"Drive!"

Outside the five castles, a fast horse galloped from the gallop outside the western castle. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Urgent military intelligence! Get out of the way! ”

It was noon, and many caravans of pedestrians were walking along the galloping path, and the knights on their horses were galloping and waving to the pedestrians on the road.

"Get out of the way!"

"Get out of the way!!"

"What's going on? Could it be that the front line was defeated! Will Li Dingguo's army kill him! ”

"Could it be that he was defeated by Li Dingguo again?"

"There are 100,000 troops in Xianlong Town, can't this stop Li Dingguo?"

Seeing this, the pedestrians on the road hurriedly moved out of the way, and watched the speeding messenger ride talk about it.

Among the news known to many people in Wujian County, it is still Li Dingguo who is fighting with Bai Wenxuan, and the news of the capture of Hexing Town by the Yangwu Army has not yet been widely spread.

After all, it has only been about 10 days since the Yangwu army took Hexing Town, and under the deliberate suppression of officials in various places, the news has not spread, and only some merchants and wealthy families from all over the country have received the news.

Five county seats

"My lord, I just received the news that Xianlong Town has fallen, and the army under General Bai has been completely dispersed, and now there are less than 20,000 people stationed outside Wanggu Town," Hou Xuedong, the marquis of Wujian County, stepped into the study with a worried face, and reported to Zhang Qicai, the magistrate of the county.

Although Zhang Qicai and Hou Xuedong only have official positions of a county magistrate and a county magistrate, their rank is the official position of the fourth and fifth grades, and their status is equivalent to that of the governor of a state and the same governor in the late Ming Dynasty.

The land of the five counties under the jurisdiction of the Qin Wangfu under Sun Kewang is almost equal to the original land of a state in terms of geography and population.

The two of them can control the military and political power in one of the five counties, and they can be said to be real important members of the party under the command of Sun Kewang.

All this is not because of how good their talents are, but because they see the fact that the wind makes the rudder first-class.

Before coming to this world, the two of them were originally from two second-rate families in Shu at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and they were the first scholars to defect to the Daxi regime when Zhang Xianzhong entered Sichuan.

After Zhang Xianzhong was killed, Zhang Qicai and Hou Xuedong took refuge under Sun Kewang for the first time, relied on him, and were responsible for controlling five counties and one county.

Under Sun Kewang's Qin Palace, in addition to Bai Wenxuan and Feng Shuangli, who controlled the two armies of the East and West, they were also the highest-ranking people, and they held real power.

"How is this possible? General Bai has 100,000 soldiers under his command, and the Yangwu army is only more than 30,000 people, how can he win? ”

Zhang Qicai, who was originally sitting in the seat, suddenly got up when he heard this, and looked at Hou Xuedong with a shocked face, incredulous.

100,000 against 30,000, this is almost a must-win game in the eyes of all, how can it be defeated in such a few days, and it is so completely defeated, no one will believe it.

"My lord, this matter is true, this is the urgent report that the spies just came, 3 days ago, the Yangwu army took advantage of the night to use the water division from the waterway to the west, attacked Xianlong Town, the second day General Bai overnight rushed to attack Hexing Town unsuccessfully, morale was lost overnight, along the way the army officers and soldiers fled, scattered, when General Bai led his troops to 10 places outside Wanggu Town, most of the army under his command has been dispersed, only less than 20,000 people were left to stab General Bai trapped in place. At present, Wang Gu Town, Yu Chengze, Bai Yunxuan and others have all taken refuge in the Yangwu Army, the army's food and grass are completely cut off, and defeat is just around the corner! ”

Seeing that Zhang Qicai didn't believe it, Hou Xuedong couldn't help but smile wryly, and handed the letter in his hand to Zhang Qicai.

If it weren't for the person who delivered the information to the most trusted person under his command, Hou Xuedong probably wouldn't have believed the content of the letter.

However, when he thought of the previous achievements of the Yangwu Army, as well as some strange actions after the breakthrough of Hexing Town, he couldn't help but feel that this result was deserved.

"Really defeated?"

The letter introduced the information of the battle in detail, and after quickly browsing the letter in his hand, Zhang Qicai sat down on the chair like a mourner, and muttered in a low voice, his words still with a strong color of disbelief.

"Yes, sir"

Hou Xuedong could understand Zhang Qicai's mood at this time, and he was stunned for a long time before he reacted after receiving the information.

"My lord, now that the gate of Wujian County has been opened, the Yangwu Army may hit here at any time, taking advantage of the opportunity of the Yangwu Army to gather and surrender troops and sort out the situation, we must hurry up and think of countermeasures!" After being silent for a long time, Hou Xuedong couldn't help but speak again.

After taking Xianlong Town, most of the tens of thousands of troops under Bai Wenxuan were scattered in one day, such as Bai Yunxuan and others directly led their troops to serve the Yangwu army, and the remaining less than 20,000 troops under Bai Wenxuan were also trapped in place, unable to advance or retreat.

Under the elimination of the other's strengths, the gap between the Baiwen Election Army and the Yangwu Army has been very obvious, and the defeat has been decided.

"Countermeasure? Bai Wenxuan has an army of 100,000 and is not the opponent of the Yangwu Army, and now that the army is defeated, can the thousands of county soldiers in my county still be able to stop the footsteps of the Yangwu Army? ”

Zhang Qicai shook his head in frustration when he heard this, the situation changed too quickly, completely beyond their imagination.

"What do you mean by joining the Yangwu Army?"

Hou Xuedong's expression moved when he heard this, and he said softly.

The two are old partners, and he knows Zhang Qicai's thoughts too well.

"Xuedong, you and I are also old acquaintances, now that Bai Wenxuan has been defeated, and Feng Shuangli in the east is being held back again, do you think King Qin can still organize enough troops to resist the advance of the Yangwu army?"

Zhang Qicai sighed softly and asked Hou Xuedong lightly.

As an important member of Sun Kewang's command, Zhang Qicai naturally knows the strength of the Qin Palace.

Although the Qin Wangfu has always claimed to have 300,000 troops, the actual number of troops is only about 200,000.

Among them, Bai Wenxuan and Feng Shuangli's expedition to the west and east reached 160,000, and the remaining 40,000 were all county soldiers scattered all over the country.

Now the 100,000 army under Bai Wenxuan has been defeated in a blink of an eye, and Feng Shuangli has been pinned down by Xu Shu with an army of 30,000 at the border of Jinzhu County.

After this defeat, Sun Kewang can almost be said to have run out of energy, and sooner or later the entire land of the five counties will be pocketed by the Yangwu army.

"Since Miao Wenyu, Liu Shiyu and others have already taken refuge in the Yangwu Army, why can't we! I will immediately order the generals of the army and the town guards to be summoned to discuss the matter of surrender. As for Yangwujun's side, Xuedong, it's hard for you to make a trip! ”

Once he came back to his senses from the shock, Zhang Qicai's heart quickly made a judgment and decided.

"Good! I'm going to leave for Hexing Town! ”

Hou Xuedong did not object when he heard this, and nodded with a slightly depressed expression.

Under Sun Kewang, the two of them are important members of the ruling party, but they don't know what the outcome will be when they defect to Yangwujun.

However, since Sun Kewang's ship was about to sink, Hou Xuedong naturally had no intention of serving him to the death.

On September 13, the second year of the Great Dispute, Zhang Qicai, the magistrate of Wujian County under the command of the former Daxi Qin Wangfu, sent the county Chenghou Xuedong to Hexing Town to ask Sima Yu to surrender, willing to hand over Wujian County and defect to the Yangwu Army.

Sima Yu agreed to accept Zhang Qicai's request on the spot, and appointed Zhang Qicai as the county magistrate of Wujian County, and Hou Xuedong as the county lieutenant of Wujian County, still in charge of the government affairs of Wujian County.

At the same time, Xiang Chong, Zhou Cang, and Pei Yuanshao were promoted to lieutenants, responsible for the collection of soldiers and soldiers from five counties.

In just a week, with the assistance of Zhang Qicai and Hou Xuedong, the entire Wujian County, except for the remnants of Bai Wenxuan's army, which was still stationed outside Wanggu Town, was completely under the control of the Yangwu Army.