On the night after the capture of Yingyang, Xun Yi wrote a letter and handed it over to Changshi Chen Lang for inspection.

Chen Lang took the letter and looked at it a few times, and saw that Xun Yi had truthfully reported it in the letter, so he also signed his name on the letter.

Speaking of which, because of the crime he suffered in Kunyang County a few days ago, he even hated Xun Yi with him, and he had a cold face towards Xun Yi in the past few days, but at this time he didn't care about this, frowned and asked Xun Yi: "...... Do you really dare to go to Xuchang at this time? ”

Xun Yi took back the letter, put the letter into a bamboo tube, and said with a smile: "Zhou is a human being, and he has always been unexpected. ”

Chen Lang frowned and didn't say anything more.

Seeing this, Xun Yi summoned him and the four soldiers accompanying Chen Lang and told him: "You take this letter and return to Xuchang immediately, and be sure to hand it over to the county guard." ”

Seeing that Chen Lang had no objection beside him, the four soldiers clasped their fists and took the order: "Yes!" ”

Yingyang County is not far from Xuchang, and it is only about fifty miles away, after all, the trouble is that Yingyin occupied by the rebels is between Yingyang and Xuchang, so these four soldiers need to bypass Yingyin and avoid the rebel patrols in Yingyin as much as possible.

Fortunately, Zhao Yu sent someone to inform the brigade wolf and ordered the brigade wolf to secretly protect the four messengers, but there would not be any major problems.

A day later, in the evening, the four soldiers sent by Xun Yi and Chen Lang passed through the rebel-controlled area under the covert protection of the brigade wolf and cautiously returned to Xuchang.

Knowing that Xun Yi and Chen Lang had sent messengers, Li Min, the county guard of Yingchuan, immediately recruited these four soldiers.

And these four soldiers, in accordance with Xun Yi's entrustment, personally handed over this letter to this Li County Shou.

After reading the contents of the letter, Li Junshou was taken aback.

If it was still within his expectation that Zhou Hu captured Yingyang, then Zhou Hu's decision to go to Xuchang in person completely exceeded Li Junshou's expectations.

With the current situation in Xuchang surrounded by tens of thousands of rebels, Zhou Hu still dared to run to his Xuchang? This guts is too fat.

Of course, he was surprised and surprised, and he wished that Zhou Hu would immediately bring troops to Xuchang.

Therefore, he said to the four soldiers: "The four of you should return to Yingyang immediately and tell Zhou Hu to tell him to bring as many soldiers as possible to Xuchang." ”

After a pause, he decided to reward Zhou Hu's behavior this time: "Tell him again that I will make him the 'Upper Captain' and allow him to raise an army of 5,000 people." ”

The upper lieutenant, as the name suggests, is one level higher than the lieutenant of the ministry, and is regarded as the highest county-level general below the rank of lieutenant, and then it is the lieutenant, which shows that Li Junshou is not stingy with rewards in order to let Zhou Hu lead the army to Xuchang as soon as possible.

The four soldiers were given the order to return to Yingyang immediately after bringing some dry food.

On the third day of the sixth month, these four soldiers returned to Yingyang and brought the words of Li Min, the county guard of Yingchuan, to Zhao Yu.

In all fairness, Zhao Yu was also a little surprised that Li Min named him the upper lieutenant, but he didn't care about it, because he ventured to Xuchang this time, aiming at the position of 'lieutenant', how could an upper lieutenant satisfy him?

Before leaving, Zhao Yu summoned Chu Yan, Ju Sheng, Cao Wu, Huang Ben, and Zou Bu, and he told Chu Yan in front of the latter four: "Chu Yan, this time I will take Liu Tu and his five hundred men to Xuchang, and you will be fully responsible for the affairs of Yingyang." Although you are brave, but you lack experience in battle, if you encounter doubts and puzzles, you may wish to listen to the advice of Ju Sheng, Cao Wu and the two county lieutenants. …… Ju Sheng, Cao Wu, Huang County Lieutenant, Zou County Lieutenant, I hope that the four of you will assist Chu Yan and guard Yingyang well. ”

"Yes!"

Chu Yan, Ju Sheng, Cao Wu, Huang Ben, and Zou Bu responded with fists.

After answering the order, Chu Yan asked Zhao Yu in confusion: "Big leader, I don't know what I should do in Yingyang?" ”

In this regard, Ju Sheng, Cao Wu, Huang Ben, and Zou Bu were also a little confused.

Hearing this, Zhao Yu chuckled and said, "You can just wait here to contain Ying Yin." …… At present, Xiang Xuan must have known that we have taken Yingyang, but he has not sent troops to capture it, which shows that he is also waiting and seeing, trying to find out our intentions. Unless we clearly show hostility and send troops to Xuchang, he should not take any action in the short term. And the three of you, don't provoke him for the time being. …… All in all, Yingyang is in our hands, and Xiang Xuan can be caught in his throat, and he can't attack Xuchang wholeheartedly, which is enough. As for the future, wait for my news. ”

"Yes!"

Chu Yan and the other five people responded with their fists clasped.

instructed Chu Yan and the other five people, and Zhao Yu sent someone to invite Xun Yi and Chen Lang, preparing to take them to Xuchang overnight.

Because Zhao Yu decided to take Liu Tu and other five hundred black tiger thieves to Xuchang, this movement was not as good as the four soldiers before, in order to hide people's eyes, Zhao Yu decided to march at night, and at the same time sent someone to call the brigade wolf to secretly respond.

And despite these preparations, when Zhao Yu went to Xuchang that night, he still went around out of a stable mentality, bypassed Yingyin County, and cautiously went to Xuchang.

On the fifth day of the sixth month, when it was about dawn, Zhao Yu and his entourage arrived at the south gate of Xuchang.

At this time, Li Junshou had already instructed all the city gates in Xuchang in advance, so when Xun Yi and Chen Lang came forward to call the gate outside the city, the guards at the south gate immediately opened the city gate and put Zhao Yu and his party of more than 500 people into the city.

After entering the city, Chen Lang, who had been submissive in front of Zhao Yu for the past few days, seemed to be a different person, and said to Zhao Yu with bad intentions: "Xuchang is not as good as Kunyang, please restrain the soldiers under the Zhou Commander, otherwise there will be any trouble, and the Zhou Commander may not be able to afford it." ”

Zhao Yu said with a smile: "It seems that after returning to Xuchang, Chen Changshi has confidence again. ”

In the midst of the laughter of Liu Tu, He Shun and others, Chen Lang glanced at Zhao Yu hatefully and walked away. 04

Seeing this, Xun Yi whispered to Zhao Yu: "I'm worried that he will slander in front of Li Junshou......"

"It's okay, and tell him to be proud first."

Zhao Yu didn't care.

Since he had the courage to come to Xuchang, how could he not expect Chen Lang's attitude?

He'd already figured out how to deal with this guy.

A moment later, Tian Qin, a subordinate of the commander Cao Suo, and a soldier Tian Qin, rushed to the south gate with a team of soldiers to join Zhao Yu and others.

This Tian Qin, that is, the county general sent by Li Min, the guard of Yingchuan County, to Kunyang County to encircle and suppress Zhao Yu and other black tiger thieves, but because Yang Ding was mainly trying to take advantage of the power of Yingchuan County at that time, this Tian Qin did not really fight with the black tiger thieves in the end, and there was no grudge.

But even so, this Tian Qin didn't have a good impression of Zhao Yu, and said in a businesslike tone: "Your Excellency ordered me to come to greet me, please ask the upper lieutenant to go to the county government, as for the soldiers under the upper lieutenant, please stay here for the time being, I will send someone to settle them." ”

Hearing this, Liu Tu immediately showed dissatisfaction.

He didn't have any trust in Yingchuan County, how could he dare to let Zhao Yu go to the county guard mansion alone? What if you get caught?

Don't forget, Yingchuan County has sent troops to encircle and suppress his Black Tiger people before.

He immediately objected: "We want to protect the safety of the great leader." ”

Hearing this, Tian Qin frowned and scolded: "The state has national laws, and the county has county rules, how can you allow you and others to act in my Xuchang without authorization?" ”

Liu Tu, He Shun and others were furious when they heard this, and they were about to scold, but they saw Zhao Yu stretching out his hand to stop them.

I saw Zhao Yu looking at Tian Qin and asking, "I'll take twenty soldiers, and the rest will stay here, so it's always okay, right?" ”

Tian Qin's eyes flashed, and he said expressionlessly: "Captain Shang, this is not in accordance with the rules. ”

Zhao Yu asked with interest: "Tian Shishi, is it Zhou's appearance, does it make you feel unhappy?" ”

Tian Qin's complexion changed slightly.

In fact, he was ordered by the county guard Li Min to greet Zhao Yu this time, and he did want to embarrass Zhou Hu - this is also the meaning of his boss, Cao Suo, the commander of Yingchuan.

It's no wonder, after all, compared to Zhao Yu and others' victory in Kunyang last year, their county army was a mess during the battle with the rebels, and now, this 'Captain of the Upper Zhou Division' came to Xuchang City in person, not to mention Tian Qin, even Cao Suo, the Governor of Yingchuan, felt a lot of pressure.

From the side, Xun Yi obviously also saw this, and spoke for Zhao Yu with a calm face: "Tian Shishi, the captain of the upper part of Zhou brought twenty soldiers as guards, why is this not in accordance with the rules?" Please be sure to give a reason, otherwise, Xun will definitely report to the county guard truthfully later. ”

Looking at Xun Yi's appearance of blowing his beard and staring, Tian Qin flinched in his heart, and said vaguely: "I'm afraid that the soldiers under the upper lieutenant don't know Xuchang's rules and cause trouble...... In that case, well, but the rest of the soldiers must stay here. ”

"Hmph."

Xun Yi snorted coldly, turned his head to Zhao Yu and said, "Captain of the upper department, please go and meet the county guard first." ”

Zhao Yu nodded and glanced at Tian Qin with a little meaning.

That gaze with obvious deep meaning made Tian Qin's face feel uncomfortable.

Immediately, he ignored Tian Qin by his side, turned around and instructed Liu Tu: "Liu Tu, you take the brothers to settle here, and don't make trouble, but if someone deliberately makes trouble, you don't have to endure it, you should beat it, and make trouble when you should make trouble." We are here to rescue Xuchang, but we are not here to be angry. ”

"Understood."

Liu Tu grinned and glanced at Tian Qin, whose face changed slightly.

At this time, Zhao Yu looked at Tian Qin again and said in a deep voice: "Soldier Tian, please be sure to take care of the soldiers under Zhou, if there are soldiers complaining to me, Zhou will never be good, good, willing, and resting!" ”

“……”

Tian Qin never expected Zhao Yu to be so unkind, and looked at Zhao Yu with a little anger, but saw a pair of eyes under Zhao Yu's mask looking at him coldly.

I don't know if it's the famous Zhou leader in front of him, or some other reason, after looking at each other for a few breaths, Tian Qin's forehead unconsciously oozing a thin layer of sweat, and his eyes gradually drifted, not daring to look directly at the person in front of him.

"This Zhou Tiger is really as unruly as the rumors say......

Feeling the other party's inexplicable spirit, Tian Qin lowered his head uncontrollably, and hesitantly hugged his fists.

“…… Be. ”

At this time, he was vaguely aware that his boss, Cao Suo, the commander of Yingchuan, might not be able to fight this Zhou Hu......