Fenghou

Chapter 231
In the early morning of the next day, Wu Jie led [-] remnant troops to retreat to Nanzheng County. The wheat fields along the way were full of thick smoke. Out of the warehouse.

There was no way around this. Nanzheng County was not a military defensive city, and the city walls were not high or strong. Once the Jin soldiers attacked the city, they would definitely not be able to defend it. Burning the warehouse was also a last resort.

"Dutong, Prefect Liu is here!"

Wu Jie urged his horse to go up to meet him, only to see Liu Ziyu coming with a few of his men.

"Prefect Liu, have all the food and supplies been burned?"

Liu Ziyu shook his head, "I have already transferred the food and military supplies, the people in the city were basically evacuated, and most of the wheat was harvested and transported to Mian County, where a lot of supplies were also there. Baggage and fodder."

Wu Jie was overjoyed, in this case, the loss would be minimized.

"Where's Xuanfu envoy?" Wu Jie asked again.

"He went to Chengdu that night. Without his restraint, I could evacuate the people and supplies. It's a good thing he left!"

Speaking of this, Liu Ziyu looked at the army behind. There were only six or seven thousand soldiers, and there were still many wounded.

"There are only a few of the more than [-] people left?"

Wu Jie snorted, "Fu Xuan's army withdrew before the enemy's sneak attack. I don't know where it went? I can only organize recruits to fight against the golden soldiers. There are heavy casualties. I have to wait until the guards withdraw. If you don't retreat, you can't stand the Jin soldiers' attack, and more than half of the recruits were killed or killed."

Liu Ziyu's gaze became serious, "Could it be that Fu Xuan is collaborating with the enemy?"

"Although I also find it strange, there is no evidence. He can also be said to be the local Orion leading the way. The key is how did he know that the Jin soldiers would come to attack? So he retreated in advance. I will report this matter to the Xuanfu envoy."

"Forget about Fu Xuan, what should we do next?"

Wu Jie said worriedly: "There are [-] puppet Qi troops facing each other at Dasan Pass. It is impossible for Wu Lin to divide his troops to go south, or he can only count on the [-] troops of your son. But once he leaves, what will happen to Beixianren Pass? If he knows Where is Fu Xuan's army, I can arrange it, [-] troops!"

"He may have gone to Bashu. I heard from some wheat harvesters this morning that an army took away the last batch of wheat in the middle of the night. There were about [-] people. It is estimated that it was Fu Xuan's army. He may have gone to the rice warehouse. Go south."

Wu Jie sighed and said helplessly: "Then we can only divide the troops. I will lead [-] people to Mian County, and the Fujun will take [-] people to guard Jianmen Pass."

Liu Ziyu pondered for a while and said, "Actually, we can ask Chen Qing for help. He has more than [-] troops under his command and can support us."

"But isn't he fighting the Xixia Army?"

"The war is over!"

Liu Ziyu smiled and said: "Yesterday, I received the eagle letter from my eldest son Liu Zan. Chen Qing has defeated the [-] Xixia army, and the Xixia army has withdrawn."

'Defeat the [-] Xixia Army! '

Wu Jie was stunned when he heard this, and he sighed for a long time: "This is the Yangtze River where the waves behind push the waves ahead, and the younger generation is awesome!"

"Yes! I couldn't believe it when I heard the news yesterday. I had an intuition at the time. As long as he is in Sichuan and Shaanxi, we will be able to regain our homeland and Shaanxi Road sooner or later. The key is that we must not let Zhu Shengfei harm him. .”

Wu Jie nodded, "You are right, he is the fire seed of the Western Army, and it must not be extinguished."

At this moment, Wu Jie cheered up and said: "Let's do this! Let's jointly write a letter of appeal for help, send it to Beixian Renguan, and ask Liu Zan to forward it to him, and see if this kid will give us face to rescue."

Liu Ziyu chuckled and said, "I'll add Wang Yan's name, and the three of them will be named together, so it will be sure."

Wu Jie and Liu Ziyu finally agreed that Wu Jie would lead [-] troops to Mian County, and Liu Ziyu would lead [-] troops to Jianmen Pass, and there would be [-] defenders at Jianmen Pass to supplement the troops.

After the two of them broke up, a letter eagle flew from Nanzheng County, circled a few times in the air, and flew towards Xianrenguan in the northwest direction.
Chen Qingbing took back Chengji County without bloodshed. The [-] puppet Qi troops guarding Chengji County heard that Chen Renmo had returned with an army of [-]. They were so frightened that they abandoned the city and fled to Longzhou in panic.

Chen Qing led his army into the city, and won the warm welcome of the people all over the city in Chengji County. Tens of thousands of people poured out of the city to welcome the arrival of Chen Qing's army.

Not only because Chen Qing was the envoy of the Song Dynasty, but more importantly, Chen Qing gave relief to the people at critical moments. Even if his army left, he left five buckets of rice for each household. He also organized the people to farm to make a living. It was snatched away by the puppet Qi army, but the beans were already ripe, and the winter melons in front of and behind the house also grew up, saving the lives of countless people.

The common people support this army from the bottom of their hearts, and they are the only army in Qinzhou. This strong sense of identity is the common belief in the hearts of every common people.

Tens of thousands of people ate pots of pulp to welcome the Song army into the city. Without food, they could only use wild fruits to boil pulp to express their support.

Amidst the continuous bursts of warm cheers from both sides of the street, the soldiers of the Song Dynasty had bright armor and neatly lined up. Chen Qing waved to the people from time to time on his horse. At this time, dozens of elders knelt down in front of Chen Qing's horse.

Chen Qing hurriedly got off his horse and helped them up, "Elders, don't be like this, please get up quickly!"

The leading elder wept and said, "General Chen please stay in Chengji County and don't abandon us again!"

Chen Qing said apologetically, "I am the envoy of the Qinzhou government. Of course I would not abandon the people and flee. I led the army to Ganquan Fort because of the Xixia army's invasion. How could I know that the puppet Qi army suddenly marched westward at this time? I really don't know." We have been wronged by the fact that we have no skills at all.”

"We have absolutely no intention of blaming the general. It's just that the Puppet Qi army is greedy and brutal, no less than the Jin soldiers. Everyone lives like a year. We really don't want Chengji County to fall into their hands again."

In fact, Chen Qing also heard from Liu Scarzi that the puppet Qi army didn't squeeze much from the low-level people, and they also knew that they couldn't squeeze out money. They mainly targeted the big families and kept extorting them. The big families in Chengji County were all complaining.

If you buy food yourself, you will be paid at a high price. Will the Puppet Qi Army give it?In stark contrast, they certainly miss themselves.

Chen Qing got on his horse, waved his hands vigorously, and shouted loudly to the thousands of pairs of eyes looking at him enthusiastically: "Please rest assured, even if the puppet Qi army comes again, I will never give up Chengji County to them. Fight them to the end!"

The people around suddenly burst into cheers
The [-] Song soldiers returned to the army they had been away for a long time full of energy. The puppet Qi army withdrew hastily, and the barracks were in a mess, and their discarded garbage and items could be seen everywhere.

Chen Qing asked Yang Yuanqing to lead two thousand soldiers to clean up the general camp, and asked Zhang Xiao, the counselor, to invite Wang Huai, the judge.

Not long after, Wang Huai hurried over with more than a dozen officials.

Seeing Chen Qing, Wang Huai said with shame on his face, "I'm ashamed of my humble position for my great love for the envoy!"

Chen Qing smiled slightly, "I know you can't help yourself, as long as you try your best to protect the people, even if you do things for the Jinren, it's hypocrisy, it's not your sincerity, of course I don't blame you, not to mention you also protected my [-] Famous men."

"Thank you for your understanding. Thirty food guard soldiers are in my manor. I have already sent someone to notify them."

Chen Qing asked Wang Huai to sit down and asked, "I don't understand the deployment of the puppet Qi army. How much do you know?"

"I've heard from some humble officials that the main force of the puppet Qi army is in Weinan, with [-] troops. The other tens of thousands of troops are broken up and distributed to various states. I heard that there are more troops stationed in Hehuang, with tens of thousands of troops. The main purpose is to prevent the local Tubo nobles from rebelling."

It turned out that the main force of the Puppet Qi Army was at Dasan Pass. Only then did Chen Qing understand why the Puppet Qi Army didn't become fishermen to challenge Ganquan Fort. They still focused their energy on invading Hanzhong.

"How do the people in the city survive now?" Chen Qing asked again, changing the subject.

Wang Huai sighed, "What can I live on, isn't it the beans and melons I planted before, and then went outside the city to look for wild fruits and vegetables, and managed not to starve to death. Not only did the puppet Qi army fail to provide relief to the people, but they also cut them all in advance. The corn we grow, we do everything possible to extort the big households, hundreds of big households are not spared, including my family, all the money and food are extorted, and we can only maintain half of our food every day, let alone other families, so everyone is looking forward to the system bring back."

Chen Qing nodded, "I will arrange for the army to provide porridge later, so that everyone can have noodles and rice porridge for dinner."

Hearing these words, Wang Huai could no longer control his emotions, and wept bitterly while covering his face.

Chen Qing immediately ordered Yang Yuanqing and Hu Yanyun to set up [-] porridge relief stations in Chengji County, and set up tents to cook porridge to help the people. Immediately, the whole city responded, and every family rushed to the street with pots and bowls. There was a long queue in front of them.

The porridge relief lasted for three days, and finally relieved the hunger of the people in Chengji County. The city gradually became lively, the shops reopened, the wine shops were fragrant, the restaurants, teahouses, and brothels were re-decorated, and the streets and alleys were heard again. The joyful laughter of the children.

This morning, Chen Qing summoned senior military and political officials to discuss and organize the people of the county to plant another season of autumn millet and other grains.

"I'm considering mobilizing some grain from other counties in Qinzhou to Chengji County. Ganquanbao and Bashu will also transport grain to ensure the rations of the people in the county before the autumn harvest. But no matter what, we must rush to plant a season of grain. Otherwise, the year will be sad."

At this time, Yan Jun, the head of the soldiers, came in and whispered something to Chen Qing. Chen Qing was startled, why did Liu Zan come here?

He said with a smile to everyone: "Everyone has experience, and I hope to speak up enthusiastically, and strive to sort out a charter today, and we will start implementing it tomorrow. I have something to go out for a while, and I will be right back."

Chen Qing got up and went out, and soon came to the inner hall, only to see Liu Zan came out quickly, handed him a tube of eagle letters, and said with a serious face: "The situation in Hanzhong is critical, all three of you are asking the general for help!"

(End of this chapter)