Fenghou

Chapter 362
When Chen Qing returned to the mansion, his newlywed wife Lu Xiu greeted him, "Are the officials going to send your husband to go to war?"

Chen Qing put his wife in his arms, kissed her forehead, and said apologetically: "I wanted to take you to set off together, but now it seems that I have to go first."

There was a gloomy look in Lu Xiu's eyes, she forced a smile and said: "The country is in trouble, husband should put state affairs first, and I will reunite with him when he stabilizes!"

Chen Qing was short of time, he couldn't take a boat, so he had to rush to Baling on horseback, and he couldn't take Luxiu with him.

He thought for a while and said, "After the second brother's wedding is over, go to Chengdu with them by boat. I will leave Yan Jun and fifteen personal guards to protect you, and Zheng Ping's wife and children will also go with you."

"Don't worry, my husband! Li Mei's father has been appointed as the general judge of the Chengdu government. He will go to Chengdu to take up his post after attending his daughter's wedding. Maybe we can go on the same journey. I will bring the master with me when the time comes, and she will be alone." It’s pitiful for people to live in Lin’an.”

"It's up to you to decide, but you have to spend the New Year on the road."

Lu Xiu smiled and shook her head, indicating that it doesn't matter, she asked again: "Tomorrow, the second brother's wedding, can my husband attend?"

Tomorrow is not only Lu Wei's wedding, but also the day when Chen Qing and his wife return home. Chen Qing had no choice but to apologize: "The emperor asked me to leave overnight tonight, and even gave me the gold medal for going out of the city, but I can leave before dawn. Tomorrow my father-in-law Over there, you can only go alone."

Chen Qing immediately found Yan Jun and arranged tasks for them. He took fourteen people to stay to protect his wife, and Chen Qing set off with Zhuang Quan and other five soldiers.

That night, the young couple was so lingering and affectionate that they almost didn't sleep all night.

Before dawn, Chen Qing set off with five soldiers on two horses. They took the official road of Muzhou and rushed westward all the way.

In the study, Qin Hui paced back and forth with a lot of thoughts. After all, he is the Prime Minister of the Great Song Dynasty. Is it appropriate to pass such an important military report to the Kingdom of Jin?

But this time it was Chen Qing who led the troops, Wan Yanchang would definitely blame him for not notifying him in advance.

Moreover, Wan Yanchang's plan to prevent Chen Qing from returning to Sichuan and Shaanxi fell through. If he didn't offer some compensation, how could he explain to Wan Yanchang?

At this time, a follower in black appeared at the door of the study, knelt down on one knee and saluted, "See Master!"

Qin Hui pondered for a moment, and finally made up his mind. He took out a wax pill and put it in a box, and handed it to the man in black together with the box, "Go to the Jin Guo Pavilion immediately, and give it to Wanyan Qianhu, and you must hand it to him personally." hands!"

"Follow the order!"

The man in black took the box, saluted and left in a hurry.

Qin Hui heaved a sigh of relief. Now that he has taken this step, he will never turn back no matter what.

In Ziwu Valley, an army of ten thousand gold soldiers was marching rapidly under the personal leadership of Marshal Wanyan Wushu. In addition to carrying grain carts and supplies, they also brought hundreds of craftsmen. After Chen Qing went north through Ziwu Valley, , Destroyed his temporary plank roads and bridges.

But for [-] gold soldiers and hundreds of craftsmen, repairing these plank roads and bridges was easy. In just two days, the two-mile-long plank road and three bridges were repaired, and the army continued to drive south along the plank road.

Three days later, Wanyan Wushu and his army arrived at Ziwu Pass. At this time, Wanyan Wushu sent someone to call Fu Xuan forward, pointing at the Ziwu Pass in front of him with a horsewhip, "Go let your subordinates surrender, and I will promote him to one level." !"

"Follow the order!"

Fu Xuan urged him to go immediately, there were [-] defenders at Ziwu Pass, half of them were Fu Xuan's army, and the chief general Wang Chun was also Fu Xuan's Four King Kong.

After Fu Xuan surrendered to the Kingdom of Jin, Zhu Shengfei did not take any action to reduce the risk of Fu Xuan's surrender, except for cursing Fu Xuan fiercely. Even Lu Fayuan, the deputy envoy of Xuanfu, authorized him to change generals as soon as possible, but Zhu Shengfei said that the crime was not as good as his family and did not agree to change generals.

Now he patted his ass and ran back to Chengdu, but he left behind a curse.

Not long after, Wang Chun led the army to surrender, and Wanyan Wushu was overjoyed. He was immediately promoted to Wang Chun as the commander, and ordered him to change the banner and continue to guard the Ziwu Pass.

But Li Wei, Wang Chun's deputy, refused to surrender and led hundreds of soldiers to retreat towards Hanzhong!

Wanyan Wushu crossed Ziwu Ridge and led an army of [-] into Xingyuan Mansion in Hanzhong.
The battle at Xianrenguan was extremely fierce, with arrows raining down on the top and bottom of the city, darkening the sky, and the drums were rumbling endlessly. Wanyan Helisa personally led an army of [-] to attack the city. Soldiers carrying the siege ladder rushed towards the top of the city like a tide, and the rolling logs and boulders on the top of the city fell like hail.

In the corner of the city, the black and thin Wu Jie stared at the turbulent golden soldiers below the city with serious eyes. This is a war that cannot be lost. If the Immortal Pass is lost, Hanzhong will fall, and it is very likely that Bashu will not be able to keep it. Once Bashu falls , How many years can Da Song last?
"General, the northwest corner has been breached, and the enemy has already entered the city!" A soldier reported in horror.

Wu Jie drew out his long sword and shouted to a thousand reserve troops: "Follow me to the northwest corner to fight!"

He led a thousand soldiers to the northwest corner like a dragon.
There was a defensive loophole in the northwest corner. Commander Wang Lian was shot and killed by the enemy's crossbow. The deputy commander and two of them were killed one after another. The soldiers lost their command and began to fall into chaos.

The Jurchen soldiers on two siege ladders broke through the defense line at the top of the city, and two or three hundred Jurchen soldiers killed the top of the city.

At this moment, Wu Jie led a thousand soldiers to kill. The soldiers of the Song Army squeezed towards the Jurchen soldiers like a tide. The real soldier screamed and fell to the top of the wall.

In one go, the Song army killed more than a hundred Jurchens who rushed to the top of the city with an absolute superiority in numbers. The siege ladder was also pushed out of the city, and dozens of Jin soldiers on the ladder fell down the city screaming.

Seeing that it was getting late, the opponent's defenses were tight and impeccable, and their casualties were too heavy, Wanyan Helisa ordered: "Retreat the troops and return to the camp!"

"Dang! Dang! Dang! Dang!" The bell rang, and the Jurchen soldiers who had been fighting fiercely for a day had long been exhausted, and finally heard the bell for withdrawal, and the [-] army left thousands of corpses and retreated like a tide.

The day's fierce fighting finally stopped, and the exhausted soldiers of the Song Army didn't even have the energy to cheer, so they sat down one after another and leaned directly on the top of the wall.

Two thousand reserve soldiers began to go to the city to carry down the dead and wounded soldiers. Hundreds of soldiers carried food loads to deliver meals to the soldiers at the top of the city, each with two big meat buns and a bowl of hot soup.

Soon, night fell, and Wu Jie stood at the top of the city without saying a word for a long time. At this moment, Wu Ling walked over quickly and said in a deep voice, "Brother, are you worried that you won't be able to defend this time?"

Wu Jie nodded, "It's different this time. Wanyan Wushu is well prepared, and Fu Xuan surrendered. I feel a sense of crisis that I've never felt before. I'm really worried that I won't be able to defend myself!"

"Brother, are you worried that Fu Xuan will take Jin Bing to Ziwu Valley?"

"You also thought about this loophole?"

Wu Ling nodded, "Wang Chun, the guard of Ziwu Pass, and Luo Yi, the guard of Raofeng Pass, are both Fu Xuan's confidants. This Zhu Shengfei has committed a serious crime!"

Wu Jie shook his head and said: "We fought bravely against Jin not because of him, Zhu Shengfei, but to defend our home and country, and defend the Great Song Dynasty from falling completely under the iron heel of the Jin people.

"Brother is right!"

Just at this moment, a soldier rushed over and reported: "I want to report to the capital, the prefect Liu sent someone to deliver the letter urgently!"

Wu Jie and Wu Lin glanced at each other, and they suddenly had a bad feeling in their hearts. Wu Jie asked anxiously, "Where is the sender?"

After a while, a letter delivery soldier was brought up, knelt down on one knee, saluted, and presented a letter, "Please read it!"

Wu Jie quickly opened the letter, read it under the torch, his heart suddenly became cold, the cavalry of Wanyan Wushu had already entered Raofeng Pass.

Their worst fears finally happened.

(End of this chapter)