Wang Shichong received the approval of Emperor Yang Guang of Sui, and allowed him to take three thousand Jianghuai troops to Qiao County to take over Zhang Xutuo's army. Wang Shichong took his brother Wang Shiheng, Wang Shiwei, his clan brother Wang Bian, his nephew Wang Renze, and several capable generals set out to the north overnight.

Three days later, Wang Shichong's army arrived in Qiao County, and the camp of Zhang Xutuo's army was stationed three miles away. Wang Shichong was not in a hurry to enter Zhang Xutuo's camp to take power, but ordered people to invite several generals of Zhang Xutuo to discuss matters.

In the central army tent, Wang Shichong was holding a meeting with several of his brothers and nephews to discuss major events.

Wang Shichong is over forty years old this year. He is from Hu, Hexi. His original surname is Zhi. His grandmother changed his surname to Wang because his grandmother brought his father to remarry a family named Wang. Wang Shichong is tall and rude, but he has a cunning look in his eyes that is inconsistent with his appearance.

"Now the world is in chaos and the heroes are in power. How can our Wang family fall behind?"

Wang Shichong swept his fierce eyes at his brothers, sons and nephews one by one, "You guys say, where is the country of our Wang family?"

Wang Shichong's brothers were all rude and fierce, and lacked the mind and cunning of Wang Shichong. On this issue, except for their eyes widening than Wang Shichong, they had no other skills.

Wang Shichong's eyes fell on the face of his nephew Wang Renze. This was the only junior he brought, and he was also a person he trusted very much. Wang Renze was as fierce and cunning as Wang Shichong, and his methods were as vicious as he did. He knew that his uncle was waiting for his answer.

"Luoyang" Wang Renze said two short words

“Good saying it’s good”

Wang Shichong patted his nephew's shoulder heavily, and Wang Renze gave his answer

"I have lived like a dog in the past ten years. I have to lick everyone's feet, but from today on, I am no longer a dog, I want to be a human being, it's someone else's turn to lick my feet. Do you understand, what am I going to do?"

Wang Shichong stared at Wang Renze again, "What about you, do you understand?"

"Military Power" Wang Renze still said two short words

Wang Shichong narrowed his eyes and smiled. He straightened his waist and said coldly: "The army left by Zhang Xutuo will become my private army. I will fight for the first property in the world. If anyone who comes to discuss matters today will not be left, they will be killed."

At this time, a personal soldier reported at the door: "Report to General, the general who came to discuss matters has arrived."

"How many are here?"

"Five people are here"

Wang Shichong cursed angrily: "Damn it, why did six people come and four more?"

"Report to the general, I don't know the specific job"

Wang Shichong was angry that Zhang Xutuo's ten Yingyang generals were killed. He wanted to kill them all, but only five people came, which made it difficult for him to take action. At this time, Wang Renze said: "It is not easy to explain to the court if the fifth uncle killed them. It is better to take charge of military power first and then eliminate them one by one on the battlefield."

Wang Shichong nodded, "It makes sense, just do it."

He quickly walked towards the tent of the matter

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The reason why there are four people in the future today is that a general Jia Wuben is on his dying state. He was seriously injured when he was rescued by Zhang Xutuo. After nearly ten days of support, he finally reached the end of his life.

Qin Qiong, Luo Shixin, Niu Jinda and Jia Runfu, the younger brother of Jia Wuben, stayed to accompany him, so he did not go to Wang Shichong's tent to have a meeting.

Jia Wuben is Qin Qiong's wife and brother, and has a very good relationship with Qin Qiong. He ranks second among the ten generals of Zhang Xutuo, second only to Qin Qiong. He is kind and has a good relationship with everyone. When he is about to die, Jia Wuben's mind is also particularly clear. He holds Qin Qiong's hand and says to everyone: "Wang Shichong is vicious and cruel. He brings three thousand people here. He will not tolerate everyone. He will leave as soon as possible before he can do anything. Listen to me and leave quickly..."

Before he finished speaking, he couldn't hold it up in one breath, and he passed away. Jia Runfu buried his body and cried. Qin Qiong silently closed Jia Wuben's eyes. There was too much sadness during this period, and he had no tears.

Qin Qiong walked to the outer tent and sat down, silently looking at the dark night sky outside the tent. At this time, Luo Shixin walked behind him, pressed Qin Qiong's shoulder, and whispered: "Brother, come with me."

Luo Shixin wanted Qin Qiong to go to Fengzhou with him. When his master died, Luo Shixin turned into a rootless duckweed. At the same time, he turned into a goshawk. He wanted to find his own sky and go to Yang Yuanqing was his dream.

Qin Qiong sighed, he had nowhere to go, his background was destined to have no chance in the Sui Dynasty. Jia Wuben's dying words were knocked heavily in his heart, and he could not stay anymore, otherwise, Wang Shichong would be the first to kill him.

"Okay, I'll go with you, but I'll go back to Qi County first to bring my mother, wife and children."

At this time, Niu Jinda said behind her, "I'll go with you."

Qin Qiong looked back at him, "Do you know where we are going?"

Niu Jinda nodded, "I know, you are going to join Yang Yuanqing, I will go too."

Qin Qiong stood up and walked towards the inward tent. After a moment, he came out and said, "Jia Runfu is also going. He wants to send his brother back to Licheng County. My family will take me to Fengzhou for me. We will leave now without further ado."

Once Qin Qiong decided on something, he was extremely decisive and did not drag it down. Half an hour later, the three of them rode away from the camp with three hundred people, and detoured towards Fengzhou.

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The news of Zhang Xutuo's death had reached Fengzhou. Yang Yuanqing was extremely sad and ordered the entire Fengzhou army to mourn and mourn for Zhang Xutuo for three silences.

Yang Yuanqing's mansion has been extremely quiet these two days. Everyone knows that Yang Yuanqing is in a bad mood, so they try not to disturb him.

At night, Pei Minqiu took a cup of freshly stewed bird's nest porridge and slowly walked to the door of the study. She glanced at the two personal guards, and all the personal guards shook their heads. Pei Minqiu sighed softly. Her husband had not eaten for two days, so this would not work.

The door was not locked, Pei Minqiu pushed the door open and walked in. The room was dim and there was no light. Only a few starlights entered the room through the window, making the room faintly visible. In the darkness, Yang Yuanqing could be seen sitting at the table, staring blankly at the starry sky outside the window.

He recalled the year when he was a child, his grandfather brought a tall officer to him. He was less than thirty years old, and had a heroic and quiet face with a decisive look and tall figure. His grandfather introduced him to himself

'This is a powerful general in our army, with his surname Zhang and Xutuo. You will learn martial arts from him in the future'

Broken fragments in his mind flew past, as if they were very far away, and as if they had happened yesterday

Zhang Xutuo took him to the shore of Qujiang Pool, holding his shoulder and staring at his eyes and asked in a deep voice: "I'll ask you again last time, don't you regret learning from me?"

‘The disciple will never regret it’

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Zhang Xutuo carried him in the air like a chicken, strode onto the ice surface and threw him into the ice hole.

‘I can’t stand it if I please let me get ashore, please…’

‘Shut up to me’ Zhang Xutuo slapped heavily in the face

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‘Run for me, if you scold me for my ancestors for 18 generations, just run for me for 18 miles.’

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Zhang Xutuo's eyes were a little sad and he sighed softly, "Yuanqing, I invite you to have a drink as the farewell wine for our master and disciple."

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The past scenes returned to his eyes one by one, and tears surged out of his eyes again. He knew that the master would die in battle and knew that there would be such a day, but he watched the master die and he could not forgive himself no matter what. Only when he lost his relatives would he experience that unforgettable pain.

Pei Minqiu gently placed bird's nest porridge on the table and gently hugged her husband's head in his arms. He knew that his husband was better than his wife. Pei Minqiu whispered: "You have no responsibility for your master's death, so don't blame yourself anymore."

The tears on Yang Yuanqing's face had not dried up, but the tears poured out of his eyes again. He burst into tears, "He is my father, my father is dead."

Pei Minqiu's eyes also turned red, "I know, I know you are sad, you will finish crying. You have to wipe your tears and consider the safety of Fengzhou. Your soldiers are waiting for you. Officials are worried about you. Chuchen is already six months pregnant. You have to think about the children..."

As he spoke, Pei Minqiu's tears also rolled out, "And your teacher's wife, you should take her here and be filial to her as your mother."

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Second, Yang Yuanqing appeared again next to the canal in Jiuyuan County. The canal is ten miles long and leads directly to the Yellow River. Dozens of tall granaries were built on both sides, where 800,000 stones of grain were stored. The weather came particularly early. The ice that started melting in early February in previous years has now shown signs of melting ten days in advance.

Large cracks appeared on the ice surface, the ice layer became thinner and began to float up and down. At most, the ship could enter the water and sail in seven or eight days.

After a winter transportation, almost all the strategic materials have been moved to Lingwu County. The following is the grain and population. The efficiency of grain sleds is too low, and it is the most convenient to use a ship. There are more than 4,000 large flatbed ships in Fengzhou. One ship can transport 100 stones of grain, and that time it can transport 400,000 stones.

Yang Yuanqing, accompanied by Du Ruhui, inspected the preparations for the handling of grain. Large flatbed ships were already full of the river, and tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians were transporting grain from the warehouse.

Yang Yuanqing frowned and said, "It's too manpower to carry it like this. Is there any good way to save labor?"

Du Ruhui nodded and smiled, "The solution is that we are going to install a movable chute in the warehouse and river channel. Then, put the grain buns on the chute and it can slide directly onto the boat. Zhang Lei has already drawn a pattern. We are organizing craftsmen to make it with iron to make it extremely smooth."

Yang Yuanqing nodded. This method is good. The reason why the warehouse was built by the river was to facilitate getting on and off the boat.

At this time, a cavalry rushed from the shore, holding a piece of information in his hand, "General Manager, Guanzhong Urgent Report"

Yang Yuanqing walked up quickly, took the information, took a look, and immediately said to Du Ruhui: "We will go back to the military yamen now, something big happened in Guanzhong."

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Note 1: A little older readers should know who Wang Renze is. Young readers can go and watch the old movie "Shaolin Temple" in the 1980s.

Note 2: Niu Jinda is the prototype of You Junda in "Romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties" (to be continued)
Chapter completed!