At this time, Wu Jie hurriedly ran over with dozens of people and asked urgently: "General Liu, I heard that there is an urgent military situation?" ”

Wu Jie is the chief general of Yan'an Mansion, although Liu Jian is on the same level as Wu Jie in terms of official position, he is a reinforcement, he can't take the lead, Li Yanqing specially told him, Liu Jian is very clear about this in his heart.

Liu Jian nodded and said, "After taking the pigeon letter from Anping Town, they found a cavalry vanguard of 3,000 people, which was coming towards us. ”

Wu Jie pondered for a moment and said, "What does General Liu think the task of these three thousand cavalry will be, to raid Fushi County and seize Yan'an Mansion?" ”

"There is this possibility, but I think they also have a task of collecting grain, and if the raid fails, they will loot grain all over Yan'an Province to prepare for the arrival of the 30,000 troops behind."

Wu Jie sneered, "I'm afraid they'll be disappointed!" ”

The sudden arrival of 3,000 Jin cavalry was transferred from Datong Province, they had no experience in fighting with the Song army, and the leader of this cavalry was a Mouke, that is, a thousand commanders, named Padanghai, who was a famous warrior among the Jurchen tribes.

The task of this cavalry was to raid Yan'an Mansion as Liu Jian and Wu Jie speculated, but when they crossed the Yellow River, Wanyan Lou Room received information from Fushi County, Yan'an Mansion had entered a state of war, and Wan Yan Lou Room knew that a raid on Yan'an was no longer possible, so he changed his order and ordered Danghai to plunder grain and livestock in the counties of Yan'an Province.

Paidadanghai attacked Yanchang County and Yanchuan County in a row, but found that the two county towns were empty, there was not a single county citizen, there was not a grain of grain, and even the wild dogs in the city were not seen, and the two county towns were dead silent.

This made Pai Danghai a little uneasy, if he didn't find anything around Yan'an Mansion, Mo said that he couldn't complete the task assigned by the lord, I was afraid that even his own army would run out of food.

There are pros and cons to attacking in winter, the pros and cons are that the Yellow River is frozen, and the defense is lost, which is very important for the Jin State, which is dominated by cavalry, but the disadvantages are also obvious, that is, the grass and trees in the north are dry, the cavalry needs to carry a lot of forage, and the army also needs to carry rations, so although the cavalry under Padanghai is only 3,000 people, it brings 6,000 horses, in addition to 3,000 war horses, there are also 3,000 pack horses, which are responsible for carrying forage and dry food.

But even if they bring their own dry food, they can only last three to four days, and they must be replenished in time, otherwise there will still be a crisis of running out of food.

"Commander, let's go to the south! There could be a population over there. A Jurchen guide who was familiar with Yan'an Mansion shouted to the main general.

Pai Danghai hesitated for a moment and asked, "Is there a county seat in the south?" ”

"Yes! Ganquan County is thirty miles to the south, and it is relatively rich and populous, so it should be able to get food. ”

Pai Danghai turned back and asked, "How long can the grain and grass last?" ”

"Dry food can last three days, but forage can only last two days at most."

After hesitating for a long time, Pai Danghai finally made up his mind, "Go to Ganquan County!" ”

When they arrived at the county seat of Ganquan, it was almost dark, and the weather was cold and windy, so cold that the soldiers shivered, and at this time, several soldiers rushed out of the city, excitedly shouting: "General, we have found a lot of forage and grain in a house. ”

Pai Danghai suddenly perked up and hurriedly asked, "Are there any residents in the city?" ”

"There are no more residents, but they seem to have fled in a hurry, a lot of their belongings have not been taken, and many of them may have food in stock."

Pai Danghai was overjoyed, and immediately shouted: "When the army enters the city, give me a careful search of the whole city, the property can be returned to me, and the grain will be handed over uniformly." ”

When the 3,000 soldiers heard that their property was their own, they were immediately in high spirits and rushed into the city.

Soon the night fell quietly, the city was very lively, many soldiers found property and food, the men began to cook, let the three thousand soldiers have a full meal, the soldiers were exhausted by a day's march, each found an empty room and fell asleep, many soldiers also complained that there were no women to sleep, at one watch, the whole city was quiet, only a small number of patrol soldiers were patrolling back and forth at the head of the city.

Dozens of small black dots appeared outside the city from a distance, and they were quietly approaching the two city gates in the north and south of the county, and in a forest in the south farther away, Li Yanqing was looking coldly at the city in the distance, Ganquan County was a bait, successfully caught the three thousand cavalry, and the following was the moment to kill the fish.

"Herald crossbowmen, all bet!"

10,000 crossbowmen rushed to the two city gates from the north and south, at this time, hundreds of soldiers who arrived in the city first began to fire gunpowder arrows into the city, this gunpowder arrow belongs to the ignition gunpowder, can burn rapidly, the Song military first placed hay on many roofs in the city, as the gunpowder arrows were shot into the city, the city soon caught fire.

At this time, the patrolling defenders in the city also began to shout, and the Song army's thousands of divine arm crossbows coldly pointed at the city gate hole, and hundreds of soldiers continued to shoot rockets into the city.

The city was already blazing, the smoke was filled, the fire spread rapidly, the fire oil buried in the street was also ignited, the three thousand gold soldiers in the city were in chaos, people shouted horses, the soldiers shouted in horror, the first batch of soldiers rushed to the north gate, "The first battalion shoots!" ”

A thousand arrows shot into the city gate hole like a torrential rain, suddenly a burst of people turned over on their backs, more than 100 cavalry and war horses running in the front fell to the ground with arrows, at this time, the second battalion of a thousand arrows shot into the city, followed by the third battalion, only three rounds of rapid fire will initially try to escape from the city of hundreds of gold soldiers all shot down, soon, a large number of soldiers who did not ride horses cried to the city gate and fled, but they were greeted by a round of ** stormy crossbow arrows, almost no soldier can escape from the city gate, or be engulfed in fire, Either die under the crossbow blockade of the Song army.

The sky is gradually brightening, the city of Ganquan County is still full of smoke, most of the open flames have been extinguished, only a few buildings in the northeast of the city are burning, none of the three thousand gold soldiers can escape from the city, but there are more than 600 war horses on the south side of the city to escape, becoming the spoils of the Song army in this battle, and even if the gold soldiers in the city dodge the fire and arrows, they can't escape the smoke of poisonous smoke, even if they hide in the cellar, they will also suffocate to death.

Until noon, 500 Song troops began to enter the city to investigate the situation, and half an hour later, the soldiers came out of the city one after another, and reported to Li Yanqingyu for the first general: "Qiyu is in charge, all the buildings in the city have been burned, and there are countless charred corpses, and there is no one alive. ”

Li Yanqing nodded, "Gather all the corpses and burn them to prevent the emergence of epidemics!" ”

"Obey!" Five hundred soldiers entered the city again to dispose of the corpses.

In the afternoon, the scouts came with the news that tens of thousands of Jin soldiers had appeared on the west bank of the Yellow River, and the main force of the Jin soldiers had crossed the Yellow River and killed in the direction of Yan'an.

Li Yanqing issued another order, ordering the troops stationed in Luojiao to withdraw from Yanzhou and move in the direction of Fangzhou.

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At noon, the sun shines on the white snow, the white shiny snowdrift looks dazzling in the sun, Wanyan Lou Room couldn't help but squint his eyes, from the bones, Wan Yan Lou Room is not in favor of waging war in winter, he has rich experience in the war against the Liao State, he knows very well that the winter war brings great pressure to the army, it is slightly better to fight in the south, but in the heavy snow in the north, whether it is supply, marching and siege are very difficult, it is not possible to give full play to the sharp running combat advantage of the cavalry of the Jin State.

However, the resolution on the deployment of the war was made at the meeting of the supreme chiefs of the Jin State, approved by the Son of Heaven and came into effect, and any general of the Jin State must implement it to the letter.

"Is there any news from the striker?" Wan Yan Lou asked dissatisfiedly.

The 3,000 people led by Pai Danghai disappeared yesterday when they entered Yan'an Mansion, and there is no news so far, which really annoyed Wan Yan Lou's room, and I don't know whether Pai Danghai led the army into the enemy territory without authorization, or whether this army of 3,000 people has been completely annihilated by the Song army.

Judging from common sense, the former is more likely, after all, this is 3,000 cavalry, even if it is annihilated by the Song army, a small number of cavalry will escape, and it is impossible that there will be no one left.

Wanyan Lou was suspicious of sending Danghai to invite merit, and directly led the cavalry into Dunzhou, if so, should he send an army to respond?

Wanyan Lou Room really couldn't make up his mind, and soon, a soldier replied to him, but there was still no news from the front army, Wan Yan Lou Room had to sigh lowly, and led an army of 30,000 to kill in the direction of Fushi County.