MTL - Poor Family-v2 Chapter 1019 Burn Rencheng
Chapter 1019 Burning Rencheng
[Third update]
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After discussing the specific details for a while, Zhang Rong and the three left. Li Yanqing kept sending them out of the barracks gate. Wang Gui looked at the backs of the three in the night and said, "Do you think they can become normal generals?"
Li Yanqing smiled lightly: "After the war is over, I will give them a choice, or they can choose a fortune, or become a real Song general."
Wang Gui understands, it seems that Du Shuai is not very satisfied with the performance of the three of them today.
Back from the barracks, the three of Zhang Rong kept silent. When they were on the boat, Zhang Rong suddenly asked, "Have you made up your mind?"
The three of them have been discussing this question for a long time, so there is no need to make it too clear. Both Shi Xiu and Liu Tang know what Zhang Rong is asking?
Shi Xiu was silent for a moment and said, "I chose!"
Zhang Rong nodded. This answer was within his expectation. Shi Xiu had already decided her own path from the first day.
"What about you?" Zhang Rong looked at Liu Tang again.
"I have no idea!"
Liu Tang shook his head lightly. He couldn't forget the ruthlessness that flashed in Li Yanqing's eyes, but he also admired this kind of heroic person. He didn't want to be an official at first, but at this moment, he suddenly felt that this Perhaps it was really his last chance in life, and he was a little confused.
"Where's big brother?" Shi Xiu asked back.
Zhang Rong sighed, "Today I found that I am really not suitable to be an official. I don't like others telling me what to do and what not to do, not even the emperor. After this battle is over, I will still be an official." Decided to be a big landlord and live the rest of my life happily."
Shi Xiu asked again: "What about the soldiers?"
"Let's hand it over to Li Yanqing when the time comes! I believe he won't treat you badly."
Zhang Rong stopped talking, and he even hoped to end this battle tonight.
Zhang Rong's distrust of Li Yanqing originated from Wang Gui. He found that Li Yanqing used his relatives and friends, Cao Meng, Cao Ye, Wang Gui, Tang Huai, Gao Chong, either his fellow countrymen or his friends. Wife family relatives.
And a wild monk like myself who became a monk halfway will never be trusted and reused by him. Instead of living carefully in suspicion, it is better to let go of the power of the officialdom and pursue the life you like.
In the early morning of the third day, Wanyan Zonggan, who was stationed in the west of Xucheng County, suddenly received news that a large number of bandit soldiers had landed in Zhangzhuang Town, a hundred miles away in Xucheng County. The number of them was close to 20,000.
Wan Yan Zongqian has been waiting for this moment for ten days. If the bandit army doesn't show up again, he will collapse himself.
After receiving this information, Wanyan Zongqian did not hesitate to order the 30,000 troops to assemble and set off immediately. The 30,000 cavalry rushed out of the camp, the sound of horseshoes rumbled, and the dust covered the sky. Zhang Zhuangzhen killed.
Wanyan Zongqian has captured dozens of bandit soldiers who escaped from Liangshanbo in the past few days. Knowing that this 20,000-strong bandit is on the verge of collapse, Wanyan Zonggan deduces that the bandit soldiers will die within two or three days at most. Had to go ashore, as expected.
Wan Yan Zongqian kept ordering the army to speed up, and when they rushed to Zhangzhuang Town, they learned that the bandit soldiers had retreated towards Jeju Rencheng three hours ago.
Wanyan Zongqian immediately ordered the army to turn around and immediately pursued the bandit soldiers. He knew that this was the opportunity he had waited for for ten days. He was reduced to a laughing stock, but he couldn't even wipe out a single bandit.
"Pursuit! Speed me up!"
The 30,000 cavalrymen of the Kingdom of Jin chased towards the southeast like lightning. They were not far apart, only two hours, at most fifty miles. Wanyan Zongqian believed that he would catch up with them before the bandit army arrived in Rencheng.
The reason why Li Yanqing deployed the trap in Rencheng is because Rencheng is the flattest area in this area, and it is also a concentrated wheat production area. The entire county is almost surrounded by endless wheat fields. Yanqing can only sacrifice the interests of the people in Rencheng County.
Li Yanqing ordered the army to evacuate tens of thousands of people in Rencheng County to the east in a day and a night. At this time, Rencheng County was an empty city filled with a lot of kerosene, but Rencheng County was just a chain of fire. One of the traps, if the golden soldiers don't come, there is another trap waiting for them.
Li Yanqing was standing at the head of the county seat, looking to the northwest from afar. At this moment, a soldier stepped forward and said in a low voice, "Qi reported to Commander-in-Chief, just now a spies came to report that 30,000 cavalry had been killed fifty miles away." , heading towards Rencheng County.
"Where is Zhang Rong's army?"
"It's almost to Rencheng County!"
Li Yanqing nodded, "Go and inform General Wang, follow the original plan!"
"Follow the order!"
The guards turned and ran away, Li Yanqing stared for a moment, then he also turned and went down to the city, leaving Rencheng County
The 30,000 gold soldiers chased after it for another two hours, less than 15 li away from Rencheng County, with endless wheat fields on both sides, the wheat has already matured, and the yellow and clear waves of wheat are like a golden ocean.
At this time, a soldier suddenly shouted: "Look, enemy!"
Wanyan Zongqian also saw it. Thousands of enemy troops in front of them escaped from the official road and ran towards the wheat field. They obviously knew that they could not escape the pursuit on the official road, so they fled to the wheat field. There are more in the distance of the wheat field. The soldiers were running, and they finally caught up.
Wan Yan Zongqian ordered without hesitation, "Catch up and kill them all!"
Tens of thousands of cavalry rushed towards the wheat field. Wanyan Zongqian was not worried that the enemy would hide in the wheat field. It was still afternoon, and there was a black shadow hidden in the yellow wheat field, which was easy to see.
Thirty thousand cavalry yelled and galloped in the wheat field. After running for seven or eight miles, Wanyan Zongqian found that those soldiers had disappeared. It was impossible! I should have caught up with them.
Wanyan Zongqian felt something was wrong, he reined in his horse and looked around, only to see thick smoke appearing in three places, and soon, thick smoke also appeared in the fourth and fifth places, he immediately realized something was wrong, and ordered: " Retreat! Retreat to the official road immediately!"
At the same time as he shouted this order, the number of fires had soared from five to more than forty, and the war horse began to neigh uncomfortably.
At this time, not only Wanyan Zongqian realized that something was wrong, but almost all the gold soldiers felt that something was wrong. They turned their horses and ran towards the official road, but a raging fire had already ignited on the other side of the official road. It spread rapidly and blocked their way.
In order to deploy this trap, Li Yanqing used nearly 5,000 barrels of kerosene, making the fire burn extremely violently and quickly.
In just a moment, thousands of cavalry in the northwest were surrounded by fire. The horses neighed and refused to take a step forward, and the cavalry shouted in shock.
The 30,000 cavalry were in chaos, and they began to flee without a target. At this time, nearly 10,000 acres of wheat fields ignited a fire, surrounding 30,000 Jin soldiers, and the Song army hunted outside. Human cavalry will be mercilessly killed by the Song Army's hunting team.
Wanyan Zongqian was also flustered, but he knew that he could escape by running to the official road, so he ran to the official road desperately, rushed through several fire walls, and finally rushed to the official road. At this time, the sky was filled with thick smoke and was pitch black The soldiers coughed violently, and the air began to lack oxygen. Many horses and soldiers fell to the ground.
Wan Yan Zonggan galloped desperately on his horse, but within a few miles, the horse suddenly neighed miserably, its front hooves raised high, and it refused to move forward.
"What's going on?" Wanyan Zongqian asked loudly, covering his mouth and nose with his clothes.
A soldier shouted on the ground: "There are thorns on the ground!"
Yan Zongqian was desperate at the end. He turned his horse's head and ran to the other side. At this time, there was an earth-shattering explosion on the official road in front of him. The burning wheat straw ignited the kerosene on the official road, triggering a thunderstorm buried in the ground.
A series of nearly 200 thunderbolts exploded continuously, and the tens of thousands of Jin Kingdom cavalry crowded on the official road were blasted to the ground, with blood and flesh flying everywhere.
At this time, a thunderbolt under Wanyan Zongqian's feet also exploded. Zongwang Zonggan only felt a part of his body rise into the air, and when his eyes went dark, he didn't know anything.
The fire in the wheat fields around Rencheng County has been completely out of control, and the burned area has exceeded 20,000 mu. The fire is approaching Rencheng County, but the wheat fields around Rencheng County have been cut off, and a small river flows from the north. A watershed moment for this fire.
This overwhelming fire did not gradually extinguish until the third watch of the night. This is an event that can be recorded in history. At the beginning of June in the first year of Song Xing, Rencheng was on fire, burning more than 40,000 mu of wheat fields, and 30,000 Jurchen cavalry were killed by fireworks and thunder. among.
More than 25,000 people were burned to death in the fire, or died in the explosion of the thunder that shook the sky. Although nearly 5,000 people escaped from the fire, they could not escape the hunting team of the Song Army.
Thirty thousand Jin soldiers were killed in battle. This is also the most disparate casualty ratio between the Song and Jin armies since the Jin soldiers invaded the south. The Song army only killed more than 200 people and injured less than 1,000 people. They all happened when they rounded up the fugitive Jin soldiers. casualties.
At dawn, the sky began to rain lightly, and 50,000 Song troops began to clean up the battlefield in the rain. One after another, charred corpses were thrown into carts and dragged to a collective burial. It is also unclear whether it is a human or a war horse.
(end of this chapter)
