On the path in the woods outside Luoyang City, it was a mess.

Thousands of black-armored guards walked by, the leaves were rustling, and the loess was swinging.

"Phew—" Deng Yao looked at the corpse lying on the ground and asked, "Who is it?" ”

"I've looked at it, and there's nothing to confirm my identity. It should be a dark person from Chang'an," Zhuo Gang replied with a salute, paused, and said, "This group of people has strong martial arts, and the strange thing is that the move is not ruthless." On the surface, it seems to be coming for the owner, but Zhuo feels that this time seems to be for the purpose of attracting the capital. Especially when the flare was fired at the end, it didn't attract more killers, and the original group withdrew. ”

Zhuo Gang saw that Deng Yao didn't react, and was a little impatient for a while: "Now the opportunity is rare, and the soldiers are fast." They shouldn't have come back. ”

"What about her?" Deng Yao asked.

"The brothers ran out with Lord Weng, and they should be in Luoyang City now." Zhuo Gang said.

Thirteen interjected: "Big brother, let's hurry back to Jiaozhou now." ”

Deng Yao was lying on the ground between the corpses, walked two or three steps, snorted lightly, and looked at Luoyang City not far away. "Luoyang, it's already in chaos?" Deng Yao's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said in a deep voice, "Hu Lu boasted that he had courage and no strategy, he couldn't hold his breath, and he couldn't get things done." No need to go to Jiaozhou anymore. ”

……

Su Yan led the horse and actually took Xiao Yin to the camp in the east of the city. "Although Beidi has not yet hit, the people in the city are panicking, and sometimes there are people who make trouble, which is not very stable. Please be wronged and live in the camp in the east of the city temporarily. Before Su Yan's words fell, Xiao Yin saw Huan Shizhi wearing silver light armor from a distance. He was armed with a sword and was training Luoyang's defenders.

"The huge Luoyang City, is there only such a few troops?" Xiao Yin felt very uneasy.

"Suddenly, there was chaos in the northwest, and the saint temporarily transferred part of the garrison of Yongning Pass, and Huan Xiang entered Beijing, Luoyang became more and more empty. Now that the north is going south, the situation is indeed a bit critical. Su Yan said, his slender eyes narrowed, and he smiled faintly, probably thinking that he was talking about this with a deep girl, which was a little ridiculous.

As they spoke, they walked into the barracks. Sure enough, the situation was urgent, Xiao Yin saw that the map in the barracks was hanging high, and on the table next to him, the candle lamp wax oil was burning in a mess.

Huan Shizhi stepped in and bowed his hand, but he was as elegant and calm as usual. Xiao Yin couldn't help but secretly admire in his heart.

A spy reported in and said that Hu Lukua had already taken Yongning Pass!

"Now, if Hu Luku's troops come to the city, we will not be able to confront it head-on," Su Yan immediately got up and said, "It is better to simply lead some of the defenders to withdraw from Luoyang City and lead the high ground northwest of the city." The day cave opened the city gate, lured the law to enter the city, and when he relaxed, he should be combined inside and outside, and with the cooperation of the hidden passages of the organs in the city, he will definitely be able to catch turtles in the urn. ”

Huan Shizhi sat behind the bookcase and didn't make a sound.

Su Yan was a little anxious: "I thought it was feasible to do this. Kulukua is a martial artist, and the rest of the Beiqi generals are even more empty. We will only abandon the city for the time being, and when we capture Kulukua, we will naturally be able to turn the situation around and make great achievements. ”

"I'm not saying it can't be done." Huan Shizhi finally opened his mouth.

"What are you still hesitating about? If the city is besieged, we may not be able to hold out for long. Su Yan's face was a little red, and he asked loudly.

"Brother Su's clever plan, but he missed one thing!" Huan Shizhi also stood up.

"What am I missing?"

"You have missed the people of my Luoyang!" Huan Shizhi's voice also raised up, "The people are brutal, you ignore the law and boast of me in Luoyang for a day, how many people will you slaughter me, have you counted?" ”

Su Yan seemed to be about to speak, but finally stopped. Xiao Yin saw that he secretly clenched his fists, and there seemed to be a faint green tendon.

Back then, Xiao Yin faintly felt that Huan Shizhi didn't like his cousin very much, but now, it is clear. Su Yan is conceited and talented, and he may indeed be a character who can make strange moves, but he can't understand the compassion and forbearance in Huan Shi's heart.

No one wants to die, but how can the current crisis in Luoyang be solved?

Jiaozhou?

Xiao Yin's gaze fell on the map.

"Jiaozhou!" Xiao Yin suddenly exclaimed.

"How is Jiaozhou?" Huan Shi's question.

"Hu Lukua didn't know that the eastern capital was empty, and it was difficult for him to have so much desire and determination to take Luoyang. If Luoyang can't be attacked for a long time, it is better to give up and go around the city, if you can take a state or a county to the west, and then collude with the northwest of the city, isn't it more profitable? Xiao Yin said.

Huan Shizhi was very surprised, hesitated slightly, and said, "If that's the case...... At the beginning of the year, the saint mentioned to his father that Zhang Lan, the governor of Jiaozhou, seemed to have some problems, but there was no conclusive evidence. This time, the north and the south are in turmoil, and I have already repaired my father, and asked him to pay special attention to Jiaozhou. ”

Xiao Yin's back was cold, and his fingertips trembled slightly: "Brother Shizhi, do we only have to gamble, gambling Hu Lukua is not aiming at Luoyang, and the gambling king can control Jiaozhou?" ”

Huan Shizhi closed his eyes slightly, and said slowly: "Brother Su, let's settle down Lord Weng." ”

Xiao Yin and Su Yan walked out of the barracks, and when they heard Huan Shizhi's rumor, the deputy general entered, and ordered that from now on, the city gate will be closed, and Luoyang must be strictly guarded, and at the same time, a secret agent will be selected to go west along Luoyang to the fortress in Jiaozhou to find out the news.

The evening breeze was blowing, and the sky was a little dark. The darkness pressed against the bare barracks, and it looked very embarrassing.

Recalling that when I came to Luoyang for 14 years, it was so prosperous and lively, and Xiao Yin was silent.

"You're in favor of me, aren't you?" Su Yan suddenly asked.

"Huh?"

"Grasp the big and abandon the small. With Luoyang as bait, trapping and killing Hu Lukua, this game can be broken," Su Yan cut his hands and walked forward, "We don't have to gamble at all." ”

Xiao Yin didn't answer, just looked at Su Yan.

Su Yan also looked at her with a meaningful smile on his face: "I know you agree." In the fourteenth year of Qianyuan, when I was in the Drunken Immortal Residence, I knew that you and I were the same kind of people. ”

"A class of people?"

"I'm impatient with the benevolence and morality that those people talk about, but they just want to be practical." After Su Yan finished speaking, he glanced at the apples that came out of the barracks, smiled and saluted goodbye, and strode away.

"What crazy thing is he talking about? What does it mean to be full of benevolence, righteousness and morality? ”

"You know it's crazy, and you still learn." Xiao Yin smiled, a little apple-picking the tip of his nose. I thought about the situation at hand, but it became heavy again.

If you lose this game, Luoyang, do you want to burn all the jade?

But if she guessed correctly, Beidi's southward movement this time was not accidental, but colluding. Jiaozhou really reversed, and the one who led thousands of light horsemen in it, choked the fortress, and connected the two sides in tandem was Deng Yao!

Xiao Yin's heart turned a thousand times.

"Are you really just using me? Am I really mistaken about what you mean? Xiao Yin looked out the window and muttered.

The tiles of the barracks opposite were tattered, and in this quiet and silent night, it looked particularly shabby.