Chapter Twenty-Three: The Undercurrent

When everyone was depressed, Guo Jia's voice of drinking came again: "Ha! Wiped the wine stains on the side of his mouth, his face was slightly red, and he exhaled a long mouthful of wine, looking at the people who were crying and mourning, and a smile rose on the corner of his mouth, "Everyone, let's go back to the study now and discuss how to get through the situation in front of us!" ”

Zhou Qi suddenly raised his head when he heard this, it seemed that only Guo Jia in front of him could think of this matter, could it be that this person... Thinking of this possibility, he quietly said to the surrounding people, "Brother Zhang Han, block this matter for as long as you can, and the deity will send people and horses to the surrounding counties to transport grain and grass later!" ”

Zhang Han still had a depressed expression at first, and after hearing the words of the lord, he hurriedly responded to the order, and I have to say that the other party is very good at training soldiers, and after a short time, he calmed down the panicked soldiers and sent a team of men and horses to guard the security of the city.

Zhou Qi and his entourage returned to the study again, looked at the people in front of them, and finally fixed their eyes on the unruly Guo Jia.

Seeing the lord's gaze, Guo Jiashi walked out, and then opened the wine gourd on his waist again, and suddenly the fragrance of wine wafted throughout the room, "Ha!" Wine! ”

At this time, the people around had unconsciously put their hands on their weapons, looking at people who were familiar with them as if they were facing a great enemy, and they couldn't believe that the other party would be an enemy.

"Hah! What kind of expression do you have, do you suspect that a certain family is an enemy? Guo Jia disappreliantly brought the wine gourd to his mouth again and drank it, and with the cool wine in his stomach, he felt a satisfied smile in his stomach.

Zhou Qi, who was sitting in the first place, couldn't believe that Guo Jia, who was regarded as a brother, would be such a person, but the facts were in front of him, if it weren't for how he could have told the other party about it so coincidentally, and a sky-high fire would burn in an instant.

For a while, Zhou Qi's head had two big heads, and he didn't know what to do, and he didn't know whether to trust the other party.

Guo Jia looked at everyone's expressions, and he didn't know that the other party didn't believe in him, if there was no reasonable explanation, he was afraid that he would jump into the Yellow River and not be able to wash it away.

"For the sake of safety, you must keep your mouth shut about what you see today, and whether you can turn defeat into victory depends on this move!" As he spoke, he led everyone in the direction of a simple house.

Zhou Qi looked at Guo Jia like this, a look of doubt flashed on his face, obviously he didn't know why the other party was like this, but in order not to lose this best friend, even if it was Longtan Tiger's Den, he had to break through.

As time passed, everyone came to a simple house, and when they opened the door, they saw an elite Jingzhou army tightly guarding the surroundings, and bags of grain and grass were piled up not far away.

"Excuse me?" Zhou Qi couldn't help but exclaim in surprise when he saw such a scene, and his dark eyes were full of disbelief as he looked at the person in front of him.

Seeing this, Dian Wei and the others couldn't help but gasp, obviously they didn't expect the other party to be so powerful, and they transferred the grain here without knowing it.

Zhou Qi seemed to be still uneasy, as if he nodded to Dian Wei on the side, the latter took a step suddenly, and at some point there was an extra short halberd with cold light in his hand, and in a flash of lightning, he came to the sack of grain and grass and pierced it with lightning speed, and suddenly a grain of full rice appeared in everyone's sight.

Seeing such a scene, Zhou Qi could finally put the little liver that was raised high back into his stomach, and looked at Guo Jia with an apologetic expression, as if he should not be ashamed of the other party.

"The lord doesn't have to be like this, if this matter is put on anyone, it will be like this, but a certain family was worried that such a thing would happen when I left the city, so I quietly ordered someone to transfer the grain and grass to leave some surplus grain to hide people's eyes!"

Hearing this, Dian Wei and the others couldn't help but look at Guo Jia with a look of admiration, such a far-sighted insight is obviously not something that everyone can imagine.

"My lord, since the enemy thinks that the grain and grass have been burned, it is obviously prepared to wait until the grain and grass are in an emergency, which will cause the army's morale to be in turmoil and achieve the effect of a soldier who does not surrender to the people without a fight!" Guo Jia drank the wine in the gourd again as he spoke, as if this was the only way to keep his brain running.

"Fengkao, please come quickly!" As soon as he heard that he could defeat the enemy, Zhou Qi suddenly came to his senses, and his dark eyes looked at the other party for a moment, waiting for this person's advice.

"Lord, why don't we send a team of men and horses from Linhe to escort grain and grass here, presumably the enemy will not want us to have food and grass to rescue, and will definitely send men and horses to stop it!"

"Wonderful! It's so wonderful to be there! Zhou Qi's eyes couldn't stop flashing with little stars when he heard this, obviously very satisfied with Guo Jia's strategy, and everyone around him couldn't stop nodding when they heard it.

"My lord, we can escort the grain and grass with combustion-fueling wood on the back of the oxen, as long as we wait for the enemy to hijack and ignite it, when the frightened cattle form a fire ox array, what awaits the enemy will be endless disasters!" Guo Jia couldn't help but feel that his throat was dry after saying the strategy in one breath, and he habitually opened the wine gourd and put it to his lips and prepared to drink it, but after waiting for a long time, not a drop of wine appeared, and he suddenly showed a look of frustration.

Everyone around couldn't help but laugh heartily when they saw such a look, it seemed that such Guo Jia was a more familiar existence to everyone.

Time passes day by day, the grain and grass in Guiyang City has been burned by everyone has been well known, and now people are afraid of protecting the only remaining grain at home, for fear of being snatched away by others and losing hope of survival.

"Princes and I can't go on like this, who will lead the soldiers and horses to Linhe to transport the grain and grass back?" Zhou Qi sat in the study and looked at everyone present, with a faint smile on his face, after all, the things that everyone in the city was worried about had already been solved by Guo Jia.

"The lord is willing to go!" Wen Chou stood out with a big bald head, clenched his fists with both hands and bowed for his life.

When everyone present heard this, a look of anxiety flashed in their eyes, obviously they were naturally more active about things that could be fought, and they were also preparing to go out to ask for war.

Zhou Qi looked at the eager gazes of everyone, and became undecided for a while, but when he thought of Zhang Shen, who was fighting fiercely with him, and the black-robed man who fled with the other party, if nothing else, it would inevitably appear, and he immediately decided to look at Yan Liang and Wen Chou.

Everyone looked at the lord's gaze and couldn't help but wail for a while, obviously already knowing the person who was sent, and regretted that they had missed a great battle.

On the contrary, the two brothers Yan Liang and Wen Chou showed a look of excitement on their faces, and then they clasped their hands into fists and bowed down to receive the order, for fear that something would happen if they were too late.

When Yan Liang and Wen Chou led the soldiers and horses away, they saw a man who was shrouded in black robes appeared in the shadows of the street corner, looking at the back that had disappeared, and a cold cold light appeared in his eyes, and he disappeared into the air after a short time, as if he had never appeared again.

"My lord, now that the grain and grass in Guiyang City have been urgent, and rumors have spread, if there is no accident, it is not a matter of time before you win without a fight, but there is a bad news that I don't know whether to say or not!" In the camp, Liu Gang clenched his hands into fists and went down on one knee

Kneeling, his head raised slightly, and Zhu Fu asked in the first place.

Zhu Fu couldn't help but be afraid of Liu Gang, who appeared unknowingly, after all, such a guy really makes people chill from the bottom of their hearts, but fortunately, they can feel at ease with the protection of the guards around, "Tell me what happened?" ”

Hearing this, Liu Gang couldn't help but look at the masked man not far in front of him, saw that the other party nodded without a trace, and spoke again: "My lord, now Zhou Qi'er has sent people and horses to prepare to go to Linhe to transport grain and grass, if he successfully transports it back to us, the previous plan will be in vain!" ”

"What?" Zhu Fu stood up abruptly when he heard this, not expecting such a thing to happen, so that he didn't even notice that he overturned the fine wine on the wine table.

"Adults don't need to be so alarmed, wouldn't it be nice if we could intercept the other party's grain and grass again!" Seeing Zhu Fu's panicked appearance, the masked man showed a faint smile on the corner of his mouth to comfort the other party, as if everything was under his control.

"That's right! Right! Right! What Mr. said is very true, but Yan Liang and Wen Chou are rare generals, and I am afraid it will take some effort to have these two people come out! Although it was possible to intercept the grain and grass to interrupt the other party's plan, the corners of the mouth were bitter when I thought of the military generals sent by the other party.

The masked man seemed to have thought of such a result a long time ago, and immediately spoke again, "Since the adults are afraid of the strength of the other party's generals, why don't you send heavy troops to encircle and suppress them, a certain family will not be able to kill these two people if they don't believe in the soldiers!" ”

Zhu Fu was silent for a while when he heard this, after all, although he was the assassin of Jiaozhou, he had a limited number of soldiers and horses, if he blindly sacrificed his soldiers, he was afraid that he would die a little, and it was difficult to say whether he could still be as powerful in Jiaozhou as before!

The masked man did not have the slightest intention of persuading Zhu Fu's hesitation, but drank the fragrant tea in his hand unhurriedly, and the silence in the big tent was terrible for a while, even if he was a subordinate who had taken refuge in Zhu Fu before, now he saw the black-robed masked man, and he became angry and did not dare to come out.

Time passed minute by minute, and I don't know how long it took, Zhu Fu finally reacted, and his soul returned to its place, raising his head and looking at everyone present, "Damn!" Desperately seeking wealth and danger, as long as Lao Tzu captures Guiyang County in front of him, are you afraid that those families in Jiaozhou will not vote for it! ”

Thinking through everything, Zhu Fu no longer feared, but looked at the masked man: "Sir, are we going to take all the soldiers and horses away to intercept them?" Somewhat uncertain, he asked the other party.

Hearing Zhu Fu's inquiry, the masked man slowly opened his eyes that were pretending to sleep, and the essence in his eyes flashed, as if the two immortal swords that had lasted forever were full of sadness, making people dare not look directly at them.

I don't know how long it took for a hoarse voice to sound again: "My lord, the lion is still fighting the rabbit with all his strength, not to mention that those two are lions themselves!" ”

Although Zhu Fu already had an idea in his heart, he couldn't help but tremble slightly in his heart when he got the other party's confirmation, as if he had seen a picture of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, but when he thought that as long as the troops led by the two of them were killed, the grain and grass would be lost and Guiyang County would fall into his hands, and the trace of discomfort in his heart disappeared.

In a short time, a group of soldiers and horses had been assembled, and the hooves of the war horses were wrapped in rags, as if they were worried that the sound would be discovered by the enemy, and the group quickly sneaked from the rear of the camp with the help of the bright moonlight, preparing to set up an ambush on the road that Yan Liang and Wen Chou must pass, as for whether they could kill the two of them, there was no hope, as long as they could burn the grain and grass.

If someone can observe the masked man, they will be surprised to find that this person looks at Zhu Fu like a dead person, giving people a chilling feeling... to be continued