Chen Qing has been in Pingliang for eight days. Every day, an endless stream of people come from all over to collect food. The originally full granary gradually becomes empty.
That afternoon, Chen Qing was inspecting the city. Tao Shuang hurried over, bowed and said: "General, the humble suggestion of distributing food is over!"
"Is the granary empty?"
"On the one hand, the granary is almost empty, but more importantly, since yesterday, almost all grains have been collected repeatedly."
"What's the meaning?"
"Since yesterday, most of the people who came to receive food had already received it before, and they came to receive it for the second time. It is the same today."
"How much is left now?"
"There are still more than seven hundred stones left."
Chen Qing thought for a while and said: "Then the remaining grain should be distributed to officials and civil servants at all levels!"
Tao Shuang was overjoyed and said, "Thank you so much, General!"
Chen Qing smiled and said to Tao Shuang: "There seems to be some cloth, you should share it too!"
"Is the general leaving?"
"We will clean up in the next two days and may leave soon. I hope Tao Changshi can handle the follow-up matters well."
Tao Shuang smiled bitterly. What happened next was beyond his control. Once the Jin soldiers came back, what fate would they encounter?
At this moment, there was a noise from the city, and it seemed that thousands of people were shouting.
Chen Qing glanced at Tao Shuang, and Tao Shuang quickly shook his head, "I don't know what's going on, sir?"
A soldier pointed forward and said: "Commander, the sound seems to be coming from the street."
"Go and have a look!"
Chen Qing got off the city wall and walked towards the Central Axis Street without riding a horse...
Thousands of people gathered at the city gate. Many old people were excited and asked to see the Song army general. Some soldiers had already gone to report Chen Qing.
Chen Qing quickly came to the street. Yang Zaixing, who was maintaining order, stepped forward and said with a wry smile: "The people in the city were very excited when they heard that we were leaving. They hope that the Song Army can stay."
This is indeed a headache, but it has to be faced.
Chen Qing sighed in his heart, came to the people, waved his hands and said loudly: "Fellow fellows, I am the commander-in-chief of the Song Army. If you have any demands, please tell me directly!"
Finally seeing the general, hundreds of old people knelt down, and thousands of people in the dark crowd behind them also knelt down. All the old people burst into tears and said, "The general has just brought us hope, so how can he have the heart to abandon us?"
This big hat was too heavy and he couldn't afford it. Chen Qing had no choice but to explain loudly: "Fellow fellows, I understand how you feel, but we have a task ahead of us, and the fierce battle at Dashan Pass is still going on.
The fate of the Song Dynasty depends entirely on this war. We have a heavy responsibility. Please understand."
Chen Qing had no choice but to use the overall situation to suppress everyone, as if the fate of the Song Dynasty was tied to him. If he didn't leave, the Song Dynasty would be over.
The old men looked at each other in confusion. How could they insist on what they had said?
One of the leaders, an old man, said loudly: "Commander Chen is right, we should also focus on the overall situation. As long as the Song army defeats the Jin soldiers, they will drive the Jin soldiers out sooner or later. We should not embarrass Commander Chen."
At this time, two old men came forward and said: "General, we also have some young men in the city. Instead of hiding in Tibet all day long, it is better for them to join the Song army, expel the Tartars, and restore the country of the Song Dynasty. General, please help us no matter what."
Determination to resist gold.”
Chen Qing was in a bit of a dilemma. His army had very high requirements. At the very least, they had to be able to ride horses, otherwise it would be a drag on them.
But it was difficult to say this, as it would hurt everyone's patriotism. He had to change his words, "Dear elders, there were many casualties in the battle with the Jin soldiers. It is common to die in battle. I am afraid that only a very small number of people will die in the end."
Can come back alive."
"General Chen, as long as you fight against the Jin soldiers, dying on the battlefield will be their honor."
Chen Qing had no choice but to turn around and said to Yang Zaixing: "You can choose! As long as you can ride a horse, you can accept it."
"I humbly obey my orders!"
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The recruitment of new recruits was indeed an unexpected event. A total of more than 800 young men signed up, and 540 recruits were finally selected. Fortunately, there were more horses and armor, and the recruits were quickly armed.
In the evening, Yang Yuanqing led the army back to Pingliang Mansion.
A soldier rushed to report, "Commander Qi, Vice General Yang and his friends are back at the South City Gate!"
Chen Qing was overjoyed and hurriedly rode towards the south gate.
At the south city gate, a thousand cavalrymen returning from Xianren Pass entered the city in a mighty manner. The snow was still falling, and the sparse snow flakes fell to the ground and were trampled into mud by the war horses.
Chen Qing greeted him with a smile, "Thank you for your hard work along the way!"
The generals hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, "See you, Commander!"
This time we went to Xianren Pass together. In addition to Yang Yuanqing and Wang Duo, Liu Cui also followed. After all, he was Liu Zan's brother, and the Liu family wanted to give him this face.
Chen Qing asked everyone to rest, while he and Yang Yuanqing rode horses together.
"Did something unexpected happen?" Chen Qing asked in a deep voice. He felt that everyone's expressions were a little strange.
Yang Yuanqing smiled bitterly, "Liu Zan is easy to talk to, mainly Liu Dutong, he criticized the commander for not considering the overall situation."
"What's the meaning?"
"That is to say, we should not only think of ourselves when we have benefits, but share them with everyone. We must not forget Wu Dutong!"
Chen Qing laughed, "He still remembers Wu Dutong! What next?"
"Then they took away all the cloth and war horses. The horses were given to Wu Dutong, and the cloth and silk were distributed among the whole army. The rest were left to us."
Fortunately, I still had some war horses left, otherwise I would have suffered a huge loss this time.
"Where is that batch of silver?" This is the question that Chen Qing is most concerned about.
"The silver is left to us. Liu Dutong still understands the righteousness well. He knows that money is needed to command and manage Qinzhou."
Chen Qing was relieved and asked with a smile: "Isn't Liu Zan very disappointed?"
"He is very disappointed, but there is nothing he can do about it. His father is the governor, and he must obey his orders."
In fact, Chen Qing also knew that the Song army usually only had basic food and grass, and there were very few opportunities to obtain wealth like this.
Moreover, Wu Jie, Liu Ziyu, and Wang Yan were all very cautious, lest they be impeached by the imperial court.
Generally speaking, if you capture a trophy, you have to hand it over, and there is almost no possibility of the trophy being returned. It is completely understandable that everyone will think of their own soldiers when they encounter a benefit like this.
Yang Yuanqing took out another letter and handed it to Chen Qing, "This is from Liu Dutong to the general."
Chen Qing took the letter, opened it and read it again. The loot was just as Yang Yuanqing said. He took away the war horses and cloth, and left 200,000 taels of silver for him to manage Qinzhou.
Chen Qing didn't care very much and continued to read the following content.
The letter hopes that he will serve as the outskirts of the Western Army and participate in the Battle of Dashan Pass. This is also Wu Jie's opinion. As for the connection between him and Dashan Pass, it can be transferred through Xianren Pass.
Chen Qing pondered for a moment and asked, "Have you told Liu Dutong about Zheng Ping?"
Yang Yuanqing hesitated and said: "Beizhi said, Beizhi just wanted to tell him that the commander has not left the battlefield."
"Commander, is it inappropriate to talk about this matter?" Yang Yuanqing asked again.
Chen Qing shook his head and said: "Liu Dutong and Wu Dutong have no problem. In fact, I am a little worried about Fu Xuan. To be precise, I am a little worried about Fu Moshan. Fu Moshan has a grudge against me and Fatty Zheng. I am worried that he will kill someone with a borrowed knife."
Yang Yuanqing's face was full of horror, "He wouldn't do such a thing!"
"That person has been kicked in the head by a donkey. He doesn't care about the seriousness of his actions and doesn't care about the consequences. Oh! I wish I was worrying too much."
Yang Yuanqing felt as if a big stone had been placed in his heart, which became heavy.
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Before dawn the next day, Chen Qinggang's army was preparing to set off.
More than 200 of them were killed in battle, and 300 wounded soldiers were sent to Dashan Pass. However, he added 500 new soldiers from Pingliang Mansion, bringing the total strength back to 2,500.
In the misty morning, 2,500 cavalrymen led by Chen Qing rushed out of the south city gate and rushed south...
The south bank of the Weihe River has been covered with a thick layer of ice. Thousands of Confederate soldiers shouted slogans and pulled a large ship slowly moving on the snow, followed by more than a dozen large ships walking on the snow.
After Wanyan Wushu occupied Monk Yuan, he thought that the supply camp was too far away and was inconvenient to supply, so he decided to move the Weibei camp thirty miles south.
The Weibei camp occupies a huge area, and materials are piled up like mountains. It is not easy to move the camp.
Counselor Fan Gong thought of a way to use the large boats on the Wei River as transportation tools and let the soldiers pull the boats forward on the snow.
This huge transportation project naturally fell on the Han servant army. Wanyan Wushu invested 50,000 Han servant troops and used fifteen 3,000-stone ships to participate in the transportation.
Zheng Pinghe's two thousand young men have been forcibly converted into servants and organized into the sixth battalion of the Fourth Army of the servants, with Zheng Ping still serving as the commander.
His commander-in-chief is completely different from the commander-in-chief of the Song Army. It is just a temporary title and has nothing to do with the official position.
"His grandma, you idiots haven't had enough to eat, so give me a hard pull!"
Zheng Ping was always being discriminated against by the Jurchens these days. He was so angry that he yelled and cursed loudly while riding on his horse.
Thousands of soldiers shouted together as the large ship loaded with food moved slowly on the snow.
Although the speed of the boat is very slow, it is still much faster than other large boats. Zheng Ping grew up on the seaside and has experience. He found dozens of rounded logs and put them under the boat to make the boat roll on the logs and the speed was much faster.
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They were originally in twelfth place, but now they are in third place, and are about to overtake a large ship in front of them.
Even Wanyan Wushu noticed this scene and came to inspect it in person. He soon discovered the clues. There were actually rolling logs underneath this big ship. There were dozens of soldiers responsible for replacing the rolling logs. No wonder it was faster than other ships.
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Wanyan Wushu pointed his riding whip at Zheng Ping, "Summon that Han general to see me!"