Fenghou

Chapter 193 Surrender
Fu Xuan controlled Fengxiang Mansion and Longzhou. He had [-] troops under his command, including [-] in Fengxiang Mansion and [-] in Longzhou.

Fu Xuan was in Longzhou at this time. A few days ago, he learned from Pan You that Chen Qing was transporting a batch of property from Zhongnan County back to Qinzhou. Bubo, guarded by five hundred troops, really moved Fu Xuan's heart.

Fu Xuan immediately made a deployment and sent his confidant general Sun Li to lead two thousand soldiers to ambush in the canyon east of Xianrenguan to rob the wealth.

Fu Xuan paced back and forth in the big tent, quite anxious in his heart, Sun Li has been gone for four days, there should be some news, why is there no news at all until now?

At this time, a soldier reported at the door of the big tent, "Report to Dutong, General Sun sent someone back to report!"

Fu Xuan cheered up, and quickly said: "Come in quickly!"

Not long after, a soldier walked in quickly from the outside, knelt down on one knee and reported, "Report to Dutong, General Sun has missed!"

"what?"

Fu Xuan fell into the abyss in an instant as if a basin of cold water had been poured over his head. He had been looking forward to it for four days, but he was expecting the news of a failure.

Fu Xuan suddenly became angry from embarrassment, grabbed the soldier's skirt and shouted: "What's going on?"

"Originally, we had successfully ambushed the Qinzhou army. Part of the army held back the Qinzhou cavalry, and the other part went to rob property. Unexpectedly, at this critical moment, Liu Zan led the army to kill, and General Sun had to retreat!"

"And then! That's all?"

"Then we wanted to continue the ambush, but Liu Zan led [-] cavalry to escort the convoy, and we only had [-] troops left. We had no choice but to give up this operation."

"What do you mean you have no choice but to give up? I didn't tell you to give up. How dare you make your own decisions?"

The soldier lowered his head and dared not speak, Fu Xuan gritted his teeth and asked, "Where is the property convoy now?"

"I entered Qinzhou yesterday, and should be in Chengji County by now."

"asshole!"

Fu Xuan lost control of his emotions. He grabbed the inkstone on the table and slammed it against the wall.

Chen Qing knew nothing about what happened at the junction of Qin, Long, and Feng prefectures. At this time, he had led his army to Gangu County, about [-] miles away from Chengji County. Ten miles away.

Gangu County is a relatively poor county in Qinzhou. Jin Bing also knew that they had no oil and water, so they didn't kill Gangu County, so the county government remained stable.

However, a large number of people in the county and the countryside fled to hide in dozens of nearby villages, among which Anyuan Village is the best. Their number in the village has exceeded the sum of the number of people in other villages in Gangu County.

However, the result was beyond Chen Qing's expectations. He led the army to Gangu County, and Wang Zishan, the county magistrate, told him that just yesterday, Wu Jun, the owner of the Anyuan Village, had sent his eldest son to contact the county government, preparing to close the Anyuan Village. All the people in the village were sent back to their hometowns.

"What's going on, did Anyuanzhai get any news?" Chen Qing asked.

The county magistrate Wang Zishan nodded, "I should have gotten the news, does the envoy know Huang Jigu?"

Chen Qing nodded, "This person is the original village owner of Dingxi Village, and he made a contribution to breaking Dingxi Village this time."

"That's right. Huang Jigu's daughter married Wu Jun's eldest son. They received an eagle letter and made a decision yesterday to hand over power to the government."

"How many people are there in Anyuan Village?"

"There are more than [-] households, more than [-] people!"

Chen Qing was stunned, "Why are there so many people?"

"We didn't expect it either. We thought there were at most ten thousand people, but Wu Qun's eldest son said that a large number of people who fled from Chengji County, Qingshui County and even Longzhou entered Anyuan Village. Maybe our side is a mountainous area. Because the Jurchen cavalry couldn't get through, everyone thought so, so they all fled here."

"There are more than [-] people, how can they support them?" Chen Qing still couldn't believe it.

"I don't know about the humble position, why don't you go and have a look?"

Chen Qing immediately ordered: "Order the troops to assemble and go to Anyuan Village!"

Chen Qing led [-] cavalry and all the officials of the county government to leave Gangu County and rush to Anyuan Village.

Anyuan Village was originally a military village, the largest military village in Qinzhou. It is actually a serial village, consisting of seven cottages gathered together. Each cottage has a family as its leader, and the patriarchs of the seven families form Anyuan Village. In the meeting hall, Wu Jun, the head of the Wu family, was elected as the head of the village.

The Wu family is the most prominent family in Gangu County. Wu Jun himself is the former magistrate of Gangu County.

In addition, they actively organized the people to collect all kinds of food, which ensured the survival of tens of thousands of people, and the Wu family won the wide support of the people in Anyuanzhai.

More importantly, Wu Jun was able to judge the situation. He heard that Zhoujiabao had been slaughtered, and three other families including the Guan family in Dingxi village had been killed. He immediately realized that the next one must be the turn of Anyuan village. He immediately persuaded the other six families to send his eldest son to go there. The county government handed over power.

Although there are more than a thousand village men in Anyuan Village, they are not soldiers. They have no armor, only sticks and knives. They belong to the rank of warriors and are responsible for maintaining order in Dingyuan Village. It is impossible to fight against regular troops.

Hearing that the envoy Chen Qing came with the army, and Wu Jun brought the other seven clan leaders down the mountain to surrender. Since Anyuanzhai was so knowledgeable, Chen Qing also decided to put down the butcher knife.

Chen Qing invited Wu Jun and other village owners to sit in the big tent. Chen Qing smiled and asked, "I am very concerned. How do you feed more than [-] people?"

Wu Jun smiled bitterly and said: "It is to use all the land to grow food and substitutes, to grow beans, gourds, winter melons, yams and radishes on the mountains. Gangu County is rich in dates and persimmons. We collect a large number of dates, persimmons and mountain vegetables every year. Fruits are dried in the sun, as well as the rhizomes of various ferns, in a word, as long as we can eat, we will desperately collect, even fish in the river, beasts in the mountains, sparrows in the sky, etc. are no exception.”

"It seems that this family is very difficult to manage!"

"It's really difficult, there are too many people, and eating every day is a big problem. In fact, we also hope that everyone will go down the mountain as soon as possible."

Chen Qing nodded, and said to everyone without hesitation: "Originally, I planned to come to Anyuan Village to slaughter the village, just like killing the Zhou family and the Guan family. I will kill you and your family members today and tomorrow. What should you do?" It doesn't matter if you don't deserve to die, but as long as killing you can deter other strongholds, that's enough.

Using the three major fortresses is my solution to the problem of the Qinzhou fortress. Since you voluntarily surrendered, this plan will be slightly modified. I decided to let the Anyuan village go! "

Chen Qing's words were so straightforward that Wu Jun and the six village owners' faces changed in fright. They were really fidgeting. Wu Jun quickly said: "We are willing to work for the Zhizhi envoy and persuade the people of other fortresses to go down the mountain."

Chen Qing nodded, "That's exactly what I want to hear. I hope you will take action today and go to the forts in the surrounding counties to persuade them. You can tell them what I said, as long as you cooperate with the government to close the forts and send the people back down the mountain , what crimes did they commit before, I can let the past go.
But if they still refuse to close the fortress and insist on fighting against me, Chen, then their fate must be to slaughter the whole family, and let them understand the fate of the Zhou family. "

The effect of massacre against ordinary people will definitely not be good, but the effect of massacre against the rich and powerful families who control the fortress must be very good.

Chen Qing immediately wrote the "Letter to the Qinzhou Fortress" in Gangu County, using the bloody fate of Zhoujiabao and Dingxi Village as examples, and using Anyuan Village as a positive propaganda, demanding that all fortresses must be closed within ten days and the people repatriated If you go down the mountain and return to your hometown, if you refuse to close and disband after the time limit, it will be regarded as a confrontation with the government. The army will go up the mountain to suppress it, and the owner of the fort will be executed.

Chen Qing immediately sent several teams of cavalry to the counties, and then the counties distributed the "Letter to the Qinzhou Fortress" to each fortress.

Chen Qing stayed in Gangu County for three days. At this time, he received a message from Zheng Ping's Feige, and got the news that Fu Xuan sent troops to rob him of his property. Chen Qing then changed his plan. Immediately rush back to Chengji County.

Chen Qing then ordered Liu Cui to lead [-] cavalry to escort more than [-] people from Anyuan Village back to their hometowns in Chengji County and Qingshui County.

(End of this chapter)