When Zhang Xutuo appeared at the banquet in Qi County, it caused a sensation among the people who came to the banquet.

In the battle of Daihai Temple, everyone thought that Zhang Xutuo was really killed in battle, and the whole army was annihilated. Who knows, Zhang Xutuo is not dead.

Before, the Luo family convened the four counties to protect themselves, and Luo Cheng's wife also raised the banner of Zhang Xutuo in Qi County to recruit troops, and everyone thought that it was just borrowing Zhang Xutuo's name.

Unexpectedly, I really saw Zhang Xutuo.

Seeing Zhang Xutuo, everyone was surprised and excited.

Now the Henan rebels are huge, Zhu Cang and others are brutal and unkind, and wherever they pass, it is like locusts crossing the border, swept away. At today's banquet, many people came from the eight counties that were conquered, including many famous families such as the Xingyang Zheng family, as well as the county families such as the Xingyang Cui family.

Naturally, there are also many powerful families such as Lihu Xu's family, Dongjun Zhai family, Jiyin single family, Licheng Fang family, etc.

These scholars are still well-informed, and they ran relatively fast at the beginning, although they couldn't bring many things such as farm houses and shops, but fortunately, the family members were soft and these were brought out. But when they thought that the ancestral ancestral tombs, family houses and fields had all been seized by the rebels, and even been granted land by them, it was difficult for everyone to swallow the sullen breath in their chests.

When Luo Cheng proposed to raise money and food, recruit soldiers and horses, and protect himself against thieves, everyone was more active.

However, while everyone was active, they were worried that the Luo family would not be able to survive in the summer, and Luo Cheng would lead the loyal army back in the summer.

Now that I see Zhang Xutuo, everyone's confidence has increased greatly.

Even if Zhang Xutuo Daihaisi was completely annihilated, after all, in that battle, he only had 10,000 people, but he fought with hundreds of thousands of rebels, and he was still defeated by luring the enemy and ambushing him.

Zheng Yaozu of the Zheng family in Xingyang was inexplicably happy.

He said to Zhang Xutuo, "I know that Zhang Gong will be fine, with Zhang Gong, you will lead everyone to fight rebellion and suppress rebellion, and the situation in Henan will be stable just around the corner." ”

He is Zheng Guanyin's uncle, when Li Mi attacked Xingyang before, he led the Zheng family to resolutely resist, but in the end the city was broken, but fortunately, Li Mi did not move the Zheng family in Xingyang in order to buy people's hearts. Later, Li Mi deceived Zhang Xutuo and deliberately abandoned Xingyang.

The Zheng family arranged for people to flee.

Not long after, after it was reported that Zhang Xutuo had died in battle and there was no news of the whole army, the Zheng family hurriedly fled from Xingyang City.

Now Qi County has gathered people from all walks of life, about 30,000 people, not counting a few bandits who are willing to join Chengcheng, they add up to 30,000 people, but Zhang Xutuo is not worried about them, so let them still stand at the foot of Mount Tai.

However, in Langya County in the southeast, Li Xiuning also recruited about 20,000 horses.

In addition, there are still 20,000 horses on the side of Donglai Luogui, so their number is still very considerable now, known as 100,000 people. Even if a new army is hastily recruited, at most it can be regarded as a joint defense of the township bravery, but it can also strengthen its own morale.

Besides, with the famous general Zhang Xutuo, everyone's self-confidence has skyrocketed again.

"The thief marshal Zhu Cang led a thief army stationed at the foot of Liangshan in the north of Dongping County, known as 100,000, showing off his might there, and also claimed to attack Jibei County and Lu County, so that the two counties took the initiative to surrender, otherwise if he came to attack, he would slaughter the city after breaking the city!"

Zhu Cang is feared because he eats people, and the soldiers and horses under his command have no military discipline at all.

Everyone is very afraid that this cannibal demon king will be killed, after all, Qi County is only separated from Liangshan, and it is only one Jibei County.

Zhang Xutuo knew everyone's worries, and he knew very well that now the county self-protection army claims to have 100,000 people, but in fact, there is no combat effectiveness, and everyone has no confidence in their hearts.

"Don't panic, don't worry, I've already sent someone to investigate the enemy's situation and find out an important news. The imperial court sent Wang Shichong, Fan Zigai, and Li Yuan to command 80,000 troops to suppress Li Mi. Now Li Mi is very frightened, so he is mobilizing bandits from all walks of life in the east to return to Xingyang to help, and even asks Meng Rang in Huaixi for reinforcements. He was too busy to take care of himself at this time, how could he have the strength to come to the east. ”

As soon as the news came out, everyone burst out in surprise.

"But the thief doesn't come to commit it, but we can't afford to miss it. Now Li Mi is facing the invasion of the Eastern Capital Army, and he is busy transferring troops to the west to help. So we can take advantage of this opportunity to send troops to fight and regain the lost territory! ”

Many of the nobles and heroes present here have been attacked by bandits, and they have a strong will to fight back to their hometowns.

In order to be able to return to their hometown as soon as possible and recover the industry, they even volunteered to come up with a lot of money.

Zhang Xutuo also struck while the iron was hot, and immediately re-branded the banner of Henan's pacification envoy Yamen, and re-assigned the number to the recruited soldiers and horses, and appointed military generals.

Although the appointed generals are mainly those who have contributed money and troops, at least this time it can be regarded as a unified organization and orderly command.

It took a few days to complete the training of 30,000 horses.

Zhang Xutuo took 100 people as a team, 20 infantry teams as a regiment, and 10 cavalry teams as a regiment.

Of the 30,000 men, two regiments of cavalry and fourteen regiments of infantry were formed.

The infantry of the 14th Regiment was composed of five compartments in the front, center, left and right, three regiments of infantry in the front, rear and left and right compartments, and two regiments of infantry and two regiments of cavalry in the middle army.

Zhang Xutuo personally commanded the 30,000 horses, and gave Shan Binbin to lead the middle chamber, let Luo Chengzong lead the front chamber, and the other three compartments also appointed military generals.

Then, he let the whole army march into Jibei County, and at the same time ordered the 30,000 attached Zhao'an thief army stationed under Mount Tai to also march towards Lu County.

The two roads slowly advanced towards Dongping County.

Along the way, all armies were making great noise, gongs and drums were noisy, and flags were unfurled.

He also ordered the cavalry to deliberately gallop back and forth on the official road and the plains, making a huge noise.

Zhu Cang, who was stationed in Liangshan, at the junction of Dongping, Lujun, and Jibei counties, was also unclear about the situation for a while, and listened to the scouts who kept saying that they had seen Zhang Xutuo's handsome banner in person, and even after seeing Zhang Xutuo in front of the army, he was also a little frightened for a while.

When Zhang Xutuo was in Henan, Zhu Cang only dared to wander south of the Huainan River, and did not dare to enter the territory of Henan at all.

Last time, he was responsible for luring the enemy Zhang Xutuo, but as soon as he fought, he immediately became a real defeat, and that experience told him that Zhang Xutuo was really dangerous.

"I heard that Zhang Xutuo also sent a letter to Pengcheng to guard Chen Ling, and asked him to lead his troops north and flank our army with him."

When Zhu Cang heard that Chen Ling was also going north, his scalp was numb in shock.

One Zhang Xutuo is enough to make him afraid, and now there is a very capable Chen Ling, how can this be mixed?

Originally, he had been stationed in Liangshan during this time, because in fact, the eight-way bandits who had advanced eastward had now been transferred back to Xingyang by seven routes, just to meet Wang Shichong, Li Yuan, and Fan Zigai, preparing for a decisive battle.

So he was left alone to blare all the way here, he claimed to be 100,000, but in fact, there were only 20,000 or 30,000 people under his command who could really fight with weapons, and they were still a rabble.

"Order, then withdraw to East County."

After thinking about it, Zhu Cang was afraid that he would be condemned by Li Mi if he withdrew like this, "Let's go to Jijun to attack Liyangcang!" ”

As for the eastern part of Henan, it doesn't matter who he loves, anyway, he will definitely not carry Zhang Xutuo and Chen Ling here. In case Li Mi wants to blame, he will stay in Hebei and not come back, anyway, there is no master here, there is a place to keep the master, as long as there are soldiers and horses in his hands, he can be at ease anywhere, and he can eat fat babies everywhere.

But before leaving, he didn't forget to send a letter to Li Mi, telling Li Mi, the Duke of Wei, that Zhang Xutuo was not dead, and Zhang Xutuo had come back!