Fenghou

Chapter 214 Revenge
"General Cheng, please speak!"

Cheng Ju was the leader of the Song army prisoners of war in Baochuan County, Yannu. He joined the Song army in Yelanggou and was appointed as the deputy commander.

Everyone looked at him, and Cheng Ju said with some embarrassment: "The way to talk about low-level jobs is actually to live in different categories. For example, the elderly can live together, single men or women can also live in four or five people, and women with children can live together. Two people share a room, just like a military camp, [-] large tents can accommodate [-] people, and the common people can actually do it too.”

This method is actually not to harm the interests of the army, so everyone is more in favor of it, but as an envoy, Chen Qing is not only considering the army.

He pondered for a moment and said: "Let's do this! The elderly and single men and women can live together in dormitories. If a mother has more than two children, she can live in a single room. If she has only one child, two families can share a room." , and then set up tents on the edge of the city wall isolation zone, where the recruited militia soldiers live. One of their tasks is to fight fires, so they should be able to live there."

Yang Yuanqing nodded, "The humble official understands the meaning of the commander, try to make women and children suffer less, and the humble official will try his best to arrange it!"

"We need to make it clear to them that this is a period of war, and we can only arrange this temporarily. Please understand!"

"Understandable!"

After making arrangements for the common people, Chen Qing actually had to consider the arrangements for the [-] Song Army prisoners of war.

Historically, after Guan Shigu surrendered, more than [-] of his troops returned to Wu Jie, which greatly enhanced Wu Jie's strength. Now that these prisoners of war have returned to him, it is not only a good thing, but also a burden.

After all, Chen Qing is just a control, not all. If you want to break the rules and lead more troops, it is not impossible. You must agree with the superiors, and the Xuanfu envoy, the Privy Council or the emperor will nod, and then the money and food can be allocated.

These details will not be recorded in the history books, but these are common sense, otherwise, how could it be possible to command hundreds of thousands of troops and have the court pay for the money and food?

But not only the salary, but also the opportunity to make a fortune for the soldiers. If the generals don't give the soldiers the opportunity to make a fortune, who is willing to work for you?

It was only after Chen Qing personally led the troops to fight that he gradually understood why there were so many vertical armies looting the people, especially the wars between foreign races must be very cruel.

There is no way, the prisoners of war must be used first, and keeping Ganquan Fort is the top priority, and everything else is temporarily put aside.

Chen Qing immediately began to reorganize the prisoners of war, reorganized, and removed the wounded, old, weak, and old soldiers. He obtained [-] elite soldiers from the [-] prisoners of war, plus his own [-] troops. Eighteen thousand people.

Together with the [-] militia corps assisting the army, whether Chen Qing or his soldiers, they have more confidence in defending Ganquan Fort.

Wanyan Chang's willingness to release more than [-] prisoners of war to Chen Qing is not over-the-top. He has reached an agreement with the special envoy sent by the Xixia Emperor Li Qianshun. The Xixia Army will withdraw from Deshun Prefecture. Assigned to Xixia.

Although Ganquanbao is slightly less important than Deshun Prefecture, it is equally important.

Once the Xixia army captures Ganquan Fort, the door for the Xixia army to go south will be opened, and there will be a very favorable springboard. Whether it is looking down on Qinzhou, Fengzhou or other Xihe Road states, this is also the case of the Xixia army. dreamt of.

Therefore, Wan Yanchang allowed the Xixia army to use Ganquanbao on a large scale. Once the Xixia army captured Ganquanbao, the land and population would belong to Xixia, but the leader of the Song army, Chen Qing, would hand it over to Jin Guo.

But Wan Yanchang is also very wary of the ambitious Xixia people. He does not want the Xixia people to occupy Ganquan Fort from the bottom of his heart, forming a tendency to attack Qinzhou and Xihe Road, so he is also using Chen Qing's military power to severely damage Xixia Army, so they used the negotiation as an excuse to hand over more than [-] Song Army prisoners of war to Chen Qing.

Cranes and clams fight each other, and the fisherman wins. This is Wan Yanchang's real plot.

In the upper reaches of the Baishui River, three thousand soldiers of the Song Dynasty are busy cutting down trees. Timber can be said to be the most precious resource in this area. The low shrubs around Ganquan Fort have grown a lot, but there are no tall trees. Within a hundred miles, only this side The two big mountains are covered with pine trees.

The tall and straight pine trees were cut down, dragged away together with the branches, thrown into the Baishui River, floated with the water to the vicinity of Ganquan Castle, and then dragged back to Ganquan Castle by mules and horses. The thick trunks can be sawed into rolling logs and branches It can be used for cooking after drying on the roof.

Not only trees, but thousands of soldiers are quarrying stones ten miles north of Ganquan Fort. There is a large river that has been abandoned for thousands of years. On the river bed, you can see various strange rocks and huge pebbles, stretching for more than a hundred miles. Both are.

In just a few days, all the boulders on the twenty-mile riverbed were excavated by the Song army, transported back to the city by cart, and piled up like a hill in the south of the barracks.

There is also a kind of big bluestone dozens of miles south of Ganquan Fort, which is very fine in texture and is a kind of high-quality building material. The city walls of Ganquan Fort and the houses of the people are built with this kind of big bluestone.

It's just that the parts that are easy to mine have been exhausted, and if you want to mine again, you have to blow up the mountain. The difficulty is too high, so the Song army had to give up and look for large rocks from the abandoned river bed.

Not only the Song army mobilized, but also the people of the city. They mainly went to the Baishui River to fetch water. Although there were more than a dozen deep wells in the city, there were too many people and the well water was still unaffordable.

Common people usually go to the Baishui River to fetch water. The water storage tank is the most important family asset in Ganquanbao. It is usually placed behind the corner house with a cover on it. Every family has several large water tanks.

Then use mule carts to fetch water from the Baishui River several miles away. Everyone has to fill up all the water containers, which can last for a month or two.

The same is true for the army, which needs to store a lot of water and use as little water as possible from wells.

At the same time when the Song army was busy preparing for the war, a hundred thousand Xixia troops assembled in Baochuan County. Xixia once again transported a large amount of food and supplies with giant leather rafts. further south is Ganquan Fort, which is the relay logistics supply base.
Xixia had been planning this plan for two years, but it was interrupted by Chen Qing just as it started to be implemented, and a large amount of food and supplies were taken away.

Now Chen Qing is not only a confidant of Jin Bing, but also a thorn in the eyes of the Xixia Army.

The head coach of the Xixia army is the famous Xixia general Li Liangfu. Li Liangfu is nearly [-] years old and has experienced hundreds of battles. He has fought against Song, Liao, and Jin for many years.

This time Murong Tao performed poorly, failed to take Ganquan Fort in time, and lost Deshun Prefecture, which made the emperor Li Ganshun very dissatisfied. South gate.

Although Xixia is afraid of the Jin soldiers, they are not afraid of the puppet Qi army. If the puppet Qi army is too busy to take care of themselves, it is not impossible for them to eat away at the land from the puppet Qi army.

In the Xixia big tent, Li Liangfu is listening to Murong Tao's report.

Li Liangfu is tall and burly, with a rough appearance. Although he is nearly [-] years old and has white beard and hair, he is still strong and strong, with a straight back and a pair of copper bell-like eyes. His gaze is very fierce, but his wrinkled face shows him He has experienced many vicissitudes of life.

"Commander Qi, this Chen Qing once defeated tens of thousands of Jin soldiers at Jianbai Pass. His defensive ability is very strong, and he is especially good at using fire. He was the one who caused the fire in the gold camp of the monk. Not long ago, he set fire to the camp of the Qi army. Annihilating [-] Qi troops, he made great achievements in battle, and even the Jin people were very troubled by him. The emperor of the Jin Kingdom also ordered a reward of [-] guan and [-] households to reward his head. It is said that Wanyan Loushi was killed by him. "

Li Liangfu originally closed his eyes and listened carefully, but when he heard that Wanyan Loushi was killed by Chen Qing, he suddenly widened his eyes, "Wanyan Loushi died at his hands?"

You know, Li Liangfu and Wanyan Loushi fought many times ten years ago, and he was defeated by Wanyan Loushi. He listed Wanyan Loushi as his greatest enemy in his life, and Wanyan Loushi actually died in Chen Li Liangfu had no choice but to pay attention to the enemy he was about to face.

"What is his origin? How old is he? Why haven't you heard of him before?"

Murong Tao bowed and said, "Reporting to Commander, this person is very young, in his twenties, he only started to rise after the Battle of Fuping, and he was highly regarded by Commander Zhang Jun. He has been promoted several times in just two years, and now he is the leader .”

"I'm only in my twenties!"

Li Liangfu was really surprised. The army pays attention to qualifications and experience. He is only in his twenties. How many battles can he fight?How much experience can you have?

The arrogance in his bones made Li Liangfu underestimate Chen Qing.

"I see, order the army to send troops to Ganquan Fort tonight!"

That night, Li Liangfu appointed general Li Mingxiu as the logistics commander, and led an army of [-] to guard Baochuan County. He personally led an army of [-], with Murong Tao as the vanguard, and marched in the direction of Ganquanbao.

(End of this chapter)