When Guo Chen and Chen Wen heard this, they hurriedly followed the sentry to the city gate, and saw that Li Riyue and Li Baoyu had already returned!

Guo Chen and Chen Wenzhou looked at it and were both surprised!

Because Li Baoyu hung up the color, there were still bloodstains on his body after the fight! And he and his men hung their heads in despair, looking like they had lost the battle.

"General Baoyu is injured? Does it matter? Chen Wenzhou hurriedly asked.

Li Baoyu sighed and said gratefully: "Thank you Sima for your concern, a little bit of injury is not in the way." ”

Chen Wenzhou relieved his mind at this time, and Guo Chen asked, "General Baoyu, what's going on?" ”

Li Baoyu said: "This afternoon, I led my troops to intercept the rebels, because before leaving, Sima instructed me to be careful, so I didn't dare to rush forward, so I groped my way forward!" ”

"When we arrived at the nearest village near Mayi, we met a lot of displaced people along the way, I learned from them that the rebels were looting in Persimmon Yuan Village near Mayi Road, I inquired about the number of people, and the displaced people said that there were about three or four hundred people, and I thought that our army had an absolute superiority in strength, so I gave the order to rush over!"

"And then?" Chen Wenzhou hurriedly asked.

"Alas!"

Li Baoyu gritted his teeth and sighed, "After we killed, the rebels had already looted the village, and then left, and we learned from the mouths of the old and weak people who were still left in Persimmon Yuan Village that they were rushing to the largest village near Mayi Road, Mingtie Fort!" So I covered up again, but I was ambushed by the rebels halfway through! ”

"How many rebels are there?" Guo Chen asked.

Li Baoyu recalled, "There were about two or three thousand people!" The enemy was outnumbered, and I had no choice but to flee back with my army! ”

"Two or three thousand!"

Chen Wenzhou's astonishment was beyond words, Rao was witty, but he never thought that so many rebels would emerge from nowhere!

Could it be that all of them are really dispatched?!

Chen Wenzhou knew that things were not simple, so he turned to Li Riyue and asked, "Brother Riyue, what about you?" ”

Li Riyue sighed and said: "The last general led his troops to Zhangshui Pavilion, originally just wanted to inquire about the reality of Zhangshui Pavilion, but unexpectedly, the city gate of Zhangshui Pavilion was opened!" ”

"The gates are wide open? Isn't there a fraud? Chen Wenzhou asked.

Li Riyue said: "The last general also thought so at that time, so he didn't dare to enter the city easily, so he sent a few brothers with good skills into the city to find out the news, and when they came back, they told me that there was no ambush found in the city, and the city was empty!" Not only that, but everything in the city seemed to have been burned, so I rushed to the city myself and found that it was indeed an empty city! ”

"And then?" Chen Wenzhou said.

Li Riyue shook his head, and then sighed: "I thought things were a little abnormal, so I didn't dare to delay, so I led my brothers to retreat to Mayi." ”

Li Baoyu's face was slightly ashamed, and he arched his hand to Chen Wenzhou and said: "Alas, it's all because the general is incompetent, not only did he not intercept the rebels, but he also lost one or two hundred brothers!" Please punish the general and Sima! ”

Guo Chen waved his hand, "General Baoyu doesn't have to blame himself. ”

Chen Wenzhou patted Li Baoyu on the shoulder, and said with relief: "Victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, and it is also my suggestion to let you out of the city, how can you blame General Baoyu." ”

Guo Chen said at the moment: "How to deal with that fox girl right now is the top priority," and looked at Chen Wenzhou after speaking.

Chen Wenzhou pondered for a long time, then raised his eyebrows upward, and said to the sentinel, "Go and invite Lord Taishou over." ”

The sentry officer received the order and invited Zhang Chunfan over.

"Lord Taishou, I've worked hard for you to arrange the affairs of the homeless, I want to find you some information," Chen Wenzhou said.

Zhang Chunfan clenched his fists and arched his hands, "Sima doesn't have to be polite, just ask any questions." ”

Chen Wenzhou nodded, and then said, "Lord Zhang, where is Ming Tiebao?" Zhang Chunfan recalled for a moment, then frowned and said: "Mingtiebao is the largest village and town in the vicinity, with a large population, compared to other villages and towns, it is relatively rich, and it is not far from Mayi City, Sima, what's wrong?" ”

Chen Wenzhou looked at Zhang Chunfan, and then said: "Xulian Nazhen, looting in the nearby villages, I think since the Ming Iron Fort is rich, she will definitely not let it go!" ”

Zhang Chunfan thought for a while before nodding, "What Sima said is very true, I think Xulian Zhen will definitely go there to rob, if she succeeds, then she will be able to get a lot of grain and grass!" ”

Chen Wenzhou said to Zhang Chunfan: "I still have to work hard for the adults to continue to arrange for refugees, the matter is very troublesome at the moment, we have to concentrate on dealing with the of Xulian Nazhen, and the matter of the displaced people can only be handed over to the adults!" ”

Zhang Chunfan nodded and said goodbye.

After Zhang Chunfan left, Chen Wenzhou gathered everyone to the hall to discuss matters, and Guo Chen took the lead in saying: "I didn't expect this fox to be so difficult!" ”

Everyone nodded, thinking that Zhangshui Pavilion was short of food and grass, and as long as it dragged on for a few days, Xulian Yan would really retreat, but she didn't expect that she would think of such a way.

Chen Wenzhou thought for a moment, and then said: "She is forcing us to fight, and now, she is plundering villages and towns, supplementing the supply of grain and grass, and she can also pull strong men to ensure the sufficiency of soldiers, if this is the case, it can be dragged on forever." ”

Chen Wenzhou looked at the direction of the city gate and continued: "And she used the lottery to create panic, so that the displaced people kept coming to Mayi, increasing the pressure on us!" ”

"What then?" The crowd asked.

Guo Chen thought for a moment, and then said, "You just called Zhang Chunfan over, did you just want to make sure what that fox girl plans to do next?" ”

Chen Wenzhou glanced at Guo Chen appreciatively, and said: "The general is right, the reason why I asked Zhang Chunfan is to see what Xulian Nazhen plans to do next, according to what Zhang Chunfan said, I think she will definitely go to Mingtie Fort to loot, in my opinion, this time we might as well take the initiative!" ”

Guo Chen looked at Chen Wenzhou and said, "Are you sure?" ”

Chen Wenzhou smiled confidently: "Don't worry, this time I must capture her alive, without further ado, let's leave immediately, in this way, general, you go to fight some soldiers and horses, and I will arrange other things!" ”

Guo Chen nodded and went his separate ways with Chen Wenzhou.

Chen Wenzhou rode his horse to the east of the city alone, and when he saw that many homeless people were arranged there, he frowned, because there were probably no less than hundreds of homeless people there, old, young, women, and men.

He recalled all the things since the attack on Mayi, and his heart moved!

During this period of time, Chen Wenzhou always felt that he had overlooked some important joints, and combined with the movements of the rebels in the past two days, the fog in his heart seemed to be like a hole torn open by lightning!