Fenghou

Chapter 628 Rookie
When Cao Changchun entered the door, he said worriedly: "A major event happened at home. The [-] defenders of Guazhou surrendered to the Xixia army in Shazhou. Li Yanwu, the Xixia defender of Shazhou, began a large-scale counterattack. Jiuquan County was surrounded, and the [-] troops in the city were in danger. Once Jiuquan is lost, the Xixia army will enter Ganzhou, my brother Cao Yuan sent someone to notify me urgently, I have to leave today."

Chen Qing looked at the map, pointed at Dunhuang with a wooden pole, and said, "The Western Xia army is marching southward, and Dunhuang must be empty. Why didn't my brother send people to attack Dunhuang from the back of Qilian Mountain? To encircle Wei and save Zhao, the Western Xia army must withdraw."

Cao Changchun patted his forehead annoyed, "Why didn't I think of it?"

"It happened suddenly, brother is too impatient, I am a bystander!"

"Hey! Brother Xian is right, I'm confused."

After a pause, Cao Changchun said anxiously again: "But... I'm afraid it will be too late to rush back."

Next to him, Jiang Yanxian suggested: "Don't worry, the great chief. We have the Eagle Letter, which can reach the Haixi Salt Field in two days, and it is only two days away from Quxian, or our Eagle Letter can also be sent to Liangzhou, and then from Liangzhou What does the chief think about sending a letter to Ganzhou?"

Cao Changchun was overjoyed, "Then send the letter to Quxian, there are still [-] troops over there, ready to attack Shazhou."

Quxian was the old capital of the Yellow-headed Uighurs, about three hundred miles away from the new saltworks of the Western Army. There were still many nobles living there, and a large number of troops were stationed there.

Chen Qing said again: "I can send Liangzhou's [-] troops to go north to help defend Ganzhou. If the situation is not good, I can also send the Lanzhou garrison to go north to help!"

Cao Changchun was moved, and quickly cupped his fists and said, "With the words of my virtuous brother, my heart is settled. I will rush back first, and we will discuss the matter of attacking Xixia later."

Cao Changchun immediately wrote two eagle letters, which were sent to Haixi Salt Field and Liangzhou respectively, and the local garrison sent them urgently to Huangtou Uighur.

Chen Qing made another suggestion. He could send troops to escort Cao Changchun's wife and children back to Zhangye. In this way, Cao Changchun could rush back to Ganzhou with light troops. This suggestion was very reasonable and could save at least three days. Entrusting his family to Chen Qing, he personally led two thousand cavalry to march day and night, and rushed back to Ganzhou.

Chen Qing immediately ordered Liangzhou soldiers and horses to lead Zhao Lun to lead [-] troops to the north to support the Uighur army against Xixia. At the same time, he sent Liu Qiong to lead [-] tiger and cardinal cavalry to escort Cao Changchun's family back to Ganzhou. If necessary, the tiger and cardinal cavalry will also assist The Uyghur army fought against the Xixia army.

On the second day after Cao Changchun returned to the Hexi Corridor, Chen Qing received the urgent information sent back by the Xixia intelligence point using Eagle Letter, that the [-] Jurchen troops had withdrawn from Xixia to Taiyuan.

It's not surprising that the Jin Kingdom withdrew from Xixia Road. After all, Jin's defeat on Shaanxi Road will definitely affect Jin's deployment and plans. Jin is not stupid. What about another defeat?
With the current strength of the Sichuan-Shanxi Army and the weakness of Xixia, Xixia might destroy the country, so Jin Guo urgently pressed the pause button and suspended the plan to attack Xihe Road.

However, Jin Guo's refusal to attack Xihe Road for the time being does not mean that Chen Qing will not attack Xixia, but he can prepare for the battle more calmly, and Chen Qing has also received information from Taiyuan. I don't know the purpose of his visit, but Chen Qing guessed that he was most likely the special envoy who came to Jingzhao for negotiations.

Chen Qing immediately appointed Yang Yuanqing as the three-way transshipment envoy, and Zhao Xiaoyi as the deputy general manager. He began to use [-] ships and [-] camels to transport a large amount of grain and grass materials to Lanzhou.

The preparations for this war did not conscript civilians, they were all mobilized within the army, and the civilians were not affected.

At this time, the people of Jingzhaocheng paid more attention to the imperial examination. This was the first imperial examination on Shaanxi Road since Jingkang. With the attention of countless scholars, scholars have come from all directions since the beginning of the year.

In addition, the imperial court also approved the establishment of Jingzhao Taixue, and the first batch of Taixue students were selected from this imperial examination.

The [-]th day of April is the deadline for registration, and [-] scholars have already come from all over the world, and there are even many scholars from Hedong Road.

In the early morning, a clerk in the Ping An Inn in the south of Jingzhao City shouted in the corridor, "Today is the last day for registration. Scholars who have not registered must register today. If you miss it, you will lose your chance!"

In a guest room on the third floor, three young people are tidying up the quilts in a panic. Today is the deadline for registration, but none of them have registered yet.

Of course, they didn't come here just now. They couldn't find an inn when they came now, so they could only go to short-term rental houses.

They arrived at Jingzhao ten days ago, it was a little late, the inn was very nervous, they were lucky, they found a room in the Ping'an Inn, and the three of them squeezed into one room.

All three of them came from Chengdu, but they were not from Sichuan, they were all sons of northern officials. The youngest, Chao Qing, was in his early twenties. He was a descendant of the Julu Chao family and the grandson of the famous poet Chao Buzhi. Another tall young man is called Zhong Huan, the grandnephew of the famous general Zhong Shidao, and the third is a few years older, named Su Ce, the grandson of the famous prime minister Su Zhe.

All three of them were schoolmates in Chengdu, and they were classmates. Since Chen Qing sent troops to occupy Bashu, the scholars in Bashu were generally dissatisfied.

However, the news that Chen Qing led an army to defeat [-] Jin soldiers in northern Shaanxi and killed [-] enemies spread to Bashu.

"Why don't men take the Wu hook and collect the fifty states of Guanshan", young scholars who are willing to devote themselves to the fight against gold and serve the country have emerged in endlessly since ancient times, especially after all three of them are officials, they are more willing to participate in the great cause of fight against gold and regain their homeland.

The three hurried out of the inn after breakfast, Chao Qing said with a smile: "Old Zhong, you are a local, you should know where to sign up!"

Zhong Huan was about twenty-five years old, with both civil and military skills. He could not only write with a pen, but also mount a horse and shoot. His dream was to become a Confucian general and inherit his grandfather's career.

Chong Huan chuckled, "I only lived in Jingzhao when I was a child, so I don't remember it long ago, but I know about the Longevity and Eight Immortals Palace. We will find out when we get there."

The three stopped an ox cart, got on the ox cart and headed towards the Eight Immortals Palace.

The registration point is at Jingzhao Fuxue. There is not only the prefectural school, but also the Confucian Temple and the Quanxue Department. The Quanxue Department is the official office in charge of imperial examination education in Xuanfushi's mansion, and the education in Sichuan and Shaanxi is under its jurisdiction.

According to the agreement reached by Chen Qing and the imperial court, the education and running of schools in Bashu was under the jurisdiction of Guozi Supervisor, and the Encouraging Education Department of the Xuanfu Mission Mansion was only in charge in name.

But in fact, Guozijian was unwilling to pay a penny for running schools in Bashu, and all the financial revenue was in the hands of Xuanfu Shifu, teachers' salaries, subsidies, school maintenance, etc. were all in the hands of the Persuasion Administration.

So in just two months, the schools in Bashu prefectures have recognized the reality, and began to perfunctory the Imperial College, and focused on pleasing the School Persuasion Department, and they took all the suggestions of the School Persuasion Department as their top priority.

For example, Chen Qing put forward the school’s purpose of ignoring scriptures and emphasizing poetry. This was actually the school’s purpose at the beginning of the founding of the Song Dynasty. The phenomenon of practice has been criticized by people of insight.

Chen Qing not only put forward suggestions, but also put them into practice. This time, the Jingzhao Imperial Examination abandoned scriptures and only tested poetry, fu, and countermeasures. .

"there!"

Chao Qing pointed to the distance and shouted, and saw countless scholars walking towards a gate one after another. The three hurried to the gate, on which was written three big characters in gold, 'Encouraging School'.

Registration is here, there is already a long queue at the gate, there are at least thousands of people, lined up in four lines, fortunately, registration is relatively simple and fast, and the scholars keep moving forward without stopping.

The three of them had just lined up when they heard someone bragging proudly, "Knowing the examiner is a fart! Chen Qing is still my brother-in-law! If I didn't need to go through the formalities, I would have taken the job a long time ago."

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