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After discussing the specific details for a moment, Zhang Rong and the other two said goodbye. Li Yanqing kept sending them out of the military camp gate. Wang Gui looked at the backs of the three people in the night and said, "Du Shuai thinks they can become normal generals?"

Li Yanqing smiled faintly: "After the war is over, I will give them a choice, or they will choose to be rich or become the real Song general."

Wang Gui understood, it seems that Du Shuai is not very satisfied with the performance of the three of them today.

After returning from the military camp, Zhang Rong and the other two remained silent. When they were on the boat, Zhang Rong suddenly asked, "Have you thought about it?"

The three of them have been talking about this question for a long time, so there is no need to explain it too clearly. 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 as expected by him. Shi Xiu had decided on his 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 gently. He could not forget the ruthlessness flashed in Li Yanqing's eyes. But he admired such a heroic temperament. He didn't want to be an official at first, but at this moment, he suddenly felt that this might be the last chance in his life, and he was a little confused.

"Where is the eldest brother?" Shi Xiu asked back.

Zhang Rong sighed, "I found that today I am really not suitable for being an official. I don't like others telling me what to do and what not to do on my head, even if it is an emperor. After the battle is over, I decided to be a big landlord and live the rest of my life happily."

Shi Xiu asked again: "What should the soldiers do?"

"Let's leave it 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 the battle tonight.

Zhang Rong's distrust of Li Yanqing originated from Wang Gui. He found that Li Yanqing relied on his relatives and friends, Cao Meng, Cao Ye, Wang Gui, Tang Huai, and Gao Chong, either his fellow countrymen or his wife and relatives.

A wild monk like me who became a monk halfway will never get his trust and value. Instead of living a cautious life in suspicion, it is better to let go of the power of the officialdom and pursue the life he likes.

Early in the morning of the third day, Wanyan Zonggan, who was 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 from Xucheng County, with a population of nearly 20,000.

Wanyan Zonggan has been waiting for this moment for ten days. If the bandit army does not appear again, he will collapse himself.

After receiving this information, Wanyan Zonggan ordered 30,000 troops to gather and set off immediately. 30,000 cavalry rushed out of the camp. The sound of horse hooves rumbling, dust covered the sky and the earth, as spectacular as if the landslides and cracks. They rushed to Zhangzhuang, a hundred miles away, and rushed to kill him.

Wanyan Zonggan has captured dozens of riot soldiers who escaped from Liangshanpo in the past few days. When he learned that the 20,000 riot bandits were on the verge of collapse in the morale of the army, Wanyan Zonggan inferred that at most two or three days, the bandit soldiers would have to go ashore, but it was indeed not as expected.

Wanyan Zonggan kept ordering the army to speed up. When he rushed to Zhangzhuang Town, he learned that the bandits had retreated toward Rencheng, Jeju three hours ago.

Wanyan Zonggan immediately ordered the army to turn around and pursue the bandits immediately. He knew that this was the opportunity he had been waiting for ten days. If he lost this opportunity and asked the bandits to retreat south, he would regret it. He would become a laughing stock when he returned to the Jin Kingdom, and he could not even destroy a riot bandit.

"Chasing! Speed ​​me up!"

Thirty thousand Jin cavalry chased southeastward like lightning. They were not far apart. They were only two hours, at most fifty miles. Wanyan Zonggan believed that he would definitely catch up with them before the bandits arrived in Rencheng.

The reason why Li Yanqing deployed the trap in Rencheng was because Rencheng is the flattest area in this area and a concentrated wheat production area. The entire county was almost surrounded by endless wheat fields. In order to annihilate 30,000 Jin soldiers, Li Yanqing could only sacrifice the interests of the people of Rencheng County.

Li Yanqing ordered the army to evacuate all the tens of thousands of people in Rencheng County to the east in a day and one night. At this time, Rencheng County was an empty city filled with a lot of tincture oil, but Rencheng County was just one of the chain traps. If the Jin soldiers did not come, there was another trap waiting for them.

Li Yanqing stood at the head of the county town and looked into the northwest from afar. At this time, a personal soldier stepped forward and whispered: "Qi Zhuan, a spy came to report just now that 30,000 cavalry had already reached fifty miles away and was coming towards Rencheng County.

"Where is Zhang Rong and the other army?"

"We're almost here in Rencheng County!"

Li Yanqing nodded, "Go and notify General Wang and act according to the original plan!"

"Abide by the order!"

The personal soldiers turned around and ran away. Li Yanqing stared at him for a moment. He also turned around and went down to the city and left Rencheng County.

Thirty thousand Jin soldiers chased after him for nearly two hours, less than fifteen miles away from Rencheng County. There were endless wheat fields on both sides. The wheat was ripe, and the yellow wheat waves were like a golden ocean.

At this moment, a soldier suddenly shouted: "Look, enemy!"

Wanyan Zonggan also saw it, and saw thousands of enemy troops ahead fleeing the official road and running towards the wheat field. They obviously knew that they could not escape the pursuit on the official road, so they escaped into the wheat field. In the distance of the wheat field, there were more soldiers running away, and they finally caught up.

Wanyan Zonggan ordered without hesitation, "Catch up and kill them all!"

Tens of thousands of cavalry rushed into the wheat field. Wanyan Zonggan was not worried that the enemy would hide in the wheat field. It was still afternoon, and a black shadow was hidden in the yellow wheat field, which was easy to see.

Thirty thousand cavalrymen ran in the wheat field with shouts and ran for seven or eight miles, Wanyan Zonggan found that all the soldiers had disappeared. It was impossible! He should have caught up with them.

Wanyan Zonggan felt something was wrong, so he held his horse and looked around, and saw thick smoke appearing in three places. Soon, thick smoke appeared in the fourth and fifth places. He immediately realized something was wrong and ordered: "Retreat! Retreat immediately to the official road!"

Just as he shouted this order, the fire point had soared from five places to more than forty places, and the war horses began to neigh uneasyly.

At this time, not only Wanyan Zonggan realized that something was wrong, but almost all the Jin soldiers felt something was wrong, and turned their horses to run towards the official road, but a raging fire had already lit up on the official road, thick smoke covering the sky and the sun, and the fire was spreading rapidly, blocking their way.

In order to deploy this trap, Li Yanqing used nearly 5,000 barrels of turmeric oil, causing the fire to burn particularly fiercely and quickly.

In just a moment, thousands of cavalry in the northwest were surrounded by fire, and the war horses were neighing and refused to move forward. The cavalry was so shocked that they shouted.

Thirty thousand cavalrymen were in chaos, and they began to flee in all directions without targets. At this time, nearly ten thousand acres of wheat fields around them were lit up, surrounding 30,000 Jin soldiers. The Song army hunted outside. All Jin cavalry who escaped from the fire would be ruthlessly killed by the Song army hunting team.

Wanyan Zonggan was also panicked, but he knew that he could escape by running to the official road. He ran to the official road regardless of everything, rushed through several fire walls in a row, and finally rushed to the official road. At this time, the sky was filled with thick smoke and darkness. It was impossible to tell the difference between the south, south, west and north. The soldiers coughed violently, and the air began to lack oxygen. Many war horses and soldiers fell to the ground.

Wanyan Zonggan ran away desperately, but after running for less than a few miles, the war horse suddenly neighed with a bitter hug, raised its front hooves high, and refused to move forward again.

"What's going on?" Wanyan Zonggan covered his mouth and nose with his clothes and asked loudly.

A soldier shouted on the ground: "There are thorns on the ground!"

Wanyan Zonggan suddenly became desperate. He turned his horse's head and ran to the other end. At this time, a shocking explosion sounded on the official road ahead. The burning wheat straw ignited the tincture on the official road, causing the thunder buried underground.

A series of nearly two hundred thunders blew up continuously, and tens of thousands of Jin cavalry crowded on the official road were blown up to pieces, with flesh and blood flying everywhere.

At this time, a thunderclap under Wanyan Zonggan's feet also exploded. Zongwang Zonggan felt that part of his body was rising into the air. When his eyes turned dark, he knew nothing.

The wheat fields fire around Rencheng County has completely lost control, with an area of ​​more than 20,000 mu. The fire has approached Rencheng County, but the wheat fields around Rencheng County have been cut off, and a small river flows from the north, becoming the watershed of the fire.

This overwhelming fire did not gradually go out until the third o'clock in the evening. This was an incident that could be recorded in history. In early June of the first year of the Song Dynasty, the Rencheng fire was burned, and more than 40,000 acres of wheat fields were burned down, and 30,000 Jurchen cavalry all died in fireworks and thunder.

More than 25,000 people were burned to death in the fire or died in the explosion of thunder. Although nearly 5,000 people escaped from the fire, they could not escape the roundup of the Song army's hunting team.

The entire army of 30,000 Jin soldiers were killed. This was the largest gap in casualties between the Song and Jin armies since the Jin army invaded the south. The Song army only killed more than 200 people, and less than 1,000 were injured. They were all casualties when they surrounded and fled to the Jin army.
Chapter completed!