Delong

Chapter 284

Chapter 284 Pro Pop (17)

Zhang Xing returned to Sikouguan, and when the ferry boat that picked him up was sailing on the sparkling river under the moonlight in winter, he had already woken up to one thing.

That is everything he encountered and knew about Zhang Dalongtou and Xiong Bonan during this trip, it was not a coincidence at all.

To put it bluntly, it was precisely because he was determined to move northward that the Dragon Gang began to prepare, and the movement on the Henan side could not be covered up, which led to everything—Gao Shitong was afraid of the Dragon Gang going north, so he went further north first. In order to find a foothold and a new foundation, Qian Tang was also afraid that the Dragon Gang would advance northward, so he must vigorously promote the military process of the army.

It was inevitable that this battle in Hebei broke out before the Dahe Ice Age, the time when the Dragon Clan could calmly advance northward.

Zhang Xing even had reason to suspect that everyone knew about Zhuge Dewei's pissing nature, and that his arrival was deliberately done by a self-righteous smart person, thinking that by doing so, he could give some kind of hidden explanation to the Dragon Gang. Or that person had vaguely realized that the Hebei Rebels were not the opponents of the Hejian Daying Army, but they were lucky, and then they were held up and could not turn back, so they were asking for help in this way.

It's just that the last one doesn't need to be true, because people's hearts can't be true.

What we have to do now is to be desperate and quickly complete the preparations for dispatching troops. Taking advantage of the lack of reaction from various forces in Hebei, they punched them and smashed the soldiers and horses that had been dispatched along the way in the Hejian camp to pieces.

After crossing the river and returning to Sikouguan, Zhang Xing summoned the leaders who were here overnight, that is, under Wei Xuanding, Chai Xiaohe, Bing Yuanzheng, Jia Yue, Zhou Xingfan, Shang Huaien, Wang Xiongdan, Jia Runfu, Leaders Yan Qing, Lu Hongyue, and Liu Zhouchen first informed them of the relevant military situation, and then publicly announced their decision.

"It is necessary to go to war. The officers and troops will probably enter the gap between the plain and Ande within three to five days, or simply fight on the south side of Pingyuan City. That is the farthest and weakest army in the Hejian Camp. The time is also the most suitable time to attack, we will rush directly from behind...they have no time to react." At this point, President Zhang breathed out and sighed. "Do you know what is the most rare thing? This army is just the army of the Hejian Camp. It is better to cut off one finger if it hurts its ten fingers! If it hurts the Hejian Camp here, it will be easier to deal with later!"

"How many soldiers are there?" Wei Xuanding, who was buzzing in his head, suppressed his chaotic thoughts and asked earnestly. "The Hejian camp should be full of [-] to [-] elites, but it's been a lot of wear and tear in the past two years, but if they come out with all their strength..."

"Impossible!" Zhang Xing waved his hands in response. "How can a warlord who wants to occupy land as king not leave people to look after his hometown? And it's meaningless to say that... We have to send scouts, a large number of scouts, scouts from Hebei, don't need to worry about anything else, just make sure the route is right. The strength is enough...we will not move for the time being if it is [-] or more, and we will fight if it is less than [-]!"

"When will the troops be dispatched? How many troops can we mobilize in a hurry?" At this time, only Wei Xuanding could continue to ask questions.

"It's still about reconnaissance. In any case, we will start building pontoon bridges tomorrow. The more the better, the soonest the troops will be dispatched in the morning the next day, and then they will rush over directly..." Zhang Xing blurted out. "How many soldiers can be mobilized!"

"That is the little more than 1 soldiers and horses in Jibei, Pingyin, and Lu County?" Wei Xuanding's face turned pale.

"No." Zhang Xing shook his head and answered slowly. "At Sikouguan, we have already stockpiled a considerable amount of supplies for sending troops in winter. Therefore, the soldiers and horses within fifty miles, that is, a little more than 1 soldiers and horses, will come here tomorrow with their armaments and supplies; The soldiers and horses within eighty miles can arrive within a day without luggage and only with weapons, and change their clothes here, which can cover the 8000 soldiers and horses in Yuncheng and Liangshan Dazhai; at the same time, Let Zheng Detao and Fan Bao of Qi County in the lower reaches cross the river from the front at top speed, gather with the Putai Army soldiers and horses in Douzigang, and go to Pingyuan City for a pincer attack. This is more than [-] people... In other words, as long as we do well Hurry up, if you do well, [-] soldiers will go there, and it will be a two-sided attack! Does anyone have anything to ask?"

Wei Xuanding remained silent, and the leaders around him also shut up.

"Then I will start to order now, Yan Qing, make a record, everyone will listen to it together, and leave after making supplements."

Hastily arrived in the room where only one lamp was lit, Zhang Xing's face looked dark, only a pair of eyes were shining, and there were many people standing beside him, only Yan Qing hurriedly flipped through the paper and pen, and then lay down under the oil lamp to record .

"First, send out scouts immediately, in large numbers, to ensure the core intelligence of this army that circles from the west of Pingyuan County, Wang Xiongsheng, you do it, and try to choose people from Hebei!"

"Here!" Wang Xiongdan immediately clapped his hands in response.

"Second, go now, with Sikouguan as the core, along the official road and the canal, and lay out supply points on three sides. One place in five miles is needed. It must be able to cook, provide drinking water, and provide fodder for livestock. To take care of the exhausted stragglers, but also to be able to do simple vehicle repairs... How far can be paved, how many can be built... After Bing stays, he will do it himself, mobilize the county soldiers overnight, and also along the way All towns and villages cooperate!"

"Yes!" Bing Yuanzheng bowed his head and said yes.

"Third, immediately prepare the materials and boats for the pontoon bridge, and build the pontoon bridge at dawn tomorrow, and keep building it, not only for crossing the river this time, but also for crossing the river, as much as we can build, because we want Considering the defeat... then we will need more pontoon bridges! General Xiao Lu, you are responsible for the affairs on the river, and you must immediately call General Da Lu from upstream to cooperate!"

"Understood!" Lu Hongyue also clapped her hands in agreement, but couldn't help swallowing.

"Fourth, according to what I just said, orders were sent to all places to issue military orders overnight to all surrounding towns and military camps within eighty miles, requiring all military troops to immediately gather at Sikouguan. , Arrive with ordnance and supplies before tomorrow night, and the troops between [-] and [-] miles, including most of Jibei County and Liangshan Dazhai, can drop their excess baggage and come lightly. They still need to arrive before tomorrow night! Jia Yue, Zhou Xingfan, Shang Huai'en, you three are in charge of this matter!"

Jia Yue and Shang Huai'en said together that Xiao Zhou, who had been a little sluggish since announcing his march into Hebei, cheered up. In any case, he was going to fight the imperial army.

"Fifth, Duke Wei will take a trip in person, overnight, to Qi County downstream, which is directly opposite Pingyuan County, and is close to the scheduled battlefield. You can cross the river one day later, but you must be there before noon on the day after tomorrow. Hebei completes the assembly, and the camera decides whether to join the war and when to join the war... Try to contact us directly in Hebei... If Cheng Dalang is half-hearted, you can directly direct Fan Bao and Cheng Mingqi, these two people will not play tricks!"

"Okay." Wei Xuanding's breathing also became heavy.

"Sixth..." Zhang Xing said while looking at Chai Xiaohe, the only big boss present. "When the people in Liangshan Dazhai arrive, they need to replenish their armaments. They need supplies for three to five days for crossing the river. They need to dispatch some craftsmen and ships to build the pontoon bridge. They need to collect messengers... Chief Chai, you are still the one who stays behind. Take charge here, report to Chief Chai for logistics and civil affairs, and military affairs and military affairs are all in my hands.”

"Don't worry about the dragon head." Chai Xiaohe took a step forward and stood beside the lamp with a serious face.

"Is there anything else to add?" Zhang Xing finished speaking in one breath, feeling somewhat out of breath.

"The chiefs stationed everywhere, which one stays behind, which one follows the army..." Yan Qing, who had just finished writing, suddenly raised his head. As a result, a piece of hair was burnt by the oil lamp, which brought out a burnt smell, but he just held it down with one hand, and the others also They didn't bother.

"All with the army! Anyone who can come will come! Let's talk when we arrive!" Zhang Xing answered without hesitation. "Not only that, but also send an urgent letter to the leaders who are not within eighty miles, go to our own newly established post station, relay the pass, and ask all the big leaders and leaders, except those in Qi County, to arrive before the next morning Yes, they are all here! Since you want to fight, you must use all your strength to punch this punch!"

Yan Qing responded immediately and continued to write.

Immediately afterwards, everyone added some details one after another, and then they wanted to disperse.

But when the show was about to end, it was Xiao Zhou who remembered something and asked in surprise, "Third Brother, where is King Xiong Tian? What is he in charge of?"

"Xiong Tianwang is going to fight!" Zhang Xing was stunned for a while, before answering with a smile. "I'll come back when I'm done!"

Everyone didn't know why, but they didn't want to ask too many questions, so they dispersed.

But as soon as the person left, under the lonely oil lamp, Zhang Xing suddenly felt a sense of inexplicable fatigue all over his body, but he ignored it, and directly found two chairs in the room that was originally the accounting office of the ferry, and casually lie down.

Then fall asleep soundly.

Just as Zhang Xing fell asleep, Xiong Bonan had already arrived at a manor at the junction of the Bohai Sea and the plain... No matter how well-equipped the polders of the manor were, it couldn't compare to a decent city wall. With the cultivation of Xiong Tianwang, he easily jumped into it.

Then, a groom was alarmed.

There is no way, he Xiong Tianwang is not from a criminal background, nor has he received special infiltration training. More importantly, he is used to it, and he really doesn't know how to do this kind of assassination, so even if he is very careful , but still came up to an extremely embarrassing situation... In fact, it was not until he landed in the stable that Xiongbo Nanan realized that the groom had to feed and take care of the horses at night. Watching and dozing off in the stables was more common, but it was too late.

And now, he didn't know how to deal with the groom.

"The good man goes away, I won't talk nonsense..." At this moment, the groom who was awakened from sleeping in the stable waved his hands again and again, and in turn waved his hands shirtlessly in the straw pile as a pledge. "The watchman hasn't come here yet. A good guy steals things and looks for someone. As long as you don't go here again, I will definitely not look for trouble on my own."

Xiong Tianwang was slightly relieved, but couldn't help but took advantage of the situation to ask: "Do you know where the owner of the villa lives? Is it under the most middle oar?"

The groom obviously hesitated for a moment on his skinny face, and then nodded slightly.

Xiong Bonan heaved a sigh of relief, in this case, he could only avoid the patrols, and only take the dark road, be careful, then he can touch the tower and talk about it.

As soon as he thought of this, he wanted to leave the stable again, but stopped again, and asked curiously: "The haystack is warm and warm, but why are you shirtless, aren't you afraid of stabbing people?"

"If you're a hero, it's just one piece of clothing, and you have to wear it during the day." The man was still cautious in the haystack.

Xiong Bonan laughed dryly and felt a little embarrassed, so he nodded and was about to leave, but then he turned back for the third time, and his tone was quite strange: "Are you missing a few fingers?"

The groom lying there was startled when he heard the words, and then remained silent for a while, then he took out his hand cautiously, but covered it with the other hand under the shadow of the stable pillars, then spoke carefully, but trembling slightly : "If you go back to the hero, you are missing a finger."

Xiong Bonan hesitated for a moment.

His cultivation is here, and when he noticed it for a moment, he realized that the other party was missing a finger. At this time, after the other party answered, he thought of many possibilities, especially in the past two years. , It's hard to say anything about life and death.

For example, the family was destroyed on the way to escape from famine, and the rebels behind them cut off a finger as a souvenir; for example, when they parted, they bit their fingers and made oaths... the princess and her son-in-law were reunited, and the poor family reunited with a severed finger.

If you ask too many questions, it will arouse people's sadness.

"Why so little?" Xiong Tianwang couldn't hold back after all.

"The mother-in-law is a waiter in the inner courtyard. She stole things and was beaten to death. She broke a finger to warn me." The groom said cautiously but as if he couldn't wait.

"You guys stole together, what did you steal?" Xiong Bonan instinctively became irritable, he knew that many big families and even small families were very cruel to their private servants, it was not uncommon to beat people to death and disabled people, but he still felt disgusted, so for a moment he It occurred to me that it might be that the other couple stole some valuables, which aroused the anger of the relevant people.

"Stealing food, she stole it alone..." The groom couldn't help crying while clutching his crippled palm. "It's the leftovers from the guests. According to the rules, she can't take them out of the inner courtyard. She hid a piece of pancake for me and wanted to bring it out... According to the rules, she will be beaten to death... and she will also cut off my fingers, saying that someone stole it from my house." Things, I'm not allowed to live in a house... Hero, this world is wrong, the rules are wrong, it shouldn't be like this."

Xiong Bonan only felt his head buzzing, and in an instant, this incident was confirmed by the rumors about Gao Shizan, he only had a feeling that it was no wonder, that it was so, no wonder it was rumored in the world that Gao Shizan A cannibal scourge!

What is the difference between this and cannibalism?It doesn't even seem strange that one day they will really eat people.

Xiong Bonan sighed, this time without turning around, he asked the last sentence: "Has Gao Shizan been so cruel all the time, or has he become like this in the past two years?"

"The new rules were only made last year." The groom bowed his head.

Xiong Bonan was completely stunned.

Just for a moment, he actually instinctively thought of Zhang Jincheng, who had just risen and started killing people indiscriminately, the panicked pedestrians he met on the road yesterday who shouted that the Hejian Army was coming, the empty fields of Pingyuan County, and the When Zhang Xing told those people about the disgusting rules in the eastern border, the Hebei people's reaction reminded me of many things.

And the groom's answer also verified a little bit of his thinking, and made him feel a little scared.

That is, Gao Shizan is definitely not some kind of demon king and monster, and he and the members of the Dragon Gang are not born heroes.If Gao Shizan had gone to the Eastern Territory two years ago, if he or someone else stayed in this ghostly place, there would be no rules and restrictions, no slogans and sayings, and no well-organized Dragon Gang to control everyone. In fact, the group of brothers of the Dragon Gang may also degenerate into this kind of person.

Of course, the matter has come to this point, it is useless to think about it.

Without saying anything more or leaving any words, King Xiong Tian walked out of the stable and hid himself in the darkness of howling north wind.

This time, he was very careful, he didn't step on the roof, he didn't jump around casually, but carefully avoided the patrols, and every time he made a movement, he must take advantage of the wind to do it.In this way, Xiong Bonan quickly reached the front of the oar firmly, and then he did not jump up, but climbed up obediently, and caught two living creatures on it. Two people who cultivated the right pulse, killed one of them, and the other came to ask seriously.After asking about the layout of the inner courtyard, and seeing clearly from above, only the last person had his limbs broken, his mouth shut, and he was careful in the end.

The inner courtyard was brightly lit, but most of the servants were already asleep. Although there were a few more people patrolling, what was interesting was that they were limited to a few places on the outer floor, and there were not many people next to the bedroom where the tongue pointed before.

Xiong Bonan saw the timing, quickly climbed over, entered the innermost floor, and found the bedroom.

The bedroom is magnificent, with a bed as big as a separate small bedroom, a man in the middle, accompanied by three or four concubines, and four or five maids squatting outside the door, guarding the incense burner and the teapot, not daring to close it for a moment Eyes... King Xiong Tian had no choice but to wait outside for a while, and when a maid came out, he followed directly to the toilet, tapped the other party and asked, and after confirming that it was Gao Shizan, he knocked him out with a palm, and then went straight back.

This time, he didn't care about being superfluous anymore, but used his true energy, rushed directly to the bed, picked up the only man on the bed, and broke an arm on the spot.

The screams broke the winter night.

Not only the concubine concubine on the bed escaped, but the maid outside ran away in fright, or the whole manor seemed to come alive.

And Xiong Bonan didn't panic at all, just dragged him under the bed, calmly turned on the lights outside, and looked carefully, he vaguely was Gao Shizan who met four or five years ago, but while the other party was still dizzy, Continue to break the second arm.

Gao Shizan's tears and snot all came down from the pain, he just kicked the ground struggling and crying, "Hero, spare your life, I will give you whatever you want!"

"Is it Gao Shizan?" Xiong Bonan asked, and broke one of the other's ankles.

"Yes...yes...yes!" Gao Shizan agreed, trying his best to get luck on the last foot.

Xiong Bonan was also not used to the other party, so he broke the other party's last foot with his bare hands, and then came to ask: "I remember that you were already promising the three meridians four or five years ago, why haven't you condensed now?" Dan?"

"Ren Du's two veins are blocked..." Gao Shizan replied, but also came back to his senses, but he endured the pain and forcibly looked at him. "Is the hero a friend from that road in Hebei? Did Zhuge Yang invite him? How much money he spent, I will pay ten times as much as the hero!"

"God has eyes." Xiong Bonan sighed and ignored him at all. "Let you fall into the hands of my Xiong Bonan..."

Hearing this, Gao Shizan's face turned pale, and he hurriedly begged for mercy: "Xiong Tianwang! I know why you came... I always have my heart for the righteous army, but Gao Shitong is too useless and not worth it. Come, I would like to flee with my whole family! Do you know that five thousand soldiers are hidden in Leling..."

"I'm afraid you'll vote for us!" Xiong Bonan sighed again, only dragging the opponent's heels to go outside, like dragging a cloth bag.

But this person cried and begged for mercy along the way, threatening and luring, but Xiongtian Wang just ignored him.

When he came to the courtyard outside, he had already surrounded an unknown number of servants and twenty or thirty rather majestic guards.

Hearing the master's cry and promise on the ground, some guards who couldn't open their eyes tried their best to pump up their true energy and rushed to stab, but saw a purple light on the opponent's body. The whole body bounced back, and the person who threw the spear was also completely thrown on the roof of the house.

It's not that there is no knowledge in the courtyard, the words of Zimian Tianwang and the leader of the Dragon Clan immediately spread, Xiong Tianwang's prestige in Hebei in the past is now miraculously effective, the surrounding lights are brightly lit, and there are constant shouts outside, but no one dares to come forward .

Coupled with the fact that several men in Chinese clothes rushed to get up hastily, they seemed to be Gao Shizan's fellow men, and they were all trying to maintain order there, but they refused to come forward to help, and the scene froze.

Xiong Bonan knew most of the people here were thinking, but he didn't bother to talk, so he grabbed Gao Shizan's hand first in front of everyone, like pulling a carrot, broke off all five fingers of Gao Shizan, and then took out the waist knife, a Cut it off... By this time, Gao Shizan was already in so much pain that he couldn't even speak well, and outsiders looked dumbfounded, but without delaying Xiongbo Nanfu changed another hand, did it again, and then again Two feet came again.

Ten fingers and ten toes were all removed, and they were scattered in front of him like candy. At this time, Gao Shizan was already screaming in pain, like a wild beast.

Seeing this, Xiong Tianwang, who had vented his evil fire, just felt bored. After thinking for a while, he first stepped on the opponent's chest, breaking off an unknown number of sternums, and then used both hands to pull his chest With one leg and one hand inserted into the breastbone, he lifted the man high up, with one stroke, pinch, and then with all his strength, he tore the well-known tycoon in several counties to pieces, his body was split into two pieces, and his internal organs leaked out. The ground seemed to be raining blood in front of him.

Strange to say, there is still commotion outside, but here in the inner courtyard, as Xiong Bonan stretched out his hand to tear it apart, it was as if some silencer button was pressed, the whole world was quiet, except for the constant wind noise.

And Xiong Bonan killed a person, after throwing the body down, his protective energy was swept away, and the filth on his head and in front of his body was swept away, and he wanted to leave.

However, as soon as he turned around, Fu remembered Zhang Xing's instructions again, so he took out the note from his bosom, reached out to pick up a torch and looked at it, but he shook his head in public and sighed, then turned around and picked up Gao Shizan from the ground The rags were dipped in the meat sauce, and they went to the wall of the inner courtyard in front.

In front of countless men and women, seeing this, they just covered their mouths and fled in embarrassment to make an open space, not even daring to make a sound.

The Purple Faced Heavenly King came to him, and took his torn clothes and wrote the note in his hand on the wall... Besides, although the Heavenly King could read, he was not good at it. Many people wrote down the jargon and signature while anxiously waiting.

It turned out that it was just a short poem: The rich wine and meat stinks, and the road is frozen to death.

The signature is: The whole team of the Chulong Gang came to see.

After finishing writing, Xiong Bonan jumped up, and a purple light flew out. The people below looked at the night sky for a long time, then looked at the few lines of writing, and then looked at the meat sauce on the ground. The disciples of the Gao clan fought over each other, took over the inner courtyard, strengthened the defense, and sent people to report to the two county lords, the general Zhonglang in Leling City, and the Hejian camp behind him.

Not to mention anywhere else, just say that the next afternoon, the news reached Ande in Pingyuan County. The county lord Qian Tang was comforting the officials in Changhe's hometown.

For a moment, he thought of many possibilities, and even felt a strong sense of fear that Zhang Xing would come to the city tonight.

Of course, Qian Tang was very sure that this possibility did not exist, because it was already in the afternoon, not to mention that there was no warning between Pingyuan and Douzigang at this time, but the Dragon Army had already sneaked into Gao Shitong's subordinates, and that branch was already approaching. It is impossible for the army in Leling to set up camp in time to turn around and reach Ande.

After a long while, Qian Tang just forcibly expelled everyone and began to sit there thinking about various possibilities.

But it's a pity that under the condition of only knowing that Xiong Bonan killed Gao Shizan himself and signed the rumors that clearly have Zhang Xing's style of speech, Qian Junshou found that he could not do any effective information expansion.

Even when he tried to write a few letters, asking all parties to be cautious and pay attention to the possible attack of the Dragon Army, he immediately rejected him, because this seemed to be the real purpose of Zhang Xing's move, or it might be The most important purpose.

That's right, rationality told Qian Tang that the real purpose of Zhang Sanlang's move was probably to arrive at Gaoshitong's army last night after his reconnaissance the day before yesterday. After realizing the possible danger, he used this method to deter all forces , aroused the suspicion of all parties in the government and army, and bought time for Zhang Xing to seize Gao Shitong's military power, and then lead the rebel army to retreat to a safe zone.

Although this is also a guess without evidence, but if that is the case, my own reminder seems to be in the hands of Zhang Sanlang.

Anxiety and uneasiness haunt Qian Tang. He is aware of the great danger, but he doesn't know where the danger is, and he doesn't know how to deal with it.Under tremendous pressure, he almost went to the doctor in a hurry, so he invited Feng Wuyi, the confidant of the saint in the city.

At this time, he needs a slightly more reliable person to analyze for himself.

However, Feng Wuyi arrived at the county mansion, asked a little, but turned his attention to another place: "Why did you write this sentence when you killed someone? Although the road was poor when I came here, I didn't see any frozen bones?"

Qian Tang was stunned for a moment, and only told what he had seen and heard, as well as the words of Zhang Shiyu, the former prefect of Bohai Sea, and told him bluntly that there were no bones of dead people on both sides of the official road, and he specially cleaned them up.

Feng Wuyi was stunned for a while, and then asked seriously: "Has Hebei reached this point?"

Qian Tang nodded again and again, and then recounted the incidents in Hebei in the past two years, the three expeditions to Dongyi, the rise of rebels, the raids by the government and the army, and the hardships of the people caught in it, as well as his sense of powerlessness when he took office hastily.

After Feng Wuyi listened, he was speechless for a long time, and he shook his head after a long time: "I have been in front of the imperial court for a long time, and I just passed away without any illness when I was a governor. This time, when I came back, I was given gifts by old friends along the way. Chaos is like this... Rebels kill people indiscriminately, officials and soldiers also slaughter villages, tyrants only think that they are a local emperor domineering, and the counties and counties can't order the city... It is even more chaotic than when the Eastern Qi collapsed before! Could it be that big Wei... has reached this point?"

"Dong Qi is a landslide, this is landslide plus collapse." Qian Tang sighed helplessly, and even unconsciously borrowed some words from inappropriate sources. "Please don't be emotional for the time being, Mr. Feng, just teach me what to do now."

"If that's the case, County Sheriff Qian just fulfills his duties and resigns himself to fate." Feng Wuyi replied with a frown. "Because you can't trust anyone, you may not listen to any advice, and you may be wrong wherever you guess...Instead of this, it's better to keep to yourself, act according to circumstances, and have a clear conscience."

After Qian Tang listened, it was his turn to be speechless for a while, but he couldn't argue.

However, what Qian Tang didn't know was that Zhang Xing didn't care whether he could do something, because it was too late, even if Qian Tang accurately predicted every step, he still didn't have time to react correctly.

It was just another night, and in the early morning of the next day, under the early morning mist, a red-bottomed "抱" flag had already been erected at Sikouguan, and Zhang Sanlang, who was neatly dressed, also began to personally supervise the spot under the flag. will be.

It was his confidant Yan Qing who called his name.

"Single access to the sea."

"exist."

"Auxiliary Stone."

"exist."

"Xu Shiying."

"exist."

"Wang Shuyong."

"exist"

"Nuda."

"exist."

"..."

"..."

"There should have been 21 leaders, but actually there are 37." As soon as the roll call was over, Zhang Xing, who was listening carefully, asked the case before the list was put in front of him. "The incident happened suddenly. I am very satisfied that everyone obeyed the military order and cooperated as much as possible... It was supposed to arrive at [-] soldiers, but in reality only [-] soldiers arrived in time. Instead, the local troops reached [-] to [-] soldiers. There is nothing to say, it was expected.”

The atmosphere below is a little relieved. To put it bluntly, the incident happened suddenly and the river needs to be crossed hastily. In addition, there have been many unclear rumors recently. Everyone is worried that Zhang Dalongtou, who is about to march north, will take the opportunity to kill and gain power, so don't say anything. When the leaders of the army within a radius of eighty miles arrived, even the leaders of the surrounding counties also rushed there on galloping horses.

Even Xu Shiren from Jiyin, Wu Jingfeng and Lujun arrived, and Xu Shiying also came directly on horseback.

"Then let's not delay." Zhang Xing continued. "The guards on the other side reported back and forth, and it was confirmed that there were only [-] soldiers on the west side of this road, and as I guessed, they were plundered and harassed along the way, and the march was slow. Let's cross the river, march for a day and rest overnight, and we will be able to snatch them. The front, and then stop them in the middle of Pingyuan City and Ande City, and fight head-on... This is a god-sent opportunity! Last question, does anyone have anything to say?"

Shan Tonghai immediately turned around: "Zhang Longtou, we have built the pontoon bridge all day, didn't the officers and soldiers on the other side notice it? Can the sentry cavalry be able to stop it?"

"I'm aware of it, but I can stop it." Zhang Xing replied seriously. "And it doesn't matter if you don't stop them, because according to the reports of the two sentinel leaders Wang Xiongdan and Guo Jingke who crossed the river the day before yesterday and yesterday respectively, the spies they captured were all going to Guixiang, the prefecture of Wuyang County. "

Shan Tonghai was stunned for a moment, he didn't want to understand why the Dragon Gang went to fight in the plains, and the spies from the army went to Wuyang County further west to report instead.

Not to mention him, the rest of the leaders were basically in a daze for a long time in the crowded open-air field of Sikouguan Ferry, and then they came to their senses under the reminders of some former officials.

It turned out that Sikouguan and the other bank were actually the territory of Wuyang County, and they almost forgot about it.

"If the news really comes to light, I guess it will be when Chiping passes through Qinghe County after crossing the river, but we will still try to delay it as much as possible." Zhang Xingyi said. "But it doesn't matter. The Hejian Camp and the local area are not under the same control, and we are rushing to make a surprise attack, and we will not give them time at all. I have done the calculations, and Qinghe has revealed his intentions, and the news has been delivered properly. Wait for Qinghe The county guard Cao Shancheng came to his senses and went to see the leader of the Hejian army in person, and at most he would give them half the night... If the army can gather the troops in the middle of the night and turn around if they win by six points, or Entering the city to hide, it is really because our skills are not as good as others, so turn around and go behind Gao Shitong, and occupy those counties for defense."

Shan Tonghai thought about it, bowed his head and said yes.

In fact, when Shan Tonghai heard that the troops on the other side were going to Wuyang County to report, he was already persuaded, but he was embarrassed to withdraw.

"One more thing." At this moment, Xu Shiying turned serious and asked. "Longtou, are the 37 leaders here all going to cross the river? Who will cross the river? Who will not cross the river? Please tell the leader clearly."

The others also pricked up their ears.

"Let me make it clear that today's battle started in a hurry, and we didn't even have all the soldiers and horses, so those who crossed the river today may not necessarily stay in Hebei in the future, and those who didn't go today may have to go in the future." Zhang Xing naturally knew these people What are you concerned about, leave room for it first. "As for today, only those who lead the troops can cross the river with me, and we will discuss the rest...Yan Qing, read it again!"

Yan Qing immediately held the roster and raised his voice to declare: "According to the military order of the leader, I will repeat the list of the leaders who cross the river. Those who hear their names will cross the river with the leader. The rest of them will only follow the leader Chai to assist in logistics. The leader will discuss again... Shan Tonghai, Wang Shuyong, Fu Boshi, Niu Da, Zhai Qian, Jia Yue, Zhou Xingfan, Shang Huaien, Jia Runfu, Yan Qing, Xu Kaitong, Xiahou Ningyuan, Zheng Ting... and others who have already served as Xiong Tianwang, Wang Xiongdan, Guo Jingke who sent the sentry to cross the river, Lu Hongyue and Lu Mingyue who were stationed on the river and were responsible for responding to the advance and retreat... There are eighteen leaders in total, Wei Chief, Zheng Liuhou, Fan Bao, and Cheng Zhili, Cheng Mingqi, and Fang Yanshi, who are already in Douzigang, are 24 in total."

At this point, Zhang Xing took the slightly rolled up list in the morning breeze, took a look, and looked up: "Actually, most of them are the leaders who were going north, otherwise they wouldn't be leading the troops around... Let’s not talk about this for now, there are eighteen people here, but is there anyone who is not willing to go?”

Naturally, no one said a word.

But soon, when Zhang Xing was about to settle the case, someone turned out and bowed his head to worship: "Mr. Zhang, I have received a great favor from the deposed Dragon Gang, and I have never repaid it. Since today is just a battle, I am willing to join the army. Zhang Gonghejian, come to guard Zhang Gong."

Zhang Xing looked up and saw that he arrived just last night. Xu Shiren, the hero of Lu County who he met for the first time today, nodded immediately: "So, please trouble Chief Xu to guard me for ten days, and then return to Lu County at no later time."

Seeing this, Wu Jingfeng also quickly flashed out: "Junior Sister is far away in Dengzhou, Erlang and I will guard Zhang Sanlang for her for a few days."

"If Wu Dalang and Wu Erlang go, we will definitely win this time." Zhang Xing still nodded.

Xu Shiying also turned out: "Leader, it is impossible for the government and army to attack Dongjun in a short time. The last general please follow the army to be a swordsman."

Zhang Xing also nodded.

Without him, Zhang Dalongtou could not wait for this punch to fully expend two years of skill to dethrone the Dragon Gang, how could he refuse?
However, it was only these three alchemy masters and Xu Shiying, if the rest of them wanted to go, Zhang Xing would directly deny it.Now that the order was ready, the whole army began to eat and prepare for crossing the river.

That is to say, just after picking up the bowl, someone suddenly leapfrogged to see him.

The person who came was Lu Changheng. After being captured that day, he was demoted and appointed. He is now serving as a county captain in Jibei County to maintain law and order. This time, the recruiting came because of the close proximity.

"What do you think?" Zhang Xing was still a little fussy about the old department.

"The general has some ambitions and doesn't want to waste time in local law and order." Lu Changheng bowed his head and worshiped. "Please Longtou Nian to give me a chance in the past..."

"Yes." Zhang Xing thought for a while, and immediately answered. "The whole army is about to cross the river. You are the last one to cross the river. After crossing the river, go to Ande City in Pingyuan alone to meet Qian Tang and persuade him to surrender."

"What if he doesn't surrender?" Lu Changheng blurted out.

And Zhang Xing also continued to order: "If he doesn't surrender, you tell him that I'm going to fight the Hejian soldiers, and persuade him to go out of the city to stop our army!"

"But... what if he doesn't leave the city?" Lu Changheng continued to ask, sweating profusely.

"Then take advantage of the situation and persuade him to stand firm and wait for help, and then wait for our army to besiege the city, and then come out at night, tell him where to sleep, lead more than ten alchemy masters in, and deal with him." Zhang Xing still had a plan.

Lu Changheng didn't ask any more questions, but just nodded.

He had already seen it, and thought of it, as long as Zhang Xing crossed the river properly, marched quickly, and hit the soldier in Hejian, it didn't matter what he and Qian Tang did. This was a test of his loyalty.

Even if he ran away, I'm afraid the old boss in front of him didn't care anymore.

Think about it too, where is the lack of talent in the current Dragon Gang?

If Hebei is swept away one day, I am afraid that the grand masters and grand masters will appear.

A small episode, not worth mentioning, after the meal, Zhang Xing asked people to raise the red-bottomed "抱" flag, set up a horse on the river embankment, and led the leaders to supervise the crossing of the river... plus four thousand auxiliary soldiers, Only more than [-] people gathered at Sikouguan in one day and night, all wearing winter clothes, earmuffs, and heavy leather winter shoes, and the Lu brothers also put together boats on the river early on, supplemented by wooden boxes, planks, ropes, and iron. Seven or eight pontoon bridges were built... The army crossed the river like a shuttle, but the sun rose slightly, and a little half had passed.

At this time, Xu Shiying, who was only standing under the flag, came to remind Zhang Xing: "Third brother, it's almost ready."

Zhang Xing was not pretentious, he got up directly, and wanted to cross the river with his head.

When the flag came to the embankment in front of the pontoon bridge, suddenly someone shouted from behind, asking everyone to stop for a while. After the flag was picked up, it was only then that Li Shu was rushing and was about to arrive. Chai Xiaohe asked Zhang Xing to wait for Li Shu to wait. Shu send on a send.

Zhang Xing thought about it for a while, and decided to wait a little longer, and only let Jia Yue lead his troops to cross first. Jia Yue only said that the Chinese army would follow the general, and he didn't want to go first, so he replaced Zhai Qian with his troops to cross first.

Sure enough, in just a moment, Li Shu, who was almost covered in water, appeared under the river embankment, and then stretched out his hand from a distance: "Zhang Sanlang, I'm late... Since you are rushing northward, I must come to see you off." deliver."

Zhang Xing smiled, he didn't care at all, he even had a small stomach, suspecting that the other party came to the neighborhood early at night, picked the time, and hid his true energy to come here.

But as the two held hands on the embankment, Zhang Xing suddenly turned his head, seeing the big river rushing eastward under the sun, recalling the past on the embankment downstream that day, and also recalling what Xiong Bonan said on the opposite bank, but his heart was moved for a moment .

After a pause, Zhang Xing just turned around, and only spoke sincerely under the eyes of everyone: "Li Gong, look at this big river, it is already difficult for ordinary people to stand in it, let alone fly across it? But since we are doing things together, we have made an oath , so we should work hard to support. Now I am trying to go to the north of the big river, and Mr. Li is camping to the south of the big river. Why don't we fly together and try to achieve a great cause together?"

Li Shu and the people around were obviously stunned, especially Li Shu who was holding the opponent's hand. For some reason, he always felt that the opponent's words came from the heart.

And if this is the case, the mind of the person in front of him is really amazing.

Recalling my previous thoughts and deeds, I felt that I was blinded by desire for power and selfishness, lost my mind, and lost people's hearts.

For such a moment, he almost wanted to bow his head and bow down, and sincerely agreed.

Just a second thought, although the world is big, there is no room for the talents of two emperors, even if this person has such a mind, it is just a momentary thought, not enough to entrust him for a lifetime.

However, it was precisely because he came to his senses that Li Shu stopped thinking, bowed down and said yes on the spot, and almost shed tears.And Zhang Xing didn't care too much about it, and also bowed his head and bowed down.

In this way, the two bowed to each other on the embankment, and then each had their own thoughts. One stayed still, and the other led the horse and turned around and went down the embankment and onto the pontoon bridge.

In a short while, the red-bottomed flag with the word "抱" was moved to the opposite bank.

Seeing this shape, many people on the side of the river breathed a sigh of relief like Li Shu, but on the other side of the river, like Zhang Xing, many people looked at the rising sun in the east, and then immediately walked eastward.

As the saying goes:
"The old man who was sent out is crazy and insane, and he wants to be ridiculed in the early morning.

Others don't hesitate to stop their wives, and the public has no way to cross the river.

Tigers can be fought, but rivers are hard to rely on. Gongguo drowned and flowed into the sea?
There is a real dragon with white teeth like a snow-capped mountain, and it is as fair as it is, and you should draw your sword and dance among them. "

PS: Thanks to the new leader, Master Shengyi...

(End of this chapter)

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