Since ancient times, the city gate has been the most lively and chaotic place in a town, so to speak, what a city is like, the moment you enter the city, you can clearly understand.

Runzhou as an important hub linking the south of the Yangtze River and the Jianghuai region, the city is more complicated, this situation is good and bad, the good thing is that this kind of rapid exchange, can allow people to get different customs and various news in various places, but also speed up the integration of local customs, the bad thing is that because the crowd is mixed, resulting in people of all walks of life here, extremely mixed.

At the north gate of Runzhou, a soup cake stall, Xu Jingyou is sitting here with a few henchmen, eating fragrant soup cakes, the so-called soup cakes, in fact, are the current pasta, the ancients like to call the noodles without trapping cakes.

"General, didn't you say that you want to look around and investigate the deployment of the Tang army in Runzhou City, why is it here for a long time, can you see anything from this city gate." While eating the soup cake, a henchman asked in a low voice.

It's no wonder that this henchman is puzzled, you know, they received Xu Jingye's order, that is, after entering the city, they will find out the specific situation and troop layout of the Tang army, if they are ready to attack in the case of a failed sneak attack, now Xu Jingyou is taking them here for a long time, without the slightest intention of exploring everywhere, how can they not be puzzled.

It's a pity that Xu Jingyou ignored their questions, and still quietly observed everything at the city gate, and although those henchmen were anxious, they didn't dare to ask questions because of Xu Jingyou's usual majesty.

Looking at the people and travelers coming and going at the city gate, Xu Jingyou was secretly thinking in his heart, he didn't deliberately disobey Xu Jingye's order and wanted to be lazy to sit here, but had been observing Runzhou City's reaction.

Regarding Li Zongchen's suggestion of pretending to retreat, so as to send elite soldiers to Runzhou City to carry out a sneak attack, so as to take Runzhou City, Xu Jingyou was not happy in his heart, in addition to Li Siwen's reason, there is also a reason that Xu Jingyou has seen from the siege battle these days that this Runzhou City can resist them so stubbornly, and there must be a capable person among them, otherwise just with his uncle Li Siwen's methods, Runzhou City would have fallen into their hands long ago.

It's a pity that after he said this idea, he was reprimanded sharply by his brother, thinking that he was young and ignorant, did not know how to plan, and only knew how to fight hard.

Xu Jingyou is very respectful of each Xu Jingye, so although he knew that his brother was a little arbitrary in this matter, he still offered to lead the team to infiltrate Runzhou City in order to meet his brother's wishes, after all, compared with others, he believed that he could complete the task to the greatest extent, of course, if he really couldn't complete it, he would also find a way to inform his brother in advance, so that he could avoid failure.

For this reason, after Xu Jingyou entered the city, he did not go around to investigate the layout of the Tang army as his brother had instructed, because in his opinion, it was not necessary at all, and it was a waste of time and experience.

Therefore, after entering the city, he took his henchmen to the city gate as soon as possible, and he wanted to judge whether Runzhou City had really relaxed its vigilance by observing the situation at the city gate, or whether it was loose on the outside and tight on the inside, and they returned with the guard against Xu Jingyou.

The effect is really good, in the half-day observation, he found that those who came from outside the city are indeed ordinary people, and those soldiers who handle the city gate are also some soldiers, which can be seen from their skilled means of eating and taking cards, with these judgments, Xu Jingyou breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, at least Runzhou City relaxed its vigilance, and they were more sure of their sneak attack.

"Child, check out." Raising his hand and throwing down a string of Zhenguan Tongbao, Xu Jingyou and the others walked leisurely into the distance.

I didn't notice that when they left, there were more than a dozen people with ordinary faces and different clothes in the many stalls around them.

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"Lang Jun, the little mouse has returned to the nest, from their expressions, they are quite satisfied with our arrangement, especially the person who is the leader, through the description of the spies, the subordinates can conclude that it is the younger brother of Xu Jingye, the governor of the rebel army, Xu Jingyou, you see what we should do next, do you want to send an army to wipe them out."

In Runzhou City, in the house where Duan Jian lived temporarily, Le Buping was telling him the information of Xu Jingyou and others.

"Hehehe, good, it's good to be satisfied, if you are not satisfied, you will be disappointed, this good play of a certain director, but it took a lot of effort, originally I just wanted to attract a big tiger, but I didn't expect it, but it directly attracted a little tiger, Xu Jingyou, yes, this person can be described as a great talent, but it's a pity that he has arrived, such a great talent, but like Luo Langjun, he has become a traitor, it's a pity, it's a pity!"

After hearing Le Buping's announcement, Duan Jian said with a faint smile.

"What's the pity, if Lang Jun really appreciates them, when they are desperate in the future, he will bring them under his command, and it will also give them a chance to mend their ways, Lang Jun is afraid that the Queen Mother will not be able to blame." Zhou Xing said coldly.

"If it's really so simple, does it take so much trouble to make a lot of effort, the Queen Mother is so blaming that she won't, and even if you really receive these talents under your command, the Queen Mother may be happy, but it's a pity that both Luo Langjun and Xu Jingyou are rare smart people in the world, and smart people in this world have always liked to do stupid things, and if you want them to turn back, it's tantamount to climbing to the sky, forget it, the twisted melon is not sweet, everything is as good as it is." Duan Jian shook his head and said.

"Well, I don't know when to do it to them, if it takes too long, maybe they will find us." Le Buping asked.

"Don't be in a hurry to do it, you let people tell the people who monitor them, don't usually monitor so strictly, since they are in the city, their purpose is very clear, that is, to take the opportunity to break through the city gate and help Xu Jingye's army take Runzhou City, as long as you control this, you are not afraid of them messing around, in addition, for the matter of them sending people to contact Xu Jingye outside the city, don't interfere more, let him do it, we just need to sit firmly in the Diaoyutai, and the rest of the things will be done." Duan Jian said.

After analyzing the matter of Runzhou City, for some reason, Yan Ming mentioned Li Xiaoyi and the 300,000 Tang Army who were heading south.

"Hey, Lao Le, you are in charge of listening to the news, you should tell me, that Li Xiaoyi led an army of 300,000 and set off from Luoyang City half a month ago, this has been half a month ago, it stands to reason that they should have arrived at the border of Yangzhou a long time ago, but I heard that they are still hanging around Xuzhou, why do you say this."

"This ..........."

Yan Ming's question made Le Buping speechless in an instant, not that he didn't want to answer, but he really didn't know the answer to this matter, although there were already many members of the Nighthawk under his command, but most of the members of the Nighthawk were disciples of the Xuanwu Hall of the Heavenly Dao Sect before, and the main scope of activities of the Heavenly Dao Sect was in Jiangnan before, and when it came to the matter of Jiangnan, there was nothing they didn't know, but after leaving the land of Jiangnan, their power plummeted.

In addition to these people, the remaining members of the Nighthawk, Duan Jian, arranged them mainly in Chang'an City and Luoyang City, responsible for listening to the news of the imperial court, so there was some omission about the situation of Li Xiaoyi's army.

Seeing that Le Buping was speechless, Duan Jian replied in time, "Okay, don't ask about this matter, I can tell you that there is only one reason why Li Xiaoyi only walked hundreds of miles in half a month, he was afraid." ”

As soon as Duan Jian's words came out, everyone was stunned for an instant, if there was another reason, they might still believe it, but Duan Jian's reason made everyone secretly shake their heads in their hearts, and even Duan Mu, a simple-minded but easy-to-think person, secretly thought in his heart, 'It seems that this Li Xiaoyi didn't know where to offend Lang Jun, so let Lang Jun arrange him like this.' ’

It's no wonder that everyone doesn't believe Duan Jian's statement, if other people dare not march because they are afraid in the future, they may believe it, but who is Li Xiaoyi, that is the son of Li Shentong, the famous general of Huai'an, the king of Jiaodong, and the younger brother of Li Daoyan, the king of Jiaodong, because he was clever and studious since he was a child, good at writing, and quite capable of leading troops, so he was loved by Wu Meiniang, and was recruited into the capital to serve as the general of the left guard.

Don't say any of this, let's just say that now, there are 300,000 elite troops under his command, and this army is not a rabble under Duan Jian's command that has transformed from peasants, but a serious border army, which is an elite army that fights to the death with foreign races all day long and protects the Tang Dynasty from foreign aggression.

Looking at everyone's puzzled expressions, Duan Jian also guessed a few points in his heart.

"Why, you don't believe it."

"Lang Jun, it's not that we don't believe it, but your statement is too unbelievable, if it is known by outsiders, I'm afraid you will offend a lot of people again." Wen Yurong couldn't help but remind.

Duan Jian understood that what Wen Yurong said was true, he was originally a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh of the family, if the statement of Li Xiaoyi's cowardice spread today, I am afraid that those children of the Li Tang royal family would also be right to him, after all, when the Li Tang royal family is weak and Wu Meiniang is in power, Li Xiaoyi is a banner of the Li Tang royal family, Duan Jian insulting this banner is no less than digging the ancestral graves of these people, how can they give Duan Jian a good face.

Looking at the red man's unbelieving expression, Duan Jian was also speechless, after all, through the understanding of later generations, this Li Xiaoyi did not dare to move forward because of timidity at the beginning of the crusade against Xu Jingye, and later he was still the supervisor under his command, and the palace servant Wei Yuanzhong tried his best to dissuade him, so he reluctantly continued to advance, and it was said that Xu Jingye deserved to fail, although Li Xiaoyi was not very bold, but the generals under his command were extremely good at fighting, and after several times, he actually beat Xu Jun back again and again, and was finally forced by Li Xiaoyi to flee everywhere, and finally was finally killed by the generals.

However, knowing that Duan Jian can only say a general idea, he must not leak the details, hesitated for a long time, and still did not continue this topic, but discussed how to tempt Xu Jingye's army through Xu Jingyou, so as to provide himself with an opportunity to make contributions.

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Xuzhou City, as the oldest city in China, is also a more famous place in the land of Jianghuai, Xuzhou is famous, and the convenient transportation, as well as the extremely important geographical location, Xuzhou has also become a battleground for soldiers.

At this time, Xuzhou City, which should have been full of people, seemed a little solemn, nothing else, since hundreds of thousands of troops arrived outside Xuzhou City three days ago, the management of Xuzhou City has been much stricter, and the merchants who came and went fled here, and the local people were also afraid of offending these fierce generals, unless necessary, all of them hid at home, and did not dare to go out.

Xuzhou Post Station, which was originally a place to receive officials and important messengers, but now, it has become a place like a military camp, from the post station inside and outside the road three miles away, countless soldiers will guard here, the reason for this is because, this time to the south to quell the rebellion, the commander of the 300,000 army, Yangzhou Dao Governor Li Xiaoyi lives here.

As soon as the sky was dark, the rooster crow had not completely stopped, and a thin middle-aged man wearing an official uniform hurriedly appeared outside the door of the post station.

The reason why this is so is because at this time of day, they can see the figure of this middle-aged man appear here, and there is only one thing, that is, to ask to see the chief manager Li Xiaoyi, but unfortunately every time, he was rejected by the chief manager.

If you change to a more flexible official, you should understand that this is an excuse for the chief manager not to see him, but this middle-aged man, as if he does not understand, still asks for a meeting here every day, from morning to night, until late at night, and when it is not dawn, he arrives here on time again.

"Wei Jianjun, it's been three days, the chief manager won't see you, you better go back, the chief manager said, these days have been marching day after day, the body is uncomfortable, wait until he rests for a few days, after his body is well, he will send troops to the south, you say, even the chief manager said so, you are a prison army, why bother, you don't want to think about it, if you really anger the chief manager, the chief manager cut off your head, I'm afraid even the queen mother won't say anything, why do you bother?"

Looking at the middle-aged man, that is, Wei Jianjun, a slightly older janitor Ding couldn't help but persuade.

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