"How can this be true? Outrageous! ”

After returning to the South City Gate Tower, Guan Shuo, who was angry, kicked over a table and panted in anger.

The premise of his promise to negotiate peace with Kunyang was originally to knock Kunyang on a bamboo pole, such as the looted weapons, armor, such as grain and grass, winter clothes, etc., in short, Kunyang must pay a little price, he will agree to return the southern city wall to Zhou Hu, and then withdraw his troops and leave.

But who would have thought that before they could say the conditions, Zhou Hu actually blackmailed them in turn, 10,000 quilts and 10,000 winter clothes, was Zhou Hu crazy? If he really has so many things to keep out the cold, then what else will they withdraw?

"The villain has a will! It's a villain! ”

Guan Shuo scolded angrily.

Beside him, Chen Miao sat on a chair and allowed Guan Shuo to smash the furnishings in the city gate tower to vent his anger.

He didn't blame Guan Shuo this time, after all, even he himself was so angry with that Zhou Hu.

But anger is anger, Chen Miao still maintains his sanity, and secretly analyzes Zhou Hu's behavior.

After a while, when Guan Shuo calmed down a little, Chen Miao said in a deep voice: "This time, it was you and I who miscalculated...... Just staring at Kunyang, he didn't expect Ye County to take the opportunity to attack Dingling in the rear of our army. Today, when Zhou Hu saw our army carrying firewood into the city, he guessed that you were going to burn the city, and then saw that you and I changed our minds to negotiate with him, and guessed that Dingling had been attacked and occupied by Ye County...... His 'wisdom of a bandit' should not be underestimated. ”

After a pause, he said again: "He obviously knew the intention in advance, so when he saw that your attitude and I had changed, he immediately thought that Ye County must have won it...... Even I suspect that it is very likely that he instructed Ye County to attack Dingling. If that's the case, then this guy is terrible. ”

But isn't it, he took the initiative to give up the south city wall, lured his righteous teacher into the city and was forced to participate in street fighting, and when his righteous teacher was ready to retreat, he was ready to use the southern city wall to exchange conditions with Kunyang, that Zhou Hu deliberately asked Ye County to take the opportunity to sneak attack Dingling, put pressure on his righteous teacher, and wanted to take back the southern city wall for nothing, and even blackmailed him righteous teacher, which was really cunning.

On the other hand, he was a righteous teacher, and he was stupidly led by the nose by that Zhou Hu.

"Fur ......"

Guan Shuo let out a long breath and glared at Chen Miao: "You don't want to persuade me to agree to Zhou Hu's conditions, right?" ”

Chen Miao shook his head and said, "How can my volunteer teacher have 10,000 quilts and 10,000 winter clothes? ”

After a pause, he frowned and said, "That Zhou Hu's attitude...... It's weird. He should also know that my righteous master does not have 10,000 quilts and 10,000 winter coats, but he still made such an excessive request, which is very strange...... I don't think he really wants to talk to us for peace. ”

After thinking about it again, Chen Miao slapped his thigh and said in exclamation: "Could it be that Zhou Hu wants to join forces with Ye County to encircle and annihilate my righteous teacher?" ”

Hearing this, Guan Shuo, who was still angry, was also shocked.

"It's possible, it's possible."

Standing up uneasily, Chen Miao paced back and forth in the city gate tower worriedly, and analyzed as he walked: "Kunyang soldiers are full of morale, and Yexian soldiers are even more recuperated for a long time, but my righteous division has been attacking Kunyang for a long time, and he is trapped in the trap of street fighting, his morale is low, and his fighting spirit is depressed.......

“……”

Hearing this, Guan Shuo also became uneasy, and his face was full of solemnity.

Some people may ask, since they are worried that they will be attacked by the armies of Kunyang and Yexian counties before and after retreating, won't it be over if they don't withdraw?

That's a good thing, but the question is, what about the food and grass that feeds tens of thousands of rebels?

The grain and grass of the rebels were transported from several cities of Dingling, Zhaoling and Yuncheng, among which Dingling County had the most grain, the reason was very simple, because Dingling fell earlier than Yuncheng and Zhaoling, in order to facilitate the future war, Guan Shuo piled up most of the grain and grass from the south in Dingling, Zhaoling and Yuncheng also hoarded and looted grain and grass, but the quantity was naturally not as good as Dingling.

Now, Dingling is occupied by Ye County, Guan Shuo has lost a lot of grain and grass, and what is worse is that the Ye County army can use Dingling as a stronghold, send garrisons to cut off the grain routes of Yuncheng and Zhaoling, and prevent Guan Shuo from mobilizing grain and grass from those two cities.

There is no need to cut it off every time, three or four times out of ten times is enough to make the tens of thousands of rebels who are already in a food and grass crisis in the embarrassment of hunger and cold.

Since we can't capture Kunyang County as soon as possible for the winter, and the grain and grass have to be cut off by the army of Ye County, staying in Kunyang is not the only way to die?

The only thing Guan Shuo can do is to take the rations from the Kunyang people, but the question is, what if he can't grab it?

Therefore, tens of thousands of righteous teachers under Guan Shuo and Chen Miao cannot stay in Kunyang, and must retreat as soon as possible and retreat to Yuncheng and Zhaoling.

And the problem now is that there are all kinds of signs that Zhou Hu intends to take advantage of the retreat of his righteous division to lead the Kunyang army to pursue them, unite with the army of Ye County, and try to inflict heavy losses on them, or even annihilate them.

"What should I do?"

Guan Shuo asked with a frown.

“……”

Chen Miao shook his head slightly, at this moment, he couldn't figure out what Zhou Hu was thinking.

At the same time, Zhao Yu had returned to the county government with Jingnu, Niu Heng, Xun Yi, He Shun and others.

I have to say that Xun Yi really hopes that Zhao Yu will be stronger in front of the rebels, and try not to give up his interests in front of the rebels, so that he can show his merits to Yingchuan County for Zhao Yu, showing that Zhao Yu is 'loyal to the county and the country'. 12

But he never expected that Zhao Yu would make such excessive demands to the rebels that seemed unbelievable to him.

Holding the doubts in his heart, Xun asked Zhao Yu in puzzlement: "Chief Zhou, could it be that you don't actually plan to negotiate peace with the rebels?" ”

"Do you see it?" Zhao Yu smiled, and immediately spread his hands and said: "Right now, the rebels can't immediately capture my Kunyang before the heavy snowfall, and his back road is cut off by Ye County...... Although Yang Ding is a nerd who reads dead books, he should at least know how to cut off the grain route, so that the rebels can only retreat...... Since the rebels are about to retreat, why should I make peace with him? ”

Xun Yi nodded suddenly, and then asked, "Since Leader Zhou doesn't plan to negotiate peace with the rebels, why do you agree to meet with him?" ”

"To put pressure on them."

Zhao Yu explained with a smile: "I promised to negotiate this time, first, to let them see that my Kunyang soldiers are still full of morale and can fight again; Second, let them know that I have learned about Dingling...... It made them frightened in their hearts, and they did not dare to fight. ”

Speaking of this, he changed his words and said with a smile: "By the way, I also want to see if I can knock out a bamboo pole from the rebels and get some quilts, winter clothes and other things to keep out the cold...... Although I have sent people to ask for money from the two counties of Xiangcheng and Runan, I suspect that those two counties may not be rich. ”

"Leader Zhou is very detailed."

Xun Yi suddenly realized and praised from the bottom of his heart: "Having the leader of Zhou sitting in Kunyang is the luck of Kunyang and Yingchuan." ”

"The post superintendent has won the award, and Zhou is just doing my best."

"Leader Zhou is too humble......"

After saying something with emotion, Xun Yi couldn't help but ask: "Then according to the opinion of the leader of Zhou, how will the rebels on the other side react?" He added with some concern: "Will they set fire to the city in an attempt to delay our soldiers?" ”

Zhao Yu sneered: "I believe they will consider it, but they won't really dare to do it." I have warned them that as long as they dare to burn the city, I will lead the soldiers and civilians of Kunyang County to pursue them in the snow...... They may not have cared about it before, but now that Dingling is in the hands of Ye County, Guan Shuo and Chen Miao, they don't want my Kunyang people to move to Dingling, because they don't want to meet us again when they recapture Dingling in the next year......"

Speaking of this, he seemed to think of something, turned his head to Xun Yi and said: "Superintendent, Zhou's plan is to let me Kunyang get as many benefits as possible, as for whether the rebels can be severely damaged, Zhou does not dare to ask for extravagance, and I Kunyang does not have this ability, and I hope that Superintendent will understand." ”

Xun Yi nodded, and said with a straight face: "Leader Zhou is serious. …… Kunyang's situation is also seen in the eyes of the next, and it can be said responsibly that Kunyang has fulfilled its responsibilities, and no matter who it is, Kunyang can no longer be asked to do more. ”

His words were indeed sincere.

Think about it, a small county, against the main force of the rebels held on for nearly two months, in the case of the city wall was breached, retreated to the city to continue to hold on to the street fighting, with the power of a county annihilated the rebels 30,000 or 40,000 troops, looking at the entire Yingchuan County, which city can be as good as Kunyang?

It is no exaggeration to say that as long as there are two Kunyangs in Yingchuan County, the rebels will not be able to attack at all!

Subsequently, Zhao Yu left Xun Yi to have some simple meals, and Xun Yi said goodbye and went to rest.

After all, he assisted Li Xu, Chen Cai and others in relocating the people in the city during the day today, and he was already exhausted.

At the same time, on the south gate tower, Guan Shuo and Chen Miao had no appetite for food, and the two were still discussing the current situation.

“…… It is necessary to retreat. ”

Looking at Guan Shuo, who was silent, Chen Miao said in a deep voice: "There is no need to gamble with tens of thousands of righteous soldiers to gamble on a war with little chance of winning, you have also seen it today, Kunyang is full of morale and is not afraid of battle." These people have been transformed into a strong soldier in the continuous fighting......"

After a while, Guan Shuo, who was silent, suddenly spoke: "What should I do if Zhou Hu takes the opportunity to pursue?" Set fire to the city and hinder him? ”

"No!"

Chen Miao shook his head and said: "If Kunyang is destroyed and the people in the city lose their place to live, Zhou Hu will inevitably move to Dingling, and the righteous master will definitely recapture Dingling in the coming year, I believe you don't want to meet Zhou Hu and this group of Kunyang people again in Dingling, right?" …… Keep Kunyang and let the people of Kunyang stay in their own county, which is good for each other. ”

“……”

Guan Shuo clenched his fists hatefully.

At this moment, he felt inexplicably aggrieved.

He still has tens of thousands of troops under his command, not only can he not attack a single Kunyang, but he also has to pray that these Kunyang people will stay in Kunyang honestly, and for this reason he has to give up revenge on the Kunyang people.

After a long time, he let out a long breath and said helplessly: "But if you don't set fire to delay, then Zhou Hu will definitely take the opportunity to pursue ......"

"Steady him."

Chen Miao said in a deep voice: "Continue to negotiate with Zhou Hu, pretend to provide him with some quilts and winter clothes, and ask my righteous soldiers to prepare for evacuation, and once they are ready, retreat immediately!" …… If Zhou Hu pursues, we can set up ambushes along the way. All in all, as long as Kunyang is allowed to give up the pursuit, avoid being attacked on his back, and face the Yexian army alone, my righteous division still has a great chance of winning. ”

"Hmm......"

Guan Shuo nodded slightly.

"That's it...... So be it. ”

He sighed.