Du Fuwei set up countless spies in Jiangdu. When the Sui army sent troops, he soon received a message from Feige, and immediately predicted that the Sui army would continue to attack him. When the Sui cavalry passed by ** County, Du Fuwei received the second letter from Ge. Combined with the Sui army's large ship entering the river, he was finally able to determine that the target of the Sui army's attack must be Liyang County.┠.([.

In order to give the Sui army a blow, Du Fuwei personally led the army to set up ambush in Taoye Mountain. Unfortunately, the postmaster was not effective and did not introduce all the Sui cavalry into the ambush circle, which made him fail to show his results and only annihilated a hundred Sui cavalry who were taking water.

Du Fuwei looked fiercely in the distance. After a long time, he ordered viciously: "The whole army retreats north and go to Zhongli County!"

Ten thousand troops turned around and left Taoye Mountain and retreated to Zhongli County in the north.

Three days later, the Sui army fleet arrived in Liyang County. The south bank of the Yangtze River was Jiangning County in Danyang County, and the north bank of the Yangtze River was their target this time. Du Fuwei was set up in Liyang County's nest.

Fang Xuanling hurried to Zhang Xuan's cabin, and he whispered to the personal soldiers at the door, "How is the general?"

Last night, they received an urgent report from Pei Xingyan that the cavalry encountered a hiding in Taoye Mountain and ninety-seven cavalrymen were killed. Chen Xu, the cavalry general who had always been loyal to Zhang Xuan, was unfortunately killed in the ambush. This hit Zhang Xuan very much, and no one dared to persuade him, so he could only wait for him to calm down.

The personal soldier whispered: "Fortunately, it has returned to normal."

At this time, Zhang Xuan's voice came from the cabin, "Is it a military advisor? Please come in!"

"It's a humble position!"

Fang Xuanling walked into the cabin and saw Zhang Xuan sitting at the small table looking at a map carefully. Fang Xuanling inferred from the outline of the map that Zhang Xuan was looking at the topographic map of Liyang County.

"Is there anything wrong with the military advisor?" Zhang Xuan asked with a smile by putting away the map.

Although Chen Xu and his cavalry brothers were killed in battle, Zhang Xuan was the head coach who came out of the bloody battlefield and did not value life and death. He had returned to normal.

"General, the scout brings the latest information, and is waiting outside."

"Take the scout to the military convention cabin!"

Soon, a scout quickly walked into the military cabin and stepped forward and reported to Zhang Xuan on one knee: "General Qi, we found the old nest of the bandit army located on the southern foot of the ** Mountain, but now there is only a piece of ruins burned by the fire. The bandit army has evacuated. All the food that cannot be taken away was burned by them."

This result was as expected by Zhang Xuan. Since Du Fuwei ambushed the Sui cavalry, it means that they already knew that they were coming, and either actively prepare for war or retreat. It seems that Du Fuwei chose the latter.

Although Zhang Xuan expected Du Fuwei to withdraw, when the news really came, Zhang Xuan felt extremely angry, which meant that he could not avenge his dead brother for the time being, and his face was gloomy and ugly.

The generals in the military convention cabin looked at each other, but they were still one step late. Du Fuwei actually knew that the Sui army was coming and retreated early. What should they do next?

At this time, Zhang Xuan said coldly: "The fleet continues to go south. Go to Liyang County!"

Pei Hong, the army officer next to him, advised: "I'm afraid the thief army on Luo Zhushan has also retreated."

Zhang Xuan snorted, "I'm not going to fight the thief. I'm going to visit the Liyang Prefect and see what explanation he will give me?"

Fang Xuanling sighed secretly. He understood Zhang Xuan's intention. If Zhang Xuan decided to attack the Jianghuai government, he might have to accept the Jiangnan gentry and confront the Jianghuai gentry. ┞┞┞┞┟┠═.

Liyang County is the capital of Liyang County, which is today He County, Anhui Province. It is a large county located on the north bank of the Yangtze River. It has a population of nearly 200,000, especially the mining industry. Since Liyang is also an important iron ore and copper mineral in the Sui Dynasty, there are more than 18,000 miners living in Liyang County. In addition to their families, there are as many as 70,000 to 80,000 people who make a living by relying solely on iron ore in Liyang County.

Since Liyang County is adjacent to the Jiangdu in the north, close to the Yangtze River, and across from Jiangning County, Liyang County has become the core rule of Du Fuwei, and Liyang County has also become Du Fuwei's capital to some extent.

Although Du Fuwei was spreading across the Yangtze and Huai Rivers, he was different from the riots in Qingzhou and Hebei. He did not occupy the city and defended the city, and his troops were scattered across the Yangtze and Huai Rivers. Liyang County was still nominally a county of the Sui Dynasty, and the prefect also submitted a report on his duties to the Ministry of Personnel every year.

The prefect of Liyang County was named Jiang Xiaobo, a native of Lujiang County. In the seventh year of Daye, he was promoted from the position of the prefect of Zhongli County to serve as the prefect of Liyang. More than four years have passed.

At this time, Jiang Xiaobo led dozens of officials to welcome Zhang Xuan on the Liyang Wharf. The Sui army warships had slowly docked, and a group of soldiers ran down from the ship and were alert around the wharf.

Zhang Xuan, wearing armor, led a group of generals to walk off the ship quickly. Jiang Xiaobo and the officials rushed forward and bowed, "Jiang Xiaobo, the prefect of Liyang, met with General Zhang!"

Zhang Xuan waved his hand and said, "Take it down!"

Several soldiers rushed forward and controlled Jiang Xiaobo. The officials were shocked and knelt down together. Jiang Xiaobo shouted, "The official is not guilty!"

"Not guilty?"

Zhang Xuan snorted heavily, "Du Fuwei's nest is less than twenty miles away from your county munition. How dare you say you are innocent?"

"Although the lower officials knew where Du Fuwei's military camp was located, there was no way. There were no soldiers in the county, so how could I take the bandits? In order to protect the civilians in a county, we had to stay safe with Du Fuwei, which was a helpless move!"

"You go and defend the court! Who is the county magistrate?"

An official stepped forward tremblingly, "Xiaoguan County Chief Yang Li, see General Zhang!"

Zhang Xuan said coldly: "From now on the position of prefect, you will temporarily take over the position of prefect. Write me a detailed report on the bandits in Liyang County and hand it over to me before noon tomorrow."

Yang Li didn't know what to do, so he had no choice but to agree: "Sir, obey the order!"

Zhang Xuan raised his voice and scolded other officials: "I believe that all of you have more or less related to Du Fuwei, but I don't want to pursue it for the time being. I warn you, whoever dares to abduct affair with the bandits will not only ruin him, but also kill him in the whole family and will never tolerate it!"

The officials were frightened, and Zhang Xuan uncovered their underwear. All of them had a relationship with Du Fuwei, and some even served as Du Fuwei's army and chief clerk. To some extent, they were Du Fuwei's civilian officials. This was their secret, but they hoped that Zhang Xuan did not know the secret, but now that Zhang Xuan exposed them, he did not arrest them. This made them feel scared and secretly relieved.

Everyone replied at the same time: "We dare not!"

"You are the only one who knows whether you dare or not!"

Zhang Xuan stopped talking to them anymore and waved his hand, "The army entered the city!"

Two thousand defenders guarded the warships on the dock, and the remaining eight thousand troops followed Zhang Xuan into Liyang County. They needed to rest here for two days, and then the army returned to Jiangdu.

At night, a crescent moon hangs in the deep blue night sky, and the silver moonlight sprinkles the mountains and city walls in the distance. The night is as cool as water, and the fields under the night are particularly quiet.

The gate of Liyang County was closed, and hundreds of Sui soldiers patrolled back and forth on the top of the city, vigilantly monitoring the movement outside the city.

At this time, at the corner of the north wall, several broken bricks were pushed open, and a thin black shadow came out of the city cave like a large weasel. He was clearly a human being and very agile. He swam across the moat, jumped into a ditch, and bent down to run towards the northern woods.

About ten miles away from Liyang County, there is a forest that is more than ten miles long, which is connected with Luozhu Mountain in the northwest. At this time, there are many figures in the woods, and thousands of people lurking in the woods.

Du Fuwei stood on a big rock and looked at the city of Liyang in the distance with cold eyes. After ambushing the Sui cavalry, he immediately led his army to evacuate towards Zhongli County, but that was just to confuse the Sui army scouts. They actually bypassed the northern foot of the ** Mountain and returned to Liyang County. Liyang County was Du Fuwei's nest. How could he give it to the Sui army? He was looking for an opportunity to attack the Sui army.

The Sui army actually came by boat, which meant he had a chance, but now he urgently needed detailed information from the Sui army to decide his next action.

At this time, a soldier stepped forward to report: "Lord, someone is coming from the city."

"Take him up!" Du Fuwei was excited, and the people he was waiting for finally came. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!