When Zhang Xutuo appeared at the banquet in Qijun, it caused a sensation for everyone who came to the banquet.

During the battle of Daihai Temple, everyone thought that Zhang Xutuo was really killed in battle and his entire army was wiped out. Who knew that Zhang Xutuo was not dead.

Previously, the Luo family summoned four counties to protect themselves. Luo Cheng's wife also took the banner of Zhang Xutuo in Qi County to recruit soldiers and horses. Everyone thought it was just a borrower of Zhang Xutuo's name.

Unexpectedly, I really met Zhang Xutuo.

When everyone saw Zhang Xutuo, they were both surprised and excited.

Now the Henan rebels are in great momentum, and Zhu Can and others are cruel and unkind. Wherever they pass, they are like locusts passing through the border, sweeping them away. At the banquet today, many people came from the eight counties that were captured, including famous gentry like the Zheng family in Xingyang, and large counties such as the Cui family in Xingyang.

Naturally, there are many powerful families such as the Lihu Xu family, the Zhai family in Dongjun, the Shan family in Jiyin, and the Fang family in Licheng.

These gentry and powerful men were well-informed and ran faster at the time. Although they could not bring many things such as farms and shops, their families were brought out with them. However, when they thought that the ancestral halls, ancestral tombs, and ancestral lands were now taken away by the rebels, and even the lands were granted by them, it was difficult for everyone to swallow the depression in their chests.

When Luo Cheng proposed to raise money, grain, recruit troops, and protect himself to fight against the thieves, everyone was more active.

However, while everyone was active, they were worried that the Luo family would not be able to hold on to Xia Tian Luo Cheng led Zhongwu Army back.

Now that I saw Zhang Xutuo, everyone’s confidence has increased greatly.

Even though Zhang Xutuo Daihai Temple was wiped out, after all, he had only 10,000 people in that battle, but he fought with hundreds of thousands of rebels, and was defeated by the trick of luring the enemy and ambushing him.

Zheng Yaozu of the Zheng family in Xingyang was inexplicably happy.

He said to Zhang Xutuo, "I knew that Mr. Zhang must be fine. If Mr. Zhang, you will lead everyone to fight against rebellion, and the situation in Henan is just around the corner."

He was Zheng Guanyin's uncle. When Li Mi attacked Xingyang, he led the Zheng family to resist firmly, but the city was finally broken. Fortunately, Li Mi did not move the Zheng family in Xingyang in order to win people's hearts. Later, Li Mi pretended to be defeated and seduced Zhang Xutuo, and deliberately abandoned Xingyang.

The Zheng family arranged for people to escape.

Not long after, Zhang Xutuo died in battle. After the entire army was gone, the Zheng family quickly fled Xingyang City.

Now Qi County has gathered all kinds of people, with about 30,000 people. This has not included several bandits who are willing to surrender. They have a total of 30,000 people. However, Zhang Xutuo was worried about them, so they were still stationed at the foot of Mount Tai.

However, in Langya County in the southeast, Li Xiuning also recruited about 20,000 troops.

In addition, there are 20,000 troops in Donglailuogui, so their number is still considerable now, claiming to be a group of 100,000. Even if a new army recruited in a hurry is considered a joint defense of the township bravely, it can at least strengthen its morale.

Besides, with Zhang Xutuo, the famous general, everyone's confidence has increased again.

"The thief commander Zhu Can led a bandit army to station at the foot of Liangshan in the north of Dongping County, claiming to be 100,000, and showed off his power there. He also claimed that he would attack Jibei County and Lu County, and let the two counties surrender voluntarily. Otherwise, if he came to attack, he would slaughter the city after breaking the city!"

Because Zhu Can is so delicious, it makes people afraid, and the soldiers under his command have no military discipline. They can snatch and kill wherever they go, and wherever they pass, there is a ruin.

Everyone was afraid that this man-cannibal devil would come here. After all, Qi County is only one Jibei County away from Liangshan.

Zhang Xutuo knew everyone’s concerns. He knew very well that the self-protection troops of the counties now claim to have 100,000, but in fact they have no combat power, and everyone is unsure.

"Don't panic, don't worry. I have sent people to inquire about the enemy's situation before and find out an important news. The court sent three commanders Wang Shichong, Fan Zigai and Li Yuan to command 80,000 troops to suppress Li Mi. Now Li Mi is very scared, so he is mobilizing all bandits from the east to return to Xingyang to help, and even requesting reinforcements from Meng Rang in Huaixi. He is too busy to take care of himself at this time, so he has no time to go to the east to invade."

As soon as this news came out, everyone was surprised.

"But although the thief did not invade, we cannot miss the opportunity. Now Li Mi is facing the attack of the Dongdu army and is busy mobilizing troops to help. So we can take this opportunity to send troops to fight and recover the lost territory!"

Many of the gentry and powerful people here have their hometowns captured by bandits, and they have a strong desire to fight back to their hometowns.

In order to get back to their hometown as soon as possible and recover their property, they even voluntarily put out a lot of money.

Zhang Xutuo also struck while the iron was hot, and immediately re-emphasized the banner of Henan Pacification Envoy's Office, and re-appointed the recruited troops and appointed military generals.

Although the military generals appointed were mainly those gentry and powerful men who paid for the troops, at least this time it was considered to be unified in the organization and orderly command.

It took a few days to train 30,000 people.

Zhang Xutuo teamed with a hundred men, twenty infantry teams as a regiment, and ten cavalry teams as a regiment.

Among the 30,000 people, the cavalry gathered two regiments, while the infantry formed the fourteenth regiment.

The 14th Regiment infantry consisted of five front, back, middle, left and right wings, three infantry each in front, back, left and right wings, and two cavalry members in the central army.

Zhang Xutuo personally commanded the 30,000 troops, and appointed Shan Binbin to command the middle wing, and let Luo Chengzong lead the front wing, and the other three wings also appointed military generals.

Then he asked the entire army to enter Jibei County, and at the same time he ordered the 30,000 troops stationed at Mount Tai to recruit the bandits and advance towards Lu County.

The two routes slowly advance towards Dongpingjun.

Along the way, all the troops were hyping up, with gongs and drums roaring and flags waving.

The cavalry also ordered them to deliberately run back and forth on the official road, making a huge noise.

Zhu Can, who was stationed at the junction of Dongping, Lu County and Jibei County, was also unable to figure out the situation for a while. He heard the scout say that he had personally seen Zhang Xutuo's commander's flag, and even saw Zhang Xutuo in front of the military formation, and was also a little scared.

When Zhang Xutuo was in Henan, Zhu Can only dared to flow in the south of the Huainan and Jiangnan, and did not dare to enter the boundary of Henan at all.

Last time he was responsible for seducing the enemy Zhang Xutuo, but as soon as he fought, he immediately failed. That experience told him that Zhang Xutuo was really dangerous.

"I heard that Zhang Xutuo also wrote a letter to the prefect of Pengcheng Chen Ling to lead his troops north and attack our army with him."

When Zhu Can heard that Chen Ling was about to go north, his scalp was numb.

One Zhang Xutuo is enough to make him afraid. Now there is another Chen Ling who is extremely capable. How can you do this?

Originally, he had been stopping in Liangshan for a while because seven of the Eighth Route bandits advancing east have been transferred back to Xingyang, just to fight against Wang Shichong, Li Yuan and Fan Zigai and prepare for a decisive battle.

So he left him bluffing all the way here. He claimed to be 100,000, but in fact, only 20,000 or 30,000 people under his command had weapons, and they were still a mob.

"Transfer the order, and then withdraw it to Dongjun."

After thinking about it, Zhu Can was afraid that if he was withdrawn like this, he would be punished by Li Mi. "Let's go to Ji County to attack Li Yangcang!"

As for the eastern part of Henan, whoever he loves, he will not care about it. Anyway, he will definitely not take on Zhang Xutuo and Chen Ling here. If Li Mi wants to blame him, he will stay in Hebei and not come back. Anyway, if you don’t stay here, you will have your own stay. As long as you have troops in your hands, you can be free and free anywhere and eat fat and tender babies everywhere.
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