Fenghou

Chapter 369 Attitude
The Jurchen general who guards Fengxiang City is called Wanyan Mouyan. He is a young ten thousand head, only twenty-five or six years old. He is also the second son of the Wanyan Lou clan. Always praised him as the most like himself.

Although Wanyan Mouyan was brave, he was not reckless, steady and strategic, and was highly valued by Wanyan Wushu. This time Nanzheng was directly promoted from commander of thousands to commander of ten thousand, and ordered him to sit in Fengxiang.

At dawn, Wanyan Mouyan got the report from the soldiers who fled. Chen Qing led his army to conquer Mei County the night before, which surprised Wanyan Mouyan. Didn't Chen Qing be transferred to the south to suppress the bandits?Why did you come back again?
More importantly, Wanyan, Lisa and his family members live in Mei County!Even though Wanyan Mouyan was calm, he was also flustered by the news.

Wanyan Mouyan calmed himself down, pacing back and forth in the hall with his hands behind his back, when a group of commanders came running over after hearing the inquiry.

"The demon came back again, let's send troops immediately! Teach that bastard a lesson."

Several heads of thousands of households were chattering, and a grumpy commander complained: "Master Wan, this matter is to be blamed on Lisa himself, and Fengxiang will not stay when he is doing well, so he insists on living in Mei County!"

Wanyan Mouyan waved his hand, "Now is not the time to talk about this, you should step back first!"

Everyone retreated one after another, at this time the counselor Fan Gong walked quickly into the hall.

Although Fan Gong is a Han Chinese, but he is Wanyan Wushu's confidant counselor, and his status is very high. No one dares to neglect him. Everyone calls him a military adviser or a gentleman.

Wanyan Mouyan hurried forward and said: "The situation is not good, sir, I just got the news that Chen Qing captured Mei County."

Fan Gong nodded: "I've also heard about it, what is Mou Yan going to do?"

Wanyan Mouyan said worriedly: "It doesn't matter if the city is lost, the key is the family members, how can I explain to Marshal Du?"

Fan Gong comforted him and said, "Actually, General Mouyan doesn't have to worry too much, I guess the family members will be fine."

Wanyan Mouyan lifted his spirits and asked, "Why do you say that?"

"I can guess some clues from the details."

Fan Gong asked slowly: "The Song army captured Mei County the night before yesterday, and they didn't release them back to report the news until early this morning. It took a whole day and two nights. Why did they do this? It shows that they need to deal with the captured family members. If all Just kill it, and things will be simple."

"Sir, do you mean that Chen Qing sent them all away?"

"Whether they were sent away or not, I'm not sure, but killing these family members is not in line with his strategy."

"why would you say so?"

Fan Gong smiled faintly, "Hasn't the general noticed it yet? Why did he come to attack Fengxiang?"

"He wants to force the fourth prince to withdraw!"

Fan Gong nodded, "That's right, because the general's family members are all in Fengxiang, attacking Fengxiang will have a huge impact on the soldiers in front. If he kills his family members, it will lose the meaning of forcing the fourth prince to retreat."

Wanyan Mouyan walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, and said for a while, "Then Mr. said, should I tell the fourth prince?"

Fan Gong pondered for a long time, then sighed and said: "This is the Song Army's clever plan, especially if General Hulisa and his subordinates' family members were captured, if you don't say no, you should send someone to report it quickly and let the fourth prince decide for himself. We must not hide it, it will cause internal conflicts to intensify."

Wanyan Mouyan nodded silently. Fan Gong mentioned the key point. The fourth prince and Wanyan were at odds with each other. In fact, it can be seen from the living distribution of the family members. The fourth prince distributed all the good houses in Fengxiang to his subordinates. Leaving some dilapidated houses for Wanyan and Lisa, Wanyan and his subordinates sent their family members to Mei County to live in a rage, instead of living with the family of the fourth prince. The fourth prince was dissatisfied and only sent someone Thousands of people went to Mei County to guard, and finally the conflict between the two caused serious consequences.

If he kept it secret, once something happened to Wanyan Helisa's family, it would inevitably lead to a fierce fight between the two factions.

Wanyan Mouyan immediately wrote an express letter, ordering a team of cavalry to rush to Hanzhong in a hurry and deliver the letter to the fourth prince Wanyan Wushu.

After sending the letter away, Wanyan Mouyan heaved a sigh of relief, and then he had to consider how to deal with Chen Qing.

But he saw that Fan Gong was still deep in thought, with deep worry in his eyes, so he asked, "What are you thinking, sir?"

Fan Gong said slowly: "This time the Song army came in a strange way!"

"What does the mister mean?"

"This time it was Chen Qing who led the army to attack Fengxiang, did you know Yan Chang after talking about it?"

"Sir, do you think Wan Yanchang will know?"

Fan Gong nodded, "I think he must know!"

Wanyan Mouyan suddenly said angrily: "Since he knew about it, why didn't he inform Fengxiang?"

Fan Gong smiled wryly, "It's best that you and I don't discuss the reason behind it."

Wanyan Mouyan was speechless, he remembered what his elder brother Wanyan Huonv once said to himself, "If the fourth prince kicks Taran out of Sichuan and Shanxi, then the fourth prince will not succeed in attacking the Song Dynasty in the end." '

Only now did he understand the deep meaning of his brother's words, the contradiction between Helisa and Wushu was actually the contradiction between Talan and Wushu.

"Okay! Let's not discuss this matter. What should I do now, sir?"

Fan Gong thought for a while and said: "The general wants to send troops no matter what, it's a matter of attitude, at least we have to show Wanyan and Lisa, we are already doing our best, but we can't go out with all our troops, the [-] Jurchen troops will defend Fengxiang to the death City, to protect the family, I suggest to gather all the Han people to join the army and take back Mei County first."

"I'm afraid that the Xie Congjun is not Chen Qing's opponent!"

Fan Gong shook his head, "The general didn't understand what I meant. What I meant was that the more tragic the better, give him an explanation, otherwise the general will bear the blame!"

Wanyan Mouyan suddenly understood, "I understand! I will immediately dispatch troops."

In the afternoon, [-] Han people from the Congregation Army rushed to Mei County. The commander of the Congregation Army was General Zhang Zhongfu. He is currently the highest ranking general in the Han Congregation Army. In addition to Jin Bing, there are more than [-] Han people assisting the army, of which [-] Xie Congjun followed Jin Bing to the south, but the Xie Congjun was mainly responsible for logistics, and Yan Wushu never counted on them in specific battles.

Ordinary soldiers didn't know what happened, but Zhang Zhongfu knew very well that the murderous monster had come back again. It was freezing and snowy. If he asked his army to recover Mei County, wouldn't this be sending the soldiers to their deaths?The opponent is a cavalry!
But the military order was like a mountain, and Zhang Zhongfu had no choice but to lead his troops to kill Mei County, saying that he was recovering Mei County, but he had neither siege weapons nor luggage. How could they attack the city?How to recover Mei County?

After all, both Wanyan Mouyan and Zhang Zhongfu understood that it was impossible for the Song Army to hide in Mei County and defend the city, and they would definitely use their cavalry advantages to fight on the plains outside the city.

Only the poor soldiers didn't know anything, and followed the general along the official road in a daze.

The distance from Fengxiang to Mei County is about [-] miles, and Qishan County is separated. This area is the granary of Guanzhong. It is mainly a plain with endless wheat fields and dense population. There are small towns dotted everywhere. and the county seat.

But today is the seventh day of the first lunar month, and the people are still immersed in the leisure atmosphere of the New Year. There are no people in the fields or on the official roads. Only when passing through towns, can they see people drinking, shopping, and rushing through the towns.

However, the Han Chinese Xie Congjun did not dare to plunder the town. Fengxiang is the old nest of Wanyan Wushu. Rabbits do not eat the grass beside the nest.

A general stepped forward and said to Zhang Zhongfu: "It's getting late, shall we spend the night in Qishan County? It's too cold at night. The soldiers have thin armor and no tents. They will be unbearably cold."

Zhang Zhongfu had already seen Qishan County in the distance, so he nodded, "Send spies to the county to see if there are no enemy troops to enter the city!"

Immediately, a team of cavalry spies galloped out, heading towards Qishan County, more than a dozen li away.
(End of this chapter)