If you lose all of them, you will be pulled down, and your eggs will be dead. As a tycoon, Zhang Jin said that he lacked a lot of the necessary temperament to become the overlord of the green forest, but what he lacked was gambling. When there was no rebellion, passing through Yanshan, where horse thieves were rampant, stuffed and sold goods, in fact, it was also a gamble, betting that he was lucky, and he would not be robbed by thieves halfway, and he would lose both people and money! If you win the bet, you will be able to save more melons and dates every year than if you are honestly farming. Take the lead in killing officials and rebelling, or gambling. Bet that once you don't die on the spot, you can live a few days with your eyebrows raised. After that, he became angry with his good friend Sun Anzu, expelled Dou Jiande, and looked for an opportunity to cut off Liu Zhaoan, the eighth master, and almost never walked on the edge of the cliff. If you are not careful, you will have to die. However, he won again and again, won thrills, won a lot of money.

Therefore, after listening to Cheng Mingzhen's whole plan, he was more excited after being shocked. The gameplay recommended by Cheng Mingzhen is much more enjoyable than his previous gameplay. If his first few gambles are compared to throwing dice to press the size, Cheng Mingzhen's further plan is simply double 6, Tianjiu, and even black and white, and it is difficult to see the winner or loser until the last step.

"Bet, if we want to win, we will win a big one!" When Cheng Mingzhen's further plan was personally introduced by Zhang Jincheng to several core village owners, everyone's performance was almost exactly the same as when Zhang Jincheng heard this plan. Although the new plan is more dangerous than the one previously agreed by everyone, the gains behind it make everyone's eyes red. Everyone originally had nothing, and they lost it all, but they still had nothing. The tiles are not afraid of touching the jade, even if they are shattered, the scum that falls from the jade is enough to buy a few more cars of broken bricks and tiles.

With the support of several village owners, Zhang's army attacked from all sides. Within a month, the county towns and fortresses near Fushan were sorted out one by one. The soldiers came to the city to extort money and food, kidnapped meat tickets to collect ransom, and on several occasions even killed under the city of Anyang, the seat of Wei County, and blocked the four gates tightly, until they saw the banner of reinforcements and left unhurriedly.

Seeing that the arrogance of the thief army was so arrogant, Feng Xiaoci, the general of the Right Marquis, led his troops to chase after him. The Zhang Jiajun, who had an absolute advantage in numbers, waited for work on the north bank of the Hengshui River and attacked halfway. But the government soldiers were well-trained and well-equipped. The two sides fought for more than two hours, and the Zhang army was defeated, leaving more than 2,000 corpses and leaving in the desert. The casualties of the soldiers under Feng Xiaoci were less than three hundred, and the losses were almost negligible.

Immediately, the bandit Hao Laodao led the troops to retaliate, and the two sides fought again on the south bank of the Zhangshui River. With his personal bravery, Hao Lao slashed three Sui generals and captured five flags, but in the end, because the command ability of the enemy was too far from Feng Xiaoci, he had to lead his troops to abandon all the land on the south bank of Zhangshui and retreat to the vicinity of Fuyang County to rest.

Four days later, the officers and soldiers who had recovered their energy forcibly crossed Zhangshui and broke the fourth base of Zhangjia's army in one day. The Zhangshui River was lost on the whole line, and Hao Laodao couldn't resist it, and led the remnants of the defeated army to retreat to Fushan Dazhai.

Feng Xiaoci was stationed in Fuyang County, and killed Yang Yi, the commander of Fuyang County, Yu Ziming, the county Cheng, and a cadre of soldiers Cao and Kuai for the crime of collaborating with the enemy. Then waved his army to the water, and set up camp in the plain ten miles away from Fushan, which was far away from the main village called by Zhang Jin.

"You go and tell Zhang Jin that the old man is here. No matter what he wants to do, the old man will accompany him to the end! After beating Yang Wending, the commander of Linshui County, with twenty canes, Feng Xiaoci slammed the battle book on his face and ordered angrily.

"General, General, humble duty, humble duty! What a degrade position! Yang Wending fell prostrate on the ground, did not dare to answer the order, and lamented with a handful of snot and tears.

"Since you have eaten my Great Sui's Yulu, you should have the consciousness of martyrdom. The thief army fought from Fushan to Anyang, and your Linshui County was close to Zhang Jin's old camp, but it was not attacked at all. The old man said that you didn't collaborate with the enemy, will anyone believe it in this world? Feng Xiaoci waved his hand coldly and ordered someone to set up Yang Wending and throw him out of the Chinese army. If Zhang Jin claims to kill you, the old man will immediately report to the court and ask the court to issue an edict to show your loyalty. If you dare to escape halfway, hum, the old man has already killed all the officials in Fuyang County, and he doesn't care about cleaning up the officials in Linshui County! ”

"General....... Yang Wending's wail came to an abrupt end. Zhang Jin said that although he was unreasonable, he really did not attack Linshui County after collecting the "security fee". And the old general Feng Xiaoci is even more unreasonable than Zhang Jincheng, he doesn't even give room for bargaining, and forces people to death as soon as he comes up.

In front of the bright horizontal knife, any quibbles look pale. Except to go to the thief's camp to write a book, Yang Wending had almost no other choice. Fortunately, Zhang Jin recently said that he had a good temper, and after receiving the war letter, he was not embarrassed to be the person who wrote the book. First, he was entertained with delicious food and drink, and then stuffed a "handwritten" reply letter to Yang Wending and asked him to forward it to General Feng Xiaoci.

"Big, big boss......" The thought of having to face Feng Xiaoci's Hades face after going back, Yang Wending's tears immediately welled up all over his face. The big boss is gracious, and he will hide in the mountains for a few days. Shut it up, and be your captive! No, please allow your meat ticket under the next. Meat ticket! After the Yang family in Xingyang, you are caught, and there will definitely be a large amount of ransom to take in the future! ”

Oh my God, there are still people who actively want to be meat tickets? The owners of the village were stunned. Zhang Jincheng refused to consider the other party's request at all, pulled out a sharp knife from his waist, and thrust it into the table, "Who do you think Lao Tzu is?" Since Lao Tzu has collected your security fee, he naturally can't rob you anymore and tie you up. After eating, hurry up and give Lao Tzu a roll, if you don't leave, Lao Tzu will take you as a snack! ”

"Big, big, big......" Thinking of Zhang Jin's special hobby, Yang Wending was so frightened that he couldn't even say a complete sentence. Picked up the letter given by Zhang Jincheng, and made a gesture, "Here, down, here, let's go!" ”

"Get out, get out!" Zhang Jincheng waved his hand vigorously and ordered the guards to fork Yang Wending and his entourage from the wine table and throw them out of the cottage.

The game has begun, this is the first bet, and the two sides are fighting with momentum.

There was no refuge in the thief army, and the unlucky county ordered Yang Wending to slowly crawl back. By the time he returned to Feng Xiaoci's barracks, it was already the afternoon of the next day. thought that Feng Xiaoci would definitely be furious after seeing Zhang Jincheng's letter, and he would be angry with himself as an irrelevant person. Unexpectedly, after Feng Xiaoci read the letter carefully, a smile appeared on his face.

"You go down first, let the old man think about how to answer his question? If you think about it, you have to bother to make a trip! The old general put away the letter and ordered with a smile.

"Then, then, then the lowly will go first?" Yang Wending couldn't believe his ears, and rubbed backwards against the tent. accidentally tripped over the felt on the ground, and "plopped" and fell on all fours.

"Get out! This kind of goods can actually be local parents! Feng Ciming suddenly turned his face again, stepped forward and kicked Yang Wending five feet away.

"The old general is angry! It's not worth being angry with this kind of person! The generals in the tent couldn't hold back their laughter and stepped forward to intercede for Yang Wending. It's good to say that after persuading Feng Xiaoci to return to the Shuai case, and then looking at Yang County's order, he has already climbed out of the military tent, lest his father and mother have not given birth to four legs.

"This kind of goods, such goods!" Feng Ciming's anger was hard to dissipate, and his fist thumped into the handsome case. "It's no wonder that a few thieves can travel thousands of miles, my local officials in Dasui are all so cowardly, they can beat them to the point that they don't dare to come out!"

"After all, he is a civil official, and he has never seen any big scenes." Ying Yanglang persuaded Zhao Yi with a smile next to him. "Since the first emperor set the Dingding, Hebei has not heard of the golden drum for more than 30 years. It is already very rare for this person to dare to go to Zhang Jincheng to write a book, and dare to come back with Zhang Thief's letter! ”

"Humph! Such goods can also be entrusted with official positions, and it is no wonder that the people rebelled! Feng Ciming's heart was not dissipated, he snorted coldly, and said a few words that were very rebellious. In the military tent, except for a few county generals sent by Zhang Wenqi, the Taishou of Ji County, the rest are henchmen who have followed him for many years. So he is not afraid of being secretly secreted to the court. He scolded and counted a few more sentences, patted the letter on the handsome case, and ordered in a low voice, "You can also take a look, this is a reply from Zhang Thief to the old man." Whether it is a thesis or a handwriting, it is a hundred times stronger than the county order surnamed Yang! ”

The generals were suspicious and came to the side of the handsome case to watch silently. At first glance, it was a real surprise. The reply is written in the standard right military style, like a frightening and pretentious dragon, and every stroke is free and easy. I can't find a few people who can practice the characters to such an extent in the entire court. And the content of the letter was actually written entirely in the pun script, four, four, six, six, and one go. is not only magnificent, liberal arts and sciences, but also full of confidence and righteousness in every word, as if they are officials and soldiers, and Feng Xiaoci and others are thieves who do a lot of evil.

"This is Zhang Jincheng who invited Mr. Teaching to catch the knife!" Ying Yanglang General Zhao Yida couldn't believe that there was such an elegant figure in the thief army, thought about it, and pouted in question.

"Do you see the structure of the frame in that word, as if it was written by a man who has no power to restrain the chicken?" Feng Xiaoci shook his head and couldn't help sneering. "None of the real talents have a way out to become thieves, but the straw bale soft egg has become a magistrate by virtue of the shadow of his ancestors. Can you blame me for the fact that the situation of the Great Sui Dynasty is worse day by day? I have long said that the bandits did not come from the mountains, but from the courts. But no one listened! ”

It's no wonder that Feng Xiaoci's words are always full of resentment, and in the past half a month, he has been reprimanded by the court almost every day. At first, his tone was relatively mild, just urging him to fulfill his duties as soon as possible and put down the rebellion. Later, it was simply full of threats and reprimands, announcing that if he continued to stand still in Liyang, the court would send another commander. At the same time, we will investigate the crime of passive war avoidance by the people involved. However, Feng Xiaoci believes that now is not a good time to attack. Zhang Jin said that he was aggressive, and he must have come prepared. Even if the soldiers could defeat him, he would fall a Zhang Jincheng, followed by Wang Jincheng and Li Jincheng who pulled the flag and rebelled. On the one hand, it is better to appease the people, sort out the rule of officials, and fundamentally eliminate the source of bandits, and on the other hand, confine a few gangs of bandits to a fixed area, constantly divide them, and encroach on them. In the end, the court was swept in one fell swoop.

However, the snow flakes of emergency documents from Hebei and Hexi were generally sent to the east, and although there were two people in the imperial court, Lai Hu'er and Su Wei repeatedly defended Feng Xiaoci, they did not play a big role. Under the collusion and slander of Duan Da, Yu Wenshu, Pei Yun and others, even His Majesty Yang Guang, the emperor, who rarely intervened in government affairs, was angry and ordered Yu Shiji to personally transcribe the holy decree to Feng Xiaoci, urging him to send troops to suppress the bandits, otherwise he would be dealt with according to Tu Wanxu's precedent.

The general Tu Wanxu was beheaded by Yang Guang because he had a stalemate with the Liukou for a long time and refused to give gifts to the powerful ministers of the court. Of course, Feng Xiaoci did not dare to follow in his footsteps, and after receiving the holy decree, he had to pull out the soldiers who had just recovered their vitality and chase them to the foot of Fushan Mountain to fight with Zhang Jincheng.

Complaining is complaining, and the war has to be fought. The brothers also wanted to know as much as possible about their opponents before the decisive battle, so they carefully analyzed the handwriting of the letters. After being reminded by Feng Xiaoci, they really appeared, and this letter was indeed from the hand of a military general. Just looking at the strength of the pen and the pen, you can conclude that this person's arm is calm and his wrist strength is extraordinary.

"I can't imagine that under the command of Zhang Thief, there are such civil and military figures!" Liu Keji, the commander of the light car, was the most accomplished in calligraphy and was the first to draw conclusions.

"Presumably this person is Cheng Mingzhen!" Eagle Yang Lieutenant Zhao Yida echoed in a low voice. "This thief and Zhang Jin said that the two of them took so much effort to bring us here from Liyang, I'm afraid it's not just to show off our literary talents! I always feel that in the two battles of Hengshui and Zhangshui, the thief army did not do their best. It seems that the loss is huge, but in fact it is showing weakness to us! ”

"That's true. Zhang Thief has a great appetite this time! The topic turned to military affairs, and Feng Xiaoci's mood was slightly soothed. He wanted to take the old man's head, and the old man personally delivered it to his doorstep. Now, I'm afraid it's not to show off, but to drag us down the mountain, and then find a chance to do it! ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhou Wen, the captain of the county army, immediately stepped forward and admonished, "Why did the old general obey his wishes!" Our soldiers are strong, and each of our brothers can be ten with one. Fight him as soon as possible, so that he has no chance to use a trick! ”

The generals in the military tent are all of the five grades or more. A county military captain like Zhou Wen, if it weren't for the face of Zhang Wenqi, who had been in the supply of grain and grass for several months, he wouldn't even have a chance to enter the door. Seeing that he didn't know how to be inferior to the elders, the generals turned their heads sideways, revealing a sneer from the corner of their mouths. There are also people who are impatient, so they simply asked directly: "Captain Zhou said lightly, the thief army is condescending, and it occupies a favorable location. When our army first arrived, the people were sleepy and tired, so what to fight with them. It is true that each of the brothers can be ten with one. But the brethren are also made of meat, and if you take them without any certainty, is it not a deliberate attempt to murder them? ”

"I, I didn't mean that!" Under the contempt of everyone, Zhou Wen immediately blushed. "I, I just think, can't give the initiative to the thief. The more they want to do it, the more we have to do the opposite! ”

Captain Zhao Yida glanced at Zhou Wen and asked disdainfully: "What does Captain Zhou think the enemy wants to do?" ”

"I don't know, they definitely don't want to fight us right now!" Zhou Wen took half a step back and bowed his hands, "If the generals don't believe it, Zhou can take the soldiers and horses of his headquarters to explore the way for everyone first." After all the 300 brothers under Zhou's command are gone, everyone will continue to discuss how to enter the mountain! ”

This is a bit of a man, and people can't help but look at him again. Feng Xiaoci thought for a while, smiled and said to stop him, "Captain Zhou's courage is commendable, but you shoulder the heavy responsibility of transporting and protecting grain and grass, and you can't be easily injured." The old man really wanted to fight the thief as soon as possible, and he deliberately delayed the trick of time, and the old man knew it. But the old man is also thinking about one thing, how can Zhang Thief use his ability to wipe out the old man's more than 10,000 elite soldiers? He wants to fight to settle the matter, and the old man doesn't want to keep procrastinating and entanglement with him. Therefore, let the brothers rest for two days first, on the one hand, to see the movement of the enemy army, and on the other hand, wait for the news of Wuyang Yuan Treasure and Qinghe Yang Shanhui. The two of them have already received a letter from the old man, if they can cross the Zhangshui River and encircle them on three sides, Hebei will be able to fight and be safe! ”

"I'm afraid that Yang Shanhui and Yuan Bao won't help!" Zhou Wen heard that Feng Xiaoci had no intention of fighting, and reminded him with great disappointment. "The general has also seen how good these local officials are. To tell the truth, except for Lord Zhang, who is too shou of Jijun, I have really never seen a responsible person! ”

Feng Xiaoci was stunned by what he said, and said secretly in his heart: What this future life said is also true. If Yang Shanhui and Yuan Baobao were both scared of the Zhang thief, it would be difficult to fight and achieve all the results. can rush forward directly and fight with hundreds of thousands of thieves, even if he wins, it will be a miserable victory. When the time comes, the thief shrinks into the giant deer, and the old man will definitely not have the strength to continue to clean him up. In the blink of an eye, the thief army healed his wounds and went out to disturb the place again, and the guys in the court who were eating in the corpse were bound to take the opportunity to attack the dissidents.

After thinking about it, he decided to slow down the offensive first. On the one hand, it can allow the soldiers under his command to regain some of the physical strength consumed by the continuous battle, and on the other hand, it can also observe the further movement of the enemy army and brake quietly. In addition, the reason why the enemy army succeeded in the sneak attack last time was because of the complex waterways around Juluzawa. This time, however, the main battlefield is located at the foot of the mountain, and the thief army does not have the advantage of the last time. And now the autumn grain has just been put into storage, and there are some savings in the forts and treasury in various places. Even if the grain route is threatened, the army will not be like the last time, and the smoke will be cut off in the blink of an eye.

Thinking of this, the old general tapped his fingers on the case and ordered in a low voice, "The decisive battle does not need to be rushed. Since the thief army is currently communicating with the old man, the old man can't be laughed at and rude by them. Let's write the right article, let's go around for two days, by the way, familiarize ourselves with the surrounding terrain and landforms, and let the brothers rest for a while. Three days later, no matter whether there is movement in Wuyang and Qinghe, we will lead our troops to attack the mountain and smash Zhang Jincheng's den of thieves! ”

Three days is just a snap of a finger. Feng Xiaoci fought a few pen and ink lawsuits with Cheng Mingzhen, who caught the knife for Zhang Jin, from the government to the difficulties of people's livelihood, and then to the general trend of the world, and the time was wasted while talking. At the same time, unexpectedly, the two counties of Qinghe and Wuyang also responded positively, and Yang Shanhui led 5,000 county soldiers to cross the Zhangshui River and go straight to Handan behind the Fushan Mountain, ready to cut off the retreat of Zhang Jin's army. Wei Yuanchang and Wei Zheng of Wuyang County were also ordered by the county to guard the treasure of Yuan, and led their troops to Qingzhang and confronted Zhang Zhupi, Wang Ermao and other thieves across the river.

"How many soldiers and horses are under the command of the king thief!" After receiving the letter from the friendly army, Feng Xiaoci looked at it on the map and asked with a frown.

"It is said that there are more than a thousand cavalry. Wei Yuanchang is collecting ships and preparing to break through by force! Ying Yanglang General Zhao Yida understood what the coach was worried about, and responded with a smile.

A thousand thieves, although they are cavalry, can't afford to make any big waves. Autumn grain is stored in the city everywhere, and the cavalry is attacking the city, which is simply a fool's dream. After carefully investigating the movements of the other thieves, Feng Xiaoci finally made up his mind. "He commanded the brethren to straighten their armor and polish their weapons. Today, let's meet with Zhang Thief for a while! ”

"Yes!" The generals rubbed their fists and responded loudly. At this moment, a low trumpet suddenly came from the north side of the camp, "Woo, woo, woo-" The voice was low and disturbed.

"The kid reacts quickly!" Just by the sound of the horn, Feng Xiaoci guessed the enemy's intentions. He smiled and ordered very confidently, "Send someone to send a letter to Yang Shanhui urgently, asking him to advance the camp another thirty miles and jam Wu'an." Let him rest assured that if Zhang Thief is defeated to Wu'an, he will definitely become a remnant of the army, and he will definitely not be his opponent. If the thief is not defeated, he will also beat the old man first, and will not turn his head to attack him! ”

"Yes!" The staff agreed, recorded the general's order, sealed it, and handed it to the soldiers to send it out quickly.

Feng Xiaoci nodded and continued to add, "Write a letter to Wei Yuanchang, so that he doesn't have to cross the river, just hold back the enemy army across the river." If the thief retreats to his side, he will be killed at once. Don't worry about the loss, how much he loses, how much the old man will replenish him after that! ”

The staff recorded the order and sent it to the appropriate messenger. Feng Xiaoci personally inspected the soldiers and horses and killed them outside the camp.

The soldiers have fought many times with the thief army, and they already know the opponent's fighting style very well. The thief army usually refused to fight in a serious formation, so the officers and soldiers did not waste too much energy, did not rush to reorganize the queue, and lined up a "ten" in front of the camp according to the four directions of left, center, right, and rear. The Chinese army broke forward, and the two wings were separated. The rear army, as a reserve, is always ready to rush forward and deal a fatal blow to the enemy at a critical moment.

It's just that the performance of the thief army this time is a bit unexpected. Only 30,000 of them came, a little more than twice the number of government soldiers. But it was neatly arranged in a sharp shape, with sharp forwards and steep wings, and the long rear line dragged out a mile, square and neat.

"What a general, Cheng Mingzhen!" The blood in Feng Xiaoci's heart suddenly warmed up, and he looked up to the sky in admiration. It was the most commonly used attack formation for the soldiers of the Great Sui Dynasty, and he was very familiar with it after a lifetime of soldiers. This formation is longer than the offense, shorter than the change. If the attack fails, it will be difficult for the master to retreat.

Woo, woo, woo, the long and mournful sound of the horn sounded again, and the heavens and the earth changed color. It snowed, and the first wave of snowflakes fell with feathered arrows, blooming purple and red.