Fenghou

Chapter 164 Dangerous situation
The urgent eagle letter sent by Li Quan flew to Zhongnan County the next afternoon.

The news in the eagle letter really surprised Chen Qing, and he immediately called important generals to discuss countermeasures.

The news of Yingxin also shocked the generals. The Emperor of the Kingdom of Jin personally issued an edict to encircle and suppress them. This fact alone is enough to make them proud, but now they still don't care about this point. There are tens of thousands of Jin soldiers coming forward Come round them up.

The grim situation made everyone look very serious. Yang Yuanqing coughed lightly and said: "The prerequisite for the Jin soldiers to encircle us is that our hiding place has been exposed. Commander, we must leave Zhongnan County as soon as possible."

Several generals said one after another: "Commander, Vice General Yang is right, we must evacuate as soon as possible."

Chen Qing nodded, "I also know that I have to evacuate, the key is how to get there, go to Luotang Road, or go east to Ziwu Valley?"

Yang Yuanqing persuaded again: "Commander, it's two hundred miles to Ziwu Valley, the risk is too great, I suggest taking the Luotang road."

At this time, Niu Gao, who participated in the discussion for the first time, said: "I am very familiar with the mountain road leading to Luotang Road, I can lead the way."

Everyone looked at Niu Gao together, Yang Zaixing asked: "It's winter now, can we go?"

"You can go. There are hot springs on that road. Generally, there is not much snow. Cavalry can also go, but they must travel lightly, especially carts."

Everyone looked at the commander Chen Qing again, and it was he who made the decision in the end.

Chen Qing sighed softly and said: "Our opponent is Wan Yanchang, this man is far-sighted and very cunning, I have learned his methods, if I am not mistaken, Luo Tang Road has been blocked, Ziwu Valley is the same, he will never We will not be allowed to retreat to Hanzhong."

"Then go straight out and fight them!" Liu Cui slammed his fist on the table and said.

Chen Qing smiled and said: "Sometimes the more dangerous the place is, the safer it is. I just said that the risk is higher, but it doesn't mean that we can't take risks."

Chen Qing immediately said to Yang Yuanqing: "Bring more food and grass, see if you can find a place to hide your belongings, and come to pick them up later, and distribute the rest of the supplies to the common people."

Niu Gao interjected: "Xiaozhi knows a very hidden place where it can hide belongings without being discovered."

Chen Qing nodded, "Yuan Qing, it's best to deal with it today, we'll leave overnight!"

The soldiers only carried food and forage, and hid their own belongings together with those of the army. At midnight, the army left Zhongnan County without a sound and marched towards Luotang Road.

From Zhongnan County to Luotang Road, under normal circumstances, it is necessary to go out from Zhongnan County first, walk tens of miles northward, reach the plain area, and then detour westward to Luotang Road, walking about [-] miles before and after. There is a mountain road behind Nanxian, and the distance is only forty miles.

The biggest advantage of this road is that it can walk on horses. Often, businessmen use donkeys to carry salt and grain from Hanzhong to Zhongnan County on this mountain road.

The mountains are high, the forests are dense, and the rocks are jagged. Although it is mid-winter and the north is covered with snow, there is indeed no snow in this valley, and there is even gurgling water. Chen Qing tried the water temperature, and the water was actually warm, indicating that this is The hot spring water flows out, and there is geothermal heat if there is a hot spring. No wonder it doesn't feel very cold here. The surface temperature is above zero, and snow cannot accumulate.

Although the horses are feasible and there is no snow, the road is still very difficult to walk. The main reason is that the mountain road fluctuates up and down, and there are too many rocks. If you are not careful, your legs will be scratched by sharp stone edges. The narrowest stone crack , A horse can just squeeze through, but if the horse is loaded with objects, it will get stuck and cannot pass.

Song Jun had to unload the things, let the horses pass first, and then the people slowly dragged the grain and grass.

It took five hours to walk on the mountain road for more than forty miles, and I didn't come out until noon the next day. In front of me was the northern mountainous area of ​​Luotang Road.

The reason why Chen Qing took this risk was that he judged that the enemy army could not be blocked at the exit of the mountain road. If they were to the south of the enemy army, they would go directly to Hanzhong. If they were to the north of the enemy army, they could adapt accordingly.

The army was resting in a valley, and Chen Qing sent scouts to investigate the situation on both sides of the north and south.

Half an hour later, the news brought by the scouts was not optimistic. Ten miles to the south was a large camp of the Confederate Army, which just cut off the only way to go south, and the number of people was about [-].

In the north, traces of the Jurchen army were found, but no Jurchen army camp was found.

Chen Qing pondered for a long time, then smiled at Yang Yuanqing: "Wan Yanchang always praises me for being courageous, so I'll let him learn what it means to be courageous!"

He had already made preparations in advance. He asked the soldiers to paint the helmets blue, and after drying for a while, he ordered the whole army to get on their horses, and the team slowly headed north.

After walking less than ten miles, a group of Jurchen cavalry suddenly appeared on the hillside two miles away. There were about a hundred of them. Their clothes were very familiar to Chen Qing. They were Jurchen sentry cavalry.

'Woo—'

The sentry cavalry blew their horns, and Chen Qing also ordered the soldiers to blow their horns in response, 'Woo——'

After a while, sentry cavalry rushed towards them, and Yang Yuanqing laughed softly: "They didn't suspect us, otherwise they wouldn't dare to approach us."

Chen Qing waved to Wang Duo, "You deal with them!"

Wang Duo could speak the Jurchen language, so he urged his horse to meet him, and asked loudly, "Is it General Alupu's team?"

The centurion of the sentinel cavalry sized them up and asked, "Password?"

"Tianluodiwang!"

Tianluodiwang is the password agreed upon by Wanyanchang and Wanyan Wushu to prevent unnecessary misunderstandings.

The centurion asked again: "Whose subordinates are you?"

"We are subordinates of General Li Nong, who controls the Second Army."

There was no flaw in Wang Duo's answer, nor was there any flaw in their attire. The blue helmet was the characteristic of Li Nong's army.

Of course, if the centurion goes deeper, he will find flaws. The Xie Congjun army is all leather armor and bronze helmets, but at least half of Chen Qing's army is made of Shanwenjia and Douhou.

However, Chen Qing intentionally let the recruits wearing the armor of the Qi army walk on the periphery, and the armor of the Qi army was exactly the same as the armor of the Confederate army.

The most important thing is that the password is correct, and the Jurchen centurion didn't pay attention to other details, after all, they don't know much about the Xie Congjun.

"able to pass!"

The centurion turned his horse's head and led the Jurchen sentry cavalry to run eastward.

Chen Qing immediately ordered the army to speed up to the north. The ground was covered with thick snow, and the cavalry couldn't get up any faster.

The north and west are low-lying mountains and forests. The five thousand cavalry led by Wanyan Alupu rested in a forest. Wanyanchang ordered him to cooperate with Wanyan Huonu to attack Zhongnan County from the west, but Wanyan Alupu Pu, however, refused to work hard, citing the difficulty of the road as an excuse, he dawdled and refused to rush to Zhongnan County.

At this time, sentinel cavalry came to report that a [-]-strong Han Chinese cavalry appeared in the south. After questioning, they were found to be Li Nong's subordinates of the Second Army.

"Did you report the password?"

"Reporting to the deputy marshal, there is no problem with the password, and the opponent's helmet is blue, which seems to be correct."

Wanyan Alupu snorted, "These Han people are weird and strange, so they painted their helmets blue to show their differences. What's the difference? Aren't they all the dogs of our Jurchens?"

A Jurchen general jokingly said: "Dogs also come in various colors, yellow dogs, black dogs, and flowered dogs."

Everyone burst into laughter. At this moment, Lieutenant General Xiao Cong pondered and said, "It's a bit strange. What is this army going north for? Zhongnan County is to the east."

Although Xiao Cong was promoted by Wanyan Wushu to be the Commander of Wanfu and replaced Wanyan Alupu as the commander of the West Route Army, he is not Wanhu, not even Qianhu Meng'an, and Wanyan Alupu is dignified Jurchen royal family, although his status in the royal family is not very high, but it is far from Xiao Cong's comparison.

So when encircling and suppressing Chen Qing, Xiao Cong could only become Wanyan Alupu's deputy.

Wanyan Alupu glared at him dissatisfied, "What's so strange, since it's called Tian Luo Di Wang, isn't it the sky in the north? They are only in charge of the periphery, and it's the Jurchen's job to attack Zhongnan County, and it's not their turn."

Wanyan Alupu has no good looks towards Xiao Cong, a Khitan slave actually replaces him as the general, Xigu loses his army and lets Chen Qing escape, Xiao Cong is not responsible?
Xiao Cong sat down silently, although he felt that this army was very suspicious, he didn't want to have a dispute with Wanyan Alupu.

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