When Zhao Ding returned to the VIP Garden, the leader of the guard, Jie Qian, stepped forward and said, "Just now someone from the county prince's palace sent someone a sword. It was a gift that Chen Qing ordered to give to your husband before he left."
Xie Qian had been a staff member of Zhao Dingwu since the earliest days. Later, he followed Li Gang to fight against the Jin Dynasty in Jingbei and was named the commander. Later, on the recommendation of Zhao Ding, he returned to Lin'an and served as the commander of the imperial capital, becoming one of the leaders of the Forbidden Army.
This time he led a thousand people to follow Zhao Ding to Jingzhao to greet the late emperor's coffin. They were Zhao Ding's confidants.
Zhao Ding thought, and he remembered that he had indeed asked Chen Qing to find a good sword for him.
"On the table in the back hall!"
Zhao Ding quickly came to the back hall, and there was indeed a sword on the table, and beside it was a string of Buddhist beads, which were ground from Kunlun white jade. Zhao Ding's old mother believed in Buddhism, so needless to say, the beads were given to his old mother.
Zhao Ding accepted the white jade Buddha bead and picked up the sword. The sword was neither long nor short. When he pulled out the sword, it shone with cold light. He saw a note next to him and picked up the note. It read: "The name of the sword is Qingyue. From
Seized it in Nianhan Mansion and presented it to the Duke to boost the prestige of the Song Dynasty.'
It turns out that this is Qingyue, one of the famous swords collected by the Supreme Emperor. It is said that it was kidnapped by the Jin people, but unexpectedly it came back.
Zhao Ding liked this sword very much, and he asked again: "Just give it to me?"
"Xiangong Lu also has one there, saying it was for the former Xianggong Lu."
It was for Lu Yihao. Since Chen Qing had this intention, Zhao Ding happily accepted it and just went back and reported it to the emperor.
In the guest hall of Chen Qing's mansion, Lu Qingshan met his grandniece Lu Xiu, and of course Lu Xiu's son and daughter.
"Goose! Goose! Goose! The song is singing to the sky, white hair is floating on the green water, and the anthurium is stirring the clear waves."
"It's noon on the day of hoeing, and the sweat is dripping on the soil. Who knows that every particle of the meal is hard work."
"Brother memorized the wrong thing!"
Three-year-old Chen Ji had a clear voice and recited several poems in front of Lu Qingshan.
However, the chubby Chen Xueer yelled naughtily next to her, "Brother memorized the wrong thing!"
This made Lu Qingshan laugh. He liked both children.
"Grandpa gives you a gift!"
Lu Qingshan took out two small cloth bags from his arms and handed them to the two children, "They are the gadgets I collected myself. They are not valuable, but they are all in my heart."
"It's red stone!"
Xueer's hands were quick and she had already touched the gift and took it out of the pouch.
Lu Xiu recognized it at a glance, it was a frozen red robe, as red as chicken blood, made from the finest Shoushan stone. She was moved and said: "Uncle, thank you for your trouble!"
Lu Qingshan waved his hand and said, "You know I like to collect Shoushan stones. I collected this when I was an official in Fuzhou. The quality is pretty good. I hope Xueer likes it."
Xue'er's face blossomed into a smile, "Thank you, grandpa, Xue'er likes it very much!"
She does like sparkling gems and brightly colored stones.
"Ji'er, why don't you take it out and take a look?" Lu Qingshan saw that Chen Ji accepted the cloth bag but did not take it out.
"Thank you, grandpa, for the gift. Ji'er will appreciate it later."
He was only three years old, but he spoke in an old-fashioned way, which made Lu Qingshan both funny and surprised. Is this child so restrained?
Lu Xiu explained with a smile: "This is a rule his father set for him. He cannot open gifts in front of guests. After he said it twice, he remembered it."
"I'll open it and show it to my brother."
Xueer was very curious, so she grabbed the cloth bag from her brother and took out a stone as big as her fist. It was a three-color stone, black as ink, white as fat, and red as blood, with clear boundaries.
"Brother, yours comes in three colors! It's even bigger than mine."
Lu Xiu smiled and said: "This must be Liu Guanzhang! There is also a piece in my grandfather's study. No, it seems to be this piece."
Lu Qingshan laughed and said, "This is what your grandfather gave to Ji'er. His most beloved thing, the big red robe given to Xue'er is from my collection. It is the kindness of the two old guys to the younger generation."
Lu Xiu knew that his daughter could not hold the stone firmly, so he took the stone from her hand. She did not know how many times she dropped his Khotan jade. Fortunately, it was a wooden floor, which was not easy to break, but the floor in the living room was covered with
She cannot hold the bluestone.
"Mom, let me take it for you and quickly do a little duck dance for grandpa."
The chubby Xueer danced the duck dance, which was really cute. Lu Qingshan cheered loudly, and the lobby was full of laughter. After a while, Li Mei also came with her two sons. These are Lu Wei's sons.
, an authentic descendant of the Lu family.
The lobby became more lively.
Dadou Bago is located at the junction of Ganzhou and Liangzhou. While the army was stationed, Chen Qing came to Dadou Bago to inspect.
Song Xinping and thousands of soldiers knelt down on one knee and said in unison: "See the prince!"
Chen Qing was very familiar with Song Xinping. When he followed him to fight against the Jin soldiers at Jianxiao Pass and went south, he was just an illiterate soldier, but he studied hard on his own and married a woman from a scholarly family in his hometown. Now he is not only
He was able to read and write, and also taught himself the art of war, and gradually became able to act independently, which Chen Qing admired very much.
He is the opposite of Zhao Xiaoyi. Zhao Xiaoyi has no ambition to make progress and only knows a few hundred words now. His position has reached the top when he reaches the level of control, while Song Xinping has a bright future.
"General Song, please get up, brothers, please get up!"
Chen Qing loudly said to thousands of soldiers: "You guarded the border with hard work, fought bravely to kill the enemy, saved Hehuang, and protected the security of our rear area. You are all meritorious soldiers. In the future, I will erect a monument with all of your names engraved on it."
, your descendants will be proud to have ancestors like you."
"Long live!"
I don't know who shouted loudly, and thousands of soldiers raised their arms and shouted, "Long live! Long live the king!"
Song Xinping's face turned pale with fright, he had never taught them.
Chen Qing inspected Guancheng. He was particularly interested in the reverse warning method invented by Song Xinping and asked people to demonstrate it himself.
"Bizhi considered that if a beacon fire was set off on Qitian Ridge, the enemy would notice it at the same time as we saw it, and Bizhi would not be able to carry out a counter-sneak attack. In the end, he asked the sentry to raise the fire in a place where the enemy could not see it, although we could not see it either.
, but we can give feedback through the middle sentry tower, and it turns out that this method is very effective in our counter-sneak attack."
At this time, Chen Qing saw the rear sentry tower raising fire, but he could not see the alarm above his head. The rear sentry tower was like a mirror, accurately feeding back the alarm from the top of the mountain.
Chen Qing nodded repeatedly. This third-party reference method is very good and worth promoting!
Chen Qing only stayed in Dadou Valley for half a day, and then continued to lead his army northward. He was still fifty miles away from Zhangye City. At this time, it was getting late, and Chen Qing ordered the camp to be set up to rest. At this time, Tang Qian led the merchants
Saige came in a hurry.
In the main tent, Brother Sai introduced the information about Zhangye City to everyone, "My brother runs a liquor store in Zhangye City. He gave me a lot of important information. I know that there are about 80,000 troops stationed in Zhangye City."
Chen Qing was surprised, "How come there are so many troops?"
"The Xizhou Army has about 50,000 troops, and another 30,000 troops are descendants of the Yellow-headed Uighurs, so there are 80,000 troops, basically all cavalry."
Chen Qing thought for a while and asked: "How many Uighur troops are there in Xizhou?"
Tang Qian bowed and said: "I heard that there are less than 100,000 people in this humble position."
Chen Qing believes in this number. After all, the total number of Uighurs in Xizhou is not large. It is difficult to break through the level of 100,000. They have to deal with the Black Khan, the Xiliao, and now the Song Army. How can they have enough troops?
Why? They have already wiped out 10,000 people in Dadou Bago and Liangzhou City. If they can wipe out another 50,000 people, the Xizhou Uighurs will have no soldiers.
At this time, Yang Zaixing said: "Your Majesty, I believe that the Xizhou Army is likely to have a decisive battle with us on the grassland."
"reason!"
"Because of the iron-clad fire and thunder, Zhangye's city wall is not much better than Liangzhou City. They can't defend the city. In this case, why don't they fight us in the grassland, but their strength is about the same."
Chen Qing nodded, it was really possible. With an army of 80,000, unable to defend the city, and not understanding each other, they might not know the heights of the sky and the earth, and fight the Song army in a decisive battle.