Gao Xining stood in the corridor and looked at Li Qi, Li Qi sat at the end of the corridor and watched the rain, the rain was very heavy, Li Qi was very quiet, I don't know how long he has been sitting here, and I don't know what he is pondering.

Gao Xining was holding a long shirt in her hand, and she originally wanted to send it to Li Qi, but when she saw Li Qi's contemplative appearance, she couldn't bear to disturb it.

So she is also in the picture, Li Qi looks at the rain but there is no rain in her eyes, she looks at Li Qi, her eyes are full of Li Qi.

I don't know how long it took, Li Qi let out a long breath, he got up and walked to the edge of the corridor, reached out and felt the rain hit his palm.

Gao Xining walked behind him at this time, and before the person arrived, he laughed, and the smile on the corner of his mouth was all admiration for Li Qi.

People are like this, they are all in their eyes, and he is the world's first-class excellence, whether it is appearance or others, they are first-class.

"Our guy just came back and said that it should be the Qingzhou army attacking the city in the rain."

Gao Xining handed the robe to Li Qi, Li Qi took it with a smile, and then draped it over Gao Xining's shoulders, Gao Xining was slightly stunned, and the smile on the corner of his mouth became even brighter.

Li Qi said: "I already knew about it just now. ”

Gao Xining asked, "I thought you knew, and I would hurry to the city wall." ”

"You don't have to go."

Li Qi said: "There is a rival for Xiahou on the city wall, if the two of them are in the Qingzhou army, they can easily break through the Jizhou city defense, unless the heavy rain breaks the city wall." ”

"And what are you thinking?"

Gao Xining was already thinking in his heart when he asked this, if he wasn't worried about the city defense, then what was Li Qi worried about?

So she had just finished asking this sentence, and she had already thought of it in her heart.

"Is it the Cui family?"

"Hmm."

Li Qi nodded: "The Qingzhou army braved the rain to attack the city, nothing more than to catch the Jizhou army by surprise, they suffered a loss in the Hutuo River, and they also wanted the Jizhou army to suffer a loss, and they thought it was too beautiful, there is no one in the world who can compare to the old Tang Dynasty for this kind of thing." ”

He looked at Gao Xining and said: "Because they attacked suddenly, the Cui family in the city did not react, but the next time the Qingzhou army attacked, or at a specific time, the Cui family must have a plan." ”

Gao Xining said: "The city set fire, pretending to attack the granary, but in fact, the vast majority of the people were arranged to seize the city gate, probably so. ”

Li Qi said: "You can guess, but you can't prevent it, now the strength in the hands of the Cui family has probably been scattered and hidden, just waiting for the order, even if it hits the Cui family's mansion now, it is meaningless." ”

He paused for a moment and continued: "What I was thinking about just now was why Cui Tai cared so much about me, Old Tang humiliated him in the March River Tower, but he still came to us, not just like he wanted to take my opportunity to get rid of Xiahou. ”

Gao Xining also frowned slightly when he heard this.

"And what else is he trying to do?"

Gao Xining looked at Li Qi's eyes and said, "Could it be that he knows that there is an underground palace in Gubao City here?" ”

"No, it won't."

Li Qi said: "If the people of the Cui family knew, they would have spared no effort to take this land, instead of falling into our hands." ”

After finishing speaking, Li Qi shook his head and said: "I don't want to think about this first, but now I want to think about how to prevent the Cui family from joining forces with the Qingzhou army outside the city." ”

At the same time, March River Tower.

Cui Tai hurriedly went up to the highest floor of the March River Tower, which was supposed to be his bedroom, but since a few days ago, he had already given up this bedroom, because a very important person from the Cui family had moved over.

The head of the Cui family is named Cui Yan, and because the family is too large, there are still a few principals in charge of various matters.

In addition to Cui Yan, the heaviest weight in the Cui family is Cui Yan's younger brother Cui Qing.

In fact, about a month ago, the people of the Cui family had secretly left the Cui family's mansion one after another, Jizhou City is the ancestral land of the Cui family, and the Cui family has been operating in Jizhou for hundreds of years, and there are too many places where they can hide.

Since the founding of the Great Chu Dynasty, the Cui family has been in Jizhou, and for so many years, if the Cui family has not made good arrangements in Jizhou, wouldn't it seem that the Cui family has been incompetent for hundreds of years.

In Jizhou City, how many hiding places the Cui family has, how many stores, how many merchants, how many ordinary people look like it, and how many people are in all walks of life, except for the head of the Cui family, no one knows clearly.

This list is only in the hands of Cui Yan alone.

After Cui Tai entered the door, he said to Cui Qing: "I don't know why, the Qingzhou army actually attacked the city directly in the rain." ”

Cui Qing's face also changed, he got up and walked a few steps, his footsteps stopped again, and his face kept changing.

After pondering for a while, Cui Qing said: "I should just want to try, it doesn't matter if we win or lose, let's not mess up first, everything must continue to prepare according to the agreement." ”

Cui Tai nodded and said: "I speculate that it is also, I heard that the Jizhou army set up an ambush in the Hutuo River and won a battle, and the Qingzhou army should be eager for revenge, so they will brave the rain to attack the city." ”

Cui Qing said: "No accident, after the festival envoy arrives outside the city, he will arrange it according to the agreement, just waiting for our signal." ”

He looked at Cui Tai and asked, "How is Li Qi's side?" ”

Cui Tai shook his head and said: "Water can't be splashed, this kind of person from mud legs, he has some strength for a while, and he feels that the world is not as big as him, and he has some real skills, so it is not easy to win over." ”

Cui Qing asked: "Are you sure he is related to Yanshan Ying." ”

Cui Tai turned around and shouted, "Gong Tieliang, you come in!" ”

A middle-aged man outside the door immediately entered the door, and as soon as he came in, he nodded and saluted, looking a little timid and cramped.

"He is the person we arranged to enter the Yanshan camp at the beginning, and he worked under the second master of the Yanshan camp, so we can know everything about Prince Yu's wooing of the Yanshan camp."

Cui Tai said: "He saw a person next to Li Qi a while ago who was from the Yanshan Battalion, and he was also one of the leaders of the Yanshan Battalion, called Zhuang Invincible. ”

"Yes yes yes ......"

Gong Tieliang hurriedly said: "I have been hiding in the Yanshan camp for more than a year, because I have given a lot of gold and silver to Bi Datong, the second master of the Yanshan camp, so he also trusts me very much, and I know every time Prince Yu sends someone to contact him." ”

"The person named Zhuang Wushu is one of the leaders of the Yanshan camp, and he is also a close confidant of Yu Chaozong, this person is by Li Qi's side, which is enough to show that Li Qi and Yu Chaozong have secret contact, and they must have a close relationship."

After listening to Gong Tieliang, Cui Qing paced in the room and said: "I thought that if this Li Qi was the eyeliner of the Yanshan battalion in Jizhou City, if we want to seize Jizhou, it is necessary to have a good relationship with Yu Chaozong in the future, after all, Yu Chaozong now has more than 100,000 troops, take Jizhou, and then recruit Yu Chaozong, you can steadily take the entire northern ......"

He paused, looked at Cui Tai and said, "You said that he was extremely arrogant, probably because he was born in the Yanshan camp, those bandits were all reckless, they didn't understand the rules at all, and they were not upper-class people." ”

Cui Tai hummed and said, "That's probably it, this person is difficult to get along with, and I'm also thinking about how to continue to try." ”

Cui Qing said: "It's good for you to make arrangements, the Yanshan camp is strong, and it can't recruit Yu Chaozong, even if our Cui family takes Jizhou, it will be difficult to go further, so this person still has to be wooed." ”

Cui Tai said: "I'll think of a way now, this person is greedy for money, maybe you can try it, I can't talk to him anymore, so I have to change someone to contact, it's best to seem that it has nothing to do with the Cui family on the surface." ”

"On the side of the senior dean of the Four Pages Academy, can you try it?"

"Difficult."

Cui Tai replied with a word, and then said: "I will care about this matter, it is not far from the day agreed with the Qingzhou army, I will try my best to negotiate with Li Qi before breaking the city." ”

Cui Qing sighed and said: "Who is this Li Qi, how can the relationship be so balanced, on one side is Xiahou Zhuo, Xiahou Zhuo is the son of King Yu, that is the power of the government, on the other side is Yu Chaozong, Yu Chaozong is the number one thief in the north, this Li Qi is between the government and the big thief, it seems that he is still at ease." ”

Cui Tai sighed, "I was too hasty before, and now I regret it." ”

Cui Qing said: "In the end, you have to make up your mind about this matter, and you know it best." ”

Cui Tai said: "Then I'll go first and think of a way." ”

He turned around and went out and took Gong Tieliang downstairs with him.

Cui Tai asked Gong Tieliang while going downstairs: "How much do you know about Zhuang Wudi?" ”

Gong Tieliang said: "This person is cold and arrogant, he doesn't want people to communicate, in Yanshan Camp, he only listens to Yu Chaozong's words, but this person is the best wine, when he was in Yanshan Camp, everyone woke him up for a long time." ”

"Wake up for a long time?"

Cui Tai was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart what kind of broken name is this.

"Since it is a good wine, let's try it from this aspect, half of the restaurants and restaurants in the city are our Cui family, you go and ask in person, which one of the wines in Yongning Tongyuan is bought from, if it is not our Cui family's industry, it will be bought and become our Cui family's industry."

"Yes!"

Gong Tieliang responded: "I'll go now." ”

Carriage and horses.

Li Qi sat in the corridor and pondered for a while, the people of the Cui family are really unguarded, Li Qi has dealt with such a family before, but compared to the Xu family and the Cui family, they are like children.

Even the Xie family can't compare to the Cui family's operation in Jizhou City, the Cui family has been in Jizhou for hundreds of years, and only the Cui family knows how many industries in the city are, on the surface, it seems that the Cui family has no one in the government, and there is no one in the Jizhou army, but that is only the surface.

"When the time comes, there may be so many places in the city that you can't count them."

Li Qi slowly exhaled a breath and said, "So ......"

Gao Xining said: "So since there is no way to determine how many points there are, then pick up the biggest point to guard against, there are a hundred points that have an accident, but in the end only two or three points are important." ”

Li Qi laughed: "Extremely smart. ”

Gao Xining laughed, praised by Li Qi, and felt a little beautiful in his heart, and there was a little bit of playfulness on his delicate and beautiful face.

She continued: "These are the most important points, one is the granary, the other is the arsenal, and the most important thing is, of course, the city gate, but there are six city gates in Jizhou City, and they can't all go to rob them, but the troops in the city are limited, if too many troops are assigned to defend it, the city defense is very dangerous under the onslaught of the Qingzhou army." ”

Li Qi said: "In fact, there is no need to guard against the six city gates, the two city gates in the south city are heavily guarded, they dare not rush to grab them, and the four city gates in the east, west and north are their goals." ”

He paused for a moment and said, "If the Qingzhou army is surrounded on all sides after it arrives, it will be really difficult to judge." ”

"Let's try it in the granary."

Li Qi got up and said to Gao Xining: "Don't leave the carriage and horse shop, it's best to go to the underground palace, Mr. Ye and Ruan Chen and Ruan Duan stay, Brother Zhuang also stays, and I will take Yu Jiuling and Jiang Ran to try their luck." ”

Gao Xining said: "Be careful. ”

Li Qi smiled: "I know." ”

Then walk away briskly.