Fenghou

Chapter 447 Recruits
In the morning of the next day, Chen Qing inspected the training of recruits in the military camp outside the west city. The military camp was the temporary camp where the family members of Fort Ganquan used to live.

The newly recruited [-] troops were recruited from various states, which brought the strength of the Xihe Army to [-], but these troops were still far from enough.

It takes [-] people to guard Qinzhou, at least [-] people to defend Deshun Prefecture, Gongzhou, Lintao Prefecture and Hezhou, and [-] people to guard the [-] Xixia prisoners of war in the iron mines. He can actually fight There are only [-] people in the army.

I don't know how many people Zheng Ping can bring back to Bashu this time?

At this time, Chen Qing really hoped that the puppet Qi army would come to attack him. Only the prisoners of the puppet Qi army could be converted into his own army, and the rest of the Xixia people, Jurchens, and Donghu people could not be used at all.

Under the leadership of Niu Gao, the recruits ran out of the barracks in a mighty force for fifty-mile long-distance running training.

At this time, Wang Hao found Chen Qing in a hurry, bowed and said: "Yang Qi found a humble job early this morning, and said that someone came to ask him to copy books at a high price last night, [-] times higher than the market price, fifty pennies for copying ten volumes." Diamond Sutra."

Chen Qing smiled, "And then!"

"Then the other party left twenty-five pennies as a deposit. Yang Qi was very conflicted. He really needed money urgently for his sister's dowry, but he also knew that the money was used to bribe him, so he didn't know what to do!"

Chen Qing said lightly: "I just want to make two suggestions. First, the upper limit is one hundred guan. If the other party bribes him, he can get up to one hundred guan. It is my reward for him. To hand in."

Wang Hao immediately breathed a sigh of relief, this is the best, and it will solve Yang Qi's big problem.

Chen Qing continued to speak slowly: "Second, you can't meet him directly, because it's easy to be discovered by the other party. You arrange someone to go to the Jiedu Mansion to organize documents, and this person will be responsible for contacting Yang Qi. You will be able to scare the enemy, you are specialized in this line of work, you should know better than me."

"Beizhi understands Dutong's worries. In fact, I am looking for Yang Qi today. I am afraid that he will come to the internal affairs camp foolishly. I feel that someone must be spying on him now."

"Just do what I say, and don't underestimate the Xixia spies."

"The humble job will arrange for people to work in the Jiedu Mansion today."

Chen Qing nodded and said: "Be patient, the other party will definitely test Yang Qi repeatedly, and tell Yang Qi to keep his true colors, don't pretend, or he will be seen through."

"Humble job will definitely arrange carefully!"

Wang Hao saluted and left in a hurry.

More than half a month passed, Qinzhou finally entered winter, this morning, there was a lot of light snow in the sky, today is a holiday, it is rare for Chen Qing to have time to spend time with his wife at home.

In about a month, Lu Xiu will give birth. Her body is heavier and more lazy. She is half lying on a soft couch with her body covered very thickly, admiring the snowflakes in the courtyard.

"Husband, they said that the snowstorm in Chengji County for several days and nights last year almost buried the entire county town, will it still be like this this year?"

Chen Qing smiled slightly: "It's a bit exaggerated. Last year it snowed a little bit more, but it didn't bury the county town. It is estimated that the people who said this are in low-lying places, so the snow accumulation is serious."

"Husband has no plan to return to Lin'an to report on his work?"

"Not yet, and probably won't go back next year."

Lu Xiu saw that her husband was absent-minded, so she smiled and said, "If husband has something to do, go and do it! I will ask Qiao Yun to accompany me, she is also a guy who doesn't like to go out."

Chen Qing said with a smile: "Actually, there is nothing to do today, just habitual cranky thinking."

As soon as he finished speaking, a maid reported at the door: "My lord, Jiang Zhizhou is here, saying something urgent!"

"I see!"

Chen Qing helplessly spread his hands to his wife, Lu Xiu chuckled and pushed her husband, "Go! When will you be free?"

Chen Qing walked quickly to the living room, Jiang Yanxian stood up and said: "Excuse me, the Jiedu envoy is resting!"

"What's important?" Chen Qing asked directly.

"Just received the news that the second batch of food from Lintao Mansion will arrive soon, and General Zheng will also arrive today."

Chen Qing was still worried that the river would freeze and the food would be frozen in the river. He hurriedly asked, "How much food is there?"

"This time I sent [-] stones!"

Chen Qing was overjoyed. With the arrival of this batch of food, he didn't have to worry about the food problem at all.

At this time, a soldier rushed to the hall to report, "General Zheng's team is already ten miles south of the county seat."

Chen Qing immediately got up and said to Jiang Yanxian: "I'll go pick up Old Zheng. I'll leave the food to Mr. Jiang. You can go to Yang Yuanqing and ask him to send troops to help carry it."

"I understand, I'm going to find General Yang!"

Jiang Yanxian and Chen Qing parted ways. Chen Qing led a troop of cavalry to leave the city and head south quickly. After only five li, they met Zheng Ping's army head-on. He led [-] recruits to the north.

Zheng Ping hurriedly urged him to come forward and salute, "The humble Zheng Ping sees Du Tong!"

"General Zheng, you have worked hard this time."

Chen Qing smiled and stepped forward to look at the soldiers. He felt that the recruits were tall and strong, and their appearance was well-defined. They looked like soldiers from Sichuan and Shaanxi, not soldiers from Bashu.

Chen Qing smiled and said, "Are they all from Shu?"

Zheng Ping shook his head, "They are all people from Shanxi Road and Xihe Road who fled to Bashu, and they signed up enthusiastically. The [-] people I selected used to be from the Western Army, and their quality is quite good. With a little training, they can go into battle and kill the enemy."

Speaking of this, Zheng Ping took out a letter and handed it to Chen Qing, "This is Wu Jie's personal letter to Dutong. He repeatedly asked me to hand it into your hands."

Chen Qing took the letter and put it in his arms, and asked with a smile: "But you said in the eagle letter last time that you recruited [-] troops, why are you shrinking to [-] now?"

Zheng Ping hurriedly said: "It's [-] people. This is the first batch of troops to go north. There are still many soldiers who have to resettle their homes before going north. It may be a month late. At that time, they will go north with the people recruited by Zhou Kuan."

"How many people were recruited?"

"This time there are about [-] households. The main reason is that everyone is worried about safety. Many families are unwilling to go north and would rather be tenant farmers in Bashu. Both Zhou Kuan and I believe that as long as the safety of Xihe Road can be guaranteed and the development will be good, More and more people will go north.”

Chen Qing nodded, "Take the recruits to the recruit camp in the west to resettle them. There are enough tents over there. Take a good rest for two days and start training the day after tomorrow!"

At the same moment when the Bashu recruits entered the barracks, the Weihe wharf became lively, and the second batch of [-] shi of grain was delivered, this time using super large leather rafts of the Qianshi class, a total of [-] ships.

Pulled by camels on the shore, the mighty fleet of giant leather rafts was pulled to Chengji County. These giant leather rafts were also seized in Baochuan County, Huizhou, and have never had a chance to be used.

This transportation is also the last voyage before the Wei River freezes, and the next transportation will not be until the beginning of spring in February next year.

On the pier, sacks of wheat piled up like a mountain, each bag weighed [-] jin, exactly one stone, the soldiers kept unloading the grain sacks from the rafts, and [-] carts transported the grain back to the city go.

The general who escorted the food this time was Hu Yantong, the military envoy of Gongzhou. Since Hu Yantong was reassigned from the Privy Council and followed Chen Qing, he has been relatively low-key.

This is also related to his army's lack of success. Most of the soldiers in his army are from Lin'an, and many of them came to Qinzhou in the northwest with the idea of ​​making a fortune.

So the first deserter in the army appeared in his army. Although he strengthened the cohesion of the soldiers through intensive training, but this time he moved from Ganquan Fort to Qinzhou, and more than two hundred people in his army proposed to retire and return. The township has reached [-]% of the army.

Chen Qing approved the soldier's discharge from the army, but Hu Yantong couldn't hold back his face. He applied for demotion, but was reprimanded by Chen Qing. Only then did Tong gradually come out of depression.

When Chen Qing came to the pier, Hu Yantong hurriedly stepped forward to salute, "See Du Tong for humble posts!"

"General Huyan has worked hard!"

Chen Qing smiled slightly and said, "I've been worried that there will be ice on the way and the food will be trapped in the Weishui."

"This time it is really risky, especially when it will freeze at night, so we dare not stop and keep walking. Fortunately, the ice layer is very thin, and it will crack when it hits. It was barely transported to Chengji County. I guess we will leave later. In a few days, it will really freeze in the river."

Chen Qing nodded and asked again: "How is the situation in Gongzhou?"

"Xiaozhi came here this time because he has an extremely important piece of information to report to Dutong."

(End of this chapter)