The three who were named the prince by Liang Jiong were all old men with some seniority in the former Guangxin Army, but the one surnamed Xu was very unfamiliar when he heard the name.

Although Gu Yanzhang had assisted in the transfer of the three armies when he was in Yanzhou, after all, the time was not long, so he asked Zhang Dingya: "Have you ever known that there is a person in the Guangxin Army named Xu Mao?" ”

Zhang Dingya shook his head and said, "I've never heard of it." ”

He frowned and said: "I had some friendship with Liang Jiong back then, and in the Guangxin Army, anyone with some names can also be called, and the surname Xu is there, but I have never heard of someone called Xu Mao." ”

After all, this is just a small episode, although the two have some doubts, they only remember it in their hearts and do not dwell on it.

The army marched very fast, and the next morning, it had reached the vicinity of Temo Cave, and there were only less than three hours left from the stockade plundered by Liang Jiong and others.

After the army guide explored, he found a place, and the army set up camp.

After dinner, Zhang Dingya and Gu Yanzhang discussed tomorrow's arrangements with the generals in the Chinese army.

In the past many days of rapid marching, although the upper and lower sergeants are a little tired, their morale is not bad, only a dozen or so people have some diarrhea because they are not accustomed to the water and soil, and they are removed by Gu Yanzhang alone, and the rest are not in the way.

The generals in the tent proposed to fight first to promote surrender.

Since Liang Jiong has been proclaimed emperor, this is not a simple turmoil of the day, and he should not just persuade a few words and bow down. He occupies the top of the mountain, has soldiers, weapons, grain and grass, and gold mines, and eats the last meal in Jizhou before without the next meal, I don't know how many times it has been moisturized, how can he give up so easily.

It's just that how and where to fight this first game is a question.

Liang Jiong's tent is all from the Guangxin army, camped in Guangnan for more than ten years, and has been settled here for so long, the geography of Guangyuan Prefecture can be said to be familiar and familiar, but the official army is new.

Although there is a map of Guangyuan Prefecture in the account, it has been drawn by Master Zhiyuan more than ten years ago, and it was for the purpose of leveling the toe, and this place in Guangyuan Prefecture is just a passing exploration, and it is not very clearly written, so it can only be used.

After the discussion, everyone decided to postpone for a day, one to visit the surrounding geography, and the other to wait for Liang Jiong's reaction.

This trip is known as a march of 2,000 soldiers, excluding those who eat empty salaries, the real number is 1,531 people, all of whom travel day and night, and do not avoid people, not to mention that Liang Jiong has been in the army for many years and is good at war, even if he is not, he should have known the whereabouts of the officers and soldiers a long time ago, and should have been prepared.

At this time, there is no advantage in the officers and troops of the urgent attack, so it is better to rest for a day before making plans, after all, once the initial battle is unfavorable, it will affect morale very much.

After the discussion, the generals in the tent dispersed, and Gu Yanzhang also walked out of the military tent with Zhang Dingya.

It was late at night, and although the place where the army was encamped was flat, it was still wild, and not far away was the mountain forest, where the cicadas could be heard singing one after another, and the swarms of mosquitoes were flying around the torches at the tent door, and goosebumps were raised on the body when they looked at it.

In the distance, the fire was faintly lit, and the sound of a rope could occasionally be heard, and I wondered if it was a gecko or a worm snake crawling.

Zhang Dingya was so hot that he didn't even want to wear clothes, and while pulling up the sleeves of his half-wet shirt, he complained: "It's really a ghost place, I don't know what Liang Jiong thinks, he actually came here!" ”

Gu Yanzhang shook his head and said, "Although it is a ghost place, there is food and drink, gold and silver, it is better to come here than to starve to death in Jizhou." ”

After he finished speaking, he looked in the direction of the southwest, and said with half emotion: "In the past, this was also the land under the jurisdiction of the Central Plains. ”

Guangyuan Prefecture has no boundary at all, when many people believe that the east to Xingzhou, the south to Qiyuan Prefecture, the west to Silang Prefecture, the north to the special grinding cave, all belong to the scope of Guangyuan Prefecture, covering an area of about one million hectares, there are lofty mountains and mountains everywhere, the terrain is steep and dangerous.

It is said that Guangyuan Prefecture has seventy-two cave owners, in fact, carefully calculated, the large and small villages and caves here can not be counted, where is the number seventy-two can be included.

In the smallest mountain in Guangyuan Prefecture, the total population of the old and young may be about 100 people, but those who are called by some names can have thousands of strong laborers, almost all of whom are Nong people and Tu people, who have lived here for generations.

This used to be a fetter state under the jurisdiction of Yongzhou, but later the former dynasty felt that this place was remote, the local people were unruly, the conflicts continued, and there was a miasma, and the imperial court managed it, thankless, so it was handed over to the subordinate state at that time Jiaozhi to manage.

Jiaozhi is insatiable, every year is forced to Guangyuan Prefecture to hand over a large amount of gold, dansha, the people of the state are miserable, and then hundreds of cave owners united, taking advantage of the war between Jiaozhi and the Great Jin, turned his head to bite Jiaozhi.

Jiaozhi had been beaten to the ground by Yang Kui at that time, and it took a long time to recuperate before gradually recovering, and naturally there was no strength to rectify Guangyuan Prefecture in the middle, and Dajin never bothered to care, but let them relax for a while.

The Nong people and Tu people in Guangyuan Prefecture have always been models of picking up a bowl to eat and scolding their mothers when they put down the bowl.

In the past, when the Central Plains was under the rule, they were only symbolically asked to offer a few taels of gold and a few taels of dansha every year.

After handing over the things, the cave owners felt that they were at a loss, and lined up one by one holding hands and crying to the court, asking for silver, and asking for help, in addition, they also secretly sent the Nong people and the natives to the border from time to time to loot, or rob or capture, or burn or plunder.

Once he was caught by Yongzhou, he pretended to be stupid, saying that it was none of his business, and he didn't know which place it was.

Later, the Central Plains was unbearable, not only to allocate relief silver taels every year, but also to increase defense, the few taels of gold and dansha, even refining a few pills for the Son of Heaven to raise the kidneys may not be enough, calculated and calculated, it was really a bloody deal, so he simply threw Guangyuan Prefecture to Jiaozhi to control.

Jiaozhi is naturally not so easy to speak, the Nong people in Guangyuan Prefecture, the native people as slaves to use, so the land is rich in gold, dansha, so the annual set a huge amount, if not paid, will rob livestock, labor to do off.

Where did Guangyuan Prefecture pass by, thinking that when he was attached to the Central Plains in the past, a few taels of gold could be sent, and he could also ask for silver, so he went to the court again, saying that he wanted to reattach himself to it.

At this time, it was the Jin Taizu uprising, there were northern barbarians, there were enough Xirong, the uprisings in the country, the chaos of the people emerged in endlessly, and the forward direction was really powerless, and he was more worried that once his family intervened, Jiaozhi would be able to take this opportunity to mix in and get a piece of the pie.