Gao Xing attacked the south of Zhoujian Road, and when he got the Tongji Cang, Gao Huaide's young man's heart, he suggested attacking Pingyou Cang again. Gao Xing was quite interested in Monday, but he was never a risky personality. After thinking about it, he shook his head and said, "Now, the Hebei prefectures are mostly unprepared except for the borders. Now the news of our southward journey has not spread yet. Hundreds of miles to attack Pingyou Cang, with a great chance of winning, but Pingyou is easy to take but difficult to defend. Once Pingyou is lost, it will be cut off Du Chongwei's food route. At that time, he will definitely go south regardless of everything. How can you resist at that time?"

Therefore, he refused his son's advice and instead prepared to attack Dingzhou. Gao Huaide was ready to fight, but since his father decided to act cautiously, he had no choice.

At this moment, Dingzhou and Tang County sent people to sue. It turned out that they did not know that the Gongji Cang had changed hands. The envoy was kind to warn, saying that there seemed to be abnormal movements between the mountain roads in the northwest recently, so they should be careful on the side of the Gongji Cang.

Liu Yanchao comforted the envoy and reported to Gao Xingzhou. Gao Xingzhou smiled and said, "Their ears and ears are quite sensitive, but unfortunately they are one step late. Since they are here, we are just doing it!"

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The army on Gao Xingzhou side did not mention it, but after the White Horse Silver Spear Regiment arrived in Lingqiu County, Zhang Mai summoned all the ministers and generals to announce the dispatch of Gao Xingzhou to the south.

When the generals heard that they were planning to start a war against Shi Jin, they all cheered. If they were in Longyou at this time, Cao Yuanzhong would definitely turn to the general and shout, "There are the matters of money and grain, Zheng Wei, Zhang Yi, Fan Zhi, Wei Renpu and others to worry about it, but in Yunzhou, he was the general in charge of military, political and logistics matters, and it was the butt that determines the head. Once the position changed, his ideas would be different. He called the grain-making officer and asked: "What is the money and grain reserve in the prefectures and counties under our control now?"

The official said: "If the army eats in the city, there will be surplus grains until the autumn harvest. If the army leaves the country, it will support up to 30,000 to 40,000 people per month of grain."

When the generals frowned when they heard this, they had to send out tens of thousands of troops to attack Shi Jin. Moreover, if they really wanted to start a war, they would probably lead Xue Fu's northern expedition army to the south. At that time, Yunzhou still had to provide some assistance to the army that went south.

The army had never counted the food and grass into a wealth of money. Where is the food in a month enough? I was afraid that the food would be eaten up after a few steps out of the pass. If it reached that point, the other party would just close the city gate and not fight, the Tang army would have to come back in shame.

Liu Heihu said: "According to this statement, we can only wait until after the autumn harvest?"

Zhe Deyan said in anger: "It's time for autumn harvest. I'm afraid it's difficult. In the past two years, we have suffered a lot. In order to rest with the people, we have just issued a tax exemption policy. How can we change the orders every day? At that time, we will break our trust in the people."

For example, compared with Shi Jin, Ce is not only stronger in military strength, but also has huge advantages in centripetal strength and government credibility. Therefore, he would rather bear the defeat in one battle than easily break his promise. Even the generals agree with this.

Liu Heihu said: "We just don't have food, but we can still pay money. We broke the Mobei, Shangjing, and Zhongjing. We have obtained a lot of gold, silver and treasures along the way. With the income from opening the trade route, we brought the wealth from Ganliang. Although I don't know how much, it shouldn't be much less! Then we will use the money to buy grain at that time? We just said we would not collect taxes, but we didn't say we couldn't buy food from the people!"

Zhe Deyun shook his head and said, "After the war, how can there be a good harvest! After the northern Jin Dynasty suffered such trouble, the harvest will definitely be a bad harvest this year. It would be good for the people to guarantee that their food will be good! If they were asked to take out the surplus grain that could only make a living, who would be willing? Who would dare? If we forcefully buy it, then... it would be a matter of rebellion."

In the past two years, he has traveled among various prefectures and counties in Dai, and is familiar with the people's conditions, so his words are very important.

Liu Heihu was greatly disappointed. Although he was a powerful general, he was extremely brave on the battlefield, but his military and political affairs were worse than Zhe De. At this time, he had no choice but to sigh.

Cao Yuanzhong said: "It would be much better if this happened in Liangzhou."

The Tiance regime has been rooted in Ganlong for a long time and has established credibility. If it is there, the government will make a promise to transfer grain from other places to the country, and it is possible to mobilize the powerful, clans and even the people to leave half a year of food and sell half a year of food. But in Yunzhou, who can trust those who speak vernacular?

Zhang Mai understood what he meant, nodded, and said, "We are here, after all, because we have not established a credit. Therefore, we need to obtain enemy food. If Gao Xingzhou can succeed, we can act, otherwise everything will be over!"

Cao Yuanzhong said: "You can't rely on just one surprise weapon."

"Of course you have to prepare for both hands." Zhang Mai said: "Calling the days, now the white horse cavalry should have been dispatched, so we can also act. The battalions immediately went south and moved east. Li Yiyin entered Yingzhou and Bai Chengfu entered Shuozhou. These two troops, on the surface, were used to intimidate Yanmen Pass, but in fact they used attack as defense, as the southern barrier of Yunzhou. I led the central army and advanced to Ding'an County, and made an attitude of using troops to the east to intimidate Youzhou; Yang Guangyuan advanced

In the army of Guangling, Zhe Dejian marched into Lingqiu, Weizhou as a supporter for Gao Xingzhou. All the troops and horses were fed to the border cities. If the food storage in the cities was insufficient, they would be allocated by the surplus grain. Zhao Pu followed Zhe Dejian south and waited for an opportunity to launch a public opinion offensive; Cao Yuanzhong was in the middle to dispatch. If Gao Xingjian was accomplished, the three troops and horses in the east and south would take advantage of the situation to enter the country. If Gao Xingjian Zhou was defeated, then we would still act as an attack to encourage the people of Hebei to wait for changes within Shi Jin."

Cao Yuanzhong said: "Then the chess pieces we buried in Hebei before can handle the matter?"

Zhang Mai said: "Yes!"

He paused, headed south and said, "I want to send an edict to the two rivers, who will hold the pen?"

The two largest pens in the Tang Dynasty are not present, and all of them are military generals. Zhao Pu is responsible for the public opinion offensive against the two rivers, which is also a series of affairs of the civil officials. He then bravely said, "Although I don't learn but have no literature, I am willing to take a test of the writing."

Zhang Mai smiled and said, "No need for any literary talent, just copy it! Just write it like that..." He said, pressing his sword on his waist, pondered at Zhongyuan for a while, and snorted, and said, "Shi Jingtang, you Shatuo boy, don't deserve this world!"

After saying that, there was a silence in the tent. After a while, Liu Heihu said, "Write it! Why don't you write?"

Zhao Pu suddenly realized and said, "Just write 'Shi Jingtang, you Shatuo boy, don't deserve this world'?"

Liu Heihu said: "Of course, isn't this clear enough!"

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"Shi Jingtang, you Shatuo boy, don't deserve this world!"

This is a manifesto and also a slogan that Tiance is about to go south!

This sentence came out of Zhang Mai's mouth and spread throughout the army, as well as the entire city of Yunzhou, all soldiers and people were shouting!

"Shi Jingtang, he is not worthy of owning this world!"

A gentle word spread through word of mouth, and at the same time, thousands of leaflets were printed and sent to all the troops that had already started, and even sent abroad.

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Zhe Deji led two thousand cavalry and three thousand horsemen and stomping crossbows, and then rushed to Yingzhou. A few days ago, Gao Xingzhou was at night in Xiaoxing, and he sacrificed some speed when he was marching in the territory in order to keep it a secret. Zhe Deji rushed to the road openly. The entire army only prepared food for two days. On the third day, he arrived in Guangling, Weizhou, and had a full meal in Guangling and slept all night. Then he walked another day and arrived in Lingqiu - this is the southeastern border county under the control of Tiance. Another county in Weizhou - Feihu County east of Lingqiu, is still in the hands of the Jin army.

As a result, when he heard that the Tiance army had arrived, the Jin army's Feihu Guard actually fled overnight! The local gentry opened the city gate and sent people to Lingqiu to invite Zhe Deji into the city to protect the territory. Zhe Deji was not polite, and sent five hundred cavalry that night, and without bloodshed, he took Feihu County.

After Zhe Dejian received the good news on the front line, he was about to advance eastward. At this time, news came from behind: Yang Guangyuan had arrived in Guangling.

Zhe Dejian said to the envoy: "Flying Fox is coming to surrender. I want to go to receive the surrender. Please ask General Yang to go south to Lingqiu." Then he led his troops eastward. Before he arrived in Lingqiu County, the rear troops of the White Horse Silver Spear Regiment had already entered Shijin territory. After collecting the Fox, he found that the Fox was unaware of this.

It turned out that Weizhou was already on the border of Yan and Dai. From Feihu to the southeast, it was necessary to enter Hebei. It had to cross Wuhuiling and enter Yizhou to the east. It had to pass through Zijingling. These were all related passes to guard, while Feihu faced Lingqiu, and Guangling had no danger to guard. Therefore, the remaining Jin army was very negative. Under Zhang Mai's pressure, it was the Tang army that planned to escape as soon as it came. The soldiers had only the intention to escape, but had no intention of enterprising, so they did not discover the abnormal situation of Gao Xingzhou at the first time.

Zhao Pu said in the crossroads: "It has been six or seven days since the White Horse Cavalry entered Hebei from the southwest of Lingqiu, and has not even discovered the Feihu, which shows that his actions are indeed secret. Since Feihu doesn't know, Yizhou in the east, Baozhou in the southeast, and Dingzhou in the south, most of them have been hidden in the dark. It seems that this surprise attack has at least 80% chance of winning!"

Zhe Dejian said: "Calling the days, if the vanguard of the White Horse Cavalry goes well, I'm afraid it's time to come to the Gongji Warehouse now. I'll send an order to enter the Feihu to rest and rest. Tomorrow I will lead 800 soldiers to Dingzhou!"

The southwest of Feihu County is Changshan, and the southeast of Feihu County is Wuhuiling. The hills and valleys are undulating between the two mountains and the roads are difficult to walk on. The Jin army built three forts here and guarded them with danger. After these three forts, there are seventeen serial forts, scattered among the mountains. At the end of the seventeen serial forts, there are another important military town in Dingzhou.

Such a terrain cannot accommodate thousands of troops galloping together, but it is difficult for a small number of troops to capture this chain of fortresses, so this is never a good road for large army operations - of course, this road is much easier to walk than the mountain road that Gao Xingzhou took during the surprise attack.

On the second day, Zhe Dejian only brought four hundred crossbows and four hundred light cavalry, and hurried forts along the way. The three fortresses at the fortress had already heard about the loss of the flying fox. After a night of panic, they saw the soldiers of Zhe Dejian, and one of the fortresses led their troops to escape, and the other one of the fortresses led their troops to surrender. Only the fortresses in the corner, called Wuhuibao, was still fighting stubbornly.

Zhe Dezhe entered the hollow fort, accepted the surrender, and then spread Zhang Mai's manifesto, calling on the seventeen serial forts in the south to abandon the darkness and turn to the light.

However, these seventeen series of forts are different from the three in front. The three garrisons in front are all soldiers. These seventeen forts are all clans that have lived here for hundreds of years. Even if a million troops come, they will not scare them away. These seventeen forts are divided into six surnames, Han, Zhang, Zhao, Liu, Gao, and An. The mountains are high and the emperors are far away. They have always paid taxes and food. The outsiders in the clan affairs cannot get in. They have a bit of listening to the tune and not listening to the prose. Shi Jingtang's reputation in the central city and major prestige has long been rotten, but it still cannot harm them. Therefore, for these six surnames, the seventeen forts, Shi Jingtang is still the Central Plains emperor who firmly sits in Luoyang. Zhe Dezhen has not had a high prestige in this area, and there are still five forts on the front line, so the six surnames, the seventeen forts refused to surrender easily.

However, they were also afraid of Zhang Mai's reputation. As early as when Feihu surrendered, the clans of the six surnames had already heard of the news, and at this time they gathered at the most important Huatazizhai to discuss countermeasures.

A general asked for his order to attack Wuhui Fort, and Zhe Dejian said, "From the guide's mouth, the Wuhui Fort is also called Wuhui Fort. It means 'there is no return' and is built on the mountain. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Once we start attacking, it will damage morale if we don't take it down. If we want to forcibly capture it, it will inevitably lead to a protracted loss of troops and generals. It is not a good strategy."

"What should I do?"

Zhe Dejian said: "Don't worry, the success or failure of the White Horse Cavalry will take these two days. Let's endure it for three or five days. Within three days, there will definitely be changes in the south!"

"Then we just wait so far?"

"No, there must be some movement!"

Zhe Dejian sent an envoy to Huatazi Village, claiming that he had been ordered by General Tiance to go to Dingzhou, and asked the 17th serial dock fort to borrow the passage.

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Among the six surnames, the Han surname is the richest, the Zhang surname is the strongest, the Gao and An surnames are the most brave. The Liu surname is afraid of trouble, so the clan leader said, "If they want to use the way, let them go! If the Khitans come, we will naturally resist, but Tiance heard that they are also Han people. They will fight for the world by themselves, what does it have to do with us!"

The Zhang family owned seven forts in the seventeenth series of forts. In this area, they were powerful, but they were frogs in the well in terms of their knowledge. He refuted: "I'm confused! The one sitting in Luoyang is the emperor! Those who dare to fight against the emperor are the traitors! The ancestors of our six surnames have been blood-receiving alliances, and have always been in accordance with the orders of the king! If they were sent by the emperor, we dare not stop them, but they were going to attack the emperor, how could we let them go? Helping the traitors rebel, that is the crime of extermination!"

It is undeniable. After thousands of years of influence, the Chinese land's imperial power has been deeply rooted in the bone marrow, which is also one of the reasons why knowledgeable people such as Fan Zhiwei and Wei Renpu and even Feng Dao believe that Zhang Mai should be called emperor.

At this time, the clan leader of the Gao family said, "I heard the news yesterday, and it seemed that there was a major change in the south!"

Several patriarchs changed their colors together and said, "What a big change?"

The clan leader of the Gao family said: "It seems that some soldiers stole the mountain road to the west. They attacked Gongjicang, and Tang County sent troops to reinforce. I heard that someone was rushing to Dingzhou."

The Liu clan leader said, "I have heard of it, I have heard of it too. If the troops belong to Zhang Tang, if there is any loss in Gongji Cang, can Tang County still be kept? If Tang County is lost, then we will be wrapped in buns."

"Nothing!" said the leader of the Zhang clan leader: "I know what you said, my dog ​​is leading troops in Tang County. How can I not know what you know? But you don't have to worry! Tang County, Dingzhou and Gongji Cang, there are tens of thousands of soldiers and horses! Gongji Cang is built firmly and not so easy to be broken. And think about it, the mountain road to the west is not easier to walk on than here. Although the five forts on that road are scattered more than us, they have been trained by General Baima! It is not easy to go to the troops there! Besides, the sneak attacking troops have not yet shown their flag! Perhaps it is just a group of bandits who rushed out of Taihang Mountains! Nothing big, nothing big!"

After hearing this, the clan leader felt a little relieved. After listening to the words of the clan leader of the surname Zhang, he drove away the messenger of Zhe De.

After half a day, someone rushed in outside the village and shouted: "Young Master is back! You are back!"

The patriarch of the Zhang family was happy and said, "My son is back!" Then he was stunned: "Why is my son back?"

After a while, I saw my son's face covered in dust, his hair was covered in dust, his sleeves were broken, and he also broke into the hall with two equally embarrassed men.

The patriarch of Zhang asked in surprise: "Son, what's wrong with you?"

His son seemed to be in shock and shouted: "Tang County, Tang County is lost!"

"Lost? How could it be lost? Where did the troops come from?"

"It's the people of the Tang army in Tiance..."

"Tiance Tang Army? How could this happen! The troops of the Tiance Tang Army were still blocked by us in the north! How did they go over? Fly over?"

Everyone was as confused as the head of the Zhang clan leader, but they heard his son saying, "That's right. That day, the guard suddenly met a policeman. The guards sent people to ask for help. The Gongji Cang was the place of military rations and could not be missed. Our general immediately dispatched troops and generals to reinforce. On the way, we met Dingzhou people who were also rushing to reinforce, so we joined forces. Unexpectedly, the troops rushed to the front of the Gongji Cang, but we saw the gate of the village closed. We approached and called the gate. The arrows suddenly fell like rain on the top of the city. We caught us off guard, followed by a cavalry ambushing the forest outside the village and suddenly broke out, disrupting our army's formation. At this time, the gate of the Gongji Cang Cang opened wide, and the troops rushed over. With the attacks from front and back, our army was defeated. We had to retreat to Dingzhou. Who knew that the enemy was so cunning that he had already taken Dingzhou!"

"Have you taken Dingzhou?" the patriarch of the surname Zhang shouted: "That's a city! It's not that easy!"

"Father didn't know! That day, Dingzhou heard that the Gongji Cang had changed, and almost all the nests came out. As a result, the enemy had already ambushed another group of troops on the fork road. He just waited for the Dingzhou troops to be dispatched and attacked Zhoucheng! I couldn't wait to enter, so I fled back to Tang County. However, the magistrate of Tang County had already surrendered in the city when he saw that the momentum was wrong. My son didn't know what to do for a moment, so he simply fled home."

The patriarchs and lords of the six surnames, Seventeen Forts, were all sensational when they heard the news, and this area was under the jurisdiction of Dingzhou. Therefore, the change of hands in the state was like the sky collapsed and the earth fell.

The patriarch of the Zhang family said: "What kind of amazing person is he who can do such a big thing!"

"Yes... it's the white horse and silver spear Gao Xingzhou!"

"What!"

The whole hall made a big noise, and everyone's faces showed disbelief, but "so that's it"!

Gao Siji's area in Changshan where he had settled is not far away, and he taught his children there and made a great reputation. Gao Xingzhou was a general of Shi Jin. He led the middle army through Dingzhou, so the tyrants of Hezhou were all convinced of his reputation!

The powerful people in the hall would find it incredible if others did this, but if they were the legendary white horse general Gao Xingzhou, everyone would take it for granted. Even the surrender of the Tang County Magistrate was regarded as a natural thing.

After a while of panic, everyone couldn't help but ask, "How could it be him? Isn't he the general of the Jin Dynasty? How could he attack Gongjicang and attack Dingzhou?"

"I also heard that he was dead! He committed suicide to his country! Someone from Changshan had just ran over and said that the emperor gave the Gao family a reward and seal!"

"Isn't it a mistake?"
To be continued...