A few days later, Wang Junkuo led 10,000 soldiers and horses to change banners. Since then, Hanoi County has returned to the territory of the Tang Dynasty. Pei Lin and Wang Jun gathered with Changping, and talked about it. On the spot, Li Yuan, the son of the Tang Dynasty, recommended Wang Junkuo as the county guard of Hanoi and the general of the right military guard. The soldiers under his command were rewarded, and Wang Junkuo was granted the right to collect and transfer the grain and grass taxes in Hanoi County.

After receiving Pei Lian's recital, Li Yuan was overjoyed. not only agreed to all the requests on the fold, but also gave the king the throne to the throne and promised to receive a double salary. Immediately, Pei Lin was given the fourth gold medal for avoiding death. In the face of the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, the function of the gold medal for avoiding death was reaffirmed. Whoever holds this gold medal shall not be killed unless he commits the crime of treason. If the descendants of the Li family disobey, the ministers of the clan can jointly raise troops to attack them.

After receiving Li Yuan's praise, Pei Lin was greatly encouraged, and immediately repaired the book to Wang Junkuo, asking him to find a way to persuade Wang Deren to surrender and repay the kindness of the Tang Dynasty. When Wang Junkuo saw the letter, he knew that Pei Lin had given him a solid credit, and he was very moved. At that moment, he took a few guards to visit Wang Deren in Taihang Mountain and conveyed the goodwill of the Tang Dynasty to him. Wang Deren was already too poor in the mountains to open the pot, and now with the recommendation of an acquaintance, he immediately got off the donkey. With more than 30,000 old, weak, sick and disabled and more than 2,000 soldiers like flowers, he swept out of Taihang Mountain and put himself under the command of Pei Lian, the ambassador of Hedong Province.

Pei Lin didn't think that Wang Deren's power was weak, and he personally greeted him ten miles away. In place of Li Yuan, the son of heaven of the Tang Dynasty, Wang Deren was granted the vacant post of Taishou of Ye County, and the people who brought him out of the mountains were also placed in all parts of Shangdang County in accordance with the newly issued land grant order of the Tang Dynasty.

Not long after, Li Yuan's holy decree arrived again. On the grounds that Ye County was still in the hands of Dou Jiande and Wang Deren had no place to stand, he was awarded the title of General Guide, and the number of soldiers and horses under his jurisdiction was expanded to 5,000, and the grain, grass and ordnance were supplied according to the military establishment of the Tang Dynasty.

How did Wang Deren know that this was a double reed that Li Yuan and Pei Lin had rehearsed a long time ago, and he was immediately moved to tears. drew a knife and swore that he would rather repay the great kindness of the Son of Heaven with his life. Pei Lin took the opportunity to ask him to persuade Cheng Mingzhen to surrender, and when Wang Fubao heard this, his blood immediately cooled down, shook his head again and again, and responded very apologetically: "My lord, my lord, please forgive the last general." Adults don't know, that Cheng Mingzhen is a hedgehog, no matter if you are a wolf or a tiger, you don't want to get a little bargain from him. Right now, he and Dou Jiande are having a good time, and adults might as well sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. Whether Dou Jiande kills him or he kills Dou Jiande, it will only be good for us Datang, and there is no harm! ”

"Hasn't he been forced into Julu Ze by Dou Jiande, and he has no power to fight back?" Pei Lin heard it strangely, frowning and asking.

"Who told you? Pure nonsense! "Wang Deren hasn't read any books, and the words he says are very harsh." He did suffer a great defeat and lost a lot of soldiers and horses. But the people of Xiangguo and Wu'an still yearn for him in their hearts. As long as Dou Jiande is not careful one day, he will send the soldiers and horses in his hands to other places. Cheng Mingzhen exhaled, he would definitely be able to toss Dou Jiande to vomit and diarrhea! ”

"Oh, and that more?! You know something, let me hear it. Pei Lin was a little unconvinced, and asked with a smile.

"That kid surnamed Cheng has never been a master who is willing to suffer! On the surface, he looks extremely honest, but whoever wants to calculate him will definitely be calculated by him in the end. Wang Deren grinned and said with a smile: "Dou Jiande has no certainty of deciding on the state of the first battle, and the reason why he and Yang Gongqing and others chose to enter the army at the beginning of spring is to disturb the agricultural time and let Cheng Mingzhen lose the hearts of the people in Xiangguo and Wu'an first. Who expected Cheng Mingzhen to be more ruthless, knowing that he had few soldiers, and his separate defense must be full of flaws, so he simply went out of the city to fight with Dou Jiande. After the defeat, he immediately gave up Ping'en and led the remnants of his men to plunge into the giant deer Zeen. The place was full of puddles, and people who didn't know the way would definitely not have a roof when they stepped into it. Dou Jiande won the battle and did not dare to enter Juluze to chase him. But Cheng Mingzhen can come out at any time to harm Dou Jiande. This time, hehe......."

Wang Deren smiled, very excited to see Dou Jiande embarrassed. "This time, the host and guest changed positions, and it was Dou Jiande's turn to have a headache. In the past, if the two sides fought and made the people homeless, the responsibility was all on Cheng Mingzhen, who made him the landlord in the area of Zhaozhou. Now, the land is all owned by Dou Jiande, and the landlord has also been replaced by Dou Jiande. If the two sides fight again, the people can't blame Cheng Mingzhen for not having a stable life, they can only blame Dou Jiande for not having the ability. I heard that in the last month alone, Dou Jiande's new capital city Yongnian was set on fire four times by Cheng Mingzhen's people. The most powerful one even gave a little bit of the palace that had just been half built, causing Zhang Jingsu, the waiter of the Ministry of Works, to run out of the tent with his bare buttocks......."

"In this way, the old man should see him as soon as possible!" Hearing Wang Deren say this, Pei Lin strengthened the idea of recruiting Cheng Mingzhen as soon as possible. "I heard that Cheng Mingzhen has a deep friendship with you, and once helped you plan to kill Wagang Fang Yanzao. You said that you were going to Juluze to visit him, presumably he would not refuse. ”

"My lord, how can I have any friendship with him!" Thinking of the experience of dealing with Cheng Mingzhen back then, Wang Deren had palpitations. "I was back then, I was pulling pegs for this kid. Not only did the donkey meat not be eaten, but it was beaten by the donkey owner! ”

Pei Lin couldn't understand the metaphor of "stealing a donkey and pulling pegs", knowing that it wouldn't be a good thing, so he smiled and whispered, "You are new to the city, if you want to be a marquis as soon as possible, you have to show some real skills." Of course, if you only want to be a four-rank general for the rest of your life, and you will manage 5,000 people under your command, I won't force you! ”

"Hmm!" Wang Deren hesitated. I was afraid that after seeing Cheng Mingzhen, I would be made worse off by him than dead. I can't resist the temptation of high-ranking officials. After thinking about it for a long time, I finally turned my heart sideways and agreed in a deep voice, "Okay." Adults look up to me. My old king can't be muddy and can't hold up the wall. I'll take people over the mountain and sneak into Juluze to see Cheng Mingzhen. Adults wait for me to have good news! ”

Pei Lin shook his head and smiled to give Wang Deren an idea, "Why sneak in." You are now the general of the Tang Dynasty, and you can swagger to the edge of Juluze from the rule of the Boling Army. Let those green forest colleagues in the past also see, you now have to sit on high-ranking officials, and horses have to ride! ”

"Yes, I'm not the king of the mountain now, and I'm afraid of a bird. Hehe, hehe......" Wang Deren thought about it and immediately felt the benefits of his new identity. When it came to the Boling Army, his head had to be erected. And today, he swaggered in front of Boling Army, and the other party had to eat, drink and entertain. When you go to Juluze, you can also blow everywhere when you see acquaintances. As the saying goes, women are afraid of marrying the wrong man, and men are afraid of following the wrong person. Now that he is with the Son of Heaven of the Tang Dynasty, it is much more authentic than Li Mi, the Duke of Wei, and Dou Jiande, the King of Xia.

Thinking of this, he was immediately encouraged. Xiang Pei Lin took a long look at the ground, thanking the other party for giving him a chance to perform. Pei Lin laughed, took out the handwritten letter prepared in advance from his sleeve, and asked Wang Deren to hand it over to Cheng Mingzhen. Then he taught some negotiation skills face-to-face, and sent someone to escort Wang Deren to Zhao County in the starry night.

Zhao County is located on the north bank of Juluze and is the seat of Li Zhongjian, the governor of Boling. Dou Jiande just suffered a big loss in front of the Boling Army last year, and he still doesn't dare to cross the thunder pool by half a step. Yes, Wang Fubao went very smoothly along the way. It only took eight days to reach the destination. A bonfire was lit around Juluze, and he waited carefully around the fire all night, and at noon the next day, he was finally surrounded by dozens of minions dressed as fishermen.

Wang Deren had already prepared, and when he saw that he was surrounded, he immediately glanced at his entourage, and at the same time raised his hand high, "Don't misunderstand, don't misunderstand, acquaintance, acquaintance." I am your good brother Cheng Mingzhen, my name is Wang Deren. There is good news for you, great masters. Don't get me wrong, we didn't have any long guys, I don't believe you can search ......"

"It's the king, why are you putting on your official uniform. I also said, after wearing this hard hat, I really didn't recognize you! It was Wu Tianxi who led the team, recognized the prey as Wang Deren, wiped the mud off his face, and laughed at it.

Regardless of whether he was intentionally ridiculed or unintentionally lost, Wang Deren didn't hear it. smiled and arched his hand at Wu Tianxi, and said in a low voice: "This, this brother is surnamed Wu, I have seen you before." A few years ago, you had a drink at my house. Don't tell you anything, brother, I'm an official of the Tang Dynasty now. Hearing that Dou Jiande was treacherous, he specially rushed to help Cheng Jiaotou! ”

"Well, since you're here, we must have good food and wine to entertain. Please wait a moment for me and I'll call the boat over! Wu Tianxi smiled and nodded, then put his index finger in his mouth and blew it. With a crisp whistle, the surrounding reeds swayed, and hundreds of small boats rocked out from the depths of the reeds. On each ship were several men, carrying bows and arrows or spears, and there was not the slightest look of despair on their faces.

Wang Deren was immediately taken aback. secretly thought that no wonder it could be regarded as a treasure by Pei Lao'er. also lost the battle, Lao Tzu's life is like a flower, but the whole camp in this Zhaozhou is still alive and well.

While he was thinking wildly, a relatively large wooden boat propped up in front of him. Wu Tianxi made a gesture of invitation to Wang Deren, personally accompanied him to board the wooden boat, and sailed towards the dense reeds. Along the way, I turned east and west, I don't know how many circles, until Wang Deren was wrapped around the southeast and northwest and couldn't distinguish between the southeast and the northwest, and then I came to a relatively wide island.

"That's it, please get off the boat!" Wu Tianxi jumped onto the shore of the lake in one step, picked up a four-foot-wide and half-foot-long wooden plank with his hands, and put it on the bow of the boat. Wang Deren thanked him and slowly walked down the bow of the boat with the hem of his official robe. I looked around with round eyes, and saw that the fertile fields on the island were in blocks, and the vegetable fields were in rows, and the pieces were lined up along the lakeside, which was as pleasing to the eye as brocade silk embroidery.

"Fairyland is nothing more than that, no wonder Brother Cheng is hiding inside and refuses to come out!" Wang Deren praised it, and he admired Cheng Mingzhen's abilities more and more. Wu Tianxi smiled slightly, and didn't say anything, just slowed down his pace, and let Wang Deren see enough of all the scenery in Julu Ze.

The further you go, the neater the ground becomes. In order to obtain more food, the Zhaozhou battalion used almost all the available land. Each field is connected to a ditch for water supply and drainage, ensuring that drought and flood will not affect the yield of the field. Beside the turquoise fields, piles of oily black lake mud still stand here and there. Many sturdy young men and women pushed wheelbarrows and carried wooden shovels to scatter the lake mud into the fields where the wheat had just been harvested, so that the land could accumulate fertility.

Wang Deren used to be a crop handle, and a cursory look at the thickness of the mud in the middle of the lake in the ground showed that it was about to become fertile land. He didn't know how big the island was beneath his feet, or how many of them there were. I just think that if you calculate according to the general scale of Juluze, it is almost not a problem to make use of all the fields suitable for growing crops in the Ze land, and then subsidize some aquatic products, so as to feed tens of thousands of people and children.

In that case, the price that Datang needs to pay in order to recruit the Zhaozhou battalion will have to be increased. As he walked, Wang Deren thought to himself. Before leaving, Pei Lin had told him to carefully observe the strength of the Zhaozhou battalion. And gave him three plans, upper, middle and lower, so that he could choose the strategy of surrender according to what he saw and heard.

At the beginning, Wang Deren instinctively chose the most frugal plan. Not for the Tang Dynasty, but to prevent Cheng Mingzhen's official position from pressing him half after his return. But before he could reach Juluze's council hall, the most frugal plan had already been vetoed by himself. As the saying goes, how many goods are sold at what price, just with the thousands of acres of fertile land in this Ze, Cheng Mingzhen can't sell himself and the Zhaozhou camp too low.

Before he could settle the score, a war drum suddenly sounded in his ears. Wang Deren turned his head when he heard the sound, and saw that in the middle of the vast blue waves, there was an island that did not know the name and size. On the isolated island, many armored soldiers of Zhaozhou held wooden swords and spears, and fought back and forth under the command of two generals. One team of soldiers was crushed by the opponent, and immediately another team stepped forward to fill the position. A group of soldiers was defeated, and immediately a new robe stepped forward to answer it. Soldiers are coming, flags are waving, tumbling and rolling, and it is difficult to inseparable. Judging by the situation, at least 10,000 elites are conducting actual combat exercises, and it is difficult to end without an hour or two.

"Lord Wang's side, this way, please!" Wu Tianxi deliberately stepped forward, blocking Wang Deren's sight. The weapon of the country cannot be easily revealed, and although the two sides were once friends, they may not necessarily stand together in the future. Therefore, some secrets can still be seen by Wang Deren a little less, so it is better to let him see a little less.

"Ah, Wu, General Wu, please!" Wang Deren agreed awkwardly and turned his gaze back from a distance. The second surrender plan was also quietly vetoed by him. 10,000 elites, what is the concept of 10,000 elites? No wonder Cheng Mingzhen has been taking the initiative to trouble Dou Jiande recently, there are so many elite soldiers in his hands, and he is deeply supported by the people, so it must be a matter of time before he recaptures all parts of Pingen from the hands of the Dou family's army.

"It's here!" Wu Tianxi suddenly reminded again, and Wang Deren was shocked to sober up from his contemplation in an instant. Looking up, he saw a wooden palace appear in front of him. In front of the palace, Cheng Mingzhen was wearing iron armor and slowly greeted him with hundreds of murderous Mo knife hands.