"Those who do great things should have the courage to die and then live."

Yang Yi felt that this sentence was not too comprehensive, so that many people misunderstood it and lost their lives. This sentence should be understood in reverse, putting oneself in the face of death, but in fact it is indeed a real place of survival.

To understand the point of transparency is to put oneself above death, but one must be sure that in doing so you have a better chance of survival or victory.

If someone told you that tomorrow's lottery numbers must be a certain number, and asked you to sell all your possessions to buy them, would you do it? This is not called courage, it is undoubtedly stupidity.

Before the battle, he must have measured the comprehensive strength of the troops, combat power and morale of both sides, and reached the point where he thought it was feasible to scuttle his own ship and fight to the death.

In the later Wujiang, the situation was the same as that of Julu, but he chose to kill himself, because Xiang Yu knew better than anyone else that the strength comparison between the two sides had broken through all the obstacles of all factors, and defeat was already doomed, even if he crossed the Wujiang River and returned to Jiangdong, he might never be able to compete with Liu Bang for the world again.

In terms of understanding this issue, Yang Yi felt that Bai Yuanliang, the heir of Guigu, was very much in line with his appetite. Bai Yuanliang's use of troops seems to be dangerous, but in fact, he has more vitality than any other method, but it is a pity that this person's whereabouts are unknown now.

Yang Yi also knows better than anyone that his plan is not perfect, and there are many loopholes, but at this point, he has become a pawn crossing the river on the chessboard, no matter how many cars and horses and artillery are in front of him, he must rush forward.

The trail to Chengzhou Mansion was discovered by Shama Naigu, and according to him, the secret of this road was left by the Zhen people when they evacuated Chengzhou Mansion, and few people knew about it except for some mountain people.

Yang Yi and Shama Naigu both knew why the Di people passed down this message, which also showed that the Di people have never been restless, they are a restless beast, occasionally injured and lurking back in the cave, and one day the wound will come back after healing.

However, since Shama Naigu told Yang Yi this important information, it can be regarded as his determination to Yang Yi.

Without too much delay, Yang Yi rushed back to Chengzhou Mansion day and night with twelve generals, plus one hundred and ten elite soldiers selected from the Zhen army and the Kangzhou army.

There was no danger along the way, and after five days, Yang Yi and others quietly entered Chengzhou City.

At this time, half of the ten-day limit with Shama Naigu and Ma You had passed, and Yang Yi only had five days to play the final game with Tao He.

If a hundred or so people walked together, it would be too conspicuous, so according to Yang Yi's meaning, everyone entered the city in batches and arranged to live in different inns in the city.

An inn where Yang Yi lives is called Yuelai Inn, which is the best inn in Chengzhou City.

At this time, Yang Yi was listening to the news that Hou Jian'er and others had come back from the room.

"Su Mansion is now surrounded by the Chengzhou army, and entering and exiting must go through strict searches, and our people are afraid of startling the grass and snakes, so they did not venture in." Monkey Jian'er reported.

Yang Yining said: "How many defenders are there?" ”

"About one hundred and fifty people, basically surrounding the entire Su Mansion."

Yang Yi frowned, he was now very suspicious that Tao He already knew his identity, otherwise he was a relative of Su Mansion, and there was absolutely no need to blackmail him like this.

However, according to Yang Yi's calculations, Tao He may only know that he is Yang Yi, the son of the Ninth Emperor, but he does not know that he has been named the king of Shu by the edict of the first emperor, if Tao He knows this information, he will definitely kill himself without hesitation.

Thanks to the fact that only a few people knew about the matter of sealing the king at the beginning, and they were all trustworthy people, before Yang Yi did not have Pingshu, no one would reveal this news.

Seeing that Yang Yi was in deep thought, Monkey Jian'er cautiously asked: "Childe, do you want me to lead someone to rescue the people of Su Mansion directly, and it shouldn't be a big problem to defeat one hundred and fifty Chengzhou troops." ”

Yang Yi shook his head without thinking about it: "No, it's too risky, not to mention whether we can defeat the reinforcements of the Chengzhou Army before they arrive, the biggest problem is that even if we rescue the people of Su Mansion, we can't stand out of the city." ”

"So what do we do? If Su Fan's people are not rescued, we will not be able to carry out hand and foot action at all. ”

Yang Yi thought for a while and said, "We can't go toe-to-toe with Tao He, has Tao He made any changes recently?" ”

Monkey Jian'er shook his head and said: "No, this old guy is just an old turtle, and he almost never sends heavy troops to guard the Thorn History Mansion, but ......" Monkey Jian'er hesitated: "Gao Zuozhen has been quite active recently." ”

"Gao Zuozhen?" Yang Yining said: "You continue." ”

"Childe asked us to closely investigate the recent changes in the city, and according to what we have heard, there are probably two things in Chengzhou that are more interesting recently."

Monkey Jian'er reported: "The first thing is that Gao Zuozhen has been extremely active recently, after the Xu family bloody case on Chinese New Year's Eve, he has become much more frequent than ever with various commercial houses and the big clans in Chengzhou Prefecture, and some time ago he also applied to Tao He for a resolution on expanding the number of guards of some large commercial houses, saying that it is to deal with rampant bandits. ”

Yang Yi touched the stubble on his jaw and wondered, "Expand the number of guards?" Where can the caravan guard be expanded? One hundred and ten people is already the limit, and any more will become an army..."

"The army... Wait a minute! Yang Yi was stunned and said coldly: "Gao Zuozhen feels a sense of crisis!" ”

Monkey Jian'er was startled and said, "Gao Zuozhen has discovered our intentions?" ”

Yang Yi shook his head and thought, "No... It's impossible, unless Gao Zuozhen can predict the prophet, and if we really fight with Tao He, a little caravan guard can withstand thousands of troops? ”

"Why would that be?" Monkey Jian'er wondered.

Yang Yi stood up, paced back and forth in the room, and said with his finger in the air: "If I guessed correctly, Gao Zuozhen is guarding against Tao He, he must have insight into Tao He's vision." However, he Gao Zuozhen only seems to know some vague information. ”

Yang Yi remembered that on the first day of the Lunar New Year, when Yang Yi went to the scene of the bloody case of Wanfu Commercial Bank, Gao Zuozhen had a steward surnamed Zhong by his side, and that person was a person from Wanfu Commercial Bank, and Yang Yi had seen him in Jianchongguan when he entered Shu.

Yang Yi also remembered that the steward surnamed Zhong had asked him if he had seen a person named Zhang Shi when he was rushing through the Sword Pass, which meant that he knew some secrets about the Immortal Pill and the Ring of Oaths.

After the destruction of the Xu family of Wanfu Commercial Bank, the person surnamed Zhong probably knew some inside information, and also knew that the incident was not something he could bear, so he needed shelter, and he chose Gao Zuozhen instead of Tao He, indicating that he had begun to suspect that the tragedy and the robbery of the caravan might be related to Tao He.