Han Qian and Xinchang Hou Li Pu, escorted by more than 100 guards overnight, rushed to Hanshou City with Wen Ruilin to meet Zheng Hui.

At the same time, Han Qian also brought several main criminals who were arrested after breaking Wuling City, such as Wang Dazhi, county Cheng Chen Lu, county lieutenant Zhou Chu, and Zhao Jicheng, the chief bookkeeper, to Hanshou City.

In addition to Zheng Hui's generals such as Zhou Shu, Fan Xiang, and Zhou Yi in Hanshou City, there is also a general Zhang Hannai who is a disciple of the Shishou Zhang family.

If you can't listen to Wen Ruilin's words, you naturally have to summon Zhang Han, Wang Dazhi, Chen Lu, Zhou Chu, Zhao Jicheng and other generals who have been in contact with Gao Long, the guard of Baimao City, to interrogate in detail.

Of course, Zheng Hui and the others also felt that this risk was worth taking.

First of all, Wen Ruilin was directly arrested in Wuling City, and there was no possibility of laying a trap in Baimao City in advance.

From Hanshou to Baimao City, in addition to the galloping road, the waterway is only one hundred and thirty or forty miles; What's the problem, it's easy to come and go.

Even without Wen Ruilin, after Zheng Hui and the others took Hanshou City without much effort, they were also considering whether to march to Baimao City or Ziyang, Taojiang and other cities in the southeast.

It's just that the Jiang'an City guarded by Ma Yuanheng has not yet been captured, and they marched to Baimao City at the mouth of the Xiangjiang River too early, which may alarm Ma Yin's father and son in advance to abandon Yueyang City and flee back to Tanzhou.

At that time, the Yuedong camp and the soldiers and horses of Jingzhou were on the periphery, and they could not catch up in a short time, and they could not capture Baimao City in time.

If they can persuade Gao Long, the defender of Baimao City, to surrender, they occupy Baimao City, the gateway to the Xiangjiang River, and cut off the retreat route of Ma Yin's father and son to flee south to Tanzhou, which is indeed a key node to quickly advance the war.

Of course, hoping that Gao Long can surrender and sacrifice the city, and only let Wen Ruilin go back alone, it is impossible to win Gao Long's trust, who should accompany Wen Ruilin to Baimao City?

Zheng Hui, Zhou Shu, Zhou Yi and others all have the responsibility of leading the troops, and they can't leave the generals for no reason, and go to Baimao City with Wen Ruilin to surrender.

Zhang Ping looked left and right, and now it was Xinchang Hou Li Pu who advocated the use of Wen Ruilin, knowing that Han Qian would not take on this matter, he stood up and said, "I will accompany Mr. Wen to Baimao City to say that Gao Long will be lowered. ”

"If I say that Lord Zhang's prestige is slightly insufficient, maybe not enough to win Gao Long's trust, Lord Zhang won't be unhappy, right?" Han Qian said with a smile.

Li Chong, who originally agreed with Zhang Ping and Wen Ruilin to lobby Gao Long, looked at Han Qian's smile at this time, no matter how he looked at it, he felt a little insidious, and his heart jumped: Zhang Ping has always said that Han Qian is not so easy to see through, Han Qian took the initiative to give Wen Ruilin to them this time, did he set a trap here and wait for his father to jump down?

Zhang Ping as the military envoy, Han Qian said that his qualifications were slightly uneven, not enough to say that he was descending to Gaolong, Zheng Hui, as the head of the camp, could not leave the army without permission, and Han Qian looked like he was standing by and watching, isn't it only his father who is the only suitable person?

However, he couldn't say that Han Qian's words must be wrong.

In his early years, Zhang Ping only served as the inner temple uncle of Zhengqipin in the Inner Service Province, and was transferred to the side of the third prince, and only after the Jingxiang War did he serve as the rafter of the palace of Zhengliupin County.

Han Qian "absconded" and left Jinling, and Zhang Ping left Beijing to deliver the decree to Xuzhou, and stayed to serve as the military envoy of the Xuzhou Defense Mission, the military envoy of the Wuling Army, and the military envoy of the Yuanjiang camp.

But

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, the military envoy is only a temporary officer, and there is no corresponding rank, and Zhang Ping, the military envoy, has no real power from beginning to end, and his tenure is short, so naturally he has no qualifications at all.

On the one hand, Xiying's status and impact on the war situation are not as prominent as Gao Long, and on the other hand, the disposal of the native surname of Chenzhou has been stated by Emperor Tianyou in the second imperial decree transmitted to Xuzhou.

However, at this moment, the opportunity is fleeting, and now they have no time to send someone to Jinling to ask for an order, and they must have someone of the level of Xinchang Marquis Li Pu to come forward before it is possible to persuade Gao Long to surrender the city.

Otherwise, even if Gao Long and Ma Yuanheng have the intention of surrendering, they will stick to it until Emperor Tianyou decrees to pardon their sins, and there is a certain guarantee, and then they will surrender the city.

Zhang Han led his troops to surrender, that was not to surrender, they were surrounded and annihilated by Zheng Hui and Li Zhihe, and after surrendering, they had to participate in the assault on Wuling City immediately, and only after losing more than 1,000 soldiers did they gain initial trust, but how to settle a general like him in the end depends on Jinling's will.

Thinking that all this was most likely a trap set by Han Qian for them, Li Chong clenched his fists and his joints turned white.

"It seems that only Ben Hou can win Gao Long's trust if he goes in person." Xinchang Hou Li Pu glanced at Han Qian and said calmly.

"The child goes in place of the father." Li Chong pressed his hand on the long case in front of him and said.

Xinchang Marquis Li Pu shook his head and insisted that he personally follow Wen Ruilin to Baimao City to meet Gao Long.

After making a plan, Zheng Hui asked someone to find a few sets of blood-stained Tanzhou military uniforms for Wen Ruilin, Xinchang Hou Li Pu and several personal guards to change into, so that they could pretend to be deserters and enter Baimao City smoothly to see Gao Long, and whether they could say that Gao Long could be said to be down depends on whether Xinchang Hou Li Pu's life is hard enough.

At this time, the sky was pouring heavy rain, a team of cavalry escorted Xinchang Hou Li Pu and Wen Ruilin to leave Hanshou City, and guarded for more than an hour, the rain was earned, and Du Yu waited for Zhou and Fan General Xiying to lead 5,000 soldiers and horses to leave Hanshou City, and went southeast along the slippery post road.

If Xinchang Hou Li Pu and Wen Ruilin can persuade Gao Long to surrender the city, Zhou Shu and Xiying will first lead their troops into Baimao City, and then Zheng Hui will lead the main force to go over again, completely cutting off the retreat route for the Yueyang rebels to flee to Tanzhou.

Even if there will be twists and turns in the process, they will keep the losses to a minimum and ensure that the original rhythm of the war will not be greatly impacted.

After Zhou Shu and Xiying's department disappeared at the end of the smoke and rain, Han Qian held an oil-paper umbrella and walked down the road with Xi Ying.

"Wow, hmm", Han Qian turned around and saw Yao Xishui chasing after him from behind with an umbrella, while Li Chong was standing more than a dozen steps away with a few guards.

Han Qian stopped, and Xi Ying avoided two steps towards the foot of the city wall, letting Yao Xishui and Li Chong go first.

"Before Wen Ruilin recruited Ma Xun, he was in seclusion in an ancient temple in the depths of Xuefeng Mountain, and got acquainted with Ma Xun's wife and brother before being introduced to Ma Xun......" Yao Xishui stood still in front of Han Qian, and at this time the rain was slightly heavier, staring at Han Qian's eyes through the rain line and said.

And Li Chong stood with the guards for more than ten steps, blocking the others from approaching, so that Yao Xishui and Han Qian could talk alone.

"What, what's the problem?" Han Qian asked.

"Did Lord Han already know that Wen Ruilin's origin was suspicious?" Yao Xishui asked.

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"Miss Yao, you think too much," Han Qian snorted and said, "Shenling Si had a wide range of ears and eyes in the world, even if he was seriously injured with the fall of the previous dynasty, but his strength should not be underestimated, maybe Ma Yin has your secret eyeliner by his side, how can I know more about Tanzhou than you?" Besides, I haven't seen any problems in Wen Ruilin, there are countless people in the world, is it possible that a little capable character can make you so suspicious, are you too unconfident? Haven't you seen enough people in the past few years? ”

Han Qian knew the secret of the Divine Tomb Division, and Yao Xishui didn't feel strange, and continued to ask, "Is it really not a trap set by you?" ”

"Miss Yao wants me to show you my heart?" Han Qian shouted, "The overall situation in Tanzhou has been decided, even if Gao Long is unwilling to surrender and detains Hou Ye and hands him over to Ma Yin and his son, Ma Yin and his son will not dare to kill Hou Ye directly." Although things may add some twists and turns, the name of Hou Ye's great courage has been fulfilled. I am loyal to Master Hou and Miss Yao, the sun and the moon can be seen, but Miss Yao, you are suspicious of me in every way, it really makes Han Qian speechless! ”

No matter how wonderful Han Qian's performance was, Yao Xishui wouldn't believe it, but she really couldn't see a flaw in the whole thing, and she could only leave with Li Chong first.

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Zhang Ping, Li Chong, and Yao Xishui waited restlessly in Hanshou for two days, and only one of the guards rushed back to Hanshou with a secret letter from Li Pu, Marquis of Xinchang.

Xinchang Marquis Li Pu said in the letter that Gao Long agreed to surrender, but Baimao City, as the gateway from Tanzhou to the north to Dongting Lake or from Dongting Lake to the south of the Xiangjiang River, even the 2,000 soldiers and horses that Hanshou fled to the past were all descendants of the family arranged in Changsha County, Tanzhou, and Gao Long was not sure that he would lead the 4,000 defenders to surrender to the imperial court.

The Ma family father and son were indecisive, and in the early years they had to rely on Emperor Tianyou because of civil strife, and they were worried about the betrayal of their generals over the years.

Gao Long agreed to make his subordinates open the east gate of the city late at night two days later and let the Chu army enter the city.

In order to show his sincerity, Gao Long did not detain Xinchang Marquis Li Pu and Wen Ruilin.

Xinchang Hou Li Pu and Wen Ruilin met with Zhou Shu and Xiying at this time, and more than 5,000 elite soldiers and horses stopped at a village about 30 miles away from Baimao City to watch the situation.

Even if Gao Long had no intention of surrendering, and wanted not to alarm the other guards loyal to the Ma clan in Baimao City, they had to set off at night two days later under the cover of night, so that they could quietly arrive at the east gate of Baimao City and wait for Gao Long to open the east gate.

However, considering that Gao Long still has the possibility of fraudulent surrender, in that case, Xinchang Marquis Li Pu only led more than 5,000 generals from the Zhou Shu and Xiying Divisions, and if he wanted to capture Baimao City, his troops would be insufficient.

And even if Gao Long did not intend to surrender, after Xinchang Marquis Li Pu led Zhou Shu and Xiying to take advantage of the chaos to seize the city, it would inevitably alarm the defenders of Tanzhou City hundreds of miles away.

If they thought that Gao Long could further cooperate with them to lure the defenders of Tanzhou City to come over to reinforce Baimao, they also needed more soldiers and horses to ambush the defenders of Tanzhou City in the middle of the road.

In order to prevent accidents, Zheng Hui and Zhang Ping, the envoy of the supervising army, led Zhou Yi and Zhang Han, the general, to Baimao City by land.

This battle was not trivial for the Marquis of Xinchang, and Li Chong could not sit still, so he hurried over to meet his father first.

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