Since the Hujie Township Army was stationed in Weizhuang, Xu Wei strictly ordered the commanders at all levels to restrain their subordinates, and those who dared to harm the people were the lightest with fifty military sticks. In particular, robbing the people's property and molesting good women are punished with capital punishment. In addition, it is the wheat ripening season, and the farmers are worried all day long, who has the heart to take care of the crops. Xu Wei considered that this battle would be fought sooner or later, and it would be good not to trample on the grain, so he pulled out hundreds of people to help the people harvest.

The father of Wei Zhuang, when he saw these tens of thousands of horses stationed at the beginning, he was still a little afraid. After all, the official army of the imperial court is like that, it is the military discipline of the Western Army, and it is just empty words. Now seeing that Xu Zhijun's troops have not committed any crimes in the autumn, they are all happy, there are such parents and officials, our Huaxian, no, I am afraid that the Dingrong Army will be peaceful from now on.

However, some of the officers of Hujie don't quite understand, let's just not intrude on the people, why bother to help? Wei Zhuang also did not give us half a salary. Xu Wei's thoughts, how did they know that in the past, they fought on the battlefield and fought bloodily, it was all for others, but now, it is for themselves.

On this day, Xu Wei and Zhang Qing were visiting the door in the village and asked some allusions to the situation of the Dingrong army. Li Guan suddenly came to report, saying that the thieves from Phoenix Mountain had sent someone to meet the Zhijun Lord and report something urgent. Xu Wei was not in a hurry to meet, and only ordered Li Guan to take the visitors to the barracks for a walk. He himself and Zhang Qing visited a few more households, and then returned to the camp without hurrying.

In the tent of the Chinese army, one person is about thirty-four or five, wearing a straight shirt, the hem of the shirt is tied to the belt, and the cuffs are pulled, revealing the green tendons and muscles on the arms. With a thin face and pale eyes, he doesn't look like a farmer, but a person walking the rivers and lakes. Seeing someone coming in, this guy hurriedly pulled the sleeves of his clothes, and stood solemnly with his hands down.

It was too hot, Xu Wei took off his gauze hat, untied the gold belt, and handed it to his own hands, before he went to the handsome chair to sit down, and without looking at the guy, he took a sip of the herbal tea next to him, and then asked, "Who are you?" ”

That person was the second village master of Phoenix Mountain, and he came to see Xu Wei on the order of the leader. As a result, he was first taken to the barracks for a walk, and when he saw that the Hujie army was at its peak, the soldiers were strong and strong, and he was afraid. After arriving in this tent, there was no movement for a long time, and finally waited until the main owner appeared, and he was so popular, so he hurriedly stepped forward and said: "The villain came to Phoenix Mountain, surnamed Lu, the family is big, and I have seen the Zhijun." ”

Xu Wei glanced at him at this time, and snorted coldly: "Gathering in the mountains and forests, for the sake of the disaster, this official is ordered by the imperial court to guard this place, so I can't tolerate you for a moment!" ”

Lu Da made another gesture and said quickly: "My lord, if you have half a way to live, who is willing to fall into the grass and carry a thief on your body for eternity?" The golden dog committed Hedong, Fuzhou was in chaos, and thieves and soldiers swarmed everywhere, if they were not gathered in one place, they were afraid that they would be wronged. In troubled times, whoever carries a knife in his waist can speak loudly, and the villains are really desperate, so this is ......"

"According to you, tens of thousands of people under my command are carrying knives, can I speak loudly?" Xu Wei put down the tea bowl and smiled.

Lu Da hurriedly bowed again: "How dare you compare with Lord Zhijun?" ”

"Well, I ask you, what did your leaders do when they sent you to the army?" Xu Wei asked.

Lu Da breathed a sigh of relief, and said in his heart that it was really a purple golden tiger, and when he said a few words to him, I was also shocked to sweat. Calm his mind and said respectfully: "A few days ago, there were a few blind birds in the cottage, and they collided with adults, and my brother sent villains to come, one is to make amends to adults, and the other is to do their part for adults." ”

Zhang Qing interjected at this time: "Appropriating the crime will be forgiven, and our Zhijun Lord is more interested in doing his best." ”

"Yes, yes, my brother means that the adults must first recover Hua County. Although the white-fronted beast was fierce and brave, in front of the tiger and wolf army under the command of the Zhijun Lord, it was just a rabble of people who sold their heads. In order to avoid the trouble of the official army, we, the ten thousand brothers on Phoenix Mountain, are willing to be the pawns of the adults and horses. Lu Da said, observing Xu Wei's reaction, but found that he didn't seem to be very moved. Think about it, with the prestige of the Purple Golden Tiger, don't say 10,000, even 100,000 minions can't look down on it.

Then he said: "I don't know if the lord has received the news, the white-fronted beast has closed the city gate to prepare for war when he learned that the official army has arrived. ”

Li Guan said with a smile at this time: "In addition, he also sent people to Phoenix Mountain, Shaohua Mountain, and Taihua Mountain to contact the thief party, and asked you to work together to go for reinforcements." ”

When Lu Dayan heard this, he wondered in his heart, as the owner of the second village of Phoenix Mountain, if someone from Huaxian County came to contact, why didn't I know?

"Don't think about it, the people and horses sent by Huaxian County are now in the barracks. I might as well tell you that long before the four gates of Hwaseong were closed, our army was carefully involved in the city, just waiting for the order of the Zhijun Lord, and then the inside and the outside should be united. Li Guan said.

General Lu was skeptical, according to this, the officers and soldiers did not need us at all? Do you have to demolish the cottage and scatter the people? In this world of chaos, where should the brothers go to live in peace? But if we resist, this purple tiger is not even afraid of the Jurchens, how can they take us seriously? Looking at his military camp today, it really lives up to its reputation, how can this be good?

When he was in trouble, he suddenly heard Xu Wei ask: "Lu Da, I don't think you look like an ordinary person, what did you do in the past?" ”

"Hui Zhijun, the villain likes to play with guns and sticks since he was a child, he doesn't do his family business, he walked the rivers and lakes when he was a teenager, so he had a bad fight, and he lived in a mess for decades." Lu Da didn't know what Xu Wei's intention was when he asked this, so he replied vaguely.

Xu Wei nodded after hearing this, and asked, "Since you have some ability, how about staying in our army to serve?" ”

Li Guan immediately said: "Lord Zhijun raised you, and you still don't thank you?" ”

How do you know that this Lu Dachong Xu Wei was stunned: "Thank you Lord Zhijun for your love, it's just that the villain is entrusted by the brothers of the family, how can he be good to himself." ”

"There is a bit of righteousness, so I will show you the way. Didn't the white-fronted beast summon the thieves from Huaxian County to go for reinforcements? You Phoenix Mountain might as well respond, if you can enter the city, you will serve as an internal response. Tomorrow night, I will personally lead the army to attack, and then the internal and external will be united. When Huaxian County is recovered, the people and horses of your cottage are not to blame in the past. Xu Weiyi waved his hand and said.

Lu Da was taken aback when he heard this, tomorrow? In such a hurry? Then I had to hurry back to prepare, and as soon as I thought of this, I agreed: "The villain will return to the mountain immediately, and he will go to Huaxian early tomorrow morning to be a pioneer for the adults!" ”

"Okay, on the day of success, I will make you a team leader." Xu Wei glanced at him and chuckled.

Lu Da thanked him again and again, and then left. As soon as he walked on the front foot, the smile on Xu Wei's face disappeared, and he immediately instructed Li Guan: "You send people to keep an eye on the passages everywhere, if after this guy goes back, someone goes to Huaxian County from Phoenix Mountain, immediately intercept and kill!" "The reason why he explained to Lu Da that he was attacking the city at night was intentional, if the Phoenix Mountain thieves surrendered by fraud, then as soon as they received the news, they would rush to Huaxian County to report the news. If this is the case, then the Phoenix Mountain will be suppressed first!

This day was peaceful, and the next morning to make a detailed report, the people and horses of Phoenix Mountain have left the cottage and are heading to Hua County, estimated to be about four or five thousand. Xu Wei was still careless at this time, which made people probe again, especially to pay attention to whether there was any change in the precautions of the thieves in Huaxian County after the people of Phoenix Mountain entered the city. At noon, Li Guan reported that everything was as usual, and there was nothing unusual, and Xu Wei was relieved.

That night, the Hujie Township Army had a full meal, and only after dark did they collect the military tent and assemble for standby. Xu Wei took Yang Yan and Zhang Xian as the vanguard, led the headquarters first, and raised the army behind. But Wei Zhuang's side hadn't set off yet, but Xizuo reported a piece of news that surprised Xu Wei. The sound of killing in Huaxian County shook the sky, the flames were everywhere, the city gates were opened, and countless people poured out of the city, rushing to escape. After Xu Wei discussed with Wu Jie and others, he decisively ordered, Yang Yan and Zhang Xian rushed to Huaxian, regardless of the rest, and occupied the city first!

In Huaxian County, although it is night, it is no different from day. The sky was blood-red with a raging fire, and the cries of men, women, and children mingled with the roar of the roof collapsing. Civilians in cloth clothes and soldiers in armor ran through the streets and alleys, carrying water to fight fires.

Xu Wei rushed into the city accompanied by Zhang Qing and Wang Yan's two deputies, and the pungent smell of blood almost didn't smoke anyone. The soles of my feet feel wet all the time, and I don't know if it's blood or water.

"Go, call Yang Yan to me!" Xu Wei took off his helmet and held it in his hand and shouted loudly.

After a while, I saw a man coming in a hurry, the helmet on his head was all burned, his face was full of ashes, and only two eyeballs remained. Looking him up and down, Xu Wei frowned and said, "Why are you so virtuous?" ”

"When Zhang Zongben and I rushed in, the city was already in chaos, and there was nothing to be done, but anyone with a blade in his hand would be killed. Later, a few birds said that they were from Phoenix Cottage, and I asked them what was going on. It turned out that after they had entered the city, the white-fronted beast had set up a banquet and was very drunk. As soon as Lu Da saw that there was an opportunity, he simply started in advance. The thieves did not resist at all, and fled in a swarm. Yang Yan said, swallowing his saliva vigorously, it seemed that it was roasted.

"Where's the bandit?" Wang Yan hurriedly asked.

"The wine hasn't woken up yet, and it's tied up like a pig in the lobby of the government office." Yang Yan replied.

"This Lu Da has some courage." Zhang Qing said with a smile.

Xu Wei groaned for a while, and then said: "Brother Zicai, you have someone to clear the remnants, take over the city defense, Zhang Qing, put out the fire!" ”

The fire burned Huaxian enough to the ground, and the Hujie officers and soldiers and the surviving people in the city were rescued until dawn before they were completely extinguished. Xu Wei looked at the ruins and broken walls, covered with blood, and prepared to clean up the mess. In this battle, the Hujie Township Army recovered Huaxian County with little effort. But in front of Xu Wei were the ruined city, the few remaining residents, and the incalculable thieves under his rule.

In view of this, the first thing he did after entering the city was to issue a notice in the capacity of "Quanzhi Dingrong Military" to appease the people. On the third day of Fucheng, under the witness of the elders of Huaxian County, the white-fronted beast of the bandit leader was beheaded in the market. At the same time, a group of people were pulled out to assist the people in rebuilding the houses. Then report the news of Huaxian's recovery to Jingzhao Mansion, that is, the former Chang'an. Seeing this situation, the big and small thieves around Huaxian County did not dare to come to the border, and they turned to other places one after another.

Li Gang, the Xuanfu envoy of Shaanxi Wulu who was sitting in Jingzhao Mansion, was overjoyed after hearing the news and replied to commend Xu Wei. He also instructed him that the first task now was to pacify the place as soon as possible. The Dingrong army is based on Huashan and Linwei River, and controls Tongguan, which is where the danger lies, and it must not be careless. At the same time, he told him a piece of news that Gao Shiyou in Hebei and Li Zhi in Hedong have been making frequent moves recently. Taking advantage of the inability of the Song Dynasty to control the two rivers, the city was wantonly invaded. The seed division has been ordered to abandon Taiyuan and is about to withdraw into Shaanxi. The situation of the two rivers is no longer out of control, and the Shaanxi Fifth Road will be the front line from now on.

Needless to say, Xu Wei had already used a series of actions to consolidate the defense of the Dingrong Army. Zhang Xian and Wu Lan led the army to garrison Guanxi Town and Fushui Town respectively. In his capacity as the "Commander of the Hedong Righteous Army", he sent people out of Tongguan to contact the rebels in various parts of Hedong and asked them to obey the orders of the Dingrong Army.

He was busy here, and the two rivers were not idle. Gao Shi was backed by Li Zhi's two thieves and the Jurchens, and they invaded the territory of the Great Song Dynasty without scruples and surrendered and rebelled. No matter who he is, if he takes tens of thousands of horses to vote, he will entrust you to the county and the state. In this way, those thieves who occupy the mountain as kings and have no intention of being loyal to the king have gone to take refuge, and those who don't know a single big character can also be mixed with an official and a half-job.

However, there are exceptions, and the righteous army of Wuma Mountain, Zanhuang, Hebei Province, gave Gao Shiyou a blow to the head. Kill his messenger and capture three cities in a row that were invaded by Gao Rebellion. Gao Shiyou was furious, mobilized soldiers and horses, claimed to be 100,000, and surrounded and suppressed Wuma Mountain with the cooperation of the Jin army. The rebel army was eventually outnumbered and defeated, and Ma Kuo led the remnants of the army to fight in Hedong.

Li Zhi of Hedong was not far behind, and as soon as the front foot of the planter withdrew, he immediately entered Taiyuan. He was named the prefect of Taiyuan by the emperor Wu Qimai of the Jin State, and the pacification envoy of Hedong and the head of the soldiers and horses of all roads.

Lianghe was stirred up by these two thieves, and a minister in Tokyo wrote to the emperor, asking Li Gang to use the Shaanxi royal division to quell the rebellion. But Shaanxi's life is not easy, the party people took advantage of the fire to rob, and when the western army was king, they attacked the city one after another, which can be described as menacing. After the Western Army returned to defense, its main focus was on counterattacks, and it had no time to take care of the two rivers.

By mid-May, Li Zhi's army had already occupied Fenzhou. If the court continues like this, if the imperial court ignores it, then the land of the two rivers will change all surnames in less than half a year. Li Gang was so worried that he successively gave five concerts to Tokyo, stating the stakes, but they were all mud cows into the sea and disappeared without a trace. This is the consequence of leaving the court and the political center, and you can only do things in a hurry in the local area, without knowing what the major policies of the court are.

Later, a Tokyo dispatcher told him the truth. First, the imperial court no longer has the strength to take care of the two rivers, and secondly, Tokyo is now in a mess, and the ministers are all arguing in detail, who has time to pay attention to you?