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After a while, the soldiers brought up Sun Yue, the enemy commander who was tied up behind his back.
When he saw Chen Qing, he was startled and then lowered his head.
Chen Qing saw a scar on his left jaw and felt vaguely that the man looked familiar. He seemed to have seen him somewhere, but he couldn't remember.
"Have I seen you?" Chen Qing asked.
Sun Yue sighed, "Your Highness, do you still remember the ambush in Chunhua County?"
Chen Qingcong pondered for a moment and said, "You mean Zhang Zhongyan, the commander of the Huanqing Army?"
Sun Yue nodded, "Exactly! I was the one who chopped off Zhang Zhongyan's head on the top of the city. I was just a captain at that time."
Chen Qing remembered that there was this person among the generals in Chunhua County back then.
"Untie him!"
The soldiers untied Sun Yue, and Chen Qing asked again: "You were once a member of the Western Army, why did you surrender to the Jin Kingdom again?"
Sun Yue said with shame: "Beizhi was Yao Ling's subordinate back then. Later, Yao Ling killed his general Li Hua and led his troops to surrender to Wanyan Wushu. Beizhi has been following Yao Ling."
"Yao Ling is still here?"
"He is still there! He has been serving as the military envoy of the Shandong Road Signing Army. He is highly regarded by Wanyan Wushu. He is currently one of the three commanders of the Shandong Road Signing Army."
Chen Qing nodded, "Give him a horse and let him go!"
Sun Yue stood there blankly and did not respond. Chen Qing sneered and said, "Do you still want to take the army back?"
Sun Yue suddenly knelt down on one knee and said with tears: "I didn't follow Your Highness back then, and I always regret it in my heart. Please give me another chance."
Chen Qing looked at him and asked calmly: "In that case, why didn't you surrender on the battlefield?"
Sun Yue said for a long time: "You can surrender at any time if you are in a humble position, but you cannot surrender on the battlefield!"
Yang Zaixing whispered to Chen Qing: "This man is a tough guy on the battlefield. He will not surrender in a fight to the death. It is quite rare. It is because of his humble position that he did not kill him."
Chen Qing saw that Yang Zaixing was also interested in talents, so he nodded, "Forget it, according to the rules of the Western Army, I will demote you one level to deputy commander, and you can follow Yang Dutong from now on!"
"Thank you, Your Highness, for not killing me, and thank you, Dutong Yang, for your magnanimity!"
Chen Qing ordered people to take him down, and all his more than 1,500 soldiers were released and transferred to the Western Army. They continued to follow him and became generals under Yang Zaixing.
Almost all of the more than 30,000 people who surrendered were from Shandong Lu Qingzhuang. Chen Qing ordered that all of them be released and returned to their hometowns. The prisoners of war captured in Haizhou were also released.
Shandong Road is pretty good overall. It has not been as badly ravaged as Henan Road. It will take ten years to slowly recover. As long as the youth of Shandong Road is preserved, it will recover in just one or two years.
Wanyan Wushu exaggerated in the signing army that he was a human monster, killing people like crazy, and had to fight to survive. Chen Qing used practical actions to tell the signing army that there was no future for being a traitor, and it would be safe to turn back.
When the news came out, the more than 30,000 prisoners of war burst into joy. The Western Army immediately registered them, gave each of them three hundred coins and two buckets of rice, and released them back to their hometowns. If they were willing to join the Western Army, they would select the strong ones to stay.
After screening, the Western Army added another 8,000 physically strong soldiers.
Chen Qing's army immediately captured Jezhou, Tengzhou and Yanzhou, and Liu Cui also led 30,000 troops north from Xuzhou and occupied Yizhou.
The two signing armies with a total of 100,000 people retreated. The Jin army lost the southern part of Shandong Road, but Li Cheng's army did not injure the foundation. On the contrary, Zhang Zhongxiong's army was defeated miserably. The 50,000-strong army was almost completely destroyed. In the end, only about 3,000 remaining troops were gathered.
, although many soldiers escaped, they did not want to return to the team and chose to flee home directly.
Zhang Zhongxiong was so frightened that he did not dare to see Wanyan Wushu. Instead, he fled back to Jinan Mansion in an attempt to pick up his family. Unexpectedly, he was immediately discovered by spies monitoring his mansion. He reported the information to Wanyan Wushu and returned home.
Zhang Zhongxiong was immediately arrested in less than an hour.
Zhang Zhongxiong was taken to Prince Liang's Mansion. He knelt at the foot of the steps and begged for his life. Wanyan Wushu banged the table and said angrily: "I gave you an army of fifty thousand, but the whole army was destroyed. Let me ask you, what rank are you in?"
Time?"
Zhang Zhongxiong hurriedly explained: "It was because the military supplies were cut off and we couldn't hold on, so we had to abandon the city and evacuate. Before the retreat, I also sent spies from my humble position. I found that the main force of the enemy army was fifty miles away, so I dared to evacuate. Unexpectedly, Chen Qing was too cunning and actually ambushed nearby.
, I am indeed no match for Chen Qing in my humble position, and I have failed the prince’s great trust!”
Wanyan Wushu sneered and said: "You think I will spare you if you admit your mistake and say a few nice words. Because of your incompetence and stupidity, you lost an army of 50,000 people. If you can get away with such a serious crime, then you have no justice."
Someone, drag me down and behead me!"
Several Jurchen soldiers rushed up like wolves and tigers, grabbed Zhang Zhongxiong and dragged him away. Zhang Zhongxiong was so frightened that he shouted: "My lord, spare your life! Spare your life!"
At this time, Fan Gong stepped forward and advised: "Although Zhang Zhongxiong is incompetent, there are not many generals as loyal to the prince as him!"
"Is he loyal to me?"
Wanyan Wushu sneered and said: "If he is loyal to me, he should come to see me upright instead of absconding back and trying to escape with his family. I don't think he has the word loyalty in his heart."
Fan Gong was speechless for a moment, and Wanyan Wushu sighed again: "We should have killed him in Bianliang, so that the entire army of 50,000 people would not have been destroyed this time."
Several soldiers walked in, holding a tray, and in the tray was Zhang Zhongxiong's head.
Wanyan Wushu waved his hand and said, "Take it out with the body to his family and let them bury it themselves."
After Zhang Zhongxiong was executed, Wanyan Wushu finally let out the bad breath he had been holding in his heart.
He took two steps with his hands behind his back, then walked to the sand table, looked at the sand table and asked: "What does the military advisor think we should do next?"
Fan Gong said slowly: "I feel that the prince needs to be prepared on both sides. On the one hand, he should try his best to urge the court's reinforcements to arrive, and on the other hand, he should be prepared to retreat."
"retreat!"
Wanyan Wushu said dissatisfied: "I have lost the Henan Road. Does the military advisor think I still have room to retreat?"
Fan Gong knew Wanyan Wushu very well and knew that if he didn't say something earlier, once the situation was irreversible, the prince would blame him for not making arrangements earlier.
"Your Majesty, your humble suggestion may be a bit inappropriate, but Your Majesty is not absolutely sure of victory. Even in terms of financial and material resources, it is slightly inferior to the Western Army, and its firearms are far less powerful than the Western Army. Not to mention that the Western Army also has a naval force.
We are indeed at a disadvantage, unless the prince has decided to live or die with Shandong Road, then we will treat it as a humble position and say nothing!"
Of course Wanyan Wushu would not live and die with Shandong Lu. He was a Jurchen and would only live and die with the Jurchens. Although Fan Gong's words were a bit unpleasant, Wanyan Wushu finally agreed.
He nodded and said: "I'm here to urge the imperial court to reinforce the army. I'll leave it to the military advisor to arrange the way out!"
After defeating Zhang Zhongxiong's 50,000-strong army, Chen Qing led an army of 200,000 troops northward to Dongping Prefecture and directly attacked Xucheng County, the prefecture. Dongping Prefecture was Yunzhou in the Northern Song Dynasty. The Jin Dynasty renamed it Dongping Prefecture and became Shandong Road.
One of the most important three prefectures.
To the east is Dongping Prefecture, in the middle is Jinan Prefecture, and to the west is Yidu Prefecture. These three prefectures are also the economic centers with the most concentrated cultivated land and the most densely populated areas in Shandong Road. Rencheng County is the administrative center of Jeju Prefecture, which is the jurisdiction of Dongping Prefecture and Jinan Prefecture.
The loss of the southern gate and Rencheng County undoubtedly caused Dongping Prefecture to lose its southern barrier, and it would have to face the attack of the Western Army.
At the same moment when Chen Qing's army entered Dongping Prefecture northward, Liu Cui led an army of 30,000 people and also entered Tai'an Prefecture. Tai'an Prefecture is located directly south of Jinan Prefecture. Liu Cui's army moved north almost simultaneously with the main army, especially Liu Cui's three troops.
The ten thousand cavalrymen did not stop and continued to advance into Jinan Prefecture, stopping between Jinan Prefecture and Dongping Prefecture.
Liu Cui's intention is also obvious. Once Jinan Prefecture's Jin soldiers rescue Dongping Prefecture, Liu Cui's army will immediately attack Licheng County.
Conversely, once Dongping Prefecture's troops withdraw eastward, Liu Cui's troops will also intercept them.
As for the supply of Liu Cui's 30,000 cavalry, there is no need to worry at all. Jiaolong Camp has hundreds of ships loaded with grain and supplies, and they are less than a hundred miles away from Liu Cui's army.
At this time, Wanyan Wushu also faced an extremely difficult choice. Should he withdraw the 30,000 Donghu troops guarding Dongping Prefecture to Jinan Prefecture? If he wanted to withdraw, how?