Fenghou

Chapter 365 Raiders

Everything has advantages and disadvantages. Although Ziwu Valley went south, the defenders of Ziwu Pass never expected that there would be troops arriving, and they were caught off guard.

Chen Qing ordered Yang Zaixing to lead [-] soldiers to seize the pass, while he led [-] cavalry to surround more than [-] large tents in the depression.

The soldiers were terrified, and they raised their hands and came out of their tents to surrender.

The main general Wang Chun was dragged out of the army by soldiers, and beheaded with a single blow in front of everyone.

The torches around them illuminated the snow like daylight, and the three hundred soldiers were panicked under the raging firelight.

At this time, Chen Qing rode forward slowly, watching the three hundred soldiers.

Chen Qing is very familiar with this defender. The soldiers used to be Wang Yan's eight-character army. Later, the general became Fu Xuan, and the soldiers gradually sank.

"Everyone should know me!"

Chen Qing said to the crowd: "We were both soldiers of the Eight Character Army, and we were also subordinates of Wang Dutong, and we also fought against gold and served our country, but I never thought that we would meet as enemies today."

All the soldiers bowed their heads in shame, every word Chen Qing said was like a knife to their hearts.

Chen Qing took a deep breath, and said slowly: "I want to tell you a piece of news. Wang Dutong has unfortunately died in Xiangyang. He and hundreds of people were surrounded by tens of thousands of puppet Qi troops. He would rather die in battle than You surrendered to the enemy, but you surrendered, how can you be worthy of the dead Wang Dutong, and how can you explain to him?"

At the beginning, some soldiers knelt on the snow and cried bitterly. More and more soldiers knelt down and cried bitterly. Finally, all three hundred soldiers knelt down and cried loudly.

Twenty or so soldiers who were captured by Yang Zaixing also knelt behind.

Chen Qing couldn't bear to kill these soldiers, he shouted, "Listen to me!"

The crying gradually stopped, and the three hundred soldiers stared blankly at Chen Qing.

"I know that it was Wang Chun who surrendered the golden soldiers, and you were forced to follow. Surrender was not your intention, so I will give you a chance, we can choose"

The eyes of all the soldiers gradually became alive, and they all knew what it meant to be able to choose?
Chen Qing continued to speak loudly: "You can choose to go home. If you are willing to go home, each will give two buckets of rice as dry food for the road, and leave tonight. Take off the armor and clothes for me, wash my body with snow, and become a Song soldier again, now you can choose."

The soldiers began to take off their armor. None of the three hundred soldiers chose to go home. No one wanted to leave the army as a golden soldier and return home. How could they explain to their parents, wives and children?How to explain to the ancestors?
A spectacle appeared on the snow. Three hundred naked soldiers of the Song Army stood on the snow and rubbed their bodies with the snow, as if they were cleaning their souls. Everyone's face was livid with cold and their bodies were shivering.

Chen Qing gave Niu Gao a wink, and Niu Gao led his men to throw [-] sets of new armor, clothes and underwear to the soldiers, and the soldiers silently put on new clothes and new armor.

Chen Qing said to Niu Gao: "They are included in your subordinates, take them down to drink a bowl of ginger soup!"

Niu Gao brought three hundred soldiers down, and Chen Qing hurriedly came to the tent. Jiang Yanxian was leading the soldiers to count the supplies of grain and grass. Chen Qing hoped that the grain and grass at Ziwu Pass could supplement them with food for two or three days, otherwise they would have It may not be possible to get out of Meridian Valley.

"How much food is there?" Chen Qing asked with concern.

"There are four hundred stones of grain, all of which are flour, a thousand hauls of forage, dozens of livestock, fifty large tents, and some medicinal materials, dried meat, milk wine, weapons and other supplies."

Calculated, each soldier can get five catties of flour, which can be eaten for almost two days. In this way, the soldiers have ten days' food.

Chen Qing nodded, "Pass on my order, the soldiers will rest on the spot and set off early tomorrow morning!"

The soldiers cut down trees around, lit a bonfire, and rested around the bonfire.

Early the next morning, the army packed up, crossed the Ziwu Ridge, and entered the Ziwu Valley.
The terrain in Meridian Valley is relatively flat, and it is also covered by thick snow, but there are traces of troops passing by, which are the traces left by the troops led by Wanyan Wushu before.

Sleds can be used in Meridian Valley. Chen Qing immediately ordered to make a thousand simple sleds with pine branches, put all the food and grass materials on the sleds, let the camels pull them forward, and free the horses. In this way, the soldiers You can go on horseback.

Perhaps because of the sled, the team moved very fast. It took eight days for the army to walk out of the Meridian Valley, two days earlier than expected. At this time, the remaining food and grass were distributed to everyone. Soldiers no longer need sleds, and a thousand camels, loaded with various military supplies, follow the team.

After the team left Ziwu Valley, the world became infinitely open, and the soldiers couldn't help cheering.

Chen Qing ordered the army to speed up and rush westward.

The city of Wuguan was on fire, and thick smoke was billowing. More than [-] guards of the puppet Qi army watched the fire on the pass from a distance. This was the second time they were burned by the fire in ten days.

The main general is called Zhang Shao, one of the three generals under Li Cheng. He was ordered to lead [-] troops to guard Shangzhou strictly to prevent the Song army from entering Guanzhong from Shangzhou.

The Song army has been attacking Wuguan for ten days, but they have never really climbed the city. They either attack with bows and arrows, or throw fire oil, as if they did not carry siege weapons.

In the beginning, Zhang Shao was still very nervous, and he personally led [-] soldiers to defend Wuguan, but after the attack, he felt that something was getting worse and worse. After attacking the city for ten days, the casualties of his defending soldiers were less than [-]. , most of which were burned.

And the other party only had two or three hundred casualties, which didn't look like a siege at all.

The key point is that the opponent can clearly capture Wuguan. For example, now that the city is burning with fire and there is no soldier on the top of the city, the opponent can use a battering ram to smash open the city gate, but there is no movement from the opponent.

You know, Chen Qing's army is famous for defending and attacking cities, how could they not take advantage of this opportunity?
There is only one answer, the Song army did not want to capture Wuguan at all.

Not only did Zhang Shao realize that something was wrong, most of his generals also came to their senses, and Liu Shun, the commander, said to Zhang Shao: "Du Tong, I found out yesterday that the number of enemy troops is actually not that many, maybe only five or six thousand people, look at these Tian's attack is becoming more and more obvious, I am afraid the Song army is pretending to attack Wuguan!"

The generals said one after another: "Dutong, since the Song army refuses to come in, let's open the city and fight out!"

Zhang Shao's heart also began to waver. After pondering for a moment, he ordered: "Pass my order, open and close the door first, and the whole army prepares for war!"

The [-] troops quickly set up their formations, ready to attack.

The gate of the closed city was slowly opened, and after waiting for a long time, there was no movement outside.

Zhang Shao ordered a team of spies: "Quickly go outside the city to investigate!"

More than a dozen spies galloped away on horseback, and after a while, the lead spies came back and shouted, "Report to Dutong, the enemy army is nowhere to be seen, and the enemy barracks have disappeared!"

Zhang Shao was taken aback, and immediately led the army to fight out. Sure enough, the enemy army had disappeared without a trace, and the camp three miles away was also gone.

Liu Shun whispered, "Could the information be wrong?"

Zhang Shao shook his head, he didn't know what was going on?

He immediately ordered: "Send the eagle letter to Jingzhao immediately!"

An eagle slowly flew to Jingzhao, and soon, Jingzhao's eagle spread its wings and flew to Bianliang. Two days later, Wan Yanchang received a message from Shangzhou.

This news really made Wan Yanchang speechless for a while, he never thought that the plan of dispatching troops formed in the imperial study room turned out to be fake, if he successfully deceived himself, wouldn't Chen Qing be afraid of the crime of deceiving the emperor?

For a moment, Wan Yanchang's head was as big as a bucket. He ran to the map to take a closer look. Where did Chen Qing's army go?
Attacking Fengxiang would definitely not be wrong. This is indeed the most brilliant strategy to encircle Wei and save Zhao, and it is also the only one that can make Wanyan Wushu retreat. Chen Qing must have adopted this strategy.

The key is where did he enter the customs?

If it is not Shangzhou Road, then it can only go west. Which road will it be Ziwu Road, Luotang Road, and Chencang Road?
At this time, Wan Yanchang's eyes were fixed on Meridian Road, which was the passage Wanyan Wushu had just walked through. The plank roads and bridges inside were all repaired, and last year, Chen Qing had taken this road to surprise Jingzhao. , he is very familiar with this place.

It must be it, Wan Yanchang can be sure this time, Chen Qing must have gone northward through the Meridian Valley, but the question is, where has Chen Qing been after such a long time?
Wan Yanchang immediately ordered: "Send an eagle letter to Jingzhao, tell Li Cheng that Chen Qing entered the pass through the Ziwu Valley, and order him to stop me no matter what!"

(End of this chapter)