Chapter 132 Crossing the Yellow River Three (Part 2)

"What! Zhang Huan has returned to Yonghe County to cross the river." Wei Yan stood up quickly. He couldn't believe the news he heard. How could this be possible? The Hebei army had already occupied Fenyang County, so how could Pei Jun tolerate Zhang Huan crossing the river from under his nose? It was precisely because he knew this that he ruled out that Zhang Huan would fight back.

He still didn't believe it. Maybe it was Zhang Huan who was trying to drag his back. He grabbed the clothes of the soldiers who reported the message and asked word by word: "How many of them are there?"

"I heard that there were thousands of people, and the brothers from Yanchuan Ferry were caught off guard and were broken through the defense line by him." The soldiers reported the letter said tremblingly.

"Thousands of people?"

Wei Yan finally believed it. His fist was clattering loudly, and his eyes were so hatred that it was almost spurting out fire. He pushed away the soldiers who reported the letter and shouted sternly: "Tell me my order to behead the Yanchuan army and horse envoy Dong Wenchang, and if there are any losers, they will be executed!"

Everyone was angry when they saw the commander's anger, and no one dared to come forward to ask for it. The commander's tent was silent. At this time, Wei Qing stepped forward and gave a long bow, "Please calm down your anger, the child thought that Pei Jun wanted to let him enter Longyou."

Although Wei Qing did not expect Zhang Huan to fight back, he was not as excited as his father. On the contrary, Zhang Huan entered Longyou and gave him more opportunities. He straightened his waist and smiled coldly: "I have always been wondering why Zhang Huan can leave Tongguan. Now it seems that Pei Jun is doing something in the middle. Father, Zhang Huan doesn't have to worry, but he has to be wary of the Cui Pei family. Their next target is probably our Wei family."

Wei Yan has slowly calmed down. His son is right. This time, Zhang Huan left Chang'an and entered Longyou again. Pei Jun must have intentionally indulged him. He wanted to insert a poisonous sting inside Longyou to wait for future changes. However, Zhang Huan crossed the river calmly, but he reminded him from the opposite side that he must strengthen his defense along the Yellow River.

But then again, even if the Cui Pei family was going to attack, it would not be the current matter. When Zhang Huan entered Longyou, it was like a knife inserted into his body, making him unable to sleep on the mat, and he had to deal with it immediately no matter what.

Wei Qing seemed to be a worm in his father's belly. Before his father could ask him, he slowly said: "My father has an army of 130,000 and Zhang Huan is only 4,000 or 5,000 people. Even if he is a tiger, can a single tiger defeat a pack of wolves? Besides, in my opinion, he is just a dog. Since he has come in, it's best, we will close the door and hit the dog and slap Pei Jun loudly."

Wei Yan looked at Wei Qing deeply. Not only did his son have unique eyes, he could see the conspiracy behind this incident, but he had gradually emerged from the shadow of a year ago in the past few days, which really made him feel relieved. He stroked his short beard and nodded, and immediately said to Wei Qing: "I will give this matter full power to you to deal with. 30,000 Shuofang Army, 20,000 Longyou Army, and 10,000 Hexi Army, a total of 60,000 people. You are responsible for commanding. No matter what, Zhang Huan will be driven out of Longyou."

．

．

．

．

．

．

．

．

．

The Tianqi Camp had crossed the Yellow River and galloped on the Longyou Plain. They ran along Yanshui. It was November at this time. Everything was bleak, and the first cold wave had arrived. Many streams had formed a thin layer of ice, and the trees were grayish white, like elderly people.

Two days later, when it was getting late, they arrived at the Chilong River Beach upstream of the Yanshui River. The water here was very shallow, with a layer of thin ice condensed. Large riverbeds were exposed in the cold wind, and everyone waded by. The other side was the boundary of Yan'an County. Tianqi Camp drove into Yanxi County before nightfall.

The county town is very small, with less than a thousand families in the city. As soon as the large group of people entered the county town, the county magistrate hurried to welcome him with the county magistrate and the county magistrate. The county magistrate was named He. He was a Jinshi in the fifth year of Qingzhi. He was a poor and an official for ten years. It can be seen that the economic conditions have not improved much. His official uniform had been sewn with several patches, which seemed very shabby.

"He Yue, the magistrate of Yanxi County, met with the general." He bowed deeply to Zhang Huan, his attitude was very humble. Zhang Huan's sudden arrival made him feel uneasy. If this army's military discipline is not in order, it will be a disaster for Yanxi County. He mustered up the courage and whispered: "Vi County is very poor and the people live in a difficult situation. Please show mercy to the general."

Zhang Huan snorted, "Will there be official grain in the county?"

"There are official grains, but that is the tax that I just collected this year. I dare not act rashly at the low-level position."

"You don't need to move." Zhang Huan pointed at him and said coldly: "I'll give you half an hour to free up five hundred empty houses for me, and I will restrain my subordinates, otherwise my soldiers will look for a place to stay by themselves."

"Yes! Yes!" County Magistrate He wiped his cold sweat and hurriedly pulled the county magistrate and the county magistrate to mobilize the people to make the house.

At this time, a personal soldier responsible for protecting Pei Ying rushed to Zhang Huan and whispered: "General, Miss Pei is welcome."

Zhang Huan nodded and turned around to He Lou Wuji and said, "You take your brothers to take the official warehouse, and give all the money and grain to the brothers, and then bury the pot and make rice. If the county magistrate has not prepared the house in half an hour, he will drive people to scatter the house for me!"

He Lou Wuji responded, waved his hand, and rushed towards the county government with a team of soldiers. Zhang Huan smiled faintly, turned his head and came to Pei Ying's carriage.

Since confessing her love to Zhang Huan, Pei Ying has become shy. She has been hiding most of the time in a carriage taken from Yanshui Ferry and rarely talks to Zhang Huan. After crossing the river, she always leans against the car window for a long time, looking at the winter scenery in Longyou bored, and she couldn't help but feel a little worried when she saw that she entered a county town.

At this time, she saw Zhang Huan coming from afar, her eyes immediately became brighter, and she quietly pulled the curtain open.

Zhang Huan urged her to go forward, clasped her fists and smiled, "Ms. Pei, do you have something to come to me?"

"Get sick, you must restrain the soldiers well. Never plunder the soldiers." Pei Ying saw that the soldiers on both sides were far away, so she whispered to him: "Hexi is only your first step. You will sooner or later swallow Longyou. Now it is not as chaotic in times. There are very few brutal troops in the Tang Dynasty. If you plunder the people, your reputation will spread all over the world. In the future, you will not be able to stand firm in the court. Remember, if you want to achieve great things, you must first win the hearts of the people."

Zhang Huan is also a scholar, so he naturally understands what she said. However, blindly speaking of benevolence and righteousness will also make his soldiers suffer and make morale low. Both have pros and cons. The key is to grasp a bottom line. As long as you do not commit adultery and killing, you should not have to go too far with other sub-sections.

He smiled and said, "Thank you Miss Pei, I will pay attention."

Pei Ying was very happy when she saw him obedient, but Zhang Huan called Miss Pei on the left and Miss Pei on the right, which made her hear harshly. She wanted to call this fool a name, but she couldn't say it. She hesitated and whispered: "It's too boring to ride a carriage, and no one talks. I still want to ride a horse. Do you think it's okay?"

Zhang Huan couldn't ask for anything in his heart. He smiled slightly and said, "I won't walk too fast on the road backwards, so it's okay if you ride a horse."

The two of them fell silent again, unable to find words for a moment, and the atmosphere seemed a little awkward. Zhang Huan scratched his head and smiled: "I will wait until the scouts tonight before deciding to take action. The departure time may be in the middle of the night. You can have a good sleep. Why don't I take you to find a place to stay now."

Pei Ying's face turned slightly red and she nodded gently.

．

．

．

．

．

．

．

．

．

County Magistrate He was able to do his job well. Under his exaggerated intimidation, the people in the south of the city packed up some valuable things and hid in the north of the city. In less than half an hour, half of the county town was vacated for this army of unknown origin to live in. Even County Magistrate He took his wife and children to his relatives' house outside the city.

At night, it suddenly started to rain, with fine snowflakes, the north wind howled, and it was very cold. Except for the soldiers on patrol and duty, the other soldiers had already fallen asleep. The whole county was very quiet, but full of uneasiness and anxiety.

At this moment, the lights were brightly lit in the county government hall, and several major generals of the Tianqi Camp were gathered together to discuss the next action strategy. The goal was very clear, which was to cross the Yellow River again and go west to Wuwei County. The key was how to go. Moreover, there were 10,000 Hexi troops in Wuwei County, so how to lead them out was also extremely difficult.

The scout who inquired about the information has returned, bringing news that Wei Yan has led some of the troops south, while the other part, about 20,000 people are following him, and he is already stationed a hundred miles away, and seems to be in a hurry to chase him.

"I thought that although the Longyou Army had 20,000 people, we were all cavalry and had great combat power. We would not necessarily lose with 5,000 to 20,000. They also understood this, so they were not in a hurry to chase us, and they must be waiting for reinforcements to meet up."

The first person to speak was Deputy General Li Hengqiu. Although he was not good at intrigue, he was never vague in war. Moreover, he was Lingwu County. He was at the Shuofang County. He was very familiar with the terrain and the situation of garrison in this area. He was not worried about the pursuers behind him, but about the Shuofang army in the north. Now the Longyou army is slowly marching, and it is very likely that he is waiting for the Shuofang army to move south. Once the Shuofang army goes south, the two armies will definitely form an encirclement against them before crossing the Yellow River.

"In order to avoid being intercepted by the Shuofang Army, I suggest that we go south and use the cavalry's maneuverability to cross the Yellow River as soon as possible."

While listening, Zhang Huan carefully looked at the map of Longyou and Shuofang from Yanchuan Ferry. The Yellow River is still more than 800 miles away. If it is as fast as 150 miles a day, it will take five or six days. However, considering the ability of the horses to withstand it, it will take seven or eight days at the fastest. In this way, the Shuofang army will inevitably arrive at the Yellow River first and stop them. This is indeed a troublesome thing.

At this time, He Lou Wuji suddenly said: "The Shuofang Army has only 50,000 people, and it is widely distributed. If they want to intercept us, at least 20,000 to 30,000 people will be needed. In this way, the Lingwu County will inevitably be empty. We might as well continue to move straight to attract them to chase them. The main force quietly heads northward and crosses the river from Lingwu County, so that we can jump out of their siege."

'Lingwu County was empty!' Zhang Huan's mind flashed. He seemed to have thought of something, but he couldn't see it clearly for a moment. At this time, the room was already arguing. Five or six people expressed their opinions and were talking about how to defeat the Hexi Army. There was no first in literature and no second in martial arts. Everyone insisted on their own ideas. Some said that the Hedong cavalry would defeat the Hexi Army in one fell swoop, and hit Wei Yan's arrogance with morale; while others said that the Hexi Army should be led across the Yellow River and tried to preserve its strength; while He Lou Wuji said, simply occupied Lingwu County and did not go to Hexi, but Li Hengqiu immediately opposed it loudly, saying that Lingwu County had a thin food and grass, sparse population, and no strategic depth, and could not survive at all.

‘The food and grass are thin and cannot survive!’ Zhang Huan suddenly slapped his head and looked at the map quickly. At this moment, he finally thought of the most critical point just now. A bold strategy quickly formed in his mind.

．

．

．

．

．

．

．

．

．

．

．

．

．

"Get sick!" Zhang Huan had just walked through the door for a month and saw Pei Ying running towards her. She was not wearing much clothes on her body and was trembling with cold.

Zhang Huan hurriedly took off his cloak and put it on her, and said with some blame: "What's wrong! Why don't you go to bed?"

"This county government is too dilapidated, with strange sounds and shadows everywhere. I, I am alone..." Pei Ying bit her lip tightly, not daring to say anything more.

"Is that?" Zhang Huan listened carefully, and he heard a thin and intermittent sound. The sound seemed to come from a bamboo forest not far away, like a woman singing softly, which was really creepy. After listening for a while, he suddenly laughed and pointed to the bamboo forest and said, "You silly girl, this must be a broken bamboo in the bamboo forest. The wind blows through the diabolic tube and makes a sound. Why don't I take you to see it?"

"I won't go!" Pei Ying hugged Zhang Huan's arm and said with a trembling voice: "I heard that there are usually wells in bamboo forests. What if it's the sound from the well?"

"Who did you hear that there is a bamboo forest...?"

Zhang Huan suddenly couldn't continue talking. He was not afraid of some female ghost singing, but the soft breasts of the woman beside him.

．

．

．

．

．

．
Chapter completed!