Tang Shaoqing continued: "I went to Xianyang, Lintong and Zhengxian to understand the situation. I found that his military discipline was extremely strict. There was no sign of the army robbing the people. On the contrary, they were paid normally when they bought vegetables and black beans.
They seized food and property and also attacked official warehouses. A cruel person would never be able to do this, so I think he did it deliberately by killing all the Qi army!"
"Then what did Tang Dutong think his intentions were?" Wan Yanchang asked quietly.
"Establish your authority!"
Tang Shaoqing said calmly: "He is intimidating the Qi army. In fact, his deterrence effect is very good. We all 50,000 Qi troops are afraid of him like a tiger. He allows his 2,000 cavalry to run rampant in Guanzhong, but no one dares to confront him.
This is the effect he wants to prepare for his future capture of Guanzhong."
"Alarmist!" Liu Yi muttered dissatisfiedly next to him.
Wan Yanchang glanced at Liu Yi sharply. He now understood that the reason why the Qi army was defeated miserably in Guanzhong and was killed by two thousand Song troops was because of this stupid King of Qin. His talent and virtue were not worthy of his position.
It will cause serious consequences.
Wan Yanchang decided to go back and warned Liu Yu that Liu Yi could be a symbolic King of Qin, but he could not be allowed to take power.
Wan Yanchang said to everyone again: "Tang Dutong, Zhang Du Yuhou, and Zhao Vice Dutong will stay here, and we will ask Wang Shijun, the appeasement envoy of Shaanxi Road, to come over."
Wan Yanchang smiled at Liu Yi again and said: "I think His Highness the King of Qin is a little tired. Let's go back to the palace to rest first! If there is any news about Chen Qing, I will inform the King in time."
Liu Yi knew that Wan Yanchang was driving him away. Although he was a little unhappy, he did not dare to disobey, so he had to go back home in frustration.
Not long after, Wang Qiong, the pacifier of Shaanxi Road, also arrived. He was in charge of the government affairs of Shaanxi Road. Wan Yanchang had a large wooden frame erected and a giant full-size map of Guanzhong hung on it.
Wan Yanchang then said to everyone: "Currently Chen Qing doesn't know that we are planning to encircle and suppress him, so he must take advantage of the cover of the cold winter to hide somewhere in the pass, waiting for the spring to participate in the Battle of Dashan Pass. What we must do first
The thing is to find out where he is hiding, let’s talk about it! Where might he be hiding?”
Zhang Zhongxiong picked up the wooden pole and pointed at Linyou County Road: "Bizhi heard that he once stayed in Linyou County, and he is familiar with it. In addition, Linyou County is relatively remote, so Beizhi thought it was possible that he was hiding in Linyou County.
Sex is bigger.”
"It can't be in Linyou County!" Tang Shaoqing didn't give any face and immediately opposed Zhang Zhongxiong's judgment.
Zhang Zhongxiong did not dare to get angry in front of Wan Yanchang, so he could only hold back his anger and said: "Commander Tang, please tell me the reason!"
Tang Shaoqing said calmly: "As far as I know, Marshal Wu Shu was also searching for Chen Qing before, and the entire Xie Cong Army was mobilized. Fengxiang Mansion is full of checkpoints. As long as the cavalry can walk, there are many checkpoints.
Unless Chen Qing gives up his war horse, they can only grow wings and fly to Linyou County, but will Linyou County not deploy golden soldiers and secret sentries? What Zhang Du Yuhou wants to do, others can't think of?"
Zhang Zhongxiong was speechless. He had to admit that Tang Shaoqing was right. Everyone in Linyou County wanted to get Chen Qing's hiding place, but how could he be embarrassed in front of Wan Yanchang?
Zhang Zhongxiong sneered, "I would like to listen to Tang Dutong's advice."
"Takami, we can't talk about it. Please tell me what I think!"
Tang Shaoqing took the wooden pole, pointed at the map and said: "Chen Qing's hiding place will definitely not be in a place with convenient transportation. I think he will choose a remote mountainous area. They have tents with them, and it may not be in a county. Maybe somewhere
In the mountains and valleys, the difficulty is greater. First we have to exclude Tongzhou. He has never been to Tongzhou and is not familiar with it. The remaining ones are Huazhou and Jingzhao Prefecture. Both the south and the north are possible, but along the Wei River
It's definitely impossible, it's too easy to be discovered, so the scope is narrowed, and the rest is to listen to the advice of the Marshal of the Supervisory Army."
Tang Shaoqing was very shrewd. He saw that Wan Yanchang already had an idea. He talked too much and became the guest of the guest.
Wan Yanchang smiled and said: "Tang Dutong's idea is very good, and a certain family fully supports it."
Wan Yanchang then said to Wang Qiong, the comfort envoy: "A certain family needs information from Wang Envoy. Counting from the beginning of the snow, that is, since December, which counties in Jingzhao Prefecture and Huazhou are completely consistent with Jingzhao City?"
Lost contact?"
"clever!"
Tang Shaoqing gave a thumbs up and praised: "This is a good method. Chen Qing captured the county seat and first controlled the county government. The county seat that has lost contact with Jingzhao Prefecture is questionable."
Wang Qiong said quickly: "I need to go check it out. Please give me half an hour."
"Okay, we will wait for you for half an hour."
Wang Qiong quickly asked about the results. A total of nine counties had lost contact with Jingzhao City after December. Among them, there were four counties in the south, Huayin County in Huazhou, Lantian County in Jingzhao Prefecture, Zhongnan County and
There are two counties to the north of Hu County, Fuping County and Yunyang County.
These six counties have become the focus of Wan Yanchang's investigation.
...........
The recruitment of soldiers in Zhongnan County has ended. A total of 1,200 soldiers have been recruited, bringing the total number of soldiers under Chen Qing to 3,100. However, he does not have so many horses, leaving a gap of 300 horses.
But the problem was not big. Chen Qing quickly found a solution. They purchased 300 carts in Zheng County, using carts pulled by mules, and then exchanged the carts for horses. If the other party's horses have good leg strength, they can
Make up some more difference.
There are dozens of caravans in Zhongnan County, and with the local horses, it is not difficult to get 300 reasonably good horses.
The recruits immediately began to train intensely. In the morning, Chen Qing was discussing the recruit allocation plan with Yang Yuanqing in the military camp. Yang Zaixing came running like a gust of wind and couldn't hide his excitement and said to Chen Qing: "Commander, we found a more powerful guy among the recruits.
.”
Chen Qing suddenly became interested, got up and walked outside.
This batch of new soldiers recruited by Zhongnan County indeed continue to bring surprises to Chen Qing. Zhongnan County has not only recruited a group of masters in archery, but most of the soldiers are good at fighting in the mountains. There are also dozens of highly skilled martial arts soldiers.
Scouts of the Western Army. No wonder the Western Army attaches great importance to the military resources of Zhongnan Mountain.
"What master did you discover this time?"
"It's that Gao Liu who was able to lift five hundred kilograms last time."
Chen Qing stopped and asked, "Is that the strong man who escaped from Ruzhou?"
"it's him!"
Chen Qing was deeply impressed. On the afternoon of the first day of recruitment, a strong man nearly two meters tall actually lifted a stone mill weighing 500 kilograms when he signed up. This shocked everyone, and Chen Qing appointed him as the head of the recruits on the spot.
Later I learned that this strong man, nearly two meters tall, was called Gao Liu. He was not a local, but an Orion from Lushan County, Ruzhou. He organized a rebel army to fight against the Jin Dynasty. However, the rebel army was wiped out by Guo Zhen, commander of the Qi army, at the beginning of the year. Most of his soldiers
After being killed in battle, he was wanted by Qi State and had to flee to Guanzhong, where he hid in Zhongnan Mountain and continued to work as a hunter.
Because he admired Chen Qing for killing Wanyan Loushi, he immediately signed up when Chen Qing started recruiting soldiers.
"What new skills does he have?"
"Archery!"
Chen Qing became even more interested, "Let's take a look!"
On the school field, the recruits are sitting around happily. Today is the competition day for the twelve captains. In the competition five days ago, the sixth captain won the first place in weightlifting. Today is the second competition.
Archery consists of two parts: step bow and mounted archery. Everyone must be able to do archery on horseback. This is a basic skill, but the level is different.
The walking bow game is over. On the ranking list, Part 6 still tops the list with all ten arrows hitting the bull's-eye.
Now there is a riding and shooting competition. At this time, the soldiers are cheering. Gao Liu from the sixth part appears. He rides a strong black horse, wearing black armor and an iron helmet. His skin is thick and black, and he wears
He is extremely tall and tall. He is holding a two-stone riding bow and is trying to run on a horse.
"How good is his army commanding ability?" Chen Qing asked.
Yang Zaixing praised: "The commander is very powerful. According to him, he once commanded a rebel army of 3,000 people. At the beginning of the year, it was encircled and suppressed by 50,000 Qi troops. The rebel army was almost completely destroyed, and only a very small part escaped."
"It's a bit unfair to be the leader of an army of three thousand people."
At this time, the rapid beating of drums sounded, the high-gilded horses galloped, drew out an arrow, opened their bows, and fired an arrow, which hit the chest of the wooden target a hundred steps away. Suddenly, there was thunderous cheers from all around.
I saw that Gao Liu was not in a hurry, he switched to his left hand to hold the bow, took out another arrow and shot it, and this arrow hit the chest of the hundred-step wooden target on the left.
Chen Qing saw that he was very calm and smooth, with superb archery skills. He clearly had the temperament of a general. This man should be named in history. The famous general named Gao. Chen Qing only knew Gao Chong, and there was indeed such a person. Hu Yantong gave him
He said that Gao Chong was a descendant of Gao Huaide and served as a general under Liu Guangshi. His martial arts skills were among the best among the younger generation. Chen Qing had not seen him yet.