Fenghou

Chapter 279
In the afternoon, Chen Qing received accurate information that [-] Jurchen cavalry had left Delong County in Deshun Prefecture and were heading west.

Zhao Xiaoyi also told Chen Qing an important piece of information, that the Ten Thousand Nuzhen Cavalry was commanded by Wanfu Zhang Wanyanhuo.

This is indeed an important piece of information. At least Chen Qing can make two accurate judgments. The first accurate judgment is that between the Oasis Fort supplies team and himself, Wanyan Huo Nu will definitely choose himself.

The second accurate judgment is that all the people in the city must be evacuated, and the Wanyan living girl will definitely massacre the city.

Chen Qing immediately asked Yang Yuanqing to mobilize the people in Ganquanbao to evacuate. Hearing that the Jurchen general who massacred the people in Zhongnan County led the army, some people who were unwilling to evacuate also changed their course and joined the evacuation team.

Chen Qing did not delay. That night, more than [-] civilians and [-] soldiers escorted the baggage team and evacuated to the south in a mighty manner.

Chen Qing led [-] cavalry to leave Ganquan Fort and rushed eastward.
[-] female real cavalry arrived at the border of Qinzhou, which is still fifty miles away from Ganquan Fort. Wanyan Huonu had already received information. A cavalry force of dozens of people came from the south and entered Ganquan Fort. Wanyan Huonu immediately realized that , this is Chen Qing is back.

There is only one official road for the Jurchen cavalry from Deshun Prefecture to Ganquan Fort. This is not like a plain, you can go anywhere. This is the Loess Plateau. If you don’t take the official road, you often walk. There is a gully as deep as a hundred feet in front of you .

As soon as they arrived at the state border, they saw a group of cavalry galloping from a distance. This was the sentinel cavalry of the golden soldiers who came to report.

The three cavalry rushed to the front, bowed and said, "Commander Wan, the Song army's supply team came out of Ganquan Castle last night. The team is very long, covering more than ten miles, and there are also a lot of people mixed in."

"Is there an army following?"

"There is an army, about six or seven thousand people, all infantry."

"Did you see the cavalry?"

The three sentinel cavalry shook their heads, and Wanyan Huonu was a little surprised. Judging from the information they had, the Song Army had at least [-] cavalrymen, and the total strength of the Song Army should be between [-] and [-]. , then in addition to the six or seven thousand people who followed the luggage, the Song Army should still have the main force.

Wanyan Huonu is also a famous general who has experienced many battles and has rich experience. He immediately guessed the opponent's strategy and used the luggage team to seduce him. Chen Qing led the main force to hide somewhere, preparing to ambush him.

"You want to show off this small skill in front of me?"

He snorted coldly, and ordered: "Send twenty sentinel cavalry to search within ten miles on both sides of the official road!"

Twenty sentinel cavalry teams rushed forward, stirring up billowing yellow dust. Wanyan Huonu waved her saber, "Advance at medium speed!"

Ten thousand cavalry set off, and the speed was not fast. Wanyan Huonu decided that Chen Qing would lead the army in ambush in front. As for the luggage team, he didn't care too much. For him, capturing or killing Chen Qing was his goal. His father has been dead for more than two years, and this hatred has been accumulated in his heart and has never disappeared.

Long live Chen Qing's corpse, he will never give up. This opportunity was obtained only after he repeatedly fought for Wan Yanchang. The task Wan Yanchang gave him was also very simple, killing Chen Qing, nothing else was important.

The team walked for more than [-] miles, and there was a canyon in front of them. Wanyan Huonu reined in her horse and looked at the canyon. The canyon was very narrow, at most a hundred feet wide, with steep mountains on both sides. This is a good place for ambushes. I am Chen Qing, I will definitely ambush here.

Just why didn't the Sentinels come back to report?

As soon as I thought of this, I saw two cavalry rushing forward one after the other. The sentry cavalry he sent was in front, and there seemed to be pursuers behind.

Wanyan Huonu shouted, "Go and support!"

A cavalry went up to meet them, and the chasing cavalry of the Song army found the main force ahead, and immediately turned their horses and rushed into the valley.

There were only about thirty cavalrymen, and they were in a state of embarrassment, and many of them were wounded by arrows.

The leading centurion panted, "I would like to report to Commander Wan, there is an ambush ahead, and the other sentries have been killed, so we are the only ones who escaped back!"

Wanyan Huonu was taken aback, he sent [-] sentinel cavalry, if they were all killed, then the opponent's strength would be at least [-], as expected, he guessed right.

"Master Wan, what should we do?" Several generals asked.

Wanyan Huonu snorted coldly and said: "Since Chen Qing has been discovered, he will no longer ambush him. He will definitely evacuate to Ganquan Castle, use the city to block us, and chase after me!"

Ten thousand cavalry suddenly accelerated, ten thousand horses galloped, and rushed towards the valley
Sure enough, as expected by Wan Yan Huo Nu, the canyon where the Song army was ambushed was empty before, and the Song army did retreat westward.

The ten thousand gold soldiers sped up their speed again and chased after Ganquan Fort.

Contrary to Wanyan Huonu's expectation, the three gates of Ganquan Fort were wide open, and there was no one there. At this time, Wanyan Huonu received an urgent report that the main force of the [-] cavalrymen of the Song Army was retreating to the south. The speed was not fast, just to the south More than ten miles away.

Wanyan Huonu was overjoyed, and immediately ordered the whole army to pursue. Ten thousand Jurchen cavalry chased south again, but they only chased ten miles away, and saw the opponent lined up in the wilderness several miles away.

Wanyan Huonu immediately ordered the army to slow down. He looked at the terrain. On the left was a ravine twenty feet deep, and on the right was a crescent-shaped low mountain. The passage in the middle was only thirty feet wide. This was also an ambush great place.

Wanyan Huonu raised her head and looked up the low mountain. The top was bare, and she didn't see the enemy army. The enemy didn't seem to have set up an ambush on the top of the mountain.

"Master Wan, that person is Chen Qing!"

I saw a person from the opposing camp, wearing an iron helmet and iron armor, riding a tall and handsome horse, holding a Fang Tian's painted halberd, and he could feel the cold light of Fang Tian's painted halberd several miles away. Qing's unique signboard, among the generals in the world, he is the only one who uses Fang Tian's painted halberd.

The doubts in Wanyan Huonu's heart were immediately overwhelmed by deep-seated hatred, and he didn't bother to send people up the mountain to check, he drew his knife and shouted, "Kill!"

"Kill!"

The [-] Jurchen cavalry burst into a cry, accelerated suddenly, and the horses galloped, stirring up the loess to cover the sky and the sun, and the mound above their heads could not be seen clearly.

The forward of the Jurchen cavalry rushed over the hill in an instant. At this moment, three hundred soldiers of the Song army appeared above their heads, each carrying two powder kegs and fifty small trebuchets. The trebuchet was thrown, and the powder kegs were thrown down the mountain one by one.

Gunpowder barrels exploded above the heads of the Jurchen soldiers. Although the power of the explosion was limited, what was terrifying was the poisoned iron nails that shot out.

This is also the characteristic of the firearms of the Song Army. The impact of the firearm itself is very small, but the poisonous nails, poison, and caltrops mixed in the firearms have certain lethality.

Chen Qing directly threw the five-jin gunpowder barrel downwards, and the impact generated by its explosion was much stronger, especially the thousands of tiny poisonous nails were extremely lethal, but such poisonous nails could not penetrate iron armor , more for war horses.

Thousands of Jurchen cavalrymen were stunned by the successive explosions of dozens of gunpowder barrels. The horses neighed and ran wildly. In the chaos, hundreds of cavalrymen fell into the ravine on the right, and all of them died.

Seeing an unknown number of firearms falling from overhead and exploding, the casualties were extremely heavy.Although not many soldiers died directly, most of the horses and soldiers were more or less hit by poisoned iron nails.
"Retreat! Retreat!"

Wanyan Huonu yelled anxiously, the Jurchen cavalry were in a mess, they were in a mess on the official road, some were still charging forward, and some didn't know what to do?Some retreated backwards, but the cavalry behind did not retreat in time, blocking the retreat.

At this moment, the horn of the Song army's attack sounded.Chen Qing took the lead and led the cavalry of the Song Army to kill.

The explosion above the head stopped, and the Jurchen army also withdrew from the mountain road. Before the reorganization was completed, two thousand cavalrymen rushed over the dwarf hill and rushed into the Jurchen team first. The golden cavalry came to hide and kill.

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[I had something to do at home yesterday, and I have been busy all day. There are only two chapters today, and there is no chapter at noon. I apologize to everyone! 】

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