In the dark, hundreds of large ships were moored on the north bank of the Han River east of Nanzheng County. The ships were loaded with grain, meat and wine, enough to satisfy the consumption of 30,000 gold soldiers for a month, and there were also 300 siege ladders.
Wan Yanchang tried his best to collect these hundreds of large ships from both sides of the Han River. Basically, all the grain and livestock meat in the Xicheng warehouse were loaded on them. The next supply had to be shipped from Chang'an, which would take at least a month.
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It can be said that this batch of supplies is related to whether the Jin soldiers can stabilize Hanzhong. Because of the important relationship, Wanyanchang sent five thousand Jurchen soldiers to protect these hundreds of large ships, led by Wanyan Aciben, the captain of ten thousand men.
This was the largest army Wan Yanchang could send, and he still wanted to leave 5,000 troops to guard Shangjin County to prevent the Song army from Dengzhou from coming and cutting off the Jin army's retreat.
Wanyan Aciben strictly implemented Wanyanchang's request. During the day, the fleet was pulled by trackers, and at night it was anchored and rested to prevent being harassed and attacked by a small group of Song troops.
Hundreds of large ships were moored on the shore, which stretched for more than 20 miles. The five thousand troops were still a bit stretched. Wanyan Aci had no choice but to divide the five thousand men into two squads, and two thousand men guarded the front.
At midnight, three thousand people kept watch for the rest of the night.
Fortunately, the main force of the Song Army has withdrawn. Even if there is a sneak attack by the Song Army, it will only be harassment by a small group of troops and will have little impact.
Wanyan Aci didn't dare to sleep, so he led dozens of his men on horseback to patrol the shore. At about one o'clock in the morning, a soldier suddenly pointed in the distance and shouted: "Rockets!"
I saw three rockets flying into the sky a few miles away to the northwest, emitting a bright red light, followed by three rockets flying into the sky a dozen miles away to the east. Wanyan Aji was shocked. These were the heads of the fleet.
Tail!
He immediately shouted: "Ring the bell, the whole army is on guard!"
'Dang! Dang! Dang! Dang!' The rapid bell rang, and the three thousand soldiers who had just fallen asleep woke up one after another. All the golden soldiers became nervous, holding spears, bows and arrows in their hands, staring at the northern wilderness with wide eyes.
Half an hour passed and nothing happened. The golden soldiers breathed a sigh of relief and fell asleep again.
But after only sleeping for half an hour, another cry of killing suddenly came from the east, and the five thousand gold soldiers once again braced themselves and prepared for battle.
Not long after, several cavalrymen rushed over, saluted Wanyan Aciben and said: "Commander Qi Wanfu, there are about two hundred people, looking at their clothes and equipment, they don't look like the Song army, they look like ordinary soldiers."
Rebels."
Wanyan Aziben suddenly realized that it was a small group of rebels who came to harass them at night, but these rebels were indeed hateful. He immediately ordered: "If anyone comes to harass them again, I will hunt them down without mercy!"
At the fourth watch, Wanyan Aciben had just fallen asleep when he was awakened by another cry of killing. The sound was not loud, and it was exactly the same as the cry of killing before. It came from the north, and it was the rebels who were harassing him again.
Wanyan Aciben was filled with hatred, gritted his teeth and ordered: "Let Mu Wen lead five hundred brothers to chase and kill him, leaving no one behind!"
"Follow the order!"
The soldiers ran to convey the order. After a while, a captain led five hundred cavalry and galloped towards the north. The roar of horse hooves resounded throughout the earth and gradually faded away. Now all the golden soldiers felt at ease.
About half an hour later, the sound of a large number of horse hooves was heard in the distance. Everyone thought that the soldiers who suppressed the bandits had returned, and did not take it to heart.
Unexpectedly, a sentry suddenly shouted: "Who is he?"
Then there was a muffled scream, and an arrow shot through the sentry's neck.
Immediately afterwards, thousands of troops and horses rushed into the Jin soldiers' camp. Chen Qing took the lead, swinging his halberd to kill the Jurchen soldiers who were running in fear, followed by thousands of cavalry. Wherever he passed, heads rolled in and corpses lay everywhere.
Yang Zaixing and Liu Cui each led a thousand cavalry into the Jurchen army's camp from the east and west. The Jurchen cavalry were caught off guard and there was a chaos.
Violent explosions were heard one after another in the Jurchen crowd, with fire shooting into the sky and black smoke filling the air. The explosions frightened the war horses and caused them to run wildly. Countless Jurchen soldiers had no time to get on their horses, and the war horses were frightened and ran away.
Wanyan Aciben got on his horse, brandished his long-handled mace and shouted: "My sons, come up with me to fight!"
He led three hundred cavalry to attack the banner of the Song army and saw Chen Qing from a distance.
Wanyan Azhiben yelled, "Nanbarbarian, come and die!"
When Chen Qing saw Wanyan Aziben, he quietly took off his bow and arrow and laughed loudly: "You northern barbarian, look behind you first!"
A golden soldier behind him shouted: "Captain Ten Thousands, there's a fire!"
When Wanyan Aziben turned around, he saw the ship burning with raging fire. He suddenly remembered his mission. He was tricked by the Song army and was lured away from the mountain. He was fooled!
His eyes were blazing with fire as he glared at Chen Qing. Unfortunately, what Wanyan Aciben saw was the tip of an arrow, which appeared between his eyes. 'Pfft!' The arrow hit the center of his eyebrows, and the arrow penetrated his head.
Wanyan Aciben's body fell from his horse and died on the spot.
Chen Qing hung up his bow and arrow, waved Fang Tian's painted halberd, "Kill me!"
A thousand Song Army cavalry surrounded 300 Jurchen cavalry from all sides. Seeing that their commander was dead, the Jurchen cavalry were unwilling to fight and tried their best to break out. However, the Song army did not give them a chance to break out. The more the Jurchen cavalry fought, the fewer the Jurchen cavalry was. In the end, there were only ten
A few people broke through, but the rest were all killed by the spears and sabers of the Song army's cavalry.
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In this night attack, Chen Qing's target was not only hundreds of large supply ships, but also 5,000 Jurchen soldiers. He used repeated harassment to gradually paralyze the 5,000 Jin soldiers, and finally attacked suddenly, catching the Jin soldiers off guard.
Created a brilliant record of winning more with less.
It was getting daylight, but the fleet was still burning. Thick smoke billowed, and the fire was raging into the sky. Bodies piled up on the shore, and blood flowed into rivers. Five thousand Jurchen soldiers were beheaded, and more than three thousand of them were killed overnight. The remaining more than a thousand golden soldiers went to
They fled east or west. Of course, the Song army also suffered hundreds of casualties.
Chen Qinghe's army did not leave immediately, and several ships did not burn, so they also received a small amount of supplies, food and meat from the Jin soldiers. After taking the supplies, they set fire to the last few ships.
It was not until noon that hundreds of warships were burned out, and Chen Qing led his army to leave the Han River and head east toward Raofe Pass.
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Wanyan Chishu Lie has led his army back to the camp, bringing news that Wanyan Salihe expected, but also made him very helpless. Their current military strength is indeed unable to capture the Shu Road, and they can only consolidate Hanzhong.
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Wanyan Salihe's next step was of course to capture Xianren Pass and cooperate with the Qi army inside and outside to seize Dashan Pass. As long as 100,000 Qi troops entered Hanzhong, they would completely secure the occupation of Hanzhong.
The Jurchen army of nearly 20,000 immediately broke out of camp and headed north, heading towards Xianren Pass, two hundred miles away.
Still on the way, Wanyan Salihe received the unfortunate news that their logistics supply fleet was attacked by the Song army, the fleet was burned, the general Wanyan Aciben was killed, and the five thousand army was almost wiped out.
, this news shocked Wanyan Salihe and was dumbfounded.
His current food and fodder can last for seven or eight days, and he is just waiting for the logistics supply fleet to arrive!
Now that the fleet has been burned, what should they do?
Wanyan Salihe suddenly found himself facing a difficult decision. If he withdrew his troops and returned to Shangjin now, he might have just enough food and grass left. But if he captured Xianren Pass and was attacked from behind at Dashan Pass, he might have just enough food and grass.
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But if he fails to conquer the Immortal Pass, he will not have enough food and grass.
Wanyan Salihe was undecided for a while, so he called several generals to discuss the matter.
There was a dispute among several captains. Some believed that they should seize the opportunity to capture Xianren Pass and get supplies from Xianren Pass, but others believed that Xianren Pass was dangerous and they did not have enough siege weapons, so their hope was slim.
Wanyan Sali shouted and saw that Chi Shulie, the captain of ten thousand men, had been silent all the time, so he was a little unhappy and asked: "Chi Shulie, what is your opinion? Tell everyone!"
Everyone looked at Chi Shulie, who sighed for a while and said: "Actually, I was wondering, where did the Song army that attacked the fleet come from? How many troops do they have? Are they watching from a distance like wolves?
Are we looking for an opportunity?"
Everyone was silent in thought. Chi Shulie's question was indeed worthy of attention. Everyone had experience. To destroy five thousand Jurchen cavalry, even if the Song army made a sneak attack, the number could not be less than three thousand. With such a few thousand Song army, it would not be less than three thousand.
Where does it come from?
"Mr. Cui, tell me!"
Wanyan Sali shouted and saw his aide Cui Baili thinking deeply, so he turned his attention to him.
Cui Baili said quickly: "I am also thinking about this problem. After much deliberation, there is only one possibility. It is the Song army in Xianren Pass. After they attacked the fleet, they must have returned to Xianren Pass."
"Then Mr. Cui's opinion is to go to Xianren Pass?"
Cui Baili shook his head, "My humble suggestion is that it is best to retreat to Raofeng Pass first and ask Marshal Du for instructions before making a decision. Occupying Raofeng Pass, we can advance and attack, retreat and defend. After receiving supplies and increasing reinforcements, we can then
It’s not too late to attack Xianren Pass.”
Cui Baili's suggestion was unanimously approved by everyone, but an accident happened at this moment.
