Fenghou

Chapter 192
Chen Qing handed over the resettlement of the people in Dingxi Village to Qin'an County Government, together with the materials stored in Dingxi Village, Chen Qing also ordered Zhao Xiaoyi to lead [-] soldiers to assist the county government in resettling the people in Dingxi Village.

As for Li Weiru, Chen Qing valued him very much. The county government of Chengji County was going to be reorganized, so Chen Qing appointed Li Weiru as the county magistrate. Ji County.

Chen Qing left Dingxi Village that morning, and led the army to Gangu County non-stop to deal with the second largest fortress in Qinzhou, Anyuan Village, located in Gangu County.

The effect of destroying the Zhou Family Fort by bloody means has already appeared. More than [-] forts around Chengji County, including Lengquanzhai and Marian Fort, have been disbanded. The people in these fortresses range from dozens to hundreds of households. , As many as tens of thousands of people returned to their hometowns.

The originally desolate villages became alive again, and the common people began to reorganize their homes and repair cave dwellings. A large number of common people also appeared on the barren land, rushing to plant corn and beans.

At noon that day, a transport team consisting of more than [-] carts left Xianrenguan. Yang Yuanqing and Niu Gao led [-] cavalry to guard the carts. There is a large amount of property in Nan County, [-] guan in copper coins alone, as well as a large amount of gold, silver, silk, satin and cloth, as well as the private property of the soldiers.

Xianrenguan is located in front of Fengzhou and Qinzhou. After leaving Xianrenguan, there are still vast mountains. Chengji County is in the north, but they need to avoid the territory of the Qiang people, so they have to go east in the sparsely populated canyons. After more than a hundred miles, it turned to the official road to the north.

The team didn't move fast. Seeing that it was getting dark, they had only walked more than forty miles. Yang Yuanqing ordered: "Go to the small river ahead and stop to rest!"

They walked this road when they came, and the road conditions were relatively familiar. They still remembered that there was a small river not far ahead, and the team walked another three miles, and there was indeed a small river ahead.

At this time, it was already dark, and everyone was busy by the river, unloading the belongings on the cart, stacking them together, and then surrounding the cart.

Yang Yuanqing was conscientious and meticulous in his work. If it was someone else, he would have to rely on it. Moving up and down would be too troublesome.

The coachmen unloaded the mule's shaft and led the mule to the river. The soldiers also led the horses to the river to drink water. Yang Yuanqing stood on a big box and looked around.

This area is very open, the canyon is more than [-] miles wide, and there are patches of woods and grasslands. It is spring now, and the grasslands are full of tender grass, which saves them from carrying fodder.

Yang Yuanqing remembered very clearly that there should be a small village ten miles away, with more than a dozen families living by grazing animals. It was already dark, why didn't they see the lights of the village?
Yang Yuanqing pointed to the northeast direction and asked Niu Gao: "Old Niu, do you still remember that there is a small village in the northeast direction over there?"

"Remember, I still remember a few children herding sheep near the entrance of the village!"

Yang Yuanqing smiled wryly and said, "I'm just like this. I'm too cautious. The control says I'm suspicious all day long. There's nothing I can do about it. This problem of being too cautious can't be changed."

Niu Gao asked with a smile: "What is the general worried about?"

"I didn't see the lights of the village, so I was a little worried."

"Since the general is worried, I will take someone to have a look!"

"Then it's hard work, General Niu."

Niu Gao led a dozen cavalrymen and galloped along the small river to the northeast.
At this time, the soldiers began to bury pots for cooking, and ate dry food every day. When they encountered a small river, the soldiers all wanted to drink some hot soup.

Niu Gao and his party went away for a long time and did not come back. Yang Yuanqing was a little worried, so he stood up and looked northeast. Suddenly, a bright red gunpowder arrow shot into the sky from the north.

Yang Yuanqing was taken aback, and shouted: "There is an enemy!"

The soldiers of the Song Army who were resting jumped up one after another, picked up their weapons and got on their horses. Yang Yuanqing shouted to the coachman again: "You take the animals to the south to hide, and come back after the battle is over."

The coachmen were terrified, and they all rode on their mules and fled southward for their lives.

Yang Yuanqing glanced at the belongings again, the belongings were piled up like a hill, surrounded by hundreds of carts, Yang Yuanqing's cautiousness played a role at this time.

Soon, the sound of horseshoes came from the north, and Niu Gao shouted from a distance, "There is an enemy!"

The cavalry lined up quickly, and Niu Gao rushed back, leaving only three of his ten men. Niu Gao was shot in the back by several arrows, but luckily, he was wearing iron armor, and the arrows could not penetrate, and were embedded in the iron armor. , only puncture a little flesh, the problem is not big.

Niu Gao said urgently: "There is an ambush in the woods ahead, there are at least two thousand troops, all infantry!"

"Where is the army?"

"I don't know, they're all wearing black armor!"

Yang Yuanqing was puzzled, there were no Jin soldiers or Qi troops in this area, where could it be?Could it be the Qiang people? If they were the Qiang people, how would they know that they were escorting their belongings?
"General Yang, they are here!"

Hu Yanlei shouted and pulled Yang Yuanqing back from his contemplation, only to see black soldiers appearing in the distance.

Yang Yuanqing immediately said to Niu Gao decisively: "General Niu led two hundred brothers around behind them, I will fight head-on, and then we will attack from front to back!"

"Follow the order!"

Niu Gao waved his hands and shouted: "Brothers from the fourth and fifth departments, follow me!"

He rushed westward with two hundred cavalry, and then turned around to go behind the enemy.

Yang Yuanqing sternly ordered: "The bow and arrow are ready!"

Three hundred cavalrymen raised their bows and aimed their cold arrows at the dark crowd a hundred paces away.

"shooting!"

Three hundred arrows were shot together, and the dense arrows shot into the enemy army group. The soldiers in front were hit by arrows and fell down. Yang Yuanqing swung his spear and shouted: "Cooperate with the shield and spear, charge with me!"

With bows and arrows on their backs, round shields and spears in their hands, the soldiers galloped on their horses. Although there were only three hundred cavalry, the impact of the group was no small matter, and the iron hoofs rolled like thunder.

Arrows from the opponent rained down, and the cavalry raised their shields to meet them, but many cavalry horses were hit by arrows, and even the horses and men rolled to the ground.
In an instant, the cavalry rushed into the enemy army. The armor of these soldiers was painted black, but they were all Han Chinese, not Jurchens or Qiang people. Yang Yuanqing became more and more angry. He had already seen that these soldiers were all Song soldiers. He actually ambushed himself here and robbed him of money.

Yang Yuanqing had vaguely guessed that it was most likely Fu Xuan's army. Longzhou was Fu Xuan's territory, and it was only a hundred miles away from here.

"Kill!"

Yang Yuanqing yelled sharply, and led the cavalry to fight among the infantry. With a glance, he saw hundreds of people running towards the piled property, and they really came for the property he had escorted.

At this moment, Niu Gao led the army to rush in from behind, the Heijia army was caught off guard, and there was a commotion.

Suddenly, there was a continuous sound of horns in the west, "Woo! Woo!"

Immortal Pass Chief General Liu Zan led his army to kill him from a distance. Seeing that the situation was not good, the Black Armored Army Chief shouted: "Retreat! Retreat!"

The soldiers jumped down the small river one after another. The small river was very shallow, and they waded directly across the water. The two thousand soldiers left hundreds of corpses and fled in a panic. Looted and fled to the other side.

Yang Yuanqing did not pursue, and led the army back to the place where the belongings were kept. After a while, Niu Gao also came to join them, and they captured more than a dozen wounded soldiers.

"General, the wounded soldiers have admitted that they are the garrison of Longzhou."

Yang Yuanqing's face became ugly. He didn't expect Fu Xuan to be so despicable, and even sent troops to rob property.

A cavalry force of [-] men galloped up in the distance, and the leading general was Liu Zan, and Yang Yuanqing hurried forward to salute.

"The village here was massacred. Two survivors ran to report to me. I guess it was aimed at you, so I came here in a hurry."

Yang Yuanqing said gratefully: "General Liu came too timely, we happened to be ambushed by someone, and the other party was also [-] infantry."

"Did the Qiang people do it?"

Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "We are interrogating wounded soldiers, it is Fu Xuan's army!"

Liu Zan's face suddenly changed, "This bastard is so despicable!"

Liu Zan immediately said: "He will definitely not give up, I will escort you to Qinzhou, let's hurry up and set off!"

(End of this chapter)