Zhe Yanzhi was still waiting for news about Li Muching in Lanzhou. At this time, Niu Gao led an army of 30,000 people into Lanzhou and joined Zhe Yanzhi's army.
Chen Qing chose Niu Gao as his general, largely because Niu Gao was modest and low-key, and had a generous character that did not compete with others. Relatively speaking, generals such as Yang Zaixing and Liu Cui were too sharp and they could not tolerate no merit in battle.
Orihiko was promoted to a high position.
If there is a conflict between the East Route Army and the West Route Army, it will be difficult to cooperate in operations, thus affecting the overall situation.
Therefore, Chen Qing appointed Niu Gao as the commander-in-chief of the East Route Army out of this consideration.
In the military camp, Shao Jichun's two sledgehammers were flying up and down like a red dragon out of the sea. He fought fiercely with Niu Gao for more than thirty rounds. Not only did he not feel weak, but he became more courageous as he fought. Niu Gao was a bit out of control, and he was already defeated.
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Zhe Yanzhi could see it clearly and shouted with a smile: "Retreat the troops!"
"Dang! Dang! Dang! Dang!"
The bell rang and the two horses separated. Niu Gao was panting and said: "Good boy, how about riding and shooting?"
"Young general, you can give it a try!"
Niu Gao waved his hand to the distance, and the soldiers immediately released dozens of sparrows. Niu Gao smiled and said, "I'll give you ten arrows. How many can you shoot down?"
Shao Jichun hung a copper hammer on the saddle, took off his bow and arrows and galloped. His arrows were all in vain. Before the sparrows in the sky could fly far, they were shot to the ground one by one.
He drew out the tenth arrow, leaned back, and shot an arrow at the two sparrows on the flagpole. The two sparrows suddenly felt something, and they flapped their wings and took off at the same time. They flew less than a foot before they were shot by a wolf-fang arrow.
It shot through two bodies and fell from the sky.
A sergeant shouted: "Ten arrows shot down eleven birds, and the last arrow hit two."
Niu Gao came back with his horse, gave Shao Long a thumbs up and said, "Give this child to me! I will lead him to conquer the north and south, and sooner or later he will become a famous general in the world."
Shao Long was very tempted. He certainly hoped that his son could follow Niu Gao and go out to make a living. Zhe Yanzhi was already over sixty years old, so he was more likely to be in charge of one side.
He looked at Orihikozhi again, hoping that Orihikozhi would express his position.
Zheyanzhi smiled and said: "King Yong told me that after this battle, I might be the one to take charge of the Datong area. If nothing happens, I will retire in Datong. I am too old, so Jichun should follow Niudu."
Tong, go out and make a living!"
Shao Long was overjoyed and said to his son Shao Jichun: "Jichun, from now on, you will be Niu Dutong's general, and you will have to rely on your own efforts from now on."
Shao Jichun also liked Niu Gao's generosity as an elder. He hurriedly saluted Niu Gao and said, "For your humble position, please refer to the capital!"
Niu Gao laughed and said, "Good boy, let me use a few tricks next time to save me some face."
"Okay! Next time I will endure it until sixty rounds before defeating Dutong."
Everyone laughed, and Niu Gao couldn't help but laugh and said: "It doesn't matter if you don't give me face. Next time I will take you to see King Yong's martial arts. He has never had a ten-height general. I can last for five rounds at most."
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Shao Jichun listened leisurely and yearningly. He had long heard from his master that Chen Qing and Yue Fei were the only ones with outstanding martial arts skills in the world. When meeting one of them, he must ask for advice.
Niu Gao took a sip of hot tea and asked Shao Long with a smile: "Is martial arts passed down from family to master?"
Shao Long shook his head and said: "My martial arts skills are not good enough to teach a son like this. Not long after I arrived in Lanzhou six years ago, an old Taoist priest in charge of Chun Mountain came down to find me and asked me to hand over my child to him. Jichun
I went up the mountain for five or six years and only came back two months ago."
Niu Gao was surprised and said: "You just trust that old Taoist priest so much that you give the child to him?"
"No, that old Taoist priest showed his hand at that time, which shocked me. He used a copper bow and iron arrows to shoot out the incense fire two hundred steps away. This kind of magical power and this archery skill, I have never heard of it!
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Niu Gao was a little stunned when he heard this, and asked quickly: "I wonder what the name of this old Taoist priest is? How old is he?"
"His name is Chigu Zhenren. He has white hair and a childish face. I don't know how old he is?"
Niu Gao asked Shao Jichun again: "Is your master still in charge of Luan Mountain?"
"Master Chigu is my master. Although he taught me martial arts, it was my master who taught me how to read. The seniority cannot be messed up."
After a pause, Shao Jichun continued: "I will go up the mountain in a while. Master said that my martial arts skills are not strong enough and I need to practice again. I will come back next spring. I beg you all to agree!"
Niu Gao said with a smile: "Your father said that your master is like a god. Do I dare not agree to the god's request? Yes, you can go up the mountain to practice at any time."
At this time, cavalrymen rushed towards them from afar. Zhe Yanzhi said to everyone: "It should be news about Li Muching!"
After a moment, the cavalryman dismounted, knelt down on one knee and reported, "General Li Muching has wiped out all the party members and can attack Fugu County at any time!"
Orihiko asked: "Where is your army?"
"Report to the capital, in Langu County."
"How long does it take you to come from Arashiya County?"
"It will take two days!"
Zhe Yanzhi opened the map and looked at it for a moment and said: "Go and inform your general that the army will march westward, but we cannot rush to attack Fugu County!"
"Follow the order!"
The messenger cavalry got up and left.
Zheyanzhi said to everyone: "It takes one day longer to get to Fugu from here than to Arashi Valley. We will set off tomorrow!"
Niu Gao also said: "No more fish will slip through the net in this encirclement and suppression of the Xixia remnants. I will also lead my army to go with you."
Although the Dangxiang Army was regarded by Wanyan Helisa as one of the 30,000 CCP troops, Brother Richard only agreed on the surface and did not cooperate with any of the CCP troops' operations. He also ignored any of Zhang Zhongfu's requests for reinforcements and stood by the Dangxiang army.
From the military's standpoint, Brother Richard's attitude is understandable.
But this will have a serious side effect, that is, Zhang Zhongfu will not report any military news to Dang Xiangjun. Xinzhou and Fuzhou are hundreds of miles apart. It would be fine if they are remote areas, but they are blocked by heavy mountains.
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As a result, Brother Richard's news was severely delayed. Chitang Pass had been lost, but Brother Richard had no idea and still sent troops to grab wheat in various places according to the original plan.
Last year he grabbed a lot of wheat, which gave him a taste of the sweetness. His only regret was that he sent too few troops and didn't grab much. So during the wheat harvest season this year, Brother Richard sent three armies of 7,000 men.
Grab the wheat.
The risk was very high, and important generals including General Xia Houliang advised him to reduce the risk, that is, to send fewer troops.
But Brother Richard couldn't listen to everyone's advice. On the one hand, he was old and the older he got, the more stubborn he became. On the other hand, he didn't know if there would be another store after passing this village. He could still grab food this year and next year.
Will the Kingdom of Jin still allow him to rob food?
Brother Richard insisted on going his own way and sent out 7,000 men, which was more than half of his entire army.
That evening, Brother Richard finally heard the unfortunate news that the three thousand troops he sent to Linzhou were completely wiped out by the Song army. This was the news brought back by a party soldier who slipped through the net in Linzhou.
This soldier did not follow the main team because of a sprained leg, but he also escaped.
Compared with two years ago, Brother Richard is much older. His hair is gray and senile. He can't straighten his back and needs help to even walk.
But the only thing that remains unchanged is his desire for power. He firmly controls everything about the remaining forces of the party, including the army, wealth, materials, population and government affairs.
After listening to Xia Houliang's report, he sat in a daze on the tall golden chair.
‘The Song army annihilated three thousand party troops in Linzhou’.
The news of less than ten words made him unable to react for a long time. He suddenly asked in horror: "How many people are there in the Song army and where did they come from?"
Xia Houliang bowed and said: "I don't know how many people there are on the other side? Maybe this army is Xiazhou's army, but it may also be coming from Jingzhao? I don't know their intentions, I don't know they are just trying to stop us from robbing us."
Food, do you still want to...or want to destroy us?"
"You don't know anything, so what do you know?" Brother Richard suddenly roared like thunder and roared.