Fenghou

Chapter 169
In the early morning of the next day, that is, the morning of the first day of February, Wanyan Wushu led an army of [-] to Dasan Pass. In the monk's camp, as usual, there were only [-] troops left. Ten thousand Jurchens army.

The [-] Xie Congjun army was led by the commander Zheng Hui, the deputy commander Ma You, and the commander Li Nong. Li Nong's army was in charge of patrolling the perimeter, Ma You's [-] troops were responsible for transporting grain and supplies, and Zheng Hui's army was in charge of guarding the camp.

The [-] Jurchens were also divided into two. Xiao Zong's [-] troops were responsible for the food security along the way, while Wanyan Alupu's [-] troops were responsible for the safety of the grain depots.

They performed their duties without interfering with each other. In the afternoon, a transport team full of grain was ready to go to Dasan Pass.
Xiao Zong sent a cavalry team of [-] men to charge the food.There are [-] golden soldiers in the camp

At dusk, Li Nong hurried to Zheng Ping's big tent. In addition to Zheng Ping, there were two commanders and five commanders in the big tent. It seemed that Zheng Hui was gathering generals to discuss matters.

Seeing Li Nong coming in, Zheng Ping nodded to him, and ordered his own soldiers to guard outside the tent, "No one is allowed to enter the tent!"

Zheng Ping's face became serious, "Everyone, we have been waiting for three full months, and the last moment is coming."

Everyone looked at Li Nong together. These generals were all soldiers of the Song Army who followed Zheng Ping into the Jinying camp, but Li Nong was an outlier.

Zheng Ping said with a smile: "General Li has long been one of our own. The key to the failure of the Jurchens to encircle and suppress the commander in winter is the information provided by General Li in time. In fact, General Li has joined us and has been approved by the commander. This time He will act with us."

Li Nong clasped his fists and said solemnly to everyone: "Generals, I am a Han Chinese. My ancestor is Li Jixun, the famous founding general of the Song Dynasty. What I have done has shamed my ancestors. I have always regretted surrendering to the Jinbing and hated myself for the past few years. Weak, hating myself for being greedy for life and afraid of death, but Commander Chen gave me this opportunity to change from evil to righteousness, I will cherish it, and I will cooperate with you to complete this great event, please believe me!"

After finishing speaking, Li Nong bowed deeply to the generals and won applause from everyone.

Zheng Ping continued: "Let's continue to talk about the business, let's take a look at the commander's order first!"

Zheng Ping took out Chen Qing's secret letter and handed it to everyone for circulation. Seeing that everyone had roughly read it, Zheng Ping continued to explain the situation to everyone.

"Tomorrow is the second day of the first lunar month. Everyone already knows that the commander will act between the second watch and the fifth watch tomorrow night, but what should we do and what emergencies will we encounter? To be honest, I have no confidence at all right now. For tomorrow Success, I'm thinking of rehearsing tonight. Everyone is clear about their mission. In order not to be exposed, let's assume that the outside of the camp is attacked by an unknown army, and then everyone performs their duties. Who is responsible for raising the fire, who is responsible for covering, and who is in charge Assault, of course, is not a real thing, and it cannot involve soldiers, otherwise it will be discovered by Jin Bing."

Li Nong said with a smile: "General Zheng's idea is very good. It really needs to be practiced once, so as not to be in a hurry tomorrow. I discussed with General Zheng. In fact, the core of our mission is to burn the warehouse camp of Jinbing. I was in charge of the warehouse camp before. Patroling the perimeter of the warehouse, I know there is a big hole in the warehouse battalion."

Before Li Nong finished speaking, the conductor Wu Miao blurted out: "Underground!"

Everyone laughed knowingly, and Li Nong applauded and laughed loudly: "It seems that everyone has a good understanding. Yes, the biggest loophole of the Jinbing Warehouse Camp is underground. No matter how tightly guarded it is on the ground, it can't prevent it underground."

Everyone looked at Zheng Ping strangely, and Zheng Ping smiled lightly: "Tonight's rehearsal does not involve the warehouse camp, but only involves everyone's tasks. In order to avoid misunderstanding, we will not talk about the warehouse camp from now on. Our rehearsal is only about assembly So far, and then clarify everyone's tasks."

Li Nong said in a deep voice: "General Zheng, I suggest that everyone's appointment be clarified now!"

Zheng Ping glanced at everyone and said, "To be honest with General Li, in fact, everyone's mission was decided shortly after entering the camp last year, but there was no chance to implement it. I'm going to use last year's plan now and make some fine-tuning. , tonight is Wu Miao who is in charge of digging the hole. It was said earlier that Wang Hao will be in charge. This time Wang Hao changed to lighting the fire. The two commanders Zhang Taiping and Zhao Jian are responsible for the cover. They each led [-] troops to patrol at night. It is strictly forbidden for anyone to approach the digging tent.

The timing of the uprising depends on the commander's attack on the periphery. Once the commander launched an offensive, General Li and I led the army to rebel at the same time. The reason is also very simple. If the Jin soldiers want to kill us all, we must resist.

Tonight's drill will start at the second watch. I hope that all the soldiers will sleep without taking off their armor. I will tell the soldiers that we may be transferred to Dasan Pass in the middle of the night. Then at the second watch, everyone will be in my camp on time and report to each other. After the mission, the walkthrough is over, understand? "

"Understood!"

Everyone dispersed, Li Nong stepped forward and said: "I still need to confirm two things, where is the big tent? Why didn't the general tell me?"

Zheng Ping said with a smile: "I haven't considered it yet. I have chosen two locations. One is the delivery door. There are few gold soldiers there, so it is not easy to be found, but the disadvantage is that the distance is a little longer, and there is another The place is next to the water tower, which is very close to my camp, but there are too many patrolling soldiers, so General Li would like to advise.”

"The key is how long the tunnel should be dug? If the tunnel is too long, I'm afraid there won't be enough time."

"I know that time is too late, so I don't need to think about how long it will take. It's enough to go from our big camp to the warehouse camp, about fifty steps."

"Then I suggest it is at the water tower. Although there are many patrols now, once the commander attacks outside, the patrols will definitely be less. It happens to dig the tunnel. I suggest starting tonight. Anyway, it only takes one day, and the golden soldiers will not notice it."

"I'll go back and discuss with Wu Miao and listen to his opinion. Apart from authenticity, what else does General Li need to confirm?"

"There is still an ignition plan. Where should I start it first? How should I start it? Do I need gunpowder assistance, etc. These are very important. General Zheng hasn't considered it yet!"

Zheng Ping sighed, "I probably have a preliminary plan. After the rehearsal is over tonight, the two of us plus Wang Hao will discuss it together to see what materials are still missing."

Li Nong said happily: "This is the best, what materials are needed, I will figure out a way, and then the soldiers really sleep together tonight?"

Zheng Ping said indifferently: "This is not a requirement. In fact, my army has never taken off its armor to sleep every night since the start of the war. I just explained it specifically for the drill. General Li can do it himself tonight, but he must not take off his armor tomorrow night! "

Li Nong pondered for a while and said: "My soldiers go to bed with their armor off every night. If they are not allowed to take off their armor suddenly, I am afraid that it will arouse the suspicion of Jin Bing. I will make arrangements tomorrow and find an excuse to not take off their armor tomorrow night." gone."

After a pause, Zheng Ping said to Li Nong again: "I still say what I said before. The general can only explain this matter to his confidantes at the first watch tomorrow. Before that, it must be kept absolutely secret. Only the general knows it. It's not that I don't believe in the general. I’m afraid that if too many people know about it, there will be accidents.”

"Don't worry! I won't tell anyone."

Li Nongxing saluted and left, Zheng Ping looked at his back and scolded in a low voice: "You son of a bitch, you almost fooled me!"

Time gradually approached the second watch, Li Nong paced back and forth in the room restlessly, a strong uneasiness lingered in his heart, Zheng Ping's rehearsal was beyond his expectation, everything was as it was, what if it turned out to be fake? manage?Could it be that Zheng Ping has found himself?
Li Nong recalled everything that happened recently, and there was no flaw in his performance, but he felt that Zheng Ping seemed to have arranged everything. Everyone knew that there was no problem, except for himself.

No, if the fakes come true, and the fourth prince blames him, he won't be able to eat and walk around.

He immediately found his confidant general Wang Guanghua, handed him the soldier talisman and command arrow, and told him: "If anything unusual happens tonight, you will control the military power, and everything will be under the command of General Xiao Zong!"

"Humble post obeys orders!"

Wang Guanghua took the command arrow and the soldier talisman and left. Li Nong immediately wrote another letter and handed it to the soldiers, "If I haven't come back after half an hour, you should give this letter to General Xiao Zong immediately!"

After arranging the funeral, it was almost time for the second watch, so Li Nong put on his sword and went to Zheng Ping's tent to gather.

(End of this chapter)