On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, when the Jin army was defeated and withdrew into Liangcheng, the righteous division joint camp twenty miles south of Liangcheng was filled with the joy of victory.

Not to mention anything else, even Chen Miao didn't expect that they could really destroy the Jin army's camp in one fell swoop and burn a lot of grain, grass and baggage of the Jin army.

“…… It's a pity that it failed to disturb Zhou Hu's Yingchuan army. ”

When the crowd gathered together to discuss the follow-up strategy, Xiang Xuan expressed the regret in his heart.

And this is precisely the regret in the hearts of everyone present, except for Zhao Yin.

After all, when their righteous division was preparing to pursue the Henan army last night to expand the results, it was Zhou Hu's Yingchuan army and Xue Ao's Taiyuan army that contained their offensive, which allowed the Henan army to have a respite.

Having said that, Chen Miao and the others were satisfied enough, after all, they had uprooted the Jin army camp in the western suburbs of Liangcheng, which meant that the Jin army had lost all its foothold outside Liangcheng, which was conducive to their righteous division to attack Liangcheng next.

Of course, in the matter of attacking Liangcheng, Chen Miao still maintained a cautious attitude.

He said to everyone in a deep voice: "Although the Jin army is newly defeated, after the remaining people retreated into Liangcheng, they strengthened the garrison of Liangcheng. Moreover, this defeat is also equivalent to a wake-up call for Xue Ao, Zhou Hu, and Li Meng...... I have no doubt that the battle will get tougher and harder to fight. ”

Speaking of this, he turned his head to look at Zhao Yin, smiled and asked, "I don't know what Childe's plan is for this?" ”

Hearing this, all the generals present looked at Zhao Yin one after another.

You must know that the strategy of the righteous division attacking the Jin army camp at night last night was formulated by Zhao Yin.

It was he who predicted the strategy of Li Meng, the governor of Henan, to 'set up an ambush in the camp', and instructed Xiang Xuan to send Zou Yuan, Xiang Ji, and Zhou Zhong to pretend to be the Henan army.

As a result, everyone saw that the only one or two thousand fake troops almost killed nearly 10,000 Henan troops in their camp at that time.

Therefore, when Chen Miao said the words 'The first merit of this battle should belong to the son of Bohu', all the generals present were unswerving.

It is precisely because of this that when Chen Miao asked Zhao Yin at this time, all the generals present cast curious and expectant glances at Zhao Yin, wanting to see if this Bohu boy could make any good suggestions.

Facing everyone's eyes, Zhao Yin smiled humbly: "Thanks to Chen Shuai's attention, I dare not be ashamed, I just learned a little bit of the art of war from the teacher's side, and occasionally I may be able to have a flash of inspiration, but when it comes to leading troops to fight, how can I catch up with all the people here on the ground?" ”

These humble words made the generals present full of good feelings towards Zhao Yin.

Chen Miao immediately smiled and said: "Childe should not be humble, it is precisely because we know that it is not easy to attack Liangcheng, so I hope that Childe can contribute wisdom." ”

"This ...... In that case, let's take the liberty of saying a few words below. ”

After pondering for a while, Zhao Yin slowly restrained the smile on his face, and said: "Although my righteous master has uprooted the Jin camp this time, this can only be said to be conducive to my righteous master's attack on Liangcheng, but it cannot be regarded as a reversal of victory or defeat. …… As long as Kaifeng County is still in the hands of the Jin army, our righteous division will be forced to face the embarrassment of being attacked on the grain road, and unfortunately, Kaifeng is heavily guarded by heavy troops, and it is difficult to capture ......"

The heavy troops he mentioned not only referred to the 7,000 Yingchuan army led by Zhang Ji and Cao Wu, but also the 5,000 Taiyuan cavalry led by the generals Dong Dian and Zhong Liao under Xue Ao.

Compared with the former, the latter poses a greater threat to the righteous teacher's grain path.

"Before attacking Liangcheng, how about trying to get Kaifeng County back?" Zhu Yan suggested on the side.

Zhao Yin shook his head and said, "This will disperse the forces of my righteous division...... As you know, in fact, our righteous teacher does not have the so-called '300,000 army', only 180,000 people...... Excluding the battle losses so far, it is about 160,000, and this amount of troops is not yet stable for the siege of Liangcheng, so how can we spare the strength to divide the troops to open the seal? ”

Chen Miao also nodded and agreed: "Now, Xue Ao is afraid of my righteous army, so he does not dare to take the initiative to attack, once our troops are divided, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not re-establish camp outside the city......"

As he spoke, he turned his head and asked Zhao Yin, "Does Childe mean to attack the city as soon as possible?" ”

"Hmm."

Zhao Yin nodded, and said: "Liangcheng is known as the 'southern capital' of the Jin Kingdom, and it is the most important city of the Jin State south of the Great River...... Therefore, I suggest that all the armies of our volunteer division should speed up the construction of siege equipment so that they can use troops against Liangcheng as soon as possible. ”

"Hmm."

Chen Miao nodded approvingly, and asked, looking around at the generals present, "Do you have any objections here?" ”

The generals present looked at each other a few times, but no one raised any objections.

Seeing this, Chen Miao nodded, and Zhengse said: "Okay, since there is no objection, let's speed up the construction of siege equipment, and strive to complete all the sharp weapons needed for the siege before the beginning of February, and capture Liangcheng in one go!" ”

"Obey."

I have to say that even Zhao Yin thought that the Jin army would not dare to take any more action in a short period of time, but it turned out that he guessed wrong.

On the fifteenth day of the first month, Xu Bai, Wang Ping, Xu Rao, Lexing, and Hao Shun, five brigade wolf governors, were transferred back to Liangcheng in the name of Zhao Yu, and once again launched a sniping attack on the righteous soldiers.

On the night of the 15th day of the first lunar month alone, 86 soldiers were killed.

At dawn the next day, Chen Miao, who learned of the incident, immediately invited Cheng Zhou, Wu Yi and Zhao Yin, and said with a solemn face: "I guessed that Zhou Hu would never be willing to swallow this breath, and sure enough, ...... He transferred his pack of wolf cubs back from Kaifeng! ”

Hearing this, Zhao Yin was also stunned for a moment.

Others were unwilling to lose, and they brought in elites to take revenge on him, he could still understand, but Zhou Hu, the commander of Yingchuan...... That's his brother.

"What the hell does that kid mean?"

Zhao Yin frowned and thought.

After a while, he finally understood that his younger brother was probably trying to remind him that his 'secret help' to the righteous teacher had come to an end.

"Brother doesn't support my righteous master to conquer Liangcheng? Why? Didn't he want to catch that Tong Yan? Or does he have another way? Wait a minute! Speaking of which, that kid seems to be in Liangcheng now, and he can do something to that Tong Yan at any time...... Tsk!'

The expression on Zhao Yin's face gradually became a little subtle.

He originally thought that his younger brother was secretly helping him for the sake of his brother's face, but according to the current situation, that younger brother obviously had his own plans - the Jin army lost the camp outside the city, and his younger brother who was mixed with the Jin army could justifiably retreat into Liangcheng and make a move against that Tong Yan at any time?

『…… This bastard!'

Zhao Yin felt that his face as an elder brother was faintly unbearable, because he vaguely realized that everyone, including him, seemed to be being used by his younger brother.

"Childe? Son? ”

"Huh?"

Suddenly hearing two inquiries, Zhao Yin woke up from his thoughts, and saw Chen Miao, Cheng Zhou, and Wu Yi looking at him in confusion, and hurriedly apologized: "I'm sorry, I'm thinking about the wolves under Zhou Hu......"

He pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "I also agree with Chen Shuai's point of view, that Zhou Hu obviously wanted to take revenge on my righteous teacher." …… We should be vigilant. ”

Although he felt that Zhao Yin's reaction was a little strange, Chen Miao didn't care, nodded and said, "I will hand over this matter to Xiang Xuan, but ...... The soldiers under Xiang Xuan's command are enough to deal with the Henan army, but against the Kunyang brigade wolf under Zhou Hu, I am afraid that it will be ......."

Looking at his expression, it was obvious that he didn't dare to guarantee it.

The next day, that is, on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, when Xue Ao and Wei Bi were standing in the empty space in front of the gate tower in the south of Liangcheng and looking at the rebel camp in the south and far away, a Yingchuan soldier with a black scarf on his head hurriedly came to the two, but was stopped by Xue Ao's guards.

"Black Turban?"

Xue Ao glanced at the visitor and immediately recognized the Yingchuan pawn's iconic black scarf.

As far as he knew, the Yingchuan pawn with a black scarf on his head was different from the ordinary Yingchuan pawn, and even the henchman of Zhou Hu, the commander of Yingchuan.

So he waved his hand to order the guards to retreat, called the black scarf soldier to his side, and asked with a pleasant face, "Are you the person next to Captain Zhou?" ”

"Yes, General." The black-turbaned soldier clenched his fists and said, "The villain is the big leader...... Ah no, it's the guard next to the captain, Gong Jiao. ”

Seeing that although the person who came tried his best to cover it up, he still had a thief's tone, Xue Ao and Wei Bi felt inexplicably amused.

But I didn't care, after all, everyone knew that Zhou Hu, the commander of Yingchuan, was born as a bandit leader, and there was a large group of bandits under the bandit leader, which was normal.

Coughing and suppressing the smile, Xue Ao asked calmly, "Okay." Zhou Duwei sent you, what is the important matter? ”

Hearing this, Gong Jiao clenched his fists and said: "The commander ordered the little one to come and tell the general that the rebels are suspected of stepping up the construction of siege equipment recently......"

"Oh?" Xue Ao asked in surprise, "Zhou Duwei sent someone to investigate?" ”

"Yes." Gong Jiao nodded and said, "This is the news sent by the brigade wolf." ”

"Traveling wolf? Wolf Benshi? Xue Ao asked in surprise: "Aren't the five hundred wolf benders in Kaifeng?" ”

Gong Jiao explained: "The Captain transferred them back to Liangcheng two days ago. ”

"Oh......"

Xue Ao and Wei Bi glanced at each other, and then said in a deep voice: "You go back and tell Zhou Duwei that since he has transferred back the five hundred wolf soldiers, please be sure to carefully inquire about the news that the rebels have built siege equipment, I want to know how many siege equipment the rebels have built." ”

"Yes!"

Gong Jiao hugged his fists and turned to leave.

Looking at Gong Jiao's departing back, Wei Xuan chuckled and said, "It seems that the rebels have provoked Zhou Hu ......"

“……”

Xue Ao also glanced at the departing black scarf soldier and nodded slightly.

After a while, Gong Jiao returned to the West City Gate, which was guarded by Zhao Yu, and met Zhao Yu in the City Gate Tower.

I saw him clench his fists and say, "Great Chief, I have informed General Xue of the news of the rebels as you ordered. ”

"Okay." Zhao Yu nodded and asked, "What does General Xue say?" ”

"General Xue asked the big leader to carefully inquire about the news that the rebels had built siege equipment, and he wanted to know how many siege equipment the rebels had built."

"Okay, I see, you can step down."

"Yes." Gong Jiao retreated.

Looking at his departing back, Zhao Yu exhaled slightly.

Yes, this time he sent Gong Jiao to inform Xue Ao, just to let Xue Ao know that he had transferred five hundred brigade wolves back from Kaifeng, as for the purpose, it was naturally to deceive Xue Ao's trust and make Xue Ao mistakenly think that he was taking revenge for the rebels' attack on the camp that night.

"Zhao Yin wants to capture Tong Yan when he captures Liangcheng, although the idea is good, but unfortunately it doesn't work, not to mention that Tong Yan will run away when he sees a bad opportunity, and the righteous master on the opposite side may not be able to take Liangcheng...... They didn't know that Xue Ao was just a vanguard, and then there was an army led by Taishi Chen...... The righteous teacher has little chance of winning.'

Standing up, Zhao Yu walked out of the city gate tower and stood in the open space in front of the city gate tower with his hands behind his back.

"Since your method doesn't work, then follow mine!"