After the Battle of Zhuoluo City, Dangxiang no longer arranged an isolated army within one or two hundred miles of the Song army, and the Huizhou area was actually half-abandoned. Now Dangxiang's defense line retreated to the Quwuling line east of Huizhou. They learned from Zhuoluo City's lessons and knew that they were neither good at siege nor defending the city. They rely on the Tiandu Mountain South Courtyard and Xishou Military Supervisory Office in the south and north to defend the Quwuling passes. Xu Ping had great skills and could not lead the army to fly over Quwuling. There was no possibility of a sudden attack, and the front line in the Qinfeng Road area had been stabilized.

Xu Ping judged that Dangxiang's economic hinterland was in Xingling and the two states, but he did not guess based on his previous experience. The economic data of Dangxiang he obtained was like this. Now the fiscal revenue of the Dangxiang small court is indeed Xing, and Ling and the two states were the most, but he forgot that the figures estimated based on the situation of the Song Dynasty were inaccurate. Dangxiang collected a lot of taxes in Xing and Ling and the two states because the two states had few grand tribes, and now most of the economy of Dangxiang is controlled by local wealthy chiefs. With the factor of joining the large tribes, the official data obtained from Dangxiang cannot reflect the actual situation, so there is no way to estimate it.

At this time, Yang Wenguang had already been promoted to the newly established first-level commander, with more than 2,000 people under him, and swept the front one or two hundred miles wide by command as a unit. He decided to turn south to the outskirts of Tiandu Mountain, and ordered his personal soldiers to order the commanders to gather in the north of Roulang Mountain, preparing to cross the pass north of Huizhou and go south to sweep the surrounding Huizhou west of Quwuling.

To the west of Quwuling, there are two large basins in the vast Tiandu Mountain area. The Xishou Military Supervisor Office to the north, and the newly built Tiandu Mountain South Courtyard to the south. The Tiandu Mountain South Courtyard also blocks the valley road that enters the Hulu River eastward, and can attack the side of the Zhenrong Army, and threaten Jingyuan Road from time to time. Yuan Hao arranged heavy troops here, in order to take advantage of the mountain and rivers and the Jingyuan Road that occupied Maxian Mountain and guards the Hulu Valley Road. From the perspective of geographical advantages, the current arrangement of Dangxiang is a defensive force against Qinfeng Road and an offensive against Jingyuan Road. Huizhou, located where the Zuli River enters the Yellow River, was too far from Quwuling, Yuan Hao was afraid of repeating the mistakes of Zhuoluo City, so he only arranged a small number of troops there to serve as a warning.

It was summer now, and the grass was growing wildly. The sheep flocked in the pastures in the mountains were like white clouds, eating grass leisurely. There were eagles circling in the sky, and the roe deer looked around in the shrubs in the mountains, and the unknown flowers bloomed all over the mountains.

Jia Kui always felt that it would be unlucky to come and not grab some things. In the end, he ordered his soldiers to pick up the fattest sheep and rob them more than a dozen of them, preparing to kill and eat meat on the road. Xu Ping's not allowed to rob the sheep means that sheep is not a spoil. He has not been so pedantic that his soldiers would rather starve to death than eat the sheep of herders. Dangxiang and the whole people are soldiers. Now the sheep herders who seem honest now may not have gone to Song to rob in winter. It is not important that they think. The purpose of Xu Pingding's policy is mainly for his own people, and no one wants to force a group of people who have no food to take their family to his territory to take their families and go to their territory. Guiming people have policies, and they also have to give land and grain, and even give officials, so why bother?

After the team was sorted out, Yang Wenguang prepared to lead the team to leave, but the patriarch here took a few women and children and stopped him in front of the horse, and refused to let Song Jun leave.

Yang Wenguang was so entangled that he felt angry. He pressed his waist knife and said sternly: "The military situation is like fire. You take people here to block my way and miss the military opportunity. Are you thinking that the knife in my hand is unfavorable?!"

The patriarch was not mindful and bowed and said, "Sir, we were forced to buy cattle, sheep and horses by the government a few days ago. Now the rest can only barely survive. If there is wind and snow in winter, we might not be able to survive. That adult took more than a dozen of us sheep and could not live. The left is dead. Instead of starving to death, it is better to give up a family of people. Look, these women behind me are still fair-looking, all widowed or old, you might as well take them with you. It is good to serve tea and water on a daily basis. There are also these children, look at how strong they are, give them a few bites of food to eat, and they are good helpers for working for two years."

Yang Wenguang said for a moment, and after a while, he said, "We are the king's army of the Song Dynasty. Do you think we are like you thieves? The army is not allowed to hold slaves, nor are you allowed to take women as wives and concubines in private. What do I want them to do? Take people down quickly and don't block the army's way, otherwise the army will be completely covered with dust!"

The patriarch spread his hands: "How can we! We can't support so many people. If the adults don't take them away, they will starve to death in a few days. God has the virtue of being a good life. If you take them there, it's good to sell them a few dollars when you arrive in Song Realm."

Jia Kui was anxious, and waved the whip in his hand and said viciously: "Our King of Song Dynasty is not allowed to plunder foreigners as slaves, nor is it allowed to buy and sell people! You are so confused that you are obsessed with me, and then you are obsessed with me here, carefully take care of my whip!"

The patriarch dodged for a few times, but refused to leave, and stopped him with a group of women and children.

Yang Wenguang sneered: "You old man, have you sent someone to call the thieves and stop us here? I count five numbers here and don't leave. The army will just drive away and step on it to death!"

The patriarch said: "As a master, everyone in my clan has been watched. Where can I call people? This is an unjust killing of the old man. Life is not easy this year. We will give up some people as usual."

Yang Wenguang didn’t care about them. Such things were so entangled. The more you said, the more you got entangled. You just counted it.

When the "five" counted, Jia Kui lifted the reins of the horse and rushed out first, hitting the patriarch who was blocking the front. The patriarch was startled and hurriedly avoided the side, but was still whipped by Jia Kui.

Seeing that Yang Wenguang had made way ahead, he whistled and rushed past the headquarters, heading straight to the mountains in the distance. He couldn't care whether there were any tramplings to death and hurting people behind him. He could no longer care about whether he was in the enemy's territory. This was in the enemy's territory and he could not be entangled too much.

The old patriarch stood up from the ground, patted the soil on his body, and looked at Song Jun who was leaving, feeling mixed feelings. He did not send anyone to ask for help. He was a small tribe like him, but he didn't know where to look for it if he wanted to ask for it.

Now is the season for grazing, and many government affairs in Dangxiang have been stopped. Who knows where there is a large army? In the past two months, the tribe was forced to recruit by the government, and then bought by the nearby tribe with paper money. If the Song army did not come to rob, this year's winter would not be able to survive. The environment on the grassland was harsh and life was as cheap as soil. When encountering such difficulties, it was necessary to reduce the population. In the autumn, some people in the tribe must find ways to go out to find food. At that time, only strong men had the opportunity to find the right soldiers as the enemy, and the old, weak, women and children were left in the tribe. Instead of doing that, it would be better to send women and children out now. From the news that it has been heard, life in Songjing is much better, and it is better to be a slave than to starve to death on the grassland.

The patriarch really wanted to give these women and children to Yang Wenguang, and he could do whatever he wanted, but they didn't want it.
Chapter completed!