In May of the first year of the founding of the Northern Qi Emperor, it was another chaotic beginning, taking advantage of the opportunity of the old rival Northern Zhou to temporarily get together with Southern Chen, Northern Qi finally had time to clean up Wang Yong and others who occupied the land of Sanqi.

Seeing that the more than 300,000 people of the Northern Qi army were divided into three routes and were about to encircle Jeju and Qizhou, they did not expect that Wang Yong and others would dare to take the initiative to attack. Just when the Hu Lawyers Association was negligent, the Liudama army that cooperated with him to attack from the north of Qizhou was suddenly reimbursed.

The 50,000 troops of the Northern Route Army were wiped out by 30,000 people, not to mention, even the remaining 20,000 people lost the courage to fight against the Xia army, in other words, they were already frightened.

Liu Damo's army was defeated, 30,000 people were annihilated, and 20,000 people lost their combat effectiveness.

After Gao Yan, who had been waiting for the good news of the front-line army in Yecheng for a long time, learned the news, of course outsiders didn't know how angry he was, but the palace people knew that the glazed cups in the palace that had been handed down from the pre-Wei period had been damaged, and there were more than a dozen of them.

It's no wonder that Gao Yan is so angry, he just drove his nephew Gao Yin from the position of emperor a few days ago, and he sat on the throne of the emperor of Northern Qi with his ass.

According to the habits handed down by Gao Huan-Gao Cheng-Gao Yang and others, the civil officials of the Eastern Wei Dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty lived in Yecheng to deal with the national civil affairs, and the cavalry province and foreign military province in charge of military affairs were in Jinyang, so Gao Yan was about to leave for Jinyang after ascending the throne, so he set off after waiting for the good news from the Hu Lawyers Association on the front line.

But unexpectedly, just a few days after Gao Yan ascended the throne and became emperor, he received such bad news, you can imagine, isn't this a blatant slap in the face!

Generally, when the emperor first ascended the throne, he had to use some civil and martial arts to prove to the world that he was a Ming monarch, and the subtext was 'you guys with me' and 'definitely right'. Even if the new official takes office, he will have to light three fires!

Gao Yan originally thought that since he had already sent such a famous general as the Hu Lawyers Association, as well as famous generals such as Murong Lu, Pi Jing, and Liu Damo to attack together, and several armies totaled 300,000, how could Wang Yong, who was originally just a bandit, resist it, so that after Wang Yong was pacified, he could justify his ascension to the throne.

But Gao Yan never expected that not long after the Hu Lawyers Association set off from Yecheng, the army of Liu Damo stationed in Ande County was almost completely reimbursed by the army under Wang Ze.

If it weren't for the fact that the Hu Lawyers Association found out that something was wrong and sent Pi Jing to lead the cavalry to support, and Pi Jing also led the army to arrive in time, otherwise the Northern Route Army and even the main general Liu Damo would probably be captured alive, so that the Northern Qi would be a loser in front of all countries in the world.

Even if this has been redeemed a lot, after receiving the military report from the Hu Lawyers Association, Gao Yan suddenly felt like he had been slapped hard, and even when he was in the court, he felt that the nobles of the Manchu Dynasty were waiting to see his jokes, and even his younger brother Gao Zhan, who served as the right prime minister, dared to talk back to him several times.

I still feel a little guilty about this younger brother Gao Yan, at that time I had promised to be the emperor after the matter was completed, and set Gao Zhan up as the crown prince, but a few days ago, Gao Yan repented of his promise and made his son Gao Bainian the prince, not to mention, and weakened Gao Zhan's strength several times.

In order to re-establish his image, Gao Yan immediately sent a message to the Hu Lawyers Association to let him attack Wang Yong quickly, and he was limited to wipe out all Wang Yong's forces before the year, and Murong Yan's army was to quickly attack Jibei County or Dongping County.

The Hu Lawyers Association originally used the 30,000 county soldiers who were 'drawn' around Yecheng as suspicious soldiers, and claimed to be an eastward march of 100,000 troops, but in fact, he had already led 100,000 troops from Liyang Ferry to Puyang County in the south, but he didn't want to receive Gao Yan's will before he had time to attack from here.

Because the general Pi Jing under his command has taken away almost all the cavalry under the command of the Hu Lawyers Association in order to support Liu Damo, and now the Hu Lawyers Association has less than 80,000 people, in order to ensure the absolute superiority of the Jeju Xia army, the Hu Lawyers Association also ordered Murong Yi to improve his attack on the original Dongping County to Jibei County, so that the three Qi armies will attack Jeju and Jibei County in one fell swoop.

As soon as the Hu Lawyers Association finished deploying the military adjustment, it received news from Pingyuan County, saying that more than 100,000 troops had gathered across the river and that Wang Yong's army was attacking like crazy, and the Northern Qi soldiers on the front line were even a little unable to withstand it.

At this time, the Hu Lawyers Association couldn't sit still, could it be that Wang Yong knew his intentions and was ready to solve his own army before he arrived in Jeju?

Hu Lawyers' Association didn't know that after Wang Ze crossed the river before, Wang Ze was isolated north of the Yellow River because of the change of the original military plan, not to mention, Zhu Bofu took the thousand cavalry to find Wang Ze, and the two have not come back until now.

Because his son and nephew don't know their lives and deaths now, Wang Yongke went crazy now, and Jiang Chuan, Cao An, Ji Xiang and others who had accommodated Wang Ze before were severely reprimanded, and then Wang Yong gathered an army of 150,000 under the command of Yuan Jia and launched an attack on the Qi army in Pingyuan County like crazy.

Wang Yong hoped to take this opportunity to mobilize Pijing's army back to the plain, so that the Qi army on the north bank of the Yellow River in the lower reaches of Ande County would inevitably be insufficient, and Wang Ze, Zhu Bofu and others could use this opportunity to find a gap and return to the south bank of the Yellow River.

In this way, because of Wang Ze, of course, and Zhu Bofu, the nearly 500,000 troops of the Northern Qi and Xia armies were about to start a 'fierce' battle in Jeju and Jibei County between the Yellow River and the Jishui Basin.

Just when everyone else is about to start a life-and-death struggle around Wang Ze, what is our protagonist Wang Ze doing?

At this meeting, Wang Ze looked at the few people in front of him and smiled happily, these people in front of him were not bystanders, they were the leaders of the Zhang Wu Yijun mentioned before: the second leader Gao Qian, the third leader Zhang Hui, and the big leader Fan Yong, whom Wang Ze met for the first time.

This is Zhangwu Daze, hundreds of miles north of Bohai County, since he won the trust of Zhangwu's righteous army through Bohai County, Wang Ze simply threw back the Bohai County that had already been emptied to the Pijing army that was rushing over, and he and Shi Haiguang and Zhu Bofu followed Gao Qian and others to Zhangwu Daze with 2,600 cavalry.

Although Gao Qian was a little jealous of Wang Yong's luck, Wang Ze couldn't refuse using the excuse of helping Zhang Wuyi's army attack the Qi army, and besides, having such a strong ally as Wang Ze and his own joint attack on nearby states and counties would inevitably increase the success rate.

In this reed 'swing', Wang Ze also met Fan Yong, the leader of Zhang Wu's righteous army, for the first time, and Wang Ze's imagination was different, as the big leader, Fan Yong turned out to be a middle-aged man who was nearly forty years old, with a kind face and a bloated body.

Unlike Gao Qian, Zhang Hui and others, Fan Yong wore clothes that were also worn by ordinary merchants in Northern Qi, and he was the shopkeeper of a store in a nearby city. Looking at the person in front of him, Wang Ze couldn't help but be surprised, just like the expressions of Gao Qian and Zhang Hui when they saw Wang Ze before.

Seeing Wang Ze's surprise, Fan Yong smiled and said: "Little Hou Ye don't be surprised, in fact, I am just the shopkeeper of a restaurant in the city, and this side was taken care of by my two brothers before, I didn't hear that Xiao Hou Ye wanted to help me wait, so I rushed over, and I didn't even have time to change my clothes, and I hope that Xiao Hou Ye will understand!" ”

Wang Ze couldn't imagine that the big leader of Zhangwu's righteous army had been hiding in a restaurant in Zhangwu County, which showed that either he had strong connections in the city, or Fan Yong and others had strong control over the thousands of people under his command, otherwise Fan Yong would have been arrested by someone who had been reported to the government.

Whether it is that Zhang Wuyi Army has strong connections or has a strong control over his subordinates, no matter which one of them, it shows that Zhang Wu Yijun can definitely set off a monstrous 'wave' in Hebei, which is exactly what Wang Ze needs, the more powerful you are, the more valuable it is for me.

Looking at Fan Yong, who was smiling like Maitreya Buddha, Wang Ze also smiled and said: "Leader Fan doesn't have to be humble, I have already heard of your ministry, why don't you trouble Leader Fan to take me to see how you are prepared?" ”

I thought that Fan Yong would hide his strength a little, but I didn't expect Fan Yong to agree immediately, under the leadership of Fan Yong, Wang Ze and Zhu Bofu followed his footsteps to the depths of the reeds, and Shi Haiguang and other more than 2,000 cavalry naturally had Gao Qian, Zhang Hui and others to entertain.

Because it has not yet reached the rainy season in the land of Hebei, there are many dry highlands in the reeds, along a path that has been stepped out, through a series of depressions overgrown with reeds and calamus, and a large open space in front of it, which is a larger camp of the Zhang Wu Righteous Army.

There are a total of three major twelve small and fifteen camps in the Zhangwu Righteous Army, and the camp in front of him is the largest camp of the Zhangwu Righteous Army. The ground of the camp is seven or eight meters higher than the surrounding depressions, and even in summer and autumn, when the water is full, more than a dozen acres of land can be guaranteed to be 'exposed' out of the water.

Now there are hundreds of acres of land 'exposed' in this high hill, there are many paths leading to the outside of the place, the northernmost is a large area of water connecting the whole Daze, at this time there are hundreds of small boats carrying a large number of weapons snatched back from Bohai County parked on the shore, thousands of young people lined up one by one are happily carrying weapons under the command of their own leaders.

Seeing Fan Yong coming here, the man who was still directing the various departments to move weapons just now turned around and walked over, it was Zuo Yi who had seen him in Bohai County before.

While saying hello to Zuo Yi, Wang Ze carefully observed the young men in and around the camp, according to Wang Ze's estimates, there are more than 2,000 young and strong people in this camp alone, so the Zhang Wu Yi Army under the command of Fan Yong and others is probably more than five or six thousand people as mentioned in the original intelligence, and these young men are all burly and powerful, and they are obviously good materials for being soldiers.

"Leader Fan, I think that without me, I'm afraid it's not difficult for your men and horses to capture Zhangwu County, right? Why did you say that you only had five or six thousand? Wang Ze had to reconsider the true strength of Zhang Wuyi's army, so that he could make arrangements for the rest of the matter.

Fan Yong sent Zuo Yi to command the young men to carry weapons again, and when he heard Wang Ze's question, he laughed and said, "I'm afraid that the little marquis is only planning to support me and other anti-Qi this time!" ”

As soon as Zhu Bofu was nervous, he wanted to 'draw' the horizontal knife from his waist, but Wang Ze immediately stopped him, joking that he didn't want to live if he used the knife in someone else's territory? Fan Yong's eyelids didn't blink, just smiled at the two of them.

Hearing Fan Yong's suspicious questioning, Wang Ze also smiled and said: "The big boss laughed, 'The world is bustling for profit, and the world is bustling for profit.'" 'Although I am for myself, everyone's current enemy is the Northern Qi Dynasty, isn't it? That's why you have to be open and honest! ”

After Wang Ze finished speaking, he smiled and looked at Fan Yong and stopped talking, Fan Yong also smiled and looked at Wang Ze silently, and the two looked at each other with a weird smile, which made Zhu Bofu on the side suddenly feel 'hairy'.

After a full time of incense, Fan Yongcai laughed and said: "That's it, anyway, you and I are allies who support each other, before my Zhangwu Yijun said that there were five or six thousand people, that means that there are five or six thousand people with weapons, and there are nearly 10,000 people cultivating in Daze, in fact, we have a total of 15,000 people." ”

It turns out that this chapter of Wu Daze stretches for hundreds of miles and the famous Juyeze south of the Yellow River is not much smaller, and there are many highlands as large and small as the camp in front of you.

These highlands will not be flooded on weekdays, and they are close to Daze for easy irrigation, and the soil deposited for thousands of years is very 'fertile', so these places were gradually reclaimed by the Zhang Wu Yi Army, after all, tens of thousands of people need a very large amount of food, if they are not self-sufficient, they will be besieged and killed by officers and soldiers sooner or later.

Wang Ze slandered in his heart, "I can't see that this Fan Yongchang looks like a corrupt official, but he is still a hero who makes decisions for the people, he is really unseemly!" ’

Just when Wang Ze and Fan Yong were discussing the future development direction of Zhang Wuyi's army, the second leader, Gao Qiang, hurriedly came over, and as soon as he saw Fan Yong, he shouted loudly: "Big brother, good opportunity!" The officers and soldiers of Zhangwu County heard that they urgently went south to support Bohai County! ”

As soon as he heard Gao Zong's words, Fan Yong was immediately overjoyed, so that Zhangwu County would not be able to escape from the palm of his own hand, as long as he occupied such a county town, he could gather 100,000 troops in ten days, and even like Wang Yong, it was also a great cause to achieve the cause of a prince.

Not only is Fan Yong surprised, Wang Ze is also quite surprised, not because of anything else but for Fan Yong's pleasure, in order to attract the attention of the Qi army, Wang Ze can be said to spare no effort to help Zhang Wuyijun, and the target must also be erected A good target, otherwise how to attract the attention of Northern Qi.

Fan Yong rubbed his hands together, and suddenly frowned again: "There were originally 4,000 soldiers in the city, how many people did they have out of the city?" When is the city out? ”

Seeing that his eldest brother suddenly changed color, Gao Qian was suspicious and said, "Is there anything wrong with the eldest brother?" This news was reported by Lao Liang himself, and Lao Liang is still resting in front of him! ”

Fan Yong frowned and said: "Since it is Lao Liang who said it, it must be true, I am afraid that the government set up a plan to encircle and suppress us before, but Lao Liang and the Zong clan have a feud against the son and will definitely not help the government to expire with me!" ”

This clan is a strong man in Zhangwu County, although he did not serve as the county guard, but the chief secretary and county Sima in the city are all members of the clan of the clan, and he is also a tyrant in Zhangwu County and no one can mess with him.

And Fan Yong said that Lao Liang was also an immigrant from the three counties, and because he was a city 'gate' official in the county soldiers, he offended the children of the Zong family when he went out of the city 'gate' at night in violation of the rules, so the family was ruined, and he had a deep hatred with the Zong family and the government, and secretly took refuge in the Zhang Wu Righteous Army a few years ago.

Hearing that the news was reported by Lao Liang himself, Fan Yong nodded and said, "Second brother, you gather the brothers of each battalion, and we will set off tonight!" ”