"Ben Tianyu has dealt with you Qi Tianhou so many times, why have I never seen you?"

I didn't even know that Chen Yucheng had fled back to Hezhou beforehand, of course Tan Jixun didn't prepare an answer to Zhu Dezhi's question in front of him, but fortunately, Tan Jixun had also considered beware of asking similar questions to the Taiping Army in Hezhou beforehand, and at the same time, Zhu Dezhi, who could be picked out by Tan Jixun from countless Taiping Army soldiers, was also a clever person, and immediately kowtowed and replied: "Back to Cheng Tianyu, the little one was added to the Qi Tianhou pro-army team a few days ago, and at that time, Cheng Tianyu You had already left Yuncao Town with the Wing King 8,000 years old, Therefore the little ones are not blessed to see you. ”

"I was only added to the Qi Tianhou pro-soldier team a few days ago?" Chen Yucheng's smile was relaxed, but his four eyes were firmly fixed on Zhu Dezhi, and he asked: "I know that person Qi Tianhou, I will never change his pro-soldiers casually, what happened a few days ago to make you join his pro-soldier team?" ”

Zhu Dezhi's mung bean eyes began to panic, but fortunately, Zhu Dezhi remembered a major event in time, and hurriedly said: "Back to Chengtianyu, on the day of the Yuncao War, we Qi Tianhou led the troops to fight under the order of the Eight Thousand Years Old of the Wing King, and fought with the demon soldiers outside the city, and killed more than a dozen pro-soldiers, and the pro-soldiers lacked people, so the small ones were lucky to be added." ”

"I see, no wonder I've never seen you before." Chen Yucheng suddenly realized, and said with a smile: "Get up, it's this Tianyu who misunderstood you, please get up." ”

"Xie Chengtianyu."

Zhu Dezhi breathed a sigh of relief, and while secretly admiring his cleverness, he kowtowed to Chen Yucheng to thank him, but just when Zhu Dezhi got up, Chen Yucheng suddenly asked, "Qi Tianhou's body is okay?" Last time I brought the rattan tea from Fengyang to him, is he still used to drinking it? ”

"Back to Cheng Tianyu, the little one has just arrived at Qi Tianhou for a few days, and he doesn't know much about the matter of rattan tea." Zhu Dezhi replied very cunningly, and said: "But when I heard that the eight-thousand-year-old troop transport fleet of the Wing King was attacked by the demon sailors, we Qi Tianhou remembered Cheng Tianyu once, and we were very worried about Cheng Tianyu's safety. ”

"He's worried." Chen Yucheng smiled and said: "When I go back, remember to bring a good message to Qi Tianhou for me, and thank him for his concern for me." ”

Zhu Dezhi hurriedly agreed, patted his chest and promised to convey Chen Yucheng's greetings to Fan Yunde, Chen Yucheng smiled and nodded, and said casually: "Your surname is Zhu?" Chang contact Qi Tianhou and me, what is the relationship between Zhu Er and you? He's okay now, right? On the day of the Yuncao War, did he encounter any danger? ”

"Back to Cheng Tianyu, Second Brother Zhu is very good." Zhu Dezhi said casually: "On the day of the Yuncao War, he was only injured a little, and there was no major problem. ”

Chen Yucheng smiled, laughing very strangely, and suddenly said: "Boy, give me an honest explanation of your identity, was that demon general sent you to Hezhou to trick us into abandoning the city?" ”

"What? Trick us into abandoning the city?! ”

The faces of the Hezhou Taiping Army present all changed color, and Zhu Dezhi was even more frightened, and said in a trembling voice: "Cheng Tianyu, what do you mean by this?" Why can't the little ones understand? ”

"It's kind of pretending." Chen Yucheng praised it, and then said with a smile: "Boy, to tell you the truth, in fact, I have never met Qi Tianhou Fan Yunde, I have never sent him any rattan tea, and I have not contacted him through Zhu Er's personal soldiers." ”

A bolt from the blue! Rao is no matter how clever and cunning Zhu Dezhi is, his face was suddenly as pale as paper, and he almost collapsed to the ground on the spot, and the people of the Hezhou Taiping Army next to him roared one by one, Yin Xianrui's personal guards also pounced without hesitation, held down Zhu Dezhi and kicked him to kneel, Zhu Dezhi's soul was scattered, and he hurriedly shouted loudly, "Cheng Tianyu, you misunderstood, the small one was not sent by the demon soldiers, and the small one was not sent by the demon soldiers!" ”

"When things come to this point, they still dare to quibble." Chen Yucheng sneered and shouted: "Palm! Call this dog traitor to tell the truth! ”

The soldiers agreed, rolled up their sleeves and rounded their arms and were about to pump them in Zhu Dezhi's face, Zhu Dezhi also trembled all over, almost wanting to confess his guilt to avoid the pain of flesh and skin, but at this time, Yin Xianrui, who had been sitting in the hall, suddenly opened his mouth and shouted: "Stop!" ”

Yin Xianrui's personal soldiers stopped in amazement, Chen Yucheng and the Taiping army present were also surprised to see Yin Xianrui, but Yin Xianrui ignored it, and just asked Zhu Dezhi: "Do you know Qi Tianhou's personal soldier Zhu Er?" How old is he and what does he look like? ”

"It's ......." Sweat was rolling on Zhu Dezhi's forehead, and he hesitated for a while before replying: "Back to serving Tian'an, the little one is not familiar with Second Brother Zhu, but I have heard of his name, because he was injured on the day of the Yuncao War and has been recuperating, so the little one has never seen him." ”

"What is the name of the captain of Qi Tianhou's pro-soldiers? What does it look like? Yin Xianrui asked.

"Fan Dongsi, he is our brother Qi Tianhou, twenty-eight years old this year, with a long face and a big beard." Zhu Dezhi replied without thinking about it.

Yin Xianrui's face showed a look of surprise, and he hurriedly asked, "Cheng Tianyu has never seen your Qi Tianhou, why do you still say that you Qi Tianhou know him?" Remember him? ”

"Serve Tian'an, the little one has just arrived at Qi Tianhou's side for a few days, and I don't know these situations." Zhu Dezhi replied with a sad face, and said: "But our Qi Tianhou really remembered Cheng Tianyu once, probably because Cheng Tianyu is famous in our heavenly kingdom, so Qi Tianhou cares about him." ”

"Is that really because of that?" Yin Xianrui was suspicious, and after thinking for a while, Yin Xianrui said again: "Finally, I will ask you another question, after the Yuncao War, did Ben Tianan send someone to contact Qi Tianhou?" ”

"Don't say you don't know." Yin Xianrui suddenly raised his voice again, and shouted: "If you dare to use what you don't know and Lao Tzu perfunctory, you will be slaughtered immediately!" ”

"Sent." Zhu Dezhi replied with a sigh: "Although the little one has never seen the messenger you sent to serve Tian'an, but after the little one entered the Tianhou Mansion on an errand, he did hear that you sent someone to contact us Qi Tianhou." ”

Yin Xianrui showed a satisfied expression, first waved his hand and ordered the pro-soldier to let go of Zhu Dezhi, and then turned to Chen Yucheng and said: "Cheng Tianyu, you misunderstood this pro-soldier messenger of Qi Tianhou, I can testify that there is indeed a pro-soldier named Zhu Er in Qi Tianhou's pro-soldier team." ”

"What? Is there really such a person? Chen Yucheng's four eyes were stupid together, and he never dreamed that a name he made up casually would really exist.

"Yes." Yin Xianrui nodded and said: "It borders with the state and Wuwei, and I often have contacts with Qi Tianhou, and once the pro-soldier messenger he sent to contact me was indeed called Zhu Er. ”

Chen Yucheng had nothing to say, but Zhu Dezhi was like being amnestied, and hurriedly kowtowed to Yin Xianrui, but Yin Xianrui waved his hand to say that he didn't have to, and asked: "You just said that you Qi Tianhou abandoned the city and retreated to Chaoxian County in order to go back to save places like Luzhou and Fengyang?" ”

"Serving Tian'an Shengming, it's true." Zhu Dezhi hurriedly nodded again and again, and said: "We Qi Tianhou said, before the Yiwang 8,000-year-old in order to save the Taiping Mansion, the army in Luzhou and Fengyang was evacuated, and now the rear of Anhui in our heavenly kingdom is empty, Qi Tianhou and Shi Tian'an, if you don't hurry back with the army to reinforce, if the Qing Demon and those capricious twist troops take the opportunity to fall into the ground, our Anhui rear will be completely finished." ”

Yin Xianrui was no longer silent, and after thinking about it for a long time, Yin Xianrui actually nodded and said: "It can't be said that it is completely unreasonable, Tianjing's grain used to rely on the food supply of Luzhou, and it must not be lost, although Fengyang is poor, but how easy it is for the people to recruit soldiers, it must not be lost." ”

"Serve Tianan, ...... you?" Chen Yucheng was taken aback, and immediately understood that Yin Xianrui had the idea of abandoning the city and escaping.

"Cheng Tianyu, don't worry, it's not unreasonable for me to just say that Qi Tianhou's words are not unreasonable, I didn't say that I want to learn from him." Yin Xianrui shook his head, waved to Zhu Dezhi and said, "You go down to rest first, and I will give you an answer after discussing it with everyone." ”

"Thank you." Zhu Dezhi hurriedly thanked him, and said cautiously: "Serve Tian'an, Qi Tianhou has instructed the little one to go to Chao County to return to the team immediately after sending the letter, and the villain's parents have also gone to Chao County with Qi Tianhou, if the little one doesn't go back quickly, I'm afraid of Qi Tianhou...... Misunderstand....... ”

When he said this, Zhu Dezhi's voice was getting smaller and smaller, and his confidence was becoming less and less, but fortunately, Yin Xianrui was as his name suggested, he was a reasonable person, and he immediately waved his hand and said: "Your Qi Tianhou's military law is strict, go quickly." Come on, send this pro-soldier of Qi Tianhou out of the city, give him a little dry food and let him go to Chao County. ”

When Zhu Dezhi heard the great joy, he hurriedly kowtowed to Yin Xianrui and thanked him, and then happily left the city with Yin Xianrui's personal soldiers. The result was very natural, Zhu Dezhi had just left on his front foot, and Chen Yucheng immediately said to Yin Xianrui: "Serve Tian'an, there is obviously something wrong with this Qi Tianhou's personal soldier, you noticed that his face just now was not there, and he turned white immediately when he was frightened by me, and it was obvious that he was weak-hearted." ”

"Cheng Tianyu, anyone can pee their pants in fear if you change your set." Yin Xianrui said angrily: "That Zhu Dezhi said very clearly just now, he has not been in Qi Tianhou's pro-soldier team for a few days, and he is not clear about the relationship between you and Qi Tianhou at all, what do you say and what do you often go back and forth and what do you say that the vine tea is set for him, can he not be trapped?" Can I not be scared like that by you? ”

Chen Yucheng opened his mouth and stammered, and only after a while did he ask: "Serving Tian'an, do you really believe that Zhu Dezhi is a personal soldier sent by Qi Tianhou to contact you?" ”

"Of course, I have already said that in Qi Tianhou's pro-soldier team, there is indeed a pro-soldier named Zhu Er." Yin Xianrui said even more angrily: "Also, I asked Fan Yunde about the situation of the captain of the personal soldiers, and he answered all correctly, he is not Qi Tianhou's personal soldier, whose personal soldier?" ”

Chen Yucheng had nothing to say at all, and he couldn't understand why Yin Xianrui, who had always been shrewd, turned a blind eye to Zhu Dezhi's obvious flaws, and let him go very generously? - If Yin Xianrui is planning to make a plan, it is time to solve the mystery at this time, it is impossible to help Zhu Dezhi, who is suspected of being a spy of Wu Jun, talk like this?

Of course, the matter is not over yet, that night, after leaving Chen Yucheng as the guest general, Yin Xianrui held an emergency military meeting in his own Tian'an Mansion, and the opening chapter directly said that Fan Yunde invited him to return to the division to save the hinterland of Anhui, and asked the generals to discuss whether they were willing to accept Fan Yunde's invitation? As a result, because the strength was weaker than that of the Wuwei Taiping Army, and the reason why the Hezhou Taiping Army had been beaten by the Wu Army on the battlefield of Xiliang Mountain, most of the generals of the Hezhou Taiping Army were very much in favor of accepting Fan Yunde's invitation to transfer, and took advantage of the fact that the Wu Army had not had time to surround Hezhou, and quickly withdrew their troops to 'rescue' the hinterland of Anhui.

Of course, no matter how popular the people's hearts are, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has not yet reached the point of complete collapse, and there are still one or two generals of the Taiping Army in Hezhou who oppose the strategic shift and ask Yin Xianrui to lead the army to defend Hezhou and drag down the advance of Cao Yanzhong's troops of the Wu army. However, Yin Xianrui said: "It's not that I, Yin Xianrui, am greedy for life and afraid of death, and I dare not live and die with Hezhou City." It's Qi Tianhou's words are indeed very right, these places in Luzhou and Fengyang are now empty, if we don't hurry back to reinforce, the Qing Demon and those capricious twisters will definitely take advantage of the fire to rob, and then lose these places in Luzhou and Fengyang, where will we go to raise food and grass and recruit soldiers? ”

"But serve Tian'an, after we leave, what will Tianjing do?" A Taiping Army general who opposed the strategic shift asked timidly.

"The city over there in Tianjing is strong, and there are tens of thousands of elites in the city, which can hold on for a long time." Yin Xianrui said eloquently: "Let's move to the hinterland of Anhui first, keep the seeds of the kingdom of heaven, and then we can recruit troops to buy Ma Dongshan to make a comeback, and when we pull up more troops, it's not too late to come back to save Tianjing." ”

The opponents were still a little hesitant, and Yin Xianrui said again: "In this way, if you are willing to stay, speak now, and I can let him stay with his own people to defend the city." If you are willing to go, you can go back and prepare, and before the demon soldiers come to surround Hezhou City, hurry up and load our grain into the truck, and take your family and children to leave early. ”

Finally, no one said anything anymore, Yin Xianrui repeatedly asked who wanted to stay, but no one spoke, Yin Xianrui also announced his retreat plan, decided to prepare in one day, and then left with money and food a day later, and the generals sang in unison, and unswervingly took over the difficult task assigned by Yin Xianrui.

Then, when it was time to prepare for the retreat the next day, Yin Xianrui found Chen Yucheng, who fled back to Hezhou from the downstream to borrow a residence, to have a showdown, announced his decision to Chen Yucheng, and asked Chen Yucheng if he was willing to follow him away? Chen Yucheng was of course furious when he heard this, and immediately scolded Yin Xianrui on the spot for his shameless escape, but Yin Xianrui replied confidently: "Cheng Tianyu, your words are too ugly, right?" Who ran for their lives? I was invited by Qi Tianhou Fan Yunde to go back to the hinterland of Anhui with him, to be born and die for the Kingdom of Heaven, and to protect the rear of Anhui for our Kingdom of Heaven. ”

Hearing this, Chen Yucheng finally came to his senses, pointed at Yin Xianrui's nose and yelled, "I understand!" I finally got it! It turns out that you deliberately did not expose the identity of the demon soldier's spy, and deliberately helped him lie, just to leave this excuse to escape! Pushing the black cauldron on Fan Yunde's body, you not only have an explanation to the Heavenly King and the Heavenly Kingdom soldiers, but when you go there, you can also cheekily say that Fan Shunde persuaded you to do this! ”

"Four-eyed dog, count yourself smart, if you were asked to expose the identity of that demon soldier yesterday, Lao Tzu's matter would be difficult."

Yin Xianrui sneered in his heart, but his face was furious, and he roared: "Fart! Chen Yucheng, you don't spew Lao Tzu's blood! When Lao Tzu followed the king of heaven to fight the country, you were still working as a handyman in the boys' camp! Dare to slander Lao Tzu?! ”

"I slander you? Do you dare to say that you are not greedy for life and afraid of death? Do you dare to say that you didn't want to run for a long time? Yin Xianrui, if you still want to make a little face and be a little loyal to the Heavenly King, let me stay and defend Hezhou and buy time for us Tianjing! ”

"Lao Tzu went to save Fengyang in Luzhou, which is to be loyal to the kingdom of heaven! Come on, get this Chen Yucheng out for me! ”

In this way, when the Wu army had not had time to set foot in the territory of Hezhou, ignoring Chen Yucheng's resolute opposition, Yin Xianrui insisted on withdrawing with the Hezhou Taiping Army, which still had more than 2,000 soldiers to fight, because there was enough time, Yin Xianrui also took all the food and weapons in Hezhou City, and threw an empty city to Chen Yucheng, who was defeated with only a few hundred remnants.

When Yin Xianrui ran away, Chen Yucheng scolded, but after Yin Xianrui left, he still didn't wait for the main force of the Wu Army Cao Yanzhong's corps to come to Hezhou City, Chen Yucheng also took his last few hundred people to strategically turn to Chuzhou, when this order was issued, Chen Yucheng also explained: "It's not that I, Chen Yucheng, don't want to live and die with Hezhou City, it's Yin Xianrui's traitor who took away all the food and weapons. Leave us useful, and we will have the hope of making a comeback in the future. ”