The second batch of rescue ships came back by Li Congqian, His Royal Highness the Ninth of the Tang Dynasty, accompanied by Feng Jingyun, Lin Renzhao, and Chen Desheng.

In the process of their secret meeting with Ma Xicao and Ma Xiguang's brothers, because Li Congqian couldn't speak because he couldn't speak, the three of them cried and talked about Lin Feng and Liu Renzhen's battlefield defeat. In their mouths, the total number of soldiers in the Southern Han increased to 60,000.

Of course, the first half of the Battle of Guizhou they talked about was the same as the truth, but from the beginning of the surprise attack of the cavalry and elephant soldiers of the Southern Han Dynasty, the battlefield situation tilted towards the Southern Han Dynasty.

Ma Xicao and Ma Xiguang were greatly relieved to see that Li Congqian was indeed fine. However, under the urging of Li Congqian, Feng Jingyun and others, the action of forcing donations and arresting Ding in Tanzhou City escalated in vain.

At the same time, the 1,000 Tang Army, which had been stationed in Yutan City, was immediately transferred back to the military camp in the east of Tanzhou City to guard His Royal Highness the Nine. Previously, the rebellion between Liu Yan and Panlong, the assassin of Chenzhou, was indeed a false news released, so the 1,000 Tang soldiers who stayed behind stayed in Yutan and never moved their nests.

Followed by the third pull, the people who came with the ship to ask for help were basically all Datang special soldiers, but only a deputy commander of the Datang Wuchang Army showed up and submitted a blood letter for help to the Ma brothers on behalf of the Wuchang Army.

On the evening of the 24th, all the twenty special soldiers who returned gathered in the study of Huang Zongwang's mansion, and the so-called outsiders only had one military adviser, Xi Mucheng, and the richest man, Huang Zongwang.

Huang Zongwang looked at Zhou Qizhi, Yan Ruoli and other familiar faces in disbelief, and was the first to ask: "Is the Battle of Guizhou really won?" Lord Lin and Lord Liu really have nothing to do, right? Why are there rumors of a defeat at the front in the army and in the city? The old man is always nervous! ”

Zhou Qizhi smiled, pointed at Huang Zongwang and said, "Mr. Huang, this is the third time you have asked the same question today!" Of course we won, if something really happens to Lord Lin, do you think we people will steal life alone? ”

Huang Zongwang nodded, but his expression was still a little uneasy.

Feng Jingyun got up and walked up to Huang Zongwang, stared at him and said coldly, "Mr. Huang, have you thought it through?" ”

Huang Zongwang looked at Feng Jingyun's somewhat hideous face, was startled, and immediately stood up and said, "The old man has already thought it through!" I am willing to lead the whole family to surrender to Datang, and I am willing to follow Lord Lin to the death! ”

Xi Mucheng next to him smiled lightly and accosted: "You can swear it, and you don't need to die!" Following Lord Lin will only lead to a better life, and it can also take Mr. Huang's business to the next level!

General Feng, don't worry, Mr. Huang has secretly recruited nearly 500 martial arts masters for us at the expense of money recently, and has proved that Mr. Huang is very credible with practical actions. ”

Feng Jingyun nodded, walked back to his seat and sat down, took a letter printed with Lin Feng's private seal from his arms, and after showing it to everyone, he said softly: "Lord Lin personally wrote the warrant, the 'shovel plan' is officially implemented, and Lord Lin Renzhao and I will be responsible for the first stage, and Lord Lin Renzhao will be responsible for the later stage!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the entire study room was immediately solemnized, and everyone straightened up and stared at the wind and clouds.

Feng Jingyun sat there quietly, his fingers lightly tapped on the table, and said with a serious face: "This plan involves the reputation and fame of my Datang, His Royal Highness the Ninth and Lord Lin, so secrecy comes first!" The specific plan is also limited to everyone here, and if anyone dares to leak it, they will all be punished for the crime of treason and rebellion. ”

Many special fighters have more serious expressions, and it is a dead end for any one of the two crimes of treason and rebellion!

Feng Jingyun turned to Zhou Qizhi and asked, "Has the brother sent to Chenzhou ever set off?" ”

"Before leaving, Zhao Ye personally selected two diehards of the Tujia family in Lizhou, and the two of them have already rushed back to Chenzhou this morning by the mountain road to inform Panlong of the news of our defeat!" Zhou Qizhi replied.

"Good!" Feng Jingyun turned to Xi Mucheng and asked, "Can the recruited masters be in place?" How to place it on a day-to-day basis? ”

"There are already four hundred and eighty people in place, and their daily activities are all limited to Huangfu Fort, and they have never gone out." Xi Mucheng replied immediately.

Huang Zongwang immediately added later: "This recruitment is all in the name of Huangfu in the private recruitment, because of the large number of people, the masters of the surrounding states have been absorbed, but their reputation is acceptable." ”

Feng Jingyun nodded, turned to Lin Renzhao, who had not spoken, and asked this Lin Huzi to continue to "preside".

After the bloody battle under the city of Guizhou, Lin Renzhao's murderous aura was even heavier, and he sat there without speaking, which also made people feel as if there was an invisible pressure coming.

"Liu Qi, have the boatmen on the three rescue ships been properly settled?" Lin Renzhao asked.

Liu Qi hurriedly replied: "Each person was rewarded with five pieces of money, all of which were invited to our own warship, and they will be released after the plan is over." Fang Hongtian had already arranged for his own people to take over the three ships. ”

"Have weapons, Chu military uniforms, and civilian clothes been prepared?" Lin Renzhao asked Zhou Qili again.

"There are at least 3,000 sets of weapons of all kinds in the camp at the East Gate; We brought back 2,000 pieces of Chu military uniforms from Guizhou with the ship, and all of them were moved to the Dongmen camp in the name of weapons; There are now 500 sets of civilian clothes in the Huang Mansion, and the insufficient number can be collected in one day. Zhou Qili replied.

Lin Renzhao nodded and asked again, "Who is going to contact Zhang Longxing and the others?" ”

Xi Mucheng got up and said, "Let me come forward, there are not many people in the city who have seen it, and I can take more of this kind of action." ”

Subsequently, Lin Renzhao and Feng Jingyun discussed for a while, and after explaining several other details, they strictly ordered anyone not to leave the Huang Mansion without an order before announcing the dissolution of the meeting.

That night, Xi Mucheng found Zhang Longxing's mansion accompanied by Zhou Qizhi. The Zhang Mansion, which looked dilapidated, didn't even bother to close the door of the mansion, and the two of them pushed the door directly and entered and covered the door casually.

In the study, a small candle was shaking, and Zhang Longxing and Yuan Weihu, two sympathetic people, were drinking a pot of turbid wine under the candlelight.

"I hate it, how good it would have been if I had worked hard to enter the elite troops of Chu and Tang Dynasties, even if I followed Lord Lin to the battlefield and died in battle, it would be better than being insulted by those again today!" Zhang Longxing drank a glass of wine and complained to Yuan Weihu again.

"That's right, those soldiers who came to the door opened their mouths and they were 10,000 yuan, and if they couldn't pay it, they would be charged to Guizhou, could it be that our money fell from the sky and the wind blew? There's really no way to get through this day! Yuan Weihu was also annoyed. Last time, Yuan Fu was touched by Zhang Longxing's knowledge of Lin Feng, and successfully avoided a forced donation. This time, Lin Feng was gone, and it was even rumored that he had died in Guizhou, so naturally there would be no good thing of "signing the free order", and the two of them suddenly felt that the sky was about to fall.

"Lord Lin is not dead!" Zhou Qizhi, who had been listening at the door for a while, opened his mouth lightly, and walked into the house with Xi Mucheng one after the other. This sentence made Zhang and Yuan startled at first, and then stood up in surprise and greeted the two.

At the same time that the four of them were talking secretly, Lin Feng, who was leading the army to return to Guizhou triumphantly, invited Wang Kui and Zhou Xingfeng into his Chinese army tent.