Chapter 342: Western Expedition (17)

Zhao Wenchen grabbed Xiao Tzuyong's hand and laughed loudly: "Who are you looking for?" Didn't Zhao also go to Xianghe River to buy food? I'm not going to show you the way! Zhao Wenchen said with a crisp sound.

Xiao Tzuyong bowed and smiled: "With the brother of the Zhao family leading the way, Cao Suhou is grateful!" Brother Zhao, someone Cao has given you a gift! Xiao Tzuyong and the resolute general bowed deeply to Zhao Wenchen three times.

Zhao Wenchen was flattered and gave Xiao Tzuyong a return salute, turned to the two subordinates Kan Lang and Li Guo in the distance and waved and shouted: "Kan Lang and Li Guo, after you two arrange to return to Jingzhao Mansion; Take 30 brothers and the official to buy grain in Fenghe Warehouse! ”

Kan Lang and Li Guo quickly arranged for more than 70 soldiers to return to Jingzhao Mansion, and the remaining 30 soldiers followed Zhao Wenchen.

Zhao Wenchen saw that his team of more than 100 people was divided into two waves, and he had not yet settled the freight for Xiao Tzuyong and them; Then he chased after him and shouted: "Brother Cao, the freight of your 300 horses has not been settled yet!" ”

Xiao Tzuyong had already walked in front of the 300 Tielin Army, and saw Zhao Wenchen shouting like this; Turning the horse's head and turning back, jumping off the horse, hehehe, he smiled: "Brother Zhao, it's divided!" What's the point of shipping cost? It's not too late for us to settle after we rush to Fenghe warehouse! ”

Xiao Tzuxian said this, glanced at Zhao Wenchen slyly, and said thoughtfully: "Let's just do it!" After we rushed to Fenghe Warehouse, the elder brother of the Zhao family used the freight that should be given to the younger brother to buy grain! ”

Zhao Wenchen almost laughed out loud when he heard Xiao Tzu say this; He thought that this farmer named Cao Suhou was simply a melon force, and even asked Zhao Wenchen to directly buy grain with freight.

As everyone knows, Zhao Wenchen is a frequent visitor to Fenghe Cang, and he is like a brother to the warehouse officials there; A glance can raise the price several times, and the freight of 30 yuan will be tossed and tossed twice.

Zhao Wenchen happily pondered, where would he have thought that he and his men had fallen into Xiao Tzuxian's hands.

It's not that Xiao Tart is forced to melon first, but Zhao Wenchen is a confused worm with a melon eye; Once Xiao Tzuxian's 300 Tielin Army arrived at Fenghe Cang, there was the grave of Zhao Wenchen's 33 people.

Xiao Tzuyong's 300 cavalry Tielin Army and Zhao Wenchen's 33 people went out of the east gate of Fengxiang Mansion, turned a corner and went to the north bank of the Xiang River; Xiao Tzu gave the order first, and 300 war horses galloped away; The earth mist raised from the riverbank rose and drifted low in the air.

The river originates from the Laoye Ridge of Longjiang Mountain, and the river water rushes to the southeast after hitting the Longtou Gorge.

Fenghe Cang is located on the Tianzhu Ridge on the Xianghe River Road, and it takes half a day to arrive from Fengxiang Mansion.

In summer, the river is like a roaring lion, unruly rushing out of Longjiang Mountain's Longtou Gorge and roaring all the way forward; When I arrived in Weichuan County, I suddenly became obedient, like a little girl on the shore.

The reason why the Xianghe River became a docile peasant girl in Weichuan County was not because the Wheel Valley to the west of Tianzhu Ridge was divided into three by Wuling.

After the three rivers are divided into the Wuling Mountains, one is still the river to the south; one to the north is called the Seven Star River; One stationed in the middle is the Tianzhu River.

The Tianzhu River provides a rich source of water to the Gudao grassland under the Tianzhu Ridge, and the Huyan family gave the imperial court a pasture for raising horses, and the place of drinking water is the Tianzhu River.

The Xiang River is divided into three rivers with different names in Tianzhu Ridge, flowing eastward for one or two hundred miles, and then merging into one river, which is still called the Xiang River.

The things in the world are so strange and ingenious, just when Zhao Wenchen, the branch official of Jingzhao Mansion, led the Liao State to Yue Xiao Tart 300 iron horses to the Feng Barn; The 800 Tianxiang army led by Lu Chengyu also came to Feng Barn, and a battle was within reach.

After the 300 cavalry Tielin army of the Great Liao Khitan State drove on the embankment of the Xianghe River for a while, Xiao Tzuyong whispered with his generals He Gulu and Daxidu; plans to find a secret place to kill Zhao Wenchen's 33 people.

A wolf is a wolf after all, and the nature of a wolf is to eat meat; Xiao Tzuyong rode 300 horses to Zhao Wenchen, and the salt was transported, and each horse only charged the usual money for freight; And killing Zhao Wenchen's 33 people, the money obtained is not a consistent thing.

Zhao Wenchen's 33 people regarded Xiao Tzuyong as a good brother with similar ideals, and Kan Lang and Li Guo were even more affectionate to the 300 Cavalry Tielin Army; It is really too much to think that Cao Suhou rode 300 horses back from the salt pond to be full of salt and salt, and only charged the same amount of freight for each horse.

Zhao Wenchen, who had made a lot of money, was even more overjoyed, and the Cao brothers were like a child; Guan Zhonghan, who was full of only wanting to make money, would have thought that the 33 of them were getting closer and closer to the brink of death.

He Gulu did not agree to immediately attack Zhao Wenchen's 33 people, but suggested that he would act again after arriving at Fenghe Cang; Xiao Tzuyong took Hegulu's suggestion.

Xiao Tzuyong's 300 cavalry Tielin army took advantage of Zhao Wenchen's 33 people to ride forward, and gathered mysteriously at a bend covered by reeds.

Xiao Tzuyong took the lead in wrapping the sackcloth and tying it to the saddle of the weapon, the golden-backed machete, took it off and carried it in his hand, and then took out the Turkic scimitar and carried it in the other hand, brandishing it viciously and said: "The Song Dog Nanban has brought us a few days away, and now it's time to send them back to their hometown!" ”

Xiao Tzuyong wants to kill Zhao Wenchen and them? This is a matter of time, Xiao Tzuyong's 300 cavalry iron forest army is a jackal; The wolf travels thousands of miles to eat meat.

At that time, in order to cover a vicious wolf that was being hunted and killed, Mr. Dongguo hid it in a cloth bag to deceive his students; After the wolf picks up a life, he wants to eat Mr. Dongguo, and the wolf's nature will not change; Trying to influence wolves with human nature is just a very stupid idea; It's too late to finally get into the wolf's belly.

Xiao Tzuyong is a wolf without integrity, but its cruelty and ferocity are incomparable to other creatures.

The wolf used all kinds of means to coax the prey into hand, and in the end, it was a fatal blow that killed him; The wolf does not stop when the creature dies, it will first gut the carcass of its prey; gnaw it from head to toe, and even the bones have to be chewed to pieces before you are willing.

A tyrannical beast like a wolf can only be beaten violently and cannot be pitied, and Zhao Wenchen and his gang moved into the trap of Xiao Tzuyong's 300 cavalry Tielin Army step by step.

Xiao Tzuyong gritted his teeth with a crunching sound, and the Turkic scimitar slashed three times in his hand; erected three times and said angrily and fiercely: "The amount is small, not a gentleman, no poison, no husband; Everyone is either the palace envoy of the Chongde Palace of the Empress Dowager of Chengtian, or the tart horse of the Holy Sect Xingsheng Palace; What the Empress Dowager Chengtian selected everyone to come to the Song Kingdom for, you should know in your hearts; Now it's time for us to do something big! ”

The Great Liao Khitan Kingdom is a nomadic people, and after the monarch ascends the throne, there is a tent hall name: Huluduo, which is a palace or palace tent in Chinese; Naturally, there should be guards in the palace tent, and these palace tent soldiers are the emperor's guards.

The palace tent soldiers did their best to guard the emperor during his lifetime, and after the emperor's death, the palace tent was not abolished, and the guards were not disbanded; It will become a formidable armed force.

The Great Liao Khitan Kingdom placed twelve palaces from Taizu Yelu Abaoji to Tianzuo Emperor Yelu Yanxi.

The twelve palaces are: Hongyi Palace of Liao Taizu, Yongxing Palace of Liao Taizong, Jiqing Palace of Liao Shizong, Changning Palace of Empress Dowager Shu Luping, Yanchang Palace of Liao Muzong, Zhangshu Palace of Liao Jingzong, Chongde Palace of Emperor Chengtian Xiao Xuan, Xingsheng Palace of Liao Shengzong, Yanqing Palace of Liao Xingzong, Taihe Palace of Liao Daozong, Yongchang Palace of Liao Tianzuo Emperor, and Dunmu Palace of Emperor Xiaowen of Liao.

Each palace account is equipped with a palace envoy, a deputy envoy, a prince, a taibao, and a servant, which is called a palace envoy, a palace deputy envoy, a palace prince, a palace taibao, and a palace servant.

The palace envoys are in charge of the palace and the prefectures, counties and tribal organizations to which they belong; For example, the Hongyi Palace of Liao Taizu, that is, the fourth division of Lingti, the fifth state, the first county, the second Shilie, the fourth Wari, the fourth Moli, and the first Deli - equivalent to the grassroots state, county, township, village, village, and team of the Han people.

Xiao Tzuyong shook his head at the 300 cavalry Tielin soldiers who were standing on horses in front of him, raised his arms and said: "Our warriors of the Great Liao Khitan Kingdom will now take out all the long weapons and short weapons and chase the 33 Southern Barbarian Song Army in front; When you get to the front, you can't be soft, and a messy knife chops into meat sauce! ”

There was a wolf-like response from the ranks of the Tielin Army, and the 300 Khitan Tartars all carried their long and short weapons in their hands and prepared to rush and kill; He Gulu walked up to Xiao Tzuyong and said bluntly: "The king has committed an acute illness, we didn't say it was good; Wait until you arrive at Fenghe Cang to kill Zhao Wenchen's 33 Jingzhao Mansion soldiers? It hasn't arrived yet, killing Zhao Wenchen and these people will expose the target! ”

As soon as Heglulu's voice fell, Onishi immediately picked up and said, "King, Heglulu is right; Our mission to come to the Southern Dynasty this time is to burn down the Fenghe Warehouse, Fenggu Warehouse, and Fengyu Warehouse of the Song Army, and killing people is only secondary! The closer we are to victory, we must be a hundred times more vigilant; The slightest negligence will be wasted! ”

As soon as He Gulu and Daxi said this, Xiao Tzuyong immediately withdrew his subordinates' orders and said to his subordinates: "Hegulu and Daxi are right, everyone temporarily hid the long weapons and short weapons, and quickly followed the 33 Southern Barbarian soldiers; Wait until you get to Fenghe Cang before starting! ”

Zhao Wenchen's 33 men rode their horses onto the north bank of the Xiang River and galloped wildly for a while, rushing to the Wuling on the west side of Tianzhu Ridge; I saw that the river was divided into three here.

Zhao Wenchen came to Fenghe Cang in Tianzhu Ridge, grabbed the horse's head and greeted Kan Lang and Li Guo who were following behind: "Follow the river in the middle all the way forward, it is the Fenghe Cang of the imperial court!" ”

Kan Lang stared at the three rivers for a long time and said happily: "This river is really interesting, how did it diverge here and become three rivers; Can the three rivers still be called the Mur River? ”

Zhao Wenchen laughed and said: "The one that flows to the south is still called the Xiang River, and the one to the north is called the Qixing River; And the middle one is the Tianzhu River, which flows directly to the Tianzhu Ridge Racecourse; We go all the way along the Tianzhu River to Fenghe Cang, which is guarded by the imperial army and the troops of the old general Huyan! ”

Li Guo excitedly drove his horse and was about to march, but saw that Xiao Tzuyong's 300 cavalry Tielin army failed to keep up; Then he reined in his horse's head and looked at Zhao Wenchen and said, "Great official, Cao Suhou's 300 iron horsemen have not followed!" ”。

Zhao Wenchen glanced back, and sure enough, there was no trace of Xiao Tzuyong's 300 Tielin Army; Then he turned his head around the Lang Pavilion and said to Kan Lang: "General Kan, take a few people back to see, Cao Suhou and they are not familiar with life, they may be lost!" ”

Kan Lang was about to turn the horse's head and rush back, but he heard the sound of the horse's hooves of "Da Da" sounding from far and near, and soon, Xiao Tzu Yong's 300 cavalry Tielin Army appeared in front of him......