"When he first saw Leader Zhou, Zhang knew that Leader Zhou was by no means an ordinary person, but he never thought that in just one year, Leader Zhou would reach such a point......"

Sitting at a low table with simple wine and food, Zhang Zhai looked at Zhao Yu and said with emotion.

When he saw the leader of the Black Tiger Thieves, there were only six or seven hundred people up and down the Black Tiger Village, and half of them were women and children, and now, Zhao Yuguan worshiped the Lieutenant of Kunyang County, although the official position was a little smaller, but Zhang Zhai knew that the leader of the Black Tiger Thieves had actually controlled the entire Kunyang.

- He didn't know that Zhao Yu had been promoted to lieutenant at this time, and was allowed to have an army of 1,000 people.

And Zhao Yu didn't mean to brag about himself, and said with a smile: "Zhou didn't expect to be lucky enough to meet Mr. Zhang, I don't know if Mr. is here, what do you have to say?" ”

"Well...... this"

Zhang Zhai looked left and right, and what he saw was Jing Nu kneeling on the side behind Zhao Yu, and He Shun who was standing on the side.

Zhao Yu understood in his heart and said: "There are no outsiders here, Mr. Zhang said it is okay." ”

Seeing this, Zhang Zhai no longer concealed it, and said truthfully: "A few days ago, I met Guan Shuo and Chen Miao in Zhaoling, ......."

As he spoke, he glanced at Jingnu and He Shun, intentionally or unintentionally.

Because Jingnu was wearing a mask that was the same as Zhao Yu, Zhang Zhai couldn't see the former's complexion, but seeing that Jingnu didn't move at all, Zhang Zhai could still guess a few points.

Including He Shun, who also did not change his face and was not surprised.

Zhang Zhai thus confirmed that these two people were indeed the henchmen of the leader of the black tiger thief in front of him, and he knew his details early on.

Seeing this, he no longer had any scruples, and said with a regretful face: "With the talent of the leader of Zhou, why should he stand on the side of the brutal Jin State and be the enemy of my righteous teacher?" If the leader of Zhou is willing to share the righteousness, and Zhang is willing to promote the leader of Zhou as the commander of Yingchuan Canal, wouldn't it be better than just a county lieutenant? ”

"Huh."

Zhao Yu shook his head slightly.

In fact, when he saw Zhang Zhai, Zhao Yu guessed that Zhang Zhai might have come to persuade him to defect, but he never thought that he was really guessed.

I have to say that if Zhang Zhai said these words to him before September, just before Guan Shuo's army attacked Kunyang, maybe Zhao Yu would really think about it, after all, at that time, he was not completely sure that he could defeat Guan Shuo, and Yingchuan County did not want to see him.

But now, the situation has changed, he repelled Guan Shuo in one fell swoop, and even the attitude towards him in Yingchuan County has changed a lot, in this case, how can he fall to the rebels again?

Of course, this is not to say that he has completely ignored the rebels, after all, the rebels' northward advance is still quite strong, except for his Kunyang side who luckily repelled the rebels, the rest of the county captains are all defeated, so as long as there is a chance to ease the conflict, he does not want to become a mortal enemy with the rebels - this is also the reason why he took the risk to meet Zhang Zhai today.

And the reason why he shook his head and chuckled was just that he felt that the rebels had missed an opportunity.

If Guan Shuo had agreed to his terms, perhaps he would have considered him as a member of the rebels today.

But unfortunately, Guan Shuo rejected him at the beginning.

Noticing that Zhao Yu shook his head slightly, Zhang Zhai changed color slightly, and his tone became a little gloomy: "Could it be that Chief Zhou insists on standing on the side of the Jin Kingdom?" ”

From his tone, Zhao Yu faintly heard a bit of danger.

After thinking for a while, Zhao Yu said: "Zhou, no one will stand, only on my own side." ”

The implication is that whether it is the Jin court, or Yingchuan County, or the Jiangnan rebels, he will not stand anyone.

These words made Zhang Zhai's complexion improve slightly.

It is not an exaggeration to say that in fact, there is no deep friendship between Zhao Yu and Zhang Zhai, if Zhao Yu really wants to be an enemy of the righteous teacher, Zhang Zhai will not hesitate to regard Zhao Yu as an enemy, but now that Zhao Yu is expressing his desire to be 'neutral' in his words, then Zhang Zhai naturally has no need to tear his face with the other party, like Guan Shuo before, to push this bandit leader to the side of the Jin Kingdom.

He smiled and said, "What does Leader Zhou mean...... Want to stay on the sidelines? Look at Jin Guo and my righteous teacher, who can win, and then make plans, is that so? ”

Without waiting for Zhao Yu to answer, he shook his head and continued: "But, why does Leader Zhou think that he can stay out of the matter? Just defeated Guan Shuo a while ago? ”

He shook his head and said, "Guan Shuo's defeat in Kunyang was just a small setback for my righteous teacher, but looking at the whole situation, the Jin Kingdom is retreating. …… Since the incident this year, our righteous division has successively captured Jiangxia, Lujiang, Jiujiang, Guangling, Runan, Xiapi and other counties, and the situation of our righteous division is very good. In the coming year, my righteous master will surely capture Nanyang, Chen County, Chen Liu and other counties one after another, and the territory of the Jin Kingdom can only be bounded by the big river, and the south of the big river is occupied by the righteous teacher...... At that time, the righteous division will gather troops in the southern capital of Daliang, attack Hebei together, and completely overthrow the violent Jin ......"

Speaking of this, he turned his head to look at Zhao Yu, and said in an inexplicable tone: "I think Leader Zhou is a person who understands the general trend, why should he be in front of this wave?" It is better to obey the mandate of heaven and share the righteousness! "Reading the book

Hearing Zhang Zhai's words, Jingnu and He Shun also had some trouble breathing, obviously they didn't expect that the rebel army would be so powerful.

However, Zhao Yu was unmoved, shook his head and said: "Mr. Zhang's kindness, Zhou Mou's heart. Zhou just said that I will only stand on my own side. ”

“……”

The smile on Zhang Zhai's face slowly retracted, and he said lightly: "Everyone in the world wants to wait for the price to sell, but most people end up missing the opportunity because of this......"

Zhao Yu joked: "Mr. Zhang is talking about Guan Qushuai, right?" ”

『……』

Zhang Zhai was angry, and sneered when he heard this: "Leader Zhou is so sure that you won't miss the opportunity?" ”

Zhao Yu smiled and said calmly: "In Mr. Zhang's opinion, the situation of the righteous master is very good at the moment, but in my opinion, it may not be. …… So far, there have been no reinforcements from the imperial court, like the world-famous 'Chen Taishi' and 'Chen Men Five Tigers', none of them have moved...... Oh, no, one of the Five Tigers of the Chen Sect named 'Han Yan' is already fighting against you, so there are four more? This does not include the other generals of the Jin Kingdom...... The imperial court has not yet moved its full strength, how can Mr. Zhang speak lightly of victory or defeat? ”

"Han Yan?"

Zhang Zhai snorted coldly: "What Leader Zhou said, but that Han Yan who was defeated by my righteous teachers Jiangdong Qushuai Zhao Zhang and Zhao Qushuai several times? He shook his head and said lightly: "If the five tigers of the Chen Sect are all like that Han Yan, then they are just vain people." ”

『…… Zhao?'

Zhao Yu raised his eyebrows.

Although he didn't think it mattered, there were rebel generals in the rebel army with the same surname as him, which always made him feel a little awkward.

However, he didn't care too much, shook his head and said: "As the so-called arrogant soldiers will be defeated, if everyone is like Mr. Zhang, then Zhou is probably even less optimistic about you...... Chenmen Five Tigers, Zhou has only encountered one, that is Zhang Jing, this person is brave and strategic, Zhou is very jealous, if the Chenmen Five Tigers are like that Zhang Jing, I am really not optimistic about you...... As Mr. Zhang said, your Jiangdong Qu Shuai Zhao Zhang has defeated Han Yan several times, but this is not enough to conclude that Han Yan is a waste of fame, let alone that the Five Tigers of Chenmen are a waste of fame, it can only be said that Zhao Zhang has enough courage and strategy to match the Five Tigers of Chenmen, but the question is, how many of you have such a brave and resourceful commander? …… At least in my opinion, Guan Shuo and Chen Miao are not enough to compare with Zhang Jing. ”

“……”

Zhang Zhai frowned slightly, but he was powerless to refute, after all, this time Guan Shuo and Chen Miao did suffer a big loss under Zhou Hu.

After thinking about it, Zhang Zhai said in a deep voice: "Even so, between the Jin State and the righteous teacher, the leader of Zhou still has to choose one side after all, either stand on the side of the Jin State and be the enemy of my righteous teacher, or work together with my righteous master to overthrow the Jin State and share the righteousness...... Zhang did not force Leader Zhou, and I believe that sooner or later the Jin Kingdom will let Leader Zhou make a choice. ”

"You're not called persecution?"

Zhao Yu secretly sneered.

Of course, sneering is sneering, he can also understand Zhang Zhai's considerations, after all, even if it is him, he will not allow a wall-riding faction like 'Zhou Hu' to be left and right, either obey or die, who will let you have the opportunity to sell at a price?

But as a party, Zhao Yu naturally still hopes to remain neutral, wait and see the victory and defeat between the Jin State and the rebels, and then make plans - provided that he has to convince Zhang Zhai.

After pondering for a while, Zhao Yu Zhengse said to Zhang Zhai: "In fact, compared with you, in fact, Zhou is more optimistic about the Jin Kingdom, after all, that big country that has been inherited for more than 100 years, is the so-called hundred-legged insect, dead but not stiff, a big country of more than 100 years, how can it be overthrown by your side overnight?" Not to mention that although the Jin State has decayed, there are still generals such as Chen Taishi, Chen Men Five Tigers, and Wang Shangde in the court. …… In Mr. Zhang's view, this is a righteous thing, but in the eyes of the Jin State and the imperial court, this is a rebellion after all, at least on the side of the imperial court. If I am involved in your great affairs, it is good to win, but once the court reverses the victory and defeat, it will never let go of any rebels. …… I, Zhou Hu, am a utilitarian person, Mr. Zhang invited me to share the righteousness, at least let me see the possibility of victory, otherwise if it is a defeat, why should Zhou sacrifice himself and seek his own death? ”

Seeing that Zhao Yu did not have the slightest consciousness of sacrificing for the sake of righteousness, Zhang Zhai's expression became a little colder, but Zhao Yu said that he was a 'utilitarian person', and he couldn't say anything more.

After thinking for a moment, he asked in a deep voice, "What does the leader want to do then?" And the righteous master well water does not violate the river water until my righteous master overthrows the Jin Kingdom? ”

Zhao Yu said with a smile: "It is not enough to overthrow the Jin Kingdom, at the very least, I want to see you capture Liangcheng, which is the southern capital that Mr. said." …… I don't think Mr. Zhang would think that the capture of Liangcheng would mean the overthrow of the Jin Kingdom. On the contrary, the confrontation between the Yishi and the Jin army will become more and more intense. But if Mr. Zhang can promise this, and you also capture Liangcheng, Zhou is willing to defect to you and attack Hebei together. ”

After a pause, he continued: "In the previous war, my Kunyang has suffered heavy casualties, whether it is the imperial court or Yingchuan County, it is not good to ask me Kunyang to continue to fight against the righteous master, in other words, my Kunyang can temporarily remain neutral, but if you insist on persecuting me Kunyang and forcing Zhou, then Zhou can only be your enemy...... When the time comes, I don't dare to guarantee other things, but I can guarantee that I will never ask Guan Shuo and Chen Miao to capture Yexian, even if I lose Kunyang! ”

“……”

Zhang Zhai looked at Zhao Yu with anger on his face, and the latter was unmoved.

After a stalemate for a few breaths, Zhang Zhai let out a long breath, nodded and said, "Okay, then take the 'Southern Capital Liangcheng' as a bet, but before that, Kunyang is not allowed to aid Ye County!" ”

"After almost half a year, the situation in the world can be seen, and with Yang Ding in Ye County, the rebels should not be able to defeat it in the short term......

After weighing the pros and cons in his heart, Zhao Yu nodded slightly: "Yes." ”

On the same day, Zhao Yu and the rebel Nanyang Canal made Zhang Zhai reach a private agreement, since the rebels captured the southern capital of Liangcheng, the two sides will not interfere with the river.

For Zhao Yu, this is undoubtedly the best situation.