Fenghou

All their weapons were handed in when they entered the city, and they could only be collected when they left the city. As a result, Yang Yuanqing and thirty of his subordinates were unarmed, not even a dagger.

Now there are only three thousand golden soldiers left in Pingliang County. How could Chen Qing let go of such a good opportunity.

As soon as it was dark the next day, Zhang Jian brought Yang Yuanqing to a compound.

"There is a big businessman living here. He has a lot of weapons in his hands and made a lot of money by selling all kinds of weapons. I bought a batch of bows and arrows from him when I formed the village soldiers."

Zhang Jian patted the door knocker. Not long after, an old man opened the door and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Does the old man still know me? I came here last month, and you still helped me carry the goods."

The old man nodded, "I remembered, you are Zhang Sanlang, and you are shopping again?"

Zhang Jian said with a smile: "When I got a sum of money, I came to your landlord."

"The proprietor is here, come in first!"

Chapter 143 Pingliang

Yang Yuanqing followed Zhang Jian and waited in the living room for a long time, when a heavy cough came from outside, a short, fat middle-aged man walked into the room, he saw Zhang Jian, his slender eyes were treacherously bright, He laughed dryly and said, "Zhang Dutou, long time no see."

When Yang Yuanqing saw this person, he immediately felt very uncomfortable. This person almost wrote the word 'profiteer' on his shiny forehead.

But Zhang Jian didn't care. This person was a well-known profiteer in Pingliang Mansion. He sold weapons privately because he couldn't sell other things.

"This is Deputy Chief Yang. We are here on business in Pingliang County, and we are here to buy a batch of weapons by the county lord's order."

"If you need weapons, just ask for them directly from Jin Bing. Don't they give them?"

Zhang Jian shook his head, "Boss Niu also knows that he is short-handed. If he has the weapons of Jin Bing, he has to obey them. In the end, he will lose his life in Dasan Pass."

"No problem, you have everything you want, the key is the price."

Yang Yuanqing asked, "How much is a pair of bows and arrows plus a spear?"

"Song army style?"

Yang Yuanqing nodded.

"Ten bows for walking, fifteen bows for riding, one hundred arrows for feathers and arrows, and ten spears for standard spears. They all require Xuanhe money. Iron money is not accepted, and gold and silver are acceptable."

Zhang Jian frowned one by one, "This price is twice as expensive as last time!"

Owner Niu pouted contemptuously, "Is this price expensive? If it wasn't for the bad business, I would have tripled the price. Gold soldiers are strictly forbidden to sell weapons privately. I can do business at the risk of losing my head."

At this moment, someone outside suddenly shouted: "There are golden soldiers!"

The voice was called by the guards outside. Yang Yuan stood up abruptly, stepped forward and grabbed Master Niu, "Have you notified Jin Bing?"

Owner Niu panicked and argued, "I...Of course I didn't, you brought it yourself."

There was a big fire in the courtyard outside, and the fire was also burning behind. Someone shouted: "Put down your weapons and come out, or we will shoot arrows!"

Yang Yuanqing punched Niu Dongzhu hard on the bridge of the nose, Niu Dongzhu screamed and fell to the ground.

Zhang Jian reacted very quickly, and quickly stopped him, saying, "Don't get excited, deputy chief, we are on business, so we should be fine!"

Zhang Jian raised her hand and walked out, "I am the head of the township Bingdu in Huating County, and I have no weapons!"

Yang Yuanqing also raised his hand and walked out, "I am the deputy capital, and I have no weapons."

I saw dozens of Jurchen soldiers standing in the dark outside, pointing at them with crossbows in their hands. The leader was a Jin Bing general with a Han face. He was probably a Han general in the Liao army in the past. There are many such Han generals.

Yang Yuanqing looked around, but he didn't see his subordinates, so he was a little relieved. Two of his subordinates were standing guard outside the gate, and they probably escaped.

The general of the Han Dynasty heard that they were the township soldiers from Huating County, he frowned and asked, "Do you have any proof?"

Zhang Jian took off his badge and threw it over, and Yang Yuanqing also took off his badge and threw it over.

The Han general looked at his belt badge and said angrily, "What are you buying weapons for?"

"Longshan white horse bandits often come to Huating County to plunder. Our county lord wants to organize a militia group to protect ourselves, so we need to buy some bows and spears."

Zhang Jian was not worried, he knew that the township soldiers were self-raised by the counties, and the gold soldiers didn't care, they bought black market weapons in the name of the government, and there was no problem at all.

General Han looked at the two of them for a while and said, "I can't make the decision, you go and explain to Chief Wan yourself!"

He waved his hand, "Take it away!"

The two were pushed and taken away by Jurchen soldiers.

Boss Niu came out slowly, wiped away the blood from his nose, and cursed softly.

Of course, he sent his son to notify Jin Bing. He is now a bait for Jin Bing, who is responsible for catching people who buy weapons privately, so that he can catch the rebels.

But today was a bit of a loss, and actually caught two local township leaders.

Will these two guys come back for revenge?Boss Niu was really worried.

……

Half an hour later, Zhang Jian and Yang Yuanqing came out of the Jinbing camp. Their identities were legal, and their purchase of weapons was done on the right path. Wan Yanxin reprimanded them severely for the sake of sending [-] strong men. With one pass, they were released.

Coming out of the barracks, several subordinates rushed to meet him, and Zhao Mianzhen said worriedly: "We are still discussing how to rescue the general!"

Yang Yuanqing waved his hand, "Where are the brothers?"

"Hello everyone, we have changed to another inn."

Yang Yuanqing smiled and said, "It's not in vain to go to the barracks. At least I know the distribution of the Jin soldiers' strength, whether they sleep in armor at night, and also know that the horses and the barracks are not together."

"General, what should we do now?"

Yang Yuanqing said coldly: "Call all the brothers, and then go to that damn bastard's house!"

……

The thing Niu Dongzhu feared the most happened. Yang Yuanqing came back again, and several of his men beat him up, making him howl like a pig.

He was dragged in front of Yang Yuanqing with blood on his face, knelt down and begged: "I am willing to pay for compensation, Yang Dutou, please forgive me!"

Yang Yuanqing narrowed his eyes and said, "Do you know what I want?"

"We have the weapon, it's in the warehouse!"

"Take us!"

The soldiers lifted Niu Dongzhu up, and Yang Yuanqing asked Zhao Mianzhen, the head of the capital, to stare at Niu Dongzhu's two sons, who had reported the letter before.

Owner Niu opened a hidden warehouse, which was full of weapons, including hundreds of spears alone, and various armors.

Yang Yuanqing was overjoyed and immediately ordered his men to equip them.

Zhang Jian stepped forward and pouted at Boss Niu, "The general won't kill him, will he?"

Yang Yuanqing glanced at him and said coldly, "When did you become soft-hearted?"

"I just feel... hey!"

Yang Yuanqing patted him on the shoulder, "I wanted to take you away, but it seems that you are no longer suitable for war. After the matter is over, you should go home!"

Zhang Jian suddenly became anxious, "No! No! I am willing to follow the commander to make contributions. I really can't bear to be the leader of this township soldier."

"Think about it yourself, follow me and there will be no medicine for regret."

Zhang Jian said firmly, "I've already made up my mind. In fact, not only me, but a dozen of my brothers all want to follow the commander."

Seeing that the time was almost up, Yang Yuanqing waved his hand, and the soldiers immediately killed Boss Niu and his two sons.

He ran towards the south gate with thirty fully armed men...

It was already the second watch, and Chen Qing led more than [-] cavalry in a forest a few miles away from the southern city of Pingliang. He and Yang Yuanqing did not make an appointment for a specific time, but held a fire on the top of the city as a sign.

The soldiers were all resting in the woods wrapped in military blankets. The second watch was approaching, and Chen Qing watched the movement above the city.

At this time, Yang Yuanqing had already touched the top of the city, which was covered with a layer of snow and it was very cold. Several Jurchen soldiers lit a fire beside the city wall and gathered together to enjoy the fire. The rest of the soldiers hid in the tower and slept.

The Song and Jin armies were fighting at Dasan Pass hundreds of miles away, which was still too far away from Pingliang County. All the Jin soldiers did not realize that the danger had come.

At this time, a group of soldiers walked over quickly. Jin Bing saw that their armor was a bit strange, and a Jurchen soldier asked loudly, "Where are you from? Password?"

What answered them was a rain of arrows. Dozens of crossbow arrows were like a sudden rainstorm, shooting several Jurchen soldiers like hedgehogs.

Yang Yuanqing kicked open the gate of the city tower and led his army to enter...

Chen Qing suddenly saw three torches lit on the city tower, and the signal came, Chen Qing immediately ordered: "Order the whole army to mount their horses and enter the city!"

The soldiers of the Song Army got on their horses one after another, and within a moment, a group of cavalry rushed out of the woods and rushed towards the city.

After a while, Chen Qing led the army to the city. Yang Yuanqing was waiting here. He waved desperately on the suspension bridge. Chen Qing reined in his horse and asked, "Yuanqing, what's going on?"

"Commander Qi, the Jurchen soldiers are all asleep, and I'm afraid that the sound of running horses' hooves will wake them up."

Yang Yuanqing really considered it thoroughly, Chen Qing turned around and ordered: "The whole army dismounts and enters the city!"

……

Chapter 144 Harvest

Jin Bing's camp is located in the northwest of the county seat. It was originally a large piece of barren grassland, and many people grew vegetables in it. After Jin Bing occupied Pingliang County, he leveled this piece of nearly 300 mu of land and turned it into their camp. More than [-] large tents were set up.

At this time, at two o'clock, the camp was quiet, only the lights were still on in the handsome tent, and people could be vaguely seen walking around in the handsome tent.

Jin Bing's war horses were kept on the side, which consisted of more than a dozen long stables. When it snowed, all the war horses were placed in the stables.

Chen Qing led the army and slowly approached the camp. The time was ripe. He got on his horse, and the soldiers behind followed him. Chen Qing waved his long halberd and shouted: "Rush in, kill without mercy!"

2000 Two hundred cavalrymen suddenly mobilized, with the sound of horseshoes, and charged into the Jurchen camp.

"Dang! Dang! Dang! Dang!"

The siren on the sentry tower was loud, and fell silent for a moment, and the sentry was shot in the throat by an arrow from Yang Zaixing.

Song army cavalry rushed into the barracks like a torrent. The chief general Wan Yanxin heard the alarm bell and rushed out of the big tent with a mace. He saw countless cavalry rushing into the camp. He shouted in shock: " Rise and fight! Rise and fight!"

Chen Qing locked onto Wanyan Xin in an instant, urged his horse to kill him, Wanyan Xin also saw Chen Qing, he roared, stepped forward, raised his mace and swept away.

This stick came violently and powerfully. Chen Qing rode his horse and stabbed with a backhand, as fast as lightning.

Wan Yanxin hit the ground with one stick, before he could stop the stick, the sharp tip of the halberd was already in front of him, it was too late to hide.

'puff! ’ The cold halberd tip pierced his neck, Wanyan Xin’s eyes darkened, and he died instantly.

Chen Qing shook the corpse, and ordered: "Cut off the head!"

A soldier jumped off his horse and chopped off Wanyan Xin's head.

At this time, the camp was in chaos. The Jurchen soldiers were barefoot and without armor, fighting fiercely with the Song army with weapons. As the main general was killed, the Jurchen soldiers' morale quickly collapsed, and the soldiers fled in all directions. Many soldiers wanted to rush to lead the horses, but the road to the stables was cut off by the Song army, and it was impossible to ride horses.

Half an hour later, the battle in the camp gradually came to an end. All three thousand Jurchen soldiers were killed, and none survived. However, the Song army also paid the price of more than three hundred casualties, but this was already a brilliant victory.

There was a lot of shouting and killing in the city, and the people in Pingliang County were terrified. Every family closed their doors and hid in the cellar with the elderly and children.

At five o'clock, the sky began to snow.

The barracks have been cleaned up. Thousands of corpses have been transported outside the city to be burned and buried deep. The camp of Jin soldiers has become a camp of Song troops. Chen Qing has arranged for hundreds of people to patrol the entire city. Let's talk tomorrow.

Chen Qing moved into the commander's tent, he didn't feel sleepy, he was looking through various military papers left by Wan Yan Xin.

At this time, a civil servant was brought to the big tent by Yang Yuanqing, "Commander, the governor of Pingliang Mansion brought it here."

"Bring it in!"

The official was brought into the big tent, Chen Qing was startled, he knew this official, it was the official surnamed Tao who came to persuade him to surrender at Jiandao Pass.

The official was the Tao Shuang who persuaded Chen Qing to surrender. He was appointed as the governor of Pingliang Prefecture, in charge of people's livelihood and government affairs.

Tao Shuang also recognized Chen Qing, was stunned for a moment, and quickly clasped his fists and said, "My subordinate Tao Shuang, see General Chen!"

"So it's Tao Changshi, an old friend."

Chen Qing said lightly: "It seems that if I want to kill you, it will be difficult for me to do so."

Tao Shuang was taken aback, and quickly explained: "The lower officials are civil servants, and they never do anything harmful to nature. They are just greedy for life and afraid of death, so they have to work for the Jinren."

"You are honest!"

Chen Qing asked Zhang Jian before that Tao Changshi had a good reputation, so he considered working with him.

Tao Shuang smiled wryly and said, "I am ashamed to be an official."

"Let me ask you, besides Pingliang County, are there any Jurchens in Pingliang Mansion?"

"Reporting to the general, only Pingliang County has it, and no other counties have it."