Chen Qing shouted sternly, stopping the Song army from pursuing the pursuit. These Xixia army cavalry advanced and retreated in an orderly manner. They were well organized and immediately withdrew when the situation was unfavorable. They did not have the slightest idea of greed for merit or unwillingness. They were quite like famous generals.
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If the leader of this army is just an ordinary Xixia general, then the Xixia army is really a powerful enemy that cannot be underestimated.
Chen Qing watched the Xixia cavalry go away and ordered Liu Cui: "Bring some prisoners of war into the city!"
Chen Qing led his army into the city first. Liu Cui and Niu Gao simply cleaned the battlefield and led a dozen Xixia prisoners of war who were not killed by arrows into the fort...
After entering the city, Chen Qing understood why Ganquan Fort is also called Xining County. It is indeed no different from a county town. The perimeter of the city wall is fourteen miles, and there are about a thousand households, mostly Han Chinese. There are north-south streets in the fort.
Along the east-west street, there are various shops, inns, restaurants, grocery stores, weapon shops, brothels, and there is also a small commercial complex, Wazi, in the center of the county.
Ganquan Fort is an important military town, but it is also an important commercial town with a radius of hundreds of miles. In this big city, several important official roads must pass through Ganquan Fort, and it has become a journey for merchants traveling from north to south.
Home.
In addition, Ganquanbao is also famous for producing high-quality leather boots. They can buy the best cattle and sheep skins from Xixia. Coupled with its exquisite tanning technology and shoemaking technology, Ganquanbao's leather boots can be sold well in both Xixia and Song Dynasties.
The price was good, so the people in Ganquanbao either did business or opened shops, tanned furs, or made shoes.
It was getting brighter, and the people of Ganquan Fort woke up from a night's sleep. However, the streets and alleys were very calm. They seemed not to be affected by the battle to seize the city last night, nor were they overjoyed by the arrival of the Song Army.
The people in the frontier are not as sensitive to wars and alien races as the people in the mainland. The people here have seen a lot of wars and alien races. As long as it does not affect their lives, it doesn't matter who rules Ganquan Fort.
Chen Qing can also understand the people here. The leather boots they make are sold in large quantities to the Xixia people. Speaking of which, the Xixia people are their main source of food and clothing. Of course, they have no objection to the Xixia people.
But as long as they don't help the Xixia people to seize Ganquan Fort, the people in the city will let them do whatever they want.
Now what Chen Qing is more concerned about is where is the Xixia army last night? Will they attack Ganquan Fort a second time? Then there is still the food problem. How much food is stored in the city?
Chen Qing came to the military camp warehouse, where Yuhou Zhang Miao and dozens of soldiers were taking inventory of supplies.
"Zhang Yuhou, how much food is there?"
"There are more than 1,300 dan of grain, over 4,000 sheep, and hundreds of barrels of wine..."
It was indeed a bit beyond Chen Qing's expectation. He said happily: "A hundred Jin soldiers will have so much food?"
Zhang Miao shook his head, "There used to be 1,500 gold soldiers stationed here. When they withdrew, it was difficult to carry food and sheep, so they just left them behind. Hundreds of gold soldiers couldn't eat so much, so they left them to us in the end!"
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One thousand shi is a lot of food! It is enough to feed their five thousand people for half a month. With the addition of four thousand sheep, they have enough food for twenty days.
Chen Qing thought for a while and asked Yang Zaixing next to him, "How to provide food for the people in the city?"
Yang Zaixing scratched his head and said, "I have to inquire about this situation."
"No need to ask!"
Zhang Miao, the Marquis of Yu, stood up and said with a smile: "I understand this situation. There is a Baishui River in the west, about fifteen miles away from Ganquan Castle. There are thousands of acres of wheat fields on both sides of the river, which are cultivated by the people of the castle. The remaining part is just
Buy it from Huizhou or Deshunzhou."
"What if you buy more? For example, buy some for us." This was Chen Qing's idea.
Zhang Miao shook his head, "I'm afraid the Xixia Army will not allow food to be transported here in the future."
Chen Qing knew that Zhang Miao was right. I was afraid that Ganquan Fort's food supply would be a big problem in the future. Forget it, if it didn't work, he would move the people of Ganquan Fort south to Gangu County.
At this time, a soldier rushed over and said, "Commander Zheng is here!"
Zheng Ping actually arrived. Chen Qing was overjoyed and hurried back to the big tent.
Walking at the door of the tent, I heard Zheng Ping complaining, "If I had known earlier, I shouldn't have delayed in Gangu County, otherwise we would have caught up, and it would be all your fault, you brat."
"Fat brother, how can you blame me? It was you who wanted to visit the brothel, okay?"
"Hey!" This voice is so familiar.
Chen Qing suddenly thought of someone, and quickly pushed open the curtain and walked in. There were only two people inside, besides the fat man Zheng Ping, there was also a young general.
Chen Qing recognized him at a glance. It was his brother Liu Qiong who studied martial arts in Lin'an.
"It is indeed you. I just said that the voice sounded so familiar."
Chen Qing laughed and walked forward. Liu Qiong was a little embarrassed and saluted: "For your humble position, please refer to the control!"
Chen Qing's eyes lit up, "Could it be that you were assigned to the Qinzhou Army?"
Liu Qiong nodded, "It's what my uncle meant. He wrote to me and asked me to choose the Qinzhou Army. I have a chance to choose myself."
Liu Qiong's uncle is Liu Ziyu. Speaking of which, he is also Liu Cui's cousin and a fierce general with outstanding archery skills, which really makes Chen Qing extremely happy.
Next to him, Zheng Ping blinked and said in a loud voice: "Old Chen, have you forgotten me, Fatty? I defended you against Zhu Goutou's swords and swords in Hanzhong."
Chen Qing smiled and patted him on the shoulder, "I'm going to invite you to a merit banquet tonight, and I'll take care of you by the way. Are you satisfied?"
"Forget about celebrating, why didn't you start the war tonight and let me miss it?"
"Given the opportunity you have, Xixia people will never give up."
"Really?" Zheng Ping blinked his eyes and asked in disbelief.
"Would I still lie to you?"
Chen Qing smiled slightly and said: "The Xixia people know the importance of Ganquan Fort much better than we do, and they will not be willing to accept it."
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At night, Chen Qing held a grand bonfire banquet in the military camp to celebrate the capture of Ganquan Fort and to greet Zheng Ping and Liu Qiong. However, considering that the Xixia army's whereabouts last night were unknown, Chen Qing banned alcohol at the night banquet and could only eat meat and other foods.
tea instead of wine,
The army killed a thousand sheep and lit 20 fires. Everyone gathered around the bonfire to cut meat and barbecue it. They ate meat and laughed loudly. Although there was no wine, they could only drink tea instead of wine, but it did not affect everyone's satiety.
Emotions.
"Liu Qiong, where did Hu Yan go?" Chen Qing still couldn't forget his friend Hu Yantong.
"Reporting back to the commander, he originally wanted to choose the Qinzhou Army, but his father didn't want to. He didn't even go back to Han Dutong. He gave him a favor and joined the Imperial Army as a commander. There was nothing he could do."
The imperial army is the personal soldiers of Emperor Zhao Gou. If nothing else happens, Hu Yantong will be Liu Qi's general in the future.
Liu Qiong scratched his head and said: "The better news is that the army we trained is now under the control of Huyan."
This is not bad, it is indeed good news.
"Is there any news? For example, has anyone asked you to send a message?" Chen Qing hinted at Liu Qiong.
Liu Qiong opened her mouth wide and slapped her forehead hard, "There is a letter that Mr. Lu asked me to send, and there is also a box. Damn it, I forgot about it. I'm going to get it right now!"
Liu Qiong jumped up and ran away. Chen Qing couldn't catch him and watched him run away.
At this time, Zheng Ping, who was sitting next to Chen Qing, said anxiously: "It's time you asked me. I met Zhu Shengfei's special envoy in Chengji County."
Chen Qing sneered, "I know Zhu Shengfei won't let me go!"
"But Shen Dayuan failed in his investigation this time. I heard from Lao Yang that he investigated very carefully and even went to find the coachman, but still found nothing."
"What did the drivers say?"
"The coachman only said that there were boxes and sacks. The boxes were written with weapons, and the sacks were written with food and military uniforms. What could they say?"
The silver and silk were packed in boxes, and the sacks contained copper coins and cloth. At that time, they were to prepare for the pass inspection. Some of the outer sacks contained grain. Unloading and transporting the goods were all done by the soldiers themselves, so the coachman always thought that he was transporting weapons.
and armor and other supplies.
"Control, you said this investigation failed, what will Zhu Shengfei do?"
Chen Qing picked up the tea cup and said with a smile: "Unless he gets the power to serve, he really can't do anything to me. No matter what tricks he comes up with, I can deal with it, but this is a matter for the future. Soon he will be in trouble."
coming."
"How to say?"
Chen Qing smiled faintly, "The Xixia Army's attack on Ganquan Fort was not accidental. It should be directly related to Zhu Shengfei's taking office. If I am not wrong, the Qi Army will respond soon. At this critical moment, Zhu Shengfei will not give Song to various places."
The army replenishes money and food, but instead wants to establish prestige by punishing people. When Zhang Jun loses all the territory he has worked so hard to build, how will he face the court and the emperor?"