Xu Churen has completely lost the dignity of a minister at this time.

In order to facilitate his escape, he was wearing a big-headed soldier's Qiu Ba suit, and even the official boots under his feet were replaced by straw sandals with strong feet, in short, he really looked like a big-headed soldier.

As a civil official, he is over half a hundred years old, and although Xu Churen is still healthy, he is already tired and out of breath at this time.

"Bachelor, bachelor, take a break."

By his side, Mu Qi was in worse condition than him. Years of pampering have made Mu Qi a big fat man, and he has been able to hold on until now, thanks to a horse.

"I can't stop, the time is fleeting, I want to rush to Diqiu and prepare for battle!"

Although Xu Churen's face was discouraged, his spirit was still very excited, and when life and death were at stake, he took out all his skills, racked his brains, and finally came up with a way to exonerate himself and even make meritorious contributions.

"Bachelor, we, we can stand it, that horse...... The horse can't stand it. Mu Qi said intermittently.

The horses they were riding had been taken from the Wuwei camp, and they were so tired that they were shaking on all fours. Xu Churen saw this situation, but he still didn't care: "What is a horse, as long as it is ......"

"Bachelor, what Mu Qi said has some truth, people can stand it, but horses can't stand it, but they can't reach it quickly." Guan Shilian, the commander of the Wuwei Battalion who came along, couldn't help but interject.

This Guan Shilian can be said to be holding a stomach full of anger in his chest now, if it weren't for Xu Churen forcing him to fight, he could completely hold the Wuwei camp, and the situation in Pengcheng would not be out of control.

However, civil officials are inherently superior to military generals, especially this civil official is still a bachelor of the first palace and has served as the prime minister for a period of time.

"It's an incompetent person like you who has ruined the situation!" Xu Churen didn't give Guan Shilian any face, and scolded loudly.

Guan Shilian's forehead jumped, but he didn't dare to refute. After Xu Churen finished scolding, he also knew that he was speechless, he went to Diqiu, to seize the military power, and at the same time wanted to push the responsibility for the loss of Pengcheng to others, Guan Shilian could still play a role. Therefore, after scolding, he snorted again: "Now is the time to make meritorious contributions, if you push back and obstruct again, this official will definitely go to the court and punish your crimes!" ”

Xu Churen felt that his words had already given Guan Shilian face, but they only came to Guan Shilian's ears, but they were not a taste at all.

In this case, he could only talk and didn't dare to say anything.

At this moment, I saw a horse galloping in front of me, it was Di Jiang, who had taken the lead before.

"Di Jiang is back!" Mu Qi cheered.

It was he who advocated sending Di Jiang to Di Qiu, as the head of the Xuzhou Mansion, he was well-informed, and knew that the father and son of the Zhou family were not easy to mess with, and they had all been in battle, at least better than Xu Churen, a civil official.

Therefore, sending Di Jiang to go first also meant to show favor to the Zhou family's father and son, so that they could be prepared to deal with Xu Churen.

It is also Xu Churen who is unpopular, so even the leaders and generals he uses are unwilling to see him in power. And Xu Churen is proud of his identity, feeling that Yiwen Yuwu is the government of the country, as long as he arrives in Diqiu, Zhou Fu will naturally hand over the supreme command.

After all, this is not the credit of making cement, he has no reason to meddle at all, but the military, and he knows about Xu Junzhou's affairs in his official title!

After Di Jiang arrived in front of him, Xu Churen didn't wait for him to speak, so he reprimanded him sternly: "Why are you the only one here, Zhou Fu?" ”

"Governor Zhou is presiding over the compilation of Ye Ding, and he can't get out of it for the time being......"

Di Jiang's words made Xu Churen angry, this guy dared not to come to greet him in person!

He said sharply: "Zhou Fu dared to insult the minister so lightly, he really ate the gall of the bear's heart and leopard, did he think that the sword on the waist of the official could not kill him as a lucky horseman?" ”

"Governor Zhou couldn't get out, so he sent his son to greet him, and the villain was afraid that the bachelor would be anxious, so he rushed first, and the person who greeted the driver was behind the villain!"

Hearing that Zhou Quan was dispatched, Xu Churen's heart widened slightly, and then a thought flashed out.

This is a great opportunity!

He wants to seize Zhou Fu's military power, and it is best to put the responsibility for the loss of Pengcheng on Zhou Fu's refusal to send troops to rescue, but how can Zhou Fu not resist?

But now, the opportunity has come, Zhou Fu only has one son, if he can control his son, then Zhou Fu can only bow down and obey his orders.

Thinking of this, Xu Churen's face softened, and a smile appeared on him, as if he was holding a pearl of wisdom.

"It's hard work, how many people did Zhou Quan bring to greet him?"

"I brought more than 30 people to greet me." Di Jiang opened the river.

"In that case, you go and rest first...... Mu Bantou, what you just said is right, we are going to rest for a while, come here, prepare clothes for the official, Mu Bantou, and the commander, you two will come with the official. ”

Mu Qi and Guan Shilian were inexplicable in their hearts, the so-called preparation of clothes at this time was to pick up clothes from others and replace Xu Churen's undignified military uniform. An old man changed his clothes and asked the two of them to do something, but they were not interested in seeing the old man naked.

They were summoned to a sheltered place, and sure enough, Xu Churen's personal entourage picked up a piece of clothing from nowhere, but it was a Confucian casual clothes, and after Xu Churen changed it, he sighed: "You two can know that you are already in a catastrophe!" ”

Guan Shilian and Mu Qi smiled bitterly, how did they not know that they were in trouble.

The Pengcheng Rebellion began with Mu Qi's move to grab merit, and Pengcheng was completely lost, and it was because Guan Shilian lost the battle.

"Now the only way out for the two of you is to make meritorious service and think of retaking Pengcheng, but to recapture Pengcheng, we must have soldiers in our hands, Zhou Fu has repeatedly disobeyed orders before, otherwise Pengcheng will not be lost, and he will not easily hand over the troops to our ......"

Speaking of this, Xu Churen smiled meaningfully, he was waiting for Mu Qi and Guan Shilian's reaction.

Mu Qi and Guan Shilian's faces kept twitching, they didn't expect that when things came to this point, Xu Churen still wanted to turn the situation around.

Let's get back the situation, his idea is to attack his own people.

"What, what's your disagreement?" Seeing that the two of them didn't speak for a long time, Xu Churen said dissatisfied.

"This, this...... I don't know what the bachelor means, if Zhou Fu doesn't hand over the military power, what can we do? Guan Shilian muttered.

"His son will come to me soon, he has only one son!" Xu Churen reprimanded.

Do you want him to teach this method?

Guan Shilian and Mu Qi glanced at each other, originally the relationship between the two was not very good, but at this moment, they had the same feeling.

This Bachelor Xu...... He really deserves to be a prime minister.

If you want to become the prime minister, you have to be like Bachelor Xu, you can disown people by turning your face, and you will take revenge?

"Guan Shilian, let your people be arranged, Mu Qi, you are also average, your few errands, your hands and feet are neater, if you can get the Yeding of Li Guojian, we will counterattack back to Pengcheng, I will definitely play the court and show credit for the two of you!"

"Yes, yes, let's go out and make arrangements!"

Guan Shilian wanted to say something, but Mu Qi spoke, and then glanced at him.

The two left Xu Churen, and Guan Shilian smiled bitterly: "Mu Qi, are you really going to arrest that Zhou Yanei, so as to threaten his father to hand over Yeding?" ”

"Commander Guan, do you believe that the bachelor will play the imperial court and make merit for the two of us?" Mu Qi asked rhetorically.

Both of them have been in the officialdom for a long time, and they do not confide the truth in their hearts, but test each other.

Guan Shilian is a martial artist after all, he sighed and said: "I can't shirk the responsibility of Pengcheng, show merit?" The bachelor didn't cure me, and I'm thankful. ”

"That Zhou Yanai is not easy to deal with, even the Xiang family, that is, the uncle's family, was brought down by him, and it also made our bachelor master suffer a loss, he dared to come here, how could he be defenseless?"

The two exchanged views and understood each other's intentions.

Judging from Xu Churen's style of acting, even if everything goes well and they win Yeding to recover Pengcheng, Xu Churen will also punish the two of them for their crimes, after all, Pengcheng once fell into the hands of thieves, and someone has to come out to carry the black pot for this matter, who will carry the two of them?

On the contrary, if Pengcheng is not recovered, then the responsibility for losing the land is first of all the responsibility of Xu Churen, the Taishou, and their two subordinates are only jointly and severally responsible.

But they had no choice, and since Xu Churen opened his mouth, he didn't allow them to shirk.

The two sighed at the same time, only to feel that the future was hopeless, Mu Qi was better, he was originally just a servant, and if he lost it, he would lose it, but Guan Shilian was promoted to command, which was good among officers, and it would be a pity if he lost his position and future.

"What are you two discussing?" Before they could talk more, they suddenly heard the voice of Yin behind them, and looked back, but it was Xu Churen who followed.

"Bachelor's ...... The two of us are debating what to do! Mu Qi felt a pang in his heart, fortunately, he was such a bureaucrat, and the lie came as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Oh, tell me, how?"

"Zhou Quan has been guarded by his side all the year round, if he is blocked by the guards, Zhou Quan will be a small matter, and he will miss the bachelor's strategy, so our first step is to separate Zhou Quan from his guards." Mu Qi said.

Xu Churen thought that every time he saw Zhou Quan, he was accompanied by more than ten teenagers and two strong men, and nodded, this is indeed a problem.

"There must be a sufficient reason to separate him from the guards, otherwise it will startle the snake, so I feel that the bachelor should first appease this guy and make him lose his vigilance, and then find an opportunity to summon him suddenly, or think of another way, but in any case, the bachelor needs to appease this person."

Xu Churen nodded: "This is very true, I will naturally appease Zhou Quan, you can rest assured." ”

"When the villain and Commander Guan arrived, they bowed down their hands, separated Zhou Quan's guards outside, and directly tied them inside, and at that time, this person's life and death were all in the bachelor's thoughts."

This was very much in line with Xu Churen's meaning, and the cold glint in his eyes flashed slightly.

Not only does he have to control Zhou Quan's life and death, but also Zhou Fu's life and death, as well as the life and death of Guan Shilian and Mu Qi in front of him, he also has to firmly control it in his hands!