retaliate

Chapter 906
late autumn.

Fengzhou.

A team of scouts from Wangbing County passed lazily at the foot of the mountain.

A scout glanced at Shandao, "I heard that there are tigers in the mountains."

"What's the use of knowing? Going into the mountains to find tigers depends on luck."

"It's all gone. This mountain road used to lead to the iron mine. Later, the iron mine returned to us, and this road was abandoned. Now the mountain road is probably full of things."

"Hey! There should be a convoy transporting ore in the past few days, right?"

"It's late autumn, and the mine is afraid that the autumn rain will not be good, so the convoy set off a while ago."

"An autumn rain is like winter!"

The scouts go away.

Looking down from the air, the mountain road meanders all the way up, then turns several times, bypasses several mountains, and reaches the mine.

There is a military camp at the foot of the mine, one for guards and the other for inspection.

Several craftsmen took turns to come out with their burdens on their backs.

"Open!"

After rejecting the horse, several sergeants said.

There are wooden buildings on both sides, on which there are watchmen and archers.

The military camp is on the side, and once the enemy is found, it can respond at any time.

After checking the luggage, no contraband was found.

Several craftsmen said goodbye to the sergeant with a smile.

A sergeant asked, "How long can I go home this time?"

A tall craftsman said, "Half Moon."

"Not bad." The sergeant was really envious.

The craftsman said: "It's not bad for you to wait, and the rotation can take a long time to rest."

"Hurry back!" The sergeant waved his hand.

Several craftsmen carried their burdens on their backs, led their horses, and went out to the right.

The sergeant said, "Is this going to take the mountain road?"

The tall craftsman said: "Yes! You can get home one day earlier by going there. One day earlier is one day!"

The pun made craftsmen and sergeants alike laugh.

"Be careful to meet the tiger!" The sergeant laughed.

"Seeing people like us, the tigers dare not come out."

……

The craftsmen entered the mountain road talking and laughing.

The mountain path is covered with grass, and in late autumn, the edges of the weeds are turning yellow.

The tall craftsman is called Guo Da. He carried the burden on his back and said happily, "My wife has high vision. At first, the matchmaker refused to agree to several things. Later, when it came to me, the matchmaker asked me if I had anything to support my wife and children." means."

Guo Da looked at the other three people, deliberately keeping it a secret.

Lu Hu, who was not married, felt itchy, "Guo Da, tell me!"

"It's useless for you to talk about it." Guo Da teased, but he still said, "We haven't studied, so why do we want to make money? Isn't it just strength?

In front of the matchmaker, I lifted the upper half of the stone mill at home.

Didn't you see the big mouth of the matchmaker, I wanted to hold it for a while, but the corner of her mouth was drooling, hey!I couldn't help laughing when I saw it, and I was discouraged. "

He was quite regretful, and then said proudly: "My wife heard about this at home, and immediately fell in love with me."

"You can blow it!" An old craftsman said with a smile: "There is no one who can meddle in marriage matters. It is Ye Niang's elders who decide."

"My wife is capable and assertive, no worse than a man!" Guo Da laughed.

Lu Hu said enviously: "With such a powerful lady, why are you still working so hard in the mine?"

"This husband and wife should be considerate of each other. I am a man, so I naturally want to earn more money. If I work harder, it will be easier for her and the child."

A group of people walked slowly along the mountain road.

Now in late autumn, beasts can be seen in the mountains from time to time, and birds are singing crisply.

There are also colorful leaves, which are pleasing to the eye.

Lu Hu pointed to the big tree on the right and said, "Look, it's so tall and straight!"

Guo Da smiled, and saw an arrow flying out of the forest on the right, and immediately, Lu Hu fell down clutching his chest.

He rolled off the horse without hesitation, and arrows flew out like rain.

The companions were screaming, and the horse neighed.

Then, a group of soldiers came out of the woods.

"Fix the knife!"

A general said coldly.

Several sergeants came over and made up their swords one by one.

They walked up to Guo Da.

Guo Dameng rose violently, knocked out one sergeant with a punch, grabbed the long knife, and slashed and killed the other...

The general narrowed his eyes, "Kill him!"

Several sergeants rushed forward, finally paid the price of three casualties, and then hacked and killed Guo Da.

"This is Tangren!"

The general looked gloomy, obviously thinking of some unpleasant past events.

He turned back, "Please come carefully."

There was constant movement in the woods, and groups of soldiers came out, looking at the disheveled faces.

Chen Shui came out surrounded by people.

He looked at the corpses of the horses and horses on the ground, and asked, "Is there anyone who escaped?"

"Nothing," said the general.

"Send people back and forth to pursue them." Chen Shui was obviously dissatisfied with the general's handling.

"Yes!"

Immediately, the two teams ran along the sides of the mountain road, looking for possible Tang people.

Chen Shui sat on the ground casually, someone brought a water bag, he took a few sips, and his dark face became more relaxed.

"It's close to the iron mine. It's a pity. If we make a surprise attack at this moment, it will be easy."

He looked at the general, "Kong Jia, tell the soldiers to rest and eat some dry food."

The general cupped his hands, "Yes."

Someone dragged away the corpses of the centaurs and brought mud to cover up the bloodstains.

Chen Shui took out dry food, dry biscuits and jerky.

Eating dry pancakes and jerky should not be fast, but chew slowly and drink saliva from time to time.

The fragrance of the noodles slowly overflowed, and the saltiness of the dried meat spread, just like a man and a woman who had been separated for many years, meeting in their mouths.

Kong Jia came back, sat opposite to Chen Shui, took out dry food, raised his head and said, "In a few days, we will be able to walk out of the mountain path, but do you want someone to check out the Tang Army scouts first?"

Chen Shui chewed the food slowly, took a sip of water to swallow, and said: "Out of the mountain road is the junction of Wangbing County and Huilong County. The scouts on both sides don't come and go here much. It's dark under the lamp.

If you investigate rashly, you will encounter a woodcutter or a hunter if you are not careful.We are not in a hurry. "

He remembered the confession from the emperor's confidants before he set off.

There is no need to be afraid of Yang Xuan!
He answered yes.

But the emperor's order was to fight steadily.

"Your Majesty was in Tanzhou back then, and it is said that he had dealings with Yang Xuan." Chen Shui lowered his voice, "Your Majesty said to be steady, and this is a hint."

The emperor often doesn't like to speak too clearly, this is a problem, and it is also inertia-the emperor is used to thinking over and over again about a person, and when he thinks thoroughly, he will say what he thinks is the most profound insight.

"Your Majesty attaches great importance to Yang Gou." Kong Jia knew what he meant, "Be careful, don't let him catch us."

"Yes! As long as we can approach Taiping County quietly, victory in this battle will be easy. Now it seems that the old man is [-]% sure."

Chen Shui took a sip of water, "Many people in Ningxing said that His Majesty looks stupid, a bunch of idiots, can stupid people be valued by the late emperor?"

But His Majesty's obese appearance is really silly!Kong Jia looked loyal, "Your Majesty is wise."

Chen Shui stood up, "Let's go!"

A group of soldiers stood up, in the woods, on the hillside, one after another...

Chen Shui's eyes became brighter.

"For Your Majesty!"

……

Compared with Chen Shui, Jiang He was much more embarrassed.

He chose another route, the terrain is steep.

The mountain road is rugged, and many places don't look like roads at all. If you look closely, no one has walked around for many years, and it is full of weeds.

On the right is a high mountain wall, and on the left is the abyss.

Everyone led the horses and walked carefully along the mountain wall.

Whoa!

There was the sound of gravel sliding.

When Jiang He turned his head, he saw a sergeant falling down in despair.He reached out and scratched in vain, trying to grab something.But those sergeants were all close to the mountain wall, and no one reached out.

Reaching out at this time, the two of them will definitely fall together.

"what!"

The howling sound went all the way down.

Until there was a soft bang.

The faces of those soldiers turned blue, Jiang He said in a deep voice: "Go on!"

Jiang He didn't agree to rest until he reached a spacious place.

He sat down against the mountain wall and closed his eyes tiredly.

He Lin, the lieutenant general of this trip, sat down beside him, panting, "I almost slipped on my foot just now, damn it! Who found this road?"

"At the beginning, this place was the sphere of influence of Tanzhou." Jiang He said the reason, "At that time, the emperor was the governor of Tanzhou, and he didn't care about everything, so Chenzhou didn't know about this place."

"The emperor wants to be in charge of the Ministry of War this time. Once he succeeds, the Xianggong will be in trouble." He Lin is also Lin Ya's person.

"That idiot Marton can't control his crotch." Jiang He sneered, "Marton revealed all the privacy he had in private in order to save his life."

"It's good luck that he escaped with his life." He Lin took out the dry pancakes.

"No, he won't live."

"Why?"

"He is not just corrupt, one of his confidantes secretly sold weapons to merchants."

"It's not a big deal, is it? And it's not him."

Seeing Jiang He's indifferent expression, He Lin asked: "Could it be that those weapons flowed into Northern Xinjiang? No, it's not worthwhile to buy weapons from us in Northern Xinjiang. Who is that?"

"Those savages of the North!"

"Shegu people?"

He Lin exclaimed.

Jiang He nodded.

He Lin scolded: "Those savages are extremely fierce. Daliao can suppress them by relying on weapons. When they change their arrows from wolf teeth to iron, and iron knives to sharp blades, damn it! Those officials and generals in the north I will scold my mother!"

In the farther north of Beiliao, the weather is cold, but the cold still can't stop the survival of human beings.

Shegu people are the masters of that land.

In the past, they obtained food and weapons through trade with Beiliao. Later, Beiliao came up with the idea of ​​recruiting them as subordinates.

The Shegu people were quite happy at first, thinking they had found their thighs.

In that cold area, the production is quite rich, all kinds of rare prey, pearls, medicinal materials...

The officials who managed them were greedy for these things, so they added [-]% to the tribute without permission.

Shegu gritted his teeth and gave it.

The better you talk, the more people will push their noses in the face.

The second time, an increase of [-]% or [-]%...

When the tribute items were tripled, the Shegu people quit.

If you don't do it, you will grab it and kill it!

The Shegu people didn't see it right!

Grass mud horse!
I used to live well in the woods, why should I come out and suffer?

kill!

These tough hunters gathered to fight against the Northern Liao army who came to conquer them.

After all, the Shegu people had no experience in battle. They lost a lot at the beginning, and gradually won and lost... After the first few years before the late emperor's death, the Shegu people had more victories than defeats.

This is still in the case that they lack good weapons, what will happen if they change the equipment of Beiliao?

"Msanggong said, I can't spare him. I guess he will be thrown outside to feed the wild dogs."

Jiang He felt his stomach twitching. He frowned and took a sip of water, "Have someone go to the front to watch, and if anyone is found, be it a woodcutter or a hunter, they will all be killed."

"Yes!"

He Lin got up, ready to make arrangements.

"and many more."

Jiang He stopped him, "Remember to let them wear plain clothes and pretend to be hunters."

You are really long-winded... He Lin nodded, "Yes."

Jiang He ate dry biscuits, thinking about the situation in Ningxing, and sneered, "Taiping looks like a county, but it is Chenzhou, and even the commercial center of northern Xinjiang, and its defenses are quite strict. Lin'an is much worse."

He chewed the jerky, He Lin came back and sat down, "I have explained."

Jiang He nodded, "You said... When we leave the mountain road, cross Taiping County, and approach Lin'an, send someone to warn Taiping..."

He Lin was taken aback, "That's good. When we raided Lin'an, Chen Shui was inexplicably facing the heavily guarded Taiping. He would probably be desperate!"

He shook his head.

Jiang He also shook his head, "The risks are too great. If someone finds out, not only will we die, but our husband will also be questioned by the world. That's all."

He Lin laughed and said: "We raided Lin'an, Chen Shui raided Taiping, we are the Chenzhou government, he is just a county!"

The two ate dry food in silence.

Jiang He narrowed his eyes, "When Yang Gou was in Chenzhou, he turned Taiping and Lin'an into commercial centers, and he seemed to make a lot of money.

But also because of this, the city gates of the two places are wide open, and the caravans are endless, which also gives us a good opportunity to make a surprise attack.

Our people have already found out the news that in Lin'an City, the governor Lu Qiang is better than literary affairs, and not good at martial arts, this is our chance. "

He Lin asked: "Is this why Xianggong chose to raid Lin'an?"

Jiang He nodded, "Catch off guard, destroy the city, set fire to it, if you can get Lu Qiang's head... it's best to capture him alive."

"He Lianrong!" He Lin smiled, "The Emperor's people were captured alive by Yang Gou, it's extremely embarrassing!"

"Yes, if we can capture Lu Qiang alive, we will slap the emperor hard."

He Lin smiled and said, "It's also a heavy slap to Yang Gou."

"Correct!"

"Hahahaha!"

The two laughed.

"set off!"

Everyone got up and continued along the mountain road.

……

In late autumn, Yang Xuanneng would be free for a while, going out for a stroll with his son in his arms, or taking people out of town for barbecues.

Good wine and barbecue, the gods will not change!

On this day, he, He Lianyan and others went out for an outing in the city and found a place to have a barbecue.

A leg of lamb squeaked and a chicken smoldered over the flames.

Yang Xuan sat on the ground, thinking about something about next year.

That's it for this year, and after the beginning of spring next year, we have to go north.

I can't wait!
Da da da!
Two riders came from the north.

"Stop!"

The accompanying guards intercepted the two of them, checked their identities and brought them over.

"Meet the Deputy Envoy..."

The two saluted.

This is Jin Yiwei's secret spy.

"It's the Duke!" He Lianyan said.

Ah!
The two looked up, surprised.

Loyal!
Yang Xuan nodded slightly to He Lianyan.

Is the person trained by the old lady bad?

Helianyan's fox tail almost turned up.

"Duke, we found that two groups of people from Beiliao came to the south, we followed all the way, when they approached the northern border, they sent people to mop them up, we dare not follow..."

"How many people?"

"One share is about three thousand rides, and two shares are six to seven thousand."

Yang Xuan closed his eyes, and the topography of northern Xinjiang loomed in his mind.

"This is preparing for a sneak attack, Jin Yiwei has done a great job!"

He Lianyan said: "I just did my duty."

But afterward, these two secret agents of Jinyiwei will inevitably get promoted and raise their salaries.

"Where will they go?" Han Ji was wondering, "Will they raid our land reclamation people?"

Once the land reclamation people are bloodbathed, the consequences will be very serious.

Yang Xuan narrowed his eyes.

"Let Nan He Duo send scouts to roam the newly opened wasteland."

Jiang He'er is already recording.

"Be cautious in sending letters everywhere, and send more scouts to patrol. However, it is obviously too late."

Yang Xuan just did some calculations and came to this conclusion.

"Yes, when the messenger arrived, it was estimated that the enemy army had also arrived." Han Ji thought for a while, "Fengzhou!"

"There are no trade routes in Fengzhou, and the city gates are strictly guarded."

Yang Xuan stood up, "Ling."

Jiang He'er looked up at him.

"Jiang Cunzhong led two thousand riders to Linhe, Shunchang area, hurry up!"

After Jiang He'er finished recording, he raised his head again.

"Prepare two thousand riders, one person and two horses, I will go to Chenzhou to have a look."

(End of this chapter)