Chapter 109 Meet on the Narrow Road
Song Qing never asks about the process, as long as the result. He now only cares about the horses and armor. As for Yeluzi's life or death, it has nothing to do with him.
Soon, Gao Jin and Cao Zheng sent a list to Song Qing.
After further comparison and verification, Song Qing and Cao Zheng finally finalized a detailed road map.
This road map can be said to be shocking. It contains officials who were bought by the Liao people in various states, including magistrates, generals, and even some city gate officials. It can be seen that the Liao people have begun to infiltrated the Central Plains a long time ago, otherwise it would have been impossible to buy so many suitable people in such a short time.
Although the road map came out, Song Qing's heart was not relieved. The post station in the Central Plains is not as easy to control as on the Shandong Peninsula. In order to avoid exposure, Liang Shan secretly copied a copy of the secret performance of the Bazhou jiedushi and sent the original out.
According to time calculation, when Song Qing received the secret report and took countermeasures, the court should also receive the news.
How big is it for the border generals to have an affair with the enemy? Moreover, there are also the shortage of war horses of the Song army, so the court will soon have a reaction. First, it is to solve Tian Xingfang, and the other is to detain this batch of war horses of unknown origin.
Therefore, Song Qing is now racing at the same time. He must transport this batch of horses and armor before the special envoy of the imperial court arrives. Otherwise, it is likely to abandon all the previous achievements.
After studying with Wu Yong and others, it was decided that Cao Zheng would personally lead the team and Gao Jin was the deputy. The two led 2,000 brothers to go to the Xin'an army station in batches.
War horses and other materials should still be controlled by the Liao people, but this is no longer a problem. Yeluqi has been tortured and has already recruited all the contact methods.
In addition, Yeluqi also recruited what Song Qing didn't expect, that is, Yeluqi had something to hide from him. Although the armor is real, there are not so many war horses at all. Try to imagine that most of the territory of Liao has been controlled by the golden soldiers. Did Yeluqi still go there to get so many war horses?
According to Yeluqi, there are only more than 3,000 of these war horses. Originally, he had already thought that if Song Qing promised to send troops, he would tell Song Qing that this was just a prior, and the rest of the war horses would be delivered one after another.
I didn't expect Song Qing to give him a chance to lie at all.
No matter 3,000 or 10,000, Song Qing can't let go, not to mention the batch of Xixia armor he needs most.
Song Qing asked Cao Zheng to pass the order to all the internal guards outside and be sure to cooperate with this mission.
At the same time, Song Qing led 20,000 people with Lin Chong and Hua Rong, went down the mountain at night and stationed on the front line of Pingyin and Yucheng, responsible for receiving Cao Zheng and others.
Yucheng is still under the jurisdiction of Qizhou, but Song Qing can't take care of so much. Let's talk about reasonable things later. It's true to get things first.
For a while, the wind surged inside and outside Liangshan, and another big move began after Song Qing sent troops to the Shandong Peninsula.
I guess Yeluqi will regret it now. Song Qing is too unmany to play cards. Is there anyone who gives you a gift to ask for help like this?
Falling into the pit, robbing in the fire, unkindness and injustice... Yeluqi now doesn't know what words to use to describe this bandit leader.
When your strength is not good, you should keep a low profile. After strength is strong, then speak with strength. Whoever has a strong fist makes sense. History has always belonged to the winner.
Song Qing will not care what others say. Now as long as it is beneficial to Liang Shan's development, he will do it.
While the people in Liangshan went down the mountain, there was also a group of people in the capital galloping towards Bazhou. They were the emergency team led by Zhao Huan's capable man He Yunlong. Their task was to take Tian Xingfang and intercept the batch of horses.
As Song Qing often said, if you always treat others as a fool, then you are a fool.
Although there was something wrong with the old emperor's brain, the court was not all fools. After receiving the urgent report from the governor of Bazhou, they attached great importance to it and immediately sent the letter to the prince who was trusted by the old emperor.
Zhao Huan was surprised to see the urgent report. What surprised him was not only the betrayal of the general, but also the whereor of this group of war horses. Who has such a big appetite to swallow such a large number of horses?
His first idea was Tianhu, Hebei, but he immediately denied it.
Liangshan's spy is powerful, and the spies of the imperial court are also not cooked, especially on the border of Liao and Song dynasties. Due to the perpetual hostility, the imperial court has the largest number of spies here.
So the court had already known who Tian Hu's* was, and Zhao Huan concluded that this group of war horses was not for Tian Hu.
So his eyes couldn't help looking at Liangshan.
Song Qing's behavior on the Shandong Peninsula has long been reported to the capital. Although the court has nothing to do with him for the time being, it is not unprepared. A lot of secret whistles were also sent, so the news of Song Qing's return to Liangshan was also sent to Zhao Huan.
Zhao Huan is also a person who knows Song Qing. Through these contacts, he has been deeply wary of Song Qing, especially Song Qing's actions in Shandong Peninsula, which aggravates Zhao Huan's sense of crisis.
Although there is no direct evidence that this group of war horses were given to Liang Shan, as soon as Song Qing returned to Liangshan, a large number of war horses appeared on the border. If they had nothing to do with Song Qing, they would not believe Zhao Huan's death.
So Zhao Huan knew that he must not let this group of horses fall into Liangshan's hands again. Now Liangshan's people and horses are no longer invincible. Then he organize powerful cavalry for them. Maybe Song Qing will also play a trick of wearing an imperial robe. Will there be a place for his Zhao family at that time?
After receiving the news, Zhao Huan did not delay for a moment and immediately went to the palace to ask his father for an order, and He Yunlong, a trusted cron, had full authority to deal with the matter.
The old emperor rarely gave the military and political power around Bazhou to the prince. His purpose is also only one, that is, he must not let Liangshan get these war horses.
As Zhao Huan's most powerful subordinate, He Yunlong knew that the prince was afraid of Liang Shan and Song Qing, so after receiving the order, he immediately got up and rushed to Bazhou. In order to ensure the successful completion of this task, He Yunlong had only a dozen soldiers around him in addition to the emperor's secret decree. Confidentiality can be said to be the ultimate.
However, it was He Yunlong's carefulness that made the Liangshan spies waiting at the post station not stop them.
He Yunlong took his men all the way to change horses and went all the way to Jizhou. The group, including himself, really couldn't hold on, so they casually found an inn to rest.
He Yunlong told his men that he could only rest for one night and continue to travel at dawn.
These soldiers were so tired that they lay down after a hasty meal.
Although He Yunlong was also tired, he was not sleepy at all. When he first left Beijing, he was thinking about how to successfully complete the task assigned by the prince.
He dealt with Liang Shan and knew the power of Song Qing, so as he walked, he was thinking about how to deal with Song Qing. With his understanding of Song Qing, Song Qing must have sent a response and made a careful deployment.
However, He Yunlong is not too worried about Song Qing's response, because the place he is going to is still under the absolute control of the imperial court, especially in the border area, where heavy troops of the imperial court are stationed. Even if he can't reach Bazhou before the Liangshan people, it doesn't matter. As long as he arrives at Hejian Mansion, he will show the court to the general. Ting's troop dispatch order, and then block all the passages to the south of Bazhou, so that Liang Shan wants to go south with his war horse has become an infatuated dream.
But this can't be finished. Song Qing fooled the prince several times. If he couldn't make this tone for the prince, how could he be worthy of the prince's kindness?
So this time, not only to smash Song Qing's conspiracy, but also to make him suffer a big loss, so that he knows that the court is not all fools.
After planning for a while, the shrewd He Yunlong also fell asleep. After all, he was not iron. Only when he had a good rest could he be energetic.
In the other room of this inn, there is an old man and a young man.
Old roe-headed rat eyes, sharp-mouthed monkey cheeks, young thick eyebrows and big eyes, tiger head and tiger brain. But it is Shiqian and Lu Jianping's master and apprentice.
Song Qing sent a large number of people for this batch of horses and armor. Of course, people like Shi Qian can't afford to be idle, and at the same time, they also want to take their apprentices to practice. So leaving the others aside, the two acted alone.
Jizhou is not the main channel from Bazhou to the south, but out of the idea of experienced apprentices, Shiqian brought Lu Jianping here. But I didn't expect to meet He Yunlong and his party.
Shiqian didn't know He Yunlong, but he could see their official status at a glance.
Shi Qian knew that Liang Shan had mobilized for this batch of horses and armor, and at this time, the officials from the capital were obviously coming for this matter.
Shi Qian's strength is not killing, so he didn't want to leave all these people behind, but if they leave like this, isn't it true to Song Qing's instructions?
This is the best live performance for apprenticeship. Shi Qian began to teach his apprentices how to step on, hide, how to do it, etc. in the room.
Lu Jianping is naturally good at martial arts and especially likes the light kung fu of Shiqian. Although it is almost impossible to practice the extent of Shiqian, young people are very active, especially with Liangshan heroes, which can make him spend every day in excitement. Now I can't help being excited about the official.
"Master, I remember what you told me. Let me do it this time! I guarantee that I won't lose face"
Although the apprentice's heart is hot, Shi Qian's head is very clear. He has seen that these people have extraordinary skills. The apprentice's mistakes are small. In case of being caught, he is likely to be unpreserving, so he only intends to let Lu Jian practice, but will not let him take action.
patted Lu Jianping's head and scolded with a smile, "Little rabbit, you can't stand it after learning for a few days? Stop for me and see how to show you as a teacher.
After saying that, Shi Qian suddenly felt something and listened to it sideways, and then couldn't help saying to himself, "Strange, it's so late, why is there still someone coming?"
The time was not long. Sure enough, there was a sound of footsteps in the yard. About a dozen people, led by the staff, came to the cross-yard where they lived.