After the reception banquet that night, Zhang Yue returned to the Yake Pavilion, it happened that Dong Zunzhi also lived here, and when he sent Zhang Yue back to his residence, he met Han Hui. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

Early the next morning, Zhang Yue took his entourage and Yuan Yan to the camp in the north of the city to inspect the Changyi Army, and met with Xue Wenqian, Ming Jinpeng and other generals. The Changyi Army transferred this time had 10,000 cavalry, of which 5,000 infantry were the Huizhou Zhenyuan Army, led by Yan Chengwang and He Chenghui; The 5,000 horse army was the Ya Army and the Baoding Army transferred from Jingzhou, led by Shang Huaqing and Zhang Quanyi.

It is estimated that after the war, Xue Wenqian and Ming Jinpeng, the two generals of the army, may be transferred out, and Gao Changhai will remain in Weizhou, so that the elite soldiers of Changyi Festival Town are still in control, as long as the teaching camp of Lanzhou Xuanchongwen is still there, no one can empty their foundation.

After explaining some things to Xue Wenqian, Zhang Yue left Han Hui to follow Dong Zunzhi, so that he could contact Cangzhou at any time when there was news, and then followed Yuan Yan to Wuqiang by land to inspect the military equipment, while Li Duoshou and Yang Xuanli returned to the boat and went north by water to Wuqiang County to meet.

The section of the Hutuo River from Wuqiang in Shenzhou to Raoyang has always been a shortcut for the Liao army to go south to Koubian in previous years, but since the Great Zhou Dynasty, He Fujin, Yao Yuanfu, Cao Ying and other marshals have been operated by several commanders, the river has been dredged many times, the river embankment has also been heightened and reinforced, and the reeds along the coast have been removed, and the Liao army can no longer cross the river on a raft in a short time, so as to break through the defense line.

And Wuqiang County here is more prominent, the county is twenty miles northeast of the Hutuo River, Zhangshui, and two Yellow River forks converge here, forming a huge river fork mouth swamp, often there are water Kou entrenched here, in the past here is Bian Ji's territory, since he joined the army, here I don't know when there is a nest of water Kou, but the strange thing is that it is rare to rob the business travelers.

Accompanied by Yuan Yan, he inspected the military warehouse of Wuqiang County, and made a symbolic tour along the northern border of Shenzhou, and Zhang Yue also set off to the Hutuo River, intending to board a ship here and go to Cangzhou.

On the south bank of the Lima River, looking north, Zhang Yue has a lot of thoughts, this was the place where he started, Bian Ji disdained military exploits back then, and intended to fulfill himself, otherwise it would not be possible to have today's status. At this time, Yuan Yan also looked at the north bank of the river, but only saw a desolate field, the river was empty, and if there were boats, they were usually traveling in groups.

"Who is the Le Shou Metropolitan Prison in the north, and what is the origin? How many generals are there? "To advance from this place to the north, the first thing is to take the north bank of the river, as well as Zhenzhou in the west, Cangzhou in the east, and Juma River in the north.

"Speaking of this place, let's start with Shi Jingjiao's cutting of the Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun, it's a bit long, let's talk about the current situation. Although the two states of Mo and Win were ceded to the Liao State, some of the local officials at that time took the initiative to surrender to Liao, and some led their troops to flee south. Later, the Liao army took over and plundered, and many of the wealthy families were not spared, and the remaining few soldiers in their hands were still retained, so that Mo and Ying were still in their hands.

At the beginning of this dynasty, many Youzhou Han officials fled south, the first emperor encouraged this, Du Yanxi, the governor of Leshou in Yingzhou during the Guangshun period, also surrendered anyway, and then was killed by the town general, and changed to a wealthy family, nominally belonging to the court, but in fact also dealing with Liao privately with the current capital eunuch named Wang Yanjun, five battalions of generals, but most of his people are unreliable. Yuan Yan explained with a wry smile.

"It seems that there is no hope, when the army presses the border, this undisciplined wall grass must be removed as soon as possible!" Zhang Yue's eyes narrowed, the leading party has all eras, but as long as a good example is erected, suppressing evil and promoting good, people's hearts will also change.

After a while, a small boat from Wuqiang County arrived, Zhang Yue said goodbye to Yuan Yan, took a few personal soldiers down the river embankment to board the boat, and traveled a few miles to the east, to the fork of the river, where there were three large merchant ships led by Li Duoshou and his own soldiers were waiting.

Zhang Yue boarded the big ship along the string ladder, and when he saw Yang Xuanli on the bow deck, he asked, "Has Le Pingyang arrived?" Is there any important news? ”

"I just arrived, and I had tea in the cabin!" Yang Xuanli replied, and hurriedly stepped forward to open the door curtain.

Zhang Yue stepped into the middle cabin, Li Duoshou was accompanying Le Pingyang, and when he saw Zhang Yue coming in, he withdrew and called the boatman and sailer to set sail, because the downstream is a tailwind, and there is no need for personal soldiers to help support the pulp.

"Humble to meet the lord, Cangzhou soldiers and horses left behind Li Yan, the word Dexun, Taiyuan people, originally a businessman, every first emperor Zhen Ye Du for the Yatui, so far on the throne of the provincial envoy of the guest. Xiande knew the military affairs of Xiangzhou in two years, and after changing the Yanzhou soldiers and horses to stay in three years, he was quite greedy in the town, coinciding with Suo Wanjin, Wang Renhao, and Zhang Duo frequently changing towns, plus the great rule of the lord that year, this person's tax corruption was still restrictive.

However, since he took office in Cangzhou last year, according to a quiet investigation by his humble position, this person embezzled military taxes, sold smuggled salt with the convenience of his official position, and filled his personal pockets with no less than 500,000 yuan. Le Pingyang reported that when Zhang Yue set off in Beijing, he asked Shan Baozhong to pass the news to Le Pingyang to make a front stop, so that he could quickly grasp the town army and take over political affairs.

"Have you got all the evidence? What manpower can be called? "Zhang Yue doesn't care about these things, he just wants the result.

"There are human and physical evidence! These are copies of the account books, so you can take a look at them first! Le Pingyang picked up the inconspicuous small wooden box on the table and handed it over, and said: "The nearest Dingyuan army can be called with confidence, the name of the capital supervisor is Gongsun Qi, he was born in his thirties, and he has been in contact with him, and he is willing to obey orders!" Le Pingyang replied.

"That's good! Inform him to lead his troops and horses to Gonggao Town and wait! Zhang Yue said murderously, picked up the account book and flipped through it, seeing that the amount was still quite large, so it was okay, he was ready to do it as soon as he arrived on the ground, and directly purge the power structure of the local officialdom.

Le Pingyang received the order to retire, and went out with three or five retinues to change to a small boat, which was long and narrow, galloping like a crossbow arrow on the water, and soon rushed into the south bank of the river bay and disappeared.

It takes a day and a half to take the waterway from Hekou Town to Gonggao Town in Cangzhou, and the fleet quickly sailed to the middle of the river, sailing with a tailwind near the south bank, and entering the territory of Yingzhou in the evening of the same day, but there were no towns on both banks, and they were all deserted and dilapidated.

At noon the next day, the fleet arrived at the wharf of Gonggao Town, which already belonged to the territory of Henghaijie Town, and there was a market by the wharf, and there were many traders and hawkers doing business. Hearing the news, Sun Qi, the supervisor of the soldiers and horses of the Dingyuan Army, who rushed from Dongguang County fifty miles to the south, greeted him at the wharf with his own soldiers, and completely guarded the trestle and put it under martial law.

There are two days of waterway from Gonggao Town to Cangzhou Zhisuo, you can go south from the canal of 20 miles east of the town, turn east into the Wudi River, and then turn into Fuyang Water when you go to Nanpi, and you can go directly to the Qingchi of Zhouzhi in more than a day.

However, when he arrived here, Zhang Yue was not in a hurry, and after getting off the boat, he met Gongsun Qi, and rested here for half a day that day to inspect and review the soldiers. The Dingyuan Army has two armies of 5,000 people, the five battalions stationed in Dongguang County are called the Yongjing Army, and the five battalions stationed in Changhe Town, 70 miles south of Dongguang County, are also called the Jiangling Army.

The two armies have received orders to assemble in Gonggao Town with Gongsun Qi in more than 80 large and small ships, but some battalion heads are obviously short of personnel, the phenomenon of eating empty quotas is very serious, and the equipment is poor, and the soldiers are old and weak.