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Xun Xiu and Mi Ce were retained as generals, but their lieutenants took some of their people back to Chen County.

Zhao Hanzhang's orders were not issued centrally, but separately one by one, so they did not know that Zhao Hanzhang had transferred so many people.

By the time he knew it, it was almost time to fight.

This is true even internally, and even less so externally.

Zhao Hanzhang was a very thief. When he asked people to make rice in a pot, he had to set up two more stoves next to the pot. He didn't need to spend a lot of firewood, so he took out two burning wet logs and placed them. The thick smoke made people stay away. It just looks like cooking from a distance.

Their camp was mostly empty. In addition to what Zhao Hanzhang said when he left the riverside, the Yanzhou scouts who were watching them from outside always thought that they were many people crowded into one tent. Seeing that there was not much less smoke from cooking every day, they had no suspicion. .

The news was reported back to Gou Xi, but Gou Xi frowned as he stared at the information on several pieces of paper. It said that several roads had traces of the suspected presence of the army.

But it looked like it had been cleaned.

As long as you walk through, there will be traces. Zhao Hanzhang also knows this, and he does not want to completely remove the traces. He just thinks that if there are fewer traces, less information will be given, and maybe someone will not notice?

The scouts and Gou Xi did not notice it at first, but when Gou Xi looked at the information handed back, he always felt that Zhao Hanzhang was too cautious, but not cautious enough.

She was said to be too cautious because when the other party was on guard against Donghai King's scouts, he was also on guard against his scouts and did not allow his people to get too close. For this reason, he captured and drove away his people several times;

The reason for not being cautious enough was that, although she was clearly planning to attack the King of the East China Sea, she seemed to be sure that the King of the East China Sea would not find out about this place. The tent had always stood there without changing.

Zhao Hanzhang: ...Of course not. She only has less than 50,000 people here, and she has to toss tents for 160,000 people every day. How busy she is.

Wouldn't it be nice to do other things if you have the time?

For example, if you meet the officials in Xuchangli and evaluate them, you will replace those who should be replaced.

Unlike in the past, the county magistrate of a county in Xiping had to report to the court for decision-making. Now Zhao Hanzhang had to make his own decision when changing county governors and prefects, let alone changing county magistrates.

However, she would not change officials casually, especially direct managers like the county magistrate.

There are still few people she can use, so as long as officials don't touch her bottom line, she thinks they can be trained and tolerated.

And it is undeniable that county magistrates are very flexible and will adjust their own way of doing things according to the preferences of those in power.

You can tell by looking at Magistrate Chai. Zhao Hanzhang asked Zhao Kuan to send back an official letter praising Magistrate Chai this time. In this battle to defend Yuzhou, Magistrate Chai did a good job in logistics, and most of the tasks were completed. The task of providing food and grass without letting the people under the rule starve to death. This is progress.

Progress should be rewarded.

The weather is getting colder, the refugees caused by the war need to be resettled, and the wounds of the people need to be healed. She has a lot of things to do.

Fu Tinghan also started to get busy, sorting out the data that were sent in from various places for her. "In Yuzhou, north of Chen County, there is not even one out of ten people. The remaining people are hiding in the mountains and forests. There are large tracts of wasteland. You want to There is still a lot to do to make Yuzhou settle down."

Zhao Hanzhang also foresaw it, but he was not too surprised. "The top priority is to make Yuzhou truly settle down. The troops of King Donghai and Gou Xi have to leave."

Zhao Hanzhang raised his head and asked Fan Ying, "Is there no news from General Gou?"

"General Gou said we have to wait a little longer," Fan Ying paused and said, "But it's strange. Mr. Ji said that there have been a lot of people sent by the Yanzhou Army recently, and not all of them are staring at us. There were also people exploring the Ruyin area of ​​​​Runan, and Mr. Ji sent people to stop them, but we cannot rule out that some fish may have slipped through the net."

Zhao Hanzhang chuckled and said to Fu Tinghan: "Gou Xi is doubting me."

Fu Tinghan: "What are you going to do?"

Zhao Hanzhang thought for a while and said: "Although I transferred people back, it is not because of breach of contract. Tomorrow we will sneak back to the riverside and wait to express my sincerity."

With five thousand people, she was confident that she could escape the eyes of the King of East China Sea.

Fu Tinghan nodded in agreement.

The scouts trained by Ji Yuan were not much worse than Gou Xi.

At least within his sphere of influence, he was able to grasp the information to the greatest extent, so at that time the Donghai King's scouts gave the letter to Prefect Zhang's entourage, but they were discovered by the scouts who were staring at the river bank.

Because their actions were so mysterious, the scouts didn't even report them, so they just took the entourage and snatched the letter.

Things must be left to those who are good at it, so as to achieve twice the result with half the effort, so Zhao Hanzhang directly handed over the matter to Ji Yuan, "Gou Xi obviously doubts me. I don't want to antagonize him. I will lead the troops to set off tomorrow. Go to the riverside, Sir, find a way to convey my message, just say that I will defeat the King of East China Sea at all costs."

Ji Yuan corrected her, "It was to help him defeat the King of East China Sea."

Zhao Hanzhang said with a smile: "Same, same, in short, he and I are on the same team."

Ji Yuan did not express any objection. He glanced outside and happened to see Lu Xiyuan passing by the camp. He said: "Young lady can take Lu Xiyuan with you. He is cautious and can assist the girl."

"The girl is still taking too many risks. Mr. Fu is good at everything, but he will listen to you in everything. He is as courageous as you, but you still need a cautious person around you to give you some advice." He said, "Since you have tricked people here Well, then it’s time to make the best use of it.”

Zhao Hanzhang: "Why is this a lie? He and I clearly want each other. He is willing to follow me to fulfill my ambitions, and I also want to use him to understand Ruyin County."

Ji Yuan waved his hand, unwilling to discuss this further with her, and only asked her to take Lu Xiyuan with her.

Zhao Hanzhang had no objection and left with five thousand soldiers and horses the next day.

They quietly returned to the river by another road. There was a long distance from where the King of the East Sea was stationed on the other side, allowing them to cross the river quietly without being discovered.

After receiving the news, Gou Xi was silent for a moment and decided not to delve into the suspicious traces. He ordered Gou Chun, "Immediately order 10,000 troops and go to the riverside to wait to cross the river."

Gou Chun was displeased and asked, "Brother, what's going on with these traces? Are there other soldiers and horses, or is it Zhao Hanzhang who violated the covenant and transferred the soldiers and horses secretly?"

Gou Xi has an insight into people's hearts, and he was sure as soon as Zhao Hanzhang sent troops, "It is true to transfer troops and horses privately, and it is true to abide by the covenant."

He said: "She did not break the covenant, but she just made a decision that was most beneficial to Yuzhou. As long as she is willing to send troops to attack the East China Sea King's camp with you, we can ignore this matter."