Fenghou

Chapter 61 Relief
Zhao Gou found a report from the closet beside him, and smiled at everyone: "This is the result of the martial arts entrance examination, and Chen Qing ranked first. I also said at the time that this name looks familiar. "

Zhang Jun hurriedly laughed and said, "Your Majesty, since he can kill Wanyan Loushi, who is known as the number one general in the Kingdom of Jin, his martial arts can certainly rank first in martial arts."

"Not bad! It seems that he deserves his name. Where is he now? I want to meet this brave general."

Li Hui, who knew the privy affairs, smiled and said: "Your Majesty, I just remembered that this Chen Qing has unveiled the first list, and he should lead the army to Muzhou to wipe out the tyrant Zhang Kui."

One after another, not only the emperor Zhao Gou was more interested in Chen Qing, but also several ministers wanted to meet this legendary hero of the Western Army.

Muzhou is the area of ​​Chun'an County in western Zhejiang, today's Qiandao Lake area. Of course, there was no Qiandao Lake in the Song Dynasty, and the prefecture of Muzhou is Chun'an County.

Chen Qing led the army to march for two days. At noon, they were still about ten miles away from Chun'an County. Chen Qing ordered the soldiers to rest where they were, and asked Zhao Xiaoyi to take a team of scouts to check the situation.

Since Han Shizhong told himself that He Zhizhou asked for help from the court, it is likely that Zhang Kui went down the mountain, so he can't be careless.

In the pine forest, the soldiers were so exhausted that they collapsed to the ground, and many of them were snoring loudly. In fact, they had been given rest on the road, and even slept through the night last night, but the soldiers were still exhausted, and they were too tired to walk.

Chen Qing shook his head secretly, this army was seriously under-trained, and its physical strength was too weak. With this state, it would undoubtedly lose when fighting against the enemy.

To forge iron, you have to be hard on your own. If you want to wipe out bandits, you must first have an army capable of fighting.

Not long after, Zhao Xiaoyi rushed back with his men and shouted: "The bandits are attacking the county seat, and there are about four or five thousand people!"

The faces of a group of soldiers next to them turned pale. There were four or five thousand soldiers on the other side, and they were only two thousand. How could they fight?
Chen Qing didn't hesitate, he had a plan for this situation, Chen Qing immediately said to Hu Yantong and Liu Qiongling: "Implement according to the previously scheduled plan!"

"Follow the order!"

Hu Yantong and Liu Qiong yelled to the soldiers: "Get up and cut branches with me!"

Soon, the soldiers cut down countless pine branches. Chen Qing asked the coachmen to untie the mules, tie several pine branches to each mule, and ordered [-] coachmen to put on cloth armor, hold spears, and ride on the mules to pretend to be cavalry.

At the same time, Chen Qing asked each of the [-] soldiers to hold two large flags. On the flag was a big "Han" character, inlaid with gold borders around it, and on the other side were the big characters "Dou Tong Zhi".

This is a commander-in-chief flag that Chen Qing specifically asked Han Shizhong for, and it was also to implement his strategy of suspicious soldiers. He had thought of this strategy a long time ago, so he asked the Privy Council for two thousand flags.

"Let's blow the horn together!"

Chen Qing made a gesture to the fifty soldiers, "Listen to my command, one, two, three, blow!"

Fifty soldiers blew their horns together, "Woo-oo-"

The sound of the trumpet was deep and distant, and could be clearly heard from the county town.

"set off!"

Two thousand troops set off, with their banners unfurled, two thousand big flags fluttering with the wind, forming a cloud of flags, followed by three hundred mules, sweeping the ground with pine branches and flying dust, forming a spectacular scene of billowing yellow dust.

Huge war drums beating 'Boom!Boom!Boom! 'It was knocked loudly.

Looking from a distance, there are no two thousand people here, but it is clearly the scale of ten thousand people.

Zhang Kui, who was attacking the county seat, suddenly heard the sound of a horn. It was the arrival of an army. He was taken aback and ordered his men to go inquire about the situation.

Not long after, the spies flew to report, "Commander, a group of officers and soldiers was found in the northeast, about ten thousand people, and they were coming towards the county town, about seven or eight miles away."

"Have you seen where the army is?"

"It seems to be Han Shizhong's army, and I saw his handsome flag!"

"Are you sure it's his handsome flag?"

"Sure!"

Zhang Kui really didn't want to retreat, the county was about to be captured, at this critical moment, reinforcements arrived again, it was actually Han Shizhong.

You must know that his boss Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan were killed by Han Shizhong. He hated Han Shizhong to the core, but he was also afraid of him from the bottom of his heart.

"Pass my order, the army is in formation, ready to fight!"

The four thousand rebels gave up attacking the county seat and began to gather quickly. Zhang Kui was extremely suspicious. He wanted to see with his own eyes whether it was Han Shizhong or not.

At this time, Chen Qing's leader had already killed six miles away, and he could see the county town and the assembled army from a distance.

Zhao Xiaoyi rushed over and shouted: "Report to the commander, the enemy army has formed an formation and is ready to fight us!"

Several of them were trembling with fright, and whispered to Chen Qing: "Commander, the enemy must have seen through our disguise, why don't you stop!"

Chen Qing ordered coldly: "Don't stop, the mule and the coachman switch to the front, speed up for me!"

The soldiers' faces were pale with fright, and each of them was thinking about how to escape during the battle?

Not long after, the officers and soldiers had already killed five miles away, and there were cavalry in front, holding spears, billowing yellow dust behind them, and overwhelming battle flags behind them, with an astonishing momentum.

Zhang Kui saw the banner clearly, and it turned out to be Han Shizhong's own handsome banner, and he was in the team.

The bandits were also taken aback by the opponent's momentum, and they all shouted: "Marshal, retreat quickly! We can't outrun the cavalry."

"withdraw!"

When Zhang Kui gave an order, the four thousand rebels were already frightened and ran wildly towards the direction of Qianligang in the south. After a while, they gradually ran away.

The thousand city and country guards at the head of the city suddenly cheered.

The two thousand soldiers had already run three miles away, and finally stopped. Everyone was so frightened that their legs trembled, and their calves were cramped from exhaustion, and they couldn't run anymore.

The faces of the three hundred coachmen turned pale with fright, their spears could not be held firmly, and their whole bodies were shaking like chaff. Fortunately, the dust swept up by the branches covered the mule and the coachman, and the other party could not see clearly.

If Zhang Kui later learned that the so-called cavalry actually rode mules, he would be so angry that he would spit out his old blood.

Hu Yantong laughed loudly and gave a thumbs up, "The commander's move is really clever. Hundreds of mules actually scared away four thousand thugs."

Chen Qing said with a smile: "The key to this tactic is not to show weakness at all. Now that the chips have been bet on it, we can simply stud boldly. In the end, whoever can't hold on will lose."

"Not bad! Not bad! No wonder our Han Shuai praised you for your courage, but what is Stud?"

Chen Qing said indifferently: "Stud is to bet on all the family property, including his wife and children. To put it in a more elegant way, it is to fight with one's back, put one's life on the line and survive!"

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The city of Chun'an County was once rebuilt by Fang La, and the city walls were very tall and strong. Zhizhou He Jian mobilized a thousand soldiers from the township and the whole city people to defend the city, so that the city could not be lost.

He Jian accompanied Chen Qing to inspect the city wall, and said as they walked: "Zhang Kui is very cruel. Many people don't want to rebel against him, so he wiped out his whole family. He wiped out hundreds of households in Muzhou. As for those with a little property The rich households were also robbed cleanly by him, and the women were also robbed to the mountains to serve as the wives of the village. They had to be redeemed with money, and if they could not be redeemed, they would be sold to brothels in other places after they had spoiled enough."

Chen Qing nodded, "It is also because of his unscrupulous plundering and killing that his subordinates are willing to work for him."

"It's true. His subordinates are very tough. When attacking the city, none of them are afraid of death. Fortunately, they don't have many ladders to attack the city. If they were fully prepared and fully blossomed, the county would have fallen long ago."

Speaking of this, He Jian said to Chen Qing worriedly: "With all due respect, your troops are too small and your training seems insufficient. I'm afraid you really are not Zhang Kui's opponent!"

He Jian said it very politely. When the two thousand soldiers entered the city, they were all exhausted like dogs. They couldn't walk. They supported each other, stuck out their tongues, dragged their legs, took off their armor and threw them on the ground Dragging away, there is no trace of military appearance, it looks like the kind of soldier bastard who is full of food and dawdles, which really disappointed the soldiers and civilians in the city.

Chen Qing smiled slightly and said: "So I am not in a hurry to suppress the bandits. Sharpening a knife is not a mistake for woodcutters. Sharpen the knife first, and then it will not be too late to attack Zhang Kui!"

He Jian sighed, "If the commander needs anything, just ask!"

(End of this chapter)