Fu Xuan brought 500 elite soldiers this time and temporarily became Zhu Shengfei's bodyguards. As Wu Jie said, Zhu Shengfei had no right to remove or transfer Chen Qing, but he could use the excuse of investigating something to send Chen Qing away.
Suspended and stayed in Hanzhong to cooperate with the investigation.
As long as he doesn't report it to the court and the emperor, the investigation can last as long as it takes. This is equivalent to a disguised form of house arrest, which is exactly the same as when Wu Jie suspended Fu Xuan from office for several months.
Fu Xuan did not come forward directly, but secretly ordered five hundred soldiers to arrest Chen Qing. As soon as Chen Qing checked in the inn, Fu Xuan received the report from his informant and immediately sent troops to arrest Chen Qing.
Chen Qing did not bring Fang Tian Huaji with him when he came to Nanzheng this time. He carried his bow and arrows on his back, took his sword and quickly came to the window. He lived in an upper room on the east side. In addition to the normal south-facing window facing the street, there were many windows on the east side.
There is also a side window on the side, and below the side window is the roof of a private house.
Chen Qing jumped off the roof, ran a few steps on the roof, jumped to another side street, and soon disappeared.
More than a dozen of his soldiers went out to eat, and the soldiers and horses could only be temporarily entrusted to Wu Jie.
Wu Jie left the inn with his own soldiers, and also took away Chen Qing's war horses. Yuan Gang, the commander who came to arrest Chen Qing, knew Wu Jie. He did not dare to mess around and watched Wu Jie leave.
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"Idiot! Idiot!"
Fu Xuan became angry and cursed the commander Yuan Gang, "Chen Qing must have been among Wu Jie's soldiers, and you, a blind man, let him go."
Yuan Gang was sweating profusely and said: "I know Chen Qing in my humble position. I guarantee that he is not among Wu Jie's soldiers. Chen Qing should have jumped out of the window and escaped."
Fu Xuan walked a few steps and asked again: "Since he jumped out of the window and left, where is the war horse?"
"Both the war horse and his men are gone. His subordinates don't know who they are, but the war horses think they were taken away by Wu Jie."
"It's just as I expected!"
Fu Xuan immediately said: "Wu Jie will definitely send him out of the city. You immediately lead 300 cavalry to keep an eye on him and chase him. Even if we chase him to Qinzhou, we will catch him. Remember, capture him alive!"
"Remember your humble position!"
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Outside Beicheng, Chen Qing said to Wu Jie who was seeing him off: "Although this report contains murderous intent, we still have to do it to save face. The report of the Qinzhou Army is indispensable, so let Zheng Ping report to the Xuanfu envoy on behalf of his humble position. In addition, please tell the commander-in-chief."
Ambassador Xuanfu, because Xixia invaded Qinzhou, I must rush back immediately and report to him again when I have the opportunity!"
Wu Jie nodded, "Go quickly! I will arrange it myself."
Chen Qing turned his horse's head and shouted, "Let's go!"
A dozen soldiers followed him, speeding up their horses and galloping westward.
Watching Chen Qing walk away, Wu Jie couldn't help but sigh softly. Although he had only been with the new Ambassador Xuan for two days, he had already felt some disharmony. This Ambassador Zhu Xuanfu
They are more bookish and stubborn and don't listen to their opinions at all, making it difficult to deal with them.
Zhu Shengfei opposed using Sichuan's power to support the Shaanxi army, and advocated that the Western Army should be self-reliant and increase the intensity of field training. This meant that the Western Army would be restricted in terms of money and food, which would make it impossible for the Western Army to expand its strength.
Wu Jie also knew that the people of Sichuan had been under a heavy burden in recent years. Almost all the money and grain had been transported to Hanzhong to support the Western Army in their confrontation with the Jin soldiers. They could not defeat the Jin soldiers twice without the support of the Sichuan people.
Perhaps the imperial court and Zhu Shengfei saw the Jin troops withdrawing north and believed that the crisis in Sichuan had been resolved, so they wanted to reduce Sichuan's financial pressure and reduce financial and food support for the Western Army. From the imperial court's perspective, such a decision was understandable, but for the Western Army
For one thing, this is likely to cause them to fail in the competition for the northwest.
Wu Jie was very worried, but he had no choice. This was probably the emperor's idea, and Zhu Shengfei was just the executor.
At this moment, there was a roaring sound of horse hoofs, and more than 300 cavalrymen rushed out from the city. They were Fu Xuan's soldiers. The leader was Yuan Gang, the leader of Fu Xuan's soldiers. They seemed not to have seen it.
Wu Jie, a large group of cavalry galloped directly past Wu Jie, stirring up billowing yellow dust.
Of course, these cavalrymen were going to capture Chen Qing, but this was not possible. Zhu Shengfei attacked the general as soon as he arrived, which would chill the hearts of the Western Army soldiers.
Wu Jie immediately turned his horse around and ran toward the county town. He wanted to persuade Zhu Shengfei to put the overall situation first.
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Wu Jie waited in the official guest hall for a long time, but Zhu Shengfei refused to receive him. At this time, his staff Fu Jingyi hurried in.
Wu Jie hated this person very much. When they met for the first time, he actually hinted that he wanted to give him a gift.
Did he get the governorship of Wu Jie Tangtang by giving gifts? Especially this Fu Jingyi is a clan brother of Fu Xuan.
Despite being disgusted, Wu Jie remained polite on the surface.
Fu Jingyi clasped his fists and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, Ambassador Xuanfu talked with Guan Dutong all afternoon today, and he is really a little tired. We can only meet with Wu Dutong another day."
"Forget it, let Xuanfu rest. I just want to say something, Mr. Fu can convey it. The Xixia army invaded Anxi County, Qinzhou. Chen Tongzhi rushed back to Qinzhou to command the battle. The report of duty can only be led by Deputy General Zheng.
represent."
Fu Jingyi knew full well that this was Chen Qing's excuse for running away. He sneered in his heart and said, "I will definitely tell the envoy Xuanfu!"
"Then I'll take my leave!"
"Wu Dutong, go slowly, I won't send you off!"
Fu Jingyi watched Wu Jie walk away, and he snorted heavily. He had hinted so obviously, but he still didn't pull a cent. This Wu Jie still expected him to do things for him?
Fu Jingyi walked quickly to the inner house.
In the study room, Zhu Shengfei changed into loose clothes and was concentrating on reading the work report written by Guan Shigu.
When he saw Fu Jingyi coming in, he asked, "Who is visiting me outside?"
"It's Wu Dutong!"
"Oh! Ask him to wait in the inner hall for a moment. I'll be there right away."
"He said there was something urgent, so he came over to say something, and then left in a hurry."
Zhu Shengfei suddenly became a little unhappy. If there was an emergency, don't come to see him. He just ran away without saying a word. Does this count as respecting himself?
"What did Wu Dutong say?"
"He said that the Xixia army was invading Qinzhou. Chen Qing hurried back and entrusted his deputy general Zheng Ping to report on his duties."
Zhu Shengfei snorted coldly, "Is there really an invasion by the Xixia army? Or are you afraid that I will force him to hand over the money?"
"The latter is probably the humble position. He was probably worried that the Xuanfu would put him under house arrest, so he ran away."
"Hmph! If he doesn't hand over the money, I will put him under house arrest for a few months. He is so audacious that he dares to embezzle hundreds of thousands of dollars. That is the wealth of the people."
"Inform the Xuanfu envoy that Chen Qing happened to encounter Fu Dutong when he was escaping. He has sent people to chase him to see if he can get him back."
Zhu Shengfei glared at him, "What do you mean by just right? I'm not a fool. Fu Xuan must have sent people to monitor Chen Qing. Go tell Fu Xuan that it's okay to send people to chase him, but he's not allowed to hurt anyone. Chen Qing is the one that Lu Xianggong likes."
Grandson-in-law, don’t cause trouble for me!”
"Let's go, humble job!" Fu Jingyi left quickly.
Zhu Shengfei narrowed his eyes and watched Fu Jingyi walk away, and said to himself: "Brother Yuan Zhi, if your future grandson-in-law hadn't been too greedy, I wouldn't have been able to burn his head with this first fire!"
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Chen Qing led his men to run north for more than 40 miles in one breath. He immediately stood up on a high place, turned back and looked south, and saw a cavalry force of several hundred people still chasing him, about 300 people, ten miles away.
about.
The ghosts of these bastards were lingering, and the anger in Chen Qing's heart burned. It seemed that they would not give up until they had a taste of their power.
However, Chen Qing and his men did not carry long weapons, only bows and arrows and swords, so they could not deal with the elite 300 cavalry.
Yan Jun clasped his fists and said: "To express my gratitude to you, if you go twenty miles further north, you will reach Nanxianren Pass. There must be long weapons there."
Chen Qing nodded, "Let's go!"
He and his men galloped their horses again, heading north along the official road.
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The Xianren Pass in Hanzhong is divided into two passes, the north and the south, both located in Fengzhou. One is the North Xianren Pass on the border between Fengzhou and Qinzhou, which is where Liu Zan is stationed. The other is in the south of Fengzhou, between Fengzhou and Xingyuan.
Nanxianren Pass at the junction of Fufu.
In terms of importance, Nanxianren Pass is definitely more important. It is the throat of Hanzhong. Capturing Nanxianren Pass will open the door to Nanzheng County, the political center of Hanzhong.
The commander-in-chief of Nanxianren Pass was Sun Yu, who was the general who controlled Liu Ziyu. Liu Ziyu was seriously injured and could no longer fight in the army, so he changed his position to a civilian position and became the minister of the Ministry of Industry to inform the Xingyuan Prefecture.
Sun Yu now belongs to Wu Jie and knows Chen Qing, but the relationship is not very close.
Chen Qing wanted to borrow a dozen spears and a dozen pots of arrows, which was not a big problem. Sun Yu not only borrowed a dozen spears and twenty pots of arrows, but also found Chen Qing a large knife weighing forty kilograms.
This is a weapon left by Qu Duan, the former capital commander.
Qu Duan had been depressed after the defeat in Fuping. In addition, he was injured and in poor health. He unfortunately died last winter due to an old injury.
Qu Duan's popularity was not very good, and no one wanted the relics such as the soldiers and armors he left behind, so he threw them in the Nanxianren Pass warehouse and was given to Chen Qing by Sun Yu as a favor.
With a long weapon in his hand, Chen Qing was no longer in a hurry and walked north for more than ten miles. They came to a mountain col called Liyutou, where Chen Qing decided to deal with the pursuers.