"PS: I just returned to Shanghai today, and the time is in a hurry, and the second update is estimated to be after twelve o'clock."

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In the evening of the same day, Kunyang County celebrated with the city of Kunyang to celebrate the repulsion of the rebel army's offensive.

It was said to be a celebration, but in view of the fact that the whole city had entered a state of 'wartime control', the county government did not come forward, but was led by the merchants in the city, such as Huang Shao, the president of the Kunye Mutual Aid Association.

While the whole city was celebrating the victory, Zhao Yu invited Liu Bi, Li Xu, Ma Gai, Yang Ding, Wei Chi, and Wang Yan to the Black Tiger House.

The food and drinks for the banquet were very simple, with only a small pot of wine, a plate of chicken, a plate of vegetables, a plate of dried fruits, and a bowl of rice per person.

In this regard, Zhao Yu explained to Yang Ding: "Due to the invasion of the rebel army, our county has entered a state of 'wartime control', and the county warehouse is no longer as good as in the past. ”

It can be seen that due to Yang Ding's special identity, even if Wang Yan is a general sent by Wang Shangde, he has a faint meaning of Yang Ding, and Yang Ding does not care much about food, in contrast, he is more interested in Zhao Yu's 'wartime control'.

He asked curiously, "What is 'wartime control'?" ”

Zhao Yu then explained: "This is the result of Zhou's negotiation with Liu Gong and Li Xiancheng. …… In view of the current war situation, it is not difficult to guess that our Kunyang County will fight the rebels for a long time, so that when the food in the homes of the soldiers and civilians in the city runs out, the county government should shoulder the heavy responsibility of relieving the whole city. ”

"Standard?" Yang Ding asked again.

"Yes." Zhao Yu nodded and explained: "The county guards, black tigers and other personnel who are directly involved in the battle against the enemy will be distributed according to one bucket of rice per day; Reserve soldiers, members of the Brotherhood, and other personnel who are mainly responsible for the rear, shall be paid according to the standard of seventy percent of the former; The rest of the people in the city will be distributed in half of the standard of the county guards and the black tigers. …… Children in the city were also given food rations at a reduced rate. ”

"Are rations payable according to the head and according to the position?"

Yang Ding thought about it in his heart, and felt that it was a bit interesting to distribute rations at this standard, at least to the greatest extent to help the soldiers and civilians in the city.

While he was thinking, Zhao Yu continued: "Of course, wartime control is not only the distribution of rations, but also includes curfews, city gate bans and other prohibitions. ”

"The county government has taken control of the whole city? I think it's you, Zhou Hu, who controls the whole city, right?"

Yang Ding glanced at Zhao Yu with deep meaning, but in this situation, there was no need for him to be sarcastic, which made the contradiction between the two of them that was not easy to be resolved temporarily intensify again.

He smiled and praised: "At the beginning, Yang felt that Leader Zhou was definitely not a thing in the pool...... There is a leader of Zhou in Kunyang, and Yang believes that he can guarantee that he is safe. ”

“……”

Zhao Yu also glanced at Yang Ding, and immediately, he said with a little deep meaning: "Yang County's order is too famous, Zhou is just doing what he can, after all, we are also a member of Kunyang, how can we tolerate the rebels and green forest thieves to do anything wrong in my Kunyang?" …… In fact, Zhou was also a little nervous about whether he could resist the rebel army, and it would be great if he could get help from Ye County......

"Of course."

Somewhat unexpectedly Zhao Yu, Yang Ding nodded very happily and agreed: "Your land and my Ye County, each other's lips and teeth, is the so-called cold lips and teeth, if one of them is captured by the rebels, I believe that the situation in the other place will also become very difficult, which is also the reason why Yang led troops to reinforce Guixian today." ”

“……”

Zhao Yu raised his hand on the chin of the mask, making a movement as if he was lightly brushing his beard, carefully pondering Yang Ding's words in his heart.

For the Yang Ding in front of him, Zhao Yu actually had a little hatred, after all, it was Yang Ding's persecution and entanglement that forced him to do the evil deeds of 'robbing the county officials' and 'burning the county government', compared with the previous robbery of caravans along the way, these two crimes are the most difficult to forgive the court and the county.

It is no exaggeration to say that the appearance of Yang Ding destroyed Zhao Yu's plan and made Zhao Yu's plans for the future more difficult.

But while having prejudices, Zhao Yu did not deny that this Yang Ding was indeed a smart person who knew the general situation and the truth, for example, the latter readily agreed to his assistance to Kunyang, without taking the opportunity to make any requests.

Obviously, Yang Ding himself also agrees with his view that 'Kun and Ye are each other', and believes that he will not fall into the well at such a time.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yu pressed the unhappiness towards Yang Ding in his heart, and asked with a smile: "Yang County Ling Gaoyi!" …… I don't know what kind of assistance Ye County can give me Kunyang? ”

Yang Ding spread out his hand and said very happily: "Everything that can help Kunyang reach the rebels." For example, food...... The harvest in my Nanyang County in the past two years has been good, and the grain reserves in the county are quite sufficient, including my Ye County and Luyang, a neighboring county to the west of Ye County...... Leader Zhou should know about Lu Yang, right? ”

『……』

Zhao Yu took a deep look at Yang Ding and said quietly: "Of course, I heard that it is a county that is not very kind to us and other 'evil people in the mountains'. ”

"Hahahaha." Yang Ding laughed.

Indeed, Luyang County's crackdown on thieves is well-known in nearby counties.

Of course, the main reason is that Luyang County implemented 'work for relief' back then, so the county is basically a big village with thousands of people, and the people of Luyang are fierce, so that many bandits are not actually surrounded and suppressed by the county government, but by those villagers.

This also once became a major topic for Rushui counties to ridicule Luyang's poverty and ridicule the former's arrogance.

Of course, the people of Luyang also look down on Rushui counties.

The hostility and mutual ridicule between the two can be traced back to the earliest time when the 'Second Prince of Zhao' secretly provoked discord between Luyang and Ruyang because of his grievances with the Zheng family in Ruyang, and cut off the trade route from Rushui counties to Wancheng through Luyang.

While laughing, Yang Ding secretly observed Zhao Yu.

He deliberately mentioned Lu Yang, just to see the reaction of the leader of the black tiger thief in front of him to Lu Yang, after all, during the period when he organized the 'Five Counties Alliance' to crusade against the black tiger thief, he had some doubts about Ding Wu, the county lieutenant of Luyang County, and suspected that Ding Wu had a private relationship with this Zhou Hu.

But unfortunately, because Zhou Hu wore the tiger mask on his face that day, Yang Ding couldn't see any clues.

The temptation failed, and Yang Ding decisively diverted the topic: "In addition to providing a batch of grain for Kunyang, my Ye County can also send an army ......"

"The army?" Zhao Yu's face under the mask frowned slightly.

"Yes." Yang Ding said quietly: "General Wang Shangde Wang, General Nanyang, sent General Wang Yan to lead 10,000 troops a while ago to reinforce my Ye County, and I can send a part of it to Kunyang to assist your county to resist the rebels together." ”

As he spoke, he pointed to Wang Yan who was sitting next to him and introduced, "This is General Wang Yan." ”

Hearing this, Wang Yan hugged his fists towards everyone present.

“……”

Zhao Yu carefully Wang Yan, he felt that Wang Yan's movement of raising his hands and holding his fists was very casual, so he secretly guessed that this Wang Yan's status in the Nanyang Army and Wang Shangde's side was probably not low, and considering that this person was also surnamed Wang, maybe he was still Wang Shangde's clan.

However, compared with the speculation about this Wang Yan, Zhao Yu was even more surprised that this Wang Yan general actually acquiesced to Yang Ding's proposal to 'divide troops to be stationed in Kunyang'.

It doesn't make sense, does it?

Listening to Yang Ding's statement, Zhao Yu immediately guessed that the reason why Wang Shangde sent troops to reinforce Ye County was mostly to help Ye County resist the rebel army in Dingling County, so as not to cause Ye County to be captured by the rebel army and make his Nanyang army fall into the precipitous situation of being attacked by the enemy.

Therefore, it stands to reason that this Wang Yan should not agree to divide troops and send troops to Kunyang, even if Kunyang and Yexian are indeed neighbors to each other.

What made Zhao Yu even more concerned was that after Yang Ding raised this matter, Wang Yan didn't even have the slightest surprise or surprise.

『…… It seems that this is not a whim of Yang Ding, thinking that he has already greeted that Wang Yan in advance.

Zhao Yu thought secretly in his heart.

After thinking about it, he asked quietly: "How many soldiers does the Yang County Order plan to send to reinforce my Kunyang?" ”

"Three thousand." Yang Ding raised his right hand, stretched out three fingers, and said, "Three thousand Nanyang soldiers, plus the guards of your county, I believe that your county is enough to hold on to my Ye County to help." …… Of course, these 3,000 soldiers, I will tell them to obey the orders of Leader Zhou for the time being. ”

Zhao Yu nodded slightly, but secretly pondered Yang Ding's intentions in his heart.

In all fairness, of course he welcomed the reinforcements of the 3,000 Nanyang Army, after all, his Kunyang defense force was currently very weak, originally there were only more than 1,000 Black Tiger Thieves, 2,000 county troops and 5,000 Brotherhood members, a total of 8,000 people.

However, the 8,000 men were extremely well-watered, and 5,000 of them were only superficially trained.

What's more, in today's siege of the city, these 8,000 people basically lost half of them, among which the members of the Brotherhood suffered the greatest loss, and more than 3,000 people lost out of 5,000.

If there were 3,000 Nanyang soldiers to reinforce Kunyang at this time, Zhao Yu would naturally have a greater chance of resisting the rebels.

But the question is, did Yang Ding really make this proposal out of pure kindness?

That's three thousand Nanyang soldiers, if the other party does something in the city at that time, such as taking the opportunity to control the county seat, even if he joins forces with the Kunyang County army, I'm afraid he won't be able to stop it.

And once Kunyang falls into the hands of those Nanyang soldiers and falls into the hands of Yang Ding, then Kunyang will no longer be his Zhao Yu's territory, and if Yang Ding turns his gun to deal with him in the future, he will have no power to parry.

As for Yang Ding's promise to 'tell the Nanyang soldiers to obey orders', Zhao Yu didn't believe it at all.

Thinking of this, he said calmly: "I didn't expect that Yang County was so righteous and willing to send General Wang Shangde's soldiers to Ye County to reinforce my Kunyang with 3,000 people. …… Commander Yang doesn't mind if I let this army be stationed outside the city, right? ”

"......" Yang Ding's lips moved slightly, and he looked at Zhao Yu with an uncertain expression.

He seemed a little surprised.