Chen Qing handed over the resettlement of the people in Dingxi Village to the Qin'an County Government, along with the materials stored in Dingxi Village. Chen Qing also ordered Zhao Xiaoyi to lead 300 soldiers to assist the county government in resettling the people in Dingxi Village.
As for Li Weiru, Chen Qing valued this person very much. The county government of Chengji County was about to be reorganized, so Chen Qing appointed Li Weiru as the county magistrate. After the affairs in Qin'an County were settled, Zhao Xiaoyi led the army to escort Li Weiru's family to Chengji County.
Ji County.
Chen Qing left Dingxi Village that morning and led his army non-stop to Gangu County to deal with the Anyuan Village, the second largest fortress in Qinzhou, located in Gangu County.
The effects of the bloody methods of destroying the Zhou Family Fort have already appeared. More than twenty forts around Chengji County, including Lengquan Village and Malianbao, have been disbanded. The number of people in these forts ranges from dozens to hundreds of households.
, as many as tens of thousands of people returned to their hometowns.
The once deserted villages came to life again. People began to rebuild their homes and repair cave dwellings. A large number of people appeared on the deserted land, rushing to plant corn and beans.
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At noon that day, a transport team consisting of more than 400 carts left the Xianren Pass. Yang Yuanqing and Niu Gao led 500 cavalry to guard the carts. They had just returned from Zhongnan County and took out the goods they had hidden in Zhongnan County.
Nan County has a large amount of property, including 80,000 copper coins alone, as well as a large amount of gold, silver, silks and cloth, as well as the soldiers' personal belongings.
Xianren Pass is located before Fengzhou and Qinzhou. After leaving Xianren Pass, there are still vast mountains. Chengji County is due north, but they need to avoid the territory of the Qiang people, so they must first go east through the sparsely populated canyons.
After more than a hundred miles, we turned to the official road heading north.
The team was not walking fast, and it was getting dark. They had only walked more than forty miles, and Yang Yuanqing ordered: "Go to the small river in front and stop to rest!"
They had walked this road when they came here and were familiar with the road conditions. They still remembered that there was a small river not far ahead. The team walked another three miles and found that there was indeed a small river in front of them.
By this time, it was already dark, and everyone was busy by the river, unloading the belongings from the cart, stacking them together, and then surrounding the cart.
Yang Yuanqing was conscientious and meticulous in his work. If it had been anyone else, he would have had to unload it. It would have been too troublesome to move it up and down.
The coachmen unloaded the shafts from the mules and led the mules to the river. The soldiers also led the horses to the river to drink water. Yang Yuanqing stood on a large box and looked around.
This area is very open, the canyon is more than twenty miles wide, and there are patches of woods and grasslands. It is spring, and the grasslands are full of young grass, which saves them from carrying fodder.
Yang Yuanqing remembered clearly that there should be a small village ten miles away with more than a dozen families making a living by grazing. It was already dark now, so why didn't he see the lights of the village?
Yang Yuanqing pointed to the northeast and asked Niu Gao: "Old Niu, do you remember there is a small village in the northeast over there?"
"Remember, I still remember a few children herding sheep near the entrance of the village!"
Yang Yuanqing smiled bitterly and said: "That's how I am. I'm overly cautious. The controller says I'm suspicious all day long. There's nothing I can do about it. I can't change my overly cautious nature."
Niu Gao asked with a smile: "What is the general worried about?"
"I didn't see the lights in the village, so I felt a little worried."
"Since the general is worried, I humbly take someone to take a look!"
"Then thank you General Niu for your hard work."
Niu Gao led a dozen cavalrymen and galloped northeast along the river...
At this time, the soldiers began to cook in pots and eat dry food every day. When they encountered a small river, they all wanted to drink some hot soup.
Niu Gao and his entourage went for a while but did not come back. Yang Yuanqing was a little worried, so he stood up and looked to the northeast. Suddenly, a bright red gunpowder arrow shot up into the sky from the north.
Yang Yuanqing was taken aback and shouted: "There is an enemy situation!"
The soldiers of the Song Army who were resting jumped up one after another, picked up their weapons and got on their horses. Yang Yuanqing shouted to the coachman again: "You take your animals to the south to hide first, and come back after the battle is over."
The coachmen were all frightened, and they all mounted their mules and fled south.
Yang Yuanqing took another look at the property, which was piled up like a hill and surrounded by hundreds of large vehicles. At this time, Yang Yuanqing's caution came into play.
Soon, the rapid sound of horse hooves came from the north, and Niu Gao shouted in the distance, "There is an enemy situation!"
The cavalry quickly lined up, and Niu Gao ran back. Only three of the dozen men were left. Niu Gao was hit by several arrows on his back, but fortunately, he was wearing iron armor, and the arrows did not penetrate and were embedded in the armor.
, it only punctures a little flesh, so it’s not a big problem.
Niu Gao said anxiously: "There is an ambush in the woods ahead, at least two thousand troops, all infantry!"
"Where's the army?"
"I don't know, they're all wearing black armor!"
Yang Yuanqing was confused. There were no Jin soldiers or Qi soldiers in this area. What kind of army could it be? Could it be the Qiang people? If they were the Qiang people, how would they know that they were escorting property?
"General Yang, they are coming!"
Hu Yanlei yelled, pulling Yang Yuanqing back from his thoughts, and saw dark soldiers appearing in the distance.
Yang Yuanqing immediately said to Niu Gao: "General Niu will lead two hundred brothers behind them. I will fight them head on, and then we will attack from both front and back!"
"Follow the order!"
Niu Gao waved his hand and shouted: "Brothers from the Fourth and Fifth Parts, follow me!"
He led two hundred cavalry to the west, then turned around and went behind the enemy.
Yang Yuanqing ordered sternly: "Get ready with bows and arrows!"
The three hundred cavalrymen raised their bows and aimed their cold arrows at the dark crowd a hundred steps away.
"shooting!"
Three hundred arrows were shot together, and the dense arrows shot into the enemy group. The soldiers in front were hit by the arrows and fell down. Yang Yuanqing waved his spear and shouted: "Cooperate with the shield and spear, charge with me!"
The soldiers carried bows and arrows on their backs, held round shields and spears in their hands, and started galloping. Although there were only three hundred cavalry, the impact of the group was not trivial, with iron hooves rolling like thunder.
The opponent's arrows came like raindrops, and the cavalry raised their shields to meet them. However, many cavalry horses were still hit by arrows, and both their men and their horses rolled and fell to the ground...
In an instant, the cavalry rushed into the enemy group. The armors of these soldiers were all painted black, but they were all Han people, not Jurchens or Qiang people. Yang Yuanqing became even more angry. He had already seen that these soldiers were all Song soldiers.
He actually ambushed himself here and robbed him of his money.
Yang Yuanqing had vaguely guessed that it was most likely Fu Xuan's army. Longzhou was Fu Xuan's territory and was very close to here, only more than a hundred miles away.
"Kill!"
Yang Yuanqing yelled loudly and led the cavalry to rush and fight among the infantry. At a glance, he found hundreds of people running towards the piled property. Sure enough, they were coming for the property he was escorting.
At this moment, Niu Gao led his army and came in from behind. The black-armored army was caught off guard and there was a chaos.
Suddenly, a continuous sound of horns also sounded in the west, "Woo! Woo!"
Liu Zan, the commander of Xianren Pass, led his army to attack from a distance. Seeing that the situation was not good, the commander of the black-armored army shouted: "Retreat! Retreat!"
The soldiers jumped into the river one after another. The river was very shallow and they waded directly into it. Two thousand soldiers left behind hundreds of corpses and fled in panic. Hundreds of people who went to rob property had not even moved their carts away, so they had to give up. Loot and flee to the other side.
Yang Yuanqing did not pursue him and led his army back to the place where the property was placed. After a while, Niu Gao also came to join them and they captured more than a dozen wounded soldiers.
"General, the wounded soldiers have admitted that they are the garrison of Longzhou."
Yang Yuanqing's face turned ugly. He didn't expect Fu Xuan to be so mean and send troops to rob property.
In the distance, a cavalry force of two thousand people rushed towards them. The general at the head was Liu Zan. Yang Yuanqing hurriedly stepped forward to salute.
"The village here was massacred, and the two survivors ran to report to me. I guess they were targeting you, so I came here in a hurry."
Yang Yuanqing said gratefully: "General Liu arrived just in time. We happened to be ambushed by two thousand infantrymen."
"Did the Qiang people do it?"
Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "We are interrogating the wounded soldiers, it is Fu Xuan's army!"
Liu Zan's expression suddenly changed, "This bastard is so despicable!"
Liu Zan immediately said: "He will definitely not give up. I will escort you to Qinzhou. Let's hurry up and set off!"
