It is more than 200 miles from the eastern foot of Taishan to Yantan Mountain, Tu Wenyong walked all the way down, his crown hair was messy, and his clothes were also shrubbed and hung in several places. Sitting on a mound, looking around, in early spring, the new grass is green and yellow, and the smell of mud comes to the nose, this feeling can not be felt when the village is the leader of the bandits.

Xu Ru stood there calmly, as if he was standing in his own backyard, and the distance of dozens of miles did not stain the upper of his soft boots with a single star of dust, which made Tu Wenyong look at it in amazement.

Xu Ruyu asked thoughtfully: "What do you think of the situation in Fuzhou?" ”

Xu Ruyu re-entered Fuzhou from the Lishui River Valley, except for Wei Yan, only let the newly surrendered Tu Wenyong follow him, in addition to the lack of generals in Lishui, he also took a fancy to Tu Wenyong's familiar side of the situation in Qingjiang.

Tu Wenyong said: "Ban Biao and others do not seem to be optimistic about the situation in Fuzhou. After that, he glanced at Xu Ruyu, saw that he did not have a displeased look, and continued: "After the lord won the great victory of the Dark Village, he did not immediately expand his power to Qingjiangyi in the north of the Lishui River Valley, but just let General Mingxi lead a group of men and horses to operate in the southeast of Qingjiangyi near the northern foot of Taishan, giving the world the feeling that the lord himself is not optimistic about the situation in Fuzhou. ”

Xu Ruyu smiled slightly, but did not answer.

Tu Wenyong said: "The frequent dispatch of the Qingjiang Water Camp will deepen the impression that the Lord is just and fully operating the Lishui River Valley. ”

Xu Ru smiled foolishly: "There are only six or seven people in the Lishui River Valley who know the details of showing weakness to the enemy. Wen Yong has a glimpse of seven or eight, and it is not simple. ”

Tu Wenyong said respectfully: "Wen Yong's talent is not enough, Wen Yong also took it for granted that as long as the Puji bandits capture Yueqing City, their power will expand to Qingjiang Mansion, Fuzhou, Chongyi, Qingjiang The villages have no strength to stop it, and the Qingyan Army cannot confront the Puji bandits head-on in the upper three yi, so he also thinks that the main guild will make every effort to manage the Lishui River Valley, and use the favorable terrain of the Lishui River Valley to confront the Puji bandits. ”

Xu Ruyu said: "We can fully manage the Lishui River Valley, and we can ensure that we will not lose it for several years. However, if the Puji bandits capture Yueqing City, and our Qingyan Army does nothing, the power of the Puji bandits will immediately penetrate into Fuzhou, Chongyi, and Qingjiang Sanyi, and the Puji bandits will take root in the south of Yue County, and the Jinhua and Yuhang towns of the Fan family will only wait to be broken by Gongliang Youqin. The most terrible consequence was that after the Puji bandits captured Yuhang City, the warships of the Puji Water Battalion entered Yue County through the Qianjiang waterway. In such a wide waterway as the Qingjiang River, the Qingjiang Water Battalion does not have 400 warships, and it directly faces the Puji Water Battalion, and it will be at a disadvantage when fighting. ”

Tu Wenyong nodded, seeing that Xu Ruyu did not continue, knowing that he was waiting for his own opinion, he said: "There is really no water camp force in Yue County that can directly face the Puji water camp, and the Yuhang City of the Fan family controls the waterway of the Qian River, and cannot fall into the hands of the Puji bandits. If our army takes a defensive position, it will lose strategically. The lord began to prepare for the Fuzhou infantry camp in July last year, which was indeed unexpected, and historically, the people in Qingjiang Mansion were extremely lacking in material use, and the combat strength of the soldiers in the villages was not favored by the world. If the fields in the Lishui River Valley are fully reclaimed and can accommodate more than 300,000 people, is the lord considering the gradual migration of ordinary people in the villages of Qingjiang, Fuzhou, and Chongyi to the Lishui River Valley, so as to deepen the impression in the hearts of the world that the lord will go all out to manage the Lishui River Valley? ”

"Things can't be too much, because the whole plan can't be revealed to the Fan family, and if you do it too much, it will prompt the Fan family to make a wrong decision. In the Ming Dynasty, the activities in the northern foothills of Taishan can be regarded as our army's preparations for the expansion of Qingjiangyi, and it can also be regarded as our army clearing the way for the great transfer of the people in the future. Of course, the people of Sanyi will have a slight focus in their respective areas, which will deepen the suspicion of the Puji bandits. ”

In Qingjiang Mansion, the military literacy of the leader of the cottage is higher than that of the leader of the village, which is related to the style of the cottage rogue invasion of the surname, Feng Yuanyuan is a rare general, and Tu Wenyong's grasp of the situation in Qingjiang is far better than that of Ji Kailai, Yun Yuansheng and others.

Xu Ruyu sighed and accepted Yang Shang, Feng Yuanyuan, Tu Wenyong and others, although the local generals in Qingjiang did not explicitly oppose it, there was still a certain amount of resistance. Out of various concerns, Xu Ruyu has not incorporated Yang Shang and 400 subordinates from the village along the river into the Fuzhou Buying.

At noon the next day, Xu Ruyu and Tu Wenyong rushed to the foot of the old man's peak, but Xu Ruyu still couldn't see the slightest tiredness. Tu Wenyong saw the two-ride ranger coming from a distance, and he couldn't have the strength to continue walking, so he sat on a dead tree that fell horizontally in the field, took out a kettle, and poured it.

Xu Ru smiled foolishly: "There have been Puji bandits stationed in Yantan Mountain in the past twenty miles, aren't you afraid that they are the enemy's scouts?" ”

Tu Wenyong reached out to pinch his swelling and painful calves, shook his head, and said, "When Zhang Xu was in Shengyun Village, no rogue's scouts dared to swagger around Shengyun Village, how could it be worse now than in the past?" If it's an enemy horse, it's just right, and they sent their mounts. ”

The two horsemen galloped to him in the blink of an eye, saluted Xu Ruyu, and one of them said, "Zhang Tong and Mr. Gu will be waiting in the morning." With that, he took out his whistle and blew it.

After a while, more than 30 horses galloped over, and Zhang Xu, Gu Mingshan, and Yang Shang took the lead. Zhang Xu's right arm was wrapped in a wound, hanging on his chest, his cheeks looked slender and longer than half a year ago, his eyes were radiant, and he couldn't see how much pressure Yantan Mountain was currently under from his face. Gu Mingshan is still the same as half a year ago, his eyes are not only very happy when he first saw Xu Ruyu, but now he has a listless look.

Yang Shang led 400 subordinates to join Xu Ruyu half a year ago. The Liukou in Fuzhou and Chongyi hated him even more than Zhang Xu in Yantan Mountain, and from time to time they harassed the villages along the river, which made Yang Shang and his subordinates very tired. His cheekbones were high and his eyes were sunken. However, he knew that Xu Ruyu's re-entry into Fuzhou this time would definitely lead to changes, and the Fuzhou Buying would no longer need to guard the door, so he couldn't help but look forward to it.

The news of Xu Ruyu's imminent arrival had already spread from the outpost to all the troops in Fuzhou. Zhang Xu, Gu Mingshan, and Yang Shang thought that they were also masters of one in a thousand, and calculated that their footsteps should arrive early in the morning, and the three of them led dozens of Jingwei to wait at the foot of the old man's peak early in the morning.

When the three of them saw Tu Wenyong with a tired face, they were all stunned. Zhang Xu and Gu Mingshan looked dumbfounded, and because of Xu Ruyu's face, they reluctantly greeted him. Yang Shang and Tu Wenyong had several fates, and when he remembered the secret battle, he thought: It was probably at that time that he defected to the Qingyan Army, and the lord just asked him to follow, and he didn't doubt him anymore. All kinds of worries in my heart were swept away, and my expression suddenly soared.

Jingwei gave up the two horses, Xu Ruyu took the reins, turned the stirrups on the horse's back, reached out to stroke the smooth satin fur on the horse's neck, and said: "The Fan family gave fifty war horses, but it is a great favor." ”

The hinterland of the Central Plains does not produce war horses, but is only introduced from the western region, Hulan, Baekje, Bohai and other heavenly regions. After the rise of Hulan, the power penetrated directly into all the tribes in the heavenly region, and the horse market was extinct, and only the black market had excellent war horses in circulation. The Yuejun River network is dense, which is not conducive to cavalry charges, and Zhu and Fan have not formed cavalry units. War horses are equivalent to other counties, and they are even more scarce.

Gu Mingshan said: "Now the enemy reconnaissance between Yueqing and Jinhua is all on the head of the Yantan Mountain garrison, and the military information is not transmitted quickly, but the Fan family's work is delayed. In addition to grain, grass, cloth, salt, medicine and other items that could be purchased at low prices from the Fan family's Yuhang City, long and short weapons, long bows, crossbows, arrows, etc., were all obstructed by the Fan clan in every way. The Fan family is still wary of Fuzhou villages. In half a year, he could only buy 200 halberds, 200 spears, 600 skin shields, 300 simple knives, 500 iron swords, 200 longbows, 20,000 triangular iron cluster arrows, and a total of 100 other long weapons from the black market, thanks to the efforts of Yang Zuowei. ”

Yang Shang smiled modestly and said, "It should be." ”

Zhang continued: "These equipment are not enough to meet the needs of Yantan Mountain, not to mention the second and third battalions that will be formed. ”

Zhang Xu had suggested that several cottages at the eastern foot of Taishan should be laid down to restore the connection between Fuzhou and the Lishui River Valley to a certain extent, and although it was impossible to transport grain and grass in large quantities, it was possible to provide much-needed high-quality weapons and bows and arrows to the Fuzhou villages through rugged mountain roads. Xu Ruyu considered that if he sent troops to the cottage at the eastern foot of Taishan at this time, it would inevitably arouse the vigilance of the Puji bandits, so he did not agree. Surprise soldiers with inferior weapons tend to be much more effective than well-equipped armies that make the enemy deeply wary.

Xu Ruyu couldn't hear the complaint in Zhang Xu's words, and said to Gu Mingshan: "Yueqing has become a lonely city, listening to Jinhua's line detective, Fan Che can't sleep at this time. Mr. Hard worked once when he went to Jinhua and said that I had rushed to Yantan Mountain, ready to take the initiative to attack the Puji bandits in Fuzhou, and asked the Fan people to support the equipment of a battalion of foot soldiers. At the same time, the Fan family was informed that the Fuzhou Minzhai and Chongyi Minzhai would move to the northern foot of Taishan in a planned manner, and the 100-mile area to the east and north of Laomanfeng would be used as the depth of the battle against the Puji bandits in Fuzhou, and the pressure of the defenders of Yueqing City would be shared. ”

Zhang Xu asked: "Lord, how long can Yueqing City last?" ”

"The Fan family has run a lot of Yueqing, the city is strong and the pond is deep, and if the Puji bandits use brute force to capture it, the damage will be huge. In the battle of the East China Sea, the strength of the Puji Water Battalion was not damaged, but the foot soldiers were severely damaged, and it was impossible to recover in two years. But Gongliang Youqin really made up his mind to just trap Yueqing, and his attention would be shifted to Fuzhou and Chongyi. Gongliang Yuqin has the advantage of troops, and there are many battle plans for him to choose from, but we are still very passive. ”

Xu Ruyu looked at the flowing clouds in the distance, and asked Zhang Xu and Gu Mingshan, "What do you think of Ziyangqiu?" ”

There are seven branches of Baiyi, Zi Yangqiu is the leader of one of them, and now Baiyi and the Qingyan Army are cooperating very happily, Gu Mingshan and Zhang Xu don't understand why Xu Ruyu asked this.

Gu Mingshan knew a lot about the Baiyi clan, and replied: "More than ten years ago, the Baiyi royal family disappeared, and Ziyangqiu, who was in the year of the weak crown, led the Baiyi clan back to Wuling Mountain. For more than a decade, he ignored the hatred of the Sanmiao expulsion tribe sixty years ago, and tried to weaken the barrier between Wuling Mountain and Yunling, but with little success. He is quite far-sighted, and his mind is more insightful than ordinary people. ”

Xu Ruyu said: "If Ziyangqiu had been in charge of Baiyi ten years earlier, Baiyi and Yuejun would not be in this situation today. At that time, if Baiyi relieved the hostility with the people in Qingjiang Mansion, and then made a slight concession to the Yuejun family, the contradiction between the family and the family could be alleviated, and the army avoided from Fuzhou to defend the Lishui River valley to win the opportunity to recuperate. From this point of view, Zi Yangqiu should be a person who cares about the overall situation. ”

Xu Ruyu and Gu Mingshan rode up a gentle slope and told him about Zi Yangqiu's hint of marriage, and told him about Mingxi, Wei Yu, and Wei Yan.

"When Ming Xi was taken captive by Puji, he was eleven years old, and with Zi Yangqiu's intelligence, it is strange not to be suspicious, but he has all kinds of concerns in his heart, and he suppresses his doubts in the bottom of his heart.

Gu Mingshan said: "The real power of Baiyi is in the hands of the leaders of each branch, the royal family is the main branch of Baiyi, decades of war, and even the sudden disappearance of the royal family, making Ziyang's branch the largest branch of Baiyi, according to the practice of Baiyi, especially in the case of the disappearance of the original royal family, the largest branch should become the main branch of Baiyi, Zi Qiuyang is the king of the new generation of Baiyi, but he did not replace it." Zi Yangqiu is very wary of us, and he doesn't know if Ming Xi will really protect the interests of his clansmen. Even if he was sure that Ming was a missing member of the royal family, he would not admit it under this heavy concern. ”

Xu Ruyu turned around and looked at the people behind him, Tu Wenyong and Yang Shang had a good conversation, Zhang Xu led half a horse and walked slowly towards Yantan Mountain. In the distance, Yantan Mountain is shrouded in a faint purple haze that is unique to dusk, and the mountain is covered with evergreen vegetation, and the oily green shrubs will drop their leaves once in late spring all year round.

If you don't consider the feelings of the parties involved, let Mingxi marry Yalan, but you can reach a tacit understanding with Ziyangqiu. Xu Ruyu shook his head, drove this thought out of his mind, and rode his horse towards Yantan Mountain in the distance.

Seeing that Xu Ruyu had already made up his mind, Gu Mingshan sighed secretly and scattered his thoughts of persuasion. Although she has never met Youli once, she can also know her weight in Xu Ruyu's heart. As one of the six junjuns, Shao Haitang would not fail to consider this layer, he did not speak, he should not care about the emotions of Mingxi and Yalan, in the troubled times, personal emotions are too small.

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