Linzi County, Beihai County, this morning, a team of cavalry rushed from the official road in the west, gradually slowing down in front of Zishui, Pei Renji looked at the wild peas growing very luxuriantly on both sides of Zishui with serious eyes, and the tender green vines could not see the end at a glance, like a green carpet spread on both sides of the riverbed.

"Dashuai, this is the wild peas that General Zhang and they have planted extensively." A soldier whispered to Pei Renji.

Pei Renji didn't speak, turned over and dismounted and picked a tender grass, put it on his hand and looked at it carefully, although Wei Yunqi explained to him when he planted it on a large scale at the beginning of the year, the main reason for planting vetch was to cope with famine, because vetch could be stored for a long time after drying without fear of mildew, Pei Renji was only skeptical.

Now that he saw the endless green grass with his own eyes, he began to realize that the real purpose of Jang Hyun's cultivation of vetch peas was probably to raise horses, and that Jang Hyun wanted to build a strong cavalry.

Bae In-gi has long realized that Jang Hyun has ambitions, but because of the relationship between Jang Hyun and the Bae family, he has been silent, and now the cultivation of wild peas confirms Jang Hyun's ambitions from one side.

At this time, a group of dozens of cavalry rushed from a distance, the yellow dust was rolling, and soon ran to the other side of the Zishui Bridge, and the leader was Zhang Xuan, who had just returned from Gaomi County, and heard that Pei Renji had arrived in Beihai County, and came to greet him.

"The lowly is here to greet the marshal!"

Zhang Xuan turned over and dismounted, walked close and bowed.

Pei Renji nodded and smiled: "General Zhang has worked hard all the way. ”

This time, Pei Renji personally came to Zhang Xuan, mainly to discuss some details of sending troops to Langya County, although Zhang Xuan promised to cooperate with him to exterminate Sun Xuanya, but that was just a statement, sending 500 troops is also cooperation, and sending 10,000 troops is still cooperating. If the details are not implemented, how can Pei Renji send troops to Langya County with peace of mind.

The two turned over and got on their horses, Pei Renji looked at the vetchs on both sides of the riverbed and said with a smile: "General Zhang has planted so many vetch, how many war horses do you have to raise?" ”

Pei Renji was a pun on the temptation, but Zhang Xuan denied raising horses and smiled: "Raising war horses is a matter for the imperial court." It has nothing to do with us, I'm just raising sheep, sheep, cattle and mules, and I also have to store a batch of disaster relief food. ”

Pei Renji smiled, "General Zhang is right, it seems that I am thinking too much." ”

He now has a request for Jang Hyun, and he can only turn a blind eye to many things.

The two urged the horse to walk slowly, and soon came to Linzi County, and Changshi Wei Yunqi had also rushed to Linzi County. welcomed Pei Renji into the county office.

"I came to Beihai County this time, mainly to discuss with General Zhang some details of the dispatch of troops to Langya County, presumably General Zhang has already received my letter." Bae Renji took a sip of tea and said with a smile.

Wei Yunqi hurriedly ordered someone to put out a sand table map of Shandong, Pei Renji's eyes lit up, and he praised it: "This is a good thing!" ”

"This is General Zhang's suggestion, and it took us more than half a year to complete it."

Zhang Xuan added a smile next to him: "There are still some details that need to be completed, and when the final is done, I will send one to Dashuai!" ”

"We're done. Don't be perfunctory to me! ”

"How can a lowly position be perfunctory."

Pei Renji carefully looked at the sand table made of clay, and the more he looked at it, the more red his eyes became. He needed a map so realistically that he wanted to take the sand table away.

Zhang Xuan picked up the wooden pole and pointed to Linju County, the southernmost part of Beihai County: "At present, Wei Chigong is stationed here with two thousand troops, and he can go south to attack Yishui County at any time, and Gaomi County can also send troops." ”

Zhang Xuan's eyes fell on Gaomi County again, and he pointed at Zhucheng County with a wooden pole, "I just came back from Zhucheng County." Luo Shixin is ready to lead a thousand troops to outflank Ju County at any time, so that I can guarantee that the two counties in the northeast of Langya County will be taken. ”

What Zhang Xuan meant was that he was in charge of Yishui and Ju counties in the northeast, while Dong'an and Xintai counties in the northwest were in charge of Pei Renji.

There is nothing wrong with this scheme itself. Although Dong'an County is closer to Beihai County, its strategic position is very important, he doesn't want to leave Dong'an County to Zhang Xuan, it is more suitable for the Qi County Flying Eagle Army to seize it, Pei Renji has no objection to this, he cares more about how many troops Zhang Xuan produces, is it only 3,000 troops?

"How many troops does General Zhang plan to send to fight together?"

Bae In-ki asked very directly, although Jang Hyun is Bae In-ki's nominal subordinate, but Jang Hyun is an independent government, and the army is self-reliant, Bae In-ki can only ask Jang Hyun to send troops in a cooperative way, if Jang Hyun refuses to send troops, Bae In-ki has no way to deal with him.

Zhang Xuan didn't answer explicitly, but asked with a smile: "This time, Wang Shichong is preparing to attack Gao Shida in Pingyuan County, and the imperial court will give him 200,000 stone grain, I don't know how much grain the imperial court is willing to give when we attack Sun Xuanya?" ”

At the beginning, Zhang Xutuo fought in the south and the north, and the court did not give a single grain, which made Zhang Xutuo very passive, mainly because he had a bad relationship with the court, but Pei Renji was different, Zhang Xuan believed that he would never get nothing.

He saw that Pei Renji was a little embarrassed, and said with a smile: "The emperor is not a hungry soldier!" If we want to fight Langya County, we have to let our brothers eat enough, what does Pei Shuai think? ”

Pei Renji understood what Zhang Xuan meant, Zhang Xuan was asking himself for food, he smiled bitterly and said: "The imperial court promised me that it would also give us 200,000 stone of grain within half a year, which is the same as Wang Shichong, but there are not enough ships on the side of Liyangcang, so I can only give 50,000 stone in the near future, and I will allocate 20,000 stone of it to Beihai County." ”

It was only 20,000 stones, and Zhang Xuan wanted at least 50,000 stone of grain, but he also knew that Pei Renji couldn't take that much for a while, so he smiled and said: "After the battle, we have to fight, of course the grain can be taken slowly, I hope Pei Shuai can finally give Beihai County 50,000 stone of grain." ”

"There's no problem with this!"

Pei Renji happily agreed, "Give 20,000 stone first, and after the follow-up food arrives, I will allocate another 30,000 stone to Beihai County, and I will never break my promise!" ”

Zhang Xuan and Wei Yunqi glanced at each other, with Pei Renji's guarantee, then they can also give in, Zhang Xuan pondered for a while and said: "Don't hide it from the marshal, at present, there are 6,000 regular troops on our side, and there are 4,000 militia groups, I am worried that Beihai County and Gaomi County will be attacked by Gao Shida, so we must leave a little army to defend, and secondly, Gaomi County also has defensive strength, so in this way, I can send 6,000 troops to assist Dashuai to suppress bandits." ”

Pei Renji also knew that this was the greatest sincerity that Zhang Xuan could come up with, and he nodded, "Then we will decide at a glance, General Zhang will send 6,000 troops to the south, and I will send someone to inform the general in advance of the specific date of dispatch." ”

Zhang Xuan also smiled and nodded, "A word is a certainty!" ”

Since Pei Renji got Zhang Xuan's promise, he did not continue to go deeper into Beihai County, and after lunch in Linzi County, Pei Renji returned to Qi County.

"Do you think it's really necessary for us to send troops, sir?" On the way back to Yidu County, Zhang Xuan asked Wei Yunqi.

Wei Yunqi understood Zhang Xuan's thoughts, Zhang Xuan hoped to keep a group of bandits in Shandong, once Qingzhou and Xuzhou were connected, the imperial court would strongly control this area, and then their survival pressure would also increase, and their every move would be targeted, and even their territory would be snatched away by Yuwenshu and others.

This is the question of weighing the pros and cons, what cannot only have its advantages and no disadvantages, the key is to have more advantages than disadvantages, that is, the feasible solution.

"The general also has to think of the benefits of taking Langya County, at least we have no worries, the general's eyes can go north, with Wang Shichong's own strength, I'm afraid it will be difficult to confront Dou Jiande and Gao Shida at the same time, the general annihilated Zhang Jin in Qinghe County, and no one will be able to replace the general with this, so I think sending troops south should be more beneficial than disadvantageous to us."

Zhang Xuan nodded, "Sir is right, maybe I thought too much about the disadvantages and ignored its positive side, since this is the case, we have to start preparing for the war." ”

"Don't worry!"

Wei Yunqi smiled mysteriously, "I took the general to see a place, I haven't had time, it just so happened that this time I came to Zixian County, let's go to the Yellow River to have a look." ”

"What to see?"

"The general just follow me, it won't be too far from here!"

The crowd turned their horses' heads and galloped north along a path

The northernmost part of Beihai County is a sparsely populated mountainous hill that stretches for hundreds of miles from east to west, with only a few scattered villages where wheat is grown in the valleys of the mountains, and there is a lot of wildlife in the area, which also feeds many hunters.

Crossing this narrow hilly and mountainous area into the Yellow River area, the two banks of the Yellow River are about dozens of miles wide, because the Yellow River often bursts and floods, both sides of the Yellow River are barren and inhabited, only in winter after the Yellow River freezes, there will be merchants across the Yellow River ice one after another, to the opposite bank of the plain county and Bohai county.

As the Yellow River stabilizes, the last time its banks burst was 20 years ago, and the banks of the river are already overgrown with shrubs, meadows, and lush forests, but the area is still deserted and there is not a single household in sight.

It was precisely because of the difficulty of traveling in this area that Zhang Jin's sneak attack army did not go this way, but crossed the Yellow River from Qi County, which was relatively easy to walk, and then entered Beihai County along the northern hills.

Although Wei Yunqi said that this side was not too far, because of the difficulty of the journey, they walked for another day and a night, and did not arrive at the Yellow River until the next morning.

Zhang Xuan was immediately on a hill, looking at the mighty Yellow River in the distance, but at this time, he unexpectedly found something that could not appear here, and Zhang Xuan was stunned for a moment. (To be continued......)