Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 663

The second day of February.

The dragon looked up.

Early morning, Qi County, Zhangqiu.

At the foot of Changbai Mountain, at the gate of Luo's Manor, a large flag stands tall.

In the early morning of February, it was still a bit cold, but the bells of Roche Manor kept ringing continuously.

A group of teenagers lined up to the flag and reported to the hostess sitting under the flag.

"Changbai Township has been notified!"

"Shuinan Township has been notified!"

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The young woman in the red uniform listened attentively.

"The Cheng family in Jibei County is willing to pay three thousand guan, and the family and tenants five hundred."

"The Xu family of Lihu in Dongjun is willing to pay five thousand guan, and the owner and tenant one thousand."

"The Zhai family in Dongjun is willing to pay three thousand guan, and the family and tenants five hundred."

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"Taishan thief Zhao Rangyuan led ten thousand people from his headquarters to vote!"

"Dongping Juyeze Menghao is willing to lead 8000 people from the headquarters to vote!"

"The Surabaya thief Liu Ling is willing to lead 5000 people from his headquarters to vote!"

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"Sister, our husband's prestige is loud enough, once we raise the flag, there will be a lot of responders." Hong Xian said to Shan Binbin with a smile.

As the official wife of Luo Cheng, Duke of Chu, Shan Binbin, who has the order of Mrs. Ning, was rushed to Luoyang by her brother-in-law Luo Chengzong earlier to pick her up.From Hebei to Qi County, Chengzong wanted to send her back to Donglai, but Shan Binbin insisted on staying.

"Is our husband's name as God of War just for naught? Besides, our Luo family has accumulated a lot of reputation in Qi County for several years before. What's more, we have an old God of War here. My husband's teacher Zhang Shuaijiuzhen Although Henan lost a battle earlier, its reputation is still there. With him as the commander of our Donglai four counties' self-protection troops, he can naturally command the heroes."

The red line said, "That Zhu Can who loves to eat babies has already arrived in Dongping County. It is said that he now has a hundred thousand troops."

Shan Binbin sneered.

"One hundred thousand soldiers? These grassroots thieves call for one or two hundred thousand soldiers at every turn, and Li Mi in Xingyang over there calls for a million soldiers. It's just a mob, bluffing. Now we gather soldiers here, their arrogance It's over."

"The Li family has already recruited tens of thousands of horses in Langya County, and the momentum is very majestic."

"Oh." Shan Binbin was not interested in Li Shi, or could not coexist with her.Previously, Mrs. Li insisted on going to Liaodong with her husband, and then ran back to Donglai after her husband sent troops to serve as the queen.This time the father-in-law said that the four counties should gather troops to protect themselves, but she was unwilling to be lonely and ran out to recruit troops.

If it weren't for her being too active, Shan Binbin would not have gone to Qi County and sent his son to Donglai, and then he would have stayed to recruit soldiers.

As a big woman, she couldn't be compared to that concubine of Mrs. Li.

"If she has the ability to bring Pengcheng County over, that's great."

There are both canals and Surabaya in Pengcheng, and it is also adjacent to the Huaihe River in the south. It can be said that Pengcheng's gains and losses are related to the ups and downs of the north and south.

It can be said that Pengcheng is neither south nor north. It is known as the key to the north and the important city of the south. From the south, occupying Pengcheng is equivalent to obtaining the key to open the door to the north.From the north, occupying Pengcheng is equivalent to occupying the bridgehead for the southward march.

It is close to the Yellow Sea in the east, connects to the Central Plains in the west, leans against the mountains of southern Shandong in the north, and faces the Jianghuai Plain in the south.

From here, advance from east to west, north, south, and the forces are unstoppable like mountains and rivers. To put it bluntly, Pengcheng is the waist and eye of the east, and the throat of the north and south. This is a very suitable place for decisive battles.

During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, countless wars took place here, becoming the focus of the North-South competition.

Lian Luocheng once commented that Pengcheng is a place where victory and defeat can be fought if there is no place in the south and no way to plan for the east of the Yangtze River.

For the Luo family, who are now self-protecting in the four counties in eastern Henan, if they can control this place before the rebels, it will naturally become a gate to protect the Shandong Peninsula.

"Now the prefect of Pengcheng is Chen Leng. He is a famous general. He once led his troops across the sea to attack Liuqiu, and captured the king of Liuqiu. He also served as the prefect of Liaodong. Later, he followed the emperor to conquer Liaodong and became a general. Yang Xuangan rebelled , and once led ten thousand people to pacify Liyang, and killed the rebel general Yuan Wuben. Now he is the prefect in Pengcheng, and he is also the governor of the Duliang Palace. Huaixi, but no one has ever been able to shake Pengcheng. It is said that this Marquis of Xin'an has a rather staid temper. Mrs. Li sent people to contact him several times before, hoping to protect himself with our coalition forces, but he did not reply."

Shan Binbin smiled and said, "Chen Ling is the prefect of a county and a veteran general, how could he listen to my wife's order? Mrs. Li sent someone to look for him, but he was just asking for humiliation."

"Then shall we contact her?"

"No need." Shan Binbin shook his head, "Chen Leng is quite capable. With him guarding Pengcheng, Li Mi and Meng Rang would never want to attack Pengcheng, so we don't have to worry about him. He will stand in front of us and block it for us." It’s good. When he is in trouble, we will help him, which will be more effective than going to him now.”

"Sister, there are many rumors outside that our Luo family is going to stand on its own feet, and it is spread everywhere, with noses and eyes." Hong Xian said.

"This looks like a clumsy trick by Li Mi's rebels, so don't worry about him. Now that Li Mi has occupied the eight counties, his elation is rampant for a while, and our east is empty. We can't count on the imperial court, so we can only protect ourselves."

'Then what if the court listens to these rumors? '

"What's the difference between listening and not listening? Now that the imperial court can't even control Li Mi and other thieves, how can it control us." Shan Binbin said indifferently.

After chatting for a while, Shan Binbin got up and took the red thread to the manor to meet Zhang Xutuo, who was recuperating here.

Originally, Wang Junkuo wanted to send Zhang Xutuo to Liaodong, but he refused.He said to send him to Donglai, but he didn't go either.

Although he is still unable to act, he is very stubborn and wants to recruit soldiers and horses to seek thieves in Qi County.

Now that the Luo family has called on the four counties to protect themselves, Shan Binbin is here to contact powerful landlords from all over the world to gather troops. In fact, he is playing under the banner of Zhang Xutuo. Anyway, he is also the Marquis of Xingyang and the comforter of Henan personally bestowed by the imperial court. Still holding the seal scepter bestowed by the emperor.

Zhang Xutuo leaned on the couch, and after this period of recuperation, his health has improved a lot. Although the doctor still ordered him not to go to the ground, he is much better after all.

However, this old man, after the battle of Daihai Temple, his whole body has been haggard, not only physically traumatized, but also psychologically traumatized. All the ten thousand soldiers under his command were wiped out, even his old brother Jia Wu Ben and others died to cover him.

"teacher."

"Ah, Binbin is here, how is it?"

"Teacher, the gentry in all counties reacted very strongly, and they were all willing to contribute money and people. Even the families that escaped from Jiyin and other places trapped by thieves in Dongjun County were willing to break their families and help."

Zhang Xutuo coughed twice, "That's good, that's good."

"Teacher, there is news that the imperial court has newly appointed Wang Shichong as the comfort envoy of Henan. Everyone now has some doubts about you being alive."

"You make arrangements, invite people from various families to hold a banquet, and I will show up at that time."

One Henan Province, two appeasement envoys, and Li Mi, Wei Gong, who has hundreds of thousands of thieves and covers eight counties, it can be said that the situation in the Central Plains is too complicated.

"The emperor has arrived in Xijing, but the thief Li is still stationed in the prison. The thieves here have not made any major offensives for a long time. I feel that they must be planning a bigger operation, maybe they want to concentrate their forces to attack Luoyang. Or attack Pengcheng or Qi County!"

"Perhaps the thieves may turn to Hebei, and we don't know?" Shan Binbin reminded Zhang Xutuo, "There is Liyang warehouse in Ji County to the north of Xingyang!"

(End of this chapter)