Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 542

Under the escort of five hundred cavalry, Zhang Quanyi checked into the post station in the city.

The post station is not so dilapidated, and it occupies quite a large area, but upon careful observation, there is a sense of decadence everywhere.

The furniture and furnishings are a bit worn out, there are weeds in the courtyard that have not been removed, and some houses have not been used all year round, and the dust comes oncoming when they are opened.

Zhang Quanyi watched quietly and said nothing.After years of ups and downs, he has already looked down on all this.

In this world, it's good to be alive.

Mrs. Chu ordered the servants to clean up, and the postmen followed suit.

The son, daughter and daughter-in-law have all moved here, and Zhang Shensi is occupying the Jiedu envoy's mansion, so he doesn't want to grab it, so why bother?It’s good for the whole family to live in the inn, anyway, few people will come to Heyang for business at this time.

"Grandfather." The eldest son, Zhang Jiye, ran over angrily, and said, "I don't even have any better furniture. How much money did this official in Heyang steal?"

"Why get angry with these trivial matters?" Zhang Quanyi smiled, not taking it seriously, and continued to watch the servants clean the courtyard.

These servants are all from Luoyang, including the five hundred cavalry who came with them.

Zhang Quanyi has been in Luoyang for several years, appeases the diaspora, restores local order, and has a very high prestige.

At the same time, he is also a corporal, treats and even sponsors scholars well, and has a very good reputation. Many people say that he has the merit of "rebuilding Luoyang"-to be praised by scholars, which has surpassed most martial arts.

Zhang Jiye left with a sigh and continued to work.

Zhang Quanyi also sighed slightly.The eldest son, Jiye, is only 22 years old, young and energetic, and he does not know the dangers of the world.

Three sons, Jiye, Jizuo, and Jisun.Jiye is young and energetic, Jizuo has mediocre talent, and his stepson is young and not obvious, Zhang Quanyi often feels worried.

This time it was my younger brother Zhang Quanen's family who came here together.

It's normal for Quan En to serve as the governor of Huaizhou and take care of his elder brother.

Originally, there was another younger brother, Quan Wu, but he was captured by Li Hanzhi and sent to Jinyang.Li Keyong gave him a farm and house, and treated him very favorably, and even became a small official, "Quanyi Changyin sent people to ask questions in Taiyuan".

Zhang Quanyi is a man who knows how to manage. As soon as he settled down, he weaved a network of relationships for the Zhang family.

The eldest son Zhang Jiye's wife, Xieshi, is the daughter of the confidant general.

He also arranged for his nephew Zhang Jifeng (the eldest son of Quan En) to marry the daughter of Mengzhou Biejia Su Junqing as his wife.At that time, Zhang Quanyi made this move before he broke up with Li Hanzhi. Later, Li Hanzhi was attacked in a daze and lost Heyang. How could it be for no reason?

Zhang Yan, the nephew of the family, was very capable and highly valued by Quanyi. He married the daughter of Zheng Hui, a shogunate judge, and was still an official in Henan Province at this time.

Zheng Hui was an official in the court from his father Zheng Wei (qǐ), and was quite trusted by the emperor.

These are all descendants of the Zheng family in Xingyang. Isn't Quanyi's conspiracy far-reaching?

After Zhang Quanyi's first wife Jiang died, he married the daughter of the powerful Chu family in Henan and Heyang, and gave birth to a daughter who was only five years old this year.Even with this daughter, Zhang Quanyi was already thinking about whom to marry. He was eyeing Zhu Youzhang, the son of the Prince of Dongping County, but he didn't tell anyone that the time was not yet ripe.

Mr. Zhang is not like a warrior, but like an old bureaucrat who is very good at managing relationships, and at the same time good at managing civil affairs and developing production.

Li Hanzhi insulted him, whipped his subordinates, Zhang Quanyi endured it, and finally killed him, which shows his character and deep relationship network - Mengzhou has my people, you didn't expect it?

"Marshal, Zhang Dutou is here." Staff member Zheng Hui stepped forward and said.

"Oh? I'll meet you in person." Zhang Quanyi said immediately.

His wife, Mrs. Chu, watched his words and expressions, stepped forward to help him straighten his robes, and then took his daughter-in-law Xie and niece Su to hide in the room.

After Zhang Quanyi finished speaking, he took his younger brother Quan En, eldest son Jiye, and nephew Jifeng out to greet him by the side of the road.

Zhang Shensi rode a tall horse with a haughty attitude, saluted from a distance, then rolled over.

"Zhang Dutou is the mainstay of Heyang. There are a lot of things going on now. In the land of Huaimeng, he has a lot to rely on." Zhang Quanyi smiled and walked forward.

Zhang Shensi smiled lightly, and said: "Heyang is dilapidated, the people are few, Zhang Shuai needs to worry a lot."

"Where, where, this is a matter of responsibility." Zhang Quanyi laughed.

Afterwards, several people entered the post station together, and the guests and hosts were seated separately.

Zhang Quanyi was about to say a few compliments, but the big bell on the tower suddenly rang.

The complexions of Zhang Jiye and Zhang Jifeng changed drastically, and Zhang Shensi was also a little dignified.

Zhang Quanyi remained motionless and observed silently.

The sound of chaotic footsteps was soon heard on the street, and soon, a warrior broke in and reported in a low voice: "General, the summer thief is here."

"Really? Did you see clearly?" Zhang Shensi suddenly got up and asked.

"It's absolutely true, there are four or five hundred riders wandering around the south of the city." The warrior replied.

"It's really arrogant!" Zhang Shensi slammed his fist on the desk and said angrily.

As soon as Zhang Quanyi arrived, Xia Bandit gave him a big blow. It was really irritating to lose face like this.

"Zhang Shuai wait a moment, I will let the sons go out of the city to defeat the enemy." Zhang Shensi made up his mind to give these summer thieves a good look, and at the same time wanted to test their quality, so he immediately sent an order to the general.

Zhang Quanyi nodded silently.

In fact, he was also a little scared.If he came a little later, wouldn't he run into Xia thief?If the battle fails, his family will follow in Zhao Keyu's footsteps.

He still has so many plans, as well as the ambition of Everbright Zhang's family, how can it be folded here?

Being forced to leave Henan Mansion may seem like a bad thing, but it is not.

Hu Zhen, he has already seen through it, he is not the material for running a place.Luoyang is full of his people, Zhang's prestige is so high, what can Hu Zhen compare with?Maybe this is a good opportunity for him to extend his influence to Heyang.

The only uncertainty is probably that the Xia bandits are in a hurry to attack.If Luoyang can't keep it, Heyang will be finished, and all these years of painstaking efforts will be over.

Alas, Shao Shude!Zhang Quanyi sighed, why is he so haunted?Back then in Guanzhong, he had a huge head and ran away in a panic. Is he going to run away in despair again this time?
Outside Mengzhou City, hundreds of Bianzhou cavalry had left the city.

In the past few years, Zhu Quanzhong's horse administration has become better and better, so Cai people who are good at riding and shooting have been recruited into the army, and the number of cavalry has greatly increased.However, he doesn't trust the cavalry generals in Bian, Hua, Cai and other towns. He likes to recruit by himself, and even appoints the descendants of Zhu Xuan and Zhu Jin.

The cavalry general who will lead the army out of the city is named Ankangba, and he can tell from the name that he was born with the nine surnames of Zhaowu.Once served as a general under Deng Jiyun, he was almost captured alive by Li Cunxiao, but in all fairness, he still has the ability to train soldiers and fight wars, and he is not the leader in a one-on-one fight with Li Cunxiao, and it is normal to lose.

After more than [-] cavalry left the city, they formed a hastily formation and rushed over quickly.

The cavalrymen of the Xia army who were showing off their power got on their horses one after another, gathered together, and rushed forward regardless of the number of their own people.

Thousands of cavalrymen on both sides yelled and scolded again and again, they all regarded each other as killing their father and enemy, wishing to kill them on the spot and then quickly.

"Boom!" The gold and iron horses collided instantly, and the knights fell like raindrops.

In this wave of hedging alone, at least 150 war horses lost their owners.

Xia Jun's cavalry was directly dispersed, and then the leading military academy whistled, and everyone retreated and fled on horseback.

Ankang Bahaha laughed, let the soldiers wave the banner, and chased after him directly.

Above the city tower, Zhang Quanyi watched with emotion.

It is indeed more exciting for the cavalry to hedge and fight immediately than the general infantry formation.

In fact, he also formed a cavalry unit, but the scale was never large because he had to submit confessions to Zhu Quanzhong every month.The offerings include not only goods, money and food, but also armor and horses.

Of course, Zhu Quanzhong was not so demanding, Zhang Quanyi must be so diligent in confessing.But Zhang Quanyi himself was worried that Zhu Quanzhong would be suspicious. After all, Henan Prefecture and Ruzhou belonged to Zhang Quanyi. All the officials were appointed by him, and the army was also his own. .

Ankang Ba led the army to chase for more than ten miles.

Xia Jun's horse is slightly taller, but its endurance is slightly inferior. After chasing for a while, it seems that it can't run anymore.

Ankang was overjoyed and urged the horse again and again.The subordinates were also excited, shouting and cursing one after another, as if they could use this to anger Bandit Xia and make them turn around and fight.

"Do the thieves dare to come to fight?" Ankang Ba pushed his horse to the extreme, hating that he was using a long horse today and couldn't bring a bow and arrow, otherwise he would have killed several summer thieves during the chase.

"The Bian thief is to die!" A loud shout suddenly sounded from the forest on the right.

Ankang was startled, turned his head to look, and saw that more than a thousand cavalry had already left the forest and were rushing towards them at a faster speed.

At this moment, the hundreds of Xia Army cavalry who had been fleeing in front also came back from a distance, turning around and rushing forward.

Their war horses were panting heavily, and some even foamed at the mouth, but without hesitation, they leveled their long spears and bumped into each other head-on again.

There was blood and rain, and there were screams.

Their bravery bought time for their comrades, and about [-] riders on the right rushed in batches, cutting the Bian army into two sections.

Yang Liang stared directly at Ankang Ba. After beheading a Bian bandit cavalryman with his iron sword, he inserted the sword into the sheath, drew out the riding bow, and fired two arrows in a row. The soldiers beside him.

"The Bian thief is to die!" Yang Liang drew out his iron sword again, passed the stabbing spear, accelerated to catch up with Ankang Ba, and slashed hard.

Grass!Another person stepped forward and became a scapegoat!

Ankang Ba was overshadowed by Li Cunxiao a few years ago, and now he is most afraid of confronting such an unreasonable reckless man.Today, I was ambushed again, and I was afraid in my heart, and I was already planning to lead people to retreat.

In fact, without his knowing, the Bian Army cavalrymen who were chasing after them had already been stunned, and turned around and fled unconsciously.

Yang Liang failed to kill the bandit general twice, he was furious in his heart, at this moment he didn't care about anything else, he led dozens of riders to bite Ankang Ba, desperately trying to kill him.

"Whoosh!" Another arrow flew out and fell through.

The spear was thrown, and a cavalry fell behind Ankangba.

Yang Liang was so angry that he cursed.The guards quickly caught up, and handed the reins of an empty horse to Yang Liang. Yang Liang jumped up, landed on the horse's back, pulled out a short lance from the sheath, and chased the horse madly. .

"Pfft!" With a stab, one of Ankang Eight's soldiers fell off the horse.

Ankang Ba turned his head and glanced at him, his spirits froze.Fortunately, Mengzhou City was already seen in front of him. His forehead was sweating, his whip was dancing wildly, his horse neighed in pain, and his mouth was foaming.

"Huh!" Yang Liang waved the horse lance, and the blade almost reached Ankang Ba's horse's ass.

Ankang Baxin felt something, and he didn't dare to look back at all, he just ran for his life.

Above the Mengzhou city tower, Zhang Quanyi and his son, Zhang Shensi and a group of generals watched all this in astonishment.

what happened?
Why did the eight hundred cavalry who were chasing after them like a rainbow retreat in the blink of an eye?The cavalry general Ankang Ba was bitten by the thief general, and the man stabbed repeatedly, almost reaching him several times.

"Quick! Let Vice General Zhao go out of the city to meet him." Zhang Shensi immediately ordered.

"As ordered!"

The general hurried downstairs to notify the cavalry to dispatch.

At this time, Ankang Ba also saw the hope of surviving, so he became energetic all of a sudden, and even thought about cooperating with the reinforcements rushing out of the city to capture and kill this annoying thief.

"Xi Lv Lv!" At this moment, he felt that the world was spinning, and when the horse knelt down, he was about to be thrown away.

Yang Liang retracted his riding bow and drew out his short lance. The horse came swiftly like thunder.

"Pfft!" A spear hit Ankang Ba on the back of the neck.

The gate of Mengzhou City has been opened, and hundreds of riders are leaving the city in a file.

Yang Liang turned his horse around and dismounted at the corpse of Ankang Ba.

The Bian Army cavalry scolded loudly and began to accelerate slowly.

Yang Liang drew out Ankang Ba's waist knife, and beheaded Ankang Ba's head in a calm manner, then got on his horse and rode away.

Zhang Quanyi's face was earthy.

(End of this chapter)