Fenghou

Chapter 498
The originally critically ill Emperor Wanyan Sheng of the Jin Kingdom gradually stabilized and did not continue to deteriorate, which greatly eased the tension within the Jin Kingdom. After the war in the Central Plains ended, the rulers of the Jin Kingdom also saw the incompetence of the Qi Kingdom and began to fine-tune the strategy .

Wanyan Wushu, who swept the Song army in the Central Plains, gained power again. He led [-] Tiefutu to sit in the Central Plains, Wanyan Nianhan led an army of [-] to sit in Yangzhou, and cooperated with the [-] Qi army to build warships along the Yangtze River.

Wanyan Sheng also appointed Wanyan Holisa as the envoy of Shaanxi Economic Strategy. He led an army of [-] to Jingzhao, and cooperated with the [-] Qi army to fight against Chen Qing's army on Xihe Road and Wu Jie's army at Dashan Pass.

Wan Yanchang continued to serve as the supervisor of the three routes, responsible for promoting peace by fighting and forcing the Song Dynasty to surrender.

In the morning, Wan Yanchang's carriage slowly drove into Jingzhao City under the guard of a thousand troops. Wan Yanchang's expression was very serious. He never thought that Chen Qing had already defeated Xixia in just half a year. The army seized Xihe Road and developed too rapidly.

He was really worried about whether it was wise for the emperor to send Wanyan Helisa to continue serving as the Shaanxi economic envoy?

But worrying is useless. The key is how to prevent Chen Qing and Wu Jie from jointly counterattacking Shaanxi Road. This is the main purpose of his coming to Jingzhao City.

Wanyan Helisa invited Wanyanchang into the Jinglue Mansion. Wanyanchang stood in front of a map and said nothing for a long time. This is a one-year map. It shows that Chen Qing is only in Ganquanbao, and the others are either The territory of Qi State will either be occupied by the Xixia people, but what about now?

"The supervisor should not pay too much attention to Chen Qing's expansion!"

Wanyan and Lisa walked to the side and sneered: "Many of the territories he occupies are relatively empty, such as Deshun Prefecture, Huizhou, Lintao Prefecture, Hezhou, Huangzhou and other places, with only two to three thousand troops. He really controls There are only Qinzhou and Gongzhou in the area, and the military strength is only tens of thousands."

Wan Yanchang glanced at Wanyan Heli Sa dissatisfiedly, "Have we not suffered enough from him? You still despise him so much?"

"I'm just telling the truth. It's not that ten or eight years have passed, but just less than a year. How strong can he be?"

"General Li Cheng, tell me?" Wan Yanchang turned around and asked Li Cheng who was behind him.

Li Cheng pondered for a moment and said: "I heard that he recruited a lot of troops, defeated Ren Dejing, and recruited [-] of his troops. It is estimated that Chen Qing's army strength is now around [-] to [-]. It is true that his strength has increased. But at the same time, we must also see that after Chen Qing's territory and troops expand, it will be difficult for him to use the defensive tactics he is good at, and I feel that if there is an advantage, there must be a disadvantage."

Wanyan and Li Saha laughed, "Li Dutong is right. I admit that Chen Qing defended the city very well. How many troops have been killed by a single Oasis Fort. If it is really a wilderness battle, I don't believe that he can defeat the sturdy Jurchen cavalry? This is I have the confidence, I am not afraid of him, and I will never fight a siege battle foolishly again!"

Wan Yanchang nodded, Wanyan Lisa and Li Cheng did have some truth in what they said, the Jurchen cavalry hadn't had a large-scale ground contact battle with Chen Qing yet.

"That being said, what if Chen Qing and Wu Jie join forces? They attack from two directions, how should we deal with it?"

"This"

Wanyan and Lisa were speechless for a moment, he looked towards Li Cheng as if asking for help.

Li Cheng said slowly: "This is actually what I'm most worried about. If the soldiers of the Wu rank go out of Monk Yuan to contain Fengxiang Mansion and Guanzhong, and Chen Qing attacks the city and plunder the village in the north, then we will be passive. Only Guanzhong remains."

Wanyan and Lisa's face gradually became serious, and he also realized that this is a big problem. When they attack Xihe Road, Wu Jie will dig out their lair. When they attack Dashan Pass, Chen Qing will point at Jingyuan Road , will indeed lose sight of one another.

The three of them were silent, and suddenly Wanyan and Lisa laughed, "Didn't the Dujian Army come here to solve this matter?"

Li Cheng also realized that since Wan Yanchang mentioned this question, he must already have an answer.

Wan Yanchang smiled and said: "I am indeed thinking about this issue. The crisis in the west has to be resolved in the east. We must put pressure on the Song Dynasty court to ask them to remove Chen Qing or Wu Jie from their posts and replace them with the ones we want. Whoever wants it, the problem will be solved.”

"Does the Supervisory Army think it can be successful?" Li Cheng couldn't believe it.

Wan Yanchang snorted coldly, "I have dealt with the Song Dynasty for so many years, and I still don't understand them? The key is that you don't act rashly for now, even if Chen Qing provokes me, hold back, and I will deal with him slowly in the future!"

Time gradually came to July, and Niu Gao returned with fifteen thousand troops.

In the Hehuang Valley, due to the preferential treatment of granting land for joining the army, young and young people signed up to join the army one after another, and recruited another [-] recruits. At this time, the total strength of Chen Qing's army had reached [-].

At this time, the imperial court's rewards also arrived. Chen Qing was appointed as the envoy of Jinglue of Xihe Road, and then he was granted the title of Doctor Yinqing Guanglu, and he was rewarded with [-] pieces of silk. .

At the same time, the structure of Chen Qing's Jinglue Mansion and the appointment of all Jinglue Mansion and state and county officials were approved.

In the Jinglue Mansion, Chen Qing received the news from the Second Scout Battalion from Xixia that Li Qianshun appointed his younger brother Li Chage as the chief general and Cao Baozong as the deputy general to lead an army of [-] in Shizhou in the south and Xiao Heda's [-] army In the confrontation, both sides rely on the advantages of terrain to fight against each other, and they are unwilling to easily launch large-scale battles. It is estimated that there will be a relatively long confrontation.

But what is surprising here is that Cao Baozong actually came back again, was reused again, and became Brother Li Cha's lieutenant general.

Cao Baozong asked his family to redeem himself with [-] sheepskins, and released him together with his own soldiers. It is not known how Cao Baozong lied when he returned.

But since Li Qianshun hired Cao Baozong again, Chen Qing discovered that there was a problem with Li Qianshun's employment, including the censor Zhongcheng Bari Zuren who had come to negotiate before, and Chen Qing discovered that he did not have any practical skills.

If it is an experienced negotiator, it will take at least a dozen rounds of negotiations, and they will also go to the mine to visit the prisoners of war, and use the abuse of the prisoners of war as an excuse to lower the price. Twenty-five sheepskins are sold at a reasonable price.

But Bali Zuren only talked for one round, and when he saw that the Song Army was tough, he compromised. It is said that this Bali Zuren was Li Qianshun's favorite minister, and he sent his favorite minister to negotiate, and sent a son of a family who was talking on paper as a general. This shows that the Xixia Emperor His stupidity shows the corruption of the Xixia court.

When Xixia and Xiao Heda kill both sides, maybe I will have the opportunity to attack Xixia in the north. I don’t know if the Kingdom of Jin has the same idea.

Xixia had no time to look south, so Chen Qing began to turn his eyes to the east. Of course, he would not be satisfied with a small Xihe Road. Xihe Road is his foundation. He needs to manage it well, and Chen Qing is not in a hurry to expand eastward. It's just that Qinzhou needs a strategic buffer zone, so that the Jin soldiers will not come directly to Chengji County as soon as they kill them.

One Longzhou and one Pingliang Prefecture, Chen Qingzhi was sure to win. With these two prefectures, Qinzhou would have an outer barrier.

Chen Qing immediately ordered Hu Yanlei to send people to Longzhou and Pingliang Mansion to spy on the military intelligence of these two states.

. . . . . . .

Before the sand table in the official office of Jinglue, Chen Qingzheng, Zhang Xiao, and Jiang Yan first discussed the feasibility of sending troops to Longzhou and Pingliangfu.

Zhang Xiao pondered for a moment and said: "Longzhou is not only the buffer zone of Qinzhou, but also the buffer zone of Fengxiang Mansion. If you station soldiers and monk Yuan, then you can restrain the Jurchens from sending troops to Longzhou, and Longzhou will be easier to take."

Jiang Yanxian also said slowly: "Zhang Sima is right. Once the Wu ranks garrison and monk Yuan, there will be an offensive momentum, Fengxiang's golden soldiers will not dare to act rashly, and they will be able to take Longzhou relatively easily, but the Pingliang mansion It is even more important than Longzhou. It is the entrance of Jingyuan Road. The Jin soldiers and the puppet Qi army will definitely fight Pingliang Mansion to the death. It will be a fierce battle for us. Think about how to fight, and then make full preparations!"

Zhang Xiao and Jiang Yanxian both suggested to contact Wu Jie's army monk Shang Yuan, Chen Qing nodded, "I will write a personal letter to Wu Jie!"

(End of this chapter)