Wei Wentong saw that Luo Shixin had caused a big disaster, and shouted: "Go and save Yushi!" ”

The soldiers rushed up and blocked several proclamators, and in the confusion, Wei Wentong whispered to Luo Shixin urgently: "General Luo, run away, otherwise I won't be able to explain." ”

Luo Shixin wiped away his tears, hugged the master's corpse and turned over on the horse, shouting, "Rush out with me!" ”

More than 500 cavalry and more than a dozen of Zhang Xutuo's personal soldiers got on their horses and followed Luo Shixin out of the Tiger Prison Pass, Wei Wentong stabbed himself in the thigh with a backhand sword, he half knelt on the ground, and shouted: "Catch Luo Shixin, don't let him run." ”

The drums thundered, and in a shout, hundreds of cavalry drove away.

Wei Wentong let out a long sigh, this is the cruel reality, the military merits of a hundred battles are never as good as the connections of officialdom, but it is a pity that the pillars and beams of the Great Sui collapsed like this, and he was extremely helpless in his heart, so he had to order someone to help the proclamator back to the barracks to rest.

Luo Shixin buried Zhang Xutuo in a valley outside the Tiger Prison Pass, planted another tree as a mark, and knelt down in front of the grave and wept loudly, and then galloped away with the grieving cavalry to Beihai County.

On the Yellow River in Dongjun, a grain ship of more than 100 ships is slowly moving westward, which is 30,000 stone of grain from Beihai County, ready to give emergency food to Zhang Xutuo's army.

The grain and grass were escorted by 300 soldiers, but they did not know that Zhang Xutuo's army had been defeated three days earlier, not only Zhang Xutuo's army was defeated, Yang Qing's army also retreated to Xingyang County, Pei Renji's eastern army retreated to Jiyin County, and the Wagang army made a comeback and occupied all the eastern counties.

The flotilla was swimming against the current, and a hundred slender men on the shore dragged the flotilla, and the speed of the flotilla was very slow, and at this moment, a dozen or so fast boats sailed out of a river bay and rushed to the front of the ship in a moment. Stopped the way of the fleet two hundred paces away.

The Sui soldiers on the fleet suddenly became nervous, and they all opened their bows and arrows, and the tips of the arrows were aimed at the dozen or so uninvited guests.

At this time, the slender man on the shore also exclaimed, and saw thousands of troops slaughtered out of the woods and blocked the way. Frightened, the slender men knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, and a big banner with the word 'Wagang' fluttered in the river breeze.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the captain of the Sui military academy who was escorting the military rations hurriedly shouted: "Turn around immediately!" ”

"Captain, it's too late." The soldiers in the back shouted.

As soon as the lieutenant turned around, he saw hundreds of small boats sailing out behind him, full of soldiers of the Wagang Army, blocking their retreat, and dozens of large ships coming in front of them, blocking the waterway.

Then. A clipper ship approached, and at the head stood a young general wearing a silver helmet, holding a bright silver spear, tall and burly, and looking exceptionally heroic.

He pointed his spear and asked sharply, "Where is the Sui army?" ”

A glimmer of hope suddenly rose in the heart of Captain Sui, and he waved his hand to stop the soldiers who wanted to shoot arrows, and also said loudly: "We are the army of Qingzhou." I am not here to fight you by transporting grain on the orders of General Zhang! ”

This young general is Xu Shiji, the commander of the Wagang Army. In the past two days, the Wagang army is fully regaining control of Dongjun, including the navy has also begun to re-emerge, they have hidden hundreds of ships in the Yellow River water north of Wagang Mountain, Xu Shiji led the navy into the Yellow River for the first time, but did not expect to meet the fleet sent by Zhang Xuan to deliver grain.

Xu Shiji was surprised: "Is it Zhang Xuan's army?" ”

"Yes!"

Xu Shiji was really a little embarrassed, when the hero would enter Beijing. Zhang Xuan secretly expressed his intention to solicit him, although he did not agree, but he didn't want to offend Zhang Xuan, so he cut off a way back.

Especially when Zhang Xuan returned to Qingzhou, he didn't want to provoke this strong enemy for the Wagang Army.

Xu Shiji pondered for a moment and asked, "You are sending food to Zhang Xutuo." ”

"This ......"

Captain Sui didn't know how to answer for a while. Zhang Xutuo and the Wagang army are fighting, and sending food to Zhang Xutuo is not the enemy for the Wagang army?

Xu Shiji saw the captain's embarrassment, so he said lightly: "Zhang Xutuo's army has been defeated by us, and the rest of the Sui army has also been withdrawn, so you can go too!" I don't embarrass you, but I hope I don't see you again next time. ”

Xu Shiji turned around and shouted: "Withdraw a road and let them go." ”

Captain Sui didn't expect the other party to let them go, and hurriedly arched his hand and said, "May I ask the general's name!" ”

Xu Shiji smiled, "Please tell your general, Xu Shiji greets him." ”

"Thank you!"

The lieutenant shouted: "The fleet turns around!" ”

More than 100 grain ships slowly turned around, and they no longer needed slender men, and sailed eastward along the river.

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In April of the twelfth year of the Great Cause, the Wagang army took advantage of the internal discord of the Sui army to defeat Zhang Xutuo's army, and Zhang Xutuo died in grief and anger, and the situation in the Central Plains changed greatly.

Yang Guang immediately ordered Pei Renji to guard the eastern county, take over the remnants of Zhang Xutuo, and replace Zhang Xutuo's position at the same time, and together with Yang Qing, he was responsible for exterminating the Wagang bandits, and Yang Guang ordered Xiao Huairang to be the supervisor of the twelve counties of Henan, monitoring the every move of Zhang Xuan, Pei Renji and Yang Qing's three armies.

Zhang Xutuo died, the Wagang army completely removed the trouble of his henchmen, Zhai Rangzhi was complacent, he did not take Yang Qing and Pei Renji's army to heart at all, and began to think about his own grand cause, but at this moment, discordant voices began to appear within the Wagang army.

In the Wagang Juyi Hall, Zhai Hong whispered to his brother Zhai Rang: "I haven't said these words before, because I am afraid of affecting the soldiers of the Wagang Army and affecting the unity of the upper and lower levels, but now that Zhang Xutuo is dead, there are some words that can be said clearly, I think it is necessary for our Wagang Army to clean up." ”

"What do you mean by big brother?"

"I mean the Guanlong nobles!"

Although it is inconvenient for Zhai Hong to name names, he digs up the foundation of Li Jiancheng's existence from the roots.

"Dou Qing is dead, Yuan Min has also been killed, the Wuchuan Society has been disbanded, and the Guanlong nobles are finished, what influence do they still have in the Great Sui? But we treat them as guests, let them have an army, and divide our Wagang army, will the one surnamed Li serve you as the lord? No! He has always been self-reliant, how many loyal and righteous brothers have been poached, I said Erlang, our Wagang Army can no longer be divided, one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, let the brothers understand that there is only one king in the Wagang Army. ”

Zhai Rang bowed his head and was silent, Zhai Hong knew his brother very well, he knew that his brother had been moved, and he encouraged again: "I heard one thing, Xu Shiji caught the grain ship sent by Zhang Xuan to support Zhang Xutuo, and actually let the grain ship go again, does Erlang know about this?" ”

Zhai Rang was stunned, "When did this happen?" ”

"This is what happened yesterday, I heard that Xu Shiji reported to the second king, but the second king said lightly that it is not an example, and this matter is over, and the commander of the Wagang Army who made trouble in the Half Heaven Hall still doesn't know about it?"

Zhai Rang was suddenly furious, if he didn't report such an important matter to himself, would it be over?

"Find Xu Shiji to see me!"

Zhai Hong knew that he had succeeded in provoking, so he didn't have to stay here anymore, so he got up and said goodbye, but Zhai Rang was still angry, and his brother's words really touched him.

Oh, yes! The Guanlong nobles have declined, why do you still want to treat the Guanlong nobles as guests? Especially one mountain does not tolerate two tigers, which stings his self-esteem even more, and now the two masters are getting more and more powerful, and they can compete with themselves.

What's more important is that he doesn't know a lot of things, it's not that the second master deliberately conceals himself, but when the matter comes to him, he naturally thinks it's over, and thinks that there is no need to report himself, which makes Zhai Rang really unbearable, and today Xu Shiji's incident directly provoked his most sensitive nerves.

After a while, Xu Shiji hurried over, bowed down and saluted: "Little brother to meet big brother!" ”

Zhai Rang sat at the table and took a sip of tea, and said lukewarmly: "San Lang, I want to ask you something." ”

Although Zhai Rang was furious in his heart, Xu Shiji was a veteran of the Wagang Army after all, and he was very well-connected in the army, so he was not good at slapping the table and scolding, so he had to restrain his anger.

Xu Shiji hurriedly smiled and said, "If there is anything wrong with the eldest brother, just ask." ”

"I heard that you met Jang Hyun's grain ship, is there such a thing?"

Xu Shiji's heart jumped, this matter really fermented, the second boss didn't care about releasing himself, but the big boss is probably difficult to say here.

"Is that really the case?" Xu Shiji said stubbornly.

"Bang!"

Zhai Rang slapped the table heavily, and finally couldn't help but roar angrily, "Then why don't you report it, I don't deserve to know about such an important matter?" Do you still have me as a king in your eyes? (To be continued.) )