Delong

Chapter 267: He Ge Xing (21)

In the military camp more than ten li away from Dengzhou City, Zhang Xing had a night banquet with Gao Shitong.

The camp tents were rough, so they lit torches and braziers, and set up seats outside the tents; the banquet was in a hurry, and the Dulong army marched over in a hurry. Many decent things were brought by the Zhishi army from Dengzhou before, so they added some autumn melons It's just enough; and things are progressing too fast. Only half of the army that attacked Beihai and the headquarters led by Zhang Xing came this time. Therefore, the number of people participating in the banquet was not as many as expected.

Zhang Xing sat in a row with Bai Yousi, Xiong Bonan, Shan Tonghai, Wang Shuyong, and Niu Da, facing west to east, with their backs to the main tent; Gao Shitong, Zhuge Dewei, and Bo Haijun and others There is a saying that the accompanying knights sit facing south, and the guest seats of the second honor; while Xie Minghe, Wang Hou, Fang Jingbo, and an inexplicable Tang Bairen sit facing north, which can be regarded as accompanying guests; finally, Wang Zhen, Jia Yue, Zhou Xingfan, Xiahou Ningyuan, Ding Shengying, Shang Huaien, Wang Xiongdan, Jia Runshi and other leaders sat in a row, facing east and west.

When everyone was seated, there was no drink, but some cold sour plum soup.

"It's not good to drink alcohol in the army, it's good to have some appetizers." Zhang Xing raised his glass and drank first, as if he was impolite, and after he put down the glass, he went straight to the point, which was even more impolite. "Since everything is caused by Sun Xuanzhi, then Mr. Gao...how do you think we should deal with Dengzhou City and Master Sun?"

Gao Shitong just took half a sip of the sour plum soup that was so cold that it hurt his teeth. At this time, he almost choked up when he heard the words.

"To tell you the truth, Mr. Zhang, I think Chief Sun was also confused for a while. If possible, he should be lenient."

"This can be discussed later." Zhang Xing continued without comment. "What I mean is, it's best to be cautious. At this time, after all, the two armies are facing each other. If Dengzhou can't relieve the threat, it will consume military power and labor people's hearts... Therefore, there must be a definite control of Dengzhou City. Method, let’s talk about other things.”

"So, Mr. Zhang is determined to attack the city first?" Gao Shitong immediately smiled wryly.

"No." Zhang Xing explained seriously. "I hope that your Excellency can help you think of a good way to completely control the situation without attacking the city, so that Chief Sun will not have extra thoughts, so as to prevent the rebels from attacking each other and blood flow into rivers."

Are you supposed to be responsible for this?

Gao Shitong thought it was absurd at the moment, but when the words came to his lips, he seemed calm, as if he had expected it long ago, but he did not lose the courage of the master: "Two ways, one is to directly ask Xiong Tianwang to come, Grand Master Sun also invites here. But he may not be convinced by such an invitation..."

"If you want to be violent, why do you have to let the head of the house go through a hard time? Since Sun Da is not coming, he will not come, why use force?" Zhang Xing shook his head slightly. "What about the second method?"

"The second way is to just surround Dengzhou City." Gao Shitong blurted out.

"Don't make jokes in the tall master." Shan Tonghai suddenly interrupted with a sneer. "Dengzhou is the governor's state. The state city has been repaired since the first emperor conquered Dongyi. It is the turn of today's sages to conquer Dongyi three times, and each time they have renovated and expanded. Your three families surrounded the city with 20 people that day... ..."

But Shan Tonghai was also interrupted in the middle of his sentence - one person in the field stood up suddenly, as if he was stimulated by something, but sat down angrily and silently.

Everyone was surprised to see that it was Zhishilang Wang Hou, which was also inexplicable.

Shan Tonghai put on a straight face: "What do you mean by Zhishilang?"

Wang Hou just turned his head away at this moment, and said bitterly: "The emperor of the dog is the emperor of the dog. Why should he be called a saint? If he is a saint, am I not the supreme?"

Only then did the audience suddenly realize that even Shan Tonghai didn't know what to say, and the rest of the people wanted to explain that the saint is actually just a title like the emperor, but it is spread among the high-level, and it doesn't involve any respect... But on the contrary, I feel that something is wrong, because these things seem to have some kind of respect in themselves.

Moreover, many people felt that the emperor was the emperor after all, and it would be disrespectful to act like Wang Hou.

"Tomoshiro said it well." It was Zhang Dalong who broke the embarrassment, and he raised his glass again and paid respects from afar. "The dog emperor is tyrannical, the dog officials are immoral, and they ruined millions of families in the eastern border of Hebei. This is a bloody enmity. If one day it falls into our hands, it will definitely be hacked to death. Otherwise, what kind of rebellion will be rebelled? Because of this, our rebels should learn a lesson, try to treat the people better, and don’t learn how they bully the people to excess...and have a drink.”

Hearing this, Shan Tonghai finally toasted and laughed: "Zhang Longtou's words are excellent... I'm really not particular about being a saint when I open my mouth. guilty of this."

Said, took the lead to drink it all.

Wang Hou was stunned, no matter how stupid he was, he knew that the other party was mocking, but he was under the eaves, and he really couldn't figure out the reason behind it, so he could only keep silent and drink the sour soup with his head down.

Zhang Xing also took advantage of the situation and looked at the thoughtful Gao Shitong again.

The latter understood, and immediately turned back to the topic and explained: "I'm not talking about besieging the city directly, but going around and capturing the Dengzhou camp further east!"

There was a moment of silence at the banquet.

Seeing this, Gao Shitong pretended that everyone still didn't understand, so he quickly explained: "Dengzhou is surrounded by mountains in the north, sea in the south, and blocked by Mr. Zhang in the west. As long as we block the last road going east to Luolongtan Dongyi's escape route, everything will be fine, Sun Dazhuan will lose the final care, and everything can only be obeyed."

Zhang Xing came back to his senses, and nodded with a smile: "That's right, I forgot about this place... It's just that the Dengzhou camp can accommodate hundreds of thousands of people, and there are many fortifications. Many buildings are made of brick, wood and stone. If there are 2 people in a village, they will get into trouble instead."

"No one." Gao Shitong quickly explained. "There used to be Luolongtan, which is hundreds of miles away. Except for some caravans passing by, there were not many people, especially from Dongyi who came specially to let us not tax the caravans. Basically, there was only one 2000 people are permanently stationed..."

"Whose?"

"The person who is the head of the Sun family."

"That's good." Zhang Xing nodded, and suddenly looked at the person opposite. "Wang Zhen, this credit goes to you! Chief Tang also brought a Zhishi army with him. Whether it is persuading to surrender or attacking by force, take it quickly and block the camp!"

Be it Wang Zhen or Tang Bairen, each of them cheered up, knowing that Zhang Xing was giving paper credit, how could they not be happy?The two immediately handed over and left the banquet on the spot.

However, Gao Shitong became more and more uneasy by acting so vigorously, but he still maintained the attitude of being in charge on the surface.

"When did the Dongyi people contact Dengzhou?" Zhang Xing really didn't give the other party a moment of free time.

"At the beginning of the siege, envoys came over. King Xiongtian knew that he was here at the time. Later, when Dengzhou fell to the city, he often sent large and small caravans here to do business from Luolongtan and Hailu. It has been blocked for decades, and it has gone through four wars, and everything is missing..." Gao Shitong didn't care about eating a bite of food, but just answered the case with his hands tied.

"Apart from the requirement to take care of the caravan, are there any political or military requirements?"

"No... However, since ancient times, there has been a tradition of fleeing to the Northland or Dongyi in the eastern region of Hebei. Even if he doesn't say anything, everyone has the intention not to offend them and escape if necessary."

"No wonder you let us take the Dengzhou camp first." Zhang Xing smiled and looked around by the way.

Besides, when Gao Shitong came up with his idea just now, the weird silence was not because everyone didn't understand the function of Dengzhou Daying, but because everyone didn't expect that the leader was so honest, and he actually cooperated so much. Really effective measures against Dengzhou City.

It's as weird as the fish on the chopping board teaching the man with the knife how to cut it.

But considering the current situation, since the Dismissing Dragon Gang showed signs of letting him go, it seemed smart enough to do so.Of course, the sentence at Yuanmenkou is also smart enough.

It's just that people are too smart, and it may not be a good thing. It's like they chose to avoid the raids by the Hebei government army. They are smart and they have preserved a huge strength. What would the rebels from all walks of Hebei, who were lingering in the miles and seas, think of these masters who jumped out of the flames so cleverly back then?
Moreover, the quality and ability of the rebels who survived the raids of the elite Hejian camp and the iron cavalry raids in Youzhou camp can be compared with those who live in comfort here in Dengzhou?
Putting himself in his shoes, Zhang Xing asked himself that if he was in the position of Sun Gao and the other two, he might have come to Dengzhou at the beginning, but in the future, he would at least be like Wang Hou, with Dengzhou as his back, and work hard to move forward. The development of my hometown in Hebei... It is a family to save a family of rebels, it is a battle to be able to fight a battle, and it is a point to eliminate a little government army.

As for Wang Hou, that is another question.

Turning back to his eyes, since Zhang Xing realized that Gao Shitong had completely succumbed, he didn't have any room left: "Does Dongyi sell you food? Or do you want to buy armaments?"

Hearing the first half of the sentence, Gao Shitong immediately shook his head, but nodded again for the second half.

Suddenly, Zhang Xing continued to ask, "How much food and ordnance are there in Dengzhou?"

"There are sufficient ordnance. When it was first laid down, there was a full set of ordnance for 20 people, but there was a lack of craftsmen to maintain and refurbish it." Gao Shitong said one thing. "Up to now, there are about 10 to [-] to [-] sets of neat stocks left due to losses, sales, distribution, and sales to Dongyi people. As for the grain, it is all old rice and old grain. Counting ten thousand people, it should be enough for three years."

"Is the food all in the city?"

"Yes... many of them were in the Dengzhou camp at the beginning, and later moved to the city, but they are separated from the three families just like Ordnance." Up to this point, Gao Shitong spoke cautiously. "However, apart from armaments and food, there are many miscellaneous things, such as wood, reeds, and leather goods, many of which are stored in the warehouse city under my control."

"A lot of armaments are on the bodies of the various ministries, right?" Zhang Xing thought for a while, then continued to ask. "Are there still [-] to [-] sets?"

"nature."

"The treasury must be sealed and left to us." Zhang Xing said seriously. "But the ordnance and supplies of Gao Gong's headquarters, we just keep it first... When Gao Gong leads the headquarters to leave Dengzhou for Beihai to Hekou and cross the river, we can take away all the previous military equipment and armor, and the food can also be based on the number of 10 people Give enough for half a year, which is one-sixth of the grain stored in the city."

Gao Shitong was overjoyed, it was almost a gift to leave the country!
Obviously the meat of the pallet can still get this treatment, I can only say that it is fortunate that I came here on my own initiative, with a sincere attitude and quick response.

At the same time, many people in the Dragon Clan were a little bit strange. They obviously felt that Zhang Xing was too generous, but it was not good to question the decision and authority of this big leader on this occasion. In fact, since they came outside Dengzhou City, There are not many people who are qualified to question this leader... But this does not delay, including Bai Yousi, many people can't help but look at Zhang Dalong's head a few more times.

"As for the number of people taken away." Zhang Xing thought for a while before continuing. "All the Bohai Navy can go with you, and the Pingyuan Army can also be handed over to you..."

Gao Shitong was more than pleasantly surprised, he was stunned, but as smart as he was, he immediately thought of a key question: "Then Grand Master Sun...?"

"We have laid down the rules for the Dragon Gang, and the rules are broken here in Dengzhou, because the rebels belong to the same family, because we want to talk about the overall situation, because we want to reduce deaths, because both Zhishilang and Gao Gong have a good attitude of correcting mistakes. But rules are rules, if we don’t set rules for the world’s volunteers, how can we be the leader of the world’s volunteers?” Zhang Xing said slowly. "And now, we have exhausted our benevolence and righteousness, but Chief Sun still doesn't come, so we need to ask the Pingyuan Army to help us set the rules."

Hearing the above, Gao Shitong wanted to complain... It was clear that he was in Yuanmen or the eastern border of Hebei just now, and he even convicted himself for this. How can the Dragon Gang become the leader of the world's rebel army now?
But not to mention that Bohai Haijun and himself escaped from the dead, and obtained treatment and results far beyond what they had imagined before. Just the other party's last sentence also made the leader of the Hebei Rebel Army immediately turn his attention.

"So..." Gao Shitong looked serious, hesitant in his heart, and then asked carefully. "Must Mr. Zhang kill Sun Dadang?"

"I didn't say I wanted to kill Grand Master Sun." Zhang Xing suddenly smiled. "What I'm talking about is to use the Pingyuan Army to establish rules...From the leader Sun down, everyone will draw lots fairly, and kill one out of fifty to make an example. Fill your Bohai Navy! How does Gao Gong feel?"

Gao Shitong was finally astonished.

He hesitated just now, but after weighing the pros and cons, he felt that he could let Sun Xuanzhi die to maximize his benefits, but he suddenly realized that the death of this person may not be a good thing, because it is very likely that he will have to bear even greater burdens. bad name.

Unexpectedly, the young leader of the Dethrone Dragon Gang did not take an unusual path.

After a pause for a while, Gao Shitong really couldn't figure out the pros and cons of it for a while, and more importantly, he knew that he was not really negotiating with him, so he could only nod his head reluctantly.

Zhang Xing immediately laughed: "Then I wish Master Sun the best of luck."

Besides, today's night banquet, with Gao Shitong's first arrival and venting to the end, has actually become a unilateral verdict of the Dragon Gang, and by this time, the core issue has been said, and the atmosphere finally relaxed.

Next, the two parties just agreed that Gao Shitong and Wang Hou would go into the city with the Dragon Army brigade to help the Dragon Army gather the whole city in the early morning of tomorrow, so they would no longer talk about military affairs, but talked about customs and customs, and talked about old experiences .

Xie Minghe didn't ridicule that the Bohai Gao family was a fake, Xiong Bonan also talked about the friendship that day, but Zhang Xingdu pointed to the mountain in the north, saying that the Erzheng Dongyi fled in embarrassment that day, he didn't dare to walk the road, he could only go there Drilling in the mountains, he ended up coming to Dengzhou alone. In the end, Dao met Li, Xiong, Xu, and Lu met Bai Yousi, which caused everyone to sigh.

Finally, when the banquet was over, Gao Shitong gave the presents to Zhang Xing and the other leaders one by one, and rested in the village.

This night, many people are destined to have trouble sleeping.

Not to mention how Gao Shitong and others tossed and turned, only Bai Yousi and Zhang Xing transferred to the back of the Chinese army, and finally asked:

"What do you think about Hebei?"

Obviously, Bai Yousi, as the person who knew Zhang Xing best, had already noticed Zhang Xing's contradictory approach on one issue.

"I can't do whatever I want with this matter." Facing Bai Yousi, Zhang Xing certainly didn't need to hide it. "To put it bluntly, I'm still qualified to make decisions about Dengzhou's affairs, but once Dengzhou is taken down, a long line of Jishui will be connected, and the situation will change drastically. Everyone can't help themselves. I can only try my best to follow the trend And why... As for why it looks so messy, it's because some things can use positive force, and sometimes they need to use counter force, and now I'm just playing wedges indiscriminately to prepare for the future...Of course, I don't want some people to know My real purpose is to put on a cover."

Bai Yousi understood instantly, just nodded, and the two of them rested immediately.

However, Bai Yousi could wake up with a single sentence, and Zhang Xing could act recklessly as a wedge, which might not be the case for others... In fact, this night, there were messengers and troops everywhere inside and outside Dengzhou City.

Gao Shitong was so frightened until the third watch, he still couldn't help tentatively sending envoys to the city, but he fell asleep without getting any obstruction.

And not long after, he was awakened again, but he noticed that there was a big movement in the Longjun barracks. He instinctively thought that it was the Longjun who waited for him to send a messenger to report his safety, and then turned his face and refused to recognize anyone. He was about to attack Dengzhou at night. Not like it, and thought it was the Zhishi army who made the rebellion.In the end, after careful questioning, I found out that it turned out that it was the Tailong army from the rear who had not caught up because the front was advancing too fast. At this time, they came to help in a hurry. It was the leader Cheng Zhili and some reinforcements who marched desperately.

Immediately, another envoy from the city came to look for Gao Shitong, but he was not Gao Shitong's subordinate, but Sun Xuanzhi's confidant. The result of the inquiry—Sun Dadangjia thought Gao Dadangjia and him were a family.

Gao Shitong was caught off guard, and directly brought the envoy to him. Naturally, he was helpless, and the time was neither embarrassing nor embarrassing. He really didn't know how to deal with it, so he had no choice but to detain him, and then hurried to do it for his acquaintance Xiong Bonan. report.

Everyone has been detained by force, and Xiong Bonan has no choice but to leave the camp in person and go to Dengzhou City to do surveillance.Fortunately, until the morning, there was no major reaction in the city, but at this time, the direction of the barracks was already covered with smoke, and they turned back.

When everyone got up and had dinner together, there was another fast horse coming back from the front, saying that Wang Zhen and Tang Bairen had succeeded in raiding the Dengzhou Camp in the east.

At this moment, everyone finally relaxed. They just ate their breakfast in a hurry, then set up their soldiers and horses, and directly put on their armour, heading towards Dengzhou in a mighty manner.It can only be said that fortunately, the official road in Dengzhou was specially built for a million-strong army to march eastward. Otherwise, it would be more than ten miles away, and the forward army may have arrived, but the rear army has not yet left the camp.

But not far off.

Since Zhang Xing and others set off, they sent envoys along the way to inform Sun Xuanzhi in the city of the news that the Dengzhou camp had been captured, and asked the other side to surrender; Jing Bo and other descendants knew that the Shijun defense zone had entered the city and controlled the situation; at the same time, they also asked Gao Shitong to order one after another to inform the Bohai Navy of the good news of the pardon, so that the Bohai Navy could be prepared to guard against the Pingyuan Army and prepare to meet the Chulong Army at the same time. In the end, Bai Yousi, Xiong Tianwang and Xie Minghe went to the city in person in advance, flying back and forth, shocking the Pingyuan army in the city, and appease the other two generals.

All kinds of actions are endless.

And finally, this morning, the red-bottomed "解" banner, scrolling the main force of the Eastern Expedition of the Dragon Army, arrived under the capital city of Dengzhou, the most important town in the east of the East, and also arrived at this time. It is the final destination of the Dragon Army's large-scale eastward expansion.

It may be that this march was too fast, Shan Tonghai, Wang Shuyong, Niu Da and other leaders were a little bit disapproving at first, but as they got closer and closer to this famous city in the east, they gradually became excited, but they were a little dazed.

Without him, everyone knows what it means to enter this city. Although it is said that the "dog sage" abandoned the world by himself, and the eastern border is the most natural rule gap in the rule of the Wei Dynasty, but from the "dog sage" Counting from the time of escaping, for more than a year, the Dragon Gang did not rely on others to give them face to get away with it, but through hard work, many unspeakable military operations and difficult organization Jianjian, through that battle like wrestling in a mud pit, through difficult but unmistakable unity, became the overlord of the Eastern Territory, the master of the eight counties of Jishui, and the leader of the world's rebel army.

And the next step is that most people in this world have already realized, but there are still many people who are still unwilling to admit it, the so-called process of further disintegration of the Great Wei.

In any case, the Dethrone Dragon Army set up its own flag first.

"Everyone, what do you think of this Eastern Expedition?" Outside the city gate, while waiting for Xiong Bonan, Bai Yousi, and Xie Minghe to bring back safety news, Cheng Zhili, who arrived in a hurry last night, suddenly asked the other people beside him. A big leader in full armor.

They have been in this posture for a long time, and they have reached the point of ecstasy.

"What are you talking about?" Wang Shuyong came back to his senses and smiled blankly. "Isn't this already won?"

"I mean, how do you feel?" Cheng Zhili asked earnestly.

Wang Shuyong was still a little dazed, and then tried his best to answer: "It went well."

Cheng Zhili nodded.

At this moment, Shan Tonghai on the other side seemed to have seen through Cheng Zhili's intention, and sneered on the spot: "Boss Cheng meant to ask, how is this two Eastern Expeditions compared to the first one?"

"Of course there is one in the sky and the other in the ground." Wang Shuyong recalled the fiasco in Jibei before, and said one thing. "However, at the end of the day, we won the battle at Alexandria, and that was the key."

Cheng Zhili shook his head instead.

Niu Da, on the other hand, also sneered: "The Battle of Lishan was also due to Zhang Sange's strong opposition. If it wasn't for Zhang Sange, when would we local tyrants from the upper reaches of Jishui come to this city?"

Wang Shuyong nodded immediately: "That's what I meant."

"Old Cheng asked this, that's exactly what he wanted." Shan Tonghai sneered even more.

"No." Cheng Zhili sighed. "Maybe it's because I didn't fight the battle personally, and I don't value it as much as you, or maybe I'm older than you guys, and I value other things more... I really think that if I win the battle, if I can't Sort out the interior and customize a big strategy; if you can't get a glimpse of people's hearts, change the strategy against the enemy in a timely manner; if you can't adjust the smoothness, softness and hardness, it is impossible to really solve everything like a long knife... This is a big deal My old Cheng is very convinced of his ability. The last time I was so convinced was when I saw Fourth Master Li, who became the prefect of Wu'an, easily build a strong army from scratch."

Niu Da and Wang Shuyong pondered each other, but Shan Tonghai still shook his head: "Old Cheng, you have said so much, are you looking for a reason to make a gesture of Zhang Dalong's head for us, so as to save us from a sad life in the future? Let me tell you, you were originally attracted by him." Yes, everyone regards you as his, so who can say that you are not successful?"

Cheng Zhili didn't refute, and immediately urged the horse forward, getting closer behind Zhang Xing's Huang Puma.

After a while, three rays of light, one gold, one purple, and one green, flashed across, and Bai Yousi, Xiong Bonan, and Xie Minghe almost turned back to the horses in front of the door, and then only Xie Minghe said a few words to Zhang Xing...follow up Cheng Zhili understood what he heard, but he clearly told Zhang Dalongtou that the Gaoshitong Department's defense zone was indeed safe behind the opened tall city gate, including the Wengcheng in front of him, and to the important Cangcheng in the rear.

Zhang Xing nodded, raised his hand as a signal, and wanted to urge the banner mounts to lead the whole army into the city.

At this time, Cheng Zhili suddenly got off his horse, walked up to Zhang Xingma, and said earnestly: "Leader! Last time in Hebei, because of the superiority and inferiority, I asked you to change horses. Today's entry into the city depends on the command of the leader." That's right, but as the only leader of the Dragon Clan in the lower reaches, I'm really ashamed that I can't make any contribution, so let me lead the horse this time, bring the leader into the city, and express my heart."

Zhang Xing was taken aback by Zheng, and wanted to agree, but he turned his eyes away from someone, and instead had an idea: "It's not that I can't accept Cheng Dalang's wishes, but that there is really a better candidate for today's matter...Gao Gong?"

Cheng Zhili came to his senses in an instant, while Gao Shitong, who had been walking with the horse, was startled for a moment, but he also came to his senses immediately, and then his face turned red.

But Zhang Xing did not let go of the other party's intentions, instead he said: "Gao Gong, I didn't mean to humiliate you deliberately, we met in private, it doesn't matter how much we respect you, but today I invite the leader of the Hebei rebel army to be the leader of the rebel army all over the world I’m here to give some guidance, and I want the leader of the Bohai Navy to lure horses into the city for the leader of the left wing of the Dragon Gang, please don’t refuse!”

Although the person's tone is euphemistic, his tone seems to be undeniable.

Gao Shitongku sat on the horse, thought about it, it was really hard to accept, and he was annoyed at the easy abandonment of Sun Xuanzhi last night, but now, with all the promises fulfilled and various things done, it is even more true to depose the Dragon Army In the sense that soldiers are approaching the city, and even the city is under control, how can they refuse?
As a result, he almost sat and watched Cheng Dalang pass by, "teared" himself off, and numbly took the reins of the yellow puma.

Immediately, Cheng Dalang, who was already in full armor, turned around and took off his long spear, put it on his shoulders, and then strode into the doorway alone, as if he was a vanguard.

Gao Shitong turned around and raised his head, facing Zhang Xing looking down at him, he couldn't help dodging, and then he lowered his head, dragging his horse towards the city gate.

As soon as the yellow puma under Zhang Xing's crotch moved, so did the flag that had been lowered behind him. Immediately, including Wang Hou, all the leaders behind him who were stunned watching this scene also came to their senses. The crowd moved with a commotion and came to the city of Dengzhou one after another... It was not until noon that all the troops entered the city and took Dengzhou into their pockets.

PS: Good night everyone.

(End of this chapter)