The reason why Wei Xue went and returned so quickly was because someone blocked the path of the righteous army in Yanchang County, and it was the security army who stood in the way.

After Wang Jiayin's uprising, the rebels from all over the country came to take refuge.

In February last year, Wang Er, a farmer in Baishui County, gathered hundreds of victims, planted a righteous flag and captured Cheng County, killing the magistrate.

Armed with knives and weapons, the rebellious peasants painted their faces with ink and attacked the official warehouses and distributed food to the hungry people. After that, Wang Er was afraid that he would be surrounded by the official army, so he retreated to the north of the Luohe River in Baishui County. A large number of hungry people gathered around Wang Er, and the momentum was great. Wang Er led his people to fight in the mountainous counties north of the Wei River, attacking towns and villages, fighting the rich and helping the poor, killing corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and was supported by the people of the Quartet.

With the rapid growth of Wang Er's rebel army, the court was very panicked, and dispatched officials and troops everywhere in Shaanxi to encircle and suppress. Wang Er fought many battles with the official army and repeatedly defeated the official army. This also indirectly helped Zhang Chu, most of the forces of the official army in Shaanxi were attracted by Wang Er, so that the security army was not attacked by a large number of officers and troops in Yanchang.

Wherever Wang Er's rebel army went, hungry people and deserters from the official army joined one after another, and the ranks expanded to several thousand. For more than a year, activities have been carried out in Hancheng, Pucheng, Yijun, Luochuan, Baishui and other places. Their movement was not entirely due to the pressure of the official army, and this was a problem that the Shaanxi Righteous Army could never solve. Due to natural disasters in Shaanxi and a shortage of food, the rebels ran out of food in one place, and they could only advance to new goals after eating. For more than a year, the area north of the Wei River has basically been eaten, so when he heard the news of Wang Jiayin's rebellion in Fugu, northern Shaanxi, Wang Er hurriedly led the rebel army north and wanted to join Wang Jiayin.

Yanchang County is right in the middle of the activities of Wang Er and Wang Jiayin, separating the north and south.

Wang Er, the security army's activities in Yanchang, had heard about it a long time ago, and found out that Zhang Chu was a super immoral villain, and he was anxious to beat anyone, and he also set up checkpoints at the border of Yanchang County to prevent the entry of displaced people, let alone accept the rebels.

Wang Er wanted to go north and had to cross the border of Yanchang County, so Wang Er could only send a messenger head-on, and after contacting the security army of Yanchang County, the security army not only did not get out of the way, but increased its forces to strengthen the defense. Although Wang Er's number is much larger than that of the security army, they are all hungry people who are used as cannon fodder, and they are not opponents of the security army at all, Wang Er also understands this, so he does not dare to act rashly, so he can only send someone to send a message to Wang Jiayin to find a way.

Wei Xuegang returned after completing the deal with the security army, so Wei Xue was sent to Zhongyang again. However, Wei Xue was not optimistic about this trip, and it seemed difficult to get Zhang Chu to preach morality.

Wei Xue explained his intentions, and sure enough, Zhang Chu's head shook like a rattle: "No, you can't let them cross, there are thousands of them, and they will take away my Yanchang County as soon as they pass by." Yanchang County is thin and poor, thousands of people have eaten up everything in one pass, it is strange that my people do not starve to death, Wang Er and Wang Jiayin join forces, if you turn around and deal with me, my loss will be great. ”

Wei Xue knew that what Zhang Chu said was right, but the righteous army had no way now, the mountainous counties north of the Wei River had nothing left after Wang Er's one-year campaign, and the righteous army had to leave, Wang Er and Wang Jiayin could combine their strength, and their strength would comprehensively surpass the surrounding officials and other righteous troops. Zhang Chu's worries are justified. However, people's positions are different, and Wei Xue has to think about the righteous army. So he said: "How can we, as the same rebels, do things that are unfavorable to the security army, I will tell Wang Er to strictly restrain the team, cross the border quickly, and never cause damage to Yanchang County." ”

"No, it's still not good, I invested a lot of money in the construction of Yanchang County, and if they destroy it, I will have to pay a lot of silver." Zhang Chu still didn't let go.

Hearing Zhang Chu's mention of silver, Wei Xue thought of a way to move Zhang Chu, gritted his teeth and said, "Wang Er's righteous army should have some silver taels in their hands, if you can let them cross the border." I can convince him to buy you some grain at a high price. At the same time, he thought to himself that when the two armies were combined, he would have the opportunity to snatch the silver back.

"They have silver, then it's easy to do, let me think about it, okay, just do it, Wang Er's people put away all their weapons and armor before crossing the border, and they can't stop at the fast crossing. In Yanchang County, I ordered people to put grain in the north of Yanchang County, and they took grain after crossing the border, as for the price of grain, you said that you want to buy it at a high price, but it is not me taking advantage of the danger of others, I will write a letter to the Yanchang security army, what do you think. ”

Wei Xue had no choice but to agree, and then hurried to Yanchang County.

The two armies in the south of Yanchang County are facing each other, the atmosphere is very tense, Wang Er and his people have been here for many days, and the villages and towns outside Yanchang County have been looted by the rebels, and if they stay here any longer, they will even have problems eating. But in the face of the strong defense line built by the security army, the rebels were not sure of victory. It is impossible to enter Yanchang County without the permission of the security forces.

The security army led by He Jin is also very nervous, the number of the rebels is far more than the security army, and they are all poor and hungry people, it is difficult to say whether they can fight or not, but Yanchang County has finally improved a little after half a year of construction, and the crops planted are about to be harvested, if they are looted by Wang Er's team, Yanchang County does not know how many people will die, so He Jin Shou does not want to retreat a step there.

The two sides confronted each other like this, Wang Er was about to lose patience, and secretly ordered his subordinates to prepare for the attack, and the security army would attack the whole army if they didn't let it go, as long as they could rush over, and other old and weak people could be recruited at any time.

Fortunately, Wei Xue rushed over at this time. After saying Zhang Chu's conditions, Wang Er couldn't help but scold, Wei Xue persuaded Wang Er to calm down, looked at the team that was about to run out of food to eat, and reluctantly agreed to Zhang Chu's conditions, and at the same time secretly held a grudge in his heart, he must eat this security army when he is strong in the future.

He Jin also received an order from Zhang Chu, and at the same time arrived with reinforcements sent by Zhang Chu. Hokin immediately ordered his troops to hold the dangerous point in Yanchang County, leaving only the road to pass. Accepting the silver sent by Wang Er, and supervising them to load and tie up the weapons and armor, Wang Er's team passed through Yanchang County, and the entire team of the righteous army did not make any stops for a hundred miles, and walked to the north of Yanchang County in one go, tired and tired. Zhang Chu was still trustworthy, prepared food in the north of Yanchang County and ordered people to boil porridge, and the righteous army ate the porridge cooked by the security army, and sat on the ground and didn't even have the strength to stand up.

Wang Jiayin also sent people to meet him, and the strength of the two rebel armies increased greatly. Wang Er and Wang Jiayin also itched the root of Zhang Chu's hatred. The beams of both sides are concluded.

After Wang Jiayin's rendezvous with Wang Er, his strength increased greatly, and there were more displaced people and rebels from all over the country, and soon it grew to five or six thousand people, and the scope of his activities became larger and larger, and finally he clashed with the extended security army.