In the sixth year of Chongzhen - the second day of October, after several days of rapid march, the Tianwei Army arrived at the foot of Yinchai Ridge and joined the main force of the Ming Army.
At noon, after setting up camp, Qin Feng took Xiong Da, Xiong Er and more than a hundred soldiers to the Tianxiong Army camp to meet with the supervisor, Lu Xiangsheng, to report on his duties.
As a result, as soon as he arrived near the camp, he was stopped by a group of soldiers on patrol. The leader of the sentry, a dark-faced man in his thirties, shouted in a loud voice: "Who is coming? Please report your name quickly." Come, or else you’ll shoot!”
"Qin Feng, the commander-in-chief of Yulin Town, has come to meet with the Governor. Please let me know!"
"Do you have a belt?"
"Here is the belt, please check it!"
"Oh my God, it's really General Qin. The general defeated the Jurchens in Shanyin County and beheaded more than ten thousand people. When the brothers in the army learned about it, they all fell to the floor in admiration. Today I can see General Qin himself, Song Dahu, a humble official. There is really green smoke rising from the ancestral graves, haha, General, please come here, I humbly serve to guide you!"
"Thank you very much!"
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After verifying his identity, the sentry commander - Song Dahu's attitude changed drastically. His face was full of reverence. He first said a few polite words, and then led a group of people through several heavily guarded sentry posts and arrived at the Tianxiong Army's headquarters. The gate of the camp.
Then he asked the group to wait and ran in to deliver the message.
After about a cup of tea, a group of people walked out of the camp. The leader was none other than Lu Xiangsheng, who was ordered to supervise the division!
"It is a humble position to see you, Lord Superintendent. How can you be so virtuous and capable in your humble position? It is really a sin to dare to let Lord Superintendent go out to greet you in person!"
"General Qin defeated the Jurchens and killed the slave chief Du Du. He has made great contributions to the country. I should go out to greet him with courtesy. It is not an exaggeration, it is not an exaggeration, haha!"
To be honest, when Qin Feng was asked to lead his more than 20,000 troops to contain Du Du's 30,000 elite troops, there was no hope.
He believed that Qin Feng would definitely be defeated. It would be good if he could hold on for a while and escape with his life.
Unexpectedly, Qin Feng not only defeated the Jurchen army with less, but also killed Anping Beile Dudu.
When the good news came, Lu Xiangsheng's first reaction was not to believe it, thinking that he was lying about his military exploits.
Later, I sent someone to verify it and found out that the reply was true, but I still didn’t believe it!
Two more groups of people were sent to verify, and the results were all true. Only then did Lu Xiangsheng believe it. He was very happy and had a lot of emotions. No wonder the governor of the three sides, Yang He, relied on Qin Feng so much. It was really Unparalleled generals and heroes!
Next, Lu Xiangsheng led Qin Feng back to the Chinese army's tent. After everyone sat down, they praised him profusely, and then his face suddenly darkened.
"Qin Feng, do you know your guilt?"
"I don't know what my humble position is, so please let me know, Lord Supervisor!"
"Hmph, two days ago, the Chief Envoy of Shanxi Province sent an official document saying that you were plundering and harming innocent people in Dingxiang City. What else do you have to say?"
Lu Xiangsheng has always attached great importance to military discipline, and hates rebels who rob the people the most. Once discovered, he will be executed without mercy.
Although Qin Feng has made great achievements, his merits are merits and his faults are faults. Merits are rewarded and faults must be punished. Even if Yang He, the governor of the three sides, comes to settle accounts with him afterwards, he still has to enforce military law!
So he waved his hand, and a team of executioners immediately appeared at the door of the tent, wearing red clothes and red trousers, holding ghost-headed knives, which were shining with cold light and extremely sharp.
Faced with this situation, Qin Feng showed no signs of timidity and said calmly: "A few days ago, Beizhi did send a team to loot a lot of money and food in Dingxiang City, but Beizhi really had no choice. That’s why I had to take this step, and my humble position only robbed money and food, and no innocent people were harmed. If the Superintendent doesn’t believe it, you can send someone to verify it!”
"Oh, you have no choice but to tell me what's going on!"
"No, this is what happened..."
Qin Feng calmly went to Dingxiang City to raise funds for his army, which was in urgent need of food and pay. The county magistrate, Wang Zifu, refused to cooperate and delayed the time. In the end, he had no choice but to send troops into the city to loot.
Again.
After Lu Xiangsheng heard this, his expression softened a little.
"Even so, you shouldn't act so recklessly and send troops into the city to plunder. This is a crime of beheading. Aren't you afraid?"
"Replying to the Commander-in-Chief, the soldiers risked their lives and fought bravely on the battlefield. If they are not even allowed to eat, then the humble post of a general will be in vain. Even if it is the crime of beheading, the humble post is not Never regret it!"
"well!"
After listening to Qin Feng's words, Lu Xiangsheng was silent for a long time. Finally, he sighed and waved his hand, and the executioners left immediately.
"Qin Feng, how much food and wages did you plunder in total in Dingxiang City?"
"110,000 dan of grain, 75,000 dan of horse feed, and more than 400,000 taels of silver. After deducting the food and salary required by the headquarters, I am willing to hand over the rest to my humble position!"
Qin Feng didn't tell the truth and hid half of the quantity.
For one thing, the money and food were obtained with great difficulty by oneself, so it was impossible to hand them all over, as that would be a huge loss.
Secondly, the amount of looting was too large. If the report was to be reported truthfully, Lu Xiangsheng would have to be frightened. In fact, it didn't matter if Lu Xiangsheng was frightened. It would be bad for this nerd to question himself again.
Anyway, when he entered the city to plunder, he ordered his soldiers to search out all the account books of more than 200 shops and burned them all. No one could tell the exact number, and he was not afraid of being blamed.
You are really smart, hehe!
"Okay, okay, General Qin is willing to hand over the money and food. This can be said to be selfless. It has also solved the urgent need of the army. I would like to thank you all the officers and soldiers!"
Qin Feng was willing to hand over money and food, which made Lu Xiangsheng very happy.
You know, for this war with the Jurchens, the food and salary allocated by the court were very small, which was not enough for the war.
I collected money and food from the officials of various prefectures, prefectures, and counties in Shanxi. I either complained about poverty or made excuses. What I handed over was so little that it was not even enough for the daily meals of the army, let alone military pay. .
In the recent period, we have fought several battles with the Jurchens, and each time we lost our armor and soldiers, and the serious lack of money and food was one of the important reasons for the failure.
Now Qin Feng took the initiative to hand over a large amount of money and food, which was equivalent to solving the urgent need of the army. Of course, Lu Xiangsheng was happy. At the same time, he secretly decided to write a memorial to the emperor later to take over the affairs of Dingxiang County. Qin Feng could not be left alone. People carry it.
Next, the two talked about the war.
Qin Feng was previously responsible for containing the Dudu tribe, while Lu Xiangsheng commanded the main force, a total of 100,000, to deal with the 30,000 troops of the Abatai tribe.
I thought that with three times the strength advantage, even if they couldn't defeat the Abatai tribe, they could at least draw a tie.
In fact, the two sides clashed four times in a row, and the Ming army lost four times in a row, losing troops and generals, and its morale was greatly reduced.
There were many reasons for the defeat: insufficient food and pay, poor command by generals, insufficient training of soldiers, worn-out equipment, greed for life and fear of death, etc.
However, Lu Xiangsheng is not someone who gives up easily. Recently, he has been planning to win the battle. The strategy has been thought out, but to implement it, he still needs a wise and brave general and an elite army. And Qin Feng The arrival of He Tianwei Army just solved this problem.
Lu Xiangsheng took out a map and said to a place on it: "This is called Linggui Valley, located due east of Yinchai Ridge, about fifty miles away.
Linggui Valley is surrounded by hills, and in the middle is a circular basin, about ten miles in size. There is an exit at the north and south ends, which connects to the road outside. The north exit is wider and the south exit is narrower. The overall terrain is like A turtle, hence the name.
The plan of this governor is to quietly ambush the main force in the hills around Linggui Valley in the dead of night, hide it, and then send another group of people to challenge the Jurchen army, engage in confrontation, fake defeat, and retreat... The forward of the Jurchen army led into the basin of Linggui Valley, and then ambushed troops everywhere, cut off the exits on both sides, and surrounded and annihilated them in one fell swoop. What did General Qin think? "
After Lu Xiangsheng finished explaining his painstaking plan, he asked Qin Feng to express his opinion, but the latter did not respond.
"General Qin, why don't you speak?"
"Replying to the Commander-in-Chief, I have never been to Linggui Valley. I don't know the specific terrain, so I dare not speak casually. Otherwise, it will be just talk on paper. If I make a mistake, countless soldiers will be exhausted!"
"Haha, you are right. If you want to win on the battlefield, you must not talk about it on paper. It just so happens that the governor is free today, let's go to Linggui Valley together and take a closer look at the terrain. How is it?"
"I obey your orders, but it is more dangerous to go out of the camp. The Superintendent needs to bring more soldiers!"
"It's not like we're going to fight. Bringing too many people would be troublesome. It's just you and me, each bringing more than a hundred soldiers is enough!"
"Well...okay!"
