In fact, whether it is Zhou Tingyu or Ning Guogong, they all have a spectrum in their hearts for this person who betrayed military intelligence, and the left is just those few people. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The difficulty is that these are their speculations and inferences, and without real evidence, empty words and white teeth have become frames.

Especially when Zhou Tingyu lost so many people in this battle, it will undoubtedly make people feel that he is shifting the blame to others, so as to cover up his incompetence and escape punishment.

And Zhou Tingyu carefully recalled the various actions of those people, and thought of certain facts, the more he thought about it, the more chilled and angry he became.

If it was really what he thought, those people would really die.

As a cover for Zhou Tingyu, Ning Guogong's frontal attack did not achieve results, and in the battle at dawn, the combat strength of the Turks exceeded Ning Guogong's expectations.

Compared to the battle they won at the beginning, this time the Turks were like a different person, more ferocious than before, and it was almost necessary for the Tiger Ben army to take down a Turkic cavalry with one to one casualties.

And the sergeants in the border city had to be two to one to take one.

After receiving Zhou Tingyu back to the city, Ning Guogong also withdrew his troops and relied on the border city to block the Turkic attack.

In this battle, Ning Guogong did not take advantage.

And the entire barracks was filled with an atmosphere of decadence, huge losses, and head-on collisions with Turkic soldiers, all of which made them feel depressed.

Morale fell again and again.

And Zhou Tingyu had already secretly taken Qingfan out of the barracks, and Qingyun was left in Chu Tianyi's camp tent to take care of him.

"Your Highness, you are here, people are already inside, please come in."

The shopkeeper of the Yan family shop respectfully invited Zhou Tingyu into the inner courtyard of the shop, and after bringing a pot of tea in, he took the old pot of tea, and returned to sit outside the shop, bowing his head and counting the account books.

"Your Highness, don't come unharmed."

When Zhou Tingyu entered, he saw a locust tree in the small courtyard, a stone table was placed under the tree, and a middle-aged man sat on a stone bench, and when he saw him come in, he raised his cup and signaled to him.

"Leader Xu is still so stylish."

Zhou Tingyu glanced around, glanced at Qing Fan, and after seeing Qing Fan bowing slightly, he sat happily opposite the middle-aged man, took a cup for himself, and poured a cup of tea.

"What is the name of Boss Xu, I am Hua Niang's cousin-in-law, and it will be a point to be called the leader."

This middle-aged man is the leader who kidnapped Shu Yanhua and Zhou Tingyu to the border city back then.

Zhou Tingyu didn't bother with this title, now he has a request for the leader, and there is nothing wrong with being polite.

"Cousin-in-law, I came to see you this time, I want to ask you for help." Zhou Tingyu said politely.

Leader Xu said boldly, "As long as I can do it, I will not refuse." ”

"You have lived in the border city for a long time, do you have an impression of General Chen, the guard of the border city? What do you think of him? Zhou Tingyu went straight to the point and asked directly.

"General Chen?"

Zhou Tingyu lost the battle, and now except for the military camp, the people in the border city have not yet known, otherwise the leader would not have come to see Zhou Tingyu with a relaxed mood.

Hearing that Zhou Tingyu asked about Chen Yuanjian, the leader pondered for a moment and replied: "General Chen is a very humble person, and he is also very strict with the sergeants under his command, and he has been working hard to protect the safety of the border city for more than ten years.

During the spring ploughing and autumn harvest, he often brought his sergeants to help the people sow seeds and harvest, and the people in the border cities loved him very much. ”

"It seems that he has a high reputation among the common people of the border city." Zhou Tingyu was keenly aware of the difference.

"What you just said was the impression of the people in the border city on him, but you didn't say your impression of him, so you should avoid the important and light!"

Zhou Tingyu said in a deep voice, because of the eight thousand lives, there was no smile on his face.

The leader smiled slightly, "Me? I have never been afraid to speculate on others with the worst malice, a three-grade general who guards one side, in the border city of this territory, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the emperor of the soil.

Such a feudal official, with great power, has been humble for more than ten years, when has the high-ranking family in the capital thrown away the arrogance in his bones? ”

Zhou Tingyu's heart moved, it seemed that the leader had a bad impression of Chen Yuanjian, but it was not bad.

"Maybe he is a good official who loves the people like a son in his bones."

Zhou Tingyu said this sentence without the slightest emotion.

The leader laughed, "Perhaps, if it weren't for the fact that we have so many good officials in Great Xia, the people's lives would not be so good." ”

The leader was noncommittal to Zhou Tingyu's words in his heart, in his opinion, Chen Yuanjian was full of hypocrisy, but Zhou Tingyu was the fifth prince, and now he was in the same military camp as Chen Yuanjian, so why should he speak ill of Chen Yuanjian in front of Zhou Tingyu?

"I came this time to ask you to help me check on Chen Yuanjian, and at the same time arrange for people to closely monitor the border city, especially pay attention to the border city and the Turks, to see if anyone has passed on the news or has something unusual."

Zhou Tingyu's words really surprised the leader, he immediately sat up straight, and looked at Zhou Tingyu with a solemn expression: "You asked me to check Chen Yuanjian, and asked me to monitor the movements of the border city, could it be that there is something wrong with this Chen Yuanjian?"

Zhou Tingyu looked at the leader with deep eyes, and finally decided to tell the truth that anyway, he lost the battle, and he couldn't hide it when the boss's secret fold was sent to the capital.

"Just yesterday, we planned an attack, the commander frontally contained the main Turkic force, and I led 10,000 cavalry to attack Yanfei Valley at night, but was betrayed and ambushed in the valley, 10,000 cavalry, in the end, only 2,000 people returned, more than half of them were injured."

Zhou Tingyu's tone was sad, his face was solemn, and the content of his words made the leader stand up in shock, and exclaimed in disbelief, "Lost eight thousand cavalry in one battle? Or the Tiger Army? ”

Even if the leader is not a member of the army, his scalp is numb at this moment, even he, who has lived in the border city for a long time, knows that the Tiger Ben Army is the most powerful army in Great Xia, the elite of the elite, and it lost 8,000 in one battle, which has never happened in the past fifty years.

The leader immediately realized that even if Zhou Tingyu was the fifth prince, this time it would be a big deal, and because he was the fifth prince, this matter was even more difficult - whether it was among the civil and military officials or the common people, the prince should have fun or study in the capital, isn't it fun to come to the army? Who can trust a prince's ability to lead troops? Especially since this prince is still very young!

After the leader was shocked, he immediately whispered, "Do you suspect that Chen Yuanjian betrayed you?"

Otherwise, he would not be allowed to check on Chen Yuanjian, nor would he be allowed to closely monitor the movements in the border city.