Yang Zaixing smiled lightly and said: "I learned from the Jin State's intelligence point in Wuhu that they will start in Tongling County."
"Intelligence point of Jin Kingdom?"
"The Wangji Mule and Horse Store where the general keeps his war horses is the intelligence point of the Jin Kingdom."
Chen Qing was simply unbelievable that that mule and horse shop was actually the intelligence point of the Jin Kingdom. Unfortunately, he had repeatedly told them to feed the war horses and he would send someone to get them.
"How...how do you know it is an intelligence point of the Kingdom of Jin?"
"It's very simple. They bought more than a hundred rogues and asked around for the general's whereabouts. I knew they had a problem. After finding the general's whereabouts, the shopkeeper of the Luo Ma Store told the leader of the Qi army where the general was staying.
I witnessed all this with my own eyes. After the general left, I took over this mule and horse shop. The shopkeeper was afraid of death, so he told me that the Jin soldiers would attack for the second time in Tongling County, so we rode to Tongling."
Chen Qing sighed: "If it hadn't been for General Yang today, I would have been buried in the Yangtze River."
"General, you've been rewarded. I'm just a Han citizen in the north, and I can't afford the word 'general'."
Chen Qing smiled slightly and said: "Didn't you defect to me in Lin'an? If you follow me to the Western Army, then you will be General Yang."
Yang Zaixing was overjoyed and knelt down on one knee with his fists clasped, "Zaixing is willing to serve the commander!"
Chen Qing quickly helped him up and said with a smile: "I thought you went to seek refuge with Yue Fei."
Yang Zaixing sighed softly and said: "Although General Yue is also a hero in the world, he has been suppressing bandits in the south in recent years. If I join him, I will probably meet my old master on the battlefield."
After a pause, Yang Zaixing continued to explain: "To be honest with you, commander, I was originally a subordinate of Cao Cheng. I was dissatisfied with Cao Cheng's nepotism, so I left him and returned north in anger. However, Cao Cheng was kind to me. Although I don't want to do it anymore."
I serve him, but I don’t want to meet him on the battlefield.”
"Are you a descendant of the Yang family?" Chen Qing asked with a smile.
Yang Zaixing nodded, "Yang Gong Jiye is my ancestor."
"Then you will meet the tribesmen in the Western Army!"
"who?"
Chen Qing gave it a try and smiled: "You will know then."
At this time, Hu Yanjia stepped forward to plead guilty, "The villain failed to take precautions, and the general lost all his luggage."
"The luggage doesn't matter, as long as the weapons are there."
Chen Qing felt a little regretful. Three hundred taels of gold were gone, and six thousand guan of money was gone! He originally wanted to use it to make up for the final pension gap, but it was a pity.
Hu Yanjia took out a voucher and half a piece of jade from his arms, handed it to Chen Qing and said: "This is the general's receipt for withdrawing three hundred taels of gold. The commander can withdraw it at Baoji Cabinet in Chengdu."
Chen Qing was stunned, "Have you saved it?"
Hu Yanjia scratched his head in embarrassment and said: "We sold the horses for 200 guan. Several boatmen were jealous all the time. I was afraid that they would steal them. When we passed by Jiankang County, I gave the 200 guan to the general's 300 taels.
The gold was deposited together in Baoji Money Store. Now that I think about it, it’s a good thing that I had more foresight at that time, otherwise the Jurchens would have been taken advantage of.”
Chen Qing secretly praised in his heart, this Hu Yanjia is really a benevolent and righteous person. They could have swallowed up the three hundred taels of gold. He did not know it, but he did not do so. Seeing the big from the small, this person can be of great use.
Chen Qing immediately started to recruit, and wanted to keep Brother Huyan by his side.
Taking the opportunity to rest, the three of them discussed the next step.
Hu Yanjia said: "The Jin people actually sent hundreds of Jurchens to intercept the general, which shows that they attach great importance to the general. I believe they will never give up and will definitely try their best to find the general."
Yang Zaixing also said: "I also think so. The Jin soldiers will definitely set up a large number of sentinels at the Guichi County dock ahead to find the whereabouts of the commander. It is better for us to go south. If we don't go along the Yangtze River, it will be difficult for them to find our traces.
Already."
"Where's the road south from here?"
“It’s Huizhou!”
“Huizhou!”
Chen Qing was stunned for a moment, "We just arrived in Huizhou?"
Huizhou is right next door to Muzhou. You can enter Huizhou dozens of miles west from Chun'an County. It took you ten days to get to Huizhou. It would be better to take the land route directly from Lin'an and arrive in Huizhou in two or three days. It's a detour.
Such a big circle.
However, although he could avoid the tracking of the Jin soldiers by going inland, he could not avoid Qin Hui's order. He killed eleven Jin envoys and guards, and Qin Hui just found an excuse to intercept him.
Chen Qing thought for a while and said: "Actually, I have a good plan."
Yang Zaixing and Hu Yanjia perked up and looked at Chen Qing together.
Chen Qing tapped his index finger on the table, and said slowly while thinking: "We can divide our troops into two groups. Brother Huyan and General Yang's men ride south, and then... General Yang and I return to Tongling and dress up as businessmen.
Enter Sichuan by water."
Speaking of this, Chen Qing pointed to Yiling County on the map and said: "We will meet in Yiling County then. We will wait in Yiling County for ten days. If you can't make it, then go directly to Hanzhong to find us.
!”
"Great idea!"
Yang Zaixing gave a thumbs up and said in approval: "This trick is so subtle that the Jurchens would never have thought of it."
...........
A three-thousand-stone cargo ship was sailing on the Yangtze River. The east wind had been blowing these days, so the ship directly pulled up the sails without using trackers.
Chen Qing was standing on the deck wearing a futou and black warrior uniform, with 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 could they be?
Yang Zaixing only had a few hundred coins on him, and Chen Qing only had a few taels of silver on him. Chen Qing did have money stored in Baoji Money Store, but there was no Baoji Money Store in Tongling. In fact, even if he had, he couldn't withdraw it. His money had been transferred to
Chengdu, can only be picked up in Chengdu.
Finally, the two found a tooth shop, and a tooth shop introduced them to a job as a guard for a big businessman going to Shu.
Chen Qing and Yang Zaixing each shot an arrow, and the big businessman immediately hired them. During this escort trip, Chen Qing earned thirty guans, and Yang Zaixing earned 20 guans.
Chen Qing felt that the big businessman had given him too much, but he soon realized that thirty dollars was not much at all. The money was actually buying his life.
Although it was a bit unfair to be warriors, they successfully passed through the trap set by the Jin people in Guichi and Jiujiang. Yueyang County was 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, fat, middle-aged man was looking at the map nervously. The man was the big businessman who hired Chen Qing this time. His surname was also Chen, and his name was Chen Chong. He was from Nanchong County, Guozhou, with a broad heart and a fat body.
He has a pair of small mung bean eyes. Although he is a businessman, he is quite generous and forthright.
A few months ago, a severe chicken plague broke out in Shu. Almost all the chickens, ducks and geese were killed and buried. Chen Chong saw business opportunities. He bought more than 30,000 kilograms of duck and goose down in Jiangnan, preparing to produce them in winter.
Shu made a fortune.
But what worries Chen Chong is the safety problem on the road. The water thief Yang Yao is very rampant in the Dongting Lake area. Not only does he occupy Dongting Lake, he also extends his tentacles to the Yangtze River, intercepting merchant ships on the Yangtze River and plundering money. People like Chen Chong
Large cargo ships will definitely be watched by the other party.
Chen Chong's only hope is to encounter a small group of water pirates, a few sentry ships, a dozen pirates, etc. He has a dozen guards on the ship, which is enough to cope with it, but if they encounter a tooth boat, they will be completely ruined
Already.
Chen Qing quickly walked into the cabin, "Proprietor, are you looking for me?"
"You came just in time, I have something to ask you for!"
Boss Chen invited Chen Qing in with a smile and asked with concern: "It's your first time as a guard, how are you getting used to it?"
"It's okay. I ate well and slept well. Thank you for your concern, proprietor!"
"I didn't sleep all night last night. It's hard for us businessmen to do business! We have to beg for food on the edge of a knife. If we don't pay attention, our lives will be gone."
Chen Qing knew that the topic was coming, so he continued to wait for Mr. Chen 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 sentry ships, I'm afraid of tooth ships."
"Can the proprietor please tell me more specifically?"
"I called you here just to tell you, Guard Yang, you can tell him later!"
Dongzhu Chen sighed and continued: "Yang Yao has many sentinel boats distributed on the Yangtze River. There are about five or six people on each sentinel boat. When they encounter small fish, they will board it by themselves. When they encounter big fish, they will go back and notify the Ya boat.
The ship is their medium-sized warship, with at least fifty or sixty people, followed by more than a dozen sentinel boats. My ship is a medium-sized fish, neither a big fish like a fleet nor a small fish like a small cargo ship.
Therefore, the possibility of encountering a sentinel ship is unlikely. If we encounter a sentinel ship, we can fight hard to sink a sentinel ship or kill a few water pirates, and we can still keep the cargo."
"What if we encounter a tooth boat?" Chen Qing asked.
"If you encounter Ya Chuan, don't resist. Let them rob you. As long as we can save our lives, we will be lucky. When the time comes, you and Xiao Yang will obey my command."
Chen Qing smiled cheerfully and said: "No problem, if you take the money from Boss Chen, of course you have to obey Boss Chen's orders!"
.............
When he came out of the cabin, he happened to meet Yang Zaixing, who quickly pulled him aside and said, "Commander, I'm looking for you! Don't let the owner fool you."
"What nonsense?" Chen Qingxiao asked.
"You are talking nonsense about not resisting Ya Chuan. I just met Lao Wu. Lao Wu said that these water thieves all robbed Dongting Lake's lair with people and boats. If the harvest is big, they will spare Chen Dongzhu's life and let him go."
Go, but we warriors must become thieves and become soldiers, and if we resist, we will kill them."
Chen Qing said calmly: "It's lucky for Yang Yao, I don't have time to fight with him this time!"
At this moment, a crew member suddenly pointed to the river and shouted in fear: "Ya Chuan! Ya Chuan is coming!"
