At noon, Chen Xu hurried to the city, found Zhang Xuan who was patrolling the city defense, knelt down on one knee and bowed to Zhang Xuan and said, "Report to General, you have come out!"

Seeing that there was an uncontrollable excitement on his face, Zhang Xuan smiled and said, "It seems that the result is good!"

"It was a very wrong for the general, which was beyond the expectation of a humble position. Except for more than 80 people who chose to go home because of their age, all the other soldiers chose to stay and serve their loyalty to the general."

Zhang Xuan smiled and waved his hand, "This is wrong. It is not for me, Zhang Xuan, but for the Great Sui."

Everyone around laughed, and Zhang Xuan was also very excited. He didn't expect that the result was that he thought it would be great to get three thousand troops, but he never expected that all the prisoners of war were willing to stay.

Fang Xuanling next to him smiled and said, "It seems that everyone is moved by Li Hongtao's income. If there is no military merit reward, no one will fight for the war."

Zhang Xuan nodded, and he fully agreed with this point. To a certain extent, he could understand Wang Shichong's behavior of looting soldiers. Wang Shichong's soldiers were all from Huainan. They had no sense of belonging to the north and could only rely on making money to motivate the soldiers to work hard. Zhang Xuan occupied the three counties of Qingzhou and had the advantage of his children. The "military merit-for-land system" he designed had a natural sense of belonging to the soldiers and was recognized by the soldiers.

Otherwise, if Wang Shichong had to reward the soldiers with land in Qinghe County, who would buy his account?

Wang Shichong's biggest weakness was that he did not occupy Huainan, which made him lose his foundation. At this time, Zhang Huan suddenly realized that Wang Shichong would never stay in Qinghe County for a long time, and he would definitely do everything possible to return to Jianghuai.

"General, are you waiting for General Yuchi to come back to train the surrendered soldiers?" Chen Xu asked in a low voice.

The recruits in Beihai County are basically handed over to Yuchi Gong for training. He has great skills and can train the recruits in the shortest time, so Chen Xu also believes that it should be handed over to Yuchi Gong for training.

Zhang Xuan shook his head, "They are not new recruits, and they don't need the lieutenant to train, you can train. I believe you won't let me down!"

Chen Xu was moved by the lord's trust. He quickly bowed and said, "The humble position will never disappoint the general, and he will definitely train strictly!"

"Go! I'll give you half a month to train them."

"Abide by the order!"

Chen Xu turned around and hurried away. At this time, Fang Xuanling asked, "Do you want to confront Sun Xuanya's army for another half a month?"

Zhang Xuan nodded, "We are short of troops and we still cannot fight the enemy in a hurry. This group of prisoners of war is trained. It is crucial to replenish my troops."

Fang Xuanling thought for a while and said with a smile: "But the general has considered it. We can actually use the mutual distrust of Sun Xuanya and Wang Bo to defeat each other. In fact, this is also the battle that subordinates want to give the general. The key to eliminating the bandits in Langya County is to defeat each other, which makes up for the shortcomings of our insufficient troops."

Zhang Xuan already knows Fang Xuanling very well. The reason why he proposed it now shows that he is confident.

Zhang Xuan smiled and said, "Can you have a good plan to join the army?"

Fang Xuanling smiled slightly. "I have an idea, General, might as well consider it!"

...........

In the evening, Chen Xu led a surrendered young soldier into Zhang Xuan's tent.

"General, he is here!"

The soldier hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down, "Meet the general with a humble position!"

The soldier was named Sun Ying, who was 18 or 19 years old, from Jibei County, and was in the same village as Sun Xuanya. He was also Sun Xuanya's distant nephew and served as the scout team chief in Wang Bo's army.

"Please get up!"

Zhang Xuan looked at him and saw that the young man looked very clever and was a scout, so he asked with a smile: "Since your uncle is Sun Xuanya, why are you doing things for Wang Bo?"

Sun Ying said sadly: "When I was ten years old, my father was beaten to death by Sun Xuanya in order to fight for a cow. Sun Xuanya escaped from then on. How could I serve as an enemy to kill my father?"

Zhang Xuan glanced at Chen Xu, and Chen Xu nodded, indicating that Sun Ying's words were true.

In fact, Zhang Xuan had a little doubt that Sun Ying was inserted into Wang Bo's army by Sun Xuanya'an. However, if this was the case, Sun Ying would definitely change his name and surname. The soldiers around him would not know that he was Sun Xuanya's nephew, which only means that Sun Ying was not Sun Xuanya's person.

According to the information obtained by Zhang Xuan, Sun Xuanya is a rogue in the countryside. She did die in the world after beating her neighbors to death before ** years. This coincides with Sun Ying's narrative. More importantly, Sun Ying has moved to Qi County and has a two-year-old son at home. Zhang Xuan is not afraid of him making a fool.

Zhang Xuan nodded, "This matter is of great importance. If you can do it, I will appoint you as the scout coach, remember great achievements once, and reward 100 acres of land in Qi County."

Sun Ying knelt down in tears, "I just want to avenge my father, not for rewards!"

"I can understand your feelings of avenging your father, but rewards are rules. You don't have to refuse this, but there is one thing I want to warn you not to act rashly for revenge and ruin my plan."

"I understand!"

"Go down and prepare first! I will arrange for you to go to Mengyin Castle in the future."

"Thank you, General!"

Chen Xu took Sun Ying down. At this time, Fang Xuanling next to him smiled and said, "Isn't it better to kill Sun Xuanya? Why did the general warn him?"

Zhang Xuan shook his head, "Sun Xuanya is not easy to kill. I am afraid that he will not be able to kill Sun Xuanya, but will ruin my big deal. Sun Xuanya will use it in turn. At that time, my losses will be heavy."

Fang Xuanling smiled and said, "The general is indeed awesome!"

At this time, Zhang Xuan stood up with a smile, "I've been tired for a few days, so I have to take a good rest and prepare for the next battle. It depends on whether Sun Xuanya will take the bait."

.........

In the next few days, the Sui army made a series of deployments, built the high wall of Dong'an County, sent a batch of military supplies to Mengyin Fort, and transferred Yuchi Gong back to Dong'an County, forming a formation that was ready for a long-term confrontation.

Sun Xuanya originally wanted to jointly attack Mengyin Castle with Wang Bo, but considering the 3,000 garrisons of Mengyin Castle and the strength of the castle, he finally gave up this plan. At this moment, the news that Wang Bo's elite troops were ambushed in Lu County came, which shocked Sun Yaxuan, and was deeply angry at Wang Bo's behavior of concealing and deceiving him.

On the head of Fei County, Sun Xuanya looked at the north anxiously. Two days ago, he hated Wang Bo's deception, but in the past two days he gradually came back to the point. He had realized that the weakening of Wang Bo's strength actually had a great impact on him.

The fundamental reason why the Sui army failed to conquer Langya County in the first southern expedition was that he and Wang Bo were mutually supportive and echoed each other. Once Wang Bo was weakened, he would face a situation of losing his lips and cold teeth, which made him worried.

At this moment, several spies came back from a distance, one of them seemed to be taking another person. Sun Xuanya was slightly stunned and walked down the city quickly. After a moment, the spy entered the city. A spy ran to him and whispered a few words. Sun Xuanya was shocked. He looked at the young man standing at the gate of the city from afar, frowned and relaxed, and he vaguely recognized the face.

After a while, Sun Xuanya said to the personal soldiers beside her: "Take him down to take a shower, change his clothes, let him have a good meal, and then bring him to see me!"

"Abide by the order!" The personal soldiers hurried away.

Sun Xuanya returned to his temporary military yamen with confusion.

In the room, Sun Xuanya was addicted to her, and one of his nephews, Sun Ying, actually came to join her.

Of course he knew who Sun Ying was, Sun Daqing's son. When he was still called Sun Maosan, Sun Daqing was his neighbor. Eight years ago, he planned to steal the cattle from Sun Daqing's family and sell it. But Sun Daqing discovered that during the fight, he killed Sun Daqing with a sharp knife and fled to the world. Unexpectedly, after eight years, Sun Daqing's son actually came to join him.

Sun Xuanya felt quite moved. If he hadn't made a splash, he would probably not have even returned to his hometown.

At this time, the personal soldiers reported at the door: "King, he is here!"

"Bring him in!"

Soon, the personal soldiers brought Sun Ying, who had already changed into clothes, and he knelt down when he entered the room, "Nephew Sun Ying, greeted the third uncle!"

"Get up!"

Sun Xuanya looked at Sun Ying with complicated eyes. He had heard the spies report. It turned out that Sun Ying had been with Wang Bo, and was captured by the Sui army not long ago and had just escaped.

He was a little suspicious that Sun Ying had surrendered to the Sui army and whether the Sui army sent him to deceive him.

"Why are you in Mengyin Castle?" Sun Xuanya asked in confusion. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!