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"Why doesn't Leader Zhou follow the general trend and make a decision early?"

In Zhao Yu's house, Zhang Zhai said with high spirits.

Looking at the look on this person's face, Zhao Yu made a procrastination and said with a smile: "What did Zhang Qu say...... It is not unreasonable, but this matter is very important, and let Zhou think about it. Let's talk about it today, after all, it's not too early, Zhou has ordered the village to prepare good wine and food, for Zhang Qu to make you pick up the wind and wash the dust, Zhang Qu why not temporarily put down the burden on his shoulders, relax for a while, and wait for tomorrow, you and I will talk in detail. ”

"Hmm......"

Zhang Zhai thought for a moment, nodded with a smile, and arched his hand: "Then forgive me for waiting for a lot of trouble." ”

"Where, where."

Zhao Yu stood up, turned around and told Chu Yan: "Chu Yan, please arrange accommodation for Zhang Qu and a few people, don't be lazy." ”

"Yes, Chief."

Chu Yan nodded, walked to Zhang Zhai and the others in a few steps, raised his hand and asked, "Zhang Qu, please." ”

"Thank you."

Zhang Zhai arched his hand towards Zhao Yu, and then led He Xuan and a few people to leave temporarily.

Soon after Zhang Zhai and the others left, Guo Da and Chu Jiao came to hear the news and asked Zhao Yu about the results of this meeting.

Zhao Yu took off his mask, raised his hand to signal the two to take a seat, and then frowned and said, "That Zhang Zhai intends to win us over to join the rebels." ”

Hearing this, Guo Da took the lead in asking: "That Zhang Zhai, isn't his status in the rebel army not low?" ”

Zhao Yu shook his head and said, "I haven't had time to inquire about this matter, but according to my guess, since he calls himself the 'Nanyang Canal Envoy', he must have a high status in the rebel army......

"...... like this"

Guo Da nodded, and after lowering his head and pondering for a moment, he asked Zhao Yu, "Ah Hu, what do you think?" ”

Zhao Yu said with a smile: "I thought that Brother Guo Da could give me some advice." ”

Guo Da smiled awkwardly and said: "Ah Hu, don't laugh at me, what do you let you do, I can still do it, what advice do you ask me to make, you are embarrassed for me, not to mention that I don't know anything about this rebel army, I still listened to you at the beginning......" He spread his hands and said: "My only suggestion is to make any promises easily, after all, they are rebel rebels, and as soon as they are stained with the word 'rebellion', it is the unforgivable sin of the nine clans." ”

"Huh."

Chu Jiao stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Zhai Cheng's words are not rough. ”

Zhao Yu also smiled, then nodded and said: "As Brother Guo Da said, I don't want to have anything to do with the rebel army, but ...... It is undeniable that the rebel army has the ability to distract Wang Shangde from us. ”

Chu Jiao put away the smile on his face, and asked, "Does the leader refer to those Nanyang troops under the mountain?" ”

"Hmm."

Zhao Yu nodded slightly.

Regarding how to deal with the Nanyang army under the mountain, Zhao Yu has been hesitating in the past few days.

Don't look at the strength of the Nanyang army is still far superior to his Black Tiger Village, but Zhao Yu actually has a chance to annihilate his entire army - as long as he drags out the war until winter, and then conspires with Liu Bi, the commander of Kunyang County, and Ma Gai, the county lieutenant, to cut off the grain and grass of the Nanyang army.

As long as any army is deprived of food and grass, it will inevitably collapse, even the Nanyang army.

But the problem is that he didn't dare to do that, because he was afraid of completely offending Wang Shangde and provoking the latter's revenge.

And now, things have taken a turn for the better, and the Jingchu rebels actually sent someone to contact him and try to win him over to join the rebels, which made Zhao Yu immediately think of a plan he had thought of - that is, to use the Jingchu rebels to put pressure on Nanyang County, so that Wang Shangde had no time to pay attention to his Black Tiger Village.

But the question is, are the Jingchu rebels willing to do this?

He rubbed his hands together and said with emotion: "Now that I think about it, spreading rumors in Nanyang County in the name of rebels is probably a bad move." …… Although I don't know if what he said Zhang Zhai is true, according to what he said, in order to cooperate with the Jingchu rebels' counterattack on Nanyang County, he originally planned to attack the Nanyang Army's army Tuntian with a group of righteous soldiers, but he did not expect that it caused the Nanyang Army to be alerted in advance because we were pretending to be in his name. ”

Seeing that Zhao Yu had the intention of blaming himself, Guo Da immediately defended and enlightened: "Ah Hu, you don't have to blame yourself, you are not an immortal in the sky, how could you know these things in advance?" ”

Chu Jiao also spoke: "What Zhai Cheng said is extremely true. Besides, if we hadn't faked their whereabouts, we wouldn't have been able to connect with the Jingchu rebels...... I think it's not a bad thing to be able to catch up with the Jingchu rebels, if you can use them to fight with the Nanyang Army's 'two tigers', it would be the best...... Of course, it's best that we don't promise to join the rebels, just like Zhai Cheng said, once the word 'rebellion' is touched, there is no turning back. ”

"Hmm."

Zhao Yu nodded slightly.

At the same time, Zhang Zhai and the others had also been led to a clean room by Chu Yan.

Before leaving, Chu Yan clenched his fists and said: "Zhang Qu envoy and you will rest here for a while, and when the banquet begins, Chu will come again." ”

"There is the right commander of Lao."

Zhang Zhai smiled and hugged his fists.

After Chu Yan left, He Xuan and the others immediately checked inside and outside the house, and after confirming that there was no secret post of the black tiger thief around, He Xuan said to Zhang Zhai: "Envoy Qu, I look at Zhou Hu, it seems that he is not willing to join my righteous army, rather than spending energy here to convince this person, it is better to return to Nanyang." ”

"Huh."

Zhang Zhai raised his hand, obviously he didn't agree with He Xuan's opinion.

He said with a straight face: "This Zhou Hu, I am bound to win." ”

After a pause, he explained: "I have seen many bandits and grass bandits, and most of them occupy the mountains as kings, treating the local government as if they were nothing, robbing houses and houses, and doing all kinds of evil, and finally people and gods are angry, and they are cleared by the government and spurned by the people...... Oh, how can a gang of bandits fight against the counties of the Jin Kingdom? If the county can't do anything, the county will inevitably intervene. …… But the black tiger thieves under Zhou Hu are different from the bandits I have seen. You have also seen and heard it in Kunyang County, how many rumors are unfavorable to the Brotherhood in the county? It is said that behind the brotherhood is the black tiger thief, but Ji Rong of the Nanyang Army almost caused a riot among the people of Kunyang because of the seizure of the righteous houses and workshops related to the brotherhood, which shows that the brotherhood has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people of Kunyang, if I can persuade Zhou Hu to defect to the righteous army, not only the black tiger thieves will join us, but the people of Kunyang County will also accept us. …… Got it? Getting Zhou Hu means that you can get the hearts of the people of Kunyang County! ”

"I see......"

He Xuan and the others thought for a while, and then realized that what Zhang Zhai said was reasonable.

"However, Zhou Hu didn't want to join our army that time." He Xuan asked.

"There's no hurry." Zhang Zhai stroked his beard and said, "I'll wait and live here for a few days, and slowly explore Zhou Hu's personality preferences...... What's more, he still has a request for my righteous army. ”

"Huh?"

He Xuan was surprised and asked, "How did the envoy know that Zhou Hu had a request for my righteous army?" ”

I saw Zhang Zhai stroking his beard and laughing: "You forgot, that once spread rumors in Nanyang County in the name of my righteous army, why did he do that?" It's just to distract Wang Shangde's attention, but my righteous army has the ability to help him distract Wang Shangde's attention! …… I'm afraid that's exactly why Zhou Hu didn't want to refuse me in person, for fear of annoying me. ”

Hearing this, He Xuan and others praised one after another: "The canal envoy is high!" ”

Several people were chatting in the house, and suddenly, a sergeant standing at the window monitoring the movement outside the house suddenly lowered his voice and reminded: "Someone is coming." ”

Seeing this, Zhang Zhai and the others immediately stopped talking.

After only a few breaths, there was a knock on the door.

He Xuan opened the door, but saw Chu Yan standing outside the house, who had just left, and the latter clenched his fists and said, "Zhang Qu, everyone, the leader ordered me to invite you to the banquet." ”

"There is Lao You's in charge."

Zhang Zhai did not excuse himself, and immediately took He Xuan and a few people to follow Chu Yan to the venue of the banquet.

Most of the big feasts in Black Tiger Village are set up in Juyi Hall, and this time is no exception.

When they saw the bright plaque of 'Juyi Hall', Zhang Zhai, He Xuan and others all showed strange expressions.

Or a priest whispered, "These bandits know righteousness?" ”

Probably hearing this person's whispering, Chu Yan frowned and glanced back at the former, looking a little unhappy.

Seeing this, Zhang Zhai immediately played a round and said: "Juyitang, this reputation is good." …… I wonder who wrote the words on this plaque? ”

Concerned about Zhang Zhai's identity, although Chu Yan was a little unhappy in her heart, she still replied: "The words are written by the big chief, and the plaque is engraved by the craftsman according to the words." ”

"Zhou Hu?"

Zhang Zhai was stunned, looked up and looked at the words on the plaque again, and his face showed a little surprise.

"Zhang Qu envoy, please."

"Please."

Under the leadership of Chu Yan, Zhang Zhai and others stepped into the Juyi Hall.

At this time, in the Juyi Hall, Zhao Yu, who was still wearing a tiger mask, had already led the leaders in the cottage to wait, and when he saw Zhang Zhai walking into the Juyi Hall, Zhao Yu stood up and bowed his hand and asked: "Zhang Qu, please take the seat." ”

As Zhao Yu got up, all the leaders waiting in the hall also stood up, even Wang Qing stood up with a reluctant look.

"Thank you, thank you."

Zhang Zhai thanked him, and then under the guidance of Zhao Yu, he came to the chief seat on the east side and sat down.

His next place is Guo Da.

As for He Xuan and the other four volunteers, Zhao Yu also prepared seats for them, and two desks were set up behind Zhang Zhai.

I have to say that although Zhang Zhai and He Xuan are very satisfied with the treatment given to them by Black Tiger Village, it always feels strange to see a group of reckless thieves in their impression of abiding by etiquette and sitting quietly at the desk.

Fortunately, these black tiger thieves had already given him too many strange feelings, and Zhang Zhai was simply not surprised.

After Zhang Zhai and the others entered the table, Zhao Yu immediately ordered someone to serve wine and food.

After the food and drinks were served, he raised his hand and pointed at Zhang Zhai and introduced to everyone: "Brothers, this is Zhang Qu's envoy of the Jingchu Righteous Army. ”

Immediately, he introduced the leaders to Zhang Zhai: "Zhang Qu envoy, sitting under you is the village of my cottage, Guo Da, who is in charge of the affairs of the village; His next head is the deputy village Cheng Chu Jiao......"

"Zhaicheng?"

Zhang Zhai pressed the surprise in his heart, and bowed with Guo Da and Chu Jiao.

Immediately, Zhao Yu introduced Chen Mo, Wang Qing, Chu Yan, Niu Heng, and Liu Heimu who were sitting in the row opposite Zhang Zhai, and Zhang Zhai also hugged his fists and saluted one after another.

In addition to saluting, he also felt very incredible: among a group of bandits, there was a distinction similar to 'civil officials' and 'military attachés', and each performed its own duties.

Just when Zhang Zhai was secretly surprised, Guo Da, who was sitting under him, began to talk to him: "Zhang Qu envoy is not strange, I heard Zhang Qu envoy call himself 'Nanyang Qu Envoy', but I don't know what position the Qu envoy is in the righteous army?" ”

Of course, Zhang Zhai knew that Guo Da was talking to him and asking about the information about his rebel army, but he didn't care, he explained with a smile: "In our rebel army, each county has a 'canal commander' and a 'canal envoy', the canal commander is mainly responsible for leading the rebel army to fight against the violent Jin army, and the canal envoy is mainly responsible for spreading the morality of our peaceful road, absorbing believers, and encouraging the people to have the courage to resist the violent Jin. Occasionally, there are cases of both 'Qu Shuai' and 'Qu Envoy'......"

Listening to Zhang Zhai's explanation, the more Zhao Yu listened, the more familiar he felt, and he couldn't help asking: "Zhang Qu's explanation reminded Zhou of the 'Yellow Turban Army' at the end of the Han Dynasty...... Legend has it that at the end of the Han Dynasty, when the court was dim and the people's livelihood withered, there was a giant deer man Zhang Jiao who created the 'Taiping Dao', saying that 'the sky is dead, and the yellow sky should stand', and then organized a million rebels to fight against the imperial court......"

"Huh?"

Zhang Zhai looked at Zhao Yu in surprise and said with a smile: "Chief Zhou actually learned about that incident hundreds of years ago?" ”

"I've just heard about it." Zhao Yu smiled and waited for Zhang Zhai's reply.

"That's a ......"

Under Zhao Yu's gaze, Zhang Zhai shook his head with a wry smile, and immediately, he said with a straight face: "Since Chief Zhou knows about this, Zhang Zhai will no longer hide it. Yes, my Anping Dao is the inheritance of the Taiping Dao hundreds of years ago......"

"Inheritance?"

Zhao Yu glanced at Zhang Zhai.

Zhang Zhai naturally didn't guess the expression under Zhao Yu's mask, and told himself about his concept of Anping Dao: "I, Anping Dao, was born by inheriting the Taiping Dao, and I also worship Huangtian as the supreme god, aiming to overthrow the violent Jin, eliminate the injustice of the world, and liberate the people......"

As he spoke, he recounted a passage of his teachings on the way of peace.

How to say it, in general, it sounds pretty good, but looking at the little fanaticism in Zhang Zhai's expression, Zhao Yu didn't want to be involved in this matter.

After all, Taiping Tao is also a religion, but anything that has to do with religion will become very troublesome.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yu immediately made a color to Guo Da and Chu Jiao.

Guo Da and Chu Jiao understood, and took the opportunity of Zhang Zhai's finished speaking to toast him, finally interrupting Zhang Zhai's preaching.

When the dinner was over, Zhao Yu returned to his room, lying on the bed with his hands on his pillow and thinking.

In all fairness, Zhao Yu himself has no prejudices about the Anping Dao that Zhang Zhai believed in, or the Taiping Dao that happened at the end of the Han Dynasty hundreds of years ago—after all, no matter which one he did, it was too far away from him, so he didn't feel anything.

He simply weighed it from the most practical point of view, that is, whether joining the rebel army would do more harm than good to his Black Tiger people, or whether the benefits would outweigh the disadvantages.

Is it good to join the Rebels?

Yes!

Not to mention anything else, at least the righteous army can help him share the pressure from Wang Shangde.

So, is there a downside?

Of course there are!

As Guo Da said, once you are involved with the rebel army, there is really no turning back.

You must know that bandits are not unforgivable crimes, unless they are the kind of heinous crimes, otherwise when successive dynasties implemented the leniency of amnesty to the world, thieves also had the opportunity to be pardoned.

But anti-thieves are different, and the attitude of all dynasties towards anti-thieves is only one: kill!

The severity of the plot of the two is completely different.

Because of this, Zhao Yu didn't want to have anything to do with the rebel army at all, otherwise once the news leaked, it would not be the local government that sent officers and soldiers to encircle and suppress it, but directly dispatched the army.

But then again, although he didn't want to have anything to do with the rebel army, Zhao Yu hoped that Jing Chu's rebel army could help him attract Wang Shangde's attention......

That's right, he just wants to prostitute the Jingchu rebels for nothing!

But unfortunately, the other party may not be willing to let him prostitute for nothing.

Therefore, Zhao Yu thought about it and saw if he could think of a way to do it to that Zhang Zhai, after all, according to that Zhang Zhai, his status in the righteous army was really not low.

The next day, not long after Zhao Yu got up, a thief's report came from outside the house: "Chief, Zhang Qu asks to see you." ”

"It's really urgent......

Muttering, Zhao Yu put on the tiger mask and said in a deep voice, "Please." ”

After a while, Zhang Zhai walked into the house alone.

After the two sides greeted each other, Zhang Zhai asked with a smile: "I don't know what Chief Zhou is thinking about?" ”

Looking at the smile on Zhang Zhai's face, Zhao Yu's heart moved slightly, and he suddenly politely refused: "Zhou deeply admires your belief in eliminating injustice in the world and returning peace to the world, but Zhou is just an ordinary man, he is afraid of death, and he does not have the fearless virtue of your righteous fathers, so I don't dare to agree." ”

Zhang Zhai was about to speak, but saw Zhao Yu and said: "Of course, although Zhou did not dare to agree to defect to the righteous army, Zhou admired the feats of the righteous men and was willing to help each other as much as we could." ”

"To the best of my ability? Helping each other?'

Zhang Zhai pondered Zhao Yu's words, and a slight inexplicable smile appeared on his face.

He smiled a little teasingly and asked, "How can we help each other?" Is it my righteous army, do you want to help Leader Zhou distract the attention of the Nanyang Army first? ”

Of course, Zhao Yu could hear the ridicule and faint ridicule in Zhang Zhai's words, but he didn't care, and said with a smile: "Zhang Qu can do that, that is naturally the best." But strictly speaking, it doesn't mean that the rebels helped me wait...... Zhou remembered that Zhang Qu sent him to Nanyang County yesterday to cooperate with the Jing Chu Righteous Army's counterattack on Nanyang County...... Of course, having said that, Zhou is still willing to accept this love. ”

"Hahahaha-"

Zhang Zhai laughed.

He had seen a faceless and skinless one, but he had never seen such a faceless and skinless one.

But having said that, he couldn't refute anything, after all, what the other party said was reasonable.

After thinking about it, he said jokingly: "To tell a joke, Leader Zhou should not be surprised. …… Is Leader Zhou so sure that our righteous army will definitely counterattack Nanyang County? What if my rebels stand still? ”

Zhao Yu remained silent and said with a smile: "Then you missed the opportunity." …… Your Jiangdong general Zhao Zhang, defeated Jiangxia general Han Yan, one of the five tigers of Chenmen, in one fell swoop, this incident must have greatly boosted the morale of your army, I think the Jingchu rebel army counterattack Nanyang County, must have been influenced by Jiangdong. …… Just to be angry with Zhou, but you missed this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, even Zhou feels sorry for you. ”

“……”

The smile on Zhang Zhai's face slowly retracted, and he looked at Zhao Yu intently.

At this moment, he couldn't help but regret revealing that information to the other party yesterday, because what the other party said was right, his Jingchu Righteous Army was preparing to launch a counterattack on Nanyang County, just because he was inspired by the Jiangdong Righteous Army.

He could indeed use the cancellation of the counterattack on Nanyang County to blackmail the leader of the black tiger thief in front of him and force the other party to join his rebel army, but the price was ......

Too big!

Thinking of this, Zhang Zhai nodded, and said in an inexplicable tone: "Leader Zhou, worthy of being Leader Zhou." …… Zhang originally thought that he was playing some tricks to pull the leader to join our rebel army, but he never thought that the leader's vision was broad......"

As soon as he heard the other party's tone, Zhao Yu knew that the other party was a little unhappy, in order to prevent Zhang Zhai from being angry and causing the two sides to break up unhappily, he also lowered his posture and arched his hand and said: "Don't blame, Zhou is just an ordinary man, like most living beings in the world, seeking good fortune and avoiding harm, although he respects the high righteousness of the righteous soldiers of the noble army, but he is also afraid of causing trouble, and after all, I am in the counties under the rule of the Jin State, not the counties under the rule of the righteous army...... If one day your army attacks the Kunyang area, then Zhou Mou should lead the crowd to defect to the righteous army. ”

“……”

Glancing at Zhao Yu deeply, Zhang Zhai frowned and thought.

Seeing this, where would Zhao Yu not know that Zhang Zhai was weighing the pros and cons.

And at this moment, suddenly a bandit walked into the house and said, "Chief, the Nanyang army has attacked the mountain!" ”

"Good time!"

Zhao Yu was slightly stunned, and then secretly rejoiced, he immediately said to Zhang Zhai: "Zhang Qu, it's better to talk about this for the time being, and ......wait for the cottage to repel the Nanyang army."

Just as Zhao Yu guessed, Zhang Zhai smiled and said, "If you don't mind, can Zhang watch the battle." ”

"Of course."

So, Zhao Yu took Zhang Zhai to the open space outside the main village and looked down at the mountain.

On the same day, the Nanyang army launched a three-way attack on the eastern, southern, and southeastern slopes below the Black Tiger Village, and even attacked the part of the army that attacked the narrow cobwebs on the southeast slope, and also brought a long ladder that was mostly used to attack the city.

However, due to the dispersion of the troops, and the fact that the Black Tiger Village side had prepared traps such as sasswood and rolling stones in advance at the dangerous place, the Nanyang army under the mountain tried to attack several times, but they were all repelled by the Black Tiger Clan.

During this period, Zhang Zhai clearly saw the combat effectiveness of the black tiger thief, which was no less than that of the regular army, and was secretly surprised.

While secretly surprised, he couldn't help but think: This black tiger thief is so brave, he may be a strange soldier in the future.

Thinking of this, he turned his head to Zhao Yu and said: "The righteous army can help the leader contain the Nanyang army and make it unable to take care of it, but as the leader said, Guizhai owes the righteous army a favor." …… If in the future, the leader keeps his promise and leads the people to defect to our righteous army, then human favor should never exist; Otherwise, how about the leader of the time to return the favor of the righteous army? ”

"Of course."

Zhao Yu agreed, and immediately glanced at Zhang Zhai deeply.

『…… Is the value of repaying favors equal to that of me leading the Black Tigers to defect to the rebels? It can be seen that this person is not in a good way...... It seems that I also have to plan ahead of time, so as not to fall into passivity and wanton for the rebels in the future......

He thought to himself.