people screamed excitedly and rushed into the city. , roaring and rushed to the thousand soldiers ahead.

A thousand puppet Qi soldiers were frightened stupid by the hungry people rushing in like a mountain roar and a tsunami, and they were vulnerable in front of tens of thousands of angry hungry people.

The soldiers threw away their weapons and turned to run away. If they ran a little faster, they could escape with their lives. If they ran a little slower, they were directly beaten to death by the rain of hoes and sticks. Hungry people trampled to death.

There were also changes in the city, and tens of thousands of people in the city also left their homes one after another, rushing to Cangcheng from all directions with bags of rice and baskets.

The grain in Jingzhao City has been sold for thousands of dollars per meter, and countless people in the city have to eat porridge with wild vegetables to survive. Now that there is a sudden opportunity, the residents who are also hungry and cold can't bear it.

Thousands of torches illuminate the gate of Cangcheng like daylight. The streets and squares outside are full of hungry people. Refugees from the same state are mixed with 10,000+ people in the city. Everyone stretches their necks and looks at the gate. place.

"one two Three!"

Dozens of young and strong people hugged a thick bumper, shouting and crashing towards the gate.

"Boom-"

There was a low and strong muffled sound, the door shook violently, and dust and sawdust fell down.

"Come again!"

Dozens of young and strong retreated dozens of steps, shouting again and rushing towards the gate...

"Boom-"

The gate of Cangcheng was knocked open, and the tens of thousands of hungry people in front were boiling, scrambling to rush into Cangcheng. The thousand soldiers guarding Cangcheng couldn't bear it any longer, and took off their military uniforms one after another. Rushing into the money bank...

On the street, a thousand Jurchen cavalry were galloping in formation. It was Wanyan Lou Shi who was forced to lead a thousand Jurchen soldiers to suppress the hungry people.