Delong

Chapter 274 Pro Pop (7)

Zhang Xing stayed in Dengzhou for more than half a month.

It's not just because Bai Yousi is here, and it's not just because Xu Shiying is required to be a stitcher of documents. The two sides of the thing add up to tens of thousands of words, and there are many similarities, so copying it is still very fast, and it's not because He encountered a strange incident and needed to calm down, but said that Dengzhou was too big.

Dengzhou is the state of the general manager. This is a temporary military division, which gathers one or more states and counties into one place and hands them over to a high-ranking military chief.The general manager himself manages the army and the people, and even has the power to launch small-scale wars on his own initiative.From a certain point of view, it can even be regarded as some kind of independent feudal kingdom.

And this kind of governor state varies in size, roughly divided into three classes. The lowest class is only a county, which temporarily grants generals or county guards enough power. The county is in charge of the state, and it is not uncommon.

As for Dengzhou, it is neither big nor small, and it belongs to a typical middle-level administrative state, which is composed of three counties.However, the original three counties of Beihai, Gaomi, and Denglai were also first-class counties, far from comparable to the states and counties of the Fifty States of Dongyi.

In addition, because of facing Dongyi directly, the history of Dengzhou as the governor state is almost continuous. In the Great Wei Dynasty, many times of Eastern Expeditions, the status has been continuously strengthened, just like Youzhou, Hejian, Xuzhou , Jiangdu, and Yedu, and gradually gained some special political significance... This is why the rebel army's defeat of Dengzhou was considered the first rebel climax, and the second rebel climax, that is, at present, seems to be still Dengzhou was taken down as a clear sign.

Turning it around, such a large place has mountains and seas, merchants and farmers, human resources who practice martial arts, rebels who surrendered or settled down on the spot, and dense cities, military villages, and ports. There are various warehouses in various cities and towns, and the strategic position is so high. Zhang Xing, who came back from inspection, naturally spent a lot of time inspecting and dealing with various miscellaneous matters.

Especially after they encountered a war and a year-long invalid rule, everything seemed to have been destroyed, and everything seemed to still have the original regulations and operating conditions.

However, after all kinds of troubles, Zhang Dalongtou finally decided to return to the west after re-checking the batch of precious old grain, so-called going to Jiyin according to the agreement.

In theory, it is because there are equally important winter clothes there, and they need to be distributed immediately. In fact, it is to use this opportunity to decide the direction of attack.

An attack must be made, even if the conditions are difficult, the success rate is small, and food and ordnance are wasted, it must be attacked.First of all, it is because attacking is the best defense, and it is better than passive defense; secondly, because the Dragon Clan is just a rebel army that took advantage of the situation, and it has just been established for more than a year. The grass-roots team gritted their teeth and stood up. It is one step faster in the expansion process, and they dare not miss any strategic window period.

The so-called world of great struggle will start, the strong will be strong, and the weak will perish.

For this reason, many people have an approximate concept.Therefore, no one will doubt the upcoming wave of active attacks. The only problem is the direction of the attack.

In fact, in Dengzhou, Zhang Xing also waited for written replies from many leaders below Xiong Bonan and Xu Shiying about the direction of attack.

However, the autumn wind was tight in September, and Zhang Xing was about to set off, but he encountered some foreign things one after another, which made him slightly entangled.

"Dongyi's envoy... has arrived at the gate of the general manager's mansion?" Zhang Xing couldn't help but wonder. "How did you find out when you got to the door?"

"The envoy hid in the caravan, and only showed up after entering the city...he brought Dongyi's seal and grade documents with him, as well as the letter from the great governor." Wang Xiongsheng reported this way.

Zhang Xing was silent for a while, and then looked at the few people who were discussing in the hall—they were discussing the situation in Hebei.

Bai Yousi was teaching in Cangcheng, and Xiong Bonan, who had just gone to Langya to settle Zhishijun, was doing his part, but the Zimian Heavenly King, who had always been responsible, thought for a while, then slowly shook his head and said nonsense: "Dongyi's envoy is still It is important to pay attention, please come in and ask clearly about the purpose of coming, the soldiers will come and cover up the water and soil."

This is really nonsense, but the others didn't react extra. Even Xie Minghe, who always cared about these things, just came back from Hebei and had something on his mind, so he just waved his hands in perfunctory manner.

It's not that everyone is quarreling, but that there is really trouble between Dongyi and the Chulong Gang...the so-called position is troublesome, specific affairs are troublesome, and everything is troublesome.

For example, everyone is anti-Wei, and logically speaking, they should be allies.But in fact, as a fringe area that has never been a part of the Central Plains Dynasty so far, the two sides have repeatedly fought. Dongyi is obviously an enemy country here in the eastern border. It is difficult for the Dragon Gang to accept forming an alliance with the other party and accepting assistance. What.But then again, the necessary fair trade and normal communication seem to be indispensable.

At the same time, you have to be on guard against the other party. After all, they are a huge military and political entity known as the Fifty States. Maybe they really have the intention to enter the Central Plains. At that time, the Eastern Territory will have to be beaten first.

In addition, there are even some people in the gang who think that Dongyi has been accepting the remaining forces of the Central Plains for thousands of years, and in fact they have completely shared the same language as the Central Plains. Whether it is defense or alliance, it is enough to adjust according to the comparison of strength. , to a certain extent, it can even be considered as an aggressive direction.

This kind of cognitive confusion is especially serious for the Chulong Gang who just got up.

It is also very troublesome when it comes to specific things. The most troublesome thing is the loss of population, which is also a bad debt.

Before entering Dengzhou and Langya, Zhang Xing and Xiong Bonan had already noticed some things. After occupying Dengzhou and Langya, such things surfaced completely:

Many coastal gangs in Langya are supported by Dongyi people. If you want to say that these people are playing chess for the expansion of Dongyi and counterattacking the Central Plains, there may be some, but at this moment, the real problem is These gangs, as well as some normal Dongyi caravans from Luolongtan and sea, had been semi-openly transferring people for the previous year.

Specifically, it is to transfer the population of the eastern border to Dongyi.

The loss of population is of course a bad thing, but considering the previous wars, a fact that has to be admitted is that many people are actually voluntary. They took the initiative to avoid chaos, rather than simply plundering and selling.

At the same time, the Dragon Clan must face another cruel reality. This year's autumn harvest, the eastern half of the Eastern Border and the Dengzhou area have actually been quite affected. If those who fled really come back , They may not really be able to feed so many people.

After returning, it is very likely that even this batch of old food, which is regarded as a strategic reserve, will be gone. When the time comes, not to mention the attack, even the defensive battle will be tight.

More importantly, the Dethrone Dragon Gang cannot guarantee that the war will disappear.

Xiong Bonan had paid special attention to and dealt with this matter before, but the final result was nothing, because he really didn't know how to discuss it.

"Then please come up!"

There was a lot of discussion in the hall, and it was almost helpless, but it happened that the envoy arrived and it was difficult to see him, even Zhang Xing could only keep a perfunctory attitude.

After a while, a man in Tsing Yi, wearing a high crown and a long robe, appeared in the hall holding a wooden box.

But when the man arrived, he looked around, but frowned on the spot, and then neither spoke nor moved.

Everyone around was stunned—didn't it be said that Dongyi people preserved the most etiquette in the Central Plains?You are a guest, how much do you wish?

The two sides confronted each other for a while, but Zhang Xing asked patiently, "Is your Excellency the envoy of Dongsheng Kingdom?"

Then the man said proudly: "Not bad."

"Are you here to meet the leader of the Dragon Clan?" Zhang Xing continued to ask.

"Exactly." He was still proud.

"Then since you're here, why didn't you say a word?" Zhang Xing was extremely puzzled. "Where is the letter?"

"Because the real master of this city is not in the chief's mansion." The envoy finally got impatient, and at the same time held up the wooden box with both hands. "Before I came, I knew that the Bai family in Dengzhou City still had thoughts, and the letters from the governor should naturally be handed over to this heroine who relies on the sky... On the contrary, you guys, you don't care about etiquette. My dignified envoy, I also brought a letter from my family’s great governor, expressly requesting to see the master of the city, but you are just fooling me like this.”

Halfway through the hearing, many people in the hall were relieved, thinking that because of the time difference, when they set off, they only thought that the leader in Dengzhou City was Bai Yousi, so there was a misunderstanding-this is indeed no problem, because it was quite a while ago When Zhang Xing was away, Xiong Bonan also went to Langya, and the leader in the city was Bai Yousi.

Only Xie Minghe came back to his senses at this time, realized something, and suddenly Nianxu sneered.

The new leader Tang Bairen, who was sitting at the bottom, simply stood up, pointed to Zhang Xing, and introduced seriously: "The envoy misunderstood! A while ago, it was indeed the White Lady who ranked first in the city, but you came from Dongsheng Kingdom, It has been going on for a long time, Zhang Longtou of my family has been here in person for a long time, even King Xiong Tian also arrived yesterday."

The man was stunned for a moment, looked at Zhang Xing in the hall, then looked at Xiong Bonan again, and then suddenly laughed: "If you want to humiliate me, Dong Shengguo, just say it bluntly, why use such ridiculous remarks to perfunctory? What Zhang Longtou, who doesn't know that is Bai's son-in-law? What Xiong Tianwang, isn't it the Bai's guardian? If there is no Bai's help behind, how can you and the so-called group of fugitives, tyrants, and military bandits occupy the eight counties of Jishui? "

As soon as this remark came out, the hall was completely silent.

Seeing this, the envoy became more and more impatient: "Since I have come here by order, I naturally have to live up to my mission and quickly invite Bai Yousi to submit the documents in person, so as not to delay diplomatic relations because of this matter. In the future, the world will be troubled When it comes to big things, I am naturally troublesome, and you may not be able to explain it in front of the British public."

There was still no one around, not even Tang Bairen stood there motionless.

In the end, it was Xie Minghe who directly sneered and broke the weird silence: "Could it be that you are from the upper third class of Dongyi, surnamed Li, Lu, or Yu, Chen? Or simply Wang? Are you on a business trip?"

At this moment, the envoy had sensed something was wrong, but he became more arrogant when he heard the words: "Do the savages in the Eastern Realm also know that the Chen surname in Dongsheng Kingdom is second-rank?"

"Others don't know, why don't I, a Jiangdong surnamed Xie, not know?" Xie Minghe finally shook his head and sighed in the hall. "When the Great Tang Dynasty collapsed, the witch clan went south, and the Chen family divided into three parts. One of them defended the western capital and fought to the end. They set themselves on fire and were called Chen Long; they protected the Tang family and went south to establish the Southern Tang Dynasty. They defended Jingkou, and they were called Chen Hu. ;Amassing up wealth and silk, rushing to Dongyi, offering a daughter to the leader of the Dongsheng Kingdom, known as Chen Gou...the ancestors of the Xie family have detailed experiences, and there are a few records."

The envoy was finally stunned, and then reacted, but his face turned red on the spot, and then he seemed helpless, and was even obviously a little jealous of Xie Minghe.

He stared at the other person, as if asking, your surname is really Xie.

And the people around reacted and laughed loudly.

"I thought he was joking just now, but it's really..." After laughing, people like Xiong Bonan couldn't help shaking his head.

The messenger's face was still red, but when he turned around and saw that it was Xiong Bonan, he still felt apprehensive when he remembered what he said before.

"Then the governor probably knew that this person was so ridiculous, so he deliberately sent him to see the world?" Xu Shiying also shook his head.

The messenger turned around again, saw a young man in such a posture, and finally found a chance, but the long life energy gushed out from his body, holding the wooden box in one hand, and suddenly drew a knife from his waist in the other hand, pointing at Xu Shiying: "Where is the boy, How dare you laugh at me, Dongsheng Chen?"

Before the words fell, Xu Shiying's body remained motionless, but with a sweep of his eyebrows, the same long-lived zhenqi gushed out from his body, but it was several times thicker and faster than the other party's. Like a thing, it is like a big python swallowing a letter, stretching out half a zhang straight out of thin air, forcing it in front of the opponent's sword.

The next moment, before the envoy with the surname of Dongyi, who looked like a master, could react, the knife in his hand had changed hands, so that he was shocked on the spot.

"Okay." Zhang Xing just watched the farce with a blank face before, and he didn't know what he was thinking, and finally spoke at this time. "Messenger, believe it or not, we are by no means a vassal of anyone, and Bai Sanniang is just a big leader in our gang, and he is no more powerful than other big leaders in making decisions... The Dragon Gang can have the momentum it is today , It is to open the door and discuss public matters, not to say regardless of background and origin, but to talk about firm stance, talent, and credit."

At this point, the emissary was completely at a loss, and Zhang Xing just sat still in the lobby of the general manager's mansion, and stretched his hand down the hall: "Anyway, I am Zhang Xing, the leader of the left wing of the Dethroning Dragon Gang. The leader of the rebel army in the state city, I will be the master of everything, please give me the document and explain the purpose of coming."

The envoy opened his mouth, his face full of confusion, but after this commotion, he still realized something, then stepped forward carefully, and put the wooden box in the opponent's hand amidst the disdain and sneer of everyone in the hall.

Immediately, he carefully retreated back into the hall, and spoke again: "There is only a letter from the governor, no words... But... But, I still go to see Bai Shiyousi with my own eyes, so as not to be deceived."

Zhang Xing had already opened the wooden box and took out a piece of silk. Hearing this, he just nodded and pointed casually: "Xiao Jia, take him to Cangcheng to find Chief Bai. If you don't want to die... ..."

Jia Runshi immediately stepped forward to agree, and the man left in a hurry as if fleeing, while the others quickly turned their eyes back to Zhang Xing.

I saw Zhang Dalong quickly read the silk with his head, first sighed, then shook his head, and then laughed on the spot.

Xu Shiying couldn't bear it any longer, and took the lead to ask, "Third brother, what's written on it?"

"It's nothing." Zhang Xing rolled the silk into a ball, exerted his true energy, and threw it directly at Xiong Bonan, while explaining a little. "The governor still knows the importance and benefits, but he just agreed not to fight, and the business exchanges between the two sides are as usual... But there is another word, suggesting that we go west as soon as possible, and attack the British government on both sides, and attack the eastern capital. Or go north to Hebei, and join forces with the British prince in Hebei... It seems to be a suggestion, and it seems to be a test."

The crowd became more and more agitated.

Zhang Xing also smiled again, and then said seriously: "Everyone, looking at this situation, unless the Dongyi people are deliberately paralyzing us, there is no need to worry too much about their attack, but I have indeed seen other Dongyi masters , seems to be much stronger than this, so I have doubts... It is really difficult to do things, I have to think about everything, and I have to take everything into consideration."

"They are really not pretending." Xie Minghe immediately made a firm judgment. "I've been to Dongyi before... The outstanding people among the top three surnames are really outstanding, but most of them are like this. The chief governor has heard and seen, no matter how heroic he is, I'm afraid he really thinks The Dragon Gang is Bai's method... In fact, it's not just him, those people who hide in their pockets, if they haven't seen it with their own eyes, how can they know the ability of the younger brother and the structure of the Dragon Gang? Conjecture, but reasonable."

Zhang Xing shook his head.

Xu Shiying, who had just received the silk silk, interjected while looking at it: "I don't think the Dongyi people will deliberately paralyze us. It's not that they have no malicious intentions, but that they are hundreds of miles away from Longtan. If they don’t go in, it will be difficult for them to fight out, I don’t believe they have the capital and preparations to enter the Eastern Territory now, and they are here to paralyze our Dragon Gang.”

"We still have to be careful, and send some people over there to find out the news." Zhang Xing thought for a while, looked at Xiong Bonan, and passed Zhang Jinshu by the way.

Xiong Bonan nodded immediately, and Zhang Jinshu also took advantage of the situation to bow his head.

At this point, the matter seemed to be over, but Zhang Xing hesitated for a moment, and still shook his head: "Even the governor of Dongyi is worried about where we are going...Brother Xie, do you still want to go back to Hebei?"

"No." Xie Minghe shook his head. "Gao Shitong, once he gains power again, his face will be too hateful, and in Pingyuan's situation, he may become a big trend again, and then he will be even more rude... Not only will I not go back, but I will also advise my virtuous brother not to send any more people. It will save him from taking back the anger he received in Dengzhou City before."

Xu Shiying also returned to the topic before the envoy's arrival: "Actually, I think Gao Shitong may not last long. Then Qian Tang is somewhat as famous as Zhang Sange, how can he be so incompetent? This series of consecutive defeats is a bit tempting." The feeling of the enemy's penetration."

Zhang Xing was noncommittal. He had already realized that these things seemed important, but they were actually not important. It seemed that he had to make a wise judgment, but in fact, in the face of the overall situation, it was impossible for the so-called judgment to be stable.The most urgent task is to decide the direction of attack and dispatch troops quickly.As long as troops are sent out, one punch can break the situation apart.

Compared with this matter, everything is a small section.

After thinking up to this point, the big leader just looked at Xie Minghe: "Well, please help me, brother Xie. I will go to Jiyin with the leader Bai. Dengzhou has the most orphans here. Please help me to teach for a few days. The children continue to build foundations and try to gain true energy."

Xie Minghe thought for a while, but simply nodded.

On September [-]th, Zhang Xing, who realized that he could not delay any longer, almost dropped all the incidents, and took all the big leaders and leaders except the necessary generals who stayed behind, and went to Jiyin.

On the way, as soon as they arrived in Jibei, news came that a few days ago, that is, on September [-]th when Zhang Xing left Dengzhou, the Huaiyou League made a big move, and the six counties on both sides of the Huaixi Bank changed color in one day, and the world looked sideways.

Among them, Huaiyang County even hung the banner of the Dragon Gang.

Hearing the news, Zhang Xing and his entourage left the entourage again, and proceeded westward with ease. Just after entering Dongjun, they got the news again—Nanyang was defeated, and the Wu brothers fled in embarrassment. With only twenty cavalry, he fled into Kaocheng, Liang County, which was occupied by the Dragon Gang.

This night, Zhang Xing and his party stayed in Lihu, and planned to go directly to the city of Jiyin the next day.

PS: Happy National Day everyone.

(End of this chapter)