Delong

Chapter 200 Raising Arms (13)

In mid-November, Xuan He's Zhishi Army suddenly encountered a surprise attack by the official army in Qi County, and was severely frustrated. Shi Zijiang, the second-ranking figure in the army, died in battle, and two of the other eight leaders were also missing.Zhishilang himself fled across the mountainous area to Lu County with more than [-] remnants of the army in embarrassment, while part of the soldiers, horses and luggage on the north bank of Jishui were taken back to Dengzhou by the leader there, and took refuge in Gao Shitong.

As for the officers and soldiers of Qi County who won a big victory, they seized a full [-] heads of livestock of various colors and beheaded nearly [-] levels, but took advantage of the trend to regain the entire Qi County.

When the news came out, the entire Eastern Territory was shaken, because this was the first time that the official army had won a big victory against the rebel army.

But that's about it.

As the time came to late November, an expected cold wave came from the north, from north to south, and spread a large-scale ice and snow on the entire eastern border.

Due to the weather, the large-scale military operations stopped, but the practitioners and sentry cavalry began to take advantage of the opportunity to travel in all directions, brewing and blending some things.

Obviously, the imperial court wanted to take the opportunity to arrange, rest, and deliver orders for rewards and punishments. At the same time, the two major groups of rebels in the eastern part of the East, that is, the Hebei Rebels in Dengzhou, and the Yilong Gang rebels in Dongping County, could not accept it. Stop here... In fact, according to the reports from the front line, Li Shu has sent Wang Wulang and Shan Dalang to the north and south respectively to station troops on the border of Jibei County and Lu County for rest. contact, and is still working hard to win over those Ju Ye Ze defeated soldiers.

It is said that every time Li Longtou collects a bunch of soldiers, he will be sent to the camp of the two big leaders in a fair manner, which is really selfless.

Then it is almost conceivable that when the snow melts and dries up, or when the winter camp ends, there will inevitably be a major invasion of Lu County and Jibei County.

But at this time, Jiyin, who is located on the westernmost side of the Zhulong Gang's territory, actually controls Zhang Xing Zhang Longtou of this county, but has the mentality of an inexplicable sage at the time.

"you sure?"

Zhang Xing, who was writing something on the case, looked up in surprise.

"I'm not sure." Yan Qing, who had obviously matured a lot, sat on the lower seat and laughed. "But there is indeed such a rumor, and I think if it is true, it will be verified soon..."

"How to say?" Zhang Xing put down his pen, put his hands together on the table and asked.

"If General Tuwan really left behind the Nanyang battle and went down the river with General Yu to Jiangdu, then Nanyang will not be easily cleaned up in a short time... There are rumors that Wu Jingfeng is almost at the level of a master , It’s just a pity that at his age, he dared not erect a tower easily because he wanted to rebel.”

"Conversely, he doesn't build a tower, but he has the ability to hide himself." Zhang Xing answered casually. "If you can't beat it, just run away. I just don't know if the grand master or grand master has a more direct way to deal with such masters...the first in the black list, worthy of the name."

"The imperial court also lost the timely response of the past." Yan Qing couldn't help but sighed. "In the past, with the power of the Dethrone Dragon Gang, the third brother, that Li Gong, and the Wu brothers should have been moved seven or eight times on the black list due to changes in the battle situation..."

"No, no." Zhang Xing shook his head. "As far as I know, those people on the black list are basically rebelling. If everyone is rebelling, it means that no one is rebelling. If everyone is making rapid progress, it means no one is moving. It is proper."

Yan Qing couldn't help laughing while holding his forehead, and returned to the main topic after laughing: "I just said verification, but I actually wanted to say that if General Tuwan really left and Wu Jingfeng continued to wreak havoc in Nanyang, then the queen and many concubines, princesses, Where should the palace servants and servants go? It is said that everything is packed in Dongdu, and there are rebellions outside every day. They think that Jiangdu might be better, but they can't go..."

Zhang Xingruo thought: "I understand what you mean, you mean, if the two veterans, Tu Wan and Yu, really leave together, then nine out of ten the queen will leave Liang County?"

"I think so." Yan Qing answered with awe.

"Cao Zhongcheng's situation is more difficult than imagined, but also tougher than imagined. Although the saint has lost the hearts of the world, but on the other hand, he has only one influence." Zhang Xing became more emotional. "So, if the emperor's uncle does not fall, the framework of the world's overall situation will be here to support it, but I don't know how long the emperor's uncle can last..."

Yan Qing hesitated for a moment, but still took the initiative to ask: "Third brother thinks that the emperor must fall first?"

"This is inevitable." Zhang Xing said seriously. "From the perspective of the relationship between the two, if the emperor's uncle does not fall, how can the saint fall? From a geographical point of view, if the Great Wei is really going to collapse, there must be chaos in Guanlong, and then Emperor Cao will bear the brunt..."

Yan Qing suddenly nodded.

But Zhang Xing hesitated for a moment, but then became emotional again: "Actually, there are some things I can only say to you in private... I don't even know whether Uncle Cao is an enemy or a friend... If he is an enemy, he is counting on him to last a long time Some, so that I can try my best to be a master before Guan Long decides a new master, otherwise how can I compete with Guan Long? But if it is a friend, it’s not a good way to say it, let’s calm down the situation a little In the future, it is estimated that this black tower will be the first to suppress it, and it is hard to say whether it will survive or not."

"That's the truth." Yan Qing thought about it for a while, then nodded repeatedly. "But maybe it's because you are so powerful, third brother, that you will drive Uncle Cao to a dead end."

"I still have self-knowledge." Zhang Xing smiled and continued to sigh. "If you want to push someone like Huangshu Cao to a dead end, you have to be able to take advantage of the ups and downs of the general trend, and even more so, you have to be united and work together..."

"Of course." Yan Qing nodded.

There was silence in the room.

"So, didn't Sisi say where she was going?" After a pause, Zhang Xing continued to ask at his desk.

"Yes." Yan Qing was a little more careful.

Zhang Xing thought about it for a while, and he understood in his heart that there was nothing unnecessary to ask about this matter, because Bai Yousi had told him his thoughts.

According to what Bai Yousi said before, she will first see the situation clearly in the Eastern Capital and make arrangements for the old people in the Eastern Capital; after confirming that the situation is temporarily stable, she should go to the West to meet her master first, to verify the relationship between the turmoil in the world and the situation. The change of true energy; and then she will go to Taiyuan to meet her father to verify the arrangement of the clan - the Bai family has been divided into big and small clans in the previous generation, and his father is just a newly established small clan in the big Bai clan, and she There are also several younger brothers, and no one knows what her father is up to. Some things can only be clarified in person.

During this process, there may be a visit to the western frontier, the situation on the border of the Wu tribe, a visit to the Red Mountain and Black Mountain, and a search for the meaning of Hebei.

It is very likely that the other party will wait until the rebellion here has reached the expected low ebb before coming to meet up, and then follow the plan to go to the Northland and Dongyi together.

As soon as the rebellious cause fell into a low ebb, the leader of defeatism would go to the frontier or abroad to increase his knowledge, which is also part of the meaning of the question... For example, Li Shu is an experienced person. I can be a companion.

After thinking about it in a daze, Zhang Xing came back to his senses, and looked at Yan Qing again: "Xiao Yan, we are best friends, since you are here, I won't say much about some scenes, I have a few things here, you can do whatever you want After finishing one, I can point to the credit and give you the position of leader, but I don't know which one you want to do?"

"Third Brother, please tell me what exactly is going on?" Yan Qing cheered up, and immediately stood up and cupped his hands.

"First, there is a powerful Meng family in Chuqiu, Liang County. Half of his family's property is naturally in your Liang County, but many of them are in the Jiyin Zhouqiao area... The actual boss of this generation is Meng Sangong, who is in Jiyin County. As the captain of the county, because of some things, now the Chulong gang wants to eat his favor in Jijun, and his son Meng Zhong is only twelve or thirteen years old. He is mainly a brother of Zhouqiao's clan, nicknamed Meng Yigui. The bastard is in charge of the house, and I want to clean up the land, but he actually talks to me by saying that Meng Sangong is the captain of the Great Wei... If you want to, you can go to Ji County and ask Meng Sangong when The officials of the Great Wei can grant land to me, a rebel? Do you still care about other brothers?"

"I think it's okay." Yan Qing blurted out. "I also know the Meng family, they also look like black and white, and the people of Liang County are also sitting on the fire. In this situation, Meng Sangong should not be able to stay in Ji County, but if he wants to come back, he must rely on the leader of the Dethroning Dragon Gang. The situation is easy to do things, tell him clearly, then as long as he has some ambition and ideas, he will definitely not care about the hundreds of acres of land with you, third brother... and if he does not have this ambition, his brother deserves to be punished."

Zhang Xing shook his head inexplicably, he didn't know whether to deny it, or thought of something, but he didn't continue to discuss the matter in depth, but continued:

"Secondly, the matter of granting land seems to be just done fairly, and it is indeed almost over, but in fact there are still big problems... It's not that anyone dares to stand up, I have been here for two months, and everyone knows me I've lost my temper, there are only a small number of people like Meng Yigui who think they are confident, and the biggest problem lies in narrow and wide towns... do you know about this?"

"Of course I know." Yan Qing smiled wryly for a while. "Although the granting of land is the same throughout the world, some towns have more people but less land, and some towns have more people and less land. In fact, the distribution must be relatively fair... Third brother wants to move from a narrow town to a wide town?"

"The war is still going on ahead. This is just a rebellion. I didn't dare to move. It's just a slight relocation of Dingtao, the narrowest county, and Chengwu, the widest county. Just like that, the wide townships in Chengwu County are also large. Out of dissatisfaction, I made a fuss three times in five days..." At this point, Zhang Xing didn't hide it at all. "Since Li Longtou has gone to war, the personnel power in the rear is naturally in my hands. Chengwu's helmsman can't suppress the disputes between natives and guests below. If you have the courage, I will directly allow you, the deputy helmsman, to take charge of the county affairs. Soothe this place for me, and afterward, directly transfer to the helm master, in fact, become the master of Chengwu County!"

Yan Qing was very moved... What did he want when he came out of Dongdu?
In other words, what was the result of diligently studying the imperial examinations before?
Chengwu County is in the south of Jishui, next to his hometown Liang County, it is a rich and spacious county, why doesn't he want to?

However, after Yan Qing thought for a moment, he suppressed his excitement and asked earnestly: "If there is anything else, please tell my third brother."

"Thirdly, no matter whether the narrow township moved to the wide township or the matter of Meng Yigui, it is already the end of the re-granting of land. After this incident, I still have a new idea, which is to investigate the [-]th and [-]th counties. The soldiers and civilians in the county will make statistics on the information of all practitioners, and when the time comes, even the results of granting land will be recorded together...you can also do this."

Yan Qing's heart moved slightly, but unexpectedly he didn't say anything.

"Fourth." Zhang Xing didn't care about the other party's reaction, and continued to speak. "If you are worried about the court's punishment and affecting your old father, but you still want to help me, it's not impossible... Do you remember Wang Zhen of Fulongwei? He is now in Mangdang Mountain, and he has a great career together, but there is a distance between me and him." If you are interested in Dangshan County in Liang County, I will give you some gold and silver, and you can buy a county captain. You can only do it in Dangshan County, and open up a direct passage to Mangdang Mountain for me secretly, and you can also do it when necessary. A betrayal."

Yan Qing nodded again, but couldn't wait to ask again: "Is there any more?"

"It's gone." Zhang Xing looked at the other party with great interest. "Which one do you choose?"

"The third thing." Yan Qing did not hesitate. "If I had to choose one, I would choose the third thing..."

"Why?" Zhang Xing laughed.

"If the third brother's matter is resolved in the future, isn't this the future Jingantai of the third brother?" Yan Qing didn't bother to hide it. "Third brother is willing to give me this opportunity, even if it's just an introduction, I should try my best to seize it."

Zhang Xing nodded: "Since you understand it in your heart, you can do it...just remember that the Dragon Clan has its own regulations, and our rebellion is also a precarious situation. Don't spread the situation too much, and don't overdo it. Heads, so that the cart is putting the cart before the horse... first find out the information of the territory, and then take the opportunity to gather some people, and I will be satisfied."

"I understand." Yan Qing spoke seriously. "Taking one step at a time is a step, just think that I am really a person who needs to do the statistics of the information in the collar... I have done enough basic things, and then I will do business based on the capital."

"That's right." Zhang Xing nodded again and again. "But don't think too much, and don't be afraid, because everyone is rushing ducks to the shelves, just fooling around to make up a situation... The so-called big bosses, rudder masters and the like are basically like that."

Yan Qing naturally had nothing to say.

In this way, the matter was settled like this. In the next few days, Yan Qing did not mention his own work, and some other matters in the rear were also assigned to other people to do.

For example, Niu Da-Guan Xu sent people to contact Meng Sangong to question, and Chengwu Daoist Wei went to suppress... and on the third day of snowing, the first two things still hadn't come to fruition. Xiao Zhou and Lu The brothers appeared together on the river that might soon freeze, sent the navy ships to Baima Harbor for resettlement, and at the same time brought a lot of information from the downstream.

The matter was serious, Xu Dalang personally arrived at Jiyin County City with the three leaders, and found Zhang Xing who was squatting in the snow in the backyard of the county mansion to sharpen his knife.

"Is there such a thing?"

Zhang Xing, who was holding a half-sharpened scimitar, sat down on the porch and listened carefully to the narration, feeling somewhat expected and reasonable.

It turned out that Zhishilang fled to Lu County with [-] to [-] remnant soldiers in embarrassment, and came to the foot of Mount Tai. As a result, the local people in Lu County saw the arrival of [-] to [-] rebels, and the leader was Zhishilang, who was famous in Langya from the neighboring county, and they did not hesitate. On the contrary——for no apparent reason, Zhishilang easily took down the small half of Lu County behind Mount Tai, regained his strength, and now he is preparing to open up Langya-Lu County and connect the land into one piece.

It can only be said that the world has been suffering for a long time.

And because of this incident, it was not only Zhishilang Wang Hou himself who was shocked by this incident, but the Yilong Gang volunteers who were shocked by the first battle of Qi County, also fell into a kind of anxiety. Dalang couldn't bear it any longer, so he sent troops in the snow.

Not to mention, after dispatching troops, it actually had a miraculous effect!
Facing Shan Tonghai who marched directly to the city under the snow, the governor of Lu County unexpectedly surrendered himself, sacrificed Xiaqiu, the county governor, and praised Shan Dalang as a parachutist!
This behavior immediately triggered a chain effect. Wang Wulang, who was in charge of the strategy of Jibei County, was not far behind after hearing the news, and directly sent troops to Jibei County.

Moreover, it actually succeeded!
Shouzhang, Yanggu, and Dong'e broke through three cities in a row, and then the governor of Jibei County in Lu County abandoned the city directly, surrendering most of the county.

I don't know how Li Shu and Li Dalongtou, who is still in Juyeze to investigate those Juyeze rebels, will feel when he hears it?Anyway, Zhang Xing's mood here is quite complicated...Every day, defeatism is on top, and he is worried about the heroes in the army, but seeing the world is broken and people's hearts are growing grass, it would be strange if you don't waver.

"Maybe before Chinese New Year, we will have the regulations of five counties." In the snow in the backyard of the county mansion, Xu Dalang laughed dryly, describing it like this.

It can be seen that there have always been some big bosses who are somewhat capitulatory. I heard that two big bosses who are equal are about to monopolize a county, or even more than one county. Zhang Long pressed his head tightly, somewhat unwillingly.

"It's okay." Zhang Xing was also fluctuating in his heart, but he just took it seriously. "The five counties in the first year will also be convenient for the Qi county in the middle after the next year... By then there will be six counties, and we will ask Dongping County to deal with it as the rear... What else is there?"

"And there's the matter of Cheng Dalang!" Xiao Zhou was furious, and repeated Cheng Zhili's behavior. "I'm afraid this fellow is in Lu County now, mixing with Zhishijun..."

"Send a letter immediately and tell Shan Tonghai to pay attention to it. Even if you want to talk about the rest of the story, you have to wait for the war in the east to settle down." Zhang Xing didn't panic at all. His lower limit for these big bosses who were powerful There is already psychological leeway. "Is there anything else?"

"Yes!" Suddenly someone answered from the outside, and then broke in directly, but it was the chief Wei Xuanding. He didn't change into new clothes this time, but it was still the old brocade clothes.

"Is Cheng Wu making trouble again?" Zhang Xing frowned.

After all, if that is the case, even though he is not very happy, he must cut the mess quickly.

"There was trouble again, but I suppressed it." Taoist Wei hurried into the courtyard, his head still steaming. "I came here to ask Zhang Dalongtou... Do you know that the Empress was said to pass through Liang County a few years ago?"

The rest of the people turned pale.

"I heard." Zhang Xing, who was sitting in the corridor, said something, his expression unchanged.

"Then do you think Zhang Shizhao will take the opportunity to accompany him, at least escort him to Jianghuai?" Daoist Wei stared at Zhang Xing and asked seriously.

"Yes?" Zhang Xing was still calm, because he had really thought about this issue. If the queen can't go down the Nanyang Han River, she can only go down the Huan River, and this will inevitably pass through Xingyang, Zhang Shizhao There is no reason not to take the opportunity to go south to find his saint emperor.

"Then do you intend to get rid of another Mr. Zhang?" Wei Daoshi stared at the other's hand holding the knife, unable to ask.

"Why did you kill him?" Zhang Xing was puzzled.

There was silence all around.

After a while, Wei Xuanding spread his hands speechlessly and reminded seriously: "Zhang Longtou, we are rebels."

Zhang Xingzhang suddenly understood.

PS: Thanks to Master Fan Lihua for another alliance...greetings.

(End of this chapter)