As Zhao Yu guessed, Yang Ding's good intentions of taking the initiative to send troops to Kunyang did carry a bit of selfishness and some evil thoughts.

As for any selfishness and evil thoughts, it is natural to wait for the problem of the rebel army to be solved, and then turn the gun and wipe out Zhou Hu's group of black tiger thieves.

The credit for exterminating the Black Tiger Thief is still secondary, the key is that he can't tolerate Zhou Hu taking the opportunity to control Kunyang County in the name of resisting the rebel army, after all, Kunyang and Taye County are too close, once the Black Tiger Thief sits big, he Yang Ding will naturally bear the brunt of the threat.

In order to solve the future threat once and for all, he persuaded Wang Yan in advance, so that Wang Yan agreed to divide his troops and send them to Kunyang County, and gradually control Kunyang County—as long as these 3,000 Nanyang soldiers could control the city gate on the Kunyang side, he would be sure to liquidate Zhou Hu and his comrades in the future.

However, Zhou Hu seemed to see his intentions, although he accepted the dispatch of three thousand Nanyang soldiers, but hoped that the latter would be stationed outside the city, so wouldn't he have the opportunity to use the hands of those three thousand Nanyang soldiers to control a city gate in Kunyang?

In all fairness, Yang Ding was not surprised that Zhou Hu saw through his intentions, after all, he had gradually realized that this bandit leader was indeed not simple, so even if he saw through his intentions, it would not be a big deal.

It's a big deal that Zhou Hu refused to send troops to the army, and when the rebels are solved in the future, this matter can be used as favorable evidence of 'Zhou Hu's intention to occupy Kunyang', and it can even be used to drive a wedge between Zhou Hu and the people of Kunyang, all in all, Zhou Hu rejected his goodwill in Ye County under the current situation of the enemy, which is a big handle, as long as he is ready to deal with Zhou Hu in the future, he can turn it out and use it.

But out of Yang Ding's surprise, the leader of the black tiger thieves in front of him was even more cunning than he imagined, and the other party did not refuse the dispatch of the three thousand Nanyang soldiers, but wanted to confine the latter outside the city......

After careful consideration, Yang Ding had to admit that this was a rather clever idea, not to fall into the handle, but also to manipulate the three thousand Nanyang troops in disguise - the three thousand Nanyang troops did not have the opportunity to control Kunyang, but they had to rely on Kunyang County to provide grain and grass, so they naturally had to obey Zhou Hu's orders, unless the three thousand Nanyang troops returned to Ye County.

And what's worse is that this will put Ye County and Yang Ding into an unfavorable situation, and when the time comes, Hu Da can claim that it was Ye County who treacherously gave up Kunyang.

Thinking of this, Yang Ding smiled quietly: "Leader Zhou's words, isn't he guarding against Yang?" ”

Zhao Yu pretended to be surprised and said: "Zhou just thinks that 'the lonely city is difficult to defend, and it will be lost if it is defended for a long time', so he intends to place the three thousand Nanyang soldiers outside the city, so as to fight with our county and help each other, why does Yang County Order have such an idea?" I thought I had resolved the conflict with Yang County......"

『…… This guy!'

Seeing Zhou Hu beating upside down, Yang Ding held his breath in his heart, but he smiled with an unmoving expression on his face: "Of course, the grudge between Yang and Leader Zhou has been resolved. In fact, Leader Zhou couldn't blame Yang at the beginning, after all, Yang was an official, and Leader Zhou was a thief at the beginning, how could the official have a reason to let the thief go? But now, the leader of Zhou is driven by righteousness, and he is willing to lead the Black Tiger Village to assist Kunyang to resist the rebels regardless of sacrifice, which is a heroic act, and Yang naturally does not dare to treat the leader of Zhou as an ordinary thief. …… If in the future, if the leader of Zhou can always stick to Kunyang and not be broken by the rebels, then the leader of Zhou will be a hero praised by everyone in Kunyang, and Yang Ding naturally hopes to make friends with a hero like the leader of Zhou. …… But Leader Zhou's proposal to arrange the 3,000 Nanyang troops outside the city felt a bit inappropriate. With the wisdom of the Zhou chief, the villagers of the townships in the county must have been relocated to the county seat, so even if the county is occupied by the rebels, the loss is not large, and I am afraid that it is not necessary to place the 3,000 Nanyang soldiers outside the city, not only can not rely on the defense of the city, but will make the 3,000 Nanyang soldiers fall into an unnecessary unfavorable situation, and be attacked by the rebels. ”

As he spoke, he arched his hand towards Zhao Yu and explained with a bit of suspicion: "Leader Zhou, don't blame, General Wang sent those soldiers to reinforce my Ye County, and Yang should consider their safety and avoid unnecessary dangers as much as possible." ”

"I understand the consideration of the Yang County Order."

Zhao Yu smiled and nodded, but in fact, he was more and more sure of Yang Ding's uneasy kindness.

But he won't break it, because he also needs those three thousand Nanyang soldiers - as long as those Nanyang soldiers can't threaten him, how can he miss this help in vain?

After that, Zhao Yu and Yang Ding started a seemingly calm but actually turbulent debate over whether the 3,000 Nanyang soldiers should be placed inside the city or outside the city.

Yang Dingxian pointed out: "According to rumors, the number of rebel troops in the area of Dingling and Zhaoling at this moment exceeds 100,000......

In his words, 'defeating the weak with the strong' refers to concentrating superior forces to attack the enemy's weakness, even if the total number of the enemy far exceeds his own.

This is the mainstream view of contemporary art of war.

But Zhao Yu retorted with a smile: "This is wrong! On the battlefield, strength is not constant, and strategy, tactics, morale, and so on are all factors that can determine the victory or defeat of a war. Winning by strength is certainly a winning art of war, but the enemy may not be stupid, and blindly waiting for the enemy to be exposed is tantamount to waiting for the rabbit to be exposed. In my opinion, the proper division of forces is conducive to exposing the enemy's weakness. ”

"But the division of troops will weaken the garrison of Kunyang." Yang Ding retorted again: "In case the enemy army divides the 3,000 Nanyang Army from the county seat, so that the garrison outside the city cannot support the county seat, how can Leader Zhou ensure that the county seat will not be lost?" ”

Zhao Yu laughed and said: "Yang County Commander misunderstood, he intends to place three thousand Nanyang troops outside the city to help protect the county, this matter is not absolute, at the appropriate time, Zhou will still transfer some of them to the city to strengthen the garrison of my county......"

"At the right time? Do you have the confidence to ensure that the city gate and the critical places in the city will not be occupied by the three thousand Nanyang troops?"

Yang Ding secretly sneered, but his face did not show the slightest clue, he shook his head and said: "Although Leader Zhou's consideration has a certain amount of truth, I think that Leader Zhou should familiarize those Nanyang soldiers with the condition of Kunyang's city wall as soon as possible, and let the soldiers and civilians in the city accept this reinforcement." Although the rebels are defeated today, their strength is still there, and if there are no accidents, the rebels will make a comeback in a few days......"

"I understand what Yang County Decree is saying."

Zhao Yu said with a smile: "But I still think that if I keep it for a long time, I will lose ......."

Yang Ding insisted: "Leader Zhou thinks that Kunyang is an isolated city, but in fact, I, Ye County, will reinforce Kunyang at any time......"

Zhao Yu retorted with a smile: "Zhou is not suspicious of Yang County's order, I just think that if according to Yang County's order, the rebels will find a way to divide the county town and the Nanyang army stationed outside the city, how can they allow your county to send troops to aid me Kunyang at that time?" …… I think that in the face of the rebel army with more than 100,000 at every turn, Yexian should also be 'weak', and I am afraid that it may not be able to break through the blockade of the rebels. ”

"This ......"

The former Handan prodigy finally stopped talking.

The fierce argument between the two of them made Liu Bi, Li Xu, Ma Gai, Chen Mo, Wang Qing and other people gradually feel that something was wrong.

Originally, Yang Ding offered to resolve grievances, provide food, and send reinforcements, which made everyone very happy, but Zhao Yu and Yang Ding started a dispute about where the reinforcements should be stationed at first glance, and the argument was extremely fierce, which inevitably made people think of nothing.

"Hey, I said ......"

Wang Qing, who has always done his own thing, was the first to question: "Yang County Order, you insist on letting the 3,000 Nanyang troops enter the city, I'm afraid you don't have some bad intentions, right?" ”

"What do you mean by that?"

Without waiting for Yang Ding to speak, Wei Chi said coldly: "The young master of my family is kind to advise, how can you allow you to speculate?" …… If it weren't for my Ye County to come to help today, how would the rebels be frightened back? ”

Chen Mo originally didn't want to get involved in the argument between the two sides, and had folded his arms and closed his eyes since Fang just now, but after Wei Chi's words, he opened his eyes suddenly.

I saw that he stretched out his hand to stop Wang Qing, who was still about to speak, and looked at Wei Chi and said in a deep voice: "Today's rebels are defeated and retreated, all because of the hard work of my Kunyang soldiers and civilians, this is a fact, it cannot be refuted, their merits, I don't think they should be occupied by your county......"

As he spoke, he glanced at Yang Ding again and said lightly: "Yang County's order is certainly kind, but I, Kunyang, have my own plans!" ”

Hearing this, Zhao Yu nodded slightly, and secretly praised in his heart: The commander has the style of a general!

Of course, Zhao Yu agreed with Chen Mo's unpretentious and humble speech, but Yang Ding's side didn't seem to be able to accept Chen Mo's attitude.

Wang Yan immediately slapped the case and said angrily: "Yang County ordered the good intention to reinforce your county, is this how you treat your benefactor?" ”

"Unless this benefactor wants to take advantage of the magpie's nest." The county lieutenant Ma Gai said a cool word beside him.

In his opinion, anyway, in Yang Ding's eyes, he can't get rid of the charge of 'colluding with the black tiger thief', so he doesn't care if he offends Yang Ding.

After all, he had already made up his mind to join Zhou Hu.

"How can it be!"

Wei Chi pretended to be angry, turned his head to Yang Ding and said, "Since they don't want to listen to good words, why should the young master try to persuade each other? Let the rebels take Kunyang, and then General Wang Yan and I will take the city back! ”

Of course, Yang Ding understood that Wei Chi wanted to retreat and force Zhou Hu and the others to comply, but the question was, did this trick work for Zhou Hu?

He stole a glance at the leader of the Black Tiger Thieves.

As he expected, Zhou Hu turned a blind eye to this.

"Let's focus on the big picture...... For the sake of my Ye County, Kunyang cannot afford to lose. Otherwise, my Ye County will be at a disadvantage, and General Wang Shangde's side will also be implicated. As for this week's Tiger ...... I'll figure it out later.'"

Thinking of this, Yang Ding raised his hand to stop Wei Chi, who was pretending to be angry, and said to Zhao Yu in a regretful tone: "Please believe that Chief Zhou has no malicious intentions, but only out of consideration for my Ye County and your county, so he put forward a suggestion, since Chief Zhou has his own opinions, then follow Chief Zhou's intentions......"

Zhao Yu said softly: "Let me ask, this matter will not affect Ye County's assistance to my Kunyang, right?" ”

“……”

Yang Ding took a deep look at Zhao Yu and barely squeezed out a smile: "Of course!" Yang said that his lips are dead and his teeth are cold, and Yang will do his best to help your county. …… This is also helping me Ye County. ”

"Yang County Ling Gaoyi!"

Zhao Yu praised it, and immediately proposed to everyone: "Everyone, I suggest that Jingye County and Jingyang County order be doubled." …… The generosity of the order of Ye County and Yang County. ”

At Zhao Yu's suggestion, everyone on the Kunyang side raised their glasses, including Wang Qing, Chen Mo, and Ma Gai, who had just quarreled with Wei Chi, Wang Yan and others.

"You're welcome......"

Yang Ding also raised a glass in return.

Although he had a smile on his face, there was no smile in his heart.

After all, he was about to pay a huge price, but he failed to achieve his goal.

Of course, this is also acceptable for the sake of the big picture.

While putting down the wine glass, he casually looked at Zhao Yu, and it happened that Zhao Yu was also looking at him.

The two of them exchanged their eyes.

『…… When the situation is stable, we will try to solve him!'

The two people who nodded kindly at each other thought in unison.

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