Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 485 Killing the Three Kingdoms of Blood and Fire (Loyalty and Traitor)

It is extremely cold in Hebei in December.

The howling north wind rolled dry and cold snowflakes, and slapped people's cheeks mercilessly, easily adding another wound to the already cracked face.

Although this snowflake is not big, its damage is not small.

This season was not the season for fighting, but the Jin army trapped on the bank of the Hutuo River had no other choice.

Because the temperature has dropped sharply in the past few days, the Hutuo River has begun to freeze. Although tens of thousands of people cannot cross at the same time, it is still possible to cross thousands of elites in batches.

As long as a few thousand elites can cross the river and gain a firm foothold, the follow-up troops can pass through calmly.

Moreover, in heavy snow days, the Khitan army's horses can't move fast, which is the most favorable time for the Jin army to make full use of the infantry's strengths.

Wang Qing, the governor of Xizhou, who had suggested to Du Chongwei to cross the river to open the way for the army, was crossing the river with Song Yanjun, the military governor of Dengzhou Weisheng Army, leading [-] elite soldiers.

At this time, the sky was slightly bright, and the banks of the Hutuo River were quiet, only the cold wind mixed with a small amount of snowflakes blowing towards the face.

Although the hand holding the knife was almost frozen, and the snot couldn't stop dripping down, none of the two thousand pioneers who followed Wang Qing backed down, and none of them spoke.

These 2000 people are the most courageous in the entire Jin army camp, and they also hate the Khitan people the most.

They either had relatives who died at the hands of the Khitans, or they vowed to drive the Khitans out of the Central Plains because of their simple national sentiments, not seeing the Hu people domineering.

Like ants, the Jin army squatted on the ice and slowly slid towards the opposite side. The vanguard of 500 people in the early stage crossed the bank of the Hutuo River very smoothly.

Wang Qing was pleasantly surprised. It seemed that the Khitans were not prepared. As long as his 2000 people lined up on the west bank for cover, the main force on the east bank could quickly cross the river.

Soon, his 2000 people basically crossed the river, and Song Yanyun's 3000 people also crossed more than a thousand people.

Just as Wang Qing was about to walk over to let the soldiers under his command line up, he heard loud and earnest voices.

Wang Qing carefully discerned that the sound did not sound like the footsteps of the soldiers around him.

Suddenly, the soldiers he arranged to watch out in front screamed in horror.

Wang Qing also hurriedly climbed up the steps by the river and looked towards the place pointed by the soldiers. He saw densely packed white spots in the distance, all of them were Khitan soldiers.

They didn't put up a flag, they were covered with white cloths, like ghosts that suddenly appeared, they had already lurked within five hundred steps away from Wang Qing and the others.

After being besieged for too long, the soldiers couldn't keep up with nutrition, so they couldn't clearly see the Khitan soldiers in white robes.

Moreover, the Khitan soldiers and horses all wore cotton shoes and wrapped them in cotton cloth, so they were careful not to make too much noise.

Zhao Yanshou looked at the Jin army on the opposite side, just like seeing himself climbing the steps of a great treasure.

He had no choice. After the last battle of Baituanwei Village, his base Lulong army suffered heavy casualties. If he could not be the emperor of the Central Plains, he would not even have the chance to be an ordinary Khitan.

"Kill it! I became the emperor of the Central Plains, and all of you are heroes of the founding of the country!"

Amid Zhao Yanshou's roar, the soldiers around were all full of energy.

These people had made a big bet that Zhao Yanshou could become a son-in-law like Shi Jingtang, and now that they had lost all their wealth, they had no way out, so they were more fanatical than the Khitan people.

Zhao Yanshou's attack was so fast that Wang Qing didn't even have time to set up the formation, but fortunately, his soldiers were fairly elite. Although they didn't form a formation, there was still a dense rain of arrows, and they shot at the first time .

The elite Lu Longjun under Zhao Yanshou also started shooting with their bows. People on both sides fell to the ground one after another, and the scarlet blood was very conspicuous on the snow-white snow.

However, it is often not an easy task to draw a bow and shoot an arrow in this kind of weather, so it quickly developed to the stage of close hand-to-hand combat.

Zhao Yanshou's Lu Long army has more than [-] people. They have been preventing the Jin army from sneaking across the Hutuo River for a long time, and they also have an advantage in numbers.

But Wang Qing's 2000 people is even more sturdy.

In fact, if they wanted to fight in an formation, the 2000 people like Wang Qing would be summoned temporarily, and the cooperation would not be too tacit.

The sound of fighting was carried far away in the cold morning wind. Although the Jin and Liao armies were said to be facing each other by the Hutuo River, the camp was still some distance away from the Hutuo River.

Hearing the sound of fighting, the horns of the Jin army began to sound, and the generals began to gather. Huangfu Yu cursed Du Chongwei while wearing armor.

For such an important matter as Wang Qing and Song Yanjun crossing the river to attack, Du Chongwei actually only prepared 5000 people and did not let others prepare.

On the Khitan side, it was much faster. Yelu Deguang felt very keenly that the Jin army's attack this time would be an important turning point.

He immediately sent the mighty general Yelu Shuogu to lead [-] elite soldiers first, and then he himself led [-] soldiers and horses to arrive later.

Facts have proved that Zhao Yanshou overestimated himself too much. With 4000 people, he couldn't handle Wang Qing's 2000 people at all, not to mention that Song Yanjun still had 3000 people crossing the river.

Even if Zhao Yanshou went into battle with a rifle in his hand, the soldiers of Lu Longjun charged the Jin army three times in a row, but they still failed to repel the Jin army with fewer numbers than him, let alone drive the Jin army into the river.

The blade of the sword rolled, the shaft of the spear was broken, and the spear was damaged. The Jin army took the old general Wang Qing as the spearhead. Although the number was small, they gathered tightly together, like a long spear, and stabbed Lu Longjun's stomach fiercely.

The only problem was that Song Yanyun's support seemed to come a little slowly. Only a small number of soldiers from the [-] Weseng Army had crossed the embankment to fight, and most of them were still gathering.

However, Wang Qing and the two thousand pioneers in the bloody battle didn't notice at all. They just repelled wave after wave of Lu Longjun soldiers by virtue of their blood and bravery.

Zhao Yanshou, if you don't look at his character, he can be considered a hero for a while. He has a handsome appearance, a good book and history, a strong bow, a good dancer, and a good command of the art of war.

He and Huangfu Yu are still from the same hometown, they are both real people, this place seems to like to produce brave generals.

At the moment, seeing Wang Qing's 2000 people being extremely brave, Zhao Yanshou rushed twice, but was unable to repel them, and now he did not continue to be reckless. He retreated to a hill to observe, and soon discovered the weakness of this army.

That was when the first battle started, Wang Qing's troops did not form a formation.

At this moment, there was a long bloody battle, because the soldiers would be called up temporarily, Wang Qing couldn't do it like a command, so he didn't form a big formation.

"Yan Zhao, bring five hundred of our army horses, put them on in vests, choose horsemen who are proficient in horsemanship, and lead the horses to trample the Jin people."

Zhao Yanshou ordered his younger brother Zhao Yanzhao loudly, although there is snow on the ground at this time, which is not conducive to the horse's charge, but there is no one on the back, and only the horse is allowed to charge, and the horse can still charge.

Zhao Yanzhao led the order, and after a while, he brought five hundred armored tall horses, and then arranged fifty best riders to lead the horses to charge at the front.

At this moment, Wang Qing's troops have completely defeated more than [-] soldiers from Zhao Yanshou's right army.

Some soldiers saw that the dead Lu Longjun soldiers had good knives and armor on their bodies, so they couldn't help but went to pick them up, and some of them were red-eyed and didn't make up their knives.

Not to mention keeping the formation, many people didn't have long guns in their hands.

At this moment, five hundred horses in heavy armor rushed forward suddenly, and the Jin army on the battlefield was immediately dispersed.

Wang Qing yelled loudly, but only a thousand people gathered, and they quickly retreated to a small hill on the right to form a defensive formation.

Just at this time, Yelushuogu, who came to support Zhao Yanshou, arrived with [-] soldiers. Zhao Yanshou was overjoyed, and hurriedly joined Yelushuogu to attack Wang Qing.

Wang Qing's troops had been fighting smoothly, but they were suddenly counterattacked. They were a little unprepared for a while, and they were a little flustered when they were beaten.

Fortunately, Wang Qing was not afraid in the face of danger, and led dozens of tooth soldiers to rescue the danger, and finally stabilized his position.

Fortunately, Song Yanyun's troops, who had been procrastinating, finally arrived. Most of these 3000 people were soldiers of Song Yanyun's Dengzhou Wusheng Army.

Three years ago, An Congjin rebelled in Xiangzhou, the eastern province of Shannan. Although he was suppressed, Xiangzhou has been coveted by Jingnan since then.

Therefore, the Later Jin Dynasty prepared thousands of tooth soldiers in Dengzhou, which happened to be in use at this time.

The teeth soldiers of the Weisheng Army stepped on the white snow that was crunching and came steadily. Zhao Yanshou and Yelv Shuogu, who were attacking Wang Qing, dared not be careless, so they had to divide their troops into two groups to resist.

The two sides fought bloody on the banks of the not-so-wide Hutuo River.

At this point in the battle, neither side can take the other, and the next thing to compare is the next move of the coach.

It's just that the soldiers of the Jin army and most of the generals didn't even know that Du Chongwei had arranged for this attack.

They were all awakened by the shouts of killing from Wang Qing and Song Yanjun's men, only then did they know that there were comrades crossing the river.

In the rush, he didn't eat the food, and Du Chongwei deliberately delayed, so the speed of the organization was much slower.

On the Khitan side, Yelu Deguang mobilized almost immediately after Yelu Shuogu led [-] reinforcements.

In just two quarters of an hour, [-] troops were gathered from more than a dozen battalions.

At this time, the Khitan people and the Khitan country were still on the rise, and soldiers and generals could endure hardships. 30,000 people gnawed on dried meat strips, grabbed a handful of snow when they were thirsty, and rushed towards the Hutuo River.

Wang Qing and Song Yanjun fought bitterly on the west bank of the river for an hour, but they never saw Du Chongwei send troops to help.

Song Yanyun also tried several times to support Wang Qing's thousand-odd people to evacuate from the trapped mountain, but there were too many Khitan soldiers, and Song Yanyun's troops could not rush through.

Another half an hour later, the Khitan soldiers and horses suddenly cheered loudly. Song Yanyun looked from a height, and saw thunderous hooves in the west, banners covering the sky and the sun, and the yellow umbrella of the Khitan emperor suddenly appeared in the distance .

The Khitan people's morale skyrocketed, but the soldiers of Wu Shengjun looked at each other in panic. Countless people looked back, but there was still no movement behind them.

Yelushuogu and Zhao Yanshou also took advantage of the soaring morale of their own forces to watch over Wang Qing's troops with a small number of troops, and stormed Song Yanyun with more than [-] men.

Wu Sheng's soldiers would not be able to resist, they were beaten back again and again, and the Khitans were still turning to both sides, intending to cut off Song Yanyun's retreat.

The whole army of Wu Shengjun was in an uproar, and Marquis Ma Yuan, the capital of Wu Shengjun's infantry, ran to Song Yanjun's side and shouted.

"The reinforcements haven't arrived yet, but the emperor of the northern captives has arrived. We are from the south of this mountain, why bother to die here for the people of Hebei?"

Song Yanyun glanced at Wang Qing who was surrounded on the hill, then at the Khitan emperor Huang Luogai who was getting closer, and gritted his teeth.

"Retire! If you don't send troops to help, you can't blame me for waiting."

At this time, Du Chongwei had led the Jin army to the Hutuo River, but he deliberately refused to dispatch, so that tens of thousands of soldiers huddled together by the Hutuo River.

All the soldiers were clamoring, An Shenqi and Huangfu Yu wanted to go to see Du Chongwei, but they couldn't make it through.

After a while, more than [-] soldiers under Song Yanjun retreated to the river, and behind them were the chasing Khitan soldiers.

When Huangfu was in a hurry, he asked two tall dental soldiers to lift him up and shouted by the river.

"Don't let Song Yanyun's troops cross the river, let them set up their formations on the spot, and a certain Yicheng army will be willing to cross the river first!"

It's a pity that Du Chongwei's heart was already agitated, he deliberately pretended not to hear Huangfu Yu's words, and did not answer.

And Song Yanyun, who fled to the river, was a little taken aback.

If Du Chongwei ordered him to defend on the spot and the army started to cross the river, he could not cross the river.

But Du Chongwei didn't say anything, and of course Song Yanyun didn't care about it. More than two thousand soldiers of the Weisheng Army fled back to the east bank under the watchful eyes of everyone.

Huangfuyu had no choice but to stare at Song Yanyun who fled back in a panic.

"National major events are all defeated by you."

In Hexi, Wang Qing, who was surrounded, saw that the Khitan Emperor Huang Luo Gai umbrella was getting closer, and also saw that Song Yanyun's troops were retreating without a trace. He knew that he was surrounded and had no possibility of surviving.

At this time, a young Khitan general in Chinese costume came from the hillside on horseback.

"His Majesty the Emperor of Daliao is benevolent and generous. The general is in a desperate situation. Why don't you come down quickly?"

Wang Qing didn't even look at the young Khitan general, but looked around at the surrounding soldiers before speaking.

"The general holds the army and sits and watches our generation in distress and does not save him. This must have a different ambition. Our generation should serve the country with death!"

"Willing to die with the general!"

The soldiers fought bloody for two hours, tired and thirsty, the number was only a thousand, but they were not afraid at all, instead they felt Wang Qing's loyalty and were willing to die with Wang Qing.

After Wang Qing heard this, he looked up to the sky and sighed, it wasn't that Wang Qing didn't complete his task today, but if the army could cross the river in time, even if they couldn't break Khitan, they could still rush to the city of Hengzhou.

But at this time, no matter how unwilling he was, there was nothing he could do. Wang Qing suddenly drew his bow and set an arrow, and shot the young general who came to persuade him to surrender.

Wang Qing drew his bow and held his gun, and laughed miserably, "This is where I die alone!"

Yelude just looked at the young general whose arm was bloodied, a trace of disgust flashed in his eyes, then he looked at Zhao Yanshou and Yelu Shuogu and said, "This Jin general doesn't know good from bad, so you guys killed him!"

Afterwards, Yelu Deguang personally led the army to the Hutuo River where the Jin army was assembled, ordered the soldiers to throw stones to break through the thin ice of the river, and then shot the Jin army on the other side of the river with Fuyuan crossbow.

Du Chongwei immediately ordered the Jin army to retreat like a mouse seeing a cat.

At the end of the hour, the shouts of killing gradually died down, and there was no one left around Wang Qing.

However, the more than a thousand elite Jin troops paid a heavy price for the Khitan soldiers and horses who came to besiege them. The corpses of Khitan soldiers and generals were all under the hill, probably not less than a thousand people.

Zhao Yanshou was holding a rifle, and his shirt was also bloodied, and he was almost stabbed in the vitals after being pierced several times.

At the foot, a tooth soldier of Lu Longjun was still twitching lightly. Zhao Yanshou looked at the tottering Wang Qing, and his eyes were about to burst into flames.

"Old man, today is your death day!"

"This old man served his country with his own body, and he deserved his death! My father and son are willing to serve as slaves to the barbarians. They shamelessly send their wives, daughters, and sisters to be ruined by the barbarians. Sooner or later, they will be disemboweled!"

When Zhao Yanshou heard this, he was immediately put on guard and became a traitor, and he was most afraid of being called a traitor.

In shame and anger, Zhao Yanshou straightened out his long spear, and pierced Wang Qing with his chest.

Blood spattered out, and the 51-year-old veteran fell heavily.

Beside him, more than [-] loyal ministers and warriors all died.

Er Er arrived on a flying horse. It turned out that Yelu Deguang hated Wang Qing deeply, so he ordered Zhao Yanshou to collect the corpses of Wang Qing and the soldiers of the Jin army who crossed the river, and built a temple beside the Hutuo River to frighten the Jin army. , so that they no longer dare to resist.

It was night, and the Khitan people were on the banks of the Hutuo River, smashing the ice surface to prevent the Jin army from crossing the river again, and at the same time building up a Jingguan at night.

On the second day, the sentry of the Jin army saw that the Jingguan had been completed, and brought the news back to the camp. The morale of the Jin army was greatly depressed.

Song Yanyun and the soldiers of Wu Shengjun were mostly criticized. At the same time, Zhang Yanze, the Jiedu envoy of Yiwu Army in Dingzhou, was also blamed, because it was his suggestion to lead the troops to the west.

These people were accused by the generals, and their dissatisfaction grew day by day.

But at this time, the Jin army's rations were only enough for three days, Du Chongwei no longer pretended, he hurried to find Li Shouzhen, and said straight to the point.

"Now that the army is exhausted and the Liao army is under heavy siege, there is no way out for the left and right. I want to follow the example of the late emperor Jinyang. Would you like to follow?"

Li Shouzhen had been waiting for Du Chongwei's words for a long time, and was overjoyed upon hearing this.

"If you are the son of heaven, what will you give to your servants?"

Seeing that Li Shouzhen really agreed, Du Chongwei nodded in satisfaction.

"It should be rewarded with the big town in the river, and the king of Qin will be the king, and the wealth king of Jingzhao Mansion can take it for three months."

Li Shouzhen couldn't be too satisfied, he got the position of Hezhong Jiedu envoy that he had always dreamed of, and the title of King Qin.

The Jingzhao Mansion has tens of millions of wealth. As long as he is allowed to guard it for three months, it will be [-] yuan, and it can be searched.

"The public's concern is that An Shenqi and Huangfu are opposed by the generals, but they can order their confidants to go to the Khitan camp to see the Khitan Lord.

If you get the promise, you will call your soldiers to lie outside the commander's tent, and then summon the generals to discuss matters, and order them to sign a letter of loyalty. Anyone who dares to disobey will be killed on the spot! "

After Du Chongwei heard this, he couldn't help but frowned, but then frowned again.

"You and I only have [-] confidantes, and all the generals have entourages, and if you move them rashly, it will definitely make people suspicious.

If the matter is revealed, An Shenqi, Huangfu Yu and others will kill them, we will not be able to resist. "

Li Shouzhen waved his hand calmly, "This matter is easy, Song Yanyun was defeated and returned to the camp. Everyone said that he abandoned Wang Qing, and he was even more afraid that Duke Du would be held accountable. As long as the Duke speaks out to win him over, Song Yanyun will definitely agree.

Also, this trip to the west was Zhang Yanze's idea, and because of this he was scolded by everyone. He had long been dissatisfied, so he could be recruited.

As long as these two generals are attached, hundreds of soldiers can be obtained in this way, and the public can also order the Weisheng Army and the Yiwu Army Yabing to guard the command tent with great fanfare, and no one will doubt it. "

Just do what you say, these two shameless traitors sell their country very quickly, and immediately contacted Song Yanyun and Zhang Yanze separately.

Song Yanyun was scolded bloody, and was afraid of being liquidated in the future, so she agreed after thinking about it.

Zhang Yanze thought that the Khitans had captured Dingzhou and captured his family, and he was a shameless person, so he readily agreed.

Gathering all the conspirators, Du Chongwei sent his confidant secretary Fushui across the Hutuo River to the Liao army camp that night.

Yelu Deguang had already fallen asleep at this time, and when he heard Du Chongwei's request to surrender, he rushed out to meet Du Chongwei's envoy wearing only his underwear.

After many tests, and after confirming that Du Chongwei was not a false surrender, the Great Khitan Emperor Guang brother almost burst into tears.

He is under a lot of pressure!The previous two losses of soldiers and generals, if not for the solid foundation laid over the years, it is very likely that they will never recover from a setback.

Even if the Jin army is trapped now, Yelu Deguang is still uneasy, because he doesn't know how much food the Jin army has left?
Moreover, the combat power of Wang Qing's troops the day before yesterday made Yelu Deguang even more frightened.

Now that everyone is camping in the wild, it's all about seeing who can hold it. If he is the one who can't hold it in the end and returns to the north again in disgrace, then the Khitan Emperor's position may not be secure.

Therefore, the ecstatic Yelu Deguang said directly to Du Chongwei's envoy: "(Zhao) Yanshou's prestige is not enough to be the emperor of the Central Plains. If you descend to me, you should be established as emperor."

When the envoy returned, Du Chongwei jumped up for joy when he got Yelu Deguang's promise.

Immediately ordered his confidant to close the door so that Gao Xunhe surrendered his form and entered the Khitan tent again. This is a statement, and it is also the final confirmation of the truth.

Gao Xun received Yelu Deguang's extremely courteous treatment and returned Du Chongwei with satisfaction. From this, Du Chongwei confirmed that Yelu Deguang really wanted to make him the emperor, so he quickly sent someone for the third time to agree on the surrender time with Yelu Deguang.

The next day, Du Chongwei ordered Song Yanjun to send [-] soldiers from the Weisheng Army, and Zhang Yanze sent [-] soldiers from the Volunteer Army to guard the commander's tent, and then called all the generals to discuss the matter.

As soon as the generals entered the account, they felt something was wrong, because as soon as they arrived, the soldiers of the Weisheng Army and the Yiwu Army immediately cut off the inside and outside.

At this time, Du Chongwei pretended to be in mourning, and said to the generals.

"The country's elite are all here. Now that Luan City has been occupied, the food roads have been cut off. The army has only one day's food and grass, and the imperial court has no reinforcements to come. Both the left and the right are dead.

I am concerned about the lives of the kings, and I wish to follow the example of the late emperor and make a good relationship with the Khitan Lord. What do the kings think? "

Everyone was speechless in astonishment. Although they thought that others might beg to surrender, they never thought that Du Chongwei, with his status, would offer to surrender on his own initiative.

For a moment, the generals who didn't react didn't know what to say.

Only Huangfu's situation was different, he had already sensed that Du Chongwei might bow his knees and surrender, coupled with his fiery personality, he immediately jumped out and asked harshly.

"The imperial court regards the public as a noble relative and entrusts them with heavy responsibilities. Now that the soldiers are not defeated in battle, do you want to be ashamed and surrender?"

Du Chongwei was also said to be a little bit embarrassed, and he replied with erratic eyes: "The situation is like this, so I have to compromise."

Huangfuyu looked around, and saw armored soldiers hiding behind the scenes, where the sun was shining, the light from the tip of the knife flickered from time to time.

The surrounding generals were all photographed by Du Chongwei's armored soldiers, and now that they are in a desperate situation, they dare not speak.

Huangfu Yu became more and more angry, he ignored them and went away, the armored soldiers outside dared not stop him because of his reputation.

Li Shouzhen winked, Zhang Yanze led more than a dozen soldiers to chase after him, to prevent Huangfu from leaking the secret in case of noise.

Du Chongwei stood in the position of the coach and did not move. Instead, he instructed Song Yanjun to take the surrender form and ask the generals to sign and draw.

At this time, Huangfu never met such a person again, all the generals were photographed by Du Chongwei, even An Shenqi covered his face with his hands, and signed his signature.

The fate of the [-] Jin army and the later Jin court is doomed.

(End of this chapter)