Fenghou

Although Chen Qing still wanted to see what this woman looked like, he had no chance, and Cao Changchun never mentioned the matter again. The two immediately had an open and honest negotiation, and quickly reached an agreement.

The two sides agreed to join hands to deal with the counterattack of the Xixia army. Chen Qing gave up the grasslands of Ganzhou and Liangzhou. He only wanted Liangzhou City and the surrounding [-] hectares of farmland. To Chen Qing.

In addition, as a common channel for both parties, Dadouba Valley is owned by both parties.

Cao Changchun promised that he would sell horses, cattle and sheep to Chen Qing at the lowest price.

At the same time, the two parties agreed that the million jin of copper ingots and 12 jin of refined iron in Ganzhou City belonged to the Song Army, but as compensation, Chen Qing would support 50 jin of ordinary pig iron to the Yellow-headed Uighur.

……

Chen Qing ordered 12 jin of refined iron to be sent to Liangzhou first, while the copper ingots were transported away in batches.

Three days later, Cao Changchun's main army arrived, and Chen Qing gave up Zhangye City and set off for Liangzhou.

Cao Changchun kept sending Chen Qing twenty miles away, Chen Qing clasped his fists and said, "Brother, send you thousands of miles away, we must say goodbye at last, stop!"

Cao Changchun pondered for a while and said, "I know that the emperor of the Song Dynasty was not easy to get along with. If one day, my brothers have a hard time, please remember to tell me that the gate of our Uighurs in Ganzhou will always be open for brothers."

Chen Qing was moved and nodded, "If I have nowhere to go, I will definitely come to my brother!"

"Brother take care!"

"Take care of yourself!"

Chen Qing clasped his fists and saluted, turned his horse's head and ran towards the army in the distance.

After walking more than ten miles, Chen Qing turned his head and saw a few black spots in the distance.

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Liangzhou has been occupied by Xixia for a hundred years. Liangzhou City was originally called Guzang County, which was named after the Guzang Mountain in the south. Now it is not called this name, but Liangzhou City.

At this time, the Song Army has occupied Liangzhou City, and the city is in good order. Teams of Song Army are patrolling the streets. Like Ganzhou, Liangzhou City is full of Xixia shadows. The shops and residents, at least [-]% of the population are Xixia people. .

When Chen Qing led his army to Liangzhou City, Niugao's army had occupied Liangzhou City for ten days.

Outside the north city gate, Niu Gao and Gao Ding greeted Chen Qing at the gate.

"How is the situation in Liangzhou City?" Chen Qing asked with a smile.

"Some things need to be decided by the commander himself!"

Chen Qing nodded, "Let's talk about it when we enter the city!"

He said to Gao Ding again: "General Gao please arrange for the troops to rest in the barracks."

"Humble post obeys orders!"

Gao Ding went to arrange the troops, and Chen Qing walked into Liangzhou City under the guard of a hundred cavalry.

Liangzhou City is completely different from Zhangye City. Zhangye City is full of exotic customs, while Liangzhou City still clearly has the architectural style of the Central Plains, but it is also mixed with many Xixia and local Hu people's buildings.

"How many counties are there in Liangzhou?" Chen Qing asked.

"At present, there is only Liangzhou City, and the previous counties have been abandoned."

"What about the population?"

Chen Qing asked again with a smile: "How many people are there in the city?"

"About 8 people, [-] households, of which Han Chinese and Xixia people each accounted for [-]%, and the rest were Hu people, Qiang people, Sogdians, Uyghurs, etc. Among them, Xixia people occupied the top, and Han people belonged to the underprivileged. They are oppressed and exploited, and the other Hu tribes are also oppressed. It is difficult for the lowly officials to deal with the Xixia people, and I hope Dutong can set a rule."

Chen Qing nodded, "Actually, I've been thinking about this issue all the way. I think we should grasp a principle, that is, to combine leniency with strictness and solve it step by step."

"The humble position also considers this way. The humble position considers issuing a notice first, allowing the Xixia people to return to Xixia on their own. If they do not want to leave, they must accept the strict management of the Song army. First, turn in all weapons. If they do not obey the army's management, they will be forced to repatriate."

Chen Qing smiled slightly: "Actually, there is another way. All the young and strong men of the party members will be sent back, and the old, weak, women and children can stay."

"I'm afraid they think we are going to kill people and cause chaos in the city."

"The first step is to confiscate all weapons, and then implement the second step. If you don't want to send them back, then let them harvest wheat. In short, you can't stay in the city. If you don't want to be separated from your family, then please They left Liangzhou City."

"Understood, I will start collecting weapons from house to house today."

Chapter 513 New Appointment

Beginning in the afternoon, the Song Army began to go door-to-door to ask for all kinds of weapons and armor to be handed over. The reason was to prevent the Xixia army from being hidden in the city.

The Xixia people not only had to take the initiative to surrender, but also went into the house to search. Most Xixia people swallowed their anger and cooperated with the Song army to enter the house to search, but there were still a few Xixia people who refused to allow the Song army to enter the house. Scuffles occurred, and the Song army quickly arrested people. They arrested thousands of Xixia people.

Chen Qing immediately made a decision that these thousands of Xixia people, together with their families, would be forcibly repatriated to Xixia.

Chen Qing knew well that there would be no Xixia soldiers in the city now, but once the Xixia army came, they would definitely cooperate with the army. They were all high-risk individuals and had to be repatriated.

At the same time when the Song army began to expel the Xixia people in Liangzhou in a planned way, Liu Guangshi, the new Sichuan-Shaanxi Xuanfu envoy, also took office. He did not come to office alone, he brought fifteen thousand troops.

These 5000 people are not the army of the imperial court, but the army recruited by Liu Guangshi himself. It is the Liu family army. Basically, every general has his own army. It is allowed to recruit a part of the army as a supplement beyond the quota stipulated by the imperial court.

Of course, the military salaries and food for these self-recruited troops are also borne by the imperial court. Their special feature is that the main general will be mobilized, and the army will follow along. This is the key.

Chen Qing's army followed him to Yueyang, and Yue Fei's Yue family army also followed him to Jingxiang. Among them, Zhang Jun was the most private army, with more than 8 people, followed by Han Shizhong, with about 6 people, and the next It is Yue Fei, who has 5 people, and Wu Jie has 2 people, but he left the army to his brother Wu Ling.

Liu Guangshi's privately-raised army used to exceed 3 people, but he was defeated in Yangzhou the year before last, and almost his entire army was wiped out. He started recruiting troops again, so his privately-raised army had the smallest number.

This is the source of each "family army". In the early Southern Song Dynasty, there were not only the Yue family army, but also the Zhang family army, Han family army, Liu family army, and Wu family army. Now Chen Qing's army has also begun to be called Chen family army.

However, these military leaders were all deprived of military power by the emperor Zhao Gou in the later period, but Yue Fei's fate was the most tragic.

Because of the disastrous defeat of the previous year, Liu Guangshi has been relatively low-key in the past two years, but low-key does not mean that he does not do anything. He is very good at drilling camps. He found that Queen Mother Wei's party is gradually growing, but there is still a lack of military power. He decisively submitted to Queen Mother Wei. After receiving the certificate of honor, he became a member of the queen mother's party. He really tasted the sweetness, and the big hat of the Xuanfu envoy of Sichuan and Shaanxi fell on his head.

The reason why Liu Guangshi was able to serve as the Xuanfu envoy of Sichuan and Shaanxi as a general was not because he was capable, but because he was one of the few generals who made the emperor Zhao Gou feel at ease.

Zhang Jun, Han Shizhong, Liu Guangshi, Yang Yizhong, Yue Fei, Liu Kai, just a few people, only Liu Kai in the Western Army Department can be trusted, and the others can't make it to this list, so Liu Ziyu, Wang Yan, and Wu Jie were all rejected. transferred away.

In the office of the Xuanfu Division, officials are taking turns reporting the situation to Liu Guangshi. Li Miao and Liu Guangshi are from the same hometown and have old friends. After Liu Guang took office this time, he was immediately promoted to judge.

Liu Guangshi smiled and said to Li Miao: "I am different from Lu Fasheng. He is a civil servant. He should not be interested in directly controlling the army. I guess his interest is in managing people, but I am different. I am a general. My interest is in directly controlling the army." All the troops, you have to tell me, where is the breakthrough to control all the troops in Sichuan and Shaanxi?"

Before Liu Guangshi came to take office, he specifically consulted Zhu Shengfei. Zhu Shengfei told him that the key to becoming a real Xuanfu envoy of Sichuan and Shaanxi is to control the military power. Five thousand troops and thirteen confidant generals, of course, are going to take over the entire army.

Of course Li Miao understood what Liu Guangshi meant. He thought for a while and said, "Currently the Sichuan-Shaanxi Xuanfu Division has a total of 5 troops, divided into [-] Sichuan Army and [-] Shaanxi Army. The [-] Sichuan Army is under the direct control of Xuanfu Division. , There is no problem with this, but the troublesome point is that the [-] Shaanxi Army is actually the Hanzhong Army, they are Wu-level troops, and the Xuanfu Division can only indirectly control them."

Liu Guangshi narrowed his eyes and said, "Didn't Wu Jie leave?"

"His generals are still there! They are all in charge of Wu Ling, Tian Sheng, Yang Zheng, and Liu Zan. These four are Wu Jie's confidantes, and currently control [-] troops in Hanzhong."

Liu Guangshi nodded, the key here is Wu Ling!

"Where is Wu Ling now?"

"He has been stationed in the West City."

Liu Guangshi immediately ordered: "Issue a military order to go to Xicheng quickly, and order Wu Ling to come to see me."

Followed the order to go.

Liu Guangshi walked to the map, looked at Xihe Road on the map and asked: "Xihe Road should also be under the jurisdiction of the Xuanfu Department of Sichuan and Shaanxi!"

"Reporting to the Xuanfu envoy, it used to be, but since the year before last, the imperial court has divided it, and Lu Fasheng has been doing everything possible to plot Xihe Road, trying to bring Xihe Road back under the jurisdiction of the Xuanfu Division of Sichuan and Shaanxi. Unfortunately, Chen Qing is too strong, Lu Fasheng has no chance."

"Strong?"

Liu Guangshi snorted, "I'm afraid it's just not following the rules."

The discord between Liu Guangshi and Chen Qing originated from Gaoding. Gaoding was Liu Guangshi's general. Because he was dissatisfied with Liu Guangshi's command, he left the army and went to Jingzhou to join Chen Qing.

Liu Guangshi wrote several times asking for Gaoding to be repatriated, but Chen Qing flatly refused, so that Liu Guangshi lost face in front of the generals, so he held a grudge against Chen Qing. When Chen Qing got married in Lin'an, Liu Guangshi was The only general who did not send congratulatory gifts and congratulatory letters.

Now that he has joined the queen mother's party, Chen Qing has become an enemy both public and private. One of the tasks assigned to him by the queen mother Wei is to find evidence of Chen Qing's attempt to rebel, and find a way to catch him and send him to Lin'an as a reward , Xihe Road Jiedushi by him concurrently.

Although the reward is very attractive, Liu Guangshi also knows that this task is not easy to complete, and he is a bit unreasonable and willful of a woman. If he really does this, the Queen Mother will be happy, but he can't explain it to the officials.

It's better to find the evidence of Chen Qing's rebellion first.

"How did Lu Fasheng do it?"

"He sent a few people to lurk in Chengji County, looking for clues about Chen Qing, but Chen Qing found out and sent Li back, so he didn't make things difficult for them."

"It means that Lu Fasheng got nothing!"

"It can be said that, but just before he left, he found a clue."

"What's the clue?" Liu Guangshi asked.

"That is the military salary. From last year to now, the Sichuan-Shaanxi Propaganda Department has only paid the military salary of 2 people under Chen Qing, but Chen Qing has at least 5 people. How will he solve the military salary of the other 3 people?" ?”

"What if he collects the taxes himself?"

Li Miao shook his head with a smile, "If the Xuanfu envoy knew about Xihe Road, he wouldn't think so. Xihe Road has a small population and has never been rich. I'm afraid it can't even afford the military salary of 5000 people, let alone 3 people."

Liu Guangshi frowned, "This is a bit strange."

"That's why Lu Fasheng believed that Chen Qing must have mined mines to make money privately, and that Wang Mian, the supervisor of the army, was bought by him."

Liu Guangshi narrowed his eyes. Without the permission of the imperial court, Jiedu envoys mined mines to make money without permission. This is a felony!

Chapter 514 Cut off

Chen Qing appointed Niu Gao as the military envoy of Liangzhou, and led 12 troops to garrison Liangzhou City. Chen Qing led the remaining [-] troops and returned to Qinzhou with [-] catties of refined iron.

There is basically no difficulty in capturing Ganzhou and Liangzhou this time. The difficulty is how to hold them?

However, for Xixia, they will not consider Xihe Road before recapturing Liangzhou and Ganzhou.

Back in Chengji County, Chen Qingxian called on Wang Mian, the supervisor of the army.

The seizure of the Hexi Corridor this time was an order from the emperor's feverish mind, so naturally Wang Mian had to reply to the emperor.

"Why didn't the Jinglue envoy take down Zhangye City?" Wang Mi asked a little puzzled.

Chen Qing smiled slightly and said: "Zhangye City is the old capital of the Yellow-headed Uyghurs. They are determined to win. Fighting against the Yellow-headed Uyghurs for a Zhangye City is not conducive to our joint efforts against Xixia in the future, and it is also not conducive to our management of the Hexi Corridor. On the contrary, Giving up Zhangye City to them gave us a powerful ally, and also allowed us to get a continuous supply of war horses. Besides, there are not many Han people in Zhangye City. If we need it, we will build a new Zhangye City in the future. .”

Wang Mi nodded, "The envoy makes sense. Winning an ally is indeed more important than fighting for a city. Our family will report the truth to the officials."

Chen Qing took out two more memorials and put them on the table, "One is a detailed report on my dispatch to Hexi this time, and the other is an informal letter written by the chief of the Yellow-headed Uyghur to the officials. Send it."

Wang Mi was also very happy in his heart. The task assigned by the official was completed in one month, and he had part of the credit for it.

Wang Mi quickly nodded and agreed, "Don't worry! Our family will send people to Lin'an as soon as possible."

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When Chen Qing returned to his official room, Jiang Yanxian and Zhang Xiao rushed over after hearing the news.

Chen Qing took a sip of tea and asked with a smile, "Is there any important news to tell me?"

Jiang Yanxian said with a serious expression: "Liu Guangshi has been appointed as the Xuanfu envoy of Sichuan and Shaanxi!"

"I know that, then what?"

"Then he began to purge the old troops of the Wu ranks. Wu Ling was sent to Bashu to train recruits. Liu Guangshi's confidants Wang De and Li Qiong took over the command of the capital and took over Wu Ling's army respectively. Tian Sheng, Yang Zheng, and Liu Zan were all reorganized. Assuming a false post, he was directly deprived of military power."

Chen Qing sneered, "He is really strong!"

Jiang Yanxian said: "The humble official suspects that the emperor sent him to take office, and he has the intention of completely cleaning the Western Army. Now the entire Western Army, except for the Economic and Strategic Envoy, the previous control and capital control are going well. Transferred away, the Western Army in Hanzhong will be completely transformed."

Chen Qing nodded. It was really like this. He weakened the Western Army step by step without showing his face. Now that I think about it, there are really steps and plans. Then the next step must be my turn.

At this time, Zhang Xiao said, "The humble post has repeatedly thought about it. The emperor's promise to appoint you as the Xuanfu envoy of Longyou is a kind of delusion. It makes the envoy have an illusion that he can sit firmly in Longyou, and it is just to stabilize you. The next step is likely to call you to Beijing to report on your duties, once the economic envoy enters Beijing, Liu Guangshi will take over Xihe Road, this is the main purpose of the emperor sending him to Sichuan and Shaanxi."

Chen Qing said with a smile: "Mr. Zhang's guess is a bit too bold!"

"Look! I also hope that my guess is wrong!"

"Any other important things?"

"And it's about immigration!"

Jiang Yanxian said to Chen Qing: "More than 3000 people who were about to migrate to the Hehuang Valley were stopped at Jianmenguan, and they were not allowed to go north, and were persuaded to return to their respective places. It is said that it was an order from the Xuanfu Department of Sichuan and Shaanxi. The Grain Procurement Agency in Zitong County was seized by the army, [-] guan was confiscated on the grounds of tax evasion, and five people were arrested.”

"boom!"

Chen Qing slammed his fist on the table and paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, with anger overflowing his face, Liu Guangshi was really deceiving!

He walked to the window, looked at the city wall in the distance, slowly restrained the anger in his heart, and said coldly: "It seems that Liu Guangshi really came with a mission. He is not targeting Xihe Road, but targeting me. That's fine, I'll have a fight with him to see if he leaves or I leave!"

……

Chen Qing went back to his mansion depressed and came to his wife's room, but saw his son Ganquan crawling towards him on the ground. In a blink of an eye, the little guy was eight months old, very strong and cute, just learned to crawl, and the room was full of people. Crawl and play.

The room was covered with thick carpets, and the furniture was wrapped in soft cloth, so he wouldn't be afraid of bumping into it.

Looking at his son's cute little face, the boredom in Chen Qing's heart was swept away immediately, and he picked up his son. He came back last night and hadn't seen him for more than a month, yet his son still knew him.