Fenghou

Chapter 201 New General
"No pursuit!"

Chen Qing yelled sharply, stopping the Song army from pursuing them. These Xixia cavalry marched and retreated in an orderly manner, and they withdrew immediately when the situation was unfavorable. .

If the general of this army is just an ordinary Xixia general, then the Xixia army is really a formidable enemy that should not be underestimated.

Chen Qing watched the Xixia cavalry go away, and said to Liu Cuiling, "Bring some prisoners of war into the city!"

Chen Qing led his troops into the city, Liu Cui and Niu Gao simply cleaned up the battlefield, and escorted a dozen Xixia prisoners of war who survived the arrows into the castle.
After entering the city, Chen Qing understood why Ganquanbao was also called Xining County. It was indeed no different from a county town. The city wall was fourteen miles in circumference, and there were about a thousand households, most of whom were Han Chinese. There were north-south streets in the fort. On East-West Avenue, there are various shops, inns, restaurants, grocery stores, weapons stores, brothels, and there is also a small commercial complex in the center of the county, Wazi.

Ganquan Fort is an important military town, but it is also an important commercial town, with a radius of hundreds of miles. For this big city, several important official roads must pass through Ganquan Fort. Family.

In addition, Ganquanbao is also famous for producing high-quality leather boots. They can buy high-quality cattle and sheepskin from Xixia. With their own exquisite tanning and shoemaking techniques, Ganquanbao's leather boots can be sold at a high price no matter in Xixia or Song Dynasty. The price is good, so the people of Ganquanbao either do business and open shops, or tan fur, or make shoes.

The day was getting brighter, and the people of Ganquanbao woke up from a deep sleep all night, but the streets and alleys were very peaceful, as if they were not affected by the battle to seize the city last night, nor were they overjoyed by the arrival of the Song army.

The people in the frontier are not as sensitive to wars and alien races as the people in the interior. People here have seen a lot of wars and alien races. As long as they don't affect their lives, it doesn't matter who rules Ganquanbao.

Chen Qing could also understand the people here. The leather boots they made were sold to the Xixia people in large quantities. Speaking of which, the Xixia people were their main food and clothing parents. Of course they did not dislike the Xixia people.

But as long as they don't help the Xixia people to seize Ganquan Fort, the people in the city can do whatever they want.

Now Chen Qing is more concerned about where the Xixia army was last night?Will there be a second attack on Ganquan Fort, and then there will still be food issues. How much food is there in the city?

When Chen Qing came to the barracks warehouse, Marquis Yu Zhang Miao took dozens of soldiers to check supplies.

"Zhang Yuhou, how much food do you have?"

"There are more than [-] stones of grain, more than [-] sheep, and hundreds of barrels of wine."

It was really beyond Chen Qing's expectation, he said happily: "A hundred golden soldiers will have so much food?"

Zhang Miao shook her head, "Before there were [-] gold soldiers stationed here, when they withdrew they couldn't carry food and sheep, so they left them directly, even a hundred gold soldiers couldn't eat so much, so they left them to us in the end! "

A thousand shi is a lot of food!It was enough for [-] of them to feed for half a month, and with the addition of [-] sheep, they had rations for [-] days.

Chen Qing thought for a while and then asked Yang Zaixing next to him, "How to solve the food for the people in the city?"

Yang Zaixing scratched his head, "I'm going to inquire about this situation."

"Don't inquire!"

Marquis Yu Zhang Miao stood up and said with a smile: "I understand the situation. There is a Baishui River in the west, about fifteen miles away from Ganquan Castle. There are thousands of acres of wheat fields on both sides of the river, all of which are planted by the castle. Buy it from Huizhou or Deshun Prefecture."

"How about buying more? For example, buy some for us." Chen Qing had this idea.

Zhang Miao shook her head, "I'm afraid the Xixia Army will not allow food to be transported here in the future."

Chen Qing knew that what Zhang Miao said was right. I am afraid that the food supply in Ganquanbao would be a big problem in the future. Forget it.

At this time, a soldier rushed over, "Qi report to the commander, Commander Zheng is here!"

Zheng Ping actually came, Chen Qing was overjoyed and hurried back to the big tent.

Walking at the door of the big tent, I heard Zheng Ping complaining, "I knew I shouldn't have delayed in Gangu County, or we would have caught up, and it's all your fault, you brat."

"Brother Fat, how can you blame me, it's you who want to visit brothels, okay?"

"Hey!" The voice was so familiar.

Chen Qing suddenly thought of one person, and hurriedly opened the curtain and walked in. There were only two people inside, besides the fat Zheng Ping, there was also a young general.

Chen Qing recognized at a glance that it was his brother Liu Qiong from Lin'an martial arts school.

"It really is you, I said just now that the voice is so familiar."

Chen Qing laughed and stepped forward, Liu Qiong was a little embarrassed and saluted: "For a lowly position, see the control!"

Chen Qing's eyes lit up, "Could it be that you have been assigned to the Qinzhou Army?"

Liu Qiong nodded, "It's what my uncle meant. He wrote to me and asked me to choose the Qinzhou Army. I have a chance to choose myself."

Liu Qiong's uncle is Liu Ziyu, speaking of which he is still Liu Cui's cousin, and also a fierce general with outstanding archery skills, which really makes Chen Qing very happy.

Zheng Ping next to him blinked, and said in a low voice, "Old Chen, did you forget me, Fatty? I was able to defend you from Zhu Goutou's swords and swords in Hanzhong."

Chen Qing patted him on the shoulder with a smile, "I invite you to a banquet tonight, and I'll welcome you guys by the way, are you satisfied!"

"Don't mention the celebration, why don't you go to war tonight, let me miss it, hey!"

"With your chance, the Xixia people will never let it go."

"Really?" Zheng Ping blinked his small eyes and asked in disbelief.

"Will I still lie to you?"

Chen Qing smiled slightly: "The importance of Ganquan Fort, the people of Xixia know much better than us, they will not be reconciled."

At night, Chen Qing held a grand bonfire banquet in the barracks to celebrate the capture of Fort Ganquan, and at the same time greeted Zheng Ping and Liu Qiong. However, considering the whereabouts of the Xixia Army last night, Chen Qing banned the night banquet and drinking, and could only eat meat and other things. tea instead of wine,

The army killed a thousand sheep and lit [-] piles of fire. Around the bonfire, everyone cut and grilled meat, ate meat with open stomachs, and laughed loudly. Although there was no wine, tea could only be used instead of wine, but it did not affect everyone's fullness. Emotions.

"Liu Qiong, where did Hu Yan go?" Chen Qing still couldn't forget his friend Hu Yantong.

"Back to the control, he originally wanted to choose the Qinzhou Army, but his father didn't want to, and he didn't even go back to Han Dutong's side. He had no choice but to join the Imperial Army as a commander because of his favor."

The Imperial Army is now the emperor Zhao Gou's personal soldiers, and if nothing else happens, Hu Yantong will be Liu Kai's generals in the future.

Liu Qiong scratched her head and said again: "The better news is that the army we trained is now under the control of Huyan."

That's not bad, it's really good news.

"Is there any news? For example, did someone ask you to send a message?" Chen Qing hinted at Liu Qiong.

Liu Qiong opened her mouth wide, and slapped herself hard on the forehead, "There is a letter, which Lu Xianggong entrusted me to deliver, and there is also a box, which I damn well forgot, I'll go get it right away!"

Liu Qiong jumped up and ran away, but Chen Qing didn't have time to shout and watched him run away.

At this time, Zheng Ping, who was sitting beside Chen Qing, said anxiously: "You should ask me, I met Zhu Shengfei's special envoy in Chengji County."

Chen Qing sneered, "I know Zhu Shengfei won't let me go!"

"But that Shen Dayuan failed in his investigation this time. I heard from Lao Yang that he investigated very carefully and even went to find the driver, but still found nothing."

"What do the coachmen say?"

"The coachman only said that there are boxes and sacks, weapons are written on the boxes, and food and military uniforms are written on the sacks. What can they say?"

The silver and silk were packed in boxes, and the sacks contained copper coins and cloth. At that time, they were used to deal with the pass inspection. Some of the outer sacks contained grain. Soldiers unloaded and transported the goods by themselves, so the driver always thought they were transporting weapons. and armor and the like.

"Control, you said that this investigation failed, what will Zhu Shengfei do?"

Chen Qing picked up the teacup and said with a smile: "Unless he gets the power to serve me, he really has nothing to do with me. No matter what he does, I can deal with it, but this is a matter of the future, and soon his troubles will be over." coming."

"How to say?"

Chen Qing smiled faintly, "The Xixia Army's attack on Ganquan Fort was not accidental. It should have a direct relationship with Zhu Shengfei's appointment. If I guessed correctly, the Qi Army will respond soon. The army replenishes money and rations, but instead wants to rely on the whole person to gain prestige, and when Zhang Jun loses all the territory he has worked so hard to build, how will I see him face the court and the emperor?"

(End of this chapter)