Fu Xuan controlled Fengxiang Prefecture and Longzhou. He had 8,000 troops under his command, including 5,000 troops stationed in Fengxiang Prefecture and 3,000 troops stationed in Longzhou.
Fu Xuan was in Longzhou at this time. A few days ago, he learned from Pan You that Chen Qing was transporting a batch of property back to Qinzhou from Zhongnan County, including 80,000 copper coins alone, as well as a large amount of gold, silver and silk.
The cloth and silk were guarded by five hundred troops, which really tempted Fu Xuan.
Fu Xuan immediately made arrangements and sent his trusted general Sun Li to lead two thousand soldiers to ambush in the canyon east of Xianren Pass to rob the wealth.
Fu Xuan paced back and forth in the tent, feeling quite anxious. Sun Li had been there for four days, and there should be news. Why is there no news at all?
At this time, a soldier reported at the gate of the main tent, "Report to the capital, General Sun has sent someone back to report!"
Fu Xuan perked up and said quickly: "Come in quickly!"
Not long after, a soldier walked in quickly from outside, knelt down on one knee and reported, "To the commander-in-chief, General Sun made a mistake!"
"What?"
Fu Xuan was as if a basin of cold water had been poured over his head, and he fell into the abyss instantly. He had been looking forward to it for four days, and he unexpectedly received news of failure.
Fu Xuan suddenly became angry and grabbed the soldier's clothes and shouted: "What on earth is going on?"
"Originally, we had successfully ambushed the Qinzhou army. One part of the army held back the Qinzhou cavalry, and the other part went to rob the property. Unexpectedly, at this critical moment, Liu Zan led his army to kill, and General Sun had to retreat!"
"Then what! Just forget it?"
"Then we wanted to continue the ambush, but Liu Zan led 2,000 cavalry to escort the convoy. We only had about 1,400 troops left. We had no choice but to give up this operation."
"What do you mean you have no choice but to give up? I didn't ask you to give up, but you actually dare to make your own decisions?"
The soldier lowered his head and did not dare to speak. Fu Xuan gritted his teeth and asked, "Where is the property convoy now?"
"We entered Qinzhou yesterday and should be arriving in Chengji County by now."
"asshole!"
Fu Xuan lost control of his emotions. He grabbed the inkstone on the table and threw it against the wall.
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Chen Qing knew nothing about what happened at the junction of Qin, Long, and Fengzhou. At this time, he had led his army to Gangu County, about five hundred miles away from Chengji County. Anyuan Village was located three miles southwest of Gangu County.
Ten miles away.
Gangu County is a relatively poor county in Qinzhou. The Jin soldiers also knew that they had no money and did not kill Gangu County, so the county government remained stable.
However, a large number of people in the county and the countryside fled to hide in dozens of nearby forts, among which Anyuan Village was the best. Their number in the forts exceeded the total number of people in other forts in Gangu County.
However, the result was beyond Chen Qing's expectation. He led his army to Gangu County. The county magistrate Wang Zishan told him that just yesterday, Wu Jun, the leader of Anyuan Village, had sent his eldest son to contact the county government to close Anyuan Village and
All the people in the village were sent back to their hometowns.
"What's going on? Did Anyuanzhai get any news?" Chen Qing asked.
The county magistrate Wang Zishan nodded, "You must have received the news. Does the Zhizhi know Huang Jigu?"
Chen Qing nodded, "This man is the original leader of Dingxi Village. He made great contributions to the attack on Dingxi Village this time."
"That's right. Huang Jigu's daughter married Wu Jun's eldest son. They received an eagle letter and made the decision yesterday to hand over power to the government."
"How many people are there in Anyuan Village?"
"There are more than 7,000 people in each household, more than 30,000 people!"
Chen Qing was stunned, "Why are there so many people?"
"We didn't expect it. We thought it would be around 10,000 people at most, but Wu Qun's eldest son said that a large number of people who fled from Chengji County, Qingshui County and even Longzhou entered Anyuan Village. Maybe we are in a mountainous area.
Everyone thinks so because the Jurchen cavalry can't get through, so they all fled here."
"How can we support more than 30,000 people?" Chen Qing still couldn't believe it.
"I don't know about my humble position, why don't I go take a look?"
Chen Qingdang immediately ordered: "Send the troops to assemble and go to Anyuan Village!"
Chen Qing led 1,700 cavalry and all county government officials to leave Gangu County and rush to Anyuan Village.
Anyuan Village was originally a military village and the largest military village in Qinzhou. It was actually a chain of villages, consisting of seven mountain villages gathered together. Each mountain village was led by a family, and the heads of the seven families formed the Anyuan Village.
In the meeting hall, Wu Jun, the head of the Wu family, was elected as the chief village leader.
The Wu family is the most prominent family in Gangu County. Wu Jun himself is the former county magistrate of Gangu County. He is relatively capable and has a good tutor. He has not done anything as harmful as Zhou Jiabao.
In addition, they actively organized people to collect various grains, ensuring the survival of tens of thousands of people, and the Wu family won widespread support from the people of Anyuan Village.
More importantly, Wu Jun was able to assess the situation. When he heard that the Zhou Family Fort was massacred and that three families including the Guan family in Dingxi Village were killed, he immediately realized that Anyuan Village would be next. He immediately convinced the other six families and sent his eldest son there.
County government transfers power.
Although there are more than a thousand villagers in Anyuan Village, they are not soldiers. They have no armor, only sticks and knives. They belong to the warrior level and are responsible for maintaining the order of Dingyuan Village. It is impossible to fight with regular troops.
Hearing that the Zhizhi envoy Chen Qing had arrived with an army, Wu Jun took the other seven clan chiefs down the mountain to surrender. Since Anyuan Village was so knowledgeable, Chen Qing also decided to put down his butcher knife.
Chen Qing invited Wu Jun and other village leaders to sit in the big tent. Chen Qing smiled and asked: "I am very concerned, how on earth do you support more than 30,000 people?"
Wu Jun smiled bitterly and said: "Use all the land to grow food and substitutes, grow beans, gourds, winter melons, yams, and radishes on the mountains. Gangu County is rich in dates and persimmons. We collect a large number of dates, persimmons, and shanks every year."
Sun-dried fruits, as well as rhizomes of various ferns, in a word, as long as they are edible, we collect them with all our strength, even fish in the river, beasts in the mountains, sparrows in the sky, etc. are no exception."
"It seems like this family is very difficult to manage!"
"It is indeed difficult. There are too many people, and eating every day is a big problem. In fact, we also hope that everyone will go down the mountain as soon as possible."
Chen Qing nodded and said to everyone without any ambiguity: "I originally planned to come to Anyuan Village to massacre the village. Just like I killed the Zhou family and the Guan family, I will kill you and your family members today and tomorrow. You should
It doesn't matter whether you die or not, but as long as killing you can shock other fortresses, it is enough.
Taking action on the three major forts is my plan to solve the problem of Qinzhou forts. Since you surrendered voluntarily, this plan will be slightly modified, and I have decided to let Anyuan Village go!"
Chen Qing spoke so straightforwardly that Wu Jun and the six village leaders were so frightened that their expressions changed. They were really restless. Wu Jun quickly said: "We are willing to work for the envoys and persuade the people of other villages to come down the mountain."
Chen Qing nodded, "This is exactly what I want to hear. I hope you will start taking action today and go to the forts in several surrounding counties to persuade them. You can tell them what I say. As long as you cooperate with the government to close the forts and send the people back down the mountain,
, I can let go of whatever crimes they have committed in the past.
But if they still refuse to close the fortress and insist on confronting me, Mr. Chen, then the fate that awaits them will be the massacre of their entire family. Let them understand what happened to the Zhou family."
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Using massacre to deal with ordinary people will definitely not be effective, but using massacre to deal with the wealthy families who control the fortress will definitely be very effective.
Chen Qing immediately wrote a "Letter to Qinzhou Forts" in Gangu County, using the bloody fate of Zhoujiabao and Dingxi Villages as examples, and Anyuan Village as positive propaganda, demanding that all forts must be closed within ten days and the people repatriated.
If he went down the mountain to return to his hometown and refused to close down and disband within the time limit, he would be regarded as a confrontation with the government. The army would go up the mountain to suppress him, and the owner of the fort would have his entire family executed.
Chen Qing immediately sent several teams of cavalry to various counties, and then each county distributed the "Letter to Qinzhou Forts" to each fort.
Chen Qing stayed in Gangu County for three days. At this time, he received a flying pigeon message from Zheng Ping and got the news that Fu Xuan sent troops to rob his property. Chen Qing then changed his plan. He was originally going to inspect Xining County in the north. Now he wants to
Rush back to Chengji County immediately.
Chen Qing immediately ordered Liu Cui to lead 700 cavalry to escort more than 20,000 people from Anyuan Village back to their hometowns in Chengji County and Qingshui County. He himself led 1,000 cavalry to set off overnight and rushed back to the Chengji County camp at lightning speed.