After Gao Fei returned to the barracks, he personally inspected the situation of the soldiers, and after a day and night of running, the soldiers were sleepy and tired, and the soldiers went back to the barracks to rest as soon as they had eaten enough, and the thousand war horses under their seats were taken care of by the soldiers of Gongsun Du's department, and all of them were given good forage supplies.

He called Zhao Yun, Hua Xiong, Pang De, Zhou Cang, and Bian Xi to his barracks, for him, Gongsun Du was like a stumbling block that hindered him, and the strategy he suggested to Gongsun Du was not adopted, which brought certain difficulties to defeat the thief soldiers. He had seen the power of food with his own eyes, and in the face of food, he had easily broken up more than 500 hungry thieves, and he was convinced that by using this method against the thieves outside the city, he would be able to disintegrate them.

"Now that the enemy is present, there are 20,000 hungry people outside the city, and I proposed to Gongsun Du to open a warehouse and release grain to break up the hungry people outside the city, but I was refused. If this continues, those hungry people who are crazy will fight even harder, and we have few soldiers, even if we can defeat their main force, we will have some damage. Goofy told everyone about his worries.

Zhao Yun said: "Lord, the art of war is cloudy, and you will hand over the strategy." The subordinates inquired in the city, that Chu Yan is a native of Changshan Zhending, and his subordinates are fellow villagers, and the subordinates want to use this relationship to persuade him to change his ways, and ask the lord for permission. ”

Gao Fei shook his head and said, "No! It's too dangerous to do this, we don't know Chu Yan very well, and the current situation is favorable to the thieves, so it is estimated that he will not surrender. ”

Pang Delang said: "Lord, although there are many thieves, they are some untrained ordinary people after all, as long as the lord leads me and a thousand cavalry to attack tomorrow, it will definitely be able to make the thieves frightened." As long as the 3,000 main forces that the lord said are defeated, the rest of the people will definitely retreat without a fight! ”

Hua Xiong continued: "Yes, Feiyu is a well-trained army under the lord's account, and when it comes to fighting, all of them are ten with one, and we can all win the Qianghu rebels, not to mention these little bandits." ”

"Don't underestimate the group of thieves outside the city, Gongsun Du's 5,000 regular troops can be lost in their hands, which shows their combat strength. Although Fei Yu is a good army, but I don't want to fight hard, after all, Fei Yu is our family, if it is lost, it will be a great loss for us. Kill 10,000 enemies and lose 3,000 yourself. If we fight hard, the Flying Feather troops will definitely be traumatized, and what we need to do now is to preserve our strength and minimize casualties. Goofy didn't want his Flying Feather troops to be traumatized, and shook his head again, vetoing Pound and Hua Xiong's proposal.

"Lord, this can't work, that doesn't work, can we just sit still?" Zhou Cang didn't say anything, and when he heard Gao Fei reject two different opinions, he couldn't bear it anymore and finally spoke.

Bian Xi comforted: "Brother Zhou, the lord called us, there must be a strategy to break the enemy, we might as well listen to the lord's strategy, maybe we can solve the thieves outside without fighting?" ”

"Yes, everyone has been following the lord for a long time, the lord will win every battle, we should listen to the lord's strategy, and the army that surrenders without a fight is the highest strategy to defeat the enemy. My lord, if there is anything we need to do, please give us orders, and my subordinates will do their best to fulfill my lord's orders. Zhao Yun immediately bowed his hand.

Gao Fei smiled and said, "It's very simple, just kill one person." ”

"Kill whom?" Zhao Yun and the others all asked curiously, staring at Gao Fei with wide eyes, looking forward to Gao Fei's words.

"Gongsun Du!" Gao Fei said lightly.

Zhao Yun pondered for a moment, and hurriedly asked: "Does the lord want to kill Gongsun Du, take the opportunity to control the situation in the entire Gar Tao City, and then open a warehouse to release grain and lure those thieves to surrender?" ”

Gao Fei nodded, and said slowly: "Yes, there are a group of hungry and crazy people outside the city, instead of sticking to the city and fighting them, it is better to adopt the Huairou strategy, as long as they surrender, give them food, so that the thieves can be broken up in terms of morale and spirit." The thieves rebelled just to have something to eat and a way to live, as long as we give them a glimmer of life, who wants to rebel? Gongsun Du doesn't understand the truth of this, and as the assassin of Jizhou, he doesn't sympathize with the people, and it is also a scourge for such people to stay, so it is better to eradicate it as soon as possible. As for the cause of death, it can be blamed on the thief, and we can also wash away the involvement. ”

Zhao Yun's face was overjoyed, and he immediately hugged his fists and said: "Lord, please let your subordinates do it, your subordinates promise not to let anyone know about this matter, and kill him like he killed Zhou Shen last time." ”

Gao Fei saw a hint of excitement on Zhao Yun's face, so he asked, "How could you take the initiative to do such a thing this time?" Is it addictive to kill court officials? ”

Zhao Yun said with a smile: "Killing Gongsun Du alone, but he can save the lives of tens of thousands of people, this is saving people, and of course his subordinates are duty-bound." What's more, the subordinates are also from Jizhou, and it is also what the subordinates should do to make the people of Jizhou live a good life. My lord, please give orders. ”

Without waiting for Gao Fei to speak, he heard Hua Xiong rush to say: "Zilong, you can't let you do such a good thing alone, I haven't done anything like this before, let me do it this time." ”

"Don't fight, I'll go." Pound also came to the spirit and grabbed the words.

Gao Fei saw that Zhao Yun, Hua Xiong, and Pang De were bold, so he only smiled lightly and said, "Don't fight, this time the three of you will go together." However, this is not an assassination, I want you to make a big deal out of it, and the best people in the city will know about it. Zhou Cang and Bian Xi and I will answer you. ”

Zhao Yun, Hua Xiong, and Pang De all nodded, and said in unison: "Lord, then please command." ”

After discussion, Gao Fei told the whole plan, and Zhao Yun, Hua Xiong, and Pang De silently remembered it in their hearts. However, it is still daytime, and such a thing as assassination must be done at night. When the deliberations were over, everyone went back to their camps to rest and recharge for the evening's actions.

Gao Fei climbed the tower of the city of Gauntow, saw the soldiers who were physically and mentally exhausted guarding the city wall, and silently said in his heart: "After tonight, you don't have to work so hard. ”

He looked at the unfinished dirt mountain by the city wall, and found that there were many corpses buried in the middle of the loess, and the moat padded by the loess was also full of dead corpses. In the moat, the water mixed with blood and mud has become muddy, and not far from the moat is a simple camp built by thieves.

The setting sun had already disappeared into the dark clouds of the western sky, and the night was slowly falling over the earth. In the camp of thieves near the wall of the gall pottery, some thieves holding wild vegetables came back from all directions. They lit a bonfire outside the city and poured wild vegetables from all over the city mixed with fresh bark into a boiling pot, their eyes filled with hunger for food. On the periphery of the entire gall pottery city, the bonfires raised by the thieves lit up the night sky, making the gall pottery city gradually become hazy and blurred in the night. The air was filled with the smell of a burning stove after thatch, mixed with the smell of corpses emitted in the moat, which made the people in the city feel tormented.

After the night completely fell, Gao Fei, who was standing on the head of the city, did not feel a trace of sleepiness, he witnessed the difference between the officials and the people, the wild vegetables and bark eaten by the thieves outside the city, but the food inside the city was the food that the thieves coveted, and the wine and fresh meat were not something that ordinary people could ask for in any case. He sighed softly, turned around and walked down the tower, and said to himself: "After tonight, everything will be over, I hope that I can prevent the rise of the Black Mountain Army in the future." ”

After returning to the barracks again, Goofy lay on the bed, took a short rest, and when he closed his eyes, he saw that it was the poor people who were staring at him because of hunger, and the good thoughts in his heart were completely aroused, and he was still chanting in his sleep: "Whoever wins the hearts of the people wins the world!" ”

I don't know how long he slept, Goofy heard a quick knock on the door, which woke him up from his sleep, but when he woke up, he found that his head was dizzy, his eyes were almost open, and his eyes were bloodshot, all because of lack of sleep.

Resisting that dizziness, he sat up from the bed, opened his eyes hard, adapted to the darkness in the room, and then jumped out of bed, walked straight to the door, opened the door, and saw Zhao Yun, Hua Xiong, and Pang De all wrapped in yellow scarves, wearing ordinary clothes, and carrying a long knife in their hands.

"Subordinates, see the lord!" Zhao Yun, Hua Xiong, and Pang De all bowed together.

Zhao Yun somehow had an extra wrinkled scar on his cheek, his face was also blackened, and he also had a beard, which looked a little hideous. Hua Xiong and Pang De both wore their heads, one wearing an eye patch and the other with a crooked mouth.

Gao Fei would have been shocked when he saw the three of them like this, if he hadn't known in advance that it was arranged by himself. He nodded with satisfaction and said, "It's hard for others to recognize you three in this costume, what time is it?" ”

"At three o'clock, the soldiers in the city are almost resting, and even the lights in the Taishou Mansion have been extinguished, and Gongsun Du has already fallen asleep." Zhao Yundao.

Gao Fei let out an "um", rubbed his slightly painful eyes, and shouted to Zhao Yun, Hua Xiong, and Pang De: "Let's start acting!" ”

"No!"