Fenghou

Chapter 139 Breakthrough
The Jin Bing casualties were not great, only more than [-] people were killed or injured, but this ambush caught the Jin Bing unprepared. Wanyan Pu was afraid that there would be an ambush in the valley, so he dared not enter the valley again. Yan Wushu led the army to kill them.

"My lord, there was an ambush by the Song army in the valley, and I was ambushed, with more than [-] casualties. I dare not move forward, and I am waiting for the lord to come and make a decision."

Wanyan Wushu frowned, looked at the valley and asked, "Did you fall for the enemy's trick?"

"It wasn't a fire trick, but was injured by a bed crossbow."

Wanyan Wushu pointed his whip at the valley, "It's not a fire trick, where does the billowing smoke in the valley come from?"

Wanyan Pu lowered his head and said with a guilty conscience: "Xiaozhi sent people to investigate. It was the Song Army who set fire to the valley. The entire valley was blocked by the fire, and there was no way to catch up."

"asshole!"

Wanyan Wushu cursed angrily, "Why didn't you stop the burning of the valley? Where did the five thousand cavalry go?"

"When the valley was burned, we were ambushed and evacuated from the valley. It was too late when we found out."

Looking at the billowing smoke, Wanyan Wushu felt a sudden pain in his heart. If Wanyan Alupu's army captured this valley the day before yesterday, Wu Jie's army would really be unable to fly.

Wanyan Wushu felt extremely remorseful in his heart, the facts proved that Han Chang's tactics were completely correct, he was too cautious!Mistake.

At noon, Chen Qing was eating lunch in the small tent of the march.

Suddenly, a soldier rushed over and shouted at the tent door: "Commander, the beacon is lit!"

Chen Qing was overjoyed, threw away the bowl and strode out of the small tent, and looked towards the high mountain to the north, only to see a straight wisp of black smoke rising into the sky from the mountain twenty miles away.

Originally thought that there would be news tomorrow night, but now they evacuated one day earlier, which undoubtedly saved the lives of thousands of soldiers!
"Pass my order, all commanders come to my camp to discuss matters!"

People rushed to the temporary military tents from all directions. In order to prevent the enemy from attacking, their large tents were all dismantled, leaving only one marching tent. Everyone's face was full of excitement, and everyone saw the beacon fire. .

"Everyone, the smoke has risen, which means that the main force of Monk Yuan has retreated to Dasanguan. The next step is our retreat. I am initially considering retreating tonight!"

Of course, Chen Qing would not fight to the death with the Jin soldiers and wipe out all his troops. This is his capital to manage Qinzhou. Besides, this is not the Jiandao Pass. Once they are breached, their entire army will be wiped out. Chen Qing's The head will also be sent to the capital of the Kingdom of Jin.

"Is the commander going to withdraw from the Great Sanctuary?"

Chen Qing shook his head, "The main force of the Jin army will be encountered in the direction of Dasanguan. We should go west. I want to go to Qinzhou."

"But what about the wounded soldiers?" Liu Cui asked, he was more concerned about what would happen to his father?
Chen Qing understood his mood, and said: "That's why I called everyone to discuss. We have hundreds of wounded soldiers. We must consider a proper plan to send the wounded soldiers away. I have considered a plan. Everyone See what else needs to be added?"

The Song army began to pack up supplies nervously, preparing to retreat, and each soldier took as much supplies as possible.

Gunpowder and jackdaw arrows can all be taken away, kerosene can be kept as a cover, some food can be taken with you, and all can be burned if you can’t take it away, and supplies such as soldiers and armor should also be taken as much as possible.

The Song Army had [-] horses, but nearly [-] men, which meant that [-] men would have no horses to ride.

But there were [-] wounded soldiers among the [-] people. How to take these wounded soldiers away became the core issue of this retreat.

There is a cruel law in the army, which is called preserving the main force. Whether it is a defeat or a retreat, generally no wounded soldiers will be brought along, and the wounded soldiers will become a drag on the army.

If there were no such wounded soldiers, it happened that each of them rode a horse, and they could break through and retreat smoothly.

But this time, Chen Qing vetoed the rule of preserving the main force. He demanded that all wounded soldiers be taken away, even if he took huge risks.

"Please don't leave me behind!"

A young man struggled to climb out of the wooden house, and begged Chen Qing: "I promise not to occupy the horse, just tie me under the horse's belly."

Chen Qing frowned, and asked Hu Yanyun, the commander of the logistics army, "What's the matter with him?"

Hu Yanyun quickly explained: "Commander Qi, this person is not the Song army, but a horseman from the enemy army. He was originally a Han slave in Yanshan. We captured two thousand war horses. We lacked a horseman, so we brought them along. , a total of seventeen people, this person is one of them."

"What happened to his leg?"

"The day before yesterday when carrying the bed crossbow, he stumbled and fell off the plank wall, and both legs were broken. The military doctor said that he can't be cured, and he will be a useless person in this life."

The cruel fate made the young man shed tears, "I am not a useless person, I have good hands, I can chop hay and cook beans, General, please don't abandon me."

Chen Qing's face sank, "Who said they want to abandon you?"

Hu Yanyun showed a look of embarrassment on his face, "Commander, he is not Song Jun, and his background is lowly. According to the usual practice, it is true that he cannot be taken away. Everyone means this. There are not enough horses in the first place, so it is impossible to cover everything."

"I don't care about shit conventions!"

Chen Qing glared at Hu Yanyun and said: "What did I say at noon? No wounded soldier is allowed to be left behind, no matter how humble and useless he is, he must be taken away by me. If you don't do it, then I will walk. Give him the horse!"

Hu Yanyun saw that the commander was angry, beads of sweat dripped from his forehead, he was so frightened that he hurriedly said: "I know my mistakes, I promise not to abandon him!"

Chen Qing snorted heavily, turned and left.

Just as night fell, the earth-shattering war drums sounded again. On the cliff to the east, Wanyan Alupu once again besieged [-] troops and invested nearly [-] ladders. These were the ladders built by the golden soldiers in a day. The late Jin soldiers are also bound to be won. In addition to the [-] attacking Jin soldiers, there are still [-] Jin soldiers ready to move in the distance, ready to cover up and kill them at any time.

The first to attack were [-] Khitan soldiers. The Jurchen soldiers suffered heavy casualties last night. Wanyan Alupu couldn't bear such a loss. Tonight, he was finally persuaded by Han Chang to use [-] Khitan soldiers as the vanguard.

Five thousand Khitan soldiers came carrying ladders like a tide, and three thousand Jurchen archers sent arrows like rain, suppressing the Song army on the hillside and covering the attack of the army.

There were only [-] Song troops left on the top of the mountain, led by Chen Qing himself, with Yang Zaixing as the deputy general.

They will cover the retreat of the main force. At this time, Yang Yuanqing gathered more than [-] Song soldiers and hundreds of wounded soldiers at the gate of the camp, waiting for Chen Qing's retreat order.

This kind of retreat is almost like walking a tightrope. First of all, the timing must be grasped very skillfully. If you go too early, the enemy will see through their intentions, and if you go too late, they may be intercepted by the enemy. Chen Qing calculated very precisely.

Secondly, it also depends on luck. They were lucky. Jin Bing didn't garrison under the hillside to stop them from retreating, and Jin Bing didn't expect them to retreat.

"Throw kerosene and forage!" Chen Qing gave an order, and five hundred soldiers threw all the kerosene and tens of thousands of forage that could not be carried on the cliff, and threw dozens of torches. The fire suddenly ignited violently and the night wind was bitter , The flames were monstrous, and the golden soldiers below were burned to the point of crying and howling, causing heavy casualties.

"retreat!"

Chen Qing finally gave the order to retreat. At this time, Zheng Ping had led his soldiers to clear a passage on the hillside.

Yang Yuanqing led the main force to rush down the hillside, closely followed by the wounded soldiers carried by soldiers on horseback, and behind them were five hundred cavalry led by Chen Qing.

After they rushed down the hillside, they were immediately spotted by the sentinel cavalry of the Golden Soldiers, who fired rockets into the sky to warn them, and rockets flew into the sky one after another, emitting dazzling red flames.

The Song army rushed across the frozen river, and they split into two groups in the dark. Chen Qing led [-] people and went straight to the enemy camp, while Yang Yuanqing led the main force to continue northward, and then retreated westward after entering the woods. .

This is Chen Qing's retreat plan. He led his army to attack the enemy's camp to cover the retreat of the main force.

The two armies parted ways, and Chen Qing took the lead, leading five hundred cavalry to kill the enemy camp one mile away.

There were only [-] Jurchen soldiers stationed in the camp. When the sentinels discovered the enemy's situation, they immediately sounded the alarm, 'Dang!when!when! The soldiers panicked and ran out of the tents one after another. At this moment, the army led by Chen Qing broke into the camp like a dike.
Fighting was still going on in the east, and arrows rained down on the top of Jiwang Slope. At this time, the fire had weakened a little, and thousands of Khitan soldiers who retreated rushed up again, and began to climb up the cliff with ladders.

"Report to Dutong, the sentry in the north has fired gunpowder arrows, and there is an enemy situation!"

Wanyan Alupu was taken aback, how could there be an enemy, could it be that the reinforcements from the Song army came?
The head of the Wan Fu, Se Muda, also said anxiously: "If it is the reinforcements from the Song army, our camp will be in danger."

Wanyan Alupu was also really worried, he immediately said: "Hurry up and take five thousand cavalry to the camp!"

"Follow the order!"

Semuda got on his horse and hurried away with his men.

At this moment, a soldier came to report, "Qi Dutong, the third battalion and the fourth battalion have already attacked the cliff!"

Wanyan Alupu burst into ecstasy, it was not easy!Finally killed it.

Han Chang led two thousand soldiers to kill the cliff first, but there was no one on the cliff, which made Han Chang feel bad.

But it's not good, it's not good, but at this time there is no time for him to think too much, his soldiers are desperate to kill the Song Army camp in the distance, everyone wants to get Chen Qing's head, Feng Wanfu .

The camp was still there in the distance, but the wooden houses and warehouses were all ablaze, but there were still no soldiers of the Song Army to be seen.

Han Chang ran towards the enemy camp with doubts in his heart, but after running less than a mile, a soldier ran back to report, "General Qi, the camp of the Song Army is empty!"

"not good!"

Han Chang finally understood that Song Jun must have retreated.

He immediately sent someone back to report, and shouted to the soldiers: "All soldiers follow me!"

He led thousands of soldiers towards the gate of the camp. Just as he arrived at the gate of the camp, he saw the flames of his barracks rising into the sky and the sound of killing.

This time, even Han Chang was deceived, he shouted anxiously: "Quickly report to Du Tong, the Song army has sneaked into the camp!"

(End of this chapter)