Just as Xue Shui worried, it was cloudy and sunny, half of northern Henan, and the places where it had snowed were all frozen, and the foot soldiers could say that they could stagger, but the war horses and baggage were difficult.

Later, it was an unknown junior in the army who took off his cotton overcoat and wrapped it around the horse's hooves, which played a good anti-slip effect, so people followed suit.

Linen products and silk fabrics are not non-slip, only cotton cloth can.

Moreover, everyone on the march cannot ride a horse, because the horse's four legs are too thin, the hooves are small, and the force area is limited.

There are no asphalt roads, no snow is cleared from official roads, and the road only gets more slippery as more people step on it.

Originally, it could reach the dock in three or four days, Tu Wanxu's troops walked for six days, followed by Li Jing and Huangfu Wuyi, a three-way army of 30,000 people, to cross the Yellow River in the middle of the first month and enter Jijun to set up defenses.

On the way, the ranger who came back from the direction of Dongjun brought back the recent battle situation, because Li Jing was the prince's right-hand man, and he could stop the ranger and ask about the war.

Some rangers can report to him, some cannot.

"Li Deyi is finished, Xuan Zong has captured him alive and sent someone to escort Luoyang, and now Xuan Zong has arrived in Fengqiu, as long as this last rebel army is solved, Dongjun will be in my hands, and the northern expedition will be worry-free," Li Jing discussed with his generals under a big tree next to the road.

Cousin Han Xiaoji said: "Then Huainan Gong's side, can we move some guards and go north with us?" ”

Li Jing pondered for a moment and said: "I can't say, it depends on His Highness's arrangement, Dongjun is now a strategic place, preventing Shandong rebels from entering Henan, but Dongjun has Xuanzong and Xingyang has Qu Tutong, which is indeed a bit wasteful." ”

"Qu Tutong still forget it, I'm more used to dealing with Xuan Zong, won't Xuan Ting and Xu Shiji also go north with us?" Han Shige, the heir of Han Baohu, said.

Li Jing is the main general, and he has a cousin and a cousin under his command, as well as Pei Xingyan, Qiao Chunji, and Liu Hongji.

Li Jing said: "Xuan Ting is a heavy cavalry, in this weather, the cavalry has no effect, and they will not move until the ice and snow melt." ”

At this time, a message came from the front, and Tu Wanxu had already accelerated his march, because Shi Huaiyi had sent a message that the Wagang rebels were approaching Wei County, and Shi Huaiyi needed to determine the timing of the landing of reinforcements in order to prepare to support Wei County.

The main force in the rear could not cross the river, and Shi Huaiyi did not dare to leave Liyangcang.

After Li Jing finished reading the military report, he said in a deep voice: "The conditions are bad, we may not be able to speed up the march, 30,000 people cross the river, just the transfer of boats will take a lot of time, we will go east, cross Dongjun, and then cross the river from Dongping County, enter Wuyang County, and cut off the back road of the Wagang thieves." ”

The two places of Dongjun and Dongping County, one in Henan and the other in Shandong, are neighbors.

"The prince didn't arrange it that way," Pei Xingyan frowned.

Li Jing nodded: "Send someone to report the prince's whereabouts quickly, the military situation waits for no one, send an order to the army, and immediately turn to the east." ”

Others didn't stop it, after all, everyone knew that Li Jing was the absolute confidant of the prince.

There are a lot of ships on the dock, but the sailors who handle the pulp are limited, and at the beginning of the chaos, most of them have already been requisitioned and transferred, and the transfer of ships alone is extremely time-consuming.

This time is very huge, Li Jing is exactly this point, he would rather go around the distance, than want to waste all his time here, and wait until he arrives in Dongping County, where the terrain is gentle, it is possible to ferry directly, as for boats, there are townships on both sides of the river.

10,000 people broke away from the official road to the north, and began to speed up the march in the direction of Dongjun, traveling lightly, and throwing all the war horses to Huangfu Wuyi, no more.

On the side of Dongjun, Fengqiu City was finally broken after seven days of hard defense, and the Yuan Zheng brothers were also hard bones, so they fought with the anti-thieves in the city.

It was at this time that Xuanzong's army came, and Li Deyi's last family background was completely explained in Fengqiu County.

"Virtuous brother and righteous man, Fengqiu raised the city to serve the country, and he would have reported to the prince and asked for credit for you," Yang Xuanzong stepped forward to help the injured Yuan Zheng up, the latter was already in tears, two uncles died, and one of the three younger brothers also died, and he was slashed on his own arm, most of which were wasted.

Yuan Zheng cried bitterly: "The general saved the people from fire and water, and the people of Fengqiu have nothing to repay, please accept Yuan Zheng's worship." ”

Yang Xuanzong sighed with a face, there were many dead and few living people in the entire city, and all he could see were ruins and broken walls, wailing women and children.

I didn't save much.

The confidant general traveled the mountains and rivers: "General, we should quickly go to Baima County to deploy defenses, and we should not stay here." ”

There is not much food, looking at Fengqiu's appearance, don't expect to be able to supply from here, so Yang Xuanzong needs to leave as soon as possible and go to Baima County, the capital of Dong County.

Because Baima County was close to the Yellow River, reinforcements from Banzhu Wharf had to pass through here before they could land on the other side, and Xuanzong had to ensure the safety of the army crossing the river.

"Fengqiu City will be handed over to you, and when the chaos is calmed down, you and my brother will have a goodbye day," Yang Xuanzong patted Yuan Zheng on the shoulder, and just led the troops out of the ruined county town.

He had already sent a small force to find food, went to the nearby township, followed the main grain of the land, and killed those who were not given.

In the past, the officers and soldiers would also grab the food in the people's homes, but Xuan Zong didn't dare to do this, because he knew that the prince was very taboo about this.

No matter how great his merits are, if he dares to rob the civilians, the prince will not spare him.

Xiao Mo has entered the boundary of Qinghe County, Gao Shida does not dare to fight the county seat, but he dare, there is nothing to eat, there is nothing that he dare not do.

The old Cui family didn't want to be tough with Xiao Miao, so they had no choice but to hand over 30,000 stone of grain.

After Xiao Mo got the grain, he immediately withdrew his troops and took secluded paths, bypassing various county towns, to Wuyang County, from where he planned to cross the Yellow River eastward, enter Shandong, and then go south.

As for the cake painted by Zhai Rang, people didn't pay attention to it at all.

Liyang Cang divides me in half? If you really want to fight down, you can't bear it.

In Qinghe County, a group of bigwigs in the Cui family are currently in Xie Wen's house, and they are here to say good things.

"In order to protect the city, to protect the people, to give (ji) food to the rebels, it is really a last resort, Taishou is my parent official of Qinghe, you should understand, right?" The head of the family, Cui Fuli, said.

Understand Nima's force, the rebels are going south, I specially borrowed food from you to recruit troops, but I can't borrow it, as soon as they besiege the city, you will take the initiative to give it.

People, it's really cheap, they eat hard and don't eat soft.

Xie Wen said with a smile: "Don't worry, no one will know about this matter, if the court asks about it in the future, I will say that it was robbed by the rebels themselves, and it has nothing to do with your family." ”

looked down on what the Cui family had done, but for the sake of the overall situation, he had to choose to cover up.

The old Cui family is in the center, and there are two big guys, Cui Junsu, the servant of the ministry, and Cui Junsu, the servant of the temple, although Xie Wen is Yang Guang's person and has a close relationship with the prince, he will not provoke the Cui family casually.

Cui Junzhou, the Cheng of Qinghe County, said with a smile: "Now Qinghe County has not been ravaged by traitors, and it is too great to protect my rivers and mountains." ”

In fact, the old Cui family usually didn't give Xie Wen any good looks, but now that he has been caught, he will be like this.

Xie Wen said with a smile: "There is also a group of anti-thieves in Gaojibo, gathering more than 50,000 people, how can we talk about no thieves in the territory?" ”

"Gao Shida's thief is not to worry," Cui Junshi said: "Gao Jibo's anti-thieves have always been robbing Cao Yun merchant ships, and did not invade the county, and now I heard that there is a trend of going north, I think it is to join forces with the thief Ge Qian to fight against Rong Gong." ”

Cui Junzhou is the third brother of Cui Junsu and Cui Junxuan, but Cui Junshi, and they are just cousins, they are all Junzi, this person has a great-granddaughter in history, married to a man named Du Xian, and gave birth to a son named Du Fu, that is to say, Du Fu's mother was born in Qinghe Cui.

Cui Junshi's branch is quite awesome, and his descendants have three prime ministers in the Tang Dynasty.

Xie Wen said with a smile: "The thief has the tendency to go north, I know it, but the princes know this, why don't you help me exterminate this thief?" ”

"I can't do it," Cui Junshi said: "We have more than enough to defend it, but we have no power to counterbalance the rebellion, and now it is a great fortune for a county to be stable, and the Qinghe River is the key to the transportation hub of Yongji Canal, and it is not easy for us to maintain the current situation." ”

Xie Wen sighed in his heart, helpless, he had already used all the methods he could think of, but in Qinghe, only the surname Cui had the final say, he was too guarded, and he had no name.

Don't look at his backstage, it's hard enough, and he still hasn't moved.

Don't say it's him, even if you put a royal family here, it's the same.

The Cui family's power is too great, and there are anti-thieves in the territory, and people don't suppress them, so they raise tigers for trouble, so if the court borrows grain from them, there will be an excuse to shirk it.

Gao Shida didn't dare to provoke the Cui family, just blindly plundered the boats along the Yellow River, and subdued the bandits and deserters from all walks of life.

So at present, the whole Hebei is the most peaceful in Qinghe County.

You scold him, people have managed their own one-third of an acre of land well, don't scold him, just ignore the overall situation.

In fact, I can't blame the Cui family, there was chaos in Hebei in the past, and people didn't help, but if you come back every one or two years, they can't bear it.

Especially the current turmoil in Hebei is the worst since the founding of the country, at this time, the Cui family only thinks about preserving their strength and looking at the situation again.

That's why, Yang Ming felt that Hebei's counterinsurgency needed to be timely and fast, once the family here abandoned the imperial court, it would be difficult.

"The nobles have dealt with the prince, and now that the prince has gone to Luoyang in person, it will be a few months for the army to go north," Xie Wen said: "When that time comes, the princes will stop being stingy." ”

This has been made clear, I know you have the strength, but if you don't make a effort, I don't care, I can't get you, the prince is here, you have to mean it, right?

Cui Fuli said with a smile: "Rest assured, the day the army goes north is the time when the Cui clan will serve. ”

Xie Wen smiled and scolded his mother in his heart.

You're watching people put food on the plate.