Chapter 459 Journey to Mountains and Seas (36)

At night, the moonlight, which has entered the second half of the year, seems a little dim. In the wilderness to the north of Fanshui County, Wuyang County, Hebei Province, to the south of Wei County, and to the southeast of Qingzhang River, there are fields mixed with weeds and crops that are indistinguishable.

There is a large area of ​​military camps. Although the military camps are connected into one, they are clearly divided into two groups: east and west.

At this time, there was not much movement around, but in the center of the western military camp, around a large bonfire circle, there were still many people gathered around to discuss the situation... There was no way, they had just received an unexpected piece of information.

"What do you think?" After the messenger repeated the information for the fourth time, Zhang Xing looked at Li Ding.

Li Ding was silent for a moment and then asked, "Are you sure you want to listen to my words first?"

Among the surrounding generals, there were army leaders, captains of the Wu'an Army, and several leaders of the reinforcements from the north. They were clearly distinguished. Even Zhang Shizhao, Protector Zhang and Qin Bao were sitting alone behind Zhang Xing, which looked a little different.

, but everyone remained silent at this time, and the meritorious officer from Wuyang County who came to report the news also bowed his head and remained silent.

After all, the matter is sensitive, the military situation is serious, and the opportunity to fight is only a moment. At this time, a decision must be made quickly, and this decision may directly lead to the victory or defeat of tens of thousands of people. Zhang Xing asked a surrendered general at this time, and he said it was better to use people.

No doubt, the sad part is that you, Chief Zhang, believe him, but the gang leaders who have just survived the calamity of life and death may not be willing to believe him.

Li Ding obviously realized this.

As for the other generals of Wu'an Army, they are even more sensitive to this issue, and their thoughts are more complicated... Haven't you seen that the only female general, Fan Lihua, has been wandering around the world? What she wants to know most now is the whereabouts and location of her brother.

But he didn't have the chance to speak, and he didn't know how to speak.

Turning around, Zhang Xing wanted to reply, but Xiong Bonan beat him to it: "What did Li Longtou say? Since you have done justice and come to the gang, you are a family. You tell me first, whether it is okay or not."

Let’s talk about what’s wrong, so why should we worry about it?”

Li Ding had no choice but to give an answer: "I think we can immediately send orders to everyone and send troops to surround Bai Hengqiu's main force of the Taiyuan Army early tomorrow morning."

People around him still didn't respond.

Li Ding noticed something strange and went to see Zhang Xing. Behind him, Zhang Shizhao also came to see Chief Zhang.

Unexpectedly, Zhang San asked: "What is the specific plan?"

"To be specific, on our side, we can follow the Qingzhang River to attack Liyang and back the water to intercept it; let Shantonghai be used as bait and stay stationary in Chanyuan; the rest, including the soldiers of Wuyang County and Liu Heifu

, Don’t worry about anything, Duan Wei is not worth mentioning, just rush here as soon as possible, and then depending on the situation, surround the Taiyuan Army!" After Li Ding finished speaking, he couldn't help but frown and asked, "Is there anything wrong?"

"Wuyang County is a native of Wuyang County, and Mr. Yuanfu has been operating here for a long time. It is common sense for him to know all the news in Guixiang first, but the question is, is Wuyang County reliable? Is the news true or false? Could it be Bai Hengqiu?

Are you joining forces with Yuan Baocun to bait us?" Wang Shuyong suddenly asked seriously. "These two are high-ranking officials in the Wei Dynasty, so they must know each other."

Zhang Shizhao raised his eyebrows slightly and couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth... Why does this sound a bit weird?

However, the Jiyin Xingtai matter is indeed a mess. Although Zhang Xing accepted him here, he can't say much. The same is true for today's military meeting. Everyone is a leader, a big leader, and there is a man with territory soldiers and horses.

The big dragon head who came here should be a protector of the law himself. It is better not to put the legacy of the old dynasty governors first, but to find out what is going on.

"I don't think it's a bait." Just as he was thinking about it, Ma Wei, who was staring at the fire without raising his head, said what Zhang Shizhao wanted to say. "If it's a bait, the premise is that Bai Hengqiu is as good at predicting things as he is before us.

That night when I was still in Dalu Ze, I guessed that the chief could convince Li Fujun and prepare to go here... But it's us, Brother Wang, think about it, how many people thought of joining the Wu'an Army before yesterday?

We are still surprised to this day."

"That's right." Cui Suchen also reminded. "It's not just this matter. After the battle on the 17th, the army was dispersed. I don't believe that it was Bai Hengqiu's arrangement for Han Yinggong to run west, let alone the Dongdu Army.

It was shattered all over the ground... The situation is now in chaos, seven out of ten are scattered by the Dongdu Army to confuse the situation. He cannot predict this situation."

Wang Wulang nodded casually.

And Cui Suchen also continued his analysis: "Also, to take a step back, unless Bai Hengqiu is a man of extraordinary cultivation, is there any way to know that we have joined forces at the first time? Or maybe someone sent a spy to report the news yesterday, and now he has sent

People lured us into his trap, but why did they use people from Wuyang County? Why did people from Wuyang County help him? It makes no sense."

"Could this person be Bai Hengqiu's secret agent? What arrangements did he have long ago?" Xu Dalang said suddenly. "He happened to be nearby and came here?"

This statement was too far-fetched and even meant to make a point, so that the four leaders of the northern reinforcements, who had no intention of interrupting, frowned... However, Cui Suchen himself did not have any dissatisfaction.

The meritorious officer was so shocked that he just wanted to defend himself.

However, Ma Wei retorted calmly and immediately blocked the opening: "No, because the situation is so chaotic, it is impossible for anyone except Wuyang County to know the key military information at the first time, and what is the key military information?

, let’s work hard and let Wu Datou take the lead, and we’ll know in the morning, we can’t do anything fake.”

"Leave this matter to me." Wu Dalang nodded immediately and shook his head again. "No, we still can't fight Bai Hengqiu."

Several people were eccentric, as if they had something to hide.

Now it was Wu Jingfeng's turn. Li Ding glanced at this old friend who could be called a close friend. Finally, he had someone to vent his temper on. He asked coldly on the spot: "Wu Dalang, why can't you beat me?! You two were

Thousands of people guarded him with more than 100,000, but now he has only 20,000 or 30,000 left. You are about to mobilize an army of 100,000, so why are you afraid of him?"

Wu Dalang was about to speak but stopped.

Wang Chen looked at him in astonishment and half-smiled: "Is it because this idea was suggested by my master, so he doesn't want to do it?"

Everyone came together to see Wang Chen, who was stunned. Yuwen Wanchou and others suddenly became energetic, wishing that the two families would fight.

And Yuchi Qilang couldn't help but mutter: "You're right, the crisis has been resolved, now it's time to fight even the Grand Master in front of us!"

As soon as this statement came out, it immediately triggered a discussion. Su Mu and others also spoke out one after another, while Bang Zhujiang just refuted it coldly and tried to make a distinction.

Huang Ping's sharp eyes noticed that at this moment, his nephew, who was sitting directly to the north, suddenly turned his head and said something behind his back into Li Ding's ear. The latter was stunned and stared back.

It was obvious that the gang had some internal information that they were unwilling to share in public with the reinforcements like themselves and the Wu'an Army who had newly changed their stance, and it was hard for him to ask.

Several military leaders around saw it and knew that Li Ding knew the whole story, so they stopped caring about it. Xu Shiying even opened his mouth at the right time and explained to several Wu'an military generals: "Actually, there is nothing to hide. We

They are too tired and have suffered huge losses, especially the team generals. The backbone of the first layer has been too much depleted, and they may not be able to form a large army again, so they really don’t dare to fight against the grand master again, lest they get three more bullets in vain.

It’s a chess piece!”

Li Ding came back to his senses and nodded slightly: "Then stagger, ignore Bai Hengqiu, and go south from here to intercept Sun Shunde... The rest of the troops must catch up! Shan Tonghai is coming too!"

Wang Chen and others who still wanted to talk couldn't help but chat.

Zhang Xingze looked at Xu Shiying: "What do Xu Dalang think?"

"It's feasible!" Xu Shiying said more simply. "But is it really necessary to fight? What if Bai Hengqiu bites him to death for the sake of face and turns around to rescue Sun Shunde? What if there really is a big fight? What if Bai Hengqiu really gets angry?

Ruthless, it will definitely come much faster than the big army."

"Isn't that good?!" Yuchi Qilang seemed impatient.

"Since you're not sure, there's no need to risk your life." Lu Dawei took the initiative to persuade him. "It's just a waste of soldiers' lives."

Everyone started arguing again. Obviously, after Zhang Xing and other troops made it clear that there were some problems with their combat capabilities, the key point of the debate this time was whether to try to surround the entire Taiyuan Army to whether to surround a partial division of the Taiyuan Army or simply

Slow down a step and release the partial troops as well.

And after talking for a long time, we couldn't come up with a conclusion.

So, Zhang Xing simply clapped his hands, and the surrounding area immediately became quiet: "Everyone, we can't waste time. According to the rules, please raise your hands quickly!"

The people around him were in high spirits.

At this point, without waiting for anyone to speak, Zhang Xing pointed his finger at the many people sitting here: "The four reinforcements from the north each count one hand, the Wu'an Army Zhongdu Lieutenant and the deputy captain each count one hand, Zhang Hufa and Qin Erlang also count one hand each.

Let’s not count it for the time being. General Zhang Gongshen will show his leadership first and then discuss his merits in detail, so as to count his skills.”

As he spoke, he raised his hands. The others looked at each other and raised their hands.

However, among the twenty people below Zhang Xing who were qualified to raise their hands, there was actually a ten-on-ten fight.

Among them, Xiong Bonan, Li Ding, Jia Yue, Ma Wei, Zhang Gongshen, Yuchi Qilang, Yuwen Wanchou, Lan Zhang, Su Mu, and Wang Chenxing agreed to fight; Xu Shiying, Wang Shuyong, Wu Jingfeng, and Niu Da

, Xu Shiren, Mang Jingang, Cheng Zhili, Cui Suchen, Huang Ping, and Lu Dawei all disagreed.

"It's better to let Chief Xie and Chief Wang (Xie Minghe, Wang Xiongdan) who are guarding the camp come over again, right?" Xiong Bonan was helpless and simply looked at Zhang Xing. "According to the rules, the chief made the decision directly. You

What do you say, just give the order directly!"

Zhang Xing nodded, and smiled bitterly next to the fire: "Weak and tasteless! Today I finally know what is tasteless!"

Some of the people present were obviously puzzled by what he meant.

But immediately, Zhang Xing thought for a moment and asked, "In that case, I can do whatever I want?"

No one refuted it, and without waiting for anyone to nod, he issued a military order: "Then try to surround Guan City!"

The plan had been decided, and everyone around the campfire immediately cheered up. Putting aside all their previous hesitations, they discussed some details. In the end, Wu Jingfeng was forced to go to see Shan Tonghai overnight, and then go back and tell him if the information was wrong.

If there was no mistake, he was asked to turn east to look for Wei Xuanding, Chen Bin and others, and to summon troops and horses to come for reinforcements.

At this time, safety comes first.

At the same time, Xie Minghe, who was lazy in sleeping, was finally asked to get up and return with the Wuyang County meritorious officer overnight, asking Yuan Baocun to drop everything and also send troops to help.

Now that you're on the boat, how can you stand still without exerting any effort?

As for the main force of the local-Wu'an coalition forces, they have to rest for the night because the military committee here is really exhausted.

Just when everyone was about to disperse and the generals were about to return to their main camp in the east, Zhang Xing suddenly spoke and stopped someone: "Captain Fan, Fan Lihua!"

Fan Lihua was caught off guard and turned back in a hurry.

Zhang Xing immediately informed: "Your brother is in the Eastern Army Corps."

After saying this, he turned around and followed Li Ding to the Central Army... It turned out that Zhang Xing, Zhang Shizhao, and Qin Bao actually lived in Li Ding's Wu'an military camp.

There was no talking all night, and early the next morning, after making food and watering the horses, the whole army set off and headed south.
To be continued...