Juyingtang is the place where the leaders of Wagang discuss the important tasks of the military aircraft, located in the highest place of the seventy-two gangs of Wagang Village, it is the Wagang Army to dismantle the community temple in Weicheng County and transport it back to the cottage to rebuild, although the momentum is magnificent, but how to look at it is also the pattern of a temple. ∑ novel,

Zhai Rang sat on a tiger skin wide couch, he was about 30 years old, burly and tall, his head was as big as a fight, giving people a sense of fierceness and strength, he was originally a small official of the government, after being convicted and fleeing, he created the Wagang Army three years ago, under his painstaking management, the Wagang Army grew step by step, and has faintly become the leader of the Central Plains Righteous Army.

But after all, Zhai Rang was born in the government and had no ambition to dominate the world, he only considered making the Wagang Army his political capital so that he could be in a high position.

He was always obsessed with his descent into a thief and bandit, and he was more eager to get a political position, and it was under the repeated persuasion of Wei Zheng and Xu Shiji that he finally decided to take refuge in the Guanlong aristocracy.

There are more than 20 leaders of various factions in Wagang Village sitting in the wide hall, and the Wagang Army implements a tribal system, and each general has his own army, which is also because the source of the Wagang Army itself comes from rebels from all over the Central Plains, and every general who comes to the Wagang Army basically leads troops up the mountain, and it is impossible for Zhai Rang to deprive them of their team.

Zhai Rang is still slowly drinking tea and waiting for Li Jiancheng to arrive, Li Jiancheng's residence is a little far away from here, so he will come a little later, Zhai Rang has great respect for Li Jiancheng, no matter what is discussed, Li Jiancheng can't do it, he will definitely not start.

The first one sitting on the east side is Zhai Rang's brother Zhai Hong, who is as tall and mighty as Zhai Rang, but he does not have Zhai Rang's mind, and he is short-tempered and impulsive. And he is extremely ambitious, and he is bent on encouraging his brothers to establish themselves as emperors.

Zhai Hong has always regarded himself as the second leader of Wagangzhai, so Li Jiancheng's arrival made him extremely unhappy, on the one hand, Li Jiancheng took away his position, and secondly, his brother took refuge in the Guanlong nobles. Lost the ambition to dominate the world.

"Second brother, let's start, that little white face walks like a girl, don't wait for him." Zhai Hong shouted in a rough voice.

Zhai Rang glared at him fiercely, but he didn't pay attention to him, and everyone didn't respond to Zhai Hong, everyone knew that it was impossible not to wait for the second general.

Then. Some soldiers shouted in the hall: "The second general has arrived"

I saw that Li Jiancheng had already appeared on the steps, "Let you wait for a long time, I'm late" Li Jiancheng apologized and bowed his hand to everyone.

Zhai Rang hurriedly got up, greeted him with a smile, and grabbed Li Jiancheng's arm with a smile. "Fortunately, it's not a wine banquet, otherwise you must severely punish the virtuous brother with three cups."

"Then the next time you drink, you will punish me with three glasses, which can be regarded as compensation for coming late today."

Xu Shiji laughed loudly: "Since the second general is sincere, we might as well obey our orders if we are respectful, and the next time we drink and feast, each person will be fined three cups of the second general."

Everyone applauded, and Li Jiancheng squeezed his fist at Xu Shiji with hatred. actually turned into a penalty of three glasses per person, so wouldn't it get him drunk to death?

Xu Shiji laughed proudly, and Zhai Rang pulled Li Jiancheng to his side and sat down. Waving his hand, he said, "We'll discuss the matter of drinking later, let's talk about business first." ”

The hall was quiet, and Zhai Rang said slowly: "Everyone knows that the emperor of the Sui Dynasty went to attack Goguryeo again, and last year he attacked Goguryeo, but Yang Xuangan rebelled, but he didn't learn a lesson. I went again this year, so Shan Laosi suggested using this opportunity to attack Luokoucang. I'd like to hear your opinions. ”

There was a sudden clamoring in the big tent, and most of the people present were military generals. They all grinded their fists and clapped their hands, eager to lead the army down the mountain immediately.

At this time, Xu Shiji asked loudly: "Lao Dan, Luokou Cang is the first granary in the world, as far as I know, there are 10,000 defenders alone, how sure are you that you can defeat it?"

Shan Xiongxin is the first general of Wagang, majestic, golden complexion, he is strong in martial arts, and righteous, has a very high prestige in the Wagang army, he originally sat in the second place in Wagangzhai, but he took the initiative to give up the second place to Zhai Hong, he was humble in the third, won Zhai Hong's great respect, and the two became friends.

But with the arrival of Li Jiancheng, Shan Xiongxin was demoted to fourth, which made him really unhappy, but he respected his eldest brother Zhai Rang very much, as long as it was something decided by Zhai Rang, he would not object, so he did not support Zhai Hong's opposition in the matter of defecting to the Guanlong nobles, but remained silent.

Shan Xiongxin coughed heavily, and the hall immediately quieted down, and he said unhurriedly: "The way to use troops lies in trickery, we can send a ship to pretend to be a grain transport team to infiltrate Luokoucang, and hundreds of elite soldiers are hidden in the ship, and I believe that we will be able to capture Luokoucang by taking advantage of the night." ”

Shan Xiongxin's plan won everyone's applause, and Zhai Rang was also moved, he turned around and asked Li Jiancheng, "What about the opinion of the second general?"

Li Jiancheng glanced at Shan Xiongxin, and said unhurriedly: "It should be said that this strategy of seizing Luokoucang is good, but the question is, after seizing Luokoucang, how can we deal with the encirclement and suppression of 100,000 Sui troops."

Zhai Hong heard his objection, and immediately said angrily: "The soldiers are coming, the water is coming to cover the earth, you are a scholar with no eggs, you don't dare to do anything, according to your wishes, we will all sleep on the mountain with a woman." ”

"Shut up"

Zhai Rang shouted angrily, and said viciously to Zhai Hong: "If you dare to be rude to the second general, get out of here."

Zhai Hong glared at Li Jiancheng fiercely, and stopped talking, Zhai Rang said to Li Jiancheng apologetically: "These are rough people, don't take it to heart, please continue." ”

Li Jiancheng smiled, he was used to the rudeness of the generals of Wagangzhai, and he didn't take it to heart, he continued: "It's not that I don't approve of attacking Luokoucang, capturing Luokoucang can not only replenish our grain and grass, but also strengthen our momentum and make us the head of all the righteous armies in the world, but the key is timing." ”

Shan Xiongxin said coldly: "What the second general means is that now is not the time to fight Luokoucang, is that so?"

"Exactly"

Although Li Jiancheng's smile was very modest, his attitude was very resolute and not ambiguous.

"Now although the world is full of smoke, but the Sui army is still very strong, the situation in the world is not out of control, the Great Sui Emperor is still very strong, in this case, I think the Wagang army can not stand out for the time being, can not become a thorn in the eyes of the imperial court, let alone become a stepping stone for the growth of other forces."

Speaking of which. Li Jiancheng turned back to Zhai Rang and said: "All in all, I resolutely oppose the attack on Luokoucang. That's what we're supposed to do. ”

"I support the second general" Xu Shiji said loudly: "Now we can't be the first sheep, rashly come out, we will only be pulled to slaughter." ”

"I also support Li Gongzi"

Wei Zheng didn't say much, but he wouldn't change it when he said it, and he always insisted on his position, which had a great impact on Zhai Rang.

Not only Wei Zheng and Xu Shiji expressed support for Li Jiancheng's opinion. Many people were also persuaded by him, and even Shan Xiongxin was silent, and everyone realized that the time had not yet come.

But Zhai Hong was very annoyed, this was actually his plan. He knew that his brother would not listen to his opinion, so he said it through the mouth of Shan Xiongxin, but he didn't expect that because of a few words from a nerd, the plan he had planned for more than a year was denied.

Zhai Hong was suddenly annoyed and angry, Huo Di stood up and pointed at Li Jiancheng and scolded: "What do you think you are, you are just a dog, a dog running from Guanzhong." ”

Li Jiancheng also stood up and said coldly: "If General Zhai doesn't listen to persuasion. You can lead your own army to fight Luokoucang, I won't stop you, but I'm afraid this time next year will be your sacrifice day. ”

"You"

Zhai Hong was furious. Pulled out the knife and stepped forward, threatening to kill Li Jiancheng, but Li Jiancheng sneered and looked at him without fear.

Zhai Rang woke up from his contemplation at this time, he was suddenly shocked and angry, and rushed forward to push Zhai Hong away. Pointing outward, he scolded: "Get out of here"

Zhai Hong stomped his foot fiercely. turned around and left with hatred, Li Jiancheng looked at Zhai Hong's back and hurried away angrily. He knew that he had made enemies in Wagangzhai.

Zhai Rang said to everyone in a deep voice: "I have decided to adopt the second general's suggestion and cancel the plan to attack Luokoucang. ”

Zhai Rang was finally persuaded, but what persuaded Zhai Rang was not Li Jiancheng's truth, but Li Jiancheng's identity, he suddenly woke up and realized that he had taken refuge in the Guanlong nobles, so Li Jiancheng's attitude was the attitude of the Guanlong nobles, can he Zhai Rang not accept it

Zhai Rang was a little in a trance, and he began to realize that the Wagang Army was not completely under his control

Since Zhang Xuan's army broke away from the Twenty-Seven Mansions, he led more than 1,000 people directly to Liaodong, and according to the unified deployment of Laihu'er, he would rush to the Black Bone City by the Yalu River within seven days to assemble.

There was already a vanguard force there, but because Zhang Xuan was not familiar with the terrain of Goguryeo, he decided to go to Huaiyuan Town first, and after receiving the support of the guide there, he turned south and headed south to Wugu City.

The official road to Liaodong was full of Sui troops like Zhang Xuan, including ordinary Xiaoguo troops, and there were also teams that joined the former army to protect children, but more of them were Yingyang soldiers from all over the world.

Most of these local armies are not in order, the number is uneven, a large number of soldiers are unwilling to go to Liaodong to die and flee halfway, Zhang Xuan saw the most outrageous government soldiers when crossing the Yuguan, there should have been an army of two or three thousand people, but there were only more than three hundred people left, and even the main general was afraid of taking responsibility and fled.

In addition to the army that went north, there were also overwhelming teams transporting grain and grass, and the carriages loaded with hay were huge, and one person was lying on a pile of hay at a height of several feet to control the balance of the carts.

But at most, it was a deer cart, that is, a man-powered cart, which could transport two stones of grain at a time, and hundreds of thousands of people pushed the deer cart from Zhuojun to Huaiyuan Town in Liaodong, which was an important logistical center for attacking Goguryeo.

Zhang Xuan's team was mixed in with the crowd of people heading north, and there was the sound of squeaking wooden axes everywhere, and some carts were stuck in mud puddles, and dozens of soldiers struggled to push the carts out amid the shouts of one, two, three.

Two days later, Zhang Xuan's army arrived at the south bank of the White Wolf Water east of Liucheng, which is only more than 100 miles away from Huaiyuan Town, and to the northwest is the towering Yiwulu Mountain, which stands like a black dragon on the Liaodong Plain, surrounded by boundless forests.

At this time, night fell, a bright moon hung in the sky, and the crowds on the official road were gradually thinning, and most people were looking for a place to rest for the night.

Zhang Xuan calculated that the time was completely in time, and there was no need to work so hard, he saw that there was no one in a forest not far away, so he pointed to the forest and ordered the soldiers: "Go to the front of the forest to rest for the night"

The soldiers were really tired after a day's march, and they ran towards the woods, and the deserted woods suddenly became lively, and there was a small river not far away, and the small river was soon crowded with soldiers who were fetching water and washing.

In a clearing in the innermost part of the woods, the soldiers set up a marching tent, a small tent that became a temporary tent for the army, and a dozen soldiers guarded the perimeter, not allowing anyone to approach.

At this time, Zhang Xuan sat cross-legged in the big tent, his eyes slightly closed, meditating on himself as if he was walking through the stars of the universe.

Two months have passed since the first breakthrough of the power on the banks of the Wanshui River, and during this period, Zhang Xuan still insists on practicing martial arts every night.

But as long as he experienced the first breakthrough, he no longer needed a cold environment, and the Purple Fetal Pill had little effect on his body, except for a slight bit of heat, he could hardly feel the unbearable burning torment.

As Zhang Zhongjian told him, the most difficult thing is the first breakthrough, as long as you can break through the first time, the second and third times will come unconsciously, Zhang Xuan really didn't expect that just last night, his second strength breakthrough quietly came, so that his strength increased from seventy catties to ninety catties.

But at this time, Zhang Xuan no longer has the ecstasy he had when he broke through for the first time, everything is so natural, but for him, the most important thing is not to experience the excitement when his strength increases, but to calm down and completely consolidate this power breakthrough.

It wasn't until the fourth watch that he recovered from meditation, he walked out of the big tent, stared at the starry sky, took a deep breath of fresh air, he gently moved his joints, and there was a series of crackling sounds at each joint, Zhang Xuan only felt that his body was full of strength.

At this moment, a raging fire suddenly rose into the night sky not far away, and frightened cries and screams suddenly rang out. To be continued