When Dongfang Chen and Gao Yun were drinking and discussing literature all day long, Zhao Junsheng was also busy sending troops to subdue the territory of the counties and counties in Dingzhou, and sending people to take over the government affairs of the counties and counties in Dingzhou.

On this day, the partial general Lan Yunlai reported to Zhao Junsheng: "Lord Wang, all the surrendered and captured generals in Dingzhou have been counted, and there are 6,632 infantry soldiers and 3,949 cavalry; There are more than 3,200 state soldiers, county soldiers and county soldiers! ”

Yuan Wenyan, the chief secretary of the army, reported: "Lord Qiyu, a total of 39 Dingzhou officials who have been captured and surrendered on this expedition have seized money, grain, grass, baggage, ordnance and other materials It will only take more than ten days to be thoroughly counted!" ”

Zhao Junsheng listened to the reports of the two, and then took the list of surrendered and captured officials who came up from Yuan Wenyan, and after reading it, he instructed Guo Yi: "Send someone to check these officials carefully, this king wants to know the details of their origins, officials, character and social relations, go!" ”

"Yes!"

Zhao Junsheng instructed Yuan Wenyan this time: "Increase manpower to count the seizures as soon as possible, if there is a shortage of manpower, first put those surrendered and captured officials of the original prefecture to use, as for their disposal, wait for the results of Guo Yi's investigation to come out, and then this king will make a calculation!" ”

"Yes!" Yuan Wenyan turned around and left after agreeing.

Zhao Junsheng instructed Lan Yun again: "As for those Dingzhou generals, soldiers and prisoners······ In this way, you go and invite the old general Zhang Xing over, and say that this king has something to ask him to discuss! ”

"Yes, Lord Wang!"

"Wait, it's better for this king to go see him!"

Zhang Xing is a veteran of the former Yanguo, this person is quite virtuous, he originally planned to swear not to surrender, but for the lives of tens of thousands of people in White Wolf City, he chose to surrender, but after surrendering, he was unwilling to come out to do things, and this Zhang Xing was honest and honest on weekdays, and he would not collect money, and his family was so poor that after he lost his job, his family would soon be unable to untie the pot, Zhao Junsheng had no choice, so he had to let him hang up the title of joining the army, and often went to his house to consult some questions, On this ground, he asked the government to send someone to send him a fortune on a fixed day every month.

Zhang Xing is a loyal person, a person with integrity, such a person will be respected by the world whenever and where, Zhao Junsheng respects such a person very much, so he is willing to put aside his identity to invite Zhang Xing in person, in addition to Zhang Xing, there is another person in the original Yanguo who is worthy of Zhao Junsheng, this person is Guo Sheng.

"Master, the prince is here, and he is waiting to see you outside the door" The entourage reported to Zhang Xingyu.

Although Zhang Xing's temper stinks, he did not rely on the old man to sell the old, and hurriedly came out to greet him: "The old man doesn't know that the prince is coming, and he has missed the welcome, forgive the sin, forgive the sin, please come in and take a seat!" ”

"This king is here, hoping not to disturb the general!"

"Don't bother, Lord Wang, please!"

The two walked into the room and sat down, this is Zhang Xing's temporary residence in Gaoyi City, and he can't live for a few days, so he didn't look for a house to live in, so he arranged one or two rooms for the military officials and generals in the inner courtyard of the county government.

After taking two sips of tea, Zhao Junsheng went straight to the point, "General, this king is here to ask you for help this time, and this king also knows that you are old and no longer suitable for charging into battle, and this king will not make such a rude request." The general also knows that our army has just taken the whole army of Dingzhou, there are many affairs, there is a lack of talents under the command of this king, and there are very few people available, especially for those who have surrendered to the army and the generals The rectification and reorganization of the generals is very nerve-wracking, most of the king's subordinates are some young people, they are not lacking in blood and bravery, let them charge into battle, let them reorganize and rectify the generals will lack experience and courage, so this king wants to ask the general to take over this mess, now except for the general, no one has this ability! ”

Zhang Xing's heart is still very useful to Zhao Junsheng to lower his posture and ask him to do things, in the past, he was reluctant to come out to do things, that is because Yan Guo is still there, Yan Guo Tianwang Feng Hong is still there, he can't turn his back on the Lord to seek glory, now Yan Guo has long perished, Feng Hong has long since died, and he no longer needs to keep festivals for the destruction and Yan Guo and the dead Feng Hong.

Zhang Xing hurriedly bowed down and said: "The prince thinks too highly of the general, the prince trusts, the general is grateful, and the general will take over this errand!" ”

Zhao Junsheng was overjoyed: "Okay, well, with General Zhang out of the horse, this king will be relieved!" ”

Zhang Xing has led a lifetime of soldiers, is very experienced in commanding troops, he is also a talented person, nearly 10,000 cavalry soldiers in Dingzhou and more than 3,000 county soldiers in Dingzhou after his rectification, just a few days of work became obedient to military orders, one by one honest, the order is forbidden, no one dares to blow up the stab, and after a few days of reorganization, these soldiers will each have a new establishment, after restarting the exercise, the combat effectiveness has been quickly restored, and the morale is getting higher and higher day by day.

It's just that in ten days, the Dingzhou army can be pulled into the battlefield again.

According to Zhao Junsheng's regulations, the more than 10,000 Dingzhou troops were reorganized into two armies, namely the Kaiyuan Army and the Heicheng Army, each with more than 3,200 people.

Then Zhao Junsheng appointed Zhang Xing as the general of Dingzhou Town, in charge of military affairs, appointed the partial general Lan Yun and the former Dingzhou Army Sima Geng Baozhong as the military envoy of the Heicheng Army and the Kaiyuan Army respectively, and appointed Wang De, the Zhonglang of the Wangfu, as the assassin of Dingzhou, in charge of government affairs.

For the first time, Zhao Junsheng used the title of military envoy in the army, and in the following months, he appointed all the commanders of the Zhenshu army and the commander-in-chief of the Chinese army in the area under his jurisdiction as military envoys.

Soon, Bai Jinguang's situation in Yingzhou was also reported, and after careful consideration, Zhao Junsheng set up the Hejian Army in Yingzhou, appointed Zhang Wei, a native of Bingzhou, as the assassin of Yingzhou, and appointed Guo Sheng as the general of Yingzhou and the military envoy of the Hejian Army.

Sindu.

Gao Yun and Dongfang Chen discussed literature and poetry together, and after more than ten days of fun, the two finally sat face to face and said business.

"Mr. Dongfang is highly talented, I have deeply felt and taught in the past ten days! Mr. is not here to accompany me to have fun, if Mr. has anything to say, please say it directly! ”

Dongfang Chen smiled, put down the teacup and said: "The envoy is a wise and profound person, you should understand the purpose of coming down, my prince is thirsty for talent, so that if you serve my prince, you will definitely be reused, then you and I can often chant poems together, wine and talk, isn't it happy?" ”

Although Gao Yun had already guessed Dongfang Chen's purpose for coming here, he was still a little unhappy when he heard Dongfang Chen say it, "Mr. is a guest, I don't want to embarrass Mr., I am also a state assassin, how can I surrender to King Yan?" If the gentleman persuades me to surrender to King Yan again, don't blame me for being polite! ”

Dongfang Chen has already figured out Gao Yun's character after these days, he said with a smile: "You don't have to be angry, I didn't say that I would let you surrender to my prince, but what I said was that I would take the initiative to surrender!" This is completely different from surrender, presumably it is not clear to the monarch that Yingzhou Assassin Shi Baba Shouxing has been captured by our General Bai Jinguang, and the entire territory of Yingzhou has been controlled by our army! ”

"Now, our army's east and west armies have been in the northeast and northwest corners of Jizhou, with a total strength of more than 60,000 people. The envoy seems to have forgotten that Du Gui, the assassin of Xiangzhou in the south, is still at the border, and the envoy has already fallen out with him when he led the troops to block Du Gui's way earlier, and at this time, if he wants to reconcile with Du Gui, he is afraid that he will not be able to pull off this face, and Du Gui may not agree, if he does not agree, where will Jun's face go? ”

"The situation is like this, it seems that you have no choice! I know that the envoy is a decent person and an elegant person, so why should he let himself be decent? And why should you let yourself lose your elegance? ”

Gao Yun thought about Dongfang Chen's words, that's right, he is an elegant and decent person, now the situation in Jizhou is to suffer from the enemy, and Zhao Junsheng has more pressure on him, once the two armies come out, Jizhou will not be able to resist at all, and when the time comes, he will end up in an embarrassed end, where is there any decency and elegance?

That's it, it's better to take the initiative to surrender as soon as possible, at least to leave a good impression in front of Zhao Junsheng who understands current affairs.

Dongfang Chen returned with a full load and completed the mission to Jizhou perfectly.

Zhao Junsheng came to Xindu with a large army, and Gao Yun took a large number of Jizhou civil and military officials out of the city to greet them, and the two sides were like old friends after meeting.

Zhao Junsheng appointed Gao Yun as the doctor of Yanwangfu, and sent another person to serve as the assassin of Jizhou, and reorganized the Jizhou soldiers into the Hengshui Army and the Huining Army.

Soon, the East Route Army entered the Qinghe River in Jizhou under the command of Bai Jinguang, and with Gao Yun leading the officials and soldiers and civilians of Jizhou to surrender to Zhao Junsheng, Zhao Junsheng's eastern and western armies entered the territory of Jizhou, Xiangzhou and Jeju were like facing a great enemy, and the atmosphere on both sides of the Yellow River became unprecedentedly tense.

Xiangzhou Thorn Shi Du Gui, this is Zhao Junsheng's old enemy, and Jeju Thorn Shi Du Chao is Du Gui's father, the father and son are on the south bank of the Yellow River, and the other is on the north bank of the Yellow River, each of them is the history of any state, and there is only a Yellow River between the two states, which can become a natural danger at a critical moment, so Du Chao and Du Gui's father and son are each other's horns, attacking and retreating, which is obviously a long time of disobedience.

Zhao Junsheng convened the officers, strategists and generals of the army to discuss the matter, and Bai Jinguang, the commander of the East Route Army, also rushed to Xindu from Qinghe to participate in the military meeting.

"Ladies and gentlemen, where is our army going next? Will this division go back, or will it continue to attack Sangju in the south, and then cross the river to fight Jeju and Qiju? ”

In the face of Zhao Junsheng's inquiry, the military advisers and officials all used their brains to think.

At this time, Gao Yun stood up and said: "Lord, before the prince attacked Dingzhou and Yingzhou with the imperial court edict in hand, it was a famous division, but now he is going south to attack Xiangzhou and Jeju but the division is unknown, if he continues to attack south, it will definitely attract the suspicion of the imperial court, and it will also cause the joint opposition of the princes in other places!" ”

Dongfang Chen also stood up and said: "The minister thinks that what Gao Gong said is extremely true, now the righteousness is not in my hands, the prince has achieved the purpose of sending troops to the south this time, if he does not collect the troops in time, it will provoke the princes to attack him!" The minister suggested sending envoys to Xiangzhou, Jeju and Qizhou respectively to show the princes that the prince had no intention of encroaching, and that the previous army to attack Dingzhou and Yingzhou was just an edict, and now the rebellious ministers have been ambushed, so they naturally have to collect their troops, so as to weaken the hostility of the princes to the prince! ”