Everything has pros and cons. Although Ziwu Valley went south, the defenders at Ziwu Pass never expected that an army would arrive, which really caught them off guard.
Chen Qing ordered Yang Zaixing to lead 300 soldiers to seize the pass, while he led 10,000 cavalry to surround more than 50 large tents in the depression.
The soldiers were so frightened that they came out of their tents and surrendered.
General Wang Chun was dragged out of the army by soldiers and beheaded in front of everyone.
The surrounding torches illuminated the snowy ground like daylight, and the three hundred soldiers were all panic-stricken under the blazing light.
At this time, Chen Qing rode forward slowly and looked at the three hundred soldiers.
Chen Qing was familiar with this garrison. The soldiers used to be Wang Yan's Eight-Character Army. Later, the general became Fu Xuan, and the soldiers gradually fell into decline.
"Everyone should know me!"
Chen Qing said to everyone: "We were all once part of the Eight-Character Army, and we were also Wang Dutong's subordinates. We also fought against the Jin Dynasty and served the country. But I really didn't expect that we would meet as enemies today."
All the soldiers lowered their heads in shame, and Chen Qing's words were like knives piercing their hearts.
Chen Qing took a deep breath and said slowly: "I want to tell you a piece of news. Wang Dutong has been unfortunately killed in Xiangyang. He and hundreds of people were surrounded by tens of thousands of puppet Qi troops. He would rather die in battle than to
You surrendered to the enemy, but you surrendered, how can you be worthy of the dead Wang Dutong, and how can you explain to him?"
At first, some soldiers knelt down on the snow and cried loudly. More and more soldiers knelt down and cried loudly. Finally, three hundred soldiers knelt down and cried loudly.
The two dozen soldiers who had been captured by Yang Zaixing and came down also knelt behind.
Chen Qing couldn't bear to kill these soldiers, so he shouted, "Listen!"
The crying gradually stopped, and the three hundred soldiers looked at Chen Qing blankly.
"I know that it was Wang Chun who surrendered to Jin Bing, and you were forced to follow. Surrendering was not your original intention, so I will give you a chance and we can choose."
The eyes of all the soldiers gradually came to life. They all knew what it meant to have a choice?
Chen Qing continued to say loudly: "You can choose to go home. If you are willing to go home, each person will be given two buckets of rice as dry food on the road. Leave tonight. If you want to become a Song Army again, that's fine. Just put all your
Take off your armor and clothes, wash your body with snow, and become a Song Army again. Now you can choose."
The soldiers began to take off their armor. None of the three hundred soldiers chose to go home. No one was willing to leave the army as a golden soldier and return home. How should they explain to their parents, wives and children? How should they explain to their ancestors?
A spectacle appeared on the snow. Three hundred naked soldiers of the Song Army stood on the snow and scrubbed their bodies with snow, as if they were cleaning their souls. Everyone's face was livid with cold and their bodies were shivering.
Chen Qing gave Niu Gao a wink, and Niu Gao led his men to throw three hundred new sets of armor, clothes and underwear to the soldiers. The soldiers silently put on the new clothes and armor.
Chen Qing said to Niu Gao: "They are incorporated into your subordinates, take them down to have a bowl of ginger soup!"
Niu Gao took the 300 soldiers down, and Chen Qing quickly came to the warehouse. Jiang Yanxian was leading the soldiers to count the grain and supplies. Chen Qing hoped that the grain and grass in Ziwu Pass could replenish them for two or three days, otherwise they would have
You may not be able to get out of Ziwu Valley.
"How much food is there?" Chen Qing asked with concern.
"There are four hundred stones of food, including flour, one thousand loads of fodder, dozens of livestock, fifty tents, and some medicinal materials, dried meat, milk wine, weapons and other supplies."
After calculation, each soldier can get five kilograms of flour, which can last for two days. In this way, the soldiers will have ten days of food.
Chen Qing nodded, "Pass my order, the soldiers will rest on the spot and set off early tomorrow morning!"
The soldiers cut down trees around the area, lit bonfires, and rested around the bonfires.
Early the next morning, the army packed up, crossed Ziwu Ridge, and entered Ziwu Valley.
The terrain in Ziwu Valley is relatively flat and also covered with thick white snow, but there are traces of the army walking through it, which are the traces left by the army led by Wanyan Wushu before.
It is possible to walk on sleds in Ziwu Valley. Chen Qing immediately ordered a thousand simple sleds made from pine branches, put all the food and grass supplies on the sleds, and let the camels pull them forward, freeing the horses. In this way, the soldiers
You can ride a horse and move forward.
Perhaps because of the sleds, the team moved very quickly. It took eight days for the army to leave the Ziwu Valley, two days earlier than expected. At this time, the remaining food and grass were distributed to everyone.
Soldiers no longer need sleds. A thousand camels carrying various military supplies follow the team.
When the team left Ziwu Valley, the world became infinitely open, and the soldiers couldn't help but cheer.
Chen Qing ordered the army to speed up and rush westward.
The fire at the top of Wuguan City was raging into the sky, and thick smoke was billowing. More than 10,000 puppet Qi army defenders looked at the fire on the pass from a distance. This was the second time in ten days that they were burned by fire.
The general is called Zhang Shao, one of the three major commanders under Li Cheng. He was ordered to lead an army of 30,000 to guard Shangzhou to prevent the Song army from entering Guanzhong from Shangzhou.
The Song army had been attacking Wuguan for ten days, but there was no real attack on the city. They either attacked with bows and arrows, or threw kerosene, as if they did not carry siege weapons.
Zhang Shao was still very nervous at the beginning and personally led 15,000 soldiers to defend Wuguan. But as the battle progressed, he felt something was getting worse and worse. During the ten days of siege, the casualties among his defenders were less than 1,000.
, most of them were burned.
The other side only had two to three hundred casualties, so it didn't look like a siege at all.
The key is that the opponent can obviously capture Wuguan. For example, now, the city is burning with fire and there is not a single soldier on top of the city. The opponent can use the battering ram to break open the city gate, but there is no movement from the opponent.
You know, Chen Qing's army is famous for defending and attacking cities. How could they not take advantage of this opportunity?
There is only one answer. The Song army did not want to capture Wuguan at all.
Not only Zhang Shao realized that something was wrong, but most of his generals also woke up. Commander Liu Shun said to Zhang Shao: "Du Tong, yesterday I discovered that the number of enemy troops was not that many, maybe only five or six thousand. Looking at these
Tian's attack is becoming more and more obvious, I'm afraid the Song army is pretending to attack Wuguan!"
The generals said one after another: "Du Tong, since the Song army refuses to come in, let's open the city and fight out!"
Zhang Shao began to waver in his heart. After pondering for a moment, he ordered: "Give me my order. Open the door first and prepare the entire army for war!"
Fifteen thousand troops quickly formed their formations and prepared to attack.
The gate to Guancheng slowly opened. After waiting for a long time, there was no movement outside.
Zhang Shao ordered a team of spies: "Go to the outside of the city to investigate!"
A dozen spies galloped away on horseback. After a while, the leader of the spies came back and shouted: "Report to the capital, no enemy troops can be seen, and the enemy barracks have disappeared!"
Zhang Shao was shocked and immediately led his army to fight out. Sure enough, the enemy army had disappeared without a trace, and the camp three miles away was also missing.
Liu Shun whispered: "Is there a mistake in the information?"
Zhang Shao shook his head, he didn't know what was going on?
He immediately ordered: "Send an eagle letter to Jing Zhao immediately!"
An eagle slowly flew to Jingzhao. Soon, the flying eagle of Jingzhao spread its wings and flew to Bianliang. Two days later, Wan Yanchang received the news from Shangzhou.
This news really left Wan Yanchang speechless for a long time. He never thought that the plan to send troops formed in the imperial study room was actually fake and successfully deceived him. Isn't Chen Qing afraid of deceiving the emperor?
For a moment, Wanyanchang's head was as big as a bucket. He ran to the map and took a closer look. Where did Chen Qing's army go?
It would not be wrong to attack Fengxiang. This is indeed the most brilliant strategy to encircle Wei and save Zhao, and it is also the only plan that can make Wanyan Wushu retreat. Chen Qing will definitely adopt this plan.
The key is where did he enter Guanzhong?
If it is not Shangzhou Road, then we can only go west, Ziwu Road, Luo Tang Road, Chencang Road, which road will it be?
At this time, Wan Yanchang's eyes were fixed on Ziwu Road. This was the passage that Wanyan Wushu had just walked through. The plank roads and bridges inside had been restored. Moreover, last year, Chen Qing used this road to make a surprise attack on Jingzhao.
, he is very familiar with this place.
It must be it, Wan Yanchang can be sure this time, Chen Qing must have gone north through Ziwu Valley, but the question is, so long has passed, where is Chen Qing?
Wan Yanchang immediately ordered: "Send an eagle letter to Jingzhao and tell Li Cheng that Chen Qing is entering Guanzhong via Ziwu Valley and order him to stop me no matter what!"
