stubborn thief

Chapter 137

Snow has stopped.

On the official road from Yanchang County to Fushi County, several young people galloped along, leading more than ten mules and horses.

The war horses they rode had Yanling swords on them, and the mules they led were all carrying large packages. Although they all had looks on their faces, they were fierce and vigilant.

Entering Fushi County, not far from Heilong Mountain, they stopped, and the leader picked up the package on the mule's back one by one, and listened to the sound.

Some have no sound when they are lifted, some are very light, some are very heavy, and some have the sound of nail plates colliding.

Finally, he took down three and opened them on the ground, a package of firewood, an iron pan, and a tightly bound package containing a large piece of ice dug out of the river.

They burned some hot water to warm their bodies, then continued on the road until they reached Heilong Mountain, where they were stopped by auxiliary soldiers.

"Brother, please let me know that Gao Yingdeng, who is in charge of the cavalry in Xianing Saiying, was appointed by Yan'an Wei Wang Qianhu to join General Liu to find a way out."

Just as he was talking, there were two bangs from the Black Dragon Mountain, startling several Qin Wangjun who had traveled a long distance, raising their hands to touch their knives, but seeing that the auxiliary soldiers did not move, they only left a sentence, "Brothers, wait a moment", and then Run into the mountains to report.

It really only took a while, the auxiliary soldiers galloped back and asked them to enter the mountain, and they could not walk more than a hundred steps. They saw several horses galloping from the direction of the mountain. The leader rode a horse with a red mane. , is Yang Yanchang still alive?"

This is the first batch of deserters from King Qin's army to arrive at Heilong Mountain.

This group of people came much later than Liu Chengzong expected.

Gao Yingdeng and the others hurriedly dismounted from their horses and prostrated themselves: "Gao Yingdeng at Xianingsai camp, meeting General Liu!"

This sentence is convincing.

In fact, Gao Yingdeng knew about Liu Chengzong a long time ago. Since Lu Cheng's death, the officers and soldiers of the camp under the second side wall in the north probably didn't take them in at night except for the permanent station. Few people didn't know about Liu Chengzong.

Especially after Li Bei's defeat, the name Liu Chengzong was especially resounding in the frontier army, and soldiers and low-ranking officers were very proud of it.

"Look, then Liu Chengzong is no better than Ding Xuanfeng, and he can still beat all the generals all over the place. You bastards, be careful, one day we will be another Liu Chengzong." '

But in the final analysis, this is not admiration for Liu Chengzong himself, but a pride in the same identity as a troublemaker.

The thinking of most people is that you are on the sidelines and I am on the sidelines. You have made a big name because you have the opportunity, and I can do it as well.

For a long time, Gao Yingdeng thought this way in his heart, until he set foot on Qinwang Road and embarked on a fantasy journey for Xiao Gao, and then let him throw this thought away.

It all started with getting to know Yan'an Wei Qianhu Wang Ziyong. Ever since he got to know this person, Gao Yingdeng found that there were fewer and fewer old brothers with whom he had fought against the northern captives several times in the frontier fortress.

Those who stayed behind also began to suggest him to be a deserter.

In fact, Gao Yingdeng didn't connect this matter with Wang Ziyong at the beginning.

Until he found out that Yang Yanchang, the commander of the Yan'an Guard, did not go with them.

The general Zhaoyong reported in Yulin was a big deal, and he directly sent a hundred horses to General Wu.

It is said that Yan'an Guard has nothing, and the banner army's combat strength is not good, and its strength is only [-]. I am afraid that King Qin will not be of much use, so he will use these [-] horses as military resources to support King Qin, the general of Wu.

Old Wu was so happy that he even said in front of all the generals when he was going on the expedition, how great would it be if you were all like General Yang?
Isn’t this nonsense, everyone wants to be like Yang Yanchang, if you collect tens of thousands of horses before sending troops, you will be unhappy, and you will be able to use horses to overwhelm the enemy on the battlefield.

Yang Yanchang's team was at the end, and Wu Zimian assigned him the task of collecting deserters.

Warrants do not count.

The missing soldiers in Gao Yingdeng's team were all with Yang Yanchang.

Not long after I found it, I fell behind to Yang Yanchang again. That's not right...Where there is a person who shits, he will be gone. Is General Yang your toilet?
After walking for a few days, Gao Yingdeng figured out the taste, the King Qin team in Yansui Town was a joke.

The commander-in-chief Wu Zimian approved the notes at the front, and let the soldiers leave the team as long as they paid the money and handed over the horses.

Some ideological education not only strengthened the will of the deserters to continue fleeing, but also added organization to the deserters.

As a result, the number of soldiers in the various ministries decreased, while Yang Yanchang had more and more people. The generals of the various ministries went to ask for someone, and Yang Yanchang sent him back with a smile.

It was only later that Gao Yingdeng also wanted to become a deserter and found out.

But what made Gao Yingdeng admire Liu Chengzong the most was not that people like Yang Yanchang and Wang Ziyong were used by him.

But along the way, this group of thieves set up twelve military stations along the way, and there were people to meet them wherever they went, until the city of Yan'an was unimpeded.

This is not something ordinary people can do.

He said to Liu Chengzong: "On the sixth day of the first lunar month, when we camped by the Yellow River, Governor Zhang and Zongbing Wu had a quarrel because of the desertion and the cold weather, and the governor is getting old."

Liu Chengzong led the horse and walked forward. He wanted to return to Xingpingli as soon as possible.

The village is asking the tenants to identify and interrogate those Xing Xuan's henchmen.

If you don't make any serious mistakes, you will be released, and if you have done some bad things, you will be sent to Liujiazhuang as a tenant.

If the crime is really heinous, there is no other way but to pull it out and chop it up.

But after hearing this, he still stopped and turned to look at Gao Yingdeng.

Gao Yingdeng nodded: "Governor Zhang was pissed off, and he was pissed off that day."

Liu Chengzong didn't know whether this was good news or bad news.

Zhang Mengjing, the governor of Yansui, became an official at the age of 42. He has assisted disasters, quelled rebellion, dug out the Jade Seal of Chuanguo from the Zhanghe River, and saved 2 taels of silver to help the court pay for the Liao Dynasty. Last year, he was still on the side of the Great Wall. He fought three battles with Cha Han and Mongolia, and won three battles and three victories.

He served as an official for thirteen terms, and each term has achievements.

Such a person made Wu Zimian so angry that he died on Qinwang Road.

Gao Yingdeng was concerned, and sighed: "The imperial court's later imperial edict, the emperor said that the north of Yansui Town was guarded against captives and the south was prepared for bandits. Master Zhang does not need to enter the guard, and Wu Zimian can just go by himself... Master Zhang did not receive it."

Liu Chengzong turned his head and glanced at Gao Yingdeng.

Why do you say this, the more you talk, the more I feel sorry for Zhang Mengjing, but he will want to kill me when he is alive.

Liu Chengzong shook his head, each was his own master, he stopped thinking about it, and said: "As you said, Yang Yanchang did not do badly in King Qin's army, so why has no one come to join him?"

There was a scream from the withered forest outside the village, and another culprit was beheaded.

Gao Yingdeng glanced over there, and said: "General Yang is very meticulous in his work. He didn't want to make Wu Zimian suspicious. He has been waiting for the opportunity to let the deserters go."

"Oh, then he has found a good time this time." Liu Chengzong sighed: "I can guess if you don't tell me, the commander-in-chief on Qinwang Road pissed off the governor, so he can't let him go."

Thousands of calculations, no amount of calculations can compare to a foolish manipulative operation.

Who would have thought that the commander-in-chief could piss the governor to death on Qinwang Road.

Wu Zimian may be a bastard, but not a fool.

He was dawdling, intercepting food and robbing horses, selling horses and releasing soldiers. He hadn’t left Shaanxi on the sixth day of the first lunar month. Now that Zhang Mengjing died, I’m afraid his waist and legs wouldn’t hurt anymore. If you want to keep your head, you have to run to Beijing non-stop.

And he won't let his soldiers escape again.

Yang Yanchang, Liu Chengzong knew this person well, and it would not be surprising for him to do anything when he was about to be exposed; but if there was no danger of exposure, he would not jump out to find excitement.

Maybe Yang Yanchang really has to go to Beijing to have sex with Donglu.

Although Liu Chengzong did not trust the combat effectiveness of the banner army led by Yang Yanchang, he believed in the combat effectiveness of the Yansui Town Frontier Army.

He wiped his face, and now, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't help Yang Yanchang, he could only pray in his heart that his children and grandchildren would have their own blessings.

After finishing the business of Heilongshan, Liu Chengzong took Gao Yingdeng back to Xingzihe.

The management team who had defected from Ningsai was temporarily assigned to the right post to help Gao Xian.

Today, Gao Xian, Zhong Hu, and Wang Wenxiu are the only three combat posts still stationed in Xingzihe.

Cao Yao went to Yanchuan, and Gao Yingdeng was sent all the way by the military station set up by Cao Yao.

Yang Yao went to Ningzhou in Qingyang Prefecture, because he thought that was the route that the deserters of Yang Qi, the General Army of Guyuan, would go.

Feng Ru led his troops to Fuzhou in the south, relying on the locals Feishanhu to forage there and raise part of the army's rations.

When Yang Yao and Feng Ru came back, it was almost time for them to go to Shanxi.

But before going to Shanxi, there is still something to do.

Liu Chengzong and Jin Pu went up the mountain while talking, and when they walked to the gate of Wangzhuangbao, Liu Chengzong said: "You are under the command of Gao Yingdeng, and you are watching Gao Yingdeng. The team is mixed with sand."

"Yes!"

Jin Pu, the commander of the left team at the right post, bowed and stepped back.

Liu Chengzong looked up and saw that Ren Quan'er was waiting for him at the gate of Wangzhuangbao.

This kid got addicted to wearing official robes at the beginning, and after that, he only wore military uniforms every time he came here.

Later, when Liu Chengzong heard about it, he realized that this kid had no family, and it was meaningless to be in the Saimensuo by himself during the Chinese New Year.

This incident made Liu Chengzong regret it, he should have taken Ren Quan'er to Zhuantianmao together if he knew earlier.

Later, everyone had a good meal at Xingzi River on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Since then, Ren Quan'er ran to Xingzi River when he had nothing to do. He had come here five times in less than a month.

Liu Chengzong could see his changes, and his riding skills improved by leaps and bounds.

"The chief is back!"

Ren Quan'er followed Liu Chengzong into the bunker very naturally, and said with a smile, "Is the matter settled at Heilongshan?"

"Okay, that man's name is Xing Xuan, and he was killed by his own people. Who would have known that they couldn't help but be frightened? If I had known, I wouldn't have made such a big battle. I'll bring a few people and shoot him to death with one arrow."

After entering the house, Liu Chengzong took off the armor, and then asked: "Is there nothing wrong with your Saimen, you just left the day before yesterday, and you are back today."

"It's really nothing. After the new year, I listened to the chief and repaired the canal for the people. However, after the canal was repaired in the past few days, I found that it might be useless."

Ren Quan'er shook his head and said, "Sir, you don't need to go to Shanxi. I think the snow last year was useless. The harvest will not be good. It's already February, and the river hasn't thawed yet. In half a month, the wheat will freeze to death."

Liu Chengzong also discovered that the weather should have warmed up logically, but there is no sign of warming up yet.

Lin Wei also said that the tips of the wheat leaves were turning yellow in the cold weather, and they were busy leading farmers to put firewood stacks in the wheat fields.

If the temperature does not return to normal in another half a month, a layer of dry and wet firewood stacks will be used to paste the mud shell on the ground, and the fire will be ignited to smoke.

I don't expect a bumper harvest anymore, I just hope that there will be less freezing to death.

Even a single snowfall can't save Yan'an Mansion, and it's still going to be a mess this spring.

Liu Chengzong sighed: "I have to go to Shanxi...Ren Quan'er, let me leave some money for you, you can get some caravans."

This time to recapture Black Dragon Mountain, Liu Chengzong took Xing Xuan's small treasury with him.

There are many treasures such as calligraphy, painting and antiques. The ready-made property includes 90 million Tongbao, more than 80 taels of silver, and [-] taels of gold.

Calculating the income of almost 4000 taels of silver, it is more profitable to fight against one's own house than to fight against the landlord's soil.

But Liu Chengzong found that he would not be very happy seeing these gold and silver.

He is not short of money, Xingzihe Wangzhuang is still rich in tens of thousands of taels of silver, and even if he has money, he can't spend it.

What he wanted were big animals like horses, mules and donkeys, which were good for traveling long distances, as well as good weapons and good armor that could improve combat effectiveness.

For Ren Quan'er, he can get these things if he has money; but for him, Liu Chengzong, one end and two ends, one item and two items are easy to talk about.

"Caravan?"

Ren Quan'er stuttered at what he said, spread his hands together and said, "Sir, you think highly of me too much, you should send someone else to build a caravan, I can't do it, it would be good not to let others sell me."

Qian Huxin said, I can't even read a few words, and I only started to learn arithmetic after I became a hundred households. If you expect me to do business, shouldn't this make the officer dead?
Unexpectedly, it was Liu Chengzong who responded with a wry smile.

You think I want you to go.

Liu Chengzong said: "There is no one else. Chengyun and Song Shouzhen want to follow me into Shanxi; Lin Wei wants to take care of Zhuangtian here. There is no one who can take care of the caravan, but this is too necessary. Medicine, iron, gunpowder, after I leave, just If you can't break it, you can store it here."

These things are much more attractive to Liu Chengzong than gold and silver, not to mention that they are things that are harder to buy as they go forward.

Ren Quan'er thought for a while, patted the table and said, "Yes, let's go!"

Jump up?

Liu Chengzong was dumbfounded: "Which leader is this? There is another leader in Yan'an Mansion named Jump Jump?"

Liu Chengzong has heard about the bad taste of the names of these leaders. They are good people, and there are also a group of nicknames that are extremely exaggerated, let alone others.

"Just the one who broke into the sky and treated the injured one in Yan'an Wei, and his leg is lame."

Ren Quan'er was talking about Liu Guoneng: "I met him on the [-]th day. His leg is not a big problem. It's just that when he walks in a hurry, he walks forward. That's why he's called a jumper. Isn't he a scholar?"

Liu Chengzong slapped his head and forgot about Liu Guoneng. He was also a scholar, and he was injured and couldn't move. He didn't expect that he was called "jumping" by Ren Quan'er.

I really didn't see that Ren Quan'er was actually a little expert in nicknames.

Liu Chengzong could imagine how outraged Liu Guoneng would be when he knew he was called this.

He warned: "Don't call him that after I leave, be careful that he is in a hurry with you."

Ren Quan'er nodded with a smile, and then said: "Sir, let him set up a caravan, and I will help him."

Just when the matter was about to be finalized by the two, someone outside the door shouted eagerly: "General, the big thing is not good."

Liu Chengzong frowned, full of anger, why the hell did he do this every time, and accidents happened halfway through his words?

He hurried over and opened the door: "What's wrong?"

"In Fuzhou in the south, there is indeed a room for officials and soldiers. Feishanhu was bewitched by the government to kill Feng, the commander, and seize the soldiers. He was stopped by the commander Chen Qindai. When he fled, he was strangled to death by Chen Qindai with a bone."

　Good morning! Chapter 2 will be released at night.

　　
　
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