Of course, Chen Miao and the others knew that Xue Ao would never let him retreat easily, after all, before the winter last year, Xue Ao did not hesitate to lose face and was deliberately repelled by the righteous division several times, just to lure the righteous division to advance the army to the area of Liangcheng, so that the Yingchuan army would later surprise attack Kaifeng and cut off the retreat of the righteous division.

Now, his hundreds of thousands of righteous teachers have fallen into the trap of Xue Ao, how could Xue Ao let them go easily?

Since he knew that Xue Ao would definitely launch a counterattack when his righteous division retreated, he had to think about countermeasures in advance.

In this regard, Zhao Yin put forward his suggestion: "If the righteous divisions are scattered, they will be broken by the Jin army, so it is better to retreat to Chen County together." ”

These words made Chen Miao, Cheng Zhou, and Wu Yi all stunned.

Especially Wu Yi, he was ready to withdraw to Shandong.

Seeing Wu Yi frequently looking at him, Zhao Yin said cryptically: "General Wu, even if you lead the army to withdraw to Shandong at this moment, most of you will not be able to help my two uncles and my teacher, why not help Chen Shuai temporarily?" Maybe we can also use this matter to calculate the Jin army. ”

"This ......"

Wu Yi frowned and thought, not daring to make a decision easily.

He asked Zhao Yin, "How does Gongzi plan to calculate the Jin army?" ”

Zhao Yin didn't hide it, and said with a smile: "My Jiangdong righteous division can pretend to evacuate to the east, trick the Jin army into pursuing the east, halfway our army turns south, and set up an ambush on the road where Chen Shuai and Cheng Shuai must evacuate, Xue Ao will definitely pursue Chen Shuai, and when our army suddenly kills, it may severely damage the Jin army and force it back." ”

"Sounds pretty good." Cheng Zhou nodded and turned his head to look at Wu Yi.

Chen Miao nodded in agreement, and also turned his head to look at Wu Yi, waiting for the latter to make a decision.

Being stared at by three pairs of eyes, Wu Yi couldn't help but smile bitterly.

In the current situation, he hoped to lead the remnants to withdraw to Shandong as soon as possible, although he was a little sorry for Chen Miao, or even Cheng Zhou, but this was the most beneficial to his Jiangdong Yishi, but as soon as Zhao Yin opened his mouth like this, he didn't want to mention this matter again.

He hesitated and said, "Please allow me to send an army straight back to Shandong and report to Zhao Shuai about the matter here." ”

"Of course." Chen Miao happily agreed, and at the same time glanced at Zhao Yin with grateful eyes.

Although he also understood that Zhao Yin's original intention was still for his Jiangdong righteous teacher, but he was able to persuade Wu Yi to retreat to Chen County with him, Chen Miao was still very grateful, after all, if nothing else, the first target of Chen Zhong in Taiyuan, Jin State, waved his army south to suppress the rebellion, and it was very likely that he occupied the Jiangxia righteous teachers in Chenliu, Chen County, Runan and other counties, and whether he could get the help of tens of thousands of Jiangdong righteous teachers under Wu Yi's command was indeed very crucial.

After the meeting ended, Wu Yi asked Zhao Yin privately: "Why does Gongzi want to help Chen Miao?" ”

Zhao Yin said with a smile: "There is giving, there is gain." …… Chen Miao's occupation of Chenliu, Chenjun, Runan's land, may not be able to block the Jin army's counterattack, today I show favor to Chen Miao, he may be able to gain a commander one day, why not? ”

Wu Yi suddenly realized, and he realized that Zhao Yin wanted to subdue Chen Miao to his Jiangdong righteous teacher.

"Tens of thousands of soldiers, if you can change to a Chen Miao, it's worth it."

Wu Yi nodded and approved of Zhao Yin's idea.

The next day, the sky was bright, and according to the plan formulated by several people, Wu Yi led tens of thousands of Jiangdong volunteers to evacuate to the east.

Just as Zhao Yin and others guessed, the movement of Jiangdong Yishi was soon discovered by the traveling wolf.

Xu Rao, the governor of the brigade, immediately sent someone to Liangcheng to inform Zhao Yu of the matter.

"Jiangdong Yishi withdrew first?"

After learning this information, Zhao Yu was also a little surprised.

In addition to being surprised, he was a little disappointed - his brother Zhao Yin actually left behind the other two righteous teachers?

Although the catastrophe was coming, Zhao Yu was still a little disappointed, and even he didn't know why he felt this way.

Perhaps in his opinion, his brother deserved better.

But after thinking about it, Zhao Yu felt that his brother Zhao Yin led Jiangdong Yishi to leave first, which was not a bad thing.

At least he can be relieved of any more burdens.

Tell Xu Rao to continue to stare at the Jiangdong rebels. The rest of Xu Bai, Wang Ping, Hao Shun, and Lexing stared at the rebels' joint camp for me! ”

After giving this order, Zhao Yu immediately went to the South City Gate Tower.

However, when he came to the South City Gate Tower, he did not report the matter directly to Xue Ao, but looked for Tong Yan's trace in the area of the City Gate Tower.

He knew that Tong Yan would definitely be in the area of the South City Gate, because when the task was assigned, Xue Ao handed over the west and east city walls to him and Li Meng, and at the same time pinched his nose and asked Tong Yan to assist him in defending the south city wall - in order to please Xue Ao, Tong Yan was extremely conscientious during this time.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for Zhao Yu to find Tong Yan on the city wall who was leading people to inspect, he pretended to meet him by chance, and greeted him with the disgust in his heart: "Brother Tong." ”

"Brother Xian."

Tong Yan naturally didn't get suspicious, and greeted him with a smile and a fist.

I have to say that due to Zhao Yu's deliberate friendship, his relationship with Tong Yan has grown by leaps and bounds - at least on the surface.

"Why did Brother Xian come here in person? Could it be that you have something to see General Xue? ”

After greeting each other, Tong Yan asked in wonder.

"Hmm."

Zhao Yu nodded, and after approaching Tong Yan, he said in a low voice: "My brigade wolf has just sent the news, and the Jiangdong branch of the rebel army has been camped to the east more than half an hour ago, probably preparing to evacuate......"

Tong Yan is also a shrewd person, and when he heard it, he immediately understood, stroked his palm and smiled: "Ha! As the general said, the rebels failed to capture Liangcheng for a long time, and they really collapsed on their own......"

As he spoke, he said to Zhao Yu with some expectation: "Brother Xian, I will quickly inform the general of this good news." ”

"Okay."

Zhao Yu didn't care about Tong Yan's careful thoughts, but asked the latter quietly: "By the way, will Brother Tong pursue the rebels together?" ”

"Me?" Tong Yan was stunned, and said inexplicably: "I'm afraid that the foolish brother will stay in Liangcheng......"

"That's not going to happen."

Zhao Yu lowered his voice and said: "I know that during this time, Brother Tong has been courting the general, but I think that compliments may not work for General Xue, and Brother Tong should support General Xue even more......"

"How else can I support?"

Tong Yan glanced at Zhao Yu with a strange expression.

You must know that during this time, he was obedient to Xue Ao, as long as Xue Ao said one, he would never say two, but even so, he still couldn't make Xue Ao say good things to him, and Tong Yan had nothing to do about it.

Zhao Yu didn't know or pay attention to what Tong Yan was thinking, and said in a low voice: "This time may be an opportunity." …… Brother Tong knew that General Xue was bent on defeating the rebels alone and proving his talent to Taishi Chen, if Brother Tong could catch the rebel leader Chen Miao and others and sacrifice them to General Xue, it might be possible for General Xue to change his opinion of Brother Tong. ”

"Oh?"

Tong Yan's expression changed slightly, and he was faintly moved.

He took a deep look at Zhao Yu and asked in a low voice, "Listen to Brother Xian, Brother Xian is willing to help me?" ”

"Of course I'm willing to help Brother Tong." Zhao Yu said with a smile, he wished that Tong Yan would act with him.

Hearing Zhao Yu's promise, a trace of doubt flashed in Tong Yan's eyes, and he asked Zhao Yu with a smile: "Catch the thief leader Chen Miao, such a credit, the virtuous brother doesn't want it, but is willing to give it to the foolish brother?" ”

Zhao Yu had already thought of his rhetoric about this, but he looked left and right, lowered his voice and said: "Don't hide it from Brother Tong, I can be the captain of Yingchuan, the younger brother is already very satisfied, but I haven't thought about being promoted again...... I can still respond to all calls in Yingchuan, but if I go elsewhere, such as being promoted to Beijing official...... In a place like Jingshi, there are dignitaries and dignitaries everywhere, and it is easy to offend people if you are not careful, how can you be at ease in Yingchuan? ”

"This week, the tiger is really a smart man."

Tong Yan nodded secretly, and then laughed in a low voice: "What does the virtuous brother want?" ”

Seeing this, Zhao Yu deliberately stretched out his right hand, rubbed it with his thumb and forefinger, and said with a low smile: "My Yingchuan has encountered thieves, and my younger brother is not good at making money, but I need money to support my brothers under my hands, if I ...... Hey. ”

Tong Yan understood as soon as he heard it, pressed Zhao Yu's right hand, and swore in a low voice: "As long as the virtuous brother is willing to help, this matter is wrapped up in the foolish brother, and the foolish brother will definitely satisfy the virtuous brother." ”

"Then thank you Brother Fool."

"Where, where."

In a few words, the two made a deal.

The high-spirited Tong Yan thought that he had received Zhao Yu's help, but he didn't know that Zhao Yu's gaze at him was no different from looking at a dead person.

A moment later, the two met with Xue Ao, the general of the chariot cavalry, and Zhao Yu reported to Xue Ao about the movements of the Jiangdong Yishi in person.

Sure enough, after hearing Zhao Yu's message, Xue Ao was also overjoyed, and asked in surprise: "Zhou Hu, do you mean that the Jiangdong rebels left the remaining two and went east?" ”

Zhao Yu clasped his fists and replied: "Not surprisingly, the rebels should have collapsed on their own......"

From the side, Tong Yan lost no time in congratulating: "Congratulations to the general, defeat the rebels, just today!" ”

Xue Ao glanced at Tong Yan, although he still had a grudge against Tong Yan, he couldn't stand his good mood at the moment, so he didn't make a move against Tong Yan.

He instructed left and right: "Someone come, tell Li Meng and Wei Bi to come immediately." ”

"Yes!"

Not long after, Xue Ao's deputy general Wei Bi and Henan Governor Li Meng came to the city gate tower one after another.

When Xue Ao told what had happened, Wei Xuan and Li Meng both showed excited looks.

"Could it be a ruse by the rebels to lure our army into attack?" Wei Xuan said cautiously.

"Possibly."

Xue Ao nodded solemnly, and then said in a deep voice: "But even so, we must not slack off." …… Zhou Hu, are your scouts still staring at the Jiangdong rebels? ”

"Yes." Zhao Yu nodded and said, "I ordered them to take the Jiangdong rebels and report their movements from time to time, so that our army can pursue." …… As for the rebel camp, I have also sent people to watch for death, and as long as the rebels make the slightest movement, my brigade wolf will send back the news. ”

"Good."

Xue Ao nodded with satisfaction, and then said to everyone: "Although the situation is not yet clear, I personally think that most of the rebels want to retreat. If so...... Tong Yan, lend me your Liangcheng army for the time being. ”

"Huh?" Tong Yan was stunned.

Seeing this, Xue Ao showed a little unhappiness on his face: "What? ”

Zhao Yu gave Tong Yan a look at the right time, Tong Yan understood, and hurriedly said: "The general is angry, there is no other meaning for the lowly position, I am afraid that the lowly subordinates will be rude, and when the time comes, I will offend the general." If the general does not dislike it, he humbly implores the leader of the army to pursue, defeat the rebels, capture and kill the thief leader Chen Miao, and dedicate it to the general. ”

Hearing this, Xue Ao glanced at Tong Yan meaningfully, mistakenly thinking that Tong Yan wanted to fight for merit.

However, considering that this was not much different from him directly borrowing Liang Chengjun from Tong Yan, Xue Ao hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded: "Yes." ”

After that, he ordered the left and right to take the map, spread it out on the table, and then pointed to the map and said: "If it is not surprising, the Jiangdong rebels have separated from the other two rebels, which means that we need to divide our troops to pursue...... Zhou Hu, Li Meng, what do you two say? ”

Zhao Yu and Li Meng glanced at each other, and then clasped their fists and said: "It's better to lead the army to pursue the thief leader Chen Miao, after all, Kaifeng still has 7,000 soldiers from the humble position...... As for Lieutenant Li, it is better to ask him to pursue the rebels in Jiangdong, after all, Lieutenant Li still has 10,000 soldiers in Kao County......"

Hearing this, Li Meng was immediately happy, and he said to Zhao Yu with a smile: "Zhou Duwei, how do I feel that I have fallen for you?" ”

Of course, Zhao Yu knew what Li Meng was talking about, and waved his hand again and again and said: "Eh, it was General Xue who asked me to attack Kaifeng with the Yingchuan Army, how can I say that I was in charge?" ”

Probably in a good mood, even Xue Ao laughed.

After laughing, he turned his head to look at Tong Yan and said, "Tong Yan, how about you and Zhou Hu chasing Chen Miao together?" ”

"Yes."

Tong Yan happily agreed.

At the same time, in the rebel joint camp about twenty miles south of Liangcheng, Jiangxia Yishi and Yuzhang Yishi were also ready to evacuate to the south, while Chen Miao, Cheng Zhou, and Zhao Yin were doing the final inspection and inspection.

While inspecting, Cheng Zhou frowned and asked Chen Miao, "Do you really want to leave them to the Jin army?" ”

The 'they' in his mouth meant the seriously wounded soldiers of their righteous division.

Chen Miao nodded, and said in a heavy tone: "If you take these wounded soldiers, they will definitely die on the way, it is better to ask them to surrender to the Jin army, or you can save a life." …… If I am not mistaken, Xue Ao should have asked Li Meng to pursue General Wu Yi, while he and Zhou Hu led the rest of the Jin army to pursue us...... Zhou Hu doesn't have much prejudice against my righteous teacher, so he shouldn't slaughter these wounded soldiers. ”

From the side, Zhao Yin was very surprised when he heard it, and asked curiously: "Listening to what Chen Shuai said, it seems that Chen Shuai has a good opinion of that Zhou Hu?" ”

"Huh."

Chen Miao smiled bitterly, and then sighed with emotion: "It's a pity that Guan Shuo is reckless, otherwise, maybe Zhou Hu will become one of my righteous teachers...... Forget it, that's fine. ”

He didn't want to mention these things, but Zhao Yin was aroused by Chen Miao's interest.

What's the matter, does his little brother actually have dealings with Guan Shuo, Chen Miao and others in private?

Unfortunately, just when Zhao Yin was about to ask, Zhou Gong, the general under Chen Miao, had already come here, clasped his fists and said: "Chen Shuai, Cheng Shuai, the officers and men of our army are ready to evacuate." ”

"Hmm."

Chen Miao nodded, and after making eye contact with Cheng Zhou, he said in a deep voice: "According to the plan, the whole army will withdraw to Xianping, and on the way to retreat, you and Xiang Xuan will be the front, and Yuzhang Yishi will be behind." …… Remember, be careful of the Taiyuan cavalry in the Kaifeng area. ”

"Yes!" Zhou Gong responded with his fists clenched.

Looking at the back of Zhou Gong leaving, Chen Miao turned his head to Cheng Zhou and Zhao Yin and said, "The matter has come to this, let's leave as soon as possible." ”

"Okay."

After a while, Xiang Xuan and Zhou Gong each led their soldiers and left the camp and went straight to Xianping County.

Then there were Zhu Yu and the rest of the Jiangxia righteous teachers, and then Cheng Zhou's Yuzhang righteous teachers.

Following the evacuation of the Jiangdong Yishi led by Wu Yi, the Jiangxia Yishi and Yuzhang Yishi also abandoned the camp and quickly evacuated south.

At this time, the Jiangxia Yishi and Yuzhang Yishi still had nearly 60,000 troops in one, and the retreat of these 60,000 people was not small, so they naturally couldn't hide the wolf led by Xu Bai, Wang Ping, Hao Shun, and Lexing.

These brigade wolves, dressed in thick winter coats, stood on a high slope in the distance, quietly monitoring the every move of the more than 100,000 rebels.

"Even the baggage was carried away, it shouldn't be a fraud...... Tell the Captain. ”

The brigade governor Bo Xubai calmly observed the rebels for a while, and then gave the order.

These brigade wolves are so high-profile, it is inevitable that they will be discovered by the rebel scouts, and immediately, the whereabouts of these brigade wolves were reported to Chen Miao, Cheng Zhou, and Zhao Yin.

"Don't bother."

Chen Miao calmly ordered: "Although the scouts under Zhou Hu are powerful, but there are not many of them, they don't dare to confront my tens of thousands of troops, don't entangle with them, quickly evacuate south, compared to these people, the pursuers led by Xue Ao and Zhou Hu are the biggest threat." ”

"Yes!"

In view of Chen Miao's order, the rebels did not bother to pay attention to the hundreds of onlookers, and quickly withdrew south on the dirt road that looked a little muddy after the ice and snow melted.

And Xu Bai and the other brigade wolves really did not dare to harass this mighty rebel army, after all, they were not cavalry after all, although each of them had several carriages to travel.

Around that time, the subordinates sent by Bai Xu Bai, the brigade wolf governor, came to Liangcheng and informed Zhao Yu of the news that the rebels had 'withdrawn from the south'.

Hearing the news, Zhao Yu couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

Even the Jiangxia Yishi and Yuzhang Yishi began to withdraw their entire army to the south, and it seems that this will not be a ruse, but a real withdrawal.

The righteous master's strategy of 'fighting Liangcheng' still failed after all.

Emotion is emotion, but Zhao Yu immediately went to the South City Gate Tower in person and reported the matter to Xue Ao.

Xue Ao immediately issued an order, ordering Li Meng to pursue the Jiangdong rebels, and ordering Zhao Yu and Tong Yan to lead the Yingchuan army and the Liangcheng army to pursue the Jiangxia rebels and Yuzhang rebels.

In the roar, the south gate of Liangcheng slowly opened, and a group of Liangcheng sergeants rushed out of the city and lined up in the open space outside the city.

Then there is the Yingchuan Army.

Almost after the two sergeants finished marching, Zhao Yu and Tong Yan walked outside the city together.

Not long after, two generals of the Liangcheng Army came to Tong Yan and clasped their fists and said, "Captain, the soldiers are ready." ”

These two people are the soldiers under Tong Yan, Wang Xun and Zhang Qi.

"Okay."

Tong Yan nodded, and immediately looked to the other side.

Coincidentally, on the other side, Wang Qing also led Qin Yu and Jia Shu to Zhao Yu, and said with a fist: "Captain, the soldiers have been assembled." ”

Zhao Yu also nodded, and immediately made a 'please' gesture to Tong Yan.

Seeing this, Tong Yan politely smiled hypocritically, but finally gave the order to pursue in person.

I have to say that Tong Yan is very satisfied with Zhao Yu's knowledge of current affairs, and Zhao Yu is also very satisfied with Tong Yan's stupidity - this guy actually did not personally lead the army to pursue the rebels, but was ready to act with him.

I probably wanted to talk to him along the way or something.

Comparing the five hundred Liangcheng soldiers led by Tong Yan and the five hundred Black Tiger elites led by Liu Tu on Zhao Yu's side, Zhao Yu knew that this time it was stable.

Of course, it is not difficult to defeat the five hundred Liangcheng soldiers led by Tong Yan, Liu Tu can do it, not to mention Niu Heng, a fierce general.

But how to ensure that the news does not leak or blame the rebels, this requires Zhao Yu to plan a little.

It's really not good, when the time comes, ask someone to pretend to be a rebel.

In the afternoon, the 6,000 Yingchuan army led by Wang Qing and the more than 10,000 Liangcheng army led by Wang Xun and Zhang Qi were the first to arrive at the rebel camp twenty miles south of Liangcheng.

However, what I didn't expect was that the rebel camp was open.

Is this a ruse?

Due to the small number of troops on his side, Wang Qing was still quite cautious, and he immediately sent someone to summon the brigade wolf governor Bo Lexing, and asked, "Have the rebels really evacuated?" ”

"Absolutely." Lexing nodded.

Seeing this, Wang Qing pointed to the rebel camp fox in the distance and asked, "Since the rebels have withdrawn, why don't you burn down the camp?" ”

At this time, Qin Yu and Jia Shu were also beside them, and when they heard Wang Qing ask, Qin Yu said with a complicated expression: "Since the rebels have withdrawn, it doesn't matter to them whether they burn the camp or not, they don't burn the camp, there is only one possibility, that is, they left the wounded in the camp......"

Wang Qing suddenly realized, but out of caution, he still instructed Le Xing: "Take someone to take a look, be careful." If something happens, give an immediate warning, and I will immediately lead the army to kill it. ”

"Yes!"

Lexing hugged his fists and led his brigade wolf to cautiously touch the enemy camp.

After a short time, he sent someone to deliver the news: "As the Qin soldiers asserted, there are indeed seriously injured rebels in the camp who have difficulty moving, and these rebels surrendered when they saw us. ”

"What the hell?"

Wang Qing frowned a little unhappily, and asked Qin Yu and Jia Shu, "What about these injured soldiers?" ”

How can Qin Yu and Jia Shu have a position to make suggestions on this matter?

So, Qin Wei was silent, while Jia Shu was hesitant, and he couldn't say why he came for a long time.

In the end, Wang Qing became impatient, waved his hand and said, "Leave a hundred soldiers to guard these wounded soldiers, and the rest will continue to pursue with me!" ”

"Yes!" Qin Yu and Jia Shu were relieved.

I have to say that although they already have the identity of 'Yingchuan Officers and Soldiers', deep down, they still have some feelings for the righteous teacher and the soldiers of the righteous teacher, at least, for these unthreatening wounded soldiers, they still hope to be able to give shelter.

Half an hour later, Zhao Yu also learned about it, but he didn't care about it.

He originally planned to take this opportunity to absorb some rebels, so naturally he would not do more slaughter.

In contrast, the news sent by Xu Rao made him feel more concerned.

Because according to the news sent by Xu Rao, the Jiangdong Yishi actually traveled more than 20 miles in three hours, and at this speed, before dusk tonight, the Jiangdong Yishi could almost reach the area of Kao County.

"How can it be so fast?" Zhao Yu frowned and muttered.

Hearing this, the brigade wolf who came to pay his respects replied casually: "Maybe it's because the Jiangdong rebels don't have any baggage." ”

"What?"

Zhao Yu was stunned for a moment, and asked the brigade wolf: "The Jiangdong rebels didn't carry any baggage when they retreated?" ”

"Yes."

"Where's the grain cart?"

"There were no grain trucks, nothing, and all the soldiers were evacuated lightly." The brigade wolf replied.

『……』

Zhao Yu lifted the mask on his face to prevent it from slipping off because he opened his mouth in surprise.

Without baggage and grain carts, is Jiangdong Yishi fleeing?

Is it necessary?

If you think about it carefully, you will know that Xue Ao must be mainly chasing Chen Miao, who made Chen Miao the commander-in-chief of several righteous divisions!

"Or is it that the righteous teacher of Koto has other intentions......

Zhao Yu frowned and thought.

Suddenly, his heart moved slightly, and he immediately glanced thoughtfully at Tong Yan not far away.

If he hadn't guessed wrong, he probably wouldn't need to call someone to pretend to be a rebel......