In February of the ninth year of Daye, the Yellow River thawed, and ships that had been frozen by ice for a winter reappeared on the river.

On the north bank of the Yellow River, Douzigang, thousands of fishing boats are ready to go, masts cover the sky and the sun, on the shore, hundreds of thousands of black-clothed soldiers are boarding the ships one after another, the dense army is endless, all the rebels' eyes are staring at the other side of the Yellow River, showing excited and expectant looks, and the other side of the surging Yellow River is Qi County.

The battle was approaching, the storm was coming, a group of cavalry galloped on the official road, and the peasants who were taking care of the wheat seedlings in the fields on both sides of the official road stood up in surprise, looking at the cavalry running by like a lightning speed, and a sense of foreboding rose again in their hearts.

An hour later, the cavalry rushed into Licheng County, and ran until they reached the county office, and the cavalry kicked off their horses and shouted to the guards in front of the county office: "Go quickly and report to the Taishou, the thief army on the north bank of the Yellow River is coming." ”

The guards turned around and rushed towards the county office, since the seventh year of the great cause Zhang Xutuo led the army to defeat Wang Bobu, the bandits in Qi County basically subsided, under the governance of Zhang Xutuo, agricultural production began to be gradually restored, and various shops in Licheng County opened one after another, and Qi County gradually had some vitality.

At the end of last year, Emperor Yang Guang announced the launch of the second Goryeo Campaign, in Henan, Shandong and Hebei counties to levy 500,000 Xiaoguo, and then 2 million people, this news made the people in the world agitated, no one wanted to go to Liaodong to die, the second large-scale rebellion broke out again in various places, the bandits that were quelled in Qi County reappeared, forming dozens of rebel forces, among which the Changbai Mountain Zuojun Xingbu was the largest, in just one month, nearly 10,000 bandits were gathered.

All this gave Taishou Zhang Xutuo a headache, and he couldn't care about suppressing bandits now, and the task pressed by the imperial court made it difficult for him to complete.

The imperial court decomposed the task of recruiting soldiers and recruiting people, and when they went to Qi County, they wanted to recruit 50,000 Xiaoguo, and at the same time requisition 100,000 people, and in addition, Zhang Xutuo's 25,000 county soldiers must also be divided into 15,000 people to go to Liaodong.

In the room, his general Qin Qiong said angrily: "Why did the imperial court make such a decision, even if it sweeps the floor for soldiers, there are not so many heroes and people, unless women are also requisitioned as people's husbands." ”

Zhang Xutuo sighed and said: "I estimate that the imperial court still uses the household registration of the great cause for five years as the basis for recruitment, and the disaster and bandits have caused the population of Qi County to lose nearly sixty percent. ”

Luo Shixin hurriedly said, "Master, what should we do then?" ”

"What if there's nothing? It's a big deal to send my Zhang Xutuo's head to the court to confess, I can't complete the task. ”

There was silence in the room, and all the officials and generals bowed their heads, and at this moment, a soldier rushed in, "Report to the envoy, there is an urgent military report." ”

Zhang Xutuo was stunned, and immediately ordered: "Come in and see me!" ”

After a while, a team came and knelt down on one knee to report: "Qi Yu Taishou, the 150,000-strong army of Douzigang bandits is boarding the ship on the north bank, and more than 1,000 people in the vanguard have landed in the north of Zouping County." ”

This news surprised everyone present, Zhang Xutuo's expression was solemn, and he walked quickly to the map by the wall, he stared at the map for a moment, turned back to the county and Sima Ling: "You two immediately organize manpower to transfer all the people near Licheng into the city, and at the same time order all the counties to move people into the city, the walls are clear, the action must be fast, go now!" ”

The two officials hurriedly left, and Zhang Xutuo said to the subordinate general Luo Cai'er: "I'm worried that there will be spies following into the city, you lead two thousand soldiers to patrol the city, if anyone instigates rebellion, kill them on the spot!" ”

"Obedience!"

At this time, Qin Qiong suggested: "Envoy, the enemy army of 150,000 people crossing the Yellow River, without big ships, it will inevitably take time, it is better to take advantage of their unstable foothold in crossing the river, and they can be defeated in one fell swoop." ”

Zhang Xutuo stared at the map for a moment, he shook his head, "I hope to annihilate all the 150,000 troops, although your suggestion is good, but luring the enemy deeper is more important, this time, I want to completely defeat them." ”

Zhang Xutuo turned back to Wang Jinjiang, the partial general of the Qi army, and said: "You can lead 3,000 sailors to lurk in Luzha Bay, and after all the bandits have landed, you can lead the navy to cut off their logistics and transportation and cut off their retreat." ”

"Obey!"

After Zhang Xutuo finished the order, he smiled at Qin Qiong and said, "After this battle is over, maybe we will have a people to deal with." ”

The generals understood and laughed together.

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Thousands of fishing boats worked around the clock to send 150,000 troops across the Yellow River in two days and two nights, which was half of the 300,000 bandits in Douzigang, a combined army composed of four bandit armies, one was Wang Bo's army, one was Sun Xuanya's army, one was Shiqin's army, and one was Hao Xiaode's rebel army.

After Wang Bo's seven-year fiasco, he led hundreds of henchmen to escape across the Yellow River and enter the bandit base camp Douzigang, he spent more than a year to annex more than a dozen small bandits, and at the same time recruited the fleeing rebels, gradually, he made a comeback, with more than 50,000 troops, but Wang Bo has always been angry about the defeat of Qijun, waiting for an opportunity to take revenge.

Just as the Sui Dynasty announced the Second Goryeo War, Wang Bo knew that the opportunity had come, and this was a golden opportunity for him to seize the Shandong Peninsula and confront the Sui Dynasty, which would inevitably fall into the Battle of Goryeo and be unable to take care of them.

As for Sun Xuanya, Hao Xiaode and others, the crisis they are facing now is an existential crisis, the swampy area of Douzigang cannot support the 300,000 rebel army, they must go out and find living space.

To the north is Zhuo County, where there is about to be a gathering of Sui troops, going north is undoubtedly to die, and going west is the sphere of influence of Dou Jiande and Zhang Jin, and there is no chance for them, only to go south to Shandong and occupy the entire Shandong Peninsula, which is their only choice.

Wang Bo's ambitions coincided with the plots of Sun Xuanya, Hao Xiaode and others, and the Quartet united an army of 150,000 to cross the Yellow River and prepare to launch a full-scale attack on the Shandong Peninsula.

On the south bank of the Yellow River, an army of 150,000 had been assembled, and in a large tent, Wang Bo stood in front of a map to explain his battle plan to the other three.

Wang Bo was proud in his heart, lightly brushed a pinch of scorched yellow three sheep's beard, and his sly bright eyes flashed with cunning brightness, as long as he brought the army into Qi County, then it was up to him to decide, he was a native of Qi County, no matter the time and place and the population, he had the absolute upper hand.

"I have fought many times with Zhang Xutuo, I know that his people are cautious in fighting, and generally will not leave Licheng County easily, now most of the population of Qi County is concentrated in the area of Licheng County, Zhang Xutuo will inevitably deploy heavy troops to defend Licheng County, so we don't have to fight Licheng County, but first lay down other counties, first gain a foothold, and then turn around to deal with Zhang Xutuo, we have superior forces, as long as we defeat Zhang Xutuo in a battle, we can make a great contribution."

Wang Bo was born as a scholar and was quite brainy, and his analysis made several other people nod their heads again and again, Sun Xuanya said: "Wang Dashuai, you are the landlord, so you will arrange it!" Where do I hit first? ”

Wang Bo squinted and smiled: "It is best to lay down Zhangqiu County first, Zhangqiu County is located in the heart of Qi County, the city is tall, the north is close to Jishui, surrounded by mountains, the land is fertile, it is the main grain producing area of Qi County, and if we take Zhangqiu County, we can break Zhang Xutuo's Jishui defense, and Licheng County is at our fingertips." ”

Wang Bo still has nothing to say, Zhangqiu County is his hometown, and after his failure in the seventh year of the Great Cause, most of his captured subordinates were settled in Zhangqiu County.

"!"

Hao Xiaode clapped his fists and said decisively: "It's decided!" ”

Wang Bo looked at Sun Xuanya again, "What does Sun Shuai mean?" ”

Sun Xuanya nodded slowly, "I agree." ”

"Good! Then we will send troops to Zhangqiu County. ”

An army of 150,000 was dispatched and slaughtered to Zhangqiu County, south of Jishui.

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Zhangqiu County is very close to Changbai Mountain, and there are more than a dozen small-scale bandits gathered near Zhangqiu County, the number is not much, most of them are hundreds, one of which is about 400 bandits, who make a living from Jishui, the leader of this bandit is Du Fuwei, and the deputy general is Fu Gongyou.

A few years ago, after Du Fuwei's father was killed by officers and soldiers in Pengcheng County, Du Fuwei and Fu Gongyou fled back to their hometown, but the arrest warrant from the government immediately arrived in Qi County, and Du Fuwei and Fu Gongyou had no way out, so they had to become water thieves and live by robbing merchant ships.

With the tide of rebellion in the world, Du Fuwei also couldn't resist the desire to do something big, and he also pulled out a group of more than 100 water thieves at the beginning of the year to join the tide of rebellion, at this time, Du Fuwei was only 16 years old.

There is a small fishing village on the north bank of Jishui, and the fishermen have long since fled, and this fishing village has become a rebel village of Du Fuwei.

At this time, Du Fuwei had already received the news that the 150,000-strong army of Douzigang had been killed, and he and Fu Gongyou urgently discussed countermeasures.

"Douzigang's forces began to move south, and a big battle with Zhang Xutuo was inevitable, if the Douzigang army wins, then the entire Shandong Peninsula will become their sphere of influence, if Zhang Xutuo's army wins, similarly, the other rebel forces on the Shandong Peninsula will become more and more difficult, and sooner or later they will be exterminated by him, what do you think?" Du Fuwei's gaze looked at Fu Gongyou and asked.

Fu Gongyou nodded, he didn't say much, but he could get to the point, "Under the nest, Ann has finished eggs?" ”

"Then let's leave Qi County and go elsewhere to develop."

"I agree!"

Du Fuwei became excited, he unfolded the map and said: "Actually, I have already thought about it, we can go to Jianghuai, we originally rely on water to eat, Jianghuai has many water systems, which is more suitable for us, and we have also stayed in Jianghuai, I think we can have great development in Jianghuai." ”

"So how do we get there, have you thought about it?"

Du Fuwei nodded, "We don't have to take the land route, we can go directly by water, we will turn into Wenshui and enter Juyeze, and then go south along the Heshui River into Surabaya, and then enter the Huai River from Surabaya, and we can also get supplies from the water along the way, which is completely feasible." ”

Fu Gongyou pondered for a moment, they fled back along this waterway back then, there should be no problem, at this moment Fu Gongyou also made up his mind, "We can't be swallowed up by the Douzigang army, go to the south!" ”

Duvoway's eyes lit up, go to the south, maybe he can still find his lost mother.