Fenghou

At this time, there was a bang in the yard, he hurried out of the room, and asked, "Who is it?"

In the night, there seemed to be a figure lying on the ground at the foot of the wall. He hurried forward and looked it over, but the person was covered in blood. He drew out his dagger and asked, "Who are you?"

"Ah Bao, help me!" Sombra's voice was low.

"You are...you are the proprietor!"

Feng Abao recognized that it was Proprietor Wang from the fur shop. Of course, he now knew that Proprietor Wang was Pi Xiangyang who the inner guard wanted to catch.

"My lord, why are you injured?"

"Help me into the house and get me some medicine!"

Feng Abao slowly helped Pi Xiangyang into the room and asked him to sit down. Pi Xiangyang let out a scream, half of his collarbone protruded out, blood flowed out again, Feng Abao was startled, this... what should I do?

Pi Xiangyang gritted his teeth and pressed his collarbone flat with pain, his body collapsed for a while, and he panted, "Is there any wine, give me some wine."

Feng Abao shook his head, "There is no wine at home, how about I go buy wine and buy some wound medicine for the owner."

Pi Xiangyang nodded, "Pour me a glass of water first, I'm thirsty!"

Feng Abao hurried to the kitchen and scooped up a bowl of water in the water tank. He was about to leave when he suddenly thought of something. He took out a small packet of medicinal powder from the partition above his head, poured half of it into the water, and put the medicine into the water. Convenience, colorless and odourless.

As he walked, he shook all the medicines well, and walked into the room with a bowl, "Proprietor, drink water!"

Pi Xiangyang took the bowl and asked again: "Is there any cloth strips, find some cloth strips for me!"

Feng Abao hurried to the back room, tore an old clothes into strips, but stared at Pi Xiangyang out of the corner of his eyes.

Pi Xiangyang was dehydrated and thirsty. He picked up the bowl and gulped down the water in one gulp. Feng Abao secretly heaved a sigh of relief and walked out quickly, "Master, I'll put the cloth on the table. I'll go buy some wine." Buy medicine and be right back."

Pi Xiangyang waved his hands and said, "Ah Bao, I have treated you well all these years!"

"The proprietor is very kind to me, and the salary is very high. I have never received so much money. My whole family and I thank the proprietor from the bottom of our hearts!"

Pi Xiangyang smiled and said: "That little money is nothing, this time you saved me, I will let you be the third-level supervisor in the future, with a monthly salary of [-] yuan, and I will reward you with this yard , if you have money and a house, you can marry a beautiful woman."

Feng Abao knelt down and choked with sobs: "The proprietor's kindness, Abao can't repay even if he is smashed to pieces!"

Pi Xiangyang nodded in satisfaction, "Go! Hurry up to buy medicine and wine. For wine, you need to buy spirits. For medicine, you need to buy Sanqi powder. Buy as much as you can!"

"I remember, I'll be right back!"

He closed the door and walked away quickly. At this moment, Pi Xiangyang felt dizzy for a while. He thought it was caused by excessive blood loss. He stood up reluctantly, walked two steps, his eyes darkened, and he fell to the ground.

The first thousand and 290 chapter four decisions

Feng Abao ran to the gate of the fur shop in one breath, and he shouted to the surroundings: "I know you are here, please come out quickly, I know where Pi Xiangyang is?"

In the darkness, five black figures appeared, surrounded Feng Abao, and asked for the head of the capital, "Who are you?"

Feng Abao clasped his fists and said, "My name is Feng Abao, and I am Wang Jinniu's brother. You generals know me."

"You said just now that you know Pi Xiangyang's whereabouts?" Wei Capital asked again.

"He's in my dormitory, he's injured, I'll come out and buy him medicine!"

Everyone looked at each other, worried about the capital and asked anxiously, "Where is your dormitory?"

"Just five hundred steps ahead, I'll show you the way!"

Everyone nodded, Feng Abao rushed to the small courtyard where he lived with five inner guards, and entered the courtyard, "Proprietor! Proprietor!" He shouted twice, but no one answered.

He opened the window and looked into the house, only to see Pi Xiangyang lying face down on the ground. He nodded to everyone and kicked open the door for the capital. Pi Xiangyang's back, but Pi Xiangyang didn't move.

"He drank water just now, and there is a drug in the water, he may have been lost." Feng Abao said at the door.

For the capital, he touched Pi Xiangyang's breath, and he was still breathing. The five of them started together and tied Pi Xiangyang's hands and feet behind his back with a rope. The severe pain in the wound woke Pi Xiangyang up.

He was taken aback, "You..."

Before he finished speaking, a ball of rags blocked his mouth, and a black cloth bag covered his head. They put medicine on him, lifted him up and walked out.

At this moment, Pi Xiangyang finally understood that Feng Abao had betrayed himself, he sighed, and closed his eyes in despair.

……

When Zhong Huan heard that Pi Xiangyang had been captured, he was overwhelmed with joy and ran straight to the gate, only to see a soldier from the inner guard carrying a man out of the carriage.

He tore off the hood, and Wang Jinniu, who had lost his hand, gritted his teeth and roared, trying to charge up, but the inner guard stopped him.

"Is it him?" Zhong Huan asked.

Wang Jinniu gritted his teeth and nodded, "It's him, even if he is burned to ashes, I will recognize him!"

Pi Xiangyang gave Wang Jinniu a cold look, then turned his head and stared at Feng Abao with great hatred, Feng Abao snorted, "I'm from Dai County, do you think I will really be loyal to the Jurchen?"

Seeing that he was seriously injured, Zhong Huan waved his hand and said, "Take him in and treat him!"

The soldiers of the inner guard carried Pi Xiangyang into the official office, Zhong Huan patted Feng Abao's shoulder and praised, "You performed very well this time, and I will reward you a lot."

"Thank you General!"

"You and Taurus are both meritorious officials. Each of you will be rewarded with five hundred coins. Don't worry about Taurus. Even though you have broken your hand, the inner guard will take care of you and your family and will not let you be wronged."

Wang Jinniu had a sore nose and quickly lowered his head.

……

The next day, we continued to suppress and arrest the intelligence spies. At noon, the last spies were caught. All the spies' salaries and activity expenses were paid by him, so Liu Kai knew everyone's hiding details very well.

Two days later, Zhong Huan ended his operation in Taiyuan and began to return to Jingzhao. Before leaving, he made two decisions. The first was to reward Feng Abao with the courtyard where he was currently living as an additional reward for reporting to him. Wang Ji Leather Goods was given to Wang Jinniu as an arrangement for him and his family.

There were also two internal guard soldiers who died in the line of duty. Zhong Huan also reported to King Yong and gave them generous pensions.

As for Wu Taigu, he found clues of two firearms craftsmen, and found that these two are currently working in the Firearms Bureau of the Western Army. It was their unremitting efforts that developed the Iron Fire Thunder of the Western Army.

Chong Huan did not pursue Wu Taigu's crimes, but suggested that he be dismissed, and at the same time confiscated his 200 taels of silver, and rewarded them to Wang Jinniu and Feng Abao respectively.

The internal guard team left Taiyuan City, escorted the intelligence spies of the Kingdom of Jin, and returned to Jingzhao City in a mighty manner. These spies will face the most severe trial. According to the military law of the Western Army, they will all be beheaded.

……

Jingzhao, in the staff hall of King Yong's official residence, Chen Qing summoned important officials such as the governors of various divisions and Sima to discuss the plan to attack Hebei.

Guan Shigu no longer served as the military governor and the counselor of the Internal Affairs Hall. He still had one year to retire. In the last year, he took Chen Qing's place on Jiangnan West Road to consolidate the Western Army's control of Jiangnan West Road.

Zhang Xiao, who returned from Bianliang, took over as the capital supervisor of the military department and at the same time served as the counselor of the internal affairs hall.

Chen Qing stood in front of the sand table and said to everyone: "The attack on Hebei Road is the same as the attack on Henan Road. I also plan to take two steps. The first step is to take Hebei Road, and the second step is to capture Yanshan Mansion. Yanshan Mansion can be released a little bit." Once released, because attacking Yanshan Mansion will arouse strong resistance from the Kingdom of Jin, so I will take it step by step, first take the Hebei Road, restore all the rivers and lands occupied by the Kingdom of Jin, and then continue to attack and completely destroy the Kingdom of Jin. "

"His Royal Highness attacked Hebei Road, did you consider the invasion of Datong and Lingzhou by grassland nomadic cavalry?"

The person inquiring was Ori Yanzhi, who had retired from Datong last year and handed over the military power to his successor governor Yan Jun. He was named Dai Guogong by Chen Qing, and he walked in the internal affairs hall. , Of course, refers to major military affairs, you can express your own opinions, but you have no voting rights and decision-making rights.

Chen Qing said slowly: "I got the news that the three nomadic tribes had internal strife. Of course, it was also because of Jin Guo's instigation. Although they occupied Fengzhou, at least no coalition forces will go south this year. Perhaps one of their tribes I will take advantage of our army’s attack on Hebei and go south to invade, but both Lingzhou and Datong Prefecture’s garrisons are ready and will deal a severe blow to the invaders. I will not worry too much, and please don’t worry, Mr. Zhe!”

Orihiko nodded, "Your Highness is so confident, I don't worry about it!"

Chen Qing smiled and continued: "I have been preparing for this attack on Hebei Road since last year. Yang Zaixing trained troops on Henan Road, established the Yellow River Navy, established a sea route base, etc., all of which are for our preparations for attacking Hebei Road. , and even intelligence collection in Hebei, etc., we have been doing it.

First of all, our enemy, Wan Yanchang sits on Hebei Road, currently he has an army of 20 people, including 12 Jurchens or Donghu people, and 5 signed troops. In addition, Yanshan Mansion has 25 troops, all of whom are golden soldiers , Among the [-] troops, there are [-] troops directly under the command of the governor Wanyan Helisa, and [-] golden soldiers are supporting troops. These [-] golden soldiers will definitely go south to support Wanyanchang, so the The enemy army numbered [-].

In view of this, the number of troops I plan to send is between 30 and 50, and the war expenditure to be prepared is also between 200 million and 500 million. "

This is the focus of the Internal Affairs Hall's attention. How much military expenses will be paid, Zhou Kuan frowned and said: "500 million guan, it's too much!"

Everyone laughed. If you are not in charge of the family, you don’t know how expensive it is. After Zhou Kuan is in charge of finance and taxation, he is the second Zhao Kai. He is extremely stingy. It seems that this is an occupational disease, and it is the same for anyone.

Chen Qing smiled slightly and said: "I just said that the upper limit is 500 million guan. If there is a protracted war, the expenditure will indeed be huge, but if the war can be ended within two months as planned, then the maximum will be 300 million guan. I mean Say, prepare for the worst."

"That's fine!"

Zhou Kuan also let go, "Anyway, according to the old rules, the temple treasury and the government treasury each bear half, and the war proceeds each get half, but Hebei Road is probably a loss-making business. The wealth is in Yanshan Mansion, and Hebei Road has no money."

Chen Qing said with a smile: "In the battle to wipe out Zhang Jun, the Internal Affairs Hall didn't pay a penny, but it also got rich. It doesn't matter if you pay a little bit this time."

Lu Qingshan said to the crowd: "The Battle of Hebei Road is a battle of righteousness. If we recover Hebei Road, we will win for righteousness. It doesn't matter if we lose a little or win a little."

Zhou Kuan sighed and said: "Qingshan, I was just joking, if you say that, I will become a miser who doesn't care about righteousness."

Lu Qingshan smiled slightly and said: "Counselor Zhou didn't strongly oppose it, it's already a matter of righteousness."

Everyone laughed again, and Jiang Yanxian asked again: "When will Your Highness go to battle?"

"Prepare for material allocation first. I'm not in Jingzhao. It's still the old rule. General affairs are decided by the Internal Affairs Hall, and major events are decided by the princess."

The first thousand 290 chapters and five military discussions

In the afternoon, Chen Qing met Wang Hao, the commander of the inner guard capital.

Wang Hao bowed and said: "His Royal Highness, last night we found the other party's pigeon letter station, which was hidden in Baqiao outside the East City, and captured the contact person responsible for distributing the pigeons. Yu, completely destroyed Wan Yanchang's intelligence station."

Chen Qing nodded and said: "Since these people want to work for the Jurchens, they must have made the decision to die generously, so I will fulfill them, and all intelligence spies will be executed."

"Follow the order!"

Chen Qing thought for a while and then said: "There is also Zhonghuan, the intelligence spies from Taiyuan don't have to escort Jingzhao, they will be executed at the same place, and at the same time, I will pass on my commendation order, Zhonghuan and his subordinates will be promoted to a higher level. , Zhong Huan named Shangjun Commander."

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your love!"

Chen Qing said again: "I'm going to go to war soon, and Jingzhao's defense must be strengthened, especially around the Prince Yong's mansion, and we must not be careless."

"Please rest assured, Your Highness, I guarantee that nothing will go wrong!"

……

Hearing that her husband was going to fight again, although Lu Xiu was a little bit reluctant, she still understood.

"There is no one to take care of your husband's daily life, so bring Amei with you! I also feel relieved."

Chen Qing shook his head, "If you're going out on patrol, it's okay to take her with you, but this is an expedition, and there are special regulations during wartime, and there are no women in the barracks."

Lu Xiu painstakingly persuaded: "Of course I know, it is not time to announce the war right away, it will take a month or two to prepare for the war, besides, the husband is the commander, not the chief general, and the chief generals should be allowed to lead the troops to fight, and the husband controls the overall situation , Husband should not stay in the barracks often, and give the generals a chance to grow."

Chen Qing said with a smile: "Although the lady wants me to bring Ah Mei, it still makes sense, okay! This time I will bring Ah Mei."

Yao Mei has been named Liangyuan by Chen Qing, but she is different from other wives and concubines in that she does not have her own independent yard and still lives with his wife Lu Xiu.

It was not that Lu Xiu treated her badly, but that she was unwilling to leave Chen Qing's side, and preferred to be his personal concubine.

Lu Xiu admired her quality quite a lot. Generally, women pursue status and want to be treated more. They belong to their own private courtyard, have maids to serve them, have generous monthly money, and can bring prosperity and wealth to her family, while Yao Mei Don't want these, she just wants to continue to be a personal concubine.

Of course, once Yao Mei became pregnant, her career as a personal concubine would end accordingly.

In the study room, Lu Xiu and Yao Mei are busy packing for Chen Qing, mainly because there are a lot of books and albums, which need to be boxed.

"Don't move!"

Seeing that the two of them were about to move the box out, Chen Qing laughed quickly and said, "The box is very heavy. I'll move it out by myself later. If you can't move it, you will lose your waist."

"Okay! Amei, let the officials move it by themselves."

Lu Xiu was a little tired and sat on a chair to rest. At this moment, Chen Qing suddenly remembered something and asked, "Amei, have you ever been on a boat?"

Yao Mei thought for a while and said, "When I was young, I didn't sit much anymore."

Lu Xiu was a little strange, and asked, "My husband wants to take a boat to the Yellow River?"

Chen Qing shook his head, "This time I'm going to Haizhou to have a look first, and then take a boat to continue north to Laizhou. Half of the journey is in the sea, so I'm worried that Amei will get seasick."

Yao Mei whispered, "I've never been on such a long boat before."

Lu Xiu smiled and said: "Actually, it's all near the sea, so there won't be any rough seas. Don't worry, Amei, you won't be so tired by boat."

Yao Mei didn't say anything, but her heart was full of yearning for the sea.

……

In the next two days, the Western Army began large-scale combat preparations. In fact, the Western Army began preparing to attack Hebei a year ago. Food, grass, kerosene, and siege weapons were all transported to Taiyuan, Bianliang, and Laizhou one after another.

This time it was mainly to transport money and various supplies and armor. The Western Army used [-] camels and [-] large ships, and mobilized [-] civilians to assist.

At the same time, the Western Army temporarily closed all commercial roads leading to Hebei, and the atmosphere of war began to intensify, but all the people were full of expectations. This was the last battle to regain their homeland.

In an atmosphere of active preparations for the war, Chen Qing went to Shangluo under the escort of three thousand cavalry, transferred to the Qianshi passenger ship in Shangluo, and then went to Xiangyang to take the Wanshi passenger ship.

At the same time when the Western Army began to prepare for the war, Lin'an's "Beijing News" also published a declaration of war written by Chen Qing himself on the headlines of the front page, and accompanied it with a headline that made people excited, "The horn is blowing, to our last Lost ground to march!"

Immediately ignited the enthusiasm of the people in Lin'an and Jiangnan. Tens of thousands of copies of "Beijing News" were snapped up. Tens of thousands of people rushed to the "Beijing News" newspaper office from all directions to donate money. through.

Although a large number of Plum Blossom Guard soldiers are also haunting the streets, Plum Blossom Guard can only keep an eye on the officials, and they can't do anything about ordinary people, and they can't control them.

However, it was precisely because of the Plum Blossom Guard's surveillance that the officials of the imperial court were extremely silent. Everyone was silent, and even the normal atmosphere was gone.