Chapter 96: The Troops Arrive at Kezhou
Qingyang Suo.
Sit firmly in Yinzhou Prefecture.
However, military orders were issued one after another, making it difficult to keep up.
First, I sent someone to Liangzhou to send a letter. The governor of Kezhou Prefecture, Mou Chengxiang, was angry and humiliated by the huge losses in trade. He ignored the king's law and the people and sent troops to Yinzhou. The governor Liu Dahao, thinking of the friendship between colleagues, retreated. I hope the governor will do justice as soon as possible.
To show caution, he ordered the soldiers to ride as fast as possible and it was expected that they would reach Liangzhou in four days.
Then, Qingyang Shuo ordered Jiang Xuan to transport the food and grass back to Yinzhou in batches, leaving some behind to lure the enemy, and strategically abandon Zhangzhuang Village, Wangjia Village, and Qiaoba Village, leaving food and grass in each of the three villages, and then ambush with heavy troops - this was a message sent by carrier pigeon.
He ordered the Yinzhou Chamber of Commerce in Kezhou City to sell grain at high prices, send out scouts, and incite the people to cause chaos in Kezhou - this was inflation, which caused unrest in the people's hearts.
After annihilating Mou Chengxiang, the Yinzhou Army entered Kezhou to maintain stability and seize power - refer to the Yangzhou incident.
By that time, Liangzhou Prefecture had probably just received the "letter for help", and was unable to do anything, so it could only watch and sigh in despair.
Everything is so orderly.
It must be said that Qingyang Suo's control over the overall situation was simply too perfect, and he could see the world from the smallest details. To him, all this was just a chess game, and he made his moves leisurely, and the general situation was already determined. After Mou Chengxiang lost the treasury silver, he was furious and no longer cared about any laws. He immediately got angry and pulled up his own 5,000 soldiers to go to war personally.
Although his advisers kept telling him that this was against Longyan's laws, Mou Chengxiang had already lost his mind - the treasury silver and grain were all gone, so what laws did he care about? When the Liu family father and son from Yinzhou were playing tricks, did they care about the laws?
Little did they know that in this era, there was no legal regulation on economic market crimes. Although Yinzhou was a little poisonous this time, it did not trigger the Longyan law. Just on this point, Kezhou was at a disadvantage.
But at this time, Mou Chengxiang didn’t care about so many things.
He wore heavy armor and went into battle in person.
"Hahaha, look at those cowards from Yinzhou, what are they afraid of? Hurry up and move the food!"
The first stop was Zhangzhuang Village. Seeing Jiang Xuan's army "fleeing in panic", Mou Chengxiang smiled happily, sweeping away the gloom of the past few days' losses, and shouted: "Chase them, keep chasing!"
"My lord, you must not do that!"
"This is already within the boundaries of Yinzhou. It cannot be tolerated by the law or the law!"
"My lord, be careful that the enemy will lure me deeper!"
But Mou Chengxiang was already in a frenzy, and snorted coldly, "Luring me into the depths? You don't know that Liu Dahao is a drunkard, so why should we be afraid of him? His son Liu Zheng has not been in Yinzhou recently, and there is no one in the army. The young men are in power. Look at the general, he is only a 16-year-old boy, what is there to be afraid of?"
Everyone continued to persuade.
Mou Chengxiang then said angrily: "You are not going to attack the city, but you want me to plunder before returning! Don't worry, I know that Yinzhou has a large number of soldiers, and I will return to Kezhou before the army arrives!"
The officials of Kezhou cried out in grief after persuading them to no avail. Some fled on the spot, while others had no choice but to follow for the sake of their future. In order to recover his losses and reputation, Mou Chengxiang led his troops back in, captured three villages in a row, and took back 200,000 shi of grain and grass!
This time, the think tank advised again.
However, Mou Chengxiang saw Jiang Xuan running away, and with the food as bait, he had no time to care about other things.
"My Kezhou cavalry will charge at lightning speed. We will capture one more city and then return!"
He had said this several times, but this time, his 5,000 cavalry were destined not to go back .
There is a distance between Qiaoba Village and Luozhuang Village, and the road is not easy to travel. Not only does it pass through a canyon, but there is also a large river around it. This is why everyone persuaded them to retreat. But Mou Chengxiang felt that the Yinzhou army had not come yet, and he could still rob some more.
Five thousand cavalrymen galloped one after another.
Mou Chengxiang felt that the road was smooth and he had nothing to worry about. However, just as he reached the canyon, he suddenly heard the deafening sound of killing from all directions, which actually startled many war horses. The sound of killing and the echo of the canyon made it seem like an ambush from all sides and a divine army descending from the sky.
Jiang Xuan had been lying in ambush here for a long time. When he saw Mou Chengxiang finally come to the trap, he could not help but ride forward and laughed, "Mr. Mou, you insult me, Yinzhou, don't you?"
Seeing that the canyon was filled with people, Mou Chengxiang realized that they had fallen into an ambush. His face suddenly changed drastically: "There is an ambush, retreat!"
Jiang Xuan sneered: "Where are you retreating to? Charge!"
At the command, the cavalry went ahead, followed by the infantry, crossbowmen, swordmen, and spearmen, a total of 10,000 elite soldiers, and came rushing forward.
Mou Chengxiang was so frightened that his face turned pale. He gave orders and wanted to flee. However, Jiang Xuan had long hoped to become famous in this battle. How could he give such a good-for-nothing a chance to turn the tables? Ten thousand elite soldiers attacked, and the panicked Kezhou soldiers had no chance to resist. In Jiang Xuan's battle formation, they became lambs to be slaughtered.
For a moment, sounds of killing, screaming, and crying out to the sky came one after another.
"My life is over!"
Only then did Mou Chengxiang realize that all this was a trap set for him by Kezhou, and despair began to spread.
In this battle, Jiang Xuan used 10,000 elite soldiers to annihilate the 5,000 cavalrymen of Kezhou with only 800 casualties. Of course, annihilation here does not mean complete annihilation. Jiang Xuan still had a trick up his sleeve and only killed Mou Chengxiang and some officials. As for the other cavalrymen, he only disarmed them and captured them. After all, facing Jiang Xuan's battle formation, these people had already lost their fighting spirit. When they saw Mou Chengxiang being killed immediately, they all raised their hands and surrendered.
At this time, in Kezhou City, there were also reports of riots caused by inflation and the decline in the purchasing power of silver.
Jiang Xuan looked worried about the country and the people, and sighed: "Kezhou cannot be in chaos! It is really my fault!"
At that moment , a captured Kezhou official immediately understood: "Sir, Kezhou needs to quell the rebellion, please save me!"
"Please, sir, save Kezhou!"
Everyone knelt.
Jiang Xuan held his forehead and sighed, "Absolutely not. Weapons are dangerous tools. How can I easily enter Kezhou? The people hate me!"
Everyone cried and tried to persuade him.
The people need you, sir!
Jiang Xuan refused several times, and then reluctantly agreed, saying: "Since the people need me, I will not refuse even if I die!"
He immediately led his army to Kezhou.
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Qin Changfeng spent three full hours preparing for this arrow!
So if you don't do it, it's fine. Once you do it, it's amazing! The arrow flew in a straight line towards the werewolf driver.
Before the werewolf driver could react, he was hit in the back. He cried out in pain, his face turned pale, and he turned around, holding a long staff in one hand and a scimitar in the other. At this time, Qin Changfeng had also rushed over. The distance of one mile was not difficult for him. When the werewolf driver reacted, Qin Changfeng had already jumped high and landed on his head!
"who?"
The werewolf chaser was only good at hiding in the dark, but he also had to guard against sneak attacks from others, so his knife skills were not weak. Facing Qin Changfeng's sudden attack, he still used his scimitar to block it. However, Qin Changfeng's attack was so powerful that the werewolf chaser took a few steps back, with blood flowing from his mouth.
Qin Changfeng smiled coldly: "You are playing tricks, how dare you fight me head-on?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a few more slashes were made with the sword. The werewolf driver was terrified and fled in panic. But as Liu Zheng had expected, even after he dropped his scimitar, he refused to drop the long staff in his hand. The long staff seemed to have some mysterious control over the wolf king not far away.
Moreover, the wolf king had already sensed Qin Changfeng's attack and howled at this side a few times. Immediately, several hungry wolves came running from the other side to protect the werewolf driver.
Qin Changfeng was not afraid at all, and laughed: "Don't worry, I won't kill you! I want to see what kind of tricks you charlatans are playing!"
After one slash of the knife, the werewolf driver howled and muttered something, but it was not the language of the Longyan Dynasty.
Qin Changfeng spat and cursed, "What nonsense!"
Another blow of the knife opened two cuts on the werewolf's body, and blood flowed out. He tried to struggle several times, but he was no match for Qin Changfeng. The hungry wolves pounced fiercely, but they were killed by Liu Zheng's knife. The wolf king also shouted at Liu Zheng, baring his teeth.
Qin Changfeng looked at this man, who was holding the long staff tightly in his hand no matter what, and couldn't help but sneer: "Show it to me!"
The other party was shocked and his long staff was snatched away by Qin Changfeng.
Qin Changfeng was stunned. Only then did he realize that the long staff actually had a strange smell that could make people feel fascinated and faint. He laughed, "So that's it!"
After saying this, he threw the long staff to the ground and stomped on it hard.
The long staff broke and dissipated in the wind.
The werewolf driver cried out in disbelief, but it was too late.
The long staff broke, and the wolf king no longer bared his teeth, and even his cold eyes flashed with confusion. Then... he stared at the werewolf driver on the ground, and the blood on the werewolf driver's body made his eyes become brutal again.
"ah!"
The werewolf chaser knew what the next outcome would be, and he shouted out in despair.
At this time, the wolf king had already pounced. Animals in nature always have some spirituality. They were driven by the werewolf driver before, and now they are hysterical in revenge. Seeing this situation, Qin Changfeng sighed and hurriedly hid aside.
The Wolf King roared towards the sky with a miserable and terrifying voice. At this time, the group of wolves that were still besieging the people in the camp retreated one after another after hearing the roar of the Wolf King. Then they let out low growls and ran towards the werewolf driver who was covered in blood.
Pounce and bite.
The people in the camp were all stunned and ran over.
Liu Zheng and Zheng Yueru also ran over at this time. The former shouted: "Don't get too close. Quick, bring some camels over!"
Rehman dared not hesitate, and pulled the three camels over, and they all became the prey of the wolves at the same time.
At this time, only seventy or eighty of the one hundred wolves were left, so these three camels were enough to fill their stomachs.
bloody.
The bloody scene lasted for a full half hour.
The wolf king roared towards the sky again, and then looked at Qin Changfeng deeply with a slightly kind look in his eyes. He took the lead and ran away, followed by the wolves, and soon disappeared into the night.
Only the people in the camp were left looking at each other in bewilderment.
Reheman was overjoyed and knelt down with a bang: "Master Liu is a great talent!"
"Thank you, Master Liu!"
The third prince, Halik, almost knelt down.
Liu Zheng was slightly startled and quickly stepped forward to support him.
Suddenly at this moment, a strong wind blew up.
Reheman said in horror: "Sand, sand, get away quickly!"
Liu Zheng was shocked.
The desert sandstorm comes without warning. Doesn’t it?
