Although the scale of the Guancheng warehouse is not as large as the Liyang Cang and Luokou Cang, it was also accumulated by the Great Sui Dynasty for several years, and the total amount was enough for 100,000 soldiers and horses to eat for two years. The various "hungry sticks" stationed near Guancheng have long been branded with the idea of a granary, but no one has dared to take the lead in opening a warehouse. At this moment, seeing that Li Xu swindled the key from the county guard, how could he be polite again? As soon as the generals gave the order, the soldiers carried their shoulders and carried their hands, and in less than two days, they replenished their respective battalions with enough food to eat for three months.

The generals are very good at calculating, and the civil officials under Yu Shihui are not stupid. No matter how much grain each team removes, they add 10% of the "consumption" to their books. As for where these expenses went in the end, Li Xu didn't ask much, as long as the staff of the county guard office handed over the bills, he didn't even look at them and used a seal on them.

Seeing that the new ambassador was so considerate, the civilian officials naturally reciprocated. It has made a great contribution to the recruitment of civilian husbands and the repair of equipment. Yuan Feng, the chief bookkeeper of Yu Shihui, even opened the treasury of the government and allocated more than 100,000 yuan of meat that originally belonged to the imperial court and handed it over to Li Xu as a reward for meritorious soldiers. Of course, Lord Yu took this matter as a major crime and wrote it into the impeachment of Li Xu. Anyway, the road to the south is not passable at the moment, and the Jiangdu side will not be able to receive his twists and turns for a while. When the imperial court received the setback, the war near Xingyang must have ended, and it didn't matter whether the imperial court blamed Li Xu or not.

After tossing three or Wu Tian again, under the double stimulation of nostalgia and full meals, the county soldiers who were usually wilting and drooping their heads were really stimulated a little bit of morale. Li Xu saw that the army's heart was available, so he pulled out the team and rushed towards Tongji Canal with great momentum.

A total of four cities in the northern section of the Tongji Canal are stuck on the river, among which Yongqiu and Chenliu have been recovered by Li Xu, and the Wagang army is not able to recapture it for a while. The other two cities are called Junyi, located on the east bank of the Tongji Canal, and are currently guarded by the three departments of the Wagang thieves Zhou Ding, Li Deren and Zhou Beitao, and there are about more than 100,000 remnants in the city. The other city was Xingze, which was guarded by Li Mi's generals Yang Defang and Zheng Detao, and although there were only 20,000 soldiers and horses in the city, their combat effectiveness was far stronger than that of the gang in Junyi City. In the Battle of Dahai Temple, which besieged and killed the old general Zhang Xutuo, this department was one of the main forces.

The county soldiers have just begun to fight together, and it is normal that they should first take the weaker ones. Li Xu tried his best to disagree with the public, and after leaving the city, he directly killed Xingze along the official road. The generals couldn't convince him, and they were emboldened by the previous achievements of the Boling army, so whether they were reluctant or not, they all followed the Boling army side by side.

Seeing that the brigade of soldiers and horses rushed to the outside of Xingze City, Li Xu suddenly changed his attention again. After going around the south of the city for half a circle, crossing the Tongji Canal, he ordered everyone to camp in the triangle between Jishui and the canal.

The soldiers of the county did not have war horses to travel, how could they afford him to toss like this, so they cut corners when they set up camp and set up more than 40 company camps. After Li Xu learned from Zhou Daniu and others, he did not interfere, but only ordered Zhang Jiang, Wang Xuba and others to show their spirits and set an example for the county soldiers. If so, the contrast between the two sides has become more and more obvious, even the woodcutter in the fisherman river cottage on the river can tell at a glance which camp was built by the Boling army and which camp was set up by the county soldiers.

"Does the general want to lure Yang Defang out of the city for a decisive battle?" Wang Junkuo was puzzled, and secretly walked into the Chinese army and asked Li Xu.

"Jun Kuo thinks that if we set up the military camp like this, will we give Yang Defang more confidence?" Li Xu didn't answer Wang Junkuo's words, and asked with a smile.

"To tell the truth, if the defenders of Yingze are led by their humble duties, they will definitely fight a battle. Even if you can't beat the Boling Elite Cavalry, as long as you kill the county soldiers, at least you can be invincible! Wang Junkuo smiled and replied. In the past ten months in the Boling Army, he has learned a lot from Li Xu how to use soldiers. In particular, the cavalry's technique of breaking the enemy has basically been glimpsed. Therefore, when I saw the out-of-tune appearance of the county soldiers, I naturally thought of the classic cavalry tactic of "inverted bead curtain".

"With Jun Kuo's current entry, he can already take charge of himself." Li Xu nodded, very satisfied with the answer given by Wang Junkuo. He has a shallow foundation, and few celebrities and children of the family are willing to take the initiative to come to take refuge, so he attaches great importance to selecting talents from among the middle and low-level officers under his command. Therefore, Wang Junkuo, Guo Fang, and other former bandit leaders who were recruited into the army were promoted very quickly, and they were able to rise one or two levels almost every few months.

"Thank you for your patronage!" Wang Junkuo knew that Li Xu didn't like red tape, so he was not hypocritically humble, hugged his fists forward, and slammed them to the ground.

"But Yang Defang will probably not come out!" Without waiting for Wang Junkuo's mood to calm down from the excitement, Li Xu shook his head and said in a low voice. "Your military rank is still promoted, but you still need to work harder to judge the enemy's situation?"

"Why?" Wang Junkuo was told by Li Xu very much, and asked without going up or down.

"You only see that our side is in a mess, but you don't understand Yang Defang's temperament. He's not an adventurous man, and he's suffered a loss from me once. Therefore, even if you want to get the field back, you will be a little more careful! Li Xu smiled and explained in a language that Wang Junkuo could understand.

Only by knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can one not be defeated. In his eyes, Wang Junkuo at this moment is still in the stage of knowing himself but not knowing the other. So looking at the war situation is a little wishful thinking. Through the analysis and summary of the enemy's situation, Xuzi believed that Yang Defang would not fight easily. One of the reasons is that this person is from a civil official background and has limited courage. Second, because the Wagang army regarded Jishui, which traverses most of Henan, as an important channel, and the materials allocated to Jiyang, Jiyin, Dingtao and other places had to be transferred from Xingze, which locked the two waterways, so there was a lot of grain, grass and wealth in the city. In case of losing this city, Yang Defang can't afford to lose it.

"Isn't it a waste of effort that the general is stuck here again?" Wang Junkuo pondered for a long time, still not fully convinced, and muttered and asked.

"So I want you to take someone out!" Li Xu pointed with his hand, "Twenty miles east after Jishui is Yuanwu." The city was very small, and it had only been a few months since it surrendered to Wagang. While the enemy army thinks that we are plotting against Xingze, I will give you a thousand cavalry, and you will cross Jishui in the middle of the night today to capture the county order for me! After taking this city, I will quickly lead the army to retreat, and as for the defensive things, I will arrange for others to do it! ”

"The last general obeys!" Wang Junkuo smiled with joy and responded loudly.

Li Xu currently has less than 4,000 cavalry, so those who can lead 1,000 cavalry to fight alone are at least a general. When he arrived in this position, he called himself the last general, and he was justified. Therefore, Wang Junkuo was very happy, and after receiving the order, he went out to order troops in a hurry, vowing to live up to the trust of the general.

Li Xu watched him leave, grabbed an arrow from the handsome case, and handed it to Wang Xuba, who had been promoted to the general of Yingyanglang by the imperial court, "General Wang, you also order a thousand cavalry to set off at night and attack Yangwu overnight." I will send Zheng Bo to follow you. You try to get the Yangwu County Order back for me before sunset tomorrow. The matter of defending the city was handed over to Zheng Bo, and he had many soldiers under his command, and he just settled in the city! ”

"Yes!" Wang Xuba agreed, and also took the order.

Immediately afterwards, Li Xu ordered a series of arrows, and Zhou Daniu led the soldiers to patrol the camp, so as not to let Yang Defang really dare to attack. He also ordered Guo Fang to take people to check the grain and grass, so as not to accidentally walk the water at night, causing the army to collapse before fighting. By the time everything was settled, it was already dark. Xu Zi breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and ordered his soldiers to come to Xiao Ye and discuss the specific next move with his cronies while eating.

"Does the general want to lure Wang Bodang, Wang Dangren and other thieves down the mountain?" When there were no outsiders around, Zhang Jiang sat opposite Li Xu and asked in a low voice.

"Wang Dangren and Wagangjun may not be of the same mind, so when the overall situation is not clear, he may not be willing to come. It's Wang Bodang, this person has always been close to Li Mi, and he will definitely not watch me toss outside Xingze City. I guess it won't take a few days for him to lead his troops to kill. As for Zhou Ding, Li Deren and Zhou Beitao, it doesn't matter if the three of them come or not. If you come, at most you will give the Wagang army a strong momentum, if you don't come, when Xingze loses, let's kill it along the Jiqu, and they don't dare to defend Junyi! With his understanding of the Wagang Army, Li Xu made a preliminary judgment.

"I'm afraid that before you capture Xingze, Li Mi will gather the army and kill it!" Zhang Jiang thought about it and said worriedly.

At present, Li Xu has a large number of officers and soldiers in his hands, but his combat effectiveness is very worrying. Especially after Huyalang's general Wang Wei was sent to Xingyang, the remaining soldiers who fought side by side with the Boling army were already all county soldiers. If they can be broken up and reorganized, they may be able to increase their combat effectiveness. However, there are not enough generals under the command of the Boling army, so even if the command power of the county soldiers is hastily concentrated, it is just a group of rabble, and it may not be possible to disperse the security as it is now.

"I'm just afraid that he won't come, and he will slowly delay with me! , if Li Mi comes, this battle will be easier to fight. Li Xu nodded and responded.

Seeing that the expression on Li Xu's face was not relaxed, Zhang Jiang smiled and said, "So you sent people to catch the county orders of Yangwu and Yuanwu, no, everyone is now a county marquis." ”

In order to encourage the officials of the Great Sui to surrender themselves, Li Mi has always been stingy in making wishes. The county orders of the two cities of Yangwu and Yuanwu have neither fame nor political achievements, but because they did not wait for the Wagang army to attack the city, they took the initiative to surrender, so they are now the county marquis, Guanglu doctors. Li Xubing went out of the city and caught these two unlucky ghosts first. For the Wagang Army, it is tantamount to being slapped in the face. If Li Mi turned a blind eye, the local officials in the Henan counties, who were planning to comply with the mandate of heaven, would definitely reconsider the issue of the new master's ability and wonder if the Wagang army could provide them with protection.

"We have grabbed two Hou Ye in our hands, and we should be able to exchange it for the head of General Zhang!" At this moment, what Li Xu thought and Zhang Jiang guessed were not exactly the same. Sighing, he added in a low voice: "When I discussed military affairs with Pei Renji that day, I realized that our time was indeed urgent. If you can end the war one day earlier, you will have one more day to prepare. ”

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