When Zhou Quan arrived, it was a little late.

Xu Churen waited a little anxiously, but when he saw Zhou Quan, he still smiled all over his face, and even stepped forward to hold Zhou Quan's hand.

"If it weren't for the virtuous nephew coming to pick it up, the old man's head would almost not be guaranteed!" He said with a sigh.

"Why did the bachelor say this, he just came here on the orders of his father, and he didn't have any merit." Zhou Quan also said with a smile.

Both of them have a characteristic of their smiles, that is, they are sincere.

At least in the eyes of Mu Qi and Guan Shilian, they are sincere. If it weren't for the fact that these two people were actually not in the right temper, Mu and Guan would have thought that they were a good family.

After a bit of noise, Zhou Quan waved his hand back, and Xu Churen saw that someone served a food basket, and after opening it, the food basket was full of fragrant meals.

As soon as he smelled this fragrance, Xu Churen felt and thirsty in his stomach.

From last night to now, almost a day and a night, he has not eaten, not even a few sips of water, his stomach is hungry, and the gluttonous insects are completely attracted by the smell of food.

"The bachelor is hard, this is a little prepared by the lower officials, this chef is brought from Beijing, and the wine is also a famous wine in Beijing, the bachelor can taste it, and if you don't move the tables and chairs, why not let the bachelor eat standing up?"

Since someone moved to Xiaoji and Xiaodeng, Xu Churen was really hungry, so he sat down immediately, Zhou Quan signaled to spread the wine and vegetables, and soon, the aroma on the small table was fragrant.

In addition to the meal, there was also a small pot of wine, and Xu Churen couldn't give up, reached out to take the chopsticks, and prepared to start.

He is not afraid of what Zhou Quan will do, in front of so many people, how dare the father and son of the Zhou family embarrass him!

"Goo!" Seeing that he was about to munch on it, Guan Shilian and Mu Qi next to him rumbled in their stomachs.

Xu Churen just didn't hear it, when they were civil officials, when they drove the sergeants, they didn't care whether the sergeants were hungry or not.

It was Su Shi Su Dongpo, who was known through the ages, who stayed up all night reading "A Fang Gongfu", but drove the two old pawns to wait all night, forcing the old pawns to sigh and make bitter noises. Xu Churen is not a person who is sympathetic to the soldiers, but Guan Shilian himself, stepped forward and said to Zhou Quan: "In the Yanei, Guan is also hungry and thirsty, and there are accompanying soldiers, please borrow food." ”

Zhou Quan patted his head: "Forget about this, originally the cart was full of rice, noodles, wine and meat, which was used to treat the army, come, please send someone to move it down with me." ”

There were forty or fifty people who came with him, half of them were array boys, and half were newly recruited Yeding. They drove a big cart, which not only had rice, flour, wine and meat, but also pots, firewood and grass ready.

"Drink less, the thieves are said to be about to attack Diqiu." Xu Churen himself drank alcohol and instructed Guan Shilian.

Guan Shilian nodded knowingly: "Bachelor, rest assured." ”

"Good priest and commander rest assured, my father got the news that the thief didn't know that the bachelor was coming to Diqiu, and the bachelor would go to Nanjing Yingtianfu, so he had chased over there." Zhou Quan said with a smile.

Xu Churen's heart was relieved, he fled in a hurry, where did he still have the leisure to see where the thief was chasing, and now he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he heard that he didn't come here.

Since the thieves did not come to Diqiu, he could arrange it calmly, take over Zhou Fu's military power, and then recover Pengcheng. If the main force of the thieves leaves Pengcheng to attack Ying Tianfu, it will be better, it is better to take down Ying Tianfu, so that it can be seen that it is not that he is incompetent, but that the thief army is too cunning.

While eating the food sent by Zhou Quan, while thinking about how to deal with the Zhou family's father and son, Xu Churen did not have the slightest shame.

He also glanced at Zhou Quan from time to time, and saw that he was busy directing the fire to cook, and he couldn't help but sneer.

He was full of wine and food, so he glanced at Guan Shilian and Mu Qi, who had just eaten, and the two of them understood, and then seemed to go to see the sergeants and errands eating, and after a while, there were more than twenty sergeants and errands holding bowls, and gathered in groups of three or five to Zhou Quan's side.

But Zhou Quan was very vigilant, and when he saw this, he retreated directly to his entourage.

Mu Qi and Guan Shilian could only smile bitterly, but Xu Churen's face remained unchanged, he was full of wine and food, stood up, and beckoned to Zhou Quan: "Zhou Lang, come here, accompany me to see the surrounding rivers and mountains." ”

Zhou Quan followed a few entourages and came to Xu Churen's side, Xu Churen gave another look, and then slowly paced up a small hill by the canal with Zhou Quan.

"Although I made a mistake in this thieving rebellion, the situation is so corrupt because of the unorganized armament of the imperial court. The dignified military guard camp was originally ten soldiers and 1,000 people, but in fact there were less than 400 people in the city, and most of them were called into their homes by the city's magnates to serve as slaves and servants! Xu Churen put his hands behind his back, looked around on this hill, saw the smoke curling everywhere, and couldn't help but say with emotion: "In Xuzhou, it can be seen that my emperor and Song Dynasty are big, and all the weapons are equipped everywhere. ”

"That's what the bachelor said." Zhou Quan replied with five words.

But in Zhou Quan's heart, he sneered.

Xu Churen is right, and he also got to the point, the Great Song Dynasty was lax, except for the border army in the northwest that still had some combat effectiveness, the rest of the forbidden army, even the forbidden army on the front line with Liao, were all scum with combat effectiveness five.

But he Xu Churen has no responsibility?

Not to mention other places, this Xuzhou, the thing that drove the forbidden army to serve as a servant, Xu Churen has never done it? After coming to Xuzhou for so many years, since he knows the affairs of the military state, how many times has he been to the Wuwei Battalion, and how many times has he personally seen the forbidden army drills?

Lack of armaments, lack of military resources, sloppy training, and most importantly, the lack of due respect for soldiers, did he not contribute to this, or even intentionally so?

Zhou Quan didn't know that Xu Churen had written to Zhao Ji many times, talking about the lax armament, and was deeply worried. However, he was only deeply worried, and he would not be polite when it was time to drive the Forbidden Army soldiers to serve as servants.

Xu Churen didn't know what Zhou Quan was complaining about, he sighed, and said: "The reason why this is the case, in the final analysis, is still because of the traitor who deceived Shengming, there is Tong Guan inside, and Cai Yuanchang outside...... Cai Yuanchang is now reinstated. ”

Cai Jing's reinstatement is not news, Zhou Quan heard him say this, and smiled: "The bachelor is really well-informed. ”

In fact, Zhou Quan continued to complain in his heart: "When it comes to destroying armaments, Tong Guan adds another Gao Yu, and the two are tied together, which is not as good as Zhao Ji's absurd emperor, and then the three of them together are not as good as these civil officials in the court." ”

Seeing that Zhou Quan always dealt with it in a perfunctory tone, Xu Churen sighed in disappointment.

Originally, he wanted to provoke loyalty and let Zhou Quan take the initiative to persuade his father to hand over the military power, but now it seems that this market kid doesn't read poetry and books, and he really doesn't know loyalty!

"Zhou Lang, when you were an envoy in the northern country, you experienced military affairs, do you think it is difficult to calm down this thief rebellion?"

"It's not hard." Zhou Quan replied.

"Tell me why it's not difficult."

"The thief has five defeats, I have five victories! The people of the world are at ease, although the Great Song Dynasty has a small fault, but it still has the hearts of the people, thieves and people are chaotic is a wayless move, and there is much help for the Tao, and there is little help for the unjust, and people are in me, this is one of them. ”

"The land of the four battles in Xuzhou, there is no danger to defend, the imperial army starts from Beijing, and it can be arrived in ten days.

"Now that the alliance with the northern city has been formed, there is no strong enemy outside the Great Song Dynasty, and the time is not conducive to thieves, and this is the third."

"The number of thieves now seems to be numerous, but in fact the real thieves are only dozens, and the false thieves are only one or two hundred, and most of them are the people who are coerced.

"My father is in the army, he is well versed in warfare, knows the art of war, is brave and unparalleled, and is quite wise, and the thief will be defeated by my father, and this is the fifth!"

Zhou Quan mentioned his father without humility in the end, which made Xu Churen laugh.

This laughter is not just for Zhou Quan's big words.

He led Zhou Quan to this hill, and separated Zhou Quan from most of his attendants, only three or two of them still followed Zhou Quan.

And just now, Xu Churen had already seen out of the corner of his eye that more than 30 people from Guan Shilian's Wuwei Battalion and Mu Qi's errand had already come over, of which more than ten were at the bottom of the mountain, and they would block most of Zhou Quan's attendants, and the other more than ten people were coming up the hill.

As long as he waits for a few more moments, Zhou Quan will fall into his hands!

Zhou Quan also glanced over there, and there was nothing special about it, but looked at Xu Churen: "I don't know what the bachelor is going to do next?" ”

"Naturally, Pengcheng has been recovered." Xu Churen said.

Guan Shilian and Mu Qi walked over, one left and one right, sandwiching Zhou Quan in the middle, and Zhou Quan's entourage wanted to approach, but they were blocked by the Wuwei Battalion and Peng Cheng's errands.

"What does that mean?" Zhou Quan's face changed slightly.

"Your father and son sat and watched the thieves rise up, and refused to send troops to rescue, resulting in the loss of Pengcheng, which is a great crime! To recover Pengcheng, how can you rely on selfish people like your father and son, Zhou Quan, you only have one chance, and that is to let your father hand over Yeding! Xu Churen said awe-inspiringly.

"Hand over Yeding, and the bachelor won't pursue my father and son?"

"Hand over Yeding, how should your father and son deal with it, the court has its own conclusion, why should this official worry?" Xu Churen smiled faintly.

In his eyes, there is a sharp edge.

After handing over Yeding, the Zhou family's father and son had no use value for Xu Churen - no, there was only one use value left: carrying the black pot!

The rebellion in Xuzhou was caused by the father and son of the Zhou family, and the loss of Pengcheng was caused by Zhou Fu sitting back and not saving him. As long as the father and son of the Zhou family carry this black cauldron, he Xu Churen is not only guilty, but also meritorious, what is the trouble before?

"What a calculation! Isn't the bachelor afraid of a bad conscience when he does this? ”

"You scoundrel, fortunate to be a child, do you know what conscience is? I am the conscience, and the two Jinshi are the conscience! Xu Churen said proudly.

In contrast to Xu Churen's pride, it is Zhou Quan's grief and indignation. He looked at Guan Shilian and Mu Qi who were sandwiching him, and then looked at Xu Churen: "The bachelor must be going to put my father and son to death?" ”

"It's your father and son, who are killing themselves!"