Fenghou

Perhaps the imperial court and Zhu Shengfei saw the retreat of the Jin soldiers to the north and believed that the crisis in Sichuan had been resolved, so they wanted to reduce the financial pressure on Sichuan and reduce the money and food support for the Western Army. In other words, this is likely to cause them to lose in the Northwest race.

Wu Jie was very worried, but there was nothing he could do. This was probably the emperor's idea, and Zhu Shengfei was just an executor.

At this moment, there was a roar of horseshoes, and more than 300 cavalry rushed out of the city. They were Fu Xuan's soldiers, and the leader was Yuan Gang, the leader of Fu Xuan's soldiers. At the first step, a large group of cavalry rushed past Wu Jie, stirring up a billow of yellow dust.

Of course these cavalrymen were going to arrest Chen Qing, this is not acceptable, Zhu Shengfei attacked the general as soon as he arrived, this would chill the hearts of the soldiers of the Western Army.

Wu Jie immediately turned his horse's head and ran towards the county seat. He wanted to persuade Zhu Shengfei to put the overall situation first.

……

Wu Jie waited for a long time in the guest hall of the government office, but Zhu Shengfei refused to meet him. At this time, Fu Jingyi, the aide, hurried in.

Wu Jie hated this person very much. When meeting him for the first time, he hinted that he wanted to give a gift.

He is a dignified ruler of Wu Jie, did he get it by giving gifts?Especially this Fu Jingyi is also the younger brother of Fu Xuan.

Disgust was disgust, Wu Jie remained polite on the surface.

Fu Jingyi clasped his fists and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, the envoy Xuanfu talked with Guan Dutong all afternoon, and I'm really tired. I can only meet Wu Dutong another day."

"Forget it, let the Xuanfu envoy rest. I just want to say something. Mr. Fu can convey it. The Xixia army invaded Anxi County in Qinzhou. Chen Tongzhi rushed back to Qinzhou to command the battle. The debriefing can only be done by the deputy general Zheng Tong. represent."

Fu Jingyi knew well that Chen Qing had to find an excuse for running away, so he sneered in his heart and said, "I will definitely tell the envoy!"

"Then I'll say goodbye!"

"Wu Dutong go slowly, don't see him off!"

Fu Jingyi watched Wu Jie go away, he snorted heavily, he hinted so clearly, but he still didn't pull out a hair, this Wu Jie still expects himself to do things for him?

Fu Jingyi walked quickly to the inner house.

In the study, Zhu Shengfei changed into loose clothes and was concentrating on reading the work report written by Guan Shigu.

Seeing Fu Jingyi coming in, he asked, "Who is visiting me outside?"

"It's Wu Dutong!"

"Oh! Ask him to wait in the inner hall for a while, and I will pass right away."

"He said there was something urgent, he just came over to explain a word, and then left in a hurry."

Zhu Shengfei suddenly became a little unhappy, don't come to see him if you are in a hurry, just leave a word and run away, does this count as respecting yourself?

"What did Wu Dutong say?"

"He said that Qinzhou was invaded by the Xixia army. Chen Qing hurried back and entrusted deputy general Zheng Ping to report on his duties."

Zhu Shengfei snorted coldly, "Is there really a Xixia army invading? Or are you afraid that I will force him to hand over the money?"

"The humble job is probably the latter. He was probably worried that the envoy would put him under house arrest, so he ran away."

"Hmph! If he doesn't hand over the money, I'll put him under house arrest for a few months. It's so audacious to embezzle hundreds of thousands of dollars, that's the people's anointing."

"Reporting to the Xuan Fu envoy, when Chen Qing ran away, he happened to meet Fu Dutong. He has already sent someone to chase after him. Let's see if we can get him back."

Zhu Shengfei glared at him, "What is just right? I'm not a fool. Fu Xuan must have sent someone to monitor Chen Qing. Go and tell Fu Xuan that you can send someone to chase you, but you are not allowed to hurt anyone. Chen Qing is Lu Xianggong's favorite." Son-in-law, don't cause trouble for me!"

"Let's go to the humble job!" Fu Jingyi left quickly.

Zhu Shengfei squinted at Fu Jingyi as he walked away, and said to himself, "Brother Yuan Zhi, if your future grandson-in-law wasn't too greedy, I wouldn't be able to burn him with this first fire!"

……

Chen Qing led his men to rush to the north for more than forty miles in one breath. He immediately stood on a high place, turned his head and looked south, and saw a cavalry force of hundreds of people still chasing him closely, about 300 of them. .

The ghosts of these bastards lingered on, and the anger in Chen Qing's heart was burning. It seemed that they would not give up unless they were given a little bit of strength.

But neither Chen Qing nor his subordinates carried long weapons, only bows and arrows and portable knives, so they couldn't deal with the elite [-] cavalry.

Yan Jun clasped his fists and said, "Qi-reporting the control system, another twenty li to the north is Nanxianren Pass, there must be long weapons over there."

Chen Qing nodded, "Let's go!"

He and his men urged their horses to gallop again, heading north along the official road.

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The Xianren Pass in Hanzhong is divided into two passes, the north and the south, both of which are located in Fengzhou. One is the North Xianren Pass on the border of Fengzhou and Qinzhou, which is the pass where Liu Zan is stationed, and the other is in the south of Fengzhou, between Fengzhou and Xingyuan. Nanxianren Pass at the junction of the mansion.

In terms of importance, Nanxianren Pass must be more important. It is the throat of Hanzhong. After capturing Nanxianren Pass, Nanzheng County, the political center of Hanzhong, will open its doors.

The chief general of Nanxian Renguan is called Sun Yu, who is the general in command of Liu Ziyu. Because Liu Ziyu was seriously injured, he could no longer fight in the army, so he changed his job to a civilian job and became the minister of the Ministry of Industry to know Xingyuan's mansion.

Sun Yu now belongs to Wu Jie and knows Chen Qing, but the relationship is not very close.

Chen Qing wanted to borrow a dozen spears and a dozen pots of arrows. It was not a big problem. Sun Yu not only borrowed a dozen spears and twenty pots of arrows, but also found Chen Qing a big knife weighing forty catties. This is the weapon left behind by Qu Duan, the former governor of the capital.

Qu Duan had been depressed after Fuping's defeat. In addition, he was injured and in poor health. He died of an old injury last winter.

Qu Duan's popularity was not very good, and the relics such as soldiers and armours left behind were not wanted by anyone, so they were thrown in the warehouse of Nanxian Renguan, and Sun Yu gave them to Chen Qing as a favor.

With the long weapon in hand, Chen Qing was not in a hurry, and walked north for more than ten miles, they came to a mountain called Liyutou, and Chen Qing decided to pack up the pursuers here.

Chapter 196 Beheading

Liyutou is a place name, named after a large rock resembling the head of a carp. This official road going north is a narrow mountain depression. , A valley with a width of more than ten miles.

Chen Qing had to deal with this pursuer not in this mountain depression, but in the wilderness behind the mountain depression.

About a quarter of an hour later, there was a sound of horseshoes in the distance, and the dust was flying. Chen Qingju looked down at the large group of small black spots in the distance, and said coldly to his opponent: "You don't shoot people when you shoot horses!"

The large group of cavalry was getting closer and closer, and they were already about a hundred paces away, and their faces could be vaguely seen.

Chen Qing drew out an arrow, stretched the bow and set the arrow, and the string was drawn like a full moon. The arrow was shot out like lightning, and the horse leading the cavalry was shot down by the arrow.

The armor of the three hundred cavalrymen is exactly the same, Chen Qing needs to know who is the leader among them?

Chen Qing's subordinates shot arrows at the same time. In an instant, more than a dozen war horses were shot down, and the soldiers were in a mess. Yuan Gang's war horse was also shot down by Chen Qing's soldiers. He got up from the ground and turned on a spare horse. , brandished a knife and shouted: "There are only a dozen people on the other side, kill them!"

The cavalry yelled and galloped. Chen Qinghe shot down more than 30 horses. Chen Qing took a deep look at Yuan Gang and shouted, "Let's go!"

He led his men towards the wilderness along the hillside...

Chen Qing led the cavalry to gallop in front, and a hundred steps behind, a large group of cavalry pursued closely.

Yuan Gang knew very well that Chen Qing's bow and arrow were powerful, and he was very cunning. He was wearing the same armor as the soldiers and mixed in the crowd, with the pockets covering most of his face, making it difficult to recognize him.

After a while, the cavalry had galloped into the wilderness. Chen Qing glanced back from the corner of his eye, and immediately locked on to the enemy leader hidden in countless pockets. An arrow was incomparably fast and powerful, passing through the gaps in the bodies of several soldiers, and reaching Yuan Gang in the blink of an eye.

As the saying goes, there are advantages and disadvantages. When Yuan Gang hid among the soldiers, his field of vision was not as wide as that at the front. When he saw the arrow in front of him, it was too late to hide, "Pfft! 'An arrow hit the center of the eyebrow, the arrow shot through the head, and a bloody arrow spurted out from the back of the head.

With a scream, Yuan Gang threw his head up and fell off his horse. This arrow made all the pursuing soldiers terrified.

At this time, Chen Qing stopped running, and immediately stood on a high place, holding the golden-backed tiger-tooth knife horizontally, and fifteen soldiers behind him raised their spears together.

"kill!"

Chen Qing let out a loud roar, galloped his horse, and charged towards the enemy cavalry group. The murderous aura of the cavalry group had disappeared at this moment. The death of the general made them hesitate, unable to decide between advancing and retreating.

This kind of hesitation is fatal to an army. It means that morale has been affected and the will to fight is not so strong.

All of a sudden, Chen Qing rushed into the crowd from the gap between the cavalry. He slashed out with a big knife, blood shot out, and four heads flew up. Dodging sideways, he slashed back like a whirlwind with a big knife, 'click! 'Chop this person up to the chest into two sections.

Fifteen personal soldiers also rushed into the enemy group. They did not fight alone, but guarded Chen Qing from behind.

With no worries, Chen Qing's attack became sharper, and the killing became more cruel. Although he hadn't practiced any sword skills, no matter what weapon, there were only two killing moves in the world, fast and ruthless. In the face of absolute speed and strength, Any fancy moves are decorations.

Where Chen Qing passed was a bloodbath, with limbs flying, heads rolling, and corpses all over the place. More than 50 cavalrymen died under his knife in one round trip, and the death conditions were extremely miserable, and no one had a whole body.

Many cavalrymen wanted to shoot cold arrows at Chen Qing from the outside, but Chen Qing's personal soldiers shot them down first.

When Chen Qing turned his horse's head and was about to charge into the enemy group again, the cavalry group finally collapsed. The main general died, and the heads of the three soldiers also died. There was no reason to kill any more. On the contrary, saving their lives became the common thought of all soldiers.

More than 200 soldiers turned their horses and ran away, but it was so easy to escape. Chen Qing chased and hacked all the way, and countless soldiers became his souls.

When the rest of the soldiers fled to Liyutou, they unexpectedly discovered that ten soldiers from the other side blocked the canyon intersection first. Rivers formed, and corpses littered the fields.

There were less than half of the remaining cavalry. Seeing that they could not pass the carp head, they turned their horses to flee for their lives. Chen Qing and his men took the opportunity to chase and kill them until it was dark before letting go of the last dozens of enemy troops. The cavalry stopped chasing, Chen Qing tidied up a bit, and returned to Qinzhou with a batch of spoils northward.

Two days later, Fu Xuan got the news that he sent out to chase after Chen Qing's 260 elite soldiers. More than 34 of them were killed by Chen Qing, and only [-] cavalrymen fled back to Longzhou. All Mingdutou were killed in battle, the news made Fu Xuan almost vomit blood.

He had no face to see Zhu Shengfei again, told Fu Jingyi, and returned to Fengxiang in desperation with the remaining two hundred soldiers.

Zhu Shengfei didn't care whether Fu Xuan chased Chen Qing back, he had already made up his mind that Chen Qing would be the first fire among three fires when he took office.

He signed the suspension order, ordered Chen Qing to be temporarily suspended, and sent Shen Dayuan, a judicial envoy, as a special envoy to go to Qinzhou with his order to investigate Chen Qing's embezzlement of spoils. Once the evidence was obtained, he would propose dismissal to the emperor. Please ask the emperor to remove Chen Qing from all his posts.

Zhu Shengfei's attack on Chen Qing was not impulsive. He had been in the officialdom for decades, and he knew that in order to establish his prestige in Sichuan and Shanxi, he must either lead the army to a big victory, or kill chickens and scare monkeys.

He doesn't have the ability to fight, but he is good at manipulating people.

Among all the generals, the governors have deep seniority, are not very active, and may not be able to catch the handle, but the Qinzhou governor Chen Qing was promoted by the former Xuanfu envoy Zhang Jun, and he has a handle again. Not deep either.

Bringing down Chen Qing not only avenged Zhang Junkeng himself, but also deterred the army. At the same time, he could severely teach this general who didn't take himself seriously, killing three birds with one stone.

A fly in the ointment may offend Lu Yihao, but after all, Chen Qing is not Lu Yihao's grandson-in-law, he just fell in love with him, maybe it's just one of the options.

Once there is a stain on Chen Qing, Lu Yihao may not think highly of this person.

In fact, there is another very secret reason, which is the case of exchanging Chen Qing for the empress dowager. Although this matter was settled in the end, no one in Lin'an has mentioned it anymore.

But Zhu Shengfei's heart is like a mirror. Although this incident has been gradually forgotten, there must be a thorn in the official's heart.

After some weighing, Zhu Shengfei found that Chen Qing was simply a gift from God for his appointment.

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This morning, in front of the military envoy's office in Fengxiang County, a man in his thirties was asking the soldiers on guard what?

The soldier shook his head, "My Dutong hasn't come back yet, I don't know when he will come back?"

The man had no choice but to leave with a face full of disappointment.

This man was Zhang Jian who escaped from the military camp in Chengji County. He fled to Fengxiang Mansion, hoping that Yuanwai Pan would introduce him to Fu Xuan, the commander of the capital. up.

Unexpectedly, Mr. Pan could not be found at all, and because Fu Xuan failed to seize the property, he was also quite indifferent to Zhang Jian and asked him to wait for news in the inn.

It has been almost half a month, and there is no news at all. Zhang Jian is a little anxious. He doesn't have much money in his hand. If this continues, he may not even be able to pay for the room.

Zhang Jian is not stupid. How could he fail to see that Fu Xuan didn't want to see him at all. He was fooling himself with the words of Pan Daguan who said that talents are rare, not to mention the commander. It is already an eye-opener to do it all.

Zhang Jian regretted it too late, but it's useless to regret now, just wait another three days!If it doesn't work, go back to Huating County.

Zhang Jian is currently living in an inn diagonally opposite the military office. He returned to the inn sullenly. As soon as he opened the door and entered the room, he suddenly felt a pain in his neck, and then his eyes went dark, and he didn't know anything.

Half an hour later, the clerk yelled in fright and rushed down from upstairs, "Shopkeeper, that... that man named Zhang, his head is gone!"

Chapter 197 Determination

Chen Qing arrived at Chengji County at night and returned to the barracks. Chen Qing immediately arranged for the soldiers to boil a large bucket of hot water, take a quick bath, wash off the bloody smell on their bodies, and put on clean clothes.

At this time, a soldier reported, "Reporting to control, Vice General Yang is asking to see you!"

"Let him in!"

After a while, Yang Yuanqing walked quickly into the big tent, carrying a small box in his hand.

He put the box on the table, "Commander, I'm here for business!"

Chen Qing was taken aback, "What's wrong?"

Yang Yuanqing opened the small box, and there was a human head inside, and upon closer inspection, it turned out to be Zhang Jian's head.

"This is...you killed him?" Chen Qing was shocked.

Yang Yuanqing nodded, "I told him at the beginning that I don't care if he works for Jin Bing, but if he betrays again, I will kill him with my own hands. This time I sent two martial arts experts The scouts killed him in Fengxiang County."

"Did he follow Fu Xuan?" Chen Qing asked again.

Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "The scout told me that Fu Xuan didn't want to see him at all, and he didn't even see him. He has been living in the inn all the time."

Yang Yuanqing closed the box, "Although Tongzhi doesn't pursue the responsibility of being humble, Zhang Jian is guaranteed by me. If I don't give Tongzhi an explanation for this matter, I'm afraid I won't even be able to pass this test myself."

Chen Qing nodded, "After all, Zhang Jian has made a lot of contributions. You send someone to send 500 taels of silver to his wife and children, and then return his head and personal belongings to his family."

"Humble job will definitely arrange it!"

At this time, Chen Qing asked: "How is the recruiting situation?"

"According to the requirements of the control, 2000 people have been recruited, half of them are former Song soldiers, and the other half are recruits, and they are currently training!"

Chen Qing nodded and asked again: "I asked you to prepare the logistics supplies before I left, are you ready?"