"Xu Wufu, Xu Heng, and Xu Chen died within a few days of each other. Xu Wuqi changed his name and joined Dong Cheng. The Xu family, Yuhuangling, Shituoling, Xiemashan and Jinshagou can all be said to be
All fell under the control of Xu Wujiang, Xu Wukun, Xu Wuliang and others, and Zhou Jing, Xu Sheng and other old soldiers who returned from the Jingsheng Army also all joined - these old soldiers were not limited to the Xu family, but the king's
Xiaocheng recruited prisoners from Tongbai Mountain and returned them to Tongbai Mountain. There were almost forty of them, and they all surrendered to Lutai Village. At this time, Xu Wujiang, Xu Wuliang and others were still staying in Huaiyuan, or on patrol.
The prosecutors were appointed as officials or as rural servants, but they did not focus on running the land and houses. Instead, they ran the Wubing foundry business under the name Zhufengtang. At the same time, they put all the mule and horse business under the original Xu family under the head of Zhufengtang.
Business. In addition to Huaiyuan, they have also established shops in Biyang, Xuchang, Luoyang, Jinzhou, and Taiyuan under the name "Zhufeng" - on the eve of Wang's death, he led his prisoners to move from Huanglongpo Station to Zhufeng.
We had noticed the existence of this villa before Fengzhuang, but it looked unremarkable from the outside, and there was no sign that they had any contact with the Lanzhou stone farm. However, yesterday the name "Zhu Fengzhuang" was newly engraved on the forehead of the stone plate.
, Wang Zhen inscribed "six characters". There is also a pavilion in the East Street of Kelan City hanging the door of the Lanzhou branch of Zhufengtang. It can be seen that before leaving Tongbai Mountain, Wang Zhen had already adopted the Xu family as his own, and
Using Zhufengtang as the capital for its comeback, Yakshahu secretly took charge. Lu Xiong, Xu Wujiang, Xu Huai, Tang Pan, Xu Xin'an, Xu Wukun, Xu Wuliang, Su Laochang and others were just his minions - solid strength.
Not low! It's a pity that Zheng Hui, Dong Qifeng and others died in vain. Dong Cheng came to know about Tangzhou but was unwilling to help the prime minister to organize these things. As a result, we delayed until now to sort out the context and did not alert Wang Zhen in advance.
The wolfish ambition in Lanzhou..."
Yue Hailou and Guo Zhongxiong were sitting in the hall. Zeng Run, Zhu Xiaotong, Chen Zixiao and others were sitting on the left and right respectively, listening to a man who was tired of life and reported the information about Wang Zhen and everyone in Tongbai Mountain that he had compiled during this period.
When Dong Qifeng returned to Bianjing to present the Tongbai Mountain incident, it was before October last year. The main reason was that Chen Zixiao, Zhong Changqing and other bandit chiefs were available. The Cai Mansion did not pay much attention to this matter at that time. It was just Zheng Hui. Dong Qifeng felt that
Available and used.
In addition, the Cai Mansion's understanding and grasp of the Tongbai Mountain incident mainly came from dozens of confidential letters sent back by Zheng Hui. However, in Zheng Hui, Dong Qifeng was ambushed at Maomaoerling, and Dong Cheng was the special
I want to recruit people for peace of mind and I don’t want to interfere with other things.
Cai Zheng has been an official for half his life, with power over the government and the public, and countless disciples and former officials. However, the Cai family owns thousands of hectares of farmland and houses in various places, and has thousands of villagers and private officials. For those recruitment thieves like Chen Zixiao who have lost key ties,
Naturally, the chief will not pay attention to it.
This made the Cai Mansion's grasp of the Tongbai Mountain affairs very flawed, and even in the later period, there was no dedicated person to keep an eye on the activities in Tongbai Mountain.
Although it was also considered that during the Tongbai Mountain Bandit Rebellion, Wang Zhen might have colluded deeply with local forces in Tangzhou through the suppression of bandits, and eventually Wang Zhen was demoted to Lanzhou, but Zeng Run, who came to Lanzhou on behalf of the Cai Mansion, was too confident.
I thought I could control Wang Zhen at the palm of my hand, but many things were done very carelessly.
After Yue Hailou noticed some problems, he hurriedly arranged a special trip to Tangzhou to investigate the details before and after Zheng Hui and Dong Qifeng were ambushed.
However, it was not until the grain incident occurred that further news came.
The resentment in Guo Zhongxiong's heart has not gone away. He not only hated Wang Zhen for doing such a thing, but also complained that Yue Hailou had noticed this a long time ago and did not communicate with him.
However, he had more important things to attend to at this time and had no intention of getting involved in this quagmire. At this time, he also sat down to understand the basic situation of Wang Zhen and the Tongbai Mountain bandit.
Xin, just said in a neutral tone: "With so many people available, the strength is indeed not low. No wonder Lanzhou almost asked him to break the sky..."
Yue Hailou looked at Chen Zixiao and asked him: "Mr. Chen, do you think there is anything wrong with this news?"
"When I was recruited to go north, I wanted to learn more about the movements of Wang Zhen and the Xu family, but the old troops were all disbanded and organized into the Forbidden Army, so I never dared to contact them without permission..." Chen Zixiao didn't mean to say too much at this time.
Showing off his edge, and what he said is true.
The allied forces of the various villages were disbanded. As the most important traitor chief, he had been the focus of prevention after being recruited. How could he dare to contact his old troops frequently after arriving in Lanzhou?
Yue Hailou had kept Chen Zixiao by his side these past few days, and did not realize that he would deceive him about some details. However, based on the information he had collected, he still felt that there were too many mistakes and omissions and things that he could not figure out.
"Regardless of whether Wang Zhen wants to use Zhufengtang as a pawn to make a comeback, the storm is about to happen, but they will always be on the sidelines and can't make any waves - Zhu Xiaotong, please stay in the prison camp and keep an eye on the others.
It is not appropriate to waste any more energy, and we must fully assist Guo Shizhi, and prioritize the preparations for the war..." With the defeat of Yan imminent, Yue Hailou did not want to waste too many manpower to keep an eye on the actions of Wang Zhen and others, and felt that there was no such thing.
necessary.
Zhu Xiaotong's face was full of bitterness.
All matters related to the quarry, large and small, are under the control of Wang Zhen, which means that as the prison camp manager, he has to obey Wang Zhen's orders on the surface, and the prison camp and Xiang army general Cheng Yanqing is a typical wallflower.
This means that the next few days will be very difficult for him.
Especially when he thought of Xu Huai's reckless face, Zhu Xiaotong felt as if he had been cheating for a long time.
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"Do you really want to go north with the army?"
Liu Qiong'er knew Xu Huai best and was willing to trust him. Just so, she knew that Xu Huai's expedition to the north contained too many unknown dangers.
The Tongbai Mountain Bandit Rebellion subsided within less than a year. After Xu Huai and the others took control of the Xu Clan, they were able to lay down a strong foundation in the local area and were even far more powerful than the Xu Clan before.
However, Tongbaishan's blood loss was too serious.
The rural camp and the rebel armies from various villages. In addition, the soldiers recruited from the villages at the western foot of Tongbai Mountain in California County were nearly 8,000 dead and disabled. The young men who escaped from the banditry and died due to famine, disease and epidemics in foreign lands also numbered 4,000. The rebel army from various villages
After being recruited, another 6,000 bandits were dispersed and relocated to Lanfa and other places.
These are all young men from Tongbai Mountain.
Before the bandit rebellion, Tongbai Mountain had a population of nearly 150,000 and a population of nearly 50,000, which was more than that of a wealthy county. However, after a bandit rebellion, it was directly reduced by 40%, which can be said to be a severe loss.
Xu Huai expected that the combined forces to conquer Yan would not have any good results. They spent so much effort to go north this time. In addition to waiting to see the situation and letting more people go out of Tongbai Mountain to expand their horizons, one of their main purposes was to defeat the Dai Viet army.
At that time, try to gather the Tongbai Mountain bandits as much as possible.
No matter how chaotic the world may be in the future, this will be the foundation on which they stand.
Now they have recruited Guo Junpan, Pan Chenghu, Eucommia ulmoides, Meng Laodao and other large and small security thieves. If the next war against Yan goes smoothly, no matter how hard they try, they will not be able to remove the Tongbai Mountain bandits from their complete organization.
Cut it out.
And if the Yan troops and horses suffered a severe setback and fled south, they could gather the Tongbai Mountain bandits on the only way they could flee south.
Following the army in the Northern Expedition, first of all, we don’t know what kind of dangers are hidden in the Yan Kingdom. Secondly, Xu Huai and the others are outnumbered and weak. The generals of the Cai family who have the leading power in the Northern Expedition army will also use too many means to suppress them.
, toss them.
Liu Qiong'er really didn't want Xu Huai to take this risk.
"Are you worried about falling in love with me now?" Xu Huai was looking at the information newly compiled by Liu Qiong'er and the girls in his hand, and looked up at Liu Qiong'er's beautiful face and asked.
"Bah, who is worried about you? You have a rich body and you can't even sit down in court. I just thought that since it can be done in Lanzhou, why bother?" Liu Qiong'er rolled her beautiful eyes and said angrily.
"The so-called son of a rich man who cannot sit in court is just an excuse for corrupt scholars to give themselves greedy for life and fear of death. The collapse of the world is no wonder that it is not caused by everyone cherishing life?" Xu Huai threw the scroll on the desk, spread his legs and shouted
Liu Qiong'er stood in front of him and said, "I expected a huge torrent to come, but if I don't feel the stones and go to the creeks and rivers to practice my water skills, how can I resist the huge torrent?
Being timid about difficulties is not my style."
For more than a year, he, Tang Pan, Xu Xin'an and others followed Wang Zhen and Lu Xiong to learn how to lead and manage the army, and also had the experience accumulated from the banditry in Tongbai Mountain. It can be said that they have grown rapidly.
However, when Wang Zhen, Lu Xiong and others were serving in the Western Army, they saw that the northwest armies mainly used the steep and rugged terrain in the northwest to implement the tactics of building forts and shallow attacks. They had very different views on commanding troops and conducting campaigns.
big limitations.
Xu Huai expected that the Chi Hu people's iron cavalry would rush into the Central Plains like a torrent.
Even if the situation does not get worse after the first year of Jianhe, the Central Plains north of the Huaihe River will still be shrouded in the front of the Chihu people's cavalry.
Since the founding of the Dai Viet dynasty, the horse breeding areas in the north and northwest were occupied by the Khitan and Dangxiang people, so the Dai Viet imperial army was mainly infantry, with very few cavalry.
In the Pingchuan area, Wang Zhen and Lu Xiong knew very little about how to use infantry against large-scale cavalry, and Xu Huai was also thinking about it.
Xu Huai asked Liu Qiong'er to help collect many military books from the previous dynasty, but what he could find on paper was always unclear.
Even though the Khitans are centipede insects, they are dead but not stiff, and their cavalry troops naturally cannot be overlooked by the generals of Vietnam, but their absolute strength is far inferior to the cavalry of the Chihu people.
Xu Huai was thinking about joining the army in the Northern Expedition. One of his thoughts was to witness tens of thousands of infantry and cavalry fighting in the relatively open Huihe River Valley, and even in the even more open Monan Grassland to the north.
This is an extremely rare opportunity not only for him, but also for Xu Xin'an and Tang Pan.
What if they were afraid of the danger at this time and waited for the Chi Hu people's iron cavalry to move south like a torrent? Did they flee all the way south and try to resist?
Xu Huai held the tall Liu Qiong'er in front of him. He had a strong figure and was only half a head lower than Liu Qiong'er when he was sitting. His eyes looked at her round and white chin, and his patience made him too confused at this time.
He told her his thoughts: "The worst thing is a false alarm. We will do our best to help Mr. Wang Xun make a comeback and seek wealth. Then I will marry you in a glorious way. If everything goes as I expected, the time left for us will be
