There are two Changbai Mountains in China, the larger one lies in the eastern part of Northeast China, is the highest mountain system on the eastern edge of the Eurasian continent, and the four major water systems of Songhua River, Tumen River, Yalu River and Suifen River all come from here, which is the Great Changbai.

In Shandong, there is also a small Changbai, also known as Changzai Mountain or Changzai Mountain, this is much smaller, even Zibo, Jinan and Binzhou.

Wang Bo just ran into this Changbai Mountain.

The reason why Zhang Xutuo urgently recruited troops was to receive a tip-off that Wang Bo planned to attack Zouping County, north of Changbai Mountain.

The grain comes from the townships below the county seat, but the granary is in the county seat, how much can you rob the people? Grabbing the granary is the truth, and then it is the turn of the small landlords in the township.

At present, the rebel army is already powerful, more than 10,000 people, has gone to Zouping County, Wang Bo's hometown is Zouping County, this kid first beat his father and fellow villagers, because he knows the county, who has money and who has no money, he is clear.

Zhang Xutuo has experience in countering the rebellion, and knows that the thief will capture the king first, as long as Wang Bo is killed, this rebel army will be a plate of scattered sand.

He spread the news to the outside world, threatening that he would lead an army of 20,000 and be ordered to catch thieves and bewitched civilians, and return home as soon as possible without being held accountable.

In normal times, these words may still have some effect, but at the moment, the people can't live, and it doesn't matter if you are held accountable or not.

When he led the army to Zouping County, the county seat had been breached, a number of officials were killed, and the wealthy merchants were looted.

The rebels burn and loot, they don't distinguish between people, and even kill their own people, the current Wang Bo is still in the early stage of the rebellion, and he doesn't know how to restrain his subordinates, after all, he is a blacksmith, let him restrain military discipline, that is a difficult person.

But in history, Wang Bo in the later period was still quite disciplined, because at that time, he had already joined many children of the family under his command, and the overall quality of his troops was still very considerable at that time.

Illiterate rough people are responsible for killing people, and scholars are dog-headed military advisors, which is the standard for rebellion.

Half of Zouping County has been burned to rubble, and Zhang Xutuo looked at such a scene, and he also hated it in his heart.

However, he marched all the way, and the soldiers were already extremely tired, and now they needed to rest and recuperate before they could continue to pursue the enemy.

"Rest here for the night tonight, and then go to Linji tomorrow," Zhang Xutuo commanded.

His son Zhang Yuanbei has friends in Zouping County, but at the other party's house, there is still black smoke everywhere, the fire has not been extinguished, and there is no one inside.

I only heard him hate: "The traitor is hateful, killing one side, but a few temples in the city are safe and sound, which shows that he is also afraid of retribution." ”

"This is where the advantages and disadvantages of the enemy lie in me," Zhang Xutuo said in a deep voice: "Thieves can do whatever it takes, but I can't, don't you catch some thieves in the city?" How's the interrogation going? ”

Zhang Yuanbei smiled bitterly and said, "What kind of thief?" It is the farmers in the nearby townships of Zouping County, who can't eat and follow the king thief to do evil, rob the red eye in the city, and don't keep up with most of the thief army, when they catch them, they don't know that the king thief has run away, but they also try out something, I heard that the king thief Changbai Mountain's nest is no longer wanted, and he plans to eat the county seat, Linji County, I'm afraid it will be the next Zouping County. ”

Wang Bo's banner is to follow him to have food, does Changbai Mountain have food? There were only grass and stones, so after using this excuse to recruit enough manpower, the next step was to get food.

Zhang Xutuo said in a deep voice: "Show the heads of these people to the public and hang them on the city gate." ”

With that, he began to discuss with the other generals.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the five thousand men and horses under him are rabble, and there are also two thousand people with armaments, and the rest are farm tools and sticks.

The military government of the Great Sui Dynasty originally stored the ordnance of the government soldiers, but the arsenal of the military government was relatively dark, and two things were lost in three days, plus Zhang Xutuo led the troops north to Bohai County to quell the rebellion, and a batch was consumed, and most of the warehouses of all the military offices of Qi County were empty.

For this situation, Zhang Xutuo has no choice, if he wants to use people, he must tolerate their shortcomings, otherwise there will be no one available.

The current 5,000 soldiers, in today's difficult situation, are very difficult to restrain them, so Zhang Xutuo wants to break them up, one place and one place can't get together, and they must be stationed in the military academy to be responsible for commanding these people.

He really relied on the more than 1,000 people in the military government, as long as this army was not broken up during the decisive battle, the chance of victory would be great.

It's a pity, Yang Xuangan's part of sending food, he begged several times, but people refused to stay, if these people can help, why should Wang Bo worry?

After resting for the night, the next day, Zhang Xutuo led his army on the road.

After walking for a day, halfway through, he received news that the king thief had conquered Linji County, and this time, the other party did not burn and loot in the city, but built the city, and had the situation of occupying the city as the king.

Zhang Xutuo suddenly felt that something was wrong and immediately ordered the march to be stopped.

This is the strength of the people, they are 5,000 people, they can fight, but it is not easy to fight the county.

The key reason is that the siege has always suffered great losses, if the army is one, it is good to say, at present, his subordinates are all temporarily recruited peasant households, once the siege is not smooth, this army will not be easy to control.

And they also carry grain and grass, and the rebels in Linji City are probably also probing their movements, if they go any further, they will be beaten by others to be unprepared, and he will be finished.

So Zhang Xutuo ordered the army to settle in the township, and also began to build a camp, and then sent sentinels to spy on the military situation.

The two sides were separated by twenty miles, stalemate with each other, only a skirmish after the sentinel encountered, and other than that, the wind and waves were calm.

However, three days later, a person came from the direction of Linji County.

Zhang Yuanbei knew this person, because this person was the entourage of his friend Cheng Luoming in Linji County.

"My eldest man has been killed by thieves, and Erlang is still in the city now, and I hope that the general will remember the past and go to the rescue," the Luo family retinue cried.

Luo Ming was born in Licheng Luo, and Licheng is the capital of Qi County, so he has a deep friendship with Zhang Yuanbei, who lives in Licheng all the year round.

His Linji County Cheng was recommended by Zhang Xutuo.

Now that he heard the bad news, Zhang Yuanbei was also furious: "Where is Shixin hidden? ”

"Hiding in the house of a tenant of my family, pretending to be his son, and escaping for the time being," the retinue said.

Shixin, that is, Luo Shixin, is twelve years old this year, and in history, he began to follow Zhang Xutuo at the age of fourteen, and has made many military exploits.

But right now, his life is very dangerous, after all, there is a sentence in Wang Bo's slogan: Kill the faint monarch and dirty officials.

As Luo Erlang, who is the brother of the county Cheng, he is naturally also on the must-kill list, as for the dirty officials, in the eyes of the rebellious people, all the officials are stolen officials, and it is right to kill.

"What is the current situation in the county?" Zhang Xutuo asked.

The entourage said: "None of the rich families survived, but there is still a shortage of food in the city, and the king thief is constantly sending people to loot the surrounding villages and transport grain to the city." ”

"Can you blend in?" Zhang Xutuo asked.

The entourage thought for a while and said: "In Lu Township in the north of the county, there are 100 acres of fertile land for my family, and I have always collected the rent there, I can pretend to be a tenant there to defect to the enemy army, and it should not be difficult to sneak into the city." ”

Zhang Xutuo pondered for a moment, looked at his henchman Xiong Baodao:

"You take some people with a Linji accent, go with him, disguise yourself as a tenant and sneak into the city, and within three days, find a way to break the bolt of the south gate and set fire to it, and I will lead the army into the city."

"Humble command!" Xiong Bao has followed Zhang Xutuo for many years, and he is also the record of the Hussar Mansion of Qi County to join the army.

Then, Zhang Xutuo said to his son: "You take two hundred people, go forward and station in Yaokou Village, keep an eye on the direction of the county seat, and as soon as you see the fire, you will rush inside." ”

"Okay," Zhang Yuanbei agreed very happily.

This is the tacit understanding of the father and son, one dares to order, and the other really dares to go.

At present, Jibei County, located in the southwest of Qi County, is also in chaos, but there are no rebels like Wang Bo here, most of them are raging bandits.

But there are too many bandits here.

However, the military government of Jibei County, all the troops were hoarded in Lu County, and they did not go outside to suppress bandits at all.

In Dong'e County, there was a young man named Cheng Yanjin, who gathered 800 people, repelled several waves of bandits, and was promoted to the lieutenant of Dong'e County by the Taishou of Jibei, and asked the court as a reward.

Ordinary people, Cui Luo will not ask the court to reward the other party, because there is no benefit, but Cheng Biting Jin is not an ordinary person.

His father used to be the Taishou of Dongping County in the south of Jibei County, and he had been working for more than ten years, and he used to be called the governor of Jeju, but his father had passed away.

His grandfather, his grandfather, are all Qi ministers, and the officials are not young, and his father-in-law is the grandson Lu'er of Dong'e County.

The reason why Cheng Yanjin is sticking to Dong'e City is, firstly, this is his hometown, and his family is in the city, and secondly, his eldest son has just been born, and he will not allow his wife and son to have an accident.

Now in Dong'e City, the soldiers are all under his control, and the old man is about to be hollowed out by him.

This is normal, when the army is in chaos, it is the army that has the final say.

Back home, Cheng Yanjin took off the refined armor that he bought through the door, and after stroking it for a while, he came to the bedside, lifted his son above his head, and laughed:

"Baojia, Baojia, your grandfather, I am now the hussar general of the Jibei Military Mansion, you kid will be able to touch Lao Tzu's light in the future."

The eldest son's name is Cheng Chumo, and when he was born, it happened that Cheng Yanjin got the refined armor, so he directly gave his son a nickname called Bao Jia.

His wife Sun frowned and shook her head: "Don't hold him like this, he can't stand your strength." ”

Cheng Yanjin smiled, handed his son to his wife, and said with a smile:

"If you don't have any strength, how can you go into battle and kill thieves? Boy, you should be born with a dragon spirit and a tiger, strong and mighty, you have to feed my son well, and the treasure armor must be taller and bigger than me in the future. ”

In fact, Cheng Yanjin was not strong in his early years, that is, he frequently fought with bandits during these days, he was too tired, he ate a lot, and after two months of hard work, the muscles on his body had already risen, and he looked very powerful.

His weapon is not a gossip Xuanhua axe, but a horse lance on the horse, and a Mo knife on the horse, he is one year younger than Yang Ming, and in two months, there are seventy-four thieves in the military tent.

He's a ruthless man. (End of chapter)