Fenghou

Chapter 299 Promise
At noon the next day, the cavalry led by Chen Qing arrived in Changlin County, but to his surprise, the tens of thousands of puppet Qi troops who besieged Changlin County had already retreated.

Li Gang went out of the city to greet him in person, Chen Qing stepped forward and bowed in salute: "The humble official came late, let Xuanfu envoy wait for a long time!"

Li Gang sighed, "I'm very lucky now that Huguang has General Chen here, otherwise Huguang is really in danger this time."

"Xuan Fu envoy has won the prize!"

Li Gang ordered the gates of the city to be opened wide, and personally accompanied Chen Qing's army into Changlin County.

When they came to the barracks, Li Gang ordered Sima to arrange [-] troops to live there so that they could feed the horses.

At this time, Li Gang discovered that Chen Qing's cavalry was actually carrying thousands of sets of armor from the puppet Qi army. He laughed and said, "I believe Chen Dutong must have good news to tell me!"

"There is indeed good news. The [-] puppet Qi troops in Yiling were completely wiped out by the humble officials at midnight the night before yesterday."

Li Gang was overjoyed, this was their first big victory against the puppet Qi army, it was so difficult for them, but it was so easy for Chen Qing, Li Gang was happy, but also somewhat confused.

"Chen Dutong, why can't my army destroy the enemy so easily?"

Chen Qing thought for a while and said: "The cavalry plays a key role here. For example, the puppet Qi army, we are about [-] miles away from them, so that the spies sent by the other party cannot find our existence. It is very difficult to maintain sufficient physical strength. The cavalry is different. They can run fifty miles in half an hour, and then surprise the opponent in the middle of the night, and they can kill the opponent by surprise. Secondly, the army of the Xuanfu envoy has already been targeted by the opponent. Hold on, every time the troops are dispatched, the opponent will send someone to watch them, so that they can also guess the Xuanfu envoy's intentions, so it will be difficult to attack the opponent."

Li Gang nodded, "I understand what you mean. There must be an army that is separated from the main force. The so-called combination of Zhengqi and Qi will be effective."

"That's exactly what it means. In the northwest, Wu Dutong arranged for humble officials to wander outside the Dasan Pass, appear and disappear, and constantly harass and sneak attack the enemy army, making it impossible for the Jin soldiers to defend themselves."

"Very good, it seems that I have to keep Chen Dutong's army on the periphery, using the high-speed and long-distance cavalry to attack the enemy continuously."

"In this way, the Xuanfu envoy will rely on the city as soon as possible. In fact, the Xuanfu envoy is the bait, and the humble post is the striking force."

Li Gang stroked his beard and said, "Let me think about it again."

"There is another thing. The humble official will probably want to say sorry to the envoy."

Li Gang was startled, "What's the matter?"

"It's about Yang Yao, the humble job should be handed over to the Xuanfu envoy, and the result is a humble job"

Li Gang smiled and waved his hands, "I'm not Zhu Shengfei, I'm not that narrow-minded. Besides, when you captured Yang Yao, I had already led the army to leave Hanyang. Even if you sent it to Hanyang, no one would accept it. I thought you knew I wasn't there. Hanyang, and then sent directly to Lin'an."

"The humble job is just because I am afraid that the night will be long and dreamy, so I sent it directly to Lin'an. I really have no other ideas, but I feel a little wrong afterwards."

Li Gang said indifferently: "You don't need to explain, I know you are used to it and don't like being suppressed by others, but Chen Dutong, this habit is not good, it is easy to make your boss disgusted, most of Zhu Shengfei's hatred for you stems from this. "

"Thank you for your teaching!"

Li Gang narrowed his eyes and said: "Chen Dutong, why don't we make another deal! I know you don't like being suppressed by others, and you don't like being ordered by civilian officials. You can make independent judgments and send troops independently. I won't interfere with you, but I have condition."

Chen Qing laughed dryly, "How embarrassing!"

"Let's talk nonsense. Although I am not Zhu Shengfei, I am definitely not Zhang Jun. I will completely delegate power to my subordinates. Otherwise, I will sit in Hanyang and will not lead the army to Changlin County. I promise you that I will only consider the overall situation and have Conditions, if you can't do it, don't let me delegate power."

"Xuan Fu envoy, please state the conditions!"

"There are four conditions. First, your army is not allowed to harass the people, and you are not allowed to plunder the landlords and big households under the pretext of catching spies; second, no matter which city you capture, the local officials must be dealt with by me; Third, I just delegated the right to fight to me, but I didn't give you the right to dispose of it after the war."

"Xuan Fu envoy is actually talking about the disposal of prisoners of war and the captured spoils, right?"

Li Gang nodded, "It's good that you understand, I will arrange and distribute all the trophies, and I will give you what should be given to you."

Chen Qing pondered for a while, "I agree to Xuan Fushi, but can we make an exception?"

Li Gang smiled and said, "It's limited to grass and black beans."

"What about the fourth condition of the envoy?"

Li Gang gave Chen Qing a hard look and said: "I told you before that you are not allowed to issue an order to kill, you must change it to surrender and not to kill, but the night before yesterday, when you attacked the puppet Qi army in Yiling, you still issued an order. There's a kill order, isn't it? I don't see a single prisoner."

Chen Qing was silent for a moment and said: "I am not a cruel person. There was a reason why I issued the killing order last night. I hope the envoy can understand."

"You want to avenge Wang Yan?"

Chen Qing nodded slowly, with uncontrollable hatred flickering in his eyes, "There are two armies surrounding Wang Yan, one is the puppet Qi army in Yiling, and the other is Kong Yanzhou's army. Kong Yanzhou pretended to retreat from Xiangyang, He cheated Wang Yan's trust, and finally attacked Wang Yan's [-] troops in the middle of the night. Kong Yanzhou shot Wang Yan in the left chest with an arrow.
Not only that, but Kong Yanzhou also beheaded all the captured Jiangling soldiers. He also dug up Wang Yan's body, and the owl's head gave credit to the Jin soldiers. I didn't know these things until I interrogated the puppet Qi army. . "

After a pause, Chen Qing continued: "I have always regarded Wang Yan as my teacher and father. I swore yesterday morning that I would definitely kill Kong Yanzhou and his army. If the envoy does not agree, I would rather give up the right to fight independently. .”

Li Gang took two steps with his hands behind his back, nodded and said, "It's limited to Kong Yanzhou and his subordinates, the crime is not as good as their family members!"

"can!"

"Then we will make a decision. Apart from Kong Yanzhou, you are not allowed to issue an extermination order. There are three other conditions. If you dare not keep your promise, even if the envoy does not do it, I will never do it." Forgive you!"

Chen Qing nodded silently, "It's a deal!"

There are two Hanyang cities, one is Hanyang County, and the other is Hanyang Cangcheng. Hanyang Cangcheng was built after Li Gang took office, and it was completed two months ago. It is tall and strong, and there is only one water gate in the whole city. Ships first go to the Han River, and then sail into the city through a mile-long Cao River from the Han River. The largest cargo ship can pass three thousand stones.

More than [-] warehouses were built in Cangcheng, and most of them are full of warehouses, from money and food to armored supplies, from medicinal materials to fuel oil and gunpowder, everything that one expects to find.

This is the logistics center of the entire Huguang Song army. When Li Gang led his army westward, only [-] troops were left to guard Cangcheng. Later, he also felt that it was inappropriate, so he sent people to Yingzhou and ordered Kong Yanzhou, the governor of Yingzhou, to divide a part of the army. The troops went to defend Hanyang Cangcheng.

It's just that Li Gang didn't expect Kong Yanzhou to surrender to the puppet Qi army. He immediately sent an army to Hanyang, but was intercepted by the enemy army not long after, and returned to Changlin County.

Only then did Li Gang realize that Hanyang City was in extreme danger.

But what Li Gang didn't expect was that Chen Qing also sent an army to Hanyang with more than [-] warships for support.

In fact, Zhang Ying, the governor of Ezhou, was ordered by Chen Qing to lead a thousand local state soldiers to Hanyang and defend Hanyang County. You must know that Hanyang County is the seat of the official office of the Xuanfu envoy. If Hanyang County is captured, the bandits will slaughter Hanyang. The consequences were equally unimaginable.

Commander Zheng Ping's huge fleet arrived in Hanyang, and the sentinel ship that arrived first reported that some small boats of unknown origin were found on the Han River, which looked like enemy exploration ships, but the main force of the enemy fleet was not found.

Zheng Ping immediately invited Niu Gao and Li Feng, the commander of the navy, to discuss.

Niu Gao looked at the map and suggested: "The humble officer thinks that we should hide in Jiangxia first. Once the enemy arrives, when they are about to attack Cangcheng, we will attack their ships again, cut off their retreat, and wipe them all out on the river. superior."

Li Feng nodded, "This method is good. It is only about ten miles from Jiangxia to Cangcheng. The speed of vehicles and boats is fast, and they can quickly grab the north and cut off their retreat. The warships attack from the south, and the two fleets will attack from north to south. No ship can escape."

Zheng Ping thought for a while and said, "Two thousand crossbowmen are also deployed on the land next to Hanyang Cangcheng to prevent them from abandoning their boats and going ashore!"

Niu Gao was a little worried and said: "But if the opponent's army is large, breaking through by force may cause heavy casualties to the crossbowmen!"

"It's okay! If that step is really reached, the crossbowmen can retreat to Hanyang County!"

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[I'm sorry, there's something wrong at home. Today there are only two shifts in the morning and evening, and there is no shift at noon. Tomorrow, there will be three shifts normally]

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