In the afternoon, Chen Qing received accurate information that 10,000 Jurchen cavalry had left Delong County in Deshun Prefecture and were heading west.
Zhao Xiaoyi also told Chen Qing an important piece of information: these 10,000 Jurchen cavalry were commanded by Captain Wan Yan Huo Nu.
This is indeed important information. At least Chen Qing can make two accurate judgments. The first accurate judgment is that between Ganquan Fort's material team and himself, Wan Yan Huo Nu will definitely choose himself.
The second accurate judgment is that all the people in the city must be evacuated, and Wanyan Huonv will definitely massacre the city.
Chen Qing immediately asked Yang Yuanqing to mobilize the people of Ganquanbao to evacuate. Hearing that General Nuzhen, who massacred the people of Zhongnan County, was leading the army, some people who had previously been unwilling to evacuate also changed their tune and joined the evacuation team.
Chen Qing did not delay, and that night, more than 10,000 civilians and 7,000 soldiers escorted the baggage team and evacuated to the south in a mighty manner.
Chen Qingze led 10,000 cavalrymen to leave Ganquan Fort and rush eastward...
Ten thousand Jurchen cavalry arrived at the border of Qinzhou, which was still fifty miles away from Ganquan Fort. Wanyan Huonv had already received the information, and a cavalry of dozens of people came from the south and entered Ganquan Fort. Wanyan Huonv immediately realized
, this is Chen Qing’s return.
There is only one official road for the Jurchen cavalry from Deshun Prefecture to Ganquan Fort. This place is not like a plain. You can go anywhere. This is the Loess Plateau. If you don't take the official road, you will often see a ravine as deep as a hundred feet in front of you.
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As soon as they arrived at the state border, they saw a group of cavalry rushing from a distance. This was the Jin soldiers' ranger cavalry who came to report the news.
Three cavalrymen rushed to the front, bowed and said: "Captain Ten Thousands, the Song Army's large baggage team came out of Ganquan Fort last night. The team was very long, more than ten miles long, and there were also a large number of civilians mixed in."
"Are there any troops following?"
"There is an army, about six to seven thousand people, all infantry."
"Don't you see the cavalry?"
The three ranger cavalry shook their heads. Wanyan Huonv was a little surprised. Judging from the intelligence they had, the Song Army had at least 10,000 cavalrymen, and the total strength of the Song Army should be between 15,000 and 20,000.
, then in addition to the six or seven thousand people accompanying the baggage, the Song army should have a main force.
Wanyan Huonv is also a famous general who has experienced hundreds of battles and has rich experience. He immediately guessed the opponent's strategy and used the baggage team to seduce him. Chen Qing led the main force to hide somewhere, preparing to ambush him.
"You want to show off your little skills in front of me?"
He snorted coldly and ordered: "Send twenty teams of ranger cavalry to search within ten miles on both sides of the official road!"
Twenty teams of sentry cavalry urged their horses forward and galloped forward, stirring up billowing yellow dust. Wanyan Huonu waved her sword and said, "Forward at a medium speed!"
The 10,000 cavalry set off, but not very fast. Wanyan Huonv believed that Chen Qing led his troops to ambush in front. As for the baggage team, he didn't care much. For him, catching or killing Chen Qing was his goal.
His father has been dead for more than two years, and this hatred has been accumulated in his heart and has never disappeared.
Long live Chen Qing, he will never give up. This opportunity was obtained by repeatedly fighting for this opportunity from Wan Yanchang. The task Wan Yanchang gave him was also very simple, kill Chen Qing, nothing else is important.
The team walked for more than thirty miles, and there was a canyon in front of them. Wanyan Huonu reined in her horse and looked at the canyon. The canyon was very narrow, only a hundred feet wide at most, with steep mountains on both sides. This was a good place for an ambush. If
Since I am Chen Qing, I will definitely ambush you here.
Just...why didn't the sentry come back to report?
Just when I thought of this, I saw two cavalrymen running quickly one after the other. In front of them was the sentry cavalry he sent, and behind them seemed to be pursuers.
Wan Yanhuo Nu shouted, "Go to support!"
A group of cavalry came up to meet them. The chasing Song Army cavalry discovered the main force in front, and immediately turned their horses and ran towards the valley. The Jin soldiers did not pursue them, but brought back the chased ranger cavalry.
There were only about thirty people in this cavalry, and they were in a very miserable condition, and many of them had arrow wounds.
The leading centurion panted and said: "Captain Ten Thousands, there is an ambush ahead. The other sentries have been killed, and we are the only ones who have escaped!"
Wanyan Huonu was shocked. He had sent 400 sentry cavalry. If they were all killed, then the opponent's strength would be at least about 10,000. As expected, he had guessed right.
"Captain Ten Thousand, what should I do?" several generals asked.
Wan Yanhuo Nu snorted coldly and said: "Since Chen Qing has been discovered, he will not ambush anymore. He will definitely evacuate to Ganquan Castle and use the city to block us. Let me chase!"
Ten thousand cavalry suddenly accelerated, and thousands of horses galloped towards the valley...
As expected by Wanyan Huonu, the canyon where the Song army had been ambushed before was already empty, and the Song army had indeed withdrawn to the west.
The 10,000 gold soldiers speeded up again and pursued Ganquan Fort.
To Wanyan Huonv's surprise, the three gates of Ganquan Fort were wide open and there was no one. At this time, Wanyan Huonv received an urgent report that the main force of the Song Army's 10,000 cavalry was evacuating to the south. The speed was not very fast.
More than ten miles away.
Wan Yan Huo Nu was overjoyed and immediately ordered the entire army to pursue them. Ten thousand Jurchen cavalry pursued south again, but they only pursued them ten miles away and saw the enemy forming a formation in the wilderness several miles away.
Wanyan Huonu immediately ordered the army to slow down. He looked at the terrain. On the left was a ravine twenty feet deep, and on the right was a crescent-shaped low mountain. The passage in the middle was only thirty feet wide. This was also an ambush.
A great place.
Wan Yanhuo Nu raised her head and looked towards the low mountain. It was bare and she saw no enemy troops. It seemed that the enemy did not set up an ambush on the top of the mountain.
"Captain Ten Thousands, that person is Chen Qing!"
I saw a man coming out of the opponent's camp, wearing an iron helmet and armor, riding a tall and majestic war horse, and carrying a Fangtian painted halberd. The cold light of Fangtian's painted halberd could be felt from several miles away. This was Chen
Qing's unique signature, among the generals in the world, he is the only one who uses Fang Tian Hua Ji.
The doubts in Wanyan Huonv's heart were immediately overwhelmed by the deep-seated hatred. He didn't even bother to send people up the mountain to check. He drew his knife and shouted, "Kill!"
"Kill!"
Ten thousand Jurchen cavalry burst out with a shout, suddenly accelerated, and thousands of horses galloped, causing the loess to cover the sky and the sun, and the mounds above their heads could no longer be seen clearly.
The Jurchen cavalry forward rushed over the hill in an instant. At this moment, three hundred Song soldiers appeared overhead, each carrying two gunpowder barrels and fifty small trebuchets. They lit the match ropes, and the small
The trebuchet was thrown, and the powder barrels were thrown down the mountain.
Gunpowder barrels exploded above the heads of the Jurchen soldiers. Although the power of the explosion was limited, the most terrifying thing was the poisoned iron nails that shot out.
This is also a characteristic of the Song Army's firearms. The firearm itself has little impact, but the poisonous nails, poisons, caltrops and other items mixed in the firearm have a certain degree of lethality. They are sharp weapons against the Liao Army and Jin soldiers' cavalry.
Chen Qing directly threw the five-pound barrel of gunpowder downwards. The impact caused by its explosion was much stronger, especially the thousands of tiny poisonous nails, which were extremely lethal, but such poisonous nails could not penetrate iron armor.
, more for war horses.
The successive explosions of dozens of gunpowder barrels stunned thousands of Jurchen cavalry. The horses neighed and ran wildly. In the chaos, hundreds of cavalry fell into the ravine on the right, killing both men and horses.
Seeing countless firearms falling from overhead and exploding, the casualties were extremely heavy. Although not many soldiers died directly, most of the horses and soldiers were more or less hit by the poisoned iron nails...
"Retreat! Retreat!"
Wanyan Huonv was so anxious that she shouted that the Jurchen cavalry were in chaos and were in a mess on the official road. Some were still charging forward, and some didn't know what to do. Some retreated backwards, but the cavalry behind them did not arrive in time.
Retreat, blocking the retreat.
At this moment, the horn of the Song Army's attack sounded. Chen Qing took the lead and led the Song Army's cavalry to attack.
The explosion above their heads stopped, and the Jurchen army withdrew from the mountain road. Before the reorganization was completed, two thousand cavalry rushed through the short mountain and took the lead in the Jurchen army. Behind them, eight thousand cavalry horses galloped, shouting to the Jurchen army.
The Jin soldiers and cavalry came to cover up the enemy.
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[I had something to do at home yesterday and I was busy all day. Today there are only two chapters, not one at noon. I apologize to everyone! 】
