What the! Zhang Huan returned to Yonghe County to cross the river. "How is it possible that he stood up and believed what he had heard? Obviously, the Hebei Army had already occupied Fenyang County, how could Pei Jun tolerate Zhang Huan crossing the river under his nose, it was precisely because he knew this that he ruled out the possibility of Zhang Huan killing the horse pistol.

He still didn't believe it, maybe this was Zhang Huan dragging himself back, he grabbed the placket of the soldier who reported the news, and asked word by word: "How many of them are there?" ”

"I heard that there were thousands of people, and the brothers at the Yanchuan ferry were caught off guard, and he broke through the defense line." The soldier trembled.

"Thousands?" Hatred was so great that he almost burst into flames, he pushed away the soldiers who reported the news, and shouted: "Pass my order, behead Dong Wenchang, the Yanchuan soldier and horse envoy, and show the public, and if there are any more losers, they will all be beheaded!" ”

Everyone saw that the big man was angry, no one dared to come forward to ask, there was silence in the handsome tent, at this time Wei Qing stepped forward and gave a long salute, "Please father to calm his anger, the child thinks that this is probably Pei Jun's intention to let him enter Longyou." ”

Although Wei Qing didn't expect Zhang Huan to kill back the carbine, he was not as excited as his father, on the contrary, Zhang Huan's entry into Longyou gave him more opportunities, he straightened his waist, and said with a cold smile: "I have always wondered how Zhang Huan got out of Tongguan, and now it seems that Pei Jun did something in the middle, father, Zhang Huan don't worry, but you have to beware of the Cui Pei family, their next target is probably our Wei family." ”

Wei Ge has also slowly calmed down, and his son is right, this time Zhang Huan left Chang'an. Entering Longyou again, it must be Pei Jun's intentional connivance, he wanted to insert a stinger inside Longyou, in order to wait for future changes, but Zhang Huan calmly crossed the river, but reminded him from the opposite side that he must strengthen the defense along the Yellow River.

But then again, even if the Cui Pei family wants to make trouble, it will not be a matter of now, and Zhang Huan's entry into Longyou is like a knife inserted into his own body. It made him sleepless and had to deal with it immediately no matter what.

Wei Qing seemed to be a worm in his father's stomach, and without waiting for his father to ask him, he said slowly: "My father has an army of 130,000, and Zhang Huan has only four or five thousand people, even if he is a tiger." Can a lone tiger be able to defeat a pack of wolves? Besides, in my opinion, he's just a dog. Now that you're in, it's the best. We closed the door and beat the dog, giving Pei Jun a resounding slap in the face. ”

Wei Ge glanced at Wei Qing deeply. The son not only has a unique vision, but can also see the conspiracy behind this matter. And the past few days have gradually come out of the shadow of a year ago, which really makes him happy, he strokes his short beard and nods. Immediately said to Wei Qing: "I will leave this matter to you to deal with, 30,000 Shuofang troops, 20,000 Longyou troops, and 10,000 Hexi troops, a total of 60,000 people, you are responsible for commanding, no matter what, you will drive Zhang Huan out of Longyou for me." ”

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The Tianqi camp has crossed the Yellow River, galloping on the Longyou Plain, they are rushing along the Yanshui all the way, it has entered November at this time, everything is bleak, the first wave of cold wave has come, many streams have formed a thin layer of ice, and the trees are gray-white, like an old man.

Two days later, when it was getting late, they arrived at the Chilong River beach in the upper reaches of Yanshui, where the water was very shallow, a thin layer of ice condensed, and a large area of the riverbed was exposed to the cold wind.

The county seat is very small, there are less than 1,000 households in the city, the brigade has just entered the county seat, and the county commander hurried to greet him with the county commander and the county lieutenant, the county commander's surname is He, he is a five-year jinshi of Qingzhi, he was born poor, and he has been a local official for ten years, and it can be seen that the economic conditions have not improved much, and his official uniform has been sewn with a few patches, which looks very shabby and shabby.

"Yanxi County ordered He Yue to see the general." He bowed deeply to Zhang Huan, his attitude was very groveling, Zhang Huan's sudden arrival made him feel uneasy, if this army is not disciplined, it will be a disaster for Yanxi County, he mustered up the courage and whispered: "The county is very poor, the people live in hardship, please show mercy to the general's subordinates." ”

Zhang Huan snorted, "Is there official food in the county?" ”

"There is official food, but it is a tax that has just been collected this year, and I dare not act rashly."

"You don't need to move." Zhang Huan pointed his whip at him and said coldly: "I'll give you half an hour and vacate five hundred empty houses for me, and I will restrain my subordinates, otherwise my soldiers will go to find accommodation by themselves." ”

"Yes! Be! "The crowd let the house.

At this time, a personal soldier in charge of protecting Pei Ying rushed to Zhang Huan's side and whispered, "General, Miss Pei is invited." ”

Zhang Huan nodded, turned back to He Lou Wuji and said: "You take the brothers to the official warehouse, distribute all the money and food to the brothers, and then bury the pot to make rice, and after half an hour, if the county order has not prepared the house, I will drive someone to occupy the house!" ”

He Lou Wuji responded, waved his hand, and galloped away with a group of soldiers in the direction of the county government, Zhang Huan smiled faintly, and came to Pei Yingdi's carriage as soon as he turned his horse's head.

Since confessing to Zhang Huan, Pei Ying has become shy, she spends most of her time hiding in a carriage taken from Yanshui Ferry, rarely talking to Zhang Huan, after crossing the river all the way west, she always leans on the window for a long time, bored looking at the winter scenery of Longyou and is stunned, and she can't help but be a little worried.

At this time, she saw Zhang Huan coming from a distance, her eyes immediately brightened, and she quietly opened the curtain of the car.

Zhang Huan urged him to step forward immediately, hugged his fists at her and smiled: "Miss Pei, do you have something to look for me?" ”

"To get sick, you must restrain the soldiers, and you must not set up for plunder." Pei Ying saw that the soldiers on both sides were far away, so he whispered to him: "Hexi is just your first step, you will swallow Longyou sooner or later, now it is no better than the troubled times, there are very few brutal troops in the Tang Dynasty, if you set up troops and plunder the people, the notoriety will spread all over the world, and you will not be able to stand in the court in the future, you must remember that if you want to achieve a great cause, you must first win the hearts of the people." ”

Zhang Huan is also a scholar, so he naturally understands the truth of what she said, but blindly stressing benevolence and righteousness will also make him suffer

soldiers, so that the morale is low. There are pros and cons to both, but the key is to avoid committing adultery and killing, and not to be too constrained in the rest of the sections.

He smiled and said, "Thank you Miss Pei, I'll pay attention." ”

Pei Ying was very happy when she saw him obedient, but Zhang Huan's left voice Miss Pei and right Miss Pei also made her hear harshly, and she had the heart to let this nerd call him a name. But she couldn't speak, she hesitated for a moment and then whispered: "It's too boring to ride in a carriage, and no one speaks, I still want to ride a horse, do you think it's okay?" ”

Zhang Huan couldn't ask for it in his heart, he smiled slightly: "I won't go too fast on the road backwards." It doesn't hurt if you ride a horse. ”

The two fell silent again. I couldn't find anything to say for a while, and the atmosphere was a little awkward. Zhang Huan scratched his head and smiled: "Tonight, I have to wait for the news of the scouts to decide to act, and the departure time may not be until the second half of the night." You can get a good night's sleep, why don't I take you to a place to stay now. ”

Pei Yingdi's face flushed slightly. He nodded slightly.

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He County ordered to do things effectively, and under his exaggerated intimidation, the people in the south of the city packed up some valuable things and hid in the north of the city. In less than half an hour, half of the county seat was vacated for this army of unknown origin to live, and even He County Ling took his wife and children to borrow them to live with relatives outside the city.

At night, it suddenly rained, with fine snowflakes, the north wind howled, very cold and biting, except for the soldiers on patrol duty, the other soldiers had already fallen asleep, and the whole county was very quiet, but full of anxiety and anxiety.

At this moment, in the county Yadi meeting hall, several major generals of the Tiancai Battalion gathered together to discuss the next step of action, the goal is very clear, that is, to cross the Yellow River again, to the west to Wuwei County, the key is how to go, and Wuwei County still has 10,000 Hexi troops, how to lead them out, this is also an extremely tricky matter.

The scouts who had inquired had returned, bringing news that Wecker had led part of his army southward, while the other part, about 20,000 men, was following him, and was already camped a hundred miles away, and did not seem to be in a hurry to catch up.

"I thought that although there were 20,000 people in the Longyou Army, we were all cavalry, and we were extremely powerful, and we would not necessarily lose with 5,000 against 20,000, and they also understood this, so they were not in a hurry to chase us, they must be waiting for reinforcements to converge."

The first to speak was the adjutant general Li Hengqiu, although he was not good at intrigue, but the war was by no means ambiguous, and he was Lingwu County, the earliest in Shuofang Congjun, the first in Shuofang, he was very familiar with the terrain and garrison situation in this area, he was not worried about the chasing troops behind, but worried about the Shuofang army in the north, now the Longyou army is marching slowly, it is very likely to be waiting for the Shuofang army to go south, and once the Shuofang army goes south, the two armies will definitely form a joint encirclement of them before crossing the Yellow River.

"In order to avoid being intercepted by the Shuo army, I suggest that we go south, take advantage of cavalry maneuver, and cross the Yellow River as soon as possible."

Zhang Huan listened while carefully inspecting the map of Longyou and Shuofang obtained from the Yanchuan ferry, the Yellow River is still more than 800 miles away from here, if the fastest day is 150 miles, it will take five or six days, but considering the bearing capacity of the horses, it will take seven or eight days at the earliest, so that the Shuofang army will inevitably arrive at the Yellow River first and stop them, which is indeed a troublesome thing.

At this time, He Lou Wuji suddenly said: "The Shuofang army is only 50,000 people, and it is widely distributed, if they want to intercept us, they will need at least 20,000 or 30,000 people, in this way, the Lingwu County side will be empty, we might as well continue to go straight to the Buxu army to attract them to catch up, and the main force will quietly go north and cross the river from the Lingwu County, so that we can jump out of their encirclement." ”

'Lingwu County is empty! Zhang Huan's mind flashed, he seemed to think of something, but he couldn't see it for a while, at this time the room was already noisy, five or six people expressed their opinions, all talking about how to defeat the Hexi army, Wen Wu first, Wu Wu second, everyone insisted on their own ideas, some said that with the Hedong cavalry sharp, in one fell swoop to defeat the Hexi army, in the morale of Wei Ge's arrogance; However, some said that they would lead the Hexi Army across the Yellow River and try to preserve their strength; However, He Lou Wuji said that he simply occupied Lingwu County and did not go to Hexi, but Li Hengqiu immediately objected loudly, saying that Lingwu County had thin grain and grass, a sparse population, and no strategic depth, so it could not survive at all.

'Grain and grass are so thin that they can't survive!' Zhang Huan suddenly patted his head and looked at the map in a hurry, and at this moment he finally thought of the most critical point just now, and a bold strategy quickly formed in his mind.

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"Go sick!" Zhang Huan had just walked through the door for a month, and he saw Pei Ying running over, she was not wearing much clothes, and she was shivering from the cold.

Zhang Huan hurriedly took off his cloak and put it on her, and said a little reproachfully: "What's wrong! Why not go to bed? ”

"This county government is too shabby, there are strange voices and shadows everywhere, I, I am alone. Pei Ying bit her lip tightly, not daring to say any more.

"Really?" Zhang Huan listened carefully, and sure enough, he heard a thin intermittent sound, the sound seemed to come from a bamboo forest not far away, very much like a woman singing in a low voice, it was really creepy, he listened for a while, suddenly laughed, pointed to the bamboo forest and said: "You stupid girl, this must be a broken bamboo in the bamboo forest, the wind blows through the empty bamboo tube and makes a sound, or I will take you to see." ”

"I'm not going!" Pei Ying hugged Zhang Huan's arm, and said in a trembling voice: "I heard that there is a well in the embroidery forest, what if it is a sound from the well?" ”

"Who did you hear say that there is in the bamboo forest.

Zhang Huan suddenly couldn't speak, he was not afraid of some female ghost singing, but the soft breasts of the woman next to him.

"Hmmm! Maybe it's really coming from the well, or I'll be with you tonight and tell you a few more good stories? ”