Chen Qing unexpectedly discovered that the enemy's 10,000-strong garrison had not been encountered. He hurriedly called for peripheral scouts to inquire. Only then did he learn that the enemy's garrison retreated shortly after Wanyan Huonv was injured and disappeared.
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Chen Qing understood in his heart that it was Wanyan Yinke who should be able to judge that the Jurchen army would be defeated, but he could not immediately notify the withdrawal of the troops. They would be killed and he would be harmed, so he retreated first.
Chen Qing then ordered to clean up the battlefield. In this battle, the Song army killed more than 24,500 Jin soldiers. The Song army suffered nearly 7,000 casualties, of which about 5,000 were killed. This was more than Chen Qing's army.
, the one with the greatest casualties.
At this time, the main force of the Song army still had 33,000 people, while the main force of the Jin army only had 30,000 people at most, and the strength of the army began to reverse.
The Song army kept no prisoners of war, so Chen Qing ordered all injured Jurchen soldiers to be executed. These Jurchens had all participated in the invasion of the Song Dynasty. Each of them had a heavy blood debt on their hands, and death was not enough to atone for their sins.
The armor of the Jurchens is quite good. Many soldiers actually wear the mountain pattern armor of the Song army. These mountain pattern armors cannot be seen on ordinary Song army soldiers. Only generals and the imperial guards around the emperor are eligible to wear them.
In addition to armor and weapons, the Song army also seized more than 17,000 war horses, battle flags, and countless gongs and drums. In addition, they also found a large amount of property from the fallen soldiers, mainly gold, silver, copper coins, and various jewelry.
Chen Qing rewarded all the property to the three armies, and there was thunderous joy.
All the bodies of the Jurchen soldiers were burned and buried deeply. The bodies of the fallen Song soldiers were also burned separately. The bones were put into bags, labeled with names, and returned to their relatives.
Song Jun spent a day just clearing the battlefield and rested overnight. At noon the next day, the army gathered and prepared to set off. At this time, Chen Qing received news from Yang Zaixing on the Eastern Front. Yang Zaixing led an army of 40,000 on the Eastern Front in the 80s.
Encountering 10,000 Jurchen defeated troops inside and outside, the 10,000 Jurchen army was morally shattered and had no fighting spirit, so they all surrendered to the Song army.
Chen Qing was stunned by this news. How could there be only 10,000 people, and Wan Yan Yin could do it?
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Wanyan Yinkeshu sent a dozen Han Chinese from the Liao Kingdom disguised as Song troops to look for passages other than the official road. These dozen soldiers met a hunter who pretended to be looking for a path to Luoshui Road to ambush the Jin soldiers. The old hunter believed it.
He pointed out a path to them, and Jin Bing finally found a secret passage to escape from the official road in the northwest.
Wanyan Yinke was very cunning. In order to confuse the Song army, he only gathered a part of the defeated soldiers and his own 10,000 garrison troops, about 20,000 people, then left the official road and walked quickly along the trail.
The remaining Khitans, Xi people and some Jurchens did not know that the main force had withdrawn, so they continued to retreat eastward. They were still about forty miles away from Luojiao. They encountered Yang Zaixing's 40,000-strong army who intercepted here.
More than a hundred defeated soldiers were disheartened and had lost all their fighting spirit. They had no intention of fighting anymore, so they laid down their weapons and surrendered to the Song army.
Yang Zaixing immediately sent someone to report to Chen Qing. When Chen Qing discovered that the situation was abnormal, it was already noon the next day, a total delay of twelve hours.
Liu Cui clasped his fists and said: "Du Tong, it is impossible for the Jin soldiers to fly with wings. They must be hiding in a mountain col. I am willing to lead the troops to find them!"
Chen Qing shook his head, "They can't sustain food for a few days, so they can't hide in the mountain col. I'm worried that they have found a trail."
Liu Qiong suddenly said anxiously: "There are at least dozens of forks along the way. If you look for them one by one, wouldn't you find that you will be able to find them in the year of the monkey and the month of the horse?"
Everyone was silent, this matter was indeed very difficult.
At this time, Tang Qian hurriedly came over, bowed to Chen Qing and said, "I would like to inform the commander-in-chief that there is a young hunter who wants to see you in an urgent matter. He said he knows the whereabouts of Jin Bing."
Chen Qing quickly said: "Bring him in!"
Not long after, a man about 24 or 25 years old was brought over. He was very strong and his eyes were full of anger.
Several soldiers stopped him vigilantly, preventing him from getting close. The man suddenly knelt on the ground and burst into tears.
"Don't cry yet, tell us what you know."
The man endured his grief and said: "The villain is called Nie Jianhui, and he is a local hunter. I just came home today and saw my mother lying in a pool of blood, dying, but my father was nowhere to be seen. My mother told me before she died, Yesterday, more than a dozen Song soldiers came, saying they were looking for a trail to stop the Jin soldiers, so my father took them to a trail, but one of them came back and stabbed my mother seriously."
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Everyone looked at each other, vaguely guessing the outcome. Chen Qing asked calmly: "What happens next?"
"Then I chased him along the river, and found my father's body in a gully beside the northern trail. He had been killed by them."
The young hunter was so sad that he burst into tears again.
Tang Qian persuaded him for a moment, and the young hunter finally calmed down. Chen Qing asked again: "Does the trail you mentioned have any traces of the passage of an army?"
"Yes! There are horseshoe prints all over the ground. There are at least tens of thousands of people. In the ravine where my father died, there are also many discarded broken weapons."
Chen Qing winked at the soldiers, and one of them immediately brought the pen and said, "Draw that path!"
The man held the pen and roughly drew a path. As he drew, he said: "This small river is about fifteen miles ahead. It is not the small river five miles ahead. It has to go further ten miles. Although they finally converge, But it's still different. Find this small river and walk north along the river. After about fifty or sixty miles, you will reach a mountain. Then follow a winding path at the foot of the mountain to the northwest. After another hundred miles or so, you will arrive at Luoyang. waterway.”
"Wait a minute!"
Chen Qing interrupted him and asked: "Is the exit of Luoshui Road you are talking about located in the north or south of Luojiao County?"
"In the north, about thirty miles away from Luojiao County!"
Chen Qing's heart sank. What he was most worried about had indeed happened. Jin Bing would escape from the north of Luojiao Road.
"Are there any special signs near this exit?"
“The exit is right next to Guandi Temple!”
Chen Qing immediately wrote the words "Guandi Temple" on the exit, and handed it to the soldiers together with a golden arrow. He said: "Run now and hand it over to Commander Yang, asking him to send troops to Guandi Temple immediately to block it." exit!"
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On a winding path in the northwest, an army of 20,000 people was marching at great speed. Although the road was very narrow, it was not an obstacle to the Jurchens who grew up on horseback. They controlled the horses skillfully and could actually do The two riders rode side by side.
A day and a night had passed since the march, and the Jin soldiers did not bother to rest and marched in a hurry. This was their only chance to escape, and their success depended on this.
Wanyan Yinkeshu was unable to ride a horse. He was lying on a large sliding pole, covered with a thick blanket. Four strong soldiers were carrying him to walk. The same was true for Wanyan Huonu behind him. He had lost his right hand and was in a very emotional state. low.
Wanyan Yinkeshu was in a good mood. When he saw Wanyan Huonv's sad face, he smiled and said: "Don't worry, the Song army has to clean up the battlefield. By the time they find out that something is wrong, we will already be on the Luoshui Road."
Wanyan Huonv looked at her tightly wrapped right arm and almost cried without tears. His father and brother were killed by Chen Qing, and now he himself was seriously injured in Chen Qing's hands and became a cripple. This
He would never be able to avenge such a big revenge.
At this time, there was a noise from the front, Wanyan Yinkeshu frowned, what happened?
A soldier ran over excitedly and shouted: "Marshal Du, we have entered Luoshui Road ahead."
"Ah! Is there an ambush from the Song Army?"
"No! Thousands of our front troops have entered Luoshui Road. There is an earthen temple next to it, and there is no trace of the Song army around."
It was only then that Wanyan Yinkeshu's heart dropped in the air.