Updated: 2012-11-14

With Meng Zhao's inaction, he sat down to see the bandits in the west turmoil. The bandits also fought. After all, the soldiers of the Tang army had never mobilized a large army to encircle and suppress them.

Of course, these bandits did not think that Tang Jun was afraid of him. However, since the other party failed to come in time, what else should we be afraid of? Of course, we will continue to break the city and the fort and expand our strength.

At some point, the right general of the Tang army began to spread in counties in the southern part of Liangzhou Prefecture, Meng Zhao, who was preparing to borrow the hands of bandits to cut off the village forts and clan forces in the western region. He borrowed the hands of bandits to plunder the finances of various places. After the bandits cleared these village forts and clan forces, the army encircled and suppressed them. By eliminating the troubles of bandits, they could obtain countless finances and take the wealth of the wealth of the big clans for themselves.

"Bang..."

One hundred and twenty miles northwest of Siyang City, Meng Zhao punched the table hard in the Tang army commander's tent.

"Check... where did this news come from?" Meng Zhao said with gritted teeth and hatred.

"Report to the general, Gucheng, Linyi, Leping, and Siyang counties are all circulating, and we have no way to investigate such news!" Yuan Lili, who was in charge of the intelligence, reported the report with a serious expression.

"Damn it! Who is destroying our plan!" Meng Zhao said with a resentment, his face particularly ugly.

"General, no matter what, the clan forces of the Western Township Fort have suffered heavy losses, at least one third weakened compared to before. It is already very good that the four southern counties and the western half are like this. Even if they are destroyed now, although they have not achieved the expected goals, they are very satisfying." Chen Chang also said.

Meng Zhao said in a hatred: "Although that said, it has only completed one-third of the results, which is far from reaching the results we want. In addition, the remaining large families and clan forces are dissatisfied with us. If most of them are eliminated, even if they are dissatisfied with us in the end, what can we care about? But now it is different. This has caused extremely bad effects. If it is not handled well, it will cause more serious consequences than before. These local tribes are definitely not as simple as you imagined. Think about it, even the Xiaoguo Army implemented the new law in the place occupied by the Marine people in Youbei that day, and it was not solved by killing."

"The southern part of Youzhou is controlled by the Xiaoguo Army, which will eventually trigger a rebellion? If the Xiaoguo Army had not suppressed the Zhuhu in the north and made the Huhu in the north and surrendered to the north, I was afraid that the new laws would be implemented in Qingzhou and southern Hebei would still cause local chaos. Even so, they are now using the dredging of rivers to calm local conflicts in the various tribes. Do you think these people are willing to let us annex? We have the power to shock the northern part of the Xiaoguo Army?" Meng Zhao said coldly.

"How to deal with it?" Yuan Li and others were also secretly surprised. When they thought of the hidden dangers of these big clans, several people were also shocked.

"At the beginning, we should have directly dispatched two armies, heading south and pacified the place. Why is it like this today? The rear was restrained by the Xiaoguo Army? It is difficult for the front line to move south due to insufficient troops." Xu Feng murmured to himself.

Meng Zhao glared and said in a deep voice: "Xu Feng, don't say this outside. No matter what decision the general makes, we only need to implement it. Our army is weak and has been suppressed by the Xiaoguo army. There is no way to do so. Otherwise, the general would not rush to expand his territory to the south and expand his wickets of maneuver."

"General, it is said that our army's base camp will move south from Dongping Prefecture. Is it true?" Chen Chang asked in a low voice.

Meng Zhao's face froze and said, "It should be true. Our army's base camp is too close to the Xiaoguo army. If there is a slight error, it will encounter a thunder attack from the Xiaoguo army. It is also because of this that the north side of Dongping Prefecture has restrained too many troops and cannot move. The original plan was to take down Liangzhou Prefecture and Shanyang Prefecture, and the base camp may be moved to Liangzhou Prefecture. After all, both the Yanzhou Prefecture Army and the Xuzhou Army have much less pressure on us than the northern overlord Xiaoguo Army. But now..."

Several people were speechless in the city gate. Now that Shanyang Prefecture has not been settling, I still don’t know what to do behind.

"Yuan Li, immediately send an order to the wealthy families of the western clans, asking them to send village warriors to encircle and suppress the bandits with us. In addition, they also asked them to provide some food and grass for our army." Meng Zhao said in a deep voice, his face full of unwillingness.

"Does the general want to share the interests with them?" Yuan Li's face was also unwilling. He now understood Meng Zhao's meaning.

"That's right, since something goes wrong, we must find a way to save it. The encirclement and suppression of bandits is set to be a lot. Since they are dissatisfied with us, we will use interests to dispel them and let them share what bandits have gained with us! As for how much they have gained, it depends on how much they have done."

"In this way, the strength of these big clans can be weakened, but they were not killed by the bandits quickly. However, they could recover their property from the bandits." Yuan Li muttered in a muffled voice.

"Then I can't care about that much. It's better than the ones they are now united and colluding with the Yanzhou Prefecture Army. Now that our army is newly defeated, many people are starting to think about it. If Xu Jie had not had his own plans and sent the government troops to launch a large-scale counterattack, half of the Liangzhou Prefecture would have changed hands. Now, let's calm them down first and wait until later, we will deal with them!" Meng Zhao said coldly.

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After Meng Zhao's contact, the western tribes finally suppressed their dissatisfaction and sent their family members to help the Tang army encircle and suppress the bandits. They wanted to form a large net with the Tang army, and wipe out these bandits in one fell swoop, and divide their property with the trend.

But because of rumors and the participation of these big clans, the Tang army's speed suddenly increased. At the same time, because of the private minions and township heroes sent by these big clans, this big network began to become successful.

Soon, a bandit gang that quickly retreated or fled was wiped out when they learned the news of the Tang army's encirclement and suppression. The gains were naturally self-evident, and that was quite expensive. Meng Zhao also divided this up according to the number of treatments.

For a moment, the bandits who were originally wandering in the western region immediately began to retreat in all directions. But at this moment, the Tang army was approaching on all sides, and the northwest was the dividing line between the Tang army and the Xiaoguo army. Naturally, there were regular troops stationed there, which was also a dead end.

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"It's you again? What are you going to do this time? What do you need this lieutenant to do? Tell you, don't bother me many times!" Zhang Yongxue looked at the two people in front of him, frowned.

"Person Zhang, we are here to save you this time!" The young man sitting in the hand took a sip of tea unmoved and said lightly.

Zhang Yongxue was stunned, and suddenly laughed, and said coldly: "Save me? You? I heard it right! It's you who need rescue now, not me! I'm the remaining lieutenant of Siyang County, save me? You are not sick!"

The young man said lightly: "Is that so? Zhang Zheng, how did you sit on it? What did you rely on? It was relying on forcing the property of the prominent families in Siyang City and the weapons of the servants of their families. You destroyed four big families, do you think, is it?"

Zhang Yongxue smiled faintly and said disapprovingly: "So what? This is the world of the Tang army. Can these big families still make a big splash?"

"It's right that the Tang army is the world, but they can eliminate all the big families and prominent families? You have heard of the recent rumors. Even your right general of the Tang army, Meng Zhao, is helpless and has now surrendered to the big families and prominent families in the west." The young man said slowly.

Zhang Yongxue's heart moved and said, "What do you want to say?"

The young man smiled and said, "Even your right general dare not offend these wealthy families until death. You can steal their property, food, weapons, armor and equipment, and destroy three families. Tell me, why does a new army in Siyang County come to be this left-behind lieutenant? Is there no more suitable candidate in the Tang army?"

Zhang Yongxue's face froze and pretended to be smiling: "That's because the Tang army was defeated on the front line. At this moment, they need to encircle you. It is normal that they can't draw out the right people for a while."

The young man looked at Zhang Yongxue, and made Zhang Yongxue's face change slightly. He smiled and said, "Is that so? Even a lieutenant can't be drawn out. This is really interesting. There are 4,000 left-behind soldiers in the city, but they were all taken to the Right Army, and they are surrounded and suppressed bandits with the army. Most of the soldiers left behind are recruits left by Meng Zhao and reorganized from surrounding areas. In other words, now they are just subordinates under your name and will not obey your orders."

"If the city's large households contacted the large households in Siyang County and asked Meng Zhao to investigate the crime of destroying his family and stealing his money, what would it be?" the young man said word by word.

Zhang Yongxue suppressed his uneasiness and sneered: "This matter was done by Wu Meng, the commander of the Right Army. What does it have to do with me?"

"Is that right? But it was you who was in charge of this matter at the time, and you were the garrison of Siyang County. If you were not responsible for this matter, who could be responsible? I heard that after Wu Meng led his troops away, you asked these big families for property and food many times. The relationship between Zhang Xiaowei should be very clear about. After all, you are the scapegoat left by Wu Meng and Meng Zhao. Killing a left-behind captain is enough to express the sincerity of the Tang army. What do you think?" the young man said coldly.

"What do you want?" Zhang Yongxue's heart was beating, but he still pretended to be calm and asked.

"The lieutenant is also from the government army. Speaking of which, you and us are born with the same roots. You are also aware of the fact that the Liangzhou Prefecture Army and the Qingshang Liangzhou Prefecture formed the new affiliated army and the baggage troops were attacked by Meng Zhao as cannon fodder and front-line soldiers. Since they cannot be truly valued and trusted, why should they hang themselves on this tree?"

Before Zhang Yongxue's face changed drastically, the young man said again: "The Tang army failed in Boping, and in the short term, there will be no further action to go south. Then, the next action of the Tang army will naturally be to calm the place. In other words, the lieutenant may have been used as a bargaining chip by the Tang army in exchange for the stability of the wealthy families in Siyang County. How about my general? He captured Siyang City and did not kill any ordinary soldiers, but what about the Tang army? How many soldiers who surrendered to the past survive? lieutenant, think carefully! If you don't care about yourself, you should think about your family!"

"Do you want me to surrender to you?" Zhang Yongxue said in horror and in disbelief.

"No! No! No! How can you say surrender? The Captain is anyway! The Captain is surrendering to the Tang army on the surface, but in fact he is in the heart of the government army. Now he is following the trend anyway. The Captain is a merit!" said the young man with a smile.

"So...so..." Zhang Yongxue was a little dizzy when the other party said it, and he didn't know how to choose.

The young man continued, "Sir, at this time, it is necessary to wake up in time when it is related to your life and your family! If the lieutenant does not make a timely choice this time, then there will be no chance in the future. At that time, the lieutenant will wait for the judgment given to you by Tang Jun. Whether as I said, the lieutenant is used as a scapegoat will be clear at a glance."

"To be honest, the choice of the lieutenant today has not had much effect on us. Even if we took down Siyang City, the final outcome would be abandoned by our army. We came here specifically to give the lieutenant a chance. After all, the lieutenant also helped us transport all the hidden food, weapons, and treasury hidden money in the city, which is also considered to be kind to us. My general can't bear to be the scapegoat of the Tang army, so he came here to remind him."

Zhang Yongxue settled down, sorted out the thoughts in his mind, and said in a deep voice: "You general and his four or five thousand soldiers are still more than 300 miles away from the west, surrounded by the Tang army and a big net. You want to break the plan of siege of the Tang army and make the right general Meng Zhao retreat in a hurry. Is that true?"

The young man smiled and said, "The Captain is smart, but some of them are wrong."

"Oh? I hope to hear it carefully!" Zhang Yongxue said in a deep voice. Even if he turned to Shanyang Army, he had to figure out the truth. He didn't want to be used, and then he didn't get anything.

"First, my general has left now. No, it should be said that he is not in the big net woven by the Tang army. Now, he is only more than a hundred miles away from here. As long as he wants to leave, he will be able to leave now. If the lieutenant is willing, it will be just a one-day journey."

"Second, as the lieutenant said, breaking up Siyang City was just to disrupt the large net organized by the Tang army, so that those bandits who had the former Liangzhou Prefecture Army and your former robes escaped, rather than my general!" said the young man lightly.

"Well? Your general is in Siyang County now?" Zhang Yongxue was shocked. Thousands of people flew away without even realizing it. How could he not be surprised?

"Before the Tang army was dispatched!" Qing Qing said in a young voice.

Zhang Yongxue was shocked. This was very simple, meaning that the other party had left before the Tang army was dispatched. At that time, when the counties were in chaos, thousands of people were scattered and separated, and they could hide in the day and go out at night, so they could also avoid the wardrobes and investigate. But what surprised him was that the other party could actually know the mobilization of the Tang army. This showed that there were many spies from the Shanyang Prefecture in Liangzhou Prefecture.

When did the spies from the Shanyang Prefecture Army spread all over Liangzhou Prefecture? Zhang Yongxue arrived incredible.

"How is it? The lieutenant is also considering how to choose. Of course, the lieutenant is unwilling to do so, and we have nothing to say, so we naturally leave quietly. The surrounding area of ​​Siyang County is not very strict. Even if you notice it, you must rely on the 4,000 troops in the city that have not yet been combined, and we cannot stop us." The young man said distractedly.

Zhang Yongxue pondered for a little while, bit his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll do it! At worst, it's just a death. But I hope you can move my family out first. Even if I die, I will give them a way out because I have helped you."

The young man was secretly happy and said, "Don't worry, lieutenant, it's not that difficult to take down this city."

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"General, brothers, send back the message, and the mission was successfully completed." Zhao Xun's house said in a deep voice in an ordinary soldier.

"Okay, I'll send an order to let the Eagle Eye Divisions in various places lurk on the spot. There is no need to do anything else for the time being." Zhao Xun said in a deep voice. This time, he could learn that the Tang army was mobilized very quickly, and the Eagle Eye Division made considerable efforts.

"In addition, you immediately let the Eagle Eye Commander pass the order to let the eight bandits we control lurk and gradually move south. Don't let the Eagle Eye Commander rush forward, just grow in secret. In addition, let the Eagle Eye Commander assist you as well. If necessary, you can leave the team and escape." After thinking about it, Zhao Xun decided to leave the eight bandits he controlled here.
Chapter completed!