It is said that news will always go faster than flying, but it depends on the situation. In this era, due to the constraints of transportation technology, the spread of information must be passed on by word of mouth.

The Tiance Tang Dynasty held an important national people's meeting in western Qin. This national people's meeting actually invited "foreigners" to attend, so it naturally attracted much attention. After the meeting, the content of the discussion was naturally spread through various channels. When Yelu Wuzhi arrived in Yunzhou, the news had already spread from Qinxi to Guanzhong, and from Guanzhong to the Central Plains. Even some well-informed people in the southeast of the River had already heard of it. The most relishable thing among them was Zhang Mai's trust in Yang Yi! After hearing this, the common people all gave a thumbs up and praised the elegance of Marshal Zhang for "undoing people", and were all glad that Yang Yi met such a wise ruler.

"With such a good emperor, if his subordinates still rebel, it would be unforgivable!"

In the Five Dynasties, which took rebellion as the norm, it is commendable that such a voice actually appeared among the people.

As for the Yun, Ying, Shuo and Huanzhou, which are located in the north of Hedong, are connected to Hedong in the territory, generally news has to come from Hedong. Although Shuozhou already has a direct road to the north, the relationship between the people and the Chilechuan is relatively shallow. There is still a vast vast Chilechuan and Qinxi between the Chilechuan and the vast Qinxi. Therefore, Taiyuan has not heard the news yet. It is logical that Shuozhou should not know it, but Shuozhou knew it at this time.

With Cao Yuanzhong's delegation set out together, there was also a team of three storytellers. One of them stayed in Chilechuan, the other sneaked into Yunzhou with the caravan, and the other entered Shuozhou. Their mission this time was to spread the important spirit of the Qinxi meeting to the land of the ages - the Tang army of Tiance that needed key publicity every time. They would always use similar means to communicate and intervene, because the message was transmitted by word of mouth, and half of its original appearance was already very good. It was usually distorted thousands of miles away. Tiance's communication strategy was to ensure that the spread of important information was not too negatively distorted.

There were stories about Zhao Pu who brought him that time in Yunzhou, Shuozhou, Huanzhou, Yingzhou and even Weizhou. Shuozhou has been rooted in the local area for several months and is already familiar with the local people's conditions. He can even have a Shuozhou accent when he is telling. He usually talks about the "Three Kingdoms" forty or seventy, "Journey to the West" for two or five eight, and "Strange Stories from the Chinese Studio in 369, and then takes turns to come after the tenth day of the first day of the first day of the first day of the first day of the first day of the first day of the first day of the first day of the first day of the first day of the first day of the first day of the first day of the fifteenth day of the day of the first day of the first day of the fifteenth day of the day of the day of the day of the fifth day of the day of the day of the fifth day of the day of the day of the fifth day of the day of the day of the fifteenth

It has only been a few months since I came here. I have been very popular with the military and civilians of Shuozhou. In a relatively backward dynasty, I heard that he has become one of the best entertainments in the entire Shuozhou area. However, whether it is the Three Kingdoms, Journey to the West or the Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio - the above content only talks about one noon, and there is still one noon, and the "Anxi Tang Army's Eastern Expedition" will definitely talk about the past, and some current events are often interspersed in the middle. When talking about current events, I will implement the spiritual concept of the Tiance Tang Army in order to achieve the effect of combining education and entertainment.

This storyteller came to Shuozhou. At first, he was in front of Guandi Temple. After seven days of lecture, he had a fixed place. At the beginning, he gave rewards at will with the audience, and then set rules to draw the land as a circle. If the audience wants to enter the venue, they have to prepare a handful of rice or two handfuls of miscellaneous grains as the entrance fee. At the front, the elegant seats have to spend one to five cents. If they don’t spend money, they have to listen outside the circle. Although Shuozhou is in the preparation period, he has a full lecture every day. With these incomes, he still lives a very comfortable life. What’s more, he is actually a person sent by Lu Jialing, and has a backer behind him. The black and white channels in Shuozhou respect him, so he has a respect for the people.

Every time he started to speak, after he finished speaking in the morning, people from all over the country would run back to tell the stories, jokes or messages he heard to relatives, friends, fellow villagers and classmates. This kind of action was just a good thing in the first stage. Later, he had a flexibly discovered the business opportunities. After all, the reputation of this storyteller was opened up, and it was impossible for everyone to hear it in Shuozhou. Someone listened to ancient people in the morning and went to other places to start speaking in the afternoon, and made a "copycat version" - anyway, the authentic storyteller did not come to protect his rights. These copycat versions were well-telled at a discount, and those who were not very good could even get enough food and clothing. So in just two or three months, at least one hundred storytellers appeared in Shuozhou. The genuine new jokes were only released, as fast as half a day, and as slow as a few days, they could be transmitted to Zhufang in the city and Siliba Township in the suburbs through various copycat versions - this was the second stage.

Then, smarter people came to the door and asked the storyteller to accept him as his apprentice. The storyteller would also choose the best to choose talents with foundation and spirituality. These people have obtained the inheritance of the mantle, and then go out to tell the storyteller will naturally be more attractive than a pure copycat version, and they will probably have more prospects in the future. This is the third stage.

The above is one of the organizational forms of the Tiance Tang Dynasty propaganda troops, which is an important part of the propaganda war in Lujialing. Basically, in places within your ability, such as most of Bashu, most of Henan, southern Hedong, northern Xianghan, and western Shandong, each state will send a storyteller or a monk in a storyteller. There are more than ten metropolis such as Luoyang, Chang'an and Chengdu, three in Taiyuan and Qufu, one in Youzhou and Yangzhou each in each. Guanzhong area is popularized in every county. As for the Qinxi area, not only has such storyteller or a monk in a storyteller, but also a disciple-level tour guide team with more than two years of "storyteller" and talk on the market on the market day of each market. After a period of training, these disciples have matured their skills and can become a new force in the storyteller team.

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When the new storyteller came from Qinxi, when he arrived in Shuozhou, there were eight disciples around the old storyteller. He held his feet around the old storyteller, respectfully listening to the master's words, and called the new storyteller "Uncle Master".

The new storyteller smiled and said, "It's all about people's livelihood in the past, but I didn't expect you to live a prosperous life here!"

The old storyteller shut down his apprentice and then invited the new storyteller to come in and asked, "Do you want to come here to replace me?"

"Ye! You have established a foundation here. I am here just to convey the latest news from Qin Xi and bring some new jokes. I stayed for about half a month and I will try to go to Youzhou. There is only one monk who transforms the text there, and the news is very severely separated. I can't whistle alone, and I'm afraid something will happen if I have a long time."

The old storyteller said: "Youzhou, a good place! That is a big place that is no less than Taiyuan, but is chasing Luoyang and Chang'an!"

"You are very envious? Then why don't you go there, let me leave the venue here, my apprentice."

"Haha, why can I steal your wealth from man? I am a man who has no prospects. I will be safe if I have a good meal."

"Why don't you say that I went to Youzhou to be a land reclamation cow this time? Not to mention that the Khitans are the ones who are in charge. We are at risk of beheading this time."

"Haha, joke. Joke, don't I know the hardships of going to Youzhou? But if my brother can gain a foothold there, the contribution of this future is not comparable to that of me."

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say, and I don't want to make any contribution. But I hope this will not miss the great affairs of the Marshal and Ru Shumi."

"Marson? Brother, have you seen Marshal?"

"Well, this time I went to Youzhou and went deep into the enemy's back. Life and death are unpredictable, so before departure, Lu Shumit took me to pay homage to the marshal, who also toasted me."

The old storyteller looked envious and said, "When we set out, it was just Lu Shumi who practiced it. Brother, he was able to get the marshal. This is a great honor! If I could also get this honor, let me go to Liaodong, let me die without regrets!"

That night, the two handed over a new joke. The new news came. The next day, they ordered their disciples to send a post to Zhe Dejian, Zhao Pu, Bai Chengfu and various powerful men in Shuozhou. It was said that there was a new joke the day after tomorrow.

When the eldest disciple heard this, he saw that the big figures from all walks of life in Shuozhou were coming. He was both excited and curious. After instructing his juniors to go to work, he came to ask the master for what big book he had to talk about.

"You are blessed. Your uncle and I have a big book to talk about this time. At that time, you and your junior brothers will have to light up your eyes and erect your ears to see your master and uncle's style!"

The two of them rehearsed for two days and asked their disciples to prepare a big venue. All the copycat storytellers rushed over when they heard the news. Although the entrance fee doubled, all the seats in the circle were still sold out.

Of course, the best elegant seats were left to powerful men such as Zhe Dejiu and Bai Chengfu.

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On this day, Shuozhou's bookstore was full. The two storytellers used crosstalk to start a familiar Tang army's Eastern Expedition, which was first recorded as the opening of the Anxi Tang Army. After the scene was hot, they talked about the National People's Meeting held by Qinxi, and what happened before the meeting, what rumors were there in various places, why Yelu Wuzhi came, and what news came from Luoyang, and even half-speculatively analyzed who made the conspiracy and who did what to deal with it. It was not until the ** period that the National People's Meeting was held, and the final focus naturally fell on Zhang Mai's remarks.

Qin Xi's meeting was quite tortuous. It was both current affairs and conspiracy. It included the three "Emperors" of the world's biggest celebrities - Zhang Mai, Shi Jingtang, Yelu Deguang, famous generals such as Yang Yi, Xue Fu, Feng Dao, Han Yanhui, and Zheng Wei. This ancient story was heard with relish. At the very end, he was even more excited by Zhang Mai's bold words!

Zhao Pu paid attention to the changes in the people's sentiments around him and thought to himself: "There have been many heroes since ancient times in Zhao Wei and Yan Dynasty. After these months of hard work, the people's spirit has risen sharply and people's hearts can be used!"

The people of the past have been prosperous since ancient times. In the past few months, the indoctrinators have been following the flow. Although they tell stories, they have subtly strengthened the distinction between national pride and the Chinese between the Chinese and the Chinese.

Zhe Dejian agreed with Zhang Mai, the leader, and said to himself: "The marshal has such a broad mind, no wonder he can dominate the world! I am lucky enough to follow such a lord, but it's not in vain!"

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After this "current affairs speech" on the Qinxi People's Conference, in two or three days, a wave of public opinion trends that were devoted to the Tiance. However, this trend lasted only a few days before another news came: the Khitan side was preparing to cut Shuozhou back to Shi Jin.

When the news came out, Zhe Dejian and Zhao Pu were both shocked, while the people in Shuozhou were in conflict.

After all, no matter how hard the storytellers of Tiance tried, they only came for a few months. Daidi has been part of Hedong since ancient times. Since the weekend, it has always been one with the Fen River Basin. Many people from many Daidi came from the Fen River Basin. Many families from the Fen River Basin came from the Daidi River. Both sides are difficult to separate from both sides, both economically, geographically, culturally and blood. Shuozhou was originally severed from the Khitan, but if it was severed from Shi Jin, it would be subject to Taiyuan. This is natural for the people.

Although Marshal Zhang raised the banner of China and declared that China was one family, he was far away from Qinxi after all. It was an unattainable existence for the people of the ages and was far from substitute for the belongings of Jin.

Despite this, many people in Shuozhou have agreed with Zhang Mai's ideas and feel that Shatuoshi's actions are not worthy of being the master of the world and are not willing to return to Jin. Although this trend of thought may be difficult to turn into Shuozhou's action to resist returning to Jin, this result has been achieved in just a few months. If Lu Jialing knew about it, he would be proud.

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Zhe Dejian found Zhao Pu and the core personnel including two storytellers and said, "This army in Shuozhou is the inner army stationed by my Tiance Tang Dynasty in Dai. The north is Huan, Ying, Yanmen in the south, and there is one day. Once our army in the Tang Dynasty approaches the north of Jin, we will start a matter from it. The inside and outside are in harmony. The whole army is only in the backhand, but if this army is not protected and attacking Dai again in the future, it will be external pressure. The Khitan

The intention is to provoke and the intention of disagreement is very obvious. The current situation. If Xiao Jieli comes to Shuozhou himself, with the current people and morale, even if he fights the epispheric army, he can fight against the city! But if Taiyuan sends people to take over, Shuozhou's troops will probably split into two parts! Even if our faction can gain the upper hand, we will kill each other, but we will only make the Khitan laugh. What are the top priority for this?”

Zhao Pu said: "According to the news we received before, Shi Jin's western army has entered Yanmen Pass. If they come to collect the land by the army, if there is no full support from the people of Shuozhou, it is like a mantised mantis chariot alone. To protect Shuozhou, we must start from both sides. One is the echo support from Chilechuan, and the other is to get General Cao to negotiate and put pressure on the Khitan with the power of the country, forcing the Khitan to take back his life."

Zhe Dejian said: "I will send the human road to Ping'an City, Yunzhou..."

Zhao Pu said: "I'll go!"

"Okay! Go!" Zhe Deyan said: "I will definitely try to protect Shuozhou before you come back!"

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Almost as Zhe Dejian discussed with Zhao Pu and others, Yanmen Pass also received news from the Khitan.

This time, the commander of the West Army heading north was Shi Jingtang's adopted son Shi Chonggui, the deputy commander was the general An Chongrong, and the vanguard was Yao Yuanfu. They had accumulated enough at Yanmen Pass to threaten Xiao Jieli. If the Khitan had no support, they might even recover Yunzhou's troops by force.

Not everyone in the Shi Jin army was as afraid of the Khitan as Sang Weihan. Among them, the martial people of Yanzhao were even more powerful. Whether Yao Yuanfu or An Chongrong, they were typical heroes from Jin. The strong men who came out of wars were not very awe of the Khitan. Especially after the Khitan was defeated by Tiance, these people admired Zhang Mai and Yang Yi in their hearts, and also looked down on Yelu Deguang and had the intention to seek a battle.

This time, Xiao's troops were stationed in Yanmen, and Xiao's subordinates were reluctant to return to the Dai provinces. If Luoyang had not been able to provoke the Khitan easily, An Chongrong Yao Yuanfu would almost instigate Shi Chonggui to force his troops to collect them.

At this time, hearing that the Khitan was willing to return Shuozhou, the closest to Yanmen Pass, Yao Yuanfu smiled and said, "The Khitan is so stingy. Haven't it reported that I have mainly returned the entire Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun? We have been in Yanmen Pass for so long, and they have only been willing to hand over a Shuozhou now. Are you planning to go to one prefecture and one prefecture, one county and one county?"

An Chongrong said: "This is not a stingy. I will first interfere with Shuozhou, but because there is an anti-Hu army in Shuozhou, the Khitan move is called driving the tiger and swallowing the wolf. We must first win and lose with Shuozhou so that they can reap profits."

Yao Yuanfu smiled and said, "Can those few people in Shuozhou compete with us for victory or defeat? Don't have to stay behind (Shi Chonggui) and General An take action. Give me three thousand people, I'll go out of seclusion and collect it."

The three of them are from Hedong, and they know the people's hearts and geography of Jin, and they have a deep connection with the major surnames in Dai. They can't hide the number of troops in Shuozhou, the people's hearts, morale, and combat power.

Shi Chonggui said: "Tiance has been almost invincible since the rebellion! Even Yelu Deguang is in their hands. We should not be reckless, so we should not miss the big thing!"

Yao Yuanfu said: "If Xue Fu is in Shuozhou, Yao would not dare to praise this Haikou, but now those gathered in Shuozhou are all the mobs gathered by the Zhe family boys in the Prefecture and Prefecture. They are all the soldiers and civilians from Jin. They gathered with the righteousness of resisting the Khitan. But when we go, what reason do they have to resist us? Humph, then my troops are everywhere. I am afraid that half of them will run to me before they can fight."

He thought for a while and smiled at An Chongrong, "If General An is willing to go, he doesn't need to fight. It's enough to roar at the city wall. He just uses a ox knife to kill the chicken."

It turns out that An Chongrong is from Shuozhou. He is a famous general from Hedong. He has a high prestige in his hometown Shuozhou. He is the pride of Shuozhou! Moreover, his family's power is in a mixed manner in Shuozhou. If he leads troops to collect Shuozhou, he has both great righteousness and hometown feelings. If the troops also have advantages, how can the elders of Shuozhou have the determination to fight him?

An Chongrong smiled and said, "Let me lead my troops to attack Shuozhou? That is where my ancestral tomb is located. Aren't you afraid that my elders will be stabbed in the backbone?"

Yao Yuanfu smiled and said, "Then I'll go, I'll go to your ancestral grave. I'll take you two incense sticks along the way."

An Chongrong smiled and turned to Shi Chonggui and said, "Leave the troops in Shuozhou are not enough to be a problem for our army, but the Khitans are so insidious that we cannot be used by him. Although the Tiance Army and our army are their own leaders, their Marshal Zhang has a saying, "We Chinese children will not attack each other!" Shuozhou holds up the banner of anti-Hu and gathers troops. If we go to pacify, it is equivalent to helping the Khitans eliminate the troubles. If it spreads, it will only be laughed at by the heroes of the world."

Shi Chonggui said: "General An means not to accept Shuozhou? Then how can I explain to my father!"

"Shuozhou is to be collected." An Chongrong said, "But please stay and allow me to ride alone. When I say that my elders will come to the city, if I fail, it will not be too late for the troops to advance."

Shi Chonggui was surprised and said, "Ride alone? That's too timid."

"It's really a big deal to go there alone." Yao Yuanfu said: "It's better to bring twenty or thirty riders with you to prevent the boy from being angry and assassinated."

Shi Chonggui was a little surprised, An Chongrong smiled and said, "Okay."

Yao Yuanfu said to Shi Chonggui: "Don't worry, with the foundation of An's family in northern Shanxi, General An will not be able to go there. That Zhe Dejian was a young boy from the Prefecture. He had little foundation in Dai land. He just barely unified the tribes with the power of Tiance. When he met General An in Shuozhou, he would not say that he was, even if his family came, he would have to retreat!"

Shi Chonggui said: "But Shuozhou was the place where he had been in business for a while. I was worried about General An's safety."

Yao Yuanfu said: "The anti-Hu coalition in Shuozhou comes from all over the northern Shanxi, and almost all of the coalition leaders are our old acquaintances. Zhe boy did not have a strong Tiance army horse to enter. How can he be reorganized by himself? Without reorganization, it will be difficult to be strict. General An will not be able to do anything. The most large-scale Shuozhou is now Bai Chengfu, but you know the friendship between Bai Chengfu and General An. Even if Zhe Dejian is this little boy... General An, when he was a child, he was away from all over the northern Shanxi, he should have been to the mansion to kowtow to you, right?"

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Just when northern Shanxi used a plan to cross the border, a unit under Taihang Mountain had already left Yizhou and crossed the Liao and Jin borders that had been agreed upon.

The Khitan scout came forward to test, and the army showed its flag and said, "This is the army of the central route that went north to take over the 16 prefectures of Yanyun. The white horse and silver spear Gao Xing General Zhou's headquarters. General Gao was ordered to enter Weizhou. You and others retreat quickly to avoid the war."

After the scout returned, he brought back a message soon and said, "General Xiao Jieli has already had a military order in Weizhou. The General Du of your country has not arrived yet. The alliance between the two sides has not been completed. Please ask General Gao to stop in the wilderness first. When our Yelu Shuogu and the General Du of your country have been handed over, the defenders of Weizhou will naturally withdraw. We will hand over again at that time."

In the main tent of the White Horse Silver Spear Group, Gao Xingzhou, who was already middle-aged, listened to the message and kept stroking his beard. A young general with a faint yellow hair on his lips came out next to him and said, "Dad, I think the Khitans clearly want to cheat. You give me hundreds of horses, I will take the Weizhou city gate, and see who can stop me!"

Gao Xingzhou shouted, "There is a big national event, you, a boy who is a bad guy, to interrupt! Go down!" But he ordered people to reply to the Khitan envoy, led his troops to station thirty miles outside Weizhou City, and sent people to Yanmen Pass to report the news.

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In Youzhou City, Yelu Shuogu said to his deputy Xiao Miansi: "Gao Xingzhou has arrived, and Du Chongwei's side is also coming."

Xiao Miansi said: "The price we have to hand over Yan Yun is to fight Shi Jingtang to fight Zhang Mai and hold Xue Fu's back. However, Shi Jin's army is in Hebei and one in Hedong. The east road is far stronger than the west road - what's this! Should we come to fight Tiance or fight us!"

Yelu Shuogu nodded and said, "Send someone to tell Du Chongwei and ask him to go west quickly. I will not return an inch of land to the Han people before I see them fighting against Tiance. I will send cavalry and shooting patrol the border. If anyone dares to invade the boundary, kill!"

Xiao Miansi said: "Will this be too tough again? If Shi Jin is forced to start a war with us, we can't stop their two families from attacking each other."

"Shi Xiaoer dare not!" Yelu Shuogu said with a bold smile: "Once a person's backbone is bent down once, it will be difficult to get harder. The Shi family's children do not have the courage!"

"Shi Jingtang must not dare." Xiao Miansi said: "I am just worried that I will be reckless and will be in a rage."

"There are no weak soldiers under the command of the strong general, and there are no strong generals under the command of the weak emperor." Yelu Shuogu said: "Since Shi Xiaoer dares not mess with us, the ones he sent must be people who will not mess with him."
To be continued...