On both sides of the solemn Zaoyang County Government Office, the officials wearing soap clothes and holding water and fire sticks were nowhere to be seen, replaced by a group of topless and burly men holding bright and broad bladed axes. There is a plaque of "Zhengda Guangming" hanging in front of the hall, but the atmosphere in the hall is faintly gloomy.

Although he has seen some of the world in the army, he is similar to most of the rogues who were born in mud legs, but whenever he captures the state and county, Luo Rucai also likes to occupy the county government and pretend to be himself. Not for anything else, just because every time I sit on the high-backed chair of the yamen, an indescribable pleasure of conquest will arise spontaneously.

When the border army brothers who rebelled against the Ming Dynasty mutinied together took the name of the Three Kingdoms, he also took the name of "Cao Cao", but he did not think that many years have passed, and now "Xuande Gong", "Guan Erye", "Lao Zhang Fei" and other comrades have died and perished, but his word "Cao Cao" is getting louder and louder. At first, he compared himself to "Cao Cao", but he did it casually, but later, everyone thought that he was cunning and calculating, and his temperament was also fickle and similar to Cao Cao's honesty, and his style of dealing with people and the name of "Cao Cao" became more and more complementary.

At the top of the Yatang Warm Pavilion, Luo Rucai, who is over forty years old, sits on a high-backed chair. In the past few months, Zhao Ying has been aggressively attacking again, and he has always paid attention to image and maintenance, but now his hair is scattered, his skin is yellow, especially the two black eye bags, which are so big that he can almost stuff a thumb.

Haggard is haggard, and the pomp and circumstance cannot be relaxed for a moment. In addition to the naked strong men who followed him on the left and right of the Ming Hall, there were also a few small chairs that were a little shorter next to his high-backed chairs. On each chair, there is a girl with a beautiful face and a showy personality.

This is a well-known scene in Cao Ying, Luo Rucai will accompany him with beautiful women whenever he has a discussion, and let them dress up while deliberately exposing his fragrant shoulders and breasts, and even bandeing his chest without the main waist. He himself will talk and laugh at these women, and these women are all foxy, and they want to refuse and welcome, and they laugh again and again. However, as long as the generals attending the meeting were squinted or absent-minded because of this, Luo Rucai would change his complexion and show no mercy, dragging the distracted generals out and tortured them. This is his power technique, on the one hand, to swear his supremacy in Cao's camp, and on the other hand, to observe and wait for opportunities to intimidate his generals.

A horse neighing came from outside the government office, and Luo Rucai, who was squinting and napping, straightened his spirits, opened his eyes and said, "It's here." ”

The government office sits in the north and faces south, there is a wall in front of the gate, the four-legged beast is painted on it, its name is homophonic as "greed", and the officials are warned not to be greedy. According to the wall to the inside, the southeast and southeast, each has the archway for the east and west gates. Enter the gate, one big two small three doors stand side by side, the middle is the gate, and there are three words of "Zaoyang County" on the plaque. More than ten steps through the gate, and facing three gates, is the "second door". Among them, the plaque on the gate is written with the word "Yimen", which means "there is an instrument to be liked". Wear the instrument door, a big patio suddenly appeared, is in the middle of a memorial arch, the banner is written with "Eryu Erlu, the people fat and the people's ointment, the people are easy to abuse, the heavens are difficult to deceive" words, that is, the ring stone inscription. On the side of the patio, all the clerks' offices are located, according to the order of the six rooms of officials, households, rites, soldiers, criminals, and workers, and outside the six rooms, there are still the delivery room, the grain room, the warehouse room, etc., as well as some empty rooms for the servants to rest. In the Ming Hall is the warm pavilion, in which there are public cases and high-backed chairs, and there is a table circumference hanging in front of the public case, and there are inkstones, pen holders, signature holders and other things on the table.

The sound of footsteps stepped on, and he stepped in, walked five steps in front of the public case, knelt on one knee, arched his hand on his forehead, and said: "Meet the lord!" "The man who came has big eyes and short beard and is beautifully dressed, it is Luo Rucai's henchman and Cao Ying's old camp leader Zhao Yingyuan.

Luo Rucai, who got up early and was sleepy, yawned with drooping eyelids, and said listlessly: "Ask me to sit in the hall early in the morning, what's the matter?" As he spoke, he habitually put his hand into the neckline of a girl on his left.

Zhao Yingyuan didn't squint, and said to Luo Rucai: "About the battle situation in the north." ”

"The battle in the north?" Luo Rucai doubted, "Isn't it just that Kong and Bai are defeated?" These two didn't hammer the goods, and Lao Tzu didn't expect them to come in handy. ”

"That's not it." Zhao Yingyuan arched his hand and said, "My lord, a few days ago, my subordinates reported that Fang Yuan's Chang Guoan was digging a trench, do you remember?" ”

Luo Rucai smiled and said, "Why don't I remember." Chang Guo'an was a little bit safe, afraid that he would not be able to stop the thief Zhao and become a mouse. And said, "With the Wang brothers in front of him, what are he afraid of?" It was also in the middle of the river that he instigated the Zhao thief, and he was bitten by a snake for ten years and was afraid of the well rope. ”

Zhao Yingyuan said: "Chang Guoan is cautious in his use of troops and has always considered a lot. The river mud in the area of Fangyuan is silted, and the soil is not too hard, so it is just used. In the past two days, a low earthen wall several miles long has been built, and two trenches have been dug outside the earthen wall, and several layers of hedges have been erected around the trenches. ”

Luo Rucai said: "With this fortification, it is better than ten thousand soldiers." This Chang Guoan is also a capable person, I thought he was just willing to fight and die, but he also had a hand in building walls and villages, and he was interested in promoting him at the beginning, but he didn't look away. As he spoke, he smiled brightly, "Wang Guangen, Chang Guoan, and Liu Xiyao, all of them have some ability. ”

Zhao Yingyuan praised: "These are all momentary heroes, but they are willing to be driven by the lord, which shows that the lord is talented." He continued, "Chang Guoan built a trench in the south of Fang Yuan, and he couldn't help but be idle, so he sent someone to report to me today, saying that he would build another one to the north to guard against Zhao thieves from the north with double-layer fortifications." The subordinates thought that it was beneficial to defend the whole as a whole, so they allowed it. ”

Luo Rucai twisted his beard and said: "Zhao Thief stopped for a moment, and my generation will have one more chance to improve himself." The Wang Guangen brothers are in the field, and they will definitely be able to give the Zhao thief some color, even if the Zhao thief breaks through the Shijia Xiaochong and Xiaoluozhuang, the veteran soldiers of the division may not be able to successfully cross the Fangyuan ditch. If Chang Guoan's two fortifications play a role at that time, it is not impossible for him to be included in the old camp because of his merits. ”

After hearing this, Zhao Yingyuan immediately bowed to the ground, and sighed suddenly: "The lord loves talents, his mind is like the sea, and his subordinates admire him!" Then he said, "But my subordinates are here with the intention of being a thief." ”

"Zhao thief has moved troops again?" As soon as he heard that there was a situation on the front line, Luo Rucai suddenly withdrew his disobedient hand, and his body straightened.

"No, Shijia Xiaochong and Xiaoluozhuang have been ......calm so far," Zhao Yingyuan replied, "It's just that the Zhao thief who has recently been entrenched in Qianzhuang Village has also begun to dig trenches and build walls in the south of the village. ”

Luo Rucai pondered for a long time, Zhao Yingyuan lowered his head and looked at the ground, and he didn't dare to raise his head. The girl who sat with her couldn't bear the loneliness, and put her fingers on Luo Rucai's shoulder, but they were all slapped off by Luo Rucai.

"Go, go, give it to Lao Tzu!" Luo Rucai said irritably, and with a wave of his hand, the three girls twisted and pinched into the second hall with a twist and a crushing step. Zhao Yingyuan peeked at the plump buttocks of the girls covered with tulle and writhing, and secretly swallowed and salivaed.

After a while, Luo Rucai tapped his fingers on the desk and said, "Zhao Thief's move seems to be to defend as an attack." He went on to say, "Our battalion has a large number of soldiers, and the grain and grass collected earlier from Qingtan, the second city of Chungling, and the city of Zaoyang County were counted by my uncle, and it was only enough to sustain the whole battalion for ten days. In other words, at the beginning of September, we will be transferred. ”

Zhao Yingyuan bowed his head and said: "This makes sense, our battalion is heavily guarded and guarded. Zhao thieves who have been fighting for a long time will inevitably see the benefits and disadvantages, and they are unwilling to attack and lose their generals, so as to wait for our battalion to retreat from the grain, so as to reap the benefits of the fishermen. ”

Luo Rucai laughed dryly and said: "Zhao thief is cunning and deserves his reputation. And he said, "That's fine." He took his Yangguan Road, and I took my single-plank bridge, and the well water did not interfere with the river water. "He has heard of the defeat of returning to the camp, to tell the truth, Luo Rucai, who has always been biased towards preserving his strength, is actually quite jealous of Zhao Ying. At present, the situation of the Liukou in northern Chu is not good, and he is unwilling to spend time and troops on dealing with Zhao Ying.

"The thief Zhao will be revenged, my battalion occupies his land and punishes his generals, he may not give up easily." Zhao Yingyuan said.

Luo Rucai snorted and said, "So what? Marching and fighting is not child's play, because of small losses, it is even more stupid. If Zhao Thief was an impulsive and reckless man, he Zhao Ying would not have developed to this point. At the same time, he said, "Zhao Thief wants to deal with dry consumption, so let's go with him." Anyway, in September, I patted my ass and left, rewarding him with a city to invite merit. ”

Zhao Yingyuan said: "It's a pity that the situation of returning to the camp is unfavorable, otherwise in September, our camp will be able to compete with it in northern Chu." ”

"Hehe, that's a bit of a stretch." Luo Rucai said with a smile, "Since the death of King Lao Chuang, the power of the righteous army has declined greatly, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it has plummeted, and there are very few people who can be called the leader so far. Breaking his fingers, breaking into the camp in Shaanxi to the officers and soldiers to fight the north, the situation of returning to the camp is not good, only my Cao Ying, since entering the lake and coming to Guangzhou, has been fighting successively, vertical and horizontal, has faintly become the desire of the righteous army everywhere. According to this situation, we only need to continue to protect ourselves, and when the situation changes, we will be able to become the head of the world's righteous army when we ascend to the heights! ”

Zhao Yingyuan was excited, and bowed again: "What the lord said is very true! I Cao Ying's destiny is returned, and sooner or later I will achieve a great cause! Speaking of this, his face suddenly darkened, and his voice lowered a lot, "But Xiying ......"

"Xiying City Fox Society rat, boneless wall grass, what is there to worry about?" Luo Rucai said unhappily, "Zhang Xianzhong's yellow beard is erected, the two ends of the first mouse, I can't get used to him with Lao Huihui, and I invite him to participate in the righteousness, but I just look at the past feelings." When the alliance was formed, he was full of loyalty and righteousness, and he was really at the juncture, but he was reluctant to send a soldier to help, which was so inauthentic, which shows that this person has a dark mind. If you ...... in the future", he immediately fell silent.

Zhao Yingyuan said tentatively: "Then Zaoyang ......"

Luo Rucai said disdainfully: "Even if he didn't have those tricks in secret, just a county town, Lao Tzu's iron hooves stepped on, and it was correct!" He asked, "By the way, did you catch that rammer who didn't have the eyesight?" ”

Zhao Yingyuan shook his head and said: "No, but dozens of people up and down his family are already prisoners, and only a few concubines have run away with him." ”

Luo Rucai coughed, and by the way, he spit out the thick phlegm on the neat public case, and said, "Little thief, there is no way!" Changing the topic, "I don't think the fighting spirit is strong on Zhao Thief's side, there are Wang brothers, Chang Guoan and others in the way, Wang Long and others are in command, you can save some snacks and focus on the next route." "Don't forget, where our ultimate goal is." ”

Zhao Yingyuan's heart tightened, and he hurriedly responded: "My subordinates understand!" ”