Because Zhang Xutuo's injuries had not healed, he continued to recuperate in Zhangqiu. The 30,000 troops against the bandits were actually unified by Luo Gui, the governor of Donglai County, Shan Binbin, Luo Jizu, Luo Chengzong and other unified troops.

Thirty thousand men and horses, carrying the banner of Zhang Xutuo, slowly advanced westward. The troops were separated by 10 or 20 miles apart, and only marching forty or fifty miles a day. They were like marching and training while training.

By the time they advanced along the Ji River to Shouzhang in Jibei County, they were already very close to Liangshan.

Luo Gui was a son of a nobleman. After all, he served as a guard and a samurai for the emperor. Therefore, he also had some understanding of military tactics and war formations. In addition, he had rich experience in suppressing bandits and quelling rebellions in Qi County in recent years.

He sent countless light cavalry to patrol around and went to find out what happened to Zhu Can in Liangshan.

As a result, the scouts returned, and there was no enemy in Liangshan.

After a long reconnaissance, he received news that Zhu Can had led his troops to evacuate Liangshan and headed to Dongjun.

Luo Gui was more cautious and worried that Zhu Can wanted to lure the enemy into ambush, so he was not in a hurry to pursue him. He just sent additional cavalry scouts to open the way to reconnaissance, and then the troops slowly moved forward.

A few days later.

The news came back, and Zhu Can plundered another time in Dongjun, crossed the Yellow River on the White Horse and went north to Ji County, Hebei, and then he captured Liyang Cang.

This is not the first time that Li Yangcang has been broken.

In the ninth year of Daye, Yang Xuangan rebelled and raised an army in Liyang and captured Cangcheng. Later, the imperial court sent troops to quell the rebellion. At that time, Chen Len led 10,000 troops to capture Cangcheng, Liyang.

Then, in the tenth year of Daye, Zhang Jin said that he had raided Liyangcang again.

Therefore, in Liyang Cang City, there was actually not much food, and there were not many soldiers in the Cang City.

This led to Zhu Can's sudden advance north, succeeding in a sneak attack, and capturing Liyang Cang City in one fell swoop.

"Mr. Magistrate, what should I do now?"

The generals of the self-protection army who received the news came to Luo Gui for advice. Most of these generals were composed of county magistrates, county magistrates, county magistrates or local tyrants from various counties. This time they came to defend their hometown.

But now Zhu Can has gone to Hebei.

Luo Gui suggested that it would be better to take the opportunity to chase the Yellow River and go to Zhuo County to chase Zhu Can, because Zhu Can is now wandering to Hebei, but he is actually an isolated army.

But after a long discussion, many people opposed it.

They even advocated continuing to advance westward, taking advantage of Zhu Can's current northward, while the remaining main forces of the rebels gathered in Xingyang to deal with Wang Shichong, which was just enough to recover the counties on the east bank of the canal that were attacked by the rebels.

Seeing that everyone was strong in their will, Luo Gui did not act arbitrarily, and finally agreed.

So, the army continued to advance with the banner of Zhang Xutuo.

At the end of February, the army recovered Dongping County, wiped out several bandits who were still wandering in the county, and cut off hundreds of heads, which was the first victory.

Then continue to march.

In early March, Dongjun and Jiyin County were successively recovered. At this time, Li Xiuning joined forces with the army of Chen Ling, the prefect of Pengcheng, and also suppressed bandits and killed bandits, and successively recovered Qiaojun and Liang County.

For a time, the situation was very good.

When Li Mi heard the news at Hulao Pass, he couldn't help but scold Zhu Can.

"This bastard, let him defend the east side, and he actually ran to Hebei."

After being angry, Li Mi had to transfer several more generals and then arrange them to enter Daliang and Kaifeng, south of Xingyang, and at the same time divide their troops to defend Huaiyang to guard the west bank of the canal. "We must defend the west bank of the canal!"

"When I destroy Wang Shichong, I will turn around and deal with those guys!"

Facing the rebels who were fortified along the canal, Chen Len and Luo Gui did not continue to march, but retreated the troops crossing the canal to the east bank of the canal. Chen Len stationed in Dangshan, Li Xiuning stationed in Zhouqiao, and Shan Binbin stationed in Wagang.

Three troops advanced to the front line of the canal, but they still stopped moving, but each sent a group of troops to sweep the lands of several counties that had fallen behind them.

Zhang Xutuo, Chen Ling and Luo Gui also sent people to send letters to Luoyang City and reported to Daxing, Guanzhong.

At this time, Wang Shichong, Li Yuan, Fan Zigai and others who were garrisoning under Hulao Pass by the Sishui River realized that Zhang Xutuo was not dead yet.

On the one hand, Fan Zigai announced the good news to the emperor of Xijing, while discussing with Wang Shichong and Li Yuan about how to attack the rebels on both sides.

The letter was delivered to Daxing City, and Pei Shiju and others were also very surprised.

"Zhang Xutuo is not dead. He is now under the banner of Henan pacification envoy and organized troops to recover the lost land of counties east of the canal. How to deal with this matter?"

Pei Yun believed that Zhang Xutuo had been defeated and wanted to be punished. Even if he was not dead, since the pacification envoy had given Wang Shichong, this matter could not be changed.

"It's not appropriate. Li Mi's rebels are now in great power. Wang Shichong and others have been besieging Hulao and Luokoucang, but there has been no progress. Now Zhang Xutuo can pull up 100,000 troops. This army is very important. It's better to appease Zhang Xutuo first and then deal with it after the Li Mi is wiped out."

"How to comfort me?" Pei Shiju asked.

Su Wei opened his eyes, "Previously, Your Majesty once established the Governor of Donglai in the North Sea, Gaomi and Donglai counties, but now the Governor of Donglai comes to Hu'er to follow He Yu. I think it's better to separate all the places east of the canal, south of the Yellow River, and north of the Huai River from Henan Road to set up the Huanghuai Road. Hu'er was the governor of Huaibei Road, and then he used Zhang Xutuo as the deputy envoy, and ordered Zhang Xutuo to act as the governor of the army and commanded the troops to join forces with Wang Shichong to fight against Li Mi."

Pei Shiju thought about it, this was a solution. After all, two pacifiers appeared in one direction, and each unified the army. However, Zhang Xutuo's current momentum is more powerful than Wang Shichong, which is feasible.

"It's just that the name Huanghuai Road is not very suitable. After all, Huanghuai refers to the north of the Huai River south of the Yellow River, and also includes counties such as Xingyang, Yingchuan, Runan, etc. west of the canal. I think it would be better to call it Shandong Road."

"It doesn't matter what name it is. Whether it is Huanghuai or Shandong, the key is to let Zhang Xutuo and Wang Shichong destroy Li Mi as soon as possible." Su Wei said.

So, the four prime ministers took the initiative for the emperor, and did not report this matter to the emperor. They directly issued official documents in the name of the capital and the Shandong Road, and since Hu'er was appointed as the governor and the prefect of Xingyang, Zhang Xutuo was appointed as the deputy envoy and the prefect of Qi County, Luo Gui, the chief minister of Donglai County, and Chen Ling was appointed Sima and the prefect of Peng County, and asked them to join forces with Henan Pacification Envoy Wang Shichong, the Eastern Capital Pacification Envoy Fan Zigai, and the Huainan Pacification Envoy Li Yuan to suppress the rebel Li Mi together.

"I don't know when the chaos in the Central Plains will be over. Now the river is warm in spring. I think I can ask Your Majesty to go out of Xijing and visit Jiangnan through Jianghan." Pei Yun said.

Yu Shiji nodded, and the Central Plains had become a pot of porridge, and it would have been unstable. As long as Li Mi was not destroyed for one day, Dongdu would be unsafe for one day and could not even be guaranteed for food, so he still had to go to Jiangdu.

If you stay in Xijing, you still have no grain to enter the pass, so you are still uneasy.

The four prime ministers were also a little helpless, but they couldn't think of any better way, so they could only throw the mess behind them and leave it to the generals to deal with it. They would accompany the emperor to the quiet and quiet Jiangnan.

Come back when you're packed!

Muzi blue said
Chapter completed!