At night, Xu Quan invited all the officials to a banquet, and everyone came as promised, Xu Quan saw Zhang He's face full of spring breeze, full of spirit, and knew about his wife, so he joked "Why is Zhang Junshi so overjoyed today?"

Zhang He said truthfully, "There is a wife at home, is Encore displeased?"

Everyone only drinks for fun, does not talk about the war, there are more dancing girls and singers to help the fun, the entrance of the mountains and seas, the moon is bright and cloudless, like the years are quiet, the wine is half drunk, but I see a person covered in scaly wounds, staggered in, and bowed to the ground and said, "Lord, I only want to die today." ”

Xu Quan regarded the person who came, although he was unkempt, he could still recognize his identity, it was actually Guanfeng, when he returned Xu Quan and his party went first, Guanfeng broke off and transported the car to fight the gold silk, and he did not return for a long time, and now he entered the city, but he saw that his body was incomplete and embarrassed, and he should have been attacked.

Xu Quan hurriedly asked why, and Guanfeng replied, "When I was transporting the gold silk in the chariot, I didn't expect the bandits to come suddenly and take away the gold silk chariot together, and the soldiers under my command were all driven and killed, so I had to hide in the corpse heap, so I survived." ”

When Xu Quan heard this, he suddenly smiled and said, "Eh, General Guan is only asking for death for this matter? Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, so there is no need to worry, just act cautiously next time." Then he ordered everyone to take Guanfeng down to heal his wounds.

Xu Quan re-entered the banquet and sat down, and Shen Yue secretly said, "The elite soldiers under your command have already experienced a hundred battles, how could they be slaughtered by bandits?"

When Xu Quan heard this, he thought carefully and said, "Could it be ...... This Guanfeng embezzled finances, and eliminated all the sergeants under my command, falsely claiming to have been robbed by bandits?"

When Shen Yue heard this, he couldn't help but say, "No, although Guanfeng was born as a thief, he is a loyal and righteous person, how can he plot against him?"

When Xu Quan heard this, he calmly said, "That is the disciple of the Shadow Martial Arts Hall who is doing evil and robbing my finances...... Tomorrow, I will order Chen Jin to lead the army to get rid of him. ”

Shen Yue suddenly smiled, and said, "No, the Shadow Martial Hall often has the intention of usurping the throne when it lives in this city, and now although it has been driven out of the city, the power is no longer what it used to be, its hall master Pang Yi, his strength should not be underestimated, and his military advisor Yuan Chang is resourceful and better than me, this matter needs to be considered in the long run." ”

Xu Quan then said, do not talk about this matter, only drink and have fun, drunk and returned, Zheng Yan took off his clothes for him, hugged and slept with him, the next day, Xu Quan heard a messenger to the wind and dust, please enter the house, but saw that it was Yunling Mountain Thief, and this letter naturally came from the hand of Chen Qi.

Xu Quan quickly opened the envelope and read, the letter to the effect that I recently heard that you returned to Beijing, and I heard that you were safe and sound, I was very happy, and my husband could wait in the house in the near future, and I will visit you on a certain day.

After Xu Quan finished reading, he entertained the messenger, wrote a letter back to send him back, and took it out with him, and went to visit in front of Zhang He's house.

Zhang He came out in rags, saw Xu Quanzhi, invited into the house to sit down, called out his wife, although Zhang He is not good-looking, now he is in a high position, enjoying the high-ranking officials, his wife because she is a country and a city, and she has a good family, but unexpectedly, a woman came out from behind the screen, the woman has a nose and eyes, thick lips and teeth, and her appearance is not good.

Xu Quan saw it, made a salute, asked his name, the woman's name was Huang Ying, looking at its gentle and elegant, it can be called the style of the forest, although the appearance is not amazing, it can also be called a good wife, seeing that its abdomen is bulging, should be pregnant, Xu Quan talked with him very happily, and resigned.

On the way back, I met a person, who was dressed in brocade clothes, light gauze and robes, and had the appearance of a shy flower in the closed moon, it was Qin Ran, Xu Quan saw it, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute and said, "I don't know if Miss Qin can be safe and sound recently?"

Seeing Xu Quan's sudden arrival, Qin Ran was caught off guard and replied, "Recently, I heard that the general's squad returned to Beijing, and I wanted to visit and buy wine and meat here. ”

The next day, Xu Quan secretly ordered Guanfeng to lead 300 soldiers to the Heisha District, capture the mourners alive and send them to the mansion, in order to make meritorious contributions.

In the next few months, Xu Quan stayed at home, only gave orders in the house, and saw that Gu Hecheng had more than 100,000 gold yuan in the Chinese treasury, so he used it to recruit troops and buy horses.

Xu Quan saw that Zhang He was newly married, so he ordered him to enjoy leisure in the house temporarily, Chen Jin, Wei Xiu escorted the meritorious, Xu Quan rewarded him with gold silk and brocade robes, and then purchased a good horse and treasure horse, and saw that the armor he was wearing had been damaged, and he bought a few catties of ten sheng stones, and asked the famous craftsmen in the city to cast the armor.

Shisheng stone is a heaven-given treasure, Xu Quan did not hesitate to buy it with a lot of money, only for the famous craftsman to cast the battle armor, three days later, the battle armor to, Xu Quanguan new armor, tiger head swallowing shoulder, (tiger head shoulder armor) dragon head belly guard (dragon head belly armor) chamber unicorn (unicorn-shaped chest guard), knee disc dragon (dragon head knee pad), suddenly is pleasing to the eye, enough to make the enemy frightened, Xu Quan saw the great joy, then rewarded the famous craftsman.

As mentioned above, Xu Quan and Chen Qi gave birth to an heir, named Xu Rui, now one year old, Xu Quan's class teacher returned to Beijing, and Xu Rui traveled with him every day, although his son was young and ignorant, he could already call his father's name, Xu Quan was a father at the beginning, and he was very pleased to hear Xu Rui call him his father, so he hired a famous teacher and a good chef to serve him.

Although it seems that the years are quiet, and now the number of soldiers in Guhe City has increased sharply, and the lack of food and grass has become an urgent need, Xu Quan gathered the civil and military forces to discuss this matter with the banquet, Xu Quan said, "As we all know, the elite soldiers have no food, and the mountain bandits are no different, now in order to raise elite soldiers, the grain and grass have been beyond their means, what should I do?"

Zhang He said without hesitation, "The lord has married Chen Qi, and he can temporarily borrow grain and grass from him to solve his urgent needs." ”

When Shen Yue heard this, he seemed to smile and said, "Zhang Junshi's plan can only solve a temporary emergency, not a long-term plan, although Chen Qi's unification will be powerful enough to cover the sky with one hand, but because of the large number of bandits in the association, there is also a shortage of food and grass...... In my humble opinion, it is better to ......"

Xu Quan saw that he wanted to speak and stopped, and asked, "Sergeant Shen, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

When Shen Yue heard this, he bluntly said, "It's better to grab grain." ”

When Chen Jin heard this, he was displeased, and said, "Sergeant Shen's words are wrong, if the sect leader robs the grain, we will be spurned by the world, how is it different from a thief?"

Shen Yue smiled and said, "Ming robbery is naturally not a military strategy, but we can...... Steal. ”

When Xu Quan heard this, he fell into the clouds and mist, and asked, "What is the secret seizure?"

Shen Yue only smiled and said nothing, only secretly said that Xu Quan was alone, Xu Quan heard Shen Yue's secret words, and smiled and said, "This plan is very wonderful." ”

The next day, Xu Quan summoned Zhang Da into the house, and said that Zhang Daben was under Chen Qi, although he was the leader of the bandits, notorious, when the city of Cangyun City was broken, he took refuge in Xu Quan, and then made great achievements in the southern and northern wars, and now he is in a high position, Xu Quan ordered him to guard the walled city with Chu Qian, and there must be a reason for the recall.

Zhang Da entered the city, went straight to the city lord's mansion non-stop, entered the mansion to see Xu Quan, and then kowtowed and said, "The lord called me today, I don't know what?"

Xu Quan picked him up, stroked his shoulder, and said with a smile, "General Zhang and I are also friends in distress, so we can see each other without courtesy...... Call you today...... I just want to ask you, how do you think I treat you?"

When Zhang Da heard this, he replied, "The lord treats me well, and I can't repay the kindness of knowing it." ”

Xu Quan knew that Zhang Da was a loyal and righteous man who could be reused, and said with a smile, "In this case, you can order a thousand elite soldiers tomorrow and rob Chen Qiliangdao." ”

Zhang Da was shocked when he heard this, and asked, "Why does the lord want to rob Chen Qi of his grain road? If Chen Qi is angry and rushes to the crown, leading the unification of the gang to attack us, and we are outnumbered, what should we do?"

Seeing Zhang Da's panicked state, Xu Quan said with a smile, "General Zhang, don't panic, you will temporarily live in the post house and rest for a while, and after breakfast tomorrow, you can enter the training ground, and you will know my intentions at that time." ”

Zhang Da was suspicious and resigned, temporarily lived in the post house in the city, and the next day, after breakfast, he quickly marched to the training ground outside the city, and waited for him to enter the training ground, and the scene in his eyes made him at a loss, only to see that the training ground was all elite soldiers under Xu Quan, but he was wearing the armor and clothing of the sergeants under Sun Li.

Zhang Da was busy asking why, Xu Quan smiled and said nothing, Zhang Da thought to himself, and then suddenly smiled, this is a plan to kill people with a knife, recently Sun Li because of the lack of food and grass, trying to buy grain everywhere, if Zhang Da secretly led Xu Quan's sergeant, falsely called Sun Li's army to rob Chen Qi's grain, Chen Qi was furious and must report to the head of the unification council, and the unification council can justifiably fight with Sun Li, and Xu Quan can profit from it.

At night of the same day, Zhang Da quietly led 5,000 soldiers out of the city, all the way to the road, walking the mountain and countryside road until the surrounding 100 miles of Yunling Mountain, waiting for the opportunity to move, sure enough, waiting for two days, it can be seen that on the road leading to Yunling Mountain, a group of people and horses are guarding the grain car slowly.

Zhang Da immediately ordered the ambush soldiers to go out, straight into the formation, the bandits saw the enemy suddenly, helpless, and saw the enemy like a hungry eagle and hungry tiger to kill, dressed in silver armor and yellow clothes, suspected of being Sun Li's elite soldiers, for a time people neighed on their horses, corpses were all over the field, and the remaining bandits saw that they could not be defeated but had to flee from the wind.

Zhang Da saw that the battle was successful, and quickly ordered the army to send the grain and grass to the Guhe City, and sure enough, the defeated bandits fled in a hurry, fled to the Senei, and went straight into Chen Qifu, and reported that "the lord of the village, the grain and grass were robbed by the enemy." ”

When Chen Qi heard this, he was furious and asked, "Who is the enemy?"

The bandits truthfully said, "The enemy seems to have been in ambush near the grain road for a long time, and although the enemy's clothing is covered by canvas and black clothes, it is not difficult to see silver armor and yellow clothes under the black clothes, like a sergeant under Sun Li's command." ”

When Chen Qi was furious, he ordered, "Sun thief dares to rob my grain and grass?!

Sure enough, the unification will hear that Sun Li robbed the grain, quickly gathered more than 300,000 bandits, and went to Sun Li's main city like a stormy wave, and said that Sun Li's main city name is Fuying, the city wall seems to be impregnable, impregnable, the country is dangerous and the people are attached, easy to defend and difficult to attack, although the think tank in the unification will be uneven, but also know that it cannot be forcibly taken and plundered, and this trip is enough to discuss a statement.

Xu Quan only watched the fire on the other side of the city, and saw Zhang Da carrying more than 100 grain carts, so he paid a bounty and added officials to the knighthood, so that the grain carts were included in the warehouse, and the urgent need was solved, and Xu Quan was relieved.

Besides, when Sun Li heard that the army of the Unification Society was pressing the border, he did not know the hidden situation, and when he heard that the bandits of the Unification Society had set up camp on the border of his territory, and there was nothing to be done, he had to lead the army to meet him, wait for it to the border, and order the army to enter the city, and shouted on the city tower, "Can the enemy leader go out into battle?"

Sun Li saw that among the bandits, the fish and dragons were mixed, there were tens of thousands of people who were indiscriminate, there were very few elite soldiers, and there were many people who led the army, and there were many free and loose people, so he didn't think so, but he saw that among the bandits, one person stood out from the crowd, seven feet long, with a thin waist and wide arms, and was very fierce and vicious.