Bohai Sea.

More than a dozen fast horses bypassed the side of Xiwei Town, and went straight into the canyon road, all the way to the outside of Flying Fish City. Seeing that it was Qu Chen, the city gate transfer military general hurriedly let him go and reminded loudly: "General, please go to the office quickly." ”

"Okay."

When Qu Chen walked to the door of the lord's office, Yu Buzhi and Xun Yan were talking in a low voice, their faces gloomy and their expressions serious. Qu Chen's heart was dark, he knew that his brother had always been calm, and it was an exaggeration to say that Mount Tai collapsed in front of him without changing his color, but there were really not too many things that could make Yu Buzhi worry. Xun Xiuruo is a famous brother, and his qi cultivation kung fu is even more first-class, the two of them have such expressions at this time, coupled with the reminder of the previous city gate guard, I think it must be a troublesome thing that is difficult to solve.

After thinking about it, the two of them had already seen Qu Chen.

Xun Yan's face returned to his usual light cloud: "The second general is back." ”

Yu Buzhi smiled and beckoned: "Ah Chen, come in." ”

Qu Chen strode in and arched his hand: "Big brother, Mr. Xiu Ruo, I will go to Beiping this time......"

"Don't worry," Yu Buzhi lifted the kettle on the table with one hand, picked up an empty cup with the other and poured it all over: "All the way, wind and dust, drink a cup of tea to moisten your throat first, and then it's not too late." ”

Qu Chen was free and easy by nature, and he didn't shirk it, without saying a word, he picked up the cup and drank it all.

"How?"

"It's finished." Qu Chen grinned, his eyebrows fluttered: "I went to Beiping to find Brother Bogui to talk about the past, Brother Bogui was not only not annoyed, but was very curious about the eldest brother's establishment of a stronghold in Jizhou, and later established a stronghold in Hetao, sighing that he realized it later. Brother Bogui said that since we calmly revealed our identity to him, Zhululing was a friend of Youbeiping, and invited the eldest brother to take the time to meet Youbeiping. ”

Yu Buzhi and Xun Yan glanced at each other, obviously relieved.

Let Qu Chen confess his origin to Gongsun Zhan, mainly because the three bases are open at the same time, involving more forces, and the situation is so chaotic that it is difficult to continue to cover up, so he has to do it as a last resort. Gongsun Chan and Qu Chen have known each other for so long, and they are willing to reveal their identities until now, and it is normal for them to be dissatisfied, but fortunately, Gongsun Chan is bold enough, or quite tolerant of the people he values, and he easily revealed it.

As a person like Gongsun Zhan, he said those words in front of Qu Chen, and there was absolutely no reason to regret it afterwards.

In other words, Gongsun Chan happily and officially accepted the Zhulu Ling!

The Deer Collar is the player's territory, protected by the system, as long as the fish is not wise and does not cross the red line drawn by Futu, it is difficult for Gongsun Chan to exert pressure on the Flying Fish Collar. But "disgruntled" and "gladly accepted" are two different things, and it is definitely not a good phenomenon to be targeted by powerful princes like Gongsun Zhan. Besides, the current Gongsun Chan is not normal, not only was it not blocked in Youzhou after the Battle of Longcuo, but Yuan Shao formed a flanking attack, and Futu did not come out to secretly scourge the Beiping Army, and it was not possible for Gongsun Chan to become the overlord of Hebei.

Gongsun Zhan's gladly acceptance of the deer collar is obviously good news.

"In that case, Hugh Ruo will prepare a gift, and I will go to Youbeiping to see Gongsun Bogui in a few days."

"I'll go with my eldest brother, your first meeting, it's better to have my introduction." Qu Chen said.

Yu Buzhi smiled bitterly: "It's good for me to go alone, Ah Chen, you have to go back to the Hetao immediately." ”

Qu Chen said: "Is there something wrong with the dragon leader?" ”

"We plan to attack the abandoned county towns in Shangjun in advance, and Yuanzhi is almost ready."

"Wang Ping, have they arrived?"

"No, so you'll have to go back." Yu Buzhi sighed: "Yuan Zhi will tell you the reason when I go back." ”

The young man Qu Ah didn't say anything more, clasped his hands into fists and left in a hurry.

Before Qu Chen entered the office, he saw the solemnity on Yu Buzhi and Xun Yan's faces, although the two of them behaved more normally later, he clearly knew that the territory must be in trouble. Although Qu Chen was a little worried, he was quite clear about his positioning, and he was far behind in strategizing, which belonged to Xu Shu's area of expertise, and leading troops to fight was his strength.

Wang Ping didn't arrive, and it was too sudden to hit the county seat in advance.

Yu Buzhi asked him to hurry back to the Hetao, which made Qu Chen think that it was the Hetao military that bothered his brother. Since this is the case, Qu Chen felt that there was no need to say anything, and he looked back and used the halberd to make a difference!

Qu Chen actually misunderstood, but those are all afterwords.

Teleported back to the dragon leader, Xu Shu was roughly ready for war.

Knowing that Zhulu Ling intended his aunt to complete the task of [recovering Shangjun] ahead of schedule, but was constrained by the lack of troops, and was worried that the stronghold would be harassed by Qianghu when he went out, Zhu Jun happily sent reinforcements. Four thousand heavy steps marched north from Fushi City, stationed in the dragon collar in a grand manner, and another two thousand heavy steps quietly entered Mustang City.

It is not difficult to see how happy Zhu Jun is to see Zhulu Ling take the abandoned county seat as soon as possible.

Everything was as Xu Shu expected.

At the same time, the recruitment plan for the mercenaries is also going very well.

The hired people are all from a tribe, and it seems that the tribe has a relationship with the dragon leader, but it is just a bad fate, it is a small tribe that attacked the dragon leader in the battle of the four clans.

At the beginning, he coveted a large amount of goods from the dragon leader, and dreamed of making a fortune to solve his urgent needs, but he didn't expect to be beaten by fat, and the leader was killed on the spot, and the first thing the new leader did when he came to power was to ransom the captured people, and the tribe was so poor that it was almost impossible to open the pot. At that time, he had fallen behind in turning around and going south to plunder, and he was afraid that he would not even be able to drink the soup, and when he learned that the dragon leader planned to mercenary to fight, the new leader took it without hesitation.

There was contact when ransoming people, and the dragon leader's offer made a deep impression on the leader.

It's so stupid to exchange a Qianghu warrior for a Han slave......

The new leader thinks that although the dragon leader is a bit stupid, at least his words still count and he can deal with them.

As for the hostile relationship with the dragon leader a few days ago, it didn't take long for him to change his course and run to help the dragon leader fight, whether it seemed that he had no principles and integrity, and the leader didn't care at all. There were too many fights and killings on the grassland, and if the people who had fought were all old and dead enemies, the wars in the Hetao would have increased at least twice, and the surviving Qianghu people had long been accustomed to frequent changes of position between war and peace, or friend or foe.

The tribe needs income, and the people need food.

As long as they can get through it, no one cares who they die for.

The small tribe took on the mercenary task as they wished, as long as they assisted the dragon leader to conquer the abandoned county town and survive the food crisis, the tribe was very satisfied with this.

Xu Shu was also very satisfied.

The price of hiring a Qianghu warrior is 250 gold, and the death pension only needs to pay 500 gold, you must know that the hired level 60 troops, and it is a cavalry, and they bring their own war horses to participate in the battle, where can I find such a fair price? That is to say, there is such a good thing in the Hetao where Qianghu is overflowing, and in the area under the actual control of the imperial court, this price can only be invited to ordinary mercenaries of Bai Huyi from that level.

signed the mercenary contract, 500,000 gold was sprinkled out, and 2,000 Qianghu cavalry temporarily joined the dragon leadership sequence.

With Zhu Jun's heavily armed infantry to help take care of the house, the defenders of the Hetao can come out, totaling more than 9,000 people, although there are more than 2,000 people with relatively strong combat effectiveness, at least the momentum is there. Although there is no strong force to suppress the formation, the sharpest means of attack can still be used, as long as the war continues to launch the regimental technology to bombard indiscriminately, weaken the defenders as much as possible, and increase the ratio of the strength of the two sides so that the defenders dare not go out of the city, there should be no suspense in breaking through the county.