When Wei Zhuang returned to the handsome tent of the Niuzhu Taiping military camp, the commander of the army, Wi Yang, was still sitting in the main seat of the tent, while reading the military book, while waiting for Wei Zhuang's return.

"Handsome, so Yaxing!" Lifting the tent and walking into the tent, he saw the withered sheep watching the military parade books under the oil lamp, Wei Zhuanglang smiled and quipped, "It is worthy of being a handsome general in our army at a young age!" ”

Hearing this, the withered sheep smiled slightly, casually put the scroll aside, and said gently, "General Weizhuang praised it falsely, but he just had nothing to do and chatted to relieve his boredom." ”

"Huh." Wei Zhuang smiled noncommittally, chose a seat at random and sat down, and said with a relaxed expression, "That arrow book is indeed written by Xu Le......

"Oh?" The withered sheep raised his eyebrows, and said with a bit of interest, "So it seems that General Wei Zhuang did see Xu Le?" ――Xu Leke went to see you alone? ”

Hearing this, Wei Zhuang showed a slight inexplicable smile on his face, and said in a low voice, "Ah, alone!" - Of course, it's just that Xu Le thinks so. ”

"Oh? What do you mean by that? ”

Wei Zhuang stroked the sloppy stubble on his chin, and said with a smile, "In addition to Xu Le and Wei, there should have been a third party in the grove at that time...... An assassin who is extremely good at hiding his whereabouts! Although this person never showed the slightest murderous aura, Wei still vaguely felt like he was being spied on...... If my guess is correct, then the assassin is the first assassin under Xie An, the commander of the Northern Town of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the Mo Fei of the Four Heavenly Kings of the Dongling Mountains! ”

Hearing this, there was a faint surprise in the eyes of the withered sheep, after all, according to the information transmitted by the Guangling assassins, Mo Fei is the world's leading assassin, at the moment when Liang Qiu Hao died and Jin Ling'er was greatly reduced because of the birth of his daughter, Mo Fei has vaguely become the world's number one assassin, and the threat level is above Fei Guo, Ma Dan and other fierce generals of the Jizhou army. To put it bluntly, the most threatening forces on Xie An's side now, except for Liang Qiu Wu, are Mo Fei.

"Can General Wei Zhuang conclude? - Is it just speculation? ”

Wei Zhuang shook his head when he heard this, and said, "It seems that the generals who rush to kill the formation like us have the sharpest intuition. - The feeling that the assassin gave Wei was far better than that of tigers and wolves. Among the assassins under Xie An's command of the Dongling people and the Jinling people, I am afraid that only Mo Fei can make Wei Mou experience that, the feeling of being like fish on the chopping board......"

Seeing that Wei Zhuang was so sure, the withered sheep didn't ask.

Although Wei Zhuang is the relationship between the confidants and generals under Wu Heng, the fourth commander of the Taiping Army, the withered sheep is very jealous of this person in his heart, after all, since Wu Heng sent Wei Zhuang to come, in addition to helping and assisting, he also did not have the intention of monitoring his withered sheep. Once there is any change in the withered sheep, it is not difficult to guess that this Weizhuang will immediately take its own place, which the withered sheep knows.

Therefore, with Wei Zhuang by his side, the withered sheep and the henchman Wang Jian definitely did not dare to talk about the agreement with Xie An.

But then again, in the absence of the slightest conflict and contradiction now, the withered sheep did not think that Wei Zhuang would scare him or deceive him in this kind of matter.

"Since General Wei Zhuang is so sure, then...... Does Xu Le know that he is being targeted? Or is it ......" Glancing at Wei Zhuang, the withered sheep said tentatively in a deep tone, "Or is this matter of the arrow book a bitter ploy of the Zhou army, just to lure our army into taking the bait?" ――According to what Wei Zhuang saw, can Xu Le be trusted? ”

To the surprise of the withered sheep, Wei Zhuang smiled slightly when he heard this, and said with a smile, "Can you trust that Xu Le, what does Yu Dashuai's plan have to do with it?" - Didn't the marshal deliberately send Wei to the woods to contact him when he knew that Xu Le would be targeted by Zhou Jun? ”

"......," the withered sheep's eyes changed slightly when he heard this.

In all fairness, what Wei Zhuang said was not bad at all, and there was no trust in Xu Le's heart for that Xu Le.

Of course, this distrust is not only aimed at Xu Le, but also against Xu Le's practice of taking the initiative to contact him at great risk.

I remember when I first received the arrow book, the withered sheep sneered. In his opinion, it doesn't make much difference whether the arrow book is written by Xu Le or not.

Either Xu Le has taken refuge in Xie An like Liu Qing and Qi Zhi, obeyed Xie An's orders, and deliberately wrote this arrow book that intends to secretly help him withered sheep; Either that, the letter was indeed written by Xu Le himself, and this person did not sincerely defect to the Zhou army, but ventured into contact with him under the surveillance of the assassins in Dongling.

What's the difference between the two in terms of results?

There is not the slightest difference!

As for the third possibility, if Xu Le can contact him withered sheep without concealing Zhou Jun, this kind of thing, withered sheep will never believe it. Unless all the Zhou soldiers were blind, how could they sit back and watch Xu Le, the former Taiping army general who still hated the Zhou soldiers to this day, enter and leave the camp freely and at will without sending someone to spy on him?

In the eyes of the withered sheep, if the Zhou army was really stupid to such a point, how could he be trapped in Niuzhu now, and he would have already crossed the river to attack Liyang Kingdom.

And the reason why Wei Zhuang was sent to contact Xu Le was nothing more than that Dry Sheep felt that Xu Le was likely to become a very important part of his plan to defeat Zhou Jun, in other words, just a useful chess piece. But this kind of talk is not easy to say clearly, after all, Xu Le is also the general of his Taiping Army, and when this matter spreads, it is inevitable that someone will gossip behind his back.

Thinking of this, the withered sheep said with an unchanged face, "General Wei's words really made Ben Shuai feel a little confused......

"Isn't it?" Glancing at the withered sheep, Wei Zhuang said with a smile, "I didn't reveal anything about our army to that Xu Le, just told him to act according to orders...... On the agreed day, he waited for the opportunity to assassinate Xie An, the commander-in-chief of the Zhou army, leaving the 30,000 Zhou army leaderless and creating chaos in his Zhou camp. In this way, our army can take advantage of the weakness and defeat the Zhou army like a bamboo...... Tut-tut! At this, he smacked his lips and shook his head in disapproval.

"What? Could it be that Ben Shuai's plan didn't work? A hint of discoloration flashed in his eyes, and the withered sheep asked in a deep voice.

"That's not it, it's just ......" Glancing at the withered sheep, Wei Zhuang said with a smile, "Does the marshal really plan to assassinate that Xie An?" ”

Looking at the treacherous smile on Wei Zhuang's face, the withered sheep instinctively felt a little uneasy, and said coldly, "What does General Wei Zhuang mean by this?" ”

Wei Zhuang looked deeply at the withered sheep for a moment, and suddenly said with a smile, "Wei just thinks that there are many guards around Xie An, the commander of the Zhou army, and there are even assassins in Dongling who take care of them at night...... Or is that Xu Le just a disguise? ”

Seeing Wei Zhuang talking about this, the withered sheep breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, after all, he had already used Xu Le as an outcast, even if Wei Zhuang said it, there was nothing to hide.

To put it nicely, this is called focusing on the overall situation, and those who do big things are not informal; To put it mildly, who called Xu Le once relied on his seniority and was a powerful and loving general under Liang Qiuhao, the third generation commander of the Taiping Army, so he was arrogant to the young generals in the army such as Withered Sheep.

"Isn't that possible? ―― Use just one Xu Le for nearly 30,000 Zhou soldiers ten miles away? ”

"Hehehe, it's not impossible, it's just ...... Wei had never imagined that a young man in my Taiping Army, such as the Withered Sheep Marshal, would also carry out such a scheme...... Accident, what an accident! Saying that, Wei Zhuang slowly walked towards the outside of the account, and when he reached the tent, he turned his head, looked at the withered sheep with a little deep meaning, and said with a smile, "It doesn't matter if you lose a Xu Le, as long as you can give Zhou Jun a heavy blow...... In this way, Wei had something to report to Wu Shuai. - On the contrary, if the withered sheep marshal can't come up with dazzling results as soon as possible, it will really live up to the expectations given by Wu Shuai! ”

Hearing this, the withered sheep frowned, and said in a condensed voice, "Thank you General Wei for reminding me, but this matter has its own measure!" ”

"That's good! - Oh, by the way, in fact, about the handsome, Wei seems to have heard something that should not be heard......" As he spoke, Wei Zhuang glanced back at the withered sheep and left with a chuckle.

From beginning to end, the withered sheep's face did not change, and it was not until Wei Zhuang left that his eyes showed a little surprise.

"......" paced back and forth in the tent with a solemn face, the look in the eyes of the withered sheep became more and more solemn, suddenly, he turned around and came to the tent, and ordered the left and right guards, "Go and call Wang Jian over!" ”

"Yes, Dashuai!"

Not long after, Wang Jian, the confidant general of the withered sheep, hurriedly came to the handsome tent, hugged his fists and asked suspiciously, "Dashuai, I heard that you called the last general, but I don't know what is important?" ”

I saw the withered sheep glancing at the direction of the tent, and asked in a low voice, "Have you ever revealed the matter between me and my brother-in-law to others?" ”

Wang Jian was stunned, and after reacting, he said urgently, "This ...... The last general doesn't know! -- The last general will never dare to leave behind what the marshal specially explained! Except for Zhang Feng and Xu Chang, the last general was definitely never revealed to a third person! ”

"That's ......," the withered sheep nodded slowly. You must know that Wang Jian, Zhang Feng, and Xu Chang are all his confidants, and they were originally intended to be revealed to them by his withered sheep, so it doesn't matter. The problem lies with Wei Zhuang, listening to Fang Cai's tone of Wei Zhuang, that person obviously knows something.

"What's the matter, Shuai? What happened? Seeing the solemn look on the withered sheep's face, Wang Jian asked in a tight voice.

Slowly exhaled, the withered sheep repeated Fang Cai Weizhuang's words in a deep voice, only to hear Wang Jian's face look shocked.

"This ...... The handsome Mingjian, whether it is the last general or Zhang Feng or Xu Chang, will never publicize the affairs of the handsome man everywhere......"

"Well, I know." Hearing this, the withered sheep nodded, after all, he still trusted his henchmen and favorite generals, and the reason why he recruited Wang Jian was just to ask to see if these three guys were not tight-mouthed and inadvertently said something.

It can be learned from Wang Jian's mouth that the three of them have not leaked anything.

This means......

"......" frowned slightly, and a trace of displeasure flashed in the withered sheep's eyes, and it disappeared in a flash.

"Alright, that's it! Wang Jian, you go and arrange what I say to you today, if it goes well, our army will use troops against the Zhou army in the future! ”

"Yes!" Wang Jian clenched his fists to receive the order, and then showed a little hesitation on his face, and said hesitantly, "Dashuai, that Weizhuang ...... The handsome man has to be guarded! ”

"Hmm! - I have my own measure, you should step back first! ”

"No!" Clenching his fists, Wang Jian turned around and left the handsome tent.

Looking at the back of his henchman leaving, the dead sheep's eyebrows furrowed deeply.

In the eyes of the withered sheep, looking at the entire Taiping Army, there are absolutely very few people who know his relationship with Xie An, the commander-in-chief of the Zhou army, except for Wang Jian, Zhang Feng, and Xu Chang......

[Is that you, Wei Hu?!] ]

Withered Sheep subconsciously clenched his fists, after all, since Ji Jing and his party three years ago, because of the same hardship, the relationship between him and Wei Zou, Wei Hu and several others can be called like brothers and sisters. If Wei Hu really broke his oath and revealed the matter to Wu Heng, this would be no less than the betrayal of his closest brother to the withered sheep.

So it's no wonder that after the withered sheep noticed this, his whole face suddenly sank.

At the same time, at the temporary garrison of the Zhou army, Mo Fei was telling Xie An about the private meeting between Xu Le, the general of the Taiping Army, and someone in the Taiping Army of Niu Zhu, only to hear Xie An's frowns.

"Can you see that?" Xie An asked tightly.

"It's true that humility is true!"

"Are you sure the other party is Niu Zhu's Taiping army?"

"This lowly position has not been confirmed, but the lowly position is sure that Xu Le has sent someone to the Niuzhu Taiping Military Camp! Moreover, if it weren't for the contact with the Taiping Army, why would Xu Le be sneaky, break away from others, and go alone? ”

"Hmm......" Xie An let out a long sigh when he heard this.

From the side, Gou Gong lowered his voice and said, "My lord, I think that Xu Le's stay in the army is a scourge after all, it is better to get rid of it as soon as possible!" - Although the adults cherish this person's martial arts and want to recruit them, they don't know how to raise them! If you don't eradicate those who secretly have two hearts, I am afraid that there will be disaster! ”

Xie An was silent when he heard this.

In fact, for Xu Le, although Xie An did plan to recruit, but in the final analysis, it did not come to the point where it was necessary, after all, Xu Le was no more handsome than Qi Zhi who was both civil and military, and in the final analysis, he was just a reckless man with a lot of strength, the reason why he repeatedly tolerated this person's presumptuousness was for Liu Qing and Qi Zhi in the final analysis, after all, after the two of them joined the Taiping Army, they felt a little guilty about Xu Le.

But having said that, Xie An was not pedantic enough to harm nearly 30,000 people in the whole army for Xu Leyi's [***], the reason why he didn't speak for a long time was just to consider the reaction of the withered sheep, after all, right now, his bet with his brother-in-law with the withered sheep was the most important thing.

"Gou Gong, in your opinion, that Xu Leke has successfully come into contact with that kid of the withered sheep?"

As Xie An's confidant, how could Gou Gong not know the thoughts of his lord, and when he heard this, he no longer persuaded Xie An to get rid of Xu Le, and laughed in a low voice, "Isn't your lord planning to do everything?" ――According to the humble position, Xu Le should have been in contact with the little uncle! ”

"Counting is counting...... Then you have to know the idea of the withered sheep boy to work! ――What do you think? ”

Shaking the delicate little golden fan in his hand, Gou Gong said with a smile, "It's nothing more than a combination of internal and external strategies!" -- Tell Xu Le to be chaotic in my military camp, so that my uncle can take advantage of the situation and enter ......"

"I think so!" Xie An chuckled and shook his head, and suddenly asked, "How is the construction of our army's camp?" ”

Gou Gong was stunned when he heard this, and said hesitantly, "This ...... Didn't the adults originally plan to attack Niu Zhu tomorrow? Therefore, the humble official only ordered the officers and men of our army to build a wooden fence on the east side as a barrier to prevent the little uncle from attacking our army at night......"

"Okay, then let's set up camp, there is no need to arrange the inside and outside, make the wooden fence on the outside of the camp stronger!"

Gou Gong understood when he heard this, chuckled and arched his hand and said, "I understand my humble position! Later, I will ask someone to strengthen the fence of the camp and keep the little uncle in and out! ”

"Huh! Go ahead. ”

"Yes!"

In this way, Xie An originally planned to directly attack the Niuzhu Taiping military camp where his brother-in-law Withered Yang was, but because he learned about Withered Yang and Xu Le, Xie An changed his attention and asked Zhou Bing to set up camp only ten miles away from the Niuzhu Taiping Military Barracks.

This inexplicably changed general order really made his subordinates such as Tang Hao, Liao Li and others a little confused, and Xie An's explanation for this was that he was steady and steady, pressing step by step. But in fact, Xie An just gave Xu Le and the withered sheep a chance to join forces inside and outside, after all, if he could use this to lure the withered sheep out of the Niuzhu camp, wouldn't the field battle be more advantageous than storming the camp?

After two years, the Zhou army and the Niuzhu Taiping army were not engaged in battle, and the two sides maintained a temporary peace situation with a tacit understanding. The Zhou army was busy building improvised camps with only bars, while the Taiping army was dedicated to boosting the morale of the soldiers who had suffered a great defeat in the previous period.

Finally, in the middle of the night on the third day, the entire Zhou army camp was silent, except for the patrolling soldiers who were still going back and forth in the camp.

As one of Xie An's guards, Xu Le stood outside the tent, looking at the vicinity behind him from time to time.

At this time, the handsome tent was already dark, if nothing went wrong, Xie An, the commander of the Zhou army, had already entered a sweet sleep with Qin Ke'er in his arms.

One is a powerless civil official, and the other is a weak female streamer who is even worse than the previous one, and Xu Le doesn't pay any attention to this.

What he really cared about was another real Commander Guard, the Assassins of the East Ridge, who were secretly guarding the tent.

Don't look at the number of those Dongling assassins, there are only a few hundred people at most, but Xu Le doesn't dare to despise it at all, after all, in this dark night, as long as the three Dongling assassins join forces, it may be possible to assassinate him.

You know, the other party is a master who is proficient in sneak attacks and assassinations.

wanted to kill Xie An under the noses of these people, even Xu Le knew that it was impossible. If you want to kill Xie An, you must first lead away those Dongling assassins.

And this matter, Xu Le has already arranged it.

[Counting the hours, it's almost ......]

Xu Le glanced up at the night sky, but unfortunately the moonlight was vague at the end of the month, and he couldn't judge the time from the position of the moon, but on the other hand, it seemed that such a dark night was also the best time to sneak attack and kill.

Suddenly, a terrible alarm was heard in the distance.

"Too ...... The Taiping army has attacked the camp! The Taiping army has attacked the camp! ”

Before the alarm fell, a noise suddenly sounded around the Zhou military camp.

"What's going on?"

"Enemy night attack? In what direction? ”

"What about the sentinels? What about the night watchmen?! ”

"Enemy troops? Where are the enemy forces? ”

Not to mention Zhou Ying, even the sound of whispering sounded around Xie An'an's tent, if nothing else, it should be the voice of the Dongling assassins who were confused.

"Enemy troops? How can it be? The brothers outside the camp have not sent a message......"

"Anyway, let's go check it out! - Leave half of them, and the rest of me will go! ”

Listening to the movement of the brush, the corners of Xu Le's mouth couldn't help but raise a little smile.

There is no doubt that those alarms were deliberately shouted by his henchmen in order to create chaos. Glancing at the tent that was blown up by the night wind, Xu Le licked his lips and slowly touched the saber on his waist.