Pei Xingyan lowered his head, and only after a while did he whisper: "My grandson doesn't want to go to Taiyuan!" ”

Pei Ju didn't understand, and asked further: "Do you not want to follow your father to join Li Yuan, or do you not want to leave the Qingzhou Army?" ”

Pei Xingyan knelt down again, kowtowed three heads and said loudly: "My grandson has followed the marshal for many years, and I never want to betray him, but if I meet my father on the battlefield one day, it will be my grandson's unfilial piety, and I hope that my grandfather will fulfill my grandson." ”

Pei Ju understood what Pei Xingyan meant, he didn't want to leave Qingzhou, but he didn't want to disobey his father's orders, so he let himself be the master, with the orders of the family and even the head of the family, even if he disobeyed his father's order, it was not unfilial, this little guy was very smart.

Pei Ju pondered for a moment and smiled: "I can promise you to stay in Qingzhou, but you must let Zhang Xuan know that this is my order to let him understand the sacrifice you have made." ”

"This is a family matter, don't tell the handsome!" Pei Xingyan said in a low voice.

"No way!"

Pei Ju categorically refused, "You must tell him about this, otherwise he will be suspicious of you, this is my request, if you don't agree, then I won't say anything." ”

Pei Xingyan knew that the handsome man would not be suspicious of him, but this was the order of the head of the family, so he had to nod helplessly, "Okay!" I'll definitely take the time to tell Dashuai. ”

"It's not time to take the time, go now, the situation is changing rapidly, you must tell Zhang Xuan immediately, he should be in Beihai County now, I hope you will tell him your decision tomorrow."

"Grandson remember, let's go now!"

Pei Xing bowed and retreated, Pei Ju immediately sat at the table and wrote a letter to Li Yuan, Pei Renji's behavior really annoyed him, he hoped that Li Yuan would not condone this behavior, but as Pei Ju slowly calmed down, he also stopped writing. After pondering for a long time, he crumpled up the half-written letter, and this kind of letter was not written!

After learning the news of Li Yuan's rebellion, Zhang Xuan immediately interrupted the inspection and urgently returned to Beihai County.

Zhang Xuan didn't take the expansion of the Wagang Army to heart, but Li Yuan's rebellion was a big deal. This means that the countdown to the fall of the Sui Dynasty has begun, and it took only a few months for Li Yuan to march into Guanzhong in history, and there was an army mutiny in Jiangdu.

However, history has already changed, without Li Mi, the Wagang army is very weak, and it cannot contain the Sui army in Guanzhong as it did in history, and it will not be so easy for Li Yuan to enter Guanzhong.

But in any case, Zhang Xuan can no longer delay the fighter, he must take action. Seize the opportunity of Li Yuan's army to expand his own power.

Zhang Xuan entered Yidu County early in the morning and went directly to the military office, Zhang Xuan didn't have time to sit down and drink tea, so he instructed his own soldiers: "Go and invite Fang Junshi to meet me!" ”

After a while, Fang Xuanling hurriedly came to Zhang Xuan's official room, saluted and said with a smile: "Congratulations to the marshal on his promotion to general and Duke of Qi!" ”

Zhang Xuan was stunned, "The military advisor already knows?" ”

"It's not just me who knows, it's spread throughout Beihai County. When the news first came out, Yidu County was full of firecrackers. The streets were beating gongs and drums, cheering, and the entire Yidu County was simply boiling. ”

"Not really!" Jang Hyun was a little unconvinced that there would be such an effect.

"It seems that the marshal still doesn't understand the meaning of Qi Guogong, Qi Guogong means that Dashuai is already the lord of Qi, although there is no real seal, but the general public thinks so."

Jang Hyun shook his head. The Duke of Qi is just a title, and the lord of Qi is two different things, how could there be such a big misunderstanding, but at this time, Zhang Xuan didn't care about explaining the difference between the two to the people, he hurriedly said to Fang Xuanling: "Li Yuan's army." Does the military advisor know? ”

Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "I only heard about it last night, but Pei Gong had already hinted at it before, so I'm not surprised, and I know that the Yuan family will soon raise troops in Honghua County." ”

Zhang Xuan was slightly stunned, this was beyond his expectations, the Yuan family actually wanted to raise troops in Honghua County, could it be that the Guanlong nobles wanted to fight on two fronts?

Zhang Xuan waved his hand, "Strategist, please sit down and say." ”

Fang Xuanling sat down and smiled at Zhang Xuan: "I still know a little clue about this matter from Pei Gong's mouth, Wuchuan Mansion does not support Li Yuan, most of the Guanlong nobles, including the leader Dugu Shun, support the Yuan family, Li Yuan only has the support of the Dou family, Wuchuan Mansion would have supported the Yuan family in the autumn to raise troops in Longyou, but I didn't expect Li Yuan to take the lead in Taiyuan, so I speculated that the Yuan family would not wait until autumn and would soon raise troops in Honghua County." ”

"Is the military advisor optimistic about Li Yuan, or is he optimistic about the Yuan family?"

Fang Xuanling smiled slightly, "Frankly speaking, I am not optimistic about the Yuan family at all, the Yuan family is too impatient and eager to succeed, if the Yuan family is in a hurry to enter the Guanzhong, it will definitely lose, on the contrary, if Li Yuan is in a hurry to enter the Guanzhong, then he is likely to make a wedding dress for the Yuan family." ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, "And no matter how chaotic Guanzhong is, now that the eyes of the imperial court are focused on Taiyuan and Longyou, I have a chance here, I want to take Gao Shida to seize Pingyuan County and Bohai County, and completely relieve the trouble in the north of Qingzhou." ”

Zhang Xuan walked to the wall, brushed the ground and opened the curtain, a huge wood-carved map of Hebei appeared in front of them, Zhang Xuan picked up the wooden pole and pointed to the north of the Yellow River: "At present, Qinghe County is basically controlled by us, after this time to kill Lu Mingyue, the remnants of Lu Mingyue led by Song Jingang have retreated to Zhao County, and Li Jiancheng's army has also withdrawn to Bingzhou.

In the battle of Tanyuan, we controlled the six counties in eastern Hebei, and now the east of the Taihang Mountains includes Hanoi County, Ji County, Wei County, Wu'an County, Xiangguo County, Wuyang County and Qinghe County are in our hands, and only Pingyuan County and Bohai County are left on the north bank of the Yellow River. ”

Fang Xuanling thought for a while and said: "The marshal's idea is good, but I'm afraid that the plan is not as good as the change, I'm worried that the Wagang army will expand eastward and directly threaten Qingzhou, has the marshal considered the counterattack of the Bohai Society?" ”

Zhang Xuan pondered and said, "What does the military advisor mean that the Bohai Society will prompt Dou Jiande to form an alliance with the Wagang Army?" ”

Fang Xuanling nodded, "I heard that Dou Jiande's wife and children are in the hands of the Bohai Society, Dou Jiande is actually under the control of the Bohai Society, and the power of the Bohai Society has already infiltrated the Wagang Army, and the possibility of an alliance between the two families is very great, this is just like when Yang Yichen was in Xuzhou, he attacked Langya County, and Li Zitong of Donghai County would invade Xuzhou and attack Donghai County, Sun Xuanya of Langya County immediately went south to attack Xuzhou, making it difficult for Yang Yichen to act for several years, unless the general is strong and can fight on two fronts, there may be such a chance of victory." ”

"What does the military advisor mean?" Zhang Xuan understood what Fang Xuanling meant, and he did not approve of his plan to attack the north.

Fang Xuanling took the wooden pole and pointed to Pingyuan County and Bohai County: "There is no problem with the first part of the strategy of the marshal, we even joined forces with Dou Jiande to exterminate Gao Shida, but Dou Jiande must slow down the attack, if necessary, the marshal can use warships to block the Yellow River and exterminate the Wagang army with all his might, even if Hebei is temporarily ceded to Dou Jiande, don't waver in the determination to exterminate Wagang, at least we must beat Wagang to a big loss, and dare not threaten Qingzhou again, we will turn around and clean up Dou Jiande, so that we can break its north-south strategy." ”

Zhang Xuan put the wooden pole aside and said with a smile: "As the military advisor said, the plan is not as good as the change, maybe there is no need to raise the army to deal with Wagang, I can use a little plan, but let's not think so much for the time being, first concentrate our forces to destroy Gao Shida." ”

At this time, a soldier reported in the hall, "Marshal Qiqi, General Pei asks to see!" ”

Fang Xuanling smiled slightly, "General Pei is here, it should be related to his father Pei Renji." ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, "Please let him in!" ”

Not long after, Pei Xingyan hurriedly walked into Zhang Xuan's official room, bowed and saluted, "See the handsome for your humble duties!" ”

At this time, Fang Xuanling glanced at Zhang Xuan, and then retreated first, leaving only Zhang Xuan and Pei Xingyan in the room, Zhang Xuan said lightly: "Yuanqing should maintain order for the victims in Jibei now, how can he appear here?" ”

Pei Xingyan untied the cavalry sword on his waist and put it on the table, "You are guilty of lowly duties, you can no longer command the cavalry!" ”

"What are you guilty of, have you violated military discipline?" Zhang Xuan glanced at the sword on the table and asked.

"That's not true, because my humble father has rebelled against the Sui and crossed the Yellow River to Taiyuan, and he wrote to ask me to lead the cavalry to join him."

Zhang Xuan didn't speak for a long time, he looked at the map with his hands in his hands, and said with some sadness: "Is Yuanqing here to bid farewell to me?" ”

"Humble duty will not betray the general!"

"But one day you will meet your father on the battlefield, so what will you do?"

Both of them were silent for a long time, and Zhang Xuan sighed, "I can understand your loyalty, but he is your father after all, and his father's order cannot be violated, you go and follow your father!" I'll give you another 500 horses, which is a little bit of my kindness to you. ”

Pei Xingyan was moved in his heart, and said in a low voice: "I went to Qinghe County yesterday to find the head of the family, that is, Pei Xiangguo, he ordered me not to leave Qingzhou as the head of the family, although my father's order cannot be violated, but the order of the head of the family cannot be violated, the head of the family said that he will bear everything for me, so I will not leave Dashuai." ”

Zhang Xuan was stunned, he looked back at Pei Xingyan, for a while, Zhang Xuan's eyes were a little moist, and he nodded slowly, "I promise you, your father and son will never meet on the battlefield, and they will not become enemies!" ”

Pei Xingyan knelt down on one knee, "Thank you General for your success!" ”

Zhang Xuan hurriedly helped him up, handed him the cavalry sword, and said with a smile: "This is not a burning stick, throw it if you want, give me a good look at it, and immediately go back to Jibei County to bring the cavalry back, we are going to war against Pingyuan County!" ”

Pei Xingyan was overjoyed, "Obey the order!" ”

He turned around and ran away like a rabbit, Zhang Xuan looked at his running back, and couldn't help laughing: "It's still a little kid!" ”

At this time, Zhang Xuan looked at the soldiers standing outside the door again, and saw that he seemed to want to say something, so he asked with a smile: "If there is anything, just say it quickly!" ”

"Marshal Qiqi, General Jia Wuben is here with thousands of troops."

Zhang Xuan was overjoyed and hurriedly asked, "Where are the others?" ”

"The people are already outside the city, and the army has been taken over by General Shen."

Jang Hyun immediately put on his clothes, "Let's go outside the city!" (To be continued.) )