Zhang Jin's 80,000-strong army has occupied the entire Gaotang County, and the county is full of countless brutal and debaucherous thieves, Gaotang is slightly better in the devastated Qinghe County, although a large number of people have fled to Qi County, but compared with the repeatedly ravaged Qinghe County, Gaotang County is still a little more vibrant, and the officials of Qinghe County have also moved to Gaotang County.

But with the arrival of 80,000 thieves, Gaotang County, which only has more than 1,000 households, immediately fell into a situation worse than hell, and dozens of thieves lived in every household.

Zhang Jin said that he did not bind military discipline and allowed the thieves to act recklessly, property was divided, food was robbed, women were humiliated, and the slightest resistance was immediately killed, and thousands of Gaotang County people seemed to have fallen into hell.

Since the annihilation of Feng Xiaoci's 20,000 Sui troops, Zhang Jin said that he was extremely arrogant, and he began to indulge himself, ordering his subordinates to sacrifice dozens of young girls as palace maids for him to have sex day and night, and even the wife and daughter of the Taishou could not escape his clutches.

In the evening of that day, strategist Yang Ji hurriedly walked into the gate of the county government and walked directly to the back hall. The leader of the pro-soldiers shook his head, "You can't go in now." ”

Yang Ji heard bursts of women's screams and laughter coming from the back hall, he couldn't help but sigh secretly, Zhang Xutuo's army was eyeing the south bank of the Yellow River, but the king was here to have fun, did he think that Zhang Xutuo was also the same as Feng Xiaoci?

Yang Ji was so anxious that he was stopped by the soldiers twice when he broke through, and he was so anxious that he shouted: "King, the Sui army has been killed!" ”

The laughter in the inner hall suddenly stopped, and then the sound of broken dishes and the screams of several women was heard, only to hear Zhang Jincheng scolding angrily: "Get out of here, get out of here!" ”

After a while, the courtyard door opened, and I saw Zhang Jincheng, who was shirtless and full of alcohol, rushed out and asked angrily, "Where is the Sui army?" ”

Yang Ji took out a piece of information and said calmly: "This is the latest news from the patrol. Just north of us, five or six thousand Flying Eagle troops had crossed the Yellow River. ”

Zhang Jin said that he was suddenly frightened into a cold sweat, and he was mostly awake from drinking, and he originally thought that Zhang Xutuo had deployed troops along the Yellow River to prevent him from continuing to invade Qi County. He thought that before Luoyang had no instructions, Zhang Xutuo did not dare to send troops north, but he did not expect that the Sui army would cross the Yellow River and go north so soon.

Zhang Jincheng immediately became anxious, had to let go of his arrogance, and said to Yang Ji: "Sir, please come into the house to discuss the military situation!" ”

Yang Ji can only rely on Zhang Jincheng now. Although he was unhappy, he could only obediently follow Zhang Jincheng into the inner hall.

The inner hall was full of messes, and more than a dozen young women were busy cleaning up the dishes and tables, but Zhang Jin said that he had no patience to wait, and roared angrily, "Get out of here!" ”

More than a dozen women were so frightened that they crawled out, and Zhang Jincheng kicked open two tables, pulled over a soft mat, put on his robe, and found the map discarded in the corner.

"Where is the Sui army now?" Zhang Jin said that he spread out the map on the soft seat and asked urgently.

Yang Ji knelt in front of the map. After looking at it for a moment, he pointed to a hill in the north and said: "This area is called Wulingang, and thousands of Sui troops should cross the river in this area." ”

Zhang Jincheng stared at the map for a long time, and suddenly came to his senses, he couldn't help but gasp, "Could it be that Sui Jun wants to go to my lair?" ”

Yang Ji nodded silently, "It should be said that Zhang Xutuo is forcing the king to retreat!" ”

Zhang Jin said that he took a few steps with his hands in his hand, and couldn't help but snort coldly, "He wants me to retreat." Am I going to retreat? I have an army of 80,000, so why not fear the division of the Sui army. ”

Zhang Jin said that he immediately ordered Yang Gongqing to lead an army of 20,000 to the north to meet the Sui army and prevent them from attacking his lair.

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Zhang Xuan quickly crossed the Yellow River with an army of 6,000 troops, and their goal was unusually clear. Directly attacking Wucheng County in the north of Qinghe County, Wucheng County, which is close to Gaojibo and has always been Zhang Jincheng's sphere of influence.

Because Gaojibo is a swamp with a radius of 100 miles and inconvenient transportation, Wucheng County has become a logistics center for the decisive battle between Zhang Jincheng and Feng Xiaoci, storing a large amount of grain and grass materials. In addition, there were 5,000 troops guarding Wucheng County.

Zhang Xutuo has been fighting on the battlefield for a long time, and his experience is extremely rich, far from being comparable to Feng Xiaoci's kind of generals who talk on paper, and he immediately discovered Zhang Jincheng's weakness, that is, his army is too large, 80,000 troops, how much food does it need to consume every day? Qinghe County, which is riddled with holes, simply can't support so many people.

In this way, logistics support has become a fatal acupuncture point for Zhang Jincheng, as long as the logistics of the thief army are destroyed, Zhang Jincheng will inevitably have serious chaos in the army, and defeating them is just around the corner.

Zhang Xutuo ordered Zhang Xuan's army to be a surprise soldier, and he led the main Sui army to enter Gaotang County, restraining Zhang Jin's army from retreating, and creating opportunities for Zhang Xuan.

At this time, Qin Qiong led 6,000 troops to the west of Gaotang County, and as another strange army, they were ready to cooperate with Zhang Xutuo's main force to attack the enemy at any time.

In the big tent, Zhang Xutuo stood in front of the map and considered Zhang Xuan's marching route, he was a little worried about the defenders of Wucheng County, Wucheng County is the royal city called by Zhang Jin, built very strongly, 5,000 people guard this city, Zhang Xuan attacked with light troops, can he attack it?

This is the only loophole that Zhang Xutuo is worried about, if Zhang Xuan can't capture Wucheng County, and Zhang Jin's reinforcements arrive in time, his adventure plan will be completely invalid, and he can only withdraw his troops back to Qi County.

At this moment, a personal soldier rushed to the door of the tent, knelt down on one knee and reported: "Commander Qiqi, our scouts have found that an army of 20,000 people has left Gaotang County and hurried north. ”

This information was expected by Zhang Xutuo, this must be Zhang Jin's claim that he had sent troops to support Wucheng County, and he immediately ordered: "Quickly let Luo Shixin come to see me!" ”

After a while, Luo Shixin hurriedly came to the big tent, and he bowed down and saluted, "See the big handsome!" ”

Zhang Xutuo said to him: "There have been 20,000 thieves to support Wucheng County, I will give you 1,000 troops, try to harass the enemy army, delay their march, and buy time for Zhang Xuan's side, you may be able to do it?" ”

Luo Shixin immediately knelt down on one knee, "The humble position will never disappoint the handsome!" ”

Zhang Xutuo nodded, "Select a thousand elites from your subordinates, bring three days of dry food, and set off immediately!" ”

"Obey!"

Luo Shixin saluted, got up and hurried away, Zhang Xutuo was really a little worried in his heart, after all, Luo Shixin only had a thousand troops, and he might not be able to stop the enemy's 20,000 reinforcements, but he had no choice, he only had 10,000 main forces, and it was impossible to divide more troops to Luo Shixin, I hope Zhang Xuan can surprise himself

Under the cover of darkness, Jang Xuan led an army of 6,000 troops to the northwest on the vast field, and the ground was covered with thick snow, making their march extremely difficult.

Everywhere they could see the ruins of villages and fertile fields overgrown with withered grass, and they had walked for more than 60 miles, but still did not see a single house, and everywhere was a dilapidated and desolate scene.

Everyone's hearts are full of grief and anger, Qinghe County, which was ravaged by Zhang Jin, does not even have a population of one in ten, it is completely thousands of miles of red wilderness, and the people are cut off, they not only kill people like hemp, but also do not produce, they make a living by plundering on the land of Hebei, and after snatching the grain, they leave the victims with famine and disaster, which seriously destroys the productive forces of Hebei.

At this time, Pei Xingyan urged the horse to catch up with Zhang Xuan, and suggested in a low voice: "General, if you want to kill the enemy by surprise, you can't do it in the past, you will definitely be discovered by their spies, and you are willing to lead five hundred people to take the small road first, and rush to Wucheng County to seize the city gate first, what does the general think?" ”

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly and asked, "What do you think is the connection between Zhang Jincheng and Wucheng County?" ”

Pei Xingyan was stunned, and immediately understood, Zhang Jin said that the contact between Zhang Jin and Wucheng County must be through carrier pigeons or eagles, as long as they find that the Sui army is heading north, they must notify Wucheng County to take precautions in advance.

Pei Xingyan scratched his head and said: "But we don't have siege weapons, how can we attack Wucheng County?" ”

Zhang Xuan had also been thinking about this question, and he pondered for a moment and asked, "Is General Pei familiar with Wucheng County?" ”

"I've been there a few times, but I didn't enter the county seat, just patrolling outside, the city walls were built later, probably similar to Zhu'a County, the city is tall and strong, and the moat is also very wide, but now it's a harsh winter, the moat can not be considered, but it's not easy to attack the city, does the general have any ideas?"

Zhang Xuan smiled and shook his head, "Actually, I don't have any ideas, I can only talk about it after I get to Wucheng County, maybe there will be a way for the soldiers to come to the city." ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Xuan smiled and said, "Since Yuanqing is more familiar with this area, I need to catch a few enemy patrols to interrogate, and this matter will be handed over to you." ”

"I understand, let's go!"

"There's one more thing you need to pay attention to!"

Zhang Xuan whispered a few words to Pei Xingyan again, although Pei Xingyan was a little confused, he still accepted the military order without hesitation.

"Obey the order!"

Pei Xingyan saluted, waved his hand to the cavalry behind him, and ordered: "Follow me!" ”

Fifty cavalrymen rushed out of the ranks and followed Pei Xingyan to the northwest first.

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