Fenghou

"At the South City Gate!"

"how many people?"

"The villain really doesn't know. It is estimated that there are about 6000 to [-] people."

Chen Qing winked at Zhuang Quan, and ordered: "Take them down and interrogate them separately, I want to know the password for tonight!"

The thieves were taken down, and after a while, they asked clearly. Zhuang Quan came back and reported: "The control guessed well, they are indeed a peripheral patrol, responsible for the peripheral patrol in the southwest corner, and the password tonight is 'Dragon King out of the water!' "

Chen Qing nodded, "They dealt with it!"

The soldiers swung their knives together and chopped up the eight thieves.

Chen Qing immediately ordered: "Go to the South Gate!"

He led eighty of his men and galloped towards the south gate from the southwest corner...

The Dongting water bandits set up a total of four large camps, located in front of the four city gates in the east, west, north, and south respectively. Among them, the camp at the south gate is the largest, and there are camp fences around it.

The patrolling soldiers in the southwest corner were all killed, and there was a defensive loophole. Chen Qing led his men to use this loophole to enter the defensive circle. After a while, he led his men to appear [-] steps away from the South Camp. It doesn't matter if you step outside, the opponent didn't build a sentry tower at all, and only a few sentries stood in front of the camp gate.

Chen Qing fought against the Jin soldiers, Xixia army, and puppet Qi army in the northwest. He had seen many well-defended camps, but this was the first time he had seen the bandit camp. After getting the camp tent, they don't know how to defend it, it is full of loopholes.

As long as the soldiers standing guard in front of the camp gate are killed, they can enter the camp in a dignified manner.

The crowd followed Chen Qing on horseback and approached the gate of the camp. The sentry found them and asked sharply, "Password!"

"The Dragon King comes out of the water!" Chen Qing replied calmly.

There was no problem with the password, and the sentinel asked again: "Who are you and what are you doing here?"

2 Fifty Chapters Baling

"We came from Bianjing, under the order of the Great Qi Emperor, to discuss the alliance with the Great Sage Heavenly King and Prince!"

Chen Qing held up a gold medal, "This is the emperor's gold medal!"

What he won was indeed the gold medal of the emperor, but it was the gold medal of the emperor Zhao Gou, not the gold medal of the emperor Liu Yu.

The sentinel looked Chen Qing up and down, and asked suspiciously, "Are you wearing the armor of the Song Army?"

"Nonsense! Can we come here in full army armor?"

A soldier next to him said to the sentinel: "Old Xiao, don't delay the important matter if you don't know how to read. Take them to see the prince quickly. The prince's soldiers will recognize whether the gold medal is real or not."

"You two come in, follow me to see the prince, the others are waiting outside."

Chen Qing and one of his men dismounted from their horses. They led them into the camp with their weapons in hand.

"Weapons and horses cannot be brought into the camp!"

"This Fangtian painted halberd and two steeds are gifts from the Great Qi Emperor to the Great Sage Heavenly King and Prince. They are not ordinary products. If you are worried, you can take them in for me."

The sentinel saw that Fang Tian's painted halberd was shining with cold light, the air-conditioning was pressing, and it was extremely exquisitely made.

The sentinel led Chen Qing and the two of them to the middle of the camp. It was the second watch, and the camp was pitch black. If the sentry hadn't led the way, he really didn't know where to find the tent of the chief general Zhong Ziyi.

After walking about a mile, the sentinel pointed to the tallest tent in front, "That's the handsome tent. The prince should be asleep. Don't make any noise. Give the things to the guards, and they will report it for you."

"Thank you!"

Chen Qing smiled faintly, his personal soldier covered the sentry's mouth, twisted his arm, and broke his neck.

The personal soldier took out a torch and lit it with a wave against the wind. He waved it a few times, and not long after, eighty personal soldiers came on horseback.

Chen Qing immediately ordered: "Surround the large tent of the Chinese army in front, and no one will be allowed to escape!"

"As ordered!"

The crowd galloped on horses and surrounded the big tent in a short while. Zhong Ziyi's guards were alarmed. A guard came out from the big tent. He was stunned by the scene in front of him, and asked sharply, "Who are you?"

Chen Qing swung his halberd, and it pierced his chest. The soldiers clutched his chest and fell to the ground in disbelief.

Chen Qing shouted: "Fire the arrow!"

Everyone raised their crossbows and shot at the big tent, only to hear screams, including a woman's voice, and after a while, they fell silent again. Chen Qing cut a hole in the big tent with his halberd, and rushed in with his horse.

I saw a man and a woman lying on the bed in the middle of the big tent. Both of them were hit by more than a dozen arrows, and they were already dead.

Chen Qing ordered his subordinates to cut off Zhong Ziyi's head and put it in the box, and took away the gold helmet and armor and the gold medal.

After they got the target they wanted, the next [-] cavalrymen followed Chen Qing and set fire to all over the barracks, beheading the thieves who fled in panic. There was chaos in the southern barracks, the flames were raging, and there was a lot of crying and shouting.

When Wang Yan and Li Gang got the news, they hurried to the city to check the situation. In the light of the fire, Wang Yan saw a Song army general holding Fang Tian's painted halberd from a distance. , and fought out from the camp, and I don't know how many people died by their swords.

The corners of Wang Yan's eyes were moist with excitement, and he recognized the general.

Li Gang was extremely surprised, "Who is this? He is so fierce!"

"He is my nephew, my brother!"

Wang Yan shouted excitedly, "Kaicheng, get out!"

The city gate was opened, the drawbridge was lowered, and Wang Yan personally led two thousand soldiers to kill them.

The thieves were killed to the brim, crying for their parents and mothers. The Song army hated them very much and showed no mercy. They killed more than half of the thousands of enemy soldiers, and the remaining soldiers fled into the wilderness.

"Chen Qing, is that you?" Wang Yan waved his hand and shouted.

Chen Qing also saw Wang Yan and urged him to come forward immediately, and the two embraced tightly excitedly.

"Dutong, strike while the iron is hot, let the brothers follow me, and destroy the remaining three camps."

Wang Yan's long-lost ambition returned. He shouted to the soldiers: "Brothers, this is Chen Qing, the number one general of the Western Army. Today is the time to defeat the enemy. Follow him and kill him with the bandit army." What a mess!"

His voice was so loud that the soldiers could hear him clearly. It turned out that Chen Qing, who was famous all over the world, shouted excitedly, "I am willing to follow the general!"

Chen Qing waved Fang Tian's painted halberd and shouted sharply: "The enemy will be defeated tonight, everyone come with me!"

He took two thousand Song troops to kill towards the west gate...

On the top of the wall, Li Gang muttered to himself, "So it was him, no wonder! No wonder!"

……

The fire in the south of the city has already alarmed the big camp outside the west city. There are [-] bandit soldiers stationed here. The general is Han Bin, who is also a water bandit leader. Yang Yao's direct lineage, but Xicheng Daying is not.

Three thousand rebels had woken up and were rushing to collect tents in the camp to prevent the enemy from attacking. Five hundred crossbowmen gathered at the gate of the camp.

Chen Qing sneered, and said to Fan Ying, the commander of the Song army: "Commander Fan, please wait for a while, and let me kill the enemy's crossbowmen together!"

He turned his head and shouted to the eighty guards: "Prepare your shields!"

The cavalry raised their round shields one after another, and Chen Qing shouted, "Follow me!"

Chen Qing took the lead and rushed towards the enemy camp from [-] paces away. Eighty cavalry shouted in unison, holding shields and spears in their hands and galloping on horseback, closely following behind Chen Qing.

Five hundred crossbowmen fired arrows together, and the arrows shot at Cong Chen Qing densely. It was not difficult to deal with the arrows shot from one direction. It was like shooting a plane in a game. You can master it with practice. Chen Qing practiced for a month, and he was basically able to face the rain of arrows.

But there is a premise in this, it must be an arrow shot from one direction, if it is shot from all directions, like Yang Zaixing, no matter how high his martial arts are, he can't resist it, unless he is running at high speed, maybe there is a glimmer of hope of escape.

Chen Qing's Fang Tian painted halberd dialed the dense rain of arrows, and the speed became faster and faster. He rushed to the front of the camp, and his Fang Tian painted halberd waved, 'Kacha! 'The iron chain that locked the door was cut off, the gate was smashed open, and the cavalry rushed into the camp.

In the distance, Fan Ying, the commander of the Song Army, shouted, "Kill—"

Two thousand Song soldiers shouted together and rushed towards the enemy's camp. The enemy's crossbow array had been broken. They no longer had any worries, and rushed towards the enemy's camp with their spears in hand.

In just a moment, two thousand Song troops rushed into the enemy's camp, and there was chaos in the camp. Chen Qing led his men to gallop, and the bandits ran away in terror as they passed, no one dared to take them, just like a group of tigers rushing into the enemy camp. Among the sheep, thousands of enemy soldiers rushed to the gate of the camp without any will to resist. Their leader Han Bin was shot by Chen Qing with an arrow and his head was beheaded.

Fan Ying sighed softly. Today was an eye-opener. The bandit soldiers who defeated them three times and besieged them for more than a month were as vulnerable as weeds in front of the most elite Western Army. No wonder they were called the number one in the Western Army. The fierce general really deserves his reputation.

The southern camp was burned, Zhong Ziyi was killed, the western camp was breached by the Song army, the main general was killed, and most of the [-] soldiers were killed or injured. The remaining two camps thought that the reinforcements from the Song army had arrived. He retreated before leading the army to kill.

Even so, under the leadership of Chen Qing, the Song Army broke through two camps in a row. Nearly [-] rebels were routed, with most of the casualties.

More importantly, Wang Yan personally led 10,000 soldiers to seize the warehouse camp located in the southwest corner of Nandaying, and seized more than [-] stones of grain and countless money and materials. The food crisis in Baling County was also solved.

As the sky gradually dawned, Li Gang and Wang Yan personally came to welcome Chen Qing outside Beicheng. In a fierce battle all night, his soldiers only slightly injured more than ten people, and none of them were killed. This created a miracle.

Chen Qing was covered in blood, and he and the war horse turned into a blood man and a blood horse. He didn't even count how many bandit soldiers he killed that night.

Wang Yan patted him on the shoulder and asked with concern, "Is there any injury?"

Chen Qing shook his head, "I'm not injured, but I'm a bit exhausted. I'm exhausted, and I can only attack two camps at most, but I can't do it with four camps."

"This is already an incredible achievement. Apart from you, there is no other person in the world who can do it!"

"These are all water thieves, and they won't be won by force."

Chen Qing smiled and glanced at Li Gang, "This is..."

Wang Yan introduced with a smile: "Chen Qing, this is Li Shijun, the comfort envoy of Huguang. I told you before that he was the first prime minister in Song Dynasty to fight against Jin."

Chen Qing hurriedly saluted, "This junior has heard about Mr. Li's name for a long time!"

Li Gang said with emotion: "I have also heard of General Chen's reputation for a long time. I was able to witness it last night. It was an eye-opener for me. If the generals of the Song Dynasty are as brave as General Chen, why should they not be destroyed? General Chen is worthy of the Western Army." The pillars are also the pillars of my Song Dynasty."

Chapter 251 Business

Two days later, Yang Yao sent an envoy to negotiate, intending to exchange thousands of people who had been kidnapped for Zhong Ziyi's head. Li Gang immediately beheaded the envoy and refused to negotiate with the water thief. Yang Yao was furious and had no choice.

At this time, nearly [-] people from the two Song armies from Changsha and Hanyang arrived in Baling County. The crisis in Baling County was temporarily lifted, but to destroy Yang Yao, the imperial navy still needed to wait. It will take at least a few months for Runzhou to be repaired.

Chen Qing bid farewell to Wang Yan and Li Gang, and returned to Jianli County.

Although the water bandits were defeated in Baling County, the situation of the Yangtze River waterway has not improved, and it is still under the control of Yang Yao's water army. confluence.

A few days later, everyone arrived in Jiayu County by land. The two big ships had already arrived, and everyone boarded again. The big ship continued to go eastward along the Yangtze River...

In Runzhou, Tianranju Restaurant by the Yangtze River was full of guests. It happened to be dusk, and the drinkers were basically businessmen. They chatted about various news from all over the world.

"The golden soldiers in Yangzhou withdrew to the north? Is your news true?"

"Of course it's true. I came here from Yangzhou. The [-] gold soldiers from Yangzhou were transferred to Guanzhong and replaced with [-] Qi soldiers. The general is called Liang Shiyao, who was the wine general from Chuzhou."

"I know the wine general in Chuzhou. It is said that he thought the wine sold on the street was not good, so he made wine himself. Later, he made money, and the entire barracks became a wine brewing workshop."

"It's him who continues to make wine in Yangzhou."

The two businessmen were talking vigorously, when a young soldier came over, patted one of the businessmen on the shoulder, and whispered something to him, the businessman had a bitter look on his face, so he got up and followed the soldier to the window at the table.

There are two generals sitting here, one is Li Wu and the other is Wang Shanzhi, both of whom are commanders under Liu Guangshi.

The two businessmen chatted too vigorously just now, their voices were a little louder, and they overheard them.

"Excuse me, what's your name? What business do you do?" Li Wu asked the businessman with a smile.

"The villain's name is Gao Xi, from Chuzhou, and he's in the hemp business!"

"Just now I heard from you that the Jin soldiers left Yangzhou. Is the news true?"

"The news is absolutely true. The villain has a shop in Yangzhou. It's not just hearsay. The Qi army villain stationed here has seen it, and the general and the villain also know him. It was Liang Shiyao, the commander of Chuzhou. We Chuzhou people call him General Jiu."

"But I seem to have heard you say that [-] gold soldiers have been transferred to Guanzhong?"

"Ah! The villain heard what the soldiers of the Qi army said, so he didn't dare to take it seriously."

Li Wu asked a few more questions and told the merchant to go back. Another commander, Wang Shanzhi, smiled and said, "Commander Li won't report to the commander-in-chief with the news he heard in the restaurant!"

"Since I am the leader of the scout battalion, I must report these news to the commander in time. Of course, I will send someone to Yangzhou to investigate."

The two chatted for a few more words before checking out and leaving.

……

Under the night, a carriage stopped in front of a house in the east of Runzhou City. Someone went up and patted the door. After a while, the door opened, and an old man asked with his head, "Who are you looking for?"

"This is a post from my host."

The man in black handed a post to the compound. The old man took the post, looked at the carriage outside, and nodded, "Wait a moment, I will report to the master!"

The old man closed the door and went in. Not long after, the door opened, and a middle-aged man greeted him with a smile, "It's actually Brother Zihang, what kind of fragrant wind brought you here."

A tall, thin, middle-aged man stepped out of the carriage, and said with a smile, "I've wanted to see my brother for a long time. I haven't seen you for more than ten years, and my brother basically hasn't changed!"

"We're all old, come in and talk!"

The owner of the courtyard house is surnamed Liu, named Liu Qin. He was originally a member of the military under Du Chong's account, and now he is Liu Guangshi's staff. The tall, thin man who came to visit him was Wang Zihang, a native of Caizhou. They study at Yingtianfu Guozi Academy together, and the two are classmates and friends.

The two sat down in the study, and Liu Qin asked his wife to warm a pot of wine, and then brought some side dishes.

"Let's have a drink. We haven't seen each other for so many years. We have to catch up on the past."

"That's right! It's been 15 years in a flash, and we used to be angry in the book business, but now it's all smoothed out by reality."