Chapter 307 The Road to the South (Twenty-Two)

After the Black Diao Army moved to Daliang, several armies stationed in Daliang City were the Black Diao Army, Longwei Army, Iron Cavalry Army, and Bianhe Naval Division. These armies were all firmly in the hands of Hou Dayong.

The Black Eagle Army was so famous that in order to reduce its influence, Hou Dayong reorganized and organized the imperial guards. The 10,000 infantry Black Eagle Army was incorporated into the Longwei Army as a whole. Guo Jiong was the commander of the Longwei Army. The Longwei Army reached 20,000, of which 15,000 were the old army of the Black Eagle Army, and another 5,000 Fengzhou Army. It can be said that the troops are strong and the strength is outstanding.

The 10,000 Jinshan Camp Cavalry was organized into the Iron Cavalry Army, with He Wulang as the commander of the capital, and Wu Jiaqiang as the deputy commander of the capital, and also served as the commander of the Jinshan Camp. Although the Jinshan Camp Cavalry was organized into the Iron Cavalry Army, it was stationed alone outside the city and directly under the command of Hou Dayong. It was actually an independent force. The Iron Cavalry stationed in the city was the imperial guards after a hundred battles. In addition, it added 5,000 Qingzhou soldiers, with a total of about 10,000 people, and its strength should not be underestimated.

Zhou Qing was originally the commander of the first battalion of the left wing of the Longwei Army. Now he has been promoted to the commander of the right wing of the Longwei Army. The commander of the Longwei Army, whose main body is the Lingzhou Army. Since all the leaders of the Lingzhou Army were executed, the Black Eagle Army sent many sergeants and old soldiers to the Lingzhou Army, improved equipment, improved living standards, and strictly transformed the Lingzhou Army in accordance with the military discipline and training outline of the Black Eagle Army. In the past few months, the Lingzhou Army, which originally belonged to the border army and had a lot of combat effectiveness, gradually became a bit like the Black Eagle Army.

The Wu family is Zhou Qing's partner, and Zhou Qing's position has always been higher than that of the Wu family. This time, the Wu family brought the Jinshan Camp with ten thousand soldiers and horses to Daliang, which made Zhou Qing envious. At this time, the armies under the Black Diao Army were the most combat-effective army led by Zhou Qing. Zhou Qing, who had always been resourceful, understood that it was not decided today. In addition, the Hou Prime Minister was ambitious, and the wars would definitely be more cruel in the future. Therefore, he did not dare to relax at all and continued to increase training for his troops, which was even more intense than the direct troops of the Black Diao Army.

When the patrol team brought Xiao Wu, Hou Hu and others to the military camp, Zhou Qing happened to be on the training ground.

When Zhou Qingxin heard about the fight and murder in Xicheng District, he was puzzled and said, "Since it is a fight and murder, just send it to Kaifeng Mansion. Could it be that there is any hidden truth?"

The leader of the team is a veteran of the Black Eagle Army Lion Camp. He has always been Zhou Qing's subordinate. He has always admired Zhou Qing's wisdom. Seeing that Zhou Qing revealed his secret, he laughed and said, "The murderer is a young and a half-boy, and a child. He actually injured two people with a flying knife. It's really a disaster. The murderer said he was a brother of the generals, so I took them back to the military camp."

When Zhou Qing heard this, he felt a move. He had accidentally seen Hou Hu playing a flying knife in the side courtyard in the Hou Mansion. Although Hou Hu was young, his flying knife skills were really good. He stood by and watched for a while, and praised "Jiangmen Huzi" in his heart. At this time, he heard a child hurting someone with a flying knife and saying that he knew him. The first intuition he thought of Hou Hu and said, "Bring these people here."

The soldiers came with a few people. As Zhou Qing expected, it was Hou Hu, and he also knew the other person, Du Gang's apprentice Xiaohu.

Zhou Qing has experienced many wars. He is smart and meticulous and very calm in his work. He is not in a hurry to recognize Hou Hu and Xiao Wu, and said, "Take these two people into the tent, I want to ask questions alone."

Xiao Wu and Hou Hu are one of the oldest children and the other are children, but both have unusual experiences. Compared with their peers, they are much more mature in their minds. When they arrived at the military camp, they did not recognize each other when they saw Zhou Qing. Xiao Wu and Hou Hu looked at each other, and they were not in a hurry to reveal their identities.

Xiao Wu and Hou Hu were waiting in another camp for a while, and Zhou Qing entered the camp. Xiao Wu immediately stood up and saluted Zhou Qing. Zhou Qing had a blue face, and without saying a word, kicked Xiao Wu to the ground and cursed: "Your master praised you in front of me several times, but who knows that the name is not true? If you hurt Shaolang, see how you explain to Hou."

When Hou Hu saw Xiao Wu being beaten, he jumped up and said, "General Zhou, it's not about Brother Xiao Wu's business. I pester Brother Xiao Wu to the street to play, and my mother also knows about this."

Zhou Qing scolded Xiao Wu again angrily, and then he stopped angry, and then asked Xiao Wu: "What are the origins of these people and why do they fight with you?"

Xiao Wu told the story and said: "In the past, Xicheng District was Lao Liutou's territory. These people didn't take Lao Liutou's territory at all. They were domineering on Lao Liutou's territory. They thought they had some origins. Moreover, they were very experienced in fighting in groups and were not like ordinary hooligans."

Although Hou Dayong controlled the situation in Daliang, the city was still undercurrents. The Southern Tang, Western Shu, Northern Han and many towns all had activities in the city. The Xinlingzhou Army, where Zhou Qing controlled, specially cooperated with Kaifeng Prefecture to maintain social order. Therefore, when he heard Xiao Wu's narrative, he patted Xiao Wu on the shoulder and left a big tent.

Zhou Qing smiled on his face and walked to the two people who were caught. Without saying a word, he reached out and touched their palms, and then asked, "Who are you two?"

The man who was injured by a flying knife on his face said pitifully: "General, we are just having fun in Xicheng District. It is really unlucky to offend two young masters." Another nodded and said: "We will never dare to make money in Xicheng again. We will find a small business to do so and can support the family."

Zhou Qing has always been famous for his wit and carefulness in the lion camp. When he saw the two of them being taken to the military camp, he kept saying good things, but he was not afraid of his expression. He also had dark faces, strong bodies, thick calluses on his palms, and his expression and temperament had a hint of the heroes of the world, which was obviously different from ordinary scoundrels in the city.

"Since I have regretted it, it's not difficult for me to make a living for you." Zhou Qing said this and said casually: "It seems that you haven't been to Daliang for a long time, but there are no suitable ways. I can help you."

A man bowed and said, "It's not a matter of trouble for the general. The young man once followed his father to do business and knew some ways to make a living. Although he had just arrived in Daliang, there were many people in the city and were easy to do business. The young man also had a good profit in doing some small businesses."

This sentence means that the two are outsiders.

Just after the two men looked relaxed, Zhou Qing, who was originally kind, suddenly changed his face and said, "You are so bold. You dare to go to Daliang City to attack the family of the court ministers and drag me out and give me twenty whips."

The two men were pressed to the ground by a soldier who was like a wolf and a tiger, and whipped down. Their skin was so broken that they were dragged to the front of Zhou Qing's tent, both men gritted their teeth and glared at Zhou Qing.

Zhou Qing said murderously: "Who are you? If you tell the truth, you can spare you even if you don't die. If you want to lie to me, next year will be your day of worship." The man who was injured by a flying knife on his face raised his head and said: "We are just fighting in Xicheng District. We will not die until we die. If we are beaten with a whip, we can atone for our sins. Under the bright world, you will openly violate the "Zhou Law" established by the late emperor and will not be blindly watched." Zhou Qing said, "Ha, ha" and said: "Silly pig, generals need reasons to kill people, let alone killing you like you, and the following are offending the thieves in the upper realm."

"Separate them and lock them up after dark. If they don't tell the calendar, they will behead them." Zhou Qing said coldly again: "Whoever tells the calendar first can save a life."

After issuing this order, Zhou Qing left with a slightest sleeve.

Zhou Qing returned to Xiaowu and Hou Hu's tent. He smiled at Hou Hu and said, "Is Shaolang's flying knife good?" Hou Hu touched his head with some embarrassment. He said, "What's this? My master is a master of flying knife. Once, we were resting in the mountains. A big mountain bear suddenly rushed over. The distance was too close. The master didn't have time to take the bow and arrow, so he even used two flying knives to shoot the big mountain bear's eyes blind."

"It's really so harmful." Zhou Qing pointed to a bull's head hanging in the tent and said, "Shaolang, since the master's fate is so harmful, my disciple must be not weak. Can I stab the cow's eyes?" It's easy to use a flying knife to a bull's head, but it's not that easy to shoot the cow's eyes accurately. Zhou Qing had a difficult problem because he wanted to see Hou Hu's ability.

Seeing that Zhou Qing was in high spirits, Hou Hu took out the last flying knife on his body, waved his left hand, and the flying knife thrust onto the bull's head with a thunderous sound, but it was about an inch different from the bull's eyes. Hou Hu saw that he didn't shoot the bull's head. He said a little depressedly: "I'll shoot again. It will definitely work."

A personal guard walked in with a plate, with a bag inside and two flying knives. Zhou Qing really liked the little guy who refused to admit defeat and said, "Shaolang, the flying knives are your land, and the bag is a gift for you."

These three flying knives were all suddenly sent by the archery place. Hou Hu always brought them close to him. When he and his mother Ajige were captured by the Khitans, because Hou Hu was too young, the Khitans did not search. Hou Hu brought the three flying knives to Daliang City. At this time, the flying knives were lost and regained their lives. Hou Hu jumped up with joy. He did not look at what was in the bag. He took the flying knives and looked at the bull's head intently. With a "bang", the flying knives were stabbed upright on the bull's eyes. Hou Hu looked at Zhou Qing proudly, and at this time he couldn't help but open the bag and glanced at it. It was full of sugar inside.

When Xiao Wu and Hou Hu left, they heard a sharp scream from the tent.

Zhou Qing detained the two men separately. After whipping them according to the method taught by Hou Dayong, a lot of blood was shed. In this way, the prisoner must be weak and thirsty, and then he conducted an uninterrupted fatigue interrogation throughout the day. By the afternoon of the next day, the man with a wounded face was already in a daze and finally revealed his identity.

"Xiaohu really has a kindness, it is worthy of being my son." Hou Dayong heard Zhou Qing's report. Although he knew that Xiaohu was a little wild, he did not expect that he would not fear the powerful enemy when facing the enemy. He praised Xiaohu and immediately asked: "These people are private salt dealers in Zhongmu County. What did they come to Daliang for? How many people are there?"

The leader of the Zhongmu private salt dealer is Wu Qilang, who was conquered by Hou Dayong. He had already replaced the position of the Zhongmu private salt boss Baren, and the Black Eagle Army secretly supported him, so he soon became the largest private salt dealer in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and his wealth accumulation speed was amazing.
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