It was already the end of March when Yang Hao returned to Fengzhou. Wang Qian died of illness. He only learned about the news of civil strife in Tiande Army after he arrived in Linzhou. Bayi Middle School    W★w   W★.

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くC          M The purpose of this trip to Chang'an was basically achieved, but he was also a little scared. On the afternoon of the next day after his secret conversation with Xie Bozhi, Li Ang issued an order to ask Wang Chongwen to go to Beijing to get married in early April.

On the surface, Yang Hao's plan did not achieve any effect, but in fact it was not. Wang Chongwen had always been worried that he would be held hostage by Qiu Shiliang after entering Beijing and forced him to hand over Shuofang Town. Therefore, he insisted on holding a wedding in Lingwu. Qiu Shiliang had previously agreed to his request and changed the wedding location to Chang'an, which actually announced the indefinite delay of Li Qing's marriage.

Li Qing's excitement was beyond words. That night, she sneaked out of the palace and invited Yang Hao to the inn where Yang Hao was staying. Yang Hao did not dare to refuse and had to let her behave. Unexpectedly, halfway through the banquet, an accident occurred. A team of Jinwu guards broke into the inn on the grounds of arresting Tubo spies and searching the yard. Yang Kai came to stop him, but was detained. The visitor claimed to have possessed the imperial edict and was very arrogant. Finally, Li Qing was forced to come forward in person before scolding the generals.

For Li Qing, this little episode was just anger, a little bit of face, or was scolded by Empress Dowager Guo after returning to the palace. But Yang Hao knew in his heart that this was a serious warning from Qiu Shiliang to him. Therefore, he hurriedly left Chang'an early the next morning, because he left too haste and didn't even have time to say hello to Li Qing.

When passing Linzhou, Yang Hao found that thousands of garrisons were added to the city, all of which were elite Hedong soldiers. The battalions were busy hoarding food and grass, and there were signs of sending troops westward. Yang Hao had to go to Xiao Chang'an to patrol defense. It was not until this time that he learned that Wang Qian died of illness and that the Tiande Army was in conflict.

Yang Hao was extremely shocked. Wang Qian died suddenly, and the Tiande Army had an internal strife. He had such a big deal, just like a blind man or a deaf man. Guan Suo had been with him all the time, so why could he not get any news? Yang Hao instinctively thought of a mutiny. Therefore, when Li Changlin proposed to send a scepter to escort him north, he agreed on the surface, but it turned dark but he took Guan Suo alone.

Yang Hao first arrived at Cheng Keling's camp in Luoyanchuan. After Cheng Keling took over as the commander of the cavalry camp, he moved his army to the east of Luoyanchuan to train troops. Cheng Keling was quite surprised by Yang Hao's sudden arrival. Yang Hao asked about the situation of the various battalions in Fengzhou after he left. Cheng Keling gave him truthfully, but he didn't know what Yang Hao's sudden question was. After that, Yang Hao suddenly appeared at Luoyanchuan Military Reclamation Farm without any preparation. Suo's and Cheng Keling accompanied him to inspect the farm. Strangely, Yang Hao did not ask about the farming matters this time, but inquired in detail about the combat preparations and training of the garrison.

Soe did not dare to hide at all. At that time, Yang Hao dispatched the three posts of the Lu Battalion in the name of exercise. The two posts of the cavalry camp crossed the river overnight to Manghuzhai and Xishan, 18 miles west of Feng'an City. Yang Hao himself crossed the river north at the first hour of Xu. Cheng Keling and Soe sent him to the riverside, thinking that he was going to Fengzhou, but after Yang Hao crossed the river, he advanced west along the river. At the beginning of the lunar month, he rushed to a secret training base set up by the Xishan Intelligence Office and ordered Yu Yanlu and Zhu Qi to meet him. The two came alone, and only then did Yang Hao feel relieved.

Back at the Defense Envoy's Office, Guan Suo summoned all the officers of the Intelligence Office to a place and announced that everyone would be suspended for inspection. The Fire Camp also strengthened martial law throughout the city. The news of Yang Hao's return to the city was not disclosed, and even Qing'er and others learned about his return to the city the next afternoon.

The investigation results of the intelligence room showed that there were no traitors or traitors inside. On the day when Wang Qian was ill, Huang Yiliang sent someone to send the intelligence horse to Chang'an, but the sender left and refused to return it. The intelligence room was also investigating the reason. It was initially judged that Yang Hao was closely monitored after entering the city, and the messenger could not get in touch with him. It was even possible that the messenger had fallen into the hands of others.

Yang Hao finally breathed a sigh of relief. Over the past year, he committed other people's rebellion, and others also committed their own rebellion. He was a little nervous and suspicious. As for saying that he was under surveillance in Chang'an, it was no secret at all. Chang'an is the fundamental place of the Tang Dynasty, a place where the creeping tigers and hidden dragons are naturally a paradise for spies to do things in detail. In addition to the judgement hall of the Shence Army, the Xiao Qingyi of the inner palace, and the Jinzu Academy of various vassal states in Chang'an, they were also happy. Originally, Yang Hao was a little proud, and he made a good move when he asked Zhang Cheng to Chang'an to make a good move. Now it seems that this move is not wrong, but it is not a master move.

The local strong towns such as Hedong, Shuofang, and Hebei are as big as the Jinzuo Academy in Chang'an, and as strong as the Jinzuo Academy. Compared with them, Tiandejun Jinzuo Academy is really not worth showing off. When in Chang'an, Yang Hao once said to Guan Suo in a sarcastic tone: "When will you practice to the point where I throw a purse in Dongshi, you can find it out which cook the dishes on Jingzhaoyin's treats table at night come from, or I just order the name of a prince and a grandson, and you can know which pink heads they raise in the Qushes, what hobbies do they have with the officials in the court, who will be unfavorable to Fengzhou? If you ask them to stop or dismiss the job and return home before they do anything, you will be considered an immortal and I can sleep peacefully."

Guan Suo disagreed and said, "It's not difficult. As long as you give me power, I will definitely do it within three years." Yang Hao said, "I'll ask me for money again. The funds used by you dozens of people are worth the expenses of the four battalions." Guan Suo retorted, "Which soldiers and young generals only have two meals a day and three sets of clothes a season. Let's see the princes and grandchildren, the money to reward the gatekeeper is enough for the soldiers to eat for a month. The expenses of the four battalions seem to be quite large, and when they are available, they want to break them into two halves."

Yang Hao said: "Didn't I promise you that the funds will gradually increase in the future? I will add two more battalions to you this year. In three years, no, in two years, assign them to you according to the budget of ten battalions. This is equivalent to raising another Xining army."

Guan Suo said, "I know that your family is not easy to be. It's better to give me an order to let me manage the two stores and raise funds for your own funds to save you worry every day." Yang Hao smiled and said, "Don't make this idea from now on. I will never agree." Guan Suo sighed and shrugged, "What's the reason? I'm afraid I'm rich and unwilling to listen to your orders? There are only a few people in the intelligence room. You ordered the fire camp to be solved in a long time. What are you afraid of?"

Yang Hao admired his straightforward personality and patted his shoulders and said, "Brother, you listen to me, you will have endless troubles in the future. Not only is it difficult for me, my elder brother, to do it, but you, your elder brother, to relax." After saying this, Yang Hao relaxed his tone, "As for the employment of people, I can give you some more power. For example, Zhang Ren, if you think he is a usable person, I will give you the person." Guan Suo felt a little comforted in his heart when he heard this. Zhang Ren's crime should be executed, but his talents are indeed available. He tentatively mentioned it to Yang Hao several times, and finally got a positive response.

As soon as Zhang Ren opened his opening, many of the things that followed could be handled accordingly. This is undoubtedly a major concession made by Yang Hao to himself.

Learning that this was a false alarm, Yang Hao immediately ordered the scrutiny of the intelligence office to be lifted. He asked several books in the library to go to the intelligence office to listen to the reactions of the review. The books and officials did not hear any dissatisfaction. This made Yang Hao feel a little relieved, and also made him feel a little guilty. So he fulfilled his promise in advance, approved the intelligence office's request to increase the budget, and reconsidered the positioning of this special agency.

After learning in detail about the whole story of the Tiande Army incident, Yang Hao summoned Ling Tong, Li Tong, Zhuang Yunqing, Yu Chong and Lu Guang to discuss countermeasures overnight. The five people's opinions were basically the same: secretly mobilized four to five battalions of troops to gather and standby, and took different countermeasures based on the development of the Tiande Army's situation, and sent troops to interfere if necessary.

As soon as the meeting ended, Yang Hao received news that Huyan Valley was captured by the Baishui Fox.

Ling Tong and the other five were called back just after they walked out of the envoy's door. The five people's opinions were divided into two factions, Ling Tong, Li Tong, and Zhuang Yunqing advocated sending troops to interfere immediately, and Lu Guang firmly opposed sending troops. Yu Zhong's attitude was a bit ambiguous, but basically tended to not interfere.

The reason for the pro-war faction is very simple: the lips are lost and the teeth are cold. Once the Tiande Army falls into the hands of the Baishui Fox, the threat to Fengzhou will change from potential immediately to reality. Not to mention that the Baishui Fox is a warlike nature, he is also familiar with the virtual and real Fengzhou. After he entered the Tiande Army, he would inevitably join forces with Liu Qingling from Hedong in order to compete with the pressure from both sides of the east and west. If the two families form an alliance, Liu Mian's Zhenwu Army will be attacked on three sides, either destroyed by the Baishui Fox, or surrender to Liu Qingling. No matter which one means the complete destruction of the three town alliance, and Fengzhou will be difficult to preserve. Li Tong also cited Liu Qingling's army to station in Linzhou as an example to prove his point of view. After occupying Linzhou, the Hedong Army not only completed the semi-encirclement of Fengzhou, but also could restrain Xia Sui from sending troops to the north to aid Fengzhou.

The reason for Lu Guang's opposition was that the Baishui Fox went south with only 4,000 troops, while the Tiande Army had 15,000 troops. Apart from the 3,000 old, weak, sick and disabled, the military strength was three times that of him. He was in danger and defended, and fought in the inside, and was in the right place and had the advantage of both the heaven, the place and the people. The Tiande Army had lost Huyan Valley, and the Wang brothers would definitely give up their past grudges and go against the outside world. The Shiwei people were good at field battles but were not good at siege cities, so they would win more than defeats in this battle. If Fengzhou sent troops at this time, the Baishui Fox was likely to retreat Huyan Valley and defended by danger. The expedition troops were stationed under the strong city, which was a taboo for military strategists, which was useless to consume food and grass, and had no achievements. Instead of working hard to do nothing, it would be better to sit in the mountains and watch the tiger fight temporarily, and wait until both sides were injured and then send troops to reap the benefits of the fisherman.

Yang Hao combined the opinions of both parties and decided to urgently transfer the Leopard Camp, Fengya Camp, Xiaoqi Camp together with Tiedang Camp and Jinfeng Camp to cross the Yellow River east, and attacked the three surnames of Shiwei who went south from Datong Sichuan in two ways. After succeeding, the army moved north of Muna Mountain and attacked Huyan Valley. At the same time, the Feihu Camp and Jingqi Camp were transferred, and each of the police battalions entered Jiuniang Pass, preparing to advance east along the river.

Just as the battalions gathered urgently, the Tiande Army suddenly changed again. Wang Mian accidentally drowned while crossing the river. Ma Yue, the deputy general of the former army, insisted that Wang Feng secretly murdered Wang Mian. He took the banner of revenge for the main general and led tens of thousands of troops from all fronts south of Muna Mountain, east of Zhongshoujiang City, and crossed the river at the same time. He conquered more than ten military camps along the river in a row, surrounding Zhongshoujiang City from both sides of the east and west.

The military rations in the city of Sui Sui had been exhausted. While Wang Feng forced the surplus grain of the people to be requisitioned for free, he sent people to cross the river to urge the three divisions of Liu De, a hundred miles away from the Hedong Army. Liu Desan was in charge of 20,000 troops advancing west along the river. His original purpose was to force Wang Mian to admit that Wang Feng stayed for the Tiande Army. If he did not follow the south of the Yellow River, he would annihilate the main force of the Tiande Army, and while ensuring that Wang Feng took over the Tiande Army, he would collect the thirteen counties of Henan Province.

Liu Desan thought about the details of each step, the characteristics and tactics of Wang Mian and each of his subordinates, the history, current situation, organization, combat power, climate, geography, and customs of the Tiande Forehand Army. As Liu Qingling's ten-fang general, Liu Desan was cautious in holding troops but never stick to the rules. He had to plan and then move every battle, so he had experienced many battles and rarely had defeats. His military achievements were so arrogant that even Dong Bazheng looked at him differently and admired him very much. However, Liu Desan never expected that Wang Mian would drown and die. Tiande Forehand Army would fall into the hands of the arrogant and warlike Ma Yue.

When you have designed every detail on the battlefield, you can't find your opponent. This loss and depression are enough to destroy a person's body and will. Liu Desan fell ill and couldn't afford to get sick. The 20,000 army was forced to stop and wait for the instructions of the Supreme Commander.

Wang Feng was completely desperate. He said to Liang Yangu with tears in his eyes: "It's not that I don't want to form an alliance with Hedong, but they really have no sincerity. Ma Yue and Sima Zhao's heart are obvious. If I fall into his hands, I will definitely be dead and burial. For the sake of the present, I can only give up the position of the queen to my uncle. I hope my third brother can give up his past grudges and save the foundation left by his father."

Liang Yangu said: "Now Huyan Valley has been lost, and all the food and weapons stored in the valley have been lost. Although the third young master has thousands of troops in his hands, how can he defend it without food in the city?"

Wang Feng said: "How did the teacher forget that we have a sworn with Fengzhou and Zhenwu Army. At this time of crisis, how could they sit idly? Whether it is Fengzhou or Zhenwu Army, as long as it agrees to send troops, it will be able to reach the city in just seven or eight days. I and my third brother join forces together. Can't I stand for ten days and half a month?"

Liang Yangu sneered, "You are thinking too simple. His two families are allied with the Tiande Army!" Seeing that Wang Feng didn't understand what he meant, Liang Yangu had to explain patiently: "The three towns swear to protect each other. As long as you admit the oath made by the old commander with them that day, whether the Wang family or the Ma family is in charge of the Tiande Army, it is no different for them. Doesn't Ma Yue understand this truth? His envoy probably has rushed to Fengzhou and Zhenwu Army."

Wang Feng said: "As the teacher said that the student had to live and die with the city."

Liang Yangu said: "In fact, there is still another way, but I am afraid that the young master will not want to."

When Wang Feng heard that there was a way to go, his eyes suddenly shone and asked anxiously: "Teacher, teach me."

Liang Yangu said word by word: "Assembly with the Baishui Fox."

Wang Feng took a deep breath and frowned and said nothing. Seeing that he was hesitant, Liang Yangu felt a little anxious and said loudly: "The Baishui Fox is different from Ma Yue. The Baishui Fox is a hungry dog. He came to his house just to find some food and fill his stomach and left. If he takes the initiative to feed him, he can also be used to drive it. However, Ma Yue is a wolf that eats people and does not spit bones. He will bite all your flesh and blood and occupy your home. You must know which one is better or worse."

Wang Feng thought for a long time and asked worriedly: "But he only has four thousand men. Can he retreat? "

Liang Yangu smiled and said, "It's certainly not possible for him alone, but if the third son and the soldiers and horses in the city are added, can't they retreat?" Wang Feng was overjoyed when he heard this. Wang Lin was an honest man after all. When he was alive and died, he would stand on his side. The three armies were nearly 10,000, so he could naturally fight Ma Yue.

Thinking of this, Wang Feng said excitedly: "Let me ask the teacher to contact Baishuihu as soon as possible. As for how much gold, silver and jade are allowed, the teacher will decide at his discretion."
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