Yunzhou City was surrounded by Liu Wushan.

Liu Wushan's management of the army at this time was abnormal, no longer lenient, but strict.

In the city, Ma Yinshan went out of battle and fought with Liu Wushan's general Li Huashan, and defeated Li Huashan desperately.

Liu Wushan sent Huang Shaoshan to beat him again. and defeated him with all his might.

Liu Wushan sent Cai Songshan to fight again. After the battle reached 30 times, Li Huashan and Huang Shaoshan were called up, and the three mountains started a wheel war against one mountain.

They are all brothers in the past, the same eighteen mountain gods, Ma Yunshan felt so boring, so he was defeated.

The three mountains still have the old feelings. In addition, Ma Yunshan has been the commander of Li Shidao's guard brigade for many years, in addition to his high prestige, his martial arts are also good, so no one beats him to death, and no one desperately chases him.

But Liu Wushan was unceremonious, the fire attack was used, the city gate was burned, and the army rushed into Yunzhou.

Ma Yunshan and other guards were rushed to pieces, and they were forced to fight by Li Huashan, Huang Shaoshan, and Cai Songshan.

Liu Wushan rushed into Li Shidao's back mansion, captured Li Shidao and his two sons, and cut off all their heads and sent them to the imperial court.

Therefore, Liu Wushan has been in the ascendancy since then, and he was named the king of the county at the beginning, and now he is on the same level as the prime minister.

Ma Yunshan was given several orders to him because of the protector and Xue Ping arrived, according to the army. From the deputy lieutenant of Zhaowu under the sixth grade, he was demoted to the deputy lieutenant of Renyong from the ninth grade, and he was the main commander of the army, and he was appointed as the team leader. It is said that Xue Ping did not kill him for the sake of stability, and basically kept his fame, which is already very good.

However, since then, Ma Yinshan has been in the army, looking for all stubble, accusing Sang and scolding Huai to attack Xue Ping's governance. is also the god of the eighteen mountains, Xia gave his life to the mountain in vain, and Liu Wushan, who was a person, became a feudal official in the blink of an eye. All this inspired him not to rebel, and the court will definitely ignore us and not treat us as old men.

In addition to the four mountain gods who died in Lutun at the canal wharf, Xia Zhuoshan was beheaded by Wei Bo's army, Li Shushan ran away, and four of them served in the Yicheng Army and three of them served Liu Wushan. Among the eighteen mountain gods, plus themselves, there are four others who remain in the Pinglu army.

Liu Wushan won the position of county king and prime minister with three mountains in his hands, and he also guarded the three mountains, why can't he?

On the front line of Dizhou, because the assassin Wang Ji was not enough to meet the military needs, the sergeant fled at night. As soon as Li Shushan ran, the three mountains left behind were Cao Jin Mountain, Ganci Mountain, and Cen Shou Mountain, although the grade was higher than his own, but he had no idea to discuss with Ma Yin Mountain where to go.

Ma Yunshan sent the story of Liu Wushan to incite Cao, Gan, and Cen.

Then he said: "Today's feudal towns, all of them started as rebels. The emperor of the Tang Dynasty was too busy to take care of himself, and wherever he had money and grain to collect, he pushed the boat down the river and officially sealed it. Liu Wushan brought Li Huashan, Huang Shaoshan, and Cai Songshan brothers to the county king and prime minister. I'm waiting for something worse than them. ”

And then point by point, provoke the fighting spirit.

Cao Cao, the ancestor of Brother Cao, the word Mengde, attacked Dong Zhuo, defeated Yuan Shao, captured Lu Bu, destroyed Yuan Shu, chased Liu Bei, Zhen Sun Quan, and conquered Wuhuan, and there was a wide northern country, laying the Wei country, what a hero.

Brother Gan's ancestor Gan Ning, the word Xingba, confronted Guan Yu, fought against Zhang Liao, Jiangbiao's Huchen, General Feng Zhichong, General Wu Guo, ranked Lü Meng. There is also Ganluo, who entered the prime minister at the age of twelve, assisted the first emperor, and several people can reach it.

Brother Cen ancestor Cen text, the word Jingren, Botong Jingshi, fourteen for his father's grievances, Zuo Xiao milling called the emperor. He also made a decree for the ancestors of the Tang Dynasty and followed Taizong to conquer Liao. Taizong praised: The nature is generous, and the article is rich. There is also Cen Jiazhou, which is both civil and military.

Why don't we take advantage of this defeat and be widely contained. Qingzhou is empty, approaching Xue Ping. It will be able to accomplish eternal deeds. Such a God-given opportunity, there is no such thing as missing out. Listen to my orders, all take the position of Jiezhen and Assassin History, and end up with a wife and a son, the ancestors have light, and there is no difference.

Cao Jinshan's blood was boiling, and he immediately responded, praising it: "The hero sees the same thing, but listens to the general's drive." ”

Gantz Mountain and Cen Shou Mountain admired the five bodies and were willing to obey the order.

So, first under the banner of "looking for Wang Ji and eating white rice", he gathered 7,000 troops in ten days. The plan succeeded, and instead with the slogan of "looking for Xue Ping, asking for rewards and punishments", the soldiers pointed directly at Qingzhou. The whole town of Pinglu was in an uproar.

Qingzhou Zhizhi, Yidu.

In the city, Xue Ping and Xue Tantu were caught off guard by this change. There were only two regiments of guards in the city, and the four brigade commanders were divided into four gates to defend them to the death.

Xue Ping and Wang Lingtong, Mu Yu, Xue Guang, Xue Wenfan and others discussed and designed to resist the enemy.

At this time, Ji Pestle, the eldest brother of Wanglingtong's righteousness, had already been transferred out of Dengzhou Thorn History. He felt that he did not need the might of the army and that it was difficult to protect the political situation. As for the use of soldiers, it is necessary to use a new lineage of troops, and the veterans of Pinglu are basically not used, and the old generals of Pinglu are basically cut off.

Therefore, Wang Lingtong said: "Pinglu soldiers, Ziqing officials, are awarded by the Li family for several generations. Now the horse thief is opposed, once he succeeds, Ziqing will definitely rise up, and it will be difficult to subdue it. And looking for help in the five states of this town, we must wait and see. It is better to raise a huge amount of money to recruit soldiers, only a thousand, and it will definitely be broken. Let's cut the grass and eradicate the roots, and the chaos will be settled. ”

Mu Yu also said: "All over Ziqing, there are no reinforcements. Only on your own. The horse thief was flat, and with the momentum of thunder, all the officials in Ziqing were changed. Since then, from Luoyang to the sea, there is no separation. ”

Xue Ping nodded, and said angrily: "According to what your husband and wife said, Zishu converted my family property and recruited all the soldiers. Gao Zhi went up to the city for me, and supervised the four gates. ”

Wang Lingtong said: "Gao Zhi has a treasury to borrow to recruit troops and pacify the horse thieves. ”

Xue Ping's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Who are you talking about, go and borrow it quickly." ”

"This person is Huazhou Huchezhi. He does good deeds, but evil talks nothing. He has always revered Shangshu. As long as you know that Shangshu is a thief, you will be able to borrow your family assets. "Wang Lingtong knows Hu Zhen's character very well.

"Okay, take my order, go now. Pacify the horse thieves and pay each other with double profits. Xue Ping made a decision.

It was dusk, and Wang Lingtong rode with a fire spirit, put on a helmet and armor, and rushed out of the west gate.

From Yidu to Baima County, it is exactly 800 miles. Fast horses travel an average of 80 miles per hour, arrive in 10 hours, and can return in two days and nights.

The army formation of the deserters of Ma Yin Mountain, Cao Jinshan guarded the west gate, and there were about 1,000 people.

Wanglingtong only has one fire cavalry, how to pass?

Wanglingtong came out of the west gate, and saw from a distance that these deserters were divided into many situations. Some of them are neatly formed and shouting like thunder. Some are staggering, sitting on the ground and talking nonsense. Some gather in a circle, and the game is noisy. Some sit unevenly and have sentry posts.

He called a fire spirit to his side: "Wait for me to send me over, in the village outside the city, waiting for me to turn back." In the event of an enemy attack, the passage was first broken through with six people. Two people are one-on-one, and the other two work together to one. The two of them cut the enemy, and then regained and the third person was killed. Then free up their hands, and the four of them slashed together. Rush forward in turn, and you will be able to pass. ”

When the ten elite horsemen heard the master's conspiracy, they all applauded.

Wang Lingtong knocked the bare-fronted yellow horse and rushed into battle first. Pick up the tiger's head Zhan golden gun, and if you encounter resistance, you will be killed at 18 o'clock on the day of the family heirloom.

Ten horsemen used his strategy to rush and escort Wangling through. Killed more than 70 enemies and rushed out of the enemy formation, without a single casualty among the ten horsemen.

Wanglingtong settled them in Dingjiagang, a ten-mile mountain village outside the city, and gave them two yuan of money to drink and drink. Waiting for the Lord to return, he rushed into the city in the old way.

I found a horse lantern in the village, and traveled day and night to Shatang Village, Baima County. Taking advantage of the faint stars and moonlight in the sky, he didn't stop all night and arrived at Hu Zhen's door.

When Hu Zhen heard this, he was furious.

And he took out all the silver and gold that he could. Because he didn't make up enough whole numbers, he galloped to Baima County and sold more than 20 pieces of Khotanese treasure jade at a low price. In half a day, he made up 50 catties of horseshoe gold, which is 800 taels, and 2,000 taels of silver, which is exactly 10,000 copper coins.

Hu Zhen specially carried gold and silver on his mount and let Wang Lingtong take it away. Wang Lingtong was moved to tears, knelt down upright, and thanked Xue Shangshu for him.

In the afternoon, Wang Lingtong rode a horse, took a horse, and galloped to Yidu.

After traveling 800 miles for 12 hours, I arrived at Dingjiagang, just in the middle of the night.

Wanglingtong called out ten horsemen and paid the house money to the households at three times the price. Taking advantage of the dark night and high wind, he quietly entered Qingzhou City.

As soon as he arrived at the Pinglu Jiedu Embassy, the doorman picked him up and hurriedly took him to the back mansion to knock on the door. Xue Shangshu didn't have time to put on it, his socks hit the ground, and he rushed to greet him.

Wang Lingtong said simply: "Hu Gong, a rare treasure god dealer, was generous and righteous, and took out all the family wealth, and the gold and silver happened to be converted into ten thousand. Don't ask for the return of the book, only ask for the safety of the book. ”

Xue Tantu burst into tears, helped Gao Zhi to sit down, and said, "Hu Gong's righteousness is unparalleled in the world. The town felt deeply disappointed by him, and should come to the door on a different day to repay the emergency. After the thief is leveled, please be rewarded. ”

10,000 guan, what was the concept when I was the emperor of the Tang Dynasty?

White rice is five wen a catty, and you can buy two million catties of rice, which is 16,660 stones. Xue Shangshu's three-grade one-year-old rice is only 440 stones, which is equivalent to more than 260 yuan.

The money that Hu Zhen took out could be used for a year's salary of 38 jiedu envoys, almost covering the wages of the whole day of the Tang Dynasty. The county lieutenant from the ninth grade only has thirty stones a year, which is equivalent to eighteen yuan. It can be financed for 550 county lieutenants for one year.

There is no precedent for the method of recruiting soldiers in our Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty has always implemented the government military system since the Sui Dynasty, combining farming and warfare, and there is no military salary.

Now, Xue Ping plans that anyone who can wear a bronze helmet, wear triple armor, open a twelve-stone bow, a hoge, bring a sword, wrap three days' food, and run a hundred miles in the middle of the dawn solstice, each person will be paid ten yuan a year.

Just Hu Zhen's money can raise a thousand elite soldiers. A soldier gets more than half of the salary of a county lieutenant, which is very tempting.

Therefore, Xue Ping was very moved, except for taking out all his own money, Hu Zhen's money will definitely be able to solve the siege.

The military salary is sufficient, and there is no fear of not being able to recruit elite soldiers. There must be a brave man under the heavy reward, and this is really not bad.

As soon as the news came out, there were a cloud of applicants. After strict selection according to the standards, within three days, 2,000 elite soldiers who could be used to fighting were recruited.

Many of them came sneaking in from deserters. They ran away and then turned back to Qingzhou City. Not only are they elite soldiers who can fight, but they also provide a lot of information about various factions and contradictions in the deserter team of Ma Yin Mountain.

Under such harsh conditions, the soldiers selected were not only very satisfied with Xue Shangshu, but also full of confidence in the soldiers, and they all swore to make the first contribution to Xue Shangshu. The Great War is on the verge of breaking out.

It is the future night, just at the time of Shen, Qingzhou City Pinglu Jiedu Embassy. Xue Shangshu was talking to the ten lieutenants above the regimental level who had been recruited, one by one.

Suddenly, hearing the commotion outside the gate of the mansion, the captain of the gate rushed to report: "The six generals of the Yicheng Army are coming, shouting to see Lord Shangshu." ”

When Xue Ping was employing people, the six generals of the Yicheng Army came, who are they?