After Chen Qun returned to Shaomu Mountain City, he directly transferred a thousand Danyang guards to Wei Shi: "Wei Shi, you bring this thousand Danyang guards to Puyang and hand them over to Dian Wei, you will still be your guard commander in the future, remember to train the five hundred brothers who are responsible for purchasing cotton and other things, and be sure to let the brothers have the ability to protect themselves." ”

Hearing this, Wei Shi hugged his fists and said, "My subordinates have written it down!" The head of the family, in fact, the restaurant was attacked, and the subordinates had an unshirkable responsibility, firstly, the subordinates did not arrange the guards on duty, and secondly, the subordinates did not find out in time that someone wanted to be unfavorable to the restaurant, and the subordinates were guilty! ”

Chen Qun hurriedly supported Wei Shi, who bowed to him, and said, "You are not guilty!" This incident was too sudden, and I never thought that someone would attack our restaurant, so the burden on your shoulders will not be light in the future, and you must not let the enemy succeed again! Otherwise I'll take you and ask! ”

"Subordinates receive orders! Thank you for your trust! Subordinates retire! After Wei Shi finished speaking, he gave Chen Qun a fist salute, and then turned around and left with a thousand Danyang guards. Wei Shi led the people out of the mountain city and was seen by two beggars hiding in the distance.

That night, Jia Xu, who was in the broken temple in the west of Luoyang City, frowned after listening to the report of a young beggar: "Then Chen Qun really only sent 1,000 Danyang guards to Yanzhou, and no other states and counties have allocated manpower?" ”

Jia Xu hugged his fists opposite the young man dressed as a beggar and said, "Yes, my lord, Chen Kar-wai, who went to various states and counties before, should have gone to inquire about the situation, and his subordinates believe that they will definitely return soon after finding out." It's just that since then, if we want to take action against Chen Kee Restaurants in other states and counties, I'm afraid it's not as easy as before. ”

Jia Xu nodded when he heard this: "Of course I know, it's just that the Chen Ji Restaurant is too big, and our manpower is only distributed in Sili, Jingzhou, Yuzhou, Yanzhou, Jizhou, Xuzhou and Qingzhou, and the manpower of the rest of the states and counties has not yet had the strength to attack the Chen Ji Restaurant." But even in these seven states, there are still thirteen waves of people who have missed! Pity! ”

"My lord, my subordinates don't feel sorry, those fools can't even do such a simple thing, what do we want them to do? It's exactly a hundred dead! ”

Hearing this, Jia Xu looked at the young man and smiled slightly: "You can't say that, the brothers were born and died for us, and your words will be chilling for the brothers to hear!" If it weren't for the fact that there were enough people in Sili's territory, you might have failed! You know the combat power of the Chen family's guards, to be honest, I admire the ability of my junior brother now, he is a strong opponent. ”

When the young beggar heard this, he hugged his fists and said, "My lord, don't let others be angry and destroy your own prestige!" What do you think we'll do next? ”

Jia Xu smiled slightly when he heard this: "Of course I'm waiting!" ”

"Wait? Why should we wait? Now that the manpower of our secret hall has been concentrated in the Luoyang area, we can launch an attack on that Shaomu Mountain City at any time, why wait? Do you think that our fifteen thousand brothers will not be able to take a family of captives? The young man squinted at Jia Xu and said.

Jia Xu smiled slightly: "Previously, I ordered everyone in the Dark Hall to attack the Chen Ji Restaurant in various places, in addition to destroying Chen Qun's financial route and effectively depleting the strength of the Chen family, the purpose was to let Chen Qun transfer Chen Jiawei and Danyang Wei from the mountain city to various states and counties to garrison, so that the defense force of the mountain city can be effectively reduced and the success rate of our operation can be increased." Otherwise, why bother with it. ”

"My lord, you are doubting the combat power of our dark hall! Also, what if Chen Qun found out that the loss of his restaurant was limited and did not allocate manpower? Have your plans not been in vain? ”

Jia Xu smiled when he heard this: "It's not up to me to decide whether he sends people or not, let's just watch, Chen Qun is very troubled by this matter at this time, you go to find out the information quickly, and you have to inform me in time if there is news." ”

"Subordinates take orders!" The young beggar glared at Jia Xu and saluted with a fist, then turned to leave.

After the young beggar left, Jia Xu looked at the beggar's back and sneered: "Self-righteous! The dark hall is just the weakest card in the master's hand, and it is far worse than the white horse hall, what are you proud of? I really don't know how to die! What people fear most is arrogance! ”

Jia Xu guessed correctly, Chen Qun was indeed having a headache at this time, although Chen Zhi, who went to Yangzhou, had not returned, but Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Pang De and the guards had all returned. Chen Qun learned that Si Li was the most affected by the attack, followed by Yanzhou and Yuzhou, Jingzhou only three restaurants in Jingbei were attacked, and the others were fine, while Jizhou and Qingzhou also had only two restaurants each attacked, and the other restaurants were unharmed.

After Chen Qun got the news, he decided to immediately send 1,000 Danyangwei to each state, and the big state sent 2,000 Danyangwei, but he was stopped by Xu Shu: "Changwen, if you do what you say, the thirteen states will send a total of 15,000 people, even if Xuzhou doesn't need to send them, it will be 1,400 people, and there are only 7,000 Danyangwei left in the family, which is too little!" ”

Hearing this, Chen Qun frowned and said, "Isn't it safe to have a Danyang guard in the family before?" ”

Xu Shu shook his head: "This time is different from before, Changwen, please think about it, it can be seen from the situation of the enemy's attack on our restaurants in various places, the enemy's strength must be concentrated in the area of Sili and Yanzhou, if we send out so many Danyang guards at this time, and the enemy attacks the mountain city in a big way, what if we can't stop it?" ”

Hearing this, Chen Qun frowned and said, "Senior brother, why do you think the enemy will come to attack the mountain city?" Have you counted how many people are needed? And we didn't offend the imperial court, where did we get such a large army to attack the mountain city? ”

Xu Shu retorted when he heard this: "Changwen, I don't believe that you didn't smell the conspiracy contained in this attack?" The other party did this because he wanted you to send people from the mountain city to guard the restaurants in various places, so that the mountain city would be empty, so that they could take the mountain city in one fell swoop. ”

Chen Qun smiled when he heard this: "Senior brother, what you think is a bit exaggerated, right?" It is still the world of the Han Dynasty, who dares to allocate tens of thousands of troops to attack the mountain city in a bright and bright way? If they are not afraid of death, they will come. ”

Xu Shu said in a deep voice when he heard this: "Changwen, now is not the time to be rash. ”

"Senior brother, then you mean that we don't have to take care of the restaurants around the country? Let them be attacked and burned by the enemy at will? Chen Qun frowned when he heard this.

Xu Shu sighed: "Alas! Long text, this is the mastery of the enemy. If we don't send guards to guard the restaurant, they will definitely send people to attack our restaurant from time to time, and we don't know where the enemy will attack.

But in the long article, we have to distinguish between the light and the heavy! The restaurants in various places are gone, we can buy them again, but if the Shaomu Mountain City is gone, where can you rebuild it? The water source alone is a headache for you. ”

Chen Qun nodded when he heard this: "Senior brother, you're right, do we want to transfer all the brothers scattered in various places back to defend the mountain city?" But if the enemy does not come to attack the mountain city, shall we not be trapped in the mountain city? ”

Huang Zhong frowned when he heard this: "Changwen, let me say that we should send guards to various places, we don't need so many people on this side of the mountain city, if the enemy dares to attack the mountain city, let's kill them all, where is there so much entanglement?" It's better than if the enemy is hiding in the shadows all the time and we can't find the target. ”

Zhao Yun nodded and continued, "I agree with Han Sheng's point of view. Changwen, I think you and Yuan Zhi have overestimated the enemy's strength! If the enemy is really as strong as you say, then they don't need to engage in so many intrigues and tricks, just go up the mountain.

Since the enemy has made so many arrangements and made so many circles, it means that the enemy is also afraid of our strength, so what else do we have to fear? Just do what your Master Huang said, when the time comes, I will rush to kill, and your Master Huang will shoot with a bow and arrow in the back, and we will kill as many people as possible. What's more, there are 3,000 Chen Karwei, 7,000 Danyang guards and 7,000 guards in the mountain city. ”

Xu Shu smiled bitterly and shook his head when he heard this: "Maybe what the two of you said is right!" No matter how calculating the other party is, in the face of absolute strength, any conspiracy and trickery are useless. Long article, just follow your previous decision. ”

Xu Shu also felt that he might be overly worried about this decision, after all, even if 14,000 Danyang guards were dispatched, there were nearly 20,000 guards on the mountain city, and it was impossible to attack the mountain city without 50,000 people.

Chen Qun nodded when he heard this: "Okay!" At the same time that we dispatched 14,000 Danyang guards to various places, the mountain city was also actively preparing for defense against any possible attack. ”

Xu Shu nodded: "That's the best." ”

Chen Qun then assigned eight guards to each bring 1,000 Danyang guards to the states, and handed over the Danyang guards to the guards of the states. He also ordered two guards to take 2,000 Danyang Wei to Yangzhou and Jingzhou respectively, and handed over Danyang Wei to Wei Liu and Wei Wu in Yangzhou and Jingzhou respectively.

After Danyang Wei sent out, Chen Qun smiled and said, "Senior brother, let's talk about it, we still don't have enough manpower!" There are too few Danyang guards, if we have 50,000 Danyang guards, then why worry about it? ”

Xu Shu shook his head: "Okay Changwen, you continue to talk, I will immediately arrange the defense of the mountain city, I estimate that the enemy will attack the mountain city soon, and they will not give us much time to prepare." ”

Chen Qun said with a straight face when he heard this: "Okay! Then it's hard brother, what do you need us to do, just ask. ”

Xu Shu smiled at Chen Qun, then clasped his fists at everyone and turned to leave.

In the afternoon of the next day, Jia Xu in the broken temple in the west of Luoyang City was once again reported by a young beggar: "My lord, you are really a god!" That Chen Qun really sent two-thirds of the Danyang guards to the states and counties to guard the safety of the restaurant, and there were only about 7,000 Danyang guards left in the mountain city.

In addition, there are only five men and seven women left in the current guards around Chen Qun, and the combat power on the side of the mountain city has dropped by more than half, I don't know when the adults plan to let us attack the mountain city? ”

Jia Xu thought for a while and asked, "How long will it take for all the people of the Dark Hall to be able to concentrate at the foot of Shaomu Mountain and enter the battle?" ”

Hearing this, the young beggar frowned and said, "It will take at least four hours for the 10,000 forwards to pass, and it will take six hours for all the men to pass. ”

Hearing this, Jia Xu frowned and said, "Six hours? In other words, if you immediately transfer troops now, you will be able to almost arrive at the end of tomorrow morning, right? ”

The young beggar nodded and said, "Yes, my lord! This is the earliest. ”

Jia Xu frowned when he heard this: "Then you quickly notify all the men of the dark hall and immediately march towards the Shaomu Mountain City, and the time for the battle to start is set at the beginning of tomorrow morning, remember?" ”

Hearing this, the young beggar frowned and said, "My lord, time is so tight? ”

Jia Xu nodded: "What's wrong?" Having difficulties? ”

The young beggar shook his head: "There are no adults! The subordinates ordered everyone to rush with all their might, and it should be no problem. ”

"So what are you waiting for? Don't go to execute it yet! Do you have to wait for two days when the mountain city is well prepared, and then you will go over and send you to death? Jia Xu said angrily.

The young beggar was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly hugged his fist to Jia Xu and said, "The subordinates receive the order, and the subordinates will arrange it immediately." ”

After the young beggar left, Jia Xu thought for a while and said in a deep voice: "Someone, go to the palace to inform Zhang Rang, and order him to quickly make a move on Huangfu Song." ”

"Yes!" A shadow clasped his fist at Jia Xu and turned to leave. 10