Fenghou

Chapter 621 News
Two days later, Chen Qing's army arrived at the small temple of Emperor Guan [-] miles north of Luojiao County. Yang Zaixing stepped forward to salute and said apologetically, "The humble officials came a day late, and they have already gone north."

It's only two days' journey from Luojiao County to Qingquan County. If you come a day later, you won't be able to catch up.

Chen Qing was not disappointed, this was within his expectations, he had already been delayed for a day and night when he found out, and it would be another day to inform Yang Zaixing, and the other party was taking the shortest bowstring route, so it would be too late for Yang Zaixing to catch up again.

Chen Qing nodded, "This is their fate, let them go!"

"There are still [-] prisoners of war, what should I do with the humble officer?"

"Leave the mining, if Jin Guo wants to redeem it, that's fine too!"

"Humble job understands!"

Chen Qing waved his horsewhip, "The army continues to march north!"

Yang Zaixing sent deputy general Cheng Huan to lead an army of [-] to escort the prisoners to Guanzhong, while the other army followed Chen Qinghao to the north.

Two days later, the main force of the Song Army arrived in Qingquan County. To Chen Qing's surprise, Qingquan County was ransacked by gold soldiers who were not hungry, and the magistrate was still there. Chen Qing immediately sent someone to bring the magistrate to him.

The county magistrate of Qingquan County is called Zhao Ruinian, who was appointed by Chen Qing. When he came to Chen Qing, he knelt down and wept, "It's a crime to be humble!"

Chen Qing glanced at him and asked, "What's your crime?"

"The humble official was afraid of the Jin soldiers slaughtering the city, so he dedicated thousands of grains from the official warehouse to the Jin soldiers, and collected all the livestock and thousands of chickens and ducks from the people, and gave them to the Jin soldiers."

"And then? Have they entered the city yet?"

Zhao Ruinian shook his head, "Their general lay on the sliding pole and said that for the sake of our sincerity, they will let us go this time!"

"How many people are there in the city?"

"There are three thousand households with more than ten thousand people."

Chen Qing pondered for a moment and said: "You are also protecting the people, the situation is special, this time I will not count you as an enemy, get up!"

Zhao Ruinian stood up in tears of gratitude and said, "Thank you Xuanfu envoy for your forgiveness, I am really ashamed of being humble!"

"Let me ask you, are there any other golden soldiers besides Wanyan Yinshu's golden soldiers?"

"There is also a golden soldier transporting grain carts, about [-] people, who arrived one day earlier. The leader is called Han Chang. He didn't go into the city either, and went directly to Luoshui."

Chen Qing said with a smile to Yang Zaixing: "Sure enough, as I expected, Han Chang came to meet Yan Yinkeshu after finishing it. They should go back to Fushi County from Wuren Road, and then go south."

Yang Zaixing said worriedly: "In this way, the enemy's strength will be [-]. If Niu Gao leads the army to intercept, it will be dangerous."

Chen Qing smiled slightly: "Don't worry about this issue. I have already agreed with Niu Gao. If he needs to go out of the city to intercept him, I will send him an eagle letter. Since I didn't send an eagle letter, he must still be strictly guarding the skin." county."

It was only then that Yang Zaixing realized how important the capital attaches importance to Fushi County. Fushi County is currently the only county with a large population in northern Shaanxi. The springboard of Shaanxi Road, coupled with the tall and strong city wall of Fushi, is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and has sufficient fire oil. How much manpower and material resources will it take for the Song army to capture it?I can't even imagine it.

"The humble staff understands Du Tong's good intentions!"

Chen Qing ordered an army to garrison Qingquan County, and his army continued to march northward. This morning, the army arrived at Fushi County. A scout had already reported Niu Gao. It was still ten miles away from the county seat. Niu Gao led a dozen people The general came to welcome the arrival of Chen Qing's army.

"The humble Niu Gao sees Du Tong!"

Niu Gao knelt down on one knee and clasped his fists in a military salute, and the generals behind him also knelt down and saluted.

Chen Qing hurriedly supported Niu Gao and said with a smile: "I only hope that General Niu will not let me down, guarding Fushi County, it can be said that the gate of northern Shaanxi is preserved."

"Ashamed of my humble position, I can't follow all of them to conquer the Jinbing. The soldiers fought bloody battles with the Jinbing, but I was doing nothing in the county, watching the Jinbing retreat and leave."

Or how can I say that Niugao is popular?He absolutely does not take credit, puts himself down, praises the bloody battles of other troops, and can talk, of course everyone likes him very much.

Chen Qing said with a smile: "General Niu, you don't have to be overly modest. You also wiped out [-] golden soldiers. We wiped out the main force of more than [-] golden soldiers successively, which is also a glorious victory."

"There is one more important matter in the humble position. It is related to Xixia, and it must be reported to the capital!"

Chen Qing was startled, "What happened to Xixia?"

"Xiao Heda is dead!"

Chen Qing frowned, "What's going on?"

"It's a long story, please go to the city to rest, and report in detail!"

Chen Qing immediately ordered the whole army to enter Fushi County to rest for a day, Niu Gao arranged for the army to camp, and ordered people to slaughter [-] sheep to clean up the army.

In the temporary large tent of the Chinese army, Chen Qing ordered people to set up a Xixia sand table. This is a simple sand table, the terrain is not detailed, only the direction of the mountains, the distribution of cities, the location of the desert, the situation of the Yellow River, etc.

"The humble job is also based on the description of the Han merchants who fled back from Xixia. It should be that a golden army of [-] people entered Xixia. It happened in half a month. The meaning is to divide Xixia. The Xixia court was very dissatisfied, but Xiao Heda was very excited. He didn't know what to do, and led [-] troops to Yinzhou to participate in the mediation. As a result, he was ambushed by [-] gold soldiers halfway, and Xiao Heda's entire army was destroyed. I was also beheaded by the Jin soldiers, and my head was given to Xixia Emperor Li Ganshun."

"and then?"

"Then the sons of Xiao Heda had internal strife for the right to inherit. This was the last news ten days ago, and I don't know about it after that."

Chen Qing stared at the sand table without saying a word. He understood Jin Bing's intention to stand up for Xixia at this time. On the one hand, it was to control Xixia more deeply, and on the other hand, it was also to support Xixia to deal with him.

Once Xixia puts pressure behind their backs, it will inevitably slow down their eastward advance. Jin Bing really has a wishful thinking. They are not afraid that they will send troops to destroy Xixia when Xixia is weak?

Niu Gao's information came in a timely manner, and he immediately understood Jin Kingdom's strategic deployment. Wanyan Yinkeshu attacked Shaanxi Road, and then Jin soldiers joined forces with Xixia Army to attack Xihe Road, and finally forced himself back to Dashan Pass. South.

I'm afraid it's better to change the plan. Jin Bing should attack Xiao Heda's remaining troops soon, but Xiao Heda's sons are in conflict. I believe Jin Bing is willing to see them kill each other, but in this way, Jin Bing will Precious time wasted.

This bought me time to go back to Fangxihe Road,
The key here is Lanzhou. Lanzhou not only defends the Xixia army from going south to Xihe Road, but also defends the Xixia army from advancing to the Hehuang Valley. The strategic location is extremely important.

At present, Chen Qing has only [-] troops in Lanzhou, led by Liu Zan, which really makes Chen Qing worry.

Thinking of this, Chen Qing said to Niu Gao: "I will give you another two thousand troops, and you will lead twelve thousand troops to Lanzhou tomorrow to take over Lanzhou's defense. You can recruit another five thousand troops in Lanzhou to increase the defense force to two thousand." Ten thousand people must not only defend the Xixia army from crossing the Yellow River south, but also defend the Xixia army from entering the Hehuang Valley along the Yellow River. Will General Niu be willing to accept this burden?"

"What about Liu Zan, the governor of Lanzhou?"

"I will transfer him to be the envoy of the Tongzhou system, responsible for guarding Pujin Pass and Tong Pass, and I will leave Lanzhou to you."

Niu Gao hastily bowed and saluted, "I will never let down Dutong's great trust in my humble position!"

(End of this chapter)