Country color

Chapter 207 The Trend of Hebei
In November of the 12th year of Daye, heavy snow fell and Fanyang County had just recovered. Li Chongjiu led [-] county soldiers and [-] troops stationed here, and the rest returned to Feihu County for the winter.

Originally, Fanyang County had a population of more than [-], second only to Yi County, but it fell because of Wang Xuba's rebellion. Until now, Fanyang County has only slightly recovered from the war, with a population of about [-].This is not bad, the original six counties of Shanggu, now only Feihu, Yixian, and Fanyang are populated, and the rest of the counties have long been ruined.

A few days ago, Li Chongjiu led his subordinates to inspect the surrounding areas. Within a hundred miles, the villages were dilapidated, and only some remnants of the powerful Wubao in the past.This is the troubled times, the bones are exposed in the wild, there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles, and there is lifelessness everywhere.Li Chongjiu looked at the scene, and thought to himself, is this the Great Sui that was so powerful at the beginning, the Great Sui that made the Quartet surrender and all nations came to court?How is it broken down like this.

When Li Chongjiu returned to the county, he was told that there were two visitors from afar in the county government office. He heard that they were from Wu'an County.After hearing this, Li Chongjiu immediately went to the living room, tidied up the party and summoned the two of them.

"Junyan, the ancestor of Pu Shangong's account, sees the eunuch."

"Pu Shangong's literature joins the army, and Wei Zheng sees the prefect."

After hearing this, Li Chongjiu hurriedly greeted him out of the door, and said: "So it's Brother Zu, Brother Wei, please come in quickly, please come in quickly." Zu Junyan and Wei Zheng all smiled.The two of them brushed the rain and snow off the cloaks, and then they entered the house and warmed their hands on the charcoal brazier.

After Zu Junyan and Wei Zheng sat down, Li Chongjiu hurriedly asked, "Is Pu Shangong healthy? Is my second uncle healthy? Is Second Lord Shan healthy?"

Wei Zheng pinched his beard and smiled without saying a word, while Zu Junyan chuckled twice and said: "The supporters in the land north of the Yellow River are all very healthy. Now General Shan and General Wang are all strong generals of my Wagang Village. And known as the Wagang Five Tiger Generals."

"Oh?" Su Su, who was at the bottom, asked, "Since they are called Wagang Five Tiger Generals, who are the other three?"

Zu Junyan nodded, and said: "The other three are the arrow king in white, Bodang, the demon king Cheng Yaojin, and the iron-faced judge Niu Jinda. These five people are also generals, commanding the hussars of the internal army."

Li Chongjiu suddenly realized that Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin, and Pei Xingyan were still under Zhang Xutuo's command at this time, otherwise the Wagang Five Tigers would change their roles.Su Su couldn't help but asked again: "Excuse me for being presumptuous, what are the hussars of the internal army?"

Zu Junyan smiled and said: "It's okay, Pushan raised more than 20 young and strong from the Liyang warehouse, and then Pu Shangong selected 8000 elites from the [-] to serve as the internal army of Pushan public camp. It is often said that these [-] people can be regarded as millions.”

Su Su laughed and said: "Back then Cao Mengde flattened the yellow scarf and inspected Qingzhuang as Qingzhou soldiers. Pu Shangong is very like the ancients!"

Wei Zheng and Zu Junyan laughed when they heard that, Zu Junyan said: "Su Mingfu is joking."

Li Chongjiu narrowed his eyes slightly, thinking about the Pushan public camp, Li Mi has not yet called the king of Wei at this time, so he opened a mansion, built a government office, and became a private arm.You must know that Shan Xiongxin, Wang Junhan, and Xu Shiji in the Wagang Army are all Zhai Rang's confidantes. He set up another Pushan Public Camp to seize the military power in his hands, and he will fight in separate courts.

But Li Chongjiu didn't like Zhai Rang either.However, Su Su and the two of them had a good conversation, Li Chongjiu's army was also rough, and few of them had read books, but Zu Junyan and Wei Zheng knew at a glance that they were well-educated people, and Su Su was also very chatty concentrated.

Su Su smiled and said: "It's not a joke. In the Wagang Army, there are leaders like Zhai, Pu Shangong, and the help of the Wagang Five Tigers. It's really a wealth of talents."

Zu Junyan glanced at Wei Zheng, and said: "Since the Su Ming Mansion said so, I am not humble. After crossing the Yellow River in the north, Pu Shangong captured Liyang Cang, and took Wuyang County. After Ji County, Talents from all sides came to vote, Li Yang Li Wenxiang Huanshui Zhang Sheng, Qinghe Zhao Junde, Pingyuan Hao Xiaode, Wuan County Qingzhang County Magistrate Niu Han successively joined. Now our Wagang Army has won Wei County, Wu'an County, Qinghe County, and Hebei I already have five counties in my hands."

"Five counties!" Li Chongjiu thought in his heart that the Wagang army was able to capture the five counties in Hebei in the past six months, which was really unexpected.Historically, Li Mi took Henan first, defeated Zhang Xutuo, and then won the five counties of Hebei. Now because of his persuasion, he has laid a foundation in Hebei first.

However, unlike the Wagang Army gaining power in Hebei, the anti-kings from all walks of life in Hebei were mourning. After Gao Kaidao defeated Guo Xuan, the general defender of Zhuojun, he underestimated the enemy and was defeated by Yang Yichen.Zhang Jin said his army was defeated by Yang Yichen, Yang Shanhui beheaded him, and all his troops joined Dou Jiande.Dou Jiande is now barely supported by Raoyang County.In other words, the anti-Sui cause of the Hebei rebel army has fallen into a low ebb. If Li Mi took the opportunity to enter Hebei at this time and climbed to the top, all parties in Hebei would oppose Wang Jingcong, stabilize Hebei within three to five years, and strive for hegemony in the world.

Whether or not to take Hebei is only a matter of Li Mi's opinion now. If Li Mi can decide Hebei, then Li Chongjiu will join hands with Li Mi and Dou Jiande to defeat Li Yuan.Li Chongjiu has been planning for a long time, and finally reached this step.
After Zu Junyan said such a great deal, Wei Zheng kept silent, but sat there, secretly observing Li Chongjiu and Su Su.After Zu Junyan finished introducing the current situation of the Wagang Army, Wei Zheng said: "I heard that the prefect subdued the Fan people on the grassland and established himself as a khan. What about the promise?"

Li Chongjiu nodded. He had said to Li Mi at the beginning that if the Wagang army entered Hebei, he would lead [-] prairie cavalry to pave the way for Li Mi. Now Li Mi sent Wei Zheng and Zu Junyan from thousands of miles to make Li Chongjiu fulfill his promise. up.

Li Chongjiu looked carefully and looked at the famous official who used people as a mirror in history. He is now in his 30s. The master dedicated the entire Wuyang County and took refuge in Li Mi. In history, after Li Mi surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, Wei Zheng also surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, but he was not reused.After Dou Jiande's failure, Wei Zheng took refuge in Li Jiancheng, and after the Xuanwumen Incident, he took refuge in Li Shimin, and finally rose to the top.

If it is now, Wei Zheng has a resume on the desk of CEO Li Chongjiu. Li Chongjiu must be amazed. In that era without the Internet, Wei Zhengzheng just explained that it is not necessary to go to Zhaopin to find a job.
Li Chongjiu smiled and said, "I heard that Brother Wei was Huang Guan?"

Wei Zheng was surprised, and immediately said: "I didn't expect the eunuch to hear about it. I come from a humble background, which made the eunuch laugh at me."

Of course, Li Chongjiu would not say that this is the skill of the traverser, and immediately said: "So, where should Zhang Zifang be placed? Don't hide it from Brother Wei. I also became a monk in Shaolin Temple a few years ago."

Wei Zheng patted his legs when he heard this, and said with a smile, "So that's the case, Brother Li also had such an experience. You and I can be regarded as divided into two schools of Buddhism and Taoism."

As soon as this statement came out, the relationship between the two quickly became closer, which can be regarded as the instinct of businessmen to get close to others in the mall.After seeing Wei Zheng let go of his restraint, Li Chongjiu smiled and said: "You and I are destined, I have long intended to go south, but you have also seen that Wang Xuba and Song Jingang are blocking the road, and I can't advance or retreat. I don't know Pushan Do you know the situation in Hebei right now?"

Wei Zheng heard the words and said, "I am going to listen carefully."

Li Chongjiu said: "The current situation in Hebei is chaotic, but if we describe the order, there are about three points. First of all, there are officers and soldiers. The officers and soldiers include Yang Yichen, Xue Shixiong and his like holding heavy troops, and there are Yang Shanhui, Wang Cong and other capable ministers guarding the local area. Still very strong."

"The second is to oppose the king Dou Jiande, Wang Xuba, Gao Kaidao, and the second is the power. The last is me and Luo Yi, who were former generals of the Sui Dynasty and rebelled against the Sui Dynasty, and have the last power."

Wei Zheng nodded after hearing this, and Li Chongjiu said: "If I am sending troops south to help Pu Shangong, then the surrounding powers will definitely spy on his land. Besides, I have tens of thousands of cavalry. Although the Fan army is brave, it is also fickle. Every day The cost of eating horse chews every day has piled up into mountains, even if we go south, I am afraid that although Pu Shangong has a Liyang warehouse to feed our army, where will he go to get pasture for the horses?"

Zu Junyan quickly said: "Although what the prefect said has his own reasons, but what he always promised, how can he go back on his word."

Just as Zu Junyan opened his mouth, Wei Zheng coughed and interrupted the other party's words, "Don't worry about the prefect. Not long ago, Dou Jiande has presented a book. He is willing to serve as the leader of our Wagang Army, and he is willing to follow him."

"Not only Dou Jiande, Zhu Can, Meng Haigong, Xu Yuanlang and others are also willing to serve Pu Shangong." Zu Junyan said.

Zhu Can?Li Chongjiu narrowed his eyes, and thought that Li Mi would never refuse anyone, even this kind of scum.Li Chongjiu said: "Brother Zu, Brother Wei, don't get me wrong, I don't mean to backtrack. It's not that I don't want to go south, but I want to invite Pu Shangong to go north!"

"Go north?" Zu Junyan and Wei Zheng looked at each other.

Li Chongjiu nodded and said: "Right now, Gao Shida and Zhang Jincheng have been defeated by Yang Yichen one after another, and the Hebei Rebel Army is leaderless now."

Speaking of this, Li Chongjiu paused, no matter in history or now, Dou Jiande took advantage of the death of these two people to take in the remnants of the two people, and finally became the leader of the Hebei Rebel Army in one fell swoop, and finally swept Hebei .On the other hand, Li Chongjiu is not, and he doesn't want to play against these two people, but he has no choice but to have a lack of prestige. Secondly, he was born in the army, and the two sides are not in the same system.

Speaking of this, Li Chongjiu said: "So I want to invite Pu Shangong to go north with the main force, join the heroes of Hebei, and fight Yang Yichen. Hebei will be determined in the first battle. If Pu Shangong is willing to go north, I will send troops to act as a forward."

(End of this chapter)