A few miles south of Xiangguo County, there is a hill called Longgang. Although it is a hill, there is an inexplicably huge well on the top. The water level in the well does not decrease all year round, regardless of floods or droughts, and the water in the well is sweet and delicious. So I don't know when a castle was built here, which became a famous garrison point and the de facto military defense core of Xiangguo County.
Its existence is actually similar to the huge Black Emperor Temple in Wu'an County. If you make a low-end strategy game, sooner or later there will be a special building sequence... In fact, there is a connection between the two. .
It is said that at the end of a certain dynasty, the world was in chaos, military disasters continued, and there was a severe drought in Hebei. The people were miserable, so someone asked people from the Black Emperor Temple in the south to come out to pray for rain. As a result, a Si from the North to Dang Mo Guard came out. Ming happened to be in the Observation for no apparent reason. After hearing the words, he walked out directly. After measuring several times, he arrived at this post. Then he used his true energy to dig out the ground. Within three feet, a dead dragon as thick as an arm was dug out.
As soon as the dead dragon came out, it immediately rained, and the place it dug was the well. Longgang also got its name from this.
Later, when the commander returned north with the dragon corpse, someone realized that this dragon was not a dead dragon, but a corpse dragon. It was the dead real dragon from Hongshan mixed with the blood of the Supreme, and met the world again. The monsters bred from the evil spirit and resentment of the chaos are also the root cause of this drought... At that time, the corpse dragon was preparing to dig out of the ground, free and easy, causing harm to the world.
However, this Red Mountain was transformed by the real dragon under the Black Emperor. The sword that made the Red Emperor bleed was also done by the Black Emperor himself. The Demon Guards could not ignore it, especially since the great commander knew the world. Everything was going wrong, so I sent a commander to travel a long distance to deal with it in advance.
It seems quite reasonable.
However, let's not mention these allusions, just say that in the early autumn of the fifth year of Zhang Xing's time travel, Li Ding sent troops directly from the Wu'an Daheidi Temple's martial arts performance field, crossed the Shahe River without entering, and five thousand Wu'an troops marched continuously, heading straight to Longgang Under the fort, it seemed to have lost some momentum.
Because the gate of Longgang Fort was open, there was no sign of Lord Chen Junxian, as if he was punched in the air.
Only half an hour later, when he led his troops to the opposite county, he was completely furious - the reason is self-evident. He saw the gift given to him by his old friend Zhang Xing.
Even met Xie Minghe.
"Three thieves Zhang! Three thieves Zhang! Thief Zhang!"
It was probably the first time in Li Ding's life that he could not suppress his rage in public. He brandished his sword with great energy and smashed the bulletin board into pieces. At his side, thousands of soldiers were entering the city.
After smashing the notice, the man turned around and asked, "What does he want to do?
! Do you really think I don't dare to attack him? ! "
"My chief has said that if Fourth Master Li gets angry, questions, or threatens, tell him directly that his behavior is just incompetence and rage." Xie Minghe stood with his hands tied next to the crumbled bulletin board at the bottom of the city, his face expressionless. The words were clear. "Because he had to endure it for three years before he had a chance to seek justice, he would never dare to fight against the Deposed Dragon Gang now, otherwise his lifelong ambition and hard work would be ruined... Moreover, if he knew that Zhang San would definitely Who are you looking down on if you want to intervene but only think you can stop it? Zhang San also knows that Li Si will definitely take advantage of him in the war, and he can only rely on the strength of numbers.
Why is Li Si so stupid all of a sudden when he comes to show off his bravery? Is it because Li Ling is stupid? "
After saying this, Li Ding was stunned, but he forced Su Mu to turn around immediately, awkwardly urging the troops to enter the city, and at the same time, he asked people to avoid this place as much as possible.
After a while, Li Ding was stunned for a moment, sneered, and gradually lost the energy in his hands: "Boss Xie is becoming more and more like Zhang San.
"I don't dare, I don't dare. I'm just speaking for others. These are the exact words of my chief." Xie Minghe replied seriously. "If it were me, I would be more polite... But it seems that the two of you are close friends after all, Zhang The chief's words are indeed effective, but I can't learn this method."
Li Ding took a long breath: "It's useless for you to do this. I will declare it. I, Li Ding, am a court official and I am at odds with the deposed dragon thief..." "That is your freedom." Xie Minghe remained magnanimous. "But I want to remind Mr. Li of a few things... I am the one who deposed you.
The reminder of the identity of the person in charge of the Dragon Gang is not a reminder on behalf of our chief.
"Please tell me." Li Ding extended his hand to signal.
"First of all, your voice is not as loud as ours. You only have two counties. If you want to talk about this matter, our Chief Zhang can make twenty or thirty counties in the world hold their breath to listen!" Xie Minghe answered proudly.
Li Ding, who was so angry at Zhang Xing that he calmed down and came back, could not argue.
"Secondly, this matter is a three-party affair, the Deposed Dragon Gang, Li Fujun, and Chen Fujun. Li Fujun is talking to himself, but the other party involved, Chen Fujun and his family, should have arrived in Jingcheng by now. , and his hometown of Runan is more or less within our reach. In other words, Master Chen and we will always cooperate, and only your words are one-sided."
"Mr. Chen Fu has left?!"
"yes."
"Are you in Jingcheng?"
"yes."
Li Ding narrowed his eyes, but did not continue.
So, it was Xie Minghe's turn to continue: "Again, no matter how you say it, your Excellency actually annexed the neighboring county as the county governor. This is the basis of everything and an unchangeable fact... Your Excellency said there was no objection, Jiangdu Neither Hedong nor the surrounding counties will believe it, and since you have rebelled, people in the world will naturally think that you have joined the Deposed Dragon Gang. "
"I won't obey." Li Ding answered firmly. "You are the one who spread the rumors. I can't change it. But as long as I draw a clear line with you, what can you gain by doing this? Is it just humiliating me and taking advantage of your mouth? Doesn't Zhang Xing know that he wants to To get something, you must give it first? Since he wants to recruit me into his gang, why does he keep humiliating me like this?"
"This is what I'm going to say next..." Xie Minghe was not angry. "Do you really think that this Xiangguo County was not given to you by our Deposed Dragon Gang?"
Li Ding was suddenly startled, blood rushed to his head, but he suppressed it forcefully, "What do you mean? The Deposed Dragon Gang does not have the ability at all, and it is impossible to expand at this time, let alone expand here! I look at it You saw the situation clearly at the right time and took this county for yourself, but it was you who snatched it away with your mouth and then brought it back?"
"Master Li Fu." Xie Minghe sighed and complained seriously. "We have no intention of taking Xiangguo County. If we take Xiangguo County, we are asking for trouble. This is true. However, our Deposed Dragon Gang wants to prevent you from taking this county. What can you do?"
"We have two Grandmasters, seven or eight Chengdan, with almost dozens of Dandens, and more than fifty battalions of soldiers and horses. Really everything is ten times that of your Excellency... How can we even use so many soldiers? ?As long as we accept Chen Fujun’s invitation,
Li Ding suddenly fell silent, just like the previous time.
Then he sent King Xiongtian to lead two battalions into Longgang Fort, and then asked Xu Shiying to lead five battalions to confront you opposite the Zongcheng. Can you really take down Xiangguo County easily? Xie Minghe asked calmly. "Or do you think that you are still entitled to receive the previous treatment after you set a straight face and draw a line with us?"
At this point, Xie Minghe finally raised his bound hands but pointed one finger at each other and the other at himself: "Master Li! The tacit understanding between our two families before was that we were accommodating you, not that you were accommodating us... …and so it is now.
After Li Ding listened quietly, he suddenly turned to his side.
Su Mu, who had been listening intently, immediately turned his head away, pretending not to hear anything. In the gradually rising autumn wind, Wu Anzu, who represented Li Ding's true strength, was abiding by military discipline and deposed with a far superior attitude. The Dragon Gang's marching column continued to enter the city in a strict manner.
Looking further back, on Longgang Fort, the newly raised flag with the character "Li" was fluttering in the wind.
Between Longgang Fort and Xiangguo County, there are waves of wheat and millet rippling in the wind.
Li Ding looked at it for a while, then suddenly turned around, and his tone became much lighter, "If it's like this...Brother Xie...If that's the case, why did the Deposed Dragon Gang accommodate me and even help me get Xiangguo County?" Woolen cloth?"
Xie Minghe came to laugh.
"I'm not talking about Zhang Xing... I know why he did this. I'm talking about the Deposed Dragon Gang. What reasons did he use to convince everyone from the Deposed Dragon Gang to give me Xiangguo County?" Li Ding corrected.
"I don't know what Chief Zhang's reasons you think are, but the reasons he gave actually did not convince us. Instead, they made many of us worried, and only a few of us agreed." Xie Minghe answered seriously. "It's just that the chief is still the chief now, and we can't bear it too much..." he said,
Since the war is unstoppable and the drought is a foregone conclusion, instead of leaving it to a group of cowards to manage the areas we cannot control, it is better to leave them to some decent people... Wu'an County is the most effective in combating drought among the surrounding counties. One family.
Li Dingqian laughed: "This is indeed unconvincing, and I wouldn't accept it if it were me...
However, when he was halfway through speaking, he became solemn: "But it seems to be what Zhang San said. He always regards the world as his own responsibility, and is compassionate to the point of being inexplicable! In other words, he is arrogant to the point of being inexplicable!" "
Xie Minghe did not refute.
"When the army here in Xiangguo is reorganized, I want to see Zhang Xing." Li Ding spoke again. ” Chatting with him in person may give him a heads up because he is too self-righteous about some things. "
"I can go and send a message." Xie Minghe said seriously. "Let's see if we can set up a date to meet as soon as possible before the autumn harvest, otherwise it may be a long time after the autumn harvest... My chief has always been the most concerned about farming, including autumn harvest, autumn taxes, foundation building, literacy, etc. It's endless.
Li Ding nodded and handed over his hand: "In this case, your Excellency, please go back. I will
I won’t give it away. "
Xie Minghe also nodded, and then walked away, formally handing over the county to the other party.
In one day, the entire Xiangguo County changed hands, and soon everyone knew that Li Ding from Wu'an County had done something unique to Zhou Xiaoshang from Yong'an County.
And sure enough, most people accepted Li Ding's political reliance on the Deposed Dragon Gang.
Rumors even arose, saying that the deposed dragon helped Zhang Sanlang completely destroy the Wei Dynasty with several whale bones.
Of course, this was just a rumor. Zhang Xing did not refute it, nor did anyone else, because anyone with a little political knowledge knew that this situation was inevitable and was triggered by the exposure of Jiangdu's falsehood in the Battle of Xuzhou. chain reaction.
When things got to this point, no one could control the situation.
Li Ding didn't have time to see Zhang Xing.
Because just seven or eight days after he captured Xiangguo County, local officials and warehouses had just taken over, and the army had just begun to reorganize. In fact, the autumn harvest had already begun in Henan, and they were about to move north quickly. Zhang from Zhao County in the north The prefect suddenly led Youzhou soldiers into the country.
This news shocked the whole of Hebei.
But immediately, all parties realized that there was some "coherence" in Zhang Taishou's move.
reason".
You must know that before this, even before the Deposed Dragon Gang moved north to Hebei, the counties along the mountains in western Hebei, the so-called Wu'an County, Xiangguo County, Zhao County, and Hengshan County from south to north were small-scale counties faintly backed by Taiyuan. Loose military-political alliance... This alliance is self-protective and is aimed at Hejian and Youzhou, which have strong military capabilities.
And now, no matter what the reason was for Li Ding, no matter whether he defected to the Deposed Dragon Gang or not, he could not restrain his ambition and annexed Xiangguo County, which would naturally cause strong fear and uneasiness in Zhao County. The strong Li Ding, Zhang Taishou of Zhao County had to quickly seek protection.
At this time, the original loose alliance collapsed, facing the young and powerful
He has four choices - Taiyuan, Youzhou, Hejian, and Jiangling.
There will be many big problems when choosing Taiyuan.
For example, if Taiyuan sends troops, it will inevitably be involved in the war whirlpool in Hebei. This is unwise, otherwise Bai Hengqiu would not have formed a loose alliance; and Bai Hengqiu had been in confrontation with Dongdu in Taiyuan and tolerated it. For several years, there was no reason to destroy that concentration and strength for the invasion of the princes.
Political reputation; in addition, the route of sending troops to Taiyuan is also a big problem. Zhao County does not have a direct connection to Taiyuan, so it has to go from Hengshan County in the north, which will be even more troublesome.
Of course, Bai Hengqiu might be angry if Li Ding ruined the alliance, which was a positive reason to ask for help.
However, generally speaking, Taiyuan is still not a good choice. Nine times out of ten, the request for help will fail, and it is too slow to allow Prefect Zhang to quickly gain a sense of security.
Jiang Ling, that is, asking for help from Zhang Sanlang of the Deposed Dragon Gang, so there is no need to talk more. What can I say about the bad things in Xiangguo County? The whole world knows that if you, Li Ding, dare to eat Xiangguo County, you have the support of Jiang Ling!
Then, there are Hejian and Youzhou.
Frankly speaking, in terms of geographical location, Zhaojun's first choice should be Hejian. Hejian also has sufficient reasons to support Zhaojun, because after the Dragon Gang took away the area south of Qingzhang River, the essence of Hejian The territory is the lower reaches of both sides of the Zhuozhang River, and Zhaojun and Xiangguo County are the upper reaches of the Zhuozhang River.
Military, political and culture are all affected by geography. Hejian Camp seems to be obliged to accept the invitation and stationed in Zhao County.
However, wasn’t Xue Laohu beaten into a paper tiger by someone? It makes people doubt his actual performance in facing the Deposed Dragon Gang.
So at this time, Commander Zhang seemed to feel more secure when he chose Youzhou Camp, which also had outstanding military strength.
Youzhou and the Youzhou camp are by no means a simple governor state or military camp. Since the Tang Dynasty and before the Wei Dynasty, the Northland had maintained an independent attitude for a long time. In order to suppress and control the Northland, it had always been the habit of gathering heavy troops in Youzhou, so that many typical military prefectures and counties were formed.
There are nearly twenty prefectures and counties in the north and south of Yanshan Mountain, just like stars over the moon.
generally surrounds Youzhou. The situation in these states and counties is also extremely complicated. Some counties are simply states and counties specially established for a certain tribe or military nobles that have lasted for many years. They are just two counties and three cities.
This naturally created a situation in Youzhou Camp where powerful local forces compromised and defended each other, and then became top-heavy.
Luo Shu and his son were able to quickly fight with Li Cheng and his son in Youzhou after the collapse of the Wei Dynasty, precisely because of his local color.
The several failures of Luo Shu and Li Cheng's father and son's external expansion did not cause any obvious damage to the so-called military whole of the "Youzhou Army". Even the number of soldiers, horses and masters in the Youzhou stronghold did not represent that. The true strength of the Youzhou Army.
In fact, since the war, the expansion of Youzhou Camp has been very obvious, but this expansion is a spontaneous behavior of the tribes and hereditary military nobles below.
This is a monster with many heads and many legs but very powerful.
Therefore, it is very suitable to join with a territory.
"Why is this happening? He can't live in peace anywhere." In Longgang Fort, Li Ding was so upset that he had an attack on the spot. "Didn't I write a letter to explain? His actions are going to cause chaos in the world!"
After finishing speaking, Li Ding regretted it endlessly. He knew very well that the explanations he had given were all in vain, because he could not hold back and took this opportunity to launch a new round of military invasion in Hebei.
You can't just allow your own family to easily annex states and counties, but not allow the other party to protect themselves, right? Moreover, why have I ever been so weak?
In the final analysis, Zhang Laosan was still angry.
The new captain of Xiangguo County, who was born in a wealthy family in Xiangguo County, typically spreads all over the Bohai Sea in Hebei Province, and is called Gaoshi Province. It is a new arrival, so naturally he has to express himself. He thought about it again and again, and seriously said: "Master Fu, there is no way out at this time. …………if we let it go, we will be
It's stuck, with no room for progress.
"Isn't that true?" Su Mu, the captain of Wu'an, was slightly surprised. "The Youzhou Army came to Zhao County alone and lacked backup. We have organized our troops well and saved 20,000 troops, so we can still deal with it calmly."
"Captain Gao is not worried about the Youzhou Army." Su Jingfang, standing aside, rushed to answer his own father's question before Gao Shisheng could. "I'm worried about the Hejian Camp... Hejian Camp Xue Changxiong is not a fake tiger, and losing to the Deposed Dragon Gang is not a shame. But when Xue Changxiong realizes it, he will definitely send troops to the west to take Zhaojun, Youzhou and Hejian was originally a false alliance, relying on the banner of the imperial court. Now that the imperial court's prestige is no longer there, the two sides have been at odds again in the Ma Mian River battle, and they have gradually become defensive. Therefore, Zhang Ang's move in Zhao County is likely to cause Hejian In the war between Jian Camp and Youzhou Camp, no matter who wins, the two sides will suppress the other side, occupy Zhao County, and then join forces with the Deposed Dragon Gang to control the other side.
We're stuck.
Su Mu suddenly realized... Of course he knew that his son was trying to save him from the siege. In the same way, if Gao Shisheng preached to him, he would inevitably appear to be incompetent. But now, it was his son who said this.
After listening to Su Jingfang's explanation, Li Ding was silent for a moment, struggling to respond:
"But if we send troops again at this time, we will break people's trust.
"Who did you break your promise? So what if you break your promise? Besides, we said it, Zhao Ang still brought foreign troops in, so how can we break our promise?" Su Jingfang quickly stepped forward and urged him in public. "Teacher, it is unwise to hesitate at this time!"
"What do you think?" Li Ding looked at him seriously and let him see this
The student was moved.
"The student thought" Su Jingfang obviously hesitated for a moment, but continued to answer. "We should send out troops quickly, before Xue Changxiong sends troops, and before the autumn harvest, quickly defeat this Youzhou army in Zhao County, follow Zhou Xiaoshang's example of quickly expanding to several counties, and then use the victorious division to defeat the three counties. Xue Changxiong, form an alliance with him."
"Isn't it a bit dangerous?" Gao Shisheng felt uneasy.
Li Ding is not a fool. He was indeed a little confused by Zhang San, but it does not mean that he has lost his basic judgment, especially in military affairs.
noodle.
Therefore, even though he was obviously uneasy, he quickly completed the construction of some military strategies.
And Su Jingfang's answer was one of the plans he didn't say.
So, on the surface, he was hesitating about this strategy. In fact, there was only one hesitation he had, and that was whether he should send troops quickly and complete a new surprise expansion regardless of the situation.
Taking a Xiangguo County caused a lot of commotion, and also caused a shock in Zhao County. If another Zhao County was taken, who knows what would happen to Hengshan County?
"Just do it." Li Ding suddenly spoke calmly. "To beat Zhao Jun, I would like to see if the Deposed Dragon Gang can also give me Zhao Jun." "
