The military meeting that day was not so much a discussion meeting, but a pretext for Zhao Yu to take the opportunity to ask Ju Sheng about the rebel intelligence, obviously Chen Mo, Wang Qing and others also understood this, so Wang Qing signaled Le Gui with his eyes and pushed behind his back.

Even, even Ju Sheng guessed a few points, but he chose to reveal the information he knew in a playful way as his vote for joining Kunyang.

All in all, the military meeting was still very smooth, Zhao Yu's side got valuable information, and Ju Sheng reluctantly accepted everyone present by showing his intentions.

After the meeting, everyone left one after another, but Ju Sheng was left behind by Zhao Yu, and at the same time, Chen Mo, Sun Xiu, and Ma Gai were left behind.

Ju Sheng immediately realized: Maybe now is the real military discussion.

Sure enough, the leader of the black tiger thieves said to the four of them: "Fang is the general strategy, now let's discuss the specific strategy......

Ju Sheng asked curiously, "Aren't Liu County Ling and Li County Cheng involved?" ”

In view of the fact that Ju Sheng did not know his situation in Kunyang, Zhao Yu explained with a smile: "Duke Liu and Li Xiancheng do not care about the matter of defending against the enemy, and Zhou is responsible for this matter. ”

"It seems that Zhou Hu really controls Kunyang......

"I see." Ju Sheng nodded and stopped talking.

At this time, Ma Gai smiled kindly at Ju Sheng, and then clasped his fists and said to Zhao Yu: "Chief Zhou, according to General Ju, the number of rebels outside the city is less than our initial estimate...... The two armies of more than 10,000 people on the south bank of Zhanshui and Shahe to contain Yexian and besiege my Kunyang currently have only more than 30,000 rebels and nearly 10,000 green forest thieves...... Oh, counting Chen Miao's 10,000 soldiers, that's more than 40,000 rebels......"

"Hmm."

Zhao Yu nodded slightly.

After learning the exact number of rebels, Zhao Yu was also very happy, after all, people are inevitably afraid of unknown affairs, and it is indeed a great pressure to hold on to the city without knowing the specific number of rebels.

And now that he knows the exact number of rebels, even if the troops on the other side are still several times that of his Kunyang, the pressure on his heart is naturally much less.

"Why don't you try to take the initiative?"

Chen Mo glanced at Ju Sheng and also made a suggestion: "The rebels outside the city are unevenly distributed, with the most in the south and few on the east and west sides, so you might as well try a night attack to see if you can take out a military camp." ”

Hearing this, Ju Sheng's mood was really a little complicated.

Of course, he understood what Chen Mo meant, the latter was obviously planning to attack the armies of Huang Kang and Liu De at night—the former was left alone, and the latter was ...... That's the army he was in before.

"Hmm......"

Zhao Yu thought about it, and did not answer Chen Mo immediately, but asked Ju Sheng: "What does General Ju think?" ”

Seeing the eyes of several people looking at him, Ju Sheng perked up, abandoned his distracting thoughts and thought: "According to my opinion, it is okay to send a small force to harass, but I am afraid that the chances of winning are not high if I send troops to attack at night......"

In order to prevent a few people from misunderstanding, he immediately explained the reason: "Kunyang has held on to this day, during which soldiers have been repeatedly sent to harass and sneak attack the rebels. When the last general was still under Liu De's tent, he often listened to the rebel soldiers talk about the black scarf thieves...... I'm talking about the Black Tigers, and the Black Tigers are good at night attacks. …… Not to mention, even the general Xu Bao died in the night attack of my Kunyang. ”

After a pause, he continued: "Last time, when Kunyang sent troops to attack Xu Bao, I and Huang Ji and Wei Hong were ordered to lead the army to reinforce Xu Bao, but it's a pity that ...... Well, by the time I arrived at Xu Bao's station, the Black Tigers had already evacuated. At that time, Huang Ji made a wrong judgment, he thought that the Black Tigers would return to Kunyang immediately, so he and I led the army to pursue all the way to the city, but never thought that those Black Tigers that day were wittily hiding in the mountains in the north...... But this trick can not be repeated, if the black tigers go out of the city again to attack at night, whether they succeed or not, the rebels outside the city will immediately search the mountains and forests on the north side, and the interception cannot be withdrawn to the city in time Our army in time, once intercepted by the rebels, it is very likely that the whole army will be annihilated. Even then, the encircled our army immediately broke through to Kunyang, or because only the north gate was passable, it would not be possible to call the soldiers to withdraw to the city in time, and then they would be killed by the rebels...... I thought that the Kunyang guards were already short of troops, and Cheng should not take the risk of going out of the city to attack at night, but should hold the city and wait for winter. …… As long as the fighting dragged on until winter, the rebels had no choice but to retreat. ”

I have to say that Ju Sheng is worthy of being a former rebel general in charge of 2,000 soldiers, and his analysis of the strategy is indeed careful and thorough, even Chen Mo, who was rejected by him, nodded again and again.

"Well said."

Zhao Yu nodded and praised Ju Sheng, and then said with a smile: "What General Ju said is actually my idea. …… One of the purposes of my negotiation with Guan Shuo this time to 'exchange prisoners for food' is also to make him mistakenly think that my Kunyang food is running out, and take the initiative to slow down the offensive against my Kunyang, and wait for my Kunyang to collapse by itself. In this way, we are more sure to delay until winter, in fact, my Kunyang grain stock is quite sufficient, at least for a while longer. ”

"I see."

Chen Mo, Sun Xiu, and Ma Gai suddenly realized, and even Ju Sheng flashed a little surprise in his heart, secretly saying that Zhou Hu was really a calculating person this time.

When everyone was stunned, Zhao Yu spread his hands and said with a smile: "Sure enough, as I expected, Guan Shuo ruthlessly and sensibly rejected my negotiations, if the guess is correct, he will probably execute the ten released captives, since he wants to block the news, then we can't let him get his wish." …… What does General Ju think? ”

Of course, Ju Sheng knew that the leader of the black tiger thief in front of him was deliberately testing him, so he nodded after thinking about it and said, "Leader Zhou's plan...... It is very clever, but it can put Guan Shuo in a dilemma, and it is true that he should not give up the great opportunity to hit the morale of the rebels, since Guan Shuo wants to block the news, then we might as well pick out the matter. ”

He clenched his fists and put forward his own suggestion: "The last general suggests that you pick another twenty to thirty people, inform them of the experience of the first ten people, and persuade them to go to the camp of Guan Shuo, Huang Kang, and Liu De, and inform the ordinary soldiers of the rebels what happened. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Yu nodded to Ju Sheng with satisfaction.

This Ju Sheng was able to objectively analyze the interests and disadvantages from Kunyang's standpoint, which showed that he had indeed decided to defect to them.

He nodded and said, "Yes, this is also Zhou's consideration." ”

Speaking of this, he looked Ju Sheng up and down a few times, and asked with a pleasant face: "I heard this morning that General Ju went to the street to inspect?" ”

"Uh...... Be. Ju Sheng didn't know Zhao Yu's intentions, so he nodded cautiously.

Seeing that Ju Sheng was so restrained, Zhao Yu said with a smile: "The general doesn't have to be restrained, Zhou has no other meaning." Since the general defected to my Kunyang, it is natural to understand my Kunyang and try to integrate into it. Zhou just thinks that if Zhou can't make good use of a talent like a general who is willing to defect to my Kunyang, wouldn't he have wronged the general? …… Presumably, the generals have learned that my guards in Kunyang, in addition to the Nanyang army led by General Sun who helped me in Kunyang, are divided into three branches: the Black Tiger People, the County Army, and the Brotherhood Militia. ”

"Do you have to choose between the Black Tigers, the County Army, and the Brotherhood Militia?"

"Thank you, Leader Zhou." Ju Sheng hugged his fists, and his face showed a thoughtful look.

It's no wonder, after all, this choice is about his future.

At the end of this brief meeting, Ma Gai took the lead and kindly extended his hand to Ju Sheng: "Welcome to join...... Kunyang, even more welcome General Ju to choose our county army. ”

Ma Gai was very smart, as soon as he saw Zhao Yu's attitude towards Ju Sheng, he knew that this former rebel general Qu who was the first to defect to him in Kunyang had a very high status in the heart of the leader of the black tiger thieves - after all, he was the first, so he must be treated favorably, such as him at the beginning.

From the side, when Chen Mo heard this, he also chuckled and interjected: "County Lieutenant Ma's move is not kind, isn't it enough to have County Lieutenant Wu?" A general like General Ju who is good at leading troops, my Black Tiger is in short supply. ”

As he spoke, he also stretched out his hand to Ju Sheng and said kindly: "As Lieutenant Ma said, welcome to join Kunyang, and even more welcome General Ju to choose my Black Tigers." ”

was openly wooed by Ma Gai and Chen Mo one after another, and Ju Sheng was also a little flattered.

Half an hour later, Zhao Yu gave an order to Le Gui, the guard of the North City Gate, which was passed on by Ju Sheng.

Why is it passed down from Ju Sheng to generation? Because Ju Sheng happened to stop by the North City Gate and fish out the dozens of old pawns under his command - this was Zhao Yu's reward for him.

Ju Sheng is grateful for this.

After listening to Ju Sheng's order, Le Gui secretly instructed the Black Tiger Thief to pick out the latter's former pawn on behalf of Ju Sheng, after all, the matter of 'Ju Sheng's defection' cannot be known to this group of captives for the time being, otherwise, these captives may hate Ju Sheng for not rescuing them, instead of hating the rebels who abandoned them outside the city.

After eliminating Ju Sheng's old pawns, Le Gui paced in front of the group of prisoners and threatened everyone: "It's a pity that no one has responded to the rebels outside the city......

With a wave of his hand, dozens of county soldiers with crossbows stepped forward and aimed at the rebel captives bound by ropes on the inside of the city walls.

Seeing this, the captives were shocked and shouted for their lives.

"Qu Shuai will not give up the ...... we are waiting for"

"There must be something wrong there!"

"Those ten people must have escaped from Gu Zi...... Let me go, let me go to the interrogation, and I will definitely convey your words to Guan Shuai and the generals......"

Le Gui pretended not to believe it, but he didn't say it to death, giving this group of captives hope for life.

After pretending to hesitate for a while, he nodded and said: "Okay, since that's the case, then I'll give you another chance, you can select twenty people to go to the arraignment, if you can persuade your generals to exchange food for prisoners, I can easily release the remaining prisoners as agreed, otherwise, then don't blame me." ”

When the captives heard this, they looked nervous, and after some quarrels, they finally selected twenty people worthy of their trust—probably the commanders and even chiefs that they trusted on a daily basis.

And the twenty commanders and chiefs also swore an oath that they would definitely spread the news to the righteous teachers outside the city, and would never abandon the brothers who had been captured here.

Under the eager gaze of the rest of the captives, Le Gui gave each of the twenty people a rice ball, and then let them slide down the rope on the city wall.

During this period, Ju Sheng was in an inconspicuous corner, looking at these people with a complicated expression.

"How many of these people will be killed by their trusted generals?" Le Gui didn't know when he returned to Ju Sheng's side and said with a sneer.

“……”

The gloom in Ju Sheng's eyes became even thicker.

He knew that Legui's taunt was very likely to become a reality, and their purpose was to ask these twenty people to tell the truth to the rebel soldiers outside the city as much as possible before they were killed, so that more rebel soldiers could know about the fact that 'the top leaders of the righteous division were unwilling to exchange prisoners', so as to break the morale of the rebels.

It is ironic that the soldiers of the righteous division did not die in the hands of the Kunyang people, but in the hands of their own people.

"Oh, yes."

As if thinking of something, Le Gui turned around and stretched out his hand towards Ju Sheng: "Welcome to the Black Tiger Crowd." …… Rest assured, we won't betray our own people. ”

“……”

Looking at the black tiger thief in front of him, who had ordered the crossbowman in his hand to shoot himself and the others to death a few days ago, Ju Sheng hesitated for a moment and shook the other party's hand to express his kindness.