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Chapter 390

After Li Shentong gave the order, the recording room Linghu Defen immediately copied the order in front of Li Shentong.

Linghu Defen is the grandson of Linghuzheng, the great general of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. In the Nanshan incident, he served as the secretary in Li Shentong's mansion, and he wrote all the military documents.

After Linghu Defen wrote the warrant, Li Shentong read it and was very satisfied. After sealing it with wax, he immediately called two soldiers.

These two personal soldiers are both part of Li Shentong's original family, and now they are his personal soldiers. Li Shentong ordered them to set off for Hengzhou immediately at an accelerated speed of [-] miles.

From Hanoi to Hengzhou, it is very hard to cross the Taiyue and Taihang Mountains. The two of them were reluctant to hear it, but the military orders were so strong that they could only obey them.

After the two men prepared their horses and set off, they sent them from Hedong to Hengzhou along the official road and post station all the way.

Two confidantes, one of whom was carrying a crib with a secret letter on his back, rode a fast horse, while the other supervised the guards. They changed people along the way without changing horses. Zhou ran away.

Hengzhou, that is, Hengshan County. After Li Yuan raised his troops in Jinyang, Xi Shiling, commander of the Lingshou bandit, surrendered to Li Yuan with thousands of people. Therefore, Li Yuan named him General Zhendong and Lord Yanjun, and let him sit in Hengshan County.

It was night after the two personal guards came to the outskirts of Lingshou County thirty miles away, and they couldn't help feeling happy when they saw that they would enter the city to deliver official documents tomorrow.

Tired from traveling all the way, the two decided to rest at the nearest post station for the night before entering the city tomorrow.

The two rode their horses, saw the post station on the official road, and came to the front, one of them shouted at the top of his voice, "Where is the post general?"

After shouting for a while, a rich man in the post station came out to greet him. One year after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the post station practiced the system of seizing the post.

The postmaster of Panghuotong Post in Lingshou County is assumed by Qiu Zhong, a rich man in the county. There are more than 30 posthorses in the post station. Serving as a post post is equivalent to serving as a post in the army. He is a military member and enjoys tax exemption in the army offers.In addition, Qiu Zhong has another identity in private, that is, he is a secret spy planted by Sima Lin Dangfeng of Youzhou in Hengshan County.

Seeing the two riding horses, Qiu Zhong couldn't help being taken aback, first he asked with a smile on his face: "You two officials, where are you from?"

"So much nonsense, is this what you should ask?" When the next person showed the seal.

Qiu Zhong took a photo of the seal letter under the lantern, his face jumped when he saw it, and said: "Oh, it turns out that he is the uncle of the Youyiwei Army. The young general is far away from welcoming him."

Qiu Zhong listened to the other party's tone very tightly, and couldn't figure out anything from the words, but he looked at it secretly, and saw that the two horses were covered with dirt, and they looked dusty. Urgent official documents were delivered, so pay attention immediately.

The confidant raised his horsewhip and whipped it, and said: "What are you croaking, the horse is fed and fed, it has lost weight, you are the only one asking."

"Yes, yes." Qiu Zhong led the horse himself, and shouted to the postman, "Don't hurry up, do you want me to do it? You murderous talents use soybeans as horse fodder, and prepare a table for meals and entertaining Two military masters."

Hearing what Qiu Zhong said, the two of them smiled, and one of them said: "You still have some winks, but you don't need a good meal, and you have to hurry tomorrow morning, so you can come to two baskets of cooking cakes. "

"Yes, yes. Another pot of hot footwashing water for the two of you." Qiu Zhong agreed.

"Hey, you really know how to do things, so be it."

At that moment, Qiu Zhong led the two of them to the resting place with a smile on his face, glanced at the backrest behind each other, and knew it in his heart.

After the two entered the room, Qiu Zhong immediately ordered his assistant to fetch warm water for washing their feet. Besides two baskets of cooking cakes, there was also a jug of small wine.

The confidant looked at it and frowned and said: "What's the matter, we have military affairs, how can we drink?"

Qiu Zhongyan said: "It's okay, let's make a little private brew, and honor the two military masters."

"It's good to sell anything, even private brewing. If you want a bowl of rice soup, remember that we will be woken up at dawn tomorrow, delaying things, and you will be forced to eat army sticks."

"Yes, Lord Jun, the young general remembers."

Qiu Zhong withdrew from the room, but did not go away, instead, he eavesdropped on the outside, listening to the two chatting while eating pancakes.

How much money do you think King Huai'an will reward us for doing this job.

Don't think too much, King Huai'an, a visit to the brothel can cost more than ten pennies, but our subordinates give him a job, there is no money for him, as long as he doesn't get scolded.

Also, when did you see him being so generous, I really regret it, why did my parents let us be born in the Li family.

What's the use of complaining, if you complain, you blame yourself for not being born well. Others are princes, and we are slaves. I thought about it for a while, and asked the prince for orders, and sent him to the government army as a school lieutenant.

This is a good way out, well, don't say it, be careful at night, and don't make any mistakes on the last trip.

I know, it depends on me closing my clothes and hugging it. When I move, I wake up.

Don't sleep like a pig.

"Do you think that if you don't drink, there will be no mistakes?" Qiu Zhong sneered, the wine is only used to confuse, the real medicine has been evenly added to the pancakes and rice soup.

After a while, when the two of them were fast asleep, Qiu Zhong opened the door, swaggered in front of the two, and took the support tube containing the secret letter in his hand.Qiu Zhong thought to himself, the king of Huai'an is Li Shentong. He heard the news from above that this person was entrusted by Li Yuan as the consolation ambassador of Shandong Province.

This secret letter might contain important news about my Youzhou.
Qiu Zhong returned to the room, opened the canister, and sealed the letter completely with wax.Qiu Zhong smiled, it didn't bother him at all.

At that moment, Qiu Zhong turned on the oil lamp to be brighter, and then put the letter paper on the oil lamp, and soon the handwriting on the letter paper appeared clearly.

After Qiu Zhong read the letter, his face changed, and he said: "Fortunately, this letter fell into my hands, otherwise the Lord will be in trouble."

At that moment Qiu Zhong put the letter back into the plinth and sent it back to the house, the two messengers were still sleeping as if they had passed away, tomorrow they will send the letter to Lingshou County without knowing anything.

Qiu Zhong sneered, went back to his room, took out a piece of silk, wrote down the information on it, sealed it with wax pills, mixed it with a pile of medicinal materials, and put it in the medicine box.

After busying with these things, Qiu Zhong called a trustworthy postman and said: "The third owner of the Zhao family is suffering from angina. I have a life-saving medicine here. You send it overnight. Remember that this is a matter of saving lives. Not a moment should be lost."

After the postman agreed, he immediately rode the posthorse and ran towards Zhaojiazhuang overnight.

After some twists and turns, at noon the next day, the letter was on the desk of Sima Lin Dangfeng, the governor of Youzhou County.

After Lin Dangfeng saw the letter, he immediately went out from the subordinate yamen, regardless of his disheveled robes, and went straight to the main hall.

In the main hall, Wei Zheng, the governor of the county, and Zhou Xu, the governor of the county, are discussing with the doctors of the counties and counties in Youzhou about this year's imperial examination for the county scholars.

After Wei Zheng heard Lin Dangfeng's report, he immediately put down what he was doing, and immediately went to the Governor's Mansion of Youzhou, where he summoned Wen Yanbo, Chen Xiaoyi, Ji Chuan, Wang Gui, Xue Wanshu, Xue Wanche, Tanzong, Lu Chengqing and other Youzhou officials and generals. Discuss the meeting.
When Li Chongjiu left Youzhou, it was for Wen Yanbo, Chen Xiaoyi, and Wei Zheng to discuss the matter together.Chen Xiaoyi and Wei Zheng are not very familiar with military affairs.Therefore, when it came to military affairs, Wen Yanbo made the decision.

Wen Yanbo was mature and prudent, knowing that although Li Chongjiu was not around and he held the power, he couldn't make a decision casually. If there was even the slightest mistake, his position in the Youzhou Army would come to an end.So he decided to ask Ji Chuan, Xue Wanshu, Xue Wanche and other generals what they meant.

Wen Yanbo first smiled, and said: "Everyone, don't keep looking at me, let's talk about it, so we can brainstorm."

Ji Chuan was the first to stand up immediately, and said without hesitation: "I have heard of Xi Shiling, a powerful man from Hengshan County, who later became a bandit. He was quite popular in the local people. This person has nothing to do. However, although this person is capable, Princess Pingyang's [-] troops stationed in Hengshan County have been transferred back to Jiang County. No matter how good this person is, Xi Shiling has only a few thousand soldiers in his hands. Fear. But the reinforcements from Shangdang County, Yongan Wang Li Xiaoji, need to be careful."

Xue Wanshu said: "Officials, from the map, Hengshan County borders Yanmen, Shanggu, and Taiyuan. If we take Hengshan County, Taiyuan, Yanmen, and Shanggu, we can form a line. In addition, Hengshan County It is a large county, with as many as [-] to [-] households in its heyday. Although it has been plundered by Wang Xuba, Zhao Wanhai and others, there are still [-] to [-] households in the county. If our army takes it, it will be enough. Greatly strengthened."

Hearing what Xue Wanshu said, everyone nodded. The number of households in Zhuo County has just exceeded [-] households this year because of the intake of refugees.And seizing Hengshan County, taking its money and food, can greatly increase the strength of the current Youzhou Army.

Wen Yanbo looked at Xue Wanshu and asked, "Xue Jishi means that we want us to retake Hengshan County?"

Xue Wanshu cupped his hands, and said respectfully: "Reporting to Wen Changshi, my secret agent has already known the enemy's strategy of dispatching troops. Now we have a good chance of winning. It is too easy for Shanggu to return to Youzhou safely. Seizing Hengshan County is what we should think about, otherwise this opportunity will be wasted."

Wen Yanbo thought for a while, but he was a little bit worried. It would be a bit risky to seize Hengshan County.

Xue Wanche clasped his fists and said, "The last general has made a bold decision. I don't know what Wen Changshi thinks?"

"But it doesn't matter!"

Xue Wanche said: "We can take advantage of the time when Xi Shiling led the army to ambush Lord Shanggu, and send troops from Youzhou to cooperate with General Yuchi who was stationed in Taiyuan, General Tan in Shanggu County, and General Gao in Yanmen County. Attack Hengshan Commandery along the way, attacking both front and back, annihilating Xishiling and Li Xiaoji's troops, so that not only can we capture Hengshan County, but also gain an upper hand in the future competition with Li Tang in Hebei, I wonder what Wen Changshi thinks?"

(End of this chapter)