Since the defeat and retreat of the Flying Eagle Army, most of the cities they occupied before have been abandoned, but only Dong'an County and Yishui County have not given up, and are still occupied by Zhang Xuan's army, these two county towns are located in the north of Langya County, and they are the two gates for the bandits of Langya County to enter Beihai County and Gaomi County, and their strategic position is extremely important.

On the other hand, these two county towns were too close to the north, and it would be difficult for the thief army to hold even if they were captured, so Sun Xuanya simply gave up these two county towns, comprehensively reduced his forces to the south, and laid heavy troops in Fei County and Linyi County, preparing to deal with the second attack of the Sui army.

In the evening of that day, Zhang Xuan led 5,000 troops to arrive in Dong'an County, plus 1,000 garrisons from Dong'an County and Yishui County, Zhang Xuan had a total of 7,000 troops into Langya County.

The chief general stationed in Dong'an County is Li Shoujie, a partial general, who is Wei Chigong's subordinate general, and also an old lieutenant who followed Zhang Xuan a long time ago, including Du Yunsi, Chen Xu, Cao Sining, etc., although the imperial court has not yet promoted their official positions, but Zhang Xuan has named them partial generals and let them be alone, such as Du Yunsi, the guard general of Yishui.

"See the general!" Li Shoujie greeted him out of the city and gave a military salute to Zhang Xuan when he knelt down on one knee.

"General Li has worked hard, no need to be polite!"

"Thank you, General!"

Li Shoujie stood up, "Please enter the city with the humble post." ”

"Have you seen any movement from the thieves lately?"

"It's been quiet lately, and there aren't even caravans, and the lowly position can guarantee that there are no thieves within three hundred miles."

"That's a bit of an exaggeration."

Zhang Xuan said with a smile: "It is impossible for Sun Xuanya not to deploy spies, otherwise how would they know that we led the army south again." ”

Li Shoujie was speechless for a moment, and at this time, Wei Chigong stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, and said seriously: "I'm not afraid that I don't know, I'm afraid that everything can be done." Remember it later, there is one thing to say, don't take it for granted. ”

Li Shoujie's face flushed, "I understand." ”

He walked a few more steps briskly and reported to his superiors: "The inferior position sent five teams of scouts to penetrate into Langya County from five directions. The third patrol has been made three times, and the third patrol returned only yesterday, and so far no enemy troops have been found. ”

Zhang Xuan nodded approvingly, this Li Shoujie understood very quickly, and immediately knew how to report with facts.

The 5,000 Sui army began to enter Dong'an County, although Dong'an County is not big and is a small county seat, but since Zhang Xuan occupied Dong'an County. began to move the citizens of Dong'an County to Beihai County, and there were less than 100 households left in the county, making Dong'an County completely a military city, which could accommodate at least 20,000 troops.

When the Sui army entered the city, they began to camp separately, burying pots and cooking, and the soldiers were busy, and the sky gradually darkened, at this moment. Outside the southern city, a small caravan unexpectedly came.

The caravan consisted of only five men and a dozen mules. The merchant at the head of the city came to the city and shouted: "We are coming from Linyi, please tell General Zhang that I have a letter to give to General Zhang." ”

The soldiers of the Sui army in the city suddenly became vigilant, and a soldier hurriedly ran to report it.

A quarter of an hour later, the merchant at the head was brought to Jang Hyun, who knelt down and bowed. "Linyi Wang Shan was ordered to come and meet the general!"

Zhang Xuan saw that he was about forty years old, slightly fat, not like a soldier who practiced martial arts, but like a wine shopkeeper. Then he asked, "On whose order did you come?" ”

"The villain's lord is Meng Rang, and he ordered the villain to go north to deliver the letter."

Wang Shan took out a letter and presented it to Zhang Xuan, and the soldier forwarded the letter to Zhang Xuan, but Zhang Xuan did not open it, and continued to ask: "How do you know that I am in Dong'an County?" ”

"Report to the general, in fact, the villain has been waiting outside Dong'an County for a long time, and has been waiting for the general to bring, and today I found that a large army entered the city, and the villain guessed that the general had arrived."

Zhang Xuan glanced at Li Shoujie below, Li Shoujie's face was suddenly flushed, and he was really a little boastful.

Jang Hyun opened the letter, read it quietly, and asked, "Do you have any other messages to tell?" ”

"General Qiyu, what my lord wants to say is in the letter, and the villain is just sending the letter."

"Take them down first!"

Zhang Xuan waved his hand and ordered a personal soldier, "Go and invite Mr. Fang quickly!" ”

After a while, Fang Xuanling hurriedly walked into the lobby and bowed, "See the general!" ”

"Please sit down when you join the army!"

Zhang Xuan smiled and invited Fang Xuanling to sit down, and handed him the letter in his hand, "This is the letter that Meng Rang just sent someone, sir, please take a look." ”

"Meng Rang?"

Fang Xuanling was stunned for a moment, hesitated to take the letter, he was also puzzled in his heart, how could Meng Rang secretly contact Sui Jun, could it be-

Fang Xuanling opened the letter and looked at it, and sure enough, as he thought, Meng Rang was willing to cooperate with the Sui army to exterminate Sun Xuanya, on the condition that he lead the army south to retreat from Liang County, Fang Xuanling pondered for a moment and asked: "General beware of this is a trick to surrender?" ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, "I do have some doubts!" ”

Fang Xuanling didn't answer immediately, but walked to a map hanging on the wall, he stared at Zhang Xuan for a moment and said, "General, please look!" ”

Zhang Xuan walked over, Fang Xuanling picked up the wooden pole and pointed to the map: "The retreat from Linyi County to the south is to enter Pengcheng County, but the garrison of Pengcheng County is mainly in Pengcheng, and there is no garrison in the north, and they are all plains, Teng County, Pei County, Feng County Several large counties are relatively rich, after looting these large counties, you can directly enter Dangshan County of Liang County, at present, there are not many garrisons in Liang County, so from the perspective of Meng Rang's attempt to enter Liang County, I think it is still strategically feasible." ”

"Sir, do you mean that Meng Rang really wants to cooperate with us?"

"Last time, I told the general that Sun Xuanya's containment of Meng Rang will cause disaster, how can two tigers live together in the same mountain? Besides, even if Sun Xuanya and Meng Rang made a plan, Meng Rang would not dare to write this kind of letter, and once it was written, there would be no trust between them. ”

Zhang Xuan paced back and forth with his hands down, lowered his head and pondered for a moment before asking, "Does that gentleman have a way to deal with it?" ”

Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "Whether this matter is true or not, we can all take care of it." ”

"What's the plan?"

Fang Xuanling whispered a few words to Zhang Xuan, Zhang Xuan nodded slowly, Fang Xuanling was decided, Fang Xuanling really lived up to his reputation.

Zhang Xuan immediately wrote a letter and asked Wang Shan to bring it back to Meng Rang, and then Zhang Xuan wrote a letter to Yang Yichen of the Xiapi County garrison, asking people to detour south through Lu County and rush to Xiapi County.

The Sui army did not move in Dong'an County, and Zhang Xuan still needed to wait for Qin Qiong's army to come and meet, and at the same time, Zhang Xuan sent Li Shoujie to lead an army of 1,000 troops to build a castle on a high ground eighty miles south of Yishui County, and actively store grain for war

On the second day of the large-scale transfer of the troops of Qi County and Beihai County, Wang Bo received an urgent eagle letter from the spies of Licheng County, which made Wang Bo nervous, and at the same time had a trace of expectation in his heart, if he could thwart the Sui army's southern expedition again, then with the weakening of the Sui army of Qi County, would he be able to lead the army to counterattack Qi County?

Wang Bo stood at the head of the city and stared at the north, with a lot of thoughts in his heart, and his brother-in-law Xu Shunming next to him smiled and said, "Brother-in-law wants to kill back to Qi County!" ”

"Even if I think so, I can't do it."

Wang Bo smiled, "We must not only prepare to kill Qi County back, but also prepare a consequence for ourselves." ”

"Brother-in-law is talking about Lu County?"

Wang Bo shook his head, "If I can defeat the Sui army, I will directly return to Qi County, but once the army is defeated, Lu County will not be able to stay, I will consider going to Dongping County, or go to Wagang." ”

Wang Bo's brows slowly furrowed, "Actually, what I'm most worried about is Meng Rang, if Sun Xuanya continues to reuse him, there will be civil strife between them, and they will be taken advantage of by the Sui army, and the consequences will be very serious!" ”

"In that case, my brother-in-law will write another letter to remind Sun Xuanya."

"I don't know how many times I've reminded him!"

Wang Bo sighed, thinking of Sun Xuanya's stupidity, he couldn't help but hate: "He has never refused to listen to my advice, and always thinks that I reminded him because of my personal grudge with Meng Rang. ”

"But I really don't understand, why does Sun Xuanya trust Meng Rang so much? Don't give face to your brother-in-law. ”

"Because women, you don't know! Sun Xuanya's favorite concubine is Meng Rang's sister, once it comes to women, Sun Xuanya will be dizzy. ”

Xu Shunming was silent, how could he not be like this, wasn't his sister Wang Bo's wife? Wang Bo also attaches great importance to himself because of this, of course, his wife is different from his concubine, and he is also different from Meng Rang.

After a moment of silence, Xu Shunming persuaded Wang Bo again: "Brother-in-law, try again!" Perhaps Sun Xuanya didn't know that the Sui army was already preparing to attack the south again. ”

Wang Bo nodded, "That's it!" I tried my best to persuade him again, and if it didn't work, it could only be said that it was providence. (To be continued......)