After Zhang Dan led the army into Rencheng, he began to prepare the baggage and distribute the cantonment of each battalion under the assistance of the staff of the military department.

They have an army of 5,000, plus heavy soldiers, not to mention 7,000 or 8,000 people, so naturally they can't gather in a city in Ren County.

Of course, this coordination is mainly done by Shi Xunyou, the head of the Right Military Academy.

After the First Battle of the Northern Expedition, Xun Yu was cited by Guan Yu as a third-class meritorious service. Guan Yu also said to Zhang Chongyan that Xun You is a true gentleman, and my Taishan Army can live up to this person, and this person will definitely live up to them.

Zhang Chong smiled at the time and didn't say much, and soon found Xun You to talk once, and then released this person as the long history of the right military academy lieutenant department.

Changshi's rank is naturally not very high, but it is the second most important position in the army, which shows Zhang Chong's trust in Xun You.

Xun You also lived up to expectations, and after the right lieutenant headquarters stopped in Rencheng, he began to assist in logistics, and also recruited people from Zhang Chong's shogunate to form a grain station to suppress the mainland's bandits.

Xun You's ability is naturally extremely strong, and he has previously assisted in grain logistics for the Henan Han Army in Aocang, so he is naturally handy.

The grain and straw of all departments were delivered on time, and this alone made the army look at Xun You with admiration.

Don't think that this matter is very simple, there was such a case in the late Northern Song Dynasty in later generations, and it was in chaos because of the lack of money and grain scheduling.

At that time, the remnants of the Western Army were holding on to the line from Minzhou to Jiezhou with the Jin soldiers. The Western Army here was supposed to be supplied with money and food from the Shuchuan base camp, but it had not been supplied for a long time.

At that time, the person who succeeded Zhang Jun and was in charge of Sichuan and Shaanxi food was a Wenchen named Lu Fayuan. This person has a very high level of public service, and he has been able to replace Zhang Jun very well, but who knows, as soon as this person arrives, he will be confused by the myriad things that this position has to accept.

All the squires, bandits, armies, officials, Jin Guo, and pseudo-Qi all have to be dealt with by him, and he has to solve them. In this way, as soon as the eyebrows and mustaches were grabbed, the money and food of the Western Army in Minzhou were delayed.

Facing the hungry and screaming subordinates below, Guan Shigu, who was the main general at the time, first begged for food in Hangzhou, but before he could follow up, it was already too late.

The following is about to mutiny, and Guan Shigu can only send troops to pseudo-Qi to grab food, but how can the hungry army win the battle, not surprisingly, this battle was defeated.

Guan Shigu could only surrender to the pseudo-Qi on his own. And the defense line from Minzhou to Jiezhou was almost broken.

This is the lethality of an incompetent associate to the army.

The officers of the Right Military Academy Captain Department have a very good long history, even if Xun Yu has to deal with a lot of affairs every day, they are still in order.

Xun You's outstanding performance naturally won the trust of Zhang Dan, Zhang Dan was a person who was good at acting as a talent, and he had recommended several talents to Zhang Chong.

Therefore, in the city, the high-level of the right military academy of the Taishan Army is very harmonious.

But this harmony was broken by an uninvited guest on this day.

……

only said that on this day, Zhang Dan was still inspecting the officials under the tent.

This is his habit, and he will walk around the army every day to see the real situation in the army. Compared with other people's verbal communication or written reports, Zhang Dan believes in his own eyes more.

The morale of the lieutenant department of the right army is very high, on the one hand, he fought a sky-high victory in Jize, and on the other hand, because of the red eyes, the three captains of the Northern Expedition ate a mouthful of oil.

When Zhang Dan walked to the first camp, he saw that the camp general Pan Zhang was standing in Yuanmen in person, waiting for Zhang Dan.

And behind Pan Zhang, there were rows of officials in helmets and armor, all looking at Zhang Dan with anticipation.

Seeing Pan Zhang, an old subordinate, Zhang Dan was also happy.

This original big river has already accumulated merit to the commander of a battalion, how long is this process? That's half a year. Behind this is not his Zhang Dan's credit, but this Pan Zhang's knife and shot.

And Pan Zhang's example also inspired the officials of the Right Military Academy Captain Department, who were convinced that our Taishan Army was a hero based on military merits, and it was not classified.

At the head of Pan Zhang's battalion, there are about 100 people who were born in the big river of the year, and the rest were expanded in most of the years. There are the original Han army soldiers, and there are Yanyu heroes, but more of them are field guards from the Heji region.

These soldiers from good families, with a certain amount of training, and the best of the best, have grown up thoroughly in the first battle of Jize.

At this time, under the leadership of the battalion general Pan Zhang, the military flag hunted and the fighting spirit was high.

Zhang Dan took Pan Zhang and others to patrol the army all the way, and recognized the morale of Pan Zhang's camp very much, and the smile on his face never stopped.

Pan Zhang, who was in the back, saw that the old chief was happy, and hurriedly asked:

"Captain, when are we going to destroy those mainland thieves? This vanguard can be our battalion. ”

Zhang Danqian glanced at Pan Zhang, knowing his careful thoughts, and scolded with a smile:

"With you, a big river thief, still afraid that this battle will not be fought without you?"

Pan Zhang accompanied him with a smirk, but muttered in his heart:

"Not necessarily. Brother Luo is also a big river water coward, and he is more old than my old Pan. With him, I really won't be able to get a fight. ”

The eldest brother Luo that Pan Zhang thought in his heart was naturally his sworn brother Luo Gang, and now he is Zhang Dan's general.

But seeing that the old chief was hiding, Pan Zhang couldn't continue to talk, so he could only follow Zhang Dan to continue patrolling.

Of course, Zhang Dan knew Pan Zhang's thoughts, that is, he was eager to fight.

But unlike what Pan Zhang and others will think, this time to exterminate the mainland water thieves is not to fight bravely, but to outwit.

You have to know how many water cowards there are in this continent? With the 5,000 elites under his command, twice as many thieves would not be enough for them to kill.

But Zhang Dan knew from Qu Shuai that the reason why the water thieves on the mainland have been inexhaustible is because of the two problems of geography and human feelings.

If you want to enter Ze, but this Daze is vast, how can you, a foreign soldier, be more familiar with geography than this person? Not to mention, there are all the eyes of the mainland water in the vicinity, and they are already passive in their actions.

Therefore, after Zhang Dan stayed in Ren County, he has been enduring the army.

He still remembered the advice Qu Shuai gave him.

More is saving, slow is fast.

What is more is saving? This is also what Zhang Dan asked Zhang Chong, and our Qu Shuai replied like this:

"Have you thought about why you want your 5,000 elite soldiers to go up, which can fight a decisive battle with the Han soldiers of several counties, so you can use it to fight a small water coward, isn't it a knife to kill chickens? Not to mention the food and straw consumed by this soldier. So, do you also think that this soldier is too much used? ”

was told by Zhang Chong to think about it, Zhang Dan could only nod.

Zhang Chong said with a smile:

So that's the first thing I said, more is province. It is easy to break the thief with many soldiers, but it is difficult to break the thief with few soldiers. And the most taboo thing about suppressing bandits is to delay for a long time, and after a long time, the confidence of the thieves will be out, and with the supply of various Han army forces behind, the thieves will fight stronger and stronger. At that time, the amount of grain and straw consumed will be even more than it is now, not to mention the loss of the prestige of our Taishan army. ”

Zhang Chong explained this, Zhang Dan understood, and thought in his heart, it was still Qu Shuaigao.

Then Zhang Chong explained the second sentence, what is slow is fast.

"This time the first priority is intelligence, and the second is to mobilize troops. Don't go to the bandits in the past, it looks like a quick battle but is like a headless fly, only when you do enough intelligence work, can you know what to suppress and what can be fought for. In this way, the capitulation faction can be co-opted to flank the diehards. Suppressing bandits is the most taboo, indiscriminately red and red, only brutal killing. In this way, the bandits will only be suppressed more and more. ”

It is precisely with these eight sentences that Zhang Chong gave to Zhang Dan that Zhang Dan has such determination.

Here, Zhang Dan had just finished patrolling Zhang Dan's camp and was about to go to Xie Bi to continue patrolling the camp. I saw Hu Bing coming and said that there was a messenger from outside the city who wanted to see Zhang Dan.

Zhang Dan's face was strange, when would a Shui Kou be able to send a messenger?

So, Zhang Dan returned to the military palace and met with the messenger here.

This Shui Kou looks like a decent person, dressed as a scholar, with a virtuous crown on his head, and claims to be the savage Du Chong.

After Du Chong entered, he was very respectful and praised Zhang Dan, especially when he saw that Zhang Dan was already such a high achievement, and it was even louder.

Zhang Dan didn't interrupt this person's nonsense, but after seeing him finish, he asked:

"What did you do when you entered the city?"

Na Du Chong was very humble, bowed his head and said:

"Came for the general as a gift."

As he spoke, he took out a gift slip from his sleeve pocket and was about to hand it to Zhang Dan.

I didn't know that this person's action of pulling out his sleeve pocket just now almost killed him, because many generals in the army had already silently pulled out their knives, and they were afraid that this person was a dead soldier who came to assassinate.

Hu Bing stepped forward to take the gift list, and after repeated checks, there was no problem, and Hu Bing handed it to Zhang Dan.

Zhang Dan looked at the above records, what ten white jade handles, five corals, in short, are some rare treasures. It seems that this continent Ze Shui Kou is really robbing a lot.

Putting the gift list aside, Zhang Dan asked with a smile:

"You're here to give gifts? What else? ”

Na Du Chong smiled dryly:

"The servant came at my request to be friends with the general. The head of my family admires the general and has always wanted to be friends with a hero like the general, and this gift is for the general. ”

When Zhang Dan heard this, he sneered:

"You're a thief who killed a plunderer, and you want to be my friend? What if I don't want to? ”

Who knew that after Zhang Dan said this, Du Chong, who had been respectful, slowly straightened his waist, and there was no humility to greet him before.

This person looked disdainful, took out a piece of bamboo from the other side of his pocket, pursed his mouth, and motioned to the soldier just now to show this thing to your general.

When the soldier saw that this man was condescending, he was furious in his heart, and he wanted to beat this person to death immediately. But Hu Bing held back, looked at this Du Chong with a cold face, and then took the bamboo piece in his hand and looked at it.

But just by looking at it, the soldier jumped up violently, punched Du Chong's eyes, and scolded:

"What a dog thief, you dare to insult my school captain."

The soldier's actions also startled a few colleagues on the side, and they came up to stand up to their comrades, but when they also saw the content of the bamboo piece, they couldn't help but fill this Du with an old fist like a wingman.

Du Chong was originally a scribe, and he was violently beaten by these soldiers, and he was almost beaten to the point of losing his breath.

Zhang Dan looked down leisurely, saw that it was almost, and then said lightly:

"Okay, show me the bamboo chips."

Only then did he stop the violence against Du Chong, and then Zhang Dan took the bamboo slice and saw that it was written:

"If you bring a handle, you will enter the battle. No war? Go back to the baby as soon as possible. ”

Zhang Dan sighed, disdainfully threw the bamboo piece on the desk, and said to Du Chong, who had been beaten in a trance:

"You go back and tell the head of your family, and say that I, Zhang Dan, have responded to this request. In a few days, you will lead the army into the thief, and the one in your family will be long, and see who has it. ”

Seeing that Du Chong was still in a trance, Zhang Dan said again:

"It stands to reason that the two armies will not fight each other. But it didn't say that you couldn't be beaten, just the way you looked just now, just being beaten up is also your blessing. If you change to my other robe, Ding Daqi, you will already die. Oh, by the way, just from this person's name, you know that this person has a handle or not. ”

Then Zhang Dan no longer had the patience to talk to this disgusting thing, and waved his hand to let him out.

As for the several boxes of treasures sent by this person, they were left by Zhang Dan.

When Du Chong and a few companions were kicked out of the city in a daze. Du Chong changed his previous tragic situation, looked at the apricot yellow flag fluttering in the city, and sneered.

The companion on the side was puzzled and asked:

"Superintendent, why are you laughing?"

Superintendent? Isn't this the great job of the Han family? What's going on here.

That's right, this Du Chong is actually a Han official sent by the Hejian Kingdom to Juluze to contact Shui Kou. Under the gold and silver opening, this person is also a guest in Zenai.

This time, he learned that the leader of the Black Horse Kou wanted to send someone out of Ze to touch the Taishan army, so he took the initiative to ask for help. He also wanted to take this opportunity to see the reality of the Taishan army.

It's just this look, that's what it is?

Du Chong's evaluation of the person named Zhang Dan is very low, just an ordinary arrogant doll. Greed, violence, and not controlling anger are all taboos for generals, and this person has them, and it can be seen that he is a general of the defeated army.

However, this person can win the hearts of the people, and those soldiers still know that the lord is humiliated and shameful, so they don't need to be ordered by Zhang Dan to come forward and beat him. But that's it, after all, who doesn't have one or two henchmen?

Touching the bruises on his face, Du Chong's eyes were dark, he glanced deeply at Zhang Dan's direction, and then took people back.

And over there, Du Chong had just been driven away, and those present such as Wei Zhou, Xie Bi, Pan Zhang, Wang Zhang, Luo Gang, etc., were already filled with righteous indignation and took the initiative to ask Ying to suppress the bandits.

Especially Pan Zhang, who is the most temperamental one here, has turned pale with anger, and he said to Zhang Dan at the top:

"Captain, when did we ever get such a bird spirit? Please ask the captain to allow me to take the headquarters, and I will screw off the head of the black horse thief and give it to the captain in three days. ”

Pan Zhang's side asked for battle, and Xie Bi on the side replied lightly:

"What's the hurry, you are bringing thousands of people into Ze like this, are you killing thieves or do you want to be killed? This continent is not as simple as you think, and you don't retreat. ”

In the face of Xie Bi's reprimand, Pan Zhang's face changed directly from white to red.

He opened his mouth and saw that Luo Gang on the opposite side gave him a look, so he couldn't help but say:

"Sima Xie is right, it's my old Pan Menglang."

Although Pan Zhang is horizontal, he still knows what kind of person this Xie Bi is.

It can be said that Xie Bi is not only a veteran rescued by Qu Shuai himself, but also one of the best wise generals in the army, he really has no confidence to blow up thorns with Xie Bi.

But Pan Zhang is not a good person, he remembers that the captain was held hostage by the sacrificial grandson before, and it was this person who first said that he wanted to bring the troops back and give up Zhang Dan.

Thinking of this, Pan Zhangxin snorted, to see how long this person could be arrogant.

Xie Bi didn't care about the wild boar-like Pan Zhang, but said to Zhang Dan:

"Captain, this one is called Du Chong, I think it should be from the nearby Han army. It seems that the counties of Hebei also want to take a trip to this troubled water. ”

When Zhang Dan heard this, he laughed and said heroically:

"I'm afraid that the water is not muddy, and the mudier it is, the better it will be for me to catch fish."

After speaking, Zhang Dan said to Xun You:

"Is it all ready there?"

Behind Xun You was a flying soldier carrying the flag, and when he heard this, he whispered to Xun You.

Then Xun Yu stepped forward calmly:

"Everything is under control."

Hearing this, Zhang Danteng stood up and was categorical:

"Then close the net for me."

(End of chapter)