Zhang Quanyi, escorted by five hundred cavalry, checked into the post station in the city.
The inn can't be said to be too dilapidated, and it occupies a large area, but if you look closely, you can see that there is an air of decadence everywhere...
The furniture and furnishings are somewhat shabby, there are weeds in the courtyard that have not been removed, and some houses have not been used all year round, and dust comes out when they are opened.
Zhang Quanyi watched quietly without saying a word. After years of ups and downs, he had already taken it lightly.
In this world, it would be nice to be alive.
Mrs. Chu ordered the servants to clean, and the postmen also followed suit.
The whole family, including his son, daughter, daughter-in-law, etc., all moved here. The Jiedushi Mansion was occupied by Zhang Shensi, and he didn’t want to rob it, so why bother? The whole family had settled in the inn, and not many people were coming to Heyang at this time anyway.
Business.
"Grandpa." The eldest son Zhang Jiye ran over angrily and said, "How much money has this Heyang official embezzled without even Zhang's better furniture?"
"Why get angry over such trivial matters?" Zhang Quanyi smiled and didn't care, and continued to watch the servants cleaning the courtyard.
These servants all came from Luoyang, including the five hundred cavalry who came with them.
Zhang Quanyi held Luoyang for several years, appeased the diaspora, restored local order, and gained a high prestige.
At the same time, he was also courteous to the virtuous and corporal, treated kindly and even supported the scholars, and his reputation was very good. Many people said that he had the effect of "rebuilding Luoyang" and the scholars praised him. This was beyond most martial arts.
Zhang Jiye sighed and left, continuing to work.
Zhang Quanyi also sighed slightly. The eldest son, Jiye, was only twenty-two years old. He was young and energetic and did not know the dangers of the world.
There are three sons, Jiye, Jizuo and stepgrandson. Jiye is young and energetic, Jizuo has mediocre talents, and stepgrandson is young and insignificant. Zhang Quanyi often feels worried.
This time it was my younger brother Zhang Quan'en and his family who came with me.
Quan En will serve as the governor of Huaizhou to help his brother, which is normal.
Originally there was a younger brother Quanwu, but he was captured by Li Hanzhi and sent to Jinyang. Li Keyong gave him a land and a house, treated him very well, and even became a minor official. "Quanyi Changyin sent people to ask questions."
in Taiyuan".
Zhang Quanyi is a person who knows how to manage things. As soon as he settled down, he started to weave a network of relationships for the Zhang family.
The wife of the eldest son Zhang Jiye was Xie, the legitimate daughter of his beloved general.
He also made a marriage arrangement for his nephew Zhang Jifeng (Quan En's eldest son) and married the daughter of Mengzhou's Su Junqing. At that time, Zhang Quanyi made this move before he and Li Hanzhi broke up. Later, Li Hanzhi was confused and was
How could it be without reason that Heyang was lost in a sneak attack?
Zhang Yan, the nephew of the clan, was highly capable and highly regarded by Quanyi. He married the daughter of Zheng Hui, the shogunate judge, and was still an official in Henan Prefecture at this time.
Zheng Hui served as an official in the court from his father, Zheng Qi (qi), and was highly trusted by the emperor.
These are all descendants of the Zheng family in Xingyang. Isn't Quanyi's plan far-reaching?
After the death of Zhang Quanyi's first wife, Mrs. Jiang, he married the daughter of the Chu family, a powerful family in Heyang, Henan Prefecture, and gave birth to a daughter, who is only five years old this year. It is this daughter that Zhang Quanyi has already
While thinking about whom to marry, he focused on Zhu Youzhang, the son of Prince Dongping, but he didn't tell anyone because the time was not yet ripe.
Mr. Zhang does not look like a martial artist, but looks like an old bureaucrat who is very good at managing relationships, managing civil affairs, and developing production.
Li Hanzhi insulted him and whipped his men, but Zhang Quanyi endured it, and finally tortured him to death. This shows his character and deep relationship network. There are people like mine in Mengzhou. Didn't you expect it?
"Commander, Zhang Dutou is here." Staff Zheng Hui stepped forward and said.
"Oh? I'll go and greet you personally," Zhang Quanyi said immediately.
His wife, Mrs. Chu, observed his words and stepped forward to help him straighten his robe. Then she took her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Xie, and her niece-in-law, Mrs. Su, to the inner room.
After Zhang Quanyi said this, he took his younger brother Quan En, his eldest son Jie Ye, and his nephew Jifeng out to greet him respectfully by the roadside.
Zhang Shensi rode a tall horse with an arrogant attitude. He bowed to the horse from a distance and then turned down.
"Zhang Dutou is the mainstay of Heyang. Nowadays, there are many things going on, and the land of Huaimeng has many people to rely on." Zhang Quanyi put on a smile and stepped forward.
Zhang Shensi smiled calmly and said: "Heyang is dilapidated and the people are sparse, so Zhang Shuai needs more trouble."
"Where, where, this is a matter of duty." Zhang Quanyi said with a smile.
Afterwards, several people entered the inn together and took their seats respectively.
Zhang Quanyi was just about to say a few compliments when he heard the big bell on the tower suddenly rang.
Zhang Jiye and Zhang Jifeng's expressions changed drastically, and Zhang Shensi also became a little solemn.
Zhang Quanyi remained calm and observed silently.
I quickly heard the sounds of chaotic footsteps on the street. Soon, a warrior broke in and reported in a low voice: "General, the summer thieves are here."
"Really? Did you see clearly?" Zhang Shensi stood up suddenly and asked.
"It's absolutely true, there are four to five hundred riders wandering south of the city." the warrior replied.
"How arrogant!" Zhang Shensi punched the desk and said angrily.
As soon as Zhang Quanyi arrived, Xia Thief gave him a slap on the wrist. It was really annoying to be so disrespectful.
"Shuai Zhang, please wait a moment. I will send the men out of the city to defeat the enemy." Zhang Shensi made up his mind to give these Xia thieves a good look. At the same time, he also wanted to test their quality, so he immediately sent an order to his generals.
Zhang Quanyi nodded silently.
In fact, he was also a little scared. If he arrived a little later, wouldn't he run into the Xia thieves? If the battle went unfavorably, his family would have followed in the footsteps of Zhao Keyu.
He still has so many plans and the ambitions of the Zhang family, how can they be neglected here?
Being forced to leave Henan Prefecture may seem like a bad thing, but it is not.
He has seen clearly that Hu Zhen is not someone who runs the place. All of Luoyang's people are his, and the Zhang family has such great prestige, what can Hu Zhen compare it to? Maybe this is a good opportunity for him to
Extend your power to Heyang.
The only uncertainty is probably that the Xia bandits are attacking very quickly. If Luoyang cannot defend it and Heyang is destroyed, all these years of hard work will be ruined.
Alas, Shao Shude! Zhang Quanyi sighed, why is he so haunted? Back then in Guanzhong, he had a huge headache and ran away in embarrassment. Is he going to run away in despair again this time?
Outside Mengzhou City, hundreds of Bianzhou cavalry have left the city.
In the past few years, Zhu Quanzhong's horse administration has been getting better and better, so he recruited people from Cai who were good at riding and archery to join the army, and the number of cavalry increased greatly. However, he did not trust the talented cavalry generals in Bian, Hua, Cai and other towns and liked to recruit them himself.
, and even appointed Zhu Xuan, Zhu Jin's subordinate general.
The cavalry general who will lead the army out of the city is named Ankangba. From the name, you can tell that he was born in the ninth surname of Zhaowu. He once served as a general under Deng Jiyun and was almost captured alive by Li Cunxiao. However, to be fair, he still has the ability to train troops and fight. He is not alone with Li Cunxiao.
Choosing is really not my strong point, and it is normal to lose.
After more than 800 cavalrymen left the city, they formed a hasty formation and quickly rushed over.
The cavalry of the Xia Army, who were showing off their power, mounted their horses one after another, gathered together, and charged directly regardless of their small number.
Thousands of cavalry on both sides shouted loudly and cursed each other. They regarded each other as the enemy who killed their father and wanted to kill him on the spot.
"Boom!" The armor and iron horses collided instantly, and the knights fell like raindrops.
In this wave of hedging alone, at least one hundred and fifty war horses lost their owners.
The Xia Army's cavalry was immediately dispersed from their formation, and then the leading military academy whistled, and everyone retreated, beating their horses and fleeing.
Ankang Ba laughed loudly, asked his soldiers to wave the flag, and chased after him directly.
On top of the city tower, Zhang Quanyi felt his heart surge with excitement.
The cavalry clashing and fighting on horseback is indeed much more exciting than the ordinary infantry formation battle.
In fact, he also formed a cavalry unit, but the scale was never large because he had to submit supplies to Zhu Quanzhong every month. The supplies included not only property, money and food, but also soldiers, armor, and horses.
Of course, Zhu Quanzhong is not so demanding, and Zhang Quanyi must be so diligent in offering his services. But Zhang Quanyi himself is worried about Zhu Quanzhong's suspicion. After all, Henan Prefecture and Ruzhou are Zhang Quanyi's territory. All the officials are appointed by him, and the army is also his own.
If the offerings were not made diligently, given Zhu Quanzhong's temperament, who knows what would happen.
Ankangba led his army to pursue them for more than ten miles.
Xia Jun's war horse was slightly taller in size, but its endurance was slightly inferior. After chasing it for a while, it seemed that it could no longer run.
Ankang was overjoyed and kept urging his horses. His subordinates were also excited and yelled and cursed from behind, as if this could anger the Xia thieves and make them come back to fight.
"Do the thieves dare to fight?" Ankangba pushed his horse to the extreme speed. He regretted that he was using a long horse today and could not bring a bow and arrow. Otherwise, he would have killed several summer thieves during the chase.
"Death to the Bian thief!" A loud shout suddenly sounded from the forest on the right.
Ankangba was shocked. He turned around and saw that more than a thousand cavalrymen had come out of the woods and were charging towards them at a faster speed.
At this moment, hundreds of Xia Army cavalry who had been fleeing in front also came back from a distance, turned back and charged in.
Their horses were panting heavily, and some were even foaming at the mouth, but no one looked back, straightened their horses, and collided head-on with each other again.
There was rain of blood and screams.
Their bravery bought time for their comrades. About 1,500 cavalry from the right side rushed in batches and cut the Bian army in two.
Yang Liang directly focused on Ankang Ba. After wielding his iron sword to kill a Bian thief cavalry, he inserted the sword into its sheath, drew out his riding bow, and fired two arrows in a row. One arrow missed, and the other hit Ankang who was blocking Ankang by mistake.
Eight soldiers beside him.
"Death to the thieves!" Yang Liang drew out his iron sword again, passed the oncoming blow, accelerated to catch up with Ankang Ba, and slashed with all his strength.
Damn it! Another person stepped forward to be the scapegoat!
Ankang was cast into the shadow by Li Cunxiao eight years ago, and now he is most afraid of facing off against such unreasonable and reckless men. Today he was ambushed again, and he was so frightened that he already planned to lead his men to evacuate.
In fact, he didn't need to know that the chasing Bian Army cavalry had been stunned and turned around and ran away unconsciously.
Yang Liang failed to kill the thieves twice, and he was so angry that he didn't care about anything else at this time. He led dozens of knights to bite Ankangba to the death, and tried to kill him with all his life.
"Whoosh!" Another arrow flew out and missed.
The spear was thrown, and a cavalryman behind Ankangba fell off his horse.
Yang Liang was so angry that he cursed. The soldiers quickly caught up and handed the reins of an empty horse to Yang Liang's hand.
The horse is short, and the horse is beaten and chased wildly.
"Poof!" With a stab, one of Ankangba's soldiers fell off his horse.
Ankang Ba glanced back and felt like he was dead. Fortunately, he could already see Mengzhou City in front of him. He was sweating on his forehead, his whip was dancing wildly, his horse was neighing in pain, and foaming at the mouth.
"Huh!" Yang Liang waved the horse spear, and the blade almost reached Ankangba's horse's ass.
Ankang Baxin felt something, and he didn't dare to look back at all, he just ran for his life.
On top of Mengzhou City Tower, Zhang Quanyi and his son, Zhang Shensi and a group of generals watched all this with their mouths open.
what happened?
How could the 800 cavalrymen who were chasing after them with great momentum be defeated in the blink of an eye? The cavalryman Ankangba was still bitten by the thief general. The man stabbed him repeatedly, almost missing him several times.
"Quick! Let Vice General Zhao go out of the city to meet him." Zhang Shensi immediately ordered.
"As you command!"
The general hurried downstairs to notify the cavalry to dispatch.
At this time, Ankangba also saw the hope of survival, and his energy suddenly rose. He even considered cooperating with the reinforcements rushing out of the city later to capture and kill this annoying thief.
"Xilulu!" At this moment, he felt the world was spinning, and when the war horse knelt on its front hooves, the man was about to be thrown away.
Yang Liang retracted his riding bow and drew out his short spear, and the war horses came as fast as thunder.
"Poof!" He stabbed Ankangba right in the back of the neck.
The gates of Mengzhou City have been opened, and hundreds of riders are filing out of the city.
Yang Liang turned his horse around and dismounted at the corpse of Ankang Ba.
The Bian Army cavalry yelled and began to speed up slowly.
Yang Liang pulled out Ankang Ba's waist knife, chopped off his head without any haste, then got on his horse and drove away.