Fenghou

Chapter 420 Attacked
Chen Qing likes to use the civil servants who surrendered from the puppet Qi State. They are more likely to be loyal to themselves than to the Lin'an court.

The earliest Wang Huai was like this, so was Zhang Xiao, and Jiang Yanxian was also like this, and now there is Wang Tao, who was born as a Jinshi, is an honest official, and is pragmatic and willing to work. How can he let such a talent go?
Wang Tao is about [-] years old. He has been an official in the drought-stricken Deshun Prefecture all the year round, which makes him look a little older and darker than his peers in the mainland.

When he saw Chen Qing, he kept his head down and remained silent, with an unconcealable shame in his expression.

"Wang Shijun has been an official in Deshun Prefecture?" Chen Qingxiao asked.

"Exactly! At first I was a county captain in Shangluo County. One year later, I was promoted to the county magistrate. Four years later, I was promoted to the magistrate of Longgan County. Last year, I was appointed as the governor of Deshun Prefecture. This position has been vacant for several years."

"That is to say, Wang Shijun didn't come from Bianliang to take office?"

"No, it was Li Cheng who directly appointed me as the prefect of Deshun Prefecture, and then filed it with the Ministry of Officials of the State of Qi."

Chen Qing nodded, and asked again: "Have you been to Bianliang to report on your work in the past year?"

Wang Tao still shook his head.

Chen Qing laughed, "Since it was not directly appointed by the puppet Qi, why did Wang Shijun refuse to stay?"

Wang Tao smiled wryly and said, "I am really worried about my parents, wife and children. If they are in Deshun Prefecture, I am willing to serve Jiedushi."

Chen Qing walked a few steps with his hands behind his hands, and gave some instructions to the soldiers, and the soldiers went immediately.

Chen Qing said to Wang Tao: "I will immediately send someone to bring your parents, wife and children to Qinzhou. You go to Qinzhou to help first, and when your family comes back, you will be appointed as the general judge of Qinzhou. In this way, no matter whether Jingzhao or Bianliang They will never know that you have returned to the Song Dynasty, and it will not affect your parents, wife and children."

Wang Tao was moved, and quickly stood up to salute, "Thank you for the kindness of the Jiedu Envoy, I will do my best to serve the Jiedu Envoy!"

At this time, Hu Yanlei walked into the lobby quickly, bowed and saluted, "See Du Tong for humble posts!"

Chen Qing pointed to Wang Tao, "This is the governor of Deshun Prefecture. His parents, wife and children are in Bianliang. You immediately send your capable men to Bianliang to take his parents, wife and children to Chengji County."

"Humble post obeys orders!"

Hu Yanlei is indeed a professional scout, and his questions are also very professional. He asked Wang Tao, "Wang Zhizhou's parents, wife and children live in the official residence in Bianliang?"

"Is there any difference?" Chen Qingxiao asked.

"Reporting to Dutong, if you live in the Bianliang official residence, there will be people watching, and it is not easy to escape. You have to find an excuse to pick him up secretly, such as an outing, and you will be discovered quickly, and you will be wanted along the way."

Wang Tao shook his head quickly, "I am not qualified to live in an official residence. I am from Bianliang. I have an ancestral house and a yard left by my grandfather."

"Then it will be easy to handle. Please Zhizhou come with me. I will find a few capable men, and we will discuss a safe plan together."

Wang Tao looked at Chen Qing, and Chen Qing said with a smile: "Go! Commander Huyan's subordinates are all powerful people, and I always feel at ease when they do things!"

Wang Tao saluted Chen Qing and followed Hu Yanlei down.

Accompanied by He Zongshen, Chen Qing then inspected the defense of Longgan County.

Chen Qing checked some details on the top of the city. He pulled out his dagger and cut a few times between the city bricks, leaving only a little powder.

Chen Qing nodded, "Not bad, when was the city wall built?"

"Reporting to Dutong, the city wall was rebuilt [-] years ago. I still remember that it was overhauled again about eight years ago. It is indeed very strong. Even the commander-in-chief praised the city wall for its strength."

"How did the Xixia people capture the county?" Chen Qing asked again.

He Zongshen showed a look of shame on his face, and sighed: "At that time, the lowly position was a trick. Xiyun Town, twenty miles away from here, was infested with bandits. Someone came to report at night that more than two hundred bandits attacked Xiyun Town. A thousand troops rushed to Xiyun Town to suppress the bandits, but fell into the trick of the Xixia people to divert the tiger away from the mountain. When we arrived at Xiyun Town, the bandits had already escaped. Then we got the news that thousands of Xixia troops occupied Longgan County, and the low-ranking officials had to go south. After retreating to Tongbian, I realized later that the bandits were also disguised by Xixia people."

Chen Qing nodded, "The Xixia people are full of tricks, so be careful."

"Because the ancestral home of the humble job is in Xiyun Town, and there are many members of the He family there. When they heard the news, their heads were blown. The clansmen all moved to Longgan County."

At this moment, a horse came galloping in the distance, it was the cavalry of the Song Army, and the cavalry was quickly brought in front of Chen Qing. He knelt down on one knee and said, "Report to Dutong, General Yang was attacked by the Xixia Army." Ambush, the army suffered heavy casualties!"

At the same moment when he arrived in Longgan County in the morning, Chen Qing also ordered Yang Zaixing to lead a thousand cavalry to go northward to Delong County first.

Chen Qing was taken aback by this news, and quickly asked, "Where was it ambushed?"

"Ten miles outside Longde County!"

Chen Qing was stunned for a moment, isn't this a repeat of the scene in Longxi?It's just that the roles have been reversed.

"How many soldiers were killed or injured, and what is Yang Zaixing's situation?"

"Reporting to Dutong, more than [-] brothers were killed or injured. General Yang's horse was shot to death, but everyone was safe."

Chen Qing immediately said to the commander Li Muqing: "General Li leads two thousand soldiers to cooperate with the state soldiers to guard the city, close the city gate tightly, even if the enemy army is lying under the city for you to slaughter, you are not allowed to leave the city, unless I come Only then can the city gate be opened, and in addition, it is necessary to prevent the enemy from attacking the city from inside and outside at night."

"Humble post obeys orders!"

Chen Qing immediately led [-] cavalry to leave Longgan County, and rushed to Longde County [-] miles away like lightning.

Chen Qing led [-] cavalry for more than [-] li, and it was getting late. This is a cavalry team coming from a distance. It is Yang Zaixing's army that has retreated from defeat. There are only more than [-] cavalry, and there are more than [-] wounded soldiers.

The soldiers led Yang Zaixing to Chen Qing, and Yang Zaixing said with shame on his face: "The humble official didn't learn the lesson from Longxi County, and rushed to the county seat, but was ambushed by the enemy army. The humble official is guilty!"

Chen Qing waved his hand and asked, "How many enemy troops are there?"

Yang Zaixing shook his head, "The other party is ambushing in the woods on the hillside, and I am eager to lead the army to break through, so I didn't see the specific strength of the troops, but judging from the number of arrows shot by the other party, it should not exceed two thousand, otherwise our casualties would not be high. More than three hundred people."

Chen Qing was a little strange. The scouts had checked Longde County before and there were no soldiers from the Xixia Army, so where did this army come from? Why are there so few troops?
"Dutong is probably here to occupy Longde County, so there are not many troops."

Chen Qing shook his head, "Everything must be considered for the worst. It is better to make a wrong judgment than to be negligent."

"Du Tong means that the other party has other plans? Could it be that the target of the other party is Du Tong's army?"

Chen Qing pondered for a moment and said: "The other party may have gone to attack Longgan County and transferred me out, but if I rush back to kill them, maybe they will ambush near Longgan County again, and repeat the same trick."

Yang Zaixing was stunned for a while, he just thought of the other party's plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain, and also thought that the other party's real intention was to sneak attack Longgan County, but he ignored the possibility of the other party's ambush near Longgan County, which is really too careless up.

"Dutong, what should we do?"

"Return to Longgan County first!"

Chen Qing decided to withdraw to Longgan County, and sent Zhao Xiaoyi and his men to investigate the ambush near Longgan County.

At night, dark shadows appeared near the west gate of Longgan County. They gathered from all over the county to an inn closest to the west gate.

Like Longxi County, Xixia also sent a large number of spies to sneak into Longgan County, and lived in Longgan County for nearly a year in various identities, including businessmen, buddies, pawns, porters and so on.

Their mission is to cooperate internally and externally at the critical moment to take Longgan County again.

This is a common strategy used by the Song army, but the Xixia army also likes to use this tactic very much. It has been tried and tested in offensive and defensive battles with the Song army and the Liao army.

But Chen Qing was already prepared. He brought Hu Yanlei and his [-] scout battalion soldiers with him, just to eliminate the Xixia spies in Longgan County.

It stands to reason that this should be a matter of the internal affairs battalion, but the main task of Commander Wang Hao is to prevent the enemy forces from destroying Chengji County, and the task of eliminating Xixia spies in Longgan County falls on Hu Yanlei's shoulders.

At this time, Hu Yanlei rushed to the barracks, walked into the big tent, clasped his fists to Li Muqing and said, "General Li, the Ping'an Inn near the west gate found a large number of suspicious people gathering, please send troops immediately!"

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[I have something to do at home today, please take a break at noon and update normally in the afternoon, sorry everyone! 】

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