Six hundred and seventieth chapters strangle the road neck
At the end of November, the Yellow River was covered with thick ice, and the cavalry could cross the river on the ice, so the Yellow River no longer became a natural hazard.
The 20,000-strong army led by Yao Jin had been waiting on the north bank of the Yellow River for two days. Yang Xuanying went to Nexiang County two days ago to prepare for the Jin army to capture Nexiang County.
At noon, Yao Jin stood on a high place with his hands behind his hands, looking across the Yellow River. At this time, General Meng Yu stepped forward and whispered: "We know nothing about the other party's situation. Is there a trap here?"
Yao Jin shook his head and said calmly: "This operation is guaranteed by the credibility of the Yang family. It will never be a trap. It should be more difficult to cross the Yellow River, so we must be prepared."
At this moment, a soldier pointed to the river and shouted: "General, there is a person coming on the river!"
Yao Jin immediately said: "It should be that he is back, let's take a look."
Everyone hurried down the mountain and went to the Yellow River to greet him. The person who came had already stepped ashore. It was Yang Xuanying who had gone to Ranxiang County two days ago. He cupped his fists and saluted Yao Jin and said: "The humble war horse has stepped on a horse by the river."
I was trapped in the air and my leg was broken. I have no choice but to walk to the county seat. I wasted time. Please forgive me, general!"
"Understandable. How did things go?"
Yang Xuanying sighed and said: "It's done, but time is very tight. Yang Shan has to be transferred to Pujin Pass and will set off the day after tomorrow. He won't be on duty tomorrow. We only have a chance tonight. I made an appointment with him tonight.
When the time comes, the opportunity will be gone."
Yao Jin asked anxiously: "How long does it take to get to Ranxiang County from here?"
"It takes about half a day to march on horseback."
Yao Jin looked at the sky and saw that it was already afternoon and time was tight. He immediately ordered: "Send the order to the army to pack up and set off immediately!"
The 20,000-strong army quickly packed up. A quarter of an hour later, the 20,000-strong army marched toward the ice of the Yellow River. The ice of the Yellow River was frozen solid, like a huge mirror. The cold was bone-chilling. The soldiers used sleeping bags to cover the belly of the horses
On the package, thick linen was tied to the horse's hooves and stuffed with cotton. The soldiers were wrapped in thick blankets, mounted on their horses, and slowly headed towards the south bank of the Yellow River.
"Master Yang, how will Qiu Jingcheng arrange it? Do you have a plan?" Yao Jin asked Yang Xuanying.
Yang Xuanying smiled and said: "I have asked Yang Shan this question, and he said that he has a plan to use Qiu Jingcheng's weaknesses to get rid of him."
"What is Qiu Jingcheng's weakness?" Yao Jin asked curiously.
Yang Xuanying smiled slightly, "His biggest weakness is his greed for money and lust."
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An hour later, the team crossed the Yellow River, which was more than ten miles wide. It was already dusk. In front of them was a hundred-foot-high slope. The official road was on the slope, and Nuxiang County was ten miles away.
Night fell quietly. The soldiers on duty in Enxiang County tonight were Yang Shan's men. According to Yang Shan's deployment, they firmly controlled the east and west gates.
At the first watch, Yang Shan came to the military camp and found the commander-in-chief Qiu Jingcheng. Qiu Jingcheng had just drank a few glasses of wine and fell asleep. He heard that Yang Shan had something good for him, so he asked his soldiers to bring Yang Shan in.
Yang Shan walked into the room and said with a smile: "There is something to be done to make a fortune, and I don't dare to take it all for myself because of my humble position."
"What good thing?"
Yang Shan glanced at the soldiers next to him. Qiu Jingcheng understood and waved his hand to ask the soldiers to retreat.
Yang Shan lowered his voice and said: "There was a big jeweler from Luoyang who took his concubine and a batch of jewelry to Chang'an, but he died on the way. Now his concubine and his entourage are sending the body of the rich businessman back to Luoyang. Now he is in the county.
I am as beautiful as a flower and have ten boxes of jewels. Is the general interested?"
Qiu Jingcheng's eyes lit up. There was such a good thing. He quickly asked: "Where are they now?"
"To be fair to the general, I have already taken action. Several of my followers have been killed. The concubine and the jewelry are in Yang's house in the east of the city. Is the general interested in taking a look at the goods?"
Qiu Jingcheng was overjoyed and said impatiently: "Let's go take a look at the goods now!"
He bit the word "sex" very hard, and both of them laughed tacitly.
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Qiu Jingcheng followed Yang Shan to the Yang Mansion in the east of the city with more than a dozen soldiers. They entered the mansion and the soldiers were waiting in the atrium. Qiu Jingcheng followed Yang Shan to the inner house and came to a small courtyard. The lights were dimly lit in the room.
Shan smiled and said: "The jewels are in the outer room, the beauty is in the inner room, the general will go to check the quality of the goods first, and the humble minister will wait outside."
Qiu Jingcheng was very happy. He patted Yang Shan on the shoulder and said, "My dear brother, I have a heart. I will repay you later."
"Brother, let's go have a look first! That woman is very delicate, don't scare her."
"I have always been sympathetic to her, so I can't scare her."
Qiu Jingcheng's heart was burning with desire. He opened the door and entered the room. The room was empty. He didn't see any jewelry boxes. When he walked into the back room, he didn't see any beautiful ladies inside. There were only a dozen or so girls dressed in black and holding hands.
Big men with sharp axes surrounded him.
Qiu Jingcheng was shocked. He instinctively reached for the sword at his waist, but found nothing. His sword was not at his side. More than a dozen big men swarmed up and chopped down with their axes. Qiu Jingcheng screamed a few times and then fell silent.
At this time, hundreds of people fired arrows at random on the roof of the nave and on the wall. More than a dozen soldiers were all shot dead, and no one escaped.
Yang Shan immediately ordered the body to be buried, and everything returned to calm, as if nothing had happened.
At two o'clock, 20,000 troops had arrived outside the east city. Yang Xuanying lit three torches and waved them. Yang Shan on the top of the city saw this and ordered the three torches to be waved.
He immediately ordered the city to be opened, and the city gates creaked open. Yao Jin led an army of 20,000 people into Quexiang County.
Yang Xuanwu brought Yang Shan to see Yao Jin. They met with each other and Yao Jin asked: "What is the situation of other troops in the city?"
Yang Shanxing saluted and said: "Reporting to General Yao, the commander-in-chief Qiu Jingcheng has been trapped and killed by me. The weapons depot in the military camp has also been closed down by a humble official. Three thousand soldiers are still asleep. Even if they wake up, they will be empty-handed."
Yao Jin was overjoyed that he had indeed captured Nuxiang County without any blood. He immediately ordered the army to surround the military camp. Three thousand soldiers were awakened from their sleep, and all of them became prisoners of the Jin army.
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Three days later, Yang Hongwei, the head of the Yang family, personally led five thousand troops to surrender to Yao Jin. At this point, Guo Song's army occupied Guozhou without losing a single soldier and cut off Zhu Si's eastward path.
When the news reached Chang'an, Zhu Si panicked and sent people to summon Liu Sigu and Yuan Xiu for discussion.
This news surprised both of them. Yuan Xiu said: "Although the troops of Guo and Song have cut off Tongguan Road, we still have Shangluo Road. I suggest that Your Majesty and the officials move to Luoyang first and take away most of the troops."
, the remaining material wealth will be shipped to Luoyang after spring."
Zhu Si thought of Shangluo Road and felt a little at ease. Seeing Liu Sigu silent in thought, he asked, "What are you thinking about, sir?"
Liu Sigu said slowly: "If Guo Song really wants to trap us, he doesn't need to go to such trouble. He can enter Guanzhong directly from Tongzhou and control Tongguan and Pujinguan. I'm afraid the humble position means that
Guo Song has other intentions."
Yuan Xiu clapped his hands and said: "The military advisor is right. Before, we thought that Guo Song did not want to fight us, and we also believed that he would let us move the capital to Luoyang. Then what was his purpose of capturing Guozhou and cutting off our way to the east?
What?"
Zhu Si was confused when he heard it, and immediately said anxiously: "You two might as well speak frankly, I am a little confused."
Liu Sigu smiled slightly and said: "The humble position means that Guo Song cut off our road to the east. In fact, he wanted to bargain with us. He was like a bandit who occupies the mountain as king and asked us to pay for the road."
"What does he want?" Zhu Si finally understood and couldn't help but feel a little angry.
Liu Sigu shook his head, "I don't know much about my humble position. I have to negotiate with him about this."
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Zhu Si followed Liu Sigu's suggestion and once again sent Zhang Yan, the Minister of Household Affairs, as his special envoy to Taiyuan. Zhu Si wanted to find out the details of Guo Song. How much money did he want to buy the road?
At the same time, Zhu Si began to prepare for the southern tour.
There was also a heavy snowfall in Chang'an, turning the whole city into a snowy world, and the West Market was also covered in heavy snow. However, as the New Year approaches, both the East Market and the West Market are extremely lively, and every household's business is booming, especially the business in the West Market is better.
West Market mainly sells daily necessities, and the goods sold are inseparable from the four major categories of food, clothing, housing and transportation. Every year on New Year's Eve, West Market's business is so good.
The business of the cloth and silk shop in the southeast corner of the West Market is also extremely prosperous. It is the wish of every household to make new clothes for their children during the Chinese New Year. The more than 20 shops in the cloth and silk shop are crowded with people coming to buy cloth.
Baili Cloth Store is the largest cloth store in Chang'an and the largest cloth store in the world. It is actually the merger of four cloth stores. The store alone is eight feet wide and covers an area of seven or eight acres. Every inch of land is precious.
The West Market is simply unimaginable.
Baili Cloth Store's business is the hottest, not only because it is the largest, but also because it has a trump card product that no other store has, and that is cotton.
At noon that day, a sixteen-year-old boy came to the store. He held up a token of a big customer and said to the clerk: "I want to see the shopkeeper Zheng!"
"Hey! It's Young Master Yang."
The waiter recognized him at a glance and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Zheng is here, please come with me!"
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