The Nameless of the Common Clans

Yang County, early morning.

Xu Huang led his men back to the city. He had inspected the surrounding areas in the past two days and confirmed that the enemy had no troops coming except for scouts.

The scene in the city was a bit noisy. Because of Xu Huang's strong resistance, Yang Feng did not fortify the city like Hu Cai and Li Le, but used the same tricks that Chen Mo used when he eliminated Guo Tai in Hedong. The villages jointly defended, and the clans in each village spontaneously built a wall to defend. Once the enemy was found, they would immediately set off smoke.

Although it was a trick used by the enemy, it worked. Xu Huang didn't care so much, and their place was small, and the manpower was much more than Chen Mo at the time.

If you look back from now, many tricks are not difficult to crack. At that time, Chen Mo was just bluffing and did not have many troops to mobilize. If you look from now, as long as Guo Tai was determined to attack, the final outcome would be hard to say.

But at that time, Guo Tai obviously did not have the courage, and did not know Chen Mo's strengths and weaknesses. He was frightened by Chen Mo, allowing Chen Mo to gradually gain a foothold in Hedong. Now Xu Huang used this trick, and he was much more confident than Chen Mo at that time.

After running around for days, Xu Huang was already a little tired, but the defense of Yang County was no problem. Now Xu Huang was not worried about Chen Mo, but Hu Cai and Li Le.

These two people brought a large number of troops, but they were unwilling to divide a part to help build defenses. If these two people joined forces to force Yang Feng away, it would not be a difficult task.

Fortunately, Hu Cai and Li Le did not join forces, and even had conflicts with each other, but it was not a good thing after all, and these two people refused to leave and refused to work hard, which was really a headache. Xu Huang suggested that Yang Feng block the food and grass to restrain Hu Cai and Li Le.

However, when these two men ran out of food, they let their soldiers rob food. In just a few days, there were dozens of private fights with clans in various villages, and even more people died in this matter.

After handing over the token, Xu Huang didn't want to go home, so he found an inn to eat something to fill his stomach. When he entered the inn, he found Hu Cai warming up the wine there.

After hesitating for a while, Xu Huang couldn't pretend not to see it, so he stepped forward and saluted Hu Cai silently and said, "Meet General Hu."

"General Xu, you don't need to be polite. Sit down. I've been waiting for you for a long time." Hu Cai smiled and pointed to the seat opposite him and said, "General, you often come to this inn to eat. It's really delicious."

"General Hu also eats these?" Looking at the corn cakes on the table, Xu Huang sat down.

"It's a different kind of feeling to eat occasionally." Hu Cai smiled and said, "Did you gain anything from this inspection?"

"The Hedong Army has built a checkpoint on the Niujiao River. It seems that they will not go north for the time being." Xu Huang shook his head. It was best if he didn't gain anything. If Chen Mo came, he really didn't know what would happen if a war broke out based on what Hu Cai and Li Le were doing now.

"Even after taking two cities, he only had more than 5,000 soldiers. As for those surrendered soldiers, firstly, there were not many, and secondly, he might not be able to use them with confidence." Hu Cai nodded. He also felt that Chen Mo was not capable of going north again at this time.

Xu Huang didn't care. Chen Mo used many tricks in his use of troops, and he couldn't judge it by common sense. Who knew if this was an illusion? At the beginning, more than 2,000 people were able to force Guo Tai into a desperate situation. Now there are 5,000 people, so there may be some extraordinary plans.

"I suggested fighting back, but neither General Yang nor General Li agreed. It's a pity that Chen Mo had time to clean up the two cities!" Hu Cai sighed and said with regret.

Xu Huang did not say anything. If the two of them were willing to send troops, he believed that Yang Feng would definitely support them. However, the two of them had their own ulterior motives, which led to nearly 30,000 soldiers and horses being squeezed around Yang County but unable to move.

The atmosphere was a bit awkward. Hu Cai coughed and laughed, "Speaking of which, there were some misunderstandings with General Xu before. I hope General Xu will not take it to heart. Sometimes I am a little straightforward and have no malice."

"General, you are too kind." Xu Huang bowed and said, "If there is nothing important, I will take my leave first."

I didn't expect to meet Hu Cai here. I wanted to say hello and leave, but Hu Cai pulled me to talk nonsense. Now Xu Huang is not in the mood to eat. He just wants to say goodbye and leave.

"Gongming." Hu Cai smiled and said, "Don't blame the man behind me. In fact, Yang Feng is indecisive and not a wise leader. It would be a pity for the general to be inferior to him with his talent."

"I will just pretend I didn't hear it. Goodbye." Xu Huang's face turned cold, he bowed to Hu Cai, turned around and left. He didn't want to hear the next words, and there was no need to hear them. Yang Feng was indeed not a wise leader, but Hu Cai was even less so.

"My lord, just let him leave like this?" A general beside Hu Cai frowned and looked at the direction where Xu Huang left and said, "This man is too rude!"

"He has the ability." Hu Cai stood up, looked at the corn cake in his hand, threw it on the ground with some disgust and stepped on it twice. If he didn't want to get close to Xu Huang, he wouldn't eat this kind of thing.

"What ability does he have? Isn't he just imitating Chen Mo?" The general said with some dissatisfaction.

"You can't even learn it." Hu Cai glanced at him and walked out with his men. Instigating rebellion is a science. He believed that the news that Xu Huang had dinner with him today would soon reach Yang Feng's ears. Based on his understanding of Yang Feng, he would definitely be suspicious of Xu Huang. Then he would think of a way to pull this capable general under Yang Feng's command over.

...

Compared to the crowded and chaotic Yang County, Xiangling and Pingyang have gradually restored order in the past few days with Chen Mo's arrangement.

"Lord, there are still more than 3,000 households that have not been resettled by the relocated people. We don't have much land available at the moment." Cui Geng came in with the file and handed it to Chen Mo. "In addition, are there any other households in Pingyang and Xiangling counties?" The rich man has sent food, which totals about ten thousand dan. Do you want to accept it?"

"Take it, you won't worry if you don't accept these people." Chen Mo said with a smile. Three thousand households are controllable. Even if they don't get land in the end, Chen Mo can still afford it.

"This is the list of officials in the two counties. Please sort it out. You and Zhong Yun are only acting as county magistrates temporarily. Once these Baibo thieves are defeated, a new county magistrate will take office." Chen Mo handed a bamboo slip to Cui Geng and said .

Cui Geng and Zhong Yun are Chen Mo's old subordinates. They are capable enough to serve as captains, and they are relatively versatile. They only serve as magistrates of a county, which is a bit unqualified.

"When are you going to take action on the matter in Yang County?" Cui Geng took the bamboo slip and asked.

"Don't move for now. Although there is no accurate news, this group of people has shown no signs of counterattack so far. I am afraid that there is already an internal conflict. We will just wait and see. You can send more people to Yong'an to see if Han Siam is there." "What's going on?" Chen Mo shook his head. Yang County's current reaction was similar to what Chen Mo had expected. Now is not the best time to attack them. When they are in chaos, 30,000 troops will not be able to sustain the food and grass consumption alone. of.

"Han Xian has been waiting and watching, but he has not moved his troops. Does the lord want to use troops against him?" Cui Geng shook his head and said.

"Yang County is in the middle, so it's difficult to take action, and we don't have many troops to mobilize now." Chen Mo said with a smile. Hu Cai and the others were right about one thing. There are really not many troops that Chen Mo can mobilize now. Gao Shun is building a The Wubao was set up to prevent Chen Mo from not being prepared for unexpected changes. There alone, Chen Mo left two thousand men and horses. The strength of the troops was stretched thin. Chen Mo's purpose this time was just to drive away the Baibo bandits rather than annihilate them. Secondary reasons.

Cui Geng nodded, but did not leave.

"Is there anything else?" Chen Mo looked at Cui Geng and asked.

"The news just came from Anyi. The old lady has arrived in Anyi. My lord, you...won't you go back to visit?" Cui Geng smiled and asked, "Cai Gong also passed Pu Ban the day before yesterday. Calculating the time, it is time to arrive in Anyi."

At that moment, Chen Mo really had the urge to go back immediately. He and his mother had been separated for several years. They had not seen each other since they left Dangli, and they only expressed their thoughts through letters.

In the end, Chen Mo still shook his head: "It is really rare to be able to force the Baibo thief to this situation today. If he leaves at this time and gives the Baibo thief a chance to breathe, half of the hard work of the soldiers in the past few days will be wasted. Don't waste it for selfish reasons." Sir! It’s not too late.”

Even so, Cui Geng could see that the eagerness in Chen Mo's expression could not be concealed.

"The final general will help my lord to defeat the bandits as soon as possible!" Cui Geng saluted Chen Mo.

"The more time it comes, the less anxious it is." Chen Mo shook his head, looked at Cui Geng and said: "At this time, you must be steady and do everything you can! Don't mix personal affairs into it, otherwise everything will definitely fail! "

"The general will understand!" Cui Geng said solemnly.

After Cui Geng said goodbye and left, Chen Mo recruited a few more minor officials, broke down the matters at hand, and asked them to do it.

As the lord, Chen Mo will do everything himself at the beginning. When things get on track, he will delegate power. One person can never finish anything in this world. As the lord, all he has to do is to grasp the general direction. .

I wonder if my mother has lost weight over the years, and how old Heizi is...

Chen Mo shook his head, trying to get rid of the thoughts that kept pouring out of his heart, but he couldn't get rid of it. The past few years in Luoyang were probably the longest period of separation between mother and son. Although he knew not to mess up, at this moment After sending Cui Geng away, Chen Mo still inevitably had some emotions that wanted to end the war urgently.

"Lord, I'm back!" Dian Wei stepped in carrying his iron halberd, but saw Chen Mo staring straight at him, that look... Dian Wei felt a little bad, turned sideways, and saw Chen Mo Still staring straight at the door, Dian Wei breathed a sigh of relief, walked up to Chen Mo, waved his hand in front of his eyes, and asked: "My lord?"

After calling three times in a row, Chen Mo came back to his senses and turned to glare at Dian Wei: "What's the matter?"

"My lord, are you crying!? Who has provoked my lord? I will twist off his head!" Dian Wei was furious.

"Keep your voice down!" Chen Mo was furious and kicked Dian Wei hard: "Are you afraid that others won't hear you?"

"I understand, my lord, do you miss your mother?" Dian Wei was stunned for a moment, then suddenly grinned.

Chen Mo's face was as dark as water, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Go and copy the thousand-character article ten times!"

"ah!?"