In Xu Liangcheng's yamen, Liu Ye sat in the lobby, Peng Mao sat next to him, and the other generals sat under the hall. Everyone looked at the spies who were put back by Zhang Shumo.

"Report to General Gao, the little one was arrested by a group of township soldiers before he entered Qinghua City, and they forced the small one to lie and deceive the general, it seems that General Liu Kuang and General Wei Meng should not have taken Qinghua City." The spy told everything he had seen and heard.

Liu Ye was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then slapped the table violently, and the green tendons on his forehead skyrocketed: "What did you say?" If they hadn't taken Thanh Hoa City, they would have come back a long time ago, how could they not have taken it down! ”

Only then did everyone realize the seriousness of the problem, and they all lowered their heads and did not dare to look at Liu Ye. Seeing that no one answered, Liu Ye kicked over the table: "You speak!" Dumb? ”

Everyone knew in their hearts that in this case, Liu Kuang and Wei Meng must have died in battle. Although it is a little unbelievable, it is only in this way that it can be explained, otherwise it would not have been possible to go without news for so long. But none of them dared to say it, they were all afraid of touching Liu Ye's moldy head.

Peng Mao sighed and slowly stood up: "The general is angry, please put the general first!" ”

"Big bullshit!" Liu Ye scolded Peng Mao fiercely: "If it weren't for your plan, we wouldn't have come to Da Xu Liang, so my brother wouldn't have died!" No, no, no, maybe he's not dead yet, and the people of Thanh Hoa City will never dare to kill him, maybe he is now locked up as a hostage in Thanh Hoa City. ”

Looking at Liu Ye, who was a little crazy, Peng Mao suddenly raised his voice and said, "General Liu! Regardless of whether General Liu Kuang dies or not, we have no time to take care of other places now. The Western Route Army has lost 5,000 people, they will definitely be more careful in the future, we must solve the big trouble of the Western Route Army, and then deal with others! ”

"Must? Are you commanding me? Tell you Peng Mao, the whole Northwest is not as important as one finger of my brother! If Liu Kuang has three long and two short, I will let the entire Qinghua City be buried together! After speaking, Liu Ye kicked his chair apart.

Some timid people in the hall were already trembling with fright, but Peng Mao still said without humility or arrogance: "General! If you give up now, everything you paid before will be in vain, and General Liu Kuang will also sacrifice in vain! ”

As soon as he heard the word sacrifice, Liu Ye was silent for a long time with a gloomy face, and then let out a painful roar: "Ah~! Daddy, mother! The child is not filial, he failed to take care of his brother, the child is not filial! ”

Seeing Liu Ye's appearance, Peng Mao was also a little moved. He thought for a long time and then said: "General Liu, my subordinates have a plan to let Qinghua City and the entire Western Route Army accompany Liu Kuang to the funeral!" ”

Liu Ye stared at Peng Mao with blood-red eyes: "Say, what is the idea?!" ”

Peng Mao took a breath and said slowly: "The Western Route Army was injured this time, and it will definitely not be easy to send troops in the future, if you want to defeat them, you can only wait until next year when they are short of food and grass." But if there is a great opportunity now, will the Western Route Army send troops again? ”

Liu Ye was anxious for revenge, and said directly: "Don't sell Guanzi, hurry up!" ”

"General Liu can send 10,000 troops this time to attack Thanh Hoa City. In this way, Xu Liangcheng was empty, and the Western Route Army was likely to take the opportunity to sneak attack. As long as we closely monitor the movements of the Western Route Army, as soon as they make a move, the general's cavalry will come and kill them by surprise! If they don't dare to come, we'll bloody Qinghua City! ”

When Liu Ye heard this, his fists rattled: "Okay, just do it!" ”

In Qinghua City, Zhang Shumo took Zhang Yan and Zhang Lin to the county government and met Liang Jia and Su Yi.

"The last general Zhang Yan", "The last general Zhang Lin", "I have seen Su Gongzi, Lord Liang!" The two knelt on one knee and said in unison.

Su Yi hurriedly helped the two up: "The two generals have worked hard all the way. It's a blessing for our army to have the help of the general this time! ”

Zhang Yan smiled shyly: "We are originally a member of the Northwest Army, and it is our duty to protect Su Gongzi!" ”

When Su Yi heard this, he held Zhang Yan's arm tightly: "The two generals are really loyal and righteous, and if they defeat Liu Ye in the future, the Su family will definitely thank the two generals!" ”

Zhang Shumo saw that Su Yi's methods of buying people's hearts were almost used, and hurriedly said: "Su Gongzi, two generals, the time is tight at the moment, and Liu Ye may attack the city at any time, so let's discuss the matter of defending the city quickly, right?" ”

"Good! Please! Su Yi led everyone to the map and began to discuss the matter of defending the city.

"I think the two generals can let two thousand men and horses enter the city, leave one thousand men and horses outside the city, and when Liu Ye starts to attack the city, the one thousand men and horses outside the city can take the opportunity to intercept the camp!" Zhang Shumo was the first to say his thoughts.

Su Yi directly denied: "No, Liu Ye's troops are mainly cavalry, and we will definitely suffer if we fight outside the city." It is most appropriate to rely on the advantages of city defense to fight a war of attrition with them! ”

This time, it was no surprise that everyone agreed to Su Yi's proposal. Zhang Shumo frowned: "I think Liu Ye has a large number of people, and we are afraid that we will not be able to consume them in a frontal war of attrition, so I want to use strange soldiers." ”

Zhang Yan shook his head: "Zhang Gongzi should rarely use soldiers, right?" There are 5,000 people on both sides combined. Even if the other party comes with 10,000 horses, we have the advantage of city defense against 5,000 against 10,000, and there is no need to use strange soldiers. ”

Seeing that everyone was against it, Zhang Shumo had no choice but to give up. Next, Su Yi wrote his plan into a letter and asked Zhang Shumo to send someone to Su Chang. Then the people discussed some details and specific combat details, and when everything was over, Zhang Shumo took Su Yi's letter to Lu Li.

"Do you have pen and paper here? I'm going to write a letter. As soon as he saw Lu Li, Zhang Shumo said straight to the point.

Lu Li didn't say a word, took out a pen and paper, wrote hard in chapter and ink, and quickly wrote the letter. Then Zhang Shumo handed over the letter he wrote to Lu Li along with Su Yi's letter: "These two letters must be handed over to General Su Chang in person, and must not be in the hands of others!" ”

Lu Li nodded: "I wrote it down." Is there anything else to command? ”

Zhang Shumo thought about it again and said, "Send someone to monitor Xu Liangcheng, and report it as soon as there is any movement." Also, Liu Ye should come to attack Thanh Hoa soon, and I want you to bring a small group of men out of the city before Liu Ye's army arrives. I need you to hide outside the city, wait until the battle begins, closely monitor the situation of the enemy camp, and if the enemy army is transferred out, notify me immediately with wolf smoke! ”

After explaining everything, Zhang Shumo returned to Lou's house, but found that Lou Zaiying had changed into a military uniform and was waiting for him at the door with Lou Guang. Seeing him come back, Lou Zaiying greeted him: "I heard Liu Nature say that we are going to fight Liu Ye, let's go to the battlefield too!" ”

Zhang Shumo scratched his eyebrows: "This Liu Nature, how can he say anything!" ”