Fenghou

Chapter 130 Risky Chess (Part [-])
Among the two people who delivered the letter, Chen Qing knew one of them, Liu Ziyu's youngest son Liu Cui, who left a deep impression on Chen Qing in the riding and shooting competition not long ago.

Liu Cui's martial arts skills are so strong that he broke through the siege of the Golden Soldiers sentry and went to the Jiwangpo barracks.

After Chen Qing finished reading Liu Ziyu's letter, he handed the letter to Yang Yuanqing again, and he became thoughtful for a moment.

Liu Ziyu also discovered Jin Bing's plan. As the capital, he could not just sit back and watch Xigu's defense become empty. He proposed a solution. Both sides attacked the [-] enemy troops besieged, and then both sides joined forces to cut off the Jin Bing. logistics.

This is actually the meaning of their existence in the West Valley. Once the Jin soldiers directly attack Dashan Pass, they will cut off the supply line from behind.

Chen Qing asked Liu Cui to go down to rest first, and he discussed Liu Ziyu's plan with several generals.

"Yuanqing, what do you think?" Chen Qing asked Yang Yuanqing.

Yang Yuanqing pondered for a moment, then said slowly: "I'd like to ask you one thing first. When Wu Dutong sent a commander to station at Jiwangpo, did you mention Liu Dutong?"

"Of course I mentioned it!"

"Did Wu Dutong say, who is the master and who is the deputy between you and Liu Dutong? Or who is the leader?"

Chen Qing pondered for a moment and said: "It is true that I am asked to cooperate with Liu Du to defend the West Valley, so as to prevent the enemy from cutting off the monk's original Song army's retreat."

"That's right. According to the practice of the Western Army, as long as they are performing the same task, even if they are two different armies, there will inevitably be a master and a deputy. Although Wu Dutong did not say it clearly, he still implied that the commander should cooperate with Liu. Everyone guards the West Valley"

Chen Qing understood what Yang Yuanqing meant, and he raised the letter in his hand, "You mean, this is actually a military order?"

Yang Yuanqing nodded, "To a certain extent, he is indeed a military order, but Liu Dutong is more polite and did not give an explicit order."

"Military order shit!"

Zheng Ping said angrily at the side: "We only have more than [-] people, and if we attack [-] cavalry, isn't that courting death? He has a lot of troops, why didn't he destroy the enemy first, and then attack the golden soldiers with us?"

"Fatty Zheng, calm down!"

Chen Qing glared at Zheng Ping in dissatisfaction, then asked the commander Wang Duo, "What is General Wang's opinion?"

Wang Duo is Wang Yan's nephew, about [-] years old, and his relationship with Fu Xuan is very bad. Wang Yan worried that he would be suppressed by Fu Xuan, so he handed Wang Duo to Chen Qing.

Wang Duo smiled slightly and said, "I believe the Commander already has his own ideas, the Commander might as well let us speak out and let us all discuss it."

Chen Qing smiled and said: "I agree with the suggestion of Liudu's unified army. It is actually the best way to solve our current survival crisis, and the other party only sent [-] people to monitor us. I think there is a chance."

Only then did everyone understand that the original commander agreed with Liu Dutong's plan.

Zheng Ping muttered in a low voice: "You don't have to obey orders just because the other party is Dutong!"

Chen Qing saw that Zheng Ping still didn't understand, so he enlightened him: "I don't want to obey Liu Ziyu because he is the governor, and I don't agree with his plan because he led the battle of West Valley.

I am judging based on the current situation. If the enemy army below is [-] people, then I will definitely not consider his plan, and it will be useless to order me. But the enemy army only left [-] people. It can also be said that the Jinbing made a mistake, so they shouldn't attack us. It is precisely because of the Jinbing's mistake that I think this is an opportunity. "

Hu Yanyun, who had been silent all this time, gave a thumbs up and praised: "The commander sees it through, this is indeed an opportunity!"

Yang Yuanqing also smiled and said: "It seems that there are also conflicts within the Jin Bing, and the lack of troops leads to mistakes. I agree with the commander's decision."

Zheng Ping also nodded, "Listen to you, I have no objection!"

Chen Qing glanced at Wang Duo, who nodded in agreement.

"Since everyone agrees, I will let the messenger go back first, and then we will discuss the specific plan."

Chen Qing immediately ordered someone to find Liu Cui, and said to him, "I will give you a message to prevent the letter from being obtained by Jin Bing."

"First, if you return to the camp, immediately ask your father to light the beacon to prove that you have returned to the camp safely, and then we can implement our plan; second, we can set the time to attack the enemy tonight, but it doesn't have to be at the same time." To carry out, the timing of the two sides may be different, generally speaking, it is between the third watch and the fifth watch; third, if one party succeeds in attacking, it will also light the beacon to notify the other party."

"I understand, but my father is also very cautious. If I don't go back, then this plan will be cancelled."

Chen Qing asked again with a smile: "How much food do you have over there?"

"There are about [-] shi of grain. My father hopes that after joining forces, the two armies will use Wang Jianpo as their base."

"That's okay too, let's talk about it after success!"

Liu Cui left immediately, and Zheng Ping led two hundred soldiers to send them down the hillside in person. Liu Cui and his men rode away without encountering the enemy sentries.

Seeing that Liu Cui and his men left safely, Chen Qing summoned his men to discuss specific actions for tonight.

It was one o'clock at night, and the main camp of Jinbing at the entrance of the West Valley was extremely busy. The soldiers were all preparing food, grass and carts overnight, and were going to send them to the direction of Dasanguan early tomorrow morning.

There are [-] soldiers staying in the main camp of Jinbing, of which [-] cavalry are preparing to escort the grain and grass convoy tomorrow morning. At present, only [-] people are busy in the grain and grass area. They have been preparing since the afternoon, and it is almost over.

Yang Zaixing led [-] cavalry in ambush at the foot of the hill in the south. The soldiers who had been stationed here left, leaving a large empty camp, making the defense in the south weak and there were basically no patrols.

But there are fixed sentries, that is, on a small hill more than [-] feet high, Jinbing built a sentry tower here, and immediately lit the beacon on the sentry tower if there was any enemy situation, and there were a total of five soldiers stationed there.

This sentry tower has been pulled down by Zhao Xiaoyi's subordinates, and instead it has become a lookout tower for the Song army.

"General Yang, the large dark area over there is the Jurchen army's sheep and horse field, and the horses and sheep are concentrated in that area." Zhao Xiaoyi pointed to the west of the camp.

Yang Zaixing nodded, "We have to divide our troops into two groups. Why don't I lead a hundred cavalry to take charge of the battalion, and General Zhao lead four hundred brothers to take charge of the sheep and horse farm."

Zhao Xiaoyi also knew that Jin Bing's food was not wheat, but sheep, and the most important means was to let the sheep go.

"Then when will you act?"

Yang Zaixing saw that the lights of the camp had begun to dim, and he estimated that the food and grass preparations for the Jin soldiers had already been completed, so he said calmly, "Act on time at the second watch!"

The time soon came to the second watch. Outside the southeast corner of the Jinbing camp, Yang Zaixing saw that the time had come, and said to a hundred of his subordinates: "Everyone follow me closely, don't be greedy for merit, and evacuate immediately after completing the task!"

"Follow the order!" Hundreds of subordinates suddenly agreed.

"Come in with me!"

Yang Zaixing shouted, brandished his spear, and rushed towards the gate of the small camp. A hundred cavalry followed closely and swept towards the enemy's camp.

There is a camp gate in the southeast corner. The camp gate has been closed. There are three soldiers on duty inside the gate. This camp gate will not be opened during the day, and the three soldiers are leaning against the corner to sleep.

"Boom!" A violent impact woke them up from their sleep, but before they could react, the spear had already pierced into the chests of the three of them.

Yang Zaixing led hundreds of cavalry into the Jinbing Camp like lightning. There were only [-] people stationed in the [-]-man camp, and most of the tents were empty. Alarm bells sounded inside, they were found, and the cavalry lit torches and quickly threw them one by one to the camp.

Hundreds of big tents were ablaze, the night wind was bitter, the flames rose into the air, and the flames spread rapidly to the surroundings. The golden soldiers in their sleep were awakened one after another. Battalion, yelling anxiously.

Yang Zaixing had already rushed to the middle camp. Yang Zaixing killed more than a dozen Jurchen soldiers who were blocking them, and rushed into the warehouse camp. The supplies, grain, and fodder were all stored here. horses.

There was no need to order, the soldiers set fire to the haystacks and the carts while sprinting.

Yang Zaixing was very anxious. He wanted to find the siege weapons of the golden soldiers, but he didn't find them. There are hundreds of large tents here. Where can he find them? Coming here.

"General, here!"

A few soldiers shouted from the south, and Yang Zaixing rushed over. He saw more than a dozen large tents filled with heavy weapons such as siege ladders and trebuchets. Yang Zaixing was overjoyed and ordered without hesitation, "Use kerosene!"

They all carried kerosene bags, which contained [-] catties of kerosene, and they were only used at critical moments. The soldiers unscrewed the stoppers of the kerosene bags, threw them into more than a dozen large tents, and threw the torches into them.

"let's go!"

Yang Zaixing shouted, a hundred of his subordinates followed him closely, and they galloped westward on horseback.

Two thousand Jurchen soldiers had already rushed into the warehouse area, but the fodder in the warehouse area was ignited, burning extremely quickly, blown into the air by the strong wind, thick smoke filled the air, and the fire raged. The crimson flames were swallowing and puffing in the thick smoke. The Jurchen soldiers watched The enemy who set the fire was not seen, and there was no way to put out the fire, and they themselves were surrounded by thick smoke and flames.

The north wind was strong, and the entire camp was engulfed in flames and thick smoke. At this time, not to mention fighting the fire, being able to escape was already a blessing in misfortune.

(End of this chapter)