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February 23, Yong'an, Jizhou, Military Governor's Mansion......

"I can't drink anymore, I really can't drink anymore, Lord Governor, do you have to get this king drunk before you are willing? Hehe......"

On the wine table, Liu Ce, Xu Wenjing, Wei Ji and Zhou Cen talked happily, so lively, in the face of Xu Wenjing and Liu Ce's continuous toasting, Wei Ji was flushed and kept refusing, this fermented wine really suited his appetite, but the stamina was too big and easy to get drunk.

Xu Wenjing held the wine glass and said with a smile: "Lord Wang, it is rare for you to go all the way to Jizhou, and we should have done a little bit of the friendship of the landlord in the Military Governor's Mansion, please have another drink......

"Then a cup, just a cup......" Wei Ji refused, so he simply took a bite of it, revealing a look of pain and enjoyment.

After three rounds of drinking, Liu Ce opened his mouth and asked Wei Ji: "Lord Wang, the military governor still has some questions and wants to ask the prince for advice......

Wei Ji blushed and said, "Lord Commander is polite, but it doesn't hurt for you to say it......"

Liu Ce said: "Lord Wang, you also know that this military governor fought with the thieves in Heyuan two years ago, and the combat power of this thief also has a little understanding, I don't know how the current thieves have changed compared with two years ago?" ”

Hearing this, Wei Ji patted Zhou Cen drunkenly, and said to Liu Ce: "Lord Military Governor, you have to ask Zhou Taishou about this, he knows much better than this king......

Zhou Cen was still fighting with the wine in the cup, but when he heard Wei Ji say this, he hurriedly put down the wine glass and chopsticks and said to Liu Ce: "Lord Military Governor, it's different, the current thieves are not as good as before......"

"Oh?" Liu Ceqi said, "Then please talk carefully with Lord Zhou and the military governor, after all, the army is about to go on the march, so it is better to know yourself and the enemy, so as not to miss the big ......event."

"Lord Military Governor is ......serious," Zhou Cen replied respectfully, "This thief has made a comeback so quickly since he was killed by the Marquis of Zhenliang, and this is a political and strategic mistake by the governors of Heyuan and Jingtai provinces, but the reason is that Duan Hong has collected a bunch of generals who are good at using soldiers......

"I would like to hear the details...... Liu Ce said quietly.

Zhou Cen continued: "The reason why the thieves were able to besiege Gaoyang City was that there were three generals under their main hands, who were extremely good at using soldiers.

The first name is called Hua Cheng, who originally belonged to a small banner general of the Zhao family's local army, and took the initiative to take him in when Duan Hong was most down, and finally scattered his family wealth to help him build a hundreds of well-equipped troops, the number is not much, but compared with the army directly under Thunder, this combat power is also between the two princes, Duan Hong relied on these hundreds of elite soldiers to break through the three towns and six villages, and quickly made a comeback......

The second compound surname Xiahou, a single name Qiong, Xiahou's family was one of the founding dignitaries, but later the family fell in the middle of the road, and gradually disappeared among the nobles of the Great Zhou, this Xiahou Qiong repelled the Thunder Army counterattack six times in a row, and the entire banner regiment of Zhu Song, who was killed by three thousand daring soldiers, was unable to form an army, and it was a head-to-head confrontation with the Thunder Army's direct flag regiment, and the combat experience was extremely rich, which should not be underestimated,

And the third, named Luo Song, is not clear where he came from, but he is the most powerful of the three, Gaoyang has today's situation all thanks to him, it is he who blocked the passage between Gaoyang and Wuliang Town, and it is also he who lured the enemy to go deeper, so that the Thunder Army lost troops and lost generals, and annihilated 30,000 ace soldiers of the Great Zhou Dynasty in one fell swoop, forcing the commander of the Thunder Army to retreat in Gaoyang City, and at the same time defeated the local officers and soldiers who came to help along the way, and even took the northern part of Heyuan and the east and west of Jingtai to produce grain, and there was almost no defeat......"

After listening to Zhou Cen's words, Liu Ce pondered for a moment and then asked: "Lord Zhou, this military governor still has a question, this thief's combat power has suddenly become so strong, in addition to morale, there should be the benefit of soldiers, right?" But according to the knowledge of this military governor, the minerals of Heyuan are all deep underground, how difficult it is to mine, how can the thieves obtain iron ore to make weapons? ”

Zhou Cen shook his head and said: "This is also the strange place for the lower officials, according to the people who fled from the source of the river, the armor on this thief is almost more than the attached battalion of the Thunder Army, and he is well-trained, and he does not have the style of rushing forward before.

This time, Duan Hong's siege of Gaoyang claimed to be one million, but in fact it was only 200,000, and these 200,000 armor was over forty percent, which is really incomprehensible......"

Liu Ce and Xu Wenjing glanced at each other, Xu Wenjing pondered for a moment and said: "Although I have never been in Heyuan in Xia, but if I think about it carefully, I can also analyze some clues, since there are so many good generals under Duan Hong's command now,

It must be to take the iron weapons in the armories in the various armories in Jingtai, Heyuan, for their own use, and there are also a lot of armor and weapons on the 30,000 lives of the Thunder Legion, and in the long run, it is naturally not a big problem to arm a group of well-armored thieves......"

"What the military advisor said is reasonable, but the official was negligent......" Zhou Cen also felt some truth after listening to Xu Wenjing's analysis.

Xu Wenjing stopped and said: "But the thief is not a way to go on like this after all, if the armor and iron materials cannot be produced by force, after all, they can only respond to a temporary emergency, and it is not a long-term plan, the thief must find a place rich in iron ore to rise again so quickly, and everything will be clear when he reaches the source of the river......"

Wei Ji saw that the atmosphere in the palace hall was a little dull, and said with a smile: "Don't be sad when I say a few people, isn't it easy to use the army of the military governor to enter the customs to solve the crisis in Heyuan?" The important thing is to be happy now, come to you, this king toasts you all ......"

Xu Wenjing raised his glass and hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, what's the use of saying this now?" Come on, let's have a drink and then talk about ......."

"Newspaper~~"

Just as everyone raised their glasses to ease the atmosphere, the sound of the guards suddenly came from outside the door.

"What?" Liu Ce asked.

The guard said respectfully: "Lord Military Governor, Lord Fa Ji Fa sent his subordinates to report to Lord Military Governor, saying that the newly built Yulin Wei Huo Qing, Commander Huo Commander Abused the soldiers, and the whole flag regiment complained and had a very bad impact, Lord Fa said that the situation was urgent, and asked the Lord Military Governor to deal with it in person......

"Huo Qing? Abuse of soldiers? ”

Liu Ce and Xu Wenjing glanced at each other, their eyes full of surprise.

Suddenly, Liu Ce got up and said to the guards outside the door: "Wait outside the house, this military governor will go to see how this Huo Qing abuses the prisoner, the rabbit cub relied on his outstanding achievements in the Northern Expedition this time, and turned against him, if it is true, this military governor must strip him of his skin......

After speaking, Liu Ce strode out of the gate of the palace, Xu Wenjing followed, Wei Ji saw this, hurriedly picked up the wine glass and took a sip, and said loudly to Liu Ce: "Lord Military Governor, this king is a good supervisor of the army, don't leave this king here alone......"

After finishing speaking, he got up and walked two steps, then immediately turned back to the wine table and tore off a plate of roast chicken and a chicken leg, grabbed a handful of peanuts, and chased Liu Ce and Xu Wenjing with Zhou Cen......

。 Sogou