The night is getting deeper, the night sky is clear, a bright moon hangs in the blue sky, illuminating the earth extraordinarily brightly, the piles of bonfires lit on the river beach are gradually extinguished, some of the soldiers have fallen asleep, but there are still many soldiers because of a nap in the afternoon, are difficult to sleep, they gather together, whispering about the news of entering Shu, everyone is panicked, and the military heart has begun to quietly shake.

In the dense forest hundreds of paces away from the river beach, a large group of black shadows had quietly pressed, and there were 35,000 troops, they were distributed in all directions, surrounding the white-clothed army from all sides, and even laying ambushes on the other side of the river.

Zhang Yannian was very thoughtful, the river was not deep, the deepest part was only the necks of the people, the white-clothed army panicked, and many people would cross the river to escape, so they had to block their escape routes.

In the woods, Zhang Yannian was lying behind a boulder, he had already received news from Liang Ying, and patiently waited for the arrival of the time.

Before he left, Huangfu Wujin sent someone to deliver a letter to him, with only four words: 'Soldiers are not bloody!' Huangfu Wujin's meaning is very clear, that is, he wants him to take down this white-clothed army with the least casualties, this is the question given to him, and how to break this problem is up to him.

Zhang Yannian has already collected a lot of information about this white-clothed army, and his plan has been thought out clearly, to capture the thief and capture the king first, and to attack Brother Zhang first, for which he has formulated a sophisticated surprise plan.

Time passed little by little, Zhang Yannian turned around and asked in a low voice, "When is it?" ”

"Back to the general, the time is a moment away."

When the time came, Zhang Yannian immediately said to the soldiers: "Go and inform Captain Yang so that he can act." ”

．．．．．．．． When the time finally came, there began to be a movement in the group of more than 20,000 soldiers on the river beach, and the whole battalion of soldiers packed up their things, got up and went south, at first there were only a few battalions, but soon, more and more battalions got up, and gradually merged into a flood of people, so that the other soldiers were very surprised, and they saw that there were their fellow villagers in the crowd, and they asked in low voices.

"Gorou, where are you going?"

"Third brother Wang, the army is going to Shuzhou, my father and mother are in Tong'an County, I won't go."

"You.... Wait for me, I'll go with you. ”

Some soldiers woke up their relatives again, "Second brother, get up, come with me!" ”

．．．．． The crowd is like a snowball, more and more, people have a herd mentality, although everyone was made panicked by the rumors of going to Shuzhou, but if only a few people want to leave, maybe many people will wait and see and do not have the courage to follow, but if a large group of people return to Tong'an County, thinking that the law does not blame the people, the people who are uneasy in their hearts will muster up the courage to follow, as a result, Liang Ying estimated that there were only four thousand five hundred people, but in the end, more than eight thousand people followed them to gather in the south of the camp, and everyone had a black belt tied to their arms, which was very convenient, Each soldier had a black belt with a legging.

The collective action of the soldiers of the brigade finally alarmed the main general, the Zhang brothers, whose camp was located in the front, that is, in the northernmost part, surrounded by more than a thousand henchmen.

Not long after the two of them fell asleep, they were woken up by their own soldiers, "General, something happened in the camp." ”

Zhang Xiaohu woke up first, and he immediately asked, "What happened?" ”

"There are many soldiers who went to the south, and they didn't flee, they gathered in the south, saying that they didn't want to go to Shuzhou."

"What?" Zhang Xiaolong also woke up, and he was immediately furious, "It's a bold dog thief who dares to instigate the soldiers to rebel!" ”

He got up and put on his armor and was about to rush out.

"Big brother, wait a minute!"

Zhang Xiaohu was calmer, and asked: "Is it going to be scattered or organized?" ”

"General Huiyu, it's a battalion to go."

"I see!"

Zhang Xiaohu immediately understood, this is the officers have already discussed, he was just about to order the army to concentrate, at this moment, a personal soldier outside the door rushed to report: "General, there is a cavalry outside, about 1,000 people, also a white-clothed army, from Hefei County, the leader is called Sima Fang, he has a great temper, said that the general knows him, let you go to see him immediately." ”

The Zhang brothers were stunned for a moment, they had already received the news that Sima Fang was the main general from Yongjing, Zhang Xiaolong was frightened, and hurriedly said: "Oh no, we have delayed too much time on the road, General Sima came to ask for the guilt, he turned around and ran out." ”

Zhang Xiaohu was a little bit of a brain, he always felt a little strange, but he couldn't say it, now that the camp is in chaos, what is Sima Fang doing at this time?

He saw that the eldest brother had already run out, and he couldn't shout, so he had to run out, he first looked at the situation in the barracks, there were soldiers moving in the moonlight, but they were not chaotic, and they did not run away, he looked back at the north again, and saw that a large group of cavalry was stopping next to the camp, and his brother was explaining something to a general on the horse, and faintly heard the tone of the person who came was very harsh.

Zhang Xiaohu also followed, and a soldier shouted: "The second general is here!" ”

The white-clothed general stared at him and said sharply, "You are Zhang Xiaohu?" ”

Zhang Xiaohu was puzzled in his heart, but he didn't dare to be rude, he hurriedly stepped forward to give a salute, "Humble duty is exact!" ”

Immediately, a sneer flashed in the general's eyes, and he waved his hand and ordered: "Delay the military plane, take it for me!" ”

The soldiers on both sides rushed up and pushed the Zhang brothers to the ground, Zhang Xiaohu saw the smug sneer on his face, he suddenly figured it out, Sima Fang could not come to pick him up in person, even if it was, they should take the road of Lujiang County, not this road.

"You're not Sima Fang!" Zhang Xiaohu yelled.

Immediately, the general squinted and smiled, "You guessed it, I'm Yang Zhaoqin, the governor of the third prefecture of Jiangning, not Sima Fang!" ”

He waved his hand, "Signal!" ”

A rocket roared into the night sky, 'Smack! A sound exploded in the night sky, sparks flew, this was the signal of action, I saw the dense torches in the dense forest lit up, the black shadows of the brigade rushed out, shouting and killing shook the sky, Zhang Xiaohu's face turned white with shock, and he collapsed on the ground, it turned out that they had been surrounded.

The white-clothed soldiers were in disarray, crying and screaming, trampling on each other, and there was no one to direct them, they scattered and fled, and many soldiers jumped into the water and swam to the opposite bank, and suddenly there was a fire in the woods on the opposite bank, and countless soldiers rushed to the river, raising their bows and crossbows at them.

The soldiers shouted in all directions: "Those who surrender will not die!" Those who surrender will not die! ”

On the river beach to the south, 8,000 soldiers were already lined up neatly, and many people wanted to flee when they saw the chaos in the barracks, but Liang Ying called out to them, his voice was very strong, and he could hear it clearly in the chaos.

"Don't be afraid, the soldiers are here to take us home, and they won't hurt us!"

He shouted to the lieutenants again: "Hurry up and stabilize the brothers, don't let it be chaotic, no one will survive if it is chaotic." ”

The captains were all distracted, and they all listened to his orders, shouted loudly, and stabilized their men, when a group of thousands of government soldiers rushed diagonally, rushed to their side, cut off the way for the soldiers of the northern battalion to flee south, and separated these white-clothed soldiers with black belts on their arms from the other chaotic white-clothed soldiers.

Another group of cavalry rushed to the front, led by the general Zhang Yannian, who nodded to Liang Ying with satisfaction, and shouted to the eight thousand white-clothed soldiers who were panicked in their hearts: "Brothers in white, don't be afraid, I will send you back to Huaibei on the orders of King Liang." ”

His voice was so clear that everyone could hear it, and the nervous mood of the white-clothed army gradually calmed down, and everyone stopped shouting, and craned their necks to look at him blankly.

Zhang Yannian smiled slightly and shouted to everyone: "Uncle Shen wants you to go to Shuzhou, but King Liang hopes that you can stay in your hometown, and King Liang promises that you will give each of you land, support your parents, wives and children, and no longer let you leave your hometown!" ”

Liang Ying waved his arms and shouted: "Long live His Royal Highness King Liang!" ”

Some captains and soldiers also shouted, and Liang Ying saw that there were not many people who echoed, and they were all hesitating, so he shouted: "Everyone can go back to their hometowns, they will have their own land, and they can support their wives and children's parents." ”

He raised his arms again and shouted, "Long live His Royal Highness King Liang!" ”

At this moment, the eight thousand white-clothed troops finally echoed, they thought that they could return to their hometown with their wives and children and get a share of the land, everyone was so excited that they waved their arms and shouted, "Long live His Royal Highness King Liang!" ”

The shouts resounded in the night sky, and the other white-clothed soldiers were finally infected, they no longer fled in confusion, they all laid down their weapons and surrendered, even Zhang Yannian couldn't help but sigh secretly, this is called attacking the heart and surrendering without a fight.

．．．．．．．． Zhang Yannian sent 5,000 troops to bring these 20,000 white-clothed troops to Jiangning Mansion, and he led the general to the north, and the net laid by the white-clothed army had been closed from all directions, at this time, the general Sima Fang already knew that they were surrounded, he left 20,000 old and weak soldiers, and the deputy general Wu Junqin led 40,000 elites to rush westward, trying to rush out from the gap between the Chuzhou soldiers who did not close, he got information that there were no government soldiers within more than 100 miles between Huoshan County and Kaihua County, and that was their only way to escape.

At the beginning of April, Huangfu Wujin led 60,000 troops to Hefei County, and Zhang Yannian's 40,000 troops converged, Huangfu Wujin was rewarded for meritorious deeds, and promoted Liang Ying, the captain of the Meihua Guard, to be the general of the Broken Captives, with a reward of 5,000 taels of silver, and other meritorious generals were also rewarded, and he immediately ordered that 100,000 troops surround Hefei and force He Ruomei to surrender.

He Ruomei didn't flee west with Sima Fang in the end, he couldn't bear to leave behind 20,000 old and weak troops, these were all the troops he recruited, he knew that these soldiers were old and weak, but in order for them to survive, he still recruited them as white-clothed soldiers, and now they were abandoned by Sima Fang.

He Ruomei sat in the county office, his mood was very complicated, as a civilian official, he wanted to protect the people and the old and weak soldiers, but he also remembered Uncle Shen's kindness to him, and he didn't want to betray Uncle Shen, he only sighed for a long time, and he was at a loss.

At this time, a soldier rushed to report: "My lord, King Liang, please go to the city to answer!" ”

He Ruomei was stunned, he slowly stood up, seemed to understand something, and after a while, he sighed and followed the soldiers towards the city.

(To be continued)