Winter turns to spring, and in the blink of an eye it is mid-January of the third year of Shaoxing. The snow thaws, everything revives, and the breath of spring permeates every corner of Guanzhong.
But also, with the coming of spring, the war of Dashan Pass has finally arrived.
Wanyan Wushu invested 100,000 troops to attack Dashanguan day and night, while the 30,000 defenders of Dashanguan, under the command of Wu Jie, stood firm at the pass and continuously dealt heavy blows to the Jin soldiers. In only ten days,
More than 30,000 Jin soldiers died in battle.
But Wanyan Wushu was determined to win this time. Regardless of the cost, he once again reinforced 50,000 troops, and promised that the first general to attack the city would seal ten thousand households and reward him with a hundred thousand guan.
Although there must be brave men under the heavy reward, the Jin soldiers attacked harder, but the casualties were also more heavy. In just three days, the Jin soldiers' casualties once again exceeded 20,000.
Of course, the Song army also paid a heavy price, with more than 7,000 casualties, but Dashan Pass remained extremely strong and towering, making it difficult for the Jin soldiers to surpass Dashan Pass.
Early that morning, it was rare that the Jin soldiers stopped attacking. Wu Ga quickly came to the Chinese army's tent and asked, "Brother, are you looking for me?"
Wu Jie nodded, "Come in! Something strange happened today."
Wu Gao walked into the tent and sat down. He pinched his shoulders and said with a smile: "Continuous siege on the city is really exhausting. What's so strange?"
Wu Jie placed an arrow letter on the table, "This was picked up by the soldiers on the top of the city early this morning. I wonder who shot it?"
"What content?"
"That is to say, Chen Qing's army has been lurking near Monk Yuan, ready to attack the opponent's camp at any time. We are asked to cooperate. Once the enemy's rear is unstable, we will rush out of the city in one go. It sounds like what Zheng Ping wrote.
"
"Aren't the archers afraid that this letter will fall into the hands of the enemy?"
"The strange thing is here. Chen Qing can obviously contact us through Xianren Pass, and Zheng Ping also knows it, so why does he take the risk of shooting arrows at us from the battlefield?"
Wu Lao understood a little. He smiled slightly and said: "Brother, are you worried that this is Wanyan Wushu's plan to trick us into going out to fight in the city?"
Wu Jie nodded, "I do suspect this is a trick, but what if it's true?"
Wu Gao put away his smile, pondered for a moment and said: "You can do this. Send a pigeon letter to Xianrenguan, ask Liu Zan to send someone to Wucheng Town Inn, leave a message, and seal the arrow with three plum blossoms on the top. If the arrow
If the letter is true, then it will definitely be on the next arrow letter, if not, it is fake."
“This is a good idea!”
Wu Jie said happily: "Just do it as you said."
At this time, Wu Gao remembered something again and quickly asked: "Have you caught the rumor maker?"
Just five days ago, news suddenly came out from the Eight Character Army and Liu Qi's Jingyuan Army, 'The imperial court has decided to abandon Dashan Pass and retreat to Hanzhong.'
This news seriously affected morale, causing loopholes in the defense, and the enemy almost attacked the city. In the past few days, Wu Jie has been busy putting out fires and explaining to the soldiers that this was not the case.
Wu Jie nodded, "We have found some clues. This matter may be related to Fu Xuan?"
"Fu Xuan?"
"It's him. I found out that the initial rumors came from his army. The rumors are a minor problem. I'm afraid that when the siege begins, their army will suddenly collapse and the pass will be over."
"So I have told my eldest brother a long time ago that the generals selected by Fu must be replaced and sent home. There will be no problem with the soldiers. I am afraid that these generals are always too kind to women."
Wu Jie sighed, "You are right, I should have taken action long ago, leaving a hidden danger."
Wu Gao said decisively: "It's still too late now. Give his army to me. I will replace the generals and send all the commanders above to go home for vacation."
Wu Jie also knew that he could no longer be soft-hearted. He finally made up his mind, "Okay! Find an excuse to gather the generals above the commander and send them away overnight."
Wu Gao sneered, "Tonight, just call them for an urgent meeting. Stay away from the soldiers. If they don't obey, shoot them on the spot!"
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That night, Wu Jie summoned dozens of generals above the commander level of the Eight-Character Army on the pretext of urgent matters.
Wu Jie immediately announced that some of them had liaisons with the Jin soldiers and suspended them all until the investigation was clear. They would be reinstated after the war. Each of them would be given a five-month salary and let them go home for vacation. They would wait until the war was over.
notify.
If you are not convinced, you can go to Chengdu to complain to the Xuanfu envoy. Anyone who dares to cause trouble here will be killed.
Under threats and inducements, the generals had no choice but to accept the arrangement. After receiving the money, they were sent away directly. As for their luggage, their own soldiers naturally sent it back.
Most of these generals were promoted by Fu Xuan later. Almost all of Wang Yan's previous generals were purged and sent home by Fu Xuan using the same excuse.
Wu Jie immediately promoted a group of his confidants and placed them in Fu Xuan's army, and then he firmly controlled the army.
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Pengyang County in the south of Yuanzhou is a small county with a population of less than 3,000. The perimeter of the city is only twelve miles, so small that it is almost forgotten.
Chen Qing and his three thousand troops spent a winter here. Chen Qing originally wanted to go to Qingyang Mansion, but he found that Qingyang Mansion was nominally occupied by the Jin Kingdom, but in fact it was controlled by Xixia
.
Not only Qingyang Prefecture, but also the Security Army, Huanqingzhou, Zhenrong Prefecture, etc., almost all the state capitals bordering Xixia were annexed by Xixia. The Jin Kingdom did not care, as long as Xixia surrendered to the Jin Kingdom, the Jin Kingdom
The state acquiesced to Xixia's encroachment on the northwest territory of the Song Dynasty.
There were originally a thousand gold soldiers stationed in Yuanzhou. They were stationed in Linjing County in the north. It was this gold army that first discovered the incident in Pingliang Mansion. The captain reported directly to the Jin court with an eagle letter.
But now this Jin army has been transferred to Pingliang Mansion, and there is no garrison in Yuanzhou for the time being, which also allows Chen Qing's army to rest in Yuanzhou for a month.
By this time, Chen Qing had received news that the war for Dashan Pass had broken out, and the time for his departure had arrived at the same time.
In late January, Wonju is also full of spring. The ice and snow melt, the trees are covered with green, the fields are cheerful, covered with tender green grass, the war horses happily chew the tender and juicy grass, the river water is clear and sweet, and the whole place is full of joy.
The land in northern Shaanxi is filled with the breath of spring.
On a warm spring night, three thousand cavalry left the small county of Pengyang silently and rushed south along the official road.
Passing through Pingliang Prefecture from the east, they went all the way south without disturbing the Jin soldiers in Pingliang Prefecture. Five days later, three thousand cavalry arrived at the Weihe River.
Chen Qing immediately sent two cavalrymen to Xianren Pass, where he still had more than 300 soldiers recovering from injuries. If Zheng Ping's 200 men were added, their army would reach 3,500.
At this time, several scouts and cavalry who were looking for the boat rushed over and said, "Commander, a pontoon bridge was found on the Wei River!"
This is a new thing. There was no pontoon bridge on the Wei River before. Chen Qing immediately ordered: "Go south and cross the bridge!"
A quarter of an hour later, everyone arrived at the Weihe River. Sure enough, they saw a pontoon bridge on the Weihe River, which had been controlled by Hu Yanlei and his men.
The army continued to move forward and crossed the Wei River in just a moment.
After crossing the Wei River, they were less than a hundred miles away from the monks. Strictly speaking, they had entered the war zone and would encounter the Jin soldiers' sentry cavalry at any time.
The team marched day and night along the south bank of the Wei River, covering a distance of less than a hundred miles for three days.
That night, the army arrived at the old Jinbing camp, which was the camp before moving to Monk Yuan. The camp was abandoned, with not a single tent in sight, and only a long camp fence still maintained on the north side.
Chen Qing rode his horse to a hill. To the north was the turbid Wei River, which was flowing slowly and heavily to the east with a large amount of sediment. Far far away to the south, Chen Qing saw dots of firelight, just like the Milky Way in the sky.
It stretches across the vast wilderness for dozens of miles.
"That's the Monk Yuan Jinbing Camp!" Chen Qing pointed to the Galaxy Road in the distance with his riding whip.
Yang Yuanqing nodded, "That's it, it's about thirty miles away from here."
"So close?"
"The camp itself occupies a very vast area. Zheng Ping's information last time said that the warehouse area alone covers thousands of acres."
Chen Qing sighed softly, "Three months have passed and I don't know what Fatty Zheng is doing now?"
At this moment, a cavalry force of about a hundred people appeared from the south, flying towards the abandoned camp with flying dust.
