Fenghou

Chapter 204 Decision Making
The sudden dispatch of troops by the Puppet Qi Army and the Xixia Army caused chaos in Nanzheng County. At this time, Zhu Shengfei could no longer care about Chen Qing. Make him stomp his feet.

At this time, Lu Fayuan and Sima Wangsi, deputy envoys of the Xuanfu Department of Sichuan and Shaanxi, rushed to Nanzheng County from Chengdu.

Zhu Shengfei hurriedly invited Wu Jie, the governor, and Liu Ziyu, the prefect, and the five sat in the lobby to discuss how to deal with it.

Wu Jie sighed and said, "I'm afraid we were wrong from the beginning."

Zhu Shengfei was startled, "What does Wu Dutong say?"

"The humble official believes that the withdrawal of the Jin soldiers from Shanxi Road and Xihe Road is just a feigned withdrawal. Logically, they should hand over the states to the puppet Qi army before retreating. How can the army retreat directly and hand over the states to us?"

Zhu Shengfei's face was ugly. He ordered the troops to go north halfway, and now it was a trick. Could it be that he made a mistake in decision-making?

Zhu Shengfei raised his face and said, "This is just Wu Dutong's guess!"

"The humble job is not a guess, but also a basis?"

Zhu Shengfei asked coldly: "What basis?"

"I heard that the enemy general who took over Fengxiang Mansion is Han Chang. Han Chang is not a general of the puppet Qi army. He is an out-and-out general of the Jin soldiers. Han Chang's return to Fengxiang Mansion means that the Jin soldiers are back."

Zhu Shengfei was speechless for a while, and Lu Fayuan hurriedly said, "Wu Dutong, this is not the time to pursue responsibility. I should decide what to do now?"

Wu Jie bowed and said: "The humble official said that Jin Bing pretended to retreat not to pursue responsibility, but to consider what Jin Bing's purpose is?"

Zhu Shengfei glared at him dissatisfied, "Tell me! What is Jin Bing's purpose?"

"I couldn't see through the lowly position before, but now the situation is very clear. The Jinbing is to lure the troops to go north, and then use the puppet Qi army to destroy our vital forces. There were [-] troops in Sichuan and Shaanxi before, but now there are only [-] troops in Hanzhong. It is due to the lack of troops, if all the [-] troops outside are wiped out, I am afraid that the Dasan Pass will not be able to hold, once the Jin soldiers invade Hanzhong, Sichuan and Shaanxi will definitely be lost!"

Everyone was silent. After a while, Zhu Shengfei finally put down his tone very softly, and asked, "Does Wu Dutong have any good suggestions?"

"The humble official suggests that the troops should be withdrawn immediately, and all the Fourth Route Army should be withdrawn to Hanzhong."

Zhu Shengfei nodded and said: "As far as I know, Fu Xuan's army has already withdrawn, followed by the [-] troops of Guan Shigu, the governor of Pingyuan, the [-] troops of Chen Qing of Qinzhou, and the [-] troops of Wu Lin, the governor of Lintao. Five thousand troops, I immediately sent someone to urge them to withdraw to Hanzhong."

Zhu Shengfei was not in the mood to continue the discussion, so he rushed back to his study and immediately drafted three orders, dispatching three groups of fast horse cavalry to Pingliang, Qinzhou and Lintao, and ordering the three generals to immediately withdraw their troops back to Hanzhong.

Coming out of the Xuanfu Division's office, Wu Jie and Liu Ziyu rode slowly side by side, Liu Ziyu asked, "How sure do you feel that you can withdraw the army?"

Wu Jie smiled and said: "I hope the Xuanfu envoy will issue an order. The day lily is cold. I sent an eagle letter to Wu Ling the day before yesterday, asking him to go to Beixianren Pass and withdraw the army immediately. Wu Ling is already on the way to withdraw the army. Fifteen thousand people should be able to withdraw all the way."

"What about Chen Qing?"

"Chen Qing is a bit troublesome. He is not in Chengji County, but Ganquan Fort is fighting with the Xixia army. I received his eagle letter the day before yesterday. He was surrounded by Murong Tao's [-] Xixia army in Ganquan Fort. I'm afraid he can't move for a while. "

Liu Ziyu thought for a while and smiled: "Actually, Chen Qing's problem is not serious, he won't trap himself to death, right?"

"That's right! He's good at peripheral warfare, and I'm not worried about him. What I'm worried about is Guan Shigu. There's no news at all. I'm afraid his [-] troops will be lost this time!"

Liu Ziyu nodded silently, and he also felt the same way.

"When will Wu Dutong go north?"

Wu Jie sighed softly and said, "I'm going to leave today, I really don't feel at ease to get out of the customs!"

Zhang Zhongxiong led the [-] Puppet Qi Army to advance westward like a storm. Although Li Cheng was Marshal Zuo, he had just returned to Bianliang from the defeat in the south of the Yangtze River and was sent to Shaanxi. The importance of Qing was not fully understood, so Li Cheng decided to join forces to attack Guan Shigu in Pingliang Mansion first, and then consider dealing with Chen Qing.

But Zhang Zhongxiong was very aware of the importance of Chen Qing. The Emperor of the Kingdom of Jin offered a reward in person. Those who captured Chen Qing or captured his head would seal ten thousand households and reward them with one hundred thousand guan.

This is the sealing of ten thousand households, not the chief ten thousand. So far, only one Han, Guo Yaoshi, has sealed ten thousand households, and there is no second one. Li Cheng obviously doesn't know about the reward.

How could Zhang Zhongxiong let go of this opportunity? Li Cheng asked him to lead an army to block the Immortal Pass, but he didn't take it seriously at all. Chen Qing was a hundred times more important than the Immortal Pass.

This morning, Zhang Zhongxiong led an army to Chengji County, which was Chen Qing's hometown, but to his surprise, the officials of Chengji County surrendered.

"Who are you?" Zhang Zhongxiong pointed at the leading official with a whip and asked.

"The next Wang Huai, the official Qinzhou general judge, was appointed by the fourth prince Wanyan."

Among the group of officials who followed Wang Huai, there was no recorder Zhang Xiao who joined the army, and he had already retreated northward with Yang Yuanqing.

Zhang Zhongxiong didn't care who the other party was, he widened his eyes and asked, "Where did Chen Qing go?"

"Reporting to General, the Xixia Army attacked Xining County, and Chen Tongzhi led the army northward to Xining County."

Zhang Zhongxiong seemed to have stepped on the ground, he rushed to Chengji County, but he was in vain, his expectation turned into disappointment, and the Wanhu who saw his hand turned into a moon in the water.

Zhang Zhongxiong was furious, stretched out his hand and grabbed Li Huai's neck, and said viciously: "If you lie to me again, I will slaughter your Chengji County!"

Wang Huai said for a long time: "The humble officer has served as the general judge of Qinzhou for almost three years, and Chen Qing has only been in Qinzhou for more than a month. Why should the general embarrass the humble officer?"

Zhang Zhongxiong's lieutenant Li Ying also persuaded: "General, if Chen Qing is so easy to catch, will it be our turn to offer a reward?"

Zhang Zhongxiong was right when he thought about it, Chen Qing was still able to break out from the siege of tens of thousands of golden soldiers, and almost killed Wan Yanchang, if he was caught so easily by himself, he would not be called Chen Qing.

Zhang Zhongxiong let go of Wang Huai, and asked angrily, "Where is Xining County?"

Xining County was renamed only three years after Jianyan, so Zhang Zhongxiong didn't know it was normal.

"Reporting to General, Xining County is the original Ganquan Fort."

"what!"

Zhang Zhongxiong was stunned for a moment, but it was in the territory of the Xixia people!

Even though he was in the territory of the Xixia people, Zhang Zhongxiong decided to seek wealth and wealth, but Chengji County couldn't squeeze out any food, so Zhang Zhongxiong had to wait for two days. On the third day, his logistics and grain convoy also arrived in Chengji County. Zhang Zhongxiong escorted the logistics supplies, and rushed to Ganquanbao in a mighty manner.

Xinhui Prefecture was originally a border state in the Northern Song Dynasty. After the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, Xinhui Prefecture, like other border states, was swallowed by the Xixia people. Although the northwest of Qinzhou is close to Xinhui Prefecture, the large desert Gobi in the south of Xinhui Prefecture It has become a natural barrier in Qinzhou.

Xinhui Prefecture is sparsely populated, and the south and central parts are deserted. Only Baochuan County in the north is the only county seat in Xinhui Prefecture, and almost the entire population of the prefecture is concentrated here.

Baochuan County is a large county with a population of more than [-] people. There is a salt marsh in the southwest of it, which is an important salt-producing area. Baochuan County also mainly produces salt.

The residents in the city have a typical dual structure, with high-status Dangxiang people and Qiang people, and low-status Han people. Almost all shops are opened by Dangxiang people. Living a poor and meager life.

Another feature of Baochuan County is that it is close to the Yellow River. It is an important transit point on the Yellow River. The grain transported from the Hehuang Valley and the cattle and sheep fur transported from the Hexi Corridor are all transited here, and then transported to Xingxia, the capital of Xixia, through the Yellow River. Qingfu.

So the Han people had another important job, which was to work hard on the Yellow River wharf and carry various materials.

Early this morning, a dozen or so young Han Chinese in shabby clothes came to the Yellow River Wharf as usual. Today they got a new errand, going to the wharf to carry grain to the military granary.

(End of this chapter)