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Chapter 387 Wangfu Stone

The morning and afternoon of the twenty-ninth lunar month.

An indescribable force of terror crushed the boundary river and shattered it for ten miles.

Except for a small number of Jin's 8,000 vanguard troops who had not yet crossed the river, more than half of them were killed by bombings, drowning, or smashing.

The infantry who landed on the beach were swept away by the cavalry army led by Yao Changzi in Huaibei.

In this battle, more than 5,000 Jin and Liao troops were lost, but most of the corpses sank into the glacier, and only more than a thousand heads of the Jin army were recovered.

However, of the 3,000 Qi cavalry troops, only more than 30 were killed and less than 100 were injured.

The reason for such a disparity in the casualty ratio was that the heaven and earth phenomena that occurred in Jiehe River were so frightening that Wanyan Puli was unable to organize an effective resistance.

After the war, morale on both sides of the Taiwan Strait reversed irrepressibly.

The Jin army on the north bank was inexplicably frightened and hurriedly retreated five miles back to camp.

The Qi cavalry army on the south bank tied more than a hundred golden soldiers captives behind their horses and dragged them across the snowy fields for several miles.

As the offensive side, Wanyan Zongbi knew that things would change over time, and went in the opposite direction. Just when Han Qixian, Guo An and others thought that their side had suffered such a big loss for no reason, how could they take a few days of rest before taking the second step? During the Bo operation, Zong Bi unexpectedly ordered his deputy general Wanyan Xiebao to lead another 3,000 Han and Liao troops that night to cross the river twenty miles downstream of Fucheng.

After crossing the river, warning posts were immediately deployed on the south bank to assist most of the people crossing the river.

The earth-shattering power that had appeared during the day never appeared again.

Zongbi, who led his troops to the south bank, studied with many Han and Liao Confucian scholars in his early years and did not believe in strange power and chaos.

But most of them breathed a sigh of relief after crossing the river. If the scene of this morning happened again when we crossed the river tonight, the morale of the troops would be in danger of collapse.

He speculated that the Qi State might have some kind of weapon that the Jin State was not aware of, but the quantity was limited.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this magical weapon that the cowardly Qi State dared to stroke the beard of the golden tiger. The Han people are the best at making strange things.

Zong Bi believed that strange weapons could be effective for a while, but victory on the battlefield ultimately depended on the bravery of the soldiers.

On the twenty-ninth day of the twelfth lunar month, at Hai hour, the Jin army entered Qi.

In Hejian Prefecture on the north bank, less than five thousand people were left to guard the counties and key passes of Hejian Prefecture.

Around Yin Shi on the next day, Zong Bi led 40,000 Jin troops to pass through the undefended boundary river. He left a small force to monitor Jiaohe County on the east side, and most of them went straight to Fucheng.

Since the Jurchen tribe emerged in the white mountains and black waters, for more than 20 years, the method of combat has been to find the enemy's main force and fight decisively.

At that time, the late emperor defeated the Liao Kingdom's 100,000-strong army with more than 3,000 warriors, and established the foundation of the Jin Kingdom in one battle.

Later, he used 20,000 horses to kill the 700,000 Liao army, throwing away their helmets and armor, and laying their bodies hundreds of miles away.

Since then, there has been a saying in the world that "the golden army is invincible".

Twelve years ago, during the reign of the Zhou Kingdom, the Jin Kingdom originally planned to go south to seek some benefits, but unexpectedly, they easily captured Bianliang, the imperial capital with millions of soldiers and civilians.

As a result, the Jin Kingdom was not ready to rule the Central Plains at that time, so it hurriedly supported Liu Yu to become emperor.

Therefore, no matter the emperor, marshal, or middle and lower-level officers and soldiers of the Jin Kingdom, they all believed that as long as the Jin army could capture the main force of Qi, they would be able to annihilate them in one battle like their ancestors did.

The main force of the Qi State on Hebei Road is in Fucheng. The governor's flag is still flying at the top of the city.

As long as the newly risen King Chu of Qi is killed, the whole of Hebei and even the whole of Qi will surrender without a fight.

In the first year of Xuanqing, it was the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, Chen hour.

The weak sunlight in winter reflected on the world through the mist. On the vast plain covered by snow, nearly 40,000 Jin troops surrounded Fucheng.

There are over 10,000 people, and there are no boundaries.

The Jin army did not bother to set up camp, and immediately sent more than a hundred teams to the surrounding villages to capture civilians in order to build siege equipment.

Unexpectedly, the villages within a radius of more than ten miles were deserted. There were even some teams that disappeared after going out.

Zong Bi ordered the small group to form a large group and continued to search the surroundings. At the same time, he ordered the Hejian Prefecture on the north bank to recruit 10,000 civilians to accompany the army.

At noon that day, as usual, the Jin army sent a Han Confucian scholar to the gate of Fucheng to shout, "Jin is the father of Qi and has the grace to build him up. Today, the powerful minister Chen Chu is threatening the government internally and humiliating the country externally. This is a way to die." If the soldiers and civilians in the city tie up this animal and hand it over to the marshal of our army, and open the city to kneel down to welcome the heavenly army, the marshal can keep the soldiers and civilians in the city safe!

If you persist in your stubbornness and act as a helper of tigers, when the city is destroyed, the heavenly army will slaughter the whole city... Ah."

Before the Confucian scholar finished shouting, he was shot over by an arrow in the chest, and there was a roar from the top of the city.

Xiang Jing, the leader of the fifth regiment, drew back his bow and waved his hand. The more than a hundred golden soldiers captured yesterday were dragged onto the city wall. The leader had a bruised nose and a swollen face, and his iconic hair had been shaved in half, turning it into a yin and yang head. , but still kept yelling and scolding.

After a closer look, we can see that this is Wanyan Puli, the pioneer of the Jin Army yesterday.

Xiang Jing ordered his men to take off the fur coats of the group, tie their hands, and hang the prisoners in a row on the city wall like dried bacon.

The Huaibei Army is a civilized army and will not kill prisoners. But if the opponent cannot endure the severe cold in winter, they will not be blamed.

For a time, outside the city of Fucheng, the wailing, yelling and cursing of the Jinren bacon could not be heard.

Xiang Jing promptly took out a banner and wrote, "Those who violate our borders will never come back. I forgive you, the Golden Crow Pig, for ten days and no life."

Amidst the loud laughter at the top of the city, Zong Bi's face turned livid in the distance.

Although Wanyan Puli, whose head was shaved, was not of high military rank, he was still a member of the royal family of the Jin Kingdom. The Jin Kingdom had been in existence for more than 20 years. The royal family had never suffered such humiliation!

Furthermore, Zongbi's real name was pronounced as "Wuzhu", so Qi Jun deliberately wrote it as "Golden Crow Pig", which was an undisguised insult.

Zong Bi was already in his fifties, and even though his temper was no longer as fiery as when he was young, he was still angered by the reckless Qi army. He only ordered, "Destroy the city, and leave no chickens or dogs behind." Then he rode off. After walking behind the formation, he no longer looked at this small city.

He originally intended to fight the main force of the Qi army, but after being provoked repeatedly, Fucheng became a place that Zongbi must eliminate.

At noon, Xiang Jing walked down the city, preparing to go to the government office in the city to report the talent situation to the King of Chu. However, on the horse road to the city, he met the brothers of the Huotou Army carrying jars of meals.

"Old Zhai, have you cooked something delicious for your brothers today?" Xiang Jing stood against the wall to clear the way to the city for them.

The chubby old Zhai was picking up rice cakes. When he heard this, he smiled proudly, lifted the quilt covering the rice vat, and said, "Captain Xiang, look at the oily meat slices stewed with shark's fin! I Just say, our prince feels sorry for our brothers, this shark fin is in our Huaibei, and ordinary people cannot afford to eat it every day."

"Hey, brothers, you're in for a treat today." Xiang Jing glanced at the food in the vat, sniffed hard, and said with a smile.

After the two sides passed each other, Lao Zhai and others continued to move forward.

As soon as they climbed onto the city wall, they saw Geng Baoxi, the commander of the 9th regiment, and Liu Maodan, the deputy of the 14th regiment, sitting behind the battlements sheltered from the wind, talking. This is the first time the two of them have met since they left their employer's side and became an officer. Naturally, they have endless things to talk about.

Lao Zhai greeted the two with a smile, and then helped Baoxi and Mao Dan each have a bowl of pork stewed vermicelli.

Because the hinterland of the Jin Kingdom was far away from Hebei, it gave Qi State sufficient time to organize and mobilize. Now in Fucheng, almost all the people have evacuated, and a large amount of firewood, charcoal, and grain have been stored in the city.

There is a lot of fresh meat and dried meat among them. Although the weather is cold now, it is not a problem to store the fresh meat in the ice cellar for ten and a half days.

But no one knows how long this battle will last, so fresh meat with a short shelf life becomes the first part to be consumed.

"Second Qiang, get two pots of hot water for me and Deputy Liu Tuan."

Baoxi kicked a young sergeant next to him, about seventeen or eighteen years old, with his toes. When the latter heard the sound, he immediately put down his rice bowl, took the officer's standard copper kettle, and trotted down the city wall.

Now, as the regiment leader, Geng Baoxi also has his own soldiers.

Mao Dan was holding a bowl, sitting on the ground against the battlement, looking at the back of Baoxi's private soldier named Erqiang, and suddenly sighed.

Having been brothers for many years, Baoxi probably guessed what Mao Dan was thinking and asked with a smile: "What's wrong? Do you miss the days when you were with your boss?"

Maodan shook his head, but nodded again, and sighed: "Baoxi, if I hadn't met my boss, I might still be staying in Luliuwei, living a miserable life without enough food and clothing, or maybe there would be a famine. , so he and his parents starved to death."

Baoxi leaned against the wall, looked up at the foggy sky, and said with a smile: "You still have a family after all. If I hadn't met my boss and his wife, I would have become a withered skeleton on the roadside, not even a small graveyard." "

"Hahaha, let's not talk about this today. It's New Year's Eve!" As Mao Dan was talking, he saw a few slightly restrained men gathering together not far away, eating a few bowl-sized pancakes. He looked at the others cautiously, as if he didn't know how to eat the candy bars and cheese handed out with the meal.

Mao Dan saw a burly man with a regimental leader's epaulettes on his shoulders, but his face was very unfamiliar. He couldn't help but asked Bao Xi in a low voice, "Who is this man? Why haven't I seen him before?"

Baoxi glanced up and replied in a low voice: "Jiao Tu. Formerly from Cangzhou Wuhe Army, I heard from Lao Bai that this man is good at wielding a spear, very powerful!"

Cangzhou Wuhe and Wusu armies caught up with this war before they could complete their reorganization. Huaibei did not dare to reuse them for the time being, leaving the two armies in Cangzhou, far away from the frontal battlefield, under Xiaoxin's control.

However, the officers of the two armies were organized into an officer company to participate in the defense of Fucheng, so that they could learn the organization of the Huaibei Army during the battle and become familiar with the command system of the Huaibei Army.

"Oh." Hearing that the other party was very fierce, Mao Dan couldn't help but look at him a few more times.

Just in time, the second strongman brought two pots of hot water and delivered them over. Mao Dan took it and suddenly smiled at Jiao Tu and others not far away: "Brother, these candy cubes and cheese are good things to warm the body and increase strength." , you can put it directly in your mouth and eat it, or like this."

After he took the initiative to speak, Jiao Tu and others looked over, and then they saw Mao Dan peeling off the candy wrapper, throwing the candy and cheese into the kettle and shaking it. After the two dissolved in the hot water, Mao Dan opened the kettle stopper again. , took a small sip.

"Try?" Maodan smiled and handed it over.

Jiao Tu hesitated for a moment, cupped his fists and thanked him, but his younger brother, who was more adventurous, had already taken it and handed it to his elder brother.

Jiao Tu imitated Mao Dan and took a sip, and a sweet, smooth and milky hot flow slid into his stomach. It was extremely comforting on this cold winter day.

It's refreshing.

It is indeed a good thing to warm up the body, increase strength and taste delicious!

Then, Jiao Meng and others also took turns to taste it, and then there was a discussion, focusing on the living standards of the Huaibei Army.

Among them, Jiao Meng's words are the most representative, "God, are we here to fight or to enjoy happiness! After eating white flour steamed buns and big meat slices, we also have this sweet and hot drink! Such a good life is what Yuanwai's family has to offer Young Master, I can’t even compare to him.”

His words caused a burst of laughter from the surrounding Huaibei Army sergeants.

Mao Dan took the kettle and handed it back, but said: "The good days were brought about by King Chu and his brothers. If the Cangzhou brothers want this to be the case in the future, they need to drive away the Tatars from the city first."

When Xiang Jing entered the official office in Fucheng, Chen Chuzheng and Cai Si were discussing something. The food that was the same as that of the soldiers was placed on the table and had lost its heat.

It looks like it's been sitting here for a while.

"The 1st, 4th, 5th, 9th and 14th regiments are stationed in Fucheng, and the people have evacuated. We only maintain military supplies, and there will be no problem in sustaining the first half of the year."

Cai Si, who was responsible for the logistics of various governments in Hebei Province, pointed to Fucheng Road on the map, and then pointed to Jiaohe County Road east of Fucheng: "The 3rd, 6th, and 12th Regiments led by Brigadier Peng are stationed at Crossing the river, food and grass are not a problem."

Chen Chu nodded and continued to move his eyes eastward on the map, landing near Cangzhou.

Nowadays, the main force of the Huaibei Army is deployed in Fucheng and Jiaohe counties. On the east side of Cangzhou, Xiaoxin leads his eighth regiment, as well as Wuhe, Wusu, and Pan Xiong troops to garrison.

Jizhou on the west side of Fucheng was garrisoned by Wang Yan's only brigade.

Compared with Fucheng and Jiaohe, the defenses of Cang and Jizhou on both wings are naturally weaker.

However, the Jin army came south not to occupy land, but to focus on a decisive battle with the main force of the Qi army. Therefore, Fucheng, where the commander-in-chief was located, would be like a magnet, firmly attracting the main force of the Jin army nearby.

Chen Chu also wanted to fight the Jin army at the gate of Fucheng. It was precisely because he was worried that the Jin army would not be strong enough to fight here that he gave Xiang Jing instructions to provoke Zong Bi and hang the prisoners outside the city wall.

It is not difficult to drag the Jin army into Fucheng, but there are risks. If he tries to escape from the city, his bait will be gone.

After Xiang Jing made his report, he asked: "Your Majesty, what should we do next?"

Chen Chu stared at the map and said, "Wait, wait for them to attack the city, wait for the opportunity."

Today, Fucheng and Jiaohe counties form an angle with each other. The eldest son, Zhou Liang, leads an army of 4,000 cavalry on the outskirts of the battlefield. There are also local generals such as Zhang Wuluan and Lu Shou who are hiding in the villages.

Xiao Xin's order was to wait for an opportunity to deposit money and cooperate with Pan Xiong to wreak havoc behind enemy lines.

Anling, more than a hundred miles away, was also stationed with Jiang Huaixiong's fifth army from the Jingying camp, plus the soy sauce local Xiang troops, which numbered more than 30,000.

Similar to the strategy of blooming in the center, Fucheng, who is in the eye of the storm, must first achieve some results before the outside can take advantage.

"When you came down to the city, weren't they ready to attack the city?"

At the end of the afternoon, Chen Chu picked up the cold rice bowl and asked another question.

Xiang Jing chuckled and said: "According to the prince's instructions, all the big trees more than ten miles outside the city have been cut down and brought into the city to be used as firewood and wood. The Jin army failed to catch the civilians around, and secondly came , there is no wood for building ladders and carriages, so we can't chew on our Fucheng with our teeth!"

Xiang Jing laughed easily, and Chen Chu also laughed and said: "There is no wood, there are removable beams in the village."

Seeing that the atmosphere became more lively, Cai Si, who had personally experienced the defense battle of Tongshan in his early years, also laughed, "If the Jin army dares to enter the village in small groups, the tunnel battle in Tongshan will be repeated again. Deputy Zhang Tuan has been waiting for a long time."

The 30th day of the twelfth lunar month in the first year of Xuanqing.

The formerly deserted city of Anling City on the south bank of the Liudong River has been extremely crowded and lively recently.

But this excitement has nothing to do with the upcoming New Year, but because of the large number of sergeants who have suddenly arrived in the past half month.

I heard that the Jin people invaded the border again. The king of Chu led his army to defend the enemy on the south bank of the border river.

At this time, no matter whether they like what King Chu is doing or not, they all hope that King Chu can win. Otherwise, once Fucheng falls, Anling will be the next to suffer.

But the disparity between the Qi army and the Jin army always felt too great.

This morning, a frontline sentinel came to report that yesterday, the King of Chu met the enemy at Jiehe River and won the first battle!

More than a thousand people were beheaded, more than three thousand were drowned, and nearly five thousand elite Jin troops were annihilated in one battle.

Jiang Huaixiong, the imperial general who was stationed in Anling, immediately announced the news to the whole city. Hebei Road, and even the entire Daqi State, were in great need of some good news to cheer up the people.

At this point, the dark clouds that originally gathered in the hearts of the people have dispersed slightly, and there is also some New Year's celebration in Anling City.

But what the people didn't know was that just three hours after the news of the victory in the first battle, Jiang Huaixiong received military information that Fucheng was besieged.

Jiang Huaixiong strictly prohibited leaking this news to avoid panic, although this was a step that had been planned during the original deduction.

But even so, it still can't stop some people from worrying about

New Year's Eve, Xu time.

The sky was already dark, and the fresh wind blowing across the river made the chill even more chilling.

Cai Kun, who retreated to Anling, could not find his sister. After thinking about it for a while, he boarded the north city of Anling.

Sure enough, the person he was looking for was here

The north wind was strong, and Cai Hua, looking far away in the north, was dressed in red clothes and fluttering, her hair was dancing wildly in the wind, and her charming face was red with cold, but she seemed unaware.

Cai Kun naturally knew the reason why his sister was afraid of the cold since she was a child, but she was standing here stupidly. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart, but he pretended to be relaxed and said: "Hua'er is here pretending to be Wangfushi? The Battle of Hebei , Yuan Zhang has already made a proper plan, so Hua'er doesn't have to worry too much."

Cai Hua didn't move, but she opened her lips softly and said, "Well, one day when my second brother is caught in the enemy's lines, my second sister-in-law will not be worried. She may even sing and dance to celebrate."

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Look who he is!

When someone comes to comfort you with good intentions, you open your mouth and retaliate. Even if the second brother knows that you are worried, he can't do this!

Even though they had been brother and sister for more than 20 years, Cai Kun still had no choice but to smile bitterly. He took a step forward and stood side by side with Cai Hua behind the wall. He looked at the dark northern night and changed his approach. He said: "Hua'er has been afraid of cold since she was a child. If she gets cold, Yuan Zhang asked you to take care of the people coming from the north. Who will do it? Come on, Mrs. Ding has cooked the glutinous rice balls. You can eat a bowl of them while they are hot."

These words seemed to have an effect.

Cai Hua stood still for another moment, turned around and went down to the city, but only walked a few steps. She stopped again and looked sideways to the north. After a few breaths of silence, she said aggrievedly like a little girl: "Tonight is New Year's Eve, there is still a bowl of hot glutinous rice balls for others to eat." , I don’t know if he can eat it warm.”

　I went out to socialize with my boss last night and drank too much.

　　I got up at 4:30 this morning and made up this chapter. Sorry.

　　

　

(End of this chapter)