Two days later, on April 18, Guan Shuo, the commander of Changsha who set out from Zhaoling, led his army to the south bank of the Shahe River with Zhai Shang, Tian Xu and other generals.

Accompanying him were the Jiangxia righteous teacher Qu Shuai Chen Miao, as well as 50,000 Jiangxia troops.

At this time, Liu De and Huang Kang had not yet built the camp, and even the fence had not yet been built, and when they learned that the army had arrived, the two immediately went out to greet Guan Shuo and Chen Miao into this place called the camp, and at the same time, told the two of them what they knew so far.

“…… When Huang Kang and I arrived with the army, the people of Ye County had already abandoned the old camp that they had taken and burned it clean, so Huang Kang and I had no choice but to order the soldiers to rebuild the camp. …… During this period, the people of Kunyang did not take the opportunity to come to the sneak attack, but according to the reports of the soldiers below, there may be Kunyang's 'green scarves' across the river to provoke our soldiers......"

“……”

Listening to Liu De's slow narration, Guan Shuo frowned slightly.

Kunyang's green scarf soldiers actually dared to provoke his righteous soldiers? Did he really not dare to lead his army to kill the Sand River?

Eventually, he held back.

First, the broken county of Kunyang is not worth the sacrifice of his righteous teacher, and second, more than half of the 50,000 Jiangxia troops that Chen Miao reinforced him were new soldiers who were replenished from Runan County, but they had barely received a certain amount of training, and the weapons and equipment were all old things from the county treasury of Runan counties.

Therefore, although the strength of his command can be restored to the level of last year's attack on Kunyang, the overall strength of the army has decreased slightly, and in this case, it is obviously a wise choice to ignore the provocation of individual Kunyang people and avoid drawing Kunyang into this battle.

"Hmm."

In one simple word, Guan Shuo responded to the incident of 'some Kunyang people provoking the righteous teachers and soldiers'.

As soon as he heard this reply, Liu De understood what this Qu Shuai meant, and then told another story: "...... In addition, some soldiers found that last year, the soldiers who were captured by our volunteer division in Kunyang were cultivated in the fields after being seized by the Kunyang people, and when our volunteer arrived here a few days ago, those captured soldiers ran to the river bank and shouted and begged for help from the soldiers patrolling our volunteer division across the river, but then they were reprimanded by the green scarves of Kunyang, and were forced back to the fields by the group of green scarves with knives and guns......

“……”

Guan Shuo, whose face had become very solemn, had clenched his fists at this time, and Chen Miao, who was beside him, also frowned after hearing these words.

After a while, Guan Shuo asked in a deep voice: "How many soldiers have been captured by my righteous teacher?" ”

"I don't know."

Liu De shook his head and said, "The soldiers below have seen about one or two thousand people, but I think that should not be all. …… In order to avoid irritating Kunyang, the last general ordered the soldiers under him not to cross the river boundary, which is why ......"

"Uh-"

Guan Shuo let out a long breath.

In the winter of last year, he did not know how many of his Changsha Yishi's soldiers were captured by Kunyang and Yexian, and he privately guessed that there might be thousands, or even nearly 10,000.

Thinking that thousands, nearly 10,000 soldiers were captured by Kunyang and Yexian, Guan Shuo felt resentment in his heart.

You must know that those captured soldiers are all excellent soldiers of his Changsha Yishi, and they are excellent soldiers who followed him Guan Shuo all the way from Jiangxia County to Yingchuan County, even if they are not elite, they can be said to be battle-hardened, much stronger than the new soldiers who supported him by Chen Miao.

If he can find a way to get those captives back, as long as he equips them with a weapon and an armor, then he can immediately add thousands or even tens of thousands of excellent soldiers to his command.

As for the cost......

That is naturally a complete reversal from that Zhou Hu, and the private agreement between the two parties will no longer be counted.

After much deliberation, Guan Shuo finally decided to maintain the status quo: "Kunyang also suffered heavy casualties last year, and I think they also want to avoid another war, which is also beneficial to my righteous teacher." As long as the people of Kunyang do not cross the line to attack my righteous teacher, so that the soldiers below are not allowed to attack the Kunyang soldiers, don't be provoked by some Kunyang soldiers' provocations, my righteous teacher's purpose this time is to attack Ye County, and no extraneous branches. ”

Behind this seemingly plausible explanation, he did not respond in any way to the captives.

“…… Be. ”

Liu De suddenly understood, and did not stick to the matter of captivity, and after the confession, he said goodbye and left the hut.

As soon as he left, Guan Shuo couldn't help but raise his hand and slap the table in front of him hard, venting the anger in his heart.

Of course, Chen Miao understood why Guan Shuo was angry, and persuaded: "No matter what, let's attack Ye County first." Otherwise, Jing Chu's righteous teachers will not be able to pass Nanyang, and 'several righteous teachers will enter Nandu', but there will be a huge boost missing. ”

“……”

Guan Shuo nodded silently.

At the same time, Ishihara hurriedly returned to Kunyang County, came to the county office, and asked to see Zhao Yu again.

After seeing Zhao Yu, Ishihara Masasei said: "An hour ago, a county official discovered that a huge number of troops had been stationed in the rebel barracks on the other side of the river, most of which were the main force of the rebels' regrouping, and the number was probably tens of thousands...... In order to prevent the rebels from attacking, I suggested that the county should be deployed in the south of the county. ”

"Oh? Guan Shuo's army has arrived? It's strange, in just three or four months, where did he get tens of thousands of troops? Not...... It is estimated that the army was transferred by Chen Miao.

After listening to Ishihara's message, Zhao Yu secretly analyzed it for a moment, and it wasn't until Ishihara pleaded again that he smiled and said, "No, it's not necessary. …… Most of the land in the south of the county has been reclaimed into fields, and if we were to deploy troops in the south of the county, we would have to destroy the crops that would grow young seedlings......"

Ishihara was angry, raised his voice and said, "Right now, there are nearly 100,000 rebel Chen soldiers on the south bank of the Shahe River, but Leader Zhou is focusing on a few crops? ”180

Zhao Yu was not annoyed, and said with a smile: "It's not just a few crops, it's directly related to my Kunyang harvest this year." ”

After saying that, he changed his words and said with a smile: "What's more, even if a defense is deployed in the south of the county and a county guard is stationed, so that the rebels can be blocked?" ”

“……”

Ishihara was speechless.

Indeed, if the rebels on the other side really wanted to invade Kunyang, even if all his three or four thousand county soldiers were deployed in the south of the county, they would not be able to stop the rebels' attack, and they could only resist the rebels' attack with difficulty by relying on the low and impenetrable walls of Kunyang, as they did last year.

But even if you lose the land in the south of the county, you have to struggle a little, right?

You can't just do nothing and retreat into the city like you did last year, right?

“……”

Staring at the bandit leader in front of him, Ishihara said in a strange tone: "Based on my understanding of Leader Zhou, Leader Zhou will never ignore the threat of the rebels, and then consider the strange behavior of the rebels...... Leader Zhou, didn't you make any agreement with the rebels? ”

"How so?" Zhao Yu said confidently: "Zhou is the commander of the Yingchuan County, and he is an official of the imperial court, how can he collude with the rebels who are in rebellion?" ”

"How did the leader explain the fact that no rebel army had crossed the river boundary so far?" Ishihara asked expressionlessly.

Zhao Yu said in a natural tone: "Xu is that they are afraid, afraid of me Kunyang." ”

This statement was no different from the group of young county soldiers under Ishihara's hands who didn't know the height of the sky, and Ishihara couldn't help but sneer when he heard it.

Ishihara knew very well that the group of county guards under his command said this, it was those young people who were arrogant, but they began to be proud after winning a battle, but the bandit leader in front of him also said so, there must be something strange behind this.

He seriously doubted that the Zhou leader must have made some kind of agreement with the rebels.

Of course, he didn't reject this, after all, as a member of Kunyang, he didn't want to experience another 'battle of Kunyang', he was just dissatisfied with the bandit leader in front of him who coaxed him like a three-year-old child, and opened his eyes to make up nonsense.

After a long time, he exhaled lightly, adjusted his mood, and then asked again: "What about ...... What about those subordinates who are subordinate to the army? I remember that the day before yesterday, I made a special trip to inform the leader of Zhou that since the rebels came, the subordinate reclamation army has become uneasy, quite unscrupulous, clamoring to go to the other side of the river to move the rescue troops, to give us a good look, and even, there are already people in private in tandem, and they have escaped to the other side of the river together. …… However, as of today, Chief Zhou has turned a blind eye to this. ”

"Well...... this"

Zhao Yu groaned and paced a few steps in the room, thinking about how to prevaricate.

Indeed, since the rebels came, the Liken army has become more and more restless, not only after Ishihara told him, but also Liu Tu, Chen Gui, and Legui, in fact, a large number of people told him, but Zhao Yu did not make any response.

“…… And think long-term. ”

Zhao Yu said with a smile, without the slightest panic in his tone.

"This guy is definitely in private collusion with the rebels!"

Shi Yuan stared at Zhao Yu expressionlessly for a long time, and secretly thought in his heart.

But since the bandit leader in front of him was already in full control, he no longer bothered to persuade him.

After all, the more than 10,000 subordinate reclamation troops are the 'property' of the county government, and the county government is now controlled by this 'Zhou Captain', no matter what he thinks, this Zhou leader will not do anything to make him suffer a loss.

"That week, the leader will have a 'long-term plan', I hope there will be no mistakes, harm others and hurt himself......"

Ishihara clenched his fists expressionlessly, and then took his leave and left.

Looking at Ishihara's departing back, Zhao Yu chuckled and shook his head.

He could see that this Ishihara had more or less guessed a few clues, and it was not in vain that he valued this person.

So......

『…… What do you Qin Yu think?"

Turning around and walking to a window, Zhao Yu's fingers lightly clasped the window lattice, and his face under the mask seemed to be smiling.

At the same time, next to a granary in Xiangtun, Qin Wei, the deputy of the Liken Army and a former rebel general, was holding a hoe, looking at the Liken pawn who was replanting seedlings in the field, but in fact he seemed to be thinking about something.

His former subordinate Peng Fu passed by him with a bucket of grass and wood ashes, and said in a low voice: "General Qu, don't hesitate any longer, I heard the brothers say that the army of my righteous master has reached the south bank ......of the Shahe River, as long as you raise your arms and shout, there will definitely be many brothers following, and dozens of green scarves on the bank of the river will definitely not stop us from waiting."

“…… I'll think again. ”

Qin Wei held his hoe and said with a solemn expression.

It is undeniable that Peng Fu has a lot of sense, but he always feels that this matter will not go so smoothly.