"Actually, it can't be said to be useless." Xu Shiying reminded seriously. "I said before that I would reward the entire army, but it turned out that I didn't have time. I just used these good items as rewards, especially the rewards for this army expedition, or the first-level leaders.

Rewards allow leaders to exchange military merit for these items."

"Indeed." Zhang Xing certainly agreed. "Indeed, these silks are from Xiayi. I didn't expect that the silks would be returned to their original owners. The internal servants went back first, so they first divided a part of them to the internal servants in return, and the rest were distributed according to the rules.

Let’s do this, it’s just...” However, at this point, Chief Zhang looked at the pile of whale bones that could be seen in the distance through the courtyard wall, and finally couldn’t bear it anymore. “But what are these bones used for?”

Xu Shiying also became confused.

"For engraving, and for making furniture." Bai Yousi, standing by, blurted out. "Whales have been called half-dragons since ancient times. Dragons are hard to find, but whales are easy to find, so whale bones are often used to carve beds and seats.

The throne and bed in the capital are said to be real dragon bones."

Zhang Xing immediately thought of an old friend from Huaishang and suddenly realized: "So, this is for the exclusive use of the royal family?"

He had only traveled through time four or five years ago, and some of the things were a bit fake. He might have thought they were jade after seeing similar objects in person. As for Xu Shiying and several other leaders who were watching the fun, they were even more shocked on the spot.

"It's not just the royal family, it's more like the royal family, such as the Duke and the Princess. They usually have specific whale bone ritual vessels." Bai Yousi continued to explain. "And when the king is crowned, a whale bone is often set aside.

, specially made to correspond to the ritual seals, so giving whale bones has a specific meaning."

Chief Zhang was completely stunned: "Sima Gong wants to put me on the fire!"

"He's not that smart." Bai Sanniang answered seriously. "I'm afraid he really thinks this thing is to your liking."

"So... let's stay!" Zhang Xing thought for a moment and nodded, which attracted many leaders to look at him or exchange glances.

But the next moment, these people were stunned.

"First make the seal ribbon, and the team generals will use this thing for all the above." Chief Zhang continued. "Then each of the big leaders will get a stool, and the leader will each have a whale bone horse. Li Longtou, Wei Longtou, and Du Longtou will each make another

I will give half of one individually... If there are any left, I will give some to Liangjun, Huaiyang, Jijun, and Wuyangjun. I will also give some to Li Ding of Wu'an County, Taiyuan Baigong, and Hejian General Xue...

If Wang Jiulang is there, aren't you going to Huainan? Give him half a stick too... We all have a share in meeting each other, and everyone has a little bit of the king's spirit."

Shang Xia was completely speechless, but soon, he couldn't help but become impatient. Can he really be separated?

Facts have proved that it is indeed possible to divide the maza!

In the next few days, both sides naturally continued to slowly retreat their troops in an orderly manner. However, Chief Zhang, who was too panicked to leave the battlefield early, actually helped the craftsmen cut and polish them. As expected, he quickly made several whale bone ingredients.

Ma Zha, the leaders of the retreating troops took them one by one, only hanging on their horses.

It is said that it was so hot along the way that many people even had to dismount their horses and rest seven or eight times along the way.

Finally, as the agreement between Zhang Xing and Sima Zheng was quickly fulfilled, in late June, 10,000 Taibao troops boarded the waiting fleet in Zhongli County and successfully returned to the Huaixi area.

But Zhang Xing didn't waste any time. He released Zhao Guang first, then broke off Sima Huada's legs, tied them into rice dumplings, stuffed his mouth and hung them on the city gate. Then he and Xiong Bonan, Bai Yousi and Wu Jingfeng

, Wu Chang was waiting for the top combat forces in the gang to withdraw together.

Although Chief Zhang was not willing to fight this battle at the beginning, and the process was actually not perfect, at this point, it finally achieved a nominal solution - the gang recaptured Linyi, killed the traitors, and advanced the attack along the way.

When they arrived at the base of Xuzhou and held Pengcheng City, they forced the opponent to complete the alliance under the city walls before turning back.

In fact, the gang also promoted this to all parties within and around the territory.

As for the effect, it's hard to say, because so far, except for Liangjun and Huaiyang, which are close by, most of the surrounding forces are still helping to complete the reorganization of the internal power order. Zhang Xing became the chief and took advantage of the situation to send troops to Xuzhou to punish

Traitor on this shocking message.

As for Liangjun and Huaiyang, although they heard the news, they were more shocked by the two whale bones... The two prefects are not unlearned like Zhang Xing, nor are they country bumpkins like Xu Dalang.

Of course they knew what this meant, but they were all panicking and instinctively wanted to refuse.

However, the messages that accompanied the arrival of the whale bones came into play - Xuzhou was a "big victory" in the First World War, and the bones came from Jiangdu. The newly appointed Chief Zhang distributed the whale bones to the gang leaders and surrounding friends indiscriminately.

After repeated attacks, he finally dared not refuse and only accepted the whale bones and carefully hid them in the warehouse.

Not to mention these, just say that Zhang Xing left Xiao County with the last army, and the Xuzhou army rushed in immediately. Sima Zheng, who was leading the way, also saw Sima Shida hanging on the city gate, but finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's good that he's not dead." Sima Jinda also breathed a sigh of relief, then turned to look at his nephew and spoke sincerely. "Erlang, please put your uncle down, I will take him back to Jiangdu to recover... A little humiliation is nothing.

"

Sima looked expressionlessly at the only one among his uncles, Ning Dan, without saying a word.

Sima Jinda was still a little confused at first, but soon, as his nephew looked closely at him, he suddenly remembered the relevant rumors in Xuzhou City, and then he was sweating like rain, and his voice trembled: "Two...

Erlang, don’t do anything stupid!”

The surrounding generals also woke up and fell into a trance for a while. Someone with status like Chen Yonglue even reined up his horse and stepped forward, ready to persuade.

Unexpectedly, Sima Zheng withdrew his gaze from his seventh uncle's face, and just turned his head to sweep away. An invisible force of Qi suddenly surged, and there was actually a storm on the ground. All the generals from Chen Yong on down were silent and did not dare to speak.

.

"Everyone." Sima Zheng, a tall man with dazzling armor, was sitting on a horse, looking at the generals as if he were condescending. However, his face was as usual, but his tone was sinister. "The two armies are fighting, each has its victory or defeat, and each has its own differences.

The young boy was killed. Zhang Sanlang beat Li Wenbo to death in Jiangdu and took Linyi back. Naturally, he could give an explanation to his brothers in the gang, but what about me? What about us in Xuzhou? If we can't kill one person, how can we fight on the south bank of Bian River?

How can one give an explanation for the death of so many brothers? How can one give an explanation to General Zhao who is seriously injured in bed? How can one give an explanation to so many heroes who have defected to Langya?

"Besides, I heard someone say that if the trickle is not blocked, it will become a river." What he means is that if the trickle at the source is not blocked, it will flow into a river sooner or later. Sima Shida escaped from the battle

, which caused the camp on the south bank of the Bian River to collapse instantly that day, was actually the main contributor to our loss of troops and generals this time, and it was also the trickle of the three counties of Xuzhou!

"And this trickle happens to be my uncle, so of course I have to block it with my own hands!"

With that said, Sima Zheng took out a pair of bows and arrows from the horseback of his stunned Seventh Uncle, then turned the horse's head, bent the bow and set the arrows, with great luck, but it turned out to be the sharpest Duanjiang Zhenqi, and then just

The bow string was loosened amidst the silence of countless soldiers below the city and the struggling whimpering of the man at the top of the city.

The long arrow flew like lightning, directly piercing a large hole in Sima Shida's chest. The flesh and blood exploded and spread two or three feet away, and then the entire arrow body was nailed into the city wall.

At this time, Sima Zheng just handed the bow back to his seventh uncle, and then rode forward alone, passing under the city gate that was still dripping with blood. The blood fell on the shining armor, like oil dripping.

On the hot pot, it suddenly sizzled and then disappeared.

The Xuzhou generals were silent for a moment, and then they scrambled to catch up with their horses from the blood stains. Sima Jinda was left alone at the gate of the city, still looking at the body of his third brother in shock.

Three days later, Sima Jinda reported that the prince-in-law Sima Shida was chasing the Huankou bandits, was ambushed, and died gloriously for his country.

This memorial was a collaboration with Wang Daiji. The former sent it back one day earlier. After hard work with the generals of the Xuzhou camp, he had successfully driven the Huankou thieves out of their base. The thieves hurriedly walked west, and he

I also temporarily left the Xuzhou generals and led a thousand people to continue westward to Huainan County.

Of course, the actual situation is that Wang Daiji simply watched the other party get on the boat in Zhongli County, watched the other party prepare for several days on the other side, and moved out of Huankou Town. After the other party went up the river, he also led the other party.

A thousand men have been on the south bank watching the westbound journey.

It wasn't until the other party headed north at Ru River, the largest tributary of the Huai River, that I felt relieved. Then I turned back for dozens of miles downstream, crossed Bagong Mountain, headed south, and entered the Shouchun City of Huainan County.

When I arrived here, before I could sit down, I saw Zhang Xing's gift sealed by Cao Fan, the governor of Huainan County, which was half a whale bone.

Along with it, there was a note hidden in a small box without any seal.

Wang Jiulang carefully opened the note, but his eyelids twitched.

It turned out that there was only one sentence on the note - Shouchun is the first city in Huainan and has always been a king. I hope Ninth Brother will encourage it.

How many people in the Wang Dynasty did not know that Zhang Xing was sowing discord? How did he not know that he only led a thousand people here and had to rely on Jiangdu and Xuzhou to establish his own foundation by pretending to be powerful? How could he not know that such things were all false?

?

You know, that day in Jiangdu, he heard that Sima Huada was going to send whale bones to Zhang Xing, and he felt ridiculed on the spot.

"Ambassador Wang?" Cao Fan, the governor of Huainan County, asked cautiously. "This bone..."

"Lock it in the warehouse!" Wang Daiji glanced at the county guard who had kept the note for him for several days, and smiled very happily. "After a while, I will send it to Lord Sima of Jiangdu."

Cao Fan immediately nodded and regained his composure.

Summer was still here, and on the last day of June, Du Pozhen also arrived at Runan County, where he was loyal, and then saw a city under Xie Minghe's guidance.

"That's Xuanpao City." Xie Minghe stood on the bow of the boat and sighed, twirling his beard. "The location of the first military town in Huaixi! With this city in hand, you can control the overall situation in Huaixi!"

Du Pozhen picked up the whale bones on the boat and came to look greedily... In this world, masters with a concentration of pills and above can have a drastic impact on city sieges, but this does not mean that cities and passes are useless. Ordinary people are still controlled by the city, and the army is still

Restricted by the pass, not to mention the role of commercial exchanges and public security, the impact of the city and the pass is reduced, which is only the difference between ten points and eight points... Then, a famous city, a big city, and a key city will undoubtedly give people a strong feeling.

psychological implications.

Xuanpao City is a typical example of this kind of city. When Ru River passed by this place, because of the solid foundation under the city, it made a direct turn, as if a melon was drawn on the side out of thin air.

As the Tang Dynasty moved south, the north and south fought for hundreds of years, and the Jianghuai River became more and more important. No matter who controlled the situation, both sides expanded the city here, and finally built a city with a huge moat on three sides that encompassed the entire Dagua.

A giant military fortress that can garrison over 10,000 troops and house thousands of horses.

From then on, there is no need to say much about Xuzhou to the north of the Huaihe River, but the Huaixi territory to the west of Xuzhou was headed by this city, and it has experienced countless wars over the hundreds of years.

It is even mentioned many times in historical novels that the small Hejian Island in the river west of this city is rich in chestnuts.

Of course Du Pozhen, who had not studied for a long time, did not know these details, but with his back to Banlizhou, touching the whale bones and looking at the city in front of him, he felt that he had spent half his life working hard, whether it was herding sheep or stealing sheep, in front of Zhang Xing

Staying humble and being cautious in front of Sima Zheng was all worth it.

He now has soldiers, food, ordnance and territory, and is about to use this as a foundation to clean up the six counties in Huaixi, recruit heroes, work hard, and build a foundation!

"Who? Where? What do you want?"

On the same day, Chief Zhang, who had just taken advantage of his last chance to arrange the drought relief work in Dong County, was about to cross the river and head north when he encountered unexpected news at Sikou Pass.

There is information that Xue Changxiong in Hejian learned that Zhang Xing seemed to be unstable after sending troops to Xuzhou and was mobilizing troops, so he left Henan alone and hurriedly turned back. At this time, Zhou Xingfan Fu, who had already crossed the river as the vanguard,
To be continued...