At dawn, He Feng, the head catcher of Kunyang, who was in charge of all the affairs of the Xiangtun army, personally came to the county seat and told Zhao Yu about the riot that occurred in Xiangtun last night.

Zhao Yu was not surprised by the incident He Feng mentioned, because just as Qin Yu guessed, he was indeed deliberately conniving at that part of the 'subordinates who have always refused to accept being enslaved by Kunyang', and wanted to use the conspiracy of this group of people to get as much benefit as possible.

What really surprised Zhao Yu was that Qin Yu did not participate in this riot.

And it was precisely because Qin Yu did not join this riot that the number of subordinates in the riot last night was far less than Zhao Yu expected, only more than 500 people.

"Did he perceive something?" Or did someone remind him?'

While speculating, Zhao Yu asked He Feng: "He Feng, has anyone seen that Qin Yu in the past few days?" ”

"Yes."

He Feng said without hesitation: "Ju Sheng, the commander of the second battalion of the brigade camp, has visited Qin Yu many times, the most recent time was two days ago, that is, after the rebel army led by Liu De and Huang Kang arrived on the south bank of the Shahe River. …… At that time, Ju Yingshuai said to the humble position, for the sake of the feelings of his former colleagues, he didn't want Qin Yu to make a mistake, so he asked the humble position to allow him to chat with Qin Wei alone. …… At that time, he felt that there were some subordinates who were not in the right situation, so he did not stop them. ”

As he explained, he secretly looked at the Zhou leader in front of him with a little uneasiness.

As he said, he had realized two days ago that something was wrong with a few of his subordinates, and it seemed that they were secretly fleeing in tandem, but when he sent someone to report the matter to the county government, the county government only ordered him to 'stand still', and he didn't understand.

It wasn't until before dawn today that he talked with Qin Yu for a while, and he realized that the Zhou leader in front of him might be playing a big game of chess.

But since this Zhou leader didn't make it clear, he naturally wouldn't take the initiative to uncover it.

Sure enough, the leader of Zhou didn't blame him for 'unfavorable supervision', and still asked calmly: "Okay, I know about this matter, I've worked hard for you, you can go back first." …… When you get back, remember to reward those who didn't take the opportunity to escape, and tell them that from today onwards, they will receive a slice of meat at every meal. ”

"Yes." He Feng hugged his fists and bowed back.

Looking at the back of He Feng leaving, Zhao Yu thought for a while, turned his head and said to He Shun, who was standing beside him, "Go and bring that Dong Er." ”

He Shun was stunned, his face tightened, nodded, and left with a serious expression.

"Jingnu, grind."

"Yes."

Jingnu approached the table, picked up the ink block in the inkstone and gently grinded it, and after the ink was properly ground, Zhao Yu picked up the pen and wrote a few words on a white cloth.

As soon as he put down his pen, He returned to the party room by the way, followed by a young man in his twenties with a black scarf wrapped around his head.

"Dong Er meets the big leader." The young man said in a 'black tiger thief' tone.

The identity of this young man is not simple, he is the 'messenger' of Nanyang Canal to keep Zhang Zhai by Zhao Yu's side, which is commonly known as a liaison envoy, so that Zhao Yu can get in touch with Guan Shuo, Chen Miao, and even Zhang Zhai through this person.

In order to prevent the leakage of his identity, Zhao Yu arranged this person among his guards, as He Shun's subordinates, except for He Shun, no one knew the true details of this young man.

Folding and rolling up the white cloth and stuffing it into a slender bamboo tube, Zhao Yu handed it to Dong Er and instructed: "Guan Shuo has led the army to the south bank of the Shahe River, in the original area, you give him this letter." ”

"Yes." Dong Er responded with a fist.

At this time, He Shun glanced at Dong Er and said beside him: "Big Chief, why don't I go with him?" ”

Listening to his tone, it was obvious that he didn't trust this outsider who was 'mixed' in his Black Tiger Crowd.

Zhao Yu naturally would not refuse He Shun's proposal out of loyalty, and turned his head to ask Dong Erdao: "Then let He Shun go with you, and there will be a good response on the way." ”

It can be seen that this young man named Dong Er is still quite clever, and he responded without saying a word.

About an hour and a half later, Dong Er and He Shun crossed the Shahe River and came to the south bank of the Shahe River.

At this time, Dong Er took off the black scarf on his head and reminded He Shundao: "The soldiers of the righteous master don't know about this, in order to prevent complications, please don't speak easily to Brother He Shun, so as not to say the wrong thing and be suspicious." ”

"Yes."

He Shun also took off the black scarf on his head and nodded slightly.

After all, his purpose was to spy on this Dong Er and prevent him from revealing some secrets of his Kunyang to Guan Shuo.

Soon, the two of them were confronted by a rebel patrolman.

Dong Er immediately took out the token left by Zhang Zhai and said to those patrol soldiers: "I am the messenger of Zhang Zhai and Zhang Qu of Nanyang Canal, and I have something important to ask to see Guan Shuai. ”

That team of patrol soldiers did not dare to make claims, and even if Dong Er and He Shun came to the camp, they reported to Guan Shuo at the same time.

At this time, in the Chinese army tent in the rebel camp, Guan Shuo and Chen Miao were waiting for Kunyang's 'active contact', as soon as they heard that Dong Er, the messenger from Zhang Zhai, the envoy of Nanyang Canal, came to ask for a meeting, Guan Shuo immediately sneered and said to Chen Miao: "What am I talking about? Here it is! ”

Chen Miao smiled bitterly and was silent.

A moment later, Dong Er and He Shun, led by a team of rebel soldiers, came to the Chinese military tent of Guan Shuo and Chen Miao.

These two Qu Shuai, of course, knew Dong Er, and as for He Shun behind Dong Er, they were a little unfamiliar, but they also guessed that it must be the black tiger thief beside Zhou Hu.

And Dong Er, seeing that there were no irrelevant outsiders in the grass shed at this time, immediately took out the bamboo pipe from his arms, handed it to Guan Shuo, and said in a low voice: "This is what Leader Zhou ordered me to send." ”520

"Humph!"

Guan Shuo snorted coldly, took out a piece of white cloth from the bamboo tube, and spread out his palm.

Chen Miao took a closer look, and even saw that there were only five words written on the white cloth: Please send it back to the fugitive!

"Sure enough."

Chen Miao muttered secretly in his heart.

Compared with Chen Miao, who was quite calm, Guan Shuo was furious when he saw the words on the white cloth, and scolded loudly: "Arrogance! ”

Guan Shuo's guards, who were on duty outside the grass shed, heard the angry scolding of their own Qu Shuai, and they didn't know what was going on, so they immediately rushed in, bluffing He Shun's heart for a while.

Fortunately, Guan Shuo did not spread his anger on He Shun, a 'little pawn', but instead turned his anger and rushed in with the guard: "What are you doing when you break in?" Stand down! ”

"......" The guards looked at each other, drooped their heads and hurriedly exited the hut.

At this time, I saw Guan Shuo throw the white cloth in his hand on the ground, and said with a sneer: "Go back and tell that ...... Tell him not to think I don't know what he's planning. He deliberately indulged his subordinates and tried to kill two birds with one stone, when Guan Shuo was a three-year-old child? …… The group of subordinates is outside the camp gate on the north side at the moment, and he will take it away by himself if he has the ability, Guan Mou will not do what he wants. ”

After scolding, he still seemed to be angry, and said: "It's a big deal, I'll ...... first"

"Huh."

Before Guan Shuo finished speaking, Chen Miao immediately opened his mouth to interrupt, only to see him pressing his hand to signal Guan Shuo to calm down, and then got up and picked up the white cloth from the ground, and after patting off the muddy water on it, he turned his head to look at Dong Er and He Shun and said: "Chen said it fairly, this time it was the one over there who deceived him too much." …… Guan Shuai and I are willing to reach a tacit agreement with him that the well water will not interfere with the river water, which does not mean that he can be aggressive and trample on the goodwill of Guan Shuo and his subordinates. ”

As he spoke, he stuffed the piece back into Dong Er's hand and said in an irrefutable tone: "Please tell that person that we will not agree to such an unreasonable request." …… You two go back. ”

Dong Er nodded, stuffed the white cloth back into his arms, and turned around to leave.

In all fairness, he didn't care at all about the breakdown of negotiations between Zhou Hu and Guan Shuo and Chen Miao, after all, he was the person from Zhang Zhai, the envoy of Nanyang Canal, and was only responsible for delivering letters to both parties.

Compared to him, although He Shun cared in his heart, it was obvious that he had no right to decide anything, so he could only go back and ask Zhao Yu for advice.

After the two left, Guan Shuo was still angry, and still gritted his teeth and scolded: "It's too much to deceive people!" That week...... That bastard, do I really dare not attack it?! ”

"Take your breath off."

Chen Miao smiled and said with relief.

To be honest, if there is another battle of Kunyang, in fact, Chen Miao thinks that there is a chance of victory.

But is it worth it?

For the sake of a broken county, delay another month or two, and sacrifice another 30,000 or 40,000 or even more troops?

He had no doubt that after they had conquered Kunyang, there would basically be no strength left to attack Yexian - and the cunning bandit leader saw this, so he was ready to make harsh demands on them without tearing each other's faces.

In response to the other party's bandit-like behavior, Chen Miao believes that it should be handled rationally, neither tearing each other's faces, nor agreeing to the other party's harsh demands - unless the other party is willing to make an exchange of benefits.

Just when Guan Shuo and Chen Miao were discussing how to deal with the annoying bandit leader, a soldier suddenly walked in, clasped his fists and said: "Two Qu Shuai, someone outside the camp claims to be the envoy of Yu Zhang's righteous master Qu Shuai Cheng Zhou, and I beg to see the two Qu Shuai. ”

"Cheng Zhou?"

Guan Shuo and Chen Miao glanced at each other, and they both felt a little incredible.

As far as the two of them knew, Cheng Zhou, the commander of Yuzhangqu, led his righteous division to reinforce Zhao Zhang, who was in Jiangdong, and it was thousands of miles away.

Surprised, Guan Shuo immediately said, "Hurry up, please." ”

After a while, the envoys came to this grass hut, led by two people, and the first of them saluted Guan Shuo and Chen Miao: "I've seen Guan Shuai, I've seen Chen Shuai, and the two Qu Shuai are fine." ”

"Huang Yun?"

Chen Miao saw the person at a glance, stood up in surprise, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect you to be the messenger." ”

From the side, Guan Shuo also smiled and nodded.

This Huang Yun is the cousin of Cheng Zhou, the handsome man of Yuzhangqu, who had been together for a while before Guan Shuo, Chen Miao, and Cheng Zhou, so Huang Yun and Guan Shuo and Chen Miao's two also had some friendship.

After exchanging a few words with Huang Yun, Chen Miao suddenly caught a glimpse of a man standing next to Huang Yun who was about thirty years old, his eyes were bright.

He asked curiously, "This is ......?"

Huang Yun immediately came to his senses and hurriedly said, "Look at me, when I saw the two Qu Shuai, I forgot to introduce them." Two Qu Shuai, this is the envoy sent by Zhao Qushuai of Jiangdong Yishi, Zhang Ji. ”

As soon as the words fell, the young envoy hugged his fists towards Guan Shuo and Chen Miao.

"In the next season, I saw two Qu Shuai."

Compared with Huang Yun's liveliness, the man named Zhang Ji saluted calmly and without being arrogant or humble.