After the army was raised, Xindu immediately changed his image, Zhou Qi became Tang Qi, and Zhou became Tang Bing. Counting the original official army, the soldiers drawn from the counties, and the "righteous army" who were "influenced" by the righteousness, plus the young people who were coerced, in a short period of time, more than 20,000 soldiers and horses gathered in Xindu City.

On the surface, Xindu City can be regarded as a strong army, especially at the moment when the soldiers were successively transferred north and the defense of Hebei Prefectures was empty. Jizhou has become a veritable backbone of the rebel army.

Three days have passed, and it is still in the state hall, but the atmosphere is much more relaxed. He did the big thing of losing his head with apprehension, and after he really launched it, Fang Jue didn't seem to be as difficult and dangerous as he imagined.

In the past few days, there has been good news coming from the surrounding states and counties of Jizhou. Which county in Cangzhou pulled the flag and raised righteousness, which county in Dezhou raised troops in blood, and which county in Yingzhou gathered people to respond......

In short, the "revolutionary situation" is very good.

Seeing that there were more and more "rebel troops" gathered in Xindu, the initiators of the rebellion gradually gained confidence and gradually relaxed.

"Gentlemen, we have been waiting for three days to gather and raise troops, and there have been countless responses from the surrounding areas, and now we have tens of thousands of soldiers, and we have half a year's worth of food. Next, our strength will become stronger and stronger, just wait for the righteous army of Zhuzhou to gather, we can lead the Yanzhao warriors, with the momentum of thunder, cross the big river to Luo, overthrow the pseudo-state, and rebuild the Tang Dynasty...... "Ma Xingwei seemed to be in high spirits, reporting good news and cheering everyone up. It's a mouthful, and it's a great blow.

Now the Jizhou rebels respect Li Dan as the emperor, Ma Xingwei is self-proclaimed as the "Governor of Jizhou, the ambassador of the Northern Tang River", and the rest have official positions in the "New Tang Dynasty".

Ma Xing's words of consolation fell, and Yang Fengjie, the "General Manager of Jizhou Road", immediately came out of the ranks, emotional, and talked eloquently: "The main force of Hebei Wuyi is contained in Liaoxi and fights with the Khitan, which is a good opportunity to achieve great things. That Yuan Hui was stationed in Lucheng, but he didn't dare to move. ”

"Haha, right now, the states are smoking, I'm afraid that Yuanhui is having a headache, which side to levie. We are strong in force, and the rest of the country is near or far, outnumbered or outnumbered. I'm afraid that Yuan Hui didn't know what to attack, so he simply stopped and didn't move......" "General of the Left Guard" Wang Hongyun followed and teased.

"The pseudo-Zhou army in Lucheng does not move, but we can't be indifferent. Now that the Xindu army is ready, the food and grass are sufficient, and it is time for us to officially send troops to rebel! Ma Xing comforted Xu and said with a smile: "The old man summoned you to come here to discuss and discuss, the next step of the righteous army, is it to go north to break the thousands of troops of Yuan Hui first, or directly go south to attack Yedi and unite Wei Bo's righteous army?" ”

The arrogance of a cadre of people is very different from the hesitation and patrol and the two ends of the first rat a few days ago. However, since ancient times, rebellion has not been so simple. These people, apparently, are too optimistic.

The battle plan was discussed in full swing, and the scene was very enthusiastic.

"But Ma Gong, now that the military power is in the hands of General Xiao, if you want to use troops, do you have to listen to his opinion?" At this time, an abrupt voice sounded, reminding Ma Xingwei.

The person who spoke was Yang Zhi, and his speech made the scene embarrassing for a while. Ma Xingwei's face is also a little unsightly, and now he believes in "righteous army", which can be described in one word, that is, "separation of military and government".

As the initiator of the rebellion, he was offered highly, but it was difficult to fully grasp the military power. The rebels in Xindu, Ma Xingwei and others can be mobilized, but they are only two or three out of ten.

For the ally of the snake spirit, Ma Xingwei was already dissatisfied.

A passionate discussion, in the end, is still anticlimactic......

The main force of the rebels is in the company camp in the north of the city, which looks decent, but in fact it is a mess inside, the orders are uneven, and the military rules are not prosperous. Xiao Zhang became the main general, but his life was not very comfortable.

As a big boss in the snake spirit, he is in charge of killers, and he is a traitor. However, when it comes to commanding the army and governing the army, it is blind.

Standing on top of the arrow tower, observing the chaos in the camp, Xiao Zhang's expression was helpless and aggrieved. knows the chaos, but is powerless and unable to remove the chaos. However, he effectively carried out Xiao Qingfang's orders and firmly controlled the military power in his hands.

More than half of the rebels in Xindu City were secretly mobilized and gathered by snake spirits. Xiao Zhang scattered a large number of snake spirit elites in the army and acted as officers. Even if the snake spirit is an ordinary killer, he can get a position as a fire chief at the very least.

In this way, the army is in control, but the rebels are more like a rabble.

Compared with the optimism of the princes in the city, Xiao Zhang is much more depressed, and his understanding of the situation is much clearer. This time, there was a feeling of rushing ducks to the shelves, which was very unsmooth. In the past few days, Ma Xingwei and others have shown signs of seizing power.

Internally, Yu Wenzhong and the Blood Spirit Sisters are also not of great use in military affairs. Without Xiao Qingfang in charge of the overall situation, Xiao Zhang is really powerless.

There is also Yuan Langjun, there is the matter of Lucheng in front, plus the news brought back by Yu Wenzhong and Gu Yufeng, where does Xiao Zhang dare to underestimate Yuan Hui. I am vigilant in my heart, but I am only vigilant. Yuan Hui did not move troops in Lucheng, so that he could not move in Xindu, after all, Lucheng is only more than 100 miles away from Xindu, and the rapid march is imminent.

"What's going on in Lucheng, is there any movement in Yuanhui?" After patrolling around the camp, Xiao Zhang summoned the high-level of the snake spirit and stared at Gu Meiren.

The Gu beauty in the tent is Gu Yumei, the eldest lady Gu. There is no face covering, and at this moment, he is here as the master of the Nine Halls, and there are several other Snake Spirit Hall Masters, leading his subordinates to listen to them in the army.

"It's still the same, there's no movement!" Gu Yumei shook her head and replied quietly.

"Hissed" irritably, Xiao Zhang wanted to be angry, but was suppressed by his life, and just admonished: "Let the brothers of Jiutang, keep a close eye on the movements of the Lucheng Yuanhui Army!" ”

"Hmm!" Gu Meiren replied lightly.

"If we succeed in killing Yuan Hui, how can we be in a dilemma now?" Glancing at Yu Wenzhong, who was sitting in his arms next to him, Xiao Zhang said coldly.

Hearing this, Yu Wenzhong's body seemed to relax, raised his head to look at Xiao Zhang, and asked slowly, "What do you want to say?" ”

was stared at by Shining, and his emotionless gaze sent chills in his heart, clenching his fists, don't overdo it, don't mess with this guy for the time being.

Being intimidated by Yu Wenzhong and consciously losing face, Xiao Zhang took a deep breath and asked another hall master irritably: "The chief managers and generals in the city, are they still making small moves?" ”

"It has never been broken!" The hall master's temper didn't look very good: "Since the army has already been raised, with the strength of our snake spirit, why should we rely on its strength again." Just leave them behind and let's do it ourselves......"

The dough twitched a few times, Xiao Zhang waved his hand, a little tired. He suddenly realized that people with snake spirits were still more suitable for killing people and setting fires......

"I don't know, eldest sister, what's going on over there?"

......

The Xindu rebels were still discussing the next move, and Yuan Langjun, who had been nesting in Lucheng for a few days, finally moved, rode thousands of steps, and went south with great fanfare, and went straight to Hengshui. The intention is obvious, it is to cross the river from Hengshui and attack Xindu in the south.

The rebels soon received the news, and after a decision, there was finally a clear movement. Xiao Zhang led the main force to the north, stopped the "puppet Zhou army" north of Zhangshui, and even made a good calculation of attacking and annihilating Yuan Hui halfway.

Interestingly, after Xiao Zhang led the army north, the "high-ranking officials of the New Tang Dynasty" in Xindu City were smiling, because no one restrained them......