Yang Yuanqing followed Zhang Jian and waited in the living room for a long time. There was a heavy cough outside, and a short and fat middle-aged man walked into the room. He saw Zhang Jian, his slender eyes flashing with a treacherous bright color.
He laughed twice and said: "Zhang Dutou, long time no see."
When Yang Yuanqing saw this person, he immediately felt very uncomfortable. The person almost wrote the word "profiteer" on his shiny forehead.
Zhang Jian didn't care, however. This man was originally a well-known profiteer in Pingliang Mansion. He sold weapons privately because he couldn't sell other things.
"This is Deputy Dutou Yang. We are here on business in Pingliang County. On the order of the County Lord, we stopped by to buy a batch of weapons."
"If you need weapons, just ask for them directly from Jin Bing, won't they give them to you?"
Zhang Jian shook his head, "Dr. Niu also knows that he is short-handed. If he takes the weapons of the Jin soldiers, he has to obey their orders. In the end, his life will be lost in Dashanguan."
"No problem, we have everything you want. The key is the price."
Yang Yuanqing asked: "How much does a pair of bows and arrows plus a spear cost?"
"Song Army standard?"
Yang Yuanqing nodded.
"Ten bows on foot, fifteen bows on horseback, one hundred arrows, and one coin of ten standard spears. All are required to pay for peace. Iron money is not accepted. Gold or silver will do."
Zhang Jian frowned, "This price is twice as expensive as last time!"
Boss Niu curled his lips in disdain, "Is this price expensive? If business hadn't been bad, I would have tripled the price. Jin Bing is strictly prohibited from selling weapons privately, so I can do business at the risk of losing my head."
At this moment, someone outside suddenly shouted: "There are golden soldiers!"
This voice was shouted by the men on guard outside. Yang Yuanqing stood up and stepped forward to grab Boss Niu, "Have you informed Jin Bing?"
The owner of Niu panicked and said: "Of course I didn't, you brought it yourself."
There was a huge fire in the courtyard outside, and there was a fire in the back. Someone shouted: "Put down your weapons and come out, otherwise we will release arrows!"
Yang Yuanqing punched Dongzhu Niu hard on the bridge of his nose. Dongzhu Niu screamed and fell to the ground.
Zhang Jian reacted very quickly and quickly stopped him and said, "Don't get excited, Deputy Chief. We are doing official business, so it should be fine!"
Zhang Jian raised his hand and walked out, "I am the head of the township army in Huating County. I have no weapons!"
Yang Yuanqing also raised his hand and walked out, "I am the deputy chief, and I have no weapons."
I saw dozens of Jurchen soldiers standing in the dark outside, holding crossbows aimed at them. The leader was a Jin Bing general with a Han face. He was probably a Han general in the Liao army in the past. There were many such Han generals.
Yang Yuanqing looked around and didn't see his men. He felt a little relieved. Two of his men were standing guard outside the gate and they probably escaped.
When the Han general heard that they were the heads of the rural soldiers in Huating County, he frowned and asked, "What proof is there?"
Zhang Jian took off his waist badge and threw it over, and Yang Yuanqing also took off his waist badge and threw it over.
The Han general looked at his belt and said angrily: "Why are you buying weapons?"
"The White Horse Bandits from Longshan often come to Huating County to rob. Our county leader wants to organize a militia to protect ourselves, so we need to buy some bows, arrows and spears."
Zhang Jian was not worried. He knew that each county raised its own food and salary for the rural soldiers, and the Jin soldiers did not care. They bought weapons on the black market in the name of the government, so there was no problem at all.
The Han general looked at the two men for a long time and said: "I can't make the decision, you can explain it to the Captain of Ten Thousands yourself!"
He waved his hand and said, "Take it away!"
The two were pushed and taken away by Jurchen soldiers.
Boss Niu walked out slowly, wiped his nosebleed, and cursed in a low voice.
Of course, he sent his son to notify Jin Bing. He is now a bait for Jin Bing, specifically responsible for catching people who buy weapons privately, so that he can catch the rebels.
However, I was a bit unlucky today, as I actually captured two local village soldier leaders.
Will these two guys come back to take revenge? Boss Niu is really worried.
.........
Half an hour later, Zhang Jian and Yang Yuanqing came out of the Jinbing camp. Their status was legal, and the weapons they purchased were for the legitimate purpose. Wanyan Xin saw that they had sent 300 strong men, so he reprimanded them severely.
Once they were informed, they were released.
After coming out of the military camp, several of his subordinates hurriedly came up to greet him. Zhao Mianzhen worriedly said, "We are still discussing how to rescue the general!"
Yang Yuanqing waved his hand, "Where are the brothers?"
"Hello everyone, we have changed to an inn."
Yang Yuanqing smiled and said: "It's not a waste to enter the military camp. At least I know the distribution of the Jin soldiers, whether they sleep in armor at night, and I also know that the war horses and the military camp are not together."
"General, what should we do now?"
Yang Yuanqing said coldly: "Call all the brothers before we go to that damn bastard's house!"
.........
What Boss Niu feared the most happened, and Yang Yuanqing came back to kill him. Several of his men beat him so hard that he howled like a slaughtered pig.
With his face covered in blood, he was pulled in front of Yang Yuanqing, and he knelt down and begged: "I am willing to pay for compensation. Please spare me, Yang Dutou!"
Yang Yuanqing squinted his eyes and said, "Do you know what I want?"
"We have weapons in the warehouse!"
"Take us there!"
The soldiers lifted Niu DongZhu up, and Yang Yuanqing asked Zhao Mianzhen, the head of the department, to stare at Niu DongZhu's two sons, who had reported the letter before.
Boss Niu opened a hidden warehouse, which was full of weapons, including hundreds of spears, and various types of armor.
Yang Yuanqing was overjoyed and immediately ordered his men to equip themselves.
Zhang Jian stepped forward and asked Boss Niu, "The general isn't going to kill him, is he?"
Yang Yuanqing glanced at him and said coldly: "When did you become soft-hearted?"
"I just thought... ugh!"
Yang Yuanqing patted him on the shoulder, "I originally wanted to take you away, but it seems that you are no longer suitable for war. After this is over, you should go home!"
Zhang Jian suddenly became anxious, "No! No! I am willing to follow the command and make great achievements. I really can't bear to be the leader of this country's soldiers."
"You have to think about it for yourself. If you follow me, there will be no regrets."
Zhang Jian said with firm eyes: "I have already thought about it. In fact, not only me, but also a dozen of my brothers want to follow the commander."
When Yang Yuanqing saw that time was almost up, he waved his hand, and the soldiers immediately killed Boss Niu and his two sons.
He led thirty heavily armed men and ran towards the south gate...
It was already two o'clock in the morning, and Chen Qing led more than 2,000 cavalrymen in a forest a few miles away from Pingliang South City. He and Yang Yuanqing did not make an appointment at a specific time, but instead raised a fire on top of the city as a signal.
The soldiers were all wrapped in military blankets and resting in the woods. The second watch was approaching, and Chen Qing watched the movement on the top of the city.
At this time, Yang Yuanqing had already touched the top of the city. It was covered with a layer of snow and it was very cold. Several Jurchen soldiers lit a fire beside the city wall and gathered together to warm themselves up. The rest of the soldiers hid in the city tower and slept.
The armies of the Song and Jin Dynasties were fighting at Dasanguan, hundreds of miles away, but it was still too far away from Pingliang County. All the Jin soldiers did not realize that the danger had come.
At this time, a group of soldiers walked over quickly. The Jin soldiers saw that their armor was a little strange. A Jurchen soldier asked loudly: "Where are you from? The password?"
What answered them was a shower of arrows. Dozens of crossbow arrows were like a sudden rainstorm, shooting several Jurchen soldiers like hedgehogs.
Yang Yuanqing kicked open the gate of the city tower and led his troops in...
Chen Qing suddenly saw three torches on the tower being lit. When the signal came, Chen Qing immediately shouted: "Send the whole army to mount their horses and enter the city!"
The soldiers of the Song Army mounted their horses one after another. Within a moment, a group of cavalry rushed out of the woods and rushed towards the city.
After a while, Chen Qing led his army to the city. Yang Yuanqing was waiting here. He waved desperately on the suspension bridge. Chen Qing reined in his horse and stepped forward and asked: "Yuanqing, what's going on?"
"I report to you, Commander, that the Jurchen soldiers are all asleep, and I am afraid that the sound of galloping horse hooves will wake them up."
Yang Yuanqing indeed thought carefully. Chen Qing turned around and ordered: "The whole army dismounts and enters the city!"