The chill of late autumn always comes very quickly, the trees are dyed with hoarfrost overnight, and the leaves of the fields that have not yet withered and yellow are also frozen and rolled, and after several cold waves, the winter of the tenth year of the great cause is quietly coming.

After all, Zhang Xuan's army has been stationed in Qi County for nearly a month, and they have gradually integrated into the Flying Eagle Army, and they are no different from the Flying Eagle Army in terms of equipment, training, and logistics supply.

This is also directly related to Zhang Xuan's low-key cooperation, although Zhang Xuan has the privilege of becoming an independent government, but he has basically given up all the powers except for the appointment and dismissal of army generals, and the Flying Eagle Army has also fully accepted this army that joined halfway.

In the cold wind, the mighty 3,000 Flying Eagle Army is running all the way along the official road, which is the tradition of Zhang Xuan's army, exercising physical strength in the way of long-distance running, running from the military camp in Licheng County to Zhangqiu County, more than 50 miles away, and then turning around and running back, about 100 miles.

At first, some soldiers were not used to it, they were exhausted and complained, but after running for more than 20 days, all the soldiers gradually got used to this high-intensity training method.

At noon, 3,000 soldiers ran back to the barracks, and as soon as Zhang Xuan rode into the barracks, one of Zhang Xutuo's personal soldiers ran over and shouted: "General Zhang, the marshal invites you to go to the marshal's tent to discuss important matters." ”

"Got it!"

Zhang Xuan turned over and dismounted, threw the reins to the soldiers, and walked quickly towards Zhang Xutuo's big tent.

In the big tent, Zhang Xutuo was standing in front of a map and pondering, Zhang Xuan said at the door: "Is the big man looking for me?" ”

Zhang Xutuo glanced back at him and hurriedly beckoned, "Please come in!" ”

Zhang Xuan saw that there were several rows of small stools in the tent, so he smiled and said, "It seems that I missed a meeting." ”

"It's okay, it's about the plan to launch a winter offensive, I'll tell you about it again."

Since the imperial court appointed Feng Xiaoci as the commander of the Qinghe River, the threat to the north of Qi County was lifted, and Zhang Xutuo received 30,000 stone grain and 100,000 yuan of money from Xu Yuanlang, and with these money and grain as confidence, Zhang Xutuo decided to launch a winter offensive. Completely exterminate the hundreds of thousands of bandits entrenched in Donglai County and Gaomi County.

Zhang Xutuo pointed to a mountain in Donglai County with a wooden pole and said: "This is Squatting Dog Mountain, and it is also the nest of Zuo Xiaoyou's army, there are about 130,000 bandits gathered, and the more combat-effective army is about 50,000 people. ”

He pointed to Gaomi County and said, "Meng Rang's nest is in Jiaoxi County. There were about 50,000 troops, when Wang Bo and Meng Rang raised troops in Changbai Mountain to rebel, the momentum was huge, last year was defeated by me, Wang Bo led thousands of remnants of the army to join Sun Xuanya in Langya County. Meng Rang led tens of thousands of people to retreat to Gaomi County.

Meng Rang is very cunning, in last year's war, his subordinates basically did not suffer losses, but Wang Bo's army was broken, I am ready to fight Meng Rang first, otherwise I will defeat Zuo Xiaoyou, Meng Rang will lead the army to flee to Langya County, but it has strengthened Sun Xuanya's power. ”

Zhang Xuan thought for a while and said, "Could it be that when the commander attacked Gaomi County, Zuo Xiaoyou and Sun Xuanya took the opportunity to attack Qi County and besiege Wei to save Zhao?" ”

"It's a possibility. However, Sun Xuanya's Langya County and Qi County are still separated by a Lu County, so I said that with Lu County, there is a depth of defense, especially Wang Bo and Meng Rang have turned against each other, and now Wang Bo is the second person in Sun Xuanya's army, and he has a great influence, so I believe that Sun Xuanya will not take the risk of saving Meng Rang, but Zuo Xiaoyou and Meng Rang signed an offensive and defensive alliance, and he will definitely save Meng Rang, or directly send troops to Gaomi County, or attack Qi County and Beihai County. I must send an army to keep an eye on Zuo Xiaoyou. ”

"Did the marshal decide to let me go?"

Zhang Xutuo smiled and said: "I originally decided to let you go, but when we discussed it just now, we thought that you had three hundred cavalry under your command, and it was a pity to keep an eye on Zuo Xiaoyou." So in the end, it was Qin Qiong who took the initiative to ask Ying to lead the headquarters to be stationed in Beihai County, keep an eye on Zuo Xiaoyou, and your sixth battalion has other arrangements. ”

Zhang Xuan stared at the map for a long time, and said slowly: "Dashuai, but you want me to capture Gaomi County first?" ”

Zhang Xutuo laughed, "Sure enough, he is a good fighter, and he can see the key to this battle at a glance." ”

Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment and said, "I'm afraid that just letting General Qin keep an eye on Zuo Xiaoyou may not be useful." After all, General Qin only had a few thousand people under his command, while Zuo Xiaoyou had an army of 50,000, and there was a huge difference in strength. ”

"What about you?"

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly: "The art of war is cloudy, and if you leave it in person, isn't there a little rift between Zuo Xiaoyou and Meng Rang?" ”

Zhang Xutuo realized, at this time, Zhang Xuan whispered a few words to him, and Zhang Xutuo happily praised: "General Zhang is brave and strategic, and he is really a famous general!" ”

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Zuo Xiaoyou's old nest squatting dog mountain stretches for hundreds of miles, the mountains are high and dense, the ravines are vertical and horizontal, Zuo Xiaoyou gathered 130,000 bandits on the squatting dog mountain, controlling the entire Donglai County.

However, the population of the entire Donglai County is only hundreds of thousands, and the bandit army of 100,000 people cannot be supported by fishing even if it is exhausted, so in desperation, Zuo Xiaoyou has no choice but to cultivate the land by himself, send people to the sea to fish, and the exploitation of the counties of Donglai County can barely maintain the survival of 50,000 troops.

Zuo Xiaoyou is about 30 years old, a native of Zhaoyuan County, Donglai County, originally a general of the Donglai County Government, with a burly figure, a big waist and a round waist, and infinite natural strength, making a 60-pound iron gun.

He had followed Wang Bo to rebel in Changbai Mountain, and after Wang Bo's army was defeated by Zhang Xutuo last year, he led his troops to flee back to Donglai County, recruiting troops everywhere, and capturing strong men, so that his power gradually expanded.

Zuo Xiaoyou is more than brave, but his intelligence is insufficient, he is also well aware of his weaknesses, but he does not trust outsiders, so he invited an uncle who has read his own to be his military advisor.

Zuo Xiaoyou's uncle was named Zuo Yunshan, about forty-five or sixteen years old, thin and small, full of scriptures, and very cunning, he advised Zuo Xiaoyou to keep a low profile as much as possible, and not to invade Beihai County, so as not to become the primary target of Zhang Xutuo's attack.

He also persuaded Zuo Xiaoyou to seize the opportunity to develop strength, and it was under Zuo Yunshan's suggestion that Zuo Xiaoyou developed rapidly and gradually became a major force in Shandong.

But Zuo Yunshan also has weaknesses, that is, he is more greedy for money and lustful, he took five concubines on the mountain, and squandered on them, the five concubines were not only dressed in gold and silver, dressed in Luo Qi, their families also built a new house in their hometown, and there was plenty of money and food, which caused Zuo Xiaoyou's strong dissatisfaction with the generals, thinking that Zuo Yunshan was greedy for money and food for his own squandering.

Due to the general dissatisfaction of his subordinates, Zuo Xiaoyou had to warn his uncle Zuo Yunshan several times. And took back his power to control Cangyu, Zuo Yunshan had to be restrained, but Zuo Yunshan also secretly hated it.

On this afternoon, Zuo Yunshan was drinking and having fun in the room with a few concubines, and a soldier reported outside the door: "Qi Qi military division." A person came down the mountain, saying that he was the brother-in-law of the military advisor, and said that he would bring important news from home. ”

The brother-in-law is the brother-in-law, although Zuo Yunshan is lustful, he is a little afraid of his mother. He married a five-room concubine in Squatting Dog Mountain, but the lady in his hometown didn't know, he was startled, could it be that the lady knew the news that he was taking a concubine on the mountain, and hurriedly said: "Take him to the front hall and wait for me, I'll come right away!" ”

The five concubines did not follow one after another, and Zuo Yunshan promised to coax them one by one, and then hurriedly walked to the front hall.

Walking into the front hall, he saw his brother-in-law Yang Sanquan at a glance, and hurriedly smiled: "Isn't Sanquan doing business in Licheng County?" How did you come up with the idea of coming here to me? ”

"Brother-in-law. Something big is wrong. ”

Yang Sanquan hurriedly pulled Zuo Yunshan aside and said in a low voice: "My eldest sister and two nephews have fallen into the hands of officers and soldiers, and I met them in Licheng County. ”

Zuo Yunshan was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "What's going on?" ”

Yang Sanquan sighed, took out a letter and handed it to him, "This is a letter from Zhang Xutuo to you, read it for yourself!" ”

Zuo Yunshan's heart became nervous, Zhang Xutuo actually wrote a letter to himself, he hurriedly took the letter and opened it, and read it hurriedly. I was stunned for a moment.

"Are they okay now?"

"Temporarily safe, under house arrest in the county, Zhang Xutuo said, it depends on the performance of his brother-in-law."

Zuo Yunshan took a few steps with his hands in his hands. He asked, "What is it that says it says to give me something?" ”

Yang Sanquan took off the package on his back and opened it slowly, and suddenly he was full of jewels and brilliance, full of various gold and silver jewelry, jewelry and jade. Zuo Yunshan's eyes are all spent, and dozens of pearls alone are worth thousands of yuan.

Yang Sanquan said in a low voice: "Zhang Xutuo said that this is only half, and there is still half of the remuneration afterwards." ”

Zuo Yunshan nodded, Zhang Xutuo's letter also said so, give half of it afterwards, these treasures that should be Xu Yuanlang were captured by the Sui army.

He grabbed a handful of pearls and looked at them carefully, his eyes showed greed, in fact, Zhang Xutuo didn't need to catch his wife and children, as long as he gave him these gold, silver and jewelry, Zuo Yunshan would even sell his soul.

"Brother-in-law, what do you say about this?" Yang Sanquan asked cautiously.

"You go and tell Zhang Xutuo that as long as my wife and children are safe and sound, as long as he can keep his promise and let me go afterwards, I will agree to all his requests."

Yang Sanquan hurriedly smiled and said: "Don't worry, brother-in-law, you also know that Zhang Xutuo is a trustworthy person, he only makes a promise, only his brother-in-law makes meritorious contributions, and he will never treat us badly." ”

"Alright! I understand what to do. ”

At this moment, a soldier outside the hall said: "Military advisor, the king is in a hurry!" ”

Zuo Yunshan was startled, hurriedly put away the belongings on the table, and instructed Yang Sanquan a few words to send Yang Sanquan down the mountain, and Zuo Yunshan also hurriedly walked to Zuo Xiaoyou's Juyi Hall

Since Xu Yuanlang was exterminated by Zhang Xutuo a month ago, Zuo Xiaoyou is also a little uneasy in his heart, will Zhang Xutuo point a sword at himself next?

In the hall after Juyi, Zuo Xiaoyou was pacing back and forth a little distraught, and there was a soldier outside the hall to report, "King, the military advisor is here." ”

"Let him in!" Zuo Xiaoyou had no clue, so he had to pin his hopes on Zuo Yunshan.

After a while, Zuo Yunshan walked in quickly and said with a smile: "Is there something wrong with the king looking for me?" ”

Zuo Xiaoyou hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Second Uncle has to help me this time, I have a little trouble." ”

"The king doesn't have to be so polite, I'm a military advisor!"

The two sat down, and Zuo Xiaoyou asked with a smile, "I heard that someone from my hometown is here?" ”

Zuo Yunshan's heart jumped, and he hurriedly said: "It's my brother-in-law who is here, you have seen him." ”

"Oh! Is there something wrong at home? Zuo Xiaoyou asked again.

Zuo Yunshan smiled bitterly and said: "Is there an accident, your aunt heard that I was taking a concubine on the mountain somewhere, so she asked her brother to go up the mountain to check, and I told him, where do I have a concubine?" ”

Zuo Xiaoyou also laughed, he knew that his uncle was afraid of guilt, so he actually accepted a five-room concubine, and saw how he would go back to explain in the future, so he smiled and said: "What about others?" Why don't you come and meet me. ”

Zuo Yunshan smiled, "How could I leave him on the mountain, wouldn't that be exposed?" I had already sent him away. ”

"Actually, it's good to make it clear now! Save yourself the trouble later. ”

"Let's talk about it later! What's the urgency of the king looking for me? ”

A sentence reminded Zuo Xiaoyou, and he hurriedly said: "Meng Rang sent a messenger here." ”

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