Chapter VI Xiao County

East of Mengcheng County.

Countless yellow sand was lifted, and more than 10,000 cavalry came from the north, mighty and mighty, like a sandstorm crossing the border.

The magistrate of Mengcheng County took the squire and wanted to greet Huang Degong.

If before, Mengcheng Zhixian never cared about a general military officer, after all, the civil and military nobles were cheap, but now it is a troubled time, and he has to rely on the martial arts, and the military discipline of Huang Degong's department can be said to be the best among the officials and troops at that time.

There was never a massacre of the city, nor was there a slight involvement of the magistrates.

Therefore, this Mengcheng magistrate also has a bit of a rainy day, and wants to get some news with Huang Degong.

As a result, they waited outside the city gate for a long time, only to see a large group of people and horses passing around the city, not a single soldier entered the city, but saw a young general come forward, it was none other than Ren Youhama, he respectfully saluted and said: "The last general Ren Youhaka has seen the county lord, the military situation is urgent, the good intentions of the army are rewarded, I thank the general on behalf of my family, but the military affairs are too busy to meet, please forgive me." ”

After finishing speaking, Ren Youyou turned on his horse and followed the army. Only let this county lord eat a stomach of sand.

Mengcheng Zhixian was not angry, but sighed and said: "If the military ministers of the world can be like General Huang, how can the world be like this?" ”

At one point, many squires said yes.

Since entering the Chongzhen years, Mengcheng has also had several guest soldiers crossing the border, almost every time there has to be some movement, those who want food are paid, those who don't want food are paid, and they take it themselves. They have all seen women who rob women and are more rogues than rogues, and it is really rare for Huang Degong to go around the city and ask for nothing.

Huang Degong didn't know what they said about themselves.

He just hurried away with his head borrowed, and when he saw Ren Youqian coming up, he said, "How did you send it?" ”

"Sent away." Ren Youqian said: "Why don't you meet the general?" ”

"Lao Tzu is a rough man, and when he sees these people wearing long shirts, he feels uncomfortable." Huang Degong said: "Forget it, I can't tell how I offended people when I went." ”

"Report." A long cry came from the south, and a cavalryman came opposite the army, rushed over from the pro-army beside Huang Degong, and said, "My lord, Lord Qiu's urgent report. ”

Ren Youqian immediately stepped forward to take it and handed it to Huang Degong.

Huang Degong said: "I don't have the heart to look at it, you see, tell me something." ”

Huang Degong was literate, but his knowledge was limited, so he rode on a horse and had no heart to read letters.

"Oh." Ren Youqian said. He had seen a lot of such things, and he was not surprised, after he checked the fire paint, he tore it open and said, "My lord, the vanguard of the thieves has arrived."

Gorge Stone City, and now Lord Qiu occupies the south bank, and the thieves occupy the north bank, Lord Qiu asks you to march quickly. ”

After Huang Degong heard this, he pulled the letter over, looked at it hurriedly, and suddenly said: "Send the order down and rest on the spot." ”

Ren Youqian immediately passed on the order.

The horse team, which was rolling all the way south, slowed down little by little, slowed down, and stopped.

If it is not necessary, in fact, when the cavalry is marching, not all of them march on horseback, and many times they lead the horse, because for the cavalry, horsepower is a very important resource. Because of the urgency of the matter, Huang Degong had made an exception for all the soldiers to march on horseback.

It's just that now it seems that this speed is still not enough.

"We're going to march overnight." Huang Degong said to Ren Youhao.

Huang Degong shouted to stop, in order to adjust the rest time of the march, without him, according to the previous plan, it was to camp on the spot in the evening, all so that the soldiers were a little tired, there was nothing to do, anyway, they had to rest at night.

And now that Huang Degong has overturned the previous plan, he must pay special attention to the time and frequency of the army's rest.

Just when the Cao Battalion and the Yongwei Battalion were fighting a battle around Shouchun, Zhang Xuan's army also arrived under Xiao County.

In the southeast of Xiao County, tens of thousands of horses are gathered together, giving people a feeling of bustle, and the middle is that Zhang Xuan's headquarters, Yuan Shizhong's department, and Yang Shenzu's department, although the three people and horses are somewhat uneven in terms of training, but after all, they are battle-hardened and have been quite formalized.

But what kind of people are on the periphery, it looks bustling, it's like a market. It can't be called an army at all.

After looking at the situation outside, Zhang Xuan also understood very well why tens of thousands of horses were brutally defeated by the 10,000 horses put together by the official army. Looking at this situation, defeat is a normal situation, and undefeat is an abnormal situation.

In Zhang Xuan's big tent, there are many generals.

Zhang Xuan has a feeling that the generals of Zhang Xuan's headquarters, the generals of Yuan Shizhong's headquarters, and the generals of Yang Shenzu's headquarters are more than a dozen, and each of them is also a general who commands more than 1,000 troops, and he can be regarded as the backbone of the righteous army.

In addition, there are also Cheng Jikong, Wang Daoshan, and large and small bandit leaders, even if Zhang Xuan has restricted many leaders who only have a few hundred minions, but for a while, there is a feeling of overcrowding in the big tent.

Not to mention, they talked one after another, saying, "General Zhang avenges us." ”

"My brother, what a miserable death."

"Revenge, revenge."

For a while, in Zhang Xuan's ears, there seemed to be countless small drums beating together, and Zhang Xuan said sharply: "Okay." ”

Sigh, but

It was He Hutou who suddenly drew his knife and shouted: "In front of Commander Zhang, who dares to be presumptuous." ”

At this moment, He Hutou was like a little tiger, and he shouted violently, and immediately suppressed these leaders, and there was silence in the big tent for a while.

Zhang Xuan glanced at He Hu and said, "I understand what you mean. He Tengjiao killed my righteous soldiers, poor Zhang Fangzao General Zhang, heroic, I have always admired it, but I didn't see it, I really regret it, General Zhang's head, I will definitely report it. ”

"Thank you, Commander Zhang." All the leaders said for a moment.

Zhang Xuan could hear that some people were hypocritical, and some people were slightly choked up in their tones, thinking that they were moved by their true feelings. Zhang Xuan immediately glanced at it and immediately saw it. Zhang Fangzao is dead. But his old ministry is not dead yet.

In the troubled times, there are not a few hardcore henchmen, and they don't know where they died for a long time. These people who are moved by true feelings must be Zhang Fangzao's old department.

Zhang Xuan secretly said in his heart: "These people can be used by me. ”

Zhang Xuan definitely didn't come to Xuzhou to avenge Zhang Fangzao, in fact, he hadn't heard the name Zhang Fangzao before, and he came to admire it. It's just in the name of the dead.

"Today, tens of thousands of our troops are in Xiao County, and we are about to break through Xiao County, first kill Xiao County, and then turn to Xuzhou, kill He Tengjiao, and avenge General Zhang." Zhang Xuan said: "However, even the king of Wu knows your loyalty, and issued an edict to reward loyal people, and after capturing Xuzhou, he should choose loyal people in Xuzhou to be the defense envoy of Xuzhou." ”

Zhang Xuan is still using this official position to break into the camp, among the official positions of breaking into the camp, the jiedu envoy is equivalent to the governor at the provincial level, and the defense envoy is equivalent to the military preparation road, as for the prefect and the county, it is very different.

This sentence reached the ears of Cheng Jikong and Wang Daoshan, and they were suddenly a little moved.

Even if Cheng Jikong thought of the plan of two escapes and three soldiers, he couldn't help but be moved, and said, "But I don't know who Commander Zhang wants?" ”

What Zhang Xuan said was naturally what he said, but he had the right to act cheaply, and it was not a random promise. In Zhang Xuan's view, it is necessary to distinguish priorities in doing things, and his main goal has always been to threaten Fengyang from the north and reduce the burden on the army. When I came to Xuzhou, I just wanted to get some food supplements for personnel. As for whether Xuzhou is surnamed Cheng or Wang, it is meaningless to Zhang Xuan or Luo Rucai.

But for Cheng Jikong and Wang Daoshan, it is of great significance.

They are so self-reliant as the leader of the people, there is inevitably some careful thinking in their hearts, they want to rely on the current momentum of the camp, but also want to preserve their independence, Xuzhou is their hometown, if they can serve as Xuzhou defense envoy, wouldn't it become Xuzhou's sitting tiger, an independent small feudal town.

This result couldn't be better for them, and they couldn't help but be unmoved.

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