After killing Li Tingwen, early the next morning, before anyone noticed the hanging of his head at the city gate, Zhang Xing asked Xu Dalang to send the Bai family and his party, including the maids washing clothes in the side yard, across the river... He wouldn't

He dared to let Jia Yue's group take them there, and even dispatched them elsewhere... It can only be said that it was good to have something to say first, and the time was still short.

As Bai Erniang entered the military camp on the other side, Guan Xu, the former Puyang order and now the leader of the right wing of the Deposed Dragon Gang and the deputy helmsman of Puyang, also successfully entered the besieged Chanyuan City and met Niuda and the local Chanyuan people.

The rebels made an explanation.

In the afternoon, Meng Shanggong, the commander-in-chief of Jijun, went in to "recruit surrender".

But this matter was not so smooth sailing. Some of the local rebels who were involved in the Chanyuan Liaison Dragon Gang expressed strong dissatisfaction and anger, because they were not just Chanyuan people, but also a considerable number of people from other places in Jijun, including neighboring countries.

The heroes of Wuyang County, their ultimate goal is to return to their hometown!

In response to this, Niuda, who had been surrounded by these people on and off for almost a month, was quite embarrassed and ashamed, and then he was at a loss to deal with it.

On the contrary, Guan Xu, an old bureaucrat, had a calm attitude and dealt with things properly. He offered to stay and be free, and would provide money, food, and ordnance to those who left, and ensured that these people could come to Chanyuan at any time to settle down and besiege the city when necessary.

His achievements will also be remembered in the account books and... uh, Zhang Longtou's heart.

This can be considered as suppressing the matter.

After waiting for another night, the "surrender" was officially successful at noon the next day. However, this afternoon, as soon as the flag was changed on the city, the soldiers of Jijun couldn't wait to withdraw... It seems that they were doing business and keeping their promises.

On the other hand, the official army was more efficient than the rebel army.

But the matter was not over yet. Zhang Xing personally crossed the river that night, comforted Niu Da, and officially assigned the special Chanyuan to the Puyang branch, allowing him and Guan Xu to deal with it in camera, and hinted that he would wait for Li

After a big leader was added to the pivot side, Niuda was immediately added to the big leader on the right wing. This was able to maintain unity to a certain extent.

There's no way around it, this is just a life of a big boss who just makes do and make ends meet.

If Chanyuan doesn't give it to Niuda, can it be given to Xu Shiying, or to Wei Xuanding? Or do you have the strength to swallow it yourself? Xiao Zhou, the only one qualified to be a nail, is still wandering downstream.

In early November, the siege of Chanyuan had just been lifted. Early the next morning, Zhang Xingfu went without stopping. He almost immediately turned back with three thousand people, but he led his troops to Jiyin and then back. Xu Dalang also immediately led his troops to the west.

Returned to Baima, and continued to deploy troops to the border, linking up with Zhang Xing's deployment to form a defense line...

There is no way, there is really no way. Even if someone keeps saying that Longyou is being tricked by shrimps in shallow water and wants to clip Zhang Shizhao's beard, I am still worried in my heart. I am worried that suddenly there will be someone in Liangjun and Xingyang.

Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses rushed forward, extinguishing the so-called deposed dragon gang's raging situation with a basin of water.

It can only be said that fortunately things were not so bizarre. At least Liangjun only maintained an almost convulsive tension against the rebellious Jiyin and Dongjun, rather than an effective and decisive counterattack.

In fact, as soon as Zhang Xing arrived in Jiyin, some heroes from Liang County came to join in the fun. Not to mention the intentions of these heroes who were destined to return without success. According to the black evidence they had previously reported, in fact, the rebels had gathered before, but they turned to

After going north, the various places in Jiyin were temporarily empty. At that time, the fleeing officials from Jiyin who were passing through Liangjun and some middle and low-level officials in Liangjun themselves took the initiative to speak to the prefect Cao Wang, suggesting that the latter should gather troops from the county and troops stationed in the territory, and march north to Jiyin.

Yin, one hit determines.

To be honest, if Cao Wang really dares to come, I dare not say that the Deposed Dragon Gang will collapse, but at least it will be trapped in Dongjun and Jiyin, and it will continue to see each other for a year and a half, and it will be half of the other rebels in the first half of the year.

County, it is very possible for a county to be in the same situation as a headless fly.

This is because Cao Wang himself is a distant branch of the nation. According to the character of Uncle Cao, he will definitely support it. Liang County under his rule is also a large county in the Central Plains-Kinki area, with a prosperous population, developed agriculture and commerce, and

Because the intersection of the artificial canals from Huan River to Luokou Cang is here, there are also two serious garrison troops of 3,000 men each, and two Yingyang Zhonglang generals are here.

However, things didn't work out. Cao Wang hesitated and then did not come. He just chose to stay in his county.

This result, on the other hand, was within the expectations of Zhang Xing, Li Shu and others.

This is not to say that the two of them are very good at predicting events, but that by now, everyone has already seen that the current situation of rebels everywhere has never been about how powerful the rebels are, nor how powerful the government and the army are. The real cause

Rebels swarmed everywhere, and even hundreds of thousands of people successfully besieged Dengzhou. Nanyang, the southbound passage from Dongdu, was blocked, and the rebels like the Dragon Gang were sitting in two counties with no one to control them. In essence, there was only one situation.

reason.

That is, the emperor, who was the core of the ruling system of this era, took the initiative to abandon the north and most of the Central Plains and hid in Jiangdu.

After the emperor himself ruined the situation, he lost the confidence to clean up the situation and chose to escape, which was almost equivalent to him voluntarily giving up on his own world... So, although everyone still looked at Uncle Cao, he was able to establish it so easily

Does it belong to its own authoritarian system?

After being barely established, how can the northwest and southeast be balanced?

More importantly, if the situation reaches this level, will Jiangdong be able to stabilize? Can the people within Guanlong be suppressed?

Of course, these are far away. Back to the most fundamental issue, unless there is a direct imperial edict and clear instructions from Dongdu Nanya, most of the governors and Zhonglang generals in these places will just sit still, or

It's a perfunctory response. And everyone knows how it is possible for the three hundred states and counties of the Wei Dynasty to give direct instructions to the governors of states and counties. They will definitely mobilize field troops and appoint marching generals to lead several states and counties to carry out overall sweeps...

To put it bluntly, they are just part-time workers. Maintaining the situation in this chaotic era is worthy of the conscience of heaven and earth. Not everyone has the determination to be loyal to the country.

In fact, those who passively face the tide of the times and can muster the courage to face that decision are already heroes...Song Chang from before was this kind of person.

And if someone can take the initiative to embrace the wave of the times regardless of personal future and safety, even if he is standing on the opposite side of the historical wave, he can be regarded as a hero.

In mid-November, Zhang Xing began to check the land acres and household registration in Jiyin and Dongjun, and prepare to re-grant the land... This is not an innovative thing, but the beginning of the Wei Dynasty, or even the previous dynasty of Wei Dynasty and Dong Qi.

The system they tried to implement was finally implemented in the Wei Dynasty. The so-called land was state-owned, and men and women were allocated to households according to Dingkou, and then served according to the household registration, and paid land taxes according to the fields related to Dingkou.

The imperial court even allowed ordinary people to sublease their farmland, as long as they did not delay paying taxes.

This is a very good system. At least Zhang Xing can't think of any better way. What he can do now is to release slaves as much as possible, grant land fairly, and then decide the land tax according to the real situation, and

It is nothing more than allowing previously separated household registrations to be merged. Moreover, there is a saying that one acre of land is treated as two or three acres of land, and one household is split into three households. This extremely bad thing was basically done by the late emperor, especially

It was in his later years that he had a hot idea and used his slave status to open a door for people with official status to annex land. Instead, he quickly closed the door after the pilgrim ascended the throne.

At the same time, Li Shu and the main force of the Deposed Dragon Gang were sweeping through Dongping County. Almost all the county towns and military villages surrendered. Li Shu also couldn't wait to divide his troops into two groups and began to try to recruit the troops in Juye Zezhong.

After defeating the army in three expeditions and achieving great results, he tried to go to Jibei and Lu County extended his hand.

It didn't stop for a moment.

At the same time, Dongdu was melting gold pillars, recasting gold, silver, copper coins and weapons, and began to recruit troops on a large scale, and used the Jing'an Taiwan patrol team as a force to search for the slaves of Dongdu's wealthy families... Every time a thousand people were obtained,

He couldn't wait to be sent to Nanyang, where there was a veteran general who had just arrived with thousands of soldiers. He would be responsible for suppressing the rebel Wu brothers who had blocked the throat passage between Dongdu and the south.

It was still mid-November, and here in Qi County, a large group of rebels from Dengzhou Zhishi Lang Wanghou, commonly known as the Zhishi Army, finally crossed the border in a mighty manner, and then marched westward against the Jishui River.

There was a reason why Wang Hou came in person, and there was also a reason why he came so late. That was that he was at a disadvantage in the political struggle with the two commanders of the Hebei rebel army, Gao Shitong and Sun Xunzhi... Gao Shitong won over Sun Xuuzhi and established the relationship between the two.

The position of the leader and second leader, and then press Wang Hou.

Wang Hou was afraid of being annexed and did not have the ability to annex by fire, especially since the treasuries in various parts of Dengzhou had been divided up, so he simply took the initiative to lead his troops to Qijun. Before that, some of his subordinates had successfully occupied the eastern part of Qijun.

In the two counties, the process was effortless, which also made their march appear energetic and high-spirited.

"Is Cheng Dalang not here yet?"

On the south bank of Jishui River, in the morning, Zhishilang Wanghou, who was short and stocky, wearing full armor and a red brocade crotch, suddenly turned around on his horse with an angry look on his face. "Tell Shi Zijiang to send someone again,

If Cheng Dalang hasn't come yet, let him personally lead the 30,000 troops from the north bank to Chengjiazhuang to invite him!"

When the close confidants heard this, they did not dare to neglect and left in a hurry.

About a quarter of an hour later, in the north of Jishui, the second master Shi Zijiang, wrapped in a turban and wearing a armor, learned of Wang Hou's military order and immediately agreed. However, after the ordering soldiers left, he stationed his horse on a small slope aside and remained silent for a while.

And remained motionless.

"Don't you want the second master to call Cheng Dalang?" At this time, one of his confidants stepped forward and asked.

"No." Shi Zijiang came back to his senses and looked away from the countless baggage, livestock, and vehicles in front of him, looking slightly irritated. "Cheng Dalang is self-righteous. He only thinks that he has joined the Dragon Slayer Gang and looks down on us.

, no one paid attention to it, it was right to scare him and give him a try, but since the big boss captured Dengzhou, there is no longer the brotherhood in Linyi... I am obviously the second in charge, and I am obviously on both sides of Jishui.

We marched together, but they only asked me to take care of the baggage, pigs and cattle, and even asked me to do such offending things."

The confidant hesitated for a moment and smiled bitterly: "I think the first master didn't think about the last one. After all, he doesn't even care about offending you, the second master. How can he care about Cheng Dalang?"

Shi Zijiang was startled for a moment, but also smiled bitterly.

The two of them laughed at each other for a while, and then the confidant took the initiative and said, "How about I go there?"

"No need, just offend others." Shi Zijiang sighed. "Now that the boss has become like this, I can't learn from him...and there is no need for Cheng Dalang to show any shame anymore. I will go there myself."

Come on, let’s go together.”

Of course my confidant nodded.

Just like this, the army on the north bank of Jishui suddenly changed its route and turned north, heading directly for Cheng Dalang's territory. Cheng Dalang was so sophisticated that he knew about it early, but he panicked and led his troops to meet him.

The two parties met at the junction of Putai County and Gaoyuan County on the north bank of Jishui... As soon as they met, Cheng Dalang calmly stood up, dismounted from his horse, and took the initiative to salute and say hello.

Shi Zijiang stood there, hesitating for a while, but did not speak.

On the other hand, his confidant leader did not move on his horse as he rode forward. He only smiled half-heartedly and said: "Cheng Dalang, you are so majestic. You left without saying goodbye in Dengzhou before. Now, the head of the family, Prince Zhishilang, invites you again and again. You are welcome."

You didn't move, so Master Shi Er personally brought 30,000 troops over, and you came to pick him up... Do you think that you have climbed into some high branch of the Dragon Slayer Gang, or is it like the rumors that you have already joined the people from Hebei?"

Cheng Dalang naturally knew that those who came were not good and good people would not come, but he did not expect that he would be so disrespectful and was stunned for a moment.

But it's not over yet.

The confidant leader smiled when he saw this, and continued: "There is even a theory that Cheng Dalang tried every means to stop here because he had contact with Zhang Xuguo... He was waiting for us to fight in the front, and then sent troops behind and went to our baggage.

, cutting off our escape route... right?"

Cheng Dalang was angry in his heart, but he could only bow his head and hand his hands: "Boss Zhou, what you said is unreasonable... Of course I have selfish motives, but who the hell doesn't have any selfish motives? The world is in such chaos that the folks in my hometown are afraid

If something happens and drags me along, delaying the matter, why should I be charged with having an affair with the army?"

"Cheng Dalang, what you said is ridiculous. Since you know that all the folks in your hometown are here and don't follow our brothers from the East, why do you want to join the Dragon Slayer Gang? The leaders of the Dragon Slayer Gang, Li Shu and Zhang Xing, are
To be continued...