The moon sets over the mountains and rivers, and the stars sink into the vast sea.
When the morning sun comes up, the morning fog dissipates, and the sunshine fills the ravines and forests, the night passes quietly like a white foal passing through the gap...
Xu Zongwen led an army of 10,000 men, lightly armed and simple, with one person and two riders. They set out from Linzi City, passed through Le'an and Jinan counties, left Qingzhou and entered Taishan County in Yanzhou. In the opposite direction to Shen Yu and Zheng Lue, Xu Zongwen went south and bypassed Taishan, prepare to march from the direction of Wenshui, Sheqiu, Gangping, and then change the route all the way to the west, toward Suiyang.
"Cock-clack..." The rooster crows and he arrives early in the morning the next day.
On the second day after leaving Linzi, Xu Zongwen began to miss the comfortable days with Nie Zhen'er by his side. Compared with Nie Zhen'er's considerateness, the two brothers Zhang, three and four were as reckless and rough as Zheng Lue. Xu Zongwen was Those who dislike it don’t want it.
"That's enough! I told you that the general won't eat breakfast, so take it all!"
Zhang San said with a sad face: "General, why are you on your way without breakfast?"
Xu Zongwen opened the marching tent, opened his eyes, stretched, and yawned. When he opened his eyes, he suddenly became enlightened!
The emerald-like peaks between Mount Tai are continuous and majestic, inserted into the clouds. The silk-white morning mist above the Naihe River is penetrated by the sun in the blink of an eye.
Like a girl dancing with her skirt dancing lightly on the top of the cliff, she no longer knew where she was when she blinked again.
"As expected of the Five Sacred Mountains!"
In the east, a new sun glowing with red light has risen. This unparalleled beauty in the world is the envy of all living beings!
"Zhang San, how far is it from Gaoping?" Xu Zongwen
Hearing the sound, Zhang San took out the map he carried with him and immediately replied: "There are still three hundred miles to go."
"Is there a closer route?"
"This subordinate doesn't know this!" Zhang San grabbed his hair. He really didn't know. He was not from Yanzhou.
Xu Zongwen swallowed his saliva and waved his hand helplessly: "Go and call Pang Bai over."
"No!" Zhang San was granted amnesty, after all! With Pang Bai, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, there is nothing he doesn't know, and he should have used it long ago.
Shaoqing, based on Pang Bai's intelligence, Xu Zongwen decided to change the previous route and attack Dingtao of Jiyin County from the north of Gaoping and the direction of Juye on the south bank of the Zhaowang River, knocking the mountain to shake the tiger, and help Xie Xuan of Suiyang reduce the pressure of the siege. Then go directly north to Juyang and Lihu, and capture Puyang in one fell swoop!
This calculation saves two days of travel compared to the original plan, and Xu Zongwen is very satisfied.
"Tell brothers, put on Qin Jun's clothes and enter Gaoping soon. Don't let anyone discover our identities!"
Xu Zongwen gave many orders and instructions, and carried with him the edict from King Qin sent by Fu Jian to Fu Lang, which was seized from Linzi City, just in case.
King Qin's edict is a great weapon, it can protect Xu Zongwen's amulet when he goes deep into Yanzhou!
With King Qin’s edict, who dares to stop him along the way?
Three days later, Jiyin County arrived at Dingtao City.
About seven days ago, Zhang Chong, the governor of Yanzhou, sent troops from Linqiu to attack Suiyang and passed through Dingtao. He stored the army's grain and 100,000 stone garrison in Dingtao and recruited 5,000 people from Dingtao to go with him to Suiyang.
Under the banner of Qingzhou County soldiers, Xu Zongwen asked Feng Gu, the prefect of Jiyin, to open the city gate and provide military supplies in the name of food shortage.
Feng Gu, the prefect of Jiyin, only had 2,000 people under his command, and they were all old, weak, sick and disabled, which was not enough to defend Tao City. When he saw Xu Zongwen's army was in chaos, he was so frightened that he immediately sent someone to get 1,000 shi of grain. Send it to Xu Zongwen's camp.
"Who does your eunuch think we are? From Dingtao to Chang'an it is at least three thousand miles, a journey of one or two months. With such a small amount of food, how can you send out beggars?"
Xu Zongwen immediately pulled out his long sword and put it on the neck of Feng Gu's subordinate. The latter was so frightened that his legs trembled, and he knelt down with a plop, begging for mercy again and again.
"The villain is just a messenger! The general must not be angry. If there is anything wrong, the villain can inform my master of the general's needs. I believe that the master will satisfy the general..."
Xu Zongwen let go of his sword and said coldly: "I hope Mr. Feng won't keep me waiting for a long time. I have so many brothers who have to eat, right? With so many people, a thousand stones will be gone in less than a month. How can you Don’t you think we will starve to death on the way? To say the least, starving to death for us warriors is a small matter, but it will miss the mark of His Majesty’s counterinsurgency plan. Can your family be responsible for it?”
Xu Zongwen stretched out three fingers and asked Feng Gu for 30,000 stones of food and grass at one time. Unexpectedly, Feng Gu agreed very generously!
"It seems that this small Dingtao City must have a secret!" Xu Zongwen was suspicious, but there was no pompous Jin Yiwei Xizuo in Dingtao City. He had no idea what Feng Gu was hiding from him?
At Xi Jian's suggestion, Xu Zongwen decisively launched a sudden attack on Dingtao City. There were only two thousand old and weak people in Dingtao City. Faced with the fierce attack of Xu Zongwen's 10,000 troops, Dingtao City was almost defenseless and tightly held in half. Within an hour, Xu Zongwen captured Dingtao City.
When he heard that the army outside the city had invaded Dingtao City, Feng Gu, the prefect of Jiyin, was so frightened that he turned into a puddle of mud. He sat on the ground with a mournful face and hurriedly asked his subordinates: "Didn't these 30,000 stones of grain and grass be distributed in full? Why are these Qingzhou soldiers Suddenly attacked the city?"
Not to mention that Feng Gu was confused, no one in the entire Dingtao City, from inside to outside, from top to bottom, really understood what happened in this short half hour?
"Go and have a look at Dingtao Granary immediately." Xu Zongwen was riding on his horse. Zhuge Kan and others were controlling the city gate. He was accompanied by brothers Zhang, Zhang, and Zhang on the left and right, and behind him were the two great counselors Pei Qing and Xi Jian.
Under the leadership of the soldiers who surrendered in the city, Xu Zongwen and others arrived at Dingtao Guancang in less than an hour.
"I'm such a good girl!" He really didn't know it until he saw it. He was shocked when he saw it. Xu Zongwen opened the official warehouse and saw that all the warehouses in the granary were full without any gaps. You must know that Feng Gu also dialed Thirty thousand shi of grain went out of the city to give to Xu Zongwen!
Xu Zongwen captured Dingtao effortlessly and seized nearly 150,000 shi of grain from Dingtao's official warehouse. Under torture, the officials guarding Dingtao's granary confessed that this was all due to Yanzhou governor Zhang Chong's expedition to Suiyang and passing by Jiyin County to store it. This military ration.
Xu Zongwen waved his hand: "Distribute all to the people inside and outside the city, and don't leave a grain of corn for the Qin army..."
The people were ordered to distribute 150,000 shi of grain to the people. The people who received the food came to the city gate one after another and begged Xu Zongwen not to leave. When they learned that Xu Zongwen would definitely leave, the people of Dingtao helped the old man and brought him with him. Youlai bid farewell to Xu Zongwen's army.
"General, don't worry. The land of Yanzhou will be recovered by my king's army sooner or later. The people of Dingtao are grateful for their help and food. It will become a good story in the future." Pei Qing saw that Xu Zongwen was unhappy all the way and hurriedly consoled him.
Xi Jian got the hint from Pei Qing's eyes and advised him: "What Brother Fuji said is reasonable. What we should consider now is whether there are enough ships in Puyang to accommodate our army to enter the old route of the Yellow River."
Yes, the land lost for a while will always be regained. As the leader of an army, you still have to take a longer-term view.
Xu Zongwen nodded and began to ask the two counselors about the strategy of going north from Dingtao.
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