"General Zhou, how many troops do you have?" Jiang Ying stepped forward and asked sharply.
"Four thousand three hundred and fifty people, you know, what happened?" Zhou Jin asked pretending to be confused.
"If you let a thousand soldiers go back to rest, where will these soldiers come from?"
"Of course they are transferred from the other three city walls, plus my 350 people."
"Nonsense!"
Jiang Ying put her hand on the hilt of her sword and glared at Zhou Jin fiercely, "I just came from Beicheng. There are only a thousand people over there, not a single soldier missing. Tell me! What is going on..."
Before he finished speaking, Jiang Ying felt a sharp pain in his chest. When he lowered his head, a bloody sword appeared on his chest. He slowly turned around and saw a tall and burly man standing behind him, who looked vaguely familiar.
"Don't you know me? We met last night. I am Sun Daming, the man who mines kerosene."
Jiang Ying suddenly understood. He roared and blood spurted out from his chest. Tang Qian pulled out his sword. Jiang Ying's body fell softly to the ground and died.
The other dozen or so subordinates were all killed, and not one of them escaped.
Tang Qian said coldly: "At this time, what nonsense is there?"
Tang Qian strode to the city wall and saw countless soldiers outside, so dark that he could not see the edge at a glance.
He turned around and ordered: "Open the city gate!"
The suspension bridge had already been lowered, the city gate creaked open, and tens of thousands of Song soldiers from outside the city poured into the city. A fire was ignited in the military camp. The tent was too dense and burned down. The raging fire swept through the entire military camp in just a moment, and everyone was fast asleep.
The soldiers were awakened. They had no time to put on their shoes. They were barefoot and wearing underwear and ran away crying.
On the street outside the military camp, 30,000 Song troops have surrounded the general camp. The soldiers who escaped either died or knelt down and surrendered. Suddenly someone yelled, and the captain Wanyan Yilabu led dozens of Jurchen cavalry from
They were killed inside the camp gate.
"Fire the arrow!" Liu Qiong shouted.
Thousands of crossbow arrows were fired at the Jurchen cavalry at the same time. Wanyan Yilabu and dozens of cavalry were immediately shot into hedgehogs, and they fell to the ground and died one after another.
"Don't shoot arrows, we surrender! We surrender!"
Countless soldiers shouted from behind, and Liu Qiong shouted loudly: "Put down your weapons, raise your hands and surrender!"
Groups of soldiers raised their hands and ran out of the camp gate. The Jurchen leader was killed. No one could restrain them. The soldiers of the auxiliary army surrendered one after another.
At this time, the other three city gates had also been blocked, and the three thousand soldiers on the top of the city were disarmed by Zhou Jin and chose to surrender.
Ten thousand cavalry were also deployed outside the city to block various escape intersections to prevent soldiers from escaping back to Hedong.
Chen Qing led 10,000 cavalry waiting outside the city. Groups of captured soldiers came out of the city with their hands raised. These soldiers were basically barefoot and wearing underwear. They were sitting in a wilderness, surrounded by Song troops.
cavalry.
At the fifth watch, the fire in the military camp was extinguished, and the last batch of about 3,000 people were escorted out. They hid in the southwest corner, which was relatively open, allowing them to escape.
Liu Qiong got the final confirmation result and rode out of the city to report to Chen Qing, "Report to the king that the entire city has been cleared. A total of more than 13,000 enemy soldiers were captured, nearly 5,000 were burned to death, and the rest were killed."
They killed them all, but no one escaped. The Jurchens also shot them all, and no one survived. Our brothers suffered less than a hundred casualties."
"Where are the people in the city?" Chen Qing asked.
"The people in the city have not been affected."
Chen Qing nodded, "I will leave fifteen thousand people for you to continue cleaning up Fushi County. The two sides of the Yellow River must also be strengthened under surveillance and blockade. No one is allowed to escape back to the east of the river, including merchants!"
Liu Qiong bowed and said: "I humbly obey my orders!"
After daybreak, Chen Qing led 35,000 troops south to Qingquan County. At the same time, a Song army was escorting more than 6,000 captured Confederate troops from Black Wind Valley to Fushi County. Liu Cui's army was also escorting them to Fushi County.
Rush to Qingquan County.
.........
The road from Qingquan County in Yanzhou to the central county in Fangzhou is about three hundred miles long. It basically runs along the Luoshui River Valley. On both sides are endless loess plateaus with undulating mountains and crisscrossing ravines. There are no villages or
There are no woods, no human habitation, just boundless loess.
About one hundred and thirty miles away, there is Luojiao County. There is an official road next to Luojiao County, leading to Luochuan County and Danzhou.
As early as half a month ago, Chen Qing made careful arrangements to completely destroy the official road leading to Luochuan and Danzhou, and several surrounding small roads were also destroyed, making the area between Qingquan County and the central part
It turned into a bottle, or a cloth bag. As long as the two ends were pierced, Wanyan Nianhan's 50,000 troops would be trapped and died on this Luoshui Road.
This trapped beast plan was originally used to deal with Wanyan Yinshuke, but in the end it failed, allowing Wanyan Yinshuke's army to escape from the trail. Unexpectedly, Wanyan Nianhan repeated the same mistake again, giving Chen Qing another chance to implement his trapped beast.
Strategy, this time Chen Qing learned his lesson and would not give Wanyan Nianhan any chance again.
The 50,000 Jurchen army marched rapidly on the boundless Loess Plateau. The sight was drab and dull earthy yellow. Even the Luoshui River was turbid and yellow. After a long time, everyone became a little bit intolerable.
At this time, Wanyan Nianhan found a large forest that had been cut down on the roadside, so he sent someone to find the guide hunter.
He pointed his riding whip at the felled woods and asked, "What's going on with these woods?"
The slightly older Orion said: "Reporting to the prince, there were originally very few trees on the Luoshui Road, and the government did not allow them to be cut down. But last year, another Jin soldiers came across the border and basically cut down all the trees, so the government didn't care. So,
Since last year, people from surrounding counties have been flocking to cut down trees. These trees must have been cut down by people in each county. Wood in Yanzhou and Yanzhou is very expensive, and a tree trunk can be sold for several guan."
Orion's words are true. Wanyan Yinshuke's army did cut down a lot of trees, but not all of them were cut down. The only thing that really cut them all down was the Song army's hard work of clearing the country.
Wanyan Nianhan secretly cursed Wanyan Yinshuke, then pointed at the river and asked, "Why is the river so shallow?"
The leader Orion smiled bitterly and said: "More than ten years ago, the river was very deep and clean. In recent years, the river has become smaller and smaller. The main reason is that too much sediment has accumulated in the upper reaches, which has blocked the river. Every year, the government says that it must be cleaned.
It’s silted, but there’s no movement every year.”
Wanyan Nianhan just asked casually and didn't take it seriously. He asked again: "How far is Luojiao County?"
"It's just twenty miles ahead, but don't expect that county town, Your Majesty?"
Wanyan Nianhan frowned, "What do you mean?"
"The county seat has been abandoned. Last year, the Jin soldiers massacred the city. Almost all the young and strong people were killed. The remaining old, weak, women and children were moved away one after another. All the useful materials in the county seat were stripped and taken away by the people of several nearby counties."
"What?"
Wanyan Nianhan suddenly realized that he was not fully prepared, or that he knew nothing about the actual situation, and only relied on maps to make plans. He also planned to go to Luojiao County to rest for a night and replenish some military rations. Unexpectedly, Luojiao
Jiao County was actually abolished.
He gritted his teeth and ordered: "Speed up and go to Luojiao County!"
Wanyan Nianhan still had a glimmer of hope in his heart, maybe the situation would not be as bad as he imagined.
.........
In the evening, the Jin soldiers arrived in Luojiao County. As expected, Wanyan Nianhan was greatly disappointed. There was no one in the city, and all the houses were only ruins. They were all rammed loess walls, and all the slightly useful things had been taken away.
, not even a stick was left.
At this time, General Ba Lisu hurriedly found Wanyan Nianhan and said, "Marshal Du, something is wrong!"
Wanyan Nianhan frowned, "What's wrong?"
"If the city was in ruins because of the massacre last year, there shouldn't be wheat in the surrounding farmland, but I found traces of wheat growing there."
There are wheat fields on both sides of the river around the county. When Wanyan Nianhan came to the wheat field, he saw that all the wheat in the wheat field had been cut off, and there were still green wheat stalks left. It was true that wheat had been planted and had been cut off temporarily.
of.
Thinking of the trees that had been cut down along the way, a word immediately popped into Wanyan Nianhan's mind, "Strong walls clear the wilderness!"
He yelled in anger and ordered: "Bring me the Orion guide!"
Not long after, a soldier came to report: "Marshal Du, three guides are missing!"
"What!"
Wanyan Nianhan felt dizzy before his eyes, and he finally realized that he had fallen into a trap.