"Only four hundred?"

Faced with the blank seven counties and the current predicament of Wudang City, Zhang Yong couldn't help but sigh leisurely, only with the soldiers and horses under his command, the next seven counties could not be guarded.

The expansion of the army is imperative, but I never thought about it... The first leg was Waterloo.

But it's right to think about it, even the big forces such as the Cao family and Jingzhou have also stood and retreated, retreated and stood again, how is Hanzhong... The people in Wudang City naturally have no bottom.

"The order was sent down, and the newly recruited soldiers were given a three-day holiday, and they were told... If you can bring in five people, you will be promoted to the rank of chief, and you will be rewarded with two hundred, and if you can bring ten people, you will be promoted to the chief and you will be rewarded with five hundred; Who can bring fifty people ... A certain promotion made him the head of the tun, and the reward was 2,000...

In addition, an edict was passed down that anyone who joined the army and enlisted in the army, if he intended to go to Hanzhong, could move his family! ”

……

Compared with the entanglement of interests in later generations, the bond between relatives and friends in ancient times was undoubtedly much closer.

Under the leadership of four hundred Wudang Erlang, the number of newly recruited soldiers broke seven hundred in a few days.

Zhang Yong also followed his previous promise, and personally promoted two or three soldiers to serve as the commander of the tun, leading a group of Wudang sons to compete for the death, but there was a lot of turmoil in Wudang City.

March 10, 13th year of Jian'an.

After calming down the situation in Wudang, Zhang Yong once again led his troops to take the pledging to go on the expedition.

The 5,000 army was divided into two routes, one was personally commanded by Zhang Yong, supplemented by Meng Qiu, Liao Hua and Wang Ping, and went straight to Nanxiang; One route was led by Wei Yan, supplemented by Ma Zhong, and went straight to Shunyang.

……

Wuguan, the north depends on Shaoxi, the east and west and the south are three river valleys and dangerous streams, and it is an important place for the west to enter the pass, and there are many heavy guards.

But with the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the cholera of the Xiliang princes... After years of expeditions, this dangerous pass has also been easy to defend many times.

The princes are fighting for the top more and more fiercely, countless displaced people abandon the mountains and wilderness to avoid the war, and settle down in the deep mountains of the Qinling Mountains. There are no less than a thousand of them.

Today's Wuguan... It's in the southeast of Ling... Qizhai in the hands.

The mountains are high and the water is fierce, and the waves are bursting.

The western counties of Nanyang are turbulent, and the adjacent Wuguan... It is also not destined to be peaceful.

Although most of the people in Qizhai are poor people, but... Where there are people, there is a battle between the strong and the weak, and Qizhai is no exception.

The most powerful of the seven villages is the Shaoxi cottage, the cottage is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, because it is close to Wuguan, mastered most of the resources of Wuguan, in the past Wuguan walked filial piety of the money and food, nearly half of them have fallen into the pocket of Shaoxi cottage.

"The big boss, now Hanzhong Bing Guide Township and Shunyang County, if you don't send troops to Danshui and Xixian again, I'm afraid there will be no chance!"

In an attic made of stone and wood in Wuguan, several men surrounded a middle-aged man in his forties and said with a little roughness.

"The big boss, it's not that the brothers are greedy for money, it's just that Nanyang has been fighting for months, and the caravans are less than fifty percent, and now the grain stocks in each village are about to bottom out, if you don't find a way, I'm afraid that within a month, the women and children in the village will be hungry."

"That's right! Once Zhang Yong occupies Nanxiang, Danshui and Xixian are only afraid that they will be able to go down in the tenth day, and it will be too late to regret it. ”

"Boss, give the order! …”

Although Zhang Yong was a fledgling, he couldn't suppress the fierce record of others, and he directly overthrew the 20,000 troops in Jingzhou one after another, the main general, the deputy general... Middle-level generals at all levels almost became prisoners of Zhang Yong.

In the face of Zhang Yong, who is very prestigious, the village owners do have some drums in their hearts, whether they are hard or not.

"If I had known that... It would be good to surrender Cao's army on the same day! ”

In the face of the offensive of several surrounding village owners, the calm expression of the big boss changed slightly.

It's better to be blocked! If you forcibly stop it, I am afraid that all the spearheads will be pointed at Shaoxi cottage.

But... With this dispatch, there is no turning back, and thousands of people in Qizhai... I'm afraid that I will be involved in the war again.

It's just that in this troubled world... Who can stay out of it?

With a secret sigh, the big boss only felt that his shoulders sank violently, as if a thousand catties of boulders were pressing on his heart, making people breathless.

"Each village is young and strong, gather 2,000 soldiers, first take Danshui, and then take the county, along the way only take the treasury, the official warehouse, and do not disturb the people! Violators will be killed! ”

"In addition, send a sentry cavalry to closely monitor the movements of the Hanzhong army, and report it every half a day!"

……

Nanxiang, as an important town in the west of Nanyang, the scale of the city is no less than that of an ordinary county, at least from the intelligence that Zhang Yong learned, the population in Nanxiang City... It has exceeded the following discernment.

"Tell Yuan Jian, quickly take down the gate of Nanxiang, quell the riots in the city, and I will have tea in the county government of Nanxiang tonight."

In the distance, there were sounds of killing, and from time to time there was a shout, which was the roar of Hanzhong rushing to the head of the city.

Although the city of Nanxiang is high and the pond is deep, it can... After all, it was the same as Wudang, there were not enough troops, and after a stalemate of two hours, the gate of Nanxiang City fell under the repeated attacks of the Hanzhong army.

……

"Dadu Governor, Nanxiang is different from Wudang. There are many Haoqiangshi clans in the city, although there are many Haoqiangshi clans retreating south with the Jingzhou army, but there are still nearly half of the Haoqiangshi clans in the city who choose to stay in Nanxiang, which should be headed by Liu, Li and Yuan. ”

At the gate of Nanxiang City, a knife and pen official who had just surrendered nodded and stood beside Zhang Yong, Peng Yi, and Meng Qiu, giving a detailed introduction to the current situation in Nanxiang City.

"The Yuan family? But that Yuan family? ”

In Nanyang, in advance of the Yuan family, the first thing that came to mind should be the fourth and third dukes... The protégé and the former officials used to be all over the Yuan family all over the world. It's just that after the death of Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao, the Yuan family has also changed its appearance and is not visible to the world.

"That's right, it's the Nanyang Yuan family, but the Nanxiang Yuan family... It can only be regarded as a branch of the Nanyang Yuan family, and strictly speaking, the relationship with the Nanyang Yuan family is not close. ”

"I see! In this way, if you go to Liu, Li, and Yuan's three houses, you will say that after an hour, the governor of Bendu will invite the three heads of the family to taste tea in the county office, and hope that the three heads of the family will appreciate their faces. ”

Waving his hand to send the little official, Zhang Yong looked up at Nanxiang City, which was gradually calming down... The gaze is extraordinarily deep.

I don't know if it will attract the attention of those poor scholars after taking Nanxiang.

"Yongyan, you say... If I recast the golden platform, people with lofty ideals in the world will pull it out regardless of whether they are rich or poor, and now... But will anyone work for me? ”

It's not that Zhang Yong is proud and complacent, or that Zhang Yong is not greedy enough, if you say... Zhang Yong has gradually gathered around him such as Peng Yi, Wei Yan, Meng Qiu, Liao Hua, Wang Ping, Ma Zhong and others, but now the plate is getting bigger and bigger, and it is difficult to maintain the current situation with only these few people.

As for drawing some manpower from Hanzhong, the grassroots officials are acceptable, but the generals and strategists? None of this was something his dad could help him with. If you want to break the mirror, you can only do it yourself!

"There are many wise men in the countryside of Nanyang, if the governor doesn't try, how can he know whether it will be successful or not? If the Metropolitan Governor does not dislike it, Yongyan is willing to accept this matter! ”

Hearing Zhang Yong's words, Peng Yi's expression paused slightly, and then he burst into a long laugh.

The son of his own family is finally about to fade away from the cage in Hanzhong, and since then the sky is high and the earth is wide, and he travels with the dragon.

……

Nanxiang County Ya.

After entering Nanxiang, after a simple cleanup, the little official led the three heads of the Liu, Li, and Yuan families to come on time.

"Liu's Liu Yu, Li's Li Ran, Yuan's Yuan Huang... I've seen the Metropolitan Governor!! ”

Once a son of heaven and a courtier, as the powerful warriors of Nanxiang, the heads of the Liu, Li, and Yuan families are well versed in this. Therefore, Zhang Yong also gave enough face, in addition to visiting the door in person, several carriages full of property outside the house... It shows sincerity.

"It is an eternal blessing to see the three heads of the family today!"

Seeing the three heads of the family like this, Zhang Yong naturally did not hold the shelf, stepped forward and introduced the three of them into the seat with his empty hand, and sat opposite the seat.

"Zhang has just arrived, and the matter of Nanxiang has to bother the three family heads to help a lot!"

"The words of the Metropolitan Governor are serious, and now that the Metropolitan Governor has entered the Lord Nanxiang, that is our heaven, as long as we do not violate the ancestral teachings, we will not shirk anything within our ability."

As the head of a clan, they are all people who have been through storms for a long time, and in terms of the city government alone, Liu Yu, Li Ran, and Yuan Huang are definitely better than most of the officials in Nanxiang City, and they will naturally not reveal the bottom line until they can't figure out Zhang Yong's intentions.

"There are three of them, and you will always be at ease!"

For the performance of the three, Zhang Yong did not show too much surprise, in a sense... It meets Zhang Yong's expectations. If Liu, Li, and Yuan were desperate to post it from the beginning, Zhang Yong would have to beat the drum in his heart.

"Nanxiang Xinxia! The hearts of the people in the city are fluctuating, and the three heads of the family need to help stabilize the situation. ”

"It's simple, just leave it to me!"

Glancing at each other, the three of them nodded and agreed, using the prestige of the three families in Nanxiang to stabilize the situation in Nanxiang... But between the hands raised.

"Most of the officials in Nanxiang retreated south with the army, and the rest... It is not enough to support the political affairs of Nanxiang, please ask the three family heads to introduce some talents, of course, if the three family heads do not give up, you can choose one or two descendants from the clan, and they will always be reused. ”

If you want to pull the three families into the water, the easiest and quickest way is undoubtedly to select some talents from the three families to serve as officials and integrate into one.

But... Like these strong people, they generally don't bet easily.

Of course, Zhang Yong did not have high expectations, even if the three families sent some side branches, Zhang Yong, who had experienced the edification of later generations... Naturally, there is no shortage of means to pull the three families to Hanzhong.

"It's... It's okay to be introduced, and I'll draw up a list and hand it to the Governor when I go back! As for... I hope that the governor will take care of the matter of the children of the family, and I will go back to discuss it. ”

Hearing Zhang Yong's words, the hands of the three heads of the family holding the tea cup trembled slightly.

I didn't expect this Hanzhong prince to play his cards so unreasonably, and put them on the shelf when they met for the first time.

"Yes! No problem! As long as you give me an answer before a certain full Danshui and analysis county, it's all right! ”

Nodding, Zhang Yong did not overly persecute him, everything was done in moderation, and when he took all the land of the seven counties, Liu, Li, and Yuan would recognize the current situation, as well as their own... Positioning.