Zhang Xutuo guarded Qi County and was responsible for keeping an eye on the four counties of Wuyang, Qinghe, Pingyuan, and Bohai.

This man was very pragmatic, and after serving as an envoy, he knew that this errand was not easy to do, so he contacted the local wealthy merchants early to raise money, and recruited a team of 2,000 people, armaments and horses, which were also supplied by the local family.

In this way, the number of soldiers he can mobilize at the moment, plus the guards of the military government, is as high as 4,000.

Every day he will personally train the army, although the Qi County area complains for a long time, and they all call him a cool official, but I have to say that because of his existence, the four counties in the southeast of Hebei are currently quite stable.

The daily training of 4,000 people is extremely costly, after all, the amount of food is different between working and not working.

In order to ensure the supply of grain and grass for the guards, Zhang Xutuo directly charged him with indiscriminate charges at the beginning, raided the homes of three wealthy merchants in the area of Qi County, and swallowed 80,000 stone of grain in one go.

Large and slow, it can be plundered by the people, and small and urgent, which can be plundered by business.

At this moment, the remaining families were frightened, and then when Zhang Xutuo went to negotiate with them again, it was much easier, and everyone became more active.

After all, it was an envoy, and it was impossible for the locals not to be afraid of him.

Holding the festival, holding is the festival, the festival is the flag, to reward, the festival is a copper stick, to kill, so that the festival is also the prototype of the later festival.

However, the envelope against Zhang Xutuo is also vast, but Yang Ming and Yang Yong have turned a blind eye to it.

Doing extraordinary things in extraordinary times, Zhang Xutuo did the right thing.

As the old saying goes: Fathers and sons go into battle, why is there this sentence, because many famous generals in ancient China took their sons into battle.

Yang Su has brought it, Shi Wansui has brought it, He Ruobi has also brought it, and Li Yuan has even more so.

Because having a son by your side will increase your sense of security, after all, you are getting older as a father.

Zhang Xutuo has only one son, Zhang Yuanbei, who is now also a general.

The county guarded the yamen, and Zhang Yuanbei sent an urgent military message to Zhang Xutuo.

Bohai County around the county lieutenant killed the county order, welcomed Gao Yingnian's rebels into the city, the capital Yangxin County Cheng Gao pestle, and privately detained the county to guard Gao Sheng Road, echoing Gao Yingnian from afar.

Zhang Xutuo slapped the table and said angrily: "Such an anti-minister and thief, since he eats the king, can An do such a rebellious thing?" ”

"What does my father think? At present, the soldiers of Bohai County are bloodless and have been taken by the rebels, if we can't go north to suppress it, I'm afraid that the King of Qi will ask for the guilt," Zhang Yuanbei frowned and said: "But we went, if the Qinghe counties were in chaos again, how would it be good?" ”

Zhang Xutuo's face was gloomy and terrifying, and he said in a deep voice: "The rebels attack the Bohai Sea, there must be a plan, recently some fishermen have reported that Goguryeo boats are often dragged on the sea, I am afraid that they will collude with the rebels, and the foreign affairs are big, so they must send troops." ”

Zhang Yuanbei asked, "What about the sea?" We don't care? ”

"Inform the Taishou from the east and ask him to send sailors to drive the ships at sea, and don't fight until the last resort," Zhang Xutuo commanded.

Donglai County, that is, the area of Yantai and Weihai in Shandong, is the largest coastal naval division base in the Great Sui, with more than 100 warships.

The sailors of the Great Sui have a problem, that is, there are not many ships in peacetime, and only when they plan to start a war, they will temporarily build some, and when the war is over, they will not spend a lot of money on maintenance, so that the sailors of the Great Sui are useless.

This little ship in Donglai County was also built in the eighteenth year of the emperor's reign, when Yang Liang fought Goguryeo, and the head of the navy at that time was Zhou Luoyu.

And Donglai Taishou is Shi Yun, the younger brother of Zuo Xiaowei's general Shi Shen, who has a good relationship with Zhang Xutuo.

Next, Zhang Xutuo began to reorganize the army, and all the soldiers of several military governments were requisitioned, and a batch of grain and grass was quietly sent to Sunjia Town in Gaoyuan County (Zouping City) in advance to hide.

Gao Yingnian's rebel army is not easy to fight, so Zhang Xutuo believes that most of them will not be able to be killed quickly, so the grain and grass must be prepared.

At present, in the entire Qi County, the nobles and ordinary people are thrifty in food and clothing, but only the 4,000 people in the military government are full of food.

Five days later, Zhang Xutuo personally led his army north.

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The left and right Yiwei are the two largest military palaces of the Sixteen Guards, with the highest quality of soldiers and the best equipment, with a full strength of 36,000 people.

Yuwen Shu is in a hurry, he knows that this mess in Hebei must be cleaned up as soon as possible, who let himself be tied to a rope with Yang Yong?

So he invited Yang Guang, hoping to change positions with Laihu'er, he went to Zhuojun, and Laihu'er went to Jinyang.

Yang Guang was accurate.

So Yuwenshu took the 36,000 elites who were reorganized, marched quickly, and went to Zhuojun.

After receiving the news, Zhuojun Taishou Yuan Hongji directly dispatched 10,000 troops from the border to the south and went straight to the Heruomi Department in Hejian County.

After he leaves, there will be a short vacuum in Zhuojun, and it will take about ten days or so for Yuwen Shu to lead the army to arrive.

It's not that he wasn't cautious enough, in fact, he calculated the time, after all, if Goguryeo wants to commit a border, he first has to fight Liaodong County and cross the Hexi Corridor.

At present, Hejian County, He Ruomi has not left, although he has recruited some people who ran down from the canal and gathered thousands of people, but he has no strength to go to Changlu County to harass him, and he stays to monitor the movements of Zhuo County.

The main reason is that he can't run anymore, and now he is waiting for the pursuers to kill, and then he will run away from the opposite direction, and now he can't run around, so as not to collide directly with Wei Fengnian like last time.

Yu Juluo, Qiao Zhongkui, and Shi Huaiyi joined forces in Xindu County, and sent scouts to inquire about the rebels.

"He Ruomi is still in Hejian County, Gao Yingnian and Hu Lu Shanye went to Bohai, it seems that King Qin's guess is correct, this group of traitors should collude with Goguryeo," Shi Huaiyi pointed to the map and said: "That Gao Yingnian claims to be an orphan of the old Qi clan, the great-grandson of Gao Xiang, the king of Kangmu in Gaoyang, and he doesn't know if it's true or not, and now he dares to recognize his ancestors if he is surnamed Gao." ”

"Really? It really deserves to be killed," Qiao Zhongkui looked at Yu Juluo and said, "Duke Gaotang (title) thinks that the rebels have gone to the Bohai Sea, will Zhang Xutuo send troops?" ”

After pondering for a while, Yu Juluo nodded and said: "Most likely, now that Hebei is in rebellion, there will be Gao Yingnian left, after exterminating this thief, after another month and a half, the canal will be completed, and the three of you and I will be able to make a difference." ”

Shi Huaiyi said: "Then shouldn't we go east as soon as possible and fight with Zhang Xutuo in the north and south?" ”

Yu Juluo nodded and said: "Now that the decisive battle has been completed, the suppression of the rebellion is a matter of the month, Huaiyi and I led five thousand people east to the Bohai Sea, Zhong Kui led the troops to the north and killed that He Ruomi." ”

"The last general commands!" Qiao Zhongkui said.

Both of them are too guards, but Yujuluo has the title of Duke of Gaotang County, and he is an envoy, so he is at least two levels higher than Qiao Zhongkui, but he is on the same level as Shi Huaiyi.

Because Shi Huaiyi is now the prince of Taiping County.

The overall situation is basically settled, and it is only a matter of time before Gao Yingnian rebels in northern Hebei and suppresses it.

And in Ji County in the south, the troublemakers are purely some ordinary people, and the 4,000 people of Yu Wenhua are similar to the bandits crossing the border, and they grab wherever they go, wrong, they are more bandits than bandits.

The grain and livestock in the people's homes have basically been looted, and the good name is borrowed.

And it is indeed an IOU to the township, it depends on whether the township dares to let the court pay it back in the future.

This practice is also to plug the mouth of the above, not the mouth of the person below, and the person below is not a person.

Yu Wenhua couldn't help it, Yang Jian didn't give him food, and he couldn't let the soldiers under his command go hungry, the soldiers were hungry, and his own personal safety was in danger.

As soon as he left Ji County, the back of his butt was on fire, and after thinking about it, Yu Wenhua still decided to return to Ji County to suppress the civil unrest.

Because the chaos in the north has nothing to do with him, he didn't provoke it, but he is the culprit of the chaos in Jijun.

Yang Huang, the general of the cavalry under his command, had just slaughtered three villages, and after returning to Yu Wenhua and his side, he said with a bitter face:

"If you continue to kill like this, once the matter is revealed, I am afraid that you will lose your head."

Yu Wenhua and Linxia Town, Tangyin County, said with a smile: "Remember, those people were killed by bandits, and they have nothing to do with you, they are all bandits." ”

Yang Huang was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly nodded: "The general is right, it is the bandits who ravage the countryside and slaughter the people. ”

Yu Wenhua knows in his heart that he doesn't look at himself as being covered by his father and protected by the King of Qi, but in the future, if the King of Qin holds on to him, he has to treat him, and the affairs of Jijun may leave a truth, so he suppressed the civil unrest and also slaughtered those townships who had played IOUs.

That way, you won't be caught.

Killing so many people, and most of them are civilians, he doesn't care at all, who is good at the beginning, that's nonsense, conscience, you were born with it, that is, you were born, and you will not have it in the future.

At this time, a scout sent an urgent delivery, which was an urgent letter from outside the country.

After reading it, Yu Wenhua instructed the generals in the house: "Tangyin County is almost over, let's continue to go south, solve the matter of Ji County as soon as possible, and return to Dong County." ”

A general asked, "Don't you want to believe in the capital?" ”

Yu Wenhua nodded and smiled: "Xu Guogong has led Zuo Yiwei to Zhuo County, Hebei will stop soon, and we have nothing to do." ”

The generals were overjoyed and relaxed.

As long as there is no war, it is a good thing, who wants to take that risk?

"Our military rations are only enough for three days, either we can leave now, or we have to borrow some more," said a general.

Yu Wenhua waved his hand indifferently: "I have borrowed so much, and it is not bad for these few times, but remember, if the tail is cleaned, the canal is about to be completed, and the real hard days have just begun." ”

Yang Huang was curious: "Isn't it a good thing that the canal is completed?" At that time, everyone will have no burden on them, and they will be relaxed. ”

Yu Wenhua twisted his neck and said: "The rebellion in Hebei, the King of Qin will inevitably catch it, we have been involved, and we will also be targeted by the King of Qin in the future, you all have a preparation, remember, the matter of Jijun, if it leaks out, it will be a death, and no one can protect you." ”

When the generals heard this, they looked at each other, only to feel that they were cold all over their bodies, and their lives were at stake, and they didn't dare to talk nonsense when they were killed.

Yu Wenhua looked at everyone's expressions, and felt a lot more relieved.

Among these people are his henchmen, but there are also generals of the local military government, and they must be made aware of the stakes so that they will not be burned in the future.

He knew that the King of Qin would definitely settle the account of Hebei with the King of Qi.