Zhang Xuan pondered for a while and said: "Eliminating evil and revenge is only a quick solution, but I am more concerned about Wu Jun's long-term way, and Jun Cheng may teach me?" ”

Jiang Yuanchao smiled, "Generally speaking, the scholar clan is an important force for maintaining stability, and the prosperity of the Wu Jun scholar clan is none other than the Lu clan, the Gu clan and the Shen clan. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"But it's only been twenty years."

"Exactly, encircling the Shi clan is just a symptom but not a cure, if Your Highness wants to cure the root cause, you must also start from the people's livelihood, if everyone can live and work in peace and contentment, then who will rebel? Your Highness, govern one side, and govern officials first. “

Zhang Xuan nodded, and Jiang Yuanchao's words reached his heart, especially the eight words of 'governing one side, governing officials first' can be described as golden words.

Zhang Xuan smiled and asked, "What does Jun Cheng think of Li Baiyao?" ”

Jiang Yuanchao shook his head, "Wechen doesn't dare to judge others, I implore Your Highness not to embarrass Wechen." ”

"Just this once."

Under Zhang Xuan's repeated insistence, Jiang Yuanchao had no choice but to say: "Although he himself did not do evil, and the people of Wu County also thought that he was coerced because of his mother, and it was difficult to achieve both loyalty and filial piety, but the fact of becoming Meng Haigong's Xiangguo was a stain on his life and would have an impact on him throughout his life." ”

Jiang Yuanchao's tone was full of disdain for Li Baiyao, Li Baiyao was appointed as Xiangguo by Meng Haigong, which led to the death of his mother with hatred, even if he soaked in the wine jar every day, even if he blamed himself and remorse, it was difficult to restore the stain on his morality.

"If I ask him to be the Taishou of Wu County, does Jun Cheng think it is feasible?"

Jiang Yuanchao was stunned, hesitated for a moment and said: "Li Baiyao enjoys a high reputation among the people of Wu County, plus his mother is Shen Jian's aunt, he is completely capable of encircling the three major families of Wu County, if His Royal Highness just wants to maintain the stability of Wu County, Li Baiyao is indeed the best candidate for Taishou." ”

Zhang Xuan heard the sound outside the strings, so he asked with a smile: "Jun Cheng means that Li Baiyao is not a qualified Taishou?" ”

Wechen is reluctant to comment on colleagues, but since Wechen said, he has to tell the truth, Li Baiyao's advantage lies in the edict, the edict he made is euphemistic and sharp, and the persuasive power is very strong, which can not only show the holy will, but also convince the state and county temples, which can be described as a genius, so he won the trust of Emperor Wen, ten years after the emperor, Emperor Wen's edict is from his hands.

But if he is too guarded, he will neither go to the field to persuade farmers, nor will he have an in-depth understanding of the people's suffering, but will only take the family route, treating the symptoms but not the root cause, Weichen thinks that letting him govern the place is tantamount to letting the farmer hunt, let the woodcutter strike iron, Wu County will not be able to do more than five years, and the people's grievances will inevitably boil, this is just the words of the Weichen family, His Royal Highness poured himself. ”

"But he has never been a local official, how can the county know?"

"His Royal Highness, although Li Baiyao was deposed because of the case of the crown prince Yang Yong, he still made a Jinling county order for three years after leaving Beijing, and was impeached for the serious annexation of land under his rule, so he was dismissed and dismissed, and Weichen judged him according to what he did in the past three years."

Zhang Xuan suddenly got up and said with a smile: "If you have a seat with you, it is better to study for ten years, I don't plan to let Li Baiyao be the Taishou of Wu County, but I want him to serve in Jiangnan Xingtai, since he has a genius in the edict, then he must make the best use of his talents, let him go to Zhongdu to serve, leaving Jiangnan is also good for him, as for Wu Jun Taishou, I actually want Jiang Juncheng to take the post, is Jun Cheng willing?" ”

Jiang Yuanchao bowed to the ground, "Your Highness doesn't suspect that Weichen is a shallow learner, and Weichen will definitely do his best to let the people of Wu County live and work in peace and contentment." ”

......

Zhang Xuan had just returned to the camp, and Fang Xuanling immediately greeted him, "Your Highness, Meng Haigong has moved." ”

"Are they going to withdraw?"

"I don't know what they mean for the time being, but according to the scout's observations, the army in the city should be gathered."

The two walked quickly into the big tent, Zhang Xuan came to the sand table, this is a habit he gradually developed, he likes to discuss military affairs in front of the sand table, even if the content of the discussion has nothing to do with the map, he will unconsciously walk to the sand table.

"How many troops does Meng Haigong have now?" Jang Hyun asked, staring at the sand table.

Many cities on the sand table are inserted with various logos, there are small pennants, there are small wooden cards, and small bronze medals, representing various meanings, such as the number written on the black pennant represents the strength of the city, the number on the wooden plate represents the population of the city, and the number on the bronze plate represents the perimeter of the city, the width of the city wall, etc., but if it is a white square flag, there is no number on it, it means that there is no information for the time being.

Zhang Xuan saw that many cities in Wu County, Yuhang County and Huiji County had small black pennants, which meant that Meng Haigong's troops were by no means more than Wu County, which made him a little puzzled in his heart.

"Your Royal Highness, at present, there are about 70,000 troops in Wu County, all of which are concentrated in Wu County, Yuhang County has garrisons in Qiantang and Fuyang, but the number is not much, no more than 5,000 people, Huiji County is his old nest, there are garrisons in Huiji, Zhuji, Juzhang and other places, the total number is about 20,000, and in Linhai County, Yongjia County, and Yongkang County, Dongyang County, there are also a small number of garrisons, Weichen has preliminary statistics, Meng Haigong's current strength is about 100,000 people."

Zhang Xuan pointed to the Qiantang River and said: "This is the key point of the entire Jiangnan Campaign, if we let Meng Haigong cross the Qiantang River, he will continue to flee south, and it will be difficult for us to completely eliminate him, so no matter what, we must not let Meng Haigong escape the Qiantang River." ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Xuan asked again: "Is there any news from Zhou Meng?" ”

"There is no news yet, but in terms of time, he should arrive in Qiantang County now."

Zhang Xuan frowned, "How many thieves are there in Qiantang County?" ”

"About 2,000 people."

Fang Xuanling understood Zhang Xuan's worries, and said with a smile: "The Jiangnan Canal is injected into the Qiantang River from outside the city, Zhou Meng is a cautious person, he will not let the city defenders discover the fleet, please rest assured!" ”

Zhang Xuan nodded slowly, "His mission is crucial, I hope he won't let me down." ”

.........

Night fell quietly, the north gate of Wu County was opened, an army of more than 10,000 people from the city was killed, and marched to the Sui army camp stationed in Lu Tomb Town, the chief general of this thief army was called Hong Rentao, who was originally a butcher in Huiji County, who was majestic and very strong, so that a long-handled copper hammer weighing eighty pounds, he was also Meng Haigong's henchman, according to Mao Wenshen's strategy, he was responsible for covering the southward retreat of Princess Meng Hai.

Not long after Hong Rentao led the army to leave the North City Gate, Meng Haigong's son Meng Yi led hundreds of cavalry to the south, his task was to prepare for the pontoon bridge on the Qiantang River, Meng Haigong publicly said that he would fight a decisive battle with the Sui army in Wu County, but that was just talking, strong and powerful, in fact, he just wanted to immediately withdraw across the Qiantang River, refuse to defend the Qiantang River, he wanted to fight a decisive battle with the Sui army on the Qiantang River, even if he was defeated, he could immediately retreat to the south.

Just an hour after his son Meng Yi led the cavalry out of Wu County, nearly two o'clock, Meng Haigong's 60,000 troops finally went out of the city, and under the cover of night, they retreated to the south along the official road on the east bank of the Jiangnan Canal.

When Zhang Xuan received an ominous number of thieves coming in the direction of the camp, he immediately realized that Meng Haigong was about to retreat south.

In the barracks, 10,000 crossbowmen were waiting to prevent the enemy from rushing the camp, while Zhang Xuan and the generals stood on the gate of the fortress and watched the thieves a few miles away in the distance, only to see that in the night, the thieves were in a formation of torches, which was spectacular, and it seemed that there were at least 30,000 or 40,000 troops.

"This is just a suspicious soldier of the enemy army, and the number will not exceed ten thousand!"

Luo Shixin was a little impatient and said: "Please give the order of the marshal, let the humble position lead the army to assault and annihilate this arrogant thief army." ”

Su Dingfang next to him said in a low voice: "You are in a hurry again, the marshal is waiting for Meng Haigong to leave the city, otherwise he will startle the snake." ”

When Luo Shixin heard that he was reasonable, he snorted stupidly and stopped talking.

After looking at it for a while, Zhang Xuan said to Luo Shixin: "Send another 5,000 crossbowmen, if the enemy comes close, just shoot and kill, without my order, no one is allowed to go out of the camp to kill the enemy." ”

With that, he turned and went back to the camp.

At this time, 20,000 cavalry and 30,000 infantry had been assembled, and all the soldiers were in full force, patiently waiting for the commander's final order to attack.

Time passed little by little, it was already two watches, Zhang Xuan never gave the order to attack, but he did not disband the army and return to the camp to rest, the camp was silent, the 50,000 troops sat on the school field and sorted out their swords and spears, and the murderous aura filled every corner of the Sui army camp.

At this time, a rapid sound of horses' hooves broke the silence of the camp, and two scout cavalry rushed into the camp and galloped along the horse road towards the big tent of the Chinese army.

After a while, Zhang Xuan walked out of the camp quickly, he walked up to the high platform at the front of the school field, and shouted to the 50,000 soldiers: "Meng Haigong has left Wu County and retreated south, the moment has come to annihilate the enemy and make meritorious contributions, we ask you to fight bravely, but you are not allowed to wantonly slaughter, this battle is the first merit to capture prisoners, capture a prisoner of war and turn three times, and kill one enemy and one turn ......."

This is not a pre-war mobilization, but an explanation of the rules, there is no need for pre-war mobilization to deal with Meng Haigong's rabble, but Zhang Xuan must stop the desire of the Sui soldiers to kill prisoners in time, he can't let the slaughter of Meng Qi's ghost become a common practice, so rewarding military merit is the best way.

The soldiers are all eager to try, according to the Sui army's military merit reward standards, Ce Xun a transfer to reward Yongye Tian one acre, the money is consistent, that is to say, to catch a prisoner of war can get three acres of Yongye Tian and three money reward, capture prisoners generally to a fire soldiers collective action, if lucky, a fire soldier can catch more than 100 prisoners of war, an average of one person has ten prisoners of war corresponding rewards.

Zhang Xuan briefly explained the rules and said sharply: "Where is General Pei Xingyan?" ”

Pei Xingyan stepped forward to salute, "Humble duty!" ”

"20,000 cavalry first, give me a complete defeat of the thief army, whether the cavalry captures prisoners of war or not, each of them at least three turns!"

"Obey the order!"

Zhang Xuan said to Luo Shixin and Su Dingfang: "You two can each lead 10,000 infantry to attack and capture as many prisoners of war as possible, remember for me, I need prisoners of war to come to Tuntian in this battle!" ”

Zhang Xuan's unequivocal order dispelled the desire of the two to kill the enemy, and the two bowed down together and said, "Obey the order!" ”

.......

One order after another was issued, the gate of the Sui army's southern camp slowly opened, Zhang Xuan personally led 5,000 scout cavalry out of the camp, he was responsible for dealing with the thief army who came to cover the retreat of the main force, and Pei Xingyan, Luo Shixin, and Su Dingfang, the three generals, led 40,000 troops to kill from the east gate of the military camp and chased them to the south.

Hong Rentao led 10,000 troops to pretend to be 30,000 suspicious soldiers and deployed two miles south of the Sui army camp, but they were not very clever in disguise, each soldier carried three torches, making the total number of torches more than 30,000, as long as they got a little closer, the Sui scouts could easily see through their disguise.

Although Hong Rentao's task was to drag the main force of the Sui army and cover Meng Haigong's retreat, he held back his strength and wanted to fight a big battle with the Sui army.

In the dark, a Sui army had appeared silently three hundred steps away from them, and when Hong Rentao was shocked, another Sui army had quietly circled behind them, cutting off their retreat, at this moment, a subordinate rushed over and whispered to Hong Rentao: "General, the main general on the opposite side seems to be Zhang Xuan." ”

Hong Rentao was surprised and delighted, "Can you confirm it?" ”

"There should be no mistake if a brother recognizes it."

Hong Rentao is just a butcher in Huiji County, he has lived for more than 30 years in his life, and he has never been to the north of the Yangtze River, coupled with the closed news, he is relatively lonely and unheard, he has only joined Meng Haigong's army for a year, and he still belongs to the stage where the newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, plus he is simple-minded and has developed limbs, otherwise he would not be fooled by Meng Haigong and accept this task of sending him to death.

Hearing that Zhang Xuan was in the team, his heart began to itch, if he could catch Zhang Xuan, wouldn't it be famous all over the world, and he could also make a contribution to the Lord and the public.

Thinking of this, he turned around and shouted, "Erlang, look at how grandpa captures Zhang Xuan alive!" ”

After speaking, he urged the horse to swing the hammer to meet it, and the more than 10,000 soldiers behind him suddenly made a noise, most of these thieves were scoundrels of the good things in the counties in the south of the Yangtze River, for fear that the world would not be chaotic, I heard that the Lord was going to arrest Zhang Xuan, and whether it was impossible or not, they all shouted excitedly.

Only some generals were secretly nervous in their hearts, Zhang Xuan was the third fierce general in the world, Hong Rentao actually dared to go alone, this was obviously impatient, and they began to consider their own retreat.

Hong Rentao urged the horse to the front of the battle, his voice was extremely rough, and he shouted: "I am the king of the heavens, Hong Rentao!" Can Jang Hyun dare to fight with a certain family? ”

Sui Junzhong laughed loudly, and at this time, a gong-like voice sounded in Sui Junzhong, "Let Grandpa Cheng come to meet you!" ”

(To be continued.) )