Chapter 80 The wind arrives first before anyone arrives

Early on the next morning, Yang Shengzu and his subordinates disappeared from everyone's sight. Although the disappearance of 5,000 men and horses would still leave traces, Zhang Xuan's march soon became vigorous.

The march speed also slowed down a lot.

After walking for two days, we arrived at the west bank of the Guohe River.

However, the Guohe River at this moment is no longer the Guohe River, it can be said to be the new Yellow River.

Last year, a flood flooded the city of Kaifeng and poured into the channel of the Wohe River, washing away all the homes on both sides of the Wohe River, not to mention boats, bridges and the like.

Although the new governor of Henan, Wang Han, still had some love for the people, it took him less than half a year to fill up the breach.

However, the damage caused by the Yellow River to the land of Henan will not be eliminated at once. Let alone other things, the entire city of Kaifeng is still in the water, let alone other places.

"There is no other place you can go to in this area." Zhang Xuan stood on a high place.

This location gave Zhang Xuan the feeling of being on the embankment of the Yellow River. There were large swaths of tidal flats on both sides, with only a shallow stream of water in the middle. And in this large tidal flat, there were occasionally white things exposed. They were not stones, but

It's human bones.

It is a legacy of the Yellow River breach last year.

"General." Wu Zilan said with a wry smile: "After a flood last year, everything in this area changed. I looked at the tidal flats below. Many places were full of mud. If people and horses walked up, they might be swallowed. We can only

Find a way to fill in a road. Then build a pontoon bridge to cross. There is no other way."

"The power of heaven and earth is so great." Zhang Xuan said. At this moment, he was a little worried about Yang Shengzu, but he comforted himself and said to himself: "Yang Shengzu has been fighting in the south and north for many years, and he has never seen any kind of situation. This is true.

Nothing should be difficult for him."

At this moment, Zhang Xuan understood another thing. He was actually wondering why Yuan Shizhong didn't run away quickly since he couldn't defeat him. Only after seeing this river did he realize that within the past two years, the new channel of the Yellow River had become a natural hazard.

exist.

Zhang Xuan camped on the spot, filled up the mud with earth and wood, and built a pontoon bridge on the river. In order to cross the river, it would take a lot of time, at least three to five days.

It was the night Zhang Xuan set up camp.

Yang Shengzu had a small wooden stick in his mouth, and a city of straw was spread under his feet. He did not light a torch, but was illuminated by the moonlight, but the moonlight in the first ten days of the month could not illuminate much.

The trail that Yang Shengzu walked on was just dug out by the locals. After all, no matter what happens, there are transportation needs on both sides of the strait. However, this trail can only be used by one person, so Yang Shengzu widened it.

It's so small that it can only allow one person and one horse to pass by.

"What kind of road is this?" Yang Shengzu thought to himself: "Zhang Xuan's words are better than his singing, but in the end there is no road at all."

No matter what complaints Yang Shengzu had in his heart, he still had to do what needed to be done.

After a hard night, Yang Shengzu finally set foot on the east bank of the Guohe River. When he counted the number of people, he actually turned away nearly a hundred people.

Yang Shengzu secretly gritted his teeth and turned blue.

Cao Ying's cavalry is different from the infantry. For the infantry, no matter how many deaths there are, Yang Shengzu will not frown. However, the cavalry is different. During this period of time, the main scope of the rebel activities was in the Central Plains and not on the three sides.

Find someone on three sides who can ride a horse and shoot archery, it will be easy and comfortable, but in the Central Plains, such a person is not available early.

Regardless of the repeated expansion of Cao Ying's cavalry, in fact, the real elites are still the old team from the time of the 14th Chongzhen Emperor. There are also cavalry converted from the official army, about thirty to forty thousand.

If one of them dies, Yang Shengzu will feel heartbroken.

"Let's go, follow the original order, stay day and night. Anyone who sees the whereabouts of the army will be killed without mercy." Yang Shengzu said.

Cao Ying's cavalry rushed past, leaving only more than a hundred corpses under the mud.

Zhang Xuan made such a big move in Guohe, and seemed to have nothing to hide at all. The news naturally reached Ma Shiying's hands.

Ma Shiying pondered for a while and said to Yang Longyou beside him: "Wen Cong, how do you think this Zhang Xuan should be dealt with?"

Yang Longyou brushed his hand, put away the folding fan, then smashed it on the palm of his hand, and said: "Yao Cao, you are confused. Isn't this what you want? Fighting here is much better than going west."

Ma Shiying looked away and said: "I, the governor of the Ming Dynasty, am like an enemy in the land of Henan. It is really a great irony. Instead, the thieves can recruit local civilians to serve in the army. Forget it, pass this news on and ask all ministries to be on strict alert.

, Calculating the time, Cao Cao’s son-in-law will arrive in four or five days.”

"What are you going to do with Yaocao over there at Wang Han?" Yang Longyou asked.

"Wang Han is really troublesome?" Ma Shiying pondered for a while.

Wang Han was promoted so quickly that it was a bit appalling. A few years ago, he was just a county magistrate, but now he is a governor of a province. His Majesty in Beijing, I really don’t know what to say. Wang Han has

No ability? Ma Shiying does not deny that he has some ability.

But Wang Han, who has the ability and backing, that is, His Majesty the Emperor, cherishes his reputation, thinks highly of himself, and wants to be a famous minister, and Ma Shiying, who is recommended by Ruan Dacheng, who has a notorious reputation among the scholars.

It's better to be harmonious.

There were differences between the two regarding Liu's affairs.

Ma Shiying wanted to kill Liu to shock the world, but Wang Han felt that either he would not surrender. Since he had surrendered, he could not renege on his promise, otherwise he would put the country's face at risk.

In the end, Ma Shiying won.

Now Wang Han has actually wanted to leave here for a long time. He is delaying here only because of one thing. He hopes to get Ma Shiying's support. Wang Han wants to conquer the west. He wants to recapture all parts of Henan and make Wang Han, the governor of Henan, sit down.

Reality.

Now in the whole of Henan, only the north side of the Yellow River and the new channel of the Yellow River are separated from Kaifeng to the east. These two areas are used by the government. The rest are either occupied by rebels or occupied by local bandits. There is no such thing as Wang Han, the governor of Henan.

A place to stand.

Wang Han is currently stationed in Guide City.

However, Guide City was also quite dilapidated and could not support the army. So Wang Han stationed himself in Wenjiaji, a large town west of Xiayi and east of Suishui River.

"First send someone to deliver a message to Wang Han, telling him that the thieves are attacking. Let him be careful and alert." Ma Shiying said: "Let Huang Degong make arrangements for Yongcheng and bring his troops over."

Ma Shiying had a premonition that there might be a big battle under Xiayi City.

Among the writers.

The world is in chaos, and many places only have one place name.

Nowadays, Wenjiaji has neither Wenjia nor Jiji anymore. It is basically in ruins.

Wang Han used the ruins of Wenjiaji as his foundation, and reorganized it as his own camp.

At this moment, he also received Ma Shiying's letter. After a quick glance at it, Wang Han pondered for a moment and said, "Sir Sang, you are from Runing. Do you know Zhang Xuan?"

The person sitting opposite Wang Han was none other than Sang Kai. At this moment, Sang Kai seemed to be many years older than when he was in Runing. He took advantage of Zhang Xuan to attack Liu Hongqi and ran away from the Liu family.

After coming out, I wandered all the way, and finally found the organization.

Thinking of what Zhang Xuan had done, Sang Kai gritted his teeth and said, "This man is a giant thief, a greater threat to the imperial court than Cao Cao."

"Oh." Wang Han was shocked and said, "Why do you say that?"

So Sang Kai talked about Zhang Xuan's various policies. Wang Han was shocked when he heard this and said: "This——" A word came out of his heart, rolled it around his mouth, and swallowed it again: "This person

Acting like this, I'm afraid he really looks like a king."

He forcibly suppressed this rebellious thought and said: "In this case, this person must be killed. It just so happens that this person only leads an army of ten thousand and five thousand, and yet he dares to return to Germany and go wild. The imperial court has a lot of troops here, how can we allow him to be killed?"

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"I hope so." Sang Kaixin thought to himself. He suddenly had an ominous premonition, but he didn't know where this ominous feeling came from.

When Wang Han was summoning the generals to arrange the battle and defense, he suddenly heard a man coming to report and said: "There is a large group of thieves across the Suishui River. The yellow dust covers the sun and the flags cover the sky. They are countless. I don't know how many people there are at that time.

arrive."
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