Pei Xingyan lowered his head and whispered for a while: "My grandson doesn't want to go to Taiyuan!"

Pei Ju didn't understand and asked further: "Do you don't want to follow your father to join Li Yuan, or do you don't want to leave the Qingzhou Army?"

Pei Xingyan knelt down again, kowtowed three times and said loudly: "The grandson has been with the Grandmaster for many years and will never want to betray the Grandmaster. But if he meets his father on the battlefield one day, it will be his grandson's unfilial piety. I hope his grandfather will fulfill his grandson's success."

Pei Ju understood what Pei Xingyan meant. He didn't want to leave Qingzhou, but he was unwilling to disobey his father's orders, so he asked himself to make the decision. With the orders of the family and even the head of the family, even if he disobeyed his father's orders, he was not unfilial. This little guy was very smart.

Pei Ju pondered for a moment and smiled: "I can promise you to stay in Qingzhou, but you must let Zhang Xuan know that this is my order to let him understand the sacrifice you made."

"You don't need to tell the Grandmaster about this family matter!" Pei Xingyan whispered.

"no!"

Pei Ju flatly refused, "You must tell him this matter, otherwise he will suspect you. This is my request. If you don't agree, then I don't say anything."

Pei Xingyan knew that the Marshal would not suspect him, but this was the order of the head of the family, so he had to nod helplessly, "Okay! I will definitely take the time to tell the Marshal."

"It's not time to take the time, go now. The situation changes rapidly. You must tell Zhang Xuan immediately that he should be in Beihai County now. I hope you will tell him your decision tomorrow."

"My grandson remembers it, let's go now!"

Pei Xingyan bowed and left. Pei Ju immediately sat at the table and wrote a letter to Li Yuan. Pei Renji's behavior really angered him. He hoped that Li Yuan would not tolerate such behavior. But as Pei Ju slowly calmed down, he stopped writing the letter. After thinking for a long time, he kneaded half of the letter into a ball. It would be better if he didn't write such a letter!

After learning that Li Yuan had rebelled, Zhang Xuan immediately interrupted his inspection and returned to Beihai County urgently.

Zhang Xuan did not take the expansion of the Wagang Army to heart, but Li Yuan's rebellion was a major event, which meant that the demise of the Sui Dynasty had entered the countdown. In history, Li Yuan entered Guanzhong in just a few months, and an army mutiny occurred in Jiangdu.

However, history has already changed. Without Li Mi, the Wagang Army was very weak and could not restrain the Sui Army in Guanzhong as in history. It would not be so easy for Li Yuan to enter Guanzhong.

But no matter what, Zhang Xuan can no longer miss the opportunity to fight. He must take action and seize the opportunity of Li Yuan's uprising to expand his power.

Zhang Xuan entered Yidu County early in the morning and went directly to the military yamen. Before Zhang Xuan could sit down and drink tea, he ordered his personal soldiers to say, "Go and invite Military Advisor Fang to see me!"

Soon, Fang Xuanling hurried to Zhang Xuan's official room, bowed and smiled, "Congratulations to the Grand General for being promoted to General, Duke of Qi!"

Zhang Xuan was stunned, "The military advisor already knows?"

"It's not just that I know, but the entire Beihai County has spread all over the world. When the news came out, there were firecrackers everywhere in Yidu County, and there were gongs and drums on the streets, and there was a lot of cheers. The entire Yidu County was so excited."

"Not it!" Zhang Xuan was a little unbelievable that there would be such an effect.

"It seems that the Grand Marshal still does not understand the meaning of Duke Qi. Duke Qi means that the Grand Marshal is already the lord of Qi. Although there is no real title, the general public thinks so."

Zhang Xuan shook his head. Duke of Qi was just a title, and he was different from the lord of Qi. How could there be such a big misunderstanding? However, at this time, Zhang Xuan didn't care about explaining the difference between the two to the public. He hurriedly said to Fang Xuanling: "Does the military advisor know about Li Yuan's uprising?"

Fang Xuanling smiled and said, "I only heard about it last night, but Mr. Pei had already hinted before, so I'm not surprised. And I know that the Yuan family will soon start an army in Honghua County."

Zhang Xuan was slightly stunned. This was beyond his expectations. The Yuan family was going to raise an army in Honghua County. Do the Guanlong nobles want to fight on two fronts?

Zhang Xuan waved his hand, "Military advisor, please sit down and say."

Fang Xuanling sat down and smiled at Zhang Xuan, "I still learned a little about this from Mr. Pei. Wuchuan Prefecture did not support Li Yuan. Most of the Guanlong nobles, including the leader Dugu Shun, supported the Yuan family. Li Yuan only supported the Dou family. Wuchuan Prefecture would support the Yuan family in Longyou in the autumn, but Li Yuan was the first to raise an army in Taiyuan. I speculated that the Yuan family would not wait until autumn and would soon raise an army in Honghua County."

"Does the military advisor be optimistic about Li Yuan or the Yuan family?"

Fang Xuanling smiled slightly, "Frankly speaking, I am not optimistic about the Yuan family at all. The Yuan family is too impatient and eager to achieve success. If the Yuan family is eager to enter Guanzhong, it will definitely fail. On the contrary, if Li Yuan is eager to enter Guanzhong, he will probably make a wedding dress for the Yuan family."

Zhang Xuan nodded, "No matter how chaotic Guanzhong is, the court's eyes are now focused on Taiyuan and Longyou. I have a chance here. I want to take action against Gao Shida, seize Pingyuan County and Bohai County, and completely eliminate the dangers in northern Qingzhou."

Zhang Xuan walked to the wall, brushed the ground and opened the curtain, and a huge wooden carved map of Hebei appeared in front of them. Zhang Xuan picked up the wooden pole and pointed to the north of the Yellow River: "At present, Qinghe County is basically controlled by us. After this time, Lu Mingyue's remnants were led by Song Jingang and retreated to Zhao County, and Li Jiancheng's army also withdrew from Bingzhou.

In the battle of Tanyuan, we controlled the six counties in the east of Ji. Now, east of the Taihang Mountains, including Henei County, Ji County, Wei County, Wu'an County, Xiangguo County, Wuyang County and Qinghe County are all in our hands. Only Pingyuan County and Bohai County are left on the north bank of the Yellow River. I consider taking down the counties on the north bank of the Yellow River first, completely lifting the northern threat of Qingzhou, and then pushing northward layer by layer, destroying Gao Shida and Dou Jiande before the end of the year."

Fang Xuanling thought for a while and said, "The Marshal's idea is good, but I'm afraid that the plan is not as good as change. I am worried that the Wagang Army will expand eastward at that time and directly threaten Qingzhou. Has the Marshal considered the Bohai counterattack?"

Zhang Xuan pondered for a moment and said, "What the military advisor means is that the Bohai will prompt Dou Jiande to form an alliance with the Wagang army?"

Fang Xuanling nodded, "I heard that Dou Jiande's wife and children were in the hands of the Bohai Association. Dou Jiande was actually controlled by the Bohai Association. The power of the Bohai Association had already penetrated into the Wagang Army. The possibility of the two families forming an alliance is extremely high. This is just like when Yang Yichen was in Xuzhou, when he attacked Langya County, Li Zitong from Donghai County would invade Xuzhou and attack Donghai County. Sun Xuanya from Langya County immediately went south to attack Xuzhou, making it difficult for Yang Yichen to act for several years. Unless the general had strong troops and could fight on both sides, there might be such a chance of victory on the front line."

"What if the military advisor means?" Zhang Xuan understood Fang Xuanling's meaning. He did not agree with his plan to attack the North.

Fang Xuanling took the wooden pole and pointed at Pingyuan County and Bohai County and said: "There is no problem with the former strategy of the Grand Marshal. We even joined forces with Dou Jiande to wipe out Gao Shida, but Dou Jiande must slow down the attack. If necessary, the Grand Marshal can use warships to block the Yellow River and do his best to wipe out the Wagang army. Even if Hebei is temporarily given to Dou Jiande, don't shake his determination to wipe out Wagang. At least he must severely hurt Wagang and dare not threaten Qingzhou again. We will turn around and deal with Dou Jiande, so that we can break the strategy of combining north and south."

Zhang Xuan put the wooden pole aside and smiled: "As the military advisor said, plans are not as good as changes. Perhaps there is no need to mobilize troops to deal with Wagang. I can just use a little trick, but we should not think so much for the time being, concentrate our troops to destroy Gao Shida first."

At this time, a soldier reported in the hall, "Report to the Grand Commander, General Pei is asking for a meeting!"

Fang Xuanling smiled slightly, "General Pei's arrival should be related to his father Pei Renji."

Zhang Xuan nodded, "Please come in!"

Soon, Pei Xingyan hurried into Zhang Xuan's official room and bowed, "I'm not sure about the position of the general!"

At this time, Fang Xuanling winked at Zhang Xuan and retreated first. Only Zhang Xuan and Pei Xingyan were left in the room. Zhang Xuan said lightly: "Yuan Qing should maintain order for the victims in Jibei now, why did he appear here?"

Pei Xingyan untied the cavalry at his waist and placed the sword on the table, "I am guilty of being a humble position and can no longer command the cavalry!"

"What are you guilty of violating military discipline?" Zhang Xuan asked, glanced at Jiang Jian on the table.

"This is not because my father had rebelled against the Sui Dynasty and crossed the Yellow River to Taiyuan. He wrote a letter asking me to lead the cavalry to meet him."

Zhang Xuan didn't say anything for a long time. He looked at the map with his hands behind his back and said sadly: "Is Yuan Qing here to say goodbye to me?"

"The humble rank will not betray the general!"

"But one day you will meet your father on the battlefield, what will you do?"

Both of them were silent. After a long time, Zhang Xuan sighed, "I can understand your loyalty, but he is your father after all, and his father's orders cannot be violated. Go and follow your father! I will give you another 500 war horses, which is what I have given you."

Pei Xingyan was moved and whispered: "I went to Qinghe County yesterday to find the head of the family, namely Pei Xiangguo. He used the head of the family to prevent me from leaving Qingzhou. Although my father's orders should not be violated, the orders of the head of the family should not be violated. The head of the family said that he would bear everything for me, so I will not leave the general."

Zhang Xuan was stunned. He turned around and stared at Pei Xingyan. After a while, Zhang Xuan's eyes were a little wet and he nodded slowly, "I promise you that you father and son will never meet on the battlefield, nor will they become enemies!"

Pei Xingyan knelt on one knee, "Thank you for your fulfillment!"

Zhang Xuan quickly helped him up, handed the cavalry sword to him, and smiled and said, "This is not a fire stick. If you want to throw it away, throw it away. Pamper it well and immediately return to Jibei County to bring the cavalry back. We are going to start a war against Pingyuan County!"

Pei Xingyan was overjoyed and said, "Abide by the orders with humble duties!"

He turned around and ran away like a rabbit. Zhang Xuan looked at his running back and couldn't help but smile: "I'm still a little brat!"

At this time, Zhang Xuan looked at the personal soldiers standing outside the door again. Seeing that he seemed to want to say something, he asked with a smile: "If you have anything, hurry up!"

"Report to the Grand Commander, General Jia Wuben has led thousands of troops."

Zhang Xuan was overjoyed and asked quickly: "Where are others?"

"The people are already outside the city, and the army has been taken over by General Shen."
Chapter completed!