In the barracks room, Zhang Xuan paced back and forth with his hands in his hands, he looked quite worried, it was obvious that the appearance of the direct army of the Bohai Navy disrupted his plan, he always thought that the Bohai Society had strong financial resources, but the military strength was weak, and he could only rely on Dou Jiande and Luo Yi, but he did not expect that the Bohai Society would actually have its own direct army.

"Strategist, I'm afraid we made a mistake in asking Guo Xuan to send troops." Zhang Xuan sighed and said to Fang Xuanling next to him.

Fang Xuanling smiled and said: "If you don't write that letter, I think Guo Xuan will also send troops, Gao Lie is very accurate, Guo Xuan will not let go of the opportunity to seize Gao Shida and Dou Jiande's lair." ”

"But that's not what I regret!"

Zhang Xuan said worriedly: "I'm worried that Bohai will directly occupy Youzhou, not that we thought that Luo Yi would occupy Youzhou." ”

Fang Xuanling pondered for a moment and asked, "How could the envoy know that Luo Yi is a member of the Bohai Society?" ”

"It was Lu Qingyuan who told me that his second uncle was a member of the Bohai Society, and Lu Yi and Luo Yi conspired to use Lu Mingyue to assassinate Guo Xuan."

"But this doesn't prove that Luo Yi is a member of the Bohai Society, maybe he was used by Lu Yi?"

Zhang Xuan shook his head, "Some things don't have to be evidence, I have been in contact with Gao Hui a few times, and I know from the conditions she gave me that these conditions are tailor-made for Luo Yi, with Luo Yi's person, he will not refuse, and this time Guo Xuan's death is obviously to eradicate the roadblocks for Luo Yi." ”

"Maybe the envoy is right, Luo Yi is really a person from the Bohai Society, but I believe that things will definitely take a turn for the better, and it will not be as worried that the Bohai Navy will directly occupy Zhuojun."

"What do you mean by that?"

Fang Xuanling smiled slightly: "Could it be that you have forgotten what Bai Jing said?" Luo Cheng killed Gao Lie's son, and this was the turning point. ”

Zhang Xuan somewhat understood what Fang Xuanling meant, "The military advisor is saying that Luo Yi will occupy Youzhou first." Then bargain with Bohai Society. ”

Fang Xuanling nodded slowly, "How can you not repay the revenge of killing your son, if Luo Yi lets the Bohai Navy occupy Zhuo County, he will become an outcast, and Gao Lie will definitely not spare him, unless he hands over his son to Gao Lie." Do you think it's possible? ”

Zhang Xuan paced back and forth with his hands in his hands, this is indeed very subtle, and Fang Xuanling's analysis is reasonable, but in any case, this matter makes him very passive, he can't hope for this kind of small probability, if Luo Yi does not occupy Zhuo County, and is succeeded by the Bohai Society, the whole Hebei will change. Yang Guang will definitely pour his troops to come, and then Qingzhou will be completely dragged down by the war, and all his prospects will be shattered.

The situation was already very urgent, Zhang Xuan gritted his teeth and said: "I must immediately lead the cavalry north, attack the nest of the Bohai Navy, contain them into Zhuo County, and force Luo Yi to enter and occupy Youzhou, even if there is only one percent hope." I'm going to try it too! ”

Prepare for the worst and do your best. This is Jang Hyun's consistent principle of doing things.

"But the general doesn't know where the Bohai Navy's lair is?"

Zhang Xuan sneered and said, "Although I don't know, I believe someone knows!" ”

Two hours later, the 5,000 cavalry who were resting in Qi County set foot on the land of Qinghe County, and the cavalry immediately rushed north under the leadership of Zhang Xuan

At night, Zhang Xuan led a huge 5,000 cavalry to gallop all the way north on the official road of Black Goo. Leaving the billowing dust behind, they had already passed Zhangnan County, and were about to enter Xindu County, less than one hundred and fifty miles away from Dou Jiande's old nest, Wuyi County, and they would be able to arrive the next morning.

Then. Three of Zhang Xuan's own soldiers were galloping towards Wuyi County on six fast horses, and they had to reach an agreement with Dou Jiande before Zhang Xuan arrived in Wuyi County.

The gate of Wuyi County was closed, more than 100 soldiers patrolled back and forth on the city wall, vigilantly watching the movement outside the city, at this time, there was a rapid sound of horses' hooves in the distance, the soldiers defending the city looked up one after another, only to see three Sui cavalry appeared under the city, hundreds of defenders were taken aback, together with a bow and arrow aimed at the cavalry, the city head on duty general shouted: "What is it?" ”

"We are Qingzhou cavalry, and we came to see Duke Dou on the order of my marshal, and Duke Dou can be in the city?"

Seeing that there were only three people on the other side, and there was no alarm from the outer patrol posts, indicating that there was no surprise attack by the Sui army, his heart fell, and he shouted: "Wait outside, let's go and report first!" ”

The guard ran quickly to the city, after a while, the city gate slowly opened, the drawbridge fell, the three Sui cavalry looked at each other, then urged the horse to run into the city, rushed into the city gate, only to see that under the firelight, hundreds of thief soldiers held crossbow arrows and surrounded them, a Dou Jiande's personal soldiers stepped forward to look at them, and asked: "Is there a letter from Zhang Dashuai?" ”

The leading cavalry held up a scroll, and the pro-soldier nodded, "Only one person can go, and the other two stay here." ”

The cavalry leader handed over the weapons and horses to his companions, and he followed Dou Jiande's own soldiers to walk quickly towards the military office.

In the inner hall of the military office, Dou Jiande was sitting in the hall drinking tea with a coat of robe, he was woken up by his own soldiers in his sleep, saying that Zhang Xuan sent cavalry to deliver a letter to him, which made him very surprised, but he couldn't afford to put a shelf and disappeared, and he still had more than 10,000 prisoners of war in the hands of Zhang Xuan.

After a while, the soldiers walked to the hall and reported: "Dou Gong, someone brought it." ”

"Let him in!"

After a while, the cavalry of the Sui army walked in quickly, bowed and saluted, "See Dou Gong!" ”

A soldier next to him shouted: "Why don't you kneel down and salute!" ”

The messenger said proudly: "I am not a subordinate of Duke Dou, why do I kneel?" ”

Dou Jiande waved his hand, he didn't want to argue about this trivial matter, he asked again: "Where is your general's letter?" ”

The messenger handed the letter shaft to Dou Jiande, Dou Jiande slowly unfolded it on the table, looked at it carefully, his brows stretched at first, but he couldn't help frowning when he saw the end, Zhang Xuan said very clearly in the letter, as long as he did not invade Qinghe County, his more than 10,000 prisoners of war could be put back, this made Dou Jiande happy in his heart, he was not interested in Qinghe County, he wanted food without food, and if there was no one, he would only let him stick it upside down, and he would not want it.

However, the second condition made him a little puzzled, Zhang Xuan actually wanted to know the nest of the Bohai Navy, why is this?

After pondering for a long time, Dou Jiande asked, "Is General Zhang in Qinghe County now?" ”

"Qi Qi Dou Gong, my family's boss should be in Xindu County now."

"What!"

Dou Jiande stood up and said angrily: "Is Zhang Xuan going to declare war on me?" ”

The messenger shook his head. "If my family wants to attack Dou Gong, they won't let us deliver the letter, and the reason why the army is going north should be clearly written in the letter."

Dou Jiande was stunned, he suddenly understood, Zhang Xuan was going to fight the nest of the Bohai Navy!

Dou Jiande's heart began to come alive, pacing back and forth in the room. This should be beneficial and harmless to himself, after having the Bohai Navy, the money and food that Bohai will give him is not much, obviously not as important to himself as he was at the beginning, and more importantly, the Bohai Navy is too much of a threat to him, Dou Jiande knows very well that Gao Lie is not to control the army through himself, it is better for him to directly control his own army. Once the Bohai Navy is strong, Gao Lie will swallow himself sooner or later.

After pondering for a long time, Dou Jiande sat down and wrote a note and handed it to the soldier who delivered the letter, "This is my reply to your general, you send it back immediately!" ”

The messenger put away the note, saluted again, and walked away quickly.

Dou Jiande is still not at ease. He also shouted: "The herald orders that the whole army is not allowed to take off their armor tonight, and that I and my armor will sleep!" ”

Dou Jiande couldn't sleep himself

The three messenger cavalry encountered the 5,000 Sui cavalry who were resting in the woods north of Zaoqiang County. The first messenger was brought to Zhang Xuan, and he knelt down on one knee and saluted, "Return to the boss, fortunately not disgraced!" ”

"Thank you for your hard work, do you have a reply from Dou Jiande?"

The messenger took out a note from his bosom and presented it to Jang Xuan. "Boss Qiqi, there is only this note, no message!"

Zhang Xuan took the note and instructed left and right, "Ten taels of gold per person!" ”

"Thank you for the reward!"

The messenger went down, and Zhang Xuan opened the note and read it. couldn't help laughing, he got up and shouted: "Order the whole army to set off and go to Gonggao County!" ”

The 5,000 cavalry quickly assembled and set off, galloping towards Gonggao County in the northeast.

Dou Jiande drew a picture in Zhang Xuan's note, a city, with the words Gonggao County, and drew a grange next to Zhangshui in the southwest of the county, with many soldiers in it, which is to tell Zhang Xuan that the nest of the Bohai Navy is in the grange in Gonggao County.

In fact, Dou Jiande did not tell Zhang Xuan deeper that this is not only the nest of the Bohai Navy, but also the temporary nest of the Bohai Society.

The 5,000 cavalry galloped all the way, and in the evening, the army arrived in Gonggao County, and Zhang Xuan led the cavalry to hide in a wood, and sent several scouts to inquire about information.

The manor of the Bohai Society is full of white flags, which are the spirit flags hung by Gao Lie to commemorate his young son two days ago, although two days have passed, the white flags have not been removed.

At this time, Gao Lie was not in the manor, and Gao Lie personally led 30,000 troops into Zhuo County and was heading towards Ji County.

The manor was presided over by Gao Lie's cousin Gao Tan, in addition to him, there were dozens of other important members of the Bohai Society, in addition, the armory and granary of the Bohai Navy were also in the manor, and the entire manor was guarded by more than 1,000 soldiers.

The scout reported the reconnaissance information to Zhang Xuan, and with the last bit of sunset, Zhang Xuan carefully examined the simple map drawn by the scout, and with his rich combat experience, he immediately sketched a set of attack plans in his mind.

Zhang Xuan beckoned, called Pei Xingyan and Su Dingfang forward, pointed to the map and said to them: "If I guess correctly, there must be important people in the Manor, otherwise there will not be so many buildings and water pavilions, and we must seize these important people to force the Bohai Navy to retreat." ”

"The marshal told us to do it!" Pei Xingyan said excitedly.

Zhang Xuan said with a smile: "I plan to attack falsely, let them flee in panic, I estimate that they will either escape from the north on horseback, or take a boat into Zhangshui, both are possible, we divide the troops into three routes, I lead two thousand cavalry to attack, Yuan Qing led two thousand cavalry to lay an encirclement on the north road, and the Dingfang is responsible for intercepting the ships." ”

Su Dingfang was a little embarrassed, "If they are on the ship, how can we intercept them?" ”

Zhang Xuan pointed to the river and said with a smile: "There is still a mile away from Zhangshui here, they must go to the river first, the river is less than three zhang wide, you just let the soldiers cut down a few more trees and stop the river, they will not want to die, they will only surrender obediently!" ”

Su Dingfang scratched his head and smiled: "I understand my humble position!" ”

Zhang Xuan looked at the sky, night had quietly fallen, he immediately got up and said, "It's time to act!" ”

(To be continued.) )