Fenghou

Chapter 3 Exclusion
"Thanks to Chen Yuhou this time, otherwise there will be big trouble!"

Li Jiang was really worried, if the other party's spies appeared outside the main force hiding in Gu Wuli, would they have already discovered them?
"I'm just helping a little bit. Even without me, I believe General Li will still find them."

Li Jiang smiled wryly and said, "To tell you the truth, our scout battalion has been wiped out. I was sent by the general to form a temporary scout battalion. I was an infantry commander before and had never had contact with scouts, including fifty of my men. It was also selected from the cavalry, everyone has no experience, and they didn't notice the frightened bird at all."

"Which army are you from?"

Only then did Chen Qing remember that eight Song armies participated in the Fuping War.

"Does Chen Yuhou know this?"

Li Jiang parted his hair, and Chen Qing clearly saw the words on his forehead, "serve the country with all my heart, and swear to kill the gold thief".

Chen Qing's eyes froze, this is the famous character army in history!
Even Yue Fei came from this army.

Li Jiang's heart has already been moved to love talents. This Chen Yuhou is both wise and brave, and has experience. He is the general they need most in the scout battalion!
Li Jiang thought for a while and said, "Chen Yuhou is a member of the Huanqing Army!"

Chen Qing nodded. In fact, he didn't know which army he should belong to. Since he won the bronze medal of this Yuhou, he could only admit it.

"Let me give you a suggestion. When you arrive at the barracks, you'd better not mention that you are a member of the Huanqing Army."

"why?"

"This defeat was caused by the Huanqing Army. Everyone hates you!"

Chen Qing was stunned, he had a bad feeling in his heart.

.........

Wang Yan's army was hiding in a valley fifty miles away. This time Fuping suffered a disastrous defeat, and his eight-character army also suffered heavy losses. Only [-] of the [-] troops remained, more than half of which was lost.

Chen Qing waited for a while outside a small marching tent. When the curtain was lifted, a general walked out. He was wearing a black hammer armor, a phoenix-winged hood on his head, and a battle sword on his waist. He was about thirty-seven or eighteen years old. Aged, with a long face, heroic appearance and sharp eyes.

"Which of you is Chen Yuhou?"

Chen Qing didn't know how to salute. Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced and saw several generals knelt on one knee and clasped their fists.

He also learned and behaved, knelt down on one knee and cupped his fists and said, "Chen Qing, a low-ranking officer!"

"I am Wang Yan, the governor of the capital. I heard that you not only killed nine Jurchen sentry cavalry, but also found Jurchen spies near us and captured them!"

"It's not due to the humble officer alone. If General Li hadn't sent the humble officer to intercept them in time, they would have run away."

Wang Yan nodded approvingly, and asked again: "Where are you from? How many years have you been in the army?"

"Report to Commander-in-Chief, a native of Taiyuan, who served in the army for three years."

After a pause, Wang Yan asked another irrelevant question, "Are you literate?"

Chen Qing was confused, clasped his fists and said: "The humble job is Marquis Yu, of course he can read and write!"

Wang Yan glanced at him meaningfully and said: "Opportunities are reserved for those with courage. If you approve of the Eight Character Army, then stay!"

Chen Qing heaved a sigh of relief in his heart, if Wang Yan continued to ask, he would reveal his secrets.

...........
The rain finally stopped and the sky was overcast.

Wang Yan looked at the sky, his eyes full of anxiety. Although they caught the Jurchen spies, two spies left before, and the other party had already found their tracks.

"Marshal, we must leave tonight." Lieutenant General Fu Xuan whispered from the side.

Wang Yan hesitated, he also knew that tonight was the last chance, but they were not ready yet.

"The coach still wants to be elected by public?" Fu Xuan understood the coach's thoughts very well.

Wang Yan nodded, and simply said frankly: "Directly appointing Fu Moshan will make others unconvinced, let's choose according to the rules!"

Their scout battalion was completely destroyed and needed to be reorganized. Li Jiang was the commander of the scout battalion, but they still needed a scout leader.

Fu Xuan, the deputy general, recommended his nephew Fu Moshan.

But Wang Yan knew Fu Moshan very well. He was illiterate and reckless, so he could be a hero who charged into battle, but he was not suitable to be a scout.

Li Jiang, the commander of the scout battalion, also strongly opposed the appointment of Fu Moshan.

Fu Xuan saw that the coach refused to let go, so he had no choice but to say: "Of course the public election is the best, and the humble job is afraid that time will be too late!"

"There are only four candidates in total, and it's just a few contests. It's too late!"

Fu Xuan was taken aback, "Aren't there only three candidates?"

Wang Yan smiled and said: "Just now, Li Jiang recommended Chen Qing, Marquis Yu of the Huanqing Army who came back with him, as the head of the scout capital."

"what!"

Fu Xuan's face changed, and Li Jiang actually recommended a Huanqing Army's Marquis Yu to compete for the head of the scouts. Is he crazy?

Fu Xuan said coldly: "The rule of the Eight-character Army is that the direct descendants take priority. Does the commander-in-chief think it is appropriate to let a defeated general of the Huanqing Army participate in the competition?"

Wang Yan knew very well that Chen Qingneng led four old and weak remnants not only to escape from the pursuit of the Jurchen sentry cavalry, but also to kill nine of them. He also performed well on the way home.

From Chen Qing's calm eyes, Wang Yan saw the potential that an excellent general should have.

Wang Yan glanced at Fu Xuan, and said calmly: "Now is an extraordinary period, and it is not impossible to make an exception for promotion."

Fu Xuan wanted to object again, but Wang Yan waved his hand, "We don't have time, let's call all commanders to discuss!"

.........

Chen Qing's dinner was still dry biscuits, but served with a bowl of hot soup.

He is currently still Marquis Yu, Marquis Yu is a military official, his rank is equal to that of a sergeant, and he does not command a soldier. He is equivalent to a professional non-commissioned officer below the platoon leader.

But even such a small non-commissioned officer is still pretending to be a corps leader in his previous real identity.

But to be able to crawl out from the pile of dead people and survive the pursuit of the Jurchen cavalry, he is already very grateful for God's grace.

Liu Wu and Zhao Xiaoyi are still his subordinates. Liu Wu is from Linyou County, Fengxiang Prefecture, and a veteran who has been in the army for more than ten years, so he can survive.

Zhao Xiaoyi was only seventeen years old and had just joined the army for half a year. He was Liu Wu's nephew. He was very clever and thin like a monkey. He followed Liu Wu closely and survived.

Following Liu Wu's example, Chen Qing broke the cake into pieces, soaked it in hot soup, and sprinkled some salt.

Everyone else sat together one by one, but the three of them sat alone on the edge of the cliff, no one paid attention to them.

Seeing that there was no one around, Liu Wu lowered his voice and said to Chen Qing: "Xiaoyi has heard some news, Xiaoyi, tell Yuhou!"

"What did you hear?" Chen Qing looked at Zhao Xiaoyi in doubt.

"I lost my purse, so I went to look for it in the small tent. The soldiers didn't let me get close, but I heard people arguing loudly inside the small tent."

"What are you arguing about?"

"The Li Jiang who brought us back said, 'He is qualified to run for the election, he was brave and resourceful, and he killed nine Jurchen sentry cavalry'. Immediately, someone next to him yelled, saying that he has no words on his face and is not qualified, and someone else Swearing, those who scolded the Huanqing Army are dogs and can only do bad things!"

Chen Qing thought to himself, is this arguing about himself?
"and then?"

"Then it seemed that the coach said, 'According to the rules!' Several people in the tent rushed away angrily, and I was so scared that I ran back quickly."

"When did this happen?"

"Just now...Yuhou, they are here!" Zhao Xiaoyi's expression changed with fright.

As soon as Chen Qing turned his head, he saw five or six generals wearing mountain armor walking towards this side quickly. The leading general was a sturdy man, at least [-] meters tall, who looked like a black bear, with a swollen face. Now, there is a fierce look in his eyes.

Several generals walked up to Chen Qing, and the burly man at the head put his arms around his arms and raised his chin, "So, you are the Huanqing dog who claimed to have killed nine golden soldiers?"

Chen Qing ignored him, and he used two small wooden sticks to push the cake floating on the soup to the bottom of the bowl.

"I'm asking you something!" The burly man stared at him with a fierce look on his face.

Liu Wu quickly stood up, nodded and bowed with a smile, and said, "General, it was just a fluke that we killed the golden soldiers."

"Go away, I didn't ask you!"

The burly man pushed Liu Wu back, and then said coldly to Chen Qing: "I will ask you one last thing, you should stand up and answer obediently, and if you dare to play tricks, I will kick your eggs to pieces."

Chen Qing still ignored him, tore up the last piece of cake and put it in the soup.

Furious, the burly man stepped forward and kicked Chen Qing's bowl away, spilling the soup cakes in the bowl all over the floor.

Chen Qing hurriedly stood up, clenched his fists, and glared at the burly man in front of him.

The burly man stretched out his big fist, shook it in front of Chen Qing's eyes, and said with a hostile expression: "Huanqing dogs are not worthy of eating our food, but only Lao Tzu's fist."

After finishing speaking, he punched Chen Qing hard in the face.

Chen Qing turned sideways, dodged the fierce punch, and quickly stepped back a few steps, getting out of the blow range of the burly man.

Chen Qing said coldly: "I don't know you, and I don't care about eating your rations. It was your general who asked me to stay. If you don't welcome me, I will bid farewell to General Wang!"

The burly man turned his head and smiled at his companions: "Did you hear me, Huanqing Dog wants to sue me!"

A short general urged: "Mozi, what's wrong with him, just beat his shit out and throw it out."

Another older general persuaded: "Old Fu, just weigh it a little bit, don't go too far, lest someone say that our Eight Character Army is narrow-minded and can't tolerate outsiders."

"Afraid of a fart! The Huanqing dog caused us to lose the battle, and we still have to take care of their emotions?"

Having said that, the burly man was still worried about being punished by the coach, so he pointed his thumb at his face, "Huanqing dog, listen, my name is Fu Moshan, the head of the cavalry of the third battalion of the first army, an authentic direct descendant of the eight-character army." , I am going to compete for the head of the scout battalion. I heard that your ring dog also wants to compete. go."

The other party took a mouthful of Huanqing dogs, and Chen Qing's heart ignited with anger.

But since it happened for a reason, he didn't want to care about it, so he restrained the anger in his heart, shook his head and said, "I'm not interested in any of yours, and I don't want to fight with you, please go!"

Fu Moshan was instructed by his uncle to test Chen Qing's details.

How could he give up the temptation just because the other party said a few soft words.

"It's pretty good at pretending. I've already sent you a challenge, and all the witnesses have been invited. Huanqing dog, you want to play me, don't you?"

"I'll say it again..."

Fu Moshan didn't give him another chance, he stepped forward and kicked Chen Qing hard in the crotch.

(End of this chapter)