Jia Wuben did not go to the Yellow River crossing in the end, he did not have the courage to turn his face with Wang Shichong, and finally just brought more than 1,000 old and weak women and children from Zhu'a County back to Licheng.

Wang Shichong spent three days forcibly bringing hundreds of thousands of civilians from Zhu'a County and Linyi County back to Qinghe County, and placed them in and around Qinghe County.

Now the Qinghe River is stable, the people are thinking of their hometown, and the officials of Beihai in Qi County are for their own selfishness, hindering the desire of the people of Qinghe to return to their hometowns, and the ministers are ordered to be in danger, facing the Hebei bandits, with the heart of serving the country, the heart of loyalty to the king, and the desire to share worries for the king, how can the thousands of miles of red fields, the people's power is difficult to use, and the military power is weak, the minister has to use this strategy to take back the people of Qinghe, and hope that the monarch will have mercy on the ministers to serve the country with a fist, forgive the recklessness of the ministers, and kowtow to the ministers! ’

After Wang Shichong finished writing this recital, he wrote a letter to Yu Shiji, and handed it to his eldest son Wang Xuanying together: "You go back to Luoyang quickly, hand over the letter and this recital to Yu Xiangguo, you tell him that Pei Renji and Zhang Xuan were secretly instructed by Pei Ju to put on small shoes for me, and they will inevitably accuse me to Pei Ju and implore him to resist the pressure for me." ”

"The child obeys!"

Wang Xuanying agreed, took the letter, and Wang Shichong explained a few more words to him, so that he let his son escort him into Beijing.

Wang Xuanying left in a hurry, only Wang Shichong was left in the room, Wang Shichong came to the window with his hand, and looked at a big tree full of small apricots outside the window with complicated eyes, Pei Ju had wooed him last year, and at the same time, Yu Shiji and Yu Wenshu were also secretly wooing him.

Wang Shichong knew that Yuwenshu was already at the end of the crossbow, and once Yuwenshu died, with the mediocrity and incompetence of his three sons, the Yuwen family would disappear. It is never wise to take refuge in Yuwenshu now.

Pei Ju's wooing of him made him excited, if it weren't for Yu Shiji pulling him over at the same time, maybe he would really take refuge in Pei Ju.

He finally chose Yu Shiji because his army came from Huainan, and the Pei family was a Hedong family, which had too little influence on the south. On the other hand, the Pei family already has Pei Shiji and will not pay too much attention to himself, so in the end, Wang Shichong chose Yu Shiji as his backstage, but in this way, he also offended Pei Ju.

In fact. Wang Shichong didn't want to come to Qinghe County at all, the bandits in Hebei were too serious, the loss of population and wealth was too great, and it was difficult to develop in Hebei, the reason why he came to Qinghe County was actually Pei Ju's revenge on him, so that the bandits in Hebei would consume his strength.

Most of Wang Shichong's soldiers were Huainan disciples, and he hoped that he could go to the southern part of the Central Plains. Develop your forces in the areas of Liang County, Qian County, and Jianghuai, not in Qinghe County, which is thousands of miles away. In fact, it didn't mean much to him to capture more than 100,000 people from Qi County, and the reason why he did this was more out of venting his anger against Pei Ju.

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and a soldier reported: "Big handsome." Mr. Choi asks to see you! ”

Wang Shichong nodded, "Let him in!" ”

Soon, a middle-aged man walked into the room, this person's name was Cui Hongdan, who was from the Qinghe Cui family. Zhang Jin said that the ravages of Qinghe County, the main houses of the Cui family in Qinghe have moved to Bohai County, but the two houses living in Qingquan County have not moved away, this Cui Hongdan is from the Cui branch of Qingquan County, but he is not Wang Shichong came to Qinghe County to take refuge, as early as Wang Shichong when he pacified the Jiangnan rebellion, he was Wang Shichong's confidant military advisor, but Wang Shichong came to Qinghe County to rely on him more.

"Humble duty to see the handsome!"

Wang Shichong sighed, "Is there something wrong with me, sir?" ”

Cui Hongdan smiled slightly, "I just heard a piece of news, it seems that Pei Renji's southern expedition to Langya County is unfavorable and he will be forced to withdraw his troops." ”

Wang Shichong perked up and hurriedly asked, "But there is a problem with the grain and grass logistics!" ”

Wang Shichong is also a person who is good at leading troops to fight, he knows that the difficulty of the Sui army's southern expedition to Langya County lies in logistics and food supply, and if the Sui army's southern expedition is unfavorable, most of them will be due to this reason.

Cui Hongdan shook his head. "I don't know what the specific reason is, but Pei Renji was frustrated this time, and I'm afraid he won't go south for a while."

Wang Shichong didn't speak, he paced back and forth in the room with his hands, the population of Zhu'a County and Linyi County was robbed by himself, and Pei Renji would not go south again, so what should he do next, do you really want to attack Gao Shida and Dou Jiande by yourself?

"What does Mr. Cui think I should do next?"

Cui Hongdan knew Wang Shichong's mind very well, Wang Shichong didn't want to fight with Gao Shida, Dou Jiande and other bandits at all, he just wanted to preserve his strength.

He groaned and smiled: "If the marshal doesn't want to fight with Gao Shida and Dou Jiande for the time being, then you might as well take Xiangguo County, Wu'an County and Wuyang County to fight, there are also many small bandits who occupy the mountains and are kings, as long as the heads are handed over to the imperial court, I don't think the imperial court will care too much about where they come from?" ”

Wang Shichong was still not satisfied with this plan, he sighed slightly and said: "But I want to go back to the Central Plains!" ”

"Dashuai has just arrived in Qinghe County, it is not realistic to transfer away immediately, for the time being, you need to be patient for a year or two, waiting for the opportunity, I believe that the opportunity will definitely appear."

Wang Shichong nodded helplessly after a while, "What Mr. said is also reasonable. ”

Zhang Xuan led the army into Beihai County, the army is heading towards Yidu County, the loss of Zhang Xuan's army in the south is not large, mainly a fierce battle with the thief army when rescuing Pei Renji, and a fierce battle in Dong'an County by Wei Chi Gong, so that Zhang Xuan's army suffered hundreds of casualties, but compared with Pei Renji's heavy losses from ambush, this loss is really not worth mentioning.

Zhang Xuan was still halfway back to Yidu County when he met Wei Yunqi and his party who came to greet him.

"General, I heard that the battle situation in Langya County is unfavorable, what is the reason?" Wei Yunqi asked puzzled.

"Whether it is going south from Beihai County or from Qi County to the south, it is severely restricted by the terrain, which makes it difficult for logistics and supplies to keep up, and as a result, the supply line is lengthened, of course, it is also Pei Renji's internal plan to fall into Wang Bo."

Zhang Xuan didn't want to mention more about Langya County, so he changed the topic and asked, "I'm not here, there was no accident in Beihai County, right?" ”

Wei Yunqi smiled bitterly, "There was no incident in Beihai County, but something big happened in Qi County!" ”

"What's the big deal?"

Wei Yunqi told Zhang Xuan in detail about the robbery incident that happened in Qi County, and finally said: "This incident has caused a lot of panic in Qi County, and many people from Qinghe County living in Qi County have fled to Beihai County, and our people in Beihai County are also panicking, looking forward to the return of the general every day. ”

This news really surprised Zhang Xuan, Wang Shichong dared to risk the world's disapproval and brazenly send troops to Qi County to rob the population, which has already broken through the bottom line, even Gao Shida, Dou Jiande and others did not dare to do so, Wang Shichong, who was also a Sui army, actually dared to start.

"When did this happen?"

"Just two days ago, I only heard about it this morning, and I was about to go to Linzi County when I heard that the general had returned."

The situation was serious, and Zhang Xuan had no time to return to Yidu County, so he asked General Chi Gong to find him and said to him: "You can lead the army back to the Yidu military camp first, and ask Liu Sima to settle the soldiers, and Wei Changshi and I will rush to Linzi County and come back in two days." ”

"Please rest assured, the lowly will arrange the brothers!"

Zhang Xuan explained a few words to the other generals, and then led five hundred cavalry and Wei Yunqi to rush to Linzi County

Linzi County is the first stop from Qi County to Beihai County, although there are still Qiancheng, Bochang and other counties in the north, but when bandits are rampant, these counties have become empty cities, and the population is concentrated in Yidu and Linzi counties.

However, with the fall of Jang Kim at the end of last year and Jang Hyun's gradual control of Beihai County, the situation has stabilized, and people have begun to return to their hometowns one after another, and their vitality has gradually recovered.

However, Lin wanted to be quiet and the wind did not stop, the population plundering incident that occurred in Qi County also caused Beihai County to fall into panic, and tens of thousands of Qi County people fled to Beihai County, most of them gathered in Linzi County, Linzi County ordered Sun Jian to make every effort to settle these refugees who fled from Qi County with the assistance of five hundred defenders.

Not only were the refugees frightened, but even the locals were panicked and confused, and when Zhang Xuan arrived in Linzi County, Wang Shichong's army had already withdrawn across Hebei, and the panic and anxiety were slightly alleviated. (To be continued......)