Bai Jing and Lin Feng are Guo Xuan's left and right henchmen, and Zhang Gongjin is Luo Yi's henchmen, due to the hostility between Luo Yi and Guo Xuan, the relationship between Zhang Gongjin and Bai Jing is naturally very bad, Zhang Gongjin didn't want to say hello to Bai Jing, so he got up and left.

Bai Jing sat down beside Luo Cheng and said with a smile: "I want to thank Gongzi for saving me twice!" ”

"Don't take it to heart, general."

Luo Cheng smiled and asked, "Is there any news of General Lin?" ”

Bai Jing nodded, "Some soldiers saw him die in the chaos of Gao Shida. ”

The smile on Luo Cheng's face disappeared, and after a long time, he sighed, "This defeat is a major blow to the Youzhou army, if it is not handled well, the Youzhou army will probably collapse." ”

He looked at Bai Jingdao again: "What are General Bai's plans?" ”

Luo Cheng knew very well that Bai Jing would not serve his father, and he would inevitably lead the army to leave Youzhou.

Bai Jing pondered and said, "Hou Junji once persuaded me to go with him to join Li Yuan. ”

Luo Cheng was stunned, "Did General Hou go to Li Yuan?" ”

"I guess so! He felt that he was innocent and blamed, so he did not want to serve the governor, and the day before yesterday afternoon he advised me to go to Taiyuan with him, but I refused, and I did not see him later, I guess he had already gone. ”

"Does General Bai want to take refuge in Li Yuan now?"

Bai Jing smiled bitterly and said: "I heard that the Guanlong nobles attach great importance to blood, and non-Guanlong people do not reuse it, and I was born in the Hebei Shi clan, and there will be no future for the Guanlong nobles." ”

Luo Cheng thought for a while and smiled: "Why don't I show General Bai a clear way!" ”

"Childe, please speak!"

"Why didn't General Bai go to serve Jang Xuan?"

Bai Jing hesitated for a moment and said: "It's just that I don't know him well, and my brother Bai Xinyang has offended him, I'm afraid he won't use me." ”

Luo Cheng smiled slightly, "The general underestimates him too much, what kind of person is Zhang Xuan, who will take Bai Xinyang's little sesame matter to heart?" So be it! I have a lot of friendship with him. I wrote a letter of recommendation to the general, believing that he would use the general. ”

Bai Jing was overjoyed and bowed, "Thank you, Childe!" ”

After resting for an hour, Luo Cheng and Zhang Gongjin led their army to continue north to Youzhou, while Bai Jing decided not to return to Youzhou. He led 2,000 men on a detour south to Qinghe County.

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Soon after Dou Jiande and Gao Shida's army went north, Zhang Xuan led an army of 10,000 into Qinghe County, and he had just returned to Qingzhou, and the top priority was to stabilize his Qingzhou foundations, regain his control over Qingzhou, and at the same time open up effective connections with Donghai County.

Therefore, he has no plans to attack Hebei, but he must establish a springboard in Hebei, and Qinghe County is the most suitable place for him to settle.

On the one hand, his official position is to guard the Qinghe River. On the other hand, Qinghe County has always been Zhang Jin's territory, the people's livelihood is withered, the population is sparse, and it is difficult to raise an army, neither Dou Jiande nor Gao Shida will be interested, and the occupation of Qinghe County has not violated the vital interests of these two days.

A more important point. Once he gained a firm foothold in Qinghe County, he was not afraid of the Hebei bandits attacking Qingzhou.

Of course. Stationed in Qinghe County is also particular, Zhang Xuan does not want to fully blossom, and troops are stationed in every county of Qinghe County, he only needs to seize one point, and this point is Gaotang County.

Gaotang County is close to the Yellow River, and the Qingshui River flows next to the county seat. Connecting the Yellow River and the Yongji Canal, you can go deep into the interior of Qinghe County, and you can quickly enter the Yellow River when you retreat, so that the geographical location of Gaotang County is very superior, and Wang Shichong once stationed heavy troops here.

Gaotang County is a large county. The circumference of the city is twenty miles, and it is also one of the few counties in Qinghe County that has not been ravaged by Zhang Jin, with a population of about 20,000, although this population is not enough for the big county of Qingzhou, but for the devastated Qinghe County, it is already a large county with a large population.

Zhang Xuan's 10,000 army lived in the military camp in Gaotang County, the military camp was built by Wang Shichong, located in the south of the city, covering an area of about 2,000 acres, can accommodate up to 20,000 troops, the arrival of Zhang Xuan's army was warmly welcomed by the people of Gaotang County, almost all of them went out of the city to welcome, beat gongs and drums, and welcomed the soldiers of the Sui army into Gaotang County, more than a dozen large households immediately jointly feasted Zhang Xuan, but Zhang Xuan did not have time to accept the banquet, and declined the kindness of the big households.

Zhang Xuan's top priority was to establish a county defense, and before reaching a compromise with the thief army, Gao Shida and Dou Jiande's army would return to Qinghe County at any time.

On this morning, a group of civil and military officials were accompanying Zhang Xuan to inspect the defense of the city, Zhang Xuan walked a few steps at the head of the city, and smiled at everyone: "Not bad, the city wall is two feet wide, and it looks quite strong." ”

Cui Yuanhan, a soldier next to him, said with a smile: "When Zhang Jin claimed to have captured Qinghe County, the Qinghe County Ya was forced to move to Gaotang County, and Yang Juncheng once renovated the city wall of Gaotang County, and the city wall was increased by five feet. ”

Zhang Xuan patted the solid city bricks, looked at the moat under the city, and estimated in his heart that the city wall was at least two and a half feet high, and the moat was two feet wide, which could barely be regarded as a little defensive.

"I said that how can Gaotang County be like preparing for war, it turned out to be renovated, what about the city gate and the moat suspension bridge?" Zhang Xuan asked again.

Next to him, Sun Jian bowed and said: "My subordinates have just gone to see it, and they are all new, and the door is wrapped in iron sheets, which can resist the impact of thousands of catties." ”

Zhang Xuan fulfilled his promise and appointed Sun Jian as the commander of Qinghe County, because Zhang Xuan was the commander of Qinghe, Sun Jian actually mastered the government affairs of Qinghe County, although he currently only controls one Gaotang County, but sooner or later the Sui army will control the whole county, so Sun Jian is also full of ambition and wants to do a big job in Qinghe County.

Zhang Xuan saw Sun Jian's hesitation, so he asked with a smile, "What does Sun Juncheng plan to do in the first step?" ”

Sun Jian hurriedly bowed down and said, "The subordinates must first restore order in Gaotang County, and at the same time count the fields and land within a radius of fifty miles. ”

"Why are you in a hurry to take stock of your land?" Jaung Hyun asked puzzled.

"If the subordinates expect it to be good, a large number of people from Qinghe County will soon gather in Gaotang County from all over the country, especially the people who were forcibly moved to Qinghe County by Wang Shichong, they will definitely look for a safe place, Gaotang County has a big handsome, that is the safest place, the subordinates have to take precautions, prepare the land, so that they can be cultivated in time after the wheat harvest."

Zhang Xuan nodded approvingly, worthy of being an official promoted by himself, very experienced and thoughtful, he smiled and said: "If you need help from the army, Sun Juncheng can ask for it." ”

"Thank you, Dashuai!"

At this moment, a cavalryman in the distance rushed to the city wall and shouted: "Great commander, there is a situation to report!" ”

Jao Hyun probed and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

"There is a Sui army from the north, about 2,000 people, and the leader is Bai Jing, the general of Youzhou, who said that he came to seek refuge in the general!"

Zhang Xuan nodded, he also got information yesterday, Guo Xuan's army was defeated by Gao Shida and Dou Jiande's army, 20,000 troops were almost wiped out, only a few thousand people escaped, and Guo Xuan also died in the chaos.

Although it was a little regrettable, Zhang Xuan did not feel sorry, he sent someone to inform Guo Xuan, asking him not to be greedy for money, but Guo Xuan still died on his greed, it is not a pity to die, but it is a pity that 20,000 elite Youzhou soldiers and soldiers.

Zhang Xuan immediately turned back to Pei Xingyan and said, "Yuan Qing can go to greet General Bai on my behalf." ”

"Obey the order!" Pei Xing bowed and went down to the city.

Next to him, Li Qingming, who rode Cao to join the army, said with a smile: "Your subordinates should go too!" The subordinates are very familiar with the Bai family and know General Bai. ”

Zhang Xuan said happily: "Of course you can!" ”

Li Qingming also went in a hurry, and half an hour later, Pei Xingyan and Li Qingming led Bai Jing to Gaotang County, and Zhang Xuan was already waiting by the city gate.

Of course, Bai Jing also knew Zhang Xuan, when Zhang Xuan led Guo Xuan to exterminate Lu Mingyue's lair in Zuohuang Mountain, Bai Jing was also in the team.

"The humble Bai Jing sees the marshal, and he is willing to serve the marshal!" Bai Jing stepped forward and knelt down on one knee and saluted.

Zhang Xuan hurriedly helped him up, comforted him with kind words, and asked Pei Xingyan to take two thousand tired troops to the barracks to rest first, at this time, Bai Jing took out Luo Cheng's letter of recommendation, Zhang Xuan looked at it and asked with a smile: "Why didn't Yulang come with General Bai?" ”

"He went back to give orders to his father, and he said that he would come to Dashuai in the future."

Zhang Xuan nodded, and asked again, "How did Guo Dudu die?" He has 20,000 elites, even if he can't defeat Dou Jiande and Gao Shida's combined attack, but I think there should be no problem in breaking through, how could he lose so badly? ”

Bai Jingchang sighed, "It's true that we've broken through, but I'm afraid the marshal can't imagine that we have encountered the Bohai Navy again!" ”

Zhang Xuan was taken aback, "What Bohai Navy?" "He had never heard of such an army.

"Marshal Qiqi, it is the army directly under the Bohai Society, there are about 30,000 people, I have heard of it before, but this time I saw it with my own eyes, this army is in Hejian County."

This sudden major information made Jang Xuan's brows furrow, and he suddenly realized that he might have made a mistake. (To be continued.) )