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Chapter 398 Means

The Ding Navy in the three prefectures of Denglai made a large-scale mobilization, and the envoys preached and ran.

At the same time, in Changyi County, which is separated from Laizhou by a glue, there are also fast horses riding out, constantly running out at night.

Changyi County was called Duchang in ancient times. It is said in "Yanzi Chunqiu" that Qi Jinggong granted Yanzi the capital prosperity, but he refused to accept it, which refers to this place.At the end of the Han Dynasty, Kong Rong, the chancellor of the North Sea, was besieged in Duchang by the Yellow Turban bandit Guan Hai, but Liu Bei rescued him.Today, there is Daying City five miles south of Changyi County, and Xiaoying City five miles north of Changyi County. According to legend, it is the place where Kong Rong and the Yellow Turban were separated.

Previously, Shandong was divided into two points, and Changyi County was controlled by the Red Coat Army. However, from the west of Changyi to Weizhou, Yidu Prefecture, and Binzhou, it was Li Quan's territory, and Li Quan was really afraid of Guo Ning. Therefore, he had already shrunk his troops, and took the military fort built by Wanyan Sala on the Danshui line as the eastern front.

As a result, Changyi County has become a no-nonsense zone.Tokyo Port and Qingshi Port in the east of the city, and Huohou Mountain and Xia Mountain in the south of the city, because of the rugged and dangerous terrain, have become the places where some people of unknown origin occupy themselves.

Guo Zhongyuan, who was in charge of the defense in the west of Laizhou, sent troops to conquer several times, but these characters were like flies, driving them back again. After repeated several times, they had to give up temporarily.

But on this day, when Ding's navy was massed and dispatched, and a large army marched westward, the mysterious man in the mountains finally abandoned his hiding place and fled day and night.

The number of this group is only a dozen or so, but they are all equipped with good horses that are good at running long distances, and all of them are one person and two horses.

When they galloped with whips, Ding Haijun, who entered Changyi from behind, could not keep up with their speed even though they sent light cavalry to chase after them.

The horseshoes trampled across the fields that were beginning to turn yellow, and across the fields that were about to be harvested.All the knights were well-selected horsemen, and they swam across the Bailangshui, Danshui and Ershui leading to the sea in just one day.

At dusk, they appeared in the village of Mizhai in the east of Yidu, and the legs of their mounts were already dangling, sweating profusely.

The surrounding area of ​​Yidu was already the core area controlled by Li Quan, but in the village of Mimi, someone came out of the village to check the identities of a group of people, and then brought a replacement horse.

The knights did not rest here. During the interval between changing horses, they ate some dry food hastily, drank enough water, and then put on new horses and continued to gallop with whips.

They went all the way west, crossed Jinling Town, turned to Zouping and turned north to the former site of Jiahe Xunsi west of Qidong Town. They still passed the ferry controlled by Li Quan and crossed the Beiqing River by boat.

The knights continued to run, crossing the depressions and lakes formed by the overflowing rivers along the way, and crossing the patches of white land left after being burned and killed by the Mongolian army. The whole process lasted for several days and nights, almost non-stop.

When they reached the boundary of Jingzhou, they ran for a while along the ruined embankment of the ancient Yellow River, and entered the military fort set up along the river in Ningjin County.

Here they changed their horses for the second time, leaving behind a few companions who were physically unable to persist anyway, and arrived at Dongguang County, Jingzhou, an important town by the Yuhe River that day.

This place is not only the administrative office of Jingzhou, but also the resident of the Jingzhou Water Transportation Department, which is in charge of the water transportation of Hecang in Jingzhou area, governs Liuhe warehouse, and is responsible for sending tax and grain from Henan to Zhongdu.

And Hebei Xuanfu envoy San Anzhen, who is now leading his troops here.

The political and military center of Hebei East Road was originally located further north across the Hejian Mansion in Xianzhou. The Bingmadu General Manager’s Mansion, Transshipment Department, Hebei Daming Road Yachasi and Ying Haijun Jiedushi on Hebei East Road were stacked on top of each other. The senior officials and generals of the house are all stationed there.

But when the Mongolian army went south last year, Hejian Mansion was the first to bear the brunt and was violently attacked by the Mongolian army.At that time, Gao Xi, the inspector in charge of defense, didn't know about soldiers, so Hejian Mansion fell immediately, and all cities, villages, fertile fields and even water conservancy facilities were destroyed.

For this reason, Pu San Anzhen moved his station several times after he became the Xuanfu envoy of Hebei.

There was an incident in the Central Capital that day, and as the commander of the Gongwei Zhidu, the servant San Anzhen stood by and watched the whole process, as if he had no outstanding talent.This is because he and his father, Pu Sankui, belonged to Zheng Wangyong, who failed in the political struggle with Emperor Zhangzong in the early years and even died. He really hated this kind of internal strife in the Wanyan royal family and deliberately avoided it.

Later, he cooperated with Tu Danyi with the strength of Weijie Army, his subordinate Weijie army, and covered him when Tu Danyi was running around in a panic. From this, he became one of the beneficiaries who gained a lot with very little investment in the Zhongdu Incident.

Guo Ning led the army into the Central Capital, the Shuhu Gao Qi, and when the introduction was both civil and military, Pu San Anzhen was also ranked very high.

Servant Anzhen is the descendant of the general, and his father and ancestors have both achieved military merits, so they both control considerable political power.When he went out as a proselytizer, wherever he went, he was able to gather the people and persuade them to teach farming and mulberry. Fighters make up soldiers.

Since this summer, Pu San Anzhen has been stationed in Jingzhou.

Because Hebei is dilapidated, it is difficult to restore the old view for a while, let alone become the rear of the Central Capital.The huge amount of materials needed by Zhongdu either came from the sea in Shandong, or from the warehouses in the Central Plains and Hedong that were transported by the Royal River tank boats.Jingzhou is the center of the Yuhe water transport, its status naturally rises in a straight line, and itself is the front line of Hebei Road against the southern red coat thieves.

Therefore, in the past few months, Pu San Anzhen has regarded Jingzhou as the most important place in Hebei.He put a lot of effort into managing this place, not only repairing the original city, but also setting up a series of strong military camps relying on the abandoned embankment of the Yellow River.The troops mobilized here are all elites in strict order.

When the team of knights arrived in Jingzhou, it was just after dusk, and the gates of the city were already locked.They showed their talismans and identity documents under the city, and the important generals who guarded the city on the city's military academy newspaper scattered and stayed home.

Pu Sanliu's family went to the city to meet their acquaintances, and then he put down the hanging basket and dragged the leader of them to the top of the city.

After entering the city, someone led him to Xuanfu's mansion in a hurry.

As soon as he entered the door, the burly servant San Anzhen greeted him.He was wearing casual clothes, with a belt on his hands, and leather boots on his feet. He took a quick look at the knight and said, "It's been a hard journey!"

Before the knight could answer, he asked the left and right: "Have all the companions who came with you been settled?"

He was stunned for a moment, but before answering, he immediately frowned: "Send someone to take care of it. All the food and supplies are taken from me, and there must be wine and meat!"

The left and right hurried out, and the servant Anzhen turned back again, and asked the knight in a deep voice: "Do you have any news?"

The knight knelt down and said: "Everything is as the envoy expected, then Guo Ning has sent troops."

Pu San Anzhen couldn't help clapping her hands and laughing.

After laughing for a while, he helped the knight up and pulled him across the thick-backed bodyguards: "I asked someone to prepare food and drinks in the study, so you can eat and drink comfortably, let's talk about it slowly."

The knight was flattered and responded repeatedly.

Pu San Anzhen drank two glasses with the knight, questioned him carefully, and went out from the study.He was obviously in a happy mood, looking up at the sky, the moonlight was like water, reflecting the red light on his face.

"In the past two years, Guo Ning in Changzhou has risen from the grasslands, and he will win every battle, so he can control Denglai and Liaohai, which is like a separatist regime. However, he was too arrogant this time! He doesn't understand the thoughts of those thieves, I don’t even understand why they are thieves! Haha, he’s going to suffer a lot!”

After murmuring a few words, servant San Anzhen waved to the chief of the attendants: "The family members of the dead man are all raised in the mansion, right?"

"Yes. Not only those who go to Laizhou, but also those who go to Dongping, Yidu and other places to do business, their family members are raised in the mansion. We follow the envoy's instructions and treat them with courtesy and kindness, and we dare not neglect them."

"That's good. You go to the warehouse, and according to the money and cloth I promised earlier, you will pay twice as much. No, you will pay twice. Send it now, and send it to them!"

"double?"

Servant Anzhen was born in an aristocratic family, and usually treats his subordinates very generously.These few dead men who went to work in Shandong belonged to the special talents he had deliberately recruited in the past six months, and the treatment was extremely generous.At this moment, servant San Anzhen opened his mouth and doubled the reward, and the leaders of the attendants were shocked.

"Well, it's twice as much! These are people who have made great achievements, and their families deserve great treatment!" Pu San Anzhen nodded heavily: "You give me the rewards, and tell them that I will visit them again tomorrow, thank you! "

The head of the attendants hurried away.

Pu San Anzhen tugged at his beard, couldn't help smiling again, looked around, raised his voice and said: "Then Guo Liulang of Changzhou, I have fallen for my scheme. Everyone, sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, build up your energy, and spend a little time." Afterwards, everyone will have the chance to be rewarded for their meritorious service!"

All the soldiers around him bowed down.

There were also staff officers who were puzzled and asked: "Xuanshi, why did Guo Ning fall into the trap? After falling into the trap, what will happen?"

Pu San Anzhen waved to him: "Come on, let me explain to you in detail."

(End of this chapter)