A Jiangxia County, Qichun County, because the county to Mizukuma more cabbage and get the name of the county, the so-called Qi, is the meaning of the cabbage, that is, the water celery of the later generations, the meaning of the spring is the spring of the cabbage. In the twenty-third year of Emperor Guangwu's military establishment, the Han Dynasty placed the Hou State in Qi, and named Chen Fu as the Marquis of Qichun.

Since the thief Huang Sui gathered the crowd to rebel against the Han, Qichun County, which was a serious Han barbarian mixed habit, inevitably became the target of the thieves' army, and Huang Sui's troops were large and coupled with the sneak attack, so the Qichun County, which was sparsely defended by soldiers and horses, was inevitably conquered and became a key city under the rule of the thieves to control Qishui.

Of course, not only Qichun County, but also the other three counties near Yangzhou Lujiang in the east of Xiling County, Jiangxia County, were conquered and occupied by thieves. Those three counties are Yi County, E County, Xiyang County, it can be said that if it were not for the fact that Jiangxia County Zhixiling has more soldiers than the rest of the counties, and Jiangxia Taishou has lost four counties, he does not dare to lose the county governance again, and orders the whole city to defend it, it is impossible to say that at this moment, the county will be besieged and broken by the chaotic army, and then the thief leader Huang Sui may not immediately conquer his hometown Lujiang, and may first conquer Jiangxia County, and then break Lujiang, forming a momentum of taking Jing Chu.

Outside Qichun County, it was already afternoon at this time, in front of the Han army that was waiting for the battle, a team of about 100 people was shouting and scolding in front of the county seat, but it looked like it was calling the rebel generals and soldiers in Qichun County.

In front of the team, under the banner of the word "Yan", Yan Yan, who was in his prime, held a long knife in his hand, and scolded at the Qichun County in front of him.

However, it's a pity that the rebel guards of the opposite city obviously don't eat this set, and the city gate of Qichun County does not move at all, and it seems that no matter how much you scold him, he will not open the city. Of course, for Yan Yan's insults, the soldiers in the city did not fight back, only to see many arrows flying out of the city, and then falling in front of Yan Yan, not hurting him at all.

Obviously, these traitors' desire to teach Yan Yan a lesson through arrows that he didn't know the height of the sky and insulted their relatives was frustrated, and Yan Yan, who was ordered to come to call the battle, obviously wouldn't stupidly enter the range of the long-range arrows in the opposite city, so what difference was it if he wasn't looking for death?

Looking at Qichun County in front of the Han army, Fuquan looked gloomy, not that he had any doubts about whether he could capture Qichun County, which was high and deep in the city, after all, the number of rebels defending the city was smaller than that of Fuquan soldiers and horses, and if it was a strong attack, the certainty of taking Qichun County was still very large.

However, if it was really necessary to attack, it would obviously be a huge loss for Fuquan, and those who were familiar with military affairs knew that unless the defenders of the city had no intention of fighting, then the losses suffered by the besiegers would obviously be very small. However, if the defending side of the city swears to resist to the death, even if the besieging side has more men and horses, no matter how strong the armor is, the casualties paid will definitely not be under the defenders. Fu Quan didn't want to lose one or two thousand people just by breaking the five thousand barbarian soldiers he led, if so, how could he compete with Huang Sui's 100,000 army behind?

Therefore, if the strong attack fails, then you can only outwit it. As long as the enemy generals can't stand the insults of their own side and send troops out of the city to meet the battle, under the field battle, Fu Quan doesn't believe that he is already an elite soldier and will not be able to defeat these improvised Han barbarian farmers.

This day was the third day after the previous landing on the shore of Qishui, and after two days of rest, the spirit and spirit of the Ban Yu barbarians under Fu Quan had obviously recovered a lot. During this period, the rebels in Qichun County also came to more than 1,000 people to attack at night, but obviously did not cause any big losses to the Han army, but they folded hundreds of troops and fled in embarrassment.

"Prince, the thieves were frustrated before, and now they can't defend it, and the last general asks for orders and leads his troops to attack the city." Huang Zhong behind him saw this salute and said, as soon as he said this, other generals such as Guan Yu and Xu Huang also asked for their lives one by one, these fierce generals have been gearing up since they came to Qichun, eager to establish meritorious deeds, but now they have been waiting for a long time, and at this time Huang Zhong took the lead, so naturally they will not be behind, and hurriedly ask for their lives.

But at this time, Fu Quan obviously would not agree to Huang Zhong's request, he didn't dare to consume his troops to fight hard with these rebels now, and he needed to know that he would use his elite soldiers to storm the city held by those thieves, unless he chose to do so unless he had his brains pumped.

The soldiers of the thieves are randomly gathered those Han barbarians who have always been resentful in their hearts, these people are just a group of farmers before joining the rebels, and they don't need much training at all, so it can be said that even if they capture this Qichun City, it is just one less city for the rebels, as for the troops, they can make up for it by forcibly recruiting some strong men, and the loss is not big. But for Fu Quan, his soldiers are all elite soldiers who have been trained day and night, much more expensive than those traitors, and it is distressing to have one less, how can it be wasted on siege?

"Don't be in a hurry, the thief's situation is unknown, don't take the enemy lightly." Fu Quan refused, then glanced at Huang Zhong and Guan Yu and said, "Yun Chang, Han Sheng listen to the order!" ”

"The last general!" Guan and Huang glanced at each other, and then came out and saluted loudly.

"You and others will lead a hundred men and take turns calling for battle with Heber, and be sure to make the thieves go out to fight."

"No!"

The two received the order, and then got on the horse, and each led nearly 100 relatives and soldiers from the headquarters to go to Yan Yan to call for battle, and as for Fuquan himself, he gave a few orders and took the remaining soldiers and horses back to the camp. Now he can only hope for Guan Yu, Huang Zhong, and Yan Yan, at this moment they have brought more than 300 people to scold outside Qichun City, which is much less than the soldiers and horses in Qichun County, if the rebel generals in the city still don't defend to the death, then Fuquan will have to think of other ways.

The air suddenly drifted with bursts of dust raised by people walking and horses' hooves, and more than 4,000 barbarian soldiers slowly followed the commander towards the camp, as if they were not afraid that the rebel guards in Qichun County would go out of the city to attack them, and they really looked down on the thief army to the extreme.

Of course, these are undoubtedly illusions, and the Han army is actually observing the movements in the city in order to make some moves. The reason why Fu Quan wanted to do this was to let the defenders in the city behind him relax their vigilance, and at the same time, they saw that there were only more than 300 people calling for battle at this time, and the troops were weak, so that they could see the opportunity to fight. In this way, it will undoubtedly make those rebels excited, and finally go out of the city to fight, so that the Han army can take this opportunity to find an opportunity to fight with the thief army.

Many times the idea is good, but the result is unsatisfactory, and it is clear that Fuquan's plan will not work. The rebels in Qichun City seemed to have expected it, and they were not moved by the repeated battles of Guan Yu, Huang Zhong, and Yan Yan under the city, and they always ignored it, until it was dark, and the heavy city gate was never opened once, so that Fuquan, who had to lead the army back to the camp and order the soldiers under his command to rest without disarming, wasted an afternoon in vain, but he very much hoped that after the rebels in the city went out of the city to meet the battle, he could immediately organize his troops and horses to attack the city.

At night, sitting in the tent of the Chinese military camp, Fuquan is enjoying the delicious carp that the soldiers fish and hunt, with the unique vegetables of Qi Chun, enjoying the delicious food in his boring barracks.

The taste buds stimulated by the fresh and tender fish, although it is just sprinkled with some crude salt, but it is still comfortable, and the refreshing and fragrant cabbage, with the fish chewing carefully, is also enjoyable, and unnaturally makes Fuquan forget the embarrassment of not being able to advance and retreat under the county seat of Qichun during the day. It's just that no matter how good the delicacy is, there will be a moment when it is eaten, and finally Fuquan left the camp tent and walked around the camp, intending to eliminate food.

Outside the tent, the stars are shining, flickering and eye-catching, but Fuquan, who is looking up at the sky outside the tent, is not here, after all, if he can't break the city, he can't calm the chaos, and now there is still about half a month away from the emperor's January deadline, he doesn't want to leave a bad impression in Liu Hong's eyes.

After all, the original emperor Liu Hong issued an edict in April, giving himself a one-month deadline, hoping that he would destroy the thieves in May, but because of the problem of the Bajun navy and ships, he forgave him for a month, and ordered himself to send troops in May and kill the thieves in June, in short, he hoped that he would be as soon as possible. This made Fu Quan scold his mother, after all, even if these Jiangxia barbarian armor is not as good as his own, but the people occupy a favorable position, and there are many brave barbarians in the rebel team, even if he brings all the Bajun soldiers, it obviously makes him a little reluctant to calm the thieves in January, not to mention that he only has more than 5,000 barbarians now.

As for Gan Ning's navy, it is obvious that it will not be among the cannon fodder in Fuquan, after all, the Banyu barbarians are dead, and they can be recruited from the Banyu barbarians, after all, they are only infantry, as long as the right soldiers are recruited and trained. But Gan Ning's navy is different, it is scarce, and most of the members are the original brocade thieves, these are good seedlings of the elite navy, they really treat them as infantry and consume the rebels, a total of about 1,000 people, and they are distressed to die in Fuquan, how can they be consumed?

In Fuquan's plan, Gan Ning's naval army is only responsible for the transportation of logistics grain and grass and part of the troops, after all, in Jingchu, where the waterway is rampant, it is obviously much better to transport by water than on the wet and muddy land on land.

Outside the tent, in the firelight, two thin figures walked to Fuquan's side, looking back at Wang Mou and Yang Hong, as the two saluted, explained the intention, Fuquan understood, these two people also came to Fuquan for the current predicament of the Han army.

"Go around Qichun County and take Exian County?" Hearing the words of the two, Fu Quan was surprised, he didn't expect these two people to let him do this strategy, but if you think about it carefully, this is not bad, that is, it is said that the opponents of the Song family relatives in the court will impeach themselves to the emperor, impeaching him for cowardice and escape, and supporting the army to respect himself.

Exian County is located in the northwest of Qichun County, close to Jiangxia County to govern Xiling together with Yi County, according to the information transmitted by the scouts, since several failed attempts to capture Xiling, the thief leader Huang Sui changed his route and entered the Lujiang River in the east. Of course, this Huang Sui did not revolt with the exile army hiding everywhere since the uprising, he revolted to establish a regime to replace the Han Dynasty, in order to make them live together Han barbarians from an exploited person to a ruling exploiter who dominates others, so even if he gives up taking Xiling, he can't let go of the territory that has been obtained, so in the four counties of Jiangxia that were captured, there were soldiers left to guard.

On the one hand, Huang Sui's plan was to control his existing territory, and on the other hand, he was also to prevent the Han army from appearing from his rear when he attacked Xiling, and attacked the Lujiang soldiers in front and back. Therefore, although Huang Sui took most of the soldiers and horses to attack Lujiang, the four counties of Jiangxia that he conquered earlier were also guarded by soldiers and horses, but unlike Qichun County, which only has thousands of people, there are nearly 10,000 people in Na'e County, which can be said to be strong and strong.

And now Wang Mou and Yang Hong said that they want to bypass Qichun County and take Exian County, which is very good for Fuquan's current situation of wanting to preserve his strength. Because now there is another Han army in Exian County is attacking the city, this army is no one else, it is the joint army composed of Jiangxia soldiers and soldiers and horses drawn from other counties in Jingzhou, and now it is being commanded by Zhao Kai, the assassin of Jingzhou, to besiege Exian.

After thinking about it repeatedly, Fu Quan also had some intention of this strategy in his heart, in line with the principle of preserving his strength, Fu Quan didn't want to waste too many troops in this Qichun County. After all, for the Fuquan Rebellion, as long as he annihilated the main field force of the Jiangxia rebels, then these remnants of the army who were kept by Huang Sui to watch the city would not be worth mentioning, and they only needed to be surrounded, so that these rebels who heard of the defeat would not waver.

In the end, Fu Quan still expressed the worry in his heart, and said with an uneasy face: "Lone led the troops to Ba County, if he abandons Qichun and joins forces with the soldiers of Jingzhou to take Hubei, if he has slander in the Japanese court, how should Lone deal with it?" ”

The name of Qi Chun, according to the Jin Dynasty Liu Bozhuang's "Geographical Names" record: "Qi Chun to Mizukuma Duo Qi Cai (water celery)", because of its name, the Northern Song Dynasty music history "Taiping Huanyu Ji" to undertake its said. Qi, a cress, Qi Chun means the spring of bracken.

Xiyang has Ba Shui, Qi Shui, Xi Shui, Chiting Shui, Xigui Shui, said that the five water barbarians are located in the Zhu Shen to prevent the seeds from falling to flourish, the past generations are thieves, the north is connected to Huairu, the South Pole Jianghan, the place is thousands of miles. Excerpt from the Book of Song

Let's talk about a question that has a book friend in a private chat recently, in fact, Wuxi Man and Wushui Man are different, Wuxi Man is a barbarian from Wuling, and Jiangxia Man here is Wu Shui Man, in this regard, the "Book of Song" has been very clear, I hope you will not be confused with the Wuxi Man of Sha Maha, because some readers have been confused, in addition, I will not say much about Wuxi Man, I will write about it in the future, and I will write it in detail when the time comes