From the outset, the discussion of where to go from now was divided into three schools of thought.

Yu Qi, the representative of the civil officials (he only returned from the Han envoy), advocated joining forces with Zhao Gou, the generalissimo of the soldiers and horses, Deng Su suggested going to Dengzhou to attach himself to the Han army, and bloody generals such as Wang Yan advocated that they should quickly recruit volunteers into the Beijing division.

Cao Guangbi said in his heart: "If we go south to attach ourselves to the generalissimo of soldiers and horses, we will still be restrained by it, and we will not be able to use our hands and feet." If you go to Dengzhou, I am afraid that only six or seven thousand of these 10,000 people will not obey. Thinking of the words of the planter, he said: "The southeast is a place of stealing, what year and month will it take to come back to fight gold?" We are now a major general, and returning to Bianliang at this time is tantamount to death. If you want to die with one heart, why break through? Now that he has come out, it is natural to keep a useful body for useful things! ”

Wang Yan asked, "Mr. Cao, what do you mean?" ”

Cao Guangbi said: "Although the Jin people have broken through Bianliang, but this is the hinterland of the Central Plains, Zong Han and Zong Wangshi dare not stay for a long time, and they will still go back after getting cheap." I intend to move north and join the Hebei Righteous Army to intercept its way back! This matter is extremely dangerous, I don't know if you dare to obey? ”

Wang Yan and the others said happily: "Kill the enemy to serve the country, how can you be afraid of treachery!" ”

Civil officials may be timid, but at this time, they are not easy to oppose when they are aroused by public opinion.

Deng Su said: "Although we have 10,000 people now, half of them are untrained and unable to fight, and 5,000 soldiers and horses cannot be called elite. Whether it is to block the Jin people or expel Huma, you still have to find a place to recuperate and recuperate. ”

Cao Guangbi said: "The best place to rest, that is, of course, Jiangnan - but can we go there to survive?" Huma is so rampant, we can now retreat from the turtle, but also against the current! People are grinded out, and elites are beaten! If you can't endure hardship, please go back to Jiangnan. Those who dare to stay and share our weal and woe must be prepared to be born and die! ”

Wang Yanliqiong and the others all said: "Not bad! ”

Deng Su said: "But after all, fighting a war requires money and food!" Without money and food, how can you raise and recruit soldiers? ”

Lin Yi said: "I'll figure out a way to deal with money and food." ”

Deng Su asked, "Do you have a few secret warehouses like this village?" ”

Lin Yi said with a smile: "I did prepare a few warehouses, but they are all in the mountainous areas of Hebei. I didn't prepare this one, I asked a businessman named Chen Chu to borrow it. In short, you don't have to worry about money and food, as long as the trade route is available, I will have a way. ”

The plan was set, and Cao Guangbi went out to gather people: "A strange disaster has fallen from the sky, and Bianliang has been lost!" Our strength is weak, we can't reverse the predicament, and we don't want to sit and wait for death! Now that Huma is aggressive, how can he be a good man, can he contribute to Bao Huaxia and An Limin? Now I want to take a risk and go north, waiting for an opportunity to block the back road of the Jin people, spread the two rivers, and fight against the Jin soldiers together! Do you dare to come with me? ”

Thousands of soldiers shouted: "I am willing to go north with Mr. Cao!" ”

Li Qiong stood up and said: "Mr. Cao is a general in the Han Dynasty, and he is a cloth cloth in the Great Song Dynasty, but now that the army is in rebellion, it must not be nameless, and Mr. Cao has asked the royal pen to recruit troops to resist the gold before leaving, so we will push him as the leader, the right to call the system, please Lord Yu as the supervisor of the army, Mr. Wang Yan as the deputy commander, Mr. Deng Su as the staff officer, to resist the gold as the righteousness, the matter of marching the army!" How is it? ”

Everyone said: "I am willing to obey Cao's order!" ”

At that moment, Cao Guangbi assigned a task, drove north, and ordered Lin Yi to find a way to raise money and food. He also sent envoys to Jinmen and Dongping to inform Zhao Gou and Yang Yingqi respectively. Zhao Gou was extremely weak at this time, as long as he could fight for the strength he could, he tried his best to fight for it, not to mention that Cao Guangbi was still carrying a royal pen, so he not only acquiesced in the existence of this righteous army, but also sent someone to send a pennant.

Cao Guangbi's group of men and horses traveled north along the way, and met Zong Ze's sentry cavalry on the edge of the Yellow River. It turned out that Zong Ze's soldiers and horses had arrived at Kaide Mansion, and they were invited to fight with Jin Bing's division all the way, and they won and lost each other. Cao Guangbi captured the Jin army's stronghold in Weinan with surprise troops, and sent people to ask Zong Ze for news. Zong Ze heard that Cao Guangbi came out of Bianliang, and led dozens of cavalry to Weinan overnight to meet Cao Guangbi, and inquired about the news of the Beijing division, and heard that the capital had been broken and the prime minister was ready to surrender, and he couldn't help but be angry and almost wanted to cry.

Since Zong Ze became the deputy marshal, he has repeatedly written to persuade Zhao Gou to hurry up and enter the king of Beijing Qin, but where did Zhao Gou pay attention to him? At this time, Zhao Gou's side had gathered fifty or sixty thousand horses, but they were just shrinking in Shandong and not moving. Although Zong Ze is loyal and brave, he is only dedicated to the country and worries about the king and the world, but he does not put himself in Zhao Gou's shoes and thinks: Is it in his Zhao Gou's interests to venture into Beijing to save his father and brother? Therefore, although Zong Ze is the deputy marshal and has the merit of protecting in Cizhou, he is getting farther and farther away from Zhao Gou.

Not only Zhao Gou was like this, but most of the other guards of Lianghe and Shandong were also waiting and watching the situation at this time. After Zong Ze arrived in Kaide Mansion, he successively moved to Zhao Ye, the governor of North Province, Lianghe Xuanfu Fan Ne, and Zhixingren Mansion Zeng Nan joined forces to help. But these people all thought that going to Bianliang at this juncture was tantamount to sending him to death, so no one paid attention to him! Therefore, although Zong Ze is known as the deputy marshal, his troops are extremely limited. At this time, he saw that Cao Guangbi's men were strong and strong, so he wanted to recruit this team as a deputy marshal.

Along the way, Cao Guangbi divided the more than 10,000 people who were willing to accompany him into combat and non-combat teams, and thousands of officials and civilians had already arranged for logistics. They also recruited brave soldiers along the way, eliminated the weak and selected the strong, and trained them in actual combat, so the number of combat troops has increased to 7,000 and has grown rapidly. In addition, this army uses weapons and armor provided by the Han Department, and although the equipment is not as good as Cao Guangbi's descendants in Liaokou, it is much better than Zong Ze, who only has a group of box troops and rebel armies under his command.

Cao Guangbi heard that Zong Ze wanted to recruit his own troops, so he asked him what he wanted to recruit and do, and after hearing Zong Ze reply that he wanted to go to Beijing to help, he refused, thinking that the situation in Bianliang was no longer possible, and it was useless to go to Beijing alone to die.

Zong Ze said: "If the teacher of the Quartet King Qin arrives, it is unknown if there may be strange changes!" ”

Cao Guangbi asked rhetorically: "Where is the division of the Quartet Qinwang?" ”

Zong Ze was silent, and Cao Guangbi said: "If the division of the Quartet King Qin gathers, does Cao still need to break out of the capital?" He also analyzed the strength of Zong Han and Zong Wang with Zong Ze and said: "It's not that Zong Shuai didn't see the Battle of Taiyuan, what a wonderful way for the Jin soldiers to besiege the city and send reinforcements!" Now that Bianliang has fallen into the hands of the Jin army, unless we can organize enough troops to suppress the Jin army, the army will go to one and die! These more than 10,000 brothers are willing to put their lives in my hands, and I can't let them take unnecessary risks! ”

Zong Ze said in a suffrage: "However, General Cao will ignore the worries of the monarch's father?" ”

Cao Guangbi said: "Huaxia is about to be subverted, and thousands of people may be left behind!" Regardless of whether something is feasible or not, what is the use of simply considering the name of loyalty? ”

In fact, the fundamental differences between the two were not in strategy and tactics, but in the righteousness of loyalty to the monarch and serving the country, so the more they talked about it, the more they got together, and finally broke up unhappily.

Although he was not angry at the time, he felt that what Cao Guangbi said was not necessarily unreasonable, and his suggestion to block the return of the Jin army was not necessarily unfeasible. He was a frank and unrestrained husband, and since he felt that his words were too much, he moved his book to apologize after he returned, and discussed with Cao Guangbi where to intercept and kill Jin Bing. Cao Guangbi also convinced him of his loyalty and righteousness, and he was not concerned about the dispute when they met for the first time.

Cao Guangbi did not stay long in Weinan before leading the crowd across the river and stationed between Tangyin and Neihuang for a second short rest. Along the way, there were constantly government-run merchants from the Han Dynasty, who not only did their own business, but also helped the Yiwu army raise military rations and materials. By the time the river was crossed, a caravan of thousands of men had been gathered.

At this time, the main forces of Zong Han and Zong Wang were still staying in Bianliang, so the partial divisions along the way were not Cao Guangbi's opponents, not to mention those rogues.

Cao Guangbi showed Zhao Huan's imperial pen and Zhao Gou's pennant every time he passed through the county, and never entered the city, but camped outside the city, so he was at peace with the guards of the Great Song Dynasty. After the prestige gradually spread, a small group of Jin soldiers and rogues did not dare to attack, so this team not only did not disturb the people, but played a role in calming the people's hearts. Merchants accompanying the army either entered the city or went to the countryside to buy materials, and because of the fairness of their trade, they were also quite popular with the people along the way, and gradually established a good reputation along the Yellow River, and opened up a civil trade route.

Cao Guangbi intended to join up with Chong Yansong's loyal army, so he was stationed in Xiangzhou for a period of time and then moved north, and when he arrived near Qishui, he heard that Longde Mansion was unguarded, so he led his troops to enter Shangdang. It turned out that after Zonghan's army went south, the officials in Hedong abandoned their officials one after another, so even such an important place as the party was empty!

Shangdang is Wang Yan's hometown, and with his network in this area, Cao Guangbi and others quickly gained a firm foothold. Cao Guangbi saw that there were two pences of attack and defense here, so he didn't leave after he came, but asked Lin Yi to move the book and invite him to come to meet the teacher.

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