Xu Liang knew that He Huchen didn't take his worries and reminders to heart at all. Back at the Liang army camp, Xu Liang's heart was heavy. He walked aimlessly through the camp when the soldiers patrolling the camp bumped into him, clasped his fists in salute from a distance, and carefully staggered by.

He pondered as he walked.

The strength of the defenders of Hutou Pass completely subverted Xu Liang's understanding of the rebel army. In the past, Xu Liang used to call these rebels who made the Ming Dynasty court thieves, but now, he feels that these people are qualified to be called the rebel army. Xu Liang had dealt with thieves many times before. From September of the seventh year of the Apocalypse, the leader of the thieves went to Tianlong, crossed the stars to attack Zhenyuan City, to relieve the siege of Pingliang, recover Jingzhou, and later recover Jingning Prefecture, Longde and other cities. Thieves everywhere used to be very easy to fight, basically they collapsed as soon as they rushed, and they dispersed as soon as they were killed.

However, the tiger head pass in front of him is very difficult to fight. Putting aside the whereabouts of the other tens of thousands of rebel troops for the time being, the black-clothed team that appeared from time to time on the upper floor of Hutou Pass made Xu Liang very vigilant.

Xu Liang also once suspected that the appearance of the team of men in black was the result of the secret collusion of the Guanlongmen valve, and now after thinking about it all the way, Xu Liang couldn't help but laugh dumbly. Zhu Zijian, the former son of the king of Han, and now the king of Shunyi, took the wealth and power accumulated by the Han Wangfu for more than 200 years and devoted himself to the cause of rebellion without hesitation, even the safety of his biological parents, and the prince and princess Han who were escorted to Beijing did not care.

Although Han Wangfu can't say that it is a door valve, the potential power of Han Wangfu is not inferior to any gate valve.

Luo Rucai, the vanguard officer of the Liang army, arranged the task of exploring the horse, and was about to go back to his tent to sleep beautifully, when he saw Xu Liang with his hands behind his back. Walking aimlessly in the camp, he approached curiously.

Luo Rucai saw Xu Liang staring at the ground from time to time. I couldn't help but take a few glances at the ground, and it turned out that there was nothing but dust and dry weeds on the ground. I didn't see any fame, so I couldn't help asking, "My lord, what are you doing?" Dropped something? Will I look for you? ”

Xu Liang raised his head when he heard this, and when he saw that it was Luo Rucai, he glared at him angrily, waved his hand and ignored him.

Seeing this, Luo Ru only thought that Lord Xu had dropped some secret things, and it was not convenient for others to look for them on his behalf, so he had to leave after thinking about it. Suddenly I thought about it again. As the vanguard officer of the Liang Army, because he came from the Heavenly Dragon Army, the leader of the thieves, his background is not very good, although Lord Xu seems to appreciate him more, but Luo Rucai always feels that there is still such a layer of meaning between himself and Lord Xu, compared to Xing Zhongshan, Dai Feng and others, who are close to Xu Liang.

Seeing that Lord Xu frowned tonight, he looked down at the ground for a while. When I look up at the sky, I must be so anxious that I can't do it. If I Luo Rucai can help Lord Xu look down at the ground at this time, look up at the sky and look for something, in case I really let myself find it. Isn't it a great opportunity to get closer to Master Xu?

Luo Rucai thought so, and sneakily followed over again and came to Xu Liang's side. Said mysteriously: "My lord, what did you drop?" You might as well sue the last general. At the end, I will look for a piece. Rest assured, the last general is extremely tight-lipped. ”

Xu Liang was stunned for a moment. Turning his head to see Luo Rucai's nervous and cheap appearance, he asked in a whisper, and looked around, like a thief. Xu Liangxu kicked Luo Rucai and scolded with a smile: "Who said that the official dropped something?!" ”

Luo Rucai lowered his head, bent his back, and smiled with his eyebrows.

Xu Liang shouted: "Stand up straight!" ”

Luo Rucai immediately stood up straight and looked at Xu Liang puzzled. Could it be that the secret path has guessed wrong again this time? A horse's fart slapped on the horse's leg?

Xu Liang asked, "Is the matter of exploring the horse arranged?" ”

Luo Rucai listened, and slapped his chest loudly, "Don't worry, my lord, everything you have arranged will be properly arranged, and there will be no mistakes." The last general sent no less than two scout horses in all directions, southeast, northwest, and middle, and the scope of the survey spread to fifty miles away, even if the slightest trace of clues was found, the scout horses would immediately return. ”

Xu Liang nodded, frowned, and asked puzzledly, "Southeast, Northwest, Central?" Which direction is it? ”

Luo Rucai sighed, and said with a smile: "It's wrong, it's wrong, it's the southeast, the northwest, and there is no middle." There are too many mahjong games, and the talk is smooth. ”

Xu Liang snorted and said, "Report back to me immediately if you have a situation." ”

"Yes, the Admiral understands." Luo Rucai nodded and said.

Xu Liang nodded and continued to walk with his hands behind his back. Suddenly, he found that Luo Rucai was still following closely in the same direction, and couldn't help but turn around and ask, "Is there anything else?" ”

Luo Rucai walked a few steps, approached Xu Liang, and asked inquiringly, "My lord, you really didn't drop anything?" ”

"Get out!" Xu Liang scolded with a smile and kicked out.

Luo Rucai dodged and walked away with a grin.

After Luo Rucai's interruption, Xu Liang's originally heavy mood also relaxed, shook his head and smiled bitterly, Xu Liang turned around and walked towards his camp.

No matter what tomorrow holds, let's finish tonight.

Tomorrow isn't really going to be good, it's just raining. The rain is not heavy, but it is dripping and endless. It lasted from morning to noon, weakened slightly in the afternoon, and then began to continue to flow.

Affected by the rainy weather, the Ming army showed no signs of trying to attack Hutou Pass. The defense of Hutou Pass is still tight, and the sergeants guarding it put on their robes and stand on the city tower in the rain, with a straight military posture, like a veteran who has been on the battlefield for a long time.

Gao Yingxiang, known as King Chuang, wearing his iconic white robe and white scarf, stood in the Hutou Pass Tower with his hands in his hands, looking at the Ming army camp in the rain in the distance.

"Just in time for the rain." Gao Yingxiang said.

In addition to the sergeants guarding the castle tower, there is also a middle-aged scribe in white who is victorious in snow, with a lupine scarf, if you add two long whiskers to your lips, at first glance, it looks like a bit of the style of the Three Kingdoms Kongming. This person is Gao Zilin, the guest secretary of Han Wangfu, after Han Shizi Zhu Zijian raised the flag to rebel, Gao Zilin became the most powerful strategist under Zhu Zijian, and was worshiped as the military advisor of the Shunyi Army.

Gao Zilin's eyes fell on the Ming army camp, on the smoke rising in the rain, he shook the feather fan with his left hand a few times, and said with great certainty: "In three days, the Ming army will run out of food." The day when the Ming army ran out of food was the time when our army launched a large-scale counteroffensive. ”

Gao Yingxiang listened, his expression relaxed slightly, and he said happily: "The military advisor is strategic, Yingxiang admires." ”

Gao Zilin looked quite proud, arched his hands to the sky, and said: "This is all the sect master's strategy, Zilin is just acting on orders, not a strategy." ”

When Gao Yingxiang heard him talk about the sect leader, his expression turned solemn, and he also arched his hand to the sky. Then he frowned slightly and said: "The sect leader is really powerful, and he can actually contact so many rebel armies to start an incident at the same time, so as to take Hanzhong Mansion in one fell swoop, seize the grain and salary of Hanzhong Mansion, and provide a large amount of food and salary for the growth of our righteous army." It's just that Yingxiang doesn't understand, how could the sect leader choose a fool like Zhu Zijian, the son of King Han, as the leader of the rebel army? ”

Gao Zilin's face was unhappy, and he said: "The selection of Zhu Zijian is an order personally given by the sect leader, and as a disciple in the sect, we can only obey and cannot be questioned." ”

Gao Yingxiang said: "But Zhu Zijian called himself the King of Shunyi and renamed the army the Shunyi Army, is this extremely stupid practice also the meaning of the sect leader?" Doesn't that fool know that it's okay for us to make a small fuss, but once we call the king and the emperor, it will definitely be tolerated by the court. ”

Gao Zilin was silent for a while, sighed lightly, and stopped shaking his fan, and said, "This is Zhu Zijian's own opinion, not the intention of the sect leader. ”

"Idiot!" Gao Yingxiang scolded.

The two of them silently looked at the Ming army camp tent in the distance in the city tower for a while, and Gao Zilin suddenly said: "Master Gao, I estimate that three days later, the Ming army will find that the grain road is blocked, and the army will cut off the grain. The master of the hall should be prepared. ”

Gao Yingxiang was stunned, looked back at the soldiers of the rebel army standing guard in cloak on the city tower, and said unbearably: "In this way, the elite of my sect will all be lost in this tiger head pass." ”

Gao Zilin looked fierce and said: "For the sake of the great cause of this sect, even if it is said that it is only a few thousand elites of the sect, even if you and I all die here, we will not hesitate to do it." ”

Gao Yingxiang looked at Gao Zilin in horror and asked, "Military Master, is this also what the sect leader meant?" ”

"Exactly." Gao Zilin Road. (To be continued......)