Fenghou

The veteran's eyes turned red immediately, and tears rolled down his face, "Zhe Dudu, I am your personal soldier Li Changgui! Don't you know me?"

Orihiko suddenly remembered, and said in surprise, "You are Li Changgui, didn't you die in Taiyuan?"

"Zhedudu, I am not dead. I crawled out of the dead, and you all disappeared. My leg was injured, so I had to flee back to my hometown, Xinqin County. , I'm dying..."

Speaking of this, the veteran Li Changgui hugged Orihiko's arm and cried bitterly. More than ten years have passed in a flash, and he never expected to see the lord again.

Orihiko was also quite sad, and said to the veteran: "Chang Gui, it's a good thing that everyone is still alive. I am now the commander of the Western Army, and I will not go back to the south again."

At this time, a cavalryman came rushing up, clasped his fists on the horse and said, "Report to Dutong, there is an urgent military situation, General Li, please go over and discuss it."

Li Changgui's expression changed, "It must be someone from the food grabbing party, I have to notify the county magistrate."

"Go and tell your county lord that I will come with an army of [-] and tell him not to worry."

Zhe Yanzhi led his men out of the city, and soon came to the army garrison, Li Muqing stepped forward and said: "The scouts found an army that came from the north, about 3000 people, it was thirty miles away before, but now it is less than two miles away from us. ten miles."

"Cavalry?"

"No! It's infantry."

Orihiko nodded, "I should come to Xinqin County to grab grain from the Dangxiang Army. Just now I met an old subordinate and learned that their county magistrate is leading the people to harvest wheat on the south bank of Tumao River."

"How to deal with this party army?" Li Muqing asked.

Orihiko rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "The army enters the city and surrounds them from north and south!"

……

The 3000-member Dangxiang Army rushed all the way to Xinqin County. This army was responsible for robbing Linzhou's grain, and Xinqin County was the first stop.

The soldiers are familiar with the road, they know where the wheat fields are?But just grabbing wheat is not enough, they have to find carts to transport them, and there should be carts in the county town.

Three thousand troops rushed to the gate of the north city, but when they saw the gate was closed, the leader of the army was furious, "Go to the gate of the south city!"

Three thousand Dangxiang troops ran along the east wall to the south gate. There was still a hundred steps away from the south gate. Suddenly, thousands of arrows were fired from the top of the east city, and the arrows shot at Dangxiang army like a storm.

The Dangxiang army was caught off guard, and it was too late when they found the arrows above their heads. The arrows fell like raindrops, and the Dangxiang soldiers were shot by the arrows one after another.

At this moment, a cavalry force of 5000 men was killed from the south, and a long cavalry line was drawn out to surround the Dangxiang Army from the south to the southeast. The soldiers of the Dangxiang Army fled to the north. Five thousand cavalry also appeared in the north, and also surrounded the Dangxiang army from the north to the northeast.

The two cavalry quickly closed in, with arrows raining down on their heads, surrounded by [-] cavalry, and the soldiers of the party army were desperate, wailing in despair.

……

Chen Qing's orders to Niu Gao and Orihiko were all extermination orders, except for the Han soldiers in the allied army, all other foreign soldiers would be exterminated, and they would no longer be given a chance to reproduce.

The lessons of the five random Chinese are extremely deep-rooted. Any tolerance towards foreign races in history will sooner or later bring disaster to the Han people in the Central Plains.

The Dangxiang army in front of him is no exception, and Chen Qing's order to the remnants of Dangxiang is also an order to kill.

The three rounds of arrow rain alone wiped out nearly 30 soldiers, and the remaining soldiers could not escape the massacre of the cavalry. In the end, only [-] people were left for interrogation, and the rest of the soldiers were all beheaded.

Orihiko led 1 troops to the wheat field area on the south bank of Tumao River. The people in the city planted more than [-] mu of wheat fields here, and they relied on these wheat fields for their annual rations.

All the old people, children, and women are scrambling to harvest wheat in the wheat fields, and young men basically don't see it. Many men who can be called young are almost 40 years old.

The magistrate is called Zheng Heng, a native of Linzhou, and he is also 38 years old. It has been ten years since he became the magistrate in the second year of Jianyan.

He had already received a report from Li Changgui, and when he saw an army crossing the bridge, he rushed up to meet him.

"Xiaguan Zheng Heng, magistrate of Xinqin County, may I ask if Zhedu is in?"

Zhe Yanzhi urged the horse to come out, "Old man Zhe Yanzhi!"

"Sure enough, it's Zhedu Dudu, the villain's father, Zheng Ziyuan."

Zheng Ziyuan used to know the affairs of Linzhou, and Orihiko was very familiar with it. He nodded, "After being an old friend, is your father still alive?"

"My father passed away from illness the year before last. I originally wanted to resign from office to keep my filial piety, but the people disagreed, so I had to bite the bullet and do it now."

What Zheng Heng meant was to tell Zhe Yanzhi that he was not the county magistrate of the Kingdom of Jin, but the county magistrate supported by the people.

Orihiko understood what he meant, nodded, and pointed at the endless wheat field with a whip, "Do you need help from my soldiers?"

"We can cut the wheat fields slowly, but the key is that party soldiers will come to grab the grain. We are really worried."

Orihiko smiled slightly, "We have wiped out all the Dangxiang soldiers who robbed food. I wonder if there are Dangxiang soldiers who robbed food elsewhere?"

Zheng Heng hurriedly said: "We only have this one in Linzhou, and there is another one in Lanzhou and Kelan Army. The number of soldiers going to Lanzhou will be a little more."

"Aren't there Baode Army and Volcano Army next to Fuzhou? And Toyozhou in the north?"

"These three places are the pastures of the Dangxiang people. There are no wheat fields, and the Han people have been driven away."

Orihiko nodded and said with a smile: "I see, you continue to harvest wheat, and you don't have to worry about the army grabbing grain."

"Thanks to the old general for coming to help in a critical moment."

Zhe Yanzhi smiled again: "Go and tell the folks, starting today, Linzhou has returned to the Song Dynasty, and you are all the people of King Yong of Sichuan and Shaanxi."

"King Yong is Chen Dutong?"

"He used to be Dutong, but now he is named King Yong."

"Great, the price of salt and goods will all come down, so I'm going to announce the good news to everyone."

Zheng Heng ran to the wheat field, and after a while, cheers began to sound in the wheat field.

Orihiko smiled and ordered the army to turn around and return to the county. He needed to discuss the next move with Li Muqing.

"Zhe Dutong, the confession has been made clear."

Li Muqing urged him to salute immediately and said: "The opponent has 1 troops, and this time they sent 3000 troops to grab food, 3000 from Linzhou, 1000 from Lanzhou, and [-] from Kelan. This is a great opportunity for individual annihilation."

Orihiko smiled slightly and said, "I came to you to discuss this matter!"

Li Muqing and Zhe Yanzhi quickly reached an agreement to leave 5000 people in Xinqin County to guard the logistics of 1 camels. People went to the Kelan army, and after the enemy army who grabbed the wheat was eliminated, the two sides agreed on a time, and the troops divided into two groups and marched towards Fuzhou.

The Western Army crossed the Yellow River from Hehejin. It was very convenient to have a pontoon bridge built by the grain grabbing army. The army immediately divided into two groups. Zhe Yanzhi led [-] troops to Hehe County, fifty miles away.

Although there are [-] infantry in the [-] army, it must be made clear here that even the infantry marches on horseback, with legs instead of walking, and they only form infantry formations when fighting. done.

His army has 50 horses, which means that every soldier has the power to travel.

There are two main wheat-growing places in Lanzhou, one is the Weifen River Valley in the south of Hehe County, and the other is the Fenshui River Valley in Loufan County in the southeast.

The 5000 army did not find the party's food grabbing army in the Weifen River Valley. They went to Loufan County, and Zhe Yanzhi led [-] people to attack Loufan County.

But an unexpected situation happened at this time.

Chapter 9 Rebels

The state capital of Lanzhou is Yifang County, which is located in a mountainous area, but it is also the main traffic route of Lanzhou, and it is the only way to go to Loufan County.

Zhe Yanzhi's army was still more than a dozen miles away from Yifang County, when they heard the sound of drums in the direction of the county ahead, like thunder in the sky.

Orihiko hurriedly ordered the army to stop, waiting for news from the scouts ahead.

Not long after, several scouts galloped back on horseback, clasped their fists and said in a loud voice, "Report to Dutong, the party army in front has been ambushed and is coming towards us in defeat."

Orihiko asked in surprise, "Ambush by whom?"

"It's not known yet."

Orihiko immediately ordered the army to hide in the woods on both sides, preparing to encircle the party and defeat the army.

Not long after, more than [-] Dangxiang soldiers fled in a panic, and Orihiko immediately understood that the forces ahead to defeat the Dangxiang army were not strong enough, and there was too much bluff, otherwise so many Dangxiang soldiers would not have returned.

As soon as two thousand Dangxiang soldiers retreated into the encirclement of the Western Army, Orihiko shouted, "Shooting arrows!"

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

The sound of clappers was loud, and the Song army in the woods on both sides fired all arrows. Suddenly, groups of party soldiers fell to the ground screaming and wailing.

"Cavalry attack!"

Orihiko gave an order, and five thousand cavalry rushed out from behind the woods on both sides. Hundreds of fleeing party soldiers were killed by the cavalry like melons and vegetables.

At this time, Orihiko suddenly saw an army appearing a mile away. It should be an army with armor and spears, but it was not a Dangxiang army. There were about 600 people.

Orihiko immediately realized that this army should be ambushing the party members. At this time, the army a mile away also spotted the Song army, turned around and withdrew.

Orihiko ordered the cavalry, "Go and surround them, don't do anything!"

The 600 cavalry immediately galloped away like arrows, overtook the opponent in a short while, and surrounded [-] people.

Dang Xiang's army had been killed, Zhe Yanzhi urged his horse to go up, saw that although these five or six hundred people were dressed in rags, they were all straight and fearless.

The leader was a man in his forties, and beside him stood a boy of seventeen or eighteen, tall and tall, carrying two big copper hammers, quite eye-catching.

"Which army are you from?" The middle-aged man saw that Orihiko was the leader and asked loudly.

"From the armor, you can't tell where we are from?"

The middle-aged man shook his head, "Song Army, Xie Cong Army, and Puppet Qi Army all have the same equipment and armor, I can't see it!"

Orihiko said with a slight smile: "I am the Xuanfu envoy of Sichuan and Shaanxi, the Marshal of the Western Army, and the general under the command of Yongwang Chenshang. I am in charge of Orihiko. Are you satisfied with this answer?"

The middle-aged Han man stared at Orihiko and looked again and again, "Are you really Orihiko? Aren't you a high-ranking official in the court?"

"The bird chooses a good tree to live in. I will return to Sichuan and Shanxi to serve King Yong. There is nothing wrong with it!"

The middle-aged man was obviously hit. After a long while, he let out a long sigh and ordered his subordinates: "It's my own, put down your weapon!"

Five or six hundred people put down their weapons one after another. At this time, a large number of people, thousands of them, stood on the hillside in darkness with hoes, sticks and axes in their hands.

The middle-aged man cupped his hands, "Zhedu Tong, please wait a moment, I will let them disband and go back."

The middle-aged man ran up the hillside, and Orihiko asked the boy holding the copper hammer with a smile, "Is that your father?"

The young man nodded, and Orihiko's eyes fell on his copper hammers again, and he exclaimed: "What a big copper hammer, how many catties does this pair weigh?"

The young man said proudly, "This pair of copper hammers weighs eighty kilograms, and there are no less than a hundred Jurchen Tartars who died under these pair of copper hammers."

"That's right! Are you the rebels from Lanzhou?"

"We are the Eight Character Army!"

The boy brushed his hair, and there were eight black characters on his forehead, "serve the country with all my heart, and swear to kill the gold thief".

Orihiko was stunned, the eight-character army, isn't that Chen Qing's starting army?

"Jichun!"

Someone shouted, the middle-aged man came back, Zhe Yanzhi turned his head, only to see thousands of people have dispersed, it seems that this middle-aged man has a high prestige among the people, he is someone with a story.

Orihiko smiled and said, "This general, why don't we talk?"

The middle-aged man was a little hesitant, but when he thought that the other party was Orihiko, he nodded.

Orihiko sat on the ground by the side of the road, and the soldiers brought them saddles as a table, and brought them two jugs of wine.

Orihiko saw that the other party was a little surprised, so he smiled and said: "It's colder in the north, and every soldier will carry a pot of wine when he goes out to fight. If he is injured, he can use wine to wash his wounds, so we usually prohibit alcohol in the army, but we can't help it when we go out. gone."

The middle-aged man took a sip of his wine and said, "Chen Qing is very pragmatic, no wonder he has made it this far."

Zhe Yan asked with a questioning smile: "I heard from your son that you are the Eight Character Army, are you Wang Yan's subordinates?"

The middle-aged man nodded, "Xia Shaolong is one of the four commanders under Wang Yan's command. Back then, I had a good relationship with Fu Xuan. When Wang Yan was transferred to split the Eight-Character Army, I did not choose Chen Qing. , but chose Fu Xuan. At that time, I was bewitched by Fu Xuan, and I was a little jealous of Chen Qing's rise. It was not until Fu Xuan surrendered Yan Wushu that I finally came to my senses."

Speaking of this, Shao Long looked up to the sky and let out a long sigh, which was full of bitterness, and he continued: "In order to protect my subordinates, I had to pretend to be obedient, and was soon assigned to Lanzhou by the Kingdom of Jin. The leader of Lanzhou is a Jurchen centurion , there were more than 100 Jurchen personal guards below, and then I led a thousand soldiers of the Eight-Character Army, and soon I led my men to fight against the gold, killed the main general and more than 100 Jurchens, and re-erected the banner of the Eight-Character Army.”

"Since you have awakened, why don't you go to Chen Qing?"

Shao Long sighed, "I feel ashamed! After all, I have served in the Jin Guoxie army for a few months, and I have tarnished the Bazi Army, so I dare not face Chen Qing again."

"Actually, you're still a bit unconvinced by Chen Qing, aren't you?"

Shao Long shook his head, "It's just that I have a rather lonely personality. Chen Qing developed today, destroyed Xixia, took over Hexi, and monopolized Sichuan and Shaanxi. He is already the king of the world. How could I not know myself? I just can't let go of this face."

Speaking of this, Shao Long stared at Zhe Yanzhi and said: "But even the old general, the dignified second-rank official of the imperial court, can let go of his status. If he is willing to be Chen Qing's general, why should I not let go?"

Orihiko said indifferently: "If I take the wrong path, no matter how high I stand, I will never be able to realize my dreams and long-cherished wishes, so I chose the right path again, but King Yong didn't let me start from the beginning. How can I not be grateful for the opportunity to realize my long-cherished wish."

Orihiko refers to the post of Dutong. Others are promoted to Dutong after many battles and meritorious service, but he has no contribution or merit to the Western Army. He was appointed as Dutong as soon as he came. Ashamed, but also full of gratitude to Chen Qing.

Shao Long nodded silently, the appearance of Orihiko had shocked him too much, he seemed to see himself in Orihiko who had also gone the wrong way.

Orihiko looked at Shao Long's ragged army, and said with a smile, "General Shao doesn't seem to be doing well in Lanzhou!"

Shao Long smiled wryly and said: "A few months after I killed the general of Jin Bing, Wanyan Huonu, who was in Taiyuan, personally led an army of [-] to attack. The Jurchen army fought more than a dozen times, killing thousands of enemy troops, and my army also lost more than half. Fortunately, the Western Army captured Taiyuan Mansion last year, and the pressure on us disappeared immediately."

"Although the Jurchen army is gone, there are party members again."

Shao Long nodded, "A few months ago, we deliberately released the news that we went to Taiyuan Mansion and then hid in the mountains. Brother Li Cha also believed it. This time he sent troops to grab food, so he didn't guard against us. , although we only have 500 people, we set up traps in Yifang City, and mobilized the people to join the battle. This morning, the Dangxiang army entered the trap, and we killed nearly a thousand of them in one go when they were unprepared. Their lord died under my son's bronze hammer."