The mighty fleet of the Hexi Army arrived in Yanfu County, and the head of the family, Gongsun Liang, had received the news in advance and rushed to Yanfu County.

In just a few months, he got another 2,000 barrels of oil from various sources and sent people to Hexi to deliver the letter, but he was a little puzzled in his heart why Zhang Chen's letter mentioned that he wanted to meet his son-in-law.

Gongsun Liang has two sons-in-law, the eldest son-in-law is the assassin of Suizhou, and the second son-in-law is the eldest son of the Liu family, a wealthy family in Yanzhou.

On the dock, Gongsun Liang saw the mighty ship from a distance, he felt a little strange, the draft of the ship was very deep, and it was obviously full of goods, since it was here to transport fire oil, what did it do with so many goods?

At this time, the head boat slowly docked, Zhang Zhen walked down from the boat, and Gongsun Liang greeted him with a smile, "Zhang joined the army, I haven't seen you for a few months, don't come unharmed?" ”

Zhang Chen smiled slightly: "The head of the Gongsun family is really a believer!" ”

Gongsun Liang pointed to a water-viewing pavilion on a high place and said, "I have prepared a few glasses of water and wine, please join the army Zhang to have a drink." ”

"Thank you very much!"

Zhang Chen did not postpone it, followed him to the pavilion, the pavilion is very high, standing in the pavilion can be in front of the entire territory of the Yellow River, the situation on the opposite bank is clearly visible, and the mouth of the Qingshui River into the Yellow River can be faintly seen in front.

In the pavilion, two maids and a boy with warm wine were standing, and the two sat down, and the maid came forward to pour them full wine.

Gongsun Liang raised his wine glass and smiled: "Come on!" For Zhang Zhijun to catch the wind, drink this cup! ”

"!"

The two touched their wine glasses, drank them all, and ate a few chopsticks of food, Gongsun Liang put down his chopsticks and said: "I am very puzzled, what is the reason why Zhang Senjun wants to see my son-in-law in the letter?" ”

Zhang Chen glanced at the maid and boy next to him, and Gongsun Liang hurriedly waved his hand, "You all go down!" ”

The three of them bowed and retreated, and Zhang Chen said slowly: "Actually, it's not that I want to see your son-in-law, but that we want to see him." ”

"Ahh Guo Yuanjun wants to see my son-in-law? Gongsun Liang was surprised and delighted.

"The head of the Gongsun family won't tell me that your son-in-law is loyal to Zhu Zhu!"

"Of course not, Zhu Jun is a traitor, some people are loyal to him for the sake of wealth, but my son-in-law will not, he was born in a famous family in Qinghe, his family has always supported orthodoxy, my son-in-law just can't leave the people of Suizhou, so he can't bear the humiliation and stay in office so far."

"If Guo Yuanjun recruits him, is he willing?"

"I can't guarantee this, but if Guo Yuanjun fights with Zhu Jun, he will definitely support Guo Yuanjun."

Zhang Chen took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Gongsun Liang, "This is Guo Yuanjun's handwritten letter, the head of the family can take a look at it, and then transfer it to Cui Tingshi." ”

Gongsun Liang took the letter and said: "I asked my brother to arrange the goods, and I will go to my son-in-law." ”

"How is the county order of Yanfu County?"

Gongsun Liang was a little embarrassed and said: "Don't worry about Zhang joining the army, the Yanfu County Order is called Gongsun Tuo, and he is my second son, so I don't hide from Zhang Joining the Army that I bought this county order from Chang'an for thousands of dollars." ”

Zhang Chen smiled, "That's the best." ”

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Suizhou's state is Shangxian, located in the west of Yanfu County, about 60 miles apart, that night, Gongsun Liang rushed to Shangxian, directly to the assassin of the official office, the back of the assassin official is the assassin of the mansion.

Hearing that his father-in-law was coming, he went out to greet his mother-in-law.

"Daddy, why didn't you say it beforehand?" Daughter Gongsun asked with some puzzlement.

Gongsun Liang glared at him and said, "I have something important to find your husband, you go to make tea, and don't worry about anything else." ”

Cui Du hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Father-in-law, please go to the study with your son-in-law!" ”

Cui Du is about thirty years old, medium in stature, gentle and elegant, he was born in the side branch of the Cui family in Qinghe, the family background is not very good, after the resumption of the imperial examination, he was admitted to the first Jinshi, served as the chief secretary of Yanzhou Fushi County, it was then that he married the daughter of Gongsun Liang as his wife, with the financial support of the Gongsun family, Cui Du was promoted all the way, and three years ago he served as the assassin of Suizhou.

Weng and his son-in-law sat down in the study, and Gongsun Liang asked, "How much does the virtuous son-in-law know about Guo Song?" ”

"Hexi Jiedu envoy Guo Song?"

Gongsun nodded brightly, Cui Du didn't know why his father-in-law asked this question, he groaned for a while, and decided to tell the truth.

"Guo Song is a very powerful character, restore Beiting and Anxi, exterminate Shatuo and Ge Lulu, I support this, although he is nominally loyal to the imperial court, but in fact it has become a feudal town, in fact, it is beyond reproach, it's all like this, but there is one thing I don't agree with, he killed people too hard, the party men were almost killed by him, and many innocent people were also killed, a little too cruel."

"If he goes to war with Zhu Zhu, who do you support?"

"This ..... In fact, I don't support it, but if I have no choice, I still prefer Guo Song, after all, he is still very good to the Han people, especially the more than 600,000 displaced people who have been properly placed by him, just by virtue of this, I am still willing to support him. ”

Gongsun Liang sighed and said: "There is something I didn't tell the virtuous son-in-law, in fact, a few months ago, the Gongsun family had completely taken refuge in Guo Song, and I also received a letter from Guo Song, who promised to recommend my Fushi County Duke in the future." ”

Cui Du was stunned, his father-in-law's family took refuge in Guo Song, and he didn't know anything.

Cui Du smiled bitterly for a while and said: "If the father-in-law takes refuge in Guo Song, the son-in-law seems to have no choice, but Guo Song and Zhu Jun signed a contract of mutual non-aggression within three years, and I can't publicly declare that Suizhou belongs to Hexi!" ”

"That's why I came to you, you can take a look at this letter first, it's a handwritten letter written by Guo Song to you."

Gongsun Liang took out the letter from his arms and handed it to his son-in-law, Cui Du was startled, and hurriedly took the letter and read it carefully.

At this time, his wife Gongsun brought tea to his father and husband, and she also heard a little bit of conversation between her father and her husband, and she whispered: "Husband, the people of Suizhou are very grateful to Guo Song, when there was a locust plague, many people in Suizhou fled to Fengzhou, and got a good resettlement from Guo Song, and then they returned to their hometowns one after another, and they have always been thinking about Guo Song. ”

Cui Du finished reading the letter, nodded and said, "The lady is right, we can't go against the will of the people." ”

Cui Du asked Gongsun Liang again, "Father-in-law should have read this letter, right?" ”

"I did see it, how do you decide?"

"Please tell Guo Song that I am willing to support him, his army can enter Suizhou at any time, and according to his arrangement, I am still nominally a vassal of Chang'an."

Gongsun Liang was overjoyed, he knew his son-in-law, and his son-in-law would not express his position easily, but once he expressed his position, he would never change his order overnight, which was trustworthy.

He hurriedly said: "I guess Guo Song wants to use Yanfu County, let's take a closer look, how to do this thing well?" ”

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The 30,000 cavalry led by Guo Song arrived at the junction of Suizhou and Yinzhou, there is a big town by the Yellow River, called Kuangzhou Town, there are nearly 300 households, it is late, 30,000 troops are stationed outside the town.

The soldiers buried the pot to cook, feed the horses with water and forage, very busy, the soldiers each had a sleeping bag, but in the hot summer, most of the soldiers directly used the sleeping bag as a mat, sleeping in the open air, surrounded by two thousand patrol cavalry on the periphery, monitoring the movement in the distance.

At this time, a cavalryman galloped from a distance, until he ran to a marching tent, the cavalry turned over and dismounted, held high the messenger arrow and said to the soldiers outside the tent: "Please report to the envoy, the latest news of Yanfu County!" ”

The soldiers hurriedly came to the front of the tent and reported: "Envoy Qiqi, there is news from Yanfu County." ”

"Let him in!"

The soldiers searched the messenger and took him into the tent.

In the big tent, Guo Song was sitting cross-legged in front of the map and pondering, he had already received the news that the 30,000 Youzhou army had entered Yizhou, it was obvious that Zhu Tao wanted to take the Flying Fox into Hedong, this information was five days ago, and now the Youzhou Army is likely to have left the Flying Fox, Guo Song felt that he needed to remind the Taiyuan Yuan family.

At this time, the messenger walked quickly into the big tent, knelt down on one knee and saluted, "See the envoy!" ”

"It's been a hard journey!" Guo Song smiled slightly.

The messenger took out a letter and presented it, "This is a letter from Zhang Senjun to the envoy." ”

The soldiers forwarded the letter to Guo Song, Guo Song took the letter and opened it, the letter said that the Suizhou assassin Shi Cui Du decided to fully cooperate with the Hexi Army, this news is very important, it means that the Hexi Army has a logistics center for the Eastern Expedition, and it also means that Zhu Zhu in Guanzhong will not be able to know the news of the Hexi Army's eastward march into Hedong at a critical moment.