The Third Battalion of Police was formed on the basis of the local militia in Wangshan Town 70 miles northeast of Feng'an. The chief military officer Zhang Jinbiao and the main officers in the battalion were Li Tong's old subordinates. √W√w    W√.

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CoM Two days ago, Zhang Jinbiao received a handwritten letter from Li Tong, asking his troops to be prepared to intercept the Tada people who fled from Feng'an. Zhang Jinbiao did not dare to be careless at all. He did not take off his armor for three days and nights to guard the camp. Two military captains went to the east and west wings of the defense land to supervise the preparations for the war. All passes leading to the northern grassland of Mobei were on high alert, ready to attack the Tada's defeated soldiers.

"Brother has news." Xie Heng, the Dianjun Academy Captain, hurried in. Xie Heng was the chief in charge of the Wangshan militia, a large family in Wangshan. After the militia was reorganized into the Third Police Battalion, Yang Hao originally wanted him to serve as the military officer. Xie Heng insisted on taking office on the grounds that his lack of resources and hoped for him. After Zhang Jinbiao came to Wangshan, he fell in love with him at first sight, and the two became sworn brothers.

"How many people have come?" Zhang Jinbiao asked anxiously.

"There are only about twenty people in total, all of them are in a mess. It seems that they have suffered a big defeat." Xie Heng picked up Zhang Jinbiao's tea bowl and took a few mouthfuls. Zhang Jinbiao was unwilling to worry about these things and hurriedly asked again: "Which checkpoint did they come to? Can our people stop it?"

"It's definitely possible to stop it, but..." Xie Heng wanted to say something but stopped. Zhang Jinbiao hurriedly beat a few servants out.

"Let me tell me, what's wrong?" Zhang Jinbiao was already overjoyed when he heard that he could stop Li Shaoqing. He was appointed as the military commander of the grain and grass officer, and there were many people who were dissatisfied. It was undoubtedly a great achievement to hold Li Shaoqing. What else could they say?

"There is a woman next to Li Shaoqing. The female clerk in the office named Asumi-Qing. Brother, with this person here, I think we should not stop him."

Zhang Jinbiao has not only heard of the name of Qianshuiqing. It is said that he was able to serve as the commander of the Third Battalion of the Police, but he was also a loss to this Qianshuiqing. He has been transferred from a team as a grain and grass officer for ten years, and has not brought any soldiers or soldiers in ten years. When Li Tong proposed to serve as the commander of the Third Battalion of the Police, there was a lot of opposition from the bottom.

Qian Sami-Qing told Yang Hao that although he lacked the experience of leading troops, he was familiar with the customs and habits of all ethnic groups in the north of Mo and was good at dealing with all ethnic groups. After all, the Third Battalion of the Police is a second-line guard and there are not many opportunities to go to the battlefield with real swords and guns. As long as he is honest and has a slight lack of experience in military leadership, he can be a good family.

Zhang Jinbiao dared not make arbitrarily whether the rumors were true. But since this woman joined the Defense Envoy and became a clerk, the rumors between her and Yang Hao have been going on. Zhang Jinbiao has been a person who has been studying for several years and has no intention of caring about these right and wrong. But he also knew in his heart that this woman is now Li Shaoqing's amulet. She will bless Li Shaoqing to be safe.

The ecstasy in Zhang Jinbiao's heart suddenly disappeared without a trace. He pondered for a long time and asked Xie Heng: "What do you think?"

Xie Heng knew that he would come to the corner of the world and Zhang Jinbiao had already made a point of view, but he was straightforward and always said whatever he wanted.

"It's true that I can't catch Li Shaoqing, but someone will still plead for us. If Qian Shuiqing is injured, she will really die without a burial place."

Zhang Jinbiao laughed and said, "Brother, this is exactly what I want, so I will do what you said. If you want to behead and kill me alone, you will never implicate your brother."

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Yang Hao arrived at Wangshan Town at midnight.

In the battle outside Feng'an City, although the main force of the Guiyi Army was wiped out, his three battalions were also lost. Three hundred casualties of the Leopard Camp, the Liehuo Camp and the Jingqi Camp each lost two-thirds of them and were already paralyzed. Yang Hao left the remaining troops of the Jingqi Camp to clean the battlefield and cure the wounded soldiers. He led more than 300 people from the Leopard Camp and the remaining troops of the Liehuo Camp to chase Li Shaoqing with light clothes.

Twenty miles south of Wangshan Town, Yang Hao and the two men and horses of the Tiedang Camp in Jiuniang Pass met.

Zhang Jinbiao led his troops to welcome him for ten miles. Yang Hao asked about Li Shaoqing's whereabouts. Zhang Jinbiao knelt down and apologized. Yang Hao angrily said, "Let the tiger return to the mountain, there will be endless troubles. If you miss the military opportunity, you should be executed!" Zhang Jinbiao apologized repeatedly.

As Xie Heng expected, Cheng Keling and the Leopard Camp Army Commander Jiang Tao both stood up and pleaded for Zhang Jinbiao. Cheng Keling said: "It is not good to kill the general in front of the army. He goes north to chase the enemy and is about to hire people. He is willing to ask the general to spare his life and make him a meritorious service." Jiang Tao advised: "Zhang Zhengling is familiar with the customs and humanities of all ethnic groups in the north of the border, so he leads it twice as much as possible."

Yang Hao shouted angrily: "If everyone hadn't pleaded with me, I would have been unwilling to forgive me! I temporarily dismissed the position of Zhang Jinbiao as the commander of the military, and Xie Heng was acting as the commander of the army. Zhang Jinbiao followed Cheng Keling and Jiang Tao crossed the river to pursue Li Shaoqing. If he couldn't get his head back, I would take your head to the top." Zhang Jinbiao retreated loudly.

At present, Yang Hao appointed Cheng Keling as the main general and Jiang Tao as the deputy general. He led the Leopard Camp and Tiedang Camp two posts, and the Third Camp and one post more than 400 people crossed the river to pursue Li Shaoqing. He himself led the remaining troops of the Liehuo Camp to Bingyan Valley.

Ten days ago, Yang Hao secretly arrived in Yongfeng from Xiao Chang'an, forcing Zhang Yannian to express his opinion on Zeng, and at the same time prepared for the Northern Expedition to the Central Forest.

After Zeng Chongyang arrived in Fengzhou, he purged Yang Hao's old subordinates in the name of purge of Wang Shoucheng's remaining party. The Xining army was in chaos. All the backbone of the Tiger Camp of the 12th Battalion was cleaned up and finally forced to rebel. Fengzhou Camp was defiled as a rebellion, and the officers and soldiers were lost, and even the number was revoked by Zeng Chongyang. Other battalions were also severely damaged to varying degrees. Colleagues attacked each other, friends suspicious of each other, military discipline was abolished, and people's hearts were dispersed, and the romance exchanged for blood on the battlefield was gone. If Zeng Chongyang was not lost, Fengzhou and Xining troops would be destroyed.

Zhang Yannian had long been determined to defeat Zeng, but he had always been cautious and felt that he was not strong enough, so he adopted a obscure wait-and-see attitude. As soon as he saw Yang Hao return to Fengzhou, he immediately changed his attitude and announced that he would support Yang to defeat Zeng Yongfeng. Fengzhou military, government and civilians had long disliked Zeng Chongyang's chaos and expressed their support for Yang Hao to return to Fengzhou to take charge of the government. Zhang Huchen, who was detained by Jinfeng Camp, ordered the official offices at all levels in Fengzhou to immediately end the purgation and quell the injustice for the victims.

Zeng Chongyang's fall was a foregone conclusion, and the civil strife in Fengzhou was about to quell. However, external threats came quietly. According to the information collected by Guan Suo, Xiao Qijin, the leader of the central forest, wanted to take advantage of the civil strife in Fengzhou to lead his army south. He was defeated in August and used this military merit to protect his shaky Khan position.

Zeng Chongyang, Xiao Qijin, and Li Shaoqing, which is more important, who is the first and who comes later. Yang Hao believes that Zeng Chongyang has done his best in Fengzhou and has lost all his heart. It is only a matter of time before the fall. Although Li Shaoqing has heavily occupied Feng'an, he has no lofty ambitions. Guiyi's military discipline is corrupt and disturbs the people. It is not difficult to expel him. The middle of the forest has become a mortal enemy in Fengzhou, and Xiao Qijin is the most vicious enemy in Fengzhou.

The forest part is scattered in the southern and western part of Yinshan. There are 18 clan surnames, with more than 10,000 people in the large surnames and hundreds of small surnames. Xiao Qijin and Manle are the surnames Qi Mier, which were originally the largest surnames in the middle of the forest. However, after the defeat of Fengzhou, Qi Mier's strength was greatly damaged, and the other surnames gradually developed a sense of disobedience. The newly unified forest center stood on the verge of division and collapse. Zeng Chongyang's arrival made Xiao Qijin see the hope of a comeback. Taking advantage of the civil strife of the Xining army, he led his troops south to capture Fengzhou. This can not only avenge his previous shame, but also re-establish his prestige and stabilize his position. The forest center can also avoid falling into the abyss of division and melee again.

If Xiao Qijin gathers the forces of the eighteen surnames to raise troops south, Fengzhou will be in danger. Yang Hao believes that only by taking the strike before Xiao Qijin takes action can the border troubles in northern Fengzhou be eliminated once and for all. For this reason, Yang Hao instructed the Xiaoqi Camp, Fengyi Camp, Xiaofeng Camp, and the Feihu Camp and the Polang Camp that secretly headed north from Xiao Chang'an to divide troops across the river and attack the central part of the forest.

People who oppose the objections, such as Zhang Yannian, believe that the so-called Linzhong generals taking advantage of the civil strife in Fengzhou to go south was just a speculation made by Guan Suo based on the information obtained. If the information was wrong and he attacked rashly, it was very likely to anger Xiao Qijin, thereby promoting the eighteen surnames in the middle of the Linzhong to unite and raise troops to go south. By then, a large army was in front, and Zeng Chongyang and Li Shaoqing stabbed him, and Fengzhou might really be handed over to others.

In addition, the Xining army has suffered great losses after the purging of the sacrificial power. Whether it can defeat the central forest after crossing the river is still a question mark. If it fails, it will not even cost a turnaround. Zhang Yannian advocates concentrating on solving the civil strife first, resting and then sending troops to attack the central forest.

Zhang Yannian is famous for his meticulousness and caution. His words made Yang Hao hesitate for a long time. After repeated weighing the pros and consolidation of Zhang Yannian's plan, he decided not to use Zhang Yannian's plan to fight in the mountains and concentrate his main force to defeat the central forest. While resolving civil strife, he solved the northern border problems of Fengzhou once and for all. Although this is a dangerous move, this dangerous thing is worth taking.

The progress of the war was almost exactly the same as Yang Hao expected. There were many conflicts between the eighteen surnames in the middle of the forest. After the Battle of Fengzhou, Miluo Tu and Manmeng Mule, who were the three major surnames in the forest, each gathered a group of followers to force the palace. Xiao Qi Jin was in bed and recuperating due to arrow injuries. When he heard that the two surnames were going to attack the tent, he became angry and screamed. After his wounds burst out and his life was almost in danger.

Manle asked for help from the Uighur royal court. With the mediation of the special envoy of Zhangxin Khan, the three surnames reconciled, but Xiao Qijin's prestige was ruined. The war was restarted between the various tribes, and the big fish ate small fish and shrimp. When the Xining army, with Park Enjun as the main general, crossed the river northward, the south of Yinshan had become a pot of porridge. In addition to the traditional three strong surnames, two surnames emerged in the bloody battle: Dalau or Xinlin.

The Xinlin family has a deep degree of sinicization. Since the last three generations, they have changed their surname to the Han surname "Lin". When the clan leader Lin Luohu was young, he traveled all over the south of the Yangtze River and highly praised the customs and cultural relics of the Tang Dynasty. When he learned that the Xining army crossed the river and went north, he sent his son Lin Hanlie to meet the Tang army commander Park Enjun.

Lin Hanlie told the bullying of the Sanqiang family against his tribe, and expressed his willingness to send troops to help the Tang army recover the south of Yinshan Mountain, on the condition that he hoped to get a few pastures originally belonged to Qi Mier and allow Xinlin Autonomy. Park Enjun asked him to raise an army to help him capture Xiao Qi Jin's tooth tent to show his loyalty. Lin Hanlie agreed. One thousand cavalry of Xinlin's family were the vanguard, and the fourth battalion of Xining Army was the main force, and he rushed into Xiao Qi Jin's tooth tent. Xiao Qi Jin was captured by Xiao Qi Jin's wives, concubines, mothers, ministers, and confidants. Therefore, Xiao Qi Jin was taken back to the Uighur royal court by the special envoy of Zhangxin Khan, and escaped the disaster.

Manle led the remaining troops of the Qimier tribe to retreat to the north of Yinshan and re-entered the Uighur royal court. The den was destroyed, and the nominal lord in the middle of the forest no longer existed. The three powerful tribes fought fiercely to compete for the throne. With the help of the Xinlin clan, Park Enjun defeated the most powerful Miluo Tu tribe and regained all the lost lands south of Yinshan.

The Manmeng Mule clan was defeated by the Xinlin clan, and the remaining troops retreated to the north of Yinshan Mountain, while the Tala may retreat to Momachuan, west of the former Yinshan Mountain. Park Enjun incorporated the remnants of the Iron-Medical Jile tribe and formed the Iron-Medical Camp as the main force in attacking the Tala or tribe.

Yang Hao met Lin Luohu, the leader of the Xinlin clan in Bingyan Valley, and appointed him as the newly established Yinshan County Magistrate in the name of the imperial envoy. He allocated several pastures originally belonging to Xiaoqijin to the Xinlin clan for use, exempted his tribe from taxes for three years, and granted 5,000 stones of grain to spend the winter. At the same time, he transferred the Flying Tiger Camp, the Xiaoqi Camp, the Fengya Camp, and the Iron-Ming Camp together with the Xinlin clan 1,000 cavalry to attack the Taluo or clan.

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Chapter completed!