Delong

232 Chapter 15: The Way of the Armor ([-])

In the drizzle, a lavender streamer flashed across the air, and landed outside the mouth of the Jishui River, which was re-converged on the northeast side of Juye Ze, but it was Xiong Bonan, the purple-faced king of the Dragon Clan.

When the man came here, regardless of the panic of the Qilu officers and soldiers below, he found a few high places and looked around in the rain for a while. Seeing that there were no masters of Chengdan and Ningdan, he grabbed a horse and immediately followed the horse. Jishui headed east.What you can see along the way is that there are a lot of supplies and ships on the Jishui that are constantly coming and going and that are tightly covered. And the transit barracks.

The two sides fought directly for half a year, and this time there were intermittent confrontations in Yuncheng for several months. Naturally, Xiong Bonan knew that this was the logistics center of the Qilu army, and he would transfer supplies from here when attacking, and would turn back from here when retreating in the past. , He and Zhang Changgong have been entangled here for countless times.

Today, King Xiong Tian also stopped here as a routine, and sure enough, a white light jumped up from the barracks soon, but he didn't take the initiative to approach, but watched from a distance, and crossbowmen gathered one after another regardless of the rain.

Seeing this situation, Xiong Bonan immediately knew that it was probably Yu Baimei or Fan Hu who was responsible for the transfer here, and then he didn't bother to confront the other party to demonstrate, but hesitated for a while, but turned to the three supplies and soldiers in front of the road first I chose the nearest one, which is also southward towards Pinglu, Lu County.

Arriving in Pinglu, there are some soldiers and horses here, but very few, Xiong Bo turned around south, but he didn't find the person he wanted to see, so he immediately withdrew and headed north again.

This time, he bumped into Zhang Changgong outside Sucheng at the junction of the three counties. After the various military villages around Sucheng were obviously empty, they stopped thinking about it and turned back immediately.

As for Zhang Changgong, who was named the Sheriff of Lu County, probably in order to ensure the safety of the troops, he chased him all the way to the edge of Juyeze, which had begun to flood, before turning back.

However, he returned to Sucheng first, but actually rode back to the transit camp where Wenshui River entered Jishuikou...the so-called detour was a big circle for no reason.

"how?"

Unexpectedly, entering a side tent inside the camp, here is not only Yu Baimei, whom Xiong Bonan thought before, waiting here, including Zhang Xuguo, almost all the core members of the Qilu army are here, and finally The one who asked first was naturally the most impatient Yu Baimei.

"I shouldn't have noticed it. I just thought I was in Sucheng, and I should have thought that everyone else had retreated further." Zhang Changgong behind the mask seemed to be calm, but when he looked at Zhang Xuguo who was sitting there, he couldn't help but The tone is a little hasty. "Boss, when I sent Xiong Bonan to Juyeze, I found that the water had started to rise there, and many narrow lanes had disappeared."

"It's raining not only here, but also upstream, so the water rises very fast." Zhang Xuguo didn't speak, but Jia Wugen sighed, and continued to look at Zhang Xuguo after answering a sentence. "I estimate that tomorrow we will be able to bypass those swamps and islands and go straight to the city... Chief, what should I do?"

"How many ships have we arrived?" Zhang Xuguo asked calmly, but asked a question that had been asked several times before. "If we make a surprise attack at this time, how many people can we carry?"

Sure enough, Zhang Xuguo's strategy was to survive from death, counterattack first, take down Yuncheng, and then talk about other things.

"Five thousand." Jia Wugen repeated. "Three days later, ships from other places in Jishui will come together, and they will have a capacity of [-]."

"Is the morale of the army still stable?" General Manager Zhang continued to ask.

"One day is worse than one day." Fan Hu said something. "Those surrendered generals have already sensed that something is wrong, and started making indirect remarks."

"You can tell them that the news of Qi County's rebellion is false. This time, the thief who was recruited by Li Shu happened to vote for us. We are going to use our tricks..." Zhang Xuguo thought for a while, and took it seriously. "But don't say specific plans."

Fan Hu nodded.

"So, is the manager still not planning to activate it in advance?" Yu Baimei also became a little uneasy.

After all, the current situation is that the channel for the sneak attack has appeared, and it seems that it can be launched. At the same time, every night and day, there will be more and more pressure from all aspects, which may cause the plan to die prematurely.

Of course, the earlier the surprise attack, the higher the level of security in Yuncheng, the greater the number of troops, and the lower the success rate of the counterattack. This is also a fact.

"Wait another three days, and attack on the sixth day of May." Zhang Xuguo reiterated the original plan under great pressure. "Send troops on the sixth day of May! Concurrently attack by land and water!"

The people stopped talking.

The next step is to suffer in the drizzle.

However, the Qilu army did not reach the sixth day of May after all... On the fifth day of May, the Delong army in Yuncheng couldn't bear it first, and began to try to regain the town and stretch their hands and feet. Not only the Liangshan army stronghold was pulled out, but even several large The leaders also dispatched their own troops to Shouzhang, Fan County and other surrounding areas. One of them was Shan Tonghai and Cheng Zhili, who had returned from injury, leading [-] people and heading towards Pinglu.

Obviously, they must have known the situation in Qi County, even the specific situation, and knew that the Qilu army had encountered an unprecedented rear dilemma, so they had the confidence to take advantage of it and take the initiative to attack.

At this time, it is not a situation where you can compete if you want to compete in concentration.

"Fan Hu."

In May, the rain continued to fall intermittently, as if nothing had changed in the past few days, but until now, Zhang Xuguo was calm. "I will only take 6000 people away, and the rest will be given to you and Fan Bao to fight Cheng Zhili and Shan Tonghai head-on... If you lose, retreat here and try to hold on. If you win, don't chase too fast. "

"Here!" Fan Hu's eyelids twitched, but he immediately clapped his hands in response.

"Mr. Zhang." Zhang Xuguo came to see Zhang Changgong again. "Please dispatch immediately, don't take the Juyeze waterway, but take the land route, follow the confrontation route of General Fan and Shan Tonghai all the way up, quickly find Xiong Bonan, and entangle him... until the last moment , don’t let him realize our real killing move.”

Zhang Changgong, who was wearing a mask, bowed his head in silence.

With one word established, Shang Xia should cheer up, but for some reason, instead, he felt a little dull.

Obviously, everyone is thinking, what will happen after winning?

Don't you have to go back and clean up the mess in Qi County?

After tidying up, is it necessary to continue westward, but in the process, how many times will Qi County suffer?

It's endless, isn't it?

While thinking about it, Zhang Xuguo put away his thoughts, stood up with the saber in his waist, scanned the crowd, and calmly issued the last military order: "Send troops."

All the generals cheered up and shouted loudly.

The fifth day of May, generally speaking, this day is either terribly hot, or because of the rain, it is very hot and humid... High temperature and rain, and a little further south because the plums are just ripe, it is called the rainy season, even here in Henan and Hebei Talk about the meaning of getting as little rain as possible to prevent diseases.

But it may also be because of this that the dethroning dragon army here in Yuncheng sent troops wantonly in order to prevent the continuous rain from causing irreversible effects.Try to expand the control area as much as possible to obtain a so-called strategic situation.

Li Shu originally opposed it.

He is very clear about the mentality of these leaders and big leaders. It is nothing more than a powerful instinct to seek territory, population, and military resources. He can't sit still without something that belongs to him.But in fact, because of Zhang Xuguo's significantly better combat effectiveness and the suppression of many victories since the start of the war, this temporary expansion does not make any sense.

Unless there is a winner between the two sides, either Zhang Xuguo dies, the official army disperses, or Yuncheng is lost, and the Delong army is completely defeated, otherwise it will be difficult for the two sides to make substantial progress.

But Li Shu still did not object and interfere.

There are two reasons, one is that with the worsening of the overall situation, he is unwilling to really offend these big bosses, the bosses, including the former Shan Tonghai's former department, have also returned; The enemy's news came over, one ebb and another, he also hoped that this place would look a little better, at least to create a big situation where Zhang Xuguo would be in the palm of his hand.

In a sense, Zhang Xing's comment on Li Shu that night was actually not wrong at all.

For these two people, some manipulations of the Dragon Gang were a little tacit.

After finishing writing a letter, he handed it to Du Caigan, and after a few words of advice, Li Shu lay down in the rare afternoon, and then fell asleep listening to the sound of rain outside the window, and his dreams naturally converged.

In the dream, it seemed that the Dragon Clan easily defeated Zhang Xuguo and Han Yingong, and successfully penetrated the Eastern Territory, and then attracted the echoes of Jianghuai and Hebei.

At this time, Da Wei couldn't sit still at all, and decided to act before the Dragon's Gang started, and the three great masters came together.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Xing in the dream did not run away. Instead, he persuaded Bai Yousi and Sima, who had become masters, to turn against each other, and attracted the Wu brothers, five young masters and three masters. In the decisive battle, Bai Yousi died first, and the old Taoist priest of Taibai Peak lost his Taoism and withdrew directly. Then Old Master Zhang persisted, and in the end it was Uncle Cao who tried his best to kill all the remaining people.

But after he fled back to Luoyang, he had to face the collapsed black tower, and died of land division within a month.

At this time, under the banner of avenging Zhang Xing, he went west to the east capital, living in Hebei and the east, while Bai Yousi's father Bai Hengqiu also went west to Guanzhong, but because he was concerned about his daughter's death with the old Taoist priest of Taibai Peak, It hurt a lot.

In the end, the two sides fought in a decisive battle at Tongguan and on the front line of the Eastern Capital. They won the first battle and settled the general trend. The unfinished achievements of the ancestor emperor Tang Huang are also in sight...

However, just dreaming here, with a steamy heat wave coming unexpectedly, Li Shu turned over with a sticky back and opened his eyes, and then began to reflect on himself.

That's right, many years of fleeing, and a vigorous but sudden failure earlier, Li Dalong, who had a rare sweet dream, regarded this dream as a kind of vigilance as soon as he opened his eyes.

Where does so much luck come from?
Why is it so smooth?
Why do all the opponents kill each other and enjoy success by themselves?
You must know that if you are not careful, if you make a mistake in judgment, if you make a decision that is not decisive enough, or if your choice is not wise enough, it is very likely that you will die and let others benefit.

You must live, of course, to live to achieve great things!
It must be a big deal!
Just as he was introspecting, another steamy heat wave came from the window behind him, which made Li Shu's limbs a little limp and weak. He knew that this was the inevitable result of the juyeze mixed with the smoky south wind after the water rose. ...It is very unbearable. It is estimated that it will rain for another five or six days, and the heat will pass before it gets better, but then there will be mosquitoes breeding again, and the walls will be moldy.

As soon as he thought of this, Li Shu let out a little bit of true energy as a cover, and wanted to go back to sleep.

Then, he heard some weird sounds.

It seemed that someone was arguing, it seemed that there was some voice from the direction of Juye Ze, and it seemed that it was just the sound of waves and wind.

Li Shu hesitated for a moment, but his rationality overcame his laziness, and he quickly struggled to get up, ready to go out and have a look... At this time, it was only afternoon.

After leaving the door, when he came to the courtyard, he bumped into Fang Yanlang, the panic-stricken confidant leader.

The latter cut straight to the point: "Mr. Li, something is wrong, the army is here! The city defenses have been breached!"

Li Shu was stunned for a moment, really stunned for a moment, then forced himself to calm down, and asked without haste: "Where did the officers and soldiers come from? How many are there? The leaders just went out this morning to regain lost ground, so they came here. Are they the ones who returned first? Why didn't they send messages in other directions? What's more, can Zhang Xuguo really ignore the state of Qi County?"

"Come from the water! Come from the opposite side of Juyeze!" Fang Yanlang stomped his feet vigorously in the rain, then looked anxious, and directly stretched out his hand to point to the south. "Come from the south! Although the flag is not displayed, it must be the official army! As for the number, how can we find out at this time?! Big leader, make a quick decision!"

Li Shu was dumbfounded, and then fell into a kind of extreme fear, because at this moment, he thought of a possibility, and then made a huge misjudgment-that was Sima Zheng, or Han Yingong led the Xuzhou Camp The soldiers and horses of the army came from the south, and chose the Juyeze Shuisheng fighter plane to carry out a waterway raid.

This is really not to blame for Li Shu's big brain, but because he had discussed wars with Zhang Xing many times before, and they all believed that there was such a possibility, and once it happened, it would be the most difficult result.

As long as Xuzhou's elite troops are willing to join forces with Zhang Xuguo's Qilu disciples, it is impossible for the Dragon Gang, a mob gathered together, to be their opponent.

Zhang and Li even discussed that if Sima Zheng or Han Yingong did this, they would simply give up Yuncheng and Jiyin and retreat all the way to Dahe.

Even Xu Shiying and Niu Da's subordinates are here.

And now, the Wei army came up from the water from the south, wouldn't it be right to respond to this matter?Wouldn't it make people panic?Wouldn't it make people fascinated?
"What should I do?" Fang Yanlang asked anxiously. "Li Gong, all the big leaders are not here, and King Xiongtian is not here. There are only seven or eight thousand soldiers in the city..."

Li Shu came to his senses in a daze, opened his mouth, hesitated to speak, but recalled the previous dream, and felt strange in his heart.

"Li Gong!" Another confidant, Du Caiqian, also ran out of the rain in embarrassment at this time. "Make a quick decision! The officers and soldiers took advantage of the rising waters to attack suddenly, and they approached the city directly. Most of the soldiers in the city were hiding from the rain, so they were caught off guard... Now that the rain is still falling, and the leaders of the army are not here, how should they be dispatched? Counterattack? Also, Cheng Zhili and Shan Tonghai just sent an urgent report, saying that they encountered a counterattack by the Qilu army on the road and were fighting fiercely on the north bank of Jishui... King Xiongtian also met Zhang Changgong in Liangshan!"

"Abandon the city!" Hearing the next two sentences, Li Shu was so excited that he almost blurted out the answer.

Fang and Du were stunned for a moment, but then fell silent.

"Don't do anything, don't waste your life, abandon the city first, gather the troops and leave from the south!" Li Shu made up his mind, but his words were smooth, and he even became earnest. "Send a messenger and ask all the leaders to go west and gather together in Fan County...Follow the river and fight and retreat, and retreat in the direction of Dongjun! If you don't leave at this time, not only us, but the entire Eastern Front Army will be surrounded. Dumplings!"

Fang and Du didn't object, instead they handed over together, and then did it immediately.

If I have to say something, I just feel that this day has finally arrived.

Who made the two big leaders pessimists?In other words, apart from the local tyrants in the eastern border, which of these insightful people from outside is not a pessimist?

We've been waiting for this day.

In this way, the Longjun army abandoned the city in a panic, retreated hastily, and the streets and alleys were in chaos.

But Yu Baimei, the vanguard of the official army who had just climbed the southern city wall, was a little unbelievable... This was because the soldiers from Qi County were already very exhausted during the raid.It was raining, the water flow in Juye Ze was erratic, and the waterway was chaotic. I don’t know how many ships capsized along the way, and how many ships ran aground. How many soldiers were washed away, or were forced to wait on isolated islands and swamps Waiting for rescue, the rest of the people struggling to row over have already been out of touch, and almost everyone is exhausted.

At this time, although Yuncheng was unprepared and the surprise attack was successful, Yu Baimei, who had limited troops, was still after breaking through the south wall, and immediately ordered the flag to be silenced.It means to take a short rest while waiting for backup, and even waiting for the dethroning dragon army to counterattack, ambush on the spot and make a surprise counterattack.

However, many ships were still circling in the Julu Lake, Zhang Xuguo hadn't even gone to the city yet, and the most difficult opponent in a few months just fled without a fight?

This battle was fought too smoothly.

Could it be that Director Zhang is really the one who saves the world at the right time?Is Da Wei really saved?

Thoughts were mixed, but it didn't delay Yu Baimei's return to consciousness, without hesitation, she reported back, urged the generals behind her and Zhang Xuguo to go to the city quickly, raised the banner, and personally led the subordinates to attack, in order to quickly Take over the city.

In this way, about two or three quarters of an hour later, Li Shu, who was hastily arranging his troops in the rain in the south of the city, trying to achieve the best escape effect, suddenly raised his head, and then he froze on the spot, his hands even trembling, wishing he could chop himself off with a knife ...Because he clearly saw that the officers and soldiers who had just taken over the southern city wall raised a familiar flag with the word "fish" in it.

This meant that the visitors were not Xuzhou's strong enemy at all, but Zhang Xuguo's troops.

And since Zhang Xuguo chose to sneak attack, it must be a hasty gamble. The quantity, quality and state of the army must be very bad, especially this guy even divided his troops to deal with Xiong Bonan, Shan Tonghai and Cheng Zhili... ...So the Dethrone Dragon Army may not be able to rely on tenacious defense and timely counterattack to defend.

But he, Li Dalongtou, easily gave up this throat of Jishui and the capital of the Eastern Front because of temporary fear and wavering.

"Mr. Li."

Another big boss who seemed to realize something, Zu Chenyan from a famous family stepped forward and tugged Li Shu's sleeve. "At this point, it's useless to think too much, let's go!"

In the rain, Li Shu looked back at Zu Chenyan who had no shoes on one foot, nodded expressionlessly, and even asked someone to fetch a new pair of shoes for Zu Chenyan to put on before leaving.

I was speechless that day.

In the next three days, the Delong army gathered in Liangshan accidentally discovered that there were not many reinforcements in Yuncheng, and the main force led by Fan Hu also moved eastward along Jishui quickly after breaking away from the battle, turned back to the direction of Qijun, and There is no pincer state.

This gave them a little bit of hope, and when Xiong Bonan and Zhang Changgong actually exchanged their sons, they began to concentrate their superior forces and try to counterattack, but it was still difficult to make a breakthrough for four or five days in a row. It became more and more obvious, making the situation worse and worse.

On May [-]th, the dethroning dragon army's morale was to a certain extent, and the troops formally chose to retreat eastward, but retreated to Fan County.

And on the same day, Zhang Xing, who was on the western front, received an obviously slow report on the sudden change of military information on the eastern front... But he didn't have time to express anything, because he had just completed the layout of the southern front, that is, he annexed the Mengshi Rebel Army to control Bianshui To the north, after Liang County's official army controlled Yucheng and the internal servants returned to Dang County, he almost simultaneously received a military report that completely reversed the situation on the entire western front.

Specifically, Han Yingong suddenly moved.

The [-] people were divided into two armies, the front and the rear, and officially left Xiao County. The [-] people were in the south. Obviously, they had to change the logistics route and rely on the Huanshui supply line of the Huaiyou League; Along the south bank of Bian River, we came to Dang County, which just changed hands.

This time, no one dared to say that they had eaten the five thousand soldiers, because the opposing armies were too close together, and the last big victory made everyone aware of the strength of the Dongdu warriors and the Guanxi army.

Of course, the most important reason is that Yuncheng suddenly fell for no reason. It is not clear what is going on on the east front and whether it will be completely defeated. This makes the west front dare not take any action at all.

On May [-]th, Zhang Xing, who did not wait for Bai Yousi to turn back, and even never saw Wang Zhen with an ambiguous attitude, was forced to return to Jiyin in a hurry.

At this time, the counterattack on the eastern front failed, and the information that they were forced to withdraw to Fan County had arrived, and the city of Jiyin was already in chaos... Messengers kept coming and going, while the middle and high-level members of the gang who gathered here were staying behind. There was a fierce and chaotic debate, and everyone was yelling at the incompetence of the Eastern Front, but they couldn't reach a consensus... Panic and confusion began to spread again.

Even Zhang Xing, who had cheered up a little before, was also a little frustrated and powerless at this time, because so far, at least the hard-working remodeling of the Bianshui defense line has been completely ineffective.

The previous few months of hard work have been reduced to nothing.

What merged the Meng's Rebel Army, what attracted Liang County officials to take over Yucheng, all the small tricks seemed ridiculous at this time.

In fact, Zhang Xing knew better than anyone else that if the officers and soldiers pursued further, whether or not to give up Jiyin City became a practical issue that must be considered.

This is a psychologically difficult thing to accept, especially when the Western Front has performed relatively well with relatively inferior troops left behind.

"Where is Zhang Daxuan's residence now?"

In the rain in May, after a one-day meeting, Zhang Xing, who realized that he could no longer get effective advice from most of the senior gang members, thought of one person just as he returned to the backyard of the county mansion.

"I moved out, and found a place to live in the official house next to the county mansion." Yan Qing in the rain was also in a panic, and at this time, almost everyone was in a panic.

Zhang Xing nodded, motioning for the other party to lead the way.

They didn't even drink tea, so they went to look for Zhang Shizhao.

However, when he came to Zhang Shizhao's residence in the rain, he didn't have time to call for an announcement, so Zhang Xing broke in directly, but he just came in to take a look, and he was stunned on the spot again, because Zhang Shizhao's mother was actually packing his luggage and packing all the bags up!
In an instant, Zhang Xing understood why Cao Cao wanted to kill Yang Xiu.

However, understanding is all about understanding, but Zhang Dalongtou did not kill the other party after all, but just smiled dryly at the other party, each showing their big white teeth, and then left with their hands behind their backs, and walked calmly.

It was as if he didn't want to lose the battle and face in front of this person.

Li Shu has already been defeated, Han Yingong arrives at any time, it is difficult for the mob of the Dragon Clan to reach a consensus, Zhang Shizhao is unreliable, and after that Zhang Xing returned to his residence, he naturally began to pin it on his new magic weapon, that is, take out a pen and paper, Start trying to make the final summary and analysis.

However, when it comes to summarizing and analyzing, it is nothing more than calculating some superficial things on the surface.

First of all, by this time, it is too late to recruit troops, so we have to analyze how many people are left in terms of military strength:
The total number of troops on the western front, including Zhang Jinshu's military law inspection team, including local security forces, was 2 people, but this time they went south to recruit and annex 6000 people, plus 5000 people from Mangdang Mountain, the number is about [-] .

There were originally 3 people on the Eastern Front, but after this defeat, there should be [-] people...Of course, this number includes the [-] Putai Army and the uncertain number of Juyeze water bandits.

The total number of east and west lines is [-], which is in line with Zhang Xing's words when he and Du Pozhen met before, it's just that one ebbs and another grows.

The official army is Han Yingong's 5000 people, who have approached Dang County from the south of the Eastern Front; Zhang Xuguo's soldiers are relatively large, and they should have expanded to a total of three after controlling Jibei and Lu County and wantonly surrendering. Wan early.

Add up to 5000 people.

In terms of numbers, it seems that there are still more dragon troops, but considering the combat power, it should be the same.

But as soon as Zhang Xing wrote an equal sign, he immediately realized that it was still wrong, because many troops of the Dragon Army were attached to the local area. In the past, it was impossible to concentrate our forces to deal with the Wei official army.

Moreover, due to the semi-independent nature and geographical location of the Putai Army and Mangdang Mountain, it is difficult to play a role in actual combat.

So from this point of view, the troops of the Dragon Army are actually comparable to the official army on paper, or even slightly worse, and their actual combat effectiveness has also fallen significantly.

Considering the morale of the army, especially on the frontal battlefield, Zhang Xuguo had never defeated the old guy at all. It is impossible to say that the comparison of actual combat power will continue to decline, or even collapse all the way.

Secondly, it is also necessary to calculate the comparison of cultivation masters, because once there is a gap in the master level, it is likely to cause a strategic gap, and then lead to a series of collapses in combat power:
The top Chengdan master seems to be exchanged, because Bai Yousi came and exchanged with Xuzhou Sima, and Zhang Changgong and Xiong Bonan have been entangled on the eastern front for almost half a year.

As for the alchemy master, this is a very troublesome thing, because it is not clear.

Besides, judging from the failure of the Great Wei Three Expeditions and the rebellion of the Dragon Clan, people all over the world, including the internal forces of the Dragon Clan and the Qilu army that was the main confrontation, clearly showed the attitude of dragons and snakes rising from the land, and many of them were originally qualified. After the generals got involved in the general trend, they rose up one after another, so that every month there were rumors of who might condense the pill, and Zhang Xing himself was one of the rumors, and he was indeed in a strange state that was neither embarrassing nor embarrassing. Move, but it might congeal at any time.

Moreover, Zhang Xing couldn't do direct statistics like he did on the western front. He could only say that he would make a list of these possible alchemy and quasi-alchemy masters.

Among them, among the officers and soldiers, Han Yingong, Zhang Xuguo, Yu Baimei, and Fan Hu should all be regarded as alchemy masters.

Here at home, there are Xu Shiying, Shan Tonghai, Cheng Zhili, Wang Shuyong who are similar. I can barely count as half of them. Li Shu's situation is unknown, so I can count as half... Five against four, it seems to be taking advantage of it.

But actually, are there any other alchemy masters in Han Yingong's army?
do not know.

Did Han Yingong break through to Cheng Dan?
do not know.

Among the magistrates of the nearby prefectures, are there any masters like Yu Baimei who have recently made breakthroughs?

do not know either.

Will the Eastern Metropolis temporarily send high-level reinforcements?
Don't know yet.

However, I don’t know how to put these together, but a result can be deduced from the basic logic, that is, it is impossible to answer any question in the negative.

So, it's basically a tie here.

In other words, the most basic combat strength should be that the officers and soldiers are a little stronger now, and the army's combat strength should have a clear and obvious advantage, but it has not yet reached the point where it is completely impossible to fight.

But at the same time, the situation is going from bad to worse.

Zhang Xing sighed, and drew a circle again on the paper. It was on the names of Bai Yousi and Sima Zheng. Sima Zheng had a certain probability that he would not leave Xuzhou. If so, Sisi would become a breakthrough point... It was the only outstanding point that he could think of right now.

Just as he was thinking about it, amidst the sound of rain outside the door, a familiar personal guard suddenly announced loudly: "Leader, Zhang Daxuan, the Dharma protector, please see me."

Zhang Xing was slightly taken aback, but he didn't shake his face, but sighed, stood up, and opened the door. Sure enough, Zhang Shizhao, who was standing at the far end of the corridor, clasped his hands, gave a dry laugh, and walked over with his head bowed.

The two entered the room and sat down respectively, but both felt speechless, because the previous scene really made people don't know what to say.

Of course, both of them were shameless, and after a while, Zhang Xing took the initiative to ask earnestly, "Does Guardian Zhang have anything to teach me?"

"Yes." Zhang Shizhao glanced at the upside-down papers on the table, and Nian Xu responded with awe. "I heard about the situation, and Zhang Longtou seemed a bit at a loss... I think there are two things that I still need to remind Zhang Longtou."

"Your Excellency, please tell me." Zhang Xing also immediately forcibly responded.

"First, no matter what Zhang Longtou wants to do, if you don't quickly convince Li Shu and the other leaders on the eastern front, it's probably meaningless, because once they collapse on their own, or make up their minds, you will just want to do something else. What, I'm afraid it's just a joke." Zhang Shizhao replied sincerely.

And Zhang Xing also squinted his eyes, he understood the hidden meaning of the other party - if he wanted to do something in this situation, he had to work together from both sides.

"Second," Zhang Shizhao continued to speak calmly. "Han Yingong didn't move all the time. Ma Hu didn't move in time when he was defeated, but now he moved suddenly. It cannot be ruled out that he was responding to Zhang Xuguo."

Zhang Xing laughed on the spot, and wanted to ask the other party, how could Han Yingong and Zhang Xuguo pee in the same pot?If they wanted to cooperate, they would have been invincible a month earlier, and he, Zhang Shizhao, and Protector Zhang had already packed their bags.

However, Zhang Xing swallowed the words and replaced them with a serious question: "Your Excellency is saying that because Zhang Xuguo made a breakthrough and opened up the situation, it prompted Uncle Cao to reach a compromise with Han Yingong?"

"There is also the matter of Ma Hu's defeat, which should have played a certain role." Zhang Shizhao immediately nodded with his beard.

But Zhang Xing couldn't refute it. He even thought of a compromise plan for Dongdu and Han Yingong—for example, five thousand warriors from Dongdu will be the vanguard, advance northward, and meet Zhang Xuguo, and Han Yingong will lead 5000. The Xitun army went north to ensure that after the 1 people joined Zhang Xuguo, they could take their [-] people back to Tongguan's lair and so on.

It's entirely possible.

Seeing that Zhang Xing came to his senses, Zhang Shizhao hesitated for a moment, probably because he was really embarrassed to be caught on the spot while packing his luggage, so he reminded him again:
"This matter is actually very easy to verify. Let's see if there is any response from the court in other directions in the next few days, because Uncle Cao must try his best to destroy the Dragon Gang; let's see if Han Yingong is in a hurry to go north, while Zhang Whether Xu Guo is in a hurry to go west... is clear at a glance."

Of course Zhang Xing knew this.

On May [-], Dang County fell into the hands of the officers and soldiers again. Unlike the last time, five thousand officers and soldiers took control of Dang County without bloodshed, and immediately braved the rain to go north to Yucheng, and the soldiers pointed directly at Bianshui.

On the [-]th, there was no resistance from the officers and soldiers of Liang County. Cao Wang seemed to have expected it a long time ago. It was basically confirmed that Zhang Xing gave up Yucheng.

And Han Yingong, who switched to the Huanshui supply channel, did not stay for long, and soon led his troops northward, and surrounded Xiayi on the Huanshui channel on the same day.

The internal servants in Xiayi City immediately tried to negotiate with Han Yingong, but Han Yingong refused repeatedly. His attitude was tough, and he only allowed the city to surrender naked, which made the internal servants panic and panic.

On the [-]th, the rain stopped for a while, at least here in Jiyin, but the two most serious news arrived in the afternoon and evening respectively.

One came from the Eastern Front. Li Shu sent Du Caiqian to personally deliver the documents, informing Fan Hu that he had gone and returned to join Zhang Xuguo in Yuncheng. Okay, he is ready to give up Dongping County and withdraw to Dong County, and let Zhang Xing do his best to prepare.

This is what it means to completely abandon the base areas.

It's just to give up according to the original plan.

And that night, Niu Da, who had just returned to Chanyuan in Ji County, turned back to Jiyin himself and met Zhang Xing.

"Really?" Zhang Xing had been mentally prepared, and felt that Bai Yousi could rely on him, but at this moment, facing the news, his heart was still beating wildly.

"really."

Niu Da looked pale. "Qu Tuda went back and forth, appeared in Ji County, and was preparing for Luokou warehouse... This is the news that multiple clues in the county sent back for verification."

"how many people?"

Zhang Xing tried his best to ask, but felt his mouth was dry.

"Ten thousand." Niu Da replied simply. "They all came from Dongdu."

"Understood." Zhang Xing's face remained unchanged, as if that was all he could say. "Go back quickly, take the boat to the south bank if necessary, and contact me at any time...By the way, tell Xu Dalang about this matter personally, so that he can understand it."

Niu Da seemed to want to ask something, but after thinking about it, he just cupped his hands and turned away.

As soon as the person left, Zhang Xing suddenly let out a long breath.

So far, under the coordination of Dongdu, there is no need to say more about the multi-channel encirclement and suppression by the government and army.However, in such a difficult situation, Uncle Cao was willing to throw out Qu Tuda and [-] soldiers, who were almost like the strategic reserve team, and prepared to participate in the encirclement and suppression. Hebei, obviously already guessed that the Dragon Gang might flee to Hebei, relying on Dahe's repeated situation, but it still made Zhang Dalong feel a little guilty and his hands and feet were weak.

Do you really want to go alone and be a knight for a few years?

Thinking of this, Zhang Xing almost had the urge to pack his luggage secretly like Zhang Shizhao.And after a while, he really got up and rummaged through the bedside cabinet, and found something that hadn't been touched for a long time.

That's a compass.

By candlelight, Zhang Xing could see that the writing on the compass was still clear and correct.And this reminded him that it was time to ask his heart and make a choice.

But after a moment's hesitation, he put the compass back.

It wasn't that he had forgotten the password.

Rather, Zhang Xing was very sure that Bai Yousi, who had heard the news, would come back soon, and would even appear in front of him at any time. He hoped to wait for his heroine to come back before making a decision.

He believed in Bai Yousi, believed in the strength and original heart of the other party, he was eager to make decisions together with the other party, and eager to walk a common path with the other party.

If you're going to fail, let's fail together. If you're going to be a hero, let's be a hero together.

PS: Good night everyone.

(End of this chapter)