As the so-called "soldiers are plotting", although Xu Hui and Qin Jinxiao are rogues, they also hope to surrender without a fight, so after arriving at the city, they did not rush to attack, but slowly asked Shuiqiu Tan, the former battalion counselor of the army, to write a letter of surrender and shoot into the city.

After the letter entered the city, there was no movement for a long time, Qin Jinxiao sent a companion to the city to ask, who knew that the call was not two, the arrows on the city were like rain, and they were shot into a hedgehog when they landed. Then, an officer of the army leaned on the wall and shouted: "If you want to attack, you will attack, my family will not even glance at the letter of the thief!" ”

That companion should be the old buddy of the Qin family, who has followed Qin Jinxiao for many years, and Qin Jinxiao treats him as a family member. Now that he has died tragically in the city, how can this hatred be endured? Therefore, Qin Jinxiao was furious and immediately arranged the siege of the city.

Xu Hui was calmer than him, and when he saw that there was an abnormality in the left battalion, he hurriedly rode over to stop him and persuaded: "Because of anger, soldiers are taboo." Ru Jinsheng's move is obviously to provoke us and others. The sentinel cavalry visited the city, and replied that most of the city's troops were concentrated in the southeast, and if they were forced, they might not be able to win favor. ”

Although Zhao Ying seems to be crowded at present, because Zhao Dangshi recruits strictly, it is slow to replenish and cannot afford to consume. Especially Qin Jinxiao's left battalion, in order to maintain the subjectivity of Shizhou veterans, he can't fight at will. Qin Jinxiao is young and vigorous, but he is also well versed in this, so after listening to Xu Hui's words, and remembering Zhao Dangshi's instructions, he put away his anger and said in a deep voice: "What Xu Qian said is true." ”

Xu Hui said again: "Didn't the general person of Zhou say that day, although this Ru Jinsheng is a stinky old nine, he has some ability. In addition to recruiting a brave county soldier of 1,000 people, he also lured several old men from the original Hanzhong Mansion to show kindness and righteousness and use them to command the troops. Many of these old men were a little famous in the rivers and lakes before, and their means were quite high, and they took the county soldiers to serve Ru Jinsheng with all their hearts, and their combat power should not be underestimated. Speaking of this, he turned his eyes to the heavily guarded head of the city and replied, "We will act according to the plan laid out by the two soldiers." ”

Qin Jinxiao nodded and responded: "I know, what the two of you said about joining the army makes sense, but Lao Xu thinks that if we don't rely on them, we will take the county, will it make the capital more happy and make yourself longer?" ”

Xu Hui shook his head and said, "No." The intention of making it is to take the county, and no matter how we take the city, the credit will not be far from ten. And according to the current degree of defense in the county, it is definitely worth the loss just by relying on the two of us, and I am afraid that stealing chickens will not be able to lose rice, and the credit will not be gained, and it will cause a commotion. ”

Among the several battalions of the Zhao battalion, in addition to the extremely independent Han Gunma military camp, only Qin Jinxiao's battalion refused to arrange civilian personnel. However, Qin Jinxiao's behavior has inevitably become a sign of arrogance in the eyes of Zhao Dangshi's dead friends such as Xu Hui and Hou Dagui.

Qin Jinxiao's thoughts, Xu Hui knew a thing or two, that is, he was unwilling to submit to the camp Chinese. Although Qin Qigong and he are uncles and nephews, but the two are close in age, and often compete in secret, Qin Qigong in order to avoid suspicion, and later rarely interacted with Qin Jinxiao and the people in the left camp. His hard work, Qin Jinxiao didn't understand much, thinking that after this little uncle became a celebrity in front of Zhao Dangshi, he looked down on his group of generals, and he was really unhappy to hold his breath in his heart. Coupled with Mu Gongchun, who is not used to pretending to be high, it is normal for him to be resistant to the Chinese Confucian students.

Xu Hui also has similar emotions, and it is impossible for him to quickly change his position just because a few Confucian scholars are around to help. It's just that he knows when to fight and when to let go. In his opinion, Qin Jinxiao suddenly became a little immature on such an occasion.

The commander-in-chief in charge of the siege this time was Xu Hui, Qin Jinxiao could see that he had a tough attitude, and he didn't dare to say any more, so he said in a sullen voice: "Listen to Xu Qian's orders." ”

At the moment of the war, Xu Hui didn't have time to take into account his feelings, and said directly: "According to the plan, you take people around to the west to distract the attention of the officers and soldiers in the city, and I will see how effective you are here." ”

Qin Jinxiao was not very happy, and said in his heart: "What's the spirit." With an "um" in his mouth, he held his head high and strode away. Xu Hui didn't care about his attitude, and after the soldiers and horses of the left battalion began to prepare for movement, he immediately returned to the front camp.

When the soldiers and horses of the left battalion of the Zhao battalion broke away from the southeast and went around to the northeast, Ru Jinsheng, who was sitting in the enemy tower, also received a report from the soldiers. Ru Jinsheng has a strategy, but militarily he still has to rely on a group of former veterans who have been collected. The soldiers came to block, the water came to cover, these old Kou originally saw the Zhao camp soldiers gathered in the southeast corner, so most of the garrison forces in the city were gathered here, and now Qin Jinxiao suddenly transferred, and they could only hurriedly start to send troops to support other places.

Xu Hui picked up a captured telescope to look at the situation in the city, but in the lens of the telescope, the head of the city in the southeast corner of the county town was full of people, the banners were chaotic, and he secretly measured in his heart: "Although these county soldiers have a brave reputation, they still lack some fire experience in battle, and there is no good commander, so they will be chaotic when they encounter small variables, and they are not enough to worry about." Thinking like this, he suddenly joked, "According to this situation, if Qin Jinxiao wants to storm the city, he may not be able to do it." "Thinking like this, he is stable after all, and since he has already made a plan, he will not make a sudden change.

But Qin Jinxiao is different from him, he saw the chaos of the official army, Qin Jinxiao also saw it clearly in the action, and thought: "It is said that the surname Xu is stable, but I think he is just a coward, and he will only listen to Zhao Dangshi's words and do things." Who can't fight a battle according to the rules? "He has a very high spirit, although he has entered the Zhao camp, he has always disdained to associate with Hou Dagui and other reckless-born soldiers on weekdays. Therefore, there is a gap between the two sides, and Hou Dagui, Xu Hui and others have made a lot of military exploits, he is depressed, not convinced, and wants to make meritorious contributions independently, so as to re-stabilize his position.

Because of this thought, the thought that was originally suppressed by Xu Hui was ready to move again with the clumsy performance of the officials and soldiers in the city.

The county seat of Chuxian County is not big, and there is barely a three-mile around the city, and many of them have been broken and collapsed, but they have been repaired by Ru Jinsheng in the past few months. Among them, a section of the city wall in the southeast is the most solid and tall, Xu Hui and other troops are stationed here, which is the most suitable for Ru Jinsheng's spleen, and he mobilized about 800 troops to hold on, intending to defeat the spirit of Zhao Ying in a battle. Unexpectedly, he was ready to do enough, but Xu Hui was not provoked, and divided half of the men and horses to make a detour to the north.

He has no experience, and a group of officers who have been attached to the city are good at field battles, and they don't know much about the tricks of defending the city.

The first few officers of the southeast city said to Ru Jinsheng: "My lord, this place may become the place of the main battle." The sword has no eyes, and if the battle hurts the adult, I will die and die. Please also move into the city and wait for the good news that we will kill the thieves and retreat from the enemy. ”

Ru Jinsheng nodded and said, "Okay." "The boss is in battle and braves the arrows, which can boost the morale of the city defense. But "without steel drills, don't do porcelain work", Ru Jinsheng has no power to restrain the chicken, unable to wear armor and hold halberds like some Confucian generals, and he can't even wield an ordinary simple knife. Blindly lying on the city will become a burden to the soldiers.

In order not to make the soldiers fight with scruples and tie their hands, Ru Jinsheng quickly left the southeast city, however, he did not go back to the city directly, but was escorted by seven or eight officers and soldiers, and walked north, wanting to see what the Zhao battalion men and horses were trying to do. He was accompanied by nearly 200 officers and soldiers, and these soldiers were fast-paced, passing by Ru Jinsheng one by one, and they were all temporarily selected and transferred to the north to hold on.

"Your Excellency!" Every soldier who passed by was worried and flew away, and only at the end of the line did one of them stop, bow down and salute Ru Jinsheng.

Ru Jinsheng looked at this general, a young man with a white face and no beard, and nodded slightly to him: "You will be in the north." ”

The young man raised his mouth and smiled: "Don't worry, my lord! After saying that, he bowed again and then left.

Ru Jinsheng looked at his back with a complicated expression, and finally sighed silently. This young man is called Li Yanyi, a native of Shanxi, and he was also a rogue in Hanzhong before. It's just that he is young and has strong means, and he was already the leader of a group of hundreds of people before he was appeased. This kind of strength is also one of the best among all the thieves recruited by Ru Jinsheng. Therefore, since Li Yanyi was attached, he has always been deeply relied on by Ru Jinsheng.

Although this Li Yanyi is in the grass, he is quite knowledgeable about etiquette, and he is white and handsome, Ru Jinsheng values him very much, and almost regards him as an important chess piece to control the surrendered rogue group in the county. Facts have proved that Li Yanyi does have two brushes, and with his personal ability and the convenience provided by Ru Jinsheng, he has become the leader of the Fuliu Kou in the shortest possible time. At present, the 200 people he brought to the north are basically old men who have surrendered at the beginning and have certain combat experience and skills.

But no matter how sensible and obedient Li Yanyi is, he can't get rid of the fact that he was born as a rogue after all. Ru Jinsheng had to rely on him to defend the city out of practical needs. However, the more you rely on him, the more vigilant you become, and the more vigilant you are, the more anxious you become. He was afraid that one day he would be eaten by this Li Yanyi, who covered the sky with one hand in Chu County, and he would die without a place to be buried. Especially in the recent gathering of a large number of rogues in Hanzhong Mansion, Ru Jinsheng was very worried that before the heavy pressure, Li Yanyi would betray himself and throw himself into the arms of the rogues again. Therefore, a long time ago, Ru Jinsheng began to meditate, hoping to come up with a suitable way to tie this tiger general firmly under his hands once and for all.

To tie people's hearts, since ancient times, you can't jump out of the four words "grace, righteousness, wealth, and sex". Ru Jinsheng had no way to influence Li Yanyi with "grace" or "righteousness", and he didn't have "wealth" to squander, so he could only sacrifice the only card in his hand - his daughter Ru Pingyang.

Li Yanyi has a good impression of Ru Pingyang, and especially likes his bold and honest character, but because of the status gap, he hides his stuffiness in his heart. This kind of thing has been held back for a long time, and it is inevitable that he will be depressed, Ru Jinsheng can see what he is thinking, so he picked some occasions and deliberately knocked on the side to arouse Li Yanyi's fantasy.

Young people with strong blood are often prone to wishful thinking for feelings. Although Li Yanyi is an old man, he is no exception in this regard, and Ru Jinsheng took advantage of this. Even though he never promised to marry his daughter to Li Yanyi, in the constant conjecture of Li Yanyi's subjective world, marrying Ru Pingyang seems to have become a matter of course. In his plan, as long as he repels the thieves and wins this battle, he can use this as capital and open his mouth to propose to Ru Jinsheng.

Ru Jinsheng knew Li Yanyi's abacus well, but he said that he would never marry his only daughter to Li Yanyi. Although Li Yanyi is good at talking, handsome, and really capable, he can't escape the black history of being born in a rogue after all. The right door is a necessary condition for marriage, no matter what kind of objective reality it comes from, it cannot shake the bottom line that is deeply rooted in Ru Jinsheng's heart.

Therefore, Ru Jinsheng felt sorry. Of course, he wants to repel the rogues and fulfill his duties, but at the same time, he also has a headache about how to deal with the aftermath of the ambiguous relationship he has deliberately created. Sometimes he thinks that even if Li Yanyi is just an ordinary farmer, he will marry his daughter to him.

The world is impermanent, one after another. Sometimes you jump out of one ring only to find that you fall into another.

Ru Jinsheng was a little troubled by Li Yanyi's matter, but the melodious horn sound that suddenly sounded in the Zhao Ying army in the north rushed away his distracting thoughts.

"The thieves attacked?" Ru Jinsheng asked the officers and soldiers around him in surprise.

At the same moment, Xu Hui, who was standing under the canopy and observing the movements of the southeast city, also asked left and right with a surprised face: "Is there a war in the north?" ”

As they asked, Qin Jinxiao, who had already made a detour back to the north of Chu County, suddenly launched a siege order.