Before entering the boundary of Dingxiang, Yang Qing had sent scouts to investigate, and soon there was a report saying that the three groups of barbarian soldiers had fled back to Xindao County, and where were they hiding?
This change was beyond Yang Qing's expectation. He thought that with Li Qiucheng's arrogance, he would confront him tit for tat, but he didn't expect that the thief retreated without a fight.
However, it is a good thing after all that the barbarian soldiers have retreated. The people have been suffering from military disasters for days, and it is a little gratifying to be able to breathe now.
After Yang Qing led his army to Dingxiang, he ordered his people to build a camp outside the village, and at the same time he asked his army scouts and Wu Que's careful work to find out where the enemy's foothold was.
At the same time, he also asked Qi Xiu to lead a team to the surrounding villages and pavilions to rescue the suffering people. Qi Xiu was the person with the highest civil servant position that Yang Qing brought with him. As the magistrate of Anshang County, it was most suitable for him to lead the team to bring peace to the people.
During this robbery, the Yi people were quite ruthless. All three townships in southern Anshang suffered from military disasters. Many people's homes were looted of food and property, their houses were burned, and their farmland was destroyed. What's more, the people were even slightly dissatisfied. If you resist, you will be killed.
Among the three townships, the people of Dingxiang suffered the heaviest losses. Li Qiucheng personally led a team to plunder Dingxiang. This thief was ruthless, cruel and murderous. This time he was carrying out his own poisonous plan, so He was very aggressive.
Dingjiacun is the largest village in Dingxiang, so Li Qiucheng will certainly not let this place go. This village is also the place where he led troops to attack Gong Lu last time, so he will certainly take care of it.
After Yang Qing arrived with his troops, he found that the village was in a mess, with many houses burned down and collapsed. Most of the people in the village had fled to the back mountains, leaving only some old, weak, sick and disabled people still in the village.
This village was where Yang Qing would be stationed in the future, so it could not be allowed to fall into disrepair. After the camp was basically built, Yang Qing asked Liu Yin to take people into the village to help the people repair their houses. He also asked the villagers to call back their families in the back mountain and delivered food to each house.
In the afternoon, after knowing that the prefect personally led the army to drive away the barbarians, the people in the back mountain returned to the village one after another. In this way, Dingjia Village finally slowly regained its vitality.
Yang Qing also called the three elders of Dingxiang and asked him to take him to the village to visit the people from house to house. Seeing the eunuch personally comforting him and seeing thousands of officers and soldiers outside the village, the people in the village gradually stabilized.
Still in that quiet and remote valley, Li Qiucheng was drinking wine and eating roasted meat in the military tent. After hearing that the Han army was sending troops, he immediately ordered his troops to gather together and withdraw to Xindao County, so as not to compete with the official army.
He was quite satisfied with this response. The officers and soldiers who came out to attack the city must be holding back a lot of anger. It was when they were at their strongest. If they were to confront them, they would inevitably make a mistake. It would be better to retreat back to the valley and avoid it for the time being. Its edge.
When the officers and soldiers are exhausted, they can attack again. At that time, with the help of a group of cavalry, they will be able to tease Yang Qing. What's more, the biggest purpose of sending troops this time has been achieved, and continuing to plunder the Han people is the next best thing.
Thinking of this, he happily drank the wine in the bowl, called the military commander, and whispered: "Go back and report to the king, saying that the fish has been hooked, so you can follow the plan."
Li Qiucheng felt that he could accomplish the feat of killing a prefect again this time, and by then his reputation would be resounding throughout Yizhou.
Such thoughts were not due to his arrogance and ignorance. He received news that Yang Qing, the governor of Yuesi, had made such nonsense before sending out troops that he regarded his son as a chicken and a dog.
Such arrogant words were indeed annoying, but after Li Jiucheng calmed down, he felt overjoyed. Since this young prefect from Chengdu has such a high level of vision, he will be very powerful in what he does next.
As long as Haosheng uses the internal resources in the county government, he can realize his plan.
"Here comes someone." Li Qiucheng put down his wine bowl and shouted.
The trusted personal guard outside the tent came in and said, "General, what are your orders?"
"Go and call Li Changtai."
"yes."
"General, I wonder what you have ordered me to come here for?" After a while, a lean Yiren entered the commander's tent.
This man was none other than Li Changtai. He was twenty-seven or eighty years old. Although he was thin and frail, he was smart, capable, and thoughtful. He was also a younger member of the Li Jiucheng clan, so he was highly valued.
Therefore, Li Qiucheng left the affairs of his confidants to his disposal, including contacting Anshang's internal agents in the city.
Gu "Tonight, you go and contact the Huo family to find out Yang Qing's subsequent actions and ask him to act according to the plan." Li Qiucheng said softly.
"Yes." Li Changtai replied with a serious face.
Li Changtai spoke very little after entering the room, and Li Qiucheng didn't take it seriously. He was already familiar with the character of his juniors. In his opinion, these are the people who do practical things and big things.
Moreover, the last time he attacked and killed Gong Lu, Li Changtai went to contact the Huo family's internal affairs. That time, it was done properly and was very satisfactory, so Li Qiucheng was quite relieved to continue sending him there this time.
Tonight's night was pitch dark, making it difficult to move around, but Huo Jian liked this environment very much. Seeing that everyone had rested, he put on a black robe and quietly left the camp and walked south.
As agreed, Huo Jian came to a dense forest five miles outside Dingjia Village, where he had already prepared horses.
Riding his horse southward, he came to a valley at the junction of Xindao and Anshang counties. He dismounted, lit a flint, and saw the mark on the third tree in front of the valley entrance.
Seeing this, Huo Jian couldn't help but feel relieved. He went to hide the horse behind the tree, sat down against the trunk, closed his eyes and rested his mind. After a while, the sound of horse hooves was heard not far away, as if someone was coming.
The visitor looked around, came to the tree with the mark on it, and started cooing. Huo Jian heard this and jumped out from behind the tree happily.
"Brother Li, long time no see. How are you doing?" Huo Jian asked relaxedly when he saw that the visitor was his old acquaintance Li Changtai.
Li Changtai smiled and said, "Thanks to Brother Huo, I have eaten well, slept soundly, and gained a lot of weight these days."
"Haha, that's good. It seems that the food at King Gaoding's place is quite good. If I have a chance in the future, I will go to your department to try it."
"Easy to say, easy to say." Li Changtai tied the horse to the tree, nodded and said with a smile: "Stop talking, is Brother Huo safe on this trip?"
When Huo Jian saw that they were talking about business, he also put away his smile and replied seriously: "Don't worry, Yang Qing and the others are very relieved about X. No one will notice when he comes out this time."
"That's good. My General Li asked me to come here because he wanted Brother Huo to..." Li Changtai nodded with relief and sat on a stone and said.
Huo Jian also sat down and told the situation of Yang Qing and the army today. Li Changtai also told the movements of the Yi soldiers in detail. The two informed each other of their respective situations and had a serious discussion on the details of subsequent cooperation.
While the two were concentrating on discussing future joint operations, they did not know that a pair of sharp eyes behind the jungle not far away was watching them secretly.
In the camp outside Dingjia Village, Yang Qing had not yet rested. By the light on the desk, he carefully read the military book "Battle Essentials" given by Zhuge Liang before leaving.
This military book is the concentrated expression of Zhuge Liang's military thought and the master of today's military art. After receiving the book as a gift, Yang Qing often read it and constantly absorbed the military wisdom in it.
"Master Fu, the fish is hooked." Suddenly a voice of surprise came from the door of the tent.
"Shu Qi, is that man taking action tonight?"
The person coming was none other than Wu Que, and only he could enter Yang Qing's handsome tent without reporting.
"Yes. Huo Jian quietly sneaked out of the camp half an hour ago, and people in low-level positions have followed him secretly. News must come soon."
Yang Qing rolled up the bamboo slips in his hand and said casually without raising his head: "Well, it's expected, so just follow the plan."
Wu Que bowed and replied: "No."
