Fenghou

Chapter 167 Exposure
Chen Qing almost always walks at night, just to avoid the sentry cavalry of the golden soldiers, but no matter how careful he is, what should come will still come.

Chen Qing calmly looked at the sentinel cavalry from far and near, and immediately ordered: "General Liu Cui led his headquarters to surround them, try to catch them alive, but not let any one go!"

"Follow the order!"

Liu Cui saluted and turned the horse's head to lead the army.

Under the moonlight, Chen Qing could vaguely see that this group of sentinel cavalry was not the Jurchens, but the Han Chinese Association Army, but no matter who they were, they were a huge threat to him.

Wanyan Wushu's defense of the camp was extremely strict. He designated the [-] miles of the camp as the core defense area, requiring sentry cavalry to patrol day and night, and patrol every blind spot.

The sentinel cavalry that Chen Qing encountered was the Jin Bingxie Army who was in charge of patrolling the Weihe River. They had already discovered movement in the abandoned camp, and they were rushing over to check it out.

The cavalry of the Congregation Army had just approached the abandoned camp, and suddenly a cavalry was shot out from both sides of the hillside. Dozens of arrows were shot at them. Scared out of his wits, he turned around and fled.

But it was too late, they were surrounded from front to back, left and right, and the leading general yelled, "If you don't surrender, none of them will survive!"

The remaining twenty or so cavalrymen dismounted one after another, dropped their weapons and knelt down and surrendered.

Not long after, Dutou, who joined the army for the chief association, was dragged in front of Chen Qing. He knelt down and begged for mercy, "General, please spare your life! We are all here to make a living, and we are definitely not sincerely working for the Jurchens."

"Whose subordinates are you?"

"We are the subordinates who command Li Nong."

Chen Qing felt that something was wrong, and asked again: "Isn't Li Nong a ruler? How did he become a leader?"

"Reporting to the general, Wanyan Wushu suspected my general Tong Song, but there was no evidence, so he was demoted to the commander. It was originally the second army, but now it is changed to the thirteenth army, becoming the last army, in charge of the outer patrol. .”

Chen Qing wondered, was it because he dyed his helmet blue and pretended to be Li Nong's Second Army that he was suspected of Tong Song?
Chen Qing looked at Dutou in front of him again, and seeing that his helmet was not blue, he asked, "Shouldn't the helmets of Li Nong's army be blue?"

Dutou smiled wryly, "Originally it was blue. After he was demoted, he removed all the blue in a fit of anger. Now there is no blue helmet."

Chen Qing nodded, "Let me ask you again, what are the rules for the patrolling cavalry?"

"Reporting to the general, you must patrol all the time during the day, and patrol three times at night, the first watch, the third watch and the fifth watch. Come and take a look at the fixed patrol spot. The humble officer is in charge of the old camp. There are two patrol teams along the river ahead. As long as the general passes through Dongjiawan before the fifth watch, he will not encounter patrols."

"How far is Dongjiawan?"

After thinking for a while, "There are still about twenty-five or six miles."

Chen Qing probably understood the patrol pattern of the enemy army, and immediately said: "The whole army set off, speed up!"

The capital's confession was indeed useful. Chen Qing seized the gap between the third watch and the fifth watch, and quickly walked through the [-]-mile patrol section without encountering any sentry cavalry.

At dawn, Zheng Ping hurried to Li Nong's big tent. He got the news that one of Li Nong's patrols disappeared last night. Zheng Ping immediately realized that the commander must have arrived, and he had to stop Li Nong from reporting. This matter must be concealed, otherwise if Wanyan Wushu finds out, the commander will be in danger.

Li Nong was the only general who was punished during the campaign to encircle and suppress Chen Qing in winter. The others, including Wanyan Huonu, Wanyan Alupu, Xiao Cong, etc., were fine. Only Li Nong was sued by Wanyan Alupu , Said that he had an affair with Chen Qing.

Although no evidence of collaborating with the enemy was found, Wanyan Wushu demoted him to be a commander for the crime of leaking secrets. Half of his [-] troops were taken away, leaving only [-] troops, which were organized into the Thirteenth Army.

Li Nong was really depressed when he encountered an unexpected disaster, so he hid in the big tent and drank alcohol all day long.

"Did you get drunk again last night?"

When Zheng Ping walked into his big tent, he smelled a strong smell of alcohol.

Zheng Ping and Li Nong had a very good personal relationship, and it was Zheng Ping who guaranteed Li Nong to Wanyan Wushu, so that Li Nong was not exempted to the end and retained a commanding post.

Li Nong washed his face with cold water, sighed and said, "I want to stay drunk, but something happened to my subordinate last night, and I have to write a report to Zhao Bin, so that that bastard doesn't come to trouble me."

"You're asking for trouble if you write it!"

Li Nong was startled, "What do you mean by that?"

Zheng Ping looked at both sides, and said that this is not a place to talk. Li Nong took Zheng Ping into the big tent and sat down, and let the soldiers watch at the door, and then said: "Speak up! I'm all ears."

"I advise you not to make trouble for yourself anymore. Now that Wanyan Wushu is in a cup of bow and snake shadow, when you say that someone is missing, he will immediately think that it was Chen Qing who did it, and then send you to find Chen Qing. It's okay to find him, but he can't find you. How do you explain it? Do you think you haven't been punished enough? So I advise you not to worry about it."

Li Nong felt that what Zheng Ping said made sense, and asked again: "But Zhao Bin asked me what to do?"

"Zhao Bin is in Dasanguan! Why did he ask you? Besides, even if he came to ask you, wouldn't you change your explanation? Just say that the soldiers have deserted. There have been many deserters during this time. Yours It is normal for dozens of people under his command to run away, and then you say that they usually show signs of running away, Zhao Bin will definitely not go into it, he has enough troubles, and he will not make trouble for himself."

Li Nong ordered his soldiers to get some appetizers, he took out a bottle of wine and said with a smile: "Let me listen to you, you must have a drink with me."

"Drink just one drink, I've been dragged into the water by you too."

Li Nong filled a glass of wine for Zheng Ping, held up the glass and said: "Actually, I understand in my heart that you leaked the news to Chen Qing, otherwise Chen Qing would not pretend to be my army. I see that you are willing to vouch for me, so I will I know it must have been leaked by you kid!"

Zheng Ping put the wine glass heavily on the table, "You are drunk before drinking, what nonsense are you talking about!"

"Drunk? I'm not drunk. I've always been sober. I leaked the net to you on purpose. You kid can't think of it, right? I told you the secret of the granary ambush, and you really killed Wang Jian with the help of the secret whistle. Why did you persuade him today?" I don't want to report? Brother Zheng Ping, I feel like a bright mirror in my heart."

Zheng Ping stared at him, and had the urge to cut him down several times, but in the end he was discouraged. The other party had already prepared, and he only reacted now. It's useless!

After a while, Zheng Ping asked, "When did you find out?"

"When Wang Jian secretly investigated you, I discovered the clue, and I knew that you came from Pingliang Mansion, and the time was not long after the accident in Pingliang Mansion.

The mistake Wang Jian made was that he went to bribe your confidantes. He never thought that your confidantes must also be Song Jun. How could he tell the truth to him, so in Wang Jian’s report, you became an aboriginal resident of Pingliang Mansion, The most critical loophole was missed by him for nothing, you obviously don't have an accent from Pingliang Mansion! "

Zheng Ping raised his short thick eyebrows and said: "Ming people don't speak dark words, I am Zheng Ping, if you want to be the ruler of the capital, then tie me to see Wanyan Wushu."

Li Nong smiled wryly and shook his head, "I knew you were Zheng Ping a long time ago, and I wanted to be in charge of the capital. Zhang Zhongfu will have the best chance when he goes down. I told you that you are not a descendant of my founding general Li Jixun." Do you hear anything strange?"

"What's weird?"

"I will call my ancestors by their first names?"

"Ah! Aren't you?"

"Of course I am! It's just that the Li family doesn't admit it."

Li Nong let out a long sigh, "My mother is a maid, do you understand? I am a posthumous child, and my father is a concubine of the Li family. He was killed in the second battle of Pingxia City. My mother gave birth to me in the same year. But the Li family refused to admit it and kicked my mother out of the Li residence.

My mother did not remarry, and she raised me up through hard work. When I was [-] years old, my mother died of overwork and illness. I ran to the Northwest and joined the Zhongjia Army. During the defense of Taiyuan, Zhong Shuai was killed, and I was also captured and surrendered to the Kingdom of Jin. "

Speaking of this, Li Nong's mood became very low, and his voice was full of sadness.

"I surrendered to the Jinbing with the intention of humiliating the Li family, but the more I think about it these past few years, the more I feel sorry for my mother. What does the Li family have to do with me? But my mother worked so hard to raise me, she didn't want me to be a traitor. I have insomnia night after night, and I just think of my mother doing laundry for others to earn money at night, she only wants her son to become a dragon, look what I have become?"

Speaking of this, Li Nong covered his face and burst into tears.

(End of this chapter)