"Pengcheng is lost, and there are thousands of thieves, and they are coming to Diqiu by boat!"

The news that Ye Chu brought back made the array teenagers who were still excited just now suddenly quiet down, and then everyone had different expressions on their faces.

There is shock, there is fear, there is indifference, and there is excitement.

Zhou Quan glanced at everyone and took most people's expressions into his eyes.

"Don't panic, it's just a rabble, a rabble like today, don't say thousands, it's tens of thousands, are you afraid?" Sun Cheng's voice sounded at the right time.

Thinking of those gangsters today, the array teenagers suddenly became relaxed, and everyone whispered, almost discussing what kind of credit they could make.

Compared to Fang Cai's nervousness, it was much easier.

Zhou Quan gave Ye Chu another look, and Ye Chu followed him into the house.

"Da Lang, why did you ask me to tell the military information in public?" After entering the house, Ye Chu asked with some puzzlement.

Among the array boys, he was most interested in military affairs and was the best learner. Although he is a little arrogant and looks down on people who are inferior to him, Ye Chu has not been reckless enough to leak military information in public. It was Zhou Quan who glanced at him and made gestures before he said it in public.

"Look at everyone's reactions, only this kind of sudden bad news can reveal everyone's truest situation. Also, see how the crowd responds, especially those of you who are leaders, deal with the situation. Zhou Quan smiled.

Ye Chu was stunned when he heard this, and thinking of the reaction of everyone just now, he nodded again and again.

"Who do you think reacted well and who didn't?" Zhou Quan asked.

"Although the elder brother of the Sun family is not good at drills, training, and fighting, he is a good hand at judging the situation and stabilizing the morale of the army in the future. Li Bao only knows how to fight, so he didn't think about such a change at all......"

Ye Chu spoke one by one and named the names of six people, and these six people were the most impressive to him.

After finishing speaking, Ye Chu sighed slightly: "Da Lang, Xuzhou is only seventy miles away from here, go faster from the canal, the news of the thieves has arrived, then the thieves are only afraid that they are not far from Diqiu!" ”

"I know, but since my dad sent you, he is sure that he will come, how will he deal with it?"

Zhou Fu's response was faster than Zhou Quan imagined.

While Zhou Quan was busy arresting Shi Fengren, Zhou Fu had already convened the smelters and directly stated their interests, so the smelters temporarily stopped work, organized all the craftsmen, and the craftsmen's families temporarily moved into the Longchuan Courtyard, which was under construction.

These family members are not only so that the craftsmen have no worries, but also hostages.

Moreover, there were also servants who dispersed among the workers, exaggerating how the thieves had mutilated the people of Pengcheng. Although they were all made up lies, the servants told them so eloquently that the workers were shocked to hear them, and they understood that if they wanted their families to be spared by the thieves, they had to fight to the death.

When Zhou Fu came from Beijing, he left Du Gou'er in Beijing, but he also brought more than ten old brothers such as Wuyang and Di Jiang, these brothers from the old forbidden army, were sent out by him, and each led a team of 100 people to serve as the head of any pawn. In this way, there are nearly 1,000 people directly in Zhou Fu's hands.

Then the smelter families will be sent out to serve as the head of the company, and there will be nearly 3,000 peripherals.

Of the 3,000 people on the periphery, Zhou Fu regarded them as auxiliaries, and only his old brother with more than 1,000 people was a soldier.

"The master said that there are not many soldiers in the elite, but there are still more than 1,000 soldiers, if there is a longer time, he will cut half more, there are 500 people, just in command." Ye Chu also explained for Zhou Fu.

"Needless to say, the thieves are attacking, how is Daddy going to deal with it?"

"The thieves came from Xuzhou, not a few people, so they will definitely choose a more convenient and labor-saving waterway, and I heard that the thief is a Haizhou thief, and he is more skilled at taking a boat than a horse, so before he learned that the thief left, the master had already guessed that they must pass through the canal, so the master had already cast eighteen iron locks, just waiting for the news of the thief's arrival here to confirm, he would give him an iron lock to intercept the river!"

Zhou Quan smiled when he heard this, this is in line with his father's style, and he must be yin against the other party.

"In addition, although the lord is making a big fanfare and reorganizing the army, he is actually ready, he will only take three hundred people to set off and attack the thief head, he said that the thief is a rabble, as long as the thief head is defeated, it will naturally be ......"

When Ye Chu said this, Zhou Quan had already stood up with a sigh, turned his back hand around, and then stomped his feet and said, "You were broken away by him, he must have led people to set off now!" ”

Zhou Fu knew that Zhou Quan attached great importance to the array boys, and he didn't want these teenagers to get involved in a real large-scale war.

Zhou Quan went to capture Shi Fengren, which was not a real war in Zhou Fu's eyes, but just a small-scale fight. Therefore, after he was ready, he immediately sent Ye Chu back to Zhou Quan's side, nominally to let him inform the intelligence, but in fact, he broke Ye Chu away to prevent this young man from really participating in the war.

To put it bluntly, Zhou Fu still doesn't want his son to go on an adventure on the battlefield.

"Alas!" Ye Chu, who also understood it, paused again and again, if it weren't for Zhou Fu, he would have complained a long time ago.

"It's okay, it's okay......" Zhou Quan muttered, his heart suddenly a little hanging.

Take 300 men to surprise the thieves...... It must have been in the middle of the canal from Xuzhou to Diqiu, quietly blocking the canal with iron locks, and when the thieves were forced to go ashore, they took advantage of the thieves' unstable footing, and then raided.

Calculating the time, I am afraid that in a few more hours, the battle will already begin.

"I can't sit back and watch my father be like this, fighting my own brothers, going into battle as father and son...... Ye Chu, go out and give orders, assemble, and then you quickly return to the town...... No, Dad did this because he expected that in addition to Shi Fengren, there might be thieves' eyes and ears in the town, if you go back to the town, the thieves' eyes and ears will find out that something is wrong, and the news will be leaked, Dad is only afraid that he will even think about this, he is letting me sit in the rear! ”

That feeling of fear was really uncomfortable, Zhou Quan scratched his head, but there was no way.

Diqiu can't be chaotic at this time, if it is really chaotic, their father and son will lose their inheritance, and it is more likely that the thieves will seize Diqiu, and they will lose the battle cleanly.

"We ......"

Zhou Quan was about to make a decision, when he suddenly heard footsteps outside, he looked towards the door, but saw Di Jiang running in with a tired face.

"Uncle Di, are you out of trouble?" Zhou Quan was pleasantly surprised.

Although Di Jiang has such and such unsatisfactory points, Zhou Quan is not a ruthless person, let alone an extremely utilitarian person, Di Jiang can get out of trouble, and he is still very happy.

"I was wrong about Da Lang...... Da Lang, Xu Churen also fled to Diqiu, and took the Wuwei camp with me, I took the first step and found that Brother Fu was not there, and I couldn't let Xu Churen enter Diqiu Town! ”

This is bad news again!

Zhou Quan was stunned for a moment, and then couldn't help but scold: "What kind of fun is this dog official coming to join in!" ”

Xu Churen was able to contain the thieves by guarding the Wuwei camp, but what Zhou Quan didn't expect was that since this Xu scholar ruled Xuzhou, he had neglected the armament, so the Wuwei camp did not treat him very well.

In particular, the whole Pengcheng was in chaos, the thieves on all sides were lawless, and it seemed that the thieves were overwhelming, and Xu Churen would only shrink in the Wuwei camp and force the soldiers to quell the chaos. The soldiers were forced by him to attack, and they were forced to attack without any will to fight, and as a result, they were directly dispersed by the chaotic people, and most of the soldiers of the Wuwei Battalion took off their uniforms of the forbidden army and also blended in with the people, and many of them even joined the Haizhou thieves directly!

Under such circumstances, even the Wuwei Battalion could not be defended, Xu Churen took dozens of officers of the Wuwei Battalion, as well as the messenger Baoding who followed him, took advantage of the chaos to go out of the city and fled directly to Diqiu.

"It is estimated that in half an hour, he will be able to enter Diqiu, I am afraid that after he arrives, he will first seize the military power, if so, even if Brother Fu wins, the credit will all belong to him!"

Not only does it all belong to him, but with Xu Churen's temper, Zhou Quan feels that he may even use his military power to treat Zhou Fu's crimes. In the midst of war, what is the big deal about making up a crime? Anyway, Xu Churen lost Pengcheng, and there was nothing to fear.

Zhou Quan had a deep disgust in his heart, in fact, Di Qiu was in the northeast of Xuzhou, Xu Churen lost Pengcheng, and he could retreat to the west and south, but he should not run to the northeast. Thinking about it this way, he chose Diqiu, but after all, he was still unconvinced, and wanted to use Diqiu's thousands of smelters to redeem something for himself.

"Ye Chu, you go back to the town immediately, pass on my order, gather all the Ye Baoding, and only say that you will drill and train, and no one will be allowed to enter or leave...... Take our people with us, and they will be responsible for isolating and not letting anyone come into contact with Paulte. Zhou Quan said.

Ye Chu immediately ran out, and Di Jiang looked ashamed: "Da Lang, what can I do?" ”

"Uncle Di is hard for you, go back again, and think about dragging Xu Churen for a while, just say...... I just said that I personally brought someone to greet me! ”

"There are more than 50 people around him, most of them are sergeants from the Wuwei Battalion, and there are more than ten officers and guards."

Di Jiang understood what Zhou Quan meant by "personally bringing people to greet him" and said quietly.

Zhou Quan nodded, slightly relieved: "Uncle Di has worked hard. ”

Di Jiang didn't dare to delay more, turned around and went back to Zhuangzi, Zhou Quan sat alone in the house, his heart was in chaos, and many thoughts surfaced, making him unable to feel at ease.

In the past year or so, he has experienced many things and several life and death crises, but none of them have made his heart so troubled.

In addition to worrying about his father's adventurous actions, he was also worried about what happened next.

"This dog official, why did you come to Diqiu......" muttered to himself, and a hint of fierceness flashed in Zhou Quan's eyes.

Xu Churen has been the prime minister, not as a last resort, as long as there is still the possibility of reconciliation between the two sides, Zhou Quan does not want to take extreme measures.

"Make all kinds of preparations, how to deal with it, everything, it depends on Xu Churen's own!" Zhou Quan thought to himself, then stood up and went outside.