I have to say that when he learned that Zhao Yu vetoed the decision to take the opportunity to recover Yingyin, Li Junshou was still very angry, but after listening to Zhao Yu's explanation, Li Junshou had to admit that Zhao Yu's ability to look at things was indeed much better than everyone else.

At the cost of weakening Xuchang, to forcibly recover Yingyin, is it really worth it?

In Lee's opinion, this is also not worth it. - Of course, he wanted to recover the city captured by the rebels, but only if victory was assured, not at the risk that Xuchang would be threatened.

Seeing that Li Junshou was persuaded by Zhao Yu, Juncheng Song Shu was very anxious and persuaded him: "Lord Junshou ......"

"No more."

Li Junshou raised his hand to interrupt Song Shu's words and said, "Xiuwen, you go and do your business first, and I'll talk to Zhou Hu again." ”

“……”

Song Shu wanted to speak and stopped, and after glancing at Zhao Yu, he left indignantly.

Seeing this, Li Junshou instructed Zhao Yu: "Zhou Hu, close the door." ”

As soon as he heard this, Zhao Yu knew that this Li County guard was going to talk to him about some 'private' matters, so he got up and closed the door of the study.

Sure enough, after Zhao Yu closed the door of the study, Li Junshou raised his hand to invite Zhao Yu to sit down again, and asked with a frown: "Zhou Hu, I asked you something, you must answer truthfully." …… Can you make sure that Yingyang is not lost? ”

Looking at Li Junshou's worried face, Zhao Yu certainly understood why this county guard was worried.

The reason is very simple, if things cannot be violated, he will protect Li Junshou and his family to break through from Xuchang, and retreat to the three counties of Kunyang under the response of Yingyang; On the other hand, if Yingyang is reoccupied by the rebels, then the risk of this 'breakthrough' strategy is much higher.

In the case of understanding this, Zhao Yu said vaguely: "Don't worry, when I came to Xuchang, I had already given an order to Yingyang, telling them to defend the city to the death, although there are not many troops, but there should be no problem in defense, not to mention, Kunyang, Xiangcheng, Runan County will also send reinforcements." …… Taking a step back, even if Yingyang is captured by the rebels, the lowly position is now fully sure that he can hold Xuchang. In short, it will never put the warden in danger. ”

"Hmm."

Li Junshou nodded with satisfaction, and then asked: "Then in your opinion, when can I, Xuchang, launch a counterattack and gradually regain the lost territory?" ”

"I think we should have waited a little longer."

Zhao Yu thought for a while and explained: "I pointed out in the battle report a few days ago, I wonder if the adults have noticed? …… A few days ago, the rebels besieged my Xuchang on three sides, and when they came, they were violent, but they turned out to be anticlimactic? ”

"Hmm." Li Junshou nodded and said, "I remember, you said at the time that the rebels were unwilling to pay great sacrifices. ”

"Yes."

Zhao Yu nodded, and then said, "Then, why are the rebels unwilling to make huge sacrifices to attack Xuchang?" Don't they know that as long as they defeat Xuchang, the entire eastern part of Yingchuan will be completely subjugated to the rebels? …… I think it's very likely that the rebels' reluctance to make great sacrifices is due to the fact that they are about to move to other places, such as Chenjun, Chenliu, Liangjun, Henan...... It's not that it's a disaster, it's just that our Yingchuan County is currently underpowered, and only when the rebels transfer a part of it can we have the ability to gradually recover the city captured by the rebels......"

"Hmm."

Li Junshou nodded approvingly, and then he asked again: "What about the farmland you newly cultivated in Kunyang?" Can you make sure that you won't be destroyed by the rebels? ”

Of course, Zhao Yu understood why Li Junshou had this question, because Xuchang was destined to have no harvest this year - to be precise, after removing the cities occupied by the rebels, only the four counties of Yangzhai, Kunyang, Runan, and Xiangcheng still carried out spring plowing on time, and among these four counties, only the three counties of Kunyang had the ability to keep the grain they planted.

This batch of grain will undoubtedly be Xuchang's hope for this winter, and it is also a hole card for Zhao Yu.

"Please rest assured."

Zhao Yu hugged his fists and said in a low voice: "Although Kunyang is unable to reinforce Xuchang, it has the ability to keep this batch of grain. ”

Li Junshou nodded, but he still told again uneasily: "You must keep this batch of grain, otherwise, my Yingchuan County will ...... this year."

At the end, he shook his head and sighed.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu's heart moved slightly.

Once upon a time, he felt that this Li Min was timid, stubborn, and almost stupid, but after this period of contact, his impression of this Li Junshou was not bad, after all, Li Junshou was also willing to hand over the county army to him under his command, and there was no conflict of interest with Zhao Yu.

In contrast, Song Shu was a hidden danger, and Zhao Yu was almost certain that this time it must have been someone from his governor's office who told Song Shu about the three Yingyin people, and then Song Shu immediately told the Li County Shou.

As for the purpose, it is obviously to force him to fight to the death with Xiang Xuan as soon as possible, so that after he defeats the rebels, let him Zhao Yu get out of Xuchang as soon as possible - from this point of view, it seems that Song Shu also believes in his Zhao Yu's ability.

With such a funny thought, Zhao Yu said goodbye to Li Junshou and returned to the Governor's Office with Jingnu, Niu Heng, and He Shun.

After returning to the Governor's Office, Zhao Yu immediately invited Shi Chenlang, the county guard, to his room alone.

After Chen Lang arrived, Zhao Yu told him what had just happened in the county guard's mansion, and immediately asked Chen Lang directly: "But Chen Changshi revealed this matter to Song Shu?" ”

Although Zhao Yu was wearing a mask and Chen Lang couldn't see his face, from his tone, Chen Lang could still feel the unhappiness of this Zhou Duwei, and after a look of surprise, he hurriedly said: "Du Wei is angry, and he definitely didn't report to the county officer. ”

"Really?" Zhao Yuhu asked suspiciously.

Seeing this, Chen Lang simply swore to the sky: "If there is half a lie, heaven and man will kill together." ”

"It's really not him?"

Zhao Yu looked Chen Lang up and down with some surprise, in his heart, Chen Lang was the biggest suspect in reporting to Song.

"It seems that it's Tian Qin, Liao Guang, Han He, and Liu Jian...... After all, it's Cao Suo's old department."

Secretly shook his head in his heart, Zhao Yu immediately comforted the frightened Chen Lang and apologized to the latter: "I wronged Changshi, and I am here to make amends to Changshi." ”

"How dare you."

Today's Chen Lang, where does he dare to treat Zhao Yu as arrogantly as he did when he was in Kunyang, it is no exaggeration to say that he entrusted the life of his entire family to Zhao Yu, how dare he be disrespectful?

He cautiously asked, "Duwei Zhou, there may be any misunderstanding between you and Song Juncheng, but do you want to explain it to Juncheng in the future?" ”

"Not necessarily."

Zhao Yu said lightly: "Song Shu is a stupid and short-sighted guy. As the saying goes, cross the river and tear down the bridge, he is still on the bridge at the moment, so he is anxious to draw the bridge plank...... He Song Shu is embarrassed with me everywhere, how can I, Zhou Hu, be at his mercy? Sooner or later, I'll have to settle this account with him. Speaking of this, he turned his head to look at Chen Lang and asked with a smile: "That's it, Chen Changshi won't tell the truth, right?" ”

"What?"

Shi Chenlang, the county guard, showed a puzzled look, and asked puzzledly, "What did Captain Zhou just say?" Forgive me for being distracted for a moment and not noticing, please condemn the captain. ”

"Huh."

Zhao Yu patted Chen Lang's shoulder with satisfaction, and said with a smile: "Chen Changshi and I don't know each other, this is also a fate." He lowered his voice and said: "If Changshi can stand on Zhou's side, Zhou promises that he will not treat Changshi badly." ”

"What did he say......

Chen Lang's heart moved slightly, and he said respectfully: "Of course, the lives of Chen Lang's entire family are all pinned on whether Captain Zhou can defeat the rebels, and he should help him. ”

Zhao Yu nodded with satisfaction.

A day later, in the morning, the wolf governor Bai Xu Rao came to Xuchang in person to meet Zhao Yu.

In the office of the Governor's Office, Zhao Yu asked Xu Rao: "In the past two days, have you noticed that Yingyin's rebels are abnormal?" ”

Xu Rao clasped his fists and replied, "Yes." A day earlier, on the afternoon of October 17, the rebels of Yingyin suddenly set out and headed straight to the south, when Xu Bai and Wang sent people to contact me, saying that they suspected that the rebels were trying to attack Yingyang, and were ready to leave, and told me to continue in the Yingyin area. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Yu finally determined that Xiang Xuan and the others did indeed lead the army to Yingyang.

He asked Xu Rao: "In Yingyin City, there are only three thousand soldiers?" ”

"I don't know."

Xu Rao shook his head and said: "The rebels in the Yingyin area are very strict against our brigade of wolves, and they have been patrolling outside the city at night recently, and they are all open and dark sentinels dispatched together, which has caused the brothers to suffer several losses...... Therefore, we don't dare to mix in Yingyin. ”

『……』

Zhao Yu suddenly frowned.

It was not for Xu Rao, but because of Xiang Xuan's attention to the traveling wolf.

Thinking about it the other way, since Xiang Xuan had clearly known about the existence of the brigade wolf and attached so much importance to it, his 'sneak attack' on Yingyang became more and more suspicious.

He nodded and said, "Okay, I know, you will stay near Xuchang in the next few days and keep in touch with me at any time." ”

"Yes."

Xu Rao responded with a fist.

At the same time, Liu Tu's henchman Huang Xin and others arrived in the Yingyang area, almost at the same time as the rebels led by Xiang Xuan and Yan Xu.

After seeing Huang Xin and the others, Chu Yan, who was stationed in Yingyang, was very surprised, and immediately said with a smile: "Did the big leader send you to interrogate?" You're done, the rebels led by Xiang Xuan haven't arrived yet, and the brigade wolves have already warned Yingyang. ”

Seeing that Yingyang's side had already taken precautions, Huang Xin also breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "Don't be strange, the right commander, in fact, a few of us and a few others have already arrived day and night...... By the way, there's also a letter from the Great Chief. ”

As he spoke, he took out the letter from his arms and handed it to Chu Yan.

Chu Yan opened the letter, looked at it carefully, and immediately showed a little surprise on her face.

At this time, Huang Xin clenched his fists and said: "Right commander, then I will go back to Xuchang to die." ”

"Wait."

Chu Yan raised his hand to stop Huang Xin, and then pointed to the letter and said with a smile: "The big leader said in the letter that he asked you to take two people to Xuchang. ”

As he spoke, he clapped his hands and summoned a black tiger thief and ordered, "Call Qin Yu and Jia Shu to come." ”

"Yes."

Not long after, Qin Yu and Jia Shu, the former generals who temporarily served in the army, came to Chu Yan and saluted Chu Yan without a smile: "I don't know what the right commander commands?" ”

I saw Chu Yan glanced at Qin Yu and Jia Shu, and said with a smile: "I have good news to tell the two of you, I just got a letter from the big chief, and the big leader intends to ask you two to go to Xuchang immediately and serve as the general of the Governor's Office......"

“……”

Qin Yu and Jia Shu looked at each other, their faces full of surprise.

That night, Qin Yu and Jia Shu followed Huang Xin and others to Xuchang overnight.