"Master Hou? I don't know what the arrangement of the Hou Ye is, if the four of them can be selected, the four of us will naturally try our best to serve the Hou Ye! The candidate arched his hand and asked Lu Rui for instructions.

"General Hou, don't worry. Tomorrow I will send someone to inform the generals, asking the four generals to sit back and wait for the military orders at any time! ”

"No!"

Settle the Zhang Baiqi military camp outside the city, Zhang Baiqi just returned to the military camp, and recruited several henchmen.

"See Qu Shuai!" These four were all Zhang Bai's henchmen in the Yellow Turban Army.

"All right, get up, all of you!"

"Xie Qushuai!"

"I don't know what is the important matter for Qu Shuai to summon me and others?"

"You immediately put on makeup and go into the city, find out the movements of the four candidates, and if there is anything unusual, report it quickly!"

"Yes, Qu Shuai!" The four soldiers bowed their hands, got out of the tent, put on makeup, and entered Anding City.

"Official, let's enjoy some food, I haven't eaten rice for many days, official, official!" Soon after, a beggar came to the palace and begged the gatekeeper for something to eat. In the Han Dynasty, there were usually leftovers in the homes of eunuchs, and many beggars took aim at this opportunity and went to ask for them when it was time to eat.

"Get out! Get lost! Lao Tzu hasn't eaten yet, where can you eat? When the soldier saw a filthy beggar approaching him, he waved his hand away from him. Then he turned around and went back to his post.

"Master Jun!"

"Get out! Didn't you say there was no food? The soldier waved his hand and looked back.

"You are?" The soldier was stunned for a moment, and then looked back. It turned out to be a well-dressed man. It's not the beggar you just had.

"Master Jun! The younger brother is a small businessman who has just arrived in Anding. If you want to come and meet Lord Taishou, please make it convenient for the military master. ”

"! Taishou-sama is something you can see if you want? You don't look at your identity, leave quickly, or I'm welcome! ”

"The military master is angry, angry, the villain knows the rules, after speaking, the merchant took out some gold leaves from his arms and handed them to the soldiers."

"Oh? Hahaha! It seems that you are still a smart person. The soldier hurriedly put away the gold leaf.

"Master Jun. So can the villain let the military master send the post, the villain wants to ask to see Lord Taishou. ”

"This?" The soldier guarding the door hesitated.

"Is the military master a villain? Master Jun, please make it convenient! The merchant took out another gold leaf from his bosom.

"Alas! It's not that I don't give you convenience, it's just that the four generals are not in the house, and I can't help you pass on the report. The soldier made a helpless expression, and finally took the golden leaf into his arms.

"Master Jun, none of the four generals are in the mansion?" The merchant approached the soldier and asked quietly.

"Master Benjun doesn't lie to you, the four generals left the mansion in a hurry just now, and they didn't eat at the mansion, and I haven't eaten yet."

"I see. Military master, if the four generals return to the house. Please go to the Kinmen Inn in the city at night to inform you that you are a merchant from Qiangbei, Wuda! ”

"Good! For the sake of seeing that you are a smart person, this military master will run for you at night. ”

"Thank you, Master Jun!"

During the night, Zhang Baiqi's spies got some important news from the Taishou Mansion.

First, after meeting a merchant from Hedong, the four candidates left the Taishou Mansion in a hurry, not knowing what to do.

Second, the four candidates refused a visit from Zhang Baiqi's spy pretending to be a businessman.

Third, he returned to Taishou Mansion when he was a candidate for the four sons.

On the second day, as soon as the sky was bright, Lu Rui entered the Anding Taishou Mansion through the back door of the Taishou Mansion, and the four candidates were already waiting here.

"The last general will see Master Hou!"

"Four generals, please get up!"

"Master Xie!"

"Did the four generals sleep well last night?" Lu Rui took a sip of hot tea and tasted it.

"The four of them have already served Lord Sikong, they are in a happy mood, and they slept well yesterday, thank you Lord Hou for your concern." As soon as the four candidates heard Lu Rui's words, they immediately understood what Lu Rui meant.

"Hahaha! The four generals are really smart people, since this is the case, this Marquis will also tell the truth, please help Ben Marquis to kill Zhang Baiqi, and make the first contribution to Lord Sikong! ”

"The last general is willing to obey the orders of the Hou Ye!"

"Good! General Yang, I heard that you have a lot of disagreements with Zhang Baiqi? ”

"This?"

"Back to the Hou Ye, Qiu just can't get used to seeing Zhang Baiqi as a literati, and he actually points fingers at us Xiliang veterans, and marches to fight, how can Zhang Baiqi be understood by a literati?" As soon as Yang Qiu heard Zhang Baiqi, he immediately became angry, if it weren't for Zhang Baiqi, how could his subordinates lose more than half of them in the first battle of Anding, even if it was Dong Zhuo's rebellion, he didn't lose so much.

"So General Hou is a good man?" Lu Rui smiled and glanced at the candidate.

"Back to the Hou Ye, when the four of us were in the Xiliang Army, it was indeed the case, I don't know if the Hou Ye asked about this?"

"General Hou, although Zhang Baiqi led the troops to Anding, but did not attack the four generals, it means that Zhang Baiqi does not want to tear his face, in this case, if General Hou writes to Zhang Baiqi and says to mediate the contradiction between General Yang and Zhang Baiqi, I am afraid that Zhang Baiqi will not be able to refuse!"

"Hou Ye is wise, Hou Ye means to let Zhang Bai ride to Taishou Mansion? We put on a Hongmen banquet in Taishou Mansion? ”

"General Hou, you are wrong, since Zhang Baiqi came from the north to bring troops, he was suspicious of the four, how could he come to the banquet so easily?"

"So what does Master Hou mean?" The candidate was stunned for a moment, and didn't invite Zhang Baiqi to come, so how could he kill Zhang Baiqi?

"General Hou, the Hongmen banquet is to be set up, but it is not in the Anding Taishou Mansion, but in Zhang Baiqi's military camp!"

"In Zhang Baiqi's barracks?"

"Yes, General Hou can reconcile the contradiction between General Yang and Zhang Baiqi, and take General Yang to Zhang Baiqi's military camp in person."

"What? Master Hou wants me and General Yang to go to Zhang Baiqi's military camp? ”

"Yes, if you invite Zhang Baiqi to come, Zhang Baiqi will definitely not want to, but if the two generals go to Zhang Baiqi's military camp, Zhang Baiqi will have no reason to refuse."

"What does Master Hou mean?"

"General Hou, how many soldiers and horses are under Zhang Bai's cavalry?"

"Well, back to the Hou Ye, there are not many soldiers under Zhang Baicai, only a few hundred, but when Cheng Yin went south to Weishui, he should have left military horses for Zhang Baiqi in the north, according to the spies' return, according to the number of camps Zhang Baiqi, there should be 5,000 military horses."

"Yes, this is not a deviation from Ben Hou's intelligence, four generals, how many soldiers do you have?"

"Returning to the Hou Ye, there are more than 20,000 sergeants in the headquarters of the last general and others, plus some Qiang soldiers and Hu cavalry, there are about 30,000 sergeants."

"If General Hou goes to Zhang Baiqi's military camp, even if Zhang Baiqi doesn't plan General Hou, he will order the sergeants to garrison the camp, the four generals have 30,000 soldiers, if they can't even take the ordinary military camp of 5,000 people, how can they talk about loyalty to Lord Sikong?"

"This?" The candidates were stunned, Lu Rui really didn't miss an opportunity to let the four candidates fight to the death, Zhang Baiqi's military village is simple, after all, Zhang Baiqi has just arrived outside Anding City, and the other 30,000 people in the field If they can't beat Zhang Baiqi's 5,000 soldiers, then 30,000 people are pigs.

"Four generals?"

"The last general is willing to obey the orders of the Hou Ye!" The candidate knew that the four of them had no way out, and thinking of Lu Rui's promise, the candidate gritted his teeth and agreed.

"Good! There are four generals. ”

Outside the city, after listening to the spies' return, Zhang Baiqi was shocked and hurriedly recruited his henchmen into the military tent. (To be continued......)

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