“…… Is what you reported true?! ”

Guan Shuo asked with a glare.

The scout at the head immediately clenched his fists and said, "How dare the little one lie about the military situation? ”

This sentence broke the last trace of luck in Guan Shuo's heart, he sat back on the chair in a decadent manner, and after a long pause, he suddenly slapped the table in front of him and shouted angrily: "Damn it!" What are the guards doing?! ”

After that, he hatefully questioned the scouts who came to report the news: "How did Dingling lose it?" ”

The scout at the head lowered his head and said with a look of fear: "The people of Ye County took advantage of the snow to touch Dingling, and suddenly attacked, the soldiers defending the city were defenseless, and were attacked into the city by the Ye County soldiers, opened the city gate, and then the Ye County army outside the city entered in a big way, and Dingling was ...... and lost. ”

By the end of the day, the scout had bowed his head for fear of being implicated.

"Damn, damn ......"

Guan Shuo rubbed the corners of his forehead with a faint tingling pain, and cursed in a low voice.

As soon as he heard the scout's message, he guessed a few points.

Obviously, most of the soldiers on duty guarding the city wall of Dingling were negligent in order to avoid the snow, so that the army of Ye County took advantage of the night to quietly approach the city wall and captured it in one fell swoop.

"Where's Wu Mi?" Guan Shuo asked coldly.

The person in his mouth is the general he sent to Dingling.

The scout at the head cautiously said: "After the Yexian army entered the city, General Wu Qu led our righteous soldiers to resist hard, but unfortunately was killed by Wei Chi, the general of the Yexian army......

Even when he heard that his subordinate general Wu Mi struggled to resist the Yexian army and died, Guan Shuo's anger towards this general did not disappear.

“…… Damn it! Guan Shuo scolded hatefully.

Hearing this, the faces of the scouts changed slightly, and even Chen Miao frowned.

Chen Miao, who didn't want to interfere, stood up at this time and said, "Okay, a few of you should retreat first, let Guan Shuai calm down, and finally Dingling will be lost, which will have a great impact on our army......"

Those scouts may not all know Chen Miao, but they can at least see that Chen Miao's identity is not ordinary, seeing that Guan Shuo didn't say anything, several people hugged their fists and retreated, for fear that they would be angry if they continued to stay here.

Watching those scouts walk out of the city gate, Chen Miao turned to Guan Shuo and said, "Even if Wu Mi had, but in the end, he died generously, even if you hate it, you shouldn't show it......

In fact, what he said, Guan Shuo, as the commander of Changsha Yishi, how could he not understand?

It's just that he's angry at the moment.

You must know that he was preparing to withdraw to Dingling with tens of thousands of troops under his command, but Dingling was captured by Ye County because of the negligence of the guard Wu Mi, how could he not be angry?

After a long breath, Guan Shuo barely squeezed out a smile: "Let you see ...... smile"

Chen Miao shook his head noncommittally, and said in a deep voice: "I really didn't expect that Ye County would dare to divide troops to attack Dingling...... That Yang Ding seems to be very courageous. ”

Speaking of this, he paused slightly, shook his head and said: "No, not only is it courageous, but also has good vision, I guessed when my righteous master was about to withdraw to Dingling...... Wait, did you say that Zhou Hu knew about it in advance? ”

“……”

Guan Shuo's eyes froze, and he frowned and pondered.

Chen Miao's reminder made Guan Shuo think of Zhou Hu's threat to him yesterday.

In all fairness, Guan Shuo didn't pay attention to Zhou Hu's threat yesterday.

Why else led the soldiers and civilians of Kunyang to pursue him?

That week, the tiger dared to chase and try!

Under the command of Zhou Hu, there were only nearly 10,000 Kunyang soldiers who died, plus tens of thousands of ordinary people, and most of them were old and weak women and children, but under his command Guan Shuo, there were still more than 40,000 soldiers, plus nearly 10,000 troops of Chen Miao.

As long as it wasn't in the narrow and complicated terrain of the streets and alleys of Kunyang City, as long as it was in an open place, how could Zhou Hu defeat his tens of thousands of righteous teachers?

Even, considering the weather, he Guan Shuo didn't have to pay attention to that Zhou Hu at all - that Zhou Hu kept saying that he would pursue his righteous teacher to Dingling and Zhaoling, right? Okay, he retreated into Dingling to see how Zhou Hu stormed the city in winter!

There is no doubt that if Zhou Hu dares to do that, it will be a self-defeating death!

But now, the situation has changed.

Ye County took Dingling, which is equivalent to Kunyang taking Dingling, because Ye County must be willing to give Dingling to Kunyang people to settle - there are Kunyang people in Dingling to contain him in Ye County, how can Ye County people be unwilling?

As a result, he could only retreat to Yuncheng and Zhaoling, and watched Zhou Hu lead the entire army and civilians of Kunyang to move to Dingling......

What's worse is that in the coming year, when he Changsha Yishi is ready to attack Yexian again, he will have to face a Kunyang that occupies Dingling in advance......

In short, nothing has changed, it's just that Zhou Hu's group of Kunyang pawns under him have changed from a small city to a big city......

“……”

Guan Shuo and Chen Miao glanced at each other, and both of them saw worry in each other's eyes.

Come on, because Ye County's sneak attack on Dingling was successful, they really have to think about the threat of Zhou Hu.

Licking his lips, Chen Miao said in a low voice: "Don't think about arson and revenge anymore, otherwise you will force that Zhou Hu to chase after my righteous teacher...... If he didn't know what Ye County was doing, I was afraid that he would have known about Ye County's plot in advance, and when the Ye County army blocked our army's retreat, he led Kunyang to chase and kill behind his back...... The morale of the lieutenant generals in the army is not high, and the fighting spirit is low, I am afraid that they will not be able to stop the front and rear attacks of Yexian and Kunyang...... On the contrary, as long as he does not set fire to Kunyang, Zhou Hu may not risk pursuing our army, so that our righteous division can retreat smoothly. ”

"Do you mean to return the walls for nothing?"

Guan Shuo said hatefully, the unwillingness in his eyes, Chen Miao could see it clearly.

"Nope."

Chen Miao shook his head and said: "It's not for nothing, you and I can use this to negotiate with Kunyang and persuade Zhou Hu not to interfere with your attack on Yexian in the coming year......"

"He'll say yes?" Guan Shuohu asked.

"Why not?" Chen Miao Zhengse said: "You also said that the request made by Guan Shuo that day was to divide Kunyang, Runan, and Xiangcheng counties into his territory, so that my righteous teacher could not be violated, and he did not mention Ye County, which shows that his relationship with Ye County is not close. …… Kunyang is dominated by Zhou Hu, and Yexian is dominated by Yang Ding, Zhou Hu is a local thief in Kunyang, and Yang Ding is the son of a powerful man in Handan, the king of Jin...... In short, as long as we promise not to infringe on the interests of that Zhou Hu, that Zhou Hu will not be an enemy of my righteous teacher for the sake of a Ye County. ”

These words made Guan Shuo's heart move slightly.

I have to say that even if it is Guan Shuo, he is a little stunned in the face of Kunyang.

At the beginning of his attack on Kunyang, he surrounded it on three sides and cut off the connection between Kunyang and nearby neighboring counties.

At that time, there were only 3,000 Nanyang soldiers in Kunyang, hundreds of county soldiers, and nearly 1,000 black scarf soldiers, but what about now?

Kunyang's black scarf soldiers, county army, and militia are added together, and there are nearly 10,000 of them, and the strength is directly after the soldiers of his righteous division - the more you fight, the stronger you fight, can you believe it?!

You know, that's not counting casualties.

So far, he has paid 30,000 or 40,000 casualties, and Kunyang, at least 10,000 or 20,000 casualties, and in this bad situation, the people of Kunyang still hold on to the city, and train more and more strong soldiers.

To be honest, Guan Shuo really doesn't want to touch this kind of place anymore.

If he could send a message to himself a month and a half ago, he would definitely warn himself at the beginning: Promise that Zhou Hu! Let that damn Zhou Hu stay neutral!

Of course, he only dared to think about these things in his heart, and he didn't dare to reveal them, even to Chen Miao, after all, this is really not a long-faced thing.

"Okay, let's talk to that Zhou Tiger again."

Guan Shuo finally nodded.

Due to the urgency of time, Guan Shuo and Chen Miao decided to ask Zhou Hu to negotiate in person, after all, because of the weather, they must retreat as soon as possible, so as not to fall into a cold winter in Kunyang.

After thinking about it again, Guan Shuo and Chen Miao sent someone to send a message to Kunyang on the opposite side, asking Zhou Hu to meet on South Street to discuss various matters related to the truce between the two sides.

This news soon spread to the county government and to Zhao Yu's ears.

Zhao Yu was not surprised by this, but Xun Yi was very shocked and said in disbelief: "The other side was actually frightened by Leader Zhou? ”

"The post supervisor is too underestimated to look down on Guan Shuo and Chen Miao."

Zhao Yu explained with a smile: "Today's daylight, some soldiers found that the rebels were piling up dry firewood all over the southern city, and hurriedly told me, it can be seen that Guan Shuo has the intention of setting fire to the city, the reason why he suddenly changed his attitude and made an appointment to discuss with me, there is only one possibility, that is, Yang Ding of Ye County has already succeeded and occupied Dingling...... The Yexian army occupying Dingling is actually not enough to completely stop the rebels from retreating, but if I Kunyang takes the opportunity to pursue and attack Yexian back and forth, then Guan Shuo will have to weigh it well......"

"I didn't expect that Leader Zhou and that Yang County Commander would ......cooperate in private," Xun Yi said in surprise.

Zhao Yu smacked his lips and snorted lightly: "Just take what you need......

He still doesn't understand why Yang Ding targeted him before, and he won't forget this matter, this account will definitely be asked for back from that Yang Ding in the future, but after completely removing the threat of the rebels, both him and that Yang Ding tacitly chose to join forces.

This kind of combination of vanity and resentment really made Zhao Yu feel uncomfortable, so he didn't want to explain too much.

Seeing Zhao Yu's cold tone, Xun Yi also realized that this Zhou leader didn't want to talk about Yang Ding's topic, so he didn't ask again, anyway, he didn't have a good impression of Yang Ding.

In contrast, he was more concerned about another matter: "Leader Zhou, as you said, Guan Shuo and Chen Miao were aware of the crisis, so they chose to negotiate with Leader Zhou, can Xun understand that this time Kunyang and Ye County joined forces, in fact, there is a chance to hit the rebels hard?" ”

Of course, Zhao Yu understood what Xun Yi meant, and said bluntly: "Yes." It's just that the soldiers and civilians of my Kunyang city have to pay the price of half more deaths. …… Some died in battle, some died of starvation. ”

"Oh......"

Xun Yi's face changed slightly, swallowed his saliva, and said nothing more with interest.

Around dusk, the rebels gave way to a line on South Street and set up a grass hut in the open field, in which a long table and two benches were placed.

And the Kunyang pawn on the opposite side did not take the opportunity to attack under Ju Sheng's constraints.

Immediately, Guan Shuo, the Changsha Yishi Qu Shuai, and Jiangxia Yishi Qu Shuai Chen Miao came to the grass shed and sat down on a bench on one side.

At the same time, Zhao Yu also took Jingnu, Niu Heng, Xun Yi, He Shun and others to South Street.

Along the way, Chen Mo, Wang Qing, Ma Gai, Wu Zhi, Sun Xiu, Ju Sheng, Liu Tu and others came to cheer for Zhao Yu when they heard the news.

Under the tense atmosphere of the soldiers on both sides, Zhao Yu sat down on the stool on the other side of the long table and carefully looked at Guan Shuo and Chen Miao on the opposite side.

He said with a smile: "I hope this time, Guan Shuai can make a wise choice." After all, just like Guan Shuai said that day, there may not be a next ......"

At this time, Guan Shuo and Chen Miao also looked at the leader of the black tiger thief in front of them calmly.

When he heard Zhao Yu's words, Guan Shuo's face changed suddenly, and he slapped the table with an angry face.

"Uhhh

The generals and soldiers on both sides of the street immediately raised their weapons and pointed to the opposite side.