In the military barrack room, Zhang Xuan paced back and forth with his hands behind his back. He seemed quite worried. It was obvious that the emergence of the Bohai Army's direct army disrupted his plan. He always believed that the Bohai Army would have strong financial resources but weak military power, so he could only rely on Dou Jiande and Luo Yi, but he did not expect that the Bohai Army would actually have its own direct army.

"Military advisor, we may have made a mistake in asking Guo Xuan to send troops." Zhang Xuan sighed and said to Fang Xuanling next to him.

Fang Xuanling smiled and said, "If the envoy did not write that letter, I think Guo Xuan would also send troops. Gao Lie was very accurate, and Guo Xuan would not miss the opportunity to seize Gao Shida and Dou Jiande's nest."

"But I regret it's not this!"

Zhang Xuan said worriedly: "I am worried that Bohai will directly occupy Youzhou, not that we thought that Luo Yi would occupy Youzhou."

Fang Xuanling pondered for a moment and asked, "How could the envoy know that Luo Yi is from the Bohai Society?"

"It was Lu Qingyuan who told me that his second uncle was from the Bohai Society, and Lu Yi conspired with Luo Yi to use Lu Mingyue to assassinate Guo Xuan."

"But this cannot prove that Luo Yi is from the Bohai Society. Maybe he is used by Lu Yi?"

Zhang Xuan shook his head, "Some things do not require evidence. I have been in contact with Gao Hui several times. From the conditions she gave me, I knew that these conditions were tailor-made for Luo Yi. With Luo Yi's character, he would not refuse. Moreover, this time Guo Xuan's death was obviously to eradicate the roadblock for Luo Yi."

"Maybe the envoy is right. Luo Yi is really a member of the Bohai Association, but I believe things will definitely turn around. The Bohai Army will not directly occupy Zhuo County like the envoy is worried."

"How do you say this?"

Fang Xuanling smiled and said, "Did you forget what Bai Jing said? Luo Cheng killed Gao Lie's son, and this is the turning point."

Zhang Xuan understood Fang Xuanling's meaning a little, "The military advisor said that Luo Yi would take the lead in occupying Youzhou and then bargain with Bohai."

Fang Xuanling nodded slowly, "How can you not revenge the revenge of killing your son? If Luo Yi let the Bohai Army occupy Zhuo County, he will become an abandoned son. Gao Lie will never forgive him, unless he handed his son to Gao Lie, will you think it is possible?"

Zhang Xuan paced back and forth with his hands behind his back. It was indeed very subtle, and Fang Xuanling also made a reasonable analysis, but no matter what, this matter made him very passive. He could not rely on such a small probability. If Luo Yi did not occupy Zhuo County and was succeeded by Bohai, the whole of Hebei would change. Yang Guang would definitely come in full swing. At that time, Qingzhou would be completely dragged down by the war and all his vision would be shattered.

The situation was already very urgent, Zhang Xuan gritted his teeth and said, "I must immediately lead the cavalry to the north, attack the Bohai Army's nest, restrain them from entering Zhuo County, and force Luo Yi to occupy Youzhou. Even if there is only 10% hope, I will try it!"

To make the worst plan and do your best, this is Zhang Xuan’s consistent principle of doing things.

"But the general doesn't know where the Bohai Army's nest is?"

Zhang Xuan sneered and said, "Although I don't know, I believe someone knows it!"

Zhang Xuan's military order reached its peak at this time. Two hours later, the five thousand cavalrymen who were resting in Qi County stepped onto the land of Qinghe County. The cavalry then rushed north under Zhang Xuan's leadership.

At night, Zhang Xuan led the powerful 5,000 cavalry to the north on the dark official road, leaving the rolling dust behind them. They had passed Zhangnan County and were about to enter Xindu County. They were less than 150 miles away from Dou Jiande's old nest Wuyi County. They could arrive the next morning.

At this time, the three personal soldiers sent by Zhang Xuan were running towards Wuyi County, and they had to reach a consensus with Dou Jiande before Zhang Xuan arrived in Wuyi County.

The gate of Wuyi County was closed, and more than a hundred soldiers patrolled the city walls, watching the movements outside the city vigilantly. At this time, the sound of horse hooves came from afar. The soldiers guarding the city looked out one after another. Three Sui cavalry appeared under the city. Hundreds of defenders were shocked, and they all tapped their bows and arrows toward the cavalry. The general on duty at the top of the city shouted: "Who is it?"

"We are Qingzhou cavalry. We come to see Duke Dou on the order of our general. Can Duke Dou be in the city?"

The guard saw that there were only three people on the other side, and there was no alarm coming from the patrol of the periphery, indicating that there was no Sui army raid. He felt heartbroken and shouted: "Wait outside, we will report first!"

The guards quickly ran down the city. After a while, the city gate slowly opened and the suspension bridge fell. Three Sui cavalry looked at each other and urged their horses to run into the city. When they ran into the city gate, they saw hundreds of thieves soldiers holding crossbow arrows and surrounding them under the flames. One of Dou Jiande's personal soldiers came forward to look at them and asked, "Is there a letter from Marshal Zhang?"

He raised a scroll for the cavalry, and the personal soldiers nodded, "One can only go, and the other two stay here."

The leader of the cavalry handed over the weapons and war horses to his companions, and he followed Dou Jiande's personal soldiers and walked towards the military yamen quickly.

In the military yamen hall, Dou Jiande was wearing a robe and was sitting in the hall drinking tea. He was awakened by his personal soldiers while he was sleeping and said that Zhang Xuan sent cavalry to deliver him a letter. This surprised him very much, but he couldn't stand it and he still had more than 10,000 prisoners of war in Zhang Xuan's hands.

Soon, the personal soldiers walked to the hall to report: "Du Gong, someone brought it."

"Let him in!"

After a moment, the Sui cavalry quickly walked in and bowed, "See Mr. Dou!"

A personal soldier next to him shouted, "Why don't you kneel down and salute!"

The sender said proudly: "I am not a subordinate of Mr. Dou, why should I kneel?"

Dou Jiande waved his hand. He didn't want to argue about this little thing. He asked again: "Where is your general's letter?"

The sender handed the letter to Dou Jiande. Dou Jiande slowly unfolded on the table and looked carefully. His brows were stretched at first, but he couldn't help frowning at the end. Zhang Xuan said it very clearly in the letter that as long as he did not invade Qinghe County, his more than 10,000 prisoners of war could be released back. This made Dou Jiande happy. He was not very interested in Qinghe County. He wanted food but no food, no one, and he would only let him pay it over. It would be fine if he didn't want it.

However, the second condition later made him a little puzzled. Zhang Xuan actually wanted to know the Bohai Army's nest. Why is this?

After pondering for a long time, Dou Jiande asked, "Is General Zhang in Qinghe County now?"

"Report to Mr. Dou, my head coach should be in Xindu County now."

"What!"

Dou Jiande stood up and said angrily: "Does Zhang Xuan declare war on me?"

The sender shook his head, "If my family wants to attack Duke Dou, we will not let us deliver the letter. The reason why the army went north should be clearly stated."

Dou Jiande was stunned. He suddenly realized that Zhang Xuan was going to attack the Bohai Army's nest!

Dou Jiande's heart began to revitalize and paced back and forth in the room. This should be beneficial or harmless to him. With the Bohai Army, Bohai would give him little money and food, and it was obviously not as important as he was at the beginning. More importantly, the Bohai Army poses too great a threat to him. Dou Jiande knew very well that instead of controlling the army by himself, Gao Lie would directly control his army. Once the Bohai Army was strong, Gao Lie would swallow him sooner or later.

After pondering for a long time, Dou Jiande sat down and wrote a note, handing it to the soldiers who delivered the letter, "This is my reply to your general, you can send it back immediately!"

The soldiers who delivered the letter put away the notes, gave another gift, and quickly left.

Dou Jiande was still worried and ordered, "I ordered the entire army not to take off his armor tonight and let me sleep with the armor!"

Dou Jiande can't sleep anymore

The three cavalrymen who delivered letters met five thousand Sui army cavalry resting in the woods north of Zaoqiang County. The leader of the cavalry was brought to Zhang Xuan. He knelt down on one knee and saluted, "Report to the commander, fortunately he has not been humiliated!"

"Thank you for your hard work, can there be a reply from Dou Jiande?"

The sender took out a note from his arms and presented it to Zhang Xuan, "I report to the commander, there is only this note, no verbal message!"

Zhang Xuan took the note and ordered him to the left, "Each person will receive ten taels of gold!"

"Thank you for the reward of Grandmaster!"

The sending troops went down, and Zhang Xuan opened the note and read it. He couldn't help but laugh. He stood up and ordered: "Send the whole army to set off and go to Gonggao County!"

Five thousand cavalry quickly gathered and set off, rushing towards Gonggao County in the northeast like lightning.

Dou Jiande drew a picture on the note of Zhang Xuan, a city with three characters: Gonggao County. He drew a farm next to the Zhangshui River in the southwest of the county town, with many soldiers inside. This is to tell Zhang Xuan that the old nest of the Bohai Army is in the farm in Gonggao County.

In fact, Dou Jiande did not tell Zhang Xuan more deeply that this is not only the Bohai Army's nest, but also the Bohai Association's temporary nest.

Five thousand cavalry rushed all the way. In the evening, the army arrived in Gonggao County. Zhang Xuan led the cavalry to hide in a forest and sent several scouts to inquire about the information.

The manor of the Bohai Society is full of white banners. This is the soul-suming banner that Gao Lie hung to commemorate his young son two days ago. Although two days have passed, the white banners are still not taken off.

At this time, Gao Lie was not in the manor. Gao Lie personally led 30,000 troops into Zhuo County and was killing him to Ji County, the county seat.

The manor is hosted by Gao Lie's cousin Gao Qin. In addition to him, there are dozens of other important members of the Bohai Association. In addition, the Bohai Army's ordnance warehouse and granary are also in the manor, and the entire manor is guarded by more than a thousand soldiers.

The scout reported the investigation information to Zhang Xuan. With the help of the last bit of sunset, Zhang Xuan carefully checked the simple map drawn by the scout. With his rich combat experience, he immediately outlined an offensive plan in his mind.

Zhang Xuan waved his hand and called Pei Xingyan and Su Dingfang forward, pointed to the map and said to them: "If I was not wrong, there must be important figures in the manor of Bohai, otherwise there would not be so many towers and water pavilions. We must seize these important figures to force the Bohai Army to withdraw."

"The general told us to do it!" Pei Xingyan said excitedly.

Zhang Xuan smiled and said, "I plan to attack for falsely and make them flee in panic. I guess they either escape from the north by horse or take a boat into the Zhang River. Both are possible. We divide our troops into three groups. I lead two thousand cavalry to attack. Yuan Qing leads two thousand cavalry to set up an encirclement on the northern road. Dingfang is responsible for intercepting the ships."

Su Dingfang was a little embarrassed, "If they were on the boat, how should we intercept it?"

Zhang Xuan pointed to the river and smiled and said, "It's still one mile away from the Zhangshui River. They must walk the river first. The river is less than three meters wide. Just ask the soldiers to cut down a few more trees to block the river. They won't want to die, they will just surrender obediently!"

Su Dingfang scratched his head and smiled, "I understand!"

Zhang Xuan looked at the sky and night had quietly come. He immediately stood up and said, "You can act!" Mobile phone users please visit http://m.piaotian.net
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