In the early morning of October 20, around midnight, Zhao Yu, who had slept comfortably all night, finally opened his eyes after a full night's sleep.

Since the rebels entered the city, last night was the most solid night for him, after all, he Kunyang has locked the victory, and the next question is no longer whether he Kunyang can repel the rebels, but whether he can defeat the rebels and inflict heavy losses on the rebels.

The biggest annoyance was solved, and Zhao Yu fell asleep with Jingnu in his arms last night.

Of course, he just slept and didn't do anything else, after all, he still had to raise enough energy to direct the pursuit of the rebels, and the personal affairs of his children should be put aside at this time, anyway, there will be opportunities in the future.

Since I slept in kimono last night, I naturally didn't need to dress in the morning, so I just put on that tiger stripe mask and was done.

"Great Chief!"

When Zhao Yu walked out of the house, his guards He Shun and others immediately saluted him.

"Where's Big Brother Niu? Still asleep? ”

Zhao Yu asked casually.

"Yes." He Shun said with a little smile: "The snoring sound is like a cow." ”

"Huh."

Zhao Yu smiled and said: "Go and shout, just say that the rebels are being pursued, if you can't wake up, forget it, let's go to the county government first, let him turn around and follow by himself." ”

"Yes." He Shun hugged his fists.

After a while, he heard a loud scream coming from a room in the same courtyard, and immediately, Niu Heng rushed out with excitement and eagerness, and saw that Zhao Yu and Jingnu were still rinsing their mouths and cleaning their faces in the courtyard, and he complained while approaching: "Ah Hu, can't you leave us ......"

I have to say that as the first warrior in Black Tiger Village in terms of force alone, Niu Heng actually didn't get many opportunities to kill the Quartet during this time, that is, he could only lead a group of brothers to counterattack the rebels' positions in the city in a few nights.

Now, Zhao Yu is planning to pursue the rebels who are trying to retreat in a big way, how can he let go of such an opportunity?

Don't look at him like this, in fact, he also likes to be in the limelight, just like Wang Qing. - To be precise, there are few people who don't like to be in the limelight in the Black Tiger Village.

Zhao Yu smiled and comforted Niu Heng a few words, promising that he would definitely be a 'pioneer general' this time, and Niu Heng was satisfied.

A moment later, Zhao Yu took Jingnu, Niu Heng and He Shun to the county office.

At this time, in the yatang of the county government, most of the generals of the Kunyang side have arrived, and they are very Qi.

Chen Mo, Wang Qing, Ma Gai, Sun Xiu, Ju Sheng, Liu Tu, Chen Cai, Ma Hong, Zhang Feng and other common faces needless to say, even Wu Zhi, Shi Yuan, Chen Gui, Yang Kang, He Feng, Le Gui and other uncommon faces in this yatang, and even Xu Bai, Wang Ping, Hao Shun, Xu Rao, Le Xing and other wolf governors were also neatly present.

The Black Tiger Thief, the County Army, and the Brotherhood Militia, the generals and stewards of the three parties gathered together at this moment, so that this originally spacious yatang looked quite crowded at the moment.

What's more, even the county magistrate Liu Bi, the county magistrate Li Xu, and the superintendent Xun Yi also came to join in the fun.

Because they all knew that today he Kunyang would launch a counterattack to pursue the rebels who were trying to retreat.

Maybe because of the joy of locking in the victory, Rao is Liu Bi, Li Xu, and Xun Yi, the three, and they don't feel that there is anything wrong with a large group of people crowded on the yatang representing the authority of the official family, on the contrary, these three people are also chatting and laughing with other people, and the atmosphere is very cheerful.

"The Great Leader is here."

"The Great Leader is here."

Someone noticed Zhao Yu and his party coming from a distance, and the originally lively yatang became a little quieter.

I saw that under the eyes of everyone, Zhao Yu took Jingnu to the main seat in the hall and sat down, while Niu Heng seemed to take revenge on Wang Qing's behavior a few days ago, and deliberately squeezed a seat next to Wang Qing - Wang Qing scolded unhappily, but he couldn't squeeze Niu Heng.

"Alright."

As Zhao Yu sat on the main seat, he pressed his hands in the air, and the hall suddenly fell silent.

Rao is Wang Qing, and he is no longer competing with Niu Heng at this moment, he is standing with his hands leaning on the chair where Chen Mo is sitting, and his right foot is still stepping on the side of the chair that Niu Heng snatched, and he is still a bandit ruffian.

Glancing around at the people in the ya, Zhao Yu said in a deep voice: "Let's talk about the current situation of the rebels first, Ma Gai, Wang Qing, I asked you two to send someone to monitor the rebels yesterday, how is it going?" ”

Hearing this, Ma Gai took the lead in the battle, and said with a little smile and clenched his fists: "Sure enough, as expected by the leader of Zhou, according to the scouts sent by the lowly position, the rebels in the southern suburbs have been withdrawing one after another since around midnight last night. Yang Dang personally led the team to follow for a while, and only returned before dawn, confirming that the direction of the rebels' retreat was the camp on the south bank of the Shahe River. ”

Zhao Yu was not surprised by the rebels' retreat route, after all, it was this time, how could the rebels dare to retreat to the rear more than a hundred miles away in batches? It is definitely necessary to evacuate in a group and reduce the losses during the retreat as much as possible.

Although this information was not of much value, Zhao Yu still nodded towards Yang Dang, who was standing in the hall: "Thank you for your hard work Yang Quhou." ”

Yang Dare was flattered, and hurriedly said: "Leader Zhou is serious. ”

Immediately, Zhao Yu turned his head to look at Wang Qing again.

Compared with Ma Gai's respect, Wang Qing was much more casual, shrugged his shoulders and said: "On my side, the general situation is similar to Ma Gai, and Liu De in the eastern suburbs is also the ...... who withdrew to the military camp on the south bank of the Shahe River."

"Hmm."

Zhao Yu nodded, and said with a smile: "I guessed that Guan Shuo and Chen Miao were not so honest, and they pretended to negotiate peace with us, trying to stabilize us with those things that kept us warm......"

"Hahaha."

Everyone in the hall laughed.

After laughing at the rebels on the opposite side a few times, Zhao Yu pressed his hand again and asked, "What about the rebels in the city?" What's wrong with them? ”

Sun Xiu immediately got up, clenched his fists and said, "As far as the last general knows, the rebels in the city have not moved. …… I guess it was probably because I was afraid of alarming Kunyang, so I was abandoned by the rebels. ”

"Oh......"

Zhao Yu answered, and turned his head slightly to look at Ju Sheng.

At this time, it happened that Ju Sheng was also looking at Zhao Yu, and suddenly caught a glimpse of Zhao Yu's gaze, and Ju Sheng immediately shifted his gaze with some uneasiness.

He probably wanted to avoid suspicion.

"Alright."

After thinking about it slightly, Zhao Yu Zhengse said: "You all know the general situation. …… The rebels want to retreat, and we can't let him retreat so easily, this is the purpose of this pursuit of the rebels. ”

After a pause, he said: "Before I assign the mission, I repeat that the purpose of pursuing the rebels this time is not to defeat the rebels, but to make up for the loss of my Kunyang. In this battle, including the Nanyang Army, I Kunyang sacrificed at least 20,000 men, nearly half of the number of men in the county, and even more, most of the men sacrificed were between the ages of fifteen and thirty-five......

While Zhao Yu was talking, Liu Bi and Li Xulu nodded silently.

Even Xun Yi sighed and shook his head.

Without him, just because of this battle, Kunyang's losses were too great.

At this time, Zhao Yu continued: "...... Nearly half of the men in the county died, and nearly seventy percent of the men between the ages of fifteen and thirty-five, excluding the Black Tigers, the county army, and the brotherhood militia, there are basically only some old and weak women and children left in the city. …… Got it? ”

"Yes!"

Everyone in the yamen responded in unison.

"Good! Now let me assign a task. ”

Glancing around at everyone, Zhao Yu said in a deep voice: "The first wave of pursuit, which is in charge of the brigade wolf, is intended to harass the rebels and slow down their retreat. I have sent someone to inform Ye County, I believe that Ye County will also join the pursuit, considering that the rebels will not easily give up their strategy, and they will still fight Ye County in the coming year, I believe that Ye County is more anxious than me Kunyang to fall into the ground against the rebels, therefore, call Ye County to the main attack, the brigade wolf can slow down the offensive, and focus on capturing prisoners......"

Speaking of this, Zhao Yu glanced at Hao Shun and several other brigade wolf governors who were wrapped in bandages all over his body, and added: "Those who are seriously injured are not allowed to participate in this pursuit, and take good care of their injuries." ”

Hao Shun, Xu Rao and the others, who were standing against the wall with their arms folded, were stunned for a moment, looked at their injuries, and then looked at the others, and then realized that the big leader was talking about them.

"Grand Boss ......"

Hao Shun, Xu Rao and others hurriedly stood up straight, clenching their fists and wanting to plead.

"Alright."

Zhao Yu interrupted these people's defenses, and Zhengse said: "I see the bravery you are waiting for, I don't want you to die at the hands of the rebels, but you die from worsening injuries...... From now on, take good care of the injury, apply a compress of warm water every day to the injury, so as not to fester, and I will find a way to get some wound medicine when I go back...... The merits you have received in this battle are enough for you to eat for several years, so don't be greedy, save your own life first. …… This is not an order, but a kind reminder, if you want to make a merit in the end, I have no objection, this battle has been fought so far, how can you kick the heroes away at the time of harvest? But I forbid you to wait too deep...... Dragged such a heavy wound and then braved the snow to pursue the rebels, do you still want to die? If you are unwilling, then I will allow you to go back to the cottage first...... How? Don't you want to be reunited with your wife at home? ”

"Uh......"

Hao Shun, Xu Rao and others, who were originally a little unwilling, were immediately shaken when they heard the last sentence, and they were amused for a while.

"Thank you, Great Chief."

In the laughter, Hao Shun, Xu Rao and others were finally convinced.

Seeing this scene, Xun Yi nodded secretly, secretly appreciating Zhao Yu's 'control' wrist, and in just a few words, he cleaned up a group of unruly guys and obeyed them.

At this time, Zhao Yu continued: "The second wave of pursuit, the county army and the brigade camp are responsible, and after the Yexian army and the brigade wolf bite the rebels, you will wait until you do the operation, the purpose is to divide the rebel forces and capture more prisoners...... As with the brigade wolf, the seriously injured are not allowed to participate. This battle is over, I Kunyang has suffered heavy casualties, and I will not allow any more soldiers to die from his greed! …… Got it? ”

"Yes!"

After a while, after Zhao Yu finished assigning the task, everyone left one after another, but Ju Sheng was left behind by Zhao Yu.

Looking at Ju Sheng, who was a little uneasy in the hall, Zhao Yu's eyes moved slightly.

As Yang Ding of Ye County expected, Zhao Yu really wanted to bite off a piece of meat from the rebels and use the captured prisoners to make up for the loss of Kunyang.

Of course, the loss that this makes up for is not just his Kunyang labor, in fact, he also intends to absorb a part of the rebels to enhance his Kunyang strength, or rather, to enhance his Zhao Yu's strength.

"Ju Sheng, I hope you can rebel against the rebels in the city...... Only you are the right fit. ”

"Yes!"

Ju Sheng was not surprised, and bowed down to receive the order.