"General Zhang, don't worry. This Tengxian county is small but strong, and there are few of us, so if we attack it, we will definitely suffer heavy losses.

The first thing we have to consider is how to fight, so that we can get the greatest gain at the lowest cost. This hard-fought approach is not available unless it is absolutely necessary.

What's more, this time we want to quell the chaos, not kill people. Although the Smelling Fragrance Sect is all anti-thieves, most of them are only deceived by others. At the end of the day, they're just ordinary people. The only ones who really need to be killed are the leaders.

If we attack the city now, many more innocent people will die.

The thing that 'one will make ten thousand bones dry' is something I don't want to do. I don't want to be a celebrity, and I don't want to do more for it.

So, I'm waiting, waiting for the best time to attack the city, waiting for an opportunity that will allow us to suffer the least casualties and the enemy to suffer the least casualties. ”

Zhang Pan seems to have understood, but he doesn't fully understand. For the young man in front of him who was twenty years younger than himself, Zhang Pan's previous attitude was unconvinced. When he first heard that his old rival Liang Ruji was willing to obey Yu Ren's orders, Zhang Pan was very unconvinced.

Later, in Changdaozhai, when he saw that the person who was said to have made Liang Ruji sincerely belong was actually a hairy boy in his twenties, Zhang Pan's heart was even more unconvinced.

However, what Yu Ren did next made Zhang Pan quickly change his opinion of him.

Killing Yao Wenguang, the prefect of Jinan, was something that even the Shandong general soldiers did not dare to do, but Yu Ren did it. Moreover, he has not yet caused a storm in officialdom. This can't help but make Zhang Pan admire Yu Ren's wisdom and courage.

In Taizhou, he obviously had 5,000 reinforcements, but he deliberately did not use them, instead of defending the city, in order to consume Huang Yudie's strength and sharpness, and finally used reinforcements at a critical moment, and completely defeated Huang Yudie in one fell swoop.

Therefore, up to now, although Zhang Pan has not been with Yu Ren for much time, he has long been convinced of his ability. And now, after listening to Yu Ren's words, he not only admires Yu Ren's ability, but also admires his personality.

The officials Zhang Pan knows are all thinking about their own fame and future all day long. For the sake of their own fame and future, they tried every means to oppress the people and curry favor with their superiors. As long as they can get promoted, they don't care about the life or death of the people.

Yu Ren was the first official Zhang Pan had seen who could take the initiative to envision for the people. This kind of thinking is completely consistent with the idea inherited by Wang Gen, the founder of the Taizhou faction, that 'the daily life of the people is the way'. This is what Zhang Pan values Yu Ren the most.

It's just that until now, Zhang Pan didn't know that Yu Ren was actually an unofficial and unemployed cloth. He just thought the man was weird. No matter how big the official is, he seems to be a little afraid of him and respect him. But he never heard anyone report his real official name and rank anywhere. Zhang Pan has always had a doubt in his heart - what kind of official is this Yu Ren.

Of course, no matter how high or low Yu Ren's official is, it doesn't matter to Zhang Pan anymore, he believes that he is following the right person, and this young man can lead him to realize the ambition that his master has not been able to achieve for generations.

"How long will it take?" Zhang interrogated, he no longer doubted Yu Ren's judgment, but he was still a little curious about the time.

"Two or three days! Within three days, I figured that this opportunity would come. ”

Zhang Pan led a thousand of his elite men and waited for two days under the city of Tengxian County. There was no movement inside and outside the city, and the Smelling Incense Cultists who defended the city saw that they were not attacking the city, and they all slowly relaxed, and many began to be lazy while on duty at the head of the city.

And in Yu Ren's barracks here, the soldiers are also very relaxed, and they are fine on weekdays, so Yu Ren lets them eat, drink and gamble in the camp.

Neither preparation nor drilling. It seems that there is no sign of anything big going to happen in any way.

On the evening of the next day, Zhang Pan and Yu Ren had dinner and were about to go back to the tent to rest, when they suddenly saw the sentry hurriedly come to report.

"Report to the general, a large number of enemies have appeared in the distance."

Zhang Pan was taken aback. "How many are there?"

"I don't know, I just see countless torches. But I don't know how many people there are. The sentry said urgently.

"Hurry up and ask General Yu." Zhang Pan said, put on his armor, and went out to run to Yu Ren's big tent.

When Zhang Pan entered the tent, Yu Ren was already sitting in the tent, and he was still dressed in civilian clothes, with neither a helmet nor an armor.

"General, I just got the military report, and a large number of enemies are coming towards us!" Zhang Pan was inexperienced on the battlefield, and when he suddenly heard this bad news, he became nervous.

"It's not killing, it's fleeing!" Yu Rendao.

"Why escape?" Zhang Pan was puzzled.

"If you don't believe me, just let me see it. They should have been the original besieged team of the Wenxiang Sect in Yanzhou, and after being defeated by General Li's soldiers, many of them fled back to their hometown of Teng County. ”

Zhang Pan was a little skeptical. "The general didn't go out to see, how do you know that he must be the team"

Yu Ren smiled lightly, "My general, you see that I don't seem to be in a hurry or slow, and I don't care about anything." In fact, I had already sent someone to keep an eye on the main roads in all directions, and I knew everything in advance about what was going on.

The people you speak of are from the north. Their ranks were scattered and disorderly, and even the flag was lost. According to the time, Lord Li's battle in Yanzhou should also be over in a day or two. If the thieves escape, it should be about the same. ”

Zhang Pan is still a little worried.

"Let's go, let's see. I have already ordered people to guard the camp, and even if they want to attack us, it will not be so easy. ”

After speaking, Yu Ren led Zhang Pan to the north of the camp.

Sure enough, everything was as Yu Ren expected. Although there are many of these incense-smelling disciples, they are not in any order, seven or eight here, five or six there, very random. When they saw the sudden appearance of the camp of officers and soldiers here, they were shocked, and many of them turned around and ran away without waiting for them to see clearly.

Later, when they saw that the officers and soldiers did not come out to pursue them, these people breathed a sigh of relief, and many people began to bypass the camp of the officers and soldiers from a distance and run towards Tengxian County.

"Let's go, take a look?"

Zhang Pan didn't understand for a while. "What?"

"Keep up with them! Let's see how it goes, so we can decide when to attack the city. ”

Zhang Pan suddenly realized that the opportunity that Yu Ren had said earlier to wait for was now. "But isn't that too risky? It's full of rebels. Otherwise, let me go! ”

Yu Ren shook his head. "These rebels have long had no intention of fighting, although they are numerous, they are vulnerable, don't worry.

Fighting! There's nothing that doesn't take risks. If we don't want to take small risks, there will be real big dangers. ”

After Yu Ren finished speaking, he beckoned behind him. "Ruolan, are you ready?"

"According to the general's orders, it has been prepared for a long time." After Ruolan finished speaking, she greeted behind her, and saw a group of thirty cavalry rushing towards them.

Zhang Pan was taken aback at first when he saw that these people were wrapped in red cloth from a distance, and when they approached, he finally understood. It turned out that these people were all dressed up by their own brothers, and they were not really incense smellers.

"Come, let's bring it too!" Yu Ren said, took out two pieces of red cloth from his arms, and handed one to Zhang Pan.

Yu Ren took the two sisters Zhang Pan and Ruolan Ruomei, as well as more than 30 brothers, mixed in this group of deserters, and headed towards Teng County.

No one paid attention to them, and everyone only thought about entering the city early. Seeing them riding horses one by one, occasionally someone cast envious glances at them, but they did not dare to take their tiger whiskers captive. After all, there were more than thirty of them, and they were cavalrymen, and they knew by a glance their equipment that they would not be to be provoked.

Yu Ren led the team to the city of Tengxian with a group of deserters.

"Open the door, open the door!" The deserters shouted loudly under the city.

The defenders at the head of the city saw that their brother had returned, and were about to go down to the city to open the door, but they were suddenly stopped by a man.

Yu Ren stood far away in the dark, and he couldn't see the person's appearance clearly. He pulled out the improvised binoculars.

In the camera, Yu Ren saw a familiar face again.

It's Liu Ziming.