Chapter Nine: The Fish That Slipped Through the Net [Nine Watches]

Liu Xiaoer hadn't recovered from the fright just now, and saw a corpse lying in front of him in a daze, and suddenly screamed, and simply fainted.

Zhu Chuba and Han Lin looked at each other helplessly, so they had to ask a few of their subordinates to lift Liu Xiaoer up, move him to the car, and send him back to Luancheng for good treatment.

Han Lin said to Zhu Chuba: "This time it's thanks to the eighth brother again. ”

Zhu Chuba replied: "Brother Han is polite, this is what the eighth year of junior high school should do." ”

"However, this task doesn't seem to be so easy to accomplish." Han Lin's face was solemn.

"Well, that's good. There were four people in the portrait given by Uncle Han, but only three appeared this time. And one more I don't know where it came from. Zhu Chuba said.

"Maybe it's delayed for some reason, but if it's better to do it like this, we'll just wait a little longer. I was afraid that they would not go the ordinary way, and walk through the mountains and forests. It's difficult, but it's not entirely impossible. If that's the case, that's a problem. ”

Zhu Chuba also became solemn and said, "It's really troublesome like this, but it's not completely impossible. ”

"Oh?" Han Lin was surprised: "Does the eighth junior brother have a way? ”

Zhu Chuba nodded and said: "If there is really a person passing through the mountains and forests, he will definitely go to Yingzhou City to intercept it, as long as he hasn't seen Yingzhou Zhou Yin, it's no problem." ”

Zhu Chuba pondered for a moment and then said, "Yingzhou, leave it to me." But you must not take it lightly here, Brother Han, you are still guarding here, there are not many people going to Yingzhou, I am enough alone. ”

Han Lin thought for a while, but he didn't think of a better way, so he had to nod his head in agreement: "Then this time, I have to ask the eighth brother of the junior high school!" ”

On the other side, Han Yu appointed Liu Tong, the right protector of the rudder of the former White Lotus Sect in Zhaozhou, as the marching general of the Red Turban Army, and Liu Tong personally supervised the management of the 150,000 workers who returned to the Yellow River embankment.

Liu Tong had some ability in this regard, and in just a few days, he managed a huge army of 150,000 people in an orderly manner. It is of course unrealistic to want to build these 150,000 workers' troops who have never been on the battlefield into elite soldiers in a short period of time, but as long as Zhaozhou City is defeated, there will be enough time to train these troops well. And now, they are going to rely on their numerical superiority to crush the defenders of Zhaozhou and seize Zhaozhou City. So, there is no need for such an elite army.

Han Yu came down to inspect the management of the army, which was personally led by Liu Tong. Although the soldiers of the Red Turban Army have always been taken care of by Liu Tong, of course, it is impossible for them not to know who their real boss is. Therefore, even though most of the soldiers in the Red Turban Army had not even seen Han Yu, they showed a lot of respect.

Han Yu saw that in just a few days, his Red Turban Army already looked like an army, and couldn't help but praise: "Futong, you are a great general, you have done a good job." Our 150,000 troops have this level, which is enough to take Zhaozhou City. ”

Liu Tong accepted Han Yu's praise with a smile, but at the same time, he also reminded Han Yu: "Lord Marshal, if our opponent only has the power of Zhaozhou City, there will naturally be no problem with it. But if that Ruan Xiangxi asks for help from Yingzhou and other places in the name of being pressed by the rebels, then they will be united inside and outside, and our people will not be able to withstand the encirclement of the forces of the two states. ”

The smile on Han Yu's face retracted, and he said to Liu Tong: "Your worries are reasonable, although the undercover agent I planted in Ruan Xiangxi's mansion has already handed over the portraits of the four messengers that Ruan Xiangxi excluded to Lin Er and asked him to intercept them." But in the past few days, I have indeed been a little flustered in my heart, and I always feel that something bad will happen. ”

Liu Tong thought so, nodded and said, "What the marshal is worried about is that this matter is very important, and there is no room for a little difference." ”

For a while, the atmosphere between the two became solemn.

After a while, Liu Tong smiled open-mindedly again: "But since the marshal has already made arrangements, and it is Lin Er who is sent out." We all know Lin Er's ability, not to mention that there is also a senior disciple of Li Xunlong's helmsman, Zhu Chuba, who is by his side, so there will be no accidents. ”

Han Yu smiled reluctantly: "I hope so." Then he looked at Liu Tong with solemn eyes and said: "The affairs in the army must be taken care of quickly, so as not to have too many dreams at night, and we must take Zhaozhou City as soon as possible." As long as we move fast enough and gain a firm foothold in Zhaozhou City, even if the reinforcements from Yingzhou really arrive, I can't help it. ”

Liu Tong half-knelt on the ground and replied, "Obey, Lord Marshal." ”

Han Yu nodded, mumbled, and walked back with his hands down.

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In Yingzhou City, the guards at the city gate are obviously a lot stricter. What happened in Lincheng Zhaozhou City has already reached the ears of Yingzhou. In order to prevent a similar rebellion in Yingzhou, Yin of Yingzhou Prefecture personally ordered a strict investigation of people entering and leaving the city, and no suspicious person should be spared.

Castle Lord's Mansion.

Since the incident in Zhaozhou City, Yin Duli's brows in Yingzhou Prefecture have not relaxed these days. He knew very well that Ruan Xiangxi would definitely send someone to send him a letter asking for help, and with his military strength in Zhaozhou City, it would be absolutely impossible to stop the menacing 150,000 rebels. Du Li also knew very well that as long as he sent troops to Yingzhou to help, the siege of Zhaozhou would be solved.

He also wanted to send troops to Zhaozhou to relieve the siege, but according to the law, a state governor Yin was not allowed to lead troops out of the garrison at will, unless there were other states and states where the rebellion was difficult to suppress, and there must be a letter of assistance written by the state Yin to testify before he could send troops, otherwise, the crime was the same as rebellion.

The reason why Du Li sent people to strictly guard the city gate was to prevent the traitors with bad intentions from taking advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble, and the most important thing was to find out the messenger sent by Ruan Xiangxi to deliver the letter as soon as possible and protect it as soon as possible.

Speaking of which, Ruan Xiangxi is indeed a smart person. He knew that the Red Turban Army must have a way to know the news that he had sent someone out to deliver the letter, so he deliberately asked the four brothers under his command to hold a letter and secretly ordered the fourth brother to walk through the mountains and forests. Then he temporarily instructed the other three brothers, saying that the fourth brother had another task. So even the three brothers didn't know anything about the whereabouts of the fourth.

The four brothers were originally strongmen in the mountains, and they followed Ruan Xiangxi since the cottage was swept away by Ruan Xiangxi. The four of them used to be in the mountains and forests all day long, so they were naturally better at walking through the woods than ordinary people.

But despite this, after all, it is from a place where no one has ever walked and is full of thorns and barbs, although it is not life-threatening, but the road from Zhaozhou to Yingzhou is far away, and it is absolutely not pleasing to walk all the way.