Fenghou

The guards parted ways, and Chen Qing entered Cangcheng. The people in charge of counting Cangcheng were Hu Yanyun and Zhang Miao. Hu Yanyun heard that they were all coming, so he rushed out to welcome them.

With a gloomy face, Chen Qing asked, "Is there no food in the warehouse?"

"There is a little more, about [-] shi."

Chen Qing was full of anger, pointed to the outside and said: "Then why don't you provide porridge? There are so many hungry people outside, and you haven't seen it?"

Hu Yanyun quickly explained, "The humble job is to ask the capital for instructions."

"Do you still need to ask for instructions on this kind of thing? Why do the people in the city welcome us into the city? They just hope that we can help them. Tens of thousands of people have run out of food. Will I not agree to give away porridge?"

Hu Yanyun gritted his teeth and said: "But the governor did not give the humble official this authority. Of course, the humble official has to ask for instructions before releasing food and porridge."

Chen Qing had no choice but to hold his breath in his heart, and ordered: "Immediately provide porridge in the whole city, set up ten relief points, and give six points of porridge!"

The six-point porridge was boiled thicker, Hu Yanyun hurriedly said: "Humble job arranges it immediately!"

After a pause, Chen Qing added: "In addition, we need to sell grain at a low price, at a price of [-] cents per bucket, completely knock down the price of grain for me!"

Hu Yanyun was a little worried and said: "Beizhi is worried that there will not be enough food to stabilize food prices."

Dong Yan explained: "In fact, enough food is in the hands of the four major households in Guanzhong, and their four families occupy almost half of the land in Guanzhong."

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With the order of the general, Song Jun immediately took action, and soon began to build sheds outside Cangcheng, brought stoves, iron pots and bags of rice, and built four sheds around the square, and hung the porridge relief banner stand up.

The hungry people rejoiced and began to line up in front of the greenhouse.

Hu Yanyun was busy with porridge relief, and the Intelligence Agency ordered Zhang Miao to accompany Chen Qing to continue to visit the warehouse.

"This is a very nice warehouse city. It is said that it was Dongshi in the Tang Dynasty in the past. It is composed of more than 100 large warehouses, which is more than three times the size of our warehouse city in Chengji County!"

Chen Qing turned his head and asked Dong Yan, the magistrate who was following behind, and said, "Excuse me, magistrate Dong, how many miles is the circumference of Jingzhao City Wall?"

Dong Yan hurriedly said: "Report to the Jinglue envoy, a total of 43 miles."

It is really a big city, no wonder there is such a big warehouse city.

"Cangcheng is good, but what about the supplies?"

"Materials may disappoint the strategy. First of all, Bingjia's inventory is already empty. The warehouse manager said that Bingjia took them all away when they were preparing for war at the beginning of the year."

It was completely within Chen Qing's expectation that there were no Bingjias in stock. If there were Bingjias in stock, Jin Bing would recruit a large number of soldiers, and it would not be only [-] puppet Qi troops.

"Bingjia doesn't care, what else? How many copper coins are there?"

"As I said just now, there are 45 shi of grain, [-] guan of copper coins, and about a million bolts of cloth."

"There are so many pieces of cloth?" Chen Qing asked in surprise.

"The cloth was left over from the previous Song Dynasty. It has not been moved and is well preserved. There are also bulk materials such as copper ingots, pig iron, wood, tea, oil, etc. The pig iron is about 300 million catties, the copper ingots are over one million catties, and the wood is There are many, thousands of them! They are all excellent logs that can be used to build a big house."

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Chen Qing's temporary Jinglue Mansion is naturally Wanyanchang's Marshal's Mansion. This mansion is the largest and only royal mansion in Jingzhao City, covering an area of ​​[-] mu. It was originally the Wei Wang Mansion of Zhao Tingmei, the fourth brother of the founding emperor Zhao Kuangyin.

Later, it was changed to the Palace of the Son of Heaven, rebuilt twice, and continued to be repaired. Whether it was the Song Dynasty, Jin State, or Qi State that occupied Jingzhao City, this mansion has always been the residence of the highest officials.

The Jinglue Mansion is divided into two. The front part is the government office, about 180 mu, including a military barracks covering an area of ​​[-] mu and an inner warehouse, while the back part is the residence.

At this time, the residential part was temporarily closed, and Chen Qing only opened a small part of the government office.

Chen Qing only visited half of the warehouse before rushing back to the temporary Jinglue Mansion, where several generals were waiting for him.

When Chen Qing walked into the lobby, all the generals bowed and saluted together, "See Du Tong!"

Chen Qing waved his hand, "Let's talk about the situation first!"

Yang Zaixing picked up the wooden pole, pointed at the sand table and said, "I just got the latest news from the scouts. The main force of the Jin army, about [-] cavalry, was found in the west of Wuting County. It is estimated that they will arrive in the direction of Jingzhao Mansion in two days Zhaocheng."

This news was really beyond Chen Qing's expectations. The [-] Jurchen main forces shouldn't have given up Fengxiang Mansion and came to Jingzhao Mansion to fight the Song Army. If they only thought of a decisive battle with the Song Army now, then why did they give up Jingzhao City and retreat? To Fengxiang mansion?It doesn't make sense in terms of emotion and reason.

At this time, Tang Qian, the leader of the scouts, said: "There are still some details in the report, that is, the Jin soldiers did not carry any luggage, did not carry any siege weapons, and did not even carry tents. If the Song army defended the city without fighting, how long could they last? So humble He and several of his subordinates believe that the Jin soldiers are not here to attack Jingzhao City, and their target is not us, but to retreat back to Hedong Road."

Yang Zaixing also said: "General Tang is right. From the analysis of time, when the [-] Jin soldiers left Fengxiang County, our main force had just entered Tongzhou. They couldn't possibly know that the Song army had taken Jinsuoguan. Didn't even know we had taken Jingzhaocheng."

Chen Qing was pacing back and forth in the lobby with his hands behind his back. Of course, he already understood that the Jin soldiers were not coming for them. They should have retreated to Hedong Road, walked through Pujin Pass to Hedong, and abandoned Shaanxi Road.

Today, Chen Qing has seen through all of Wanyanchang's strategies, which are to preserve the Jurchen army, or this is the foundation of Wanyanchang's struggle for power within the Kingdom of Jin, and there is no chance of any mistakes.

That's why the scene in front of me appeared, Jin Bing abandoned Shaanxi Road and retreated back to Hedong Road.

Now what Chen Qing is thinking about is whether to block this army, and if so, how to block it?After all, the opponent has [-] of the most elite Jurchen cavalry, and even if he has an army of [-], he may not be the opponent of the opponent when fighting on the plains.

At this time, Liu Qiong, who had been silent all this time, said, "I'm going to report to Dutong, the humble officer has a strategy to stop the enemy!"

559 Chapter Jingwei

In the wilderness north of the Weishui River, the ground was trembling, yellow dust billowed in the distance, a large number of birds in the woods were frightened, and the farmers who were working in the farmland were frightened and scrambled, running desperately, and soon a black line appeared in the distance. On the front line, [-] Jurchen cavalry galloped quickly, covering the sky and covering the ground, the momentum was shocking, and the millet seedlings that had just grown in the farmland were trampled to death.

The [-] Jurchen troops are indeed retreating strategically. Although Wanyan Helisa is reluctant to withdraw from Shaanxi Road, the situation forces him to make a choice. The most realistic problem is the supply of food and grass. Fengxiang's food and grass can only support the Jin soldiers two months.

Wanyan and Lisa withdrew to Fengxiang. Originally, he wanted to retreat to Hanzhong in a crisis, but he just received an urgent letter sent by Wanyanchang from Shangjing, saying that if the situation on Shaanxi Road is not good, he must Withdraw back to Hedong Road as soon as possible, and never go to Hanzhong to retreat to the Central Plains, which means that the [-] Jurchen troops will use Wanyan Wushu for nothing.

This was something Wanyan Helisa didn't think of beforehand. His army had to go through the Central Plains to withdraw from Hanzhong to the east, and it was indeed possible that it would be annexed by Wanyan Wushu's army.

Wanyan Helisa repeatedly weighed, and finally decided to follow Wanyanchang's arrangement, and when the Song army had not completed the encirclement, he led the army to withdraw from Shaanxi Road and head for Hedong Road.

The army had already passed Xianyang County, and ran for more than [-] miles. The horns sounded continuously. The speed of the rear army slowed down, and the cavalry in front also gradually slowed down. Finally, the whole army stopped.

In front is the Jingshui, where the Jingshui flows into the Weihe River, forming a distinct water color, but how they cross the Jingshui is a troublesome matter. They found a ferry a few miles to the north, but the ferry boat has disappeared. The current is fast, hundreds of feet wide, and the water surface is open.

Wanyan Drinking Lisa immediately ordered: "Build a pontoon bridge!"

Thousands of Jurchen soldiers began to use rafts and wood to quickly build a pontoon bridge. Wanyan Heli looked around. Not far from the north was a large forest, which stretched for several miles, and then there were rolling mountains. It's the Wei River, they are actually in a narrow triangular area, if there is an army intercepting it from behind, the consequences will be disastrous.

Wanyan and Lisa secretly felt uneasy, and ordered: "Send the order, speed up!"

At this time, Deputy General Sa Liqian said in a low voice: "Marshal, cross the river and go northwest, and you will enter Jingyuan Road. Shall we withdraw the [-] Qi troops from Jingyuan Road and take them to the east of the river?"

Wanyan and Lisa said noncommittally: "Let them deal with Chen Qing's main force! We don't have the time to wait for them."

"Marshal really thinks that Chen Qing's main force is still on Jingyuan Road?"

"Is not it?"

Wanyan Lisa looked at Sa Ligan suspiciously, "Could it be that the information I received before dispatching troops was false? Fifty thousand Song troops attacked Jingchuan. This is the information written in black and white."

"The humble officer just felt that the number of the Song army was not so small. It was impossible for Chen Qing to send only [-] troops to attack Shaanxi Road."

"That's just what you think!"

Wan Yan and Li Salem said coldly: "We all know that Chen Qing divides his forces into three groups, one to attack Shaanxi North Road, the other to attack Shaanxi Middle Road, and the other to attack Jingyuan Road. When our army withdraws from Fengxiang, Chen Qing will follow the route Shui rushed directly into Fengxiang, with such a clear attack path, can you deny it by saying 'do you think'?"

"I dare not to be humble!"

Sarri moved his lips dryly, and finally couldn't help but said: "The meaning of the humble position is that it is best to send an army to Chang'an to have a look, and maybe bring some food..."

Before he could finish speaking, Wanyan Lisa interrupted him in disgust, "General Sarigan, you go to take charge of the rear army, go now!"

"Humble post obeys orders!"

Surrey had no choice but to turn his horse's head and go to the rear army.

Wanyanhe left Salengan and watched Sarigan walk away. Although Sarigan was a lieutenant general, he was Wanyanchang's confidant and had always looked down on him.

At this critical moment, he still has to point fingers at himself, does he think Wan Yanchang is still on Shaanxi Road?

"Hmph!" Wanyan Helisa snorted heavily.

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An hour later, the pontoon bridge was finally built, and the Jurchen cavalry began to cross the river on the bridge. The pontoon bridge was unstable, and the soldiers did not dare to ride horses.

About 1 people passed by, and suddenly a soldier pointed at the river and shouted: "There is fire!"

I saw more than a dozen blazing rafts floating from the upper reaches, the speed was very fast, the soldiers panicked, shouting and shoving back and forth, the pontoon began to shake, dozens of soldiers including men and horses fell into the river, instantly Swallowed by the rushing river.

At this time, a burning wooden raft leaned against the pontoon bridge, and within a moment, it exploded. The raft on the pontoon bridge was blown to pieces, and dozens of Jurchen cavalry screamed and fell into the river. Can blow up.

Soon, more than a dozen burning rafts leaned against the pontoon bridge and exploded one after another. The pontoon bridge was finally blown into three pieces, and all the thousands of Jurchen cavalrymen on the pontoon bridge fell into the water.

Wanyan and Lisa had already crossed Jingshui, but there were more than 8000 Jurchen cavalry on the other side, so it was impossible for him to abandon the cavalry on the other side.

Wanyan and Lisa shouted anxiously: "Rebuild the pontoon bridge!"

Hundreds of soldiers ran to the ferry, ready to rebuild the pontoon bridge. Suddenly, a large area of ​​fire floated on the river, as if the entire river was ignited. The soldiers who built the pontoon bridge shouted and fled back one after another.

There was also the sound of fierce war drums on the other side, and a large number of soldiers who ran to log fell staggered and fled back. There were ambushes in the woods. They were attacked by bows and arrows, and thousands of Jurchen soldiers were killed or injured.

Wanyan and Lisa's face was extremely ugly. He already realized that he was in big trouble, and Song Jun would not allow them to build a pontoon bridge.

Another way is to cross the river directly on a leather raft and give up the horses, but the leather raft must use wood as the base, but the Song army is ambushed in the woods, and they will be attacked by arrows when they get close to the woods.

Sarigan sent [-] cavalry to the woods to encircle the Song army and cover other soldiers from cutting down trees.

Just as the five thousand cavalry rushed to the woods, the arrows in the woods were shot like a storm, all of them were big arrows from the crossbow of the god arm.

The remaining less than [-] cavalry were so frightened that they retreated. When Sarigan heard that a round of arrows killed more than [-] people, he knew that the problem was serious. This is the effect of [-] arrows. Song The army actually ambushed ten thousand people in the woods.

Seeing that it was getting dark, he hurriedly ordered, "The army retreat!"

The triangular area where Jingwei meets is too narrow, and the cavalry can't use it at all. Once the Song army surrounds them here at night, they will definitely be wiped out.

Sa Ligan didn't care about Wanyan Drinking Lisa's thoughts, and led the army to the west...

It was already dark, and the lights on the east bank were brightly lit. Soldiers of the Jurchen Army lit hundreds of torches.

Wanyan and Lisa are urging his men to speed up the production of leather rafts. They are going to make a batch of leather rafts and send soldiers across the river. Even if the Song army intercepts the river, he can at least save part of the army, even if half of them are saved, there will be 9000 people.

At this time, a subordinate who sent a letter across the river ran back to report, "Send to the Marshal, the army on the west bank has withdrawn to the west, and I only found one brother who left the report."

"what?"

Wanyan Helisa's eyes widened, and he was furious, "How dare he retreat without my order? Where is the messenger?"

A messenger was brought up and knelt down on one knee to report, "General Sarigan found tens of thousands of Song troops in the woods. He was worried about being surrounded by Song troops, so he led his troops to Xianyang County while the sky was still dark."

Wanyan Lisa was taken aback, "How do you know that there are tens of thousands of Song soldiers in the forest?"

"General Sarigan thought that there were only a few Song troops in the woods, so he sent five thousand cavalry to encircle and suppress them. Unexpectedly, the enemy fired ten thousand arrows, all of which were crossbow arrows with god arms. More than two thousand people were shot and killed in one round of arrows. Only a part of the Song army, there are still a large number of Song troops who did not participate in archery."

Wanyan and Lisa had nothing to say. He also realized that the main force of the Song army had arrived in Guanzhong, so he made a mistake in his judgment.

At this time, Wanyan Helisa felt more and more uneasy. He was in a dangerous situation, and it was very likely that he would be attacked by the Song army.

He immediately ordered the whole army to mount horses, and left dozens of people to support the rear army. He led 1 cavalry to leave the east bank and continued to rush towards Pujin Pass.

5 Chapter [-] Double-Click

In order to ambush the [-] Jurchen cavalry of Wanyan and Lisa, Chen Qing also dispatched [-] troops to deploy on both sides of the Jing River. The Wan army surrounded and annihilated the enemy troops on the west bank, while Yang Zaixing led [-] cavalry to ambush the Jurchen cavalry on the east bank.

On both sides of the official road, Chen Qing deployed a thousand bed crossbows, behind the bed crossbows were [-] strong crossbow troops, and deployed [-] ambush soldiers in the woods one mile away.

At this time, there was a muffled rumble of thunder in the distance, and [-] Jurchen cavalry gradually approached, forming a long line of three miles long on the official road.

One mile away from the bed crossbow formation, the Jurchen cavalry team suddenly burst into flames, and a raging fire ignited on the ground of the official road. Immediately afterwards, hundreds of powder kegs buried in the ground exploded in series, blowing up the Jurchen cavalry. The dense poisonous nails scattered and splashed in all directions, causing heavy casualties.

Sarigan, who was running ahead, realized that he was in an ambush by the Song army, and he waved his mace and shouted: "Follow me!"

Sarrigan didn't care about what was going on behind him, and led [-] cavalrymen to gallop at high speed, but within a few hundred steps, there was a sound of clappers ahead, and [-] jackdaw arrows were fired at the same time. Dozens of jackdaw iron arrows pierced his body and killed him immediately, and he and his horse fell into the mud.

More than 300 Jurchen cavalry were shot and killed, and the corpses piled up on both sides of the official road. The cavalry behind couldn't stop at high speed. When they fell down, soldiers of the Song Army dug tens of thousands of small pits on both sides of the official road. It didn't matter if a person stepped on the ground, but a horse stepped on the ground, which meant a broken leg bone.

At the same time, [-] Song Army crossbowmen began to fire. They were divided into three sections and fired round by round. shoot.

A thousand bed crossbows started the second and third rounds of firing, and the jackdaw arrows swept three times, and there were no standing cavalry within [-] steps.

At this time, the back road was also cut off by eight thousand crossbowmen. There were interceptions in front and no retreat in the back. Thousands of Jurchen cavalry fled to the woods in the north. This seemed to be their last chance.

The [-] Song troops ambushing in the woods had been waiting for a long time with crossbows and spears in their hands.

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At this time, Wanyan Helisa's army was also ambushed by the Song army. The official road had to pass through a low slope several miles long, which was actually a fault with a height of two feet above the fault. The official road was on the fault. Below, grass grows near the fault.

Jin Bing never dreamed that more than 1000 gunpowder barrels were thrown down from the top of the fault, and exploded in a line as long as several miles, with poisonous nails flying. , The flames burned on the official road, causing the Jurchen cavalry and horses to panic. There was a loud rumble, and hundreds of giant trees rolled down from the cliff and rushed towards the official road. Hundreds of Jurchen cavalry were smashed to the ground. The brain burst and was crushed by the giant log.

The giant tree cut the Jurchen cavalry into two, and the cavalry behind fled the official road one after another, fleeing to the wasteland to the south, but a large number of cavalry turned their backs on their backs, and the horses refused to move forward.

Wanyan Drinking Lisa's eyes were red, and he shouted anxiously: "What's going on?"

"Marshal, the ground is full of thorns, and the horses cannot walk!"