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Yuan Shichuan finally let the gourd go, although he was also very angry, but if he couldn't bear it, he would make a big plan, and a squire plus a thousand officers and soldiers was too insignificant.

"General, that Zhong Ye is quite suspicious!" The adjutant general said: "You show him so much that he still doesn't take the bait." ”

"What's the hurry," Yuan Shichuan chuckled and said, "If he doesn't suspect me, I should be suspicious, and I can only catch big fish by putting a long line." ”

"The general is far-sighted," the adjutant flattered him, "and he is not tempted by such a great temptation." ”

"Whether he is tempted or calculated, he only needs to catch turtles in the urn. I can see that Zhong Ye is eager to make meritorious contributions, and I will make a fuss about this. ”

Yuan Shichuan walked back with his men and horses, and halfway through, he saw the cavalry who had spread the news rushing over, obviously there was an urgent military situation.

"General, it's not good!" The soldier rolled the saddle and dismounted, and said eagerly: "Hezhou ......"

"What's wrong with Hezhou?!" Yuan Shichuan's eyelids jumped.

"Hezhou was captured by Zhong Ye with his troops!" The soldiers didn't dare to look at Yuan Shichuan's eyes after speaking.

"Huh?!" Yuan Shichuan almost fell: "When did this happen?!" ”

It turned out that when he and Hulu were meeting in Longqiu, Zhong Ye led people to copy his back road and captured Hezhou!

"Zhong Ye's husband, he deceives people too much!" Yuan Shichuan was shocked and furious, he originally wanted to pretend to surrender and then lure Zhong Ye out.

He had already set up an ambush in advance at the meeting place, and decided to let Zhong Ye go and never return, but when he saw that it was a gourd, he could only stand still and want to put a long line to catch a big fish.

Who wants to work hard to manage it themselves, but they fall into the other party's way.

Zhong Ye never moved his temptation from beginning to end, but just followed his strategy to turn the tiger away from the mountain.

Once Hezhou was captured, Yuan Shichuan's camp was left with only one Shuozhou, which meant that Zhong Ye had cut off two-thirds of his forces in only two months.

At the beginning of Yuan Shichuan's rebellion, he felt that the officers and soldiers were simply vulnerable. But since Zhong Ye came, he has been defeated and retreated, and the situation has completely changed.

The reason why Zhong Ye was able to capture Hezhou so quickly was that on the one hand, he personally led his troops to attack, and on the other hand, because the 10,000 officers and soldiers who had withdrawn from Qin County before formed an encirclement with him.

Under the siege of the two phases, the sergeants defending the city in Hezhou chose to surrender, and the 30,000 rebels in Hezhou became prisoners of the official army, and then they were absorbed.

In this way, the number of people under Zhong Ye's command has expanded to as many as 60,000, and he is on a par with the rebels.

The first thing Yuan Shichuan did when he went back was to kill the person who gave him the idea to surrender Zhong Ye, and he didn't get rid of his hatred after killing him, and he personally whipped the corpse.

Qingcheng in the north, the snow is deep.

Wei Yining braved the wind and snow to enter the city, and it was already dusk at this time.

She knew that she had to rest here tonight, it was very dangerous to travel on a snowy night, and it was very likely that she would encounter wolves.

Qingcheng is already a relatively prosperous place on this road, this place is half farming and half grazing, and the diet is more dairy and beef and mutton, which is in line with Wei Yining's appetite.

She found a restaurant on the main street that was not very large, but it looked clean and had a lot of customers.

The life in this place is bold, so there are no cubicles in the restaurant, they are all the same tables, chairs and benches, and the shuttle back and forth of the hall is very lively.

Wei Yining entered the door and found a single table to sit down, the proprietress came to greet her, and when she saw that she was from out of town, she said enthusiastically when she saw her lovely appearance: "Childe is from Guanli, right?" Our chefs here also cook the food from the capital, so you don't have to worry about getting used to it. ”

"Boss, I smell the mutton soup so fragrant, bring me a big bowl. In addition, I was given a plate of freshly boiled lamb bones and milk. Wei Yining said with a smile.

"Eh, it turns out that Childe is used to eating food in our place, that's the best." The proprietress said with a smile: "To be honest, our milk and mutton here are the most authentic, and the cauldron where the mutton soup is cooked has not been extinguished for decades, and how many people have traveled hundreds of miles to come here to drink a bowl of mutton soup." This is not my princess selling melons, you will know after tasting it in a while. ”

As he spoke, he asked the shopkeeper to bring Wei Yining a pot of hot tea.

The good thing about this local restaurant is that there are always ready-made things, such as mutton soup and mutton, so the food ordered by Wei Yining was quickly served.

Wei Yining slept in the open air, and he was very hungry here, and his whole body became warm after a mouthful of mutton soup, and the whole person stretched.

When the proprietress saw her expression, she knew that she was very satisfied, and said, "How is it?" I'm not bragging! We've got pepper in the lamb soup here. ”

The Great Zhou Kingdom did not produce pepper, and this thing had to be transported from the Western Regions, and the price was extremely high.

Wei Yining praised a few words from the bottom of her heart, and the proprietress became more and more happy.

She saw that the proprietress was a warm and cheerful person, so she took out Wei Hongan's portrait from her arms.

The proprietress looked at it and said, "Oh, I have indeed seen this little boy, not far away, just three days ago." Two men with a cheeky face took him, three of them rode two horses, and they rested in the shop next door for the night! To tell the truth, the little boy is from a big family at first glance, don't look at his young age, he knows the etiquette! It's not like those two men, who are barbaric and vulgar. But the little boy seemed to be sick and coughed vigorously. ”

Wei Yining's heart was like a knife when he heard this, in such a cold weather, it was strange that Wei Hongan was young and not sick.

"Childe, what are you looking for this little boy?" The proprietress asked curiously.

Wei Yining said that his younger brother was held hostage, and the proprietress who provoked him was scolded again.

At this time, there was a guest who wanted to settle the bill, and the proprietress had to go back to the counter.

Wei Yining was eating slowly there, thinking about tomorrow's itinerary.

At this time, I heard some guests at other tables talking about Zhong Ye's rebellion.

"That Grandpa Zhong is really brave! In less than two months before they went to the front, they had captured two cities in a row, and I don't think the rebels could be able to stumble for a few days. A man with a scar on his face said.

"People are from generals, so Yuan Shichuan is just a general, where is Grandpa Zhong's opponent? It's a vicious dog and a tiger! Another short, stocky middle-aged man said.

Wei Yining saw that he was wearing a leather jacket with white stubble, and knew that he was a chauffeur in this area.

The rest of the people also agreed, but they all praised Zhong Ye.

Unlike the open and secret battles in the court, the common people are often simple and sincere.

Along the way, Wei Yining kept hearing news from Zhong Ye, all of which were good news, which was the only thing that could make her feel comforted recently.

From the first time she saw Zhong Ye, she knew that the other party was not a thing in the pool, and what was missing was just the right time.

Now on the battlefield, Zhong Ye is like a tiger returning to the mountain, showing his might.