It was obvious that he was aware of the difficulty of entering the Eastern Capital in the future.

"It's too far to think about Dongdu. Apart from Sima Zheng, Sanniang should be considered a step ahead among the masters." Zhang Xing said with a smile. "However, even so, I'm afraid she doesn't have the ability that Leader Yuan Da thinks...

...According to Sanniang herself, when she killed Qian Zhide in Dongyi, she did it after luring him out of Caoguan. She knew at that time that if Qian Zhide stayed in Caoguan, she would not be able to kill him at all.

, the most I can do is kill low-level cultivating officers in the pass."

Yuan Baocun nodded repeatedly: "So that's the case, but it's lucky that Wei Wenda was jumped down by us directly in the river."

"Cui Tuan is still here." Ma Zhou reminded with a frown.

"Ma is in charge, Ma is in charge." Yuan Baocun twisted his beard and smiled. "I don't know the master, but I know Cui Tuan... He has endured the oppression of the Wei Dynasty for decades. He has long been used to enduring and hiding.

Okay, I dare to ask him how he can build a tower in You if he can't build a tower in Qinghe? I would say that now is the time to persuade him to surrender. Even if he doesn't surrender, he will probably be able to run away. Moreover, we have fought against him before.

Yes, he is a literary cultivator, but even if he really goes to war with us, his means are limited."

Obviously, Yuan Baocun is emphasizing as always that the current military threat to Youzhou City is very small and that political offensive should be the main focus. This is of course good advice, but only political offensive should be the main focus. He has only been in the gang for a year or two.

It is also true that only when people are demoted can they be effective.

Back to the business at hand, everyone could realize what Yuan Baocun meant, but none of the leading soldiers had the intention to refute.

For one thing, everyone has already heard what Chief Zhang said, and they know that they want to rely on pressure to destroy the local tigers in Youzhou. Youzhou City and Luo Shu are just handles, and the real battle has already been fought;

Secondly, now I have looked at it and talked about it, but it seems true that there is no foothold all the way to the Sanggan River. It is really a flat river... Several villages have also been burned, and you can't cross the river.

Going to set up camp?

Is there a suitable place across the river?

"Is there a suitable place on the other side of the river?" Zhang Xing thought for a moment and continued to ask.

"There is a place that may not be suitable," Mawei blurted out. "On the other side of the Sanggan River, there is a ferry on the upper reaches, called Lusidu. It is a ferry that transports supplies and grain from northern Shanxi along the Sanggan River. It was also burned down.

There must be a decent Weizi...but it is also twenty miles away from Youzhou City."

Everyone became increasingly speechless.

"That's it." Zhang Xing didn't insist anymore. "Qin Bao... you lead Tabai to cross the bridge and circle the city as a demonstration. If there is no accident, we will go back and discuss the matter of persuading surrender tomorrow."

As a result, everyone stopped talking... and had nothing to say. They all just stood on the river embankment, looking at Tabai Qi, and soon their expressions became weird again.

It turned out that Qin Bao crossed the Youzhou Bridge first, and actually activated his weird thunder-type Qi, and then more than two hundred white riders followed, releasing their Qi, and the Qi was connected together, and naturally

It’s based on Qin Bao’s black light.

Of course, Wei Feng is Wei Feng, but the nickname Ta Bai Qi that has just been circulated may be changed to Dan Hei Qi.

Thinking about it again, I felt even more weird. This nickname had just come up, and the chief didn't need to personally lead the troops into battle.

On the other side of the river, under the setting sun, Qin Bao showed off his power and even used the dragon horse under his crotch to leap towards the city wall. Although he did not cross the five-foot-high city wall to kill, it was just a volley, but it was terrifying enough.

And after a while, just before dark, Qin Bao just came back from Youzhou Bridge... There was no way, Youzhou City was too big, without a moat, the circumference was more than thirty miles. Fortunately, the whole journey to Youzhou

The eight gates of the city were tightly closed, not a single soldier went out to fight, and not even an arrow was shot down. Only then could the city flow unimpeded.

And this kind of armed investigation is definitely effective, Qin Bao brought an interesting news.

"There is a dilapidated and abandoned outer city in the northwest of the city?" Zhang Xing frowned.

"Yes, it's two or three miles wide and four or five miles long." Qin Bao blurted out and pointed in the direction. "I originally thought it was because of the lack of troops. Youzhou City was too big to defend, so I abandoned it... But I found out when I passed by.

The buildings in the city are obviously in a state of disrepair and must have been abandoned for a long time, which is really strange."

"That's not the outer city." Yuan Baocun suddenly interrupted to explain. "Chief Qin, with all due respect, is there a main hall in the center of the city?"

"Yes." Qin Bao said simply.

"Reporting to the Chief, that is Miyagi City." Yuan Baocun turned around and smiled at Zhang Xing.

"There is no Youzhou among the five capitals of the Wei Dynasty, right?" Zhang Xing was naturally puzzled.

"It is the Dong Qi Palace." Yuan Baocun explained again. "It was called Linsang Palace. After the death of Qi, that is, after the Youzhou Bridge was built, it was changed to the Black Emperor Temple for a time, and then it was changed back to the Palace when Cao Che was in power.

, but he never came... By this time, nature was deserted."

"No wonder..." Chief Zhang suddenly realized and asked Qin Bao again. "Can we station troops?"

The others were dumbfounded by this turn of events, and Yuan Baocun was even more astonished. He was the first to say, "Chief, why take the risk? The situation has been decided. We can just sit back and relax in Conghuo City."

Zhang Xing couldn't help but laugh: "Mr. Yuan, let me ask you, if the general trend has been decided, why is it risky to station in the palace?"

Yuan Baocun was stunned for a moment.

Zhang Xingfu came again and asked: "Qin Bao, how is the city?"

"It's a mess." Qin Bao responded. "I stepped on the city wall several times and took a look. It was obvious that we were arresting young men and blocking the streets. There were many soldiers with weapons, but most of them did not have corresponding flags... In fact, even the city wall

The flag above was only planted on the south side."

Zhang Xing nodded and continued to ask: "Can we station troops in Linsang Palace?"

"Of course." Qin Bao nodded immediately. "Why can't a serious palace city be stationed? It's just that the palace wall has collapsed in several places, and it is connected to the Youzhou City Wall. You can jump directly from the wall and shoot arrows from a distance."

"That's okay, let them hit the target." Zhang Xing looked at Yuan Baocun who was still confused. "Yuan Gong... since he wants to oppress Youzhou City and force the entire Youzhou to surrender, isn't it?

The tighter the pressure, the better? The best is to strangle the neck?"

Yuan Baocun was asked directly. After thinking about it, he could only smile bitterly: "That's the truth."

"Ma Wei." Zhang Xing continued to ask. "Can you guarantee the logistics route?"

"Since it is in the northwest of the city, we can transfer supplies from Lusidu upstream." Ma Wei answered immediately and laughed at the same time. "But it's hard to say where the route is, and I don't know if there will be cavalry crossing the river to hold fire.

Harassment from the city...you need two thousand riders to be a threat, right?"

"Then I will stop them on Youzhou Bridge!" Qin Bao blurted out. "Not to mention two thousand riders, but twenty thousand riders will do!"

"That's good...what else is there?" Zhang Xing nodded, looked around, and finally asked one person. "Old Niu, I'm not talking about military affairs. I'm just saying that Cui Suan is leading the city's masters to attack. Can you protect me?"

Niu He thought for a while and said seriously: "Of course Cui Tuan can block it, but I don't know how many masters of Dan Condensation and above are still in the city? Where is Cheng Dan?"

Zhang Xing said nothing.

"There are probably about ten more in the entire Youzhou!" Hou Junshu, who had been silent until now, suddenly said. "I don't know about it in the city... Chengdan. There should be only Luo Shu himself and Zhao Bazhu in the entire Youzhou, plus a literary cultivator, Lu Sidao.

And didn’t Zhao Bazhu say he was seriously injured?”

"What is the relationship between Lu Sidao and Lu Sidu?" Zhang Xing asked curiously.

"Lu Sidao's original name was Lu Si, and Lu Sidu was the ferry he built when he was an official in the Eastern Qi Dynasty... In his early years, this man was arrogant and arrogant, and never talked about Lu Sidu's achievements. Later, he experienced chaos, his temperament changed drastically, and he lived in seclusion and became a Taoist priest.

, it’s just that Hao Shou Qiu Jing felt that he was greedy for heaven’s merit, so he changed his name to Lu Sidao. He should not be in the city now, and he would not fight with us if he were.” Yuan Baocun is indeed unique in these anecdotes in Hebei.

"That should be no problem." Wang Shuyong said impatiently. "Those who fled from Youzhou before and didn't fight probably won't fight now, and those few generals who fled are obviously not escaping to Youzhou City.

But they were frightened and everyone went back to their homes, so the chief said he would force them to surrender."

The rest of the people were speechless, even Yuanbaocun was silent, because after careful calculation, it seemed feasible.

Zhang Xing, on the other hand, sighed quietly: "Youzhou is really full of talented people."

People around him only felt that the chief executive was thinking a lot.

However, Chief Zhang did not show off, but explained with fingers crossed: "You do the math, although Youzhou is regulated by more than ten counties, most of the counties are mountainous and small counties with important roads, but it is these ten counties.

There are actually twenty or thirty Condensing Pills, Cheng Dan, and a Grandmaster... Isn't it true that there are a lot of talents?"

Everyone finally understood what Chief Zhang meant, but Wang Shuyong still couldn't hold back: "It's a pity that half of it was lost a few days ago..."

This is also true.

"Well, let's go before the sun sets." Zhang Xing finally stopped talking after seeing this. "Hold the flag higher."

After saying that, he reined up his horse and headed towards Youzhou Bridge.

Among all the people, Qin Bao was the only one who did not hesitate at all. He turned around and followed the yellow horse... The others were stunned for a moment, and then followed him. Among the leaders, only Yuan Baocun and Hou Junshu stayed for a while, and then hurriedly followed.

.

Stepping onto the Youzhou Bridge, there was a strong evening breeze, and the red background flag with the word "deposed" was flying in the wind. Hundreds of cavalry were accompanying them in formation. Moreover, the sun was setting in the west, the golden light was shining, and the fireworks on the river bank were not extinguished, so it was really a beautiful sunset.

The flag, the horse whistles in the wind.

After crossing the river, turn to the west, then to the north... At this time, there was some commotion on the city wall. Those broken soldiers who had escaped from the previous battle were already fighting in two groups, and waiting for this group of only a few hundred riders

After the soldiers and horses guarding the deposed flag fell directly at Linsang Palace, they were even more shocked and fled directly in front of the Xicheng sergeant.

Although he knew that the army had something to rely on, his courage to live in the city was still destructive.

Zhang Xing was sitting on the steps in front of the main hall in the center of the palace. Seeing the flags set up, he came to give the order: "Did you bring dry food? Put a pot in it to cook and boil water to make soup. I want to eat hot food."

The accompanying sergeants did not dare to neglect, and Hou Junshu even chopped wood to light the fire himself. When he saw the fire starting, the sergeants who escaped on the west wall realized that there was no danger, but gathered together again and pointed at the wall from a distance to watch.

.

This time, everyone in Youzhou City knew that Zhang Xing was coming.

After the soup and rice were cooked, Hou Junshu served it with his own hands, and immediately bowed down: "Chief, I have a close friend in Youzhou, and I am in Anle at this time. I asked myself to persuade you to surrender. I can even get the people and the city. Anle is Youzhou."

If the northern portal comes up and falls into the hands of the chief, and the north and south of Youzhou are pinched, it will definitely be more shaken and fall faster."

"Okay." Zhang Xing nodded immediately while holding the bowl. "And since you are out, you can tell everyone in Youzhou for me that I, Zhang Xing, came to Youzhou not to be a wise and supreme person, but to... The so-called way of Yin and Yang has always been followed.
To be continued...