Guo Jia and his entourage arrived in Xishui County early in the morning, and before they settled down in the city, the results of the battle of Yunxian had already been reported, and Guo Jia immediately returned to Yunxian with the flying demonic beast.

Leng Zhuo was counting the battlefield seizures, and at the same time sent people to monitor the movements around Yun County, and temporarily got a short respite.

"Young master!"

"The military division, the military division came back just in time, Yunxian County is temporarily defended, the Holy Sect army was defeated and retreated to Dongping County, it is estimated that there will be no time to regroup, even if the remnants of the army are defeated, it is estimated that the morale has been very low, don't worry about it for the time being!"

"Now it's only the news from the north and the south, but before the news comes back, we have to transport back the large number of captured Holy Sect soldiers, and we also have to screen out the Holy Sect believers among them, and find a way to convert them into our own soldiers and horses!"

"Leave this matter to me!" Guo Jia took the initiative to undertake.

In Xiangshan County, the battle between the two sides is not too fierce, in Pingyao City, after Ma Chao occupied here, he began to strengthen the city defense, Ma Chao's troops were not much, counting the rear troops, it was only 4,000 people, and in Pingyao it was less than 2,000.

Although there are 1,000 soldiers and horses that are the most elite Xiliang iron cavalry under Ma Chao, although this cavalry has been psychic, they are all at the level of apprentices, because there is no suitable Warcraft to replace, so after summoning a number of generals in Yunxian County, Leng Zhuo's strength has increased greatly, and he sent Pei Yuanqing, Wang Yanzhang and Xie Xuansan to Xiangshan to help Ma Chao on this way.

The second general of the hundred generals: Xie Xuan, a famous general of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, wind spirit body, equipment: Sancai treasure armor. Weapons: Three-talent star-grabbing sword, crotch mount: curly "hairy" beast, subordinates: Beifu elite soldiers (300 iron cavalry, 600 foot soldiers). Xie Xuan is a general in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the most famous is the Battle of Weishui, Xie Xuan defeated the former Qin Fu Jianwan army with a weak brigade, and made great achievements for the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and Xie Xuan has the talent to govern the country strategically, once supervised the military and political affairs of the seven states, which can be described as prominent, and the Eastern Jin Dynasty has him and has been stable for more than three years.

Although Ma Chao is also a brave general, when it comes to personal force, he can be ranked among the top 100 generals, but he is far inferior to Xie Xuan in terms of military planning, this is the difference between a general and a handsome, although Xiangshan is still dominated by Ma Chao, but Leng Zhuo asked Xie Xuan to help the staff.

With Xie Xuan joining, the strength has been improved, and there are Pei Yuanqing and Wang Yanzhang, two fierce generals on the side, the combat power of Pingyao County is not weak, and after Xie Xuan arrived in Pingyao, he did several things. But it was to let the emperor ** gain a firm foothold in Pingyao.

Get up, this also starts when Ma Chao entered Pingyao County, defeated the Holy Sect Army that had entered the city, and the rebels in the city, and the first household in Pingyao County at that time, the daughter of the local Zheng family, was abducted all the way into the city by Ma Chao.

Zheng Sanbao's anger finally recovered, regardless of the dissuasion from the left and right, got up, this is also from the time when Ma Chao entered Pingyao County, defeated the Holy Sect Army that had entered the city, and the rebels in the city, and at that time, the first household in Pingyao County, the daughter of the local Wang family Zheng was abducted all the way into the city by Ma Chao, Zheng Sanbao's panting finally recovered, regardless of the dissuasion left and right, he resolutely returned to the city and found Zheng Yiniang who followed Ma Chao.

Zheng San* Bao can become the richest man in Pingyao, a big family valve, naturally he is extremely shrewd, and he understands what he understands with his daughter's demeanor, and Ma Chaoren is tall, handsome, and strong, at least he is a strong man with the earth spirit, which can be described as a promising future, but the situation of the Zheng family is not too good

Before, the Zheng family organized large gate lords and built their own local soldiers and horses, although they did not raise the anti-flag, but they did not intend to continue to obey the orders of the empire, although this was for self-preservation, but as long as they were not fools, they understood what they were doing, and when they agreed, although he did not agree, but he did not object, in fact, he also had a trace of luck.

However, at the moment, the emperor ** seems to be going back again, and it is difficult to guarantee that it will not be liquidated, and at this moment, Pingyao City, but people are counting, if they really want to raid your house, they will directly give you a charge of conspiracy and rebellion, which is enough to kill your nine clans, and the family wealth will be divided.

Zheng San* has a daughter, so sooner or later this business will be handed over to the future son-in-law, so Zheng San* Bao thought about it in his heart, instead of being deducted, killing the whole family, and confiscating property, it is better to marry his daughter to the other party, although it is also considered to be a family wealth, but the result is very different.

So Zheng Sanbao began to operate, but Ma Chao didn't eat Zheng Sanbao's set, if it weren't for Xie Xuanlai's coincidence, no, Ma Chao would be annoyed by Zheng Sanbao and directly cut it down, I've seen a scoundrel, I've never seen such a scoundrel. Xie Xuan arrived, only a little understanding of the situation, and he had a clear understanding of the situation, but in the end, Ma Chao was required for this matter, so Xie Xuan first persuaded Zheng Sanbao away, and then chatted with Ma Chao, although Ma Chao is a little smart, but in the end he is a fierce general:

Playing tricks, making up his heart, where will he be Xie Xuan's opponent, he was pulled by Xie Xuandong to talk about it, and finally it was about the Zheng family, it seems that Ma Chao did not marry Zheng Yiniang, so he made a big mistake and delayed the young master's plan, in short, Ma Chao was stunned for a moment, and finally nodded inexplicably and agreed.

Of course, this Zheng Yiniang is not ugly, she can even be very beautiful, and as the sister of a rich family, she is knowledgeable and gentle, she has hugged and hugged her before, and she has hugged it, and she has hugged it, thinking about it, it is not without a feeling, even if it is done.

Ma Chao is at this point, the benefits are obvious, he has become the son-in-law of the Zheng family, how can Zheng Sanbao not help, this helping son-in-law is helping himself, the family, what else is bad

After all, the Zheng family has a century-old foundation in Pingyao, and in the locality, it is not the same, it is almost the same, otherwise how could the Zheng family attract so many people and follow him to raise troops, Xie Xuan walked around a few times, and Zheng Sanbao came forward to do what was originally a headache.

No, the soldiers of the various gate lords who were killed with the rebels and the Holy Sect Army before, as well as the young men who were recruited, directly turned into Ma Chao's command, and Ma Chao, who was still short of soldiers and food, broke seven thousand soldiers and horses in his hand at once, and the military rations, logistics and the like were directly placed in an orderly manner.

When building the city defense, there is no need to pull people hard Baal, someone directly arranges it, and there are soldiers and food in hand, but it is a bit wasteful to just defend Pingyao, so Xie Xuan gathered several generals in Pingyao City together and abandoned them

"Send troops?" Ma Chao was also shocked when he heard what Xie Xuan said, but then said, "Will it be arranged with the young master...... Xie Xuan shook his head and said: "I know the young master's plan, and the purpose of deploying troops in Xiangshan, Dongping, Wushan, and even Nanhu in the north is to hold Xiangshui as much as possible, even if it can't be held, it is necessary to frustrate the sharp spirit of the Holy Sect Army and let it restrain somewhat! ”

"And all the plans are based on this, the general occupies Pingyao in order to pull out the defense line, so that the rear has a room to maneuver, and Pingyao is regarded as a bridgehead, which can be defended. If you can't hold it, you can withdraw, mine is right!"

Ma Chao nodded, but Xie Xuan continued: "This is your previous plan, because at that time, General Ma, the troops in your hands were only less than 4,000 troops, and this division of troops has fewer troops in your hands, but the enemy in front of you is not less than 10,000, and it is even increasing!"

"But the current situation is very different, although the number of the Holy Sect Army has increased, but with the help of your father-in-law, our soldiers and horses have also been greatly enhanced, and there are also General Pei and General Wang, the gap between us and the Holy Sect Army is not very large, the number, maybe the other party is still three or four times our people, but from the news of the exploration, most of the soldiers and horses of the Holy Sect Army are Imperial troops, the place is young and strong, and the elite belonging to the Holy Sect is not even more than a thousand!"

"There are many local soldiers, but they are a steaming rabble, and there are many banners, and the command is bound to be chaotic, so we send troops to attack, and the other side will definitely not expect it! At that time, even if the other side has many soldiers, it will only be a flock of ducks!"

"General Xie is right, just hit him with feathers! With my overlord golden beetle taking the lead, it will definitely be like a bamboo, no one can stop it, and it will be no problem to sweep away the enemy army!" Pei Yuanqing said directly patting his chest.

"The news from the Tancai that the enemy in front of us seems to have only more than 100 beast cavalry, which should not be difficult to deal with, as long as this elite is gnawed, the other party should have no strength that can stop the horse general's iron cavalry!" Wang Yanzhang groaned and said, obviously he also agreed to send troops.

The three of them all had the intention of sending troops, and Ma Chao naturally agreed in his heart, after all, he preferred to take the initiative to attack rather than stay in this city: "Since everyone thinks so, then we will take the initiative!"

"The Holy Sect army is now gathered in Zhouzhuang, less than seven miles southwest of us, from the news that came back yesterday, in the vicinity of Zhou County, at least no less than 20,000 Holy Sect troops have gathered, the number may be large, after all, the other party has too many banners, and the number of soldiers and horses under his command is more or less, but no matter how many soldiers and horses the other party has, as long as we cut through the enemy camp, it should be easy to defeat the other party!"

"The key is to grasp the time, and there is **, although Pingyao is occupied by us, there are still spies in ambush from the Holy Sect in the city, so we have to make some arrangements before we send out troops. ”

"The terrain of Zhouzhuang is slightly higher in the northeast, surrounded by hills, woods, west, and south in front of Pingchuan, the Holy Sect Army knows that Pingyao has us, so it sent a lot of exploration horses to the northeast, and also set up some obstacles, as well as some soldiers and horses to defend the main official road, so from the northwest of Zhouzhuang, the west launched an attack, and this requires us to climb over the hills in the southwest of Xiangshan, fortunately, this section is not precipitous, the time to send troops is late, with a day, rushed to the periphery of Zhouzhuang, and suddenly launched an attack in the early morning! Is there a problem?"

"In that case, it will be difficult for the cavalry to pass?"

"I've already asked the local 'medicine' farmer, there is a road in the mountains, you can walk, but you have to pass through two ditches between them, but we can build tenons, it shouldn't be too much of a problem!"

"In that case, let's do it!"

"In the name of training soldiers and horses, we will successively transfer troops out of the city, and then camp outside the city, and from today onwards, a curfew will be imposed in the evening! At the same time, we will increase the exploration of horses in the southwest direction, and send out raids, and the main force will move tomorrow night!"

The four of them have no objections, and the next thing is to act, with Xie Xuan transferred from it, Ma Chao and the others don't need to use their brains, as long as they do what they are told, the three of them don't have any complaints. And if you want to disappear suddenly and not be discovered, Zheng Sanbao's help is naturally indispensable.

An operation to hide from the sky and cross the sea and detour the rear began in Pingyao County. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come - green @ "color" #¥& net - to vote for recommendations, monthly passes, your support is my biggest motivation. ）