The second day of February.

The dragon raised its head.

Early morning, Qi County, Zhangqiu.

At the foot of Changbai Mountain, at the gate of Luo's Manor, a big flag rises high.

In the early morning of February, it was still a little cold, but the bell of Roche Manor continued to ring slowly.

A group of teenagers lined up to come to the banner and report to the hostess sitting under the banner.

"Changbai Township has been notified!"

"Shuinan Township has been notified!"

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The young woman in the red dress listened attentively.

"The Cheng family of Jibei County is willing to pay 3,000 yuan, and the family has 500 tenants."

"Dongjun is willing to pay 5,000 yuan for the fox Xu family, and the family has 1,000 tenants."

"The Dongjun Zhai family is willing to pay 3,000 yuan, and the family has 500 tenants."

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"Taishan thief Zhao Rang is willing to lead 10,000 people in his headquarters to vote!"

"Dongping Juye Ze Meng Hao is willing to lead 8,000 people from the headquarters to vote!"

"Surabaya thief Liu Ling is willing to lead 5,000 people from his headquarters to vote!"

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"Sister, the prestige of our husband is loud enough, let's raise the flag, and the responders will gather." Red Line smiled and said to Shan Binbin.

As the wife of Luo Cheng, the Duke of Chu, Shan Binbin, who has the order of Mrs. Ning Guo, was rushed to Luoyang by her brother Luo Chengzong to pick him up earlier. When she arrived in Qi County from Hebei, Chengzong originally wanted to send her back to Donglai, but Shan Binbin insisted on staying.

"Is the name of our husband the god of war in vain? Besides, our Luo family has been begging for thieves in Qi County for several years, and they have also accumulated a lot of reputation. What's more, we still have an old god of war here, Zhang Shuaijiu, the teacher of Fujun, is in Henan, although he lost a battle before, but his name is still there, and he is the commander of our four counties in Donglai to protect the soldiers and horses, so he can naturally command the heroes. ”

The red line said, "That baby-loving Zhu Cang has arrived in Dongping County, and it is said that he now has 100,000 soldiers." ”

Shan Binbin sneered.

"100,000 troops? The heads of these grass thieves shouted that they supported 120,000 soldiers at every turn, and Li Mi in Xingyang over there also shouted that they supported 1 million soldiers, but they were just a rabble and bluffing. Now that we have gathered soldiers and horses here, their arrogance will come to an end. ”

"The Li clan has also recruited tens of thousands of horses in Langya County, and the momentum is very majestic."

"Oh." Shan Binbin is very uninterested in Li, or can't coexist with her. Previously, Li had to follow her husband to Liaodong, and then after her husband sent troops to serve the queen, she ran back to Donglai. This time, her father-in-law said that he wanted the four counties to gather troops to protect herself, and she was unwilling to be lonely and ran out to recruit troops.

If it weren't for the fact that she was too active, in fact, Shan Binbin would not have gone to Qi County to send his son to Donglai, and then he would have to stay to recruit soldiers.

As an eldest woman, she can't let the concubine of the Li family compare.

"If she has the ability to pull Pengcheng County over, that's what is amazing."

There are both canals and Surabaya in Pengcheng, and the Huai River in the south, which can be said to be the gain and loss of Pengcheng, and the prosperity and decline of the north and south.

Pengcheng can be said to be neither south nor north, it is known as the key to the north, and it is also known as the important town in the south, from the south, occupying Pengcheng is equivalent to getting the key to open the door to the north. And from the north, occupying Pengcheng is equivalent to occupying a bridgehead for the southward march.

It is close to the Yellow Sea in the east, the Central Plains in the west, the Lunan Mountains in the north, and the Jianghuai Plain in the south.

From this, to the east, west, north and south, are like the unstoppable force of mountains and flowing water, the image point is to say, Pengcheng is the waist eye of the east, is the throat of the north and south, this is a very suitable place for a decisive battle.

In the era of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, there were countless major wars here, and it became the focus of contention between the north and the south.

Even Luo Chengdu once commented that Pengcheng is not allowed to be here in the south, there is no way to plan for the east, there is no way to see the east of the river, and it is the place where the victory and defeat are turned to the war.

For the Luo family, who are now protecting themselves in the four counties in eastern Henan, if they can control this place before the rebels, then it will naturally become a gate to protect the Shandong Peninsula.

"Now Pengcheng Taishou is Chen Ling, he is a famous general, he once led his troops to cross the sea to attack the flowing ball, and the king of the flowing ball returned. He also served as the Taishou of Liaodong, and then followed the emperor to conquer Liaodong, and was also a general. Yang Xuangan rebelled, and once led 10,000 troops to pacify Liyang and beheaded the rebel general Yuan Wuben. Now he is in Pengcheng for the Taishou, and also as the palace supervisor of Duliang, given the title of Xin'an Marquis, although there are Zuo Cai Xiang plundered Huaibei, Li Zitong according to Huainan, Meng Rang plundered Huaixi, but no one has been able to shake Pengcheng, it is said that this Xin'an Marquis temper is more old-fashioned, Li sent people to contact him several times before, hoping to join forces with us to protect themselves, but he did not reply. ”

Shan Binbin said with a smile, "Chen Ling, as a county guard and a general, how can he listen to the orders of women like me?" The Li clan sent people to find him, but it was just a humiliation for themselves. ”

"Shall we contact her?"

"There's no need." Shan Binbin shook his head, "Chen Ling has good skills, with him guarding Pengcheng, Li Mi and Meng Rang don't want to attack Pengcheng, so we don't have to worry about him, it's good to have him in front of us to block it." When he is in trouble, let's help again, it will be better than going to him now. ”

"Sister, there are a lot of rumors outside now, saying that our Luo family is going to raise troops to stand on their own, and it is also spread everywhere, with noses and eyes." Red Line Road.

"This is a clumsy trick of Li Mi's rebels, don't worry about him. Now that Li Mi occupies the land of the eight counties, he is arrogant for a while, and our east is empty, and we can't count on the imperial court, so we can only protect ourselves. ”

What if the court listens to these rumors? ’

"What's the difference between listening to and not listening, now the imperial court can't even control Li Mi and other bandits, how can they still control us." Shan Binbin said disapprerovingly.

After chatting for a while, Shan Binbin got up and took the red line to the manor to meet Zhang Xutuo, who was recuperating here.

Originally, Wang Junkuo wanted to send Zhang Xutuo to Liaodong, but he didn't go. said to send him to Donglai, but he didn't go.

Although he was still unable to act, he was very stubborn in re-recruiting soldiers and horses in Qi County to fight the thieves.

Now the Luo family calls on the four counties to protect themselves, Shan Binbin is here to contact the powerful landlords from all over the country to gather troops, in fact, it is still under the banner of Zhang Xutuo, in any case, he is also the Marquis of Xingyang and Henan Pacification Envoy given by the imperial court, and he still holds the seal letter scepter awarded by the emperor in his hand.

Zhang Xutuo leaned on the couch, after this period of recuperation, his body has improved a lot, although the doctor still told him not to go to the ground, but after all, he is much better.

However, this old handsome, after the first battle of the Haisi Dynasty, the whole person was a lot haggard, not only physically traumatized, but also psychologically traumatized, and the tens of thousands of soldiers under his command were wiped out, and even the old brother Jia Wuben and others died to cover him.

"Teacher."

"Ah, Binbin is here, how's it going?"

"Teacher, the scholars in each county reacted very strongly, and they were all willing to pay for it. Even the families who escaped from Jiyin and other places where thieves fell in Dongjun were willing to break their families and help. ”

Zhang Xutuo coughed twice, "That's good, that's good." ”

"Teacher, there is news, now that the imperial court has newly appointed Wang Shichong as the pacification envoy of Henan, everyone is now a little suspicious that you are still alive."

"You make arrangements, invite people from each family to have a banquet, and I will show up then."

One Henan Province, two pacification envoys, and Li Mi, the Duke of Wei, who has hundreds of thousands of thieves and covers eight counties, can be said that the situation in the Central Plains is too complicated.

"The emperor has arrived in Xijing, but the Li thief is still in prison, and the thieves here have not had a major offensive for a long time. I have a feeling that they must be planning a bigger operation, perhaps to concentrate their forces on Luoyang, or to attack Pengcheng or Qijun! ”

"Maybe the thieves may turn to Hebei, but I don't know?" Shan Binbin reminded Zhang Xutuo, "There is Liyang Cang in Ji County in the north of Xingyang!" ”