Xiao County, the former county mansion.

In the courtyard, Shi Pu frowned, lying on a bench, waiting for the maidservant, closing his eyes and recuperating.

The tooth general Guo Shaobin hurriedly came and said, "Chief, the guards recruited by Pengcheng have arrived. ”

"Hmm" Shi Pu suddenly opened his eyes, came to his senses, waved his hand to signal the maid to stop kneading, sat up, and said, "How many people?" ”

"This is the first batch, a total of 5,000 guards, and now the rice seedlings are about to be raised, and the people are busy working, even if we work hard, we only have these people."

"However, when the grain is in the warehouse and the rice planting is over, it may be better, and it should not be difficult to recruit another 5,000 people." Guo Shaobin peeked at Shi Pu's face and explained thoughtfully.

When Shi Pu heard this, his excited expression disappeared again, but his slightly frowning brows stretched out, and he said solemnly: "Is there any news from Li Keyong and Zhu Wen?" ”

"Yes" Guo Shaobin didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly said: "Li Keyong and others, with the Hedong Army as the main force, the Bianzhou Army and the Chenzhou Army as the two wings, took the initiative to attack Shangcai, and now Huangchao can barely resist, but it has suffered heavy losses, and I am afraid that it will not last long." ”

"Okay." This news lifted Shi Pu's spirits, and he immediately stood up and continued to ask: "Then has Huang Chao recruited Shang Rang to help?" ”

Shi Pu asked Li Keyong and Zhu Wen about the news, and Guo Shaobin guessed what he was thinking, but the ideal was very plump, and the reality was destined to be very skinny, so he hesitated for a moment before saying: "There should be, but Shang Rang still Chen Bing has not moved, and it seems that he is worried about the abnormal movement in the direction of Yucheng." ”

"Yucheng?" Shi Pu was puzzled, what happened to Yucheng?

"Yucheng is occupied by a Hedong army, according to the news from the scouts, this is a Shatuo people with nearly 10,000 Yue horses, and it is not enough to let it move, once it moves, it is very likely to suffer from the surprise attack of this cavalry, and when the time comes, not only can not increase the number of Huangchao, but he himself may be folded in the middle of the road." Guo Shaobin patiently explained.

When Pu suddenly heard the news, he suddenly burst out, and swept down the tea set on the small table, only to see that his face was red, his chest rose and fell violently, and he said angrily: "Bastard, the one-eyed dragon can't die well, and he dares to harm me like this." ”

It's no wonder that he is so sad and angry, his enemy Han Pheasant has become a big trend, but he himself is trapped in Xiao County, unable to move an inch.

If Shang Rang reinforces Huang Chao left, he could take the opportunity to raise troops to defeat Han Pheasant; Even if you don't fight Han Pheasant, it is much better to return to Pengcheng and plan again than to stay here and be beaten passively.

But people are not as good as heaven, it is because Li Keyong lurked an ambush in Songzhou, so that Shang Rang did not dare to move lightly, and Shang Rang did not move, and he did not dare to move.

"What about Liu Zhijun, what is his move?" After gasping for a while, Shi Pu finally suppressed his anger and turned to care about Liu Zhijun.

Chen Fan is stupid, now there are less than 2,000 tooth soldiers left, and he can't count on it at all, but Liu Zhijun can still look forward to it.

Looking at the angry Shi Pu, Guo Shaobin didn't dare to hide it, and immediately said: "General Liu is still entrenched by the Yellow River, since Han Pheasant led his troops there, the south bank of the Yellow River has become a three-legged trend. ”

"Three-way standoff?"

"Yes, in the confrontation between the three parties, no one dares to act rashly, and General Liu is the weakest, and he does not dare to act rashly." Guo Shaobin exonerated Liu Zhijun.

For Liu Zhijun, Li Yan is an enemy, Han Pheasant is also an enemy, the three sides face each other on the river, Liu Zhijun has the weakest troops, and it is easy to become a target, intellectually he should secretly withdraw to Xiao County, but he didn't, he was still stuck in place, and his attitude was difficult to understand.

Such a move is easy to arouse Shi Pu's suspicion, Guo Shaobin at this moment, in the face of Shi Pu's inquiry, but he didn't say a word about Liu Zhijun's ambiguous and incomprehensible attitude, isn't it an excuse?

However, Guo Shaobin didn't mention it, if Shi Pu thought of some possibilities by himself, he couldn't blame others, Shi Pu could become a warlord, of course, he had certain abilities.

He only thought for a moment, his face was like a marquee, constantly changing, and after a long time, he said worriedly: "On this eventful time, I hope he won't let me down, but it's okay, in this era, the white-eyed wolf has seen a lot, and there is not one more of him." ”

When Guo Shaobin heard this, he was silent, he knew that Shi Pu was afraid of Liu Zhijun, but he didn't expect Shi Pu to be so open, what is Liu Zhijun in his eyes, is he idle chess, what about himself?

However, this doubt, he was destined to hold it in his heart, and said again: "Chief, how should we deal with the current situation?" ”

Shi Pu thought about it, seemed to be helpless, and waved his hand: "Continue to train the soldiers and horses, now we have to wait for the news of Shang Cai, no matter what the battle situation of Shang Cai is, Shang Rang This difficult bone can only be solved by ourselves in the end." ”

Shi Pu also seems to have a plan, as long as Huangchao is defeated, he will take the opportunity to attack Shang Rang, if he can annex Shang Rang's men and horses, why worry about not being able to deal with Han Pheasant.

On the banks of the Yellow River, the camp of Xu Weijun.

Han Pheasant reorganized the Reform Army and the Grass Army, renamed Xu Weijun, and this new army has now advanced to the banks of the Yellow River.

More than ten days have passed, Li Hanzhi and Yang Shihou have surrendered one after another, and both the guards of the original grass army and the probation soldiers have been completely integrated into the new group, and the combat strength of the army has begun to form.

Han Pheasant governs the soldiers, the military discipline is strict, the advance is rewarded, and the escape is heavy, but the horses are suitable, the carriages and horses are suitable, the soldiers are suitable, and the soldiers and armor are suitable, and they are happy and suffer together.

The generals are divided into courtesy generals, benevolent generals, strict generals, brave generals, and faith generals, not seeking perfection, because people are used according to the situation, which is in just ten days, to create a concentric momentum of soldiers and soldiers, there is a prototype of the father and son soldiers, and the guards under their command seem to be full of hope for their future.

In the military tent, Zhu Li sat in the center, and Han Pheasant, Yang Zaixing, Li Hanzhi and others sat on the left and right, Zhu Li said directly: "With our current military strength, if we want to shake Li Yan, the gains will outweigh the losses, although our subordinates are all veterans, but after all, the run-in with each other is still short, defeat Li Yan, what are your good strategies, you might as well put it forward, let's discuss it." ”

"Li Yan is a rat, the general only needs to allow me to ride 3,000 Yue, and Yang will definitely behead him and dedicate it to the general." Yang Zaixing was very arrogant and confidently asked for his life.

"Hmph" Before Yang Zaixing's words fell, Li Hanzhi snorted coldly, and said even more fiercely: "As long as the general allocates two thousand cavalry to his subordinates, and his subordinates do not behead Li Yan, they will behead their subordinates." ”

Since Li Hanzhi surrendered, not only did he not have a good face for Han Pheasant, but he and Yang Zaixing were even more-for-tat, and they had the posture of renewing the unfinished contract.

"All retreat, Li Yan's elite soldiers are sticking to it, and Dazhai is stable, how do you kill them?" Zhu Li is a little angry, these two bastards, will they die if they don't fight for a day, and they are not afraid to flash their tongues if they brag.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Li was a little embarrassed, Yang Zaixing was originally a good Langjun, as Zhu Li's only personal follower, although he loved recklessness and gossip, but he would not talk nonsense, but now he has changed, alas.

Zhu Li glanced at Li Hanzhi, Yang Zaixing's competitiveness and aggressiveness were all provoked by this.

Li Hanzhi's new arrival, in order to avoid accidents, Zhu Li gave him the title of a tooth soldier general, and now it's okay, Yang Zaixing seems to feel threatened, so he confronts Li Hanzhi.

When the two saw Zhu Li's unhappy expression, they glanced at each other, snorted coldly, and turned their heads together.

"Li Yan is the general of Huangchao, there must be a lot of elites under his command, our army is new, the combat power is undecided, we must not be careless, this battle can not be hard-hitting, can only be outwitted." Zhu Li made a face and set the tone.

When the words fell, Han Pheasant said loudly: "General, we might as well bluff again, although it may not be necessary to annihilate Li Yan, but if you want to defeat him, it is not difficult." ”

The old god that Han Pheasant said was there, but hearing his voice, Li Hanzhi's face darkened again, and he turned his head, glanced at Han Pheasant unkindly, and quickly moved away.

This thing is obviously about Han Pheasant scaring him, and he is still haunted by it, and his reputation has been ruined in Han Pheasant's hands, how can he have no mustard at all.

At the beginning, Han Pheasant promised him a good future, but now?

Although Zhu Li gave him the title of a tooth soldier general, does Zhu Li have a tooth soldier now?

Even if it is a temporary tooth soldier, there are only seven or eight, and he, the general of the tooth soldier, is bluffing, but in fact he is not much better than the commander of the light pole, is this the good future that Han Pheasant said?

From a member of the party who commanded tens of thousands of troops, he suddenly became a bare-bones commander, and it is strange that he is not depressed about this gap.

Now even the partial general Yang Shihou is better than him, since Yang Shihou surrendered, he was directly appointed by Zhu Li as a partial general, commanding nearly 10,000 horses, and he was salivating and envious.

Although he was depressed, he was also very helpless, Yang Shihou was defeated by Zhu Li head-on, and the other party also saw through Zhu Li's bewildering words, and the ability he showed was naturally several times better than Li Hanzhi.

He was scared alive before he took the battle, how could he compare with Yang Shihou?

However, Zhu Li didn't care how depressed he was, now their primary goal was to defeat Li Yan and clean up all the miscellaneous fish in Xuzhou first.

Han Pheasant's words were exactly what he wanted, and when he heard this, he immediately asked, "How are you going to bluff?" ”

Seeing that it aroused Zhu Li's interest, Han Pheasant didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly said: "The general can personally lead a group and attack Li Yan from the front, with real swords; The subordinates and several other generals each led a section, each with a banner, with horses and horses, and those without horses, those collected donkeys, mules, and ploughing cattle could all ride, hiding in the shadows, waving flags, galloping, shouting, pretending to be tens of thousands of troops moving together, and cooperating with the generals to pretend to be surrounded on three sides, which would definitely scare Li Yan away. ”

"Wouldn't Li Yan doubt it, after all, we have not been in the army for a long time, how can we have so many troops?" Zhu Li frowned and questioned.

"What can he do, does he dare to break the cauldron, it's not that his subordinates underestimate Li Yan, he doesn't have that courage, as long as he is afraid, he will abscond in order to save his life, if he escapes, the morale of the grass army will inevitably collapse, and it will be easy at that time, it is a good time for us to beat the water dogs." Han Shin explained confidently.