Hearing Xun Yi's praise at first glance, Zhao Yu was actually quite weak-hearted.

After all, his refusal was not only out of 'public heart', but also his private calculation, that is, whether it was worth spending a lot of money to rescue Xuchang.

If the Yingchuan County Guard was served by the Xun Governor in front of him, Zhao Yu would say that he would have to find a way to rescue Xuchang and protect Xun Yi, after all, he had an excellent relationship with Xun Yi, and Xun Yi defended him everywhere.

But what about that Li Junshou......

Just looking at the other party's negotiation, Zhao Yu knew that the other party still had mustard in his heart.

Otherwise, if he made such a contribution this time, wouldn't Li Junshou be promoted?

It can be seen that Li Junshou still has concerns about him, probably what is 'vulgar background', 'unruly and untamable', 'not to be entrusted with important duties' and the like - Zhao Yu can roughly guess it.

In that case, what is there to save?

Of course, in fact, Zhao Yu also considered whether he could change Li Junshou's attitude towards him by rescuing Xuchang, which is feasible to a certain extent, but there is no doubt that this move will hurt another group of people, for example, Li Xu, the county leader who gradually looks to him. - The former may change, the latter will definitely hurt, weighing the pros and cons, Zhao Yu will naturally stand on the side of the 'local faction' led by Li Xu and others.

In fact, Liu Bi, the county commander, is also a 'local faction', but his personality is not as straightforward as Xun Yi and Li Xu, on the one hand, he obeyed Zhao Yu's orders, and on the other hand, he wanted to be rewarded by Yingchuan County, so he did not express his position.

Of course, in the case that Zhao Yu has made a decision, it doesn't matter if he doesn't express his position.

In contrast, Xun Yi, as a person from Xuchang, also agreed with Zhou Hu's refusal to do this, which made everyone feel a little incredible.

Probably noticing the gazes of Zhao Yu, Liu Bi, and Li Xu, Xun Yi shook his head and sighed: "Kunyang can repel the main force of the rebels on its own, but Xuchang, although it is more than three times the scale of Kunyang, has no choice but to defeat the 40,000 rebels and retreat by it...... And the shameful thing is that the officials over there do not do self-examination, pinning their hopes on the township and county, and shamefully believe that Kunyang has the responsibility to rescue Xuchang. …… Is Kunyang responsible? Kunyang does not have the responsibility to rescue those officials in Xuchang, at most only the responsibility to rescue the people of Xuchang, but there are also people in Kunyang......"

His words have already indicated his attitude, and I have to say, just like his name, it is really different.

However, his words made Li Xu awe-inspired, and he praised it with a straight face: "Supervise the post and be righteous!" ”

"Governor Gaoyi."

Zhao Yu and Liu Bi also praised Xun Yi.

The praise of the three made Xun Yi a little ashamed, and he waved his hand again and again and said: "Don't be like this, Xun is just talking in vain......"

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Zhao Yu and continued, "It's not like Chief Zhou. …… Do you know what will happen if you refuse the county, Leader Zhou? ”

Zhao Yu said with a smile: "Li Junshou is afraid that he will hate Zhou to death." ”

"Ahh

Xun Yi nodded with a melancholy expression, and then asked, "Knowing this, does Leader Zhou still insist?" ”

Zhao Yu spread his hands and replied with a smile: "It's not that Zhou hasn't been hated by that Li Junshou. ”

"Hahaha-"

Everyone in the room laughed.

After laughing, Xun Yizheng said to Zhao Yu: "Leader Zhou's bearing really makes Xun feel admired. I've thought about this on the way, so could you give me some advice? ”

When he said the last sentence, he was facing Li Xu, and it was obvious that he was saying this to Li Xu.

Li Xu understood and said respectfully: "Please speak to the postmaster." ”

Seeing this, Xun Yizheng said: "The current situation in Xuchang, although it is not optimistic, but it will not be dangerous in the short term, Cao Suo and Tian Qin have been defeated by Xiang Xuan several times, but in terms of sticking to the city, these people are still somewhat sure. …… In this case, I suggest that the leader of Zhou agree to this matter, on the one hand, it can show favor to Li Junshou, and on the other hand, it can also boost the morale of Xuchang...... Moreover, Kunyang does not have to reinforce Xuchang alone, he can negotiate with Xiangcheng and Runan, even if each of the three counties only sends 1,000 soldiers, as long as the leader of Zhou comes to command the troops, I believe that it can also cause great containment to the army under the rebel general Xiang Xuan, and share part of the pressure for Xuchang......"

One thing to say, Xun Yi's words are still very pertinent, taking care of the interests of all parties, Rao is Li Xu is not good to categorically refuse, so he can only say politely: "What the post supervisor said is very true, please allow me to discuss it later." ”

"Okay."

Xun Yi nodded, and said quite freely: "In that case, I will go to the accommodation to rest first and wait for news from a few people." ”

Zhao Yu met and summoned the black tiger thief He Shun and said: "He Shun, help the superintendent arrange a place to live." ”

"Yes!"

After Xun Yi left, Li Xu, the county leader, took the initiative to say to Zhao Yu: "If you just send a small force to share the pressure for Xuchang, I think that Leader Zhou can agree......"

As an official on the side of the imperial court, of course he knew what kind of official position the 'Ministry Captain' was.

Although the lieutenant of the ministry only has the military power of 1,000 people, at least it is the military power, and it is a formal army establishment, if it is not for the fear that the leader of the black tiger thief in front of him will 'overshoot' and make him pay greater sacrifices in Kunyang, he would not want to cut off the other party's official position.

He knew very well that with the talent of this Zhou leader, it was impossible to be tied to a small county lieutenant.

It can only be said that whether it is Li Min, Xun Yi, or Li Xu, they all underestimated Zhao Yu's vision - he really didn't care about that position.

Of course, not caring doesn't mean that you have to refuse for nothing, it's just that you don't want to pay the price.

And what Xun Yifang said just now seems to be a good compromise.

In the evening, Zhao Yu held a banquet in the county government to entertain Xun Yi, and by the way, he gave a reply and accepted Xun Yi's suggestion.

Xun Yi was very happy, although the meal was not rich, everyone in the banquet was still happy.

The next day, Xun Yi set off for Xuchang, and after a five-day journey in the wind and snow, he finally returned to Xuchang on the afternoon of November 12.

After returning to Xuchang, he immediately asked to see Li Min, the county guard, and told the latter: "...... The lowly post came to overthrow, and Zhou Hu, the lieutenant of Kunyang County, has promised to support Xuchang after the beginning of spring next year. ”

As soon as he heard this, Li Min's spirits were greatly lifted, and he also had a good impression of Zhou Hu.

He asked eagerly, "How many men will Zhou Hu bring?" ”

Xun Yi Zhengse said: "Zhou Hu said that he will do his best to assist Xuchang ...... when ensuring the safety of Kunyang."

Isn't that the same as not saying it?

“……”

Li Min frowned, a little unswerving in his heart.

But since everyone has agreed to the rescue, Li Min is not good at not saying anything, nodded and said: "Okay, since this is the case, I will make Zhou Hu the captain of the department, and after a few days and wait for the snow to stop, you will go to Kunyang again, hand over the text to Zhou Hu, and tell him to step up the training of the soldiers, and not slack off." ”

"Yes."

Xun Yi retreated.

In this way, Zhao Yuguan worshiped the commander of the department, and finally had an army recognized by the imperial court, although the establishment was only a thousand people.

When the news reached Kunyang, the Black Tigers immediately became excited.

After all, the predecessor of the Black Tigers was a bandit, and now, their leader has actually received an army approved by the imperial court, which is incredible!

And just when the Black Tigers were excited about this, in Zhaoling County, which was occupied by the rebels, a group of special guests were ushered in.

I saw that under the city gate, the man headed by him got out of the carriage, looked at the banners with the words 'Chu' and 'Changsha' everywhere in the city, and shouted towards the city gate: "I am Zhang Zhai, the envoy of Nanyang Canal, and I have something important to ask to see Guan Shuai." ”

Nanyang Canal Envoy?!

The faces of the rebel soldiers guarding the city gate changed slightly, of course they knew what kind of existence the 'canal envoy' was, and they didn't dare to slack off, and immediately entered the city to report to Guan Shuo.

At this time, Guan Shuo was drinking in a mansion in the city under the company of Chen Miao.

It's no wonder that Guan Shuo was depressed, after all, the setback he suffered in Kunyang this time was too serious, almost all the troops under his command were defeated, not to mention the heavy casualties among the soldiers, and the loss of dozens of generals led by the general Xu Bao, which can be called an unprecedented setback.

If it was defeated in the hands of the county army of Yingchuan County, it would be counted, after all, it was the county army, but the annoying thing was that none of the county troops of Yingchuan County appeared, and Kunyang beat him so embarrassed by his own strength.

Well, when he went out to Kunyang, there were nearly 80,000 troops, and only more than 30,000 people came back, and more than 6,000 of them were still under the command of Chen Miao, so how could he attack Yexian in the coming year?

Looking at Guan Shuo, who had a depressed face, Chen Miao could only persuade with a wry smile, persuading the former not to be depressed.

And at this moment, a soldier suddenly entered the interior and announced: "Two Qu Shuai, someone outside the city asked to see him, claiming to be Zhang Zhai, the envoy of Nanyang Qu, ......"

“……”

“……”

For a while, the expressions of Guan Shuo and Chen Miao became very exciting, among which Guan Shuo was the most obvious.

After a while, Guan Shuo said in a muffled voice: "Haosheng invited him here." ”

"Yes!"

The soldier retreated with his fists clenched.

About a moment later, Zhang Zhai, the envoy of Nanyang Canal, came to the mansion with a group of people.

For some reason, Guan Shuo and Chen Miao got up and went out of the house to greet each other, and this attitude surprised Zhang Zhai.

After all, among the righteous teachers, the relationship between Qu Shuai and Qu Envoy is not so harmonious.

But surprise is surprise, Zhang Zhai did not forget the intention of this time, and asked Guan Shuo angrily as soon as he entered the house: "Guan Qushuai, what is going on with you?!" …… You and I meet to gather troops in Nanyang, according to the plan, Changsha Yishi should have taken Yexian at the end of October, and put pressure on the Nanyang army from north to south, I don't know what your army is doing?! ”

was scolded angrily by Zhang Zhai, Guan Shuo's face darkened, but he was stunned, he sat at the table, drinking wine with a wine bowl.

From the side, Chen Miao saw that Guan Shuo was on the verge of attack, and persuaded Zhang Zhai: "Zhang Qu is angry, Changsha Yishi is here...... There are a variety of reasons for this. ”

Zhang Zhai interrupted unhappily: "I don't care what the reason, because the Changsha Yishi failed to spare the back of the Nanyang army in time, my Jingchu soldiers suffered heavy losses in Nanyang...... Chen Qushuai, you don't want to pull me, I talked to your army's Xu Qu envoy when I came, according to Xu Qu Envoy, after September, Chen Qu Shuai could have attacked Chen County immediately, but Chen Qu Shuai always refused to use troops, and dragged on until the winter...... You wait for this to be slack! Slack off the righteousness of the righteous teacher! ”

"This ......"

Chen Miao frowned slightly, and was about to explain, when he suddenly saw Guan Shuo on the other side slam the table, and scolded angrily: "Slack off your mother!" …… Do you think I didn't join the army? Do you think Chen Miao came to me to drink when he was idle? Lao Tzu was beaten back by the Zhou Hu you highly recommended at the beginning! …… He joined forces with Ye County and defeated my five armies! Do you hear that? Five armies! More than 50,000 people, all gone! ”

“……”

Seeing Guan Shuo's eyes splitting and his face hideous, as if he wanted to choose someone to devour, Nanyang Canal made Zhang Zhai's face stagnant, and the momentum of coming to Xingshi to ask for guilt disappeared.

After venting, Guan Shuo drank again.

Look at Guan Shuo, and then look at Chen Miao, after a long time, Zhang Zhai asked in a low voice: "Zhou Hu?" This...... What's going on? ”

"It's a long story, Rong Chen slowly told ......"

Chen Miao sighed, lifted the wine spoon and scooped a bowl of wine for Zhang Zhai.

“…… Good. ”

Zhang Zhai nodded slightly.