I took a deep breath and muttered, "Yes, my eldest brother is still in the ancient road, with his strength, if he can appear in Luoyan Town at this time, it will definitely be like divine help for the current situation......

But after thinking about it, since the last time I met my eldest brother, he didn't know how he was recovering now, let alone where the others were......

As if seeing the worry in my heart, Sister Yu pursed her lips and smiled: "I have secretly arranged for someone to go out to inquire about your eldest brother's whereabouts, as long as he is not deliberately avoiding you, I believe there will be news in the next few days." ”

I looked at Sister Yu gratefully, but the sorrow in Sister Yu's eyes did not diminish by half, but became stronger, I only thought she was worried about the comfort of the eldest brother, and just comforted her, but she interrupted: "Who do you plan to send to attack Shuofang City this time?" ”

I was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously said: "Of course it's Wu Jiyun, in Luoyan Town now, except for him, no one will lead the troops to fight." ”

Sister Yu nodded, as if she was thoughtful for a moment, and said, "Then in all the big and small wars, you will send him to the front line, or will the generals he trained lead the army to fight?" ”

I looked at Sister Yu, moved my mind slightly, and understood her meaning, but I really sighed helplessly: "It would be nice if Boss Long and Jin Dafa were here, and it would not be constrained by outsiders everywhere, at the moment, we seem to be the core of Luoyan Town, but it is only a spiritual symbol, none of the actual controllers are their own people, and I am now more and more aware that people outside almost know everything about our every move, including many core secrets, which have also been leaked to varying degrees, that is, There is a gap between us, and there is more than one. ”

Looking at Sister Yu's gloomy face, I smiled bitterly and said: "The most important thing is that now we know where the problem is, but we can't make it public, and we can't do without them, I just hope that Shuofang City can be successfully defeated, and there will be no chaos during this period, and when the power is stable, it is not too late to know these tumors one by one." ”

Sister Yu turned her head sideways: "It seems that you already know who it is." ”

I said helplessly: "It's a pity that none of these people who were drowned by the Yellow River have a prime minister or prime minister, otherwise it would be much easier for us to dig up such people." ”

Speaking of which, I patted my head and cursed secretly, how did I forget him.

After sending Sister Yu back to the house to rest, I rushed to the ferry non-stop, and easily took Zuo Shuhan out in the midst of the crowds, and asked him where he had run for so many days, and he didn't even see a shadow.

Zuo Shuhan was carrying food and wages on the ferry at that time, and I dragged him to the side, his face was confused for a while, and then he replied with a sad face: "I have nothing to do, so I came to move the goods." ”

I stared at his face carefully and said, "If I'm not mistaken, you seem to have said that you used to be the river keeper in your lifetime, right?" ”

Zuo Shuhan nodded: "Yes, why did you suddenly ask about this." ”

"Then lead the army to manage people, you will always be, right?" I asked.

Zuo Shuhan's face drooped: "The governance of the Yellow River is subordinate to the Ministry of Industry, among which Yilang, Zhonglang, Shilang, and Langzhong are all in charge of the palace portal, and they are all in charge of the palace portal, and they are all called Wailang without a fixed position, like me, they are sweeping the floor in the yamen on weekdays, wiping the table, pouring tea, and doing some vulgar work. Nor is that qualification. ”

I nodded, looked at the busy ferry, and asked, "Who is in charge of the ferry now?" ”

Zuo Shuhan thought for a while and said: "There is no specific candidate yet, usually everything is directly reported to Boss Jiang, and he personally decides. ”

"Hmm." I pondered for a moment and said: "From now on, the appropriate size of the ferry port in Luoyan Town is in the hands of you Zuo Shuhan alone, you can make a decision on ordinary matters immediately, you don't need to report to anyone, if you encounter something difficult to solve, first find Boss Jiang and do what he tells me, but I have a request." ”

Looking at Zuo Shuhan's excited face, I looked at him seriously and said, "But everything that has been communicated to him, and what kind of rulings he has made, you need to record them all and hand them over to me regularly, can you do it?" ”

Zuo Shuhan reacted from the excitement, and his face became solemn, he was used to seeing him in the court, how could he not know what I meant, and nodded solemnly: "The lower officials will definitely do it." ”

"That's right."

When I was about to leave the ferry after explaining, I suddenly thought of a question, so I asked Zuo Shuhan: "How is the whereabouts of Pai Jiao, is there any news?" ”

Zuo Shuhan's brows furrowed: "Not yet, after the thousands of sect members entered the ancient path, it was as if they had evaporated out of thin air, and there was no whereabouts at all, but I will hurry up and continue to look for them until I find them." ”

I sighed when I heard this: "Forget it, you better do your own thing with peace of mind, so many people, if you are not deliberately hiding something, it is impossible that there is no trace at all, I will hand over this matter to others, so don't be distracted." ”

That night, a letter was sent to Yunxi by a fast boat at dawn the next day, and Wu Jiyun also rushed to Luoyan Town at noon the next day after learning that I had returned, and asked me about Wushan's current state.

I avoided gossip and inconsequential talk, but just told him one thing, that was the matter of Wu Nanshan, the general of the Fenshui Pass, who wanted to seize the city, and at the same time told him that this person was one of the three chess pieces that Wei Junyao had planted in the first place.

Wu Jiyun couldn't calm down for a long time after listening, although he was silent, but his demeanor and eyes all showed jealousy and fear of this person, I saw this and told him General Wu's plan together, Wu Jiyun frowned slightly and said: "It's still General Wu's foresight, the ghost baby will not sit back and watch this person's ambition succeed, as long as General Wu is here, everything still has a chance to maneuver." ”

"But you can't be left unguarded." I whispered, "The attack on Shuofang City is imminent, and we must not make any mistakes at this time." ”

Wu Jiyun nodded and looked at me: "Don't worry, I am already arranging the city defense forces, withdrawing the remaining soldiers to Luoyan Town in batches, and turning Wuyuan City into a bomb, as long as he Wu Nanshan dares to step on it, my side will receive the news as soon as possible, block the river, and stop the enemy army a hundred miles away." ”

Wu Jiyun's words were tantamount to a powerful reassuring dose to me, and many worries disappeared with it.

On that day, after further agreeing with him on the siege strategy, Wu Jiyun hurriedly returned to Wuyuan City to seize the final deployment time, and on the third day of his departure, a thousand people sent by Jiang Boss had intercepted the merchant ships transporting black iron outside Shuofang City, and all of them were pulled back to Luoyan Town, and the six black iron warships quickly entered the construction in full swing.

At the same time that the armament of Luoyan Town is in full swing, the coalition army composed of the four protectors is also stationed in Tianheguan, which is five hundred miles away from Shuofang City, and the army of nearly 300,000 is mighty, covering the sky and the sun, countless warships are moored on the wide water, paving the waterway for dozens of miles, and the torches camped along the coast illuminate the night sky into day, and its momentum is fierce, as if an order can be given to raze Shuofang City to the ground and take it into the bag.

In the face of the imposing coalition approaching, Shuofang City finally changed its calmness, completely closed the city gate on the second day of the coalition army stationed, the city wall was full of people, countless rolling stones, fire oil and a dry city guard equipment part was pulled up the city wall day and night, a banner printed with the word "swastika" of the Buddha was inserted all over the city tower, with the fierce wind, to show the world the belonging of Shuofang City, and the raging anger of the Buddha-faced Venerable.

Wu Jiyun and I sat in the cabin, looking at Shuofang City, which was full of guard, through the low edge of the boat, and couldn't help frowning and saying, "The Buddha-faced Venerable is full of firepower, facing the enemy head-on, such a formation will cause us a lot of trouble in attacking the city." ”

Wu Jiyun put back the head that poked out, shook his head and said: "Before seeing the main force of the coalition army, the Buddha-faced Venerable will definitely not consume too many troops and equipment on our body, you have a few catties and taels, he must be very clear, it is estimated that he will regard us as the vanguard of the coalition army, or a part of fishing in troubled waters, at most with us, and will not take the initiative to send troops to decide the victory with you and me." ”

I frowned when I heard this: "But what if he has to decide the winner?" ”