In the early morning of the next day, around the hour, when Zhao Yu was thinking about something in the tent, He Shun led Liu Tu into the tent in a hurry.

When Zhao Yu cast his incomprehensible gaze, Liu Tu clenched his fists and explained: "Big leader, that general has come to our camp. ”

"Xue Ao?"

Zhao Yu was slightly stunned and asked, "Where is he now?" ”

"I am accompanied by Captain Li to inspect the Henan Army." Liu Tu hugged his fists and explained: "It was Li Duwei who sent someone to spread the word, saying that the general of the chariot cavalry wanted to inspect our Yingchuan army and told me to get ready. ”

"Yesterday, I touched the foundation of the generals of the Henan and Yingchuan armies, and today I came to inspect the condition of the soldiers? This General Xue is really heartbroken......

Zhao Yu's heart moved slightly, nodded and said, "Okay, I know." …… He Shun ordered the generals of all departments to lead their troops to practice in the open space on the south side of the camp, so that General Xue could inspect our army. ”

"Yes." He Shun hugged his fists and said, "I'll send someone to give the order." ”

From the side, Liu Tu interjected and asked, "Great leader, what about my five hundred brothers?" ”

Zhao Yu thought for a while and said, "You five hundred people don't have to practice, just follow me to meet that General Xue." ”

"Yes."

A moment later, after receiving the order, Zhang Ji, Cao Wu, Qin Yu, Jia Shu, and Le Gui immediately took their soldiers to the open space on the south side of the camp, and ordered all the soldiers to arrange their troops and conduct drills to wait for the inspection of Xue Ao, the general of the chariot cavalry.

At this time, Zhao Yu had also taken Niu Heng, He Shun, and Liu Tu to the outside of the camp, and together with Wang Qing, who had arrived earlier, they inspected their 'Yingchuan Army'.

In all fairness, the 20,000 Yingchuan troops are not the most elite soldiers in Yingchuan, but given that there are 10,000 Xuchang soldiers who have experienced the Battle of Xuchang and more than 4,000 former Changsha Yishi rebels who surrendered to Chengcheng, this army is not much weaker, at best, it is borrowed from Runan and Xiangcheng counties and 2,000 county soldiers each seems to be weaker - by the way, these two county soldiers are under the command of Wang Qing and his henchman Le Gui.

"That General Xue is in a hurry to inspect the two armies of Henan and Yingchuan, is he going to prepare to support Xianping?"

When Zhao Yu took the lead in inspecting his own army, Wang Qing asked beside him.

"I don't know."

Zhao Yu shook his head.

The reason why he said this was because he was really not sure, the only thing he was sure of was that Tong Yan, the governor of Liang County, probably did not support supporting Xianping County, otherwise, when he and Li Meng led a total of 60,000 reinforcements to Liang County that day, Tong Yan should have sent them to Xianping immediately, but Tong Yan did not do that, but ordered him and Li Meng to set up a camp outside Liang City, which shows that Tong Yan planned to 'defend Liang City'.

But what about the cavalry general Xue Ao...... Zhao Yu couldn't eat it anymore, he still couldn't eat what kind of person this was.

Not long after, just when Zhao Yu was secretly waiting for Xue Ao and his party while inspecting his army, someone sent by Li Meng, the governor of Henan, told him: "Captain Zhou, General Xue is about to inspect your army." ”

"Okay."

When Zhao Yu learned of this, he immediately took Wang Qing, Niu Heng, He Shun, and Liu Tu to prepare to greet him.

It didn't take long for him to receive news that Xue Ao, Tong Yan, and Li Meng had walked around their camp and were heading towards the south side of the camp.

So, Zhao Yu immediately led someone to greet him.

"General Xue, Captain Tong."

"Captain Zhou."

After saluting each other with both hands, they exchanged a little greeting, and immediately, Xue Ao smiled heartily: "This time the rebels are menacing, the imperial court sent Xue to fight side by side with the two armies of Henan and Yingchuan. ”

"Where, where." Zhao Yu hurriedly clenched his fists and said: "General Xue was appointed by the imperial court as the commander of this rebellion, and he should do his best to cooperate with every order of General Xue. ”

"Hahaha." Xue Ao laughed and said: "With the help of Captain Zhou and Li Meng this time, we will definitely be able to break the rebels." ”

"Huh? Will Liang Jun not send troops?'

Zhao Yu glanced at Tong Yan standing next to him in surprise, and when he saw the latter smiling awkwardly, he realized that it was not Tong Yan who did not send troops, but that he was ignored by Xue Ao again.

He pretended not to know about this, and complimented with a smile: "It should be, with General Xue here, we will definitely be able to break the rebels." ”

Hearing this, Wei Xuan, who was standing beside Xue Ao, glanced at Zhao Yu intentionally or unintentionally.

"Hahahaha-"

Xue Ao seemed to be happy and laughed, patted Zhao Yu's shoulder and said, "Come, let Xue meet the athletes of your army." ”

"Please."

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A moment later, Zhao Yu led Xue Ao, Tong Yan, Li Meng and several generals of the Taiyuan cavalry to inspect his Yingchuan army.

During this period, Zhao Yu introduced from time to time: "The 20,000 soldiers brought by the humble post this time, the phalanx of 10,000 people came from Xuchang, including 8,000 foot soldiers and 2,000 crossbowmen...... More than 4,000 troops over there are part of Kunyang's army......"

In order to avoid complications, Zhao Yu tried his best to avoid introducing the origin of the 'Second Brigade Battalion', and only vaguely called it Kunyang's 'part of the army', the reason was very simple, because he planned to release water in this battle, and he didn't want Xue Ao, Tong Yan and others to have the slightest suspicion about him.

"Hmm."

Xue Ao quietly listened to Zhao Yu's introduction while concentrating on observing the two Yingchuan armies.

Looking at his constant nodding movements, it can be seen that he is quite satisfied with the 10,000 Xuchang soldiers and the 2nd Battalion of more than 4,000 brigades.

It wasn't until he saw the 6,000 troops, which were mainly composed of the county soldiers of Xiangcheng and Runan and the other 2,000 subordinate soldiers, that he immediately frowned, turned his head and asked Zhao Yu: "Captain Zhou, this part of the soldiers...... How does Xue look at most of them? ”

While secretly surprised by Xue Ao's eyesight, Zhao Yu explained half-truthfully: "It is worthy of General Xue, General Xue is not mistaken, these six thousand soldiers are composed of county soldiers in Kunyang, Runan, and Xiangcheng counties, and they are the troops that my Yingchuan County hastily raised after receiving the order from the imperial court. …… Among them, Runan and Xiangcheng counties have never fought with the rebels in the past two years and have no experience in warfare, so they ......"

"Oh."

Xue Ao frowned slightly and looked at it for a while, and then said in surprise: "I didn't expect it to be a county pawn, I look at the equipment of these soldiers, it is no less than the main pawn in the army...... Is your county so surplus that even the county guards can have such equipment? ”

"Nope." Zhao Yu said meaningfully: "We robbed the rebels." ”

Hearing this, Wang Qing, Niu Heng, He Shun, Liu Tu and others standing behind Zhao Yu laughed out loud, while Xue Ao, Tong Yan, Li Meng, and the generals of the Taiyuan cavalry led by Wei Yu all turned their heads in surprise.

"Hahahaha."

After a short period of surprise, Xue Ao patted Zhao Yu's arm, nodded and smiled: "Lao Tzu appreciates you more and more." ”

Under Wei Xuan's surprised observation, Zhao Yu hugged his fists and made a humble move.

Suddenly, Xue Ao seemed to think of something, turned his head and asked Zhao Yu: "I heard that nearly three or four percent of the county seat in Gui County is still occupied by rebels, and there is another rebel army in the south of Gui County. ”

Zhao Yu pondered for a while, and in order to facilitate fishing in troubled waters in the future, he decided to talk about it.

I saw him hug his fist towards Xue Ao, and said in an apologetic tone: "Please forgive General Xue, in fact, my Yingchuan did not send the most elite army this time, such as the Kunyang Army that defeated 80,000 rebels in Kunyang last year, and the reason for this was for the two things that the general said......" He turned his head and glanced at Tong Yan, the governor of Liangjun, and said apologetically: "Please General Xue and Tong Duwei forgive me for the selfishness of Yingchuan County, my Yingchuan has been attacked by the rebels in the past two years, and I really don't want the rebels to feel that there is anything to take advantage of." ”

Xue Ao and Tong Yan were moved when they heard this.

Xue Ao nodded and said: "Yingchuan County resisted the two rebels of Changsha and Jiangxia with the strength of a county, and finally repelled them with difficulty, Xue has also heard of this, and knows the difficulties of your county, how can he blame?" ”

Tong Yan also immediately said: "Thanks to Yingchuan County's resistance to the two rebels of Changsha and Jiangxia for a long time, my Liang County has been able to avoid the war so far, how can Tong blame Zhou Duwei?" ”

Seeing that these two expressed their positions one after another, Zhao Yu was secretly proud in his heart: since these two knew that the Yingchuan army he brought was a weak division, then he would be 'defeated' in the hands of the rebels in the next few days, and these two would not blame him.

Just when he secretly thought that he had timed, he suddenly heard Xue Ao say with a smile: "Then again, there are more elite soldiers in your county than these?" As far as Xue can see, most of the soldiers brought by Zhou Duwei this time are much stronger than the soldiers brought by Li Meng's kid......"

"What? Is the Henan Army even better?'

Zhao Yu looked at Li Meng, the governor of Henan, in surprise.

Although he and Li Meng met halfway through, rushed together to reinforce Liang County, and then stationed in the same camp, he did not have time to make a rough assessment of the strength of the 40,000 Henan troops under Li Meng's command - mainly inappropriate.

What are you doing as the lieutenant of Yingchuan County, staring at the Henan Army?

Isn't that disliked?

Zhao Yu hoped to have a good relationship with Li Meng, so that in the future, if he was suspected by Xue Ao and Tong Yan, Li Meng could stand up and speak for him.

Probably noticing Zhao Yu's surprised gaze, Li Meng was quite embarrassed, and explained with a little complaint: "General Xue, how can this be compared? …… In previous years, I did not have the opportunity to actually fight in Henan, but I sent 20,000 troops to support Yingchuan last time. And Yingchuan County, they have at least 100,000 troops who have participated in the battle against the rebels, and those old soldiers who survived, where can they be compared to my new soldiers in Henan? ”

His words were tantamount to acquiescing in disguise to the fact that the 40,000 Henan troops under his command were not as good as the 20,000 Yingchuan troops brought by Zhao Yu, and Zhao Yu was speechless when he heard it-what? The Henan army is weaker than his Yingchuan army?

Doesn't this mean that Xue Ao and Tong Yan will still use his Yingchuan Army as the main force?

"Yes, I'm busy!"

Zhao Yu couldn't help but feel angry, and secretly thought about the next move.

Subsequently, Xue Ao spent about a quarter of an hour inspecting the Yingchuan Army, and then said to Tong Yan, Zhao Yu, and Li Meng: "This inspection, Xue has a general understanding of the two armies of Henan and Yingchuan, and next, let's discuss the battle." ”

"Yes!"

At Xue Ao's request, after a stick of incense, Xue Ao, Tong Yan, Zhao Yu, and Li Meng gathered in Li Meng's tent in the camp.