Fenghou

Chapter 684 Negotiations
On the official road to the north of Xiazhou, the mighty Jurchen cavalry lined up, everyone with iron helmets and armor, carrying spears, full of murderous looks.

In the front is a rather special Jurchen cavalry, all of them are wearing heavy armor, and there are three horses in a row. Although the three horses are not connected by leather ropes, it can be seen that their equipment and formation must be the same in wartime. Connected with a leather cord.

This is the most critical information given by the other party's spies. There are [-] kidnapped horses in groups of three, a total of [-] groups. Otherwise, Wang Jingyang really wouldn't be able to see this special cavalry.

Standing on a hill two miles away, Wang Jingyang carefully observed the enemy's kidnapped horses. The number should be two thousand groups, followed by normal Jurchen cavalry. Neither the horses nor the soldiers were heavily armored, and the ranks were not so neat. Some are in a row of four, some are in a row of three, and some are even in a row of two. It is more casual, unlike the six thousand horses in front of them, the three horses are arranged neatly and in unison.

Thirty thousand Jurchen cavalry marched past, followed by carts full of grain and supplies, one after another, with an infantry escort of the Consortium sitting on the roof of each cart.

The carts could not be seen at a glance, and the spies said that there were [-] carts, but Wang Jingyang was not very interested in the carts. After all, after entering Xixia, the Xixia army's food and supplies would be integrated with the other side, so it was meaningless.

The key is how many troops there are, whether it is [-] Jurchen troops plus [-] Xie Congjun troops, and [-] cart drivers, the number of troops must be determined.

Wang Jingyang had no choice but to rely on his temper and wait for the cart to pass slowly. The distance between the cart and the cart was more than forty miles. After the cart passed, another army appeared behind it. Of the [-] soldiers escorting the carts, there were indeed [-] Xie soldiers.

Wang Jingyang finally waited until the team passed by, looked at the sky again, and waved, "Let's go!"

He and his men left Xiazhou with the spies captured at noon, and headed towards Mingsha County
Two days later, Chen Qing got the exact information brought by the scouts, and he sent someone to interrogate the captured Xie Congjun spies in detail. He not only wanted to know the information about Jin Bing, he also needed to know the detailed information about Xie Congjun and Hedong Road.

In the big tent, more than [-] important generals gathered together, Chen Qing asked: "Which one of you knows the situation of the golden soldiers kidnapping horses?"

At this time, Gao Ding raised his hand and said: "Xizhi participated in Liu Guangshi's crusade against Huaixi. At that time, Wanyan Zonghan led [-] cavalry to kill our [-] troops. Their forwards were [-] kidnapped horses, also known as Lianhuan. Horses, three heavy armored horses are connected by ropes, only one cavalryman rides on the middle horse, holding an extremely long spear in his hand, a thousand kidnapped horses rushed into the formation of the Song army, and galloped all the way, invincible and unstoppable. This kind of momentum is like a landslide, tens of thousands of Song troops collapsed immediately, and fled for their lives, and the humble position was quite shocked at the time."

Chen Qing frowned, "Is there only one cavalry among the three horses?"

"Exactly, I thought that three horses and three people are together, and the horses are fine, but the soldiers can't use them."

It makes sense, three people riding side by side really can't move forward, and one person has three horses, and the burden on the horse is not heavy, so why did their scouts see three people and three horses?

Zhang Xiao said with a smile, "Don't be surprised by the envoy Xuan Fu. The three men and three horses seen by the scouts are just marching. The low-ranking staff probably still have one of the three horses, and the other two are spares."

Chen Qing nodded, "It's also possible, but it doesn't matter whether they are three horses or three horses, these are actually not very meaningful. The difficulty is, how do we fight against [-] Jurchen cavalry in the Xixia Plain?"

Everyone was silent, they didn't underestimate themselves, but they also knew that the Jurchen cavalry had tens of thousands, and their combat effectiveness was extremely strong, let alone the opponent had [-] cavalry.

At this time, Chen Qing laughed again and said, "It's not a big problem to deal with kidnapped horses. As long as one horse falls down, the other two horses can't fight anymore. We can use hooks and guns to deal with them."

Everyone's eyes lit up, it was a good way to connect the gun with a hook.

Gao Ding also said: "The enemy must charge with kidnapped horses, and their cavalry are hiding behind. Our only way is to use cavalry against cavalry. We use the overwhelming majority of cavalry to deal with the golden soldiers. We use [-] cavalry Ok?"

"But if all our cavalry go to attack the Jinbing, how will the Xixia Army and the Xixia Army and the Xixia Army respond?" Yang Zaixing asked.

"That's why we're going to dispatch [-] troops, [-] cavalry to deal with the Jurchen cavalry, and [-] infantry to deal with the Xixia Army and the Xixia Army."

Yang Zaixing sneered, "One hundred thousand, two hundred thousand, this is a decisive strategic battle. Only when fierce battles are fought on several fronts can so many troops be mobilized. How can there be such a reason to mobilize so many troops in a big war? Meals need to be eaten at one bite, and the road needs to be taken step by step. Let’s go, accumulate small victories for big victories”

"You said it simply, but will Jin Bing pay attention to you? What I'm talking about is how to concentrate troops to defeat Jin Bing, and it has nothing to do with how to fight."

Gao Ding and Yang Zaixing confronted each other, and they were about to quarrel.

"Stop arguing, you two!"

Chen Qing stood up and interrupted the quarrel between the two. He stood up and said to the crowd: "Dealing with the Jurchen cavalry is a severe reality that we will face sooner or later. How to defeat the Jurchen cavalry is not something we thought out from scratching our heads. I have accumulated experience from battle to battle. In the past, I always considered how to minimize casualties, and I was unwilling to fight head-on with the enemy. Now I have gradually figured it out. Without the accumulation of fighting against a strong enemy, I will not be strong. We need to take a longer view, even if we are defeated by the Jurchen cavalry this time, it doesn't matter, we will make a comeback, but if we dare not fight the Jurchen cavalry head-on, what will we do in the future?"

There was a burst of thunderous applause in the big tent. Chen Qing's words touched the hearts of the generals. Don't be afraid of failure, you must learn from the experience in the failure, and finally defeat the powerful enemy.

After the crowd dispersed, Chen Qing smiled at Zhang Xiao: "The so-called strategy is to despise the enemy, and tactics is to pay attention to the enemy. We can have the courage to fight the enemy, but we must not underestimate the enemy. In particular, we must give full play to our own advantages." , make full use of strengths and discard weaknesses to fight against the Jurchen cavalry."

Zhang Xiao nodded, "I very much agree with Xuan Fushi's idea. The four words of using strengths and avoiding weaknesses are the key to our victory over the Jurchen cavalry. For example, the hook and spear mentioned by the general just now are indeed a sharp weapon against Jurchen kidnappers. Kidnappers The horse wears heavy armor, but only the horse's feet are exposed, so the horse's feet are the opponent's weakness. Our advantage lies in the skill of training. We can let the elite infantry form a spear phalanx to fight against the enemy cavalry, and our cavalry will go Clean up the Xixia army and the Xixia army, as long as the Xixia army and the Xixia army are defeated, the morale of the Jurchen cavalry will definitely be affected."

Next to him, Yang Zaixing said: "The strategy of Jin Bing is also very powerful. We must prevent Jin Bing from plagiarizing our rear. The humble official suggested that the Han people should be moved to the valley south of Ghota Village, and the supplies, food, and grass should also be moved there, and they would plant there. Daying, there are only Mingsha County and Yingli County left here, as long as you stick to the county towns, the enemy's surprise attack will be meaningless."

Chen Qing said happily: "This method is good, we can adopt it!"

Chen Qing made a decision to move the Han Min camp to the valley south of Ghota Village. Hundreds of thousands of people started to leave, supporting the old and the young, and evacuated to the south in a mighty way. The Song army took out hundreds of thousands of people One donkey and mule provided transportation for the elderly and young children with limited mobility, [-] camels carried food and tents, and tens of thousands of militia soldiers who had just converted to the official Song Army escorted along the way to help the elderly and weak people evacuate.

(End of this chapter)