At this time, it was almost noon, and the scorching sun was shining brightly. Chang Yu couldn't bear the sun, so he covered his forehead with his hands and looked at the vast mountains in the distance due west. He asked Guo Chongshan: "Are there horse thieves in the mountains?"
"Yes, I heard there are several of them, but I've never seen them before," Guo Chongshan said, took off his clothes, and then covered Chang Yu's head: "Mr. Factory, don't dislike it!"
"Hey, you guys are back to work!" Chang Yu didn't refuse and held it above his head to protect himself from the sun. Guo Chongshan giggled: "I have been working as a errand in Qingzhou for many years, and it is very boring. Today I am lucky enough to meet the factory supervisor Nai I am so lucky to be in such a humble position. I feel so excited all over my body..."
"Are you an open line or a hidden line?" Chang Yu started chatting with him.
"Dark" Guo Chongshan sighed: "You can't reveal your identity at will if you live like a human being or a ghost, but... Mr. Factory, do you know that just now when we went to the city to show off our badges, the feeling was... It feels so good, especially when I look at the eyes of those soldiers, I feel very proud at the moment of humble duty. The name of our Jinyiwei is...ahem, ahem, of course Dongchang is the real one, that is a golden sign. Shang Fang’s sword…”
"You're not only good at troublemaking, but you're also a chatterbox." Chang Yu thought this guy was quite interesting and kept talking.
Guo Chongshan immediately said seriously: "This factory manager has misunderstood. I have always been reticent when I was humble. This is related to our professional habit of being a secret agent. Anyway, I don't like to talk. All my colleagues in the low-level position can testify., By the way, the factory manager Did you know that Prince Heng has a daughter named Zhu Yan? She is called Shuiling. She especially likes to sneak into the streets. I heard that once..."
Holding the grass, this is called being taciturn. Chang Yu was just about to let him put on the brakes when he suddenly heard this. He thought of a person in his mind and couldn't help but feel nervous.
Under the scorching sun, the two of them walked northward along the city wall one after another. Guo Chongshan was talking about what he had seen and heard in Qingzhou City, while Chang Yu was looking inside and outside the city, sometimes frowning and sometimes stopping to watch the chatterbox behind him. Don't criticize him and just listen to what he says.
There were 800 soldiers in Qingzhou. Li Shiyuan sent half of them out of the city as a warning, while the rest were busy preparing for war in the city. He also sent two troops to patrol the city to strictly prohibit idlers from entering the city.
But he said that this patrol was approaching and he saw two people walking in the city from a distance. He was also doubtful in his heart. Looking at the officials and the people, they could be spies, but this arrogance was too arrogant.
Li Shiyuan's men were still very responsible. After interrogating the two, Guo Chongshan took out his waist badge. The patrol took one look and quickly gave way to them.
The investigation was very strict, but he did not neglect his responsibilities. Chang Yu was very satisfied. Guo Chongshan observed his words and said: "In the 15th year, the Tatars invaded Qingzhou. Li Qingshan led 2,000 defenders to kill the enemy bravely. He suffered heavy losses and only 800 warriors were left, but he protected them. He conquered the city of Qingzhou and became famous in the first battle and was admired by the people of Qingzhou and won the hearts of the people. The eight hundred soldiers under his strict control of the army are all fierce soldiers, not ordinary rabble."
Chang Yu hummed: "Those who have seen blood and those who have fought for their lives are different."
Not long after, the two of them arrived at the northwest corner of Qingzhou. Chang Yu glanced at the north gate, which was closed, but he didn't see many people gathering. After all, there were no mountains in the north of the city.
Hey, Chang Yu raised his eyes and looked towards the north for a while, then looked up at the sky: "It's a little later than expected."
"Mr. Factory, why are you late?" Guo Chongshan asked without knowing why. Chang Yu raised his hand and pointed: "This governor's fierce soldiers!"
Guo Chongshan was startled, squinted his eyes and looked towards the north. He could vaguely see a man and horse slowly approaching from the Beiyang River more than ten miles away: "Hold the grass, the Tatars are coming."
Chang Yu almost lost his temper and gave him a kick: "I told you he was under the command of the governor."
"Ah, oh, it turns out he is the factory supervisor!" Guo Chongshan looked embarrassed.
At noon, when the scorching sun scorched the earth and the grass and trees were wilting, Jia Waixiong and Lao Jiu led their men to cross the Nanyang River and finally arrived at the foot of Qingzhou City. They and their men were exhausted, but they grinned, finally they had arrived.
"Are you still alive?" someone shouted from the top of the city. Lao Jiu was furious and was about to curse, but suddenly he felt that the voice sounded familiar. He raised his hand and looked up, and saw a strong man with a cloth on his head waving to them: "He's not dead. Just hurry into the city.”
It's the little governor! Lao Jiu and Jia Waixiong grinned similarly: "I almost scolded him."
"It's a pity, it seems that you will end up scolding me." Jia Waixiong looked regretful. Lao Jiu glanced around and pointed at everyone and said, "You should keep your mouth shut."
"Brother Ninth, don't worry, as long as I have wine in my mouth, I can hold the door." His subordinates laughed.
"You'll have to take care of it after you enter the city." Lao Jiu laughed and hurried away.
The city gate was wide open. Qin Fugui, with more than ten of his men and the palace servants, set up water and food at the city gate to receive the tired army. Previously, when Chang Yu discovered the whereabouts of his two battalions, he asked the city guards to report to the palace and come to receive them. , because all the soldiers were asleep, Qin Fugui, who had always wanted to show off, finally found an opportunity.
"How do the soldiers and horses under my command compare with Li Shiyuan's warriors?" Chang Yu pointed at the two battalions of soldiers who entered the city. Guo Chongshan said quickly: "The soldiers under the factory governor are naturally first-class warriors. How can Li Shiyuan's soldiers be the same?" "Compared to this," I was wondering in my heart, how could the soldiers and horses under the little governor be in such a mess, even though they were exhausted, how could they still be so slovenly and tattered? At first glance, they looked like horse thieves. They were just a ragtag group.
How did he know that those sloppy guys were really horse thieves who had just surrendered?
Chang Yu smiled slightly: "I didn't mean to flatter myself. Li Shiyuan led his troops in a bloody battle with the Tatars. However, the officers under my command fought hundreds of thousands of rebels in Taiyuan, and went north to attack the Tatars outside the pass. Tens of thousands of cavalrymen, including the Baoding Prefecture, followed the governor deep into the enemy's rear. They all came from the mountains of corpses and seas of blood, far beyond the comparison of Li Shiyuan's men."
It's an exaggeration. Guo Chongshan is just the secret agent of Jinyiwei in Qingzhou Mansion. He has never even heard of Chang Yu's name. Although both the government and the public know that there is a very powerful eunuch in Dongchang who is good at fighting, they have seen very few of them and know him. There are very few names, not to mention the majesty of his subordinates. I just feel that these few hundred people can overwhelm tens of thousands of Tatar cavalry, and the Tatars are nothing!
In fact, in the battle of Ningyuan, two battalions of heavy armored cavalry under Chang Yu really rushed into the Qing cavalry camp and dragged Wu Sangui's army out of the city to defeat the enemy in a battle!
But when Guo Chongshan raised his head and looked at the little eunuch next to him, he immediately believed it. His expression was not arrogance, but pride! A kind of pride that comes from the heart. Only those who have truly accomplished something that is difficult for others can have this kind of pride!
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Tickets are a bit scarce these two days! Book friends, don’t forget to vote while reading. The war in Qingzhou is about to begin. Let’s raise food and grass!
