February 16th, at the junction of Qinghe County, Wu'an County and Wuyang County in Hebei Province, by the Qingzhang River, at dawn, the rain subsided and was replaced by a mist, which made the military camp

Many people were a little flustered.

"The fog means it will clear up, and there will be less cover for the breakout tomorrow morning." Outside the Chinese army's tent, Xu Shiying looked at the sky with a gloomy expression.

Hearing this, Wu Jingfeng, who had awakened a little, seemed a little anxious: "I wish I had known it would have popped out last night."

"It's useless to say that if we had broken through last night, we would have been hasty." Xu Shiren defended seriously and came to see Zhang Xing again. "Chief, can you take the opportunity to make more dry food? The fog can now cover the smoke."

"I'm afraid I won't be able to make it in time." Ma Wei quickly rejected the suggestion. "This mist won't last long. If it dissipates immediately and the smoke doesn't stop, I'm afraid it will be self-defeating."

"That's it." Xu Shiren nodded immediately and said nothing.

"Then let's go and work hard!" Zhang Xing nodded and gave the order. "Follow the plan just agreed upon!"

Several military leaders walked away, but Zhou Xingfan did not move at all. Seeing this, others, including Ma Wei, Cui Suchen, and even Wang Xiongdan, all left first. Even Jia Runshi retreated to the tent, leaving only

Just Zhang Xing, Xiong Bonan and Zhou Xingfan.

At this time, Xiao Zhou came forward and said, "Third brother, what's going on with Chief Xu?"

"Which leader Xu?" Zhang Xing asked seriously.

"Xu Shiren." Xiao Zhou came right. "Either the fog is not clearing, or the fog is not clearing. Can it cover the eyes of the grand master and several grandmasters? King Xiongtian, this fog can prevent you from distinguishing the enemy camp.

Smoke?"

"Of course it can't be stopped if you carefully distinguish it." Xiong Bonan frowned. "But can you say that there is anything wrong with Chief Xu based on this alone? Maybe he was just worried about the military and temporarily distracted the entire army from breaking out. Everyone

All nervous."

"If you think about it, it also means panic." Zhou Xingfan said seriously. "If a leader is so panicked, will something happen? As the King of Heaven said, this is a breakout of the entire army. Whatever goes wrong will affect the life or death of the entire gang.

of."

Xiong Bonan was in trouble for a while.

However, Zhang Xing, who had been expressionless since previous meetings, now smiled: "What you said actually makes sense, but there is a truth, Xiao Zhou, do you listen?"

"Of course."

"Well, in our breakout early tomorrow morning, almost every link, every direction, and every leader on our side is not safe, let alone the messengers sent out and the responders on the other side." Zhang Xing warned the other party seriously.

"So now, if there is tangible evidence, we will deal with it immediately to ensure safety. But if there is no evidence, we will have to bite the bullet."

Zhou Xingfan understood, just nodded, then turned and left.

After the people left, only Zhang Xing and Xiong Bonan were left. The latter hesitated for a moment and actually asked: "It's not Xu Shiren, it's Xu Shiying. Chief Zhang, I wanted to ask you last night, do you agree with Xu Dalang leading the way alone?"

, do you doubt his intentions?"

"It's not that I think Xu Dalang doesn't have evil intentions this time." Zhang Xing was silent for a moment and decided to be honest with Xiong Bonan. "But at first, I don't think he will really betray the gang. After all, he is a calculating person.

He knows better than anyone else, but he knows the pros and cons better than those who are confused or greedy for life. Secondly, I agree with him to go alone, not because of his position, but because I think he is the smartest and the most intelligent among all the leaders.

The person with the strongest leadership ability, if he leads the army alone, it is really possible for him to stand out."

Xiong Bonan was finally relieved.

But this time, it was Zhang Xing's turn to speak proactively: "King of Heaven, I'd like to thank you for doing more inspections in each battalion today. Even the top leaders and we are suspicious, and we are suspicious of ourselves and others. So today's military order is really

If it is passed down from level to level, it will inevitably cause turmoil.”

"I know." Xiong Bonan also understood immediately. "One is to appease people's hearts, and the other is to prevent someone from being confused and running out to report. I want an extra layer of protection."

"That's exactly what I mean." Zhang Xing sighed. "Actually, at this point, there is really no reason to change course. We have to bite the bullet and go through everything. We can only work hard for the king."

"We should work together on our own affairs and work hard together. Why talk about hard work?" Xiong Bonan responded and went directly into the fog.

As Zhang Xing said, when things are now, it is a situation where an arrow has to be fired. In this case, it does not mean that you cannot make changes or that you must stick to the established strategy, but that you must eliminate information interference and not make any unnecessary actions.

When the soldiers come, they will block the water and use the earth to cover it. When they encounter the threshold, they will kick it in. That's all.

Moreover, after experiencing various incidents, Zhang San's current state is gradually different from before.

In the past, although he could do things and stick to some things, whenever he was faced with making a decision as a leader, he would often feel weak and just hold on. But now, he can't say that he is completely confident.

, but it has somewhat changed.

As for the reason, it's self-evident. He couldn't imagine a worse situation than being defeated this time, and even if he was defeated, he was mentally prepared.

In fact, after watching Xiong Bonan leave, Chief Zhang returned to the Chinese army camp with his hands behind his back. At this time, he did not dare to leave the Chinese army camp, because if any decisive information really came, only he could quickly change the plan

So, I simply read the almost worn-out "The Legend of the Heroine Li Yue" again, preparing to relive the tragic fate of the hero and heroine after the political reform failed.

Not long after helping Chief Zhang Xing watch, as the fog dissipated, the coalition commander Bai Hengqiu also began to play chess in the Dongdu Military Camp on the other side of the river.

"There seemed to be something wrong in Luoshu Camp last night. The Chinese Army

The people were suddenly dismissed from the main tent, and I don’t know who they met or what they said.”

"Luo Shu?"

"Yes, there is also Wang Chenkuo. After the meeting, he did not return to the camp at all. There was a gap of two hours and he went back almost after dark. I don't know where he went.

"I don't know what to say to these two people. It's natural for them to be suspicious. After all, they are from rich families in Hebei. I couldn't help but feel that I was just talking empty words in the camp."

"Isn't it?" Liu Yangji was surprised for a moment.

"No," Bai Hengqiu answered seriously. "Our base is gone and the Eastern Capital Army is about to collapse. The situation is so dangerous. How could I still fool them? It's just that time is too short and it's hard to trust them. They saw that they were in the same row.

As an outsider, I am naturally suspicious."

"Then how to remedy it?"

"Please go talk to me, prince." Bai Hengqiu threw his son and sighed. "I can't easily leave this camp now and only these two people move?"

"Of course not. Feng Wuyi almost openly rebelled. He asked Feng Wuyi to take charge of the battalion and transferred Wang Chenkuo away. The other local generals from Hebei were naturally replaced by Feng Wuyi.

"Influence." Liu Yangji reported seriously. "Actually, even the prince behaved strangely. Not only did he send his students to 'persuade surrender' yesterday, but he also wrote many letters to many people after the students left. Seven or eight messengers went out to

The west side can be said to be for the Jin Dynasty, and the east side can be said to be for the Cui family. But to the north or south, I don't understand, and I don't know who it is for."

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter to the prince. Just let Dou Qi arrange it for Feng Wuyi." Bai Hengqiu replied, but then changed his attention. "What do you think of the prince's students going to persuade them to surrender?"

"Food?" "Yes."

"I think I just can't see it." Liu Yangji hugged his arms and sneered. "This thing is too simple. It's just that the boy named Fang is so self-righteous that he thinks he is so smart and capable that he can take the opportunity to test out something so that he can show it off.

He made a name for himself, but when he met a top smart person like Zhang San, he was frightened by the first sentence of "no food" and the last sentence of "five days of food", he was completely confused. In fact, no one knows how much food there is.

Know!"

"It should be like this." Bai Hengqiu sighed slightly. "But food doesn't matter. If you really have to eat horse meat, it's not impossible. They said that we can attack him after he wears off the fire and eat horse meat. But in this situation, we can really

Organize a massive attack?"

"Indeed." Liu Yangji still sighed with emotion. "Feng Wuyi is still unreliable; the Dongdu Army is even more rebellious, and Qu Tuda is not at ease when he leads his troops to the east; Li Ding is bound to be resentful after his soldiers and horses have been taken away;

There was also Luo Shu and Wang Chenkuo, who also had two intentions. Not to mention helping the two soldiers to pull the strings, there would be more variables at that time. Therefore, the Duke thought of using this conspiracy to spread the news by persuading surrender, so that he could take the initiative to attack.

come out?"

"That's right." Bai Hengqiu sighed slightly. "The current situation is that neither side can actually hold back. They are surrounded, which will only make them more frightened. I have suspicions in my heart. Zhang Xing will definitely seize the opportunity to come out and break out.

In just one or two days, and the main force will definitely come to me, otherwise wouldn’t it be that his Fulong Seal was blinded in vain?!”

"I hope so, but it's just a conspiracy, and we really found a flaw." As he said this, Liu Yangji still hugged his arms, but couldn't help but lean forward on top of the chessboard. "My lord, please tell me the truth.

How can we count this battle as a victory?"

"Today's situation, the coalition forces are half-hearted both internally and externally, and cannot be fully integrated. It is difficult to say that they can eradicate the root cause." Bai Hengqiu said sternly. "But if we can kill thousands of gang elites and kill a few generals when they break through, of course,

It can be considered appropriate, and we must pursue it as much as possible. As for the pursuit failure, it is not that we have no target to attack, so we will continue to attack the gang."

"Go east to fight those people in Wei Xuanding?"

"I want to, but the morale of the army is unstable, the target has been lost, and the Dongdu Army is gone. It will be difficult for us to go eastward alone."

"I understand, what the Duke means is to beat Li Shu on the way back to the army!" Liu Yangji suddenly realized. "Hurry!"

"Yes, defeat Zhang Xing face to face, combine the strength of the three armies to defeat Li Shu, and then go west calmly and approach the east capital. If something can be done in the east capital, do it. If not, continue to the east of the river and enter Guanxi to support the overall situation.

"Bai Hengqiu gave his final plan. "We have to distinguish the priorities clearly. The first is to avenge Bai Liben and Ding Duwei. They are our own people. The second is to try to win over and control the Dongdu Army. And these

We can’t delay our strategy of rapidly advancing westward after this war, and Kansai can’t be delayed any longer!”

"Okay, that's good." Liu Yangji finally felt relieved. "Does the Duke have anything else to say?"

"No, you should go to Han Yingong's camp in the east of Ping'en City now. Don't let him make a fool of himself at the critical moment!" Bai Hengqiu continued to order. "His eight thousand troops are one of the winners of this battle.

Tell him that if he does not follow military orders in this battle, I will kill him with my own hands!"

"Now that the matter is over, should we let Han Yin Gong's troops cross the river quietly from upstream and come here to provide support?" Liu Yangji had already stood up, but after thinking about it, he finally came to ask.

"No need!" Bai Hengqiu said solemnly. "The Dongdu Army on this side of the river is just a bait. I won't let Zhang Xing's main force actually cross the river! Let Han Yingong stand by outside the camp! I will have my own military orders then!"

Liu Yangji finally had nothing to say and turned to leave.

After the people left, Bai Hengqiu sat still in front of the chessboard and remained silent for a long time. Then he only glanced at the military camp on the other side of the river in a daze, where he was cooking.

The smoke stopped in due course after the fog dispersed. The troops had meals, the cavalry patrolled, and many soldiers dried their armor and clothes on the fence. It was completely normal.

On the other hand, the Dongdu Army camp where I was located was obviously moving a lot. It was during breakfast, but the troops gathered in small groups, whispering to each other, and everyone seemed restless. There were too many patrolling soldiers and hanging heads.

The atmosphere in the military camp was too chilly.

In fact, when Bai Hengqiu closed his eyes and listened, he could clearly hear the faint sound of the wind under the spring sunshine that some soldiers at the bottom were planning an escape, and some officers were perfunctory.

Thinking about it, the army on the other side of the river could also see this scene clearly.

His attention turned, and finally the great master thought of the battle that day again, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart - the Fulong Seal! Something like the Fulong Seal suddenly came out before the battle, and fell into Zhang Xing's hands.
To be continued...