Yue Fei was still thinking about how to raise food, after all, he knew that it was impossible for Zhu Wen to provide him with it, and Liu Xie could hardly grasp the resources in this area, so he didn't dare to recruit too many soldiers, if Zhu Wen could really support it strongly, then he decided to recruit 5,000 people this time.

The words are divided into two ends, since Qin Liangyu was awarded the Fuyuan Lieutenant by Wu Liren, he rode on the road alone, and it was not until the Spring Festival that he arrived at Panyu in the South China Sea. However, Nanhai County did not have the severe cold of the Central Plains at this time, and the weather here seemed to be still autumn, Qin Liangyu directly found Zuo Zongtang and handed over Wu Liren's handwritten letter and appointment letter.

At this time, Zuo Zongtang was holding a banquet to entertain all the soldiers under his command, and when he heard that Wu Liren had sent someone, Zuo Zongtang hurriedly got up to greet him.

"The last general, Qin Jue, pays a visit to General Zuo!"

Everyone saw that the person was actually a female general, and they couldn't help but be a little surprised, Zuo Zongtang first opened the letter and looked at it, frowned, and then eased down, after reading it, he smiled and said: "Qin Duwei turned out to be the sister of the peerless general General Qin, disrespectful and disrespectful!" ”

Hearing Zuo Zongtang's words, Qin Liangyu frowned, and replied: "Qin Jue is here to listen to General Zuo's dispatch on the order of the lord, and he has nothing to do with General Qin Zhao. ”

Zuo Zongtang didn't expect this Qin Liangyu to be so direct, and his words immediately provoked many generals in the hall to laugh together. Zuo Zongtang smiled, let Qin Liangyu sit down, and returned to his position and took out Wu Liren's letter.

"Generals, this is a letter from the Lord. The letter explained in detail that there are now many civil and military forces in Xiapi who have impeached me on the grounds that Zuo has been unable to pacify Jiaozhou for a long time, and they want to change the lord for the future. However, the lord trusted Zuo very much, and asked Zuo to take the generals to continue to work hard and pacify Jiaozhou as soon as possible. Now that the lord has sent Captain Qin again, then I will take this opportunity to explain the current situation in detail with General Qin and you again. ”

It turned out that since the king killed Liao Li, Zuo Zongtang was furious, and once sent a large army to attack Jiaozhi, but captured part of Hepu County, and fought several times with the king of Zhou, and won and lost each other, until one day, Yuan Hui came from Jiaozhi to vote for Zuo Zongtang, detailing the current situation of Jiaozhi, so that Zuo Zongtang suspended the attack. Because of Zuo Zongtang's continuous attacks, Shixie had no choice but to hand over most of the army to King Xu, and at the same time transferred Xin Wenli, who was stationed in Jiuzhen County, back.

Yuan Hui told Zuo Zongtang that now the king of Zhou is getting stronger and stronger under Shixie, which naturally caused a contradiction between the Shi family and the emerging military general, so Yuan Hui persuaded Zuo Zongtang to temporarily stop the offensive and wait for further changes in the internal situation in Jiaozhou.

When Zuo Zongtang temporarily stopped attacking, it didn't take long for the king to persuade Xin Wenli at the same time and take it for his own use, at the same time, An Qingxu and Yang Youji were finally found by the king after wandering for half a year, and in desperation, An Qingxu and Yang Youji also defected to the king with thousands of people. At this time, the Shi family completely lost control of most of the troops, and the king of Xuan was also constantly recruiting local barbarian warriors to enrich his troops, and for a while Shi Xie felt that he was about to become a puppet. Shi Xie already understood his situation in his heart, and he clearly knew that if it wasn't for Zuo Zongtang's army still in Jiaozhou now, then I am afraid that King Xuan would definitely do something to his Shi family.

Therefore, after more than half a year of fighting in Jiaozhou, now the Shijia's control over Jiaozhi is getting lower and lower, following Yuan Hui, Cheng Bing and Xu Jing fled from Jiaozhi one after another, and the two fled to Huiji and continued to live the life of a hermit.

During this time, Zuo Zongtang would not be idle, he sent Zhu Huan and He Qi to lead 3,000 troops each, and took Yulin County into his own hands, and at the same time worked with many local Shanyue people to reclaim the land, grow grain, and temporarily operate the strategy of tuntian. Although it could not fully cover the expenses of the army, it could also greatly reduce the burden on grain and grass.

At the same time, Zuo Zongtang continued to collect and train all kinds of Shanyue soldiers who surrendered, and integrated them into the Eagle Falcon Army, and the scale of the Eagle Falcon Army expanded again, and now it has more than 25,000 people, plus Zuo Zongtang and Tai Shici's iron-blooded army also has more than 10,000 people, and the strength of Zuo Zongtang in the entire Jiaozhou has reached nearly 40,000.

"Now the situation in Jiaozhi is like this, I have received a letter of surrender from Jiaozhou Assassin Shi Xie a few days ago, he wants to beg me to send troops quickly, and he is willing to do internal response, help Zuo to capture Jiaozhi and eliminate Di Xin, I don't know what the generals want?"

After Zuo Zongtang described the current situation in Jiaozhou in detail, he threw out the current problems to be solved.

At this time, Yuan Hui arched his hand and said: "General Zuo, now Di Xin's power is getting bigger and bigger, Shi Xie didn't want to cause too many disputes, when Brother Gongyuan went to persuade him to surrender, Shi Xie was already a little moved, but he was stopped by Di Xin's violence. Therefore, his subordinates believed that General Zuo should come out as soon as possible with the division of justice, and the assistant Taishou should jointly eliminate the barbarian Di Xin and return the state to a peace. ”

Zuo Zongtang nodded, "Mr. Yuan, I also want to send troops, but when and how to send troops, this is what I want to discuss today." ”

"Now Di Xin is coerced in Jiaozhi, Jiuzhen, Hepu and other counties, and there are about 100,000 people in total, and Xin Wenli soldiers and horses are about 100,000 people, Di Xin and Xin Wenli are both brave and brave, and if they want to attack, I am afraid it will be too difficult. Therefore, a foolproof strategy is needed to reduce the loss of soldiers and horses before sending troops to attack the enemy, otherwise the gains outweigh the losses. ”

At this time, Lin Chong looked at Zuo Zongtang and said his opinion very cautiously.

Zuo Zongtang smiled and nodded, he shifted his gaze to Qin Liangyu at this time, he was very curious, why Wu Liren would send such a female general over. But at the same time, he also knew that Wu Liren's reputation for knowing people and employing people was the best in the world, so Qin Liangyu came here today, presumably there would be Wu Liren's intentions.

It's just that Zuo Zongtang didn't know that Qin Liangyu's coming to Jiaozhou was completely her own idea, Wu Liren just obeyed Qin Liangyu's choice for the sake of Qin Zhao's face, and Wu Liren didn't know why.

"I don't know if Captain Qin has listened to it for so long, do you have any opinions?"

Everyone knows that Qin Liangyu is Qin Zhao's sister, but they don't think that Qin Liangyu really has any great ability, and some people even think that Zuo Zongtang asked Qin Liangyu like this, just to give Qin Liangyu a dismount.

Qin Liangyu was also not modest, got up and said: "I just heard that General Zuo introduced that although Di Xin has 100,000 people under his command, there are people from all departments and hundreds of people among the soldiers, and there are old departments of the Jiaozhi Shi family, so there must be discord. In addition, the Shi family has the intention to surrender, so although Di Xin has 100,000 people, there may not be 50,000 soldiers who can really be used, so what is there to fear? ”19