After the change of the fourth chapter (three times) mobilized everyone's emotions, Xuzi struck while the iron was hot and assigned the tasks that the generals needed to perform in the near future one by one.

♀ The battle to come will be a big showdown that could last two or three months, and the recapture of the canal is only the first step.

Based on the information in his hands and years of experience in using troops, Li Xu did not think that the Wagang heroes would sit idly by and watch the officers and troops regain control of the river.

The Tongji Canal was as important to Wagangzhai as it was to the imperial court. Back then, the Wagang Army relied on plundering the passing ships on the river, and slowly accumulated a large amount of capital.

Now, according to Li Xu's understanding, the Wagang Army has changed its way to use the canal. They will collect protection fees for civilian and merchant ships and then grant them permission, and only then will official ships be completely intercepted.

Therefore, after the stronghold on the east bank of the canal was also attacked by the official army, in order to ensure the financial source of the Tongji Canal, Li Mi had to lead his troops out of the mountain even if he was unwilling to fight with the official army in a hurry.

In this way, the battle will be transferred to the second stage, and the officers and troops of all walks of life will directly face the main force of Wagang. At this moment, the Breaking Camp with the strongest combat effectiveness of the Wagang Army and its main general Xu Maogong are in the Hundred Flowers Valley, as long as Pei Ju, Qin Shubao and others who are guarding the Tiger Prison Pass can block the road for the battalion to return to the east, Xu Maogong will be beyond the reach of the battle near the canal.

Unless Xu Maogong took the risk of abandoning the Hundred Flowers Valley that he had just arrived, and made a detour from the side of the Tiger Prison Pass near the Yellow River.

In that way, the campaign will enter the third and very critical phase. Li Xu will arrange another more perfect trap to wait for him halfway.

In order to keep it a secret, Xuzi only assigned the generals their respective objectives in the first phase of combat operations.

For the second stage, he only briefly speculated on the possibility, and did not elaborate on his plans.

In order to ensure that the connection between Xu Maogong and Li Mi was cut off, he resolutely ordered Huyalang, the most complete combat force among the soldiers and horses, to move Wang Wei and his troops to Xingyang City, and form horns with Pei Renji's Tiger Prison defenders, and lock the Valley of Hundred Flowers from afar.

As for the possible third phase of the campaign, Asahiko hid it in the depths of her heart. If God must arrange a duel between the two, Li Xu hopes that the decisive battle will be as late as possible.

He needs a little time to run in with the soldiers and horses under his command, and he needs a little more time to harden his heart and raise the black knife to his friends who lived and died together.

"Among the armies outside the Wagang camp, there are also a few teams with very strong combat effectiveness, please be careful, general!" After the other generals left one after another, they used the excuse to stay and Pei Renji whispered advice.

"Thank you Brother Deben for reminding me, I don't know much about the enemy's situation, what is the specific situation of the Wagang camps, and please tell Brother Deben in detail!" Li Xu smiled and hugged his fist to the other party and responded.

♀ The two had a period of time together in Liaodong, so Xuzi still maintained the habit of addressing each other back then.

Pei Renji didn't dare to be arrogant in front of him, so he quickly bowed down and returned the salute solidly.

"The general has killed the last general! You and I are the master and slave now, and the last general should know everything, and the words are endless! ”

"Brother Deben must not say this, in front of outsiders, I naturally have to put on the appearance of a general. At this moment, there are only you and me left in the tent, let's talk with our identities again, isn't it too hypocritical? Li Xu laughed again and protested in a low voice.

"Then it is better to be respectful than to obey!" Pei Renji made a gesture to Li Xu again, and then tilted his body and sat on the stool next to Shuai's case for half of his buttocks.

"Originally, I should have brought Shubao and Shixin to meet you, so as to fulfill your brotherly affection. But Xu Thief Maogong's momentum is compelling, so I have to leave the two fierce generals in the Tiger Prison Pass, so as not to smell any flaws in Xu Thief! After sitting firmly, Bae Renji took the initiative to explain.

"Brother Deben is right to be cautious, Xu Maogong's soldiers are indeed cunning and changeable! As for Shubao and Shixin, I think we will have many opportunities to see you again in the future! Li Xu smiled and expressed his understanding of Pei Renji's arrangement.

Deep down, he was once a little disappointed that when he was fighting alone in Yongqiu and Kaifeng, it was Wang Wei who came to meet instead of Qin Qiong and Luo Shixin.

But after thinking about it, the status of the two old friends is indeed embarrassing, so they quickly looked away and stopped complaining about each other's indifference.

"Both of them are enemies of ten thousand people, but it's a pity that they were buried in the county soldiers!" Pei Renji didn't blame himself when he heard Li Xu's words, and added with a smile,

"I was able to control the elite of Qi County smoothly, thanks to the two of them. A few days ago, I wrote the specific merits of the two tiger generals into the seal, and sent them to the Eastern Capital. But the style of doing things in the Eastern Capital, alas, the general must know better than me..."Referring to the various shortcomings of the imperial court in the use and selection of talents, Li Xu and Pei Renji shook their heads relative to each other.

The former is fortunate to have His Majesty the Emperor behind him, and his career is quite smooth. And although the latter had the false titles of Doctor Guanglu and General Wu Benlang when he first met Li Xu, he was up and down in the sea of eunuchs since then, and his hair turned white, so that he barely made up for the real lack of a general guard.

After a few long sighs, the distance between the two sides immediately narrowed a lot.

"Brother Deben should sit up straight and speak, otherwise you will be uncomfortable, and I will look awkward!" Li Xu smiled and asked.

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"Hey, hey, haven't you seen Zhong Jian for a long time? I didn't expect you to be as straightforward as you were back then! Pei Renji touched his head embarrassedly, and sat down on the stool with a smile.

"Actually, I prefer to stand, riding a horse and riding a body, sitting down on my butt is as sad as a sore!"

"Then stand next to the map and talk!" Li Xu pointed to the map of the situation between the enemy and us spread on the ground and suggested.

"It's okay, I remember that it was like this when we were in Liaodong!" The topic turned to marching and fighting, and Bae In-ki immediately let go of all restraints.

Squatted down, counted the numbers on the east side of the canal that indicated the general size of the Wagang battalions, and said with a smile: "Presumably, you, a general of a hundred battles, will not only look at the number of heads. There are not many soldiers in the Wagang army who can fight, but those ordinary bear generals, all of whom are eager to have a million bear soldiers! ”

"I have fought with them many times, and I feel that although there were few soldiers in the Wagang camp at that time, the combat effectiveness was on par with the officers and soldiers. As for the outer camp, it is a rabble after all!" Li Xu shook his head lightly and evaluated the combat effectiveness of the Wagang Army.

"Yes, the inner camp was later changed to a broken camp, thinking that it was to emulate the story of Gao Shun of the Three Kingdoms. Now stationed in the Valley of Hundred Flowers, eyeing Tiger Prison and Xingyang. The outer camp is still divided according to the hills before the thieves enter the gang, and where the nest is, it will be called what camp. This is generally the case, but it is not possible to generalize. If you talk about the current situation of the Wagang Army, it really has nothing to do with the general! Bae In-ki smiled and added.

Seeing that Li Xu's face was full of puzzlement, he pointed to the plain near the Yuanwu area next to the Tongji Canal again, and asked in a low voice: "I remember that Zhong Jian once fought with Li Mi here once, and broke his army of tens of thousands with more than a thousand horses?" ”

"That time he was too arrogant. Originally, it was not so easy to win, Li Mi relied on the fact that there were many people on his side and he was too confident, but I caught the opportunity! Li Xu thought about it and admitted.

It was one of the classic battles he commanded, and it still makes people feel thrilled to recall it to this day. So although the words were modest, the excited tone was unconsciously revealed.

Pei Renji raised his head and glanced at Li Xu with some surprise. When I thought about it, the other party was now only in his early twenties, and I was relieved.

After a pause, he said, "As far as I know, since the defeat to you on the side of the canal, Li Mi has been in charge of the whole army in Wagang. The soldiers and horses of the various foreign battalions were indeed concentrated in the cottage for a period of time. But later, the transportation of grain and grass was inconvenient, and you and the old general Zhang Xutuo were pressing, and the thieves had to be broken into pieces again. This transformation will never be able to be put together again! ”

"Presumably in that training, Xu Maogong made a wedding dress for someone else!" Li Xu has never had a good impression of the bandits, so Buzen speculates on their behavior from the worst angle.

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With Li Mi's character, he couldn't fully trust Xu Maogong. will only borrow Xu Maogong's hands to train soldiers and horses for himself, and then hand over the trained soldiers to the people he trusts the most. ”

"Not exactly. I think someone should have been hurt by you, so they learned their lesson! Pei Renji shook his head, not fully agreeing with Li Xu's opinion.

Later, the Jiyin Battalion, Jiyang Battalion and Qijun Battalion in the Wagang Army stood out, and the generals were still the original people, but the combat effectiveness of the soldiers was greatly improved. When the general crossed the river this time, he should pay more attention to these three battalions and Li Mi's Pushan public camp! ”

"Qi Jun Ying?" Li Xu was very sensitive to this name, and asked with a frown.

"Yes, the big thief Meng Rang's original hometown is Qi County, and he and Shubao and Shixin can be regarded as fellow countrymen." Bae Renji nodded and replied.

"This person's courage is reasonable, and his strategy can be called the best choice, so he is deeply valued by Li Mi. In addition, Jiyin Fang Xianbo and Jiyang Wang Bodang are not bad, in the past two years, the Wagang army has attacked the city and conquered the city, relying on Xu Maogong's broken camp and the other three main forces! As for Li Mi's Pushan Public Camp, it was composed of elites drawn from various battalions, and it was claimed that one could be used as ten. General Zhang was killed in the hands of this battalion, so be careful when you encounter it! ”

"Thank you Brother Deben for your advice. Otherwise, I really underestimate my opponent! Li Xu chewed on the three words Pushan Gong and said half-truthfully.

A large part of the information provided by Pei Renji was something that Li Xu had already heard and understood, and a small part of it had not been heard of before.

From the perspective of understanding the enemy's situation, Pei Renji did work military affairs after taking charge of the elite of Qi County.

This made Li Xu more at ease behind his back, thinking that even if Pei Renji was not Xu Maogong's enemy, at least in the case of joining forces with Huyalang and Wang Wei, he would be able to block the Wagangpo camp from the main battlefield.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but ask: "What is the morale of the children of Qi County, just now I only cared about encouraging General Zheng and the others, and I forgot to pay attention to your side for a while!" ”

"Although the general can rest assured, as long as the grain and grass are sufficient, the name of our elite Qi County is not called in vain. Besides, this is a mourning army, and since the death of General Zhang, the brothers have been thinking about finding an opportunity to avenge him! ”

"Then I'm relieved!" A relaxed smile appeared on Li Xu's face, and he knew that his certainty of winning had increased a lot.

"This strong team under your command will hold on to the ground and nail the Wagangpo camp to the west of Xingyang for me. In this way, I can concentrate all my strength on dealing with Li Mi! ”

"I knew you wouldn't have such a narrow horizon, just thinking about opening up the canal." Pei Renji slapped Li Xu's shoulder with his fist and said with a smile.

"Back in Liaodong, you were a daring!

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"I want to end this fight as soon as possible. If it continues like this, all the good guys and bad guys will die. Li Xu sighed and said gloomily.

"After fighting Wagang, I still have a lot of things to do in Hebei. Luo Yi, Dou Jiande, Gao Kaidao, none of these people are easy to get along with! Moreover, there are Turkic people who are eyeing the Turks, once they go south....... "once Liu Wuzhou colludes with the Turks to go south, Taiyuan in Hedong and Zhuojun in Hebei are both places where they must be taken."

After receiving the news that there was another change in Yanmen Pass a few days ago, Li Xu was worried about the north. Compared with the bandits from all over the world, the actions of the Turks were more terrible.

He was well aware of the steppe people's habit of dealing with losers, and he had also seen with his own eyes the forts near Yanmen that had been breached by the Turks.

It was a miserable scene even worse than hell, and everyone who saw it was furious. The last time he let Shi Bi out of the pass, he returned Ganluo to Gu Toru, so he had the luck of letting the two groups of wolves on the grassland fight.

It's a pity that before the two groups of wolves fought, there were countless Sui generals rushing to lure them into the room.

"It's still the same sentence, as long as the grain and grass are sufficient, I will never let Xu Thief Maogong return to his master!" Bae In-gi didn't understand Li Xu's worries, but he had enough experience in officialdom to win the favor of his boss.

"No problem, I'll take someone to open the official treasury tomorrow!" Li Xu smiled and promised. The official treasury of the Great Sui Dynasty for storing grain was established during the conquest of Nanchen, and gradually became a common practice.

In the peaceful era, about one-third of the rice and grain collected by the government every year went to the local government treasury.

In the eighth, ninth, and eleventh years of the Great Cause, a small part of the grain was consumed because of the conquest of Goryeo and the pacification of civil strife, but the official warehouses in various places were still mostly full.

It's just that Yang Guang has always stated that he wants to use the grain in it for the Fourth Crusade, so there is no holy decree, and the local officials would rather watch the people starve to death than dare to fight the official treasury.

Li Xu had already taken the risk of opening a warehouse once when he was guarding Liyang. Later circumstances proved that as long as you come up with sufficient reasons, the imperial court may not pursue the mistake of tampering with grain storage.

Of course, this result may only apply to him and Yuwen Shiji, and it is difficult to say if someone else changes and can't lose his head.

Therefore, this time, when he saw that the county soldiers lacked supplies, he first remembered several huge official warehouses in the city.

It's just that he sees the problem simply, but the local officials are scared half to death. The next day, without waiting for Li Xu to finish his words, Xingyang County Taishou Yu Shihui immediately shook his head into a wave drum,

"No, no, absolutely not. Unless you come with Your Majesty's decree, I will never order anyone to give you the key to the storehouse!" ”

"I've told the brethren to wait at the door of the warehouse." Li Xu said with a smiling face.

"All the generals have arrived in person, if the county guard refuses to agree, won't it disappoint everyone!"

"I don't care if they are disappointed or not, but it is my responsibility to take care of the official warehouse!" Yu Shihui blew his beard and glared, and he put on a full posture.

"Lord County Guard is still accommodating, it's a big deal that you first record how many accounts are out of the warehouse, and then I'll find a way to make up for it!" Don't worry, I won't break the rules! Li Xu gently arched his hand, hinting that he would definitely give heavy thanks.

"That's not going to work, once you lose your word in the future, who will I go to? Besides, if you are impeached, you have a golden sword to protect you, but I only have a head, will I not give you the guilt in vain? Unless you take out a knife and cut me off today, don't even think about taking the key away from me!" Yu Shihui flicked his sleeves and left his firm back to Li Xu.

"Then I had to use the golden knife given by His Majesty to split the door of the warehouse!" Li Xu seemed to have provoked a little anger, turned around, and walked away with his own soldiers.

"I will definitely write a bullet to impeach you!" Yu Shihui was furious and shouted at Li Xu's back.

"Please, that's the responsibility of adults!" Li Xu went out without looking back, and flew up and jumped on the war horse.

The officials guarding the yamen of the county have never seen this kind of formation, and they are so frightened that they are silent. In their impression, Yu Junshou and the newcomer General Li are both good-tempered, why do they turn their faces today and don't leave any time for everyone to prepare?

Complaining is complaining, but everyone doesn't dare to really let Li Xu use the imperial golden knife to cut the pineapple wood gate of the granary, in case the stone-hard wood will open the golden knife, I'm afraid no one can afford it.

Therefore, the organic spirit person hurriedly took out the warehouse key and quickly whipped it to Li Xu. The others surrounded the county shou Yu Shi and talked to extinguish the fire, so that the old man would not be hurt by anger.

After tossing for half an hour, Yu Shihui finally calmed down, glared and shouted,

"What are you doing here, go to a few people, and account for the number of outbound shipments. Go and write a memo in my name, and I'm going to impeach this daring maniac! ”

"Yes, my subordinates!" The staff agreed in a hurry, and then set out to carry out the orders of Lord Taishou.

After a while, the impeachment of Li Xu was written, and the main book was brought to Yu Shihui for review. The old lady glanced at it roughly, and ordered,

"Use the seal, find a fast horse and send it to Jiangdu!"

"Yes, yes...... "The Lord grinned and replied in a slur manner.

"My lord, the road to the south has just been opened, and it is certain that it will be peaceful. Or, why don't we send this recital to the Eastern Capital? ”

"Stupid, can the officials of the Eastern Capital manage the surname Li?" Yu Shihui raised his hand and knocked on the main thin head with a chisel and scolded.

"But, but, the road may not be peaceful. We are not like Lord Yuwen, there are many escorts back and forth! The Lord Bo shrunk back and reminded aggrievedly.

"Stupid, of course, I will send it after the surname Li opens up the canal. You haven't been with me for many years, why don't you open your shell, you? Yu Shihui squinted his eyes like a full-fed fox and asked rhetorically.

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