Fenghou

Chapter 157
In just two fierce battles, all [-] Qi troops were killed, which really frightened Liu Yi. He was originally timid, but after the two defeats, his sense of crisis became even stronger.

For three nights in a row, he dreamed that Chen Qing led the army to attack Jingzhao City. Chen Qing cut off his head with his own hands and hung it on the top of the city for public display. He woke up from the nightmare and couldn't sleep anymore. Several wives and concubines were called to accompany him.

In the early morning of this day, just as the sky was getting bright, a guard came to report, "Tang Du has an urgent matter to see you!"

Liu Yi was a little nervous, and immediately jumped up and shouted: "Let him come in and see me!"

Not long after, Tang Shaoqing hurried into the inner mansion and saw Liu Yi in the inner hall. He bowed and saluted and said, "Please refer to the prince for humble posts!"

"Tang Dutong, what's the matter?"

"The humble job is to report the movement of Chen Qing's army to the prince."

"Where is he now?"

"Reporting to the lord, Chen Qing's army was in Huazhou before, but they returned to Jingzhao Mansion yesterday."

"what!"

Liu Yi was so frightened that his heart almost stopped beating. He pressed his chest and asked tremblingly, "The devil has come back again?"

"My lord, don't be afraid. He didn't come to Jingzhao City when he came back, but went north on Jingyuan Road."

"he's gone?"

"It should be gone. The subordinates must have seen his army enter Jingyuan Road. The subordinates think that he was going to Pingliang Mansion originally, but he just took the opportunity to leave us.

The humble judge deduced that Pingliang Mansion must be empty, and he led his army to kill Pingliang Mansion. "

Liu Yi let out a long sigh of relief, his heart sank, Chen Qing left, and he could finally have a good night's sleep.

But wait a moment, Jingzhao City has too few troops, he can't feel at ease, Liu Yi quickly said: "Since Chen Qing is gone, we can transfer the troops from Huazhou and Tongzhou to Jingzhao to concentrate on defending Jingzhao. "

Tang Shaoqing smiled wryly and said, "My lord, in fact, Jingzhao's troops are enough."

"enough?"

Liu Yi's eyes widened, "Then explain to me, what happened to the [-] people? How many casualties did Chen Qing's army have?"

"this."

Tang Shaoqing was speechless for a moment.

Liu Yi snorted heavily, "That's it. First, send [-] troops from Zheng County and Feng Yi County to reinforce Jingzhao, and then I will ask Brother Huang to send more troops to Guanzhong!"

After Chen Qing's army entered Jingyuan Road for fifty miles, they turned back to Guanzhong again. They took advantage of the cover of night to hide in a hilly depression, and then sent hundreds of scouts to Huazhou and Tongzhou to inquire about the enemy's movements. .

They are betting that Liu Yi is cowardly and will definitely deploy troops to enrich Jingzhao City.

That night, Chen Qing received an urgent report from the scouts that three thousand Qi troops had left Zheng County and were rushing towards Jingzhao City.

This news encouraged everyone, and made Zhang Xiao officially become Chen Qing's staff.

Chen Qing drew a simple map with tree branches on the ground, and said to everyone: "Whether the Qi army from Zheng County goes to the south bank of the Weihe River or the official road to the south, they all have to pass through Lintong County. We can set up an ambush in Lintong County. What do you think? "

Yang Zaixing pondered for a while and said, "Lintong County occupies a large area, and there are several ambush points. We need to choose the best location."

Yang Yuanqing asked Zhang Xiao with a smile, "Is Mr. Zhang familiar with Lintong County?"

Zhang Xiao shook his head, "I'm not familiar with Lintong County, but I suggest setting up an ambush closer to the county seat."

"why?"

"Because Wei Kun, the chief general of the Qi Army in Zheng County, is from Lintong County, he will definitely go home and have a look when the army passes through Lintong County. This time should be when he and the army are least vigilant, and it is very suitable for ambushes."

Everyone secretly praised Zhang Xiao for his thorough analysis of people's hearts, and he really has some skills.

Chen Qing said happily: "It's only three o'clock, let's set off for Lintong County immediately!"

Wei Kun was in command of the Qi army. He was in his early thirties. He was born in Jingzhao Wei's family, but he was not Zhengtang, but Lishantang in Lintong County. Zhong surrendered the Jin soldiers, and later became a member of the Qi army and was named the ruler.

When the Qi army entered Guanzhong, he was selected because he was a native of Guanzhong. He was named the defense envoy of Huazhou and led [-] troops to garrison Huazhou.

Wei Kun received an urgent order from the King of Qin, asking him to lead his troops to garrison Jingzhao City immediately. In fact, he didn’t want to go to Jingzhao City. King Qin, Du Tongzhi, Vice Dutong, and Du Yuhou are all above his official positions.

But Wei Kun had no choice, he dared not disobey King Qin's military orders.

Wei Kun led three thousand soldiers along the official road to Jingzhao. He was not worried about the safety of the road. The pigeon letter he received made it very clear that Chen Qing had led the Song army to go north from Jingyuan Road. .

At noon, the army entered Lintong County. Wei Kun was from Lintong County. His wife, children and parents were all in the county seat. Since he was passing through Lintong County, of course he wanted to go home to have a look.

Twenty miles away from Lintong County, Wei Kun ordered the army to slow down the marching speed, and he himself led a dozen soldiers to speed up towards the county seat.
About ten miles away from the county seat, there are large forests, with endless farmland to the east, and a continuous mountain in the distance to the south, which is Lishan Mountain.

Chen Qing immediately stood on the edge of the woods, looking at the official road a hundred steps away, just now a general galloped past with a dozen cavalry, it should be the enemy general Wei Kun, he rushed home first to visit relatives, but Leave three thousand soldiers behind.

Less than a quarter of an hour later, a long black line appeared on the snow-capped field in the distance. Chen Qing was very experienced, and he could see the enemy's marching state at a glance. Without any vigilance, the team of [-] people unexpectedly For several miles.

Of course, this is also normal. Only in wartime, the army will gather together and march. Ordinary marches, without urging, the distance between the teams will be relatively far.

The [-] troops of the Qi army were getting closer and closer, less than half a mile away from the ambushing Song army. Chen Qing lightly raised his right hand. This was an order to prepare for battle. .

The cavalry of the Song Army used military crossbows with a range of more than [-] steps, and they could shoot through the enemy's leather armor within [-] steps. They were [-] steps away from the official road, just within the killing range.

The team finally passed in front of them. At the front were a hundred flag soldiers, holding hundreds of banners high, and behind them were mighty Qi army infantry. Each soldier carried a spear on his shoulder and a sword on his waist. Some of the soldiers Still carrying bows and arrows, another part of the soldiers held large shields and swords, and there were actually three hundred cavalry.

In fact, the formation of the Qi army's infantry is the same as that of the Song army.

Therefore, it is normal for the army to have [-] cavalry, usually scouts and soldiers of the chief general, and even their armor is the same as that of the Song army, but each army has its own characteristics. For example, Chen Qing's five elements belong to the soil, so his army is still black, Qin The armor of the state army is painted black, and the military flag is also the black dragon flag with a red background.

And Liu Yu advocates fire, he thinks he is the emperor of Chilong, so his army wears red flags.

The helmets of the [-] troops in front of them are red, which is very dazzling in the sun.

The army was halfway through, and nine hundred crossbowmen appeared in front of them. Chen Qing shouted: "Shoot!"

The sound of clappers sounded quickly in the woods, and [-] cavalrymen raised their crossbows to shoot together. The dense crossbow arrows shot at [-] crossbowmen like a storm. , more than half of the nine hundred crossbowmen fell.

"Attack!" Chen Qing ordered again.

"Ugh-"

The sound of the low-pitched horn resounded across the field, and [-] cavalrymen rushed out, rushing towards the enemy like a sea tide.

The Qi army was in chaos, and they had no preparations for combat, so the Song army cavalry rushed into the ranks, slashing with knives, stabbing with spears, brutally killing and sweeping everything.

The cavalry took the lead in dividing the remaining [-] Qi troops into two, and immediately divided them into two groups. Chen Qing led Yang Zaixing, Liu Cui and [-] cavalry to kill the front army, and handed over the spear soldiers behind to Yang Yuanqing.

The spear soldiers of the Qi army resisted desperately. They fought against the cavalry in groups. The sharp spears also pierced the cavalry from all directions, and the horses kept neighing and fell down.
"Fire arrows!"

Seeing that the cavalry casualties increased, Yang Yuanqing immediately changed his tactics.

Hundreds of cavalry came at a gallop, raised their crossbows and shot at the most stubborn group of enemy troops.

' Whoosh!Whoosh!Whoosh! 'The powerful crossbow shot through the bodies of more than a hundred Qi soldiers.

Pieces of enemy troops fell screaming, and then another group of Qi army formations that resisted tenaciously were also disintegrated by strong bows and crossbows.

As more than two hundred capable soldiers of the Qi army fell under the crossbow, the spear soldiers of the Qi army finally collapsed.

The remaining [-] or [-] soldiers of the Qi army no longer had the will to resist. The soldiers fled to the snow field, throwing away their helmets and armor, and ran desperately. Soldiers carried out a bloody massacre.

The only ones who escaped were the [-] cavalry of the enemy army. They did not love to fight, and they galloped towards Lintong County. Finally, they escaped with their chief general Wei Kun, rushed out of Lintong City and fled towards Jingzhao City.

(End of this chapter)