Fenghou

Chapter 474 Official Documents
Seven days later, the ice floes on the surface of the Yellow River became smaller and smaller. Although they hadn't completely disappeared, they were ready for sailing.

Chen Qing requisitioned all fifty nearby large ferries to carry troops across the Yellow River, and each ferry was loaded with soldiers, horses, and supplies to the opposite bank.

Before that, Chen Qing sent three soldiers with good water skills to venture across the Yellow River to investigate the situation of the Xixia army on the other side, and found that all the [-] Xixia troops had withdrawn, leaving only an empty camp.

But the other party was the experienced Shang Dongyan who was good at conspiracies. Chen Qing didn't dare to be careless, so he ordered a team of scouts to swim across the Yellow River, and divided them into two teams to investigate within a hundred miles. They still didn't find any trace of the army. Only then did Chen Qing become sure that the other party had completely evacuated.

It's just that Chen Qing couldn't figure out why the other party withdrew their troops. Logically speaking, the other party shouldn't know the news that the Agan County army was wiped out.

Unable to think of the reason, Chen Qing stopped thinking about it and ordered the whole army to cross the river.

It took three days and three nights for the army to cross the river, and it took [-] troops, [-] camels and a large amount of food and grass materials to be transported across the Yellow River.

On the north bank of the Yellow River, the Song Army used the large camp left by the Xixia Army to set up thousands of large tents. Chen Qing ordered the entire army to rest for a day before continuing to march eastward.

On the official road about eighty miles northeast of Daying, a few Xixia cavalry were urging their horses to gallop. They were not going to the Yellow River, but they were going to Liangzhou from the fork in front.

All around them was the desolate Gobi Desert, where piles of rocks were scattered.

At this moment, dozens of crossbow arrows shot out from a pile of rocks dozens of steps away from the roadside. Several Xixia cavalrymen were unable to dodge, and fell off their horses one after another. The horses were also shot by the arrows and fell to the side of the road.

Dozens of Song Army scout cavalry rushed out from behind the chaotic rocks, and the leading general was Tang Qian, who had just been promoted to scout commander.

Tang Qian and his men were the first batch to cross the Yellow River. According to Chen Qing's deployment, they immediately split up and went to guard in all directions to prevent the Xixia army from attacking halfway across. hundreds of miles away.

When they were about to go back, they encountered these scout cavalry. Tang Qian immediately ordered to intercept the Xixia cavalry with bows and arrows.

Four of the five Xixia cavalrymen were shot dead, leaving one alive, but he was also injured. His leg was broken, and he lay on the ground moaning in pain.

Tang Qian stepped forward to check the situation of the Xixia cavalry. The Xixia cavalry saw that they were scouts from the Song army. Before Tang Qian could approach, the Xixia cavalry had a fierce look in their eyes.

Tang Qian couldn't stop him in time, and watched the other party die, he was so angry that he kicked twice, "This bastard can do it well!"

He ordered: "Search carefully and see what is there?"

Everyone quickly found a volume of Xixia official documents, and a subordinate who knew a little about Xixia script said: "It seems to be the official documents of the Xixia Privy Council, and there is an urgent seal on it."

Apart from this volume of official documents, there were no other clues. They dug a deep pit and buried the bodies of five Xixia cavalrymen. As for their horses, they didn't need to worry about them. Naturally, wolves from the Gobi Desert would come to enjoy them.

Everyone got on their horses and sped up their horses and drove towards the military camp in the southwest direction.

In the middle of the night, Chen Qing was woken up by his own soldiers, "Du Tong, the scouts will report Tang Qian's important situation."

"Bring him in!"

After a while, Tang Qian walked quickly into the big tent, knelt down on one knee and saluted, "See Dutong for humble posts!"

"General Tang please, what information do you have?"

Tang Qian reported to Chen Qing how they met a team of Xixia cavalrymen delivering letters, and finally took out the official document and presented it.

Chen Qing heard that it was the official document of the Privy Council of Xixia, and immediately sent someone to find the translator. This time, Chen Qing brought a dozen civil officials from the Jiedu Mansion, and two of them were translators who were proficient in Xixia.

After a while, an officer rushed over. This person was Liu Tao, about [-] years old, from Gyeongju. He had studied Xixia at the Gyeongju State Academy. There are about forty students, and what they have learned is basically not used in the army, but has been hired away by many big businessmen.

Last year, the Jiedu Mansion recruited translators who are proficient in Xixia. A total of three people applied for the job successfully, and Liu Tao was one of the best.

"Please give orders from the Jiedu envoy!" Liu Tao entered the tent and saluted.

Chen Qing handed him the official document, "Look at what's on it!"

Liu Tao read the content of the official document, and said to Chen Qing: "Please give me a quarter of an hour, and I will translate it sentence by sentence with my pen."

Chen Qing smiled and said, "What do you mean by telling me?"

"This is an emergency troop dispatch order, ordering [-] troops from Liangzhou to join Xingqing Mansion immediately. It seems that Xiazhou has rebelled."

Chen Qing suddenly understood that Xiazhou's rebellion was Xiao Heda's rebellion, wasn't it?

A series of doubts were immediately resolved. Shang Dongyan's withdrawal had nothing to do with the battle situation in Longxi County. It was Xiao Heda's rebellion, and Li Qianshun urgently mobilized all troops to deal with it.

This information came too timely, otherwise Chen Qing would not have dared to go west.

Chen Qing walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, and happily said to Tang Qian: "You and your subordinates will make a great contribution once, and each will be rewarded with ten taels of silver!"

Tang Qian was overjoyed and knelt down on one knee again to salute, "Thank you Dutong for your kindness!"

At dawn, the [-] troops marched towards Huangzhou in mighty force.

Huangzhou County is the Shanshan County where the Longyou Jiedu Mansion was located in the Tang Dynasty. Because Huangzhou City is located in the core of the famous Hehuang Valley and is rich in grain, it has been a place where a large population gathers since ancient times.

There are currently more than [-] households in Huangzhou, with a population of nearly [-]. Half of them are people who fled from various places along Shaanxi Road to escape the war.

Huangzhou is currently managed by the puppet state of Qi. Ren Dejing was appreciated by the puppet state of Qi and was appointed as the governor of Hehuang. An army of [-] people firmly controls Huangzhou, Xi'an Prefecture and Kuozhou, and the Xixia people dare not attack him easily.

To a certain extent, Ren Dejing is the local emperor of the Three States of Hehuang, and they will not pay any attention to any orders from the puppet Qi State. In the Three States of Hehuang, he is the sky.

Ren Dejing has a half-brother, Ren Zhongqun, and two other younger brothers. At the same time, he also has two sons and three nephews. His family is prosperous, so he is naturally capable of controlling the army and government affairs. .

Ren Dejing was about forty years old. He was tall and handsome, but he was very sinister, despicable, and shameless. Back then, he knelt on the ground, pointed a dagger at his chest, and swore to Liu Ziyu, the governor of Xihe Road, that as long as Jin As soon as the soldiers stepped into the city of Huangzhou, he died for the country.

But just as Liu Ziyu led his army to Guanzhong, he sent his brothers to Guanzhong and secretly surrendered to the Kingdom of Jin.

But Ren Dejing was not ashamed, but praised himself as a hero who knows current affairs.

He has been watching the battle between Xixia and Chen Qing for Xihe Road. In addition to arranging for his brother Ren Zhongqun to transport [-] catties of rough silver back to Huangzhou, he also took advantage of the opportunity of Chen Qing's army to withdraw from Hezhou and sent troops to occupy the city. Hezhou expanded the control area to four states, and his elder brother Ren Zhongqun led the army to occupy the Guichuan Silver Mine at the same time.

Since the Yellow River could not be crossed, he did not know the situation of the battle between the Xixia Army and the Song Army for the time being, which made him very anxious. He was very worried that the Xixia Army would fail. If the Song Army defeated the Xixia Army, then Chen Qing would definitely attack Huangzhou or Hebei in the next step. State.

For several days, Ren Dejing spent restless time, waiting for news from Lanzhou.

(End of this chapter)