The battlefield was almost cleared, and it was getting daylight. They lost more than 80 soldiers in this battle, and more than 200 Jurchen cavalry were killed, plus more than 100 Jin soldiers and Han soldiers.
The result of one to four was already a brilliant victory.
But Chen Qing couldn't be happy. They would often encounter such battles, losing seventy or eighty people at a time. How many times could his five hundred people fight?
Lieutenant General Li Qingyuan understood his mood and comforted him: "The Jurchen cavalry is indeed very powerful. If the cavalry alone fights one-on-one, the Song army will never have a chance of winning. If it is not a night battle, if it is not an attack halfway, they will be caught off guard, if it is not the general who kills them."
The death of the opponent's general has left the Jin army without a command. We will definitely lose this battle, which means we will not suffer seventy or eighty casualties. If the other Song armies had 30% of our results, the Song Dynasty would not have perished."
Chen Qing nodded, "Actually, I understand, but... I can do better, forget it, let's do it step by step!"
Hundreds of corpses of golden soldiers were stripped of their armor, piled up naked, and piles of dry firewood were placed underneath to be burned. For a while, the fire was raging, and thick smoke was rising into the sky, which could be clearly seen dozens of miles away.
At this time, Yang Hua led the soldiers to seize several officials.
"General, all the soldiers in the city have run away. I'm going to find these officials."
The leading county magistrate, Wang Miao, kowtowed and begged: "General, we have nothing to do. The Jin soldiers came too fast, and the defenders surrendered. If we don't compromise, what will the people in the city do?"
Chen Qing said calmly: "Your performance will be liquidated by the court, and it has nothing to do with me. I just went to Dashanguan on Liu Dutong's order and passed through Qishan County. You prepare fifty carts for me, and the rest has nothing to do with you."
Got it!"
"Willing to serve the general!"
Several officials ran back to prepare the cart. Chen Qing filled the cart with the Jin soldiers' armor and food. The army left Qishan County and headed south. After walking for more than 20 miles, it took another path to the north and detoured.
Head to Linyou County.
No trace of the Jin Bing spies was found along the way. It is estimated that the intelligence was wrong and led to the Jin Bing's defeat, and they were frightened and ran away.
In the afternoon, Fengxiang Mansion coach Wanyan Meili led more than 3,000 people to Qishan County.
The county magistrate Wang Miao was caught in front of Wanyan Wuli. Wanyan Wuli held a whip in his hand and asked coldly, half sitting on a stool: "Where is the Song army?"
"Report to the Captain Ten Thousands, they went south with food and weapons!"
"Who are they?"
"It seems... It seems that Liu Qi's army was ordered to go to Dashan Pass and passed by Qishan County!"
"Nonsense!"
Wanyan Weili stared, "Liu Qi's army is in Jingzhou, how can they survive?"
The county magistrate Wang Miao was so frightened that he quickly said: "They said so themselves. How can I know the truth from my humble position?"
"This is nonsense. What are they doing in Dashanguan and Qishan County? Isn't this a big circle?"
A general next to him was clever and explained: "The Weihe River side is heavily guarded. Although the detour to Qishan County is a little further, there is no obstacle. If they had not been discovered and Wanyan Keli led his army to intercept them, they would have been able to go all the way unhindered."
Wanyan Weili glared at him fiercely, and the talkative general lowered his head in fright and did not dare to say a word.
Wanyan did not know clearly that it was indeed possible to cross the mountains and reach Fengxiang Mansion from Jingzhou, but the opponent was a cavalry, so this possibility obviously did not exist.
There are many doubts here and must be treated with caution.
Wanyan did not think for a moment and then asked: "Where are the bones of the soldiers who died in the battle?"
The county magistrate Wang Miao said tremblingly: "He was burned to black charcoal by the Song army. He led the people to dig a deep pit and bury it. The bones and heads are still there, intact."
The Jurchens originally believed in cremation, but Wan Yan was still worried about having his heads cut off. Hearing that the heads were all there, he was relieved and turned around and said to the deputy general: "Immediately send a thousand troops each to Linyou County and Pu
Run County is investigating."
There were only a few Han troops stationed in Linyou County and Purun County to maintain order. Although there were some rebels, they were not a big deal, but Wanyan did not believe the words of the county magistrate at all.
He had a deep distrust of these Han officials and would be wary of them no matter how servile they were.
In particular, this Song army cavalry was very powerful. It actually defeated a thousand gold soldiers with 500 people, including 500 Jurchen cavalry. The leader of the enemy killed the captain Wanyan Keli, which really shocked Wanyan Weili. He was very suspicious.
Could this cavalry be the same cavalry that attacked Jingzhao and killed Marshal Wanyan Lou's chamber?
If the cavalry slipped through the net due to his own carelessness and the Fourth Prince investigated, he might not be able to save his life.
After thinking for a while, Wanyan gave another order: "Pass my order to double the number of spies from all over Fengxiang Mansion, and offer a reward of three thousand guan to find the whereabouts of this Song Army cavalry."
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Linyou County is a famous Fengshui treasure land in Guanzhong, with Zhangtong Mountain to the east and Phoenix Mountain to the west. The two mountains surround Linyou County like the two wings of a phoenix. It has green mountains and green waters, beautiful scenery, and large wheat fields in the south, and agriculture
Very developed.
The most famous Renshou Palace in the Sui Dynasty is located on Tiantai Mountain between Tongshan Mountain and Fenghuang Mountain. Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian, died in the Renshou Palace.
Just a few hundred years later, the once magnificent Renshou Palace had been destroyed by floods in the Tang Dynasty and was gone. Only a military stronghold called Qilin Stronghold was built on the original site of Renshou Palace in Tiantai Mountain, with at most thousands of soldiers.
garrison.
The reason why the military stronghold was built on the mountain was because there were many secret mountain roads in the mountain that led directly to the Jingyuan Road a hundred miles away. However, these small roads were very dangerous, and neither grain carts nor cavalry could be used, so Jin Bing was not interested.
There were no Jurchen soldiers stationed in Linyou County, only 200 surrendered Han troops were stationed to maintain order in the county.
Chen Qing did not go directly to the county seat, but bypassed the county seat and came to Qilin Village in Tiantai Mountain. The army passed through a long valley. The valley floor was flat and very solid. This was a relic of the Sui Dynasty. So far, there is no grass on the ground.
There were towering trees and lush vines on both sides. After walking for several miles, they came to the end of the valley. The soldiers dismounted one after another, led their horses and drove ox carts, circling up the gentle slope. After a while, they arrived at the valley.
Qilin Military Village halfway up the mountain.
The climate here is cool, with the highest temperature in summer being only about 20 degrees Celsius. It is a summer resort, but it is early winter now, Guanzhong is extremely wet and cold this autumn and winter, and Qilin Village is also very cold.
Yang Hua brought an old man who was guarding the village. The old man knelt down and kowtowed, "Young man Yang San, please see the general!"
"No need to be polite, please stand up and speak!"
The soldier helped the old man up, and the old man sighed and said: "Since the rebels left, I have been worried that the Jin soldiers would come to burn the stronghold. I have been worried for five or six days. I didn't expect the Song army to come first. What a blessing!"
"How many people are there in the rebel army? Why did they leave?"
"There are more than a hundred rebels. The leader is Yang Guo, who is actually Xiao Laoer's distant nephew. He heard that Liu Dutong was recruiting scattered troops, so he took his brothers over the mountains to Jingzhou."
"Isn't it because of the encirclement and suppression by the Jin soldiers?"
Yang San shook his head, "The Jin soldiers are all staying in the county. In fact, they are all the former Song troops, only about two hundred people. The two sides fought a battle two months ago, each with more than ten casualties, and they have been living in peace ever since.
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"What did the rebels do for a living in the past?"
"The villagers support some of them and then hunt in the mountains. There are many game animals in this area, including deer, goats, deer, and wild boars. The key is that they have only been established for a few months, so food is not a big problem. They just want to find a future.
I just went to Jingzhou."
"Please, my father-in-law, please show me the military camp first!"
Tiantai Mountain is located halfway up the Phoenix Mountains, forming a large and gentle land, hence the name Tiantai. This open space is hundreds of acres in size. The Renshou Palace of the Sui Dynasty was built on this open space. The Renshou Palace has already
Disappeared in the long river of history, the open space became an alpine pasture, where more than a dozen farmers lived here and made a living by raising sheep.
The military village occupies only a small part of the small plain in the middle of the mountain, about 40 acres, and has built more than 50 houses and training grounds.
When there were the most troops stationed there, there were even tiles opened in the military stronghold, that is, there were commercial areas, taverns, brothels, foot shops, and grocery stores. Now the military stronghold is deserted.
The soldiers were busy cleaning up the barracks. Yang Hua took dozens of soldiers out to hunt while checking the terrain.
Chen Qing stood on the edge of the cliff and looked far into the distance. He could see the county town twenty miles away and the endless wheat fields to the south.
Yang San pointed to the county town in the distance and said: "General, today is the second day of November, and it has already entered winter. In another month, it will start to snow heavily throughout Guanzhong. The snowfall here is very heavy, and the roads are blocked by ice and snow.
If the general needs anything, send someone to the county seat quickly to buy it back."
"When does the river freeze?"
"Usually it's mid-November, but here it's a few days earlier. It's estimated that there will be thin ice on the river in two days, and it won't be completely frozen until mid-November."
Yang Yuanqing smiled and said: "Commander, why don't you take a few brothers to the county town tomorrow to buy some oil, salt and lamp oil?"
"There is also fodder. We don't have much fodder and we can't last a few days."
"Commander, if you buy fodder, you may be easily exposed."
"I know it's easy to be exposed, but we can't stop eating because of choking. The storm will come sooner or later, but we must be well prepared."
"I understand the humble position!"
Chen Qing smiled and said: "So I'd better go, I also want to visit the county town by the way!"
Although he led his army into Jingzhao City, it was midnight and he left again at dawn. He had never visited a city in the Song Dynasty, which made him look forward to it very much.
