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“…… So, let's start deliberating on how to retreat from the enemy. ”

In the former ya's room in Kunyang County, Zhao Yu, who was wearing a tiger mask, sat on the main seat with a tiger mask, and said with a smile while looking around at the people in the room.

Seeing this, Xun Yi, Liu Bi, Li Xu, Ma Gai, Ishihara and other officials and catchers were all stunned, and looked at Zhou Hu who was sitting on the main seat with different expressions - Liu Bi, the county magistrate of Kunyang County, was present, and Zhou Hu actually sat on the main seat in a grand manner?

I have to say that Liu Xianling was also a little unhappy about this.

But if he is not happy, he does not dare to contradict the leader of the black tiger thief, let alone because of this trivial matter, therefore, Liu Bi was slightly stunned, and then sat down casually in the first place on the east side.

However, Liu Bi didn't speak, it didn't mean that the rest of the people didn't object, no, Li Xu, the county magistrate of Kunyang County, immediately pointed at Zhao Yu and said, "Zhou Hu, where did you put Liu Gong?" ”

As soon as the words fell, Xun Yi came forward to play a round, and after appeasing Li Xu, he turned his head and asked Zhao Yu, "Zhou Hu, what are you doing here?" ”

Zhao Yu said with a smile: "The snake can't be headless, the person can't move without a head, now that the county government is cooperating with my Black Tiger Village to jointly fight against the invasion of the rebel army, then it is reasonable to elect a 'leader' first, otherwise, the people of the county government and the people of my Black Tiger Village are suspicious of each other, blame each other, or do not wait for the rebel army to attack, we are afraid that there will be internal strife." Zhou Hu is not talented, he is willing to be this leader, lead everyone to fight against the rebel army, and protect my Kunyang peace! ”

Xun Yi was not surprised by Zhao Yu's answer, because he had already guessed that even if he united against the rebel army, Zhou Hu, the leader of the black tiger thief, would not be able to condescend to others, and obey the dispatch of Liu Bi, the county commander of Kunyang County.

But as he had previously held, as long as the Tiger did not fall to the rebels this week, this was tolerable.

The only question is, what is the attitude of the Kunyang government towards this?

Glancing at Liu Bi, Ma Gai, and Li Xu, Xun Yi decided to wait and see for a moment to see everyone's attitude.

As he expected, Li Xu, Cheng of Kunyang County, immediately objected: "Ridiculous! I already have a 'head' in Kunyang, that is Liu Gong, how can you Zhou Hu dare to override Liu Gong? ”

Glancing at Liu Bi, who was sitting there silently and seemed to have some small emotions, Zhao Yu said with a smile: "Zhou does not doubt Liu Gong's merits in county politics, and even, Zhou has always thought that Liu Gong is a county commander with both virtue and talent, but this time I dealt with the rebel army, considering that the green forest thieves and the rebel army are both heinous and wicked people, I am afraid that Liu Gong will be bound by morality." …… As the so-called wicked still need the wicked to grind, to deal with innocent wicked people like the Green Forest Thieves and the rebels, Zhou thinks that I am more suitable to be the 'head'. …… Liu Gong, I wonder if you are willing to be wronged? ”

Seeing Zhao Yu's eyes looking at him, Liu Bi knew that he had to make a statement.

I don't know if it's because Zhao Yu gave him the steps, or if he is afraid of the leader of the black tiger thieves in front of him, he pondered for a while, and said with righteousness: "As long as Leader Zhou can ensure that my Kunyang is safe and free from the coercion of the rebel army, Liu is willing to promote Leader Zhou as the 'head' to assist Leader Zhou in fighting the rebel army and protect the safety of thousands of people in my Kunyang County!" ”

"Adult ......"

The county Cheng Li Xu looked at Liu Bi movingly, and even Ishihara and the others were looking at Liu Bi with admiration in their eyes.

With such a county commander who does not hesitate to temporarily succumb to the black tiger thief for the sake of the overall situation, why can't he repel the rebel army?!

Only Ma Gai pouted secretly: That's a nice thing! Aren't you afraid of offending Zhou Hu?

"Good!"

Xun Yi also stood up and praised Liu Bi in a timely manner, and by the way, the matter was concluded: "Liu Gong understands righteousness and is really a pillar of my court!" ”

And from the side, Wang Qing of the Black Tiger Crowd also smiled strangely, and pretended to flatter: "Liu Gong is wise! …… Hey. ”

In all fairness, Wang Qing didn't mind cooperating with the Kunyang government to fight the rebels together, but he couldn't stand accepting the dispatch of the Kunyang government, and now, he Heihuzhai actually replaced the Kunyang County government as the leader of the rebel army......

The people of his Black Tiger Village, the commander of the soldiers?

It's a joy to think about.

"This kid...... Indeed, there is power.'"

Glancing at Zhao Yu, Wang Qing thought secretly in his heart.

Although he is unruly, but today, he is somewhat convinced of Zhao Yu, who let that kid have the ability to make Kunyang County Yadu take them as the main thing?

From the side, although Chen Mo didn't speak, he obviously also tended to be dominated by his Black Tiger Village, and Liu Tu, who was behind Chen Mo, was already grinning.

"Mainly Zhou Hu? My God......

Behind Liu Tu, Xu Bai and Wang Ping looked at each other.

I have to say that the evolution of the situation is completely out of their expectations, thinking that when they mixed into the black tiger thief in order to eradicate the black tiger thief, they never thought that one day the Kunyang County Ya would be forced to cooperate with the black tiger thief, and even the cooperation method based on the black tiger thief.

『Ahara ......』

The two looked at their companion Ishihara not far away with some concern, and they felt that Ishihara's goal of eradicating the black tiger thief seemed to be getting more and more difficult to achieve.

At this time, Ishihara didn't notice that the two companions in the 'thief camp' threw worried glances at him, and after the county Cheng Li Xu, he objected without arrogance or humility: "I object! …… The black tiger thief has been a disaster in the county for a long time, even if there is a intention to abandon the dark and turn to the light today, how can he take the lead and override the county government! If you want to talk about retreating from the enemy, I will recommend the lieutenant of Ma County, and the lieutenant of Ma County is enough to repel the rebel army! ”

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Zhao Yu and said meaningfully: "Zhou Hu, I don't think you will deny the ability of the county lieutenant Ma, right?" He once beat you......"

Hearing Ishihara's words, Ma Gai's face changed slightly.

He didn't doubt that Ishihara had good intentions, but the problem was that this kindness would hurt him - of course he could guess that the leader of the black tiger thieves in front of him was going to take the opportunity to 'enter' Kunyang County, how could he stop half a point in this matter?

Seeing Zhao Yu glancing at him, Ma Gai was slightly shocked and was about to explain, but saw Zhao Yu smile and said: "Of course Zhou knows the ability of the county lieutenant Ma and respects the county lieutenant Ma, but you said that the county lieutenant Ma defeated me, I don't recognize it." …… Back then, it was only Yang Tong who was defeated by the county lieutenant Ma, not me, Zhou Hu...... Lieutenant Ma, what do you say? ”

Ma Gai hurriedly clenched his fists and said: "Leader Zhou Mingjian, aside from the position of you and me, Ma deeply admires the talent of Leader Zhou." Just like Liu Gong said, as long as the leader of Zhou can ensure that my Kunyang is safe and the people of Kunyang are not threatened by the rebel army, Ma is willing to temporarily obey the orders of the leader of Zhou......"

"County lieutenant?" Ishihara looked at Ma Gai with some surprise.

"Don't mess with me......

Ma Gai said secretly, and whispered to Ishihara seriously: "Focus on the overall situation!" ”

Looking at Liu Bi and then at Ma Gai, Ishihara nodded slightly, and secretly praised the conduct of these two adults in his heart.

For the sake of the overall situation, at the expense of damaging one's own reputation, what a noble character!

In contrast, the conduct of a certain bandit leader who took advantage of the fire to rob was really despicable......

But......

『…… The county lieutenant is right, for now, the big picture should be the most important.'

With a secret word, Ishihara retreated behind Ma Gai and stopped talking.

Seeing that no one from the Kunyang government finally raised any objections, Xun Yi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly came forward to close the coffin: "Okay, since it is meaningless, then ......"

He turned his head to look at Zhou Hu and said solemnly and seriously: "Leader Zhou, please be sure to hold Kunyang, don't let my people in Kunyang be brutalized by the rebels. ”

Obviously, this is the bottom line of this Xun Duyou.

Zhao Yu glanced around at everyone present, and said with a smile: "Please rest assured, my Black Tiger Village and Kunyang have the same interests, and naturally I will not allow the rebel army to do anything wrong here...... I vouch for my life! ”

Xun Yi nodded emphatically, and immediately made a 'please' gesture to Zhao Yu, because he knew that Zhou Hu, who had been thinking about this matter a few months ago, must have a strategy to retreat from the enemy.

Sure enough, I saw Zhao Yu glance around the room and said in a deep voice: "Thank you for not giving up, I recommend Zhou as the leader, Zhou will talk about my opinion first, if there is any omission, you may wish to supplement and correct it." ”

After that, he paused for a moment and continued: "The rebel army has invaded the territory, and the number of people is unknown, and I think the top priority is to expand the number of soldiers......

"In the city, or outside the city?" Margay interjected.

Zhao Yu glanced at Ma Gai and explained: "Mainly in the city. As for the refugees outside the city, we can gradually absorb them in a similar way to 'cash for work'......"

Li Xu, the county magistrate, also interjected: "But...... Well, Chief Zhou, according to Shi Zhutou, there may be green forest thieves among the refugees outside the city. ”

Zhao Yu said with a smile: "When Zhou entered the city, it was said that there were more than 5,000 refugees outside the city, it is impossible that these 5,000 refugees are all green forest thieves, right?" If you reject them because you are afraid that there are green forest thieves among them, it is like choking on food, forcing these people to push them to the green forest thieves and being used by the green forest thieves...... Therefore, I think we might as well select some people to join me Kunyang first, on the one hand, we can enhance the garrison strength of our Kunyang, and on the other hand, we can also give hope to the refugees outside the city, so that they will not feel hopeless because of helplessness......

For example, you sent people to attack Runan and Xiangcheng counties earlier?

Li Xu, Ishihara and others thought secretly.

But thinking about it, they also feel that Zhou Hu's proposition is correct.

Licking his lips, Li Xu said tentatively: "So, who is responsible for picking people?" ”

As if seeing through Li Xu's thoughts, Zhao Yu said with a smile: "I think it's better for both of you and me to do this at the same time......

Hearing this, Li Xu's face changed slightly, and he asked anxiously, "You black tiger...... Do you want to accept people too? ”

From the side, like Ishihara, Chen Gui and other headhunters, they tensed their nerves one by one.

You must know that the black tiger thief accepts people, this is not a trivial matter, once the black tiger thief takes advantage of this opportunity to absorb a large number of people from the refugees, then it will be more difficult to exterminate this gang of bandits in the future?

I have to say that this group of people is really relieved - that's it, and they still want to exterminate the black tiger thief in the future?

Of course, Zhao Yu knew the worries of these people, and said with a smile when he heard this: "Of course." In my concept, the government is mainly to defend the county seat, but you all know the truth that 'if you defend it for a long time, you will lose', if we blindly defend the county seat, when the main force of the rebel army arrives in the future, the county town will still be difficult to avoid being breached. …… We need an army that takes the initiative to attack, and I, the Black Tigers, can take on this heavy responsibility, and take the initiative to attack in the face of the green forest thieves and rebels to reduce the pressure on the county. …… And in this way, we naturally have to absorb some displaced people, Li Xiancheng, what do you think? ”

“……”

Li Xu opened his mouth and was speechless, after all, the explanation of the leader of the black tiger thief in front of him was too sufficient.

He glanced at Zhao Yu a few times and sighed: "I can't refute it, I can only hope that Leader Zhou will ...... In the future, I will not be the enemy of Kunyang, otherwise, it will be another disaster. ”

Of course, Zhao Yu understood Li Xu's hint, and said with a smile: "Li Xiancheng is too worried, Zhou is not the kind of thief who doesn't know the height of the sky, besides, my Black Tiger Village now has some family background in the city, which is enough for the brothers to eat in the future, so naturally I will not do those costless transactions that rob the road." ”

"I hope." Li Xu nodded.

He knew that the 'family background' that Zhou Hu was talking about was referring to the workshop of the Brotherhood in the city.

Subsequently, Zhao Yu put forward the strategy of 'clearing the wilderness': "In my Kunyang territory, there are still many villages such as Xiang Village, Feng Village, Xu Township, etc., not to mention these villages to resist the rebel army, even the green forest thieves can't resist it, so they should immediately send someone to warn them and order them to move to the county seat...... Liu Tu, Chen Gui. ”

"Chief."

Liu Tu immediately clenched his fists and stepped out.

On the other hand, Chen Gui, the head catcher, was obviously a little uncomfortable, and he was stunned for a long time before realizing that the leader of the black tiger thieves was giving him an order.

After glancing at Ma Gai and Ishihara, Chen Gui hugged his fists: "Leader Zhou." ”

Zhao Yu didn't care about Chen Gui's reaction, nodded and said: "The two of you are responsible for warning the villages, and you must let them move to the county seat as soon as possible, and when the time comes, the county government will send someone to settle them." ”

"Huh?"

Liu Bi and Li Xu glanced at Zhao Yu, their expressions a little strange.

But since they had tacitly agreed to be dominated by Zhou Hu, the two could only nod their heads and agree: "This matter is really important." ”

Immediately, Zhao Yu turned his head to look at Yang Kang, He Feng and several other catchers, and ordered: "The rebel army can't break through the city in the short term, otherwise the city will be besieged and attacked...... Considering the manpower problem, I will give an order to Chen Cai and ask him to cooperate with you. ”

"Ordered to Chen Cai? Now you don't even cover it up?'

He Feng, Yang Dang and several other head catchers took the order with strange expressions.

However, in the current extraordinary period, no one cares about this matter, but Liu Bi, Li Xu and others are interested in another thing that Zhou Hu said: "Let the people make throwing spears?" ”

"Hmm."

Zhao Yu nodded and explained to Liu Bi, Li Xu and others: "Once the rebels besiege the county for a long time, the people in the city run out of rations, and they have no spare money to buy grain from the market with soaring rice prices, it will inevitably cause resentment. …… Considering that there are thousands of households in the city, plus some of the displaced people, we can get enough arrows and spears to defend the city. By the way, the county government should gather the blacksmiths, carpenters, and stonemasons in the city as soon as possible, and ask the blacksmiths to be responsible for forging arrows and repairing weapons, and carpenters and stonemasons can be used to repair the city walls. ”

"Okay." Liu Bi and Li Xu nodded.

They had to admit that the leader of the black tiger thieves in front of them had a long-term vision, and the rebel army had just entered, so they were thinking about the problem of besieging the city.

After other matters were arranged, Zhao Yu turned his head to look at Ma Gai and Chen Mo, and ordered: "For the matter of absorbing the displaced people, the county government is in charge of Ma County Lieutenant, and we are in charge of Chen Mo, the two refugees who can speak out of the city, as long as they are willing to fight for my Kunyang and jointly resist the rebel army, my Kunyang is willing to accept them, and their families can also move to the city, of course, if you want to get rations, you must follow the instructions of the county government and the brotherhood, and pay labor, including but not limited to making arrows, throwing spears and other things." …… If not, the county government can send carpenters to teach them. ”

"Okay."

Ma Gai nodded, and then asked, "But what about the green forest thieves who are mixed in?" …… Now I don't think there are green forest thieves outside the city, but in a few days, I think there will definitely be green forest thieves mixed with refugees to come to my Kunyang......"

Hearing this, Liu Tu laughed and said, "Just find it out and kill it." …… Most of the thieves in the green forest have killed people, and it can be seen at a glance whether a person has killed someone or not. ”

It is undeniable that Liu Tu has a bit of truth in what he said, whether a person has killed or not killed someone is very different from ordinary people in terms of eyes and bearing capacity, of course, this difference may not be obvious, but if a person kills like hemp, then it can be seen at a glance.

It's like the Black Tigers, who throw this group of gangsters in a group of honest refugees, and you can see the difference at a glance.

Therefore, Zhao Yu said: "Carefully screen, try not to let the green forest thieves mix, as for surveillance, you can take the strategy of 'sitting' and ask them to monitor each other." In the case of county officials, each trustworthy county officer can be appointed as a military chief on a temporary basis, and he is responsible for four refugees. If the captain is present and there is no abnormality, rations shall be distributed to the commander according to the number of people, and he shall distribute them; If the captain dies inexplicably, all four of them will be executed! ”

“……”

Ishihara looked up at Zhao Yu in amazement, and said secretly in his heart: He is worthy of being a black tiger thief, and his methods are really ruthless!

But muttering, deep down he felt that Zhou Hu's proposal was not bad: after all, as long as the 'Wu Chief' was still alive, the county magistrate who served as the Wu Chief would definitely be able to gradually detect whether his subordinates were mixed with the Green Forest Thieves, so if the Green Forest Thieves wanted to hide, they had to get rid of the Wu Commander first, but Zhou Hu's order just blocked the Green Forest Thieves' attempt.

It is conceivable that with this order, as long as he is not a green forest thief, he will definitely protect the captain of the woods, even if there are green forest thieves mixed in at this time, he will not dare to act rashly if he wants to, unless the hiding place is too deep, he will be detected by the captain sooner or later.

Although he was reluctant, Ishihara had to admit that Zhou Hu's move was indeed very clever.

Zhao Yu didn't know what Shi Yuan was thinking, and continued to say to Ma Gai and Chen Mo: "According to this method, the county government can pull up a team of nearly 2,000 people in a short period of time, and my Black Tiger Village can also pull up 2,000 people, which is a relatively safe way to increase troops in the early stage." …… After pulling up a team of 2,000 people, you two must not slack off, and you must step up to win people's hearts, as long as everything goes well, we can use this trick again after half a month or even a month, and pull up two teams of 10,000 people...... After repeating the same trick, we can pull up two teams of nearly 50,000 people......"

"Two teams of 50,000 people? Are there so many refugees? Besides, there is not enough food.'"

Hearing Zhou Hu's idealistic speech, Li Xu, the county magistrate, shook his head and questioned: "But Leader Zhou, we may not have enough food to feed so many people...... You see, when the time comes, the people in the city will have to give alms, and the two armies defending the county will have to feed ......."

"Isn't there enough food in the county warehouse?" Zhao Yu asked.

Li Xu shook his head: "The food in the county warehouse is probably only enough for the whole city to eat for three or four months, if I want to accept refugees and feed the army, I am afraid that I will be able to barely hold on for a month at that time......."

Zhao Yu pondered for a moment and said: "Send someone to talk to the rice merchants in the city, and control the whole grain as long as it can be eaten, and the county government will send someone to talk about it first, if anyone does not cooperate, I will send someone to talk." ”

“……”

Li Xu opened his mouth, and after hesitating for a while, he chose to ignore the matter of 'being talked about by the black tiger thief', shook his head and said, "Even so, I'm afraid it's not enough." ”

"It's okay, the county government only needs to take care of the city, and I'll figure out the rest."

Glancing at Liu Bi and Li Xu, Zhao Yu Zhengse said: "For example, 'borrow' some grain from the Green Forest Thief. …… This group of people is ahead of the rebels, looting and looting everywhere, and they must have a lot of money and food in their hands, so we can find a way to 'borrow' a little from them. …… Archon, I'll leave this matter to you. ”

"Yes." Chen Mo nodded solemnly.

On the side, Wang Qing, Liu Tu and other black tigers laughed, of course they understood what it was like to borrow grain from the green forest thieves, and they were all gearing up and full of interest.

Seeing the behavior of these people, Ishihara and Chen Gui glanced at each other.

Send the Black Tiger Thief to rob the Green Forest Thieves?

Ishihara and the others were a little crying and laughing.

But if you think about it carefully, this trick is really not bad to use thieves to control thieves.

After all, the Green Forest Thieves are a group of guys who are good at harassing and sneaking up with multiple small forces, just like a pack of wolves, facing the prey on all sides, waiting for the opportunity to bite in the east and west, until the prey is exhausted in blood and swallows - the regular army of Jiangxia often suffered in this regard, so it was necessary to recruit rangers who were good at fighting with small forces to help suppress the thieves.

And the Black Tiger Thieves, this group of bandits is also good at fighting with small forces, and more importantly, since Zhou Hu became the leader of the bandits, this group of bandits has been trained in the form of an army, which means that this group of bandits has a strength comparable to that of a regular army.

Not only is he good at fighting with small forces, but he can also withstand head-to-head confrontations, and he is also fierce and strong, in addition to falling into an absolute disadvantage in numbers, Shi Yuan and Chen Gui really don't think that there is anything about his black tiger thieves in Kunyang that can't compare to those green forest thieves.

You say that the green forest thieves are fierce and brutal one by one? The black tiger thief doesn't eat dry rice either.

As long as there is not much difference in the number of people between the two sides, once these two groups of evil wolves meet, Ishihara has no doubt that those green forest thieves will be gnawed by the black tiger thieves, and only the Heavenly Spirit Gai will remain.

Of course, the premise is that the Black Tiger Thief understands the Green Forest Thief's actions.

However, Ishihara is not worried about this, because among the black tiger thieves, there are also two ...... 'Neiying' who are familiar with the combat methods of the green forest thieves.

『……』

He glanced at the two companions standing behind Liu Tu at the moment, Xu Bai and Wang Ping.

And Xu Bai and Wang Ping also looked at him.

The four eyes met, and they both felt a little uncomfortable.

At this time, Zhao Yu also glanced at Shi Yuan, Chen Gui, Xu Bai, and Wang Ping.

Just like he thought back then, he didn't care what small actions Ishihara and the others made, because in his opinion, these people would be used by him sooner or later.

Just like today.

On the same day, all the wanted warrants for the leaders of the black tiger thieves posted in Kunyang City were torn down by the county government.

The next day, a group of fierce black tiger thieves with black scarves on their heads, wearing armor and holding weapons, entered the city through the city gate in a grand manner, attracting the people in the city to watch and see.

Some of them recognized these black tiger thieves, or some were surprised, or some were frightened, and did not understand what had happened.

Only some discerning people understand that after the Black Tiger Thieves secretly controlled Kunyang, this group of thieves finally had to control Kunyang in the open.

In the future, Kunyang will no longer be the county commander Liu Bi, but the leader of the black tiger thieves......

Zhou Hu!