The city gate of Youzhou slowly opened, and Dong Xi led 3,000 troops into Youzhou City... Youzhou City was already heavily guarded, with fully armed soldiers standing on the top of the city, and the streets were deserted and there were few pedestrians.
Almost everyone felt the slaughter of the war.
"Old Dong!"
A familiar voice came from the top of the city. When Dong Xi looked up, he saw someone waving to him on the top of the city. It was his immediate boss Hou Mo Chenyi. Dong Xi followed Hou Mo Chenyi for four years since Renshou, and he has always been
Hou Mo Chenyi's confidant is a powerful faction in Youzhou, where there are many factions, second only to the Xue brothers.
Dong Xi urged him to come forward and smiled, "I happened to have something to look for my elder brother..."
Hou Mo and Chenyi were Li Jing's beloved generals at first, and later followed Yuan Hongsi to guard Youzhou. After Yang Yuanqing took over the general manager of Youzhou, he became one of the eight governors under Yang Yuanqing and led his army to garrison Beiping County. Yang Yuanqing returned directly from Liaodong.
In Fengzhou, Hou Mo Chenyi did not leave with Yang Yuanqing because he stayed in Youzhou.
Soon, Hou Mo and Chenyi were named the deputy general manager of Youzhou, assisting Xue Shixiong in guarding Youzhou. Under Xue Shixiong, Hou Mo and Chenyi did not live well. Xue Shixiong was relatively cold to him because of Yang Yuanqing, and the Xue family
The brother tried to seize his military power several times but failed, which made his relationship with the Xue brothers very bad, almost reaching the point where he was incompatible with the fire and fire.
Last year, after Xue Shixiong was killed in an unfavorable attack on Dou Jiande, Hou Mo and Chen Yi should have taken over as the general manager. Luo Yi seized the military power of Youzhou because of the support of the Xue brothers. Hou Mo and Chen Yi could only accept Luo Yi.
The reality of being the head of Youzhou.
However, Hou Mo and Chenyi and Luo Yi have been in Youzhou for many years and have some friendships. They get along well with each other. Luo Yi has been working hard to mediate the conflicts between him and the Xue brothers. Although they have not mediated successfully, at least they have not turned against each other on the surface.
This time, Luo Yi led his army to rescue Zhuo County, so he left Hou Mo Chenyi and led his 10,000 troops to guard Youzhou City. Hou Mo Chenyi walked down the city quickly, patted Dong Xi on the shoulder and smiled, "Do you want it?"
I'll invite you to drink?"
"Not the mood to drink now!"
Dong Xi looked left and right and whispered: "I have serious things to look for my elder brother."
Chen Yi waved to a side general and ordered him: "Go and arrange the place of General Dong's subordinates, and arrange it in my Beida camp. Tell Lu to join the army that he must treat it the same as my soldiers."
"Abide by the order!"
The side general hurried over, and Hou Mo and Chen Yi kept smiling at Dong Xi, saying, "War is the war, drink is the drink, it's the difference between two things, come with me to have a drink."
Dong Xi gave a few instructions to the deputy general, and followed Hou Mo Chenyi into the restaurant. The two of them came to the inner hut to sit down. Hou Mo Chenyi was such a regular customer. He said to the shopkeeper of the restaurant: "As long as you follow the old rules, you can add another one.
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Soon, the wine and food were delivered. Hou Mo Chenyi touched the temperature of the wine pot. It was just right. He poured Dong Xi a glass of wine and filled it with him.
"Say! What's the important thing?" Hou Mo and Chen Yi asked after taking a sip of wine.
Dong Xi's eyes flashed with excitement and he whispered: "His Highness of the King of Chu has arrived in Zhuo County.
Hou Mo Chenyi stood up and looked at the door. There were only two of them in the restaurant. The shopkeeper sat there and dozed off, while a friend was basking in the sun at the door. He closed the door and sat down, and kept the wine silently.
After drinking it all, he picked up the wine pot and filled it with it. After a while, he said lightly: "So what if you come?"
Hou Mo and Chen Yi's attitude surprised Dong Xi a little. He stared at Hou Mo and Chen Yi for a moment and asked, "You are not going to be loyal to sacrifice for him because Luo Yi asked you to guard Youzhou City?"
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Dong Xi and Hou Mo and Chen Yi have been in friendship for more than ten years. Rather than saying that they are superiors and subordinates, they are close friends. In private, there is no boundary between superiors and subordinates.
Hou Mo Chenyi thought about it and asked him back: "What do you want?"
"I'm doing it now, and I'm persuading you to surrender in Youzhou City!" Dong Xi said frankly.
Hou Mo Chenyi sneered, "Whoever surrenders to, will pay attention to us? I don't want to put my hot face on someone else's cold butt."
Dong Xi knows Hou Mo Chenyi very well, and has a sensitive self-esteem. When Yang Yuanqing did not take him away, he was always worried and thought that Yang Yuanqing did not pay attention to him. He just didn't expect that so many years have passed and he was still doing that.
Have grudges.
Dong Xi smiled bitterly, took out the letter from his arms and put it on the table and pushed it over. Hou Mo and Chen Yi glanced at him and saw the three words Yang Yuanqing. His eyes suddenly widened and he looked at Dong Xi in astonishment.
, hesitantly asked, "Have you... been in contact with you?"
Dong Xi shook his head, "It was His Highness the King of Chu who sent someone to find me."
Hou Mo Chenyi did not read the letter, but looked at Dong Xi strangely. If Yang Yuanqing sent someone to contact him, he should have contacted him. How could he contact Dong Xi, who was far away in Yuyang County, and there was no key person.
Hou Mo Chenyi suddenly woke up a little. He stared at Dong Xi and asked slowly: "Who are you?"
Dong Xi picked up the wine glass and smiled, "Does my brother still remember Yang Jiachen?"
Hou Mo and Chen Yiteng stood up, staring at Dong Xi incredibly, and said in surprise, "Are you too?"...
Dong Xi nodded, "One of the nine iron guards I stayed in Youzhou, and the seven people followed the young master back to Youzhou. Only Li Jin and I didn't leave. Brother, I'm sorry, I've kept it from you for so long."
Hou Mo Chenyi knew that Yang Yuanqing had eighteen iron guards back then, but he only knew Yang Jiachen. He never dreamed that Dong Xi, who had been with him for thirteen years, was also one of the iron guards, and Li Jin, who was killed in Goryeo.
So, it's.
Hou Mo and Chen Yi slowly sat down, and his heart was in a mess. He had experienced ups and downs over the past few years and his career was not going well. He had always resented Yang Yuanqing for not taking him away, which was his contempt for him. At this moment, Lian Dong
Xi was also Yang Yuanqing's iron guard back then. He suddenly understood a little. I'm afraid Yang Yuanqing deliberately left him and Dong Xi in Youzhou.
Hou Mo and Chen Yi slowly took the letter from the table and opened it and read it. The letter briefly described the friendship for more than ten years, but there is only one real content. I hope he can surrender with Youzhou City and Youzhou in the future.
He will be the headmaster.
Hou Mo and Chen Yi took a deep breath. Yang Yuanqing actually agreed to hand over the position of Youzhou General Manager to himself. This was of course his dream, but this trust made his heart's dissatisfaction with Yang Yuanqing immediately disappear without a trace. He only had the only one in his heart.
A touch of trust.
Hou Mo Chenyi pondered for a moment and said, "The key now is Xue Wanjun, he is our biggest obstacle."
Dong Xi was overjoyed. Hou Mo Chenyi said this, and he agreed. He immediately said: "His Royal Highness of Chu hopes that we will take down Youzhou City within three days. As long as we take action tonight, we will defeat Xue Wanjun and
Not difficult.”
Hou Mo Chenyi shook his head, "You think things too simple. Xue Wanjun is extremely guarded against me. He lives in the military camp now, and the eighteen personal soldiers are inseparable from him. It is impossible to take him down."
Dong Xi frowned, "This is a bit troublesome. It's only three days. Is there no other 4 methods?"
Chen Yi stared at the wine glass, and after a long time he slowly said, "There is one way to do it, just depend on whether he can deceive Xue Wanjun."
Speaking of this, he smiled mysteriously and immediately aroused Dong Xi's curiosity. He didn't know what he was talking about.
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Anping County, Boling County, is the junction of Boling County and Hejian County, only more than 200 miles away from Dou Jiande's capital. This is also located in the central Hebei Plain. The moon has just come up, and the bright silver light shines on the endless fields.
Above, there are large silver-gray shadows distributed in the distance, in a dense forest, next to the forest is a wide river, which is the famous river Hutuo Water in Hebei. It is like a black jade belt, in the moonlight
The lower part is shining.
Although the land here is fertile and the water source is sufficient, after years of riots and bandits, this place has become a red wilderness. There is no village within a dozen radius, and only the county town hides more than a thousand surviving people. After the night sky is overwhelming, they do not
Dare to step out of the county town.
At this time, on the grass beside a dense forest, there were tens of thousands of black shadows. Some were sleeping in military blankets, some were whispering, and some soldiers were drinking secretly.
Two sips of strong wine hidden in their arms resist the severe cold of early spring nights.
Next to the Hutuo River, Luo Shixin held the handle of the sword and stared at a forest standing on the horizon. However, he was thinking about this mission in his mind. He led 30,000 troops to Leshou County and forced Dou Jiande to withdraw his troops from Zhuo County.
This task is not simple. Leshou County is Dou Jiande's capital. There are 200,000 troops stationed there for many years, of which 100,000 troops have already gone north, and there are 100,000 troops strictly defending their capital, led by General Wang Fubao.
When Luo Shixin followed Zhang Xutuo, he had fought with Wang Fubao in Jibei County. He knew that this man was a ruthless person, with a strong command ability, and was resourceful. In that battle, Wang Fubao only led more than 3,000 people to attack Jibei County.
The granary, however, had a draw with his five thousand troops and finally retreated calmly. At that time, Luo Shixin's most cowardly battle was the most. When he thought about it, he still felt a little hatred in his heart.
Despite this, Luo Shixin attached great importance to this. There was always a reason why Dou Jiande asked Wang Fubao to guard the capital. It was not necessarily because Wang Fubao was loyal. Luo Shixin felt that the more important reason was that this person was good at fighting and could defend the capital for Dou Jiande.
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"General, you have been resting for an hour. Can you set off?" Deputy General Li Hai'an walked to Luo Shixin and asked in a low voice.
Luo Shixin shook his head, "Wait a minute, wait until the scout comes back, I have a premonition that we come from Boling County, and the other party may already know our movements. I am worried that the other party's 100,000 troops will set up their pockets and let us get in.
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At this time, a team of cavalry rushed from a distance, and Luo Shixin was excited, "They are here!"
After a moment, the scout rushed to Luo Shixin, turned over and dismounted, and knelt down on one knee and said, "Report to General Luo, we have found tens of thousands of troops in Raoyang County, fifty miles away."
Luo Shixin sneered, "It's true that I can't come from what I am!"