The Zheng family in Xingyang is the most prominent family in Henan. Even if we look at the entire Sui Dynasty, there are countless famous families. Together with the Cui family in Boling, the Cui family in Qinghe, the Lu family in Fanyang, the Wang family in Taiyuan, the Li family in Longxi, and the Li family in Zhaojun

It is called "Five Surnames and Seven Hopes".

The so-called "wang" refers to a famous family, but here it specifically refers to "county Wang", which means a famous family in the county that everyone must look up to!

Taking the Zheng family as an example, in Xingyang, almost all officials, big and small, have some kind of relationship with the Zheng family. The influence of the Zheng family in Xingyang is much greater than that of Emperor Yang Jian, Yang Guang and his like! As for Yang Tong

, Wang Shichong and his like are even more difficult to match!

This time the Zheng family decided to join forces with Wang Shichong to rebel, and the whole Xingyang County immediately became excited.

Inviting friends, convening cronies, and gathering domestic slaves, it only took half a day for the Zheng family to gather a motley crew of more than 80,000 people![

Among them, more than 3,000 are the direct descendants of the Zheng family, core slaves, close confidants and the like, and nearly 10,000 others are also slaves and servants of the Zheng family.

As for the others, in addition to the large and small forces that are attached to the Zheng family and the tenants who rent the Zheng family's land, there are also many ordinary people in Xingyang who are only forced to rebel by the Zheng family!

With so many people gathered in one day, everyone in the Zheng family from top to bottom was so confident that they even looked at the sky with their chins while walking!

You know, at this time, the total number of Sui troops in the entire Xingyang County, including the Sishui and Hulao areas, was only 50,000, and they had to be divided into multiple groups!

What's more, in Luoyang, Wang Shichong has mobilized an army of 200,000 to attack Hulao Pass. If there is an accident, it should be easy to capture Hulao Pass!

When Zheng Jiayu and Wang Shichong gathered their troops together, the number of available troops alone was nearly 300,000. Why should Yuwen Chenglong's Sui army fight with us?

With this mentality, after gathering a large army, the head of the Zheng family, Zheng Yuanshou, did not rush west to Hulao to fight with Wang Shichong's troops. Instead, he turned east and attacked Kaifeng, another important town in Xingyang County!

It turned out that at Hulao Gate, only the partial division of the Sui army under Master Shang and his disciples totaled 20,000 men, while the main force of the Sui army, Wu Yunzhao's 30,000 troops, was stationed in Kaifeng city.

When he used his 80,000 troops to bully the enemy's 30,000 troops, Zheng Yuanshou, the former Sui Yitong general, felt that he was really a bit of a bully!

As for the possibility of losing the battle, Zheng Yuanshou never thought about it! Even if the opponent was the famous Wu Yunzhao!

Just when Zheng Yuanshou was attacking Kaifeng with great momentum, the Yingchuan County, which is adjacent to Xingyang, and the Xun, Yu, Guo, Chen and other aristocratic families worked together and finally gathered more than 50,000 troops.

Similar to the Zheng family in Xingyang, the composition of the troops gathered by the Yingchuan family is also quite complex. About 8,000 of them are direct descendants of each family, and the rest are mostly innocent people who have been kidnapped and do not know the truth.

Among the Yingchuan families, the Xun family was the most famous in history and produced the most talents. The famous "Xun family's Eight Dragons" during the Three Kingdoms period were all descended from the Xun family in Yingchuan. In addition, Xun You, Xun Yu, Xun Chen and others also

It comes from the Xun family in Yingchuan.

Although other aristocratic families such as Yu, Guo, Chen, Fang and Lai have produced some talents in history, such as Guo Jia, Chen Qun, Yu Xin and others, they are generally not as brilliant as the Xun family.

Due to historical origins, the Yingchuan family has been married to each other for more than ten generations. It can be said that the roots are intertwined and the roots are deep.

Therefore, there was no problem in communication between the Yingchuan families. In a seemingly friendly atmosphere, the families first held a meeting to distribute the fruits. Then they set off from Yingchuan and marched northward.

Xu County.

According to the information learned by the Yingchuan family, there are currently about 20,000 Sui troops in Xu County. The person guarding this place is Yuwen Chenglong's second son, a little kid named Yuwen Haodi who has just entered puberty.

"This is simply a God-given opportunity!"

After hearing the news, all the Yingchuan family members were so happy that they started to walk sideways![

You must know that although the Yingchuan Army is a miscellaneous army, it has a large number of people. The elders Xun, Guo, Chen, and Yu who lead it are all old foxes who have been practicing for decades and are about to become masters! These old guys, although they were not in the Sui Dynasty

He has made a name for himself in the officialdom, but he definitely has a lot of good intentions! At least, he is definitely not comparable to this underage brat like Yu Wenhao!

Therefore, after hearing that the opponent was the second son of Yuwen Chenglong, all the big and small foxes from the Xun, Guo, Yu, Lai and other families all let out a sigh of relief and said to themselves, "At least, this battle in front of us is...

100% sure! The only thing to worry about is whether Yuwen Chenglong will personally command the army to avenge his son after he comes to his senses!"

"But, at that time, that old bastard Wang Shichong should have come out of Luoyang City, right? With such a big backer, Yuwen Chenglong may not be able to vent his anger on us in a short while!"

"It's just that it's hard to say whether Wang Shichong can defeat Yuwen Chenglong in the end! After all, Yuwen Chenglong's military exploits are all real! And Wang Shichong just defeated Li Mi once by luck with a sneak attack!

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"Well, in this case, we'd better not completely fall out with Yuwen Chenglong! In order to have room for maneuver in the future! In this case, when we attack Xu County, we must pay attention to it and make sure to leave him

Yu Wenhao’s little life!”

As standard wallflowers, the elders of several major aristocratic families all came up with this idea. So, taking the opportunity of a certain meeting, someone tactfully raised the matter, and soon gained the support of the wallflowers.

Only Chen Shanji, the old man of the Chen family, felt quite contemptuous after hearing these words!

"Damn it! You dare to have an idea of ​​​​my grandson, you are really impatient!"

Although Yu Wenhao is not the biological grandson of Old Man Chen, after all, this is the only big tree that the Chen family can lean on! If something happens to Yu Wenhao, not only will the Chen family be without support, but it may even be very difficult for them to rely on it.

Maybe he was punished by the angry Yuwen Chenglong!

Therefore, old man Chen Shanhao was very attentive to this matter. He sent his close friends to Xu County three times a day to deliver letters and report every move of the Yingchuan Army at any time.

On the third day, Old Man Chen even asked for orders in person, saying that he hoped to serve as a vanguard and go to Xuchang City to fight the first battle to show off the Sui army, and so on.

Naturally, Old Man Chen didn't really want to fight the Sui army first, but wanted to defect first so that he could turn around and lay an ambush for the Yingchuan army!

Hearing that Old Man Chen was willing to be a pioneer, all the other aristocratic families were delighted and secretly happy!

It turns out that although Old Man Xun and others were full of confidence, they also knew that the Sui army was an elite force in hundreds of battles. What's more, Xuchang City was more than twice as big as Yingchuan City in terms of size. It was really a tall city.

Chi Shen! If you don’t have any clever ideas and rush to fight the first battle, I’m afraid you may not be able to get any benefits!

And Yingchuan's territory is so large, and there are so many aristocratic families, some internal conflicts are inevitable!

If the Chen family, or even all the other Yingchuan families, could lose troops and suffer heavy losses in this battle, Old Man Xun would be very happy to see it!

Therefore, after only a slight hesitation, Old Man Xun agreed to Old Man Chen's request to be the pioneer, and ordered Old Man Chen Shanhao to lead more than 6,000 troops from the Chen family's headquarters, as well as other improvised miscellaneous troops, totaling 10,000 troops.

Let’s rush to Xuchang first.
Chapter completed!