At dusk, Zhang Xuan returned to the back house. As soon as he walked into the courtyard, his maid Rika bowed to him, "General, the lady is in the dining hall. Please come back and go directly after you come back."

"knew!"

Zhang Xuan turned around and walked towards the dining hall in front, Li Xiang followed closely behind him, "Li Xiang, I heard from my wife, you have an uncle in Jiangdu, have you found it?" Zhang Xuan asked with a smile.

Rika didn't expect that the general would talk to her on his own initiative. Her face turned red and she shook her head a little panic.

"Didn't find it, or did you have time to find it?" Zhang Xuan asked again.

"Report to the general, A Yuan accompanied me to search, but he didn't find it. He was no longer Jiangdu. The neighbor said that they had moved away, and no one knew where they went?"

"So that's it. Is your father better in illness?"

"General, he has passed away." Rika lowered her head and whispered.

Zhang Xuan stopped and glanced at her sympathetically, "What about your mother? What should she do?"

Li Xiang bit her lip gently and whispered: "My mother lives with her elder brother now. Her wife asked Butler Xu to send her fifty taels of gold. She is living a good life now."

Zhang Xuan nodded and asked no more questions. He speeded up. Seeing that the general did not ask her again, Li Xiang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Li Xiang was more courageous, but she was full of gratitude to Zhang Xuan.

She dared not say something, her father died of illness, which was a relief for himself and the whole family. It was the help of the wife that made her brother and mother live a good life again, and it was God's favor for her that made her meet a good master.

Li Xiang was thinking a lot in her heart, and soon she followed Zhang Xuan into the dining hall.

The wine and food in the dining hall were already on, and Lu Qing was placing tableware with a little maid. Seeing her husband come in, Lu Qing smiled and greeted him and said, "Husband is a little late tonight. If you don't have food, it will be cold."

"Jun Yanei is dealing with something."

Zhang Xuan washed his hands and asked, "Where is the Wu Niang?"

"She is not feeling well today, so she is just here. A Yuan is accompanying her!"

Lu Qing whispered in Zhang Xuan's ear: "She's the one she's here today."

"I got it, let's have a meal."

Zhang Xuan welcomed Zhang Chuchen to live in his home. He knew that Zhang Chuchen had nothing to do with Wuchuan Mansion, and Dou Qing's son coveted Zhang Chuchen's beauty and wanted to force her to marry her as his concubine, which made Zhang Chuchen unwilling to go back to the Dou family and had nowhere to go, so he had to wander around the world.

To a certain extent, Zhang Xuan hopes that Zhang Chuchen can serve him. However, this matter must be discussed for a long time. Letting her live in her mansion can not only serve her wife as a company, but also protect her wife's safety. Zhang Xuan is also happy to see her.

The couple sat down. Seeing the table full of dishes, Zhang Xuan smiled and said, "It seems that the good wife knows that I am going to set off, so she will reward me with some special treatment."

Lu Qing was pouring wine for her husband, but when she heard Zhang Xuan's words, she was stunned, "Is your husband going to go to war again?"

Zhang Chuchen lives in the courtyard next to Lu Qing. She has lived in Zhang Xuan's mansion for nearly half a month and has to say goodbye twice, but Lu Qing tried her best to keep her. She felt Lu Qing's sincerity deeply, so she simply lived there for a long time.

In fact, she was unwilling to leave, and she had nowhere to go. Even she herself didn't understand that her subconscious mind came to Jiangdu was actually to join Zhang Xuan, living in Zhang Xuan's mansion, everyone got along well and had a happy body and mind. She actually felt like home.

In the room, Zhang Chuchen was having dinner with A Yuan and chatting and laughing. She lived a very moist life in Zhang Xuan's mansion, her face was rosy, and her body became plump, and she was no longer as haggard and thin as before.

"Don't believe the folk rumors. Most of them are exaggerated. Huo Feng is not that powerful. Some things are actually mysterious and to create panic."

A Yuan's eyes were wide open, "But I really heard that Huo Feng killed people invisibly, and many people were scared to death."

Zhang Chuchen shook his head and smiled, "Sometimes we poisoned it in advance, and then we would appear when the poison was fired. It seemed that we were scared to death by our seven orifices, but in fact we were poisoned to death."

"So that's the case. No wonder so many people are afraid of Fire Phoenix."

Zhang Chuchen took a sip of wine and said lightly: "I haven't hurt anyone for almost a year. The last time I killed someone was in Beihai County. I did a secret thing for your general. After that, I washed my hands and stopped doing it. Unless someone came to provoke us, I would still be a woman."

"This sentence is right!"

Lu Qing walked in from outside. The two of them were startled and stood up quickly. Lu Qing grabbed Zhang Chuchen's hand and sat down, and said with a smile: "Murder and fight are their men's business. Our duty is to take care of our husbands and children at home. Don't tell A Yuan about those things in the future."

Lu Qing glanced at A Yuan, "Li Xiang said, A Yuan is going to be a ranger."

A Yuan immediately whispered in a slight sense of disgust: "Madam, that's just me dreaming."

Zhang Chuchen laughed, "Okay! I decided not to tell A Yuan these bloody stories anymore."

At this time, Zhang Chuchen saw that Lu Qing was a little depressed and asked, "What's wrong?"

Lu Qing smiled bitterly, "Nothing happened, but the general is going to go to war again tomorrow. This time it will probably take another ten days and half a month."

After a moment of silence, Zhang Chuchen asked, "Where is he going this time?"

"I don't know where to go, it seems to be going to Liyang County."

Zhang Xuan did go to Liyang County. After the two sides reached a cooperation, Shen Jian immediately provided Fang Xuanling with important information. Du Fuwei's nest was located in the southeast of the ** Shandong of Liyang County. In order to show sincerity in cooperation, Shen Jian took the initiative to express his willingness to stay in Jiangdu as a hostage until the Sui army successfully launched an attack.

Zhang Xuan led an army of 10,000 to leave the camp north of Jiangdu City in the middle of the night and headed quickly towards Liyang County overnight.

Jiangdu County is the largest county in the Jianghuai River and has a vast territory, bordering Lujiang County in the west and Liyang County in the southwest. The ** Mountain spans Jiangdu and Liyang County in the southwest. The Sui army set out from Jiangdu to Liyang County. There are three main roads, one is water route. The army took a boat to the Yangtze River and rushed to Liyang County. The second was land route, marched along the north bank of the Yangtze River, and headed to Liyang County on the southern foot of the ** Mountain.

The third is to take a long way, and follow the Chushui River to fight the northern foot of the ** Mountain to Liyang. However, this road is too far and the road is difficult and dangerous, so Zhang Xuan did not choose this road.

Zhang Xuan finally chose the water route, and the army took a large ship to travel along the Yangtze River. Although the water route was slightly slower than the second route, the journey was closest, and it actually took about the same time as the land route.

More importantly, soldiers can avoid the hard work of marching and have sufficient logistical support.

Of course, the waterway is not good. First of all, the cavalry cannot accompany you, and large ships cannot transport war horses for a long distance. Secondly, there are many Du Fuwei's sentry ships in the Yangtze River, which are easily discovered by the sentry ships, thus issuing an alarm.

After weighing the pros and cons, Zhang Xuan divided his troops into two groups, and ordered Pei Xingyan to lead 800 cavalry (many war horses were seized in the battle of Langya County) to take land as the vanguard, while other large armies took water and advanced to Du Fuwei's nest in Liyang County.

In the large ship army meeting cabin, Zhang Xuan spread out the map and said to everyone: "According to the information we have obtained, Du Fuwei's old nest should be on the other side of Jiangning, on a low hill, with about 5,000 troops garrisoned, but there is also a Du Fuwei's military camp at the foot of Luozhu Mountain, which is more than 100 miles south. This military camp is only twenty miles away from Liyang County."

"Why is Du Fuwei's military camp so sporadic? Can't it be merged together? It also saves us from running away and killing them one by one!" Luo Shixin next to him said in dissatisfaction.

Everyone laughed heartily, and Zhang Xuan smiled and said, "Isn't it good to disperse? Let's defeat each one. If their 80,000 troops are gathered together, will our army not be eaten by them in one bite?"

"It's a big crowd, it's a mess, I'm afraid of it!" Luo Shixin muttered again.

Seeing that Luo Shixin's thoughts were very representative, Zhang Xuan seemed to have the same thoughts as him, and his face showed a disdainful expression. Zhang Xuan's face suddenly became gloomy and said coldly: "This is Jianghuai, not Qingzhou. It is best not to be so arrogant on other people's territory. If you underestimate the enemy like this, you won't even know how you die!"

When everyone saw the commander angry, they were so scared that they lowered their heads. Luo Shixin also lowered his head and did not dare to say anything. Zhang Xuan snorted heavily and said to everyone: "I started to be arrogant after winning a few battles. Do you think the bandits are so easy to wipe out? I recruited envoys for Jianghuai and controlled the six counties of Jianghuai, but it has been almost two months now. Except for the prefect of Jiangdu, I don't know what the prefect of the other five counties look like. Have you ever thought about the reason?"

There was silence in the cabin, and Zhang Xuan shouted again: "Everyone goes back and reflects me carefully. From now on, whoever dares to underestimate the enemy anymore? No matter who it is, get out of the Qinglong Army immediately!" (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!