In early spring and February, the sun is shining, the southeast wind blows to the Central Plains, the weather is warmer, everything recovers, the glacier thaws, the willows spit out buds, swaying. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The wilderness in the suburbs is already green and tender, green like a grass blanket, full of spring.

Luo Zhaoyun left Xijing and hit the road in the last wave; Shi Danai led people away in the first wave, and Murong Ziyan and Suo Zhe were sent away in the second wave, and he had to communicate with the two sisters and brothers at any time this year, so he took him with him and returned to the northwest of Zhuo County, where it was his territory, everything was good for communication, and he didn't plan to continue to imprison the two.

Xiao Yiyi and Ning Muhe walked with him, a long time, putting aside those tasks and responsibilities, the three of them enjoyed a lot of happy times together on the road.

And Qingshuang was arranged to protect the two sisters and brothers of Murong Ziyan, and they had the responsibility of guardianship, so they left in the second wave, which was also the first task to join 'Tianluo', in fact, Luo Zhaoyun was also a little selfish, because she was staring at her side, and noticed that he followed the two concubines to sing night and night, and the resentment and vinegar in his eyes made him really unbearable, so he hurriedly sent away first, so that there was always a sword-like gaze on his back every day, and he was often angry with him.

On this way, the imperial court was not idle, the edicts arrived in various places one by one, and constantly put forward new imperial decrees, conscription, conscription, raising food, bringing their own armor, etc., the exploitation gradually intensified, this time, even the local county guards, government soldiers and eagle generals were all miserable, secretly scolding the mother, it was impossible to achieve it at all.

Today, unlike in the past, the Great Sui is riddled with holes, and there is no longer appeal, and the people hate the government, and would rather fall into the grass than join the government soldiers, if this cuts off the source of government soldiers.

Some Ying Yanglang generals even hesitated in their hearts, whether to also raise an army to rebel, divide the locality, and work against the imperial court. However, most of the Lang generals, Sima, etc., also saw that the imperial court was declining, but the hundred-legged insects were dead but not stiff, and the Great Sui had not yet reached the point of real collapse, and they still needed to observe for a period of time, maybe two or three years would be the end, so no one wanted to show their heads first and become the target of the imperial court's key counterattack, and the target of the public.

As a result, the 20th Route Government Army, procrastinating, the speed of assembly is very slow, and they are all perfunctory, and the third conquest of Liaodong, the national mobilization is already quite difficult.

The Yellow River is rolling, the waves are turbulent, and the time of freezing is very short, and after the Lantern Festival, it is already turbulent and rushing.

There is a large camp of the Sui army on the riverbank, this is Zhang Xutuo's army, after the last time the five-way coalition army was broken, the prestige was strong, which made his prestige in the military also improved a lot, and became the mainstay of the imperial court and military, and the main generals of the rebel army in various places.

Now his team has expanded to 50,000 horses, and there are many fierce generals under his command, such as Qin Qiong, Cheng Zhijie, Luo Shixin, Fan Hu and others, all of whom have been used by him exceptionally and have exerted great talents.

"General, I heard that the Holy Lord is going to attack Liaodong again." Mai Mengcai and others came to Zhang Xutuo to inquire about the matter.

Zhang Xutuo sighed lightly: "Yes, the Holy Lord attaches too much importance to Liaodong, and he refuses to give up if he doesn't conquer Goguryeo, and no one can persuade him." ”

"Alas, there are too many local rebels, such as the carp crossing the river, why can't the saints see it, and they still insist on going their own way to attack Liaodong, which will inspire more popular uprisings, so that the local people will join the rebel camp, and we can't finish exterminating them at all."

"Ben Shuai has written a chapter, one reported to the Ministry of War, one submitted to the Holy Lord, hoping to be taken seriously, the chapter focuses on Hebei, Shandong, natural disasters and man-made disasters, the people are not happy, rebels and robbers are everywhere, there are too many, those small cottages, we can not clean up one by one, we can only select a few with greater influence to suppress, but the symptoms are not cured, to fundamentally solve the bandits, there is also a need for a corresponding pacification policy, can no longer wage war with the outside world, can not continue to mobilize labor."

"It would be nice if the saints listened to the advice." Mai Mengcai sighed, he knew from his father that today's saint Yang Guang is moody, hates admonition the most, and is used to going his own way.

Cheng Zhijie asked: "Zhang Shuai, will we also rush to Yuyang County to participate in this Liaodong War?" ”

Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin, Fan Hu, Tang Xiaoren and others all paid close attention, their hometowns were all in the area of Qi County, and now that the war was in chaos, they didn't want to leave their hometowns too far, and they wanted to protect their clansmen from nuisance and harm.

Zhang Xutuo shook his head and said: "No, Ben Shuai has received the secret edict of the saint, so he doesn't have to rush to the battlefield in Liaodong, but cross the Yellow River and go to Zhu'a to encircle and suppress Lu Mingyue's rebels." ”

"Oh, Lu Mingyue calls himself the supreme king, and he is very engaged in dividing and adding titles, and it is said that he has developed more than 100,000 people under his command, which is twice as many troops as ours."

"It doesn't matter, there are not many soldiers and nobles, we advance to the southeast of Qilu, and suppress the rebels in this land as soon as possible, so that our land of Qilu can be peaceful as soon as possible, so as not to be destroyed and killed by bandits, and protect one side." Zhang Xutuo has been an official in Qi County for several years, and as the county guard, he has a deep affection for the land of Qilu, and these soldiers under his command are all local household registrations, so his first consideration is to maintain this area, so that the soldiers can have no worries and fight with him with peace of mind.

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After the beginning of spring, Wagangzhai ushered in greater development, at present, several Chengyi around have been occupied by the Wagang army, open the warehouse to release grain, recruit troops and buy horses, attract a lot of rebels to come to defect, many small village owners are fooled by Li Mi.

Zhai Rang discovered Li Mi's superiority and began to reuse it, allowing him to give advice and gradually gain trust.

On this day, the heroes and generals on Wagangzhai gathered together to discuss the plan for sending troops after the beginning of spring in the Juyi Hall.

Zhai Rang, Zhai Hong, Shan Xiongxin, Xu Shiji, Li Mi, Wang Bodang, Jia Xiong, Jia Runfu, Huang Junhan, Wang Ruxin and dozens of other people, military generals, talents.

Li Mi got up and said: "General Zhai, in the late Qin era, Liu Bang and Xiang Yu were all born in cloth, and finally fought for the throne and dominated the princes. ”

Although Zhai Rang is a hero, after all, he was born in a poor family, his knowledge is limited, and in this era, due to the deep-rooted concept of the gate valve system, he subconsciously felt that he was a local prince, and it was okay to cut off the male dominant, but to overthrow the court and ascend the throne as the emperor himself, he didn't think about it at all, and said: "My generation started from a group of thieves, forced to survive, it would be good to be able to steal a living in troubled times. ”

Li Mi sighed secretly in his heart, feeling that Zhai Rang was too short-sighted, content with the status quo, and could not achieve a big thing, but the geographical location here is very good, close to the canal and granary, adjacent to the important town of Xingyang, it is a good place to raise troops, and there are many cottage talents, Li Mi decided to take root here, develop well, and win over a group of people, maybe it can be used for himself in the future.