The army kept leaving Fukou, passing through Fukouxing in the heart of Hongshan Mountain, officially entered Hebei from Jin, and also entered the territory of Wu'an County.
Li Ding, the master of Wu'an, could not stop this army at all. Even if he was prepared, he could not stop this army.
The army opposite is 30,000 Taiyuan soldiers. They were recruited, adapted and selected by Bai Hengqiu from Jin and the surrounding areas in the past three or four years in Taiyuan. They are basically based on the elite soldiers of the Eastern Capital. In addition, There are countless officers who are descendants of Guanlong - some of them are the pillars of the family that lost power in the Wei Dynasty, and some of them are so-called young talents... Almost all of these acquaintances of Li Ding have some cultivation, among them Ning Thirteen or four people have achieved elixirs, and four or five people have achieved elixirs, plus more.
The quality of this army, coupled with the great master Bai Hengqiu who brought about another qualitative change in the army, was enough to easily defeat Li Ding's 20,000 soldiers from two counties.
Not to mention, Li Ding had no preparation at all.
Old Master Zhang's rally in turn became the best cover for Bai Hengqiu's military gathering. Bai Hengqiu's action of avoiding Cao Lin was natural. The appearance of Brother Wang Huaitong and many Jin clans and county guards made people feel relieved. By default, Bai Hengqiu's forces were not absent from this gathering.
The result was that seven days...or nine days were enough for the main army of Jin to reach the other end of the Red Mountain calmly.
As for the fact that his subordinates were easily shaken and unable to fight, Li Laosi was already numb.
His views on this matter kept changing, from shock and anger at the beginning, to sadness and silence later, to shame and silence at the end, because he realized that this happened because he lacked political organization. The failure of political organization construction directly led to the construction of his military organization, which directly defeated him.
Is there anything more shameful than claiming to be a military expert but actually being unable to complete the construction of a military organization?
"Since Li Silang has joined forces, he will be our deputy commander and my second deputy, commanding the entire army and marching eastward with me." The army entered Hebei in a mighty manner, and Bai Hengqiu simply tied Li Ding to his side. . "Everything can be done according to military orders."
Li Ding nodded simply, but he couldn't help but feel depressed in his heart, and sneered on the spot: "At Mr. Bai's age, once he comes out of the mountain, he is as fast as a tiger and as powerful as a dragon. It is really powerful."
Unexpectedly, Bai Hengqiu, who was fully dressed in military uniform, was slightly startled when he heard this. He couldn't help but look at the rising sun opposite and sighed: "I know, I don't know how many people will say that I am wily and cunning after today's events, but who will?" Do you understand my difficulties? I was born in the great Wei Dynasty when my fortune was high, and I struggled for decades. I got this good opportunity, but the days and months were wasted, and I am getting old...but my achievements have not yet been completed, so I can't help but act a little fiercely."
Li Ding nodded, but had nothing to say.
"More." Bai Hengqiu ordered immediately after seeing that he was appeased a little. "At the same time as we send out troops, I would like to borrow the handwriting of your Wu'an County civil servants to issue a large announcement to inform the people of Hebei that Bai is only here to depose the dragon thief. The rest of the people can watch me defeat the thief in peace. If anyone comes to help me, there will be I will give you a generous reward; even within the Deposed Dragon Gang, I will only treat Zhang San alone, from Wei Xuanding and Li Shu to the soldiers in the field, all can come and surrender, and they will definitely keep their wealth and honor."
Li Ding was startled for a moment, then nodded and looked at Su Jingfang: "Go and pass the order! And tell your wife, as well as Wang Duwei and others, plus everyone from Xiangguo County in the north, to come together to greet you to prevent misjudgment of the situation."
Su Jingfang quickly bowed his head and left.
Unexpectedly, after walking seven or eight steps and just about to enter the marching column, Bai Hengqiu was called to stop again: "Stay here."
Su Jingfang turned around in shock, quickly stood still, and then bowed his head.
"Li Silang, tell the soldiers and horses from Xiangguo County not to come over. Is the captain called Gao Shisheng? Let him lead the troops to Xindu and find Xue Gong to join forces." Bai Hengqiu looked at Li Ding, as if he was discussing. "In this way, I can inform the heroes in the north that you, Li Silang, have joined forces with me to strengthen their fighting spirit... Also, I will also send a soldier to go with me so that I can write documents."
Li Ding nodded naturally... Can he still object?
Su Jingfang looked at Li Ding, then at Bai Hengqiu, bowed his head and saluted again, and then handed over to the soldier who was coming out of the queue, and then hurried off together.
After the two left, they each took a dozen mounted guards with them. They first went up the official road and marched together with the army. Because the army had just left Fukou and the roads in the Hongshan Mountains were narrow, it was relatively slow. Su Jing could easily talk to the other party.
"May I ask my brother's name?" Su Jingfang looked at the other person and saw that the other person was slightly older than him and his cultivation level was not obvious. He should not be taller than himself who had just passed through the Ren channel. There happened to be a middle-aged man next to him. The young samurai accompanied him and guessed that the other party must be from a noble family, so his tone automatically adjusted to a Kansai accent. "I am Su Jingfang, the captain of the patrol school of Wu'an County joining the army."
The man glanced at Su Jingfang on the horse, hesitated for a moment, and then asked: "Didn't it mean that Mr. Li didn't bring any of his clan members with him when he came to Wu'an, and all of them were from Hebei? Why do you have a Guanxi accent?"
"My family was moved to Fufeng, Guanxi Province in my early years, and I grew up hanging out on the Weishui River." Su Jingfang immediately explained with a smile.
"It turns out to be Dong Laizi." The man responded.
"Donglaizi" is the name given by the children of Guanxi to the powerful children who were moved to their hometown in Northern Qi. Regional discrimination is particularly natural in this era when the basic rights of survival are related to the region.
However, maybe because he felt that Li Ding had a prominent position with Bai Hengqiu after all, or because he didn't want to ruin the errand, or because he saw that the other party's good attitude made him feel better, the person still gave his name:
"My name is Dou Li, and I am from the Dou family in Fufeng."
Having said this, Dou Li looked back at the unactivated white banner behind him, and involuntarily raised his head: "The commander-in-chief of the Chinese army is my father!"
It suddenly dawned on Su Jingfang that this was a son of Bai's in-laws, the Dou family, and his father was Bai Hengqiu's confidant, General Dou Qi of the Chinese Army. No wonder there was a guard beside him whose cultivation level was obviously higher than this person's, so he became even more complimented.
There is even a vague intention of seeking refuge and dependence, but how can Mr. Dou look down on such a person? Just a sneer.
However, a group of dozens of riders gradually reached an open area, and Su Jingfang, who came from the East, still kept complimenting him, and the horses under his legs were also moving forward at a steady speed, but this suddenly made the Dou family disciple become vigilant: "Why are you like this?" slow?"
Xiao Su immediately looked puzzled: "Is this not urgent?"
"The military and state affairs are important, how can we neglect them?" Dou Li immediately expressed his expression. "It's time to go at full speed."
After repeated urging, Xiao Su naturally followed the good example and galloped away, changing horses along the way, and arrived at Yongnian City before noon.
Arriving in front of the city gate, Su Jingcong warmly invited the other party to meet Mrs. Li together, and did not forget to remind:
"Madam is not like an ordinary boudoir. Her cultivation level is extremely high. She has always led the army to power, and she has a fierce personality... When we meet, Dou Canjun must not lose his etiquette. Otherwise, given our cultivation level, it is hard to say that we will lose our lives on the spot. "
Dou Li was stunned on the spot and turned back to see the leader of his bodyguard.
The leader immediately shook his head: "Zhang Shiniang...Mrs. Li is indeed a master, one of the best in elixirs. Don't mess with her."
Dou Li nodded slightly when he heard the words, and then slowly shook his head towards Su Jingfang: "It's a very important matter, so I'd better go to the military camp next to Heidiguan to check on the soldiers and horses first, instead of visiting Mrs. Li in person..."
"Isn't Dou Canjun going to make an announcement?" Su Jingfang seemed puzzled.
"After seeing the soldiers and horses, go to the county government to make an announcement. There will be no delay." Dou Li waved his hand quickly.
With that said, he unexpectedly turned around and headed towards the conspicuous Heidiguan military camp with his men.
Su Jingfang watched the other party leave and couldn't help but sneer in her heart.
This sneer was not about how the other party followed his original intention. He was used to doing this kind of thing, but that he knew very well that the reason why the other party simply refused to see his wife was basically because The other party relied on his status as a wealthy family and did not want to bow to a woman of unknown origin.
That’s all.
It's been three or four years since I left Kansai. If I hadn't seen these people again, I would have almost forgotten all these bad things.
But having said that, I have obviously been used to it since I was a child. Otherwise, where did my ability to observe words and emotions come from? But why do you feel that this familiar thing has become disgusting after only two or three years in Hebei?
Doesn’t it mean that Hebei is a moral depression? Isn’t it said that in troubled times, people’s hearts are lost?
In this way, while Su Jingfang was thinking randomly, he went into the city and met his master Zhang Shiniang.
After listening to the narration, Zhang Shiniang stood up on the spot and became anxious:
"So, isn't it true that Shiro was held hostage by Bai Hengqiu? If I go now, I can protect him to some extent!"
"Master, don't panic." Su Jingfang quickly explained. "At this point, the overall situation is irreversible. The key is to seize the most important thing at hand. And now Xiangguo County's troops and horses have to be sent directly from the north. The only thing that is still in doubt is the numbers in the Great Black Emperor Temple outside the city. Thousands of soldiers and horses, but the king and the captain have always admired the British duke... So the most important thing is to go out of the city and control the soldiers and horses in the barracks to ensure that these soldiers and horses are not taken away when the army joins forces!"
Zhang Shiniang suddenly said: "I will take Lihua over there and drive Wang Chen out in shock!"
"You can't push him away... Just control it. Master has not fallen out with the British father." Su Jing reminded again. "Captain Wang is not a traitor. As long as Master Niang goes over and tells him not to leave, he will understand."
Zhang Shiniang nodded and was about to pack her things and leave, but she seemed to realize something and immediately stopped and looked at Su Jingfang. However, it was just a glance. She came to her senses again and just turned around and tied up the dagger belt. Then he went straight out.
Su Jingfang watched the other party leave, took the seal in the back hall of the county government, calmly made the transfer order and documents to the Gaoshi Province garrison in Xiangguo County in the north, then took it and left.
The spring weather has been beautiful, and it has only been a few days. The roads are already green on both sides, and people are already starting to go to work in the cultivated fields dotted here and there. As you can imagine, plowing begins in these few days.
Xiao Su, however, had no thoughts on the beautiful spring scenery. Without any hesitation, he split his horse and headed north. However, after only half an hour or ten miles, he suddenly reined in his horse and stopped on the official road.
The accompanying knights naturally reined in their horses to watch.
"Wang Chenxing is Wang Chenkuo's clan brother, and Wang Chenkuo is a member of the British Duke. We need to be careful of Taiyuan taking the opportunity to occupy our county..." Su Jing looked serious and opened his mouth. "I want to go back and remind my wife, you can just go and deliver the letter."
After saying that, he took out the document directly from his arms and warned again: "Go slower... Do you understand?"
The knights understood immediately, and the leader picked it up carefully, then patted his chest and made a promise.
As a result, the two sides walked away from each other. The knights lowered their speed and continued heading north, while Su Jingfang galloped back toward Yongnian City.
However, after walking no more than five miles, when he came to an intersection, he reined in his horse again, turned around, and flew eastward on Pegasus.
By the evening of that day, Su Jingcong, with the assistance of the Qianlong Gang patrolmen, successfully arrived at the northwest corner of Qinghe County through many horse changes, and arrived at the Qianlong Army camp on the north bank of the Qingzhang River, where he met Zhang OK.
At this time, everyone in the Deposed Dragon Gang was having a heated debate about the direction of march.
That's right, the Deposed Dragon Gang had discovered Xue Changxiong's unusual movements. They thought they were facing a double-sided attack from the upper and lower reaches of the Qingzhang River.
Therefore, in this case, a natural military disagreement was born:
Some suggested defending, others suggested attacking.
But how to defend? Should we divide our troops to resist step by step or concentrate our troops on specific places to defend?
How to attack? Should we attack Xue Changxiong or Cao Lin? If he succeeds in defeating Xue Changxiong, will the fight be in vain but consume his strength? In the end, everything will stop when Cao Lin comes? And will he not be able to defeat Cao Lin?
In addition, some people suggested that regardless of whether to attack or not, they should first concentrate their forces to set up camp along the river. However, some people also suggested that they should focus on setting up camp north of Zhanghe or south of Zhanghe.
In short, the Deposed Dragon Gang has reached a point where it must make strategic decisions.
At this time, Dou Xiaoniang came with Su Jingfang and asked to meet Zhang Xing in private.
"The Deposed Dragon Gang can't thank you enough for what happened today, and I can't thank you enough either." Zhang Xing sat in a side tent outside the camp and listened, his expression unchanged. "If there is still an argument for deposing the Dragon Gang in the future, there will definitely be a place for you, Xiao Su."
Su Jingfang immediately smiled bitterly and was about to speak, but after thinking about it, he realized that it was a matter of life and death. It was unnecessary to discuss anything at this time, so he gave up and left.
However, after giving it up, the young man still couldn't hold it back.
"Chief Zhang, can the Deposed Dragon Gang really survive?" Su Jingfang looked at the people in front of him and asked from the bottom of his heart.
"Yes!" Zhang Xing said without hesitation or hesitation.
Su Jingfang wanted to ask why he could survive, but he stopped and suddenly mentioned another topic: "Actually, on Hongshan Mountain a few days ago, I didn't understand what my uncle said..."
Zhang Xing looked at the other party in surprise: "What don't you understand?"
"I understand each paragraph in detail, and I think they are all very good, but I don't understand them all together." Su Jingfang responded sincerely.
"I probably know what you mean... Master Zhang and I have some prerequisites for discussion, but it's a bit confusing for you." Zhang Xing thought for a moment and suddenly realized. "But the thing is actually very simple. I'll explain it briefly and you'll understand."
"Uncle, please give me some advice." Su Jingfang became more serious.
"A basic truth is that a straight line is the shortest between two points, do you understand?" Zhang Xing suddenly relaxed while sitting there and asked with a smile.
"It's natural."
"That triangular block formed by three straight lines. The three corners of the triangular block must be combined to form a line. Did you know?"
"I..." Su Jingfang was immediately stunned.
However, at this time, Dou Xiaoniang, who was by the door behind her, was more decisive. She turned around and took out a piece of wood outside the tent. She took out the knife, poured some infuriating energy into it, and easily smashed it into a wooden board. She made three more careful cuts and drew out A triangle piece came, and then three knives simply separated the triangle, and then put it together... Then he looked up blankly:
"It's true!"
Su Jingfang was stunned for a moment, grabbed the board with his own hands, and then cut out a completely different triangle. He also disassembled the triangle and put it back together, but it turned out to be a straight line.
At this time, Xiao Su no longer hesitated: "Uncle is knowledgeable..."
"Then let me tell you something similar." After saying that, Zhang Xing also picked up the Jinglong Sword and stood up. He drew a slightly offset cross on the ground inside the tent, and then started from the intersection of the cross and followed one of the The line meanders, drawing an obviously irregular line, and then draws a simple, standard wavy shape underneath the line. "That is the seemingly traceless line above. As long as it keeps moving forward along one of the straight lines of the cross, no matter how weird or bizarre its shape is, it can actually be made of a specific number of different but different shapes. And they are all composed of waves starting from the center point... Some waves may be small, some may be big, some may be above the line, some may be below the line, and some waves may have their center point coincident with the initial cross center point, which is a bit The starting point of the wave is random... In short, if it cannot be synthesized, it means that you do not have enough wavy lines."
Su Jingfang and Dou Xiaoniang looked at each other without saying a word.
"You definitely won't be able to verify it for a while." Zhang Xing said with a smile. "However, you should have guessed that this is the same as the first two principles. It is truth and axiom, but it is more complicated... so you can just remember it now."
Su Jingfang suddenly understood and nodded immediately.
"Now, consider this line of the two straight lines as the time, and the other line as the general trend of the world... Then this irregular line, which seems to have no explanation, is the current situation, or It's about history and the future." Zhang Xing spoke softly with the Jinglong Sword. "understand?"
Dou Xiaoniang shook her head, Su Jingfang opened his eyes wide and nodded immediately, obviously enlightened.
The target of the explanation was the latter, so Zhang Xing did not continue to explain, but continued to smile: "Well, when I was in Hongshan that day, I talked for half a day. Actually, I just wanted to say that everything has its ups and downs, as if everything has its ups and downs. Like a wave, it is difficult to argue if it is taken out in isolation, but there are always some things that are generally good, benevolent, and prosperous, just like some of these waves are always above the crosshairs.
"For example, the achievements made by the four emperors are basically this kind of good wave. The equalization of land and land granting system done by the Zhou Dynasty before was also this kind of good wave... There are also things we want to add, such as unifying the world and deposing slaves. Ji, cutting off the violent Wei, stabilizing the world, deposing the dragon and sharing the benefits, are also such good waves...
“And we feel that the speed at which we add good waves is faster than the speed at which we add bad waves, so the situation may still have ups and downs in the future, but it will definitely get higher and higher.
"do you understand?"
Zhang Xing asked seriously.
Su Jingfang shook his head and said sincerely: "I don't understand it very well, but after I connected everything I thought, heard, and read... After I connected it together, I felt that there is a way to go in the future."
"That's right... Actually, there are some explanations, but time is tight today, so let's stop here." Zhang Xing took back the Jinglong Sword and urged with a smile. "You should go back too...don't make them suspicious."
"Yes." Xiao Su turned around and left, looking back again and again. "If the army is approaching, I will try my best to convey military information so that my wife can contact me. We are familiar with each other and there is always a way..."
"That's fine." Zhang Xing glanced at Dou Xiaoniang, who immediately became serious, and nodded immediately.
Finally, Su Jingfang left quickly, and Dou Xiaoniang followed him out.
Walking outside the camp, the stars were dotted, reflecting on the clear water of Zhangjiang, and the south wind blew through the clear water of Zhangjiang, just like playing with the stars. If you didn't know that there would be big weapons in Hebei, you could really stop and appreciate it.
Su Jingfang looked at the stars on the river, put on a new horse, and was about to rush back overnight. Unexpectedly, Dou Xiaoniang stopped him from behind: "I can't thank you enough for what happened today!"
Xiao Su looked back at the other person, smiled, and then left.
Dou Xiaoniang looked at this scene and was a little distracted.
At this moment, Zhang Xing also turned back from the side tent and entered the messy Chinese army tent. As he arrived, the tent immediately became quiet, but the chief of the Deposed Dragon Gang did not say a word and only sat down. He tied up a whalebone horse in the innermost ring of the circular arrangement, then lit the leather holster of the compass on his waist, looked around, and spoke calmly:
"Everyone threw away all the previous discussions and summoned all the big leaders and leaders from the camps on both sides of the Taiwan Strait to come here to discuss the matter. The staff officers and clerks immediately prepared forms and diagrams. I want to know all the forces of our Deposed Dragon Gang in Hebei, including Henan. And the distribution of supplies... I will tell you the new military information after the leaders figure this out."
