At noon, Chen Xu hurriedly came to the city, found Zhang Xuan, who was patrolling the defense of the city, knelt down on one knee and saluted Zhang Xuan: "General Qiyu, the results are out!" ”

Zhang Xuan saw that there was an irrepressible excitement on his face, so he smiled slightly: "It seems that the result is good!" ”

"General Qiyu, it was very wrong, it was simply unexpected, except for more than 80 people who chose to go home because of their old age, the rest of the soldiers all chose to stay and serve the general."

Zhang Xuan smiled and waved his hand, "This is not right, it is not for me Zhang Xuan, but for the Great Sui." ”

Everyone around laughed, Zhang Xuan was also very excited, he didn't expect this result, he thought that it was already very good to get 3,000 troops, but he never thought that all the prisoners of war were willing to stay.

Fang Xuanling next to him said with a smile: "It seems that everyone is moved by Li Hongtao's income, if there is no military merit reward, no one is willing to fight and die." ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, he fully agrees with this, to a certain extent, he can also understand Wang Shichong's behavior of arson and looting, Wang Shichong's soldiers are all Huainan people, they have no sense of belonging to the north, they can only rely on wealth to motivate the soldiers to work hard, and he Zhang Xuan occupies the three counties of Qingzhou, has the advantage of being a soldier, and he designed the 'military merit for land system' has a natural sense of belonging to the soldiers, in order to be recognized by the soldiers.

Otherwise, if Wang Shichong wants to take the land of Qinghe County to reward the soldiers, who will buy his account?

Wang Shichong's biggest weakness was that he did not occupy Huainan, which made him lose his foundation, at this time, Zhang Huan suddenly had a realization that Wang Shichong would never stay in Qinghe County for a long time, and he would definitely do everything possible to return to Jianghuai.

"General, are you waiting for General Wei Chi to come back to train the surrendered soldiers?" Chen Xu asked in a low voice.

The recruits in Beihai County were basically handed over to Wei Chigong for training. He has a lot of means and can train recruits in the shortest possible time, so Chen Xu also thinks that it should be handed over to Wei Chigong for training.

Zhang Xuan shook his head, "They are not recruits, they don't need the old lieutenant to train, you can train." I believe you won't let me down! ”

Chen Xu was moved by the lord's trust, and he hurriedly bowed and saluted, "The humble position will never disappoint the general, and he will definitely train strictly!" ”

"Go ahead! I'll give you half a month to train them out. ”

"Obey!"

Chen Xu turned around and hurried away, and at this time, Fang Xuanling asked, "Is the general going to confront Sun Xuanya's army for another half a month?" ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, "We don't have enough troops, and we still can't rush into a decisive battle with the enemy, this group of prisoners of war has been trained." It is essential to replenish my forces. ”

Fang Xuanling thought for a while, and said with a smile: "But has the general considered it, we can actually use the mutual distrust between Sun Xuanya and Wang Bo to break each one, in fact, this is also the battle that the subordinates want to give the general, and the key to sweeping away the bandits in Langya County is to break them all, which makes up for the shortcomings of our insufficient troops." ”

Zhang Xuan already knows Fang Xuanling very well, and the reason why he only brought it up now shows that he is already confident.

Zhang Xuan smiled and said, "Is there a good plan for joining the army?" ”

Fang Xuanling smiled slightly. "I have an idea, the general might as well think about it!"

In the evening. Chen Xu led a surrendered young soldier into Zhang Xuan's tent.

"General, he's coming!"

The soldier hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down, "See the general!" ”

The soldier's name was Sun Ying, eighteen or nineteen years old, from Jibei County, and in the same village as Sun Xuanya. is also Sun Xuanya's distant nephew, and served as a scout team leader in Wang Bo's army.

"Get up, please!"

Zhang Xuan glanced at him, and saw that the young man was very clever and a scout, so he asked with a smile: "Since your clan uncle is Sun Xuanya." Why do you do things for Wang Bo? ”

Sun Ying said gloomily: "When I was ten years old, in order to fight for a cow, my father was beaten to death by Sun Xuanya, Sun Xuanya has fled since then, how can I serve the enemy who killed my father." ”

Zhang Xuan glanced at Chen Xu, and Chen Xu nodded, indicating that Sun Ying's words were true.

In fact, Zhang Xuan was a little suspicious that Sun Ying was inserted into Wang Bo's army by Sun Xuanya, but if this is the case, Sun Ying will definitely change his name and surname, and the soldiers around him will not know that he is Sun Xuanya's nephew, which can only show that this Sun Ying is not Sun Xuanya's person.

According to the information that Zhang Xuan has, Sun Xuanya is a scoundrel in the township, and he did die after killing his neighbors eight or nine years ago, which is consistent with Sun Ying's narrative, and more importantly, this Sun Ying has migrated to Qi County, and has a two-year-old son at home, Zhang Xuan is not afraid of him making ghosts.

Zhang Xuan nodded, "This matter is very important, if you can do it, I will make you the commander of the scout brigade, record a great merit, and enjoy a hundred acres of land in Qi County." ”

Sun Ying knelt down with tears in her eyes, "I only want to avenge my father, not for reward!" ”

"I can understand your feelings of avenging your father, but rewards are the rules, you don't have to shirk this, but there is one thing I want to warn you, you are not allowed to act rashly for the sake of revenge, and ruin my plan."

"Humble duty understands!"

"Let's go down and get ready! I will arrange for you to go to Mengyin Castle when I go back. ”

"Thank you, General!"

Chen Xu took Sun Ying down, and at this time, Fang Xuanling next to him smiled and said: "This Sun Ying avenged his father, wouldn't it be better to kill Sun Xuanya, why did the general still warn him?" ”

Zhang Xuan shook his head, "Where is Sun Xuanya easy to kill, I'm afraid that he won't be able to kill Sun Xuanya, but it will hurt me and be used by Sun Xuanya in turn, and my losses will be heavy at that time." ”

Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "The general is really high-minded! ”

At this time, Zhang Xuan stood up with a smile, "I'm tired for a few days, I have to take a good rest and prepare for the next big war, and it depends on whether Sun Xuanya can take the bait." ”

In the next few days, the Sui army carried out a series of deployments, built a high city wall of Dong'an County, sent a batch of military supplies to Mengyin Fort, and transferred Wei Chigong back to Dong'an County, putting on a posture of preparing for a long-term confrontation.

Sun Xuanya originally wanted to join forces with Wang Bo to attack Mengyin Fort, but considering the 3,000 garrison of Mengyin Fort and the fortification of the castle, he finally gave up this plan.

At the head of Philadelphia County, Sun Xuanya looked at the north anxiously, two days ago he hated Wang Bo's deception, but in the past two days, he has gradually come back to his senses, and he has realized that the weakening of Wang Bo's strength actually has a great impact on himself.

The fundamental reason why the Sui army's first southern expedition to Langya County failed was that he and Wang Bo were horns and echoed each other.

At this moment, several spies and cavalry rushed back from afar, one of them seemed to be carrying another person, Sun Xuanya was slightly stunned, and walked quickly down the city, a moment, the spies entered the city, a spy ran to him and whispered a few words, Sun Xuanya was taken aback, he looked at the young man standing at the gate of the city from afar, his brows were furrowed, and he vaguely recognized this face.

After a while, Sun Xuanya said to the soldiers around him: "Take him down to take a bath, change his clothes, let him have a good meal, and then bring him to see me!" ”

"Obey!" The soldiers hurried away.

Sun Xuanya was full of doubts and returned to his temporary military office first.

In the room, Sun Xuanya added a little thought, and one of his nephews, Sun Ying, actually came to join him.

Of course he knows who Sun Ying is, Sun Daqing's son, when he was still called Sun Maosan, Sun Daqing was his neighbor, eight years ago, he planned to steal Sun Daqing's cattle and sell them, but was discovered by Sun Daqing, in the scuffle, he killed Sun Daqing with a sharp knife, and since then he has been in the world, but he didn't expect Sun Daqing's son to come to himself after eight years.

Sun Xuanya felt quite a feeling in his heart, if he hadn't mixed up, he might not even be able to return to his hometown.

At this time, the soldiers at the door announced: "King, he is here!" ”

"Bring him in!"

Soon, the soldiers brought in Sun Ying, who had already changed his clothes, and he knelt down when he entered the house, "Nephew Sun Ying to meet the third uncle!" ”

"Get up!"

Sun Xuanya glanced at Sun Ying with complicated eyes, he had already heard the report of the spies, it turned out that Sun Ying had been with Wang Bo all along, and he was captured by the Sui army not long ago and had just escaped.

He was a little skeptical that this Sun Ying had already surrendered to the Sui army, and whether he was sent by the Sui army to deceive him.

"Why are you in the Castle of the Underworld?" Sun Xuanya asked suspiciously. (To be continued.) )