In the imperial study, Yang Guang's anger had subsided a little. He held an emergency military and national government affairs meeting today to solve the crisis in Xuzhou. Unexpectedly, Su Wei expanded the situation and began to dig out his old background, so how could he not be extremely angry?

But no matter how angry he was, how to solve the problem in Xuzhou was an imminent problem. He paced back and forth in the imperial study room with his hands behind his back, but he couldn't find a suitable solution for a while.

At this time, a eunuch whispered at the door, "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Xiao and Secretary Wei are asking for a meeting!"

Wei Xuan came just in time, and Yang Guang was about to send someone to announce him. He nodded, "Call them in!"

Soon, Xiao Yu and Wei Xuan hurried into the imperial study room and bowed, "See Your Majesty!"

Yang Guang snorted, "Give him a seat!"

The two of them looked at each other quickly, and they felt that the Lord's anger had disappeared a lot, which was a good sign.

The two sat down, Xiao Yu gave Wei Xuan a wink and asked him to say first. Wei Xuan smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I am asking for a meeting with Xiao Xiangguo, because I want to discuss with Your Majesty how to resolve the situation in Xuzhou."

Yang Guang's expression was even more relaxed, and he nodded, "The two beloved ministers are people who do practical things. Unlike Su Wei, they only talk nonsense and talk a lot of nonsense, but the problem cannot be solved. You guys! Do you have any good suggestions for me?"

"Your Majesty, the most urgent task is to send troops. You must cut off the momentum of Meng Haigong's march eastward as soon as possible. I suggest that you can march in two directions according to priorities."

"What is slow and what is urgent?"

"Your Majesty, the nearest army to Xiapi County is the 3,000 garrison in Langya County. The garrison is in Linyi. The main general is Chen Haishi. Your Majesty can issue an order to send troops to attack Donghai County. It is Menghai Gong's old nest. The families of his core soldiers are all in Donghai County. Menghai Gong will definitely return to the East China Sea."

"This is to surround Wei and save Zhao!"

Yang Guang nodded, "The method is good, but the troops are too small, only three thousand people, so there will be no effect."

"Your Majesty's mission is to buy time for the Second Route Army, and it is enough to restrain Meng Haigong for four or five days."

"Where is the Second Route Army?"

"Your Majesty. The Second Route Army is either Zhang Xutuo's army or Zhang Xuan's army in Jianghuai. They are almost the same as Xuzhou, and they are all powerful troops."

Yang Guang pondered for a moment, but did not make a decision immediately. He asked slowly: "Then,,,,,,, there should be a third army?"

"That's right!" Xiao Yu next to him took over the topic.

Yang Guang and Wei Xuan both looked at him, and Xiao Yu said anxiously: "Zhang Xutuo is dealing with Wagang, and Zhang Xuan is working hard to deal with Du Fuwei, and he cannot divide his troops for a long time. Therefore, an experienced general must be sent to concentrate his troops to wipe out Meng Haigong."

"So who will be sent? Yuwen Shu? He is almost out of reach."

"I don't refer to Yuwen Shu, but I recommend Qu Tutong, a low-level official."

Yang Guang shook his head, "Qu Tutong was quenching the Tuyuhun rebellion in Xihai County, and he could not be a clone."

"What about Zhang Jin?" Wei Xuan next to him suggested.

"Zhang Jin has enough qualifications, but there is some experience," Xiao Yu implicitly pointed out Zhang Jin's shortcomings.

"Let Zhang Jin go!"

Yang Guang had his own idea. Zhang Jin had been in the position of the General of the Right Guard for too long, so it was time to move.

Stop. He said again: "Zhang Xutuo and Zhang Xuan don't have to send troops, continue to do their duty. The Second Route Army can let Pei Renji go. He is not effective in besieging Wagang on the East Road, so he can restrain Meng Haigong."

Xiao Yu sighed secretly, and neither he nor Wei Xuan's two candidates were adopted.

On the seventh day of the eighth month of the 11th year of Daye, Yang Guang appointed General Zhang Jin as Xuzhou recruitment envoy and censor, and sent 30,000 troops to attack Pengcheng County.

At the same time, the Ministry of War issued another eight hundred miles to speed up the military order, ordering the troops of Langya County to attack Donghai County, and ordering Pei Renji to give up the east route to siege Wagang, cooperate with Zhang Jin to attack Meng Haigong, and be sure to restrain him in Xuzhou.

Although Zhang Xuan returned to Jiangdu after receiving the news of Meng Haigong's rebellion, he did not send troops to Xuzhou. Although Xiapi County and Pengcheng County were close to Jiangdu County, on the one hand, there was no order from the court. On the other hand, he was also recruiting and training naval troops to fight in the Jianghuai River. Without a powerful naval army, he would have no place to stand.

The city gates and main buildings of Jiangdu County are covered with recruitment orders for recruiting naval soldiers. The recruitment conditions are very high, but they are also very special. The main requirement is to have strong water quality. Zhang Xuan wants to build a special water ghost force.

That morning, Zhang Xuan rode a horse towards the south gate of Jiangdu City accompanied by Shen Guang.

"General, we have recruited more than three thousand people. Do we need to recruit again?"

"Recruiting for two more days, how is the registration situation now?"

"It was very popular at the beginning, but now it has become much weaker, but there are still people who sign up, General, I am worried that Du Fuwei's people will take the opportunity to sneak into the Sui army."

"Of course this is possible, but it doesn't matter. If we have experienced such things for a lot, we will naturally have solutions."

The two of them said as they walked and soon arrived at the South Gate. They had been recruiting naval troops for almost two months, and there was only the recruiting point in the South Gate.

There are long rows of tables near the city wall next to the south gate, with soldiers standing guard on both sides, and three large water tanks on an open space in the middle. There are two long queues in the large water tank. They are all young men who signed up for the navy, with a total of three or four hundred people. Although there are quite a few people, the queue has been shortened a lot compared to the queues that have been queuing thousands a few days ago.

Zhang Xuan turned over and dismounted and slowly walked to the recruiting site. A lieutenant next to him was startled and quickly wanted to come forward to greet him. Zhang Xuan waved his hand and told him not to disturb others.

Today, the main recruiting officer is Yuchi Gong. He is fully responsible for recruiting new recruits this time. Although he does not need to summon troops personally, he is interested in recruiting soldiers and takes the initiative to serve as the main recruiting officer.

Yuchi Gong sat in the middle of the seat, with four or five civil and military officials on both sides.

"Next!"

The officer next to him shouted, a strong and burly man walked forward, and the officer pointed to the water tank with one finger, and there was no need to explain the rules. The man took a deep breath and fell into the water tank. At this time, the first step in the assessment was that he had to dive more than half a stick of incense to be considered qualified.

At this time, two young and strong men walked out and pierced their heads into the water tank. The other two officers were recording the time for them, and everyone was watching the three people.

After a while, the two of them raised their heads from the water one after another, and they could no longer hold it in. Zhang Xuan stood behind and shook his head. Neither of them reached half an incense stick. However, the first person was still in the water and had more than half an incense stick.

Zhang Xuan was a little interested, wanting to see how long this person could last. Time passed little by little, and the discussion was getting louder and louder. A thin fragrance finally burned out. It was not until this time that the man suddenly raised his head from the water, gasped in a big mouthful, and there was a burst of applause on both sides. Even Yuchi Gong couldn't help but applaud, and actually held on for a stick of incense.

"What's your name? Where's the person?" After passing the first level, Yuchi Gong began to ask.

"The villain is named Zhou Meng, from Jiangning County, Danyang County."

“How is the water nature?”

"The villain grew up by the river and swam into the Yangtze River to catch fish at the age of five."

"Take up the stone lock!" Yuchi Gong pointed to a 60-pound stone lock on the ground.

If you pass the water level, you will have no problem if you pass the power level. However, if this young man is superior to the water level, it doesn’t matter if he can’t raise it up.

This young man named Zhou Meng used one arm to lift the 60-pound stone lock high. He changed his other hand to raise the stone lock, and lifted it three times in turn. He gently lowered the stone lock, and his face did not change his face and his heart would not beat.

"Have you ever been to the army before?" Zhang Xuan, who was standing behind, suddenly asked.

The officials turned around together and found that the Lord was behind them. Everyone quickly stood up and saluted. Zhang Xuan waved his hand to let everyone sit down. He stared at the man with a sharp look. He saw that the man used a spear to stab his hand when changing hands with the stone lock.

The young man blushed and nodded, "Xiaomin once worked in Wujun. He was Shen Faxing's army, but Xiaomin has stopped working and returned to his hometown half a year ago."

Li Qingming, the military officer who was writing his name, heard that this man had been a bandit soldier, and hesitated for a moment and stopped writing. He asked, "What do you have to prove that you are no longer a bandit?"

At this moment, a voice came from outside, "I can prove it!"

Everyone dodged away, and saw three men in white robes appearing outside. The leader was a middle-aged man with long beards and very elegant appearance. The other was his follower, and the other was blocked by him, so he could not see his appearance clearly.
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