Chao Yong and his party stopped in Xiazhou for a day, then entered Shaanxi Road along the Wuding River, and then crossed Jingxi Road to Tokyo.
After entering Shaanxi Road, every time you pass a village, there will be people lining the road to say goodbye. Many people even come from tens of miles away to watch the prince descending from heaven and the elite soldiers and generals who wiped out Xixia.
When the army entered Yan'an Prefecture, news came from Hedong that the army conquering Tian Hu encountered resistance in Xiangyuan of Longde Prefecture.
After the news of Chao Yong's annihilation of Xixia spread back to Tokyo, the resting generals in Tokyo began to seek war. In addition, after Tian Hu occupied Hedong, he raised the prices of salt and coal in order to raise military rations, which made everyone in Daliang lose their patience. So Chao Gai ordered Han Cunbao, Guan Sheng, Hua Rong, Shi Wengong, and Qin Ming to conquer Tian Hu with fifty thousand men.
The army and the prince wiped out the power of Xixia. As soon as they set off for the expedition, Huaizhou and Weizhou surrendered with their entire city. Zezhou, where Tian Hu's pseudo-privy envoy Niu Wenzhong arrived, encountered resistance. However, with the great power of Shi Wengong and Hua Rong, Zezhou was easily defeated.
Then the army divided into three groups. Han Cunbao led his troops to the west and marched into Jiangzhou and Hehezhou to seize the salt pond production area. Guan Sheng, Hua Rong, Shi Wengong and Qin Ming went all the way north to attack Longde Mansion. Guan Sheng surrendered Tang Bin and Wen from Baodu Mountain. Zhong Rong and Cui Ye captured Hu Pass and opened the road to Longde Mansion. The army besieged Longde Mansion, used gunpowder to break the city, and captured Longde Mansion.
He was about to continue his march north to attack Wei Sheng's army, but was blocked by reinforcements sent by Tian Hu in Xiangyuan. One of the female generals, Qiong Ying, flew rocks and hit people, injuring dozens of generals.
Chao Yong heard that the army was blocked and immediately asked his soldiers to escort Li Renai and others back to Beijing. Chao Yong led Wu Song's troops to march eastward and crossed the Yellow River from Yonghe Pass. The officials and people of Xizhou were forced to surrender only because of Tian Hu's thieves. When they learned that the Prince of Daliang was leading troops into the country, the soldiers and civilians in the city kidnapped the generals and surrendered.
Jinzhou is guarded by Tian Biao, Tian Hu¡¯s third brother. When Tian Biao learned that Daliang troops were coming to attack, he organized his troops and guarded the Shaanxi Road. The news that Prince Daliang had wiped out Xixia and that the main division had returned to the court had spread throughout the world.
Tian Biao guards Jinzhou. Tian Bao guards Fenzhou and guards the west side of Weisheng.
Weisheng was Tian Hu's home base. All the money and food Tian Hu looted in Hedong was hidden in Weisheng. In addition, Weisheng was in a dangerous location and the brothers had been running it for many years. Therefore, after Tian Hu captured Taiyuan Prefecture, he did not move the puppet capital there. Go to Taiyuan.
When Tian Biao learned that Chao Yong was crossing the river with his army and that the officials and people of Xizhou had surrendered the city, he prepared to hold on. But later we found out that Chao Yong could only lead 10,000 troops. He did not attack Jinzhou, but wanted to cross Jinzhou and go to Longde Mansion to join the Daliang army. He became excited again and led his fierce generals Feng Xiang and Wang Yuan to pursue them with 20,000 troops.
Tian Biao's troops caught up with Chao Yong's army in Hechuan. The two armies faced each other.
Fengxiang then came out of the battle and shouted: "You Liangshan grass bandits dare to invade our Hedong territory. Grandpa must let you know how powerful the heroes of Hedong are."
When Zhang Qing heard that there was a female general who could throw stones and hit people, he was very excited. He was about to rush his army to Xiangyuan to meet the female general. Look at Tian Biao leading his troops to chase him. Fengxiang said something rude again, so he immediately hit the horse to get Fengxiang.
When Feng Xiang saw Zhang Qing coming out of the formation, he raised his sword and came to fetch Zhang Qing.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Qing picked up a flying stone and immediately knocked Feng Xiang off his horse.
Tian Biao was unwilling to admit defeat. Several more generals and assistants were sent, but they could not fight for more than a few rounds and were knocked off their horses by Zhang Qing.
Li Kui saw Zhang Qing winning one after another, but Tian Biao had no one on his side. Immediately shouted and rushed forward to kill.
Chao Yong saw that Li Kui had already fought his way out of the formation. He also ordered the entire army to cover up and kill him.
Tian Biao's tribe had been defeated by Zhang Qing, and most of his subordinates were a mob, but Wu Song's tribe came with the power to wipe out Xixia. After fighting for only half an hour, the whole army was defeated.
Tian Biao did not dare to return to Jinzhou and fled to Weisheng with the remaining defeated generals.
Chao Yong led his troops to pursue him for several miles, then he also gathered his troops and came to Longde Mansion.
Within a few days, we arrived at Longde Mansion.
When Guan Sheng, Hua Rong, and Shi Wengong of Longde Mansion learned that Chao Yong had arrived with his troops, they immediately went out of the city to greet him.
Chao Yong saw that the three of them were unhappy and couldn't help but smile: "Victory and defeat are common matters for military officers. What's more, you have already captured Zezhou and Longde Mansion, so it can't be considered a failure."
Hua Rong frowned and said: "The previous battles were all victorious and defeated. It was just that there were many mountains near Xiangyuan and we were not familiar with the terrain, so we were temporarily blocked. It's just that Qin Ming was impatient. Yesterday he went to fight Qiongying, but Qiongying knocked him down with a stone. , Captured alive. Since I raised my army in Daliang, I have never lost a captain of ten thousand, so I am not happy to wait. "
Chao Yong thought Qin Ming was on the front line or injured, and was surprised to hear that Qin Ming was captured.
Li Kui shouted carelessly: "Catch it, catch it, we are here, we can catch the girl and rescue Qin Ming. If you follow my words, you should chop it with an axe."Female doll. It's just that Zhang Qing was thinking about the girl along the way, which made it difficult for me to do anything. "
Hearing this, Zhang Qing couldn't help but blush on his face and said: "Tieniu, don't talk nonsense, I just want to see her skill of flying rocks and hitting people, and learn from each other, but I have no other thoughts."
Li Kui smiled and said, "That's good. With your rock-flying skills, you will definitely be able to catch her. Then you will be reluctant to take action, so I will chop her with an ax for you."
Everyone couldn't help but laugh when Li Kui made a fool of him.
Xiangyuan also received news that Prince Daliang had led his troops. At this time, Xiangyuan was led by Uncle Wu Li, and the most powerful general among them was Uncle Wu Li's daughter Qiongying.
That Qiongying was only sixteen years old, a virgin with a flowery appearance, but she was not Wu Li¡¯s biological child.
Her ancestral surname is Qiu, her father¡¯s name is Shen, her ancestral home is Jiexiu County, Fenyang Prefecture, and her place name is Mianshang. Qiu Shen was quite wealthy, but he was already fifty years old and had no heirs. He was also widowed, so he married Song Youlie's daughter from Pingyao County as his stepmother, and gave birth to Qiongying.
When Qiong Ying was ten years old, Song Youlie died. The Song family immediately went with her husband Qiu Shen to attend the funeral of her father.
Pingyao is a neighboring county to Jiexiu, more than seventy miles away. Since the Song family had a long way to go, they left Qiongying at home and asked the supervisor Ye Qing and his wife to take care of the waiters. When the couple was walking halfway, a group of strong men stood out, killed Qiu Shen, drove away the villagers, and took the Song family captive.
The banker fled back and reported to Ye Qing. Although Ye Qing is a supervisor, he has some loyalty and is also able to hold a sedan chair. His wife, An, was quite cautious. At that moment, Ye Qing reported to the enemy's relatives and reported the lawsuit to capture the strongman; at the same time, he buried the body of the head of the family.
The Qiu family members decided to appoint one person from the clan to inherit the family business. Ye Qing and his wife, An, have two children. Take care of the young mistress Qiongying.
More than a year later, when Tian Hu made a rebellion and gained great victory, he sent Wu Li to divide his troops and plunder them, and went to Jiexiu Mianshang to plunder the wealth and men and women. The Qiu family's heir was killed by the rebels. Ye Qing and his wife, as well as Qiong Ying's daughter, were all taken captive.
Wu Li also had no heirs. Seeing Qiong Ying's beautiful features, he was attracted to meet his wife Ni.
Mrs. Ni has never given birth. As soon as he saw Qiongying, he fell in love with him very much, as if he were his own child.
Qiongying has been smart and smart since she was a child. It is expected that she will not be able to escape here, and she has no relatives. When she sees that Mrs. Ni loves him. Then he told Mrs. Ni to ask Wu Li for Ye Qing's wife An to come in. Therefore, An had to sit and sleep with Qiongying.
When Ye Qing was kidnapped, he wanted to escape, but he thought Qiong Ying was young. The head of the house and the mistress only have this little bit of flesh and blood. If he were to die, he would not know whether he would live or die. Fortunately, my wife is there. If there is a chance, we can escape every trouble with him. The head of the family died under Jiuquan, with his eyes closed, so he had no choice but to follow Wu Li.
After meritorious service in the battle, Wu Li returned the An family to Ye Qing. From then on, An had to go to the commander's mansion to deliver news to Qiongying. Wu Li also played Tian Hu and made Ye Qing the general manager.
Ye Qing was sent by Wu Li to Shishi Mountain to collect wood and stones.
The sergeant under his command pointed down the hill: "Here is a beautiful stone, white as frost and snow, without a single flaw." The natives wanted to take it, but there was a thunderbolt, which killed several quarrymen. Fang Xing. Therefore, people are warning each other and dare not approach him. "
Ye Qing heard that when the sergeant went to the foot of the hill to look at it, everyone shouted, "Strange! Shiwu is just a piece of white stone, but why did it turn into the remains of a woman?"
Ye Qing stepped forward and took a closer look. It was so strange that it turned out to be the body of his mistress Song. The face was life-like, but the damage to the head and face looked like she had been killed by falling from a hill.
Ye Qing was surprised and wept. He was paying no attention to the situation, but there was a soldier in his headquarters. He was originally a horseman under Tian Hu. He immediately detailed the reasons why the Song family was kidnapped and died: "In the past, King Chu During the time of the war, he captured this woman in Jiexiu, intending to make her his wife. The woman coaxed the king to let him go, and when he got there, he was knocked down by the king and killed. When I saw him hit and killed, I asked me to go down and strip him of his clothes and jewelry. It was the young man who helped him get on his horse, and it was the young man who stripped him of his clothes. I recognized his face carefully and it was definitely him. It had been more than three years since he was dead. How could he be so naked? In a good way?"
After Ye Qing heard this, all the endless tears fell in his stomach, and he said to the sergeant: "I recognize her well, but she is the daughter of my old neighbor Song Lao."
Ye Qing ordered the sergeant to pick up earth to cover it. When he came to look at it, it was still a white stone. Everyone was very surprised and sighed, and went to do the work of quarrying stones.
After the matter was over, Ye Qing returned to Weisheng, killed Tian Hu and Qiu Shen, captured the Song family, and taught the An family secrets and Qiong Ying what happened.
When Qiongying heard the news, she felt like a thousand arrows were gathering in her heart. She cried day and night with tears streaming down her face, thinking of avenging her parents and never forgetting it. From then on, every night when I closed my eyes, I would see the man of God saying, "You want to avenge your parents, so I will teach you martial arts."
Qiongying has a clever mind and always remembers it, so he quietly took a stick, fastened the door, and practiced in the room. Since then, he has become proficient in martial arts.
Occasionally one day, Qiongying was sleeping on the table. She heard a gust of wind passing by and felt a strange fragrance. Suddenly I saw a scholar wearing a folded kerchief, and he led a young general in Yuanpao to teach Qiong Ying how to fly stones.
The next day, Qiong Ying still remembered how to fly stones, so he picked up a round stone like an egg against the wall. He didn't know the height, and tried to hit the owl's tail on the ridge of the bedroom. As he was hitting it, there was a loud sound, and the owl was thrown away. The tail was smashed into pieces and thrown to the ground. But Ni was alarmed and came to inquire.
Naturally, Qiongying did not dare to say that she wanted to avenge her parents, so she said vaguely: "The god in the night dream said: Your father is a prince, and I have come to teach you the strange martial arts to help your father succeed. Now try to fly the pebbles away. , I don¡¯t want to hit the owl¡¯s tail.¡±
Mrs. Ni was surprised and told Wu Li what he said. How could Wu Li believe it? He immediately called Qiong Ying to ask, and then tested him with knives, swords, halberds, sticks, sticks, forks, and palladium. Sure enough, he was proficient in everything. There is also a method of flying stones, which can hit the target with perfect accuracy.
Wu Li was shocked and thought: "I am really blessed, God has given me someone to help me." So he taught Qiong Ying all day long, galloping and testing swords.
Later, the Wu Li family spread the news about Qiong Ying's methods, which aroused the people in Wei Sheng City and called Qiong Ying "Qiong Yadong". (To be continued)