"And they just left?" Chen Fei sat in the hall, listening to the succession of good news, thoughtful.

"It should be that they originally had the intention of retreating, so that sect leader simply sent me a favor. But why did she tell me all this? Wouldn't it be better to quietly withdraw? ”

Shaking his head, he put aside these thoughts for the time being, now there are more complicated things waiting for Chen Fei to do.

They have taken almost all of the granaries, but many of the deceived people are still at a loss in the stronghold of the Cult of Our Lady.

It's not impossible to storm the stronghold, but these unarmed people will inevitably suffer, and the bewitched people are very likely to take up arms to resist the imperial army, which Chen Fei doesn't want to see, so his idea is

"What? Trapping them? How long the fuck is this going to be sleepy? And we don't have many people, 10,000 troops, the other side has three strongholds, each stronghold has thousands to tens of thousands, how do you let us trap them? Unrealistic! Cheng Chumo's first reaction when he heard Chen Fei's decision was to think that Chen Fei was crazy.

Now the time and place are on their side, regardless of his three-seven-twenty-one, it is the king to attack the other party in one go, the sooner you finish the fight, the sooner you can call it over, the more you have no worries, what can you do if you drag it out like this?

"No! The cost of a strong attack is too great, and we should take it slowly. Don't you have a lot of grain and grass in your hands now? Set it before them and eat it for them. I'd like to see how long these people can hold out without food and grass! ”

"This" Cheng Chumo is an anxious man, he can't stand Chen Fei's caution, and he can't wait to attack with soldiers and horses now, and also win a battle for himself.

But Chen Fei's attitude is: it is not possible to attack strongly, you can only take it skillfully.

So Cheng Chu scratched his ears and cheeks in a hurry, but Qin Huaidao was quite calm, and he was not dazzled by the battle exploits in front of him, and arranged the troops according to what Chen Fei said.

So the army of the imperial court blocked the three remaining strongholds of the Church of Our Lady, and after setting up the roadblocks, they did not attack, but ate food every day in front of the remnants of the trapped Church of Our Lady and the unworthy people, and they ate one by one with a satisfied expression, and some would sigh with satisfaction, tempting the fragile nerves of the hungry people inside.

And every once in a while, a soldier would come to the opponent's stronghold and shout loudly, what are you shouting? As long as the villagers continue to return to the village to farm honestly, the court can not blame the past, not only will not punish them, but will also give them food for the winter. If you don't come out, you'll starve to death in the stronghold.

On the first day, although many people were inside the stronghold, looking out longingly, not one escaped.

Perhaps it was because of the cold weapons in the hands of the remnants of the Holy Mother Sect, or perhaps because they were afraid that the imperial court would rebel, so on the first day, the atmosphere in the three strongholds was surprisingly strange.

Cheng Chumo couldn't help jumping up when he saw this scene, pointed to the stronghold that didn't move, and said: "Ah Fei, look, these people, they don't eat soft, they eat hard!" Let's stop talking nonsense with them, and rush in with the troops! ”

"But they are all people! A people who have no food to eat! Chen Fei glanced at Cheng Chumo coldly. Cheng Chu was silent and lowered his head.

"If we can solve the problem in this way now, we will not increase the conflict and casualties. Besides, we have to stay in Luzhou for at least a while, what's the hurry? Anyway, there is time. ”

Cheng Yanjin nodded, and laughed embarrassedly: "That's right, I'm in a hurry." By the way, Ah Fei, this is the end of the Church of Our Lady? I still can't believe it, it's all happening so fast, right? If we knew it was so simple, why were we so careful in the first place? Wouldn't it be okay to tie up Song Ming directly? ”

Chen Fei's eyes showed a melancholy look, looked into the distance, and sighed lightly: "The Holy Mother Sect is not finished, on the contrary, I think their sect leader is a very terrible person. ”

"Terrible?" Cheng Chumo smiled dumbly, quite disagreeing with Chen Fei's words. "Ah Fei, everyone's base camp is besieged, what's so scary? Could it be that we can escape from under our noses? You're underestimating us, too. ”

"No, it's not." Chen Fei shook his head and pointed to the stronghold in front of him: "Whether it's here, or the other two strongholds, they are just insignificant gadgets in the hands of the Holy Mother Sect, and if they give it up, they don't care at all." ”

"Is this still a small role?" Cheng Chumo's eyes widened, a little surprised.

"I'm good! The Church of Our Lady of Mary has at least 2,000 believers in these three strongholds, and has also recruited more than 10,000 people as believers. Not to mention the nearby granaries and guards, with such a lot of strength, it is still a small role for them? Ah Fei, are you kidding me? ”

Chen Fei looked at Cheng Chumo, his expression was a little serious, and he was a little helpless: "I really want to tease you, but do you think it's possible?" ”

"Uh" Cheng Chumo scratched his head in embarrassment.

Chen Fei stretched out two fingers and gestured, and said, "First of all, we haven't caught any high-ranking members of the Holy Mother Sect, and I bet there won't be any of these three strongholds besieged!"

Secondly, we still don't know much about the Church of Our Lady, at most we can only say that many strongholds and granaries in this part of Luzhou are known to us, but what about the others? Who are their senior members? Where did it come from? And now they are retreating silently? We don't know anything, so we don't win this game, we just occupy the righteousness of the court and the numerical advantage, forcing the other party to make concessions! ”

Listening to what Cheng Fei said, Cheng Chumo scratched his ears and cheeks for a while, and said in a little temper: "Why do I think it's so bad to hear you say this?" How it feels like we're losing even if we haven't won. ”

"Kind of win, right? At least we can get by on the surface and bring Luzhou City back to its original state. ”

"Your Excellency, report your sir!" On the third day of the siege of the stronghold, Chen Fei was handling official business in the government office. Since almost all the officials in Luzhou City were packed and taken away, all the big and small things were pressed on Chen Fei alone, and he was also busy during this time.

And just when he was at his busiest, there was a lot of news coming that he needed to analyze, and he was desperate not to want it.

"What's the matter? Surprised, didn't you see that I was busy? Chen Fei raised his head a little displeased, put down the case book in his hand, and stretched a comfortable waist.

"My lord, it's not a bad thing, it's a good thing! Who was the one who led the people to rebel last time! Yang Feng! Yang Feng turned himself in with a few people! It's right outside the palace! ”

"What? Yang Feng turned himself in? When Chen Fei heard the news, he immediately stood up, walked around the table to the soldiers, and asked, "How many people are here?" ”

"Three, Yang Feng, and a bald man and a middle-aged man with a gloomy face."

"Strange, why didn't you bring the rest of the people? No matter, let's go see it first! ”

When Chen Fei came to the outside of the mansion, he saw Yang Feng with injuries and gauze wrapped in gauze at a glance, as well as the two people beside him.

When Yang Feng saw Chen Fei, regardless of the pain on his body, he knelt down directly towards Chen Fei. "Sinner Yang Feng, knock to see the adult"