"Chase!"

He Shun gave an order to several black tigers around him with a stunned face, but was stopped by Zhao Yu raising his hand.

"No need to chase."

Glancing at the piece of cloth in his hand, Zhao Yu took it into his arms, and immediately calmly ordered: "Let's go, go back to the camp." ”

Seeing that the big leader of his family no longer pursued this matter, although He Shun and those black tigers were a little unwilling, they could only give up.

At this moment, the city gate of Liangcheng has already entered the stage of curfew alert, but with the identity of the captain of Yingchuan, Zhao Yu can still get out of the city smoothly.

On the way back to the camp, Zhao Yu couldn't help but think of the assassin who had warned him again.

He sincerely hoped that the assassin was really Zheng Luo, whose whereabouts were unknown so far, after all, out of the more than 200 people in his Luyang Township Marquis Mansion, only a few and less than ten people escaped that catastrophe.

About half an hour later, the group returned to the camp, and Zhao Yu instructed He Shundao: "Of the three jars of wine brought back, two jars will be sent to General Xue, and one jar will be sent to Captain Li." …… Call Zhang Ji over again. ”

"Yes." He Shun responded with his fists clenched.

After about a stick of incense, when Zhao Yu was sitting on the bed in his tent and pondering, he suddenly heard He Shun enter and say, "Big leader, Zhang Ji is here." ”

With that, he stepped aside and invited Zhang Ji, who was rubbing his hands, into the tent.

Looking up and seeing Zhang Ji's face that was obviously blowing a cold wind, Zhao Yu greeted and asked, "Tonight's duty?" ”

"Ah, it's my turn to be on duty with Qin Yu for the night."

Zhang Ji nodded with a smile, and then asked puzzledly: "Du Wei is coming down, I don't know?" ”

Seeing this, Zhao Yu turned his head to look at He Shun, who nodded knowingly, walked out of the tent, and whispered to the black tigers outside the tent.

Through the tent, Zhang Ji was surprised to find that the black tigers in He Shun's hands stood at the four corners of this tent.

"What's going on?" His expression immediately became solemn.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu let out a long breath and said in a deep voice: "Today I took Niu Heng and He Shun into the city to eat and drink, and met Tong Yan, and what is even more coincidental was that I actually broke through a street stabbing ...... against Tong Yan at this moment."

As he spoke, he briefly recounted what had happened in the liquor shop during the day.

Although Zhang Ji also wanted to kill that Tong Yan with his own hands, he was still very surprised after hearing about this, and asked in astonishment: "Who dares to assassinate a lieutenant in broad daylight on the street?" ”

"The dead soldier of the Zhao family." Zhao Yu said in a deep voice.

"What?" Zhang Ji didn't seem to hear clearly, and his face was full of astonishment.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu repeated it again: "According to Tong Yan, this group of assassins calls themselves 'Zhao's Dead Soldiers'. ”

"Zhao...... Dead ......"

Zhang Ji muttered, the expression on his face constantly changing.

I saw that he subconsciously glanced at the figures of several black tigers printed on the tent, and immediately approached Zhao Yu, and said in a low voice: "Childe, you suspect ......"

"I'm not sure either."

Zhao Yu shook his head, lowered his voice and said, "According to my tentative finding, in recent years, that guy has not only done that thing in Luyang, but also has a few other Zhao clans...... encountered similar things, and was charged with colluding with the rebels, plotting rebellion, and destroying the clan, so I am not sure whether it is or not...... But I remember you said that Zheng Luo is still alive, and his whereabouts are unknown all these years......"

"Childe is talking about ......"

A few hints flashed in Zhang Ji's eyes.

After thinking for a moment, he asked in a low voice, "What is Childe going to do?" ”

"I would like to meet the assassin who assassinated Tong Yan, but it seems that my intervention today has caused the other party's hostility......" As he spoke, Zhao Yu took out the cloth from his arms, handed it to Zhang Ji, and said, "Well, this is the warning he gave me." ”

With the help of the light of a torch planted in the tent, Zhang Ji frowned and examined the words on the cloth, and after pondering for a moment, he said, "Why don't I try it?" …… If it's really Zheng Luo, even if he can't recognize Childe, he will definitely recognize me. ”

"It's too risky."

Zhao Yu raised his hand and vetoed Zhang Ji's proposal.

It is undeniable that if the assassin is really Zheng Luo, he will definitely be able to recognize Zhang Ji, as long as Zhang Ji is wandering around Liangcheng Street, then Zheng Luo will definitely find Zhang Ji, but the problem is that it is easy to arouse Tong Yan's suspicion if he is so public.

So far, Zhao Yu and Zhang Ji are not sure whether Tong Yan still remembers Zhang Ji's appearance, even if it is just the degree of familiarity, because of this, when Zhao Yu went to Tong Yan's mansion twice to attend a banquet some time ago, he only took Wang Qing, Cao Wu, Qin Yu, and Jia Shu, and twice left Zhang Ji, a soldier, in the camp on the grounds that 'people must be left in the camp', and Zhang Ji also tried to avoid appearing in front of Tong Yan, just because he was afraid that Tong Yan would feel familiar.

In this case, how dare Zhao Yu ask Zhang Ji to enter Liangcheng? Don't catch Zheng Luo at that time, but instead of catching Zheng Luo, it caused Tong Yan's suspicion, which is really not easy to do.

"What then?" Seeing that Zhao Yu had rejected his idea, Zhang Ji frowned and asked.

Hearing this, Zhao Yu pondered for a moment and said: "The surname Tong's side, he has long known that there is an assassin who is thinking about assassinating him, and his negligence today has something to do with his desire to see me, but after today's incident, I believe that the person surnamed Tong will become more and more vigilant, whether it is Zheng Luo or not, that assassin should not have a chance to attack in a short time, so there is no need to worry about the death of the surname Tong." As for the assassin, given that the surname Tong had ordered the Governor's Office of Liang County to search the whole city, it was estimated that he would be honest for a while. …… Anyway, let's take a look at the situation first, and then I'll improvise. ”

Zhang Ji nodded slightly, after all, he also understood that in the current situation, it was indeed extremely difficult to contact the assassin unknowingly.

The next day, Zhao Yu took Niu Heng, He Shun and others into Liangcheng again, but this time it was not to drink, but to visit Tong Yan with a few packets of knife wound medicine and blood-tonifying herbs purchased from the pharmacy.

Did he really care so much about Tong Yan's physical condition?

Of course, after all, if Tong Yan died before revealing the truth of the incident to him, Zhao Yu would feel a very headache.

In addition, Zhao Yu also wanted to show that he was closer to Tong Yan to see if the assassin suspected of being Zheng Luo would 'anger' him and attack him.

For this reason, Zhao Yu also deliberately stayed in a post house in the city for a night.

But it's a pity, I don't know if his intention to 'fish' is too obvious, or the assassin suspected of being Zheng Luo doesn't want to affect people who have nothing to do with Tong Yan, in short, the assassin didn't find Zhao Yu, Niu Heng and He Shun and others stayed all night in vain.

The only harvest is probably only the harvest of Tong Yan's friendship, and the title of Zhao Yu has changed from the original 'Zhou Duwei' to 'Brother Zhou', and then to 'Virtuous Brother', which makes Zhao Yu feel inexplicably ironic when he is false and wronged.

After three days into the city twice, and also stayed in the city for one night, it is estimated that Xue Ao was also a little unhappy, and when Zhao Yu returned to the camp, Henan Governor Li Meng euphemistically expressed the dissatisfaction of General Xue, and said to Zhao Yu in private: "Captain Zhou, you have been too close to that Tong Yan in the past two days, you know that General Xue hates this person......"

Zhao Yu hurriedly explained Tong Yan's assassination to Li Meng, which dispelled Li Meng's suspicions.

In view of the fact that the assassin suspected of being Zheng Luo here did not take the bait, and Xue Ao was a little dissatisfied with him and Tong Yan getting too close, Zhao Yu naturally did not want to go in and out of Liangcheng frequently, so he could only stay in the camp honestly, holding his fingers and waiting for Xue Ao to give the order to start countermeasures against the rebels.

The snow in November, a few days, a few days, although almost every soldier in the camp has a winter coat, but in all fairness, in this cold winter, even wearing winter clothes still feels bitterly cold, so except for the soldiers on duty and patrol, almost all the soldiers of the Jin side have stopped their activities outside and hid in their respective tents to roast the fire.

Even the Taiyuan cavalry under Xue Ao had already stopped monitoring the rebels.

By the way, because of Xue Ao's intention to indulge, the rebels had already built a camp about twenty miles south of Liangcheng, but because of the bad weather, the rebels had not yet made an actual threat to Liangcheng, and they also hid in the barracks all day long, just like the Jin army.

In late November, Liang Cheng transported a batch of liquor to the camp of Xue Ao, Zhao Yu, and Li Meng, and Tong Yan personally escorted them.

I have to say that the assassin who stabbed Tong Yan in the arm that day was really deep, so that even after half a month, the wound on Tong Yan's right arm still did not heal, and he was covered with a thick wound cloth.

At this time, Xue Ao and Li Meng had already learned from Zhao Yu that Tong Yan had been assassinated on the street, so when they met Tong Yan, Li Meng asked about Tong Yan's injuries out of courtesy.

And Xue Ao, after a cold snort, said mockingly: "Sooner or later." ”

It was as if he was not surprised at all by Tong Yan's assassination.

In view of the awkwardness of the atmosphere, Li Meng could only divert the topic to round the scene: "Has Captain Tong ever caught that assassin?" ”

Under Zhao Yu's secret attention, Tong Yan shook his head, with both resentment and regret on his face.

This reply made Zhao Yu secretly breathe a sigh of relief, after all, he was not sure if the assassin was Zheng Luo, in case it didn't fall into Tong Yan's hands, it would be difficult to do.

Fast forward to December, and the temperature plummets again, and at the same time, it also ushered in the fifth snow of the year.

The snow in the cold winter seems to be colder than before, even Zhao Yu doesn't bother to get out of the tent, unless Xue Ao invites him to drink with Li Meng, otherwise as long as there is nothing serious, he is also wrapped in a quilt and lies on the bed, and then regrets again and again why he didn't bring Jingnu with him.

If there was a quiet girl by his side, how could this day be so boring?

On December 22, Xue Ao once again invited Zhao Yu and Li Meng to drink together.

To be honest, if it weren't for the fear of affecting his relationship with Xue Ao and Li Meng during this time, he really didn't want to go to Xue Ao's tent, which was almost three miles away from his tent, to drink in this kind of ghost weather, even if there were horses to travel.

"Brother Xue, when will we do something against the rebels?"

While drinking that day, Li Meng couldn't help but ask about it again.

Xue Ao didn't pay attention to Zhao Yu and Li Meng, and said with a smile: "Wait for the New Year, about the second and third years of junior high school, I think at this time, most of the rebels stationed in Kaifeng and Kao County will relax their vigilance......"

I have to say that even Zhao Yu felt that Xue Ao was a little tricky these days.

Just as the three of them were drinking and chatting, suddenly, a general under Xue Ao walked into the tent, clasped his fists and said, "General, the fifth general is here." ”

"Five generals? Could it be ......

Zhao Yu's heart moved slightly.

You must know that the generals under Xue Ao's command can be called the 'Five Generals', then there is only Xue Ao's righteous brother, the fifth general Wang Tan among the Five Tigers of Chenmen.

A moment later, a cold wind suddenly poured into the tent.

Zhao Yu turned his head to take a look, and saw Xue Ao's deputy general, Wei Xuan, personally lift the tent and invite a general with a rather young face into the tent.

This scene made Zhao Yu reaffirm his guess - he could let Xue Ao's deputy general Wei Bi greet him personally, and the person who came must be Xue Ao's brother-in-law, one of the five tigers of Chenmen, and the later general Wang Tan!

Sure enough, after the general with a rather young face entered the tent, he hugged his fist towards Xue Ao who was present, and called respectfully but closely: "Second brother." ”

"Why did the old man send you here?"

Xue Ao picked up a bowl of hot wine and walked towards the young general, and said with a smile: "Come, drink a bowl of wine to warm up." ”

The young general, or the old five Wang Tan of the Five Tigers of Chenmen, heard the words 'old man' from his second brother's mouth, a helpless smile appeared on the young and handsome face, and he immediately took Xue Ao and handed it to the wine bowl, and drank all the wine inside.

At this time, Li Meng was first, Zhao Yu was behind, and both of them had already stood up with interest, and seeing this, Xue Ao heartily introduced the two parties: "Come, get to know each other." This is the fifth child in my family, Wang Tan. …… Old Five, this is Li Meng, the little cub who was beaten by me in Handan, and now he has mixed up with the governor of Henan......"

"Brother Li......" Li Meng smiled bitterly, and immediately hugged his fist towards Wang Tan: "General Wang." ”

"Captain Li." Wang Tan smiled and hugged his fists in return, and immediately set his eyes on Zhao Yu.

It's no wonder, who let Zhao Yu wear half a mask on his face, which is too eye-catching.

At this time, Xue Ao, who noticed Wang Tan's gaze, also introduced Zhao Yu and said: "This is the Captain of Yingchuan, Zhou Hu ......"

"Uh-oh."

A few hints of surprise flashed in Wang Yan's eyes, and he hugged his fist towards Zhao Yu and said, "It turned out that it was Zhou Duwei who relied on the power of a county to severely damage the Guanshuo anti-thief army......"

Zhao Yu humbly clenched his fists and said: "General Wang has won the award, and he is ashamed to be ashamed." ”

"Where." Wang Tan raised his hand and said with a smile: "This time the rebels rebelled, and all counties and counties fell one after another, but Zhou Duwei shined in the battle of Kunyang, and even my father was shocked when he heard about it......

"Father?"

"Chen, Master Chen?" Zhao Yu was inexplicably excited.

I have to say that even if it is Zhao Yu, it is inevitable that he will be a little flustered when mentioning Chen Zhong, the Taishi of the Jin Kingdom, after all, he is a great famous general in the world, Rong Ma has been in his life, and he has never suffered a defeat at the age of eighty, and this veteran has the blessing of fabulous achievements, which inevitably makes Zhao Yu feel inexplicable pressure for a guy with a different heart.

Xue Ao naturally noticed Zhao Yu's sudden restraint, but he didn't care, after all, in his impression, whoever mentioned the old man of their family was probably like this.

He greeted Wang Tan with a smile and said, "Come on, come on, let's sit down and talk." ”

Hearing this, Li Meng took the initiative to give up his seat to Wang Yan, came to Zhao Yu's side, and sat down with Zhao Yu.

"Thank you, Captain Lee."

Wang Tan hugged his fists to express his gratitude, and immediately sat down in the seat where Li Meng was originally sitting.

"Wei Xuan." He beckoned to Wei Bi.

Wei Xuan understood, and after nodding, he sat down next to Wang Tan, and it could be seen that he was also very familiar with Wang Tan.

"Brotherly affection...... Doesn't that look good?'

Zhao Yu glanced at Xue Ao quietly, and seeing that Xue Ao didn't care, he secretly thought in his heart.

Previously, he was also a little curious about the relationship between the five tigers of the Chen Sect, but for now, these five brothers seem to be quite harmonious.

Just when Zhao Yu was secretly thinking to himself, Wang Tan asked Xue Ao about the rebels: "Second brother, what is the situation with the 300,000 rebels approaching Liangcheng?" ”

"Don't worry." Xue Ao raised his right hand and shook it weakly, and said very casually: "As long as there is no accident, at the latest in the first month of the first month, I will let the old man receive good news." ”

"Second brother, are you planning to use soldiers in the first month?" Wang Tan was slightly stunned, frowned and said, "This doesn't match the situation I know......"

He turned his head to look at Wei Bi, but saw Wei Bi spread his hands helplessly, and said, "The general thinks that with the 100,000 troops gathered in Liang County, it is enough to defeat the 300,000 rebels......"

"It's too risky."

Wang Tan frowned and said, "Second brother, you should at least wait for the eldest brother ......"

"I'm measured." Xue Ao smiled indifferently.

From the side, Li Meng asked in surprise: "Please forgive me for interjecting, will General Zou also participate in this battle to encircle and suppress the rebels?" ”

I saw that Wang Tan glanced at Xue Ao a little helplessly, and said: "According to the original plan, the second brother arrived in Liangcheng as a pioneer first, and then, my father will take my eldest brother and me to lead the army to Liangcheng to preside over the encirclement and suppression of the rebels......"

Hearing this, not only Li Meng subconsciously took a breath of cold air, but even Zhao Yu was also full of excitement.

Only then did he realize that this time the rebels had to face not only Xue Ao, the general of the chariot cavalry, but also the other two 'Five Tigers' - Zou Zan, the general of the Tiger Ben Zhonglang, and Wang Tan, the rear general in front of him.

Three 'Five Tigers'!

Of course, the most shocking thing for Zhao Yu was that Taishi Chen personally stepped out......

"Sure enough, as I guessed before, the Jin Kingdom really plans to launch a counterattack in Liangcheng......

Zhao Yu was a little frightened.

Although he had already guessed this, he never expected that the strength of Jin Guo's counterattack this time would be so shocking.

"Chen, Master Chen?"

Li Meng was also shocked to speak, and only after a while did he exclaim: "Isn't Taishi Chen conquest of foreign races? When did you return to the court? ”

"This year's summer will return to the dynasty." Xue Ao smiled and said gloatingly: "I heard that he is still angry with the court, so that His Majesty can live a good ......life."

"Ahem." Wang Tan pretended to cough and interrupted Xue Ao's words.

Seeing this, Li Meng changed the topic with interest, turned his head and asked Wang Tan, "That is the outer ......?"

A subtle smile appeared on Wang Yan's handsome face, and he said with a smile: "If nothing else, in twenty years, I don't need to worry about foreign races in Dajin...... All races. ”

"Good Guy......

Looking at the subtle smile on Wang Yan's face, Zhao Yu couldn't help but swallow his saliva secretly.

Obviously, Li Meng also guessed a few points, squeezed out a little smile on his shocked face, and said: "In other words, there are only rebels left......"

"Exactly." Wang Tan nodded, and was about to speak, but saw Xue Ao holding his chin over there and said in a casual tone: "Old Five, let the old man rest in Handan, the rebels have attacked Liangcheng, it is the end of the crossbow, I will clean up for the old man......"

"The rebels aren't the only ones in Liangcheng." Wang Tan Zhengse said: "Let's just talk about the Jiangdong rebels...... The rebels who came to Liangcheng were just a cover for the Jiangdong rebels to divert the attention of the imperial court, and none of the brothers Zhao Zhang and Zhao Yu came, and the real main force of the Jiangdong Yishi was currently divided into two routes, all the way to Jibei and Taishan, and all the way north along Donghai County......"

"What are the third and fourth children doing?" Xue Ao said with a frown.

"This ......"

Wang Tan glanced at Zhao Yu and Li Meng, coughed, and changed the topic, and Nanyang County, the situation over there is also very bad, according to the situation known to the imperial court, the anti-thief Guan Shuo sent a rebel army from Wuyang to enter Nanyang County from Wuyang under the condition of repeatedly attacking Ye County...... Seeing that Ye County was still there, the Nanyang army neglected to take precautions, and was caught off guard by the rebels, and lost the ...... Biyang and Wuyin."

『……』

Zhao Yu frowned slightly.

"Tsk."

Xue Ao pursed his lips and sneered: "Wang Shangde is capable of this? ”

"Ahem." Wang Tan coughed falsely and said euphemistically: "Second brother, General Wang Shangde is facing two righteous teachers......

"Two Paths?"

Xue Ao sneered: "The Changsha rebels in Guanshuo have died very little in Kunyang, but they have temporarily recruited a group of new soldiers......

"But the strength of the Jingchu rebels is obvious to all......" Wang Tan said as best he could.

"Obvious to all? Hey. Xue Ao sneered and said disdainfully: "I have been operating in Nanyang for more than ten years, and I am also a military field, and I am a military market, and I have made a lot of money and grain over the years, but in the end, I still can't beat Jing Chu...... Now it is even more humiliating, but it was attacked by the Jingchu rebels into Nanyang......"

"All in all, all in all......"

Seeing that his brother was talking more and more about the fire, Wang Jian raised his voice and overshadowed Xue Ao, and said solemnly: "This time, we must sweep away the rebels in one go, first break the rebels assembled in Liangcheng, and then divide the troops into two routes, all the way to the east to recover the counties of Shandong, all the way to the south to support Nanyang, and then go straight to Jingchu!" ”

"Is this the old man's arrangement?" Xue Ao rubbed his nose and asked.

"Yes." Wang Tan nodded.

Seeing this, Xue Ao touched his chin, and immediately said lightly: "Okay, I know, you go back and tell the old man, just say that I will wait for him in Liangcheng......"

Wang Tan looked at Xue Ao with suspicion for a while, and said in an inexplicable tone: "But second brother, you won't do that, right?" ”

"Haha." Xue Ao didn't care about being seen through by Wang Tan, and laughed when he heard this.

Seeing this, Wang Tan sighed helplessly, shook his head and said, "Second brother has made up his mind, it seems that it is useless for me to say anything." Then I can only wish the second brother a victory......"

"This is my good fifth brother." Xue Ao laughed.

After a while, Wang Tan followed Xue Ao's guards to rest, preparing to rest for one night before returning to Hebei.

As soon as he left, Xue Ao's expression became solemn, and he said to Zhao Yu and Li Meng in a deep voice: "As you two can see, we must step up our actions after the year, otherwise when the merit grabbing comes, our credit will be meaningless......

Wei Xuan looked strange and asked cautiously, "The general refers to Taishi Chen?" Your stepfather? ”

"Of course, who do you think I'm talking about?"

Xue Ao asked with a stunned face, and then snorted lightly: "The world thinks that the old man wins the battle for granted, if the old man is here, Lao Tzu's credit is meaningless, only the boss's unpromising guy will follow the old man......"

Wei Bi rolled his eyes and shook his head speechlessly.

From the side, Zhao Yu crossed his fingers and gently rubbed his fingers.

"Before that Grand Master leads his army to Liangcheng, he must try to capture that Tong Yan...... In the name of the rebels.'"

His expression was solemn, and he had a plan in mind.