"Alright, the hour is not too early, so let's go back and rest."

In the office of the Governor's Office, Zhao Yu stood up from his seat.

"Captain."

Liao Guang was still a little unwilling, and clenched his fists and persuaded: "This may be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity." ”

Zhao Yu turned his head to look at Liao Guang, shook his head and said, "No, this is a trap set by Xiang Xuan." ”

With that, he glanced around at the officials in the room and took the lead out of the room.

"That'...... Shall you all disperse first? ”

The county warden Shi Chenlang smacked his lips, said something painlessly, and then left with Zhao Yu and his party.

Looking at the backs of Zhao Yu, Chen Lang and others leaving, Liao Guang sat down sullenly, while Tian Qin turned his head to look at Xun Yi, clasped his fists and said, "Xun joins the army, you see ......"

I have to say that Xun Yi also feels quite embarrassed at this moment.

Although he also felt that it might be a good idea to take the opportunity to seize Yingyin, but after Zhao Yu vetoed the matter, he didn't dare to make a conclusion lightly, after all, he himself didn't understand military affairs, and his 'Gong Cao joined the army', in fact, it was more not to give advice, but to be responsible for some non-military affairs of the Governor's Office, such as the five million reward issued a few days ago, which he was responsible for together with Gong Cao Shi Wang Tao.

Although Zhao Yu repaid his kindness in the past and let him hold a lot of power in the Governor's Office, Xun Yi is self-aware, and in terms of military decision-making, Xun Yi has never given Zhao Yu bad ideas, at most he has made ideas in logistics.

After hesitating for a moment, he arched his hand and said to everyone in the room: "Zhou Duwei's intuition...... It may not be convincing to say this alone, but it cannot be denied that Zhou Duwei defeated the rebels by instinct when he was in Kunyang, and since he is sure that this is a trap, it is better for me to wait and see for a few more days. …… You must know that it is Zhou Duwei who guards Yingyang now...... Well, henchman, in fact he cares more about this than I do. The hour is not too early, so let's stop for today. ”

“……”

Tian Qin, Liao Guang, Han He, and Liu Jian glanced at each other and were silent.

At this time, Zhao Yu and his entourage had already come to the outside of the Governor's Office, only to see Zhao Yu instructing He Shun: "He Shun, you personally go to the post house in the city and ask Liu Tu to come to Chen's Mansion to see me." ”

"Yes." He Shun clenched his fists and left.

About a moment later, Zhao Yu and his party returned to Chen Lang's house.

Not long after, He Shun also brought Liu Tu to meet Zhao Yu and Chen Lang, who had been waiting for a long time, in the hall of the main house in the front yard of the Chen Mansion - the latter was purely out of curiosity.

After seeing Liu Tu, Zhao Yu briefly explained the cause of the incident, and immediately ordered: "The traveling wolf is currently operating between Yingyang and Yingyin, you select a few henchmen and ask them to try to contact the traveling wolf...... The brigade must have noticed the actions of the rebels, and even at this moment, he may be staring at Xiang Xuan and the others, I will send someone to contact them, I want to know the exact purpose of the rebels, and see if they are really ready to attack Yingyang. ”

"Yes." Liu Tu hugged his fists.

Immediately, Zhao Yu ordered again: "By the way, let your people go to Yingyang again......"

"Remind Yingyang?"

Liu Tu thought for a while and said, "If the rebels have sent troops to Yingyang, I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up...... Unless you can have a few fast horses. ”

Zhao Yu pressed his hand and said with relief: "I will prepare a few fast horses for you, but I just asked you to remind Yingyang, and the traveling wolf will give Yingyang a warning...... In this way, I will write a letter, and you can send someone to hand it over to Chu Yan. ”

"It's still good like this." Liu Tu said with a smile: "The people under my command are stupid, and I am afraid that I will miss the important matter of the big leader. ”

Hearing this, Chen Lang immediately ordered the servants to bring pens, ink, and other things.

I saw that on the small case in the hall, Zhao Yu wrote a letter with a pen, during which Chen Lang stood by in surprise and watched.

At this time, Chen Lang was shocked to find that Zhou Duwei, who was born as a bandit leader next to him, could not only read and write, but also wrote very neatly, although it may have been a little flawed due to neglect of practice, but this was enough to shock Chen Lang.

After another half an hour, about two o'clock, He Shun personally took Liu Tu and seven or eight black tiger thieves to the West City Gate, and asked to meet the Marquis of the West City Gate.

Although Wang Yan didn't recognize Liu Tu, he recognized He Shun, and when he saw He Shun bringing people here, he asked curiously: "What does He Guard do?" ”

He explained by the way: "The commander has something important to send these out of the city, I wonder if I can give it a convenience?" ”

Of course, Wang Yan knew that this was the other party's polite statement, that Zhou Duwei was going to send someone out of the city, and he, a little man, still dared to stop him?

He hurriedly said, "Of course, of course. ”

He immediately ordered the opening of the first-line city gate, so that several of Liu Tu's henchmen could lead the horses out of the city.

He instructed the first person: "Huang Xin, be sure to contact the brigade wolf as soon as possible, and send the letter of the great leader to the right commander, understand?" ”

"Understood." The black tiger thief named Huang Xin solemnly hugged his fists, and even after riding a fast horse with a few companions, he disappeared into the night in the blink of an eye.

Seeing this, He Shun and Huang Ben went back to the city separately.

The next day, when Zhao Yu was handling affairs in the governor's office, a small official suddenly came to say: "Qi Commander, the county guard government sent a small official, saying that it was on the order of the county guard, and asked the governor to come to the palace to discuss important matters." ”

Zhao Yu's heart moved slightly, and asked, "Did anyone mention it, what is it for?" ”

The little official shook his head: "I didn't mention it." ”

"Okay, you can step back first."

"Yes."

Looking at the back of the little official's departure, Zhao Yu was thoughtful.

After thinking about it for a long time, he still took Jingnu, Niu Heng, and He Shun to the county guard's mansion.

When he came to Li Junshou's study, he saw Song Shu, the county leader, also sitting in the room.

"Isn't this guy doing nothing all day?"

Zhao Yu secretly slandered for a while, and immediately saluted Li Junshou with his fists.

"Sit down."

Li Junshou politely beckoned Zhao Yu to sit down, then looked at Zhao Yu and asked, "Zhou Hu, I heard the news today, saying that three Yingyin people came to my Xuchang yesterday to report the news, but is there such a thing?" ”

"This lieutenant's office is like a sieve......

A little unhappiness flashed in Zhao Yu's heart, after all, he clearly ordered that this matter should not be spread yesterday, but he didn't expect that only one night later, the Li County Shou in front of him learned the news.

But if it's not happy, Zhao Yu still truthfully admitted the matter: "It's true." ”

Seeing that Zhao Yu admitted the matter, Li Junshou frowned and asked, "Since you know that Xiang Xuan and Yan Xuan led the fight against Yingyang, and Yingyin's troops are empty at this moment, why did you veto the matter of taking the opportunity to recover Yingyin?" ”

Zhao Yu Zhengse said: "Just because I think this is a trap, a trick set by Xiang Xuan to lure me into dividing my troops in Xuchang." ”

Hearing this, Jun Cheng Song Shu said with a smile on the side: "Does Zhou Duwei have any evidence?" Or is this just Captain Zhou's...... Gut feeling? ”

"Oh? It seems that someone in the room last night reported to Song Shufeng...... Chen Lang? Or Liao Guang and the others?'

As soon as he heard the word 'intuition', Zhao Yu frowned slightly and made a guess in his heart.

He said quietly: "Yes, this is indeed Zhou's intuition. ”

Hearing this, Song Shu smiled and said, "Don't you think Zhou Duwei is ridiculous? Just because of his unfounded intuition, Zhou Duwei actually wanted to give up the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to recover Yingyin? ”

In view of the fact that the contradiction between himself and Song Shu has become clear, Zhao Yu does not care about offending the other party, and said lightly: "Zhou has dealt with the rebels many times, and when it comes to leading troops to fight, Jun Cheng is far inferior to me, please don't question Zhou's judgment." ”

Song Shu's face flashed pale for a while, and he said coldly: "Don't Zhou Duwei know that the people of Yingyin are deep in fire and water? ”

Zhao Yu laughed and said, "Song Juncheng, your hypocrisy and hypocrisy should be accepted first." …… What do you say that the people of Yingyin are deep in fire and water, do you think the rebels only defeated Yingyin yesterday? The rebels invaded Yingyin last year, and they want to kill, the rebels have already killed, they want to rob, the rebels have robbed, and the rebels are currently maintaining their rule, and they will not slaughter again. ”

"You!"

Song Juncheng was even more angry when he heard this, and reprimanded: "You are crooked! Quibble! You're raising your own self! ”

He turned to face Li Junshou and arched his hand and said: "Lord Junshou Mingjian, this Zhou Hu obviously has the ability to recapture Yingyin and severely damage the rebels, but he refuses to do it, I suspect that he is rebelling on the surface, and behind the scenes, he colludes with the rebels and takes what he needs from the rebels...... A while ago, that announcement admitted this in public......"

Li Junshou frowned and interrupted: "What the rebels say, how can you believe it? ”

It can be seen that at this point, Li Junshou still believes in Zhao Yu.

However, Song Shu did not relent, and said: "If it weren't for that, there is a great opportunity now, why didn't Zhou Hu take the opportunity to recover Yingyin?" Lord Mingjian, as long as I, Xuchang, recapture Yingyin, the encirclement of my Xuchang will no longer exist. ”

“……”

Hearing this question, Li Junshou stroked his beard and looked at Zhao Yu, and said in a deep voice: "Zhou Hu, I believe that you will not betray my trust in you and collude with the rebels in private, but as Jun Cheng said, now is a great opportunity for my Xuchang to launch a counterattack and lift the siege, why do you think it is a trap?" ”

"Li Junshou doesn't understand military affairs...... It seems that another way of persuading him will have to be done.'"

After thinking about it, Zhao Yu clenched his fists and said: "Lord County Shou, I have mentioned to you the matter of 'counterattack', and now in my opinion, it is not the time for me Xuchang to launch a counterattack. …… Take the opportunity to recapture Yingyin as an example, even if Xiang Xuan only left 3,000 soldiers in Yingyin to garrison, this city is not so easy to recapture. A few days ago, the rebels attacked the city on three sides, and after the battle, I had submitted a battle report to the county guard, as the side defending the city, the soldiers sacrificed by my Xuchang and the losses of the rebels were almost one-to-one...... My lord, we have the help of the city walls, and we still pay such great sacrifices, which means that our army will not be the opponent of the rebels in a battle outside the city, let alone attack the city defended by the rebels. In other words, even if Yingyang was a city guarded by only 3,000 people, it would not be so easy to take down......"

After a pause, Zhao Yu said again: "Take a step back and say, even if you fight it, you will fight it after paying 5,000 casualties...... Fighting a city garrisoned by 3,000 rebels, the county army paid 5,000 casualties, isn't that much? Okay, the most critical question is, in order to defend Yingyin, how many troops will I send to Xuchang to garrison in the future? Five thousand? Ten thousand? Don't forget, my lord, in the whole of Xuchang, there are only about 26,000 soldiers at present, and these troops are the only force that my Xuchang can protect itself. ”

"I see."

Li Junshou suddenly realized, stroked his beard and nodded frequently.