Fenghou

Chapter 611 Downturn
That night, the Jurchen army began to slowly retreat towards Yichuan County. At this time, Wanyan Yinkeshu hadn't fully recovered from the treatment. In today's terms, the stimulation caused cerebral hemorrhage.

However, the Wanyan living women under temporary command had excess force and lack of literary skills. He didn't consider that something would happen to Wu Rendao, and he still retreated according to the previous plan.

The Jin soldiers retreated at night, and were immediately discovered by the Song Army scouts on the outskirts. Some soldiers rushed to spread the news to Fucheng County.

Chen Qing led the generals to the city, and the direction of the barracks in the distance was already pitch black. The lights were brightly lit last night, but there were faintly visible stars moving in the northeast direction.

Liu Cui whispered: "Dutong, could this be the Jurchen cavalry's trick to lure troops? To lure us out of the city to pursue."

Chen Qing said with a smile: "Actually, fighting at night, I am not afraid of the Jurchen army. I just don't want to fight head-on with the enemy. There are too many casualties. But this is not a trick to lure the soldiers. They should have received news from Yichuan."

"Dutong, let's go after him!" All the generals looked at Chen Qing, their eyes full of anticipation.

Chen Qing nodded, "It is advisable to chase after the poor bandits. You must do it, but the key is how to do it?"

Chen Qing said to Yang Zaixing: "The Jurchen army will eventually withdraw from Luoshui Road to the north. We don't know the situation in Qingquan County. We'd better block the main force of the enemy army on the southern line. You immediately lead [-] troops to Luojiao. County, block the official road in the northwest. I will lead the army to continue to follow the enemy. We must block the main force of the enemy army on the official road in the northwest. Once they run out of food and have to kill horses for food, that means an opportunity to wipe out the enemy. Here we come."

Yang Zaixing said excitedly: "The humble staff is also looking forward to this moment."

Chen Qingbing divided into two groups. He gave half of the food to Yang Zaixing. Yang Zaixing led an army of [-] to Luojiao County and blocked the exit of the Northwest Official Road. .

At this time, the staff member Fu Lin urged the horse to catch up with Chen Qing and said, "Xuan Fushi, I have a suggestion!"

Fu Lin made a mistake before, he thought it was impossible for Jin Bing to follow Wu Ren's way, but Jin Bing chose Wu Ren's way. Although Chen Qing didn't blame him, Fu Lin felt very ashamed. He has been thinking about ways to make up for it. With his familiarity with the road, he finally spotted an opportunity.

Chen Qing nodded, "Sir, please tell me!"

Fu Lin took out a map and unfolded it immediately. This is a map of the official road in the southwest drawn by the humble officer. The enemy retreated along the official road, which is basically far away from the valley walls on both sides. But if you continue to go forward for about fifty miles, The canyon will narrow, the river will gradually lean towards the south valley wall, the official road will also lean against the valley wall, and the old official road is overhead. At this time, we can attack the enemy from the top of the head. "

Fu Lin was just a scholar, not a military adviser. He only considered the opportunity to attack the enemy, but Chen Qing thought that the enemy could also use this method to deal with him.

"Thank you sir for reminding me, I know what to do now."

Chen Qing immediately ordered someone to find Gao Ding, and Gao Ding cupped his fists and said, "See Du Tong!"

Chen Qing pointed to the map and said: "Fifty miles ahead is a canyon, above the canyon is an old official road, the enemy army is likely to attack us above the canyon, you take five thousand enemy troops to go around first, and kill those who are about to attack us The army, and then you harass the enemy from above, bows and arrows, boulders, fire kites, powder kegs, fire oil balls, whatever."

"Understandable!"

Gao Ding immediately ordered [-] soldiers from the headquarters, carrying a large amount of gunpowder and kerosene, and searched for a small path up the mountain.

On the vast Loess Plateau, water is the most precious thing. Where there are rivers, there are forests, cottages, wheat fields and corn fields. Without rivers, no matter how wide and flat the land is, it will become a wasteland.

A large section of the southwest official road from Yichuan County to Zhongbu County is in a grand canyon with a width of more than ten or twenty miles. Full of corn and wheat.

But it was still spring, and the wheat hadn't eared yet, so it was meaningless to the golden soldiers who were short of food. Even the people along the way had run away. They couldn't find food, fat sheep, or livestock that could eat meat.

The golden soldiers could only use dry food to satisfy their hunger, and they complained all the way. Fortunately, the war horses could eat wheat seedlings, which also solved the forage problem.

Wanyan Yinkeshu has come to his senses, but he has lost feeling in his legs and can no longer ride a horse. He has no choice but to lie on a carriage specially transporting grain and grass, with a thick pad of grass underneath and a blanket covering his body. Can make him more comfortable.

Wanyan Yin Keshu looked back from time to time, and he also knew that Chen Qing's main force was following them. Although he didn't admit it, he knew in his heart that it was his responsibility to wipe out the entire army of Wanyan Helisa. He fell into Chen Qing's trick, and Chen Qing made a game. Finally, he couldn't hold back his longing to enter the pass, so he fell headlong into it.

In the end, he still underestimated the enemy, and this lesson was so profound that it hurt him deeply.

"Go and invite the living marshal!"

Not long after, the Wanyan live girl hurried over on horseback, clasped her fists and said, "See Marshal Du!"

"Let me ask you, how is the morale of the army now?"

"This. It's okay!"

Wanyan Yinke's face darkened, and he said dissatisfiedly: "Don't fool me, it will lead to my wrong decision, tell the truth, what's the matter?"

Wanyan Huonu sighed, "Morale is very low, and the soldiers are seriously war-weary."

"what is the reason?"

"There are many reasons. The dry food is not enough to eat, the stomach has no oil and water, and the soldiers are complaining, but this is not the most important. I feel that there are really two reasons. One is that the entire army of [-] troops was wiped out."

"what happened?"

Wanyan Yinke said angrily, "How could this news get out?"

"I don't know how it got out. It's probably the soldier who fled back to report the news. He stayed in the barracks for a long time before reporting to the Marshal. Because it happened to be attacking the city, the news probably got out at that time."

Wanyan Yinkeshu was extremely annoyed, he knew very well that once this news got out, it would have a huge blow to morale.

"and then?"

"Then there is no hope for this expedition. This is what most soldiers complain about, so that their war weariness is serious."

Wanyan Yinke couldn't speak for a while, of course he understood what the soldiers meant, if he couldn't get property and women in this expedition, he didn't want to fight and risk his life.

When conquering Liao, they plundered the land, wealth and women of the Liao Kingdom. When they attacked the Song Dynasty, they even plundered gold, silver, women from the Central Plains, and all the wealth that could be plundered. This has been the case in every expedition for more than [-] years.

This has gradually become a tradition, a habit, or a rule. In order to boost morale and maintain the tradition, the general of Jin Bing will plunder everywhere he goes. The same is true for Wanyan Yinkeshu, so he decides to kill After entering Guanzhong, he indulged the army to burn, kill and loot.

But the problem is that Chen Qing didn't give them a chance to enter Guanzhong at all. Up to now, they have been going back and forth in the barren mountainous area. There is no benefit, and the soldiers don't want to fight.

It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice, and there is nothing she can do about her beauty. The counties she encountered were all empty. They wanted money but no money, wanted women but no women, and no oil and water. Where could he go to satisfy the interests of soldiers?

In desperation, since I can't encourage fighting, I can only encourage fleeing, Wanyan Yin said in a clever way: "Tell my brothers, after I withdraw to Taiyuan, I will give everyone double the military salary and give them three days off. They have a good time in Taiyuan City!"

"Humble post obeys orders!"

Wanyan Huonu turned around and was about to leave when Wanyan Yinkeshu stopped him again. "Wait a minute, I have something to explain!"

(End of this chapter)