Fenghou

Chapter 234
At night, hundreds of large ships were moored on the north bank of the Han River east of Nanzheng County. The ships were fully loaded with grain, meat and wine, enough to meet the consumption of [-] Jin soldiers for a month, and there were also [-] siege ladders.

These hundreds of large ships were collected by Wan Yanchang from both sides of the Han River. Basically, all the grain and livestock meat in the Xicheng warehouse were loaded. The next supply will have to be transported from Chang'an, which will take at least a month. time.

It can be said that this batch of supplies is related to whether the Jin soldiers can stabilize Hanzhong. Because of the important relationship, Wanyanchang sent [-] Jurchen soldiers to protect these hundreds of large ships, and Wanfu Chief Wanyan Ajiben was in command.

This is the most troops Wanyan Chang can send, and he will keep [-] people to guard Shangjin County to prevent the Song army from Dengzhou from killing them and cut off the retreat of the Jin soldiers.

Wanyan Aciben strictly implemented Wanyanchang's requirements. During the day, the fleet was dragged forward by the trackers, and at night it was parked to rest to prevent being harassed and attacked by a small group of Song troops.

Hundreds of large ships were berthed on the shore, stretching for more than [-] miles, and the [-] troops were still a bit stretched. Wanyan Aci had no choice but to divide the [-] men into two teams, and [-] men guarded the front. In the middle of the night, [-] people kept watch in the middle of the night.

Fortunately, the main force of the Song army has already withdrawn. Even if there is a sneak attack by the Song army, it will be harassment by a small group of troops, and the impact will not be great.

Wanyan Aci didn't dare to fall asleep, and led dozens of his men to patrol the shore on horseback. When it was about one o'clock, a soldier suddenly pointed at the distance and shouted: "Rocket!"

I saw three rockets flying into the sky a few miles away from the northwest, emitting red bright flames, and then three rockets also launched into the sky a dozen miles away to the east. Tail!

He immediately shouted: "Ring the bell, the whole army is on guard!"

'when!when!when!When!" The rapid bell rang, and the three thousand soldiers who had just fallen asleep woke up one after another. All the golden soldiers became nervous, holding spears and bows and arrows, staring at the northern wilderness with wide eyes.

Half an hour passed, and nothing happened. The golden soldiers breathed a sigh of relief and fell asleep again.

But after only sleeping for half an hour, there was another cry of killing from the east, and the five thousand gold soldiers once again cheered up and stood ready for battle.

Not long after, several cavalry rushed over, saluted Wanyan Aciben and said, "I would like to report to Commander Wan, there are about two hundred people, looking at the clothes and equipment, they don't look like Song soldiers, but ordinary soldiers." Rebels."

Wanyan Aciben suddenly realized that it turned out to be a small group of rebels who came to harass them at night, but these rebels were really hateful, so he immediately ordered: "If anyone comes to harass again, I will hunt and kill them without mercy!"

At the time of the fourth watch, Wanyan Aciben had just fallen asleep when he was awakened by shouts of killing, the sound was not loud, exactly the same as the previous shouts of killing, coming from the north, it was the gang of rebels who were harassing again.

Wanyan Aciben felt great hatred in his heart, gritted his teeth and ordered: "Let Mu Wen lead five hundred brothers to hunt down and kill, and not one will be left behind!"

"Follow the order!"

The soldiers were sent to convey the order. Not long after, a commander led five hundred cavalry and galloped to the north. The roar of horseshoes resounded through the earth, and gradually went away. Now all the golden soldiers felt at ease.

About half an hour later, there was a large number of horseshoes in the distance. Everyone thought that the soldiers who suppressed the bandits had returned, and they didn't take it seriously.

Unexpectedly, a sentry suddenly shouted: "Who is it?"

Then there was a muffled cry, and an arrow pierced the sentry's neck.

Immediately afterwards, thousands of troops rushed into the camp of the golden soldiers. Chen Qing took the lead and swung his halberd recklessly to kill the frightened Jurchen soldiers, followed by thousands of cavalry.

Yang Zaixing and Liu Cui also led [-] cavalry each to enter the Jurchen camp from the east and west. The Jurchen cavalry were caught off guard and there was a commotion.

There were violent explosions in the Jurchen crowd one after another, the flames shot into the sky, and the black smoke filled the air. The explosions startled the horses to run wildly. Before countless Jurchen soldiers had time to mount their horses, the horses ran away in fright.

Wanyan Aciben got on his horse, waved his long-handled mace and shouted: "Boys, come face to face with me!"

He led [-] cavalry straight to the banner of the Song army, and saw Chen Qing from afar.

Wanyan Ajiben roared, "The Southern barbarians come and die!"

When Chen Qing saw Wanyan Aciben, he quietly took off his bow and arrow, and laughed loudly: "You northern barbarian, look behind you before talking!"

A Jin soldier shouted behind him: "Master Wan, there is a fire!"

As soon as Wanyan Aciben turned his head, he saw the big ship ignited raging fire, he suddenly remembered his mission, he was taken away by the Song army, and he was fooled!

His eyes glared at Chen Qing like fire, but what Wanyan Aciben saw was an arrow point appearing between his eyes, 'Pfft! ' An arrow hit the eyebrow, and the arrow shot through the head.

Wanyan Aciben's body fell from the horse and died on the spot.

Chen Qing hung up his bow and arrow, waved Fang Tian's painted halberd, "Kill me!"

A thousand Song Army cavalry surrounded them from all sides and killed the three hundred Jurchen cavalry. Seeing that the commander was dead, the Jurchen cavalry had no intention of fighting and desperately broke through, but the Song army did not give them a chance to break through. The more the Jurchen cavalry fought, the fewer and fewer they were. Several people broke through, and the rest all died under the spears and swords of the Song cavalry.

In this night raid, Chen Qing's target was not only hundreds of large supply ships, but also five thousand Jurchen soldiers. He used repeated harassment methods to gradually paralyze the five thousand golden soldiers, and finally attacked suddenly. The golden soldiers were caught off guard. Created a brilliant record of winning more with less.

It was getting brighter, and the fleet was still burning, with thick smoke billowing, the flames raging, corpses piled up on the shore, and blood flowing like rivers. Five thousand Jurchen soldiers were beheaded overnight, and more than three thousand people were killed. East or West escaped, of course, the Song army also suffered hundreds of casualties.

Chen Qinghe's army did not leave immediately, and several ships did not burn, so that they also got a small part of the Jinbing's supplies, food and meat. After taking the supplies, the last few ships were also set ablaze.

It wasn't until noon that hundreds of warships were burned out, and Chen Qing led the army to leave the Hanshui River and head east towards Raofe Pass.

Wanyan Chishulie had led his army back to the camp, and brought news that Wanyan Saliha expected, but also made him very helpless. Their current strength is indeed unable to win the Shu Road, and they can only consolidate Hanzhong .

The next step for Wanyan Sali is of course to win the Immortal Pass, and join forces with the Qi army to capture the Dasan Pass. As long as one hundred thousand Qi troops enter Hanzhong, they will completely secure the occupation of Hanzhong.

The nearly [-] Jurchen army then pulled out their camp and headed northward, to kill Immortal Guan [-] miles away.

Still on the way, Wanyan Sali got the unfortunate news that their logistics supply fleet was attacked by the Song army, the fleet was burned, the main general Wanyan Aciben was killed, and the five thousand troops were almost wiped out , Wanyan Sali was stunned by this news.

His current food and grass can last for seven or eight days, and he is waiting for the arrival of the logistics supply fleet!
Now that the fleet is burned, what are they going to do?
Wanyan Saliha suddenly found himself facing a difficult decision. If he withdrew his troops and returned to Shangjin now, the food and grass left might be just enough, but if he captured the Immortal Pass and was attacked from behind the Dashan Pass, the food and grass might be just right. .

But if he can't conquer the Immortal Pass, his food and grass will not be enough.

Wanyan Salihe was hesitant for a while, so he called several generals to discuss.

Several commanders had disputes. Some thought that they should seize the time to capture the Immortal Pass and get supplies from the Immortal Pass, but some believed that the Immortal Pass was dangerous. They did not have enough siege weapons, and their hopes were slim.

Wanyan Sali saw that Chief Wan Chi Zhulie had been silent, so he asked a little unhappy: "Chi Shulie, what's your opinion? Tell everyone!"

Everyone looked at Chi Zhulie, who sighed for a while and said, "Actually, I was thinking, where did the Song army attack the fleet come from? How many troops do they have? Are they watching from afar like wolves?" Let's look for an opportunity to make a move?"

Everyone was silent in thought. Chi Shulie's question was indeed worth paying attention to. Everyone has experience. If you want to destroy [-] Jurchen cavalry, even if the Song army makes a surprise attack, the number should not be less than [-]. Where are you from?

"Mr. Cui, tell me!"

Wanyan Sali saw his staff member Cui Baili thoughtful, so he turned his gaze to him.

Cui Baili hastily said: "The humble official is also thinking about this issue. After much deliberation, there is only one possibility, that is, the Song Army of Xianren Pass. After they attacked the fleet, they must have returned to Xianren Pass again."

"Then Mr. Cui's opinion is to go to Immortal Pass?"

Cui Baili shook his head, "It is a humble suggestion, it is best to retreat to Raofengguan first, and then make a decision after consulting the Marshal Du. If we occupy Raofengguan, we can attack when we advance, and we can defend when we retreat. After we get supplies and increase reinforcements, we can go back to the Raofeng Pass. It’s not too late to attack Immortal Pass.”

Cui Baili's suggestion was unanimously approved by everyone, but an accident happened at this moment.

(End of this chapter)