Two hundred and seventieth chapters mountains and seas (22)
The second spring rain in Hebei was not heavy, but it rained repeatedly all day long. By evening, the earthen trenches between the trapped camp and the coalition camp were already muddy.
Zhang Xing, Jia Runshi and other attendants waiting here had to lie down in the mud.
It's literally lying in a nest of mud.
Zhang Xing took the lead, and seven or eight of the gang's core elites, including Jia Runshi, leaned on the earth barrier without style, letting mud and water flow through the gaps in their leather armor, leaving their entire backs stained.
As the rain pattered, Zhang Xing chatted quietly with these people in the mud nest:
"Xiao Liu joined the army, are you married? I heard many people in the camp making fun of you."
"No, I will go back and get married after the war this time." Xiao Liu joined the army and quickly answered after hearing this. "She has lost her parents a long time ago, and she has already agreed."
Zhang Xing was silent for a moment, and could only nod his head: "Very good, I will follow suit when the time comes."
Xiao Liu naturally thanked him for joining the army, and the others also laughed and said that they wanted to join the army.
Zhang Xing was helpless and quickly changed the subject: "Cui Yuchen, what about you?"
"I'm not getting married." Cui Erliulang, who was a little huddled up in the cold, was stunned and quickly shook his head.
"I'm not saying whether you want to get married or not." Zhang Xing asked seriously. "Do you have anything private to do when you go out this time?"
Cui Erliulang was stunned again, and then obviously hesitated. Zhang Xing, however, just looked at the other party without moving.
Seeing this, Cui Yuchen had no choice but to say in a low voice: "To be honest with you, chief, if I can go out this time, the Cui family in Qinghe will definitely be destroyed. Although Cui is the elder brother and is very powerful, but he is
It is a branch of Xingyang. The local big and small houses in Qinghe, especially the small house, I have to take responsibility to gather the children of the clan and prevent them from being separated."
"Good ambition." Zhang Xing could only say this, but he looked at Jia Runshi again.
Upon seeing this, the latter immediately took the initiative and said: "I have nothing private to do. I have a father at home. I just want to be at ease and serve the chief."
"Are you twenty too?" Zhang Xing obviously disagreed. "It's almost time to think about marriage. Do you have someone you like?"
"Nothing." Jia Runshi could only say one sentence and then chose to shut up and soak in the rain.
Chief Zhang didn't tire of it, and actually asked these people one by one about their marriages. Those who were not married asked when they would get married. Those who were married asked if they had children. Those who had children asked if their children had established foundations.
After some questioning, eight out of ten people became chatty. Zhang Xing knew that the current situation was worrying, so he comforted him again, saying that after today's incident, he would definitely be able to break out of the encirclement.
And hearing the comfort, these people actually cheered up.
"When the time comes, I will spend all the salary and salary increases I have saved over the past few years, and invite all the military documents at the Zhufeng Tower outside Jiangling City to have a drink together!" Xiao Liu was particularly excited to join the army.
Seeing this, Zhang Xing became more and more panicked, but he was still tough on his words and just nodded in agreement: "This is natural."
Just as he was talking, Zhang Xingxiu finally went up, and suddenly he heard someone coming in from the inside of the fence behind the earthen fort opposite and shouting loudly, asking the soldiers on duty to go back and eat in shifts. Then there was a faint echo in the fence, and then
It was the sound of the friction of armor and water, then laughter, comfort, and finally the sound of footsteps.
When the original troops on duty were far away, the sound of another person's footsteps gradually became clearer. It was someone coming towards the earth fort. When this person came to several unguarded earth forts and trenches, he couldn't help but whisper.
Come and ask: "Chief Zhang? Chief Zhang?"
Zhang Xing did not ask Jia Runshi and the others to bring the person, but turned around and climbed onto the muddy and slippery earth barrier, waving to the person coming, that is, Zhang Gongshen.
Zhang Gongshen hurried over and almost slipped in a ditch when he was approaching, but Zhang Xing was able to hold him up.
After the two settled down, Zhang Gongshen, who was covered in water, immediately spoke: "Chief, as I said before, I only said that the gang wanted to send someone to talk, not you. Manager Luo has already agreed."
"Then we're already three-thirds sure about the matter." Zhang Xing immediately laughed and hugged the other party's shoulders with one hand.
Zhang Gongshen, who was originally nervous, relaxed instantly and nodded accordingly.
In this way, Zhang Gongshen led Zhang Xing and his party across the layers of earthen barriers and trenches and entered the fence. Here waiting was a group of obviously more elite soldiers. It was Luo Shu who sent people to greet the "envoy", and Zhang
The chief's attachés also showed their real role at this time. They began to observe the structure of the camp along the way, check the layout of the outposts, and estimate the distribution of the camp's troops.
In response, Zhang Gongshen and Zhang Xing consciously slowed down their pace, and slowly walked towards the camp as if chatting.
In fact, after they crossed the first layer of fence, no one paid much attention to this group of people. They just thought it was Zhang Gongshen, a local general from Youzhou, who was inspecting the camp together.
Of course, this calmness and blandness comes from them Luo Shu's Chinese army camp changed from the beginning, because Bai Xiangui, who was waiting here, recognized Zhang Xing. However, although Luo Shu's chief confidant was obviously panicked, he did not lose control. He just quickly moved into the Chinese army's tent.
.
"Manager, we fell into Zhang San's trick, and he came in person!" Bai Xiangui said simply and directly.
Luo Shu, who was just sitting casually at first, was suddenly startled. He stood up on the spot and wanted to speak. His body-protecting energy also began to stir up. However, he soon came to his senses and hurried forward to the tent door.
go.
At this time, a voice came from outside: "Mr. Luo, long time no see! Has Mr. Luo come here? I wonder how far his cultivation is?"
These words were like reminiscing about old acquaintances from other camps, and they were quite frank. Luo Shu laughed dryly, continued to greet him, and stood at the tent door. Seeing that the other party let go of Zhang Gongshen's hand and stretched it over, he had no choice but to extend his hand.
He caught the other party and walked a few steps inside together. Then he looked back and saw Bai Xiangui and Zhang Gongshen driving away the other guards in the tent early. Joining the army and others, even Zhang Xing's entourage were also outside, so he felt relieved: "Chief Zhang
, you are so brave!"
"What do I have to be afraid of?" Zhang Xing sneered and said disapprovingly. "I have the Fulong Seal of my own. King Xiongtian and the Thirteen Vajras are both here. Even if Bai Hengqiu comes over, what do I have to worry about?"
Luo Shu was startled for a moment, and wanted to let go, but he did not let go in the end. Instead, he grabbed the opponent's hand and sat down side by side behind his case, and then took the opportunity to withdraw his hand: "If you say so, this army of more than 100,000 people
Internally and externally, doesn’t Chief Zhang come and leave whenever he wants?”
"That's true." Zhang Xing sat down and looked around again. "Is there any food or wine? My camp has run out of food and grass, and I'm in a miserable state all the way. Give some to my entourage."
"Serve the food, but don't serve the wine yet. Get some hot porridge, and serve the wine later. Don't forget to go outside." Luo Shu glanced at the opponent's obviously dirty leather armor, and immediately turned back to give the order, and waited until the porridge was served.
They were all brought by Zhang Gongshen himself, and Zhang Xing took them directly, but he asked out of curiosity: "Chief Zhang, since you can come and go with ease, why don't you leave? Since your cultivation is proper, why are you still covered in mud and water?"
"Why?" Zhang Xing held the bowl of porridge and whispered with a low eyebrow. "These more than ten thousand men are the elite of the gang. If they are gone, wouldn't they have to start all over again in Hebei? Or even if the balance within the gang is out of control, they will have to start a new business?"
"Why is this so?" Luo Shu thought for a while and analyzed it carefully. "Chen Bin, Wei Xuanding, and Dou Lide all obey you. It's just that something went wrong here. You went out and brought experts above Ningdan to Pingyuan."
Isn't it possible for the large army to grasp the situation in Hebei? What's more, Li Shu is convinced by the current situation. Even the commanders and deputy commanders below can make a move. This shows that you are very popular in Hebei.
"
"That's not the case." Zhang Xing was silent for a moment, lowered his head and finished a bowl of porridge, and then spoke seriously. "Although I had no choice but to divide the troops that day, but now I have left a huge flaw, that is, where the large corps was from the beginning to the end.
Bai Hengqiu can't even attack him, but in other words, as long as my place collapses, Bai Hengqiu can easily defeat the large army there as long as he drives the two armies of Taiyuan and Wu'an."
Luo Shu thought for a while and nodded slowly. He is a person who knows soldiers. Of course he knows Guan Yu. The problem here is that the gang must concentrate its elite and add Fu Longyin to force Bai Hengqiu back. Once the elite of the gang collapses,
Even if the high-end combat power escapes, they can't set up a large formation there. It's impossible to hinder someone, and they will naturally be defeated.
Moreover, there is also the factor that it is difficult for the large corps to move, including the need to take the initiative to respond when the gang needs to break through.
"If so"
"If that's the case," Zhang Xing said slowly. "If we don't help one of them, the whole situation may be ruined. By then, all the territory in Hebei will be taken away by Li Ding and Xue Changxiong. But I don't know about Ji County."
, the counties of Hanoi and Wuyang should be collected by themselves, or divided in some way. But no matter what, the overall situation of Hebei must be generally attributed to the Bai family."
Luo Shu remained silent.
Zhang Xing also continued to say: "Moreover, the Bai family's situation is not just Hebei. They have Jin and Jingxiang in their hands, even the east capital has been attacked, and the overall situation of Guanxi and Jiangdong has never been effective.
If this is the case, the Bai family's world is almost at hand."
"That's right. Even though the Cao family is dead, the Bai family still has destiny." Luo Shu finally sighed quietly.
"On the other hand, I am not boasting. As long as I can escape with these people and leave a situation for the gang, the situation in Hebei will not belong to the Bai family. By then, Hebei, East Border, Beidi, Central Plains, Jianghuai
, Jiangdong has a bright future, and the general trend of the world is uncertain." Zhang Xing ignored the other party's expression and just continued his analysis.
"Even if there is a future, it is also the future of the gang. What does it have to do with me?" Luo Shufu laughed again.
"I think so too." When Bai Xiangui and Zhang Gongshen were surprised, Zhang Xing also laughed. "If I can really escape this disaster and come back to life, then I have my own thoughts. In the general trend of the world, it is destiny.
, Sanhui and Siyu should also pay more attention to us and help us, right?"
Luo Shu seems to be smiling but not smiling.
"If we lose, the Bai family will seize all the power in the world, and it will be difficult for the others to reverse it. If we win, I will help bring the dead back to life, and we will regain two points of the world's destiny. But other than that, there are some things I still want to say clearly." Zhang Xing finally raised his hand.
He went to get the jug on the table and poured two glasses of wine calmly. "From the perspective of the Youzhou Army, if the Bai family takes over the world, it will no longer be possible to stand on its own, and will only gradually become a vassal and then be annexed.
, and because the people from Hebei are under the control of the Guanlong people, I am afraid that they will stay in a low position from now on, and they will not be able to stand up for several generations; and if the gang survives and takes away two points of luck, in fact, the Youzhou army will also be able to come back with one point of luck.
Because here in Hebei, it seems that there is a mixture of fish and dragons, and the feudal lords are divided. In fact, it has always been the official army and the rebel army; after this war, it was the people of Hebei and the people of Guanlong."
Luo Shu still smiled and remained silent.
On the other hand, Bai Xiangui and Zhang Gongshen almost had their own thoughts, and then the former took the lead to persuade: "General manager, what Chief Zhang said makes sense."
The latter also immediately reminded: "General Manager, if Bai Hengqiu returns without success and helps the gang escape, then here in Hebei, they will definitely help the two Hebei forces of our Youzhou Army to deal with the Xue and Li families.
The Long forces are the main force. In this way, although the gang is coming back to life, we can also take the opportunity to integrate Youzhou, advance to Hejian, and then go north to sweep the north. At that time, it is not a bad idea to follow the Black Emperor's example of destroying the dry land from north to south and achieve hegemony. Why bother to be locked up in Long again?
A person’s anger for half his life?”
Luo Shu still smiled and said nothing.
At this time, Zhang Xing grabbed the opponent's hand and asked: "Manager Luo, even if you don't consider the local justice of the locals and outsiders, and don't consider the future of Youzhou you lead, you are a local hero. Don't you know that hundreds of people have gone before you?"
The ups and downs of Hebei in 2017?"
"Of course I know, but so what?"
"Now that you know it, why don't you think about it for yourself?" Zhang Xing frowned and asked.
"Why should I consider myself?" Luo Shu laughed and tried to withdraw his palm again. "Is Chief Zhang threatening my life? Let the gang escape from me tonight?!"
"Where are Mr. Luo thinking?" Zhang Xing continued to hold the other person down with one hand, but took the initiative to let go with the other hand. He then picked up a glass of wine on the table and brought it to the other person's chest, speaking sincerely. "I mean, a real man was born in
Between heaven and earth, if you have great ambitions and cover the whole world, even if there is a glimmer of hope, you should strive to be the first in the world. How can you live in depression for a long time and be willing to be a dog and horse for others?!"
Zhang Xing clearly felt the opponent's wrist suddenly jump, and he knew that the matter had reached six points.
Even Bai and Zhang, who had already interrupted in the tent, held their breaths at this time.
Luo Shu was silent for a long time.
The pros and cons of the matter and the direction of the situation were made very clear in just a few words after Zhang Xing arrived. Zhang Xing did not even need to say it. These days, he had also discussed it clearly with Bai Xiangui and others, including the gains and losses.
The calculation of his future was pretty good, but he had to admit that the calculation he had made with his cronies was not as clear as Zhang Xing's.
In particular, when other people were settling accounts with him, they did not settle the accounts from the perspective of their own ambitions.
Even Bai Xiangui has never asked what he wants to do? How do you say that sentence?
How could a man who was born in the world of heaven and earth live in depression for a long time! These words made his heart tingle just now!
After an unknown amount of time, Luo Shu reached out to take the wine glass from the opponent's hand, and slowly asked: "If Bai Hengqiu finds out, our Youzhou army will be destroyed first."
"No." Zhang Xing knew that the matter had reached nine points. "Once decided, I will send four groups of troops, each facing the Dongdu Army camp on the other side of the river from the southeast, Feng Gong's camp to the north, and Luo Luo from the northwest.
The general manager here, together with Wang Chengui in the southwest, can break through from here, ranging from six to seven thousand to three or four thousand. The number is not large. Bai Hengqiu may not know where to pursue. You will see the situation at that time.
If we can fake a pursuit and take the opportunity to evacuate, I will also have the large army and Li Shu pretend to attack together as a cover."
"Both Feng Gong and Wang Chenkuo also agreed?" Luo Shu asked with squinted eyes.
"No, only Feng Gong agreed. Wang Chenkuo, just like the other side of the river, is preparing to break out. Let's see if he, a bandit, dares to risk his family's wealth to fight me." Zhang Xing raised his glass of wine and said with a magnanimous smile. "That's it.
It's Mr. Feng. To be honest, he actually said that he may not be able to guarantee that the soldiers in the camp are safe, but at this time, can he still care about these things?"
Luo Shu nodded and asked again: "When?"
"Tomorrow night is early morning, but tonight I will take advantage of the rain to release dozens of people from your place and send orders to various places outside. After they leave, I will go back."< br>
"Where are you going from?"
"Look where Bai Hengqiu is, I'm going to hold the Fu Long Seal to deal with it." "What about after the breakout?"
"Of course we will meet east together. I will ask Sanniang to lead the team to meet me, and Li Shu will also ask him to lead his troops to move east quickly from the bank of the river, avoid Bai Hengqiu, and join the large army."
"What if Bai Hengqiu still pursues him?"
"Of course it's our help that makes the difference between life and death. But it's not a bad idea if Manager Luo comes to help us." Zhang Xing said sincerely.
"Last question" Luo Shu smiled again. "Although it is unlikely, what if Bai Hengqiu drives our Youzhou army to pursue the army that escaped from us?"
"Life and death are fateful." Zhang Xing also paused. "Life and death are fateful. If that's the case, it means that all the other soldiers and horses are free of life. It's better than the best situation I thought."
"That's right, that's right." Luo Shu, realizing that he had nothing to ask, nodded slowly, but after pondering for a moment, he picked up the drink in his hand and drank it all. "A gentleman's words!"
"It's hard to chase a horse!" Zhang Xing also drank the glass of wine in his hand and showed the empty glass to the opponent. "Li Xue is immortal, help and share Hebei with the Youzhou Army!"
"Let's go to Hebei together!" Luo Shu also showed the empty cup.
After making the agreement, Zhang Xing stood up without hesitation, walked out of the tent, and then gave instructions one by one.
There are some deviations from Luo Shu's language.
Messengers did indeed begin to be sent out, and there was an endless stream, but in fact, in order to prevent leaks, there were not many messengers who really knew the relevant secrets. There were only five people, and they had received preliminary information in advance, and they could set off immediately after hearing the news:
Among them, a messenger went to Bai Yousi to inform him that the real breakout direction here was from the northwest to the north. Bai Yousi was asked to immediately take a boat with military supplies and set out from the mouth of the river to the north to Zhangshui and Hutuo.
The river and Sanggan River enter the mouth of the sea together, and then go upstream to connect;
A messenger went to the army and asked Wei Xuanding, Chen Bin, and Dou Lide to immediately send troops to attack the city, knocking on the mountains to shock the tigers, and also used them as cover, and then quickly retreated before the morning of the next day:
A messenger went to Ji County, asking Li Shu to launch an attack tomorrow and the day after, and continue to harass:
There is also a real messenger, none other than Su Jingfang. If he had followed the agreement, then he should have set out as early as noon to go to the mouth of the river in Wudi County, where the army was stationed, to look for Bai Yousi. In other words, this talented person
is the real key messenger, while the first two messengers are more like some kind of insurance;
The last messenger or guide is Zhang Gongshen. He has not set off yet, but once the breakout begins tomorrow, he will immediately go north to look for the northwest supporting troops for the gang.
Chief Zhang was pretending, and kept giving orders and sending envoys in front of Luo Shu, while Chief Luo just watched quietly as the other party issued orders in his large Chinese army tent, until the matter calmed down and Zhang Xing was ready
leave.
"Chief Zhang." At this time, I don't know if he was feeling uneasy after the enthusiasm retreated. When Luo Shu stood up to say goodbye, he didn't know what to say. He hesitated for a moment and suddenly came to ask. "My nephew Qin Erlang is here now.
where?"
Zhang Xing was in a daze for a moment, then laughed: "I don't know, maybe I am being locked up in a dark cell!"
Luo Shu just nodded casually. How could he care about his wife's nephew? In fact, after he had just made a big decision, when he came back to his senses, he became so confused that he was at a loss.
Of course, Qin Er was not locked up in a dark prison, but his situation was the same as being in prison, or even worse.
In fact, when Zhang Xing was surrounded, Qin Erlang may also have encountered the most difficult period in his life. The injury on his pipa bone caused by Cao Lin's attack not only did not alleviate in the past few days, but became increasingly serious.
The Qi could not circulate, the muscles and bones could not move, and he lay like a disabled person in the Guanshi Inn behind Longqiao Pass, suffering.
And on this day, news came from around Longqiao Pass that Li Ding's headquarters team had actually entered Shenyuan Pass from Southeast Road.
After hearing the news, regardless of the fact that it was already dark and that the foreign troops were leaving in large numbers, Shang Shi, the guard general of Longqiao Pass, led only one personal escort to leave Guancheng, preparing to rush back to Dongdu City overnight to welcome them.
However, when a group of people passed a certain intersection in Guan City, the guard, Master Shang, and his students suddenly became timid and hesitated to move forward.
Master Shang and his students were stunned for a moment, and then they were overjoyed and looked at the old man beside them: "Mr. Zhang, I was worried that I didn't have a meeting gift for General Sima. Now I actually met a top-quality dragon colt in Guan City. Isn't it right?
God willing?!"
The old man, who was Zhang Shizhao, seemed to have something on his mind, so he answered absentmindedly: "God's will is unpredictable."