It was just a coincidence that Luo Shixin encountered the retreating thief army, he and Pei Xingyan agreed to attack Yishui County, Pei Xingyan led the army from Dongguan County to attack Yishui County from the north, and Luo Shixin led the army from Zhucheng County to attack Yishui County from the south.

It's just that Luo Shixin's luck was really good, and he happened to meet the thief army who retreated south in a hurry.

The soldiers of the Sui army killed from all directions, ruthlessly killing more than 1,000 thieves who were surrounded, the screams and wails resounded through the official road, the thieves were already exhausted, where was there still the strength to fight fiercely with the Sui army, in an instant, hundreds of people fell in a pool of blood, and the remaining thieves knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, begging for mercy.

At this time, Luo Shixin waved his spear, the Sui army stopped killing, and Luo Shixin coldly ordered: "Put down your weapons and line up, if you have any resistance, kill immediately!" ”

The thieves and soldiers put down their weapons one after another, trembling and got up to line up, and soon there was a long line, everyone raised their hands high, and a soldier untied the grain bag and said to Luo Shixin: "General, it's all food!" ”

Luo Shixin nodded, "Collect the weapons and belongings, and let them return to the city with food packets on their backs!" ”

The thieves continued to carry heavy food bags on their backs and were escorted back to Yishui County, Yishui County is especially important to Luo Shixin, any army that wants to attack Gaomi County must first conquer Yishui County before continuing to go north, so taking Yishui County, his defensive line can be advanced from Zhucheng County to the south for hundreds of miles, ensuring the safety of Gaomi County.

Dong'an County is the same for Beihai County, Dong'an County is the only way to enter Beihai County, and holding Dong'an County also ensures the safety of the south of Beihai County.

Dong'an County and Yishui County were captured by the Sui army, which meant that Zhang Xuan completed the first offensive on the eastern front of Langya County, occupying a favorable terrain that could be attacked and defended in the near future.

According to the plan agreed in advance by Jang Hyun and Bae In-ki, at the same time that Jang Hyun sent his troops, Pei Renji's army would also launch an attack from Lu County to the western front of Langya County. This campaign against Langya County was particularly important to Pei Renji, not only related to his control of the Flying Eagle Army, but also his first battle after taking over Zhang Xutuo, the Son of Heaven was watching him, he could only win all without a little mistake, he wanted to prove that he was no worse than Zhang Xutuo.

Pei Renji's Flying Eagle Army numbered 20,000 people. In order to completely defeat Sun Xuanya and Wang Bo, he left only 2,000 people to guard Qi County and 1,000 people to guard Jibei County, and he personally led 17,000 troops into Lu County.

According to Pei Renji's initial division of labor with Zhang Xuan, Zhang Xuan would attack Yishui and Ju County, while his army would attack Xintai County and Dong'an County, but just as Pei Renji was about to send Qin Qiong to lead his army to attack Dong'an County, a cavalryman galloped in.

"Dashuai, General Zhang's urgent news!" The cavalry handed a express letter from Jang Hyun to Bae In-ki. Pei Renji opened the letter and read it hurriedly, his face couldn't help but change.

Qin Qiong stepped forward and asked, "Dashuai, what's wrong?" ”

Pei Renji snorted dissatisfiedly, "Zhang Xuan has already led his army to capture Dong'an County, and he proposed to change the plan, with the army of Beihai County in charge of Dong'an, Yishui and Ju County, while our army is in charge of Xintai County and Zhuan County. ”

"Why is that?"

Qin Qiong asked puzzledly, "Why did he change his plan?" ”

Bae In-gi knew exactly why Jang Hyun wanted to change his plans. The reason is that the strategic location of Dong'an County is very important, and the valley where Dong'an County is located is the only strategic passage in the Yishan Mountains that can pass through the chariot baggage. Dong'an County is not only the southern gate of Beihai County, but also the southern gate of Qi County.

"He wants to control the entrance to Qi County!" Pei Renji said coldly.

Qin Qiong always had a little gratitude to Zhang Xuan in his heart because of Zhang Xuan's efforts to recapture Qin's war horse in Luoyang, and he hurriedly defended Zhang Xuan: "Dashuai, coming out of Beihai County, Dong'an County is the only way to go." It was natural for General Zhang to capture Dong'an County, but he felt that he had no special intentions. ”

Qin Qiong's explanation is indeed very reasonable, at the beginning, he only thought that Zhang Xuan would send troops from Gaomi County, but he didn't expect Zhang Xuan to send troops from Beihai County in the end, and he remembered what Zhang Xuan said. Wei Chigong had already led 2,000 troops to assemble in the southern part of Beihai County.

This is obviously the meaning of Zhang Xuan's preparation to send troops from Beihai County, it seems that Zhang Xuan has long had this idea, maybe he misunderstood.

Bae Renji's face softened slightly, "Okay! Now that he has conquered Dong'an County, there is no need for us to go north again and directly attack Xintai County! ”

Qin Qiong immediately bowed down and said, "I am willing to be a pioneer!" ”

Pei Renji laughed, "A small Xintai County, what kind of pioneer do you need, the army will press it up and directly crush it into powder!" ”

Pei Renji ordered Jia Runfu to lead 2,000 soldiers to escort the heavy grain and grass, and he led an army of 15,000 to Xintai County, 40 miles away.

Less than ten miles away from Xintai County, a former army spy rushed to report: "Commander, Luo Zhenyu, the chief general of Xintai County, sent someone to ask for surrender!" ”

Bae Renji laughed and immediately shouted, "Bring it on!" ”

In a moment, a thief soldier was brought up, knelt down and presented a letter, "This is a letter from my general, I hope the marshal will approve it!" ”

A soldier took the letter and handed it to Pei Renji, Pei Renji opened the letter and read it, it was Luo Zhenyu's handwritten letter, the letter said that he wanted to surrender to Pei Shuai, his tone was quite flattering, and Qin Qiong next to him reminded: "Dashuai, there are 3,000 garrisons in Xintai County, beware of Luo Zhenyu's fraud!" ”

Pei Renji smiled slightly, "Shubao, you don't know, this Luo Zhenyu turned out to be the Eagle Strike Lang General of Lu County, last year the Sui Army exterminated Xu Yuanlang of Lu County, this Luo Zhenyu wrote to Zhang Shuai, expressing his willingness to get lost and return to the Sui Army, but Zhang Shuai never agreed, not many people know about this matter, and I am also an insider." ”

"Why didn't Zhang Shuai agree?"

"Because Luo Zhenyu's father died at the hands of the bandits, Zhang Shuai hated this Luo Zhenyu didn't want to avenge his father, but recognized the thief as his father, so he refused to agree, in fact, I also persuaded Zhang Shuai at the time, things will not be so simple, Luo Zhenyu must have something unspeakable, but you also know Zhang Shuai's temper, jealousy and hatred, I can't persuade him in the end."

Qin Qiong then understood, and asked with a smile: "Does the marshal want to accept Luo Zhenyu's surrender?" ”

Pei Renji nodded, "I believe in his sincerity!" ”

He then said to the messenger soldier: "Go back and tell you General Luo, I accept his surrender!" ”

An hour later, Pei Renji led a large army to Xintai County, the gate of the county town has been opened, only to see three thousand thieves soldiers carrying a white flag out of the city to surrender, headed by a burly general, bare-chested, with a thorn on his back, walked forward and knelt in front of Pei Renji's horse and cried: "Luo Zhenyu, the disloyal and unfilial general, asks the marshal to surrender, and is willing to accept all the punishments of the marshal!" ”

Pei Renji hurriedly dismounted and helped him up, "General Luo is lost, and the court is lucky!" Hurry up, please. ”

Pei Renji plucked the thorn for him, and ordered someone to bring clothes for him to wear, then patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "The recovery of Langya County is all up to General Luo." ”

"I will do everything in my power to help! Please go into the city. ”

Pei Renji glanced at the tall Xintai County, and shouted an order: "The army enters the city!" ”

The Sui army accepted the surrender of the 3,000 thief army and marched into the county seat of Xintai.

Qin Qiong saw that Pei Renji had taken Xintai County without much effort, and couldn't help but sigh to him: "The handsome man is broad-minded and admires him for his humble position!" ”

Pei Renji smiled slightly, "People say that the prime minister can support the boat in his belly, but in fact, the boss's belly also needs to be magnanimous. ”

"Ignorance, understood!"

At this time, Luo Zhenyu, who had already changed into the uniform of the Sui Army, walked quickly, bowed and saluted: "Please visit the warehouse!" ”

Luo Zhenyu is one of the few generals who can lead troops to fight around Wang Bo, and his surrender plays a vital role in Pei Renji's extermination of Wang Bo's army, so Pei Renji values him very much, temporarily appoints him as a partial general, and promises to appoint him as the military envoy of Langya County after taking Langya County.

Luo Zhenyu belongs to the kind of person who is proficient in the rules of officialdom, he is very good at speaking, and every sentence is just right, so he can't hear that he is deliberately flattering, but it makes Pei Renji listen to it very useful.

"Dashuai, this is the main grain warehouse!"

Luo Zhenyu led Pei Renji into a tall and majestic warehouse, where the grain was piled up, Luo Zhenyu said respectfully: "The humble post knows that the general loves the people like a son, so he doesn't dare to use the people's grain for the military without authorization, this is actually the grain of the official warehouse, a total of 8,000 stones, and the other military grain has 6,000 stones, a total of 14,000 stones, all of which are handed over to the marshal!" ”

Pei Renji nodded, "After capturing Langya County, the refugees want to return home, and they do need a lot of food, and it is rare that General Luo has the heart, so these grains will be temporarily left for civilian use, and when our army's logistics baggage enters Xintai County, there should be no shortage of food for the army." ”

"The handsome man is thoughtful and respectful!"

"This is the minimum idea of every manager, you don't have to flatter me."

Although Pei Renji said this, he smiled very favorably, and asked again: "How is the strength of Wang Bo's side?" ”

Luo Zhenyu's face became serious, "It's not a lowly alarmist, if the marshal despises Wang Bo's army, he will definitely lose!" ”

Pei Renji nodded, he got the information sent by Zhang Xuan, and he knew a little about Wang Bo's army, and Zhang Xuan's intelligence also said that Wang Bo's army was more elite and was no longer the bandits in Changbai Mountain in the past.

"Keep talking!"

"Marshal Qiyu, Wang Bo's army has about 25,000 people, of which 2,000 are his personal guards, and he will never be sent to fight, and the other 3,000 are here with me, in fact, there are 20,000 elite soldiers in Liyu County, all of which are equipped with Sui army equipment, which is completely different from Sun Xuanya's army."

"What about Sun Xuanya's army?" Bae Renji smiled slightly and asked again. (To be continued......)