At that time, all the soldiers from Jijun were withdrawn from Jijun. At the same time, the field soldiers and civilians were still evacuating in a steady stream.

Among them, Liyang Warehouse, where most of the warehouses had not been moved, was abandoned without hesitation.

This decision is indeed somewhat surprising.

In fact, by this day, people like Xue Changxiong didn't even know what happened, and Li Ding only knew that Cao Lin had launched a massive counterattack because of Zhang Xing's letter.

Of course, Ji County officials and the newly surrendered officers and soldiers stayed behind. These people who had just surrendered less than half a month ago, with the cooperation of the gang, calmly controlled the entire Ji County, and then still presided over the work of distributing grain.

He was mainly anxious, but with a very complicated mentality, waiting for the arrival of the Dongdu army.

However, an interesting thing happened.

The Dongdu troops did come, but they were only a few thousand men from Qu Tuda's group, and they only controlled a small half of Jijun on the west side of Qishui River, and invaded the county, Zhiwei County, and then only sent envoys to the east of Jijun.

His former colleagues and subordinates issued orders to guard the city, maintain public order, and coordinate military supplies.

Then it stopped moving.

The legendary army and grand master were not seen at all.

This actually caused the entire Ji County to fall into a kind of confusion. In just twenty days, they surrendered, and then surrendered again, and indeed experienced a vigorous grain release movement, but in fact, when they turned around,

But I was shocked to find that almost everyone’s positions and jobs had not changed at all.

It was as if the help never came.

Of course, the food and cloth in various cities and villages clearly reminded everyone that this was not a dream, but that the current situation was too weird.

Zhang Xing, who had already retreated to Yecheng, had a brief discussion with the dozen or so leaders gathered here and immediately realized that someone must have gone to talk to Uncle Cao to reminisce about the past.

"Old General Zhang." On the hillside north of Xiuwu City in Hanoi, Cao Lin's name for the thin but tall man in front of him was completely different from that of others. "So, did you deceive Li Twelve Lang, or did you deceive him?"

Did Li Twelve deceive me?"

"What did Li Twelve Lang say about me?" Grand Master Zhang Bofeng, who seemed to be in better spirits, twirled his beard and smiled. He was obviously curious, and his robes were also fluttering in the wind.

"He said that if I come to Hebei to attack the gang, General Zhang will never take advantage of others' danger and intercept me from behind. He also said that you are disapproving of some of Zhang Sanlang's actions and think he is audacious." Cao Lin looked at him.

, looking confused. "Is that so?"

"Yes." Zhang Bofeng thought for a while and immediately nodded. "That's right."

"Then the old general wants to live up to his words?" Cao Lin frowned slightly. "Deliberately deceiving Li Twelve Lang and me?"

"Why would I, an old man who is about to die, lie to such a boy? Why would I lie to you?" Zhang Bofeng spread his hands in response.

"Then why did the old general come to Hebei and persuade me to postpone the march?" Cao Lin became more serious. "Isn't this just going back on my word?"

"That's it." Zhang Bofeng was startled for a moment, then woke up and smiled again. "That's it, Cao Zhongcheng, it's like this. Li Twelve Lang passed by Nanpo that day and looked for me specifically. His question was very straightforward. ...I was asked earlier about my views on the situation in Hebei and Zhang Sanlang, and of course I answered in that way; and later on, I was asked whether I was colluding with the British government in an attempt to lure you out of the Eastern Capital so that you could deal with you? And my reply was: , I have never colluded with anyone, and I have no intention of being an enemy of Cao Zhongcheng, so how can I organize a siege?"

Cao Lin was slightly startled and immediately realized that Li Twelve Lang was so frustrated that he was so bold that he used his doubts and time constraints to create a verbal trap between the two masters, specifically to lure him to Hebei. To deal with gangs, leading to the current situation.

However, this matter seems not worth mentioning when Zhang Bofeng personally admitted that he did not collude with Bai Hengqiu.

Of course, Cao Lin quickly realized another problem - if Zhang Bofeng had never been connected with Bai Hengqiu, how could he explain that Jin was almost completely controlled by the British Duke? Almost all the children of the Zhang family were consistent with the Bai family?

As if he had read Cao Lin's thoughts, the tall and thin Jin Gefuzi smiled and continued: "The reason why I am like this is because I am older. If it were not for the obvious collapse of the power of the Wei Dynasty, I would have a little more earth energy blessing." , who managed to survive a little, but died almost three years ago... How can the Zhang family's children, who live in several counties in Hedong, still care about it? "

Cao Lin was completely stunned.

That's right, it's not that Zhang Bofeng has no position, it's not that the Zhang family has not merged with the Bai family, it's just that this Jin Gefu is getting old, and I don't want to bother with it in the past few years, that's all.

But if this is the case, the British public's idea of ​​​​leaving the Eastern Capital to deal with it, is he overthinking, or does he have other helpers?

After thinking for a while, Cao Lin suddenly said: "The old general just persuaded me to postpone the march, saying that he wanted to ask Zhang Sanlang face to face, but in the end, Zhang San was forced to flee by me... What do you want to discuss with Zhang Sanlang? ?”

"Discussing his dethronement of 'good for the benefit of the world', 'the benefit of sharing the world', and his "Laws"." Zhang Bofeng once said. "I am old and have already seen the battlefields of the world. This time I am silent. I am very excited, but I just want to see the ideas and style of the younger generation... I don't agree with some of Zhang San's ideas, but even so, he is one of the few young people in the world who has his own ideas. , Different ways do not necessarily mean who is right or wrong. Stones from other mountains can attack jade, so it is worth seeing."

"There are so many hills all over the world, they are more than just a mere Zhang Xing?" Cao Lin said thoughtfully. "Even if he built a mountain, it was just a small hill. Since the old general came to Hebei from the south slope, he wanted to find a mountain on another mountain.

Shi, why not take this opportunity to bring together the heroes of Hebei and discuss it together? You can decide the place and time. I am also willing to attend. If you have the funds, I will be honored."

Zhang Bofeng couldn't help but laugh: "If Cao Zhongcheng is willing to sit down and discuss with me, I would be honored at that time. I am afraid that you just want to use my hand to gather the heroes of Hebei and then take the opportunity to catch them all?"

Cao Lin also shook his head and laughed: "Master Zhang, you think too much, let alone you, who would dare to make a mistake? Even people like Xue Changxiong and Xiong Bonan are not easy to deal with when they join forces... If you don't worry,

, why not invite the British Duke of Taiyuan to come to the meeting? It is naturally appropriate for all parties to contain it."

Zhang Bofeng's heart moved slightly, and he could instinctively sense Cao Lin's thoughts, but after thinking about it, he felt relieved: "That's right! With me here, who dares to make a mistake?!"

Cao Lin calmed down slightly and asked again: "When and where?"

"Let's go to Hongshan." Zhang Bofeng thought for a while and gave a definite answer. "The main thing is that I want to talk to Zhang Sanlang. It would be better if Mr. Cao and Mr. Yingying are willing to come... Seven days will be enough... I

Go and invite Zhang Sanlang to meet you."
Chapter completed!