Chapter Five Hundred and Twenty-Three Sending Troops
Five years after entering Shaoxing, the situation in various parts of Guanzhong has been very calm. In late January, the ice and snow melted away, and spring plowing began in various parts of Guanzhong.
There is a Weishui tavern in the south of Jingzhao City. The tavern is very small, not even a restaurant. It has two floors and is not close to the main street. It is run by a shopkeeper and three clerks. It is inconspicuous in the capital.
But this inconspicuous tavern is Xihe Road's spy in Jingzhao City.
Chen Qing also discovered that although the Jurchen Army's home base has always been Fengxiang, the main force of the Jurchen Army is currently in Jingzhao. He suspected that Wanyan Helisha was going to attack Hanzhong from the east for the second time, and his monitoring of Jingzhao had also changed.
must be extremely important.
The tavern owner's surname is Fang, and the three bartenders, like him, are members of the Second Scout Battalion.
This morning, the tavern was preparing to open as usual. A bartender ran back and nervously said to the shopkeeper: "The Jurchen military camp outside the city is empty. The army left at the first watch last night!"
Shopkeeper Fang stood up and asked, "Where are you going?"
"It must have driven south. I've investigated it at my humble job."
"you sure?"
The bartender nodded, "I'm sure, I asked a roadside shop twenty miles south of the military camp, and they all said that there were troops crossing the border last night, and the time exactly coincided with the time when the Jurchen army left the military camp."
Shopkeeper Fang immediately went back and wrote an eagle letter and handed it to a bartender, "Go outside the city and send this eagle letter immediately!"
The bartender took the letter and hurried away.
Half an hour later, a trust eagle slowly took off outside the south city, circled twice and flew west.
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At this time, 30,000 troops were also assembled outside Chengji County. Chen Qing was also wearing armor and helmets and was ready to set off. Although the court ordered him to return to Lin'an in the spring to report on his duties, Chen Qing decided to attack Pingliang Prefecture for the second time. The war was about to begin. He
I have no time to go to Lin'an.
Chen Qing got on his horse and was about to head out of the city. At this time, a soldier rushed over and said, "Captain, please stay!"
Chen Qing reined in his horse, and the soldier ran forward and handed him a roll of Eagle Letter, "This was just sent from Jingzhao City. It seems to contain important information!"
Chen Qing took the information and opened it. There was a line on it, 'Twenty thousand Jurchen troops have gone south overnight, and their destination is unknown!'
Chen Qing frowned slightly. Walking south from Jingzhao, there were only two places to go, either Ziwu Road or Shangluo Road. However, the opponent did not have many troops. There were only 20,000 troops. To attack Hanzhong, at least 50,000 troops would be needed.
, what is Wanyan drinking Lisa doing?
He thought for a while, handed Ying Xin to the soldier and said: "Give Ying Xin to Zhang Sima and ask him to immediately send someone to notify Hanzhong to be careful to prevent Jin soldiers from attacking from the east front!"
"Yes!" the soldier turned and returned to the military camp.
Chen Qing urged his horse to rush out of the east city with three hundred soldiers...
Thirty thousand Song troops had already marched toward the northeast in mighty force. Thirty thousand Song troops and five thousand camels carrying tents crossed the Weishui pontoon bridge and headed north along the official road.
It was not that the Song army had no baggage, but that the baggage had secretly moved northward as early as twenty days ago.
Before the troops and horses were moved, food and grass went first. Starting from November last year, the Song Army used camels to transport food and materials to Tongbian County, Deshun Prefecture. After the New Year, they began to transport trebuchet parts.
Liu Qiong led an army of five thousand and rushed to Tongbian County along with the first batch of grain and grass.
The army traveled day and night, and arrived in Tongbian County six days later. Tongbian County is a middle county in Deshun Prefecture, located at the western foot of Dalong Mountain, only twenty miles away from the famous Longshan Pass.
A camp has been set up outside the city, and all kinds of materials are piled neatly in the camp. The army has entered and agreed to rest. Chen Qing looked in the direction of Longshan Pass and asked: "Is there any news from Pingliang County?"
Liu Qiong said quickly: "It's still news from seven days ago. There is no new news yet. Do you think there should be news?"
Chen Qing said calmly: "We sent troops six days ago. I believe Li Cheng also has spies in Chengji County. He must know the news about our sending troops and also guess that we sent troops to Pingliang County. How could he not make any move?"
Liu Qiong became more and more surprised, "It is true that there is no news so far. The brothers at Longshan Pass are all normal. Could it be that something happened to the spies from Pingliang Mansion?"
At this moment, Chen Qing looked at the sky and said with a smile: "It's coming!"
Liu Qiong quickly looked up and took a closer look, only to see an eagle passing over their camp and flying towards the county town. The eagle tower was in the county town.
Not long after, a soldier galloped out from the county town on horseback. Not long after, he was brought to Chen Qing. The soldier knelt down on one knee and reported, "Alert to the capital, there is an urgent message from Pingliang Mansion!"
Chen Qing took the letter from Eagle and looked at it carefully. There was a line on it, 'Pingliang County has increased its troops by 5,000 people!'
Chen Qing handed the eagle letter to Liu Qiong. Liu Qiong was surprised and said: "Only five thousand additional troops?"
Chen Qing smiled slightly and said: "Five thousand people is already a lot. There were originally five thousand people, and now there are ten thousand troops stationed in Pingliang County. What's more, there are ten thousand barrels of kerosene in the city. They rely on these ten thousand barrels of fire oil."
Oil!"
"The commander-in-chief is right. If we don't find a way to crack it, ten thousand people plus ten thousand barrels of kerosene will be enough to defend the city."
Chen Qing nodded and ordered the people around him: "Give me the order and we'll set off early the day after tomorrow!"
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At the same time that Chen Qing led his army to Tongbian County, the people Zhang Xiao sent to Hanzhong to deliver the message also arrived in Nanzheng County.
After Liu Guangshi read the letter, he laughed and said: "This Chen Qing treats me as a three-year-old child."
Yang Chui'an, an aide, asked puzzledly: "Why does Xuanfu think so?"
"Isn't this obvious? In order not to go to Lin'an to report on his duties, he deliberately led the army to go on an expedition, but he was afraid that I would raid his lair, so he used the Jin soldiers to make a fuss and asked me to deploy heavy troops to guard against the Jin soldiers. Naturally, there was no
The opportunity arose to raid his lair, and this was his wishful thinking."
"Is Xuanfu really going to dig out his lair?"
Liu Guangshi sneered and said: "I have received a secret order from the emperor. If Chen Qing refuses to return to Lin'an to report his duties, then I will wait for an opportunity to capture him. His wife and children are all in Chengji County. If I capture Chengji County at this time,
, with his wife and children in his hands, he doesn’t believe that he can continue to fight against the imperial court?”
"But don't forget, Ambassador Xuanfu, there are still 20,000 defenders in Chengji County!"
"I know that capturing Chengji County is not about attacking by force, but about taking advantage of it. I sent five hundred people to sneak into the city separately, and then took the opportunity to cooperate inside and outside at night to capture Chengji County in one fell swoop. As long as the city is broken, 20,000 people will not be enough.
consider."
"Does the Xuanfu ambassador really want to go?"
Liu Guangshi stood up and said coldly: "The official secret purpose is here, how could I not go!"
An hour later, Liu Guangshi led an army of 15,000 people to leave Nanzheng and headed towards Xianrenguan. He also sent people to inform generals Wang De and Li Qiong, ordering them to lead 10,000 troops each and rush to the north.
Meet yourself at Xianren Pass.
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20,000 Jurchen cavalry and 30,000 Puppet Qi troops had already assembled in front of Ziwu Pass. Wanyan shouted and Lisha gave an order, and the 50,000-strong army passed Ziwu Pass and marched toward Raofeng Pass along Ziwu Ridge.
The vanguard army was none other than Han Chang, the commander of ten thousand men. He was a veteran in attacking Sichuan and Shaanxi and stayed in Sichuan and Shaanxi. He was somewhat demoted by Wanyan Wushu. Although he was the commander of ten thousand men, he could only lead three thousand troops, but he was completely
However, Yan Chang valued him very much and ordered him to lead an army of five thousand to capture Raofeng Pass first.
All the Jin soldiers knew that they could cross Raofengling from Cicada Valley, and all the generals under Wu Jie knew about it, but Zhu Wu, the current chief general of Raofengguan, did not know.
Zhu Wu is Liu Shiguang's subordinate general, which is equivalent to the commander level. The original chief general of Raofengguan has been demoted and transferred to Bashu. The various guarding troops have also been exchanged. Currently, there are 2,000 people in this army.
The garrison at Beixianren Pass was the garrison at Beixianren Pass and knew nothing about the situation at Raofeng Pass.
Han Chang originally thought that there would be a fierce battle to capture the Cicada Valley, but he did not expect that the Song army would not have any garrison in the Cicada Valley. Their five thousand troops passed through the valley easily.
Han Chang was overjoyed. He immediately divided his troops into two groups and ordered his general Li Shaoyong to lead a thousand men to the top of the mountain. He himself led four thousand troops to rush toward the Song army camp behind Raofeng Pass with murderous intent.
Only 300 troops can be stationed at Raofengguan, and the other troops are stationed in the military camp behind. Han Chang is bound to win this battle.
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