Fenghou

Everyone understood what Chen Qing meant. Datong Mansion is a basin, and the ground is not flat. However, the cavalry marches have relatively high requirements on the ground. Generally, they have to walk on flat official roads, and they have to walk during the day. This 2-person army Most likely, the cavalry was going to attack Ying County.

"What do you think of the military division?" Chen Qing asked Zhang Xiao again.

"There are a lot of mistakes here. Wanyan Helisa should think that the Song army is still attacking Fuzhou, and he has also seen our intention. We will attack Datong Mansion again in the spring of next year, so at this time he has Here's the chance, raid Yingzhou before it snows.

But Wanyan and Lisa never expected that His Highness also came to Shuozhou, and temporarily changed the plan to attack Datong before the snow fell. This is a mistake, God gave us the opportunity. "

Yang Zaixing also said: "Your Highness, we must seize this opportunity immediately. Wanyan Helisa must have spies in Shuozhou. When we discovered the other party, the other party should also have discovered us. The most important thing now is to seize Datong Mansion. their retreat."

Chen Qing nodded, took out the command arrow and told Tang Qian, "General Tang led [-] cavalry from the headquarters to go north overnight. I will give you the iron rhinoceros. You must take Datong City as soon as possible!"

"The humble job must win Datong City!"

Tang Qian took over the military order and immediately went out of the tent to transfer troops.

Chen Qing then said to Liu Qiong: "Immediately arrange two scouts to go to Ying County and Shanyang County on two horses, and notify the two counties to take precautions to prevent the enemy's sneak attack."

Liu Qiong nodded, "I'll arrange scouts!"

Liu Qiong turned and went out.

Chen Qing searched on the sand table for a while, pointed to the north and said to Yang Zaixing: "There is a small road fifty miles to the north of us, leading to the official road to the east. The sign on it allows cavalry. Inform the brothers and get up immediately."

"Woo-woo-"

The horn sounded to get up, and it was the time of the second watch. The soldiers got up one after another, cleaned up the stalls a little, then got on their horses, and the army began to quickly gather and go north.

……

Wanyan Helisa's army was camping forty miles southeast of Huaiyuan County at this time, and had not yet entered Yingzhou, which was about 150 miles away from Yingxian County.

Wanyan Helisa deployed a lot of spies in Shuozhou. He got accurate information. Niu Gao led 5000 troops to help attack Fuzhou. Shuozhou had [-] Song troops stationed, built a barracks camp, and sent [-] people Stationed in Yingzhou.

From the deployment of the Song Army, it can be seen that they are not in a hurry to attack Datong Mansion. It should be because of the approaching winter. The Song Army is well aware of the impact of winter, and they must attack Datong Mansion after the beginning of spring tomorrow.

Wanyan and Lisa's strategic judgment is very accurate. If Chen Qing doesn't come, Niu Gao and Liu Qiong can't change the strategic plan made by the coach even if they think about it, they must strictly follow it.

But Wanyan Helisa knew the climate of Datong Mansion better than the Song Army. He knew that there was one last chance. If he raided Ying County and wiped out the [-] Song Army in Ying County, it would greatly boost the morale of the defenders.

Wanyan and Lisa even thought of another possibility. Liu Qiong led an army of [-] to rescue Ying County, and it happened to be snowing. Maybe he could use the snow to hit Liu Qiong's army hard, and even kill Liu Qiong's army. Liu Qiong's army was wiped out.

With the powerful combat effectiveness of the Jurchen cavalry, [-] cavalry can completely wipe out the [-] Song army.

While Niugao's army was still in Fuzhou, Wanyan Helisa seized the last opportunity of this year and personally led [-] cavalry to Ying County.

It was almost dawn, and the eastern sky began to turn blue, Wanyan Helisa got up and ordered: "The whole army is on horseback, ready to go!"

"Drink from Sadudoc!"

There were generals shouting in the distance, and I saw a commander walking quickly with two spies.

Wanyan Drink Lisa got on his horse and asked, "What's the matter?"

The spies stepped forward and bowed: "To the governor, we came from Datong City. Yesterday we received the eagle letter from the Shuozhou spies. The [-] troops of the Song Army have already marched north!"

"what!"

Wanyan and Lisa were taken aback, a [-] army marched north?Why did the Song army change its plan and go north again? He secretly groaned in his heart. This is a big trouble. If the Song army captured Datong City, the consequences would be disastrous.

He no longer had the intention to go south, and immediately shouted: "The whole army turns around and returns to Datong City! Return to Datong City immediately!"

The [-] Jurchen cavalry turned around one after another, and rushed towards Datong City in the north.

Chapter 911 Accident

Tang Qian led [-] cavalry all the way, and finally arrived at Datong City in the afternoon of the next day. There were still more than ten miles away from the city. Suddenly, thick smoke billowed from a high mountain in the east. have found them.

Tang Qian originally wanted to take advantage of the enemy's city gate and rush into the city, but now it seems that he thought too much. The defense of Datong City is very complete, and they will not be given a chance to make a surprise attack.

The burning beacon smoke on the top of the mountain made Tang Qian feel a little regretful. If he had known earlier, he would not have carried out a surprise attack. He carried out a surprise attack at night and seized Datong City at night.

But now it's too late, the other party found them, they must close the city gates and strengthen their defenses.

Two miles away from the city, Tang Qian stopped the army. He urged his horse to rush up a small hill and looked at Datong City two miles away. Datong City was once the Xijing of the Liao Kingdom. At least forty miles above, the city wall is about two feet five feet high, all made of large blue bricks, strong and tall, and the towers are magnificent.

As expected of being a scout, Tang Qian had very sharp eyes. He noticed that the south gate was shaking slightly. There was only one reason why such a thick gate was shaking, and that was that the other side was blocking the gate with boulders.

But this kind of blocking gate is meaningless. There are nine gates in Datong City. In addition to the four main gates, there are two auxiliary gates in the north, south, east, and west. In addition, there is a water gate in the south.

Tang Qian looked at the top of the city again, and suddenly there were many soldiers on the top of the city, but not many, about a few thousand people, Tang Qian can basically judge that the defenders in the city are about 5000 to [-].

He looked at the sky, the sun was setting, and the sky was filled with sunset clouds. It was already dusk, and Tang Qian immediately ordered: "Rest on the spot, and act when it gets dark!"

……

It is not that there is no army in Datong City, there are still [-] Khitan Congregation Army left to guard. The chief general is called Yelu Cibao, who was originally the deputy general left behind in Xijing. .

But his commander of soldiers and horses can only command [-] Khitan Xie Congjun troops, and must also obey orders from the governor of the West Route Army, Wanyan Helisa.

At this time, he already knew the news that the Song Army's [-] troops were heading north, and he also sent someone to inform Wanyan and Lisa.

It's just that he never thought that the Song army would come so quickly. When the beacon on the top of the mountain outside the city was lit, Yelu Cibao was stunned, and he immediately ordered the city to be blocked with huge stones.

Of course, there are so many gates in Datong City, it is impossible for him to block all of them with boulders, and they don’t have so many boulders, so he can only block two gates at most, one south gate and one north gate, and the other gates He doesn't care about the door, which is actually a bit of self-deception.

But it’s different for Yelucibao, an old official in the officialdom. He knows that many things are actually a matter of attitude. The result is not important, the key is whether you do it or not. If you don't do it, then the responsibility for losing the city gate will be heavy.

At the same moment when Tang Qian was looking at the city, Yelu Cibao was also looking at the official road in the distance. He faintly saw the figure of the cavalry of the Song Army, but it was blocked by a small mound.

"Master Wan, it seems that the other side doesn't have a hundred thousand troops!" Xiao Huaisheng, the magistrate of Datong, whispered.

Of course Yelucibao knew that the opponent did not have 10 people. If there were 10 people, how could a small mound stop it?

"There are about 1 people. They are the vanguard of the Song army. We must be careful of the opponent attacking the city at night."

After pondering for a while, Yelu Cibao said again: "Prefect Xiao, it is best not to rest tonight, and be prepared to retreat at any time."

"Ah! Will the city fall?" Xiao Huaisheng was taken aback.

Yelucibao glanced at him, "We only have [-] soldiers, it's not easy to defend the forty-mile city wall, not to mention that the other party has a chance tonight, they will definitely go all out, of course, I will go all out Defense, but we have to be prepared for danger in times of peace!"

"I get it, I'll be ready!"

……

As night fell quickly, Tang Qian divided his troops into two groups. He ordered 3000 cavalry to gather near the water gate of the city wall and shoot arrows at the top of the city together. Hundred steps.

The reason why Tang Qian put the breakthrough point at the auxiliary gate of the west city was because he found that the defenders on the west city were the least. This shows that the enemy army did not attach importance to the west city. The gates must be the South City and the North City. These two places have the most enemy troops, with more than a thousand people. At most, the main entrances of the east and west will be blocked, but the auxiliary gates will definitely not be blocked.

Another important point is that according to information, there are urn cities at the north and south gates, but not at the east and west gates.

Yelucibao also misjudged the Song army. Seeing that the Song army was gathered near the Shuicheng gate, he believed that the Song army was about to break through the Shuicheng gate. For this reason, he deployed [-] troops above the Shuicheng gate and inside the city. Soldier.

As a result, his military strength was stretched thin, and only [-] soldiers were deployed on each of the two ten-mile-long cities in the east and west.

Under the city, arrows from the Song army rained down like raindrops, and the gunpowder arrows and spiked arrows shot towards the city, overwhelming the Khitan army soldiers.

On the Datongshui River in the south, two medium-sized ships were slowly approaching the moat. Yelucibao saw it clearly and shouted: "The opposing ship is coming to attack the water city gate. The whole army is ready to fight back!"

Thousands of soldiers tensed up, ready to fight to the death with the soldiers of the Song Army...

On the moat outside the deputy gate of the west city, a large black wooden basin drifted soundlessly towards the city gate. Inside the wooden basin was an iron fire thunder. This iron fire thunder looked like a big wax gourd and weighed about five About ten catties.

This kind of iron fire mine is called iron dog in the firearms camp. It is filled with [-] catties of gunpowder, and its explosive power is equivalent to the box-type wood fire mine with [-] catties of gunpowder in the past.

Although Chen Qing asked Tang Qian to use the iron rhinoceros, Tang Qian had seen the power of the iron dog before, and it was enough to blow up the city gate. If he used the iron rhinoceros, it would most likely blow up the entire city wall. Once the Jurchen cavalry came back, they would not be able to defend it either. Datong City.

This is the flexibility of the generals. They must strictly implement Chen Qing's orders strategically, such as attacking Datong City after the beginning of spring, but in terms of specific tactics, they must be handled flexibly according to the situation and cannot be rigid.

Chen Qing gave him a 250-jin iron rhino, not for him to use it. Chen Qing gave him an order that he must take down the city. In order to prevent the explosive power from being insufficient, he gave him the iron rhino. It is not necessary.

Tang Qian also understood. According to his experience, an iron dog weighing fifty catties is enough.

Three scout soldiers pushed the big wooden basin to the bottom of the suspension bridge. They jumped ashore and quickly dragged the wooden basin ashore. The wooden basin was rectangular. Only then did the man carefully place the iron fire thunder on the wooden basin.

"There is an ambush over there!" Someone shouted from the top of the city.

The [-] Song troops ambushing [-] steps outside the city were discovered by the defenders on the top of the city, and there was chaos on the top of the city, 'Dang!when!when!when! 'A rapid alarm bell sounded.

At the same time, the three Song soldiers lit the matchlocks and jumped into the water, only to be spotted by the top of the city immediately.

"There are also people in the city, shoot arrows!"

Arrows were fired from the top of the city, but three Song army scouts hid under the suspension bridge, quietly waiting for the explosion to come.

Three thousand soldiers simply got up and ran towards the city gate. Now that they were discovered, they stopped ambush, but just after running fifty steps, they heard only an earth-shattering explosion.

"boom!"

The flames shot out, and the huge shock wave blew the city gate to pieces, sawdust flew across, and thick smoke filled the air. Dozens of Khitan soldiers on the top of the city were basically stunned to death.

Three thousand soldiers of the Song army shouted and ran quickly. They boarded the planks, ran across the moat, and rushed into the city waving spears and swords.

Chapter 912 Arrest

Ninety thousand soldiers of the Song Army rode on horseback on a foot-wide path. This is an old official road, which is very solid. Although it has not been used for nearly 20 years, there is still no grass on the ground.

Although it is marked as a small road on the sand table, it is not actually a small road.

Chen Qing wanted to intercept the [-] Jurchen cavalry in a diagonal line, but the Jurchen cavalry walked in a straight line. The distance between the two was about [-] li, but the Song army's only advantage was that it set off three hours earlier than the opponent.

Whether or not the gap of fifty miles can be recovered at this time is still hard to say, it depends on the contest of will and speed of both sides.

At dusk of the next day, ten miles away from the official road, scouts came to report that [-] enemy cavalry had been spotted on the official road ahead.

In fact, there was no need for scouts to report, Chen Qing had already seen Jurchen cavalry in the distance like a black dragon from a high place.

"Blow the horn, shock!"

Chen Qing gave an order, and the low-pitched horn blew quickly, "Woo———"

At this time, the Song army was exhausted, but the Jurchen cavalry were also exhausted, and both sides were exhausted to the extreme.

At this time, the Jurchen cavalry also discovered the main force of the Song army, which had a total of 2 troops. Wanyan Helisa also knew that his [-] troops were by no means opponents of the opponent. They had to get ahead of the opponent and get rid of the opponent chase.

"Speed ​​up! Quick!"

"Woo--" Jin Bing also hurriedly blew the horn of running.

The two sides were getting closer and closer, Wanyan and Lisa was a little desperate, the other party was about a mile faster than them, just in time to break them in the middle.

But he has no choice, he can escape as much as he can.

"Drive! Drive!" Wanyan Helisa beat his horse and galloped desperately, and his soldiers also ran desperately.

At this time, the overwhelming Song army came. They had already left the abandoned official road and spread out to both sides of the official road for a mile wide. The strength of an army of one hundred thousand was too huge.

The Song Army cavalry rushed up the opponent's official road, and the Jurchen cavalry on the official road left the official road in despair and fled to the east.

Some of the Jurchen cavalry fled to the north, and some of the Jurchen cavalry fled to the east, completely turning into a mess, some fled, and some fought to the death with the Song army.

An army of [-] came rushing forward, Chen Qing shouted sharply: "Liu Qiong, you lead your headquarters to chase the enemy northward, if you don't accept surrender, you will kill without mercy!"

"Follow the order!"

Liu Qiong shouted, "The Flying Leopard Army is heading north!"

The Flying Leopard Banner followed Liu Qiong to catch up to the north, and the [-] troops under him turned around to follow one after another. The battle of the large armies mainly depends on the battle flags of their respective legions. Chen Qing is the battle flag of the Red Dragon Army with a black background, and Yang Zaixing is the Flying Tiger Army The battle flag, Tang Qian is the battle flag of the Flying Eagle Army, and Niu Gao's logistics army is the battle flag of the Flying Bear Army.

This is the battle flag of the legion, and there are flags of each battalion below. The upper half is the logo of the legion, and the lower half is various colors. In fact, it is not easy to distinguish clearly, but just remember one thing. If you are confused, If a commander orders you to follow the battle, whether it is your superior or not, you must obey.

This battle was extremely bloody and chaotic. The three armies of the Song Army chased north and east for more than [-] li, and did not stop their pursuit until it was completely dark.

Wanyan Helisa escaped from the pursuit of the Song army with more than [-] people, and he didn't know how many people Xiangdong's army could escape.

Wanyan Holisa was defeated several times by Chen Qing's men. He was terrified of being killed. He fled to the north in the direction of Datong City like a bereaved dog, but they were still more than [-] miles away from Datong City, at least midnight Time to arrive in Datong City.

At this moment, there was a muffled 'boom' sound from the direction of Datong City. It was far away but very clear. Wanyan and Lisa were stunned. It was clearly an explosion sound, coming from the direction of Datong Mansion. Could it be? yes……

He suddenly realized that while the Song Army was intercepting him, he must have also sent an army to capture Datong Mansion and cut off his retreat.

He immediately said to a centurion: "You immediately lead a team of brothers to Datong City to check the situation, whether it has been captured by the Song army!"

The centurion led [-] cavalrymen and rushed northward at high speed, while Wan Yanhe ordered the soldiers to slow down so that the horses could breathe and wait for news from the north...

At this time, Chen Qing stopped chasing the Jurchen army, and the whole army rested on the spot. All the soldiers and horses were exhausted, and the soldiers were so tired that they didn't even have the strength to clean the battlefield. The casualties were about 5000, mainly due to the last desperate battle of the eight thousand Jurchen troops. The Song army suffered huge casualties, but all the eight thousand Jurchen troops should have died in battle.

After resting for two hours, at the fourth watch, [-] infantrymen began to clean the battlefield and count the corpses. Chen Qing handed over the task of cleaning the battlefield to Liu Qiong, and he and Yang Zaixing led an army of [-] soldiers to continue northward.

In the first half of the night, the sky was still clear and the moon was bright and clear, but in the second half of the night, the clouds were thick and the night was even darker.

"It's snowing!" Suddenly a soldier exclaimed.

Chen Qing reined in his horse, looked up at the night sky, a light snowflake fell from the sky, landed on his face, and melted immediately.