Fenghou

Chapter 606
In the afternoon of the next day, Tang Qian and his men arrived ten miles south of Yichuan County. They hid in a mountain depression and waited for two scouts to go on foot to inquire about news.

When it was getting dark, two scouts came back, bringing the latest situation in Yichuan County and an old man at the same time.

"Commander Qi, this old man Wang is a nearby hunter. He knows a small path to Wu Ren Dao, and he is willing to guide us."

The old man hurriedly clasped his fists and said: "Although the [-] to [-] Jin soldiers are stationed in Yichuan County, they have deployed thousands of heavy troops near the exit of Wuren Road. No one is allowed to go there, but the little old man knows a small road that can cross If you go to Uren Road, you just can’t ride a horse.”

Tang Qian was overjoyed, "Then it's time to work!"

Tang Qian then left ten of his men to guard the horses, and ordered the capital, Ma Xingwu, to lead [-] of his men to continue to monitor the main force of the Jin army. "

He himself led seventy men over mountains and mountains.

At one o'clock in the night, they turned over a mountain ridge, and Wuren Road was below. They saw that Wuren Road was not narrow, about a foot wide, but there was a section of twenty or thirty miles that was too narrow for carts to walk on. not narrow.

Moreover, about every two miles or so in Wuren Road, Jin Bing built a sentry tower, and Jurchen patrol cavalry rushed past from time to time.

"How far is it from Yichuan County?" Tang Qian asked the old hunter.

"About fifteen miles or so."

"And how far can we go east on our path?"

"There must be no problem for four or fifty miles. I remember that it was a cliff at the end."

"Please, old man, take me for a while longer."

The crowd continued to walk east along the path, and Tang Qian marked the trees on both sides from time to time, and drew the path on the map.

After walking another fifty miles, at the fourth watch, a cliff several feet wide suddenly appeared in front of them, and they could not pass it.

"This is it, it's over!"

Tang Qian looked at the bottom of the cliff, which was more than ten feet deep, and some large rocks could be vaguely seen.

A thought suddenly flashed in Tang Qian's mind, and he asked anxiously, "Is there such a cliff in Wuren Dao?"

"Of course there is. The cliff is more than ten miles long. How could there be no Wuren Road? It is all passed by a wooden bridge, and the wooden bridge has been around for almost [-] years."

Tang Qian led the crowd up the mountain ridge, looked down at Wu Rendao at the foot of the mountain, and under the moonlight, he indeed saw a wooden bridge spanning the cliff.

At this moment, a shout came from a distance, "The cliff ahead, slow down, guys!"

I saw a mighty army of mules and donkeys coming from the east. Each mule and donkey was carrying a heavy load of food. In front of them was a herd of fat sheep opening the way.

Soon, a mighty team of mules and donkeys passed in front of them, which seemed to be tens of thousands of heads, and behind them were mighty sheep, and a large number of Jurchen cavalry guarded the food delivery team.

Tang Qian suddenly saw his men raising their crossbows to aim, and immediately shouted angrily in a low voice, "Stop all of them!"

The scouts looked at him in astonishment. Aren't they just the food transport team that came to Wuren Dao to ambush the golden soldiers?
"Everyone come down with me!"

Tang Qian led the crowd away from the mountain ridge and returned to the path.

Only then did Tang Qian say to the crowd: "It is definitely not realistic to ambush the Jinbing food team with our strength. Everyone has seen that mules and horses are used to carry food. We can kill dozens of mules and horses at most, but the enemy has some Heavy guards, once we are exposed, the enemy will know that there is a small path, and it will cause great trouble."

The scouts all realized that they had surpassed the boundaries of scouts. Not to mention that it was difficult for them to stop the enemy's grain team, even if they had the ability, they couldn't do it. They were scouts, not ambushes.

After thinking about this, everyone turned their heads to Tang Qian and said in shame: "It's because I am a little eager for merit in a humble job."

Tang Qian nodded and continued to say to everyone: "Our task is to detect and monitor the movement of the enemy's main force, not to ambush the enemy's grain team without authorization. Now that the task of investigating Wu Rendao has been completed, everyone will follow me back and continue to monitor The main force of the enemy force."

Tang Qian then led the crowd to follow the hunter back from the original path, and they firmly remembered this path.

Wanyan Yinkeshu didn't know at this time that Chen Qing's army had already arrived in Fucheng County, about two hundred miles away from Yichuan County.

The fact that Chen Qing's main army dared to leave the central county was also supported by intelligence, and the main force of the Jin army was still in Yichuan County.

Kuncheng County is a middle-level county. During the Xuanhe period, there were tens of thousands of people, including those who fled the war, died in the war, and migrated to Guanzhong in large numbers. There were more than [-] people, and more than half of the houses were vacant, and they were temporarily used as barracks by the Song army.

Surrounded by a group of generals, Chen Qing went up to inspect the top of the city. The city wall was not low, less than three feet long, and not wide enough. It is wide and also has a high suspension bridge.

"This county is not bad, it can be used as our logistics supply center." Chen Qing is quite satisfied with this city.

Yang Zaixing bowed and said, "I would like to report to Dutong that this canyon is relatively wide, which is conducive to the Jurchen army's advantage in cavalry. Why don't we continue to recommend eastward and find places with complex and narrow terrain to fight with the Jin soldiers."

Chen Qing smiled slightly and said: "My army left Zhongbu County not to come to a decisive battle with the enemy, but to defeat them one by one. I have already made a nest, and I just want to see if Yan Yinkeshu will swallow this bait."

Chen Qing asked again with a smile: "Is there any news about Liu Qiong's army?"

"Reporting to Dutong, General Liu's army is hiding in the mountain depression, and the food and grass can last for ten days!"

Chen Qing nodded, ten days is enough.

The arrival of the food team finally solved Wanyan Yinkeshu's urgent need. They had slaughtered and eaten up thousands of livestock in Luojiao and Yichuan counties.

The first batch only had [-] shi of grain and [-] sheep, but it could sustain an army of [-] for more than half a month. As more and more grain came in, the logistics supply battalion could be established.

Wanyan Yinkeshu was in a good mood, he immediately ordered to kill [-] sheep to reward the army.

When the news spread, the [-] gold soldiers immediately rejoiced. They ate dry food every day, and they had already complained a lot. Now that they could finally eat barbecue and drink milk wine, why couldn't they rejoice.

In a large tent, Wanyan Yinkeshu and the generals sat in a circle, eating meat and drinking, chatting and laughing happily, and a few Jurchen big men in the middle were performing wrestling, and there were bursts of applause from time to time.

At this time, a personal soldier quickly entered the tent, came to Wanyan Yinkeshu along the edge of the tent, and whispered something to him in his ear.

Wanyan Yinkeshu's expression changed, "But really?"

"The reporting general is outside!"

Wanyan Yinkeshu got up and went outside the big tent, the sentinel centurion who was waiting outside stepped forward quickly, knelt down on one knee and reported, "See Marshal Du!"

Wanyan Yinkeshu asked in a deep voice: "Chen Qing's main force is in Fucheng County, is the information accurate?"

"Reporting to Marshal Du, the information is accurate. I saw with my own eyes about [-] to [-] troops, the main force of the Song Army, entering Kuncheng County."

Wanyan Yinkeshu thought for a while and asked again; "How is the city wall in Kuncheng County?"

The centurion hurriedly said: "The city wall is about two feet and five feet high. It is made of big blue bricks. It looks relatively new. There is a moat. The county town is neither big nor small, with a circumference of more than twenty miles."

It seemed that it was not easy to attack, Wanyan Yinkeshu frowned slightly, as if he was thinking about something important.

He pondered for a long time, and said to his soldiers: "Quickly tell all the ten thousand heads to come to my tent to discuss matters!"

(End of this chapter)