Fenghou

Chapter 683 Encounter
After Chen Qing occupied Xiping Mansion, he immediately renamed Xiping Mansion Lingzhou and ordered Liu Cui to lead an army of [-] to settle in Lingzhou. He led [-] Han slaves and the rest of the army back to Mingsha County.

When Chen Qing just returned to Mingsha County, he happened to be in command of Lu Gui and led five thousand tiger and ben troops to escort the army rations and armored supplies, which were carried by [-] camels. At the same time, Lu Gui brought news of the yellow-headed Uighurs. Cao Changchun sent envoys to negotiate. As a result, the envoys were attacked by horse bandits at Yumen Pass. Only two escaped.

Chief Cao Changchun was deeply vigilant and did not dare to lead his troops to leave the Hexi Corridor. He was worried that the Xizhou Uighurs would take the opportunity to occupy the entire Hexi Corridor if the army left.

Chen Qing handed Cao Changchun's letter to Zhang Xiao, "Sima, let's have a look!"

After reading the letter, Zhang Xiao asked with a smile, "Is the news true? Or is it Cao Changchun's excuse for not wanting to come?"

"It shouldn't be an excuse. I asked Lu Gui. He saw the envoy who was killed with his own eyes. He was Cao Changchun's nephew. Cao Changchun mobilized an army to fight in Suzhou. Besides, Xixia is a piece of fat. I can't think of any reason for him to give up. ?”

Next to him, Yang Zaixing said, "I feel that Li Yanwu, the governor of Shazhou, is also a very powerful guy. He must have sent someone to inform the Xizhou Uyghurs, otherwise the Xizhou Uyghurs would not have come in such a timely manner."

Chen Qing shook his head, "The capital of the Xizhou Uighurs is Gaochang. It is thousands of miles away from Gaochang to Shazhou. It takes [-] days to go back and forth even on horseback. It is only a few days away from when Li Yanwu was urgently transferred back to Xizhou Uighurs to occupy Shazhou. The time is unrealistic, I am more inclined that the Xizhou Uighurs have already set up troops, watching them, and there is a possibility that the Xizhou Uighurs are Cao Changchun's helpers, after all, he was defeated by Li Yanwu three times, and finally led wolves into the house."

Zhang Xiao laughed and said, "The last possibility is more reasonable. Cao Changchun was so angry that he sent envoys to negotiate with the wolves into the house, but he was plotted against by the Xizhou Uighurs."

Yang Zaixing said, "If the Uyghur cavalry doesn't come, how will it affect us?"

Chen Qing smiled slightly and said: "I thought conservatively before and underestimated the decline of Xixia's national power. Now they actually have [-] white-armored troops, and the armor cannot be supplied. The reason is that Xiao Heda occupied the iron mines and The Xiazhou smelter has not been replenished for two full years, and their armaments have been completely depleted. Now even if there is no Uyghur army, I am confident to destroy Xixia. The key now is to see how strong the aid of the Jin Kingdom is."

"Will the Jin Dynasty come to aid Xixia?" Yang Zaixing asked.

Chen Qing nodded, "We will definitely come. Xixia is too important. Without the restraint of Xixia, we can march eastward with all our strength, and even send troops from Xixia and Guanzhong at the same time, and we can attack Hedong Road from north to south, and take Hedong Road and Datong Mansion." , Yanshan Mansion is in danger, Jin Guo knows this better than us, so they will definitely send troops to support Xixia."

Yang Zaixing said with a smile: "Since this is the case, I suggest that the [-] militia army be converted to a regular position to increase our strength. Once the enemy sneaks into the rear, we will also have [-] troops to fight."

Yang Zaixing was injured in his arm and had been recuperating from the rear. He was unwilling to be lonely, so he volunteered to participate in the training of the militia, that is, to recruit strong men from hundreds of thousands of rescued slaves to form a militia army, which would participate in the defense of Xixia in the future.

Chen Qing pondered for a moment and asked, "What about General Cheng Huan's opinion?"

Yang Zaixing only participated in the training, but the general who actually formed the militia army was Tongzhi Cheng Huan, who had more say than Yang Zaixing.

"That's what he suggested to the humble office."

Chen Qing glanced at Zhang Xiao again, and Zhang Xiao stroked his beard and said, "Forming a regular army will help the people stay in Xixia with peace of mind. I agree!"

Chen Qing nodded, "Since everyone has this idea, then I have no objection, it can be formed!"

At this time, Hu Yanlei hurried to the door of the big tent, knelt down on one knee and saluted, "I want to report to Dutong, I have urgent news from my humble position!"

"Please come in and say!"

Hu Yanlei walked into the big tent, bowed and saluted and said: "Information transferred from Taiyuan, a [-] Jurchen army and a [-] Xie Congjun army have left Taiyuan and marched towards Lanzhou, and [-] people have been forced to requisition on Hedong Road." carts to transport supplies."

Chen Qing and Zhang Xiao looked at each other, and they realized at the same time that this should be the army to support Xixia. It is not a problem to have [-] Xixia troops. The key is the [-] Jurchen army. Xixia is a plain area. deal with.

"When did it happen?"

"It's information from five days ago!"

Chen Qing calculated in his mind, if five days ago, he would have entered Xixia today or tomorrow.

He immediately ordered to his soldiers: "Go and get General Tang for me!"

The Jin soldiers supporting Xixia crossed Hengshan from the Tumaochuan Valley in Linzhou and entered the territory of Xixia. To the west of the army is the famous Mu Us Desert. The army could not pass through the desert, but could only walk along the northern foot of Hengshan. Many states and counties in Xixia, such as Shizhou, Yinzhou, Xiazhou, Youzhou, Yanzhou and so on.

All the garrisons in this area were transferred to Xingqing Mansion, and there were only a small number of Dangxiang people living there, but most of them were Qiang people. With the support of the Qiang people, Xiao Heda was able to fight fiercely with the Xixia imperial army for two years, forcibly cutting off most of the Xixia national power.

At noon, in a forest near Xiazhou, dozens of Song army scouts were busy grilling fish for lunch in front of the creek. Since the briquettes and marching stoves, there will be no smoke, and the scouts no longer need to drink raw water. Drink water and eat cold food.

These dozens of soldiers of the Song Army were one of the ten scout teams sent by Tang Qian. The team consisted of thirty people, led by Wang Jingyang, the deputy commander of the scouts.

Wang Jingyang made repeated military exploits when intercepting Wanyan Yinke's art, and was promoted to the deputy commander of the scouts.

Seeing the soldiers talking and laughing, he ordered: "Don't talk when you eat fish, be careful of stabbing your throat!"

The scouts stopped talking and ate the grilled fish in silence. Wang Jingyang was a little worried, got up and walked out of the woods, less than ten steps away from the woods, he was suddenly taken aback, saw their sentries hanging upside down on the branches, An arrow pierced his throat.

Wang Jingyang squatted down immediately, drew out his knife and looked around, he suddenly felt the sound of wind above his head, rolled on the spot, and a cold arrow brushed his shoulder and shot into the soil.

"There is an enemy!"

Wang Jingyang shouted and swung his saber back, "Crack!" A spear was chopped into two pieces.

He didn't even look behind. He rolled over and dodged a deadly arrow. Wang Jingyang jumped up and ran at full speed, shouting as he ran, "There is an enemy!"

Two arrows 'whoosh!Whoosh! 'He shot from above his head, but Wang Jingyang avoided them by using the terrain.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the enemy army chasing him from behind, a total of five people, three horses, chasing him closely.

Just then, a soldier shouted, "Commander, get down!"

Wang Jingyang pounced forward, dozens of arrows shot over his head, screamed several times, and the horse neighed.

Wang Jingyang turned over and saw that four people had been shot down by arrows, and another man in black was running away on his horse desperately.

"Shoot horses, catch alive ones!"

Several arrows shot out powerfully, and the horse fell to the ground, throwing the horse about a foot away, and the scouts rushed up, knocked down the man, and tied him up.

Wang Jingyang stepped forward, and only then did he see the other person's appearance clearly. He was actually a Han. He was also thrown badly, his face was covered with blood, and his eyes showed fear.

"The commander is a spy from the Congjun Army!"

The soldiers tore off an iron plate with a tiger's head from the man's waist. The Jurchen army had a wolf's head bronze medal, the Khitan and other Eastern Hu troops had a round bronze medal, the low-level generals and spies of the Han Chinese Union Army had a tiger's head iron plate, and ordinary soldiers had an iron round plate. The waist card can determine the identity of the opponent.

"Tell me! Where is the Jurchen main force now? Tell me, and I'll keep your whole body. If you don't say anything, I'll feed your body to the dogs. Take your head back and reward you!"

The spy was shocked. He raised his head and pleaded, "I didn't kill your companion. The person who killed your companion was a crossbowman with a scar on his face. Just spare my life, and I can tell you something." Important secret!"

(End of this chapter)