In the study, Yuwen Shu was busy packing his things. In the remaining ten days, he was going to go with Yang Guang to inspect Jiangdu. During this period, he had to arrange everything. He had accumulated enough in Danyang County.

Money and food, just wait for the last time

He remembered his eldest son Yu Wenhua and, he was still in Shangluo County. The guards who went to capture Pei Renji yesterday came back, bringing news that Pei Renji escaped for fear of crime. This made Yu Wenshu breathed a little relieved, so it can confirm that Pei Renji did have it.

The question is, he can explain it to the emperor.

But why didn't Huaji come back? Now is the critical moment, and you can't delay the big thing for a little money. Yuwen Shu pondered for a moment, and a bold idea came to his mind. So Xing asked his eldest son to lead his army to Danyang County.

The army is the basis for its uprising

This thought made Yuwen Shu very excited. He immediately returned to the table and was about to write a letter. As soon as he picked up the pen, the butler's voice came from the door, "Master, the eldest son has sent someone to deliver the letter, and the situation seems to be very urgent."

Yuwen Shu was stunned. Did something happen? "Bring in"

Soon, a confidant servant of Yu Wenji was taken into the study. When he entered the house, he knelt down and cried, "Master, something happened to the eldest son."

"What happened?" Yuwen Shu asked in a trembling voice, a very ominous premonition was shrouded in his heart.

"Young Master Yuwen was caught"

The servant hurriedly took out a letter and presented it with trembling hands. Yuwen Shu grabbed the letter and opened it impatiently. He hurriedly read it. He froze as if he was struck by lightning. The letter floated down from his hand, Shangluo County

The prefect Zhang Ji rebelled, and his son fell into Zhang Ji's hands.

Yuwen Shu felt a heartache like a suffocation, and suddenly fainted. The concubine next to her was so scared that she ran out and shouted, "Come on, come on, come on, you're fainting."

More than a dozen personal guards rushed into the room to rescue Yuwen Shu. He was old and could not faint easily. Yuwen Zhiji also came. He picked up the letter from the ground and read it hurriedly, and his heart suddenly became half cold.

Zhang Ji, the prefect of Shangluo County, rebelled and took his elder brother as a hostage.

Yuwen Zhiji was very angry. It was probably because his elder brother was too ruthless to extort money and forced him to rebel.

At this time, Yuwen Shu woke up, and the first sentence he said: "Keep the secret, no one is allowed to mention this matter."

"Where is the faith? Where is the faith?"

Yuwen Zhiji quickly handed the letter on it, "Father, do you matter?"

Yuwen Shu took the letter and gasped, "I'm not in the way, you let everyone go down."

The guards all retreated, and Yuwen Shu read the letter again. There were two pages in the front page of the letter, which was written by his son Yuwen and his son, so that his father would not say that the handle of Zhang Yuwen's family fell into Zhang Ji's hands, which made Yuwen Shu frightened.

What exactly is the handle?

The next page of the letter was written by the prefect Zhang Ji, saying that Yu Wen and his blackmail were too cruel and forced to rebel. If he dared to send troops to wipe out, he would cut off Yu Wenji's head and make the Yu Wen family's old ministers public.

In the world, let him destroy the family of Yuwen

The following lines read that if he agreed to his conditions, he could put them back to Yu Culture and what conditions were, but Zhang Ji did not write them.

Yuwen Shu looked over and over again several times, but couldn't find where Zhang Ji's conditions were? He immediately ordered: "Call the servants who reported the news."

The servant of the news was quickly brought in again. Yuwen Shu asked him, "Does the prefect Zhang Ji want you to bring?"

The servant shook his head, "I said nothing. I accompanied the young master to the county yard. I stayed at the door and waited. As a result, a soldier captured me and I didn't even see the young master's face."

Yuwen Shu had completely calmed down. He had realized that Zhang Ji was delaying time. Perhaps he had other purposes. This matter was still too urgent. If Zhang Ji was forced to force him to get angry, he would jump over the wall. Fortunately, Yang Guang was about to leave.

Now, this matter will not be exposed

Yuwen Shu immediately summoned another guard with a strong martial arts skills. He said to the guard and the servant: "You bring another 500 taels of gold to Shangluo County and tell Zhang Ji that I must not hurt my son's life. If you have something to do, you can discuss it.

If he dares to touch a hair of my son, I will let his whole family die without a single death.”

The guard and servant left, and Yuwen Zhiji asked worriedly: "Father, what should I do about this?"

"How do I know?"

Yuwen Shu gritted his teeth with hatred and said, "That useless thing, holding ten thousand troops in his hand, was caught by others."

After a while, Yuwen Shu said again: "There is no way to do this, you can only wait. Your cowardly brother has no value in use. Sooner or later, they will put forward conditions. Remember, this matter must be blocked. If someone asks, you will say

Big brother is suppressing bandits in Shangluo”

Yuwen Shu remembered the court again, and he had to find a way to prevent the court from being suspicious. An unexpected incident caused him a headache.

.........

Qi County, Zhang Xutuo rectified the remaining troops of Qi County and borrowed 5,000 troops from Beihai County and Lu County. He led 20,000 troops to Beihai County and Qi County. After several months of fierce battles, thirty battles were fought in all sizes.

Yuchang defeated Guo Fangyu's troops, Qin Junhong's troops and Zuo Xiaoyou's troops, strengthened his troops to 50,000. Finally, Lu Mingyue gave up Licheng County and led a large army to retreat west to Changqing County, Jibei County, and was tortured.

Death, especially the family members of the officers and soldiers were seriously injured. Zhang Xutuo's two daughters were both humiliated and died. General Luo Shixin and Niu Jinda's family all died at the hands of the enemy. Only Qin Qiong's wife and mother happened to be out of Licheng County and escaped.

Zhang Xutuo was full of grief, comforted his subordinates, buried the bodies, rebuilt the city, and rectified the soldiers. The more hatred he was suppressed, the less he would not go out easily. He rectified and trained the army for nearly two months, and the court sent weapons and armor from Jiangdu.

The 50,000 troops have become a jingling army

In October, Zhang Xutuo left 20,000 troops and ordered the general Jia Wuben to defend the city. He sent another 10,000 troops to divide them into ten battalions and stationed on the south bank of the Yellow River to prevent the bandits from rioting in Douzigang from crossing the river to the south.

He personally led an army of 20,000 jing savages to Jibei County. Before leaving, the soldiers made a vow in front of the large monument of the victims in Licheng County that they would kill Lu Mingyue's army, without leaving any one.

The flags were waving, the armor was shining, and there were 10,000 cavalry and infantry each, and a total of 20,000 troops marched westward.

Zhang Xutuo urged the horse to catch up with Luo Shixin. When he saw Luo Shixin's mood was depressed, he patted his shoulder, "The deceased is gone, and we living people should avenge them, and use the heads and blood of our enemies to worship their relatives.

Luo Shixin nodded silently, tears flashed in his eyes. His father, wife and children died at the hands of the bandits. If this revenge is not avenged, Luo Shi vows not to be a human being.

"Master, why is this bandit so vicious?"

Zhang Xutuo sneered and said, "Many of these bandits are good farmers. Their homes were affected by disasters and their families died tragically. They held grudges in their hearts. They should have vented their hatred to the court, but they dared not, in his bones.

Bad roots and timidity make them dare to vent their hatred on the weak.”

Luo Shixin slowly straightened his waist. He knew that the master's grief was not suppressed by anyone, but the master would not reveal his grief. This is the real iron-blooded man. He should follow his example.

"Master, Lu Mingyue has an army of 150,000, eight times that of us. How should we deal with it?"

"We have hatred in our hearts, and he is timid in his heart. Just watch them abandon the city and flee, and then they know that they are already timid. Hate can make us burst out ten times more powerful, but timidity weakens their morale. One goes away and the other goes away. They will

Undoubtedly”

Zhang Xutuo smiled again, "But hatred can only be accumulated in the hearts of soldiers. For generals, they must remain calm and not let hatred blind their eyes. Then Lu Mingyue is also a smart person. She was defeated by Yuan Qing in Zhuo County.

He actually made a comeback and defeated Xu Jinfang with the trick of digging the tiger away from the mountain. This shows that this person has extraordinary ability, and should not be underestimated or underestimated."

Luo Shixin was silent for a moment and asked again: "Why is Master unwilling to help his senior brother?"

Zhang Xutuo's face changed and said coldly: "What should I help him? Help him usurp the throne and seize the Sui Dynasty? A real man should be loyal to his king and father, and loyal to the Sui Dynasty, and be worthy of the world. If he, Yang Yuanqing, dares to have a different intention.

, I, Zhang Xutuo, will never admit that he is my disciple."

Perhaps he felt that his words were too heavy, and he smiled and said, "Let's not talk about this, we must concentrate on dealing with Lu Mingyue now."

.........

Two days later, Zhang Xutuo's army entered Changqing County, Jibei County. This is where Lu Mingyue's nest is located. Zhang Xutuo rode a horse to a low hill and looked into the distance. The terrain is flat and there are many rivers, and you can do it everywhere.

Seeing large areas of reed marsh, it is easy to hide, and is more suitable for ambush wars

At this time, a Sui army scout rushed over from afar, rushed up the hill for a moment, and bowed to report: "Report to the commander, the main force of the enemy was found thirty miles away, and was coming towards us."

“How many people are there?”

“There are about 130,000 to 140,000 people”

Zhang Xutuo looked into the distance with his hand curtain. Now he could not see anything. He immediately ordered: "Tell me my order, and the army will camp on the spot. Within half an hour, the camp must be completed."

His army came from afar and he didn't want to fight the enemy immediately. The Sui army quickly set up a camp. In less than half an hour, he set up a neat camp.

More than half an hour later, Lu Mingyue personally led the army to a few miles away from Zhang Xutuo's camp. Lu Mingyue hated and feared Zhang Xutuo. This man led 10,000 remaining troops to sweep Beihai County and Qi County.

More than 30 battles were fought, and never failed. He recovered 50,000 troops in just a few months, and became a jing-sharp army. It can be seen that this person's ability to lead troops and train troops is extraordinary.

However, Lu Mingyue is also different from the general rioter leader. He has a keen eye and the ability to capture fighter jets. He found that Zhang Xutuo came to the west and did not have supplies to follow him, but instead carried light troops and simple movements, which means the food and grass of the Sui army.

Sooner or later there will be problems

Lu Mingyue was not in a hurry to fight Zhang Xutuo, and also ordered "the army camped on the spot"

............(To be continued)
Chapter completed!