General Gu, who was far away in the border city, sneezed heavily.

  The adjutant general said worriedly: "General, you better take a rest." ”

  General Gu waved his hand, his eyes fixed on the formation map, "How many enemy troops are there?" ”

  "The news sent back by the scouts is that the enemy has 30,000 men."

  Hearing this, General Gu's face became more and more solemn.

  There are only 10,000 guards stationed here, how can they be worth these 30,000 men.

  Obviously, the other party came prepared.

  The people on the grassland, as soon as winter arrives, begin to think about the materials on the fertile land.

  In normal times, when this season comes, they will prepare for war, gathering at most 15,000 soldiers, but they did not expect that the season of war has not yet arrived, and they have already gathered 30,000 soldiers during the season of preparation.

  The adjutant lowered his voice and said, "Do you want to ask the lord for help in this matter?" ”

  The adjutant general was a close confidant of General Gu, and he also took refuge with General Gu to Qin Lu.

  In fact, the adjutant general knew that General Gu had wavered, and the three parties threw an olive branch, he wanted to cast a wide net, and the deputy general didn't care, no matter who General Gu took refuge into, he knew that General Gu had been recognized.

  In the end, General Gu chose to take refuge in Qin Lu, and he naturally became Qin Lu's subordinate.

  General Gu rubbed his eyebrows, he had already informed the lord of this matter, but he also knew that the lord only had 10,000 private soldiers under his hands, and even if all of them were transferred, it would be a bitter battle.

  What's more, this is the border city of the Lin Dynasty, whether the city is broken or not, what does it have to do with the lord, why let the lord use private soldiers to protect the land of the Lin dynasty.

  Just when he was worried, the shout of an axe came from outside the door: "General, there is a letter!" ”

  Although the axe is a guard, it is actually one of General Gu's cronies, and he is just a guard, in order to receive and send letters, and these letters are secret letters that cannot be known to outsiders.

  The adjutant general hurriedly took the letter and handed it to General Gu.

  When General Gu saw the antler mark on the letter, he had an expectation in his heart, and when he opened the letter, he looked at ten lines at a glance, and his eyes were bright.

  Seeing that the general's frowning brows relaxed, the adjutant general asked, "Is there good news?" ”

  General Gu smiled heartily: "The lord said that there are quite a lot of thieves and can solve the dilemma. ”

  "Bandits?" The adjutant general was full of doubts: "Can those people be obedient?" Don't mess with it, or throw yourself into the enemy. ”

  "The lord said that he could send me five thousand bandits to serve as a vanguard army."

  "Five thousand ......" the adjutant general frowned: "But the enemy army is 30,000, even if there are 5,000 people to join, we only have 15,000 people." The enemy army is brave and good at fighting, and it is too difficult to defeat one against two. ”

  "Since we have pretended to take refuge in the imperial concubine and the forces that claim to be of royal blood, we should also let them bleed."

  "What does the lord mean, let the general ask the two people for some manpower?"

  "The lord asked me to ask the imperial concubine to ask the people in Dongchang, most of those people have peerless martial arts, and it is no problem to fight one against ten. As for the forces that claim to be of royal blood, they ask for silver and horses. ”

  "Will they give?" The lieutenant was a little incredulous.

  "As long as one party comes up with benefits, the other two parties will take the initiative to take advantage of them, for fear that I will be completely bought by one of them."

  Hearing this, the deputy general suddenly realized: "The lord gave you 5,000 people, they should think that you are pretending to take refuge in the lord, thinking that you are their undercover agent, seeing that the lord has sent 5,000 people, they are sent in the snow, as your real masters, they can't be defeated, and naturally they have to contribute money and efforts." If you ask too much, it will make both parties think that you are a lion with a big mouth. Each side needs a bit of a balance that will be enough for you to deal with the enemy, and for them, they will trust you more. ”