Zhang Yide was in a daze for a moment, but he couldn't bear it anymore: "May I ask Mr. Dong, how can we use a thousand county soldiers to regain the ten cities in the south of the county?"

Of course Dong Zhao guessed that the other party would ask this question, so he put down his twirling hand, folded his hands on the couch and chuckled: "Since Yide has asked this question, do you know what the ten cities in the south of the county are like now?"

"I passed by when I came here and I know a little bit about it." Zhang Fei replied seriously. "The so-called ten cities in the south of the county refer to the eight counties south of Juluze except Guangzong, which is the farthest and the only one south of Zhangshui.

Ten cities were purchased by Xu Ziyuan with his official position, and they all belong to the Yuan family. When I came to check, I found that each city had its own territory, with a population of 1,500 in the big city, a thousand or even less than a thousand in the small city, and other than that

, next to the small town of Puluojin in the southeast of Julu Ze, because it is at the front and threatens Ying Tao, it is in a critical position, so Xu Ziyuan is personally in charge, with about 3,000 people... Anyway, the total is

The number is 50,000.”

"That's right." Dong Zhao also became serious. "This is actually the advantage of having local big families in power... Yide has been in the local area for a long time, so he should know that the ordinary government has half the strength to fight against these local big families.

However, the local manpower and material resources are in their hands, so they can't help but get twice the result with half the effort. This is the case here with Sun and his wife; and now, Yuan Benchu ​​treats his subordinates so leniently that Xu Ziyuan simply gives up local posts.

Giving in to each other will naturally lead to twice the result with half the effort. This is the biggest difference from us monarchs... However, this approach also has huge disadvantages. This is also the basis for thinking that Yide can regain ten cities with a thousand men and horses.

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"I would like to hear the details." Zhang Fei became more serious after hearing this.

"Please think about it, Yide. These people are actually locals. Once they are granted official status by Yuan Benchu ​​due to the troubled times, they will have the name of a place. If they have both name and reality, they will be the lords of the same place.

"After saying this, Dong Zhao couldn't help but sneer. "But since he is the lord of a place, he naturally uses his power and wealth for his own purposes. He regards this county and city as private property, regards other counties and cities as enemy countries, and regards the other big families under his rule as hidden worries.

In addition, they had suddenly gained such a huge benefit, and even the seals and ribbons were not intact, so they must have been extremely uneasy... In other words, at this moment, these cities in the south of the county are called one, but in fact they have their own thoughts and are wary of each other, even sitting in the city

I also have to worry about the local people in this county who have refused to obey me... In a word, this is the so-called autumn that everyone from top to bottom, left, right, and front are suspicious of each other!"

Zhang Fei had already heard some clues, but he nodded slowly: "Dong Jun is saying that if I lead the troops to the south of the county, if I advance quickly enough and Xu Ziyuan, the only person in charge, has no time to react, then they will not be able to do so at all."

Watching and helping each other, or even not joining forces to gather troops at all?"

Dong Zhao slowly shook his head: "It is necessary to make progress quickly, and the faster the better, but even if Yide cannot sweep away quickly, there is no need to worry that Xu Ziyuan can easily return to the army and gather the crowd... To be honest with Yide, you are going south this time.

There are two small strategies to help each other, which may have some effect, one is to confuse the enemy, and the other is to confuse the enemy!"

Zhang Fei was stunned on the spot.

"The strategy of disrupting the enemy is to talk about the big families in the south of the county. I have always known their roots and understand their grudges and disputes, so this afternoon I have written a few words according to their temperament, strength, old and new friendships, and resentments.

Ten forged letters." However, Dong Zhao remained calm and continued to sit on the couch and spoke calmly. "The letters are full of words of unity, alliance, threats, and provocation. Once Yide sends troops, there will be countless

Ten officials from the local area pretended to be envoys and went south alone at the same time to send their anger. When combined with Yide's military actions, they would definitely be suspicious of each other and might even attack and reject each other. The only way to confuse the enemy was to

It's even simpler... Yide might as well take off his military uniform and lead a thousand soldiers to cross secretly from Pujin. Don't touch Ren County and Pingxiang first, but pretend to be an official appointed by Xu You and march to Guangping behind them.

In the Nanhe area, we will launch a sudden attack again!"

With that said, just when Zhang Yide was stunned and didn't know what to say, Dong Zhaofu took out another document from his arms and put it in front of him. Then he showed a distressed look on his face: "Yide, please look, this is Xu Ziyuan."

The document of selling an official position, Sima of the Thousand Stone Division, is stamped with the seal of Yuan Shao's Chariot General. It is completely genuine. With this document, you can hold it in a arrogant manner, pretending to be reinforcements from Anping, and march southward from Julu Ze, saying

Maybe I can even open the city gate by cheating... The one thousand-stone official position cost me a full two thousand guan! Two thousand guan is more expensive than what the Emperor Xianling sold it for, which is why Xu Ziyuan can sell it at this price!"

After an unknown amount of time, Zhang Fei finally reacted, but he did not put away the document in a hurry. Instead, he directly got down and bowed to Dong Zhao: "Everything in the world is like a chess piece, and everything is as expected by the wise. Dong Jun divides it like this."

, It’s like making the enemies of the ten cities a show of applause. If I can’t restore the ten southern cities of the county for my troops, I’m afraid I won’t even be able to call myself a warrior.”

"Yi De doesn't need to be so polite." Seeing this, Dong Zhao jumped down from the bed and quickly returned the courtesy. "People have their own strengths and things have their own divisions. If there is no Yide Xionghu posture to rely on, my planning and arrangement will be nothing.

It's just talk on paper, just to make people laugh. Next, it depends on how powerful Yide will be."

When Zhang Fei heard this, he changed his previous restraint and responded boldly, no longer hesitating, just like a tiger waking up from sleep and a cheetah springing back.

Since the two of them had reached an agreement and neither of them were sloppy, Zhang Fei sent out troops directly on the morning of the next day, taking Sima Zhi with him and leading a thousand county soldiers who were not even equipped with military uniforms and only held banners with Chinese characters.

, hurriedly headed southeast... It was said that he was going to camp in the county seat east of Juluze, and to go to Xu You, a small town in Puluojin, south of the county.

In this regard, after seeing Zhang Fei yesterday, they thought that this man was a brave man, and since Dong Zhao was still powerless, Sun and his wife did not have anything to say. They just took care of Sima Zhi's accompanying the army and sent others.

My younger brother Sun Xing was marching with him as a deputy general.

However, what he never expected was that when the thousand soldiers reached the edge of Julu Ze, his younger brother was simply cut in two by Zhang Fei and thrown into Julu Ze. Instead, he became Zhang Yide's eldest son.

Then, the entire army of thousands of people immediately turned south. Taking advantage of the autumn water system, when the river was full and Daze was convenient for sailing, they boarded the boats that Dong Zhao had prepared long ago and headed south directly to the south of the county.

Three days later, on August 23, Zhang Yide, who pretended to be Yuan Jun and appeared in the heart of Junnan, easily deceived the gate of Nanhe County, killed the guard and the fake county magistrate, and annexed them all. At the same time, the entire Junnan

Almost all forces in various places have received various messages from the messengers;

On the 25th, Zhang Fei, who had hurriedly appointed a county magistrate and then left Nanhe alone, led his entire army to the east with two days of dry food and light troops, climbed up the rope at night, and succeeded in a surprise attack on Guangping.

next city;

On the 26th, Zhang Fei, who still abandoned the city and recklessly attacked with light troops, still heading east, led 3,000 troops to the foot of Quzhou City on the banks of the Zhang River. The pseudo-county magistrate in the city was frightened and thought that General Wei's army had passed Julu.

Ze, who was about to cross the Zhang River to attack Yuan Shao, actually surrendered directly. At this time, Xu Ziyuan, who was in the small town of Puluojin, just learned that something big had gone wrong behind him, but it was already too late to do anything because of Zhang Fei's wanton behavior.

Unlike Dong Zhao's fake messenger who didn't care whether his secret was exposed and kept flying all over the place, Xu You's messenger could no longer win anyone's trust;

On the 28th, he ignored Guangzong City, which hung independently to the south of Zhangshui River and almost broke into Qinghe River... In fact, the eight counties and ten cities mentioned by Dong Zhao did not include this city... Zhang Yide chose to gather superior forces and go directly to

Going upstream from the southwest, they captured Julu's southernmost camp in one day and captured two counties;

On the 29th, Zhang Fei, who had already captured five cities and had five thousand men at his command, actually chose to detour to Quliang County in Wei County and return to the north. However, the Quliang defenders were dumbfounded and caught off guard and succeeded again easily. So far, the entire

The south of Juluze has become Zhang Yide's hunting ground. Not to mention the defenders in these places, even if Yuan Shao dispatches the main force to help, he may not be able to win easily.

On August 30, Zhang Fei was unable to score 2,000 troops, including the 1,000 troops he brought from the north of the county at the beginning, and handed them over to Sima Zhi to attack Quliang, which is only separated from Handan by Jize.

The place was secure, and then he repeated his old tricks. He led the remaining army of more than 3,000 people, who were almost all surrendered soldiers, and returned to the north with only a few days of dry food... And the surrendered soldiers were the same as before, with no room for thought.

, then he followed Zhang Fei in a daze and continued to run out of the battle;

On the first day of September, Zhang Fei captured Guangnian County;

On the third day of September, Zhang Yide returned to Nanhe County, which he had initially occupied. He had gathered 4,000 troops and recovered more than half of the southern part of the county. At this time, it was only ten days after he first conquered the city. Ren County and Pingxiang in the north were

County and Julu Old City, they had just tested each other clearly, and then under the pressure of Xu You, they gathered together to try to recapture Nanhe. Fang was on the road... Zhang Yide immediately made a decision and attacked head-on. At dusk, the two armies

When they met, Zhang Yide rushed forward and penetrated the enemy's formation. The entire army beheaded three hundred people in one encounter and forced them to surrender on the spot. So far, this man who had been praised by Gongsun himself had killed ten thousand enemies within ten days.

The eight counties and nine cities in the south of Julu County will be restored, and even the Quliang County of Wei County will be added... After careful calculation, there is only one small town of Puluojin that has not yet been recovered;

On September 4th, Zhang Yide still did not give these surrendered generals any time to think about the surrender of troops. He actually sent a letter to Dong Gongren through Juluze, and at the same time, without stopping, he sent more than 6,000 troops north to attack Pu Luojin;

On September 6th, Zhang Fei once again encountered the enemy on the bank of Zhangshui, a large river in Hebei whose water system covers almost the entire Jizhou... It turned out that although Xu Ziyuan was caught off guard by Zhang Fei and was inevitably a little confused, his wisdom and plan were there.

, but he had already sensed the danger, so he ordered the entire army to retreat to the Anping Kingdom on the other side of the Zhang River. At the same time, he crossed the river first and went to the Anping Kingdom to bring thousands of troops to meet him. Before that, he forced Ren County and Pingxiang to

Waiting for the troops and horses from the three places to join forces and move south, it was actually just a feint, just to cover the retreat... It was a wise move!

But even though Xu You was so careful, he still never expected that despite his cleverness, he would suddenly encounter a rare general in the world, a bear and tiger general, and perhaps the best general in the world who is good at such chaos... Zhang Yide

In ten days and nine cities, he won every battle in one battle. The gathering of soldiers and horses from the three cities saved him time, so he could abandon the three cities and attack Urakujin.

It can only be said that Xu Ziyuan was lucky not to see the monster Guan Yunchang with other colleagues, and what was even more lucky was that he actually saw the monster Zhang Fei alone!

Back in front of us, Zhang Fei's light troops continued to move quickly. When they arrived, the three thousand troops had abandoned the small town of Puluojin, built a pontoon bridge, and were preparing to cross the river and escape with the support of the Anping garrison on the other side of the river.

...It's just that Zhang Yide, as a veteran general in the army, went out on the expedition and attacked as fast as a wolf or a tiger. By this time, his energy and blood could no longer be suppressed. How could he hesitate when he saw this situation?

As a result, he immediately mobilized the entire army to move forward. The soldiers and horses with sufficient strength were sent forward, and the soldiers and horses that had lost strength due to the extra battle were dropped at the back. Six thousand troops attacked along the river. One afternoon

So they beheaded more than a thousand people and surrendered more than a thousand people on the edge of the Zhang River. Among the remaining people, only two or three hundred people successfully crossed the river. The rest were trampled and crowded on the pontoon bridge and drowned in the river. It was the same as that year.

The Yellow Turban Army arrived together by different routes!

On the other side of the river, Xu Ziyuan still had thousands of Anping defenders. Seeing his soldiers and horses being slaughtered across the river, he was already panic-stricken and at a loss. However, Zhang Yide did not let the opponent go, and he took advantage of this to win a great victory.

, imitating Gongsun's battle on the Weishui River that day, he dragged out all the surrendered officers and the surrendered generals in his own army who had previously bought officers from Xu You but had no outstanding performance, beheaded them all, and executed them in public!

Xu Ziyuan's eyes were about to burst and he almost fainted, but there was nothing he could do.

After the execution, Zhang Fei burned down the pontoon bridge and threw all the corpses into Zhangshui in case Dong Zhao was not strong enough behind him. Then he personally gathered a crowd of 7,000 people and went to Gao along the Puluojin Road with great fanfare.

Tao Cheng went to support Dong Gongren.

Of course, Zhang Fei didn't know that on the morning when he defeated Xu You and shocked Zhangshui, Dong Zhao, who had received the information about the battle in Nanhe, directly invited the county prime minister and his wife to come to the back hall of the official temple to minister.

meeting.

In other words, as early as the beginning Zhang Fei suddenly disappeared with his troops, Sun and his wife were already uneasy; and a few days ago, as signs of Zhang Fei's trouble in the Heavenly Palace in the south of the county began to appear, his uneasiness became more obvious;

On this day, news came that Renxian, Pingxiang, and Julu City all sent troops to Nanhe, but were defeated by Zhang Fei. After the news came that Zhang Yide had almost succeeded in sweeping Junnan, he was even more cautious, walking on thin ice.

No more excessive behavior.

As for Dong Zhao's summons now, he naturally did not dare not to go... In fact, after tidying up his appearance, wearing a high crown and straight train, and a bronze ribbon and seal, he not only did not delay, but promptly changed his attitude, smiled like a flower, and hurriedly entered the familiar official temple.

When he came to the back hall, he bowed his head and called him Lord of the House.

Of course, Dong Zhao was as amiable as ever. He personally came to the hall to help the other party up, and then took him to the back hall to sit side by side, arm in arm, which somewhat made Sun and his wife breathe a sigh of relief.

But soon, as the two sat down and Dong Zhao opened his mouth, the head of the local family, who had been the Prime Minister of Julu County for many years, suddenly felt cold all over.

"Gong Gao, I have something to tell you." Dong Zhao touched the other party's hand, looking a little helpless. "Yide defeated nine cities in eight counties in the south of the county, obtained countless confessions from surrenders, and retrieved countless confidential letters...

...Nothing else, but the Huang family in Ren County actually found a letter written by you. The handwriting is the same, the seal is neat, and the messenger is said to be a close family member of yours..."

"My family and the Huang family are family friends." Mr. and Mrs. Sun quickly explained while feeling cold all over. "It's normal for him to have letters from me... His generation has only rebelled for two months, so how can the previous letters be counted?"

"Of course I know this." Dong Zhao said with a smile. "But this letter is not an old letter from before. It was sent after Yide went on the expedition a few days ago, and the first half of the letter is to remind Huang of his caution.
To be continued...