Although the weather in Youzhou is a little cold, it is already the beginning of spring, and when everything is recovering, the chambers of commerce in various places have also begun to prepare for business.

On this morning, He Kui's night did not collect another news, Chen Hu had sent tens of thousands of troops to the Zongheng Mountain Range before suffered a crushing defeat, and the Zongheng Mountain Range was different from the past, but the rogues who were wandering in the mountain range were very murderous.

The officers and men of Shangjun County have been invincible for a long time, and their confidence is already insufficient, and after the great changes in Shangjun County, no one has been able to deliver grain and grass to them on time, so naturally they were defeated by the joint efforts of all parties, and these officers and soldiers fled for their lives due to the lack of the relationship between the main generals, and many of them were attacked by the rogue bandits in the mountain range, and suffered heavy casualties.

Su Yi looked at the intelligence and smiled bitterly, most of these officers and soldiers were drawn from the township bravery, and some were even newly recruited recruits, and their individual combat ability naturally could not be compared with the rogues who survived by fighting in a dangerous environment.

As soon as these officers and soldiers withdrew from the Zongheng Mountain Range, they learned one after another that Chen Hu had been killed by the officers and soldiers sent from Liaodong.

The officers and soldiers of Shangjun County who escaped death were at a loss, but fortunately, Wang Biao and others were not mediocre, so they took this opportunity to recruit some generals and colonels among the defeated soldiers, and even secretly recruited these defeated soldiers to their command. Anyway, the specific number of casualties cannot be counted, and the number of people can be tampered with in the book.

Now the world of Dachu is becoming more and more chaotic, and this Youzhou is even more chaotic, not only are there thieves and grass bandits everywhere, but the Hu people are even more ambitious, and the powerful forces on all sides are also complaining, and they have long been opposed.

Wang Biao has 2,000 sets of armor, plus the weapons and equipment that Su Yi transported before, his natural strength has increased greatly, he trains private troops in private, and suppresses several brothers on the surface, at this time, anyone can see that he is the next owner of Wangjiazhuang.

Su Yi took the high-level of Taohuazhai to inspect the cottage, and when he walked to the martial arts training ground, he pointed to the open venue and said to everyone: "Originally, the martial arts training ground in our Taohuazhai was completely sufficient, but now, there are more and more soldiers and horses in the cottage, and this martial arts training ground is also crowded. ”

Zhang Hongsheng's expression moved, and he hurriedly said: "What the lord means is that Peach Blossom Village is like this martial arts training ground, our strength is getting stronger and stronger, there are more and more soldiers and horses, and this small cottage can't accommodate us?" ”

Su Yi had a smile on his face, although Zhang Hongsheng was not good at strategy, he had finally read some books, and he had ambitions, and he was unwilling to be just a bandit who occupied the mountains and was king.

He is really not good at strategy, but he still has some vision, Zhang Hongsheng is different from Qian Bao, Fang Jing and others, he is determined to plot the world, so after hearing Su Yi's words, he can immediately think of whether Su Yi has the next decision.

Peach Blossom Village is different from the past, although the bandits in the cottage are a rabble compared with the elite of the imperial court, but the cottage has a lot of food, and these have taken back a lot of elite armor from Shangjun County, and have the capital to conquer the city, the only thing that Su Yi regrets is that he failed to get some blueprints of siege heavy weapons from the armory of Shangjun County.

Qin Yu took the trained blacksmiths to make horseshoes and stirrups day and night, the blacksmith shop was guarded by Su Yi's henchmen, ordinary thieves don't want to be close to the place where Qin Yu and other blacksmiths work, for these blacksmiths, Su Yi gave an extremely generous reward, not only food, clothing, housing and transportation according to high standards, but also built a small courtyard for them to live, and arranged for these blacksmiths to live.

"Meng Hai." Su Yi suddenly asked, "How is the matter of the Southern Barren Forest?" ”

Meng Hai hesitated and said, "This group of barren mountain thieves is indeed difficult, but it doesn't matter, I have already sent my henchmen to mix in, or it won't be long before I can divide them." As long as the lord can let me take full responsibility for this matter, I will definitely take the Southern Barren Forest for the cottage at that time. ”

Su Yi nodded and said: "The Yongji Canal is very important, there is plenty of water and fertile land, if you can take the Yongji Canal, you can solve the problem of food and cloth supply." However, just taking the Yongji Canal can not solve the problem of food supply, the geographical location of the Yongji Canal is peculiar, and the only connection with the vertical and horizontal mountains is the South Barren Forest, the South Barren Forest is occupied by the barren mountain thieves, if you can't solve this batch of barren mountain thieves, even if the Yongji Canal successfully reclaims the fertile land in the future, it is also a piece of fat under the tiger's mouth, and it is always remembered by this group of barren mountain thieves. ”

Su Yi took a sip of tea and continued: "The most important thing at the moment is to deal with this group of barren mountain thieves, if your discordant plan cannot succeed, then I will send a large army to encircle and suppress the southern barren forest." ”

Meng Hai said with a wry smile: "My subordinates must find a way to successfully divide this group of barren mountain thieves, so that the cottage can take the Southern Barren Forest at the lowest cost." ”

Su Yi said: "That's good, I will arrange Fang Jing to help you." ”

Meng Hai's heart moved, and he glanced at Fang Jing, who was bowing his head and silent, and suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart.

Zhang Hongsheng glanced at Meng Hai, since the last time Su Yi talked to him, his hostility towards Meng Hai has also decreased a lot, "Lord, now there are disasters and famines outside, and the imperial court is leviing and extorting from the people, take the county as an example, that Chen Hu relied on his military power in his hands, and almost forced the local heroes and squires, our Taohuazhai has enough money and food, and the soldiers are strong and strong, and this time we got so much food and armor......

Zhang Hongsheng's tone became more and more excited, Su Yi kept smiling on his face, Gao Heihu and the others also had their eyes flashing, but Scar was silent and kept frowning.

"Lord, the environment of this vertical and horizontal mountain range is harsh, there are many rogues in it, although the cottage forces of all parties are criss-crossed, but most of their thieves are fierce thugs, and well-trained officers and soldiers are different, these people can still do evil by relying on the environmental advantages in the vertical and horizontal mountain range, but once they leave the vertical and horizontal mountain range, they meet the officers and soldiers, they are afraid that they will collapse at the first touch, but our peach blossom village is different."

Zhang Hongsheng glanced around at the high-level of the Taohua Village and said: "Outside the vertical and horizontal mountain range is Shangjun County, although the geographical location of this Shangjun County is remote, but it is also a strong city, to the west is the hinterland of Youzhou, to the north can peep into Liaodong, and there are more vertical and horizontal mountains as a natural barrier behind." ”

Su Yi didn't wait for him to finish, then asked with a smile, "Are you persuading me to rebel?" ”

When the high-level leaders present in Peach Blossom Village heard this, their faces were different. Su Yi directly said the word rebellion, and even Zhang Hongsheng was a little embarrassed. Scar stood up even more, and looked at Su Yi again.

Su Yi didn't pay attention to the scar that behaved strangely, but looked at Zhang Hongsheng and said, "Have you ever thought that if I really want to take Shangjun County, I will directly garrison troops in Shangjun County last time, why do I have to withdraw from the county seat?" ”

The scene suddenly became quiet, and at this time, Meng Hai suddenly spoke: "If the lord had stationed troops in the county last time, I'm afraid we would all be dead now." ”

Rao is Zhang Hongsheng didn't want to care about Meng Hai's peeping at his military advisor, and he couldn't help but be furious when he heard the words, he suddenly stood up and shouted: "Meng Hai, what do you mean by this?" ”