Baibo Valley can not be regarded as a valley, sandwiched between Luliang Mountain and Taihang Mountains, Yangxian, Xiangling, Pingyang, Yongan four counties are now regarded as Baibo Valley range, the Fen River passes through this, the water and soil are abundant, the white wave thief is a general term, according to the full pet for more than a year to send people to collect and inquire about the news, the internal structure of the white wave thief is very loose, most of the clans around the country with the township Yong entrenched in the place, taking advantage of the civil strife in the imperial court, under the banner of the yellow turban to divide in this area.

Over the years, while joining forces to fight against the imperial court, they are also devouring each other, and now the most important ones are the four teams, Yang Feng, Hu Cai, Li Le, and Han Xianam, each with more than 10,000 people.

It is obviously impossible to raise 40,000 soldiers and horses in the land of four counties, most of these people are still engaged in farming, and there are also robbers of past traders, of course, after so many years, they have formed their own rules internally, past merchants, only need to leave a part of their property, they can pass, and even in trouble, the white wave thieves will come forward to settle down, in addition, Taiyuan County, Xihe County, Shangdang County is also distributed.

"In other words, in fact, most of these white wave thieves are local clans?" Looking at the information collected by Man Pet, Chen Mo smiled and asked, it is not surprising for this result, pure thieves may be able to occupy the city for a while, but if they don't know how to govern, how can they be entrenched here for all these years?

Just like the original Gepi thief, although the momentum was huge, it was quickly cleaned up.

"That's a lot." Man Zhong nodded, in fact, it is not just the white wave thief, most of the bandits who have some influence in various places have some relationship with the local gentry, but few of them are so big as the white wave thief.

"So, if I send troops, the White Wave Thieves will definitely get the news?" Chen Mo asked with a smile.

Man Chong nodded, this is also the difficulty of clearing the Ge Pi thief, if you can't beat it, you will directly incarnate as a people, but as soon as the soldiers and horses leave, they will immediately gather as bandits, but Baibo Valley is an important part of Chen Mo's annexation of the state in the future, and it must be taken, if Chen Mo kills the killer, it may attract the rejection of the Hedong and even the Bingzhou clan.

"Send someone to pass a letter to Baibo Valley and tell them that I have no intention of fighting again, and if the Baibo thieves are willing to submit, they can ask the court for them to get official positions." Chen Mo pondered: "You will secretly release the names of these thief leaders you have collected, let them know that we already know the root of the thief leader. ”

Since there is no way to raid, then be more upright, first write a book, if the other party does not agree, then send troops, if it is not possible to fight as in the past, it will be scattered into the people, then Chen Mo just drove the army to Baibo Valley, all the recorded thieves are the target of liquidation, it is for self-protection, and they can only collide with him.

Here, Chen Mo is not afraid of him touching him, he is afraid that the other party will hide and not see.

"The lord is high, and I will do it here." Man Zhong nodded, even if those clans are willing to reconcile with Chen Mo, the thieves on the list will obviously not be willing to wait for death, the best result is that these thieves and clans have a scuffle, no matter who wins or loses in the end, it is Chen Mo who will profit in the end, and then lead the army to drive these thieves to Taiyuan, not only to get the land of the four counties, but also Chen Mo has an excuse to enter Taiyuan, and when the time comes, he can even make the Taiyuan gentry beg Chen Mo to go to suppress the bandits.

"One more thing." Chen Mo thought for a while and said: "Tell the families that because they have attracted a large number of displaced people this year, the grain stored in Hedong has been used to settle the people, and I hope that the families can donate some food for this army." ”

"I understand below." Full Pet nodded, said goodbye and left.

"Isn't it time for Bodao to fight quickly? In this way, I am afraid that the White Wave Thief will try to entangle you. Zang Hong, who was dealing with official business, waited until after Manzhong left.

"In this way, they will relax their vigilance and concentrate on defense, but the four counties are not big, and they are not small, and if they want to defend, the forces will inevitably be scattered, and they will be broken by each one." Chen Mo said with a smile, the total number of white wave thieves is quite a lot, if they come up to fight in a swarm, Chen Mo's soldiers and horses may not be able to beat no matter how elite they are, but if the opponent's soldiers and horses are separated, it will be relatively easy to fight.

"You're too much." Zang Hong shook his head and smiled.

"If you meet a powerful person, the disciple will not dare to do this." Chen Mo smiled and said, "But the white wave thief, the disciple still has some confidence. ”

"When will the troops be moved?" Zang Hong spread out the bamboo slip written in his hand, waited for the ink to dry, and asked.

"In the past few days, although the disciples now have a lot of soldiers and horses in their hands, but Jiguan and Puban need to be heavily guarded, as well as public security in various places, this time the disciples are ready to mobilize 5,000 soldiers and horses to participate in the war, it is easier to mobilize, and the consumption of grain and grass is also less." Chen Mo said with a smile: "As soon as Gao Shun comes, he will send troops." ”

"Don't underestimate the enemy, there are countless capable people in this world, although Bodao has a strategy, don't underestimate the heroes of the world." Zang Hong looked at Chen Mo and frowned.

It is true that his own disciple has become a talented person now, but there are also many smart people who have conceit after becoming talented, which is not a good thing.

"Disciple remember!" Chen Mo arched his hand.

……

Three days later, Yang County.

After sending away the people who came to report the news, Yang Feng immediately lightened Hu Cai, Li Le, and Han Xian to come over to discuss how to deal with Chen Mo's matter.

"That Chen Mo became famous as a young man, and most of them were touted by the times, and they may not be so powerful." Hu Cai smiled: "Now that I haven't even gathered the military rations, you want me to wait for the subjugation?" Don't you know that in this land east of the river, where there is wind and grass, safe can escape our ears and eyes? ”

"Then according to Brother Hu's will, is it not to descend?" Yang Feng looked at Hu Caidao.

"Nature can't be lowered." Hu Cai nodded and said, "He has no food in his hands, so what can he do if he has soldiers and horses?" We only need to guard for more than a month, and when their food and grass are exhausted, we will wave our troops south, just to expel this young man who does not know the height of the sky and the thickness of the earth from Hedong, and we can take his place. ”

If Chen Mo had military rations, then they might still consider it, but since it had been determined that Chen Mo's military rations would have to be asked for from the wealthy clans in various counties, what were they afraid of? As long as he holds on, Chen Mo will retreat without food at that time.

"That's a good point." Han Xian nodded and said: "Although Chen Mo has a great reputation, most of them are clever and speculative, if he fights head-on, are we still afraid of him?" ”

Behind Yang Feng, a general frowned and said, "Generals, but if this happens, our army's strength will inevitably be scattered, if Chen Mo breaks through each of them, will our army have to sit back and wait for death?" ”

"Who are you? When will it be your turn to speak here? Hu Cai frowned and shouted.

"This is my general Xu Huang." Yang Feng said with a smile: "I used to be a county official of Yang, and after being persecuted by Shangguan, I defected to me, I know the art of war, and I am brave and good at fighting!" Gongming is not bad, but there are only more than 10,000 people under Chen Mo's command, and I wait for anyone, the soldiers and horses are not inferior to him, and they are defending the city, so Gongming doesn't have to worry too much. ”

Xu Huang bowed slightly and said no more.

Hu Cai frowned and glanced at Xu Huang and said: "It's still the same as before, you and I are watching and helping each other, this time I will definitely let that Chen Mo know that I am very powerful, and this Hedong is not his." ”

Yang Feng nodded and said, "Then each will guard one county." ”

"That's exactly how it should be!" Hu Cai smiled.

At that moment, the four of them discussed how to rescue if something went wrong, and how to join forces to defend before leaving.

……

The words were divided into two ends, Chen Mo waited in Anyi until Gao Shun came to meet, then said goodbye to Zang Hong and led the army straight to Baibo Valley.

"Lord!" Outside Linfen City, Bao Geng came to meet Chen Mo with a few sentry spies, and saluted Chen Mo: "Most of the villages outside Xiangling are no longer empty, and it seems that they have all been moved to the city. ”

"It's fast enough." Chen Mo smiled and nodded.

"It's just that they have all retreated into the city, and it may be difficult for our soldiers and horses to attack the city." Cui Geng, who was beside Chen Mo, frowned and said, Fight more with less, and it is still a siege, even if Chen Mo's army is elite, this battle is not easy to fight.

"The other party has made up his mind to consume with our army, so naturally he will not go out of the city easily, but he just took this opportunity to divide the land and recruit a group of displaced people to settle here. Chen Mo smiled.

"Whoa!" Cui Geng understood, smiled and nodded, and immediately went to summon the displaced people to come over and divide the land, most of the displaced people who migrated from Luoyang have now gathered in the Linfen area, and now they are just dividing this side.

Hu Cai was ready to fight a defensive battle with Chen Mo, he had already found out that Chen Mo only brought 5,000 soldiers and horses this time, and he had tens of thousands of soldiers and horses stationed here, and he didn't believe that Chen Mo could still attack it.

Just waited for a few days, except for Chen Mo's scouts, and didn't see Chen Mo's army coming, Hu Cai was a little suspicious, and sent someone to find out the material Chen Mo is dividing the land along Fenshui, the Fenshui area is the most fertile land, if those clans in the city know, it will not be against the sky, and at that moment Hu Cai hurriedly ordered everyone to block the news, don't let people know about it.

Anyway, it's winter now, even if Chen Mo divides the fields, and when he drives Chen Mo away, won't these fields still return to their hands?

After a few days like this, Chen Mo still did not attack, and Hu Cai was not in a hurry, in addition to inspecting the city every day, he drank and had fun with the generals.

It's just that January has passed, and there is no news of Chen Mo's move, seeing that as soon as the New Year passes, spring ploughing is coming, Hu Cai can't wait, doesn't he say that Chen Mo's grain and grass are insufficient?

On this day, I was about to send someone to spy on the news, when someone suddenly came to report that a rout army had come to the north of the city, which seemed to be the department of Li Le in Pingyang.

"Why are Li Lebu here?" After Hu Cai heard the news, his face changed, and he hurriedly led the men and horses to the north of the city to the enemy tower, and saw hundreds of remnants outside the city, some were already sitting under the city, some were anxiously pacing back and forth outside the city, and some were constantly beating the city gate, begging the city soldiers to let go.

"Put down the hanging basket and let one of their generals come up." Hu Cai frowned and said, Li Le is in Pingyang, how can the other party's subordinates be here? He'll have to ask!