In the end, Zhang Xing actually sent people to guide and guide everywhere.

But this immediately triggered a military conflict in Zhecheng County. Before that, Luo Fang and others from Jing'antai retreated to Zhecheng. The elite knights of the Dragon Gang, under the leadership of Xiong Bonan, were unable to release food in the city.

They rushed directly into Zhecheng and had a second conflict with the defeated soldiers of Jing'antai who had taken a short rest.

The final result was that, using the entanglement between Luo Fang and Xiong Bonan as a cover, the remaining defeated troops in Jingantai were divided into three, dispersed westward and escaped from Zhecheng, and even left Liangjun all the way, deposing the knights of the Dragon Gang.

They also concentrated on chasing one of the teams, and after massaging four or five people, they gave up the pursuit at the border of Liang County.

As soon as the people from Jing'antai escaped, the local officials of Liang County also gave up their last leeway. From this day on, the most sensitive ordnance began to be transferred out of Songcheng's treasury on a large scale. The members of the Deposed Dragon Gang also

He came to the outside of Song City to receive it without any hesitation, and then used Chuqiu as the route to transfer materials to Jiyin in large quantities and in batches.

Before the New Year, the anti-thief troops openly traveled between the two counties and made deals with the government. It was a warm and heartwarming scene in troubled times.

Comparable to the Christmas Truce.

But it was not the warmest, warmest, and most humane thing that happened on the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month. Due to the large amount of supplies and the difficulty of transporting them in the snow, the Deposed Dragon Gang, under the guidance of Zhang Dalongtou, began to come up with money and silk, and publicly

Recruiting civilian men in the local area... However, because of the snow, it was difficult for the news to spread. In the end, these opportunities were seized by the soldiers of Songcheng and Chuqiu. They did not even change their clothes, threw down their weapons, and followed in groups.

The officers came out of the city and took on these jobs with envy, fear and a desire to have a sip of soup before the New Year.

In this regard, Zhang Dalongtou also specifically warned that wages must be paid daily and must be given to the county soldiers themselves, not to the officers of the county soldiers.

Thanks to this, on the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, Songcheng's treasury was finally emptied by the rebels of the Deposed Dragon Gang and the officials of Liang County.

The people of the Deposed Dragon Gang also began to evacuate on a large scale with some unprecedented excitement. Vehicles and livestock were flowing continuously in Gushu City, and the last large army left the city grandly with the last supplies.

The red-bottomed flag with the word "deposed" was fluttering in the air. Zhang Dalongtou personally led some elites to clear the way. He led a huge convoy including prisoners and seized palace property and began to march to Jiyin in the northeast. There were five or six thousand people in total.

The soldiers of the Deposed Dragon Gang were divided into two groups, lined up on the left and right. Under the leadership of Xu Shiying and Niu Da, they escorted the convoy forward. King Xiongtian personally led a team of about twenty or thirty capable cultivators and knights to and from various places.

Place for cruising.

This look is very similar to the grand scene when the Central Palace went south.

In fact, there were indeed many palace people and chamberlains in the team, as well as the queen, concubines, princesses, and even the prefect Cao Wang Cao who was preparing to see him off to the border.

If you think about it carefully, it doesn't make any difference to them. Where are you going?

Of course, it was a little different for the people of the Deposed Dragon Gang. Stimulated by going home to celebrate the first lunar month, or returning to Jiyin to receive rewards, the team was full of energy. In the afternoon, the team entered Yucheng, and then Meng

The monkey and Taoist Wei are already waiting here.

"Zhang Longtou." Meng Shanggong dismounted and raised his hands to each other without concealing his envious eyes for the huge convoy, but after recovering from his thoughts, he still maintained his humble posture. "I have brought two thousand people here, please be sure to let me."

Be an escort..."

The team had no intention of stopping, but Zhang Xing himself turned to the roadside, dismounted, and said simply: "Everything is easy. When we pass, you can take Chuqiu by yourself."

Meng Shanggong nodded, as if he understood the other party's warning, that is, if the people from the Deposed Dragon Gang cannot get through, they are not allowed to take it.

However, now that things have happened, this tremor is no longer lost. The local powerful man and former captain of Jijun just slightly raised his hand and turned back to the team.

Zhang Xing didn't bother to pay attention and immediately remounted his horse, but stood still.

Sure enough, Wei Xuanding rode forward and asked urgently: "Where is the queen?"

"The queen is almost fifty." Zhang Xing thought for a moment and responded seriously. "Wei Gong had better worry about his reputation."

Taoist Wei was stunned and shook his head: "Are you kidding me? I just asked about the queen's position... Didn't I just ask about your relationship with the concubine in the letter? Why is this?"

"It's in the third car." Zhang Xing stepped forward and pursed his lips. "It's all over."

Taoist Wei was stunned for a moment. He seemed to want to say something more, but he finally suppressed it: "Have you already decided the matter? Just handle it as you said before?"

"Yes." Zhang Xing answered frankly. "Let Cao Wang go to the border and go down to Yicheng to give it to the armed servants... There are unexpectedly many coarse cloths in Songcheng's treasury. I have sent more to Wang Zhen and Dangshan in the past few days.

I'm afraid this thing there is more useful than gold and silver, and he was asked to leave some in the city for the servants... For the rest, I plan to go back and ask the palace servants to help make military uniforms, so that it is not in vain to support them.

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"It's nothing more than military uniforms. It's just what those chamberlains said nicely." Taoist Wei stared at the moving car. He looked back for a long time, and then couldn't help but sneer. "But I don't know if I can hold the city? I'm afraid it's just a matter of time.

I'm afraid that before the spring plowing, the local garrison or the Meng brothers would take that place away."

"Then it's none of my business." Zhang Xing still spoke calmly. "We will leave Liangjun before tomorrow, and the matters here are their own to decide... Meng Shanggong is arrogant in front and respectful in the back, and the officials in Liangjun are deceiving themselves and others.

, the chamberlains’ struggle to survive in death is just their own business, who can rely on others for their honor and disgrace in life and death?”

As he said this, Zhang Xing hit his horse and headed to the front of the team.

Taoist Wei felt a little emotional, and seemed to have a lot of things to say, such as whether the Zhang protector's leg was okay, and what the treasures were... But the client was so calm, so he could only follow quickly and force himself to calm down.

That night, the team rested in Chuqiu and camped around a town.

As soon as they camped, the team began to have a warm atmosphere, with constant laughter and laughter. However, the palace officials and prisoners at the core of the team seemed a little nervous and fearful, but they were also submerged in the overall atmosphere.

There is no way. Although everyone knows that they have not entered Jiyin and have not returned to the so-called base area, they cannot help but feel that today is the end of the year, and people's hearts are unavoidable.

Of course, Zhang Xing is still busy and nervous.

He asked Xiong Bonan to inquire about the movements of Liangjun officers and soldiers; he sent Niu Da to investigate the situation in Chuqiu City; he sent Xiao Zhou to contact Wang Zhen who was going south to inquire and supervise the delivery of Xiayi; and he sent Wei Xuanding and Zhou Weishi again.

Guan Xu took some gold and silver treasures and infiltrated into Meng Sangong's team to express condolences, just in case.

That's not all. He turned around, remembered something, and summoned Xu Shiying, asking him to organize disciplinary troops, maintain camp discipline, and guard the safety of the palace and property.

He even did not forget to ask Chai Xiaohe and others who were in charge of logistics to treat everyone equally and give the palace guests a piece of meat.

After all the hard work, I felt relieved, had some food, and hurriedly went to see the queen, the little princess, Cao Wang and others with my own eyes. After walking around, I was really exhausted, but I really couldn't ensure that everyone could be happy in the New Year.

When I was ready to soak my feet in thirty hot water, I simply went into the room and slept sweetly until dawn.

The next day is the first day of the first lunar month, which is the new year.

The large army returned home like an arrow, and continued north without stopping, passing through Chuqiu City without entering, and headed straight for Jiyin. However, at noon, about seven or eight miles past the city, Meng Shanggong's troops stopped.

No longer following the escort... Obviously, their goal is Chuqiu City behind them, and they will be jealous if they go any further.

While continuing to march, Xiao Zhou turned back after hard work and was informed of good news and bad news... The good news was that Wang Zhen successfully handed over the city to the armed servants led by Wang Gonggong when he evacuated, but the bad news was that the Dangshan bandits saw him accompanying him.

Some of the chamberlain's servants later had their own ideas, which led to a minor conflict.

Of course, Xiao Zhou is a prudent person. With his insistence, Wang Zhen and Chef Fan, who were dissatisfied, also cleared up the discipline and put an end to the matter.

All I can say is that luckily someone was sent there before.

But now that the matter has been settled, it is useless to think about it, especially since Jiyin County is at the front.

In the afternoon, the team moved forward. After a short distance, they saw the oncoming team of the Deposed Dragon Gang and the few leaders who stayed behind. However, they cheered in the wilderness. Then, under the greeting of the responding team,

, the large army soon arrived in front of a market. The market rises across a small river, and there is a bridge on the river. It is the Xiaozhou Bridge opposite Jiyin Zhouqiao County, which is named after it. The market to the south of the bridge belongs to Liang County

, the market in Qiaobei returned to Jiyin.

When the team arrived here, the crowd became more and more enthusiastic and agitated. Zhang Xing did not show any pretense. He immediately set up the banner with the word "deposed" on an earthen platform in the south of the bridge, and began to reward people right here.

Instead, one-third of what was captured during this trip was taken out, and the treasures were distributed among the leaders, and the gold and silver were distributed among the soldiers. Everyone had a share.

The specific process was even more casual, with Zhang Dalong sitting on it, King Xiongtian personally supervising, and Chief Xu Da maintaining the situation. Some accounting leaders and soldiers only opened the boxes and cages, roughly estimated the weights, and then piled the treasures randomly.

Only gold and silver were taken for weighing, and then sent directly to the earth platform. The leaders and soldiers passed by the earth platform like flowing water, took away a portion, and said to Zhang Dalongtou in accordance with Zhang Dalongtou's weird northern customs.

"Happy New Year", you can leave with gold and silver in your arms.

But one afternoon, the whole place was filled with cheers, and everyone said "Happy New Year" to each other as if they had learned something new, as if a pot was boiling... which made Jia Yue feel a little confused.

Until the evening, after Zhang Xing finished dividing the gold and silver, he summoned the envoy from Liang County who had been waiting here for a long time, sent Cao Wang to a donkey cart prepared by the other party, and agreed to continue in Zhouqiao in the future.

Talking about the handover of the queen, we simply crossed the bridge.

So far, the attack has been perfect.

However, nothing is perfect. That night, while staying in Zhouqiao, Zhang Xing heard two more pieces of bad news.

"Han Qi is dead?"

"yes."

"According to today's reward from the leader, I will make up for his brother's two...three shares!"

"yes."

Zhang Xing was really not surprised by the news that Guo Jingke came to report, because Han Qi was the one who was severely injured by the female officer next to the queen that day. He was sent back to Jiyin early, but now it seems that he has not survived, and the female officer

He had been chopped into pieces a long time ago. Apart from greatly compensating his brother, who was also a Hebei Ranger, there was probably nothing else he could say.

After Guo Jingke, the person who came into Zhang Xing's residence was Zhang Jinshu. This was the leader of Zhongyi and one of Xiong Bonan's deputies. He had stayed for a long time and was responsible for military discipline inspection.

"There was a deputy helmsman, the former magistrate of Jiyang County, who suddenly ran away on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth lunar month." Zhang Jinshu was obviously a little nervous. "When we first crossed Jishui, everyone thought he had something to do and didn't dare.

Asked, there was only one of my subordinates, the corps commander, who was confused about his duties. He informed me and took the initiative to follow him. When he crossed the border and entered Liangjun territory and headed towards Chenliu, he really didn't dare not to chase...

...It was the corps commander who took him back without authorization after crossing the border."

Zhang Xing was startled for a moment, as if he wanted to express something with emotion, but when he thought about it carefully, he felt that he had nothing to express... On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, the news that he successfully robbed the queen must have spread to the rear, and the uncultivated people who were left behind must have

Many of the leaders were civil servants who had surrendered to the imperial court... When these people heard the news, they were shaken, frightened, and panicked. They took advantage of the emptiness in the rear and ran away. It does not seem to be an incomprehensible thing.

Even going forward, as the situation changes, such things will only become more common.

At this thought, Zhang Dalong shook his head without much expression. He just gave instructions in a calm tone: "Let Chief Wei and King Xiongtian go to find out clearly. If it is confirmed that it is a treason, then directly kill the flag... As for your men
To be continued...