Fenghou

"It's very simple. They spent money to buy more than 100 rascals. They asked around for the general's whereabouts. I knew there was something wrong with them. After finding out the general's whereabouts, the shopkeeper told the general's accommodation to the Qi army leader. I witnessed it with my own eyes, the general left, I took this mule and horse shop, and their shopkeeper was afraid of death, so they told me that Jin Bing would fight for the second time in Tongling County, so we rode to Tongling.”

Chen Qing sighed: "If it wasn't for General Yang today, I'm afraid I would be buried in the Yangtze River."

"The general is overwhelmed. I'm just a Han citizen in the north. I can't afford the word 'general'."

Chen Qing smiled slightly: "Didn't you join me in Lin'an? If you follow me to the Western Army, then you will be General Yang."

Yang Zaixing was overjoyed, cupped his fists and knelt down on one knee, "Zaixing is willing to serve the commander!"

Chen Qing hurriedly helped him up and smiled, "I thought you were going to seek refuge with Yue Fei."

Yang Zaixing sighed lightly and said, "Although General Yue is also a hero in the world, he has been suppressing bandits in the south for the past few years. If I take refuge in him, it is very likely that I will meet my old master on the battlefield."

After a pause, Yang Zaixing explained again: "To tell you the truth, the humble officer was originally Cao Cheng's general. Because he was dissatisfied with Cao Cheng's cronyism, he left him in a rage and returned to the north. But Cao Cheng is kind to me. Play for him, but don't want to meet him on the battlefield."

"Are you a descendant of the Yang family?" Chen Qing asked again with a smile.

Yang Zaixing nodded, "Mr. Yang Jiye is my ancestor."

"Then you will meet people from the tribe in the Western Army!"

"Who?"

Chen Qing smiled and said, "You will know when the time comes."

At this time, Hu Yanjia stepped forward to plead guilty, "The villain is not prepared enough, the general has no luggage."

"It doesn't matter about the luggage, as long as the weapons are there."

Chen Qing felt a little regretful, 300 taels of gold was gone, [-] taels of money!It was a pity to use it to make up for the final pension gap.

Hu Yanjia took out a certificate and half a piece of jade from his pocket, handed it to Chen Qing and said, "This is the general's 300 taels of gold withdrawal certificate, and the commander can withdraw it at Chengdu Baoji Cabinet."

Chen Qing was stunned, "Have you saved it?"

Hu Yanjia scratched his head in embarrassment and said: "We sold the horses for two hundred guan, and the boatmen were always jealous. I was afraid they would steal them. When I passed by Jiankang County, I gave the two hundred guan and the general's 300 taels of gold We deposited them together in Baoji Money Shop, and now that I think about it, it’s fortunate that I had an extra heart at the time, otherwise the Jurchens would have been cheaper.”

Chen Qing secretly approved in his heart, this Hu Yanjia is really a benevolent person, they can completely swallow the 300 taels of gold, he didn't know it, but he didn't do that, seeing the big from the small, this person can be of great use.

Chen Qing suddenly became interested in soliciting, and wanted to keep Brother Huyan by his side.

Taking the opportunity to rest, the three of them discussed the next move.

Hu Yanjia said: "The fact that the Jin people sent hundreds of Jurchens to intercept the general shows that they attach great importance to the general. The villain believes that they will never let it go, and will definitely do everything possible to find the general."

Yang Zaixing also said: "I also think so. The Jin soldiers will definitely set up a large number of scouts at the pier in Guichi County in front of them to find the whereabouts of the commander. Why don't we go south instead of along the Yangtze River, and it will be difficult for them to find us. gone."

"Where is going south from here?"

"It's Huizhou!"

"Huizhou!"

Chen Qing was stunned for a moment, "We just arrived in Huizhou?"

Huizhou is just next door to Muzhou. We entered Huizhou tens of miles west from Chun’an County. It took us ten days to get to Huizhou. It would be better to take the overland road from Lin’an and arrive in Huizhou in two or three days. Such a big circle.

However, although walking inland could avoid the tracking of the Jin soldiers, it could not avoid Qin Hui's Xiangguo order. He killed eleven Jin Guo envoys and guards himself, and Qin Hui just found an excuse to intercept himself.

Chen Qing thought for a while and said, "Actually, I have a good plan."

Yang Zaixing and Hu Yanjia cheered up and looked at Chen Qing together.

Chen Qing tapped the table with his index finger, and said slowly while thinking: "We can divide our forces into two groups. Brother Huyan and General Yang's men ride southward on horseback, and then... General Yang and I return to Tongling, disguised as businessmen and walk into the city by water." Shu."

Speaking of this, Chen Qing pointed to Yiling County on the map and said: "When we meet in Yiling County, we will wait for ten days in Yiling County. If you can't make it, then go directly to Hanzhong to find us." !"

"Great trick!"

Yang Zaixing gave a thumbs up and said approvingly: "This trick is so tricky, the Jurchens would never have thought of it."

……

A three-thousand stone cargo ship was sailing through the waves on the Yangtze River. The east wind was blowing these days, and there was no use of a tracker. The big ship directly pulled up the sails.

Chen Qing was standing on the deck in a black samurai uniform with a frieze and a long sword at his waist.

He and Yang Zaixing originally wanted to pretend to be businessmen, but when they arrived in Tongling, they were dumbfounded. They had no capital, so what kind of businessmen should they be?

Yang Zaixing only had a few hundred coins, and Chen Qing only had a few taels of silver. Chen Qing had money in the Baoji money shop, but there was no Baoji money shop in Tongling. Chengdu, only in Chengdu.

In the end, the two found a dental shop, and a dental man introduced them to a job as a guard for a big businessman going to Sichuan.

Chen Qing and Yang Zaixing each shot an arrow, and the big businessman immediately hired them. This time, Chen Qing earned [-] guan, and Yang Zaixing earned [-] guan.

Chen Qing felt that the big businessman gave too much, but soon he knew that the thirty pennies was not much at all, and the money was actually buying his life.

Although being samurai was a bit wronged, they managed to pass through the nets laid by the Jin people in Guichi and Jiujiang area. Yueyang County is not far ahead.

"Warrior Chen, the proprietor is looking for you!" Someone called him from behind.

Chen Qing nodded and walked quickly to the cabin.

In the cabin, a short and fat middle-aged man was nervously looking at the map. The man was the big businessman who hired Chen Qing this time, also surnamed Chen, named Chen Chong, from Nanchong County, Guozhou, with a big heart and a fat body. He has a pair of small mung bean eyes. Although he is a businessman, he is quite generous.

A few months ago, severe chicken plague broke out in Sichuan, and almost all the chickens, ducks and geese were killed and buried deeply. Chen Chong saw a business opportunity from this. He bought more than 3 catties of duck down and goose down in Jiangnan, and prepared to spend the winter Shu made a fortune.

But what worries Chen Chong is the safety issue on the road. The water thief Yang Yao in the Dongting Lake area is very rampant. He not only occupies Dongting Lake, but also extends his tentacles to the Yangtze River. A large cargo ship will definitely be watched by the other party.

Chen Chong's only hope is to meet a small group of water thieves, a few sentinel boats, a dozen bandit soldiers, etc. He has a dozen guards on board, which is enough to deal with it, but if they encounter tooth boats, they will be completely finished up.

Chen Qing quickly walked into the cabin, "Proprietor, are you looking for me?"

"You came just in time, I have something to do with you!"

Proprietor Chen invited Chen Qing in with a smile, and asked with concern: "It's your first time as a guard, are you used to it?"

"Fortunately, eat well, sleep well, thank you for your concern!"

"I didn't sleep all night last night. It's hard for us businessmen to do business! Begging for food on the edge of a knife, if you don't pay attention, your life will be gone."

Chen Qing knew that the topic was coming, so he continued to wait for Chen Dongzhu to continue.

"We entered Yang Yao's sphere of influence last night, and we won't be able to leave until tonight. To be honest, I'm not afraid of sentinel boats, but tooth boats."

"Can you tell me more specifically?"

"I called you here to tell you, Guard Yang, you can tell him later!"

Proprietor Chen sighed and continued: "Yang Yao distributed a lot of sentry boats on the Yangtze River. There are about five or six people on each sentry boat. The boat is their medium-sized warship, with at least five or 60 people, followed by more than a dozen sentry boats. My boat belongs to Zhongyu, neither a big fish like a fleet, nor a small fish like a small cargo ship, so The possibility of encountering tooth boats is very small, if we encounter sentry ships, we can fight to sink a sentry ship, or kill a few water thieves, and we can still keep the goods."

"What if you encounter Yachuan?" Chen Qing asked.

"Don't resist when you encounter Ya Chuan, let them rob. As long as we can save one life, we will be lucky. When the time comes, you and Xiao Yang will follow my command."

Chen Qing said with a cheerful smile: "No problem, after taking the money from Proprietor Chen, of course you have to obey the command of Proprietor Chen!"

……

Coming out of the cabin, I happened to meet Yang Zaixing. Yang Zaixing hurriedly pulled him aside, "Commander, I'm looking for you! Don't be fooled by the owner."

"What fool?" Chen Qing asked with a smile.

"When I met the nonsense of Ya Chuan's non-resistance, I met Lao Wu just now. Lao Wu said that these water thieves even robbed the lair of Dongting Lake with people and boats. If the harvest is big, they will spare Master Chen's life and let him go." Let’s go, but we warriors have to turn from thieves to soldiers, and if we resist, we will be killed.”

Chen Qing said lightly: "Yang Yao is lucky, I don't have time to mess with him this time!"

At this moment, a crew member suddenly pointed at the river and shouted in fear: "Ya Chuan! Ya Chuan is coming!"

Chapter 111

Two warships appeared on the water, small in size, about [-] shi, one of which was an ordinary warship, and the other was a car boat with external water wheel paddles, all relying on the pedaling of soldiers inside the boat to navigate.

A large flag was erected on the vehicle and boat, with a big word "Yang" written on it.

Behind the two warships, there were more than a dozen sentinel ships. It was really bad luck for Chen Dongzhu today, and he happened to meet Yang Yao patrolling the river.

Proprietor Chen's face turned pale immediately, "Plop!" ' Kneeling on the deck and crying, "My goods! Now I'm going to lose everything."

The value of his goods is nearly [-] guan, and he can earn [-] guan if he transports them to Chengdu and sells them. If he is robbed by water thieves, he will not give him a single hair.

Chen Qing had already changed into iron armor and helmet, with a pot of arrows and a fixed-distance bow on his back, and Fang Tian's painted halberd in his hand. Standing on the deck, the man is majestic and looks extraordinarily different.

"How is the commander's water quality?"

Chen Qing smiled and said: "The water quality is very ordinary, at most you can swim, how about you?"

Yang Zaixing said with a smile: "My water skills are not bad, I have practiced specially, if there is something adventurous later, I will do it."

Chen Qing was not polite to him, nodded and said: "I will protect you!"

Chen Dongzhu knelt on the deck, staring blankly at Chen Qing and Yang Zaixing. The fat on his cheeks trembled, and suddenly he had a strong feeling that these two people might be extraordinary. From their weapons, it could be seen that their own Can you keep it?

At this time, a sentry ship stepped forward, and a general shouted, "Drop the sails and weapons, or kill all the people on the ship and leave no one behind!"

As soon as he finished speaking, an arrow 'whoosh! 'He shot straight at the general's throat, and the general covered his throat and threw himself into the river.

The arrow was beyond everyone's expectation, and the general on the Yachuan suddenly became furious, brandished his knife and shouted: "Go to the boat and kill no one!"

The guards and men on the cargo ship all turned pale with fright. Didn't they say that they would not do anything when encountering a tooth boat?

The archer was Yang Zaixing, his archery skills were on the same level as Liu Qiong and Zhang Xian's, and only slightly inferior to Chen Qing's. The main reason was that his strength was not as good as Chen Qing's, but he was already very superb.

Chen Qing patted him on the shoulder, "After they get on the boat, you will be in charge of archery and I will be in charge of killing!"

Yang Zaixing chuckled, "It's a deal!"

Chen Qing turned around and shouted: "The buddy and the proprietor go to the cargo ship, the guard stays behind, and the boatman also goes to the cargo hold!"

Chen Qing was no longer the previous guard, he showed his true colors as the commander of the Song Army, and the order carried a murderous look and majesty, which made everyone dare not ignore it, and several men and boatmen took the owner down to the cargo hold up.

Chen Qing said to the eight guards again: "I am Chen Qing, the commander of the Western Army. If you don't want to die, follow me to kill the enemy!"

The eight guards had all served in the army. Since they dared to serve as guards on the Yangtze River, they were all people who were not afraid of death. The eight seemed to have returned to the army and agreed abruptly.

Chen Qing immediately deployed to fight. The eight guards were divided into four groups. Each group consisted of two people, one with a sword and shield and one with a spear. They were deployed in eight directions of the ship respectively. Yang Zaixing jumped onto the top of the cabin and used a shield and a mast. Take cover and shoot enemies with bow and arrow.

Chen Qing is responsible for the general support, even if it is urgent, he will support whoever it is.

"Old Yang, when shooting people, shoot horses first, and when capturing thieves, first capture the king!"

"I know!" Yang Zaixing agreed on the top of the boat, he shot an arrow, and the head of a sentry boat thief fell into the river in response.

More than a dozen sentry boats surrounded them from all directions. These soldiers were actually river thieves, all of them were vigorous and murderous. The river was their world, and this was the first time anyone dared to challenge them.

The thieves on the sentinel boat got angry, hooked the big boat with flying claws, and climbed up quickly. The eight guards slashed with knives and stabbed with spears, fighting fiercely with the Jiang thieves.

Yang Zaixing shot all the arrows, he shot eight arrows in a row, and he killed the eight small bosses with one arrow. The bandits on the sentinel boat all realized how powerful he was, and all raised their bows and arrows to shoot at him.

Chen Qing was in control of the bow, and more than a dozen bandit soldiers from the two sentinel ships climbed up from both sides of the bow. Unfortunately, they were unlucky and met Chen Qing.

Chen Qing went on a killing spree, wielding Fang Tian's painted halberd, and killed more than a dozen bandit soldiers, their heads fell to the ground, screams continued, corpses piled up on the deck, and there were stumps, broken arms and rolling heads everywhere.

The last two bandit soldiers were frightened out of their wits, turned around and jumped into the Yangtze River to flee for their lives.

At this time, the guard Lao Wu was shot in the face by a cold arrow and fell to the ground screaming. His partner was a young guard with little experience. !"

A figure descended from the sky, Chen Qing let out a loud roar, the halberd swept across, three heads flew up, stabbed with his backhand, and pierced another person's chest, a bandit behind him swung a knife and slashed at the back of Chen Qing's neck, 'Pfft! ’ An arrow shot through his neck, and the bandit soldier fell headlong.

Chen Qing killed two more people in a row, and gave a thumbs up to the cabin roof.

"There are no thieves here, go support Xu Guard!"

Chen Qing pushed the young guards to the other side. With a loud roar, he waved Fang Tian's painted halberd, and charged at the bandits rushing up from the opposite side...

A general wearing a golden helmet stood on the vehicle and boat in the distance. This man was also very young, with dark skin, a big waist, a fleshy face, a very fierce appearance, and a pair of triangular eyes full of violence.

This person is Yang Yao, the leader of the Dongting Lake thief. He admires Gan Ning, the famous general of the Three Kingdoms, and calls himself Little Gan Ning. He also makes a pair of short halberds.

He united with various water thieves from the Yangtze River and Dongting Lake, and was elected as the leader. He had tens of thousands of soldiers under his command, and attacked cities and looted villages around Dongting Lake with great momentum.

At the beginning of the year, Yang Yao defeated the [-] troops of Cheng Changyu, the governor of Lizhou, and captured the famous shipbuilder Gao Xuan.

Today, Yang Yao happened to take a medium-sized car and boat to test the ship, and at the same time patrolled the Yangtze River, he did not expect to intercept the cargo ship that Chen Qing was on.

Yang Yao squinted at Chen Qing, who was extremely brave on the cargo ship. The place he passed was devastated, killing people like mowing grass, and none of the soldiers survived. He died terribly, which really made him feel a little frightened. This person is like a god of murder. Neither he nor his subordinates have such martial arts nor such murderous aura.

Also, the archer hiding on the roof of the cabin is also a formidable figure. Yang Yao has never seen him shoot empty shots. At least 30 to [-] people were killed by him, and almost all the sentry ship leaders died under his arrows.

"Pass me the order, the tooth boat will press up!"

Suddenly there was a loud drum on the river, signal flags were flying, and Ya Chuan sped up and rushed towards the cargo ship.

There were 80 rebels on the boat, led by the general Xia Fei. Xia Fei held an iron knife in his hand and was tall and mighty.

At this time, more than [-] soldiers from more than a dozen sentry ships had been killed, and only less than ten people remained. They only dared to stand on the sentry ships and shout from a distance, but no one dared to approach the big ship within [-] steps. There is no false shot, and they are shot and killed when they get close. They are all timid.