Chapter 173: The Crusade (6)

Ma Teng was shocked by the change in Chen Cheng's appearance, and Cheng Yi was terrified by the deprivation of Yang Qiu's territory. Last year, Chen Cheng also showed a close attitude with Yang Qiu. In just one year, he turned his head and annexed the Yang family's terracotta territory. In Cheng Yi's opinion, this ability to turn his hands into clouds and turn his hands into rain can be comparable to Han Sui.

After leaving the big tent of the Chinese army, Cheng Yi quietly infiltrated Yang Qiu's army with a small number of personal followers. Yang Qiu was ordering the soldiers to pack up and prepare to go to meet Han Sui, when he suddenly saw Cheng Yi appear in his big tent, and he couldn't help but show surprise.

He smiled and said, "Cheng Taishou came secretly, is there something wrong?" ”

Cheng Yi carefully looked at Yang Qiu's expression, and seeing that the latter didn't seem to have a resentful expression, he asked in a low voice, "Chen Yuanjun annexed the counties of the Northland, and General Yang has no complaints?" ”

Yang Qiuxin said: Even if I have a grudge, I can't tell you.

"Cheng Taishou doesn't know, in fact, I took the initiative to hand over other counties."

Cheng Yi was shocked and asked, "Why is this?" ”

Yang Qiu said with a smile: "The Jinghua of the north is all on both sides of the Yellow River under Helan Mountain. Most of the soldiers and horses under my command came from Fuping, and most of the money and grain came from here, and other places were not only barren, but also did not have many household registrations, and it was a burden to hold them in hand, and I could not collect a few big sons every year. Instead of bothering to clean up those places, it would be better to open a few more factories. ”

He asked Cheng Yidao: "Isn't the income from the silver mine as good as that of a lower county?" ”

Cheng Yi knew that Yang Qiu's words were not true. In other counties in the north, Dingbian and other places are just that, although Yanyan County is connected to the desert, there are several salt ponds, and the output is not small. However, what Yang Qiu said can't be wrong, although the salt pond in Yunyan is valuable, it is still much worse than the silver mine.

Moreover, it takes a lot of manpower to mine salt, and what is lacking in the north is manpower. If the oppression is too heavy, the people will flee. Anyway, the Qiang and Han people in the territory are mixed, the Qiang people have learned the technology of farming with the Han people, and the Han people have also learned to graze. Otherwise, the princes of Liangzhou would not be so poor.

Yang Qiu said again: "Cheng Taishou has other things to ask?" ”

Cheng Yi was silent for a long time, and suddenly smiled: "In the past, I was always dissatisfied with General Yang, but until today, this is a little admiration for my brother." ”

He arched his hand to Yang Qiu, then turned around and lifted the curtain door, and left like this. Yang Qiu saw Cheng Yi say this and left, he was stunned for a moment, then spat on the ground and scolded: "I don't know what to say!" ”

In terms of distance, Longxian is closer to Chencang, but Shangtai and Chencang are both on the edge of Weishui. If you want to use soldiers, it is easier to transfer grain and grass from Shangqi. Therefore, whether it was Ding Yuan's expedition against the Xiliang rebels or Han Sui's expedition to the east, the main force was deployed along Weishui.

Of course, this is not to say that Longxian is not important. In a certain time and space, the Wei general Zhang He set out from Longxian County to attack the street pavilion successfully, crushing Zhuge Liang's long-cherished wish for the Northern Expedition. However, now that Longxian is in the hands of Han Suijun, Chen Cheng does not need to arrange soldiers and horses to guard the street pavilion.

After leaving Lu Fang, Li Jun and others to garrison the camp near Longxian, Chen Cheng took 4,000 soldiers and horses from his headquarters, and the soldiers and horses of Cheng Yi and others, a total of about 30,000 people, and under the leadership of the guide, they went to the place where Han Sui's army was stationed.

The cavalry moved quickly and reached their destination before dark. The guide pointed to the place where the people and horses were neighing on the north bank of Weishui, and said: "Envoy, this is Berlin, and that side is Xishan, and my lord is just in front to greet the envoy." ”

Nani? Chen Cheng was shocked, looked left and right, and didn't see the pentagram or the Iron Cross, so he was relieved. He asked the guide: "How can this place be called Berlin?" ”

The guide was a little strange, but respectfully replied: "Because it is full of cypress trees, the villagers call it Berlin." ”

Chen Cheng said angrily: "That should also be called Bai Lin, how can it be called Berlin?" ”

"This ......" the messenger was frightened in his heart, and he could not speak.

"Berlin, Berlin" Chen Cheng read twice, stood on the hillside on horseback, pointed to the military camp in the distance with his horsewhip, and said: "I look at this place, the white tiger star shines on it, and its color is blood red. From now on, the use of soldiers will be invincible at the beginning, but later, the soldiers will be broken, and they will inevitably suffer bad luck! ”

Cheng Yi on the side was surprised and said: "The envoy actually watches the sky at night? But..... It's daytime, can you see it? ”

Chen Cheng laughed and said, "Seeing that everyone is a little tired from marching, I said something to joke with each other!" Fighting a war with soldiers is not something that can be won by looking at the stars. ”

The arrival of 30,000 cavalry here, the smoke and dust rose for more than ten miles, and it was already visible in the military camp on the edge of Berlin. However, because it came from the direction of Longxian, there were envoys coming and going before, so the army was not panicked. In the messy barracks, only a cavalry of more than a thousand men came to greet them.

Chen Cheng sent troops this time, leaving Zhao Yun in Yinchuan to guard his hometown, and leaving Lu Fang in Longxian to transfer grain and grass, and now the generals around him are just Li Kan, Liang Xing, Wei Ran, Ding Yuan, Zhao Si and others. Seeing that the people who came were not fully armored and the military appearance was not neat, the generals despised three points in their hearts, Wei Ran came out of the horse at this time, and asked: "My lord has brought troops here, why didn't Han Wenyue come out to greet him in person?" ”

The generals who came to greet him were Han Sui's cronies, and knew that although his lord bowed his head to Chen Cheng, he had many soldiers in his hands, and he was even more above the so-called Liangzhou Mu, so he raised his head and said: "My lord is just discussing the military situation with the generals in the camp, and he has no time to come here!" ”

Wei Ran was furious, or he just pretended to be angry in front of Chen Cheng, he took off his short spear and was about to step forward, but was stopped by Chen Cheng. Chen Cheng said: "Since Han Taishou has no time to come here, then let's go and see him." ”

He said to the generals who came to greet him: "Lead the way ahead." ”

The army continued on its march and soon reached the foot of the western mountain. When I was in the distance, I already felt that this side was very chaotic, and there was no fierce and murderous atmosphere at all. When they got closer, everyone saw Han Suijun's camp more clearly. I saw groups of Qiang people either drinking horses by the river or grazing cattle between the valleys, and when they saw the army coming, they gathered together, showing a faint hostility towards this side.

Chen Cheng asked Liang Xing to lead the army to find a place to camp outside, and he himself took Cheng Yi, Yang Qiu and Ma Teng to Han Sui's Chinese army tent. Li Kan ordered the "trapped camp" to dismount, and after handing over the horses to his subordinates, he put on his armor and opened the way ahead.

There are sixty or seventy thousand soldiers and horses gathered here, but it looks more like a huge tribe. The Qiang and Han people were mixed together, and there was a lot of noise and shouting, and many people were not preparing a big tent, but trying to fill their stomachs and find a dry place to sleep.

Only when you get to the core can you see a little solemn atmosphere. Probably Han Sui's elite troops were stationed here, so a complete camp was built, and the army seemed to be being managed, instead of being like a sheep herding before. Seeing the appearance of the army here, Chen Cheng put away his contempt for Han Sui. If Han Sui's army was in the same situation as before, just by bringing more than 30,000 soldiers and horses, with just one surprise attack, he would be able to chop up all these rabble.

Seeing a well-armoured soldier and horse approaching quickly, on the lookout behind the fence, the lookout shouted something below, and then a general with a soldier with a spear poured out.

"The barracks are heavy, and people stop coming!"

Facing the spear on the opposite side, Chen Cheng took two steps forward and said in a deep voice: "Han Wen invited us over just to point the spear?" ”

He turned to Li Kan, who was eager to try beside him, and said, "You stay here, and Cheng Taishou and I will go in to discuss the military situation." ”

With that, he took another step forward, and his chest was about to hit the tip of the gun on the other side. The defenders looked at each other, they knew that their lord had invited all the princes to come to help, and they also knew that there were several big people coming over today. But now that there is no word from above, it is difficult for them to let people in.

Seeing that the defenders didn't get out of the way, Chen Cheng snorted and said, "You are here to isolate China and foreign countries, could it be that Han Wenyue and other lieutenant generals have been killed?" ”

"What nonsense are you talking about?" , the guard's face changed greatly, his heart beat wildly, this kind of big hat is covered, but no one can bear it! He hurriedly argued: "I'm not........ I didn't......... Don't talk nonsense! ”

Facing Chen Cheng, who was more than eight feet tall and his arms were twice as thick as ordinary people, and the large number of brothers and nobles in iron armor behind him, the guard's forehead and back were already wet with cold sweat. He was also born and died on the battlefield, how can he not see that these guys in front of him are murderous?

Ma Teng was already impatient on the side, he stretched out his hand, pushed away the tip of the gun, and said angrily: "Open your dog's eyes wide, this is Liangzhou Mu Chen Yuanjun, even if Han Sui comes, you have to be respectful, you dare to block Chen Yuanjun at the door?" ”

He was eight feet tall and had superior force, so he casually pushed away a few defenders, and then stretched out his hand and said, "The lord doesn't have to talk nonsense with them, let's just go directly to Han Sui." ”

Chen Cheng smiled at the anxious sweaty guard, and then took the lead in walking inside. Yang Qiu, Cheng Yi, and their own soldiers all followed and walked inside. If it was thousands of people who broke into the camp together, it would definitely have to fight. But there are only so many people who go in........ The guard opened his mouth, but after all, he didn't dare to give the order to attack, but shouted in a hurry: "I can't do it, I can't do it!" ”

The noise outside alarmed Han Sui and others in the big tent of the Chinese army. Han Sui frowned, and said to Song Jian, Zhang Heng and other princes in the account: "Everyone, please sit here, I'll go out to see what's so noisy." ”

Song Jian was a bearded martial artist, and he laughed and said, "Let's go out and have a look, it's stuffy in this tent, and it's good to go out to breathe." ”

He asked Zhang Heng and Cheng Yin, "What about you?" Why don't you go out and have a look? ”

Last year, when Zhang Heng and Cheng Yin were sending troops to Jincheng, Song Jian once sent troops to attack Zhangye County, and it stands to reason that there should be a mortal enmity between several people. But there are many such things between the princes of Liangzhou, so now they can be in the same tent again, as if nothing has happened.

Zhang Heng's face was full of meat, looking more like a butcher than a general, and he sneered: "Naigong naturally wants to go and see it too." ”

Well, now it seems that Zhang Heng is still not completely relieved of what happened last year.