As night falls, the stars are faint, the moon appears and disappears in the thin clouds, and the earth is bright and dark.
Around Hai hour, Liu Qiong and Tang Qian's scout team met up.
"What's the enemy's situation?" Liu Qiong asked anxiously.
"Reporting to the commander, the enemy's transport team spent the night in a mountain col. Just a dozen miles in front, two humble subordinates were watching above the mountain col!"
"What's the situation in the mountain col, and what's the situation with the army and baggage?"
Tang Qian hurriedly said: "The mountain col is very deep and wide, at least seven or eight miles deep and one or two miles wide. It is like a pointed hat, getting narrower as you go inward. The baggage is in the innermost part, followed by the driver and the ox cart, and then a group of people."
Hundreds of large tents, followed by two thousand Jurchen cavalry, lit a dozen bonfires, and dozens of soldiers stood guard at the mountain pass."
Liu Qiong nodded. This is the most common deployment method and is also to ensure the safety of the baggage.
Seeing Tang Qian hesitate to speak, he smiled and said, "What else does Tang Qian want to say?"
"Bizhong thinks we can go down from the top of the col and set fire directly inside!"
"If you go down from the top of the mountain col, you won't be discovered by the enemy? There should be sentries around the baggage train!"
Tang Qian hurriedly said: "The commander doesn't know, there is a small cha valley on the side. Going out is the place where the coachmen rest. If I see a coach driver running into the cha valley for convenience, we can pretend to be the coach drivers and sneak in."
"I'm worried about how the brother who sneaked in can come out?"
"Take advantage of the chaos and come out the way you came from, and we'll pull him up directly."
Liu Qiong pondered for a moment and said: "Then let me go down!"
Tang Qian was startled, "How can you let the commander take risks? Of course he has to take a humble position."
Liu Qiong waved her hand, "Don't argue with me. With my martial arts, I can kill a dozen Jurchens without any problem. You just need to throw down the kerosene bag in time."
"It seems that there is kerosene in the baggage."
"No! It's more convenient to use your own."
Liu Qiong waved his hand, and everyone dismounted and took a detour to the Jurchen soldiers' quarters.
The mountain cols where the Jurchen army camped were very common on the Loess Plateau. There would be one almost every other distance. These were also places where people liked to live, especially the mountain cols by the river, which were the settlements of villages.
But there are no people living in the mountain col on the official road. There is only one reason: lack of water. The nearest river is at the foot of the mountain more than 20 miles away.
In fact, the official road is located on the mountainside of a very long mountain, but the mountain is so big that no one can feel it.
At the top of a mountain col, Liu Qiong looked down the valley. The bottom of the valley was not deep, about seven to eight feet. In the distance of the valley, there were blazing fires. More than a dozen bonfires were lit. Jurchen soldiers could be seen looming around the bonfires, barbecuing and drinking.
laugh loudly,
All kinds of baggage are piled in the innermost part of the valley, all of which have been unloaded. Each part is huge and piled up like a mountain.
There were hundreds of ox carts parked about a hundred steps away from the baggage train. A large group of cart drivers gathered together, but there was no campfire, so they could only drink water and eat dry food in silence.
At this time, Liu Qiong unexpectedly discovered that there were no Jurchen sentries guarding the luggage, and they should still be eating meat and drinking wine by the campfire.
Moreover, the nest cart is very large, stacked up several feet high. I should not be discovered if I get out wearing black clothes. The cart driver is still far away, and it is impossible for him to have such good eyesight.
"Get me a rope!"
Liu Qiong made a quick decision and went down from here.
The reason why Chen Qing sent Liu Qiong to lead troops to the periphery was because he was clear-headed, decisive, and able to distinguish priorities.
If Liu Cui or Yang Zaixing were leading the troops, they would consider not only burning the baggage but also annihilating the two thousand enemy troops. In all likelihood, they would take action at midnight.
But Liu Qiong wouldn't think so. Now that he had the opportunity, of course he had to make a decisive decision and seize the opportunity. If it was delayed until midnight, an accident might happen.
What he wanted to do was to attack the baggage, not the enemy troops. He knew clearly in his mind which was more important and which was less important.
The moon hid behind the large thin clouds, the earth became dark, and it would not come out for at least a cup of tea. Liu Qiong grabbed the rope and jumped down. A dozen soldiers were pulling on the rope.
The darkness concealed Liu Qiong's figure. He only carried a knife and a dagger, and a bag of kerosene weighing twenty kilograms on his back.
Liu Qiong was extremely fast. He dropped four feet in three leaps. The huge figure of Chao Che blocked him, and he soon landed on the ground.
Liu Qiong first touched the countless large barrels stacked together. He pulled out his dagger and pierced the barrels. Fine powder was sprinkled inside, which was gunpowder. There were more than a hundred barrels. Although it would be a pity to blow it up, Liu Qiong did not blow it up.
They steal ideas.
He found another large wooden barrel, stabbed it in, and a black liquid spurted out. This time it was kerosene.
He took off the kerosene from his back, sprayed it on the baggage, threw away the sheepskin bag, and stabbed him dozens of times. Dozens of barrels of kerosene began to leak, and soon the ground was covered with kerosene.
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Liu Qiong then ran to the rope and pulled hard three times. The soldiers above immediately pulled him up.
"Prepare torches!" Liu Qiong climbed up and ordered.
A dozen soldiers lit torches and threw them into the canyon together.
"boom!"
The leaking kerosene on the ground was ignited, and the flames spread rapidly, burning the entire area.
"Run!"
Liu Qiong turned around and ran away with his men. He didn't know what would happen if a hundred barrels of gunpowder were ignited. They could only run as far as they could now.
The fire was getting bigger and bigger. The coachmen in the distance saw it first, and the cattle pulling the cart began to panic. The coachmen hurriedly drove the carts out. It was not important to put out the fire. These carts were their lives.
The Jurchen soldiers also discovered the fire, and they were so shocked that they ran over one after another. At this moment, they heard an earth-shattering explosion. The whole earth trembled, and the huge nest car parts were blown to pieces.
Black rain fell from the sky. This was caused by kerosene being blown up into the sky and crackling down again. Then the fire ignited again in the valley. Hundreds of tents were ignited. Thick smoke billowed. The entire valley was filled with black smoke.
It is impossible to put out the fire anymore.
With no choice, the two thousand Jurchen cavalry galloped out of the valley and soon disappeared into the darkness.
Liu Qiong watched the Jurchen cavalry go away from a distance. The opponent's team remained undisturbed despite the crisis and remained neat and orderly while running in the dark. The Jurchen cavalry was powerful and well-deserved. If the opponent only had 500 people, he would
You can ambush them, but the opponent has two thousand people, four times as many as you.
Let's forget it! Liu Qiong is self-aware. If the other party finds out that they set fire to the Song Army, it would be strange if they don't fight with him.
As for escaping with hundreds of bullock carts, Liu Qiong did not disturb them. He did not lead his army into the valley until dawn. The bonfire had been extinguished, and the ground was a mess. There were uneaten mutton and mutton wine everywhere, and there were many women.
Personal belongings that no one can take away in time.
The soldiers of the Song Army picked up a lot of money bags and other belongings, which was an unexpected surprise.
The fire was almost extinguished, and there was no trace of kerosene or kerosene. Only the scattered remains of the nest car were left on the ground, almost all burned to black charcoal, and there were some scattered flames.
After confirming the victory, Liu Qiong gave an order, and the five hundred cavalry quickly left the valley and rushed towards Anyuanzhai.
This ambush ruined Wanyan Wushu's plan to use a chariot to attack Ganquan Fort. He did not carry much kerosene, so he had to temporarily put down the idea of attacking.
But there was no light in the west and light in the east. After several days of digging, the soldiers finally discovered the underground river. Fan Gong was overjoyed and immediately ordered the underground river to be cut off.
Wanyan Wushu heard the news that the underground river had been cut off, and a glimmer of hope ignited in his heart. Once the well water in the city was cut off, the Song army would not be able to sustain it for long even if there was water.
He and Wan Yanchang reached an agreement and immediately changed their offensive strategy, turning the attack into a siege, and waited patiently for the city to fall into chaos.