Then, before congratulating her, Chief Zhang went into political animal mode: "This is a good thing. Let her go to Yecheng. It will be much easier for her to recommend you as the coach of the North during the meeting."

Li Ding was stunned for a moment. He didn't know if it was because he had a child. Although he was still sarcastic, his tone was much simpler: "I just kept her by my side. Don't you have the ability to push me to be the coach?"

Zhang Xingqian laughed, but then asked: "How come it has not bloomed for several years, but it bears fruit today?"

"Why do you think it is?" Li Ding said proudly. "Cultivation is time-consuming and labor-intensive, so it is difficult for those who cultivate to have children. What's more, we were born in troubled times. In the best of the past five or six years, we were running around all day long.

Staying in the military camp, spending less time together and more separation, that is, in the past six months, you forced the gang to rest for half a year, and then the leaders of the gang gave birth to some heirs..."

Zhang Xing thought for a while and felt that something was wrong.

Bai Yousi put it bluntly: "But according to the date, Shi Niang should have been conceived in Youzhou or even in Beidi. What does it have to do with the rest of the previous six months? What's more, it is true that others are traveling around to get together less and stay away more.

Mom is always by your side, why should you care so much?"

Li Ding was embarrassed for a moment.

Zhang Xing didn't care about this, but instead asked, "Have you ever chosen a name?"

"Are you kidding?" Li Ding was confused for a moment. "Both men and women don't know."

"If a boy is born, he will be called Wukong. If a daughter is born, she will be called Chenxiang." Zhang Xing thought for a while, but he couldn't say the word "Nezha" out loud. It's not a word.

"It's just Wukong, he still has some shadow of Confucianism, but what's agarwood?" Bai Yousi couldn't listen anymore. "How can a girl be named after spices?"

Zhang Xing could only nod: "Then my name is Li Zhenying."

"Stop talking nonsense." Li Ding was extremely helpless. "I came to you not to see you off, nor to say this, but it's just hard to hide... Chief Zhang, Zhang Sanlang, you entrust the north to me, there is a place

It seems important...Who are you going to hand over to Youzhou?"

Zhang Xing was awe-struck for a moment, but then asked: "Who do you think is better?"

Li Ding looked at Bai Yousi.

Zhang Xing immediately shook his head: "No, I won't hide it from you. I plan to let Sanniang be the marshal of the south."

Bai Yousi's expression remained as usual, as if the couple had discussed this matter.

"If that's the case, why did Sanniang come to Daxingtai to be the general manager? Instead of continuing to lead the army, he turned to the south?" Li Ding was slightly puzzled.

"Because the south is different from the north," Zhang Xing said solemnly. "The south is a feint attack, and the north is a real attack. There are soldiers from the Huaiyou Alliance in the south. We only need to use a small number of elites to attack specific cities and control the situation along the river.

Yes, there is a large army in the field in the north, killing with one blow. Therefore, let Sanniang first master the power similar to that of Jing'antai before, and at the same time, let you manage the Northland first and be prepared."

Li Ding thought for a while and nodded in agreement: "Yes, if Sanniang goes south, it will definitely make Bai Hengqiu look sideways. Sanniang's cultivation is also suitable for use in the south."

Bai Yousi lowered his head and said nothing, not knowing whether he was thinking of his own life experience again.

At the same time, Zhang Xing nodded slightly and asked again: "Besides Sanniang, is there anyone else?"

"How about you let Xu Dalang stay in Youzhou?" Li Ding continued to ask. "Although he has some evil intentions, in terms of talent and ability, he is definitely a leader in the gang. Look at what happened in Liucheng, he provided extremely fast support.

, he settled down in Youzhou and helped me the most."

"First, I want to keep Xu Dalang as Marshal of the Central Army." Zhang Xing immediately shook his head. "Second, putting him in a local position may not be a good thing for him or the gang."

"Then... why don't you give Youzhou to me as well?" Li Dingtu saw it.

"No." Zhang Xing shook his head in reply. "Not only is the gang unable to agree, but more importantly, once Youzhou is assigned to you, Bai Hengqiu will be alert."

Li Ding was silent in response, and then nodded after a long while: "That makes sense... Then who are you going to arrange to come to Youzhou?"

"How is Dou Lide?" Zhang Xing stopped covering up.

"Doulide..."

"The good thing about Dou Lide is that he is good at handling relationships, and Youzhou is so big that there are not many people who can be transferred here..."

Li Ding finally had nothing to say: "Forget it, Dou Lide is better than Shan Tonghai..."

"When I return to Hebei, I will first meet with King Xiongtian, Xu Dalang, Dou Lide, and Hong Changya to get some fresh air and coordinate. These are the real core of the gang. I must respect their personal ideas before returning to Yecheng."

Zhang Xing thought for a while and gave the final reply. "But don't worry, all arrangements must obey our general strategy. I just want to use your heroic spirit, Li Silang, to decide the outcome. If Dou Lide doesn't come, I will

Bring Xiao Zhou here."

Li Ding sighed and could only nod: "You'd better keep your word... One last thing, you can't stay too long when you return to Yecheng. You need to send troops to support quickly. According to what you said before, I heard that before Taocheng

There is a big battle, the battlefield has been laid out, and I don't have enough troops."

"This is natural." Zhang Xing nodded. "The matter in the North will not be delayed until winter."

The two agreed and finally let them go.

This time, Zhang Xing entered Youzhou without any obstruction.

Arriving in Youzhou, he called Xu Dalang who was guarding Youzhou to say something and asked about the situation in Hebei... It was said to be an inquiry. In fact, Zhang Xing had only entered Beiland for a month, and there was no earth-shaking change anywhere. Even Hejian and Hebei

The personnel arrangements in Youzhou were not in place. The only major change was that Shan Tonghai entered northern Shanxi and joined forces with Hong Changya and Daying's troops to fight in the mountains, but there was no winner.

Of course, for the Gang, getting through northern Shanxi is a victory in itself.

So Zhang Xingfu sent out sentries from all over the place, and called on several key figures around northern Hebei, asking them to come and see them, but not to Youzhou, but to the residence of King Xiongbo Nanxiong on the way south.

It was also the post-war headquarters of the Xushui War Gang.

The larger team continued to move forward, and when they arrived there, it was already early May, and the weather was getting hotter and hotter. Fortunately, this place served as the post-war base camp for the previous battle, and many buildings were completed, surrounding the market where they had previously camped.

, even a bit of a city feel.

Due to the distance and the simplicity of the carriage, Dou Lide, Hong Changya, and Feng Wuyi had all arrived at this time, and only Tonghai was still stationed in Jin.

Zhang Xing met with several people, but he did not make any fuss, nor was he in a hurry to talk about business in public. Instead, he directly asked the three of them to return to the camp first. He took Bai Yousi with him first, and Xu Shiying and Xiong Bonan hurriedly explained

, it can be regarded as getting Xiong Bonan’s approval first.

Immediately, that night, they began to summon the three people in batches.

The one who saw it first was Dou Lide.

When Dou Lide came here, he saw a small courtyard under the starlight. Outside, there were all white cavalry. Qin Bao personally led the inspection, but inside there were only four people, Zhang, Xiong, Xu, and Bai. It reminded him that there was no rush in the day.

He shamelessly sent the three of them back, but his heart skipped a beat, knowing that it would be a big deal, so he cheered up so much that Chief Zhang even forgot to hand him a bowl of iced sour plum soup.

drink.

After delivering the sour plum soup, Zhang Xing got straight to the point: "Dou Longtou, go to Yecheng immediately. There is an impromptu meeting. We would like to ask you to transfer to Youzhou to Qixingtai after the meeting to serve as the military and political commander of Youzhou Xingtai.

.”

When Dou Lide, who was sitting on the noodle bench opposite, heard this, he was half relieved, but half hesitant.

He is relieved, naturally because Youzhou is in an important position and has a large territory. Compared with staying in Jiangling before, he will definitely go up. Moreover, he is also confident that he can sort out the complicated relationships in Youzhou, appease the local people, and even

These people gathered together and made progress together around him, Dou Longtou. But hesitation was also justified. Dou Longtou had been thinking about it for the past few months... The gang swept through Hebei like a tornado, and even now Beidi is also buying in large quantities. This kind of

Under such circumstances, is it really progress to continue to stay in the local area and be a stage commander in charge of several counties?

"Chief, Heavenly King, it stands to reason that Youzhou is very prosperous, so let me take charge of it because the chief trusts me." Dou Lide did not hesitate and directly put forward his idea. "But, I was originally from the Hebei Rebel Army, and I also worked in Hebei.

Leader, people in Daxingtai have been saying something to me, saying that I'm threatening Hebei Province to retaliate, and now I'm going to Youzhou. If I run the business for a long time, I'm afraid there will be more gossip... Chief, I'm not afraid, I'm not afraid of being tired, I'm just afraid of being helped.

I dislike it, but if possible, I would like to go to Daxingtai to do something."

Zhang Xing nodded, but looked at Xu Shiying.

Xu Dalang spoke immediately, but said something seemingly irrelevant: "Dou Longtou, when we raised troops, we shouted to eradicate the violent Wei and stabilize the world. Now, it has actually been accomplished to eradicate the violent Wei, but we have not yet stabilized the world.

The Way of Heaven is also on its way, how do you think we can stabilize the world and how can we act on behalf of Heaven?"

Dou Lide was stunned for a moment, then slowly said: "I think that as long as we can do justice for heaven, we can win over people's hearts and strengthen our strength, and by then we will naturally be able to stabilize the world."

"That's the truth, but that's not what I'm asking about. I'm asking about how to operate it specifically?" Xu Dalang couldn't help but laugh. "For example, the operation and arrangement of military strategy."

"Deputy Commander Xu will speak directly if he has something to say." Dou Lide was extremely helpless. He knew nothing about specific military operations. "I have always been hard-working in military affairs."

"To be honest with Dou Longtou, in fact, Chief Zhang, as a northerner, had a basic idea early on to deal with our biggest enemy, Bai Ying." In the slight breeze, Xu Dalang first pointed to the southwest. "Dongdu.

It is the source of the world, so we have to fight for it, and the Sima family is in the Eastern Capital. Although knowledgeable people know that sooner or later they will make wedding clothes for others, but Sima Zheng is so strong, the Eastern Capital is strong, and the grain reserves are deep, if we really fight for it.

, I am afraid that the blood will flow into the river, that I will be exhausted, and my life will hang on a thread... Therefore, what the chief means is that he will lead the people of Heji, with Daxingtai as the supplement, and it cannot be said to be a feint attack, but to waste it there and drag it down.

The only requirement of the two main forces, Sima Zheng and Bai Hengqiu, is that Bai Hengqiu cannot be allowed to take over Dongdu Tianyuan."

Dou Lide did not speak, but listened attentively and extremely seriously.

"Immediately, with Li Ding and Li Longtou as the leaders, we will gather the people from the north, supplement it with the economy of Hebei, cross the bitter sea, attack the witchland, and then go south to take Baiying's Ridge, then great things can be accomplished." Xu Shiying continued to say. "If

If necessary, you can also send a large general to go south, strangle the river, and go upstream to divide the Bai family's power... This is the so-called plan of taking the Eastern Capital openly and crossing the sea of ​​suffering secretly!"

Doulide was stunned. His military vision did not allow him to judge the merits of this plan, but he soon realized that a strategic plan of this level was never a question of merit, but feasibility.

Just looking at the four people in front of me, they all seemed to agree.

Yes, this has been Zhang Xing's military strategic plan all along, from the initial accusation, to private discussions with Bai Yousi, to the inevitable executor Li Ding's approval, and then with Chen Bin, Xu Shiying, and Ma

Following the revelations from the three people around, Bai Yousi and Zhang Xing witnessed the war potential and objectively feasible geographical conditions of the Northland with their own eyes, and finally decided to spread the plan at the highest level.

In fact, there is nothing really surprising about this plan. Under this situation, the Eastern Capital must be fought over, but because of the existence of Sima Zheng, the battleground in the Eastern Capital is too hard, so hard that it is intimidating.

Can't give up yet.

So what else can be done?
To be continued...