Zhang Chong was lying on the couch, and Zhao E was feeding him medicine.
No one expected that Zhang Chong, who was as strong as a tiger or an ox, would fall ill. He was ill for twenty days. He was in a coma for the first few days, and then he started to have a fever and talk nonsense. Zhao E, who was taking care of Zhang Chong, heard him say "
"Saint", one moment said, "I knew I would fail."
A few days later, Zhang Chong woke up. He couldn't stay at the hotel at first, but later he learned that the entire army was starting to conduct joint training according to the new organization, so he insisted on coming to observe the army.
In the end, there was no other way. Cai Que came with Zhang Chong on his back. The ones who were training together at that time were Guan Yu's Zuo Xiaowei's troops. They saw the banners hunting and shouting, and all the battalion leaders were under the command of Ling Qi, in strict order and order.
The military spirit was available, but Zhang Chong was a little more relaxed.
After that, Zhang Chong stayed in the camp. Zhao E tried to persuade him for a long time, but Zhang Chong couldn't help but say:
"Don't try to persuade me. I only sleep well here."
Zhao E understood, and then asked Cai Que and others to move all the beds and blankets from the mountain into the camp.
In the next few days, from Guan Yu, to generals like Zhang Dan, and to some recently promoted generals, they all came to the tent to greet Zhang Chong in an endless stream, and Zhang Chong tried his best one by one.
It's strange to say that meeting so many people should be tiring, but the more Zhang Chong met, the more energetic he became, and he got better in the end.
Some generals didn't understand. Only Xi Shenqing said to her former evil boy confidants:
"Here we are, it's a heart disease, so of course it needs to be treated mentally."
As soon as Zhang Chong's side was well, he kept on meeting with the Feijun scouts, who brought the situation outside the Tianshan Mountains.
The first and most important thing is the situation of Dongpingling.
With the support of the Sun Sacrifice intelligence, the Feijun scouts finally penetrated the intelligence into the Cao Temple in Dongpingling, which was quite difficult.
Originally, all the servants of Cao Temple were purged, and the county officials themselves drew some disciples from various families to maintain the basic operation of Cao Temple. This made it difficult to break through the servants of Cao Temple.
Later, Taishan Fang finally bribed a gambling county official and found out what happened to Dongping Ling during this period.
Since the former Jinan prime minister died, meritorious Cao Gao Zong has been in charge of Jinan County affairs.
This king was also an official, and he worked vigorously and resolutely. He first marched to Luzuo to bury the bodies of the victims, and then confiscated the millet that had been stolen from those households again. At the same time, an apology was signed jointly by all the chief ministers of Jinan.
The letter has been quickly sent to Kyoto.
The most surprising thing is that Xun Yu, the son of Xun Kun, the former Prime Minister of Jinan, threw himself into prison for the crime of negligence.
Hearing this, Zhang Chong was startled, Xun Yu?
This one is so familiar. He was the talented Wang Zuozhi who assisted Cao Cao in making great achievements, but was finally forced to commit suicide by Cao Cao by giving him an empty food box.
Zhang Chong did not expect that the people who surrounded and killed him in the city that day were sent by him.
Zhang Chong signaled the scout to carry the flag and continue speaking, and the scout continued with the flag:
"Later, although Gao Zong cleaned up the mess of Jinan Kingdom, he was actually unable to recruit any more brave men. Therefore, the defense of Jinan Kingdom is now jointly managed by the King of Jinan's attendants and several big families in the city. It can be said that the defense of the city is not enough, let alone
They went into the mountains to suppress us."
Seeing Zhang Chong nodding, the other man carrying a flag began to talk about the situation of Fenggao in the south of Mount Tai.
"Reporting to me, the powerful people who have been in high positions recently are also vaguely colluding with each other, and they have begun to alienate us. Mr. Hu's mother said that Zhang Ju, the prefect of Taishan County, had told the county officials several times not to collude with thieves.
We also arrested several wealthy families who had close ties with us, and confiscated their land. Mr. Hu’s mother said that there was nothing he could do.”
Zhang Chong frowned and continued to ask:
"What about the two hundred hectares of land in Wenyang?"
The flag-bearer immediately took out a book from his bag and handed it to Zhang Chong:
"Qu, this is a letter from Mr. Hu's mother."
Zhang Chong took it and took a look at it. He roughly said that the Bao family and the Taishan prefect were concerned about the field and asked him to be careful.
After reading it, Zhang Chong snorted coldly.
Then the third flag begins:
"Qu, recently a group of thieves near Lushan said they wanted to join us. They have been sending people to contact us these few times."
Hearing that a group of thieves had taken refuge in Lushan, Zhang Chong became interested and asked Bei Qi to continue:
"This group of thieves is short of food and cannot stand up camp. The leader wants to join us and join us in the camp."
"What are the conditions on the other side?"
"If they want to retain their original troops, they can listen to our recruitment."
Zhang Chong nodded, this is just because he wants to listen to the tune and not the propaganda, but it doesn't matter, you can contact him first.
After that, people kept reporting the latest situation to Zhang Chong one by one. It was not until Zhao E came in with a food box that Zhang Chong listened to all the information.
To sum up, there are already signs and germination of the siege of Taishan, but the situation is not as serious as he expected.
In fact, based on the response of a bureaucracy like the Han court, it is estimated that effective encirclement and suppression of Zhang Chong will only be carried out in the second half of the year. However, the behavior of Zhang Ju, the Taishan prefect, made him wary. Sooner or later, he and Bao will covet Wenyang Tian.
He wants to attack himself. So instead of doing this, why not take the initiative?
Wait, take the initiative? Right.
At this moment, Zhang Chong suddenly cleared the clouds. His previous idea had been to defend and wait for the Han court to send troops to attack. Finally, he relied on the geographical advantages of Mount Tai and the Han court's guerrilla attacks.
But who says he can only defend? He can take the initiative to mobilize troops to fight on the outside and constantly attack the effective forces in the counties and counties around Mount Tai. He can not only defeat the enemy one by one when they are not united, but also strengthen himself in the battle.
He had been limited in his thinking by Taiping Dao's Jiazi uprising. He had always felt that during the Jiazi year, he should not take the initiative to attack, as such a major event would not be conducive to Taiping Dao, and he also acted as a precursor to Taiping Dao in advance.
But in fact, for him at this moment, the Taiping Dao Jiazi Year Uprising is no longer a constraint for him. In this case, why not take the initiative?
As for whether he would attract firepower for Taiping Dao and be their vanguard, Zhang Chong thought so. Compared with Taiping Dao, his current size is completely worthless. After the Taiping Dao uprising, the Han court will still
Mainly attacking Taiping Dao. On the contrary, now that he takes the initiative to attack, he can still obtain the title of Shouyi, and his prestige in the church will be greatly enhanced by then.
As for how to explain to the sect, Zhang Chong can definitely tell the sect that their Taishan side will not start the uprising as Taiping Dao, so that Taiping Dao will not be exposed, and it can also help the sect to try Hanting in advance.
Strength.
Zhang Chong thought over and over that this was very feasible. He immediately asked Cai Que to summon the generals and let them come to the big tent to discuss the matter.
As for the first direction of their external operations, Zhang Chong also thought about it and used the Taishan prefect as a whetstone.
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Taishan County, Fenggao.
At this time, an ox cart slowly entered the city from the east gate. The dilapidated cover of the cart was full of traces of time.
As soon as the bullock cart passed by, two gatekeepers snickered and joked with each other. At this time, the head of the east gate came over, saw it, and scolded:
"Why are you laughing? Let's investigate carefully. Recently, the Lord has repeatedly said that the Taishan thieves and spies must be investigated rigorously. His eyes are shining brightly. If I miss the matter with Mr. Nai, your skin will be skinned when the time comes."
These two soldiers were also experienced and familiar with the East Gate, so they didn’t take it seriously and just responded with a smile:
"Chief Gate, look at the car just now. It was broken by the old cow. I was worried that the car was scattered in the middle of the road. Then you look at the people in the car. They are kneeling and straight, with a good posture. They are all like this.
You are so poor and you are still showing off like this. Who is it?"
The head of the east gate naturally knew who these two people were talking about. He had seen this person behind the wall before, but he deliberately did not come out because he was not happy to see this person.
When the chief of the east gate saw the two of them, he asked, and said with a smile:
"Do you know who it was that made it impossible for us to pay for entry-level business trips some time ago?"
The two soldiers shook their heads, but they finally understood after seeing the look on the gate leader's face. They both pointed at the ox cart that was driving away and said:
"It's him?"
The head of the east gate nodded, pointed at the old cow, and said sarcastically to them:
"Have you seen that old cow? This old cow is still a virtuous cow. This man used to carry this cow when he was the county magistrate in Bianbang County. Later, the cow gave birth to a baby.
Calf, when he moves to Wefenggao, he will still ride on the same cow."
One of the pawns was confused:
"Why not take the calf away? Sell it?"
The door leader smiled and said:
"That's a good question. Otherwise, why would it be called a virtuous cow? Someone also asked this person at the time. This person said that the cow ate grass from that county and drank water from that land. Naturally, the calf it gave birth to was like this.
Local. So he leaves office as he came into office."
After hearing this, another servant couldn't help but admire:
"Then this man is a wise official."
Seeing Dongmen Chang's face darken, he hurriedly explained:
"Chief, you are also virtuous, you are also virtuous."
The head of Dongmen scolded him directly:
"What's the use of a virtuous man? He's cut off our financial path. Who cares if he's virtuous or not? You two should be smarter. No matter how virtuous he is, he won't give you three more bushels of grain. It's just nonsense. Don't forget it.
, who gave you grain."
After saying that, the head of the east gate was still angry. As soon as he became the magistrate of Taishan County, he punished these gate chiefs and insisted that they not extort businessmen who entered the city. He just looked down on such so-called honest officials and kept saying that he was not allowed to do this.
He didn't even think about the one that couldn't do it. They just sent out such a small amount of millet, but they asked him to step up and strictly check the passers-by.
There is a lot of work, so don't we need to recruit people? But if we recruit people, we will only give them the original amount of millet. If they don't draw money from business trips, who will support the extra brothers?
Honest official, I would rather you be a corrupt official, as long as you can make me rich.
In short, the head of Dongmen is jealous of this Taishan County magistrate. After all, taking someone's wealth is like killing one's parents, and parents' hatred is irreconcilable. Now you are the Taishan County Magistrate. I don't know you as well, but you are an outsider.
Want to sit tight in our Mount Tai?
He expected that this person's personality and background would not make him a long-term position in this position. He had already heard from his second brother who was on duty at Cao Temple that the Lord of the Palace looked down upon this person. When the time comes, when this person is deprived of his power,
He will find another chance to take revenge.
So who is this man who is sitting in a broken ox cart and has offended the chief of the east gate?
This gentleman is none other than Zhuge Gui, who is from Yangdu, Langya.