Fenghou

On the school grounds, the recruits sat around happily. Today is the day of the 1 Dutou martial arts competition. Five days ago, Dutou Gaoliu of the sixth part won the weightlifting No.[-]. Today is the second martial arts competition. For archery, step bow and horseback archery, Dangdu must be able to ride horseback archery. This is a basic skill, but the level is different.

The step bow is over, and on the ranking list, the sixth Dutou Gaoliu is still at the top of the list, and all ten arrows hit the bull's-eye.

Now the riding and archery competition is going on. At this time, the soldiers cheered everywhere, and Gao Liu from the sixth part appeared. He is extremely burly and tall, holding a two-stone riding bow in his hand, and is trying to run a horse.

"How is his ability to lead the army?" Chen Qing asked.

Yang Zaixing praised: "The commanding force is very strong. According to him, he once commanded a rebel army of 3000 people. At the beginning of the year, it was encircled and suppressed by [-] Qi troops. The rebel army was almost wiped out, and only a small part escaped."

"Being able to command an army of 3000 people is really a bit aggrieved."

At this time, the rapid drum sounded, Gao Liu galloped his horse, drew out an arrow, and the bow was an arrow, which was on the chest of the wooden target a hundred steps away, and there were thunderous cheers all around.

Seeing that Gao Liu was not in a hurry, he switched to holding the bow in his left hand, and took out another arrow and shot it out. This arrow hit the chest of the Baibu wooden target on the left.

Chen Qing saw that he was very calm and fluent, and his archery skills were superb. He clearly had the temperament of a general. This person should be named in history. Chen Qing only knew Gao Chong as a famous general, and there was indeed someone like him. Hu Yantong gave it to him. He said that Gao Chong is a descendant of Gao Huaide, he is a general under Liu Guangshi, and his martial arts is the best of the younger generation, Chen Qing has not seen it yet.

Who is this Gao Liu?

Chapter 161 Famous General

Gao Liu shot three arrows like flowing clouds and flowing water, and all three arrows hit the vital points. There were cheers all around, and Chen Qing nodded secretly. Although this person's archery skills are slightly inferior to his own, he can already stand shoulder to shoulder with Liu Cui and Yang Zaixing. It's a pity indeed.

But the rules are here, if you want to be a commander, you have to have military merits, and Gao Liu's martial arts skills can only show that he now has a basis for promotion.

At this time, Gao Liu was led in front of Chen Qing, and knelt down on one knee to salute, "See Commander!"

Chen Qing smiled and nodded, "Gaodutou is good at archery, have you ever joined the Song Army?"

"The humble officer didn't join the regular army. At first, he participated in the bow and arrow shooting organized by the county. Later, he led a rebel army to fight against the Jin soldiers in Ruzhou."

"When was the rebel army organized?"

"The second year of Jingkang."

"Your real name is Gao Liu?" Chen Qing asked again with a smile.

Gao Liu hesitated for a moment, but still nodded, "Exactly!"

Chen Qing saw the doubt in his eyes, so he didn't ask further, but changed the subject and asked: "What kind of weapon does Gao Dutou usually use?"

"Reporting to the commander, I used a pair of double maces in the early years. Later, I felt that the weapon was too short, which was not good on the battlefield. I also learned long spears from famous teachers. At present, I don't have a suitable weapon. I plan to find a blacksmith to make an iron spear."

"How many kilograms of weapons do you use?"

"A humble job requires at least a [-]-jin iron gun."

Chen Qing smiled slightly and said, "I happen to have a big iron gun weighing forty catties, which is not suitable for other generals. It seems that it is destined for you, so let it be your prize for being the first prize in today's double list!"

Gao Liu was overjoyed, clasped his fists and saluted, "Thank you Commander for your kindness!"

"From now on, you will serve as the deputy commander of the third battalion and cooperate with General Yang in training recruits!"

"Follow the order!"

At this moment, Chen Qing suddenly heard the sound of '嗡~嗡~~嗡' from the sky, and when he looked up, he found a group of pigeons circling in the sky.

Chen Qing's expression changed immediately, and he ordered Yang Zaixing to take Gao Liu down to explain the appointment. He got on his horse and said to Yan Jun, "Go and find Hu Yanlei!"

He urged his horse to walk outside the barracks. After a while, Hu Yanlei hurried over and saluted on the horse: "Please refer to the commander for humble posts!"

"Did you see the pigeon flock just now?"

Hu Yanlei was sweating profusely and said: "The humble official has also seen it, and is investigating the source."

There are two shops in Zhongnan County that specialize in the leasing of pigeon letters. They send pigeon letters to Jingzhao, and then they are delivered to various places by Jingzhao.

After Chen Qing entered Zhongnan County, fearing that the news would leak out, he temporarily suspended the pigeon business of the two companies.

Unexpectedly, carrier pigeons appeared in the sky today, how could Chen Qing not be annoyed?

At this time, a soldier rushed over, clasped his fists and said, "Commander Qi, Commander Qi, we have found the source of the carrier pigeon!"

Chen Qing waved his hand, "Lead the way ahead!"

The soldiers brought Chen Qing and his party to a small shop in front of the North City Gate. The shop was already under the control of the soldiers, and the shopkeeper was sitting at the door with a pale face.

An escort stepped forward and explained to Chen Qing: "Commander Qi, this store is specialized in pigeon letters in Zhongnan County. He said that today it is just a normal release, and it is not okay to keep it in a cage."

"Did he secretly pick up business?"

Chen Qing's gaze was very severe, and the shopkeeper's face became even paler.

At this time, a soldier came out and said, "We asked the man, and the man said that we have been closed since we entered the city, but yesterday we couldn't stop a businessman's pleading, and we did a business secretly early this morning."

Chen Qing was really annoyed that they would be exposed, so he immediately said to the shopkeeper: "I will warn you for the last time, Song Jun will make up for your losses, but if you dare to do business secretly again, I will definitely punish you severely!"

The shopkeeper hurriedly nodded and bowed in fright, "I promise not to do it. Yesterday was a businessman from Ruzhou. He was afraid that his family would think something happened to him, so he just reported his family's safety. The villain didn't write about Song Jun, but said that he is safe now. Come back in spring."

"Send the pigeon letter directly to Ruzhou?"

"No! All pigeon letters only go to Jingzhao City, and the shop there will send them to Ruzhou by horse."

"Just this once, don't do it again!"

"The villain promises not to send pigeon letters."

Chen Qing said to Hu Yanlei again: "You have to keep an eye on them, and at the same time give a severe warning to the other store."

"Humble post obeys orders!"

Chen Qing got on his horse and was about to leave. After walking a few steps, he suddenly remembered something, called the shopkeeper back and asked, "Where does the Ruzhou merchant you mentioned just now live?"

"I live in the old store in Zhongnan, where many merchants live. This Ruzhou merchant is called Qiao Xingchun, and he is a merchant of medicinal materials. The general will know it when he asks."

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Chen Qing urged the horse back to the barracks, walked into the big tent and told Yan Jun, "Go to the Zhongnan old store and find me Qiao Xingchun!"

Chen Qing still suspects that Gao Liu is not telling the truth, he should have another name, Chen Qing has already thought of someone, but he needs to confirm.

Soon, a businessman was brought into the big tent by Yan Jun. The businessman thought it was a pigeon letter, and he was really scared. He knelt down and saluted, "The villain Qiao Xingchun greets the general!"

"I heard that you are a merchant from Ruzhou?"

"The villain is right!"

"I want to inquire about things in Ruzhou. Is there a war in Ruzhou this year?"

Qiao Xingchun was relieved to hear that it was not a matter of pigeon lettering. He thought for a while and said, "At the beginning of this year, there was a war in the south-central area. Guo Zhen led [-] Qi troops to suppress the bandits. Jin Yijun."

"The results of it?"

"The rebel army only has more than 3000 people. How can they defeat [-] troops? I heard that they retreated all the way and were completely defeated in Ye County."

"What's the name of the leader of the rebel army?"

"My name is Niugao, from Lushan County, very famous."

Sure enough, it was Niu Gao. The homonym of Gao Liu is [Gao Niu], and in turn it is Niu Gao, a fierce general of the Yue family army. In history, he was incorporated by Yue Fei during the Shaoxing period, but history has changed. Niu Gao's rebel army was defeated by the Qi army in advance After being suppressed, Niu Gao fled from Shangluo Road to Guanzhong.

"How is Niu Gao?"

"He was wanted by Qi State with a reward of [-] guan. I heard that he was killed by his subordinates on the way to escape to Xiangyang. The villain just heard about it."

That's right, the reason for Niu Gao's anonymity was found out, because he had already been killed in battle, maybe he was afraid of hurting his family.

Chen Qing sent Qiao Xingchun away, he walked away with his hands behind his back for a while, and then ordered: "Go and find me Yang Zaixing and Gao Liu!"

Not long after, Yang Zaixing and Gao Liu quickly came to the big tent, and they both bowed together and said, "See Commander!"

Chen Qing smiled and said to Gao Liu: "Have you got the spear I asked the soldiers to send to you?"

Gao Liu hurriedly said: "I got it, I am very handy, I like it very much, thank you again for your kindness!"

Chen Qing smiled again and said: "I also know a famous person in Ruzhou, can the deputy commander tell me about his recent situation?"

"I don't know who the leader is talking about?"

Chen Qing handed a note to Gao Liu. Gao Liu opened the note and saw the word 'Niu Gao' written on it.

His face turned red suddenly, and he couldn't speak a word.

Chen Qing asked with a half-smile, "Why, the deputy conductor doesn't know this celebrity from Ruzhou?"

The Commander has already named a celebrity in Ruzhou, Niu Gao could no longer deny it, so he had to kneel down on one knee and said: "The lowly position is Niu Gao, but the humble position has difficulties, so I have to hide my name, Commander, please forgive me?"

Yang Zaixing was really surprised, "You are... the famous Niu Gao from Ruzhou?"

Niu Gao smiled bitterly and said: "There are many people who know me in the Central Plains, so I escaped from Guanzhong. In fact, I know that I will be found out sooner or later, but I only hope that I will be found out a month later."

"why?"

"Because I died at the beginning of the year, the government let go of my family and stopped paying attention to them. They are migrating to the south. As long as they settle down, I won't be afraid of being found out."

"Is your family still in your hometown?"

Niu Gao shook his head, "They should have left a few months ago, but I haven't heard from them. We made an appointment to hide it until the end of the year, and I can resume my official status next year."

Chen Qing pondered for a moment and said: "There are rules in the army. If you use anonymity, it will affect your promotion, naturalization, rank rewards, etc. in the future, and you are a new soldier. It is a bit against the rules for me to promote you as the deputy commander. But if you are Niu Gao, the leader of the rebel army, then it is justifiable, do you understand what I mean?"

"Xiaozhi understands, since the leader already knows my real identity, I don't need to hide it anymore. From now on, I will resume my real name and call it Niu Gao."

Chapter 162 Flaws

At dusk, Tang Shaoqing led a large number of soldiers to the East Street of Jingzhao City and surrounded a shop.

In just a moment, the shopkeeper and two fellows were pulled out.

The shopkeeper was so frightened that he knelt on the ground, trembling all over, not knowing what he had done?

This store is a transfer store for pigeon letters. In some remote counties, traffic is difficult after roads are blocked by heavy snow in winter, so they can only rely on flying pigeons to send letters.

Pigeon letters from many county towns are delivered to this small shop, and then they copy the letters and send them away by urgent delivery.

Tang Shaoqing knew the significance of this small shop very well, and he had been secretly eyeing this small shop for a long time, and the person in charge of copying the letters had been bought by him.

Some clues can be found from the pigeon letters in this small shop. Those pigeon letters are likely to mention the Song Army or the army.

But so far, they haven't got any clues, but just a few days ago, the letter scribe discovered a strange thing, that is, from December to now, Zhongnan County has not sent a letter from pigeons.

This is a very unusual thing. There are a large number of businessmen in Zhongnan County. In previous years, there were more than a dozen pigeon letters every day, but today there is not a single pigeon letter.

Tang Shaoqing made a judgment. There are two situations. One is that the weather this year is too bad, causing the pigeons to freeze to death and unable to send pigeon letters; the second situation is that Zhongnan County is artificially controlled and is not allowed to send pigeon letters.

But just now, Tang Shaoqing got the news that Zhongnan County sent a pigeon letter.

This pigeon letter is very important. It proves that the reason why there is no pigeon letter in Zhongnan County is not caused by the weather, but the second conclusion, that the pigeon letter in Zhongnan County is controlled by people.

Soon, Tang Shaoqing got the pigeon letter sent by Zhongnan County today, and he couldn't help laughing smugly. Chen Qing blocked it so tightly, but he still found a loophole.

"Follow me to the VIP House immediately!"

He got on his horse and rushed towards the VIP courtyard where Wan Yanchang lived with a dozen of his men...

In the lobby, Wan Yanchang squinted his eyes and listened to Tang Shaoqing's report. He secretly admired in his heart that this Tang Shaoqing is a ghost, and he found Chen Qing's loopholes like a cocoon. If Qi Guo doesn't use it, let him work for Jin Guo.

Wan Yanchang opened the letter and looked at it for a while, then asked with a smile, "What can you see in this letter?"

"Bizhi went to the largest fur merchant in Jingzhao yesterday. He said that his shopkeeper also went to Zhongnan County to buy goods. Now there is no news. Not only him, but all fur caravans have no news. This is not normal. Yes, no matter what, his shopkeeper will contact him to tell him about the receipt of the goods, and then he can arrange sales for next year.

The proprietor said that he stomped his feet in anxiety, and if there was no news, he would go to Zhongnan County himself, but this pigeon letter said that everything was safe and sound, which meant that there was no disaster in Zhongnan County, as usual Same, then there is only one reason why the news could not get out, the contact was artificially cut off, to be precise, Chen Qing was not allowed to leak the news. "

Wan Yanchang walked to the map, carefully checked Zhongnan County on the map, and suddenly asked, "How far is Zhongnan County from Luotang Road?"

"It's very close, less than fifty miles."

Wan Yanchang nodded, "He can evacuate from Luotang Road in time!"

"That's why I suggest that I send an army to block Luo Tang Road first and cut off his escape route. If the supervising army doesn't think I'm useless, I'm willing to lead the troops to Luo Tang Road."

Wan Yanchang smiled and said: "This encirclement and suppression of Chen Qing is a matter between me and the fourth prince. The Qi army should not participate in order to prevent the fourth prince from being unhappy, but you can transfer the soldiers from Lantian Pass to Ziwu Valley. Prevent him from retreating to Hanzhong through Meridian Valley."

"But what if Chen Qing goes to Lantian Pass?"

Wan Yanchang chuckled, "I can't wish for it. If he enters Shangluo Road, and the north and south are blocked, he will be caught in a urn."

"The supervising army has a good opinion, but regarding the transfer of troops to Ziwu Valley, the supervising army needs to inform the King of Qin. The military power is in his hands, and a humble position cannot be the master."

"I will inform him, thank you for your hard work, you can go to Hedong to work in the future!"

Tang Shaoqing already knew that Guo Zhen would succeed him in the future, and he was considering retiring, but he didn't expect a turning point in Wan Yanchang, and he said happily: "Thank you for your support!"

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