Cheng Ju was the leader of the salt slaves captured by the Song Army in Baochuan County. He joined the Song Army in Yelanggou and was appointed deputy commander.
Everyone looked at him, and Cheng Ju said with some embarrassment: "The way to talk about humble jobs is actually to live in different categories. For example, the elderly can live together, single men or women can live in a room with four or five people, and women with children can live together.
Two people per room is like a military camp. Five hundred tents can accommodate ten thousand people, and ordinary people can also be accommodated."
This method actually does not harm the interests of the army, so everyone agrees with it. However, as the commander of the system, Chen Qing is not only thinking about the army.
He pondered for a moment and said: "Let's do this! The elderly and single men and women can live together in dormitories. If a mother brings more than two children, she can live in a single room. If she only brings one child, then the two families can share a room.
, and then we set up tents on the edge of the city wall isolation zone and let the recruited militia soldiers live there. One of their tasks is to put out fires, so we should be able to live there."
Yang Yuanqing nodded, "Bizhi understands the commander's intention. Try to make women and children suffer as little as possible. I will try my best to make arrangements!"
"We need to make it clear to them that this is a war period and we can only arrange this temporarily. Please understand!"
"I understand the humble position!"
After arranging the people, Chen Qing actually had to consider the arrangements for the 14,000 Song army prisoners of war.
Historically, after Guan Shigu surrendered, more than 10,000 of his troops returned to Wu Jie, which greatly enhanced Wu Jie's strength. Now that these prisoners of war have returned to him, it is both a good thing and a burden.
After all, Chen Qing was just a commander, not a general commander. If he wanted to lead more troops in an unusual way, it was not impossible. The higher-ups had to agree, and the Xuanfu Envoy, the Privy Council or the emperor nodded, and then the money and food could be allocated.
These details will not be recorded in history books, but these are common sense. Otherwise, how could it be possible if he commanded hundreds of thousands of troops and had the court pay for the money and food?
But it’s not just about salary, you also have to give soldiers the opportunity to make a fortune. If the generals don’t give the soldiers a chance to make a fortune, who will be willing to work for you?
After Chen Qing personally led the troops to fight, he gradually understood why there were so many armies robbing the people, especially wars between alien races, which must be very cruel.
There is no other way. The prisoners of war must be used first. Saving Ganquan Fort is the first priority. Everything else should be put aside for the time being.
Chen Qing immediately began to rectify the prisoner-of-war soldiers and reorganize them, removing the wounded, old, weak and disabled soldiers, as well as older soldiers. He obtained 11,000 elite soldiers from the 14,000 prisoners of war, plus his own 7,000 troops, and the strength reached
Eighteen thousand people.
With the addition of the six thousand militiamen who assisted the army, both Chen Qing and his soldiers became more confident in defending Ganquan Fort.
Wanyanchang's willingness to release more than 10,000 prisoners of war to Chen Qing was not a hothead. He had already reached an agreement with the special envoy sent by the Xixia Emperor Li Qianshun. The Xixia army withdrew from Deshun Prefecture. As compensation, Wanyanchang promised to move Ganquan Fort and surrounding areas
Assigned to Xixia.
Although Ganquan Fort is slightly less important than Deshun Prefecture, it is still important.
Once the Xixia Army captures Ganquan Fort, the door for the Xixia Army to go south will be opened, and there will be an extremely favorable springboard. Whether it is Qinzhou, Fengzhou or other Xihe Road states, it will be a overlooking state. This is also the case for the Xixia Army.
dreamt of.
Therefore, Wan Yanchang allowed the Xixia army to use Ganquan Fort on a large scale. Once the Xixia army captured Ganquan Fort, the land and population would return to Xixia, but the Song army general Chen Qing would be handed over to the Jin Kingdom.
But Wan Yanchang was also very wary of the ambitious Xixia people. He did not want the Xixia people to occupy Ganquan Fort and form a swoop attack on Qinzhou and Xihe Road, so he was also using Chen Qing's military power to severely inflict heavy losses on Xixia.
army, then used negotiation as an excuse to hand over more than 10,000 Song army prisoners of war to Chen Qing.
Cranes and clams fight, and the fisherman gains. This is Wan Yanchang's real plan.
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In the upper reaches of the Baishui River, three thousand Song troops are busy cutting down trees. Timber can be said to be the most precious resource in this area. There are a lot of low shrubs growing around Ganquan Fort, but there are no tall trees. Within a hundred miles, there is only one here.
The two big mountains are covered with pine trees.
Tall and straight pine trees were cut down one after another, dragged away together with their branches, and thrown into the Baishui River. They floated with the water to the vicinity of Ganquan Fort, and were then dragged back to Ganquan Fort by mules and horses. The thick trunks could be sawed into logs and the branches
It can be used for cooking after being placed on the roof to dry.
Not only trees, but also thousands of soldiers quarrying rocks ten miles north of Ganquan Fort. There is a large river that has been abandoned for thousands of years. On the riverbed, you can see all kinds of strange rocks and huge pebbles, stretching for more than a hundred miles.
All.
In just a few days, the Song army quarried all the boulders on the riverbed twenty miles away, transported them back to the city in large trucks, and piled them up like a hill in the south of the military camp.
There is also a kind of large bluestone found dozens of miles south of Ganquan Fort. It has a very fine texture and is a high-quality building material. The city walls of Ganquan Fort and people's houses are built with this large bluestone.
It's just that the easy-to-exploit parts have been exhausted, and if you want to exploit it again, you have to blow up the mountain. The difficulty is too high, so the Song Army had to give up and look for big rocks from the abandoned river bed.
Not only the Song army mobilized, but also the people in the city. They mainly went to Baishui River to get water. Although there were more than a dozen deep wells in the city, there were too many people and the well water was still unaffordable.
People usually go to the Baishui River to collect water. The water storage tank is the most important family asset of Ganquan Fort. It is usually placed behind the corner house with a lid on it. Every house has several large water tanks.
Then use a mule cart to fetch water from the Baishui River several miles away. Everyone must fill all the water containers so that they can last for a month or two.
The same goes for the army, which needs to store large amounts of water and use as little water as possible from wells.
At the same moment when the Song army was busy preparing for war, 100,000 Xixia troops gathered in Baochuan County. Xixia once again used giant rafts to transport a large amount of food and supplies. This was Xixia's long-planned plan to make Baochuan County the largest Xixia army to invade south.
The important logistics center, and further south is Ganquan Fort, which is a relay logistics supply base.
Xixia had been planning this plan for two years, and had just begun to implement it when Chen Qing interrupted it and robbed a large amount of food supplies.
Now Chen Qing is not only the confidant of Jin Bing, but also a thorn in the side of Xixia Army.
The head coach of the Xixia Army was none other than the famous Xixia general Li Liangfu. Li Liangfu was nearly sixty years old and had experienced hundreds of battles. He had fought with the Song, Liao and Jin Dynasties for many years. Especially during the Zhenghe period, he defeated Tong Guan's 200,000 Song army. He was very famous.
This time, Murong Tao performed poorly and failed to capture Ganquan Fort in time and lost Deshun Prefecture. Emperor Li Qianshun was very dissatisfied and simply issued an order to appoint experienced veteran Li Liangfu as Marshal of the Southern Campaign to seize Ganquan Fort and open up the Xixia Army.
The door to the south.
Although Xixia is afraid of the Jin soldiers, they are not afraid of the puppet Qi army. If the puppet Qi army has no time to take care of itself, it is not impossible for them to eat away the land from the puppet Qi army.
In the Xixia tent, Li Liangfu was listening to Murong Tao's report.
Li Liangfu is tall and burly, with a rough appearance. Although he is nearly sixty years old and has white beard and hair, he is still strong and strong, with a straight back and a pair of copper bell-like eyes with a very fierce look, but his wrinkled face shows that he is
Full of vicissitudes of life and rich in experience.
"Commander Qi, this Chen Qing defeated tens of thousands of Jin soldiers at Jianxiao Pass. He has strong defensive capabilities and is especially good at using fire. He was responsible for the fire at the Monk Yuan Jin camp. Not long ago, he burned down the Qi army camp.
He annihilated 20,000 Qi troops and made such great achievements that even the Jin people had a headache for him. The Emperor of the Jin Kingdom even issued a reward for his head with 100,000 gold coins and ten thousand households. It is said that Wanyan Loushi was killed by him.
"
Li Liangfu originally closed his eyes and listened carefully, but when he heard that Wanyan Loushi was killed by Chen Qing, his eyes widened suddenly, "Wanyan Loushi died in his hands?"
You know, Li Liangfu and Wanyan Loushi fought many times ten years ago, and he was defeated at the hands of Wanyan Loushi. He listed Wanyan Loushi as his biggest rival in his life. Wanyan Loushi actually died in Chen
With Qing in his hands, Li Liangfu had to pay attention to the enemy he was about to face.
"Who is he? How old is he? Why haven't you heard of him before?"
Murong Tao bowed and said: "Reporting to the commander, this man is very young, more than 20 years old. He only started to rise after the Battle of Fuping. He won the respect of the commander Zhang Jun. In just two years, he was promoted several levels. Now he is the commander.
.”
"Only in his twenties!"
Li Liangfu was really surprised. The army values qualifications and experience. He is only in his twenties. How many battles can he fight? How much experience can he have?
The arrogance in his heart made Li Liangfu look down upon Chen Qing.
"I understand, order the army to send troops to Ganquan Fort tonight!"
That night, Li Liangfu appointed General Li Mingxiu as the logistics commander and led an army of 10,000 to guard Baochuan County. He personally led an army of 70,000, with Murong Tao as the vanguard, and fought in the direction of Ganquan Fort.