"You-"

Yang Wen's face was flushed with anger, and at this time, more than a dozen pro-soldiers stepped forward to push him out, Yang Wen stumbled out, still pointing at Zhang Xutuo and scolding: "Zhang Xutuo, you deceive people too much, let's see!" ”

The soldiers drove Yang Wen out, Zhang Xutuo didn't say a word, and continued to write a scroll, but Jiang Ming, who joined the army next to him, was really a little worried, offended Yang Qing, the general was afraid that there would be no good fruit to eat, he persuaded in a low voice: "General, Yang Qing is very well-connected in the imperial court, and his subordinates are worried that the general can't fight him." ”

"Why should we fight him, he fornicated with bandits, the evidence is conclusive, what qualifications do we have to fight with me? If I don't eradicate this black sheep this time, I will never hope to defeat the Wagang Army. ”

Jiang Ming knows Zhang Xutuo very well, he is jealous and hateful, and extremely stubborn, since he has made up his mind, I am afraid that this matter will be difficult to undo, Jiang Ming sighed in his heart, and had to change the topic and said: "General, our military rations can only support for ten days, if these five thousand stone grains can supplement our military rations, maybe we can think of other ways." ”

Zhang Xutuo shook his head, "This is the evidence of Yang Qing's fornication with the Wagang Army, when the imperial court sends the imperial history to investigate, we must not move, as for the lack of food, then urge Liang County and Jiyin County, ask them to transport grain immediately, and clearly tell them that this is the will of the Holy Lord, if they dare to delay and not send food, I will impeach them to Yushitai!" ”

Jiang Ming knew that if these offensive words were really said, Liang County and Jiyin County would be even more reluctant to send grain, so he groaned and said: "I heard that Zhang Xuan has been transferred to Hebei, he has a lot of ships, and Beihai County also has grain in stock, so the general might as well borrow grain from Zhang Xuan to solve his urgent needs." ”

Zhang Xutuo thought about it, then nodded and said, "Okay!" I immediately wrote a letter to Jang Hyun. Ask him for some food and I'm sure he'll help me. ”

The next morning, Yang Wen rushed back to Lingchang County and cried to his father about what happened to him, "Zhang Xutuo was bent on putting his father to death, and he didn't give his children a chance to make conditions." He also humiliated the child in every way, he kept saying that his father betrayed the court, that even the soldiers were not ashamed of his father's behavior, and that he would punish the evildoers, which was clearly to put his father to death! ”

Yang Qing was so angry that he almost fainted, he never expected that he would take the initiative to show weakness and beg Zhang Xutuo to let him go, Zhang Xutuo not only did not appreciate it, but added evil words. and put yate yourselves to death.

"Father, what are we going to do?" Yang Wen asked anxiously.

Yang Qing slowly calmed down, he waved his hand, "Let me be alone in the room, no one is allowed to disturb me!" ”

He turned and walked towards his study, slamming the door shut.

Yang Qing locked himself in his room and pondered deeply, although he was too far behind Zhang Xutuo in terms of fighting, he was fighting in officialdom. In terms of intrigue and intrigues, he is a hundred times stronger than Zhang Xutuo, who is upright by nature, and Yang Qing has realized that Zhang Xutuo is not angry for a while. Instead, he wants to use this matter to eradicate himself, and even wants to incorporate his own army, once Zhang Xutuo succeeds, he will never recover, since Zhang Xutuo refuses to let go of himself, then don't blame him Yang Qingxin for being ruthless......

It has been five days since Jang Hyun returned to Beihae County. The situation in Hebei was even more severe than he imagined, Yang Yichen was transferred back to the capital at the beginning of the month, and 30,000 elite soldiers were disbanded on the spot, but they were divided up by Gao Shida and Dou Jiande, and there was a blank period of more than ten days. Qinghe County was occupied by Gao Shida, and Dou Jiande occupied Xindu County and Hejian County.

At the same time, because Wang Shichong was also transferred last month, Lu Mingyue, the bandit leader of Shanggu County, led tens of thousands of troops southward, occupied Boling County, Hengshan County and Zhao County in less than a month, and continued to march in the direction of Xiangguo County and Wu'an County.

Zhang Xuan then understood, no wonder the imperial court ordered himself to go north immediately, Gao Shida's troops had threatened Qingzhou, Qi County Zhu'a County was once occupied by Gao Shida's forwards, because Wei Chigong quickly led the army to kill Qi County, Gao Shida's forward army was forced to withdraw to the north bank of the Yellow River.

Although Zhang Xuan was named the envoy of Hebei and the Qinghe was guarded, Hebei no longer had a foothold for him, and the entire Hebei except for Youzhou in the north and Wei County and Ji County in the south, the remaining twelve counties were all divided by the three major bandits.

It is impossible for Zhang Xuan to leave Qingzhou to gain a foothold in Wei County, he needs to gain a foothold in Qingzhou, retake Qinghe County, and then use Qinghe County as the foundation, and then counterattack step by step.

Although the plan was perfect, he only had 30,000 troops, and Zhang Xuan was still a little powerless to face hundreds of thousands of bandits in Hebei, so he could only wait patiently and look for opportunities.

On the morning of that day, Zhang Xuan and more than a dozen civil and military officials inspected the Yellow River wharf in Beihai County, which had been completed, and the water depth was large enough to moor a 20,000-stone transoceanic boat, and a lively port area had been formed within a radius of 10 miles, with hundreds of shops, wine shops, inns, and green buildings of various kinds, as well as a military camp that could accommodate several thousand people, in addition to dozens of warehouses.

Before that, Wei Chi Gong led 5,000 troops to be stationed in this military camp to prevent Gao Shida's army on the opposite bank from sneaking up on Beihai County and Qi County.

However, during this time, the wharf was a little deserted, and the great changes in the situation in Hebei caused many merchants to temporarily stop crossing the river, and there were only about 20 patrol ships moored on the wharf.

Zhang Xuan walked to the dock and looked at the other side of the Yellow River from afar, the weather was sunny today, and the opposite bank was faintly visible.

Zhang Xuan turned around and asked Cui Wenhan: "Cui joins the army, is your father still in Bohai County?" ”

Cui Wenhan shook his head, "My father and some of my concubines have moved to the capital, the Qinghe Cui family has been scattered in various counties in Hebei, and Bohai County is estimated to have some partial brothers, if you need the help of your subordinate family, your subordinates will write to the clansmen." ”

Zhang Xuan smiled and said: "I don't need it for the time being, I just ask, the north bank of the Yellow River in Bohai County is Douzigang, hundreds of miles of deserted people, I don't plan to cross the river from Bohai County, either Pingyuan County or Qinghe County." ”

At this time, Wei Chigong stepped forward and whispered a few words to Zhang Xuan, Zhang Xuan was a little surprised, so he nodded and said, "Bring him to see me!" ”

After a while, a soldier of the Sui army stepped forward quickly, knelt down on one knee in front of Zhang Xuan, and held up a letter and said: "This is a handwritten letter from the general of my family to the general, please take a look at it." ”

Zhang Xutuo actually wrote a letter to himself, which really surprised Zhang Xuan, he took the letter and read it, it turned out that Zhang Xutuo borrowed 30,000 stone grain from himself,

Zhang Xuan secretly smiled bitterly, from the time he knew Zhang Xutuo to the present, he found that Zhang Xutuo had never been worried about food, and he was always short of food, which was the best proof that he had a bad relationship with the local government, how to have a good relationship with the local government, how could there be a shortage of food?

The person who came was Zhang Xutuo's personal soldier, and Zhang Xuan still knew him, so he asked with a smile: "How is the situation of the general now?" ”

The pro-soldier shook his head, "General Qiyu, the situation of the great general is very bad, especially the contradiction with Yang Qing has reached the point of life and death, it depends on whether the saint can support the general this time." ”

Everyone looked at each other, a little incomprehensible, how could it be to the point of life and death for the same Sui army, this is simply the enemy, Zhang Xuan frowned and asked, "What the hell is going on?" ”

The soldiers sighed, and then told Yang Qing about his fornication with the Wagang Army and the theft of all the stolen goods, and finally said: "The marshal is extremely angry about this matter, and he must bring Yang Qing to justice, and he refuses to accept Yang Qing's request for peace, and the relationship between the two sides is extremely bad." ”

Zhang Xuan pondered for a long time, and said to Zhang Xutuo's personal soldiers: "I will write a letter, you rush back immediately, and at the same time tell the general that I will lend the grain, but the grain ship is still repairing on the side of the shipyard, I will transfer the ship first, and then immediately send the grain, at the latest half a month's grain, it must be transported to Dongjun, please insist." ”

The pro-soldier wept and said, "Thank you to the general for borrowing food!" ”

Zhang Xuan immediately went back to the barracks and wrote a letter, asking his soldiers to bring it back to Zhang Xutuo, and Zhang Xuan sent people to the mouth of the Juyang River to transfer 100 grain ships to the Yellow River wharf to transport grain.

Although the matter of borrowing grain has been arranged, Zhang Xuan's heart is still heavy, in history, Zhang Xutuo died at the hands of the Wagang army, but Li Mi is no longer there, will Zhang Xutuo repeat the mistakes of history?

For a long time, Zhang Xuan thought that Zhang Xutuo would not repeat the mistakes of the past, because Zhai Rang was not Zhang Xutuo's opponent at all, and Li Jiancheng also lacked sufficient military literacy, and it was fortunate that the Wagang army was not destroyed by Zhang Xutuo.

But it was only now that Zhang Xuan suddenly discovered that the real threat to Zhang Xutuo was not the Wagang Army, but the Sui Army, the local bureaucrats headed by Yang Qing, they were the biggest source of danger for Zhang Xutuo, the open gun is easy to dodge, and the hidden arrow is difficult to prevent, can Zhang Xutuo avoid Yang Qing's plot?

For a while, Zhang Xuan was worried, and he wanted to lead the army to Wagang Mountain immediately, but he was also under great pressure now, and it was impossible to divide his troops to help Zhang Xutuo.

Zhang Xuan pondered for a long time, and immediately wrote an order, handed it to a personal soldier along with the arrow, and instructed him: "You immediately rush to Dongping County and give this letter to General Luo Shixin." ”

Luo Shixin led the rear army to the north, and he should still be on the way to Beihai County, so it depends on whether Luo Shixin can be counted on to help Zhang Xutuo. (To be continued.) )