The magistrate of Huating County was named Xie Jinping. He was originally a lieutenant of Huating County and a native of Huating County. When the Jin soldiers came to kill him, both the magistrate and the county magistrate abandoned their official posts and fled. He was from Pingdi and did not escape, so he was forcibly appointed as the magistrate by the Jin soldiers.
Xie Jinping sat nervously in the guest room, and opposite him sat Chen Qing, the commander of the Song army.
Chen Qing took a sip of tea and said calmly: "I heard Zhang Dutou talk about Xie Zhi County. You are a native of this town. In order to protect the people, you have to accept the appointment of Marshal Jin Bing and take up the post of county magistrate."
Xie Jinping quickly bowed and said: "I feel ashamed of my humble position. Initially, I humbled myself just to save my family's life. Wanyan Zongfu threatened my father, so I had to stand up."
Chen Qing waved his hand and said, "I'll be honest, I heard that Jin Bing is recruiting young men, and I plan to arrange for some brothers to go in. I will hand over these brothers to the county king, who will hand them over to Jin Bing as a task for Huating County.
How about it?"
Chen Qing's suggestion made Xie Jinping feel happy and worried. He was happy that the task that he had been anxious about day and night for the past two days was unexpectedly solved. Each of their counties was forced to complete the task. How many men and how many large vehicles were completed in two days.
Big carts are easy to handle. Just renovate some abandoned old carts and find some mules and donkeys to hitch them up. The key is the strong men. Catching the strong men will require someone to poke their backs. If he is not caught, he will not be able to complete the task. There is no way.
Thinking that Chen Qing actually came to the door, of course he breathed a sigh of relief.
But Xie Jinping also knew that Chen Qing's men must be on a mission. Would it affect him?
Chen Qing understood his worries and smiled slightly: "If I have any tasks that I won't carry out in Pingliang, it must be in Fengxiang. By then it has nothing to do with the county prince."
"In Fengxiang?"
Xie Jinping understood that the opponent's target was the Jinbing Camp. He thought for a moment and said, "Okay! Let me recommend it. How many of you want to join?"
"Three hundred people, is that okay?"
Xie Jinping took a breath of air and nodded, "Then tomorrow morning, I will arrange for Zhang Dutou to send your men there."
Chen Qing looked at him for a while and said calmly: "Then I'll tell you the ugly thing in front of you. If you betray my men, none of your three sons will survive."
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Of course, Chen Qing would not directly send his subordinates to Pingliang County to apply for jobs. If hundreds of people suddenly appeared, everyone would be suspicious, but as a task for Huating County, it would not matter at all.
Chen Qing finally decided that Zheng Ping would take three hundred brothers to pretend to be strong men and go to Fengxiang Jinbing Camp.
Before dawn, Zhang Jian set off with hundreds of carts. On the way, Zheng Ping and his men joined the team, while Yang Yuanqing led 30 people pretending to be Zhang Jian's men, and the team headed for Pingliang County in a mighty manner.
Pingliang County is the government of Pingliang Prefecture. It was originally a large county with a large population and developed commerce. However, since the Jin soldiers occupied Pingliang County, the number of young men in the county has decreased sharply. Now there are almost no young and strong men left.
There are countless old and weak women and children, and the men are basically middle-aged and above.
Pingliang County is indeed recruiting a large number of young and strong men, but it is not recruiting servants, but recruiting strong men to escort them. They want to send a batch of grain and supplies to Dashan Pass. In addition to escorting soldiers, they also need one or two thousand strong men.
Originally, these things were done by the Han servant army, but the 20,000 Han servant troops in Pingliang Prefecture were detained by Wanyan Wushu. Without the army in their hands, the Jin soldiers in Pingliang County had to advertise for recruitment, and even arrested strong men everywhere.
Today is the last day to recruit young men. Pingliang County Jinbing suddenly got 300 young men sent from Huating County. This really made Wanyan Xin, the commander of ten thousand men, overjoyed. He immediately ordered the young men to load the trucks with food and grass and set off overnight. They were already late.
If you don't leave for a day, it will exceed the allotted time.
At night, the lights were brightly lit in front of the county's large warehouse. Thousands of carts collected were parked in the open space in front of the warehouse. More than two thousand strong men carried bags of grain and fodder from the warehouse and placed them on the carts.
There were hundreds of Jurchen cavalry standing around, holding knives and spears to urge the strong men to work. There were also more than fifty Jurchen cavalry patrolling the warehouse to prevent the strong men from stealing food and being lazy.
It was busy until the fourth watch, when all the carts were full, and the strong men were exhausted and received dry biscuits and hot soup to fill their stomachs in a hurry.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zheng Ping found a few captains and warned them: "We will allocate troops later, brothers, please follow closely and don't scatter!"
At this time, someone tapped Zheng Ping on the shoulder and said, "I'm looking for you over there!"
Zheng Ping stood up, and a Jin soldier rode up to him and glanced at him, "Our general is looking for you, you come with me!"
Zheng Ping didn't know what happened, so he had no choice but to follow Jin Bing. Everyone stood up nervously, wondering what happened?
Not long after, Zheng Ping came to a Jin Bing general. This Jin Bing general was none other than Wanyan Xin, the Chief of Ten Thousands. He came to inspect the warehouse and moved things, but he took a fancy to Zheng Ping at a glance.
This fat man has an aura, and he shouts at others in a very fierce tone, which makes Wanyanxin quite satisfied, and he is very powerful.
"May I have your name?"
"My name is Zheng Hui!"
Zheng Hui is Zheng Ping's real name. He changed his name to Zheng Ping and joined the Eight-Character Army.
"Your accent is not from here, where are you from?"
"A person from Hejian County, Hejian Prefecture!"
"Then why did you end up living in Pingliang Mansion?"
"When the world is in chaos, isn't it normal to flee wherever you can to survive?"
Wanyanxin nodded and asked again: "Were you once a Song general?"
"It used to be!" Zheng Ping made no secret of it.
"What official position?"
"I have been working as a boss for several years."
Wanyanxin laughed and patted Zheng Ping on the shoulder, "From now on, you are the Han leader of this grain security team!"
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After resting for less than half an hour, two thousand strong men were gathered together. They put on simple leather armor and held a spear in their hand. Zheng Ping wore a mountain wen armor and ordered the strong men to assemble with shouts and curses.
He was really annoyed. He was not promoted in the Song army, but became the commander in the Jin army. If word spread, his reputation as Zheng Ping would be lost.
No, his name is Zheng Hui now, and he has nothing to do with Zheng Ping.
Before dawn, a team of thousands of carts set off overnight, followed by two thousand Jurchen cavalry.
There was a strong escort sitting on each cart, and the Jurchen cavalry followed the convoy as it headed south in a mighty manner.
Zheng Ping was lying on a cart carrying fodder at the front. His whole body was buried in the fodder. He was extremely warm and comfortable. He yawned a long yawn, closed his eyes and fell into a drowsy sleep.
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Yang Yuanqing and thirty of his men followed Zhang Jian into the city, but they did not leave. Instead, they were placed in an inn by Zhang Jian.
Jin Bing didn't care much about them. These rural soldiers from small counties would eat, drink and have fun for two or three days before leaving after arriving in Pingliang County.
The main reason is that they have no weapons in their hands and cannot afford to cause trouble.
Their weapons were handed in when they entered the city and could only be collected when they left the city. As a result, Yang Yuanqing and thirty of his men were left with nothing, not even a dagger.
Now there are only three thousand gold soldiers left in Pingliang County. How could Chen Qing let go of such a good opportunity.
It was just getting dark the next day when Zhang Jian brought Yang Yuanqing to a large courtyard.
"There is a big businessman living here. He has a lot of weapons in his hands and has made a lot of money selling various weapons. I bought a batch of bows and arrows from him when I was forming the rural army."
Zhang Jian patted the door knocker. Not long after, an old man opened the door and asked, "What's the matter?"
"Does the old man still recognize me? I came here last month and you helped me move my goods."
The old man nodded, "I remembered, you are Zhang Sanlang, here to buy goods again?"
Zhang Jian smiled and said: "After I get a sum of money, I will come to your boss."
