Chapter 725: Halfway to Kill and Bite Gold
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During the rainy season, the sun rises and the mist rises slowly in the sunlight and gradually dissipates. The ground was full of potholes and muddy rainwater. On the Jiangdong Plain of Yima Pingchuan, the vertical and horizontal water network is all over the ground, and the small rivers are full of pieces of rice seedlings that have been planted with tender green, and from time to time you can still see a farmer carrying a hoe through the ridge, looking at the delicate rice seedlings full of hope.
This season is warm and cold at first, and there are still some cold frozen bones at night and in the morning, but at this time, after walking on the muddy official road for a long time, I have begun to heat up all over my body, the white gas on my head rises, and my body has a layer of sticky sweat.
Qian Biao rode on a majestic white horse, but at this time, the pure white white horse was covered with dots of mud, and he was no longer a divine horse. He stopped on a dirt slope by the side of the road and surveyed his team back and forth. Walking in the front and rear of the line were his 500 cavalry, and in the middle of the line were more than 500 soldiers in fiery red robes, many of whom were still wounded, and their robes were stained with dried blood.
However, although most of these people were injured, they were all very strong, and even if they fell into their hands at this time, their life and death were uncertain, no one was frightened. This made Qian Biao very impressed, just imagine that the Shijingdu soldiers he trained by himself were definitely inferior to these people. But these elite people in his eyes are actually just township soldiers in the Qin army. To put it bluntly, the township soldiers of the Qin army and the native regiments of Hangzhou were nominally soldiers of the same nature. But it's clear. The Qin army and township soldiers were much more elite than the Hangzhou Tutuan.
The back of the group rode to the back. A bald man with a height of nearly eight feet rushed to Qian Di's side: "General Gu Mei, the road ahead is flooded due to heavy rain, and the road is impassable, so you have to take a detour." ”
This bald man is Qian Biao's personal guard general, and his subordinates have a hundred tooth soldiers and light horses, and he is the most trusted by Qian Biao. named Gu Quanwu, he was originally a monk, and there were many disasters and famines in the early years. The monk in the temple was not having a good time, and he couldn't afford to raise this big-bellied man, so he let him go down the mountain. Gu Quanwu later met Qian Biao, followed Qian Biao to sell salt, and voted for Dong Chang together, and now lives in Qian Biao's personal guard.
Historically, Gu Quanwu later became one of Qian Di's five tiger generals, the first general of Wu Yueguo, and only fought one defeat in his life. In the late Tang Dynasty, Gu Quanwu in western Zhejiang and Li Hanzhi in Heyang. They are the two most famous monk generals, but Gu Quanwu is not ranked among the more famous monk generals today. The most famous monk general is Xuan Cheng under Li Jing, Xuan Cheng, who was born in Shaolin Temple, is now the general of the town army, the position of Dongjun Gong, Situ of the inspection school, and the military master of the Flying Bear Army, compared to the fame of the Moyun monk Li Hanzhi, Gu Quanwu can only rank third at most.
"Stop for a while, cook in advance, Monk Gu, you will take someone to explore the road." Qian Biao thought about it and said.
The team quickly stopped, and made a temporary camp under a small hill nearby, where Qian Biao's department buried pots and cooked rice, some picked firewood, some drank horses and brushed horses, and the rest surrounded those Qin troops with guns.
Under the care of Shi Jingbing, Wu Qian and other more than 500 Qin soldiers squatted on the ground, and the weapons on their bodies had already been collected.
Although Zhou Bao and King Qin are allies, in fact, everyone knows that now all towns are still Tang Dynasty feudal towns on the surface, but in fact, they all know it. Although the Qin army and the Huai army were enemies, the western Zhejiang army, which was also the enemy of the Huai army, was not necessarily its own people with the Qin army.
Lin Song's face was a little yellow, he still had a low-grade fever on his body, his abdomen was wrapped in thick gauze, and he looked around weakly, "Brother Wu, Brother Deng, they are all brothers, I have affected the two elder brothers, if it wasn't for saving me, the two elder brothers would have returned to Shandong now." ”
Wu Qian's current situation is not much better, although it is said that they have the intention of burning jade and stones, which makes Liang Zhang temporarily relieved, and finally escaped the disaster of destruction. But he got out of the tiger's den, entered the wolf's den, and fell into the hands of the western soldiers of Zhejiang in a blink of an eye.
Holding a red and swollen arm, Wu Qian smiled bitterly and said: "It's all at this time, it's too much to talk about those again, one world, two brothers, what do we still talk about between us." Now that it has fallen into the hands of the soldiers of western Zhejiang, I don't know what the future of Lu Dao is. ”
The soldiers of western Zhejiang surrendered their weapons that day, but did not do anything to them, but found someone to treat them and give them food, but did not mention what to do with them.
Deng Huan, the inventor of the Flying Thunder Cannon and the commander of the Eighteenth Army, Deng Huan and Deng Ziming, said softly: "We have now crossed the Yangtze River, and now it should be Jiangyin in Changzhou, it seems that they are going to send them to Runzhou." ”
Lin Song's eyes lit up, "Maybe things aren't that bad, or maybe it's possible that Zhou Bao will send us back to Shandong when he arrives." ”
Wu Qian shook his head, looking at the caution and secrecy of the escort, he had already vaguely guessed in his heart that there would be no good results in this trip. If you don't get it right, Zhou Bao may be coveting the various firearms they used in the battle with Liang Zhang. Even if there is no flying thunder cannon, the Qin army's divine fire, flying fire, as well as various warships and naval tactics, etc., are also quite important. Zhou Bao can get the same casually, and it can also be of great help to the western Zhejiang army in the south of the Yangtze River.
He even suddenly wondered, if it really developed like that, then how would he choose then? Would you rather die than fall, or do you go down? Back then, he was not Li Jing's subordinate, but the general of the Feng clan's Great Xie Qi Black Mountain Fort, and he was forced to surrender to Li Jing at the last resort. Such a thought frightened Wu Qian himself, he is now a veteran of the water division in the Qin army, and his status is extremely high, how could he think of surrendering.
In the tent on the other side, except for Gu Quanwu, several important officers who escorted the mission with Qian Biao this time were all sitting in the tent.
Qian Biao's subordinates were Du Liang, one of the eight capitals of Xincheng, and Ruan Jie, the deputy general of Qingping, and the other two were Ma Xuan and Cheng Ji, who were both Shijingdu.
Although the identities of these four people are different, whether it is Du Liang who is a general, Ruan Jie, who is a deputy general, or Ma Xuan and Cheng Ji, who are colleagues, they are actually very close to Qian Biao, beyond the ordinary relationship. In fact, a small circle of interests has been formed in the Badu, mainly Qian Bi. These four people are with Monk Gu. Later, he became Qian Bi's five most loyal right-hand men, collectively known as the Five Tiger Generals.
In order to win over these people, Qian Biao also took great pains, and even promised his sister to Ma Sui.
Cheng He, who was in his early thirties, was born in a scholarly family, his grandfather Cheng Ke was rated as the chief of the Jiawang Mansion in the Tang Dynasty, and his father Cheng Zhen was a doctor of Tang Guozi. Cheng and his nature is gentle and calm, sensitive, and resourceful. In this small group, he has always been Qian Biao's military advisor.
At this time, Cheng Ji pinched his goatee and squinted slightly. The adoption frowned slightly, and said with some concern: "The general's intention is to release these Qin troops?"
The other three were also surprised, these Qin soldiers were named by Zhou Bao to let them escort to Runzhou, they let them go, how can this be explained?
Qian Biao stretched out his hand and swept over his face with a short beard like steel needles, and chuckled: "Brother Hongji said that it is not right, at the moment, between the King of Qin and the King of Bohai County and the King of Runan County of our family, this is a fight between immortals, we are just a group of mortals, and we have to think about some things a little more." This time, Zhou Shuai directly asked someone to escort these Qin troops to Runzhou. As far as a certain person knows, it has caused a lot of rumors in the army. Before leaving, Dong Zhenjun did not come out to see him off. ”
Dong Chang has the grace of knowing Qian Biao, which is right. But Dong Chang has the ability, but the vision is not high, a little short-sighted, this time Zhou Bao transferred Qian Biao to escort five hundred Qin soldiers to Runzhou, and secretly spread the word, saying that this time the breaking of the beam is all the work of Qian Biao, so Zhou Shuai wants to reuse Qian Biao this time, these words reached Dong Chang's ears, and Dong Chang was very dissatisfied.
"Brothers, we can't guess who can laugh the most among the princes, but judging from the current situation, who do you think is most likely to take it on behalf of Tang?" Qian Biao asked.
Li Tang has reached today, and people with discerning eyes in the world can see that the Tang family has reached the end.
Cheng Ji was stunned for a moment, and then said solemnly: "Today, among the heroes, Li Jing is the strongest, and he has a wide range of soldiers and enough food, which can be described as a hero. The land that controls the northeast can be the land of Phnom Penh, which can be attacked and retreated, and it is invincible. Running Shandong, with the benefits of industrial and commercial sea trade, fishing and salt mines, especially Guan Li Jing, although he is young, but all kinds of actions, such as the reform of the military system, the official system, and the employment economy under the rule, are really shocking, but they make the Qin army more stable. A prediction that if there is no accident, twenty years later, although the world is still surnamed Li, it will not be Longxi Li who will sit in the world, but it is very likely to be Zhaojun Li. ”
Today, the Zi family is from the Li family in Longxi, and Li Jing is a descendant of the Li family of Zhao County. Cheng said this, but he already thought that Li Jing could replace Tang after the most relentless.
Although Qian Biao doesn't think that the current power will definitely be able to laugh to the bottom, there is no doubt that a little person like him will never be able to provoke Li Jing. Moreover, when today's chaos is in turmoil, it is when heroes start in troubled times, and Qian Biao is not a person who is willing to be plain. The little Vice Admiral of Shijingzhen couldn't satisfy him.
If he can use Zhou Bao's power to improve his status, he will naturally be happy, but if he can also borrow Li Jing's momentum, he will undoubtedly have more chips in this troubled world.
Wu Qian, Lin Song and Deng Huan were quietly invited to the tent, and when the three of them heard the news that Qian Biao himself was going to let them go, the three of them couldn't believe it.
"Tonight, someone will pretend to rob the camp, and then arrange for someone to send you away."
"Why?" Wu Qian asked puzzled, there is no hatred for no reason in the world, and there is no love for no reason. Could it be that this Adjutant General Qian is actually a senior spy of the Supervision Department in Jiangnan? But when he swept through the other generals in the tent, he immediately denied his speculation.
Qian Biao chuckled and said: "Although a certain Qian Biao used to be a scoundrel and a salt seller, but when I heard that the current hero King Qin was actually the same year as a certain person, I was extremely impressed when I thought about it. A certain has always revered the great achievements of His Royal Highness King Qin, and hates to be with him and be a pawn. ”
Qian Bi said that he and Li Jing were in the same year, but he was right, in fact, not only Qian Bi and Li Jing were born in the same year, but among the late Tang Dynasty heroes who were born in the same year as them, in addition to this Wu Yue King Qian Biao, there are actually Wu King Yang Xingmi, Chu King Ma Yin, and Later Liang Taizu Zhu Wen.
Tang Zongxuan was in the sixth year of Dazhong, 852, this is a very magical year, among the anti-kings who buried the Tang Dynasty, there were four born in this year, of course, now Li Jing is counted.
At this time, these five peers, Li Jing was already the king of Qin in the Tang Dynasty and the marshal of the world's soldiers and horses.
At this time, Zhu Wen had already become the founder of the Great Qi Dynasty, Zhu Guogong and Xuanwu Jie.
Yang Xingmi is ostensibly a wealthy businessman in Huaixi, and he is secretly recruiting troops.
Qian Biao already has a preliminary foundation and team, and is already a soldier and horse envoy in Shijing, Hangzhou, western Zhejiang.
Speaking of which. Only Ma Yin. I just gave up my good job as a carpenter. He was put into the army of the Great Qi Fengguo Army to make the Qin State Duke Qin Zongquan as a soldier and eat food.
Qian Di's words made Wu Qian suspicious, if Li Jing is a role model idol for countless young people today, this is indeed true. However, he was still a little cautious, "In that case, General Qian might as well return to Shandong with us, a certain guarantee." If the King of Qin saw General Qian, he would be very happy. A certain person is willing to play General Qian with the two generals Lin and Deng, and at least he can take the position of the military master, which will have a better future than staying here. ”
Hearing this, although Qian Biao had a smile on his face and a moving expression, in fact, he didn't plan to go to Li Jing just like that. He risked his life and planned to let Wu Qian and the others go, but he made a multi-party bet to get himself insurance. Just leave a way out. What he really thinks about is to take advantage of the troubled times in western Zhejiang to lay his own world. What he wanted to do. is to one day be able to be equal to Li Jing, or even surpass Li Jing, instead of being one of Li Jing's subordinates.
A large part of the reason why he chose to marry Li Jing at this time was because Li Jing was far away in the north, and seeing that Li Jing would be difficult to go south for a while, he wanted to secretly befriend Li Jing, obtain Li Jing's secret support and support, and then strengthen his strength.
"There is a handwritten letter here, and I hope that the three generals can help me present it to the King of Qin."
"General Qian won't go with you?"
"There are many brothers here, as well as parents, wives and children, etc., not to mention, after you leave, you have to be responsible for the aftermath, and you can't leave for a while. When the opportunity was ripe, a certain Zidang went to the north and served in front of the Qin king's saddle. Qian Biao said nicely and said with a smile.
That night, there was a great chaos in Qian Biao's temporary camp, and some people robbed the camp. However, the guards and officers in the battalion all received Qian Biao's orders in private, and they shouted earth-shattering, but in fact, they allowed the other party to rob the five hundred Qin troops in the camp.
When the camp was quiet again, Qian Biao and his future five tigers would laugh and drink tea in the tent.
Cheng Ji said with a smile: "After this incident, the general sent another secret envoy to see Li Jing, saying that he was willing to respond to Li Jing's ears and eyes in western Zhejiang, and then asked Li Jing to support some ordnance, money, food, etc., and Li Jing would not refuse." ”
Qian Biao nodded with a smile, a little proud in his heart, whether it was Dong Chang, Zhou Bao, or Li Jing, he Qian Biao would rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail. Now, it's just that he wants to empty the white wolf, maneuver between the three parties, and strengthen himself.
was talking and laughing, when he suddenly heard another shout of killing outside.
"Brother Gu Mei, it's not good." Du Liang went out for a moment and immediately ran back.
"What's wrong, Brother Tengyun, why did your people come back just now?" Qian Biao was also a little confused. Tonight, the people who pretended to rob the camp were Du Liang's people, and the people who guarded the camp were Qian Bi's people. Du Liang had already robbed people just now, how could he kill them again.
Du Liang said with a dark face: "It wasn't my people who came for the first time, and now it's the people I arranged in advance." ”
Qian Biao didn't understand it for a while, and it took a while to understand what was going on, and he couldn't help but be shocked, "What happened to the person who pulled out before?" ”
At this time, Gu Quanwu also walked back from outside, "General, I have asked, the previous gang of people had no banners, they were all black clothes and black armor, but they were well-armed, everyone had armor, and they were even equipped with bows and crossbows, damn, let's let people put them together." ”
"I'll take someone to chase after me!" Ma Xuan and Ruan Jie immediately shouted.
"Slow!" Qian Biao waved his hand to stop the two, turned his head and asked Gu Quanwu, "Monk, can you ask clearly, it's not Huai Jun who came?" ”
"It's not Huaijun." Gu Quanwu said seriously.
"Could that be the Navy?"
"Those people are very well-equipped, even far surpassing the Zhen Navy and the Huai Army."
Cheng Ji interjected: "The Huai Army has a new elite named Mo Evil Army, and the Town Navy also has a new elite named Houlou Army, maybe it's one of them?" ”
Gu Quanwu shook his head, deciding that it was not these two armies. "I think it's the Qin army, and their equipment is almost exactly the same as the Qin army's equipment we collected on Hu Tuzhou."
Hearing that it was actually the Qin army that quietly approached and robbed the five hundred people, Qian Biao and the others looked at each other, fortunately, a robbery camp was also arranged tonight, so the defenders did not resist and counterattack those people at all, so there were no casualties. But thinking about it, everyone still felt a chill through the vests, if the other party intended to attack them, it is estimated that they would have a lot of fun tonight.
"I heard that there is a special combat battalion in the Qin army, all of them can fly the eaves and walk the wall, which is amazing, maybe they are the ones who came tonight." Du Liang said.
Qian Biao waved his hand and pretended to be calm: "It doesn't matter if he is a special operations battalion or a pro-military battalion, anyway, we have to send people away, but since they came to pick them up in person, it saves us a lot of trouble." Although he said this, tonight's incident still made Qian Biao's heart a little difficult to calm down.
This Qin army is even more powerful than imagined!
Twenty miles north of Qian Biao's camp, the soldiers and horses marching rapidly in the dark night slowly stopped.
Wu Qian, Lin Song, and Deng Huan actually didn't have long after they left the camp, and they had already found that things were different from what they had discussed before. Secretly looked along the way, and found that the soldiers and horses who robbed the camp were really not Du Liang's soldiers, and at this time, the three of them didn't figure out who Cheng Yanjin was who he killed halfway.
Until it stopped at this point, dozens of horses on the opposite side came to the front, and immediately jumped down a group of people. First, a handsome young man walked up to everyone and clasped his fists and shouted to his family.
"Yang Xingmi in Xia Luzhou, led the thirty-six brothers in Luzhou to rescue all the Qin Jun brothers, and I am late, and I hope for Haihan!"
Wu Qian was completely confused, Qian Biao and the generals in Zhexi were going to secretly release them before, and in the blink of an eye, another Luzhou Yang Xingmi and his thirty-six brothers ran out, what's wrong? (To be continued......)