He went into the next room, got on the bed, and slept in his clothes, but in a moment he was already dizzy. { with }{ dream } щ{suimеng][lā} .

I don't know how long he slept, he suddenly found himself on the battlefield outside Yongzhou City, and the sound of killing of officers and soldiers and rebels shook the sky.

He turned into the dead Great Snake of All Souls, rushed into Zhu Wen's army, opened his bloody mouth and took a sharp breath forward, and suddenly the wind rolled upside down, and the yellow sand filled the entire battlefield. In an instant, the thieves wailed all over the field, with countless casualties, and the rest of the army was crushed.

At this time, Senior Brother Zhu Wen waved his palms and rushed out of the formation, wanting to fight him who was incarnated as the Great Snake of All Souls.

When the two were still a few feet apart, Zhu Wen suddenly stopped, as if he recognized him from his eyes, and couldn't help shouting: "You, you are my junior brother Liu Yu, how did you become like this?"

He suddenly came to his senses, hurriedly turned back to look at himself, and suddenly felt a sudden change in the scenery around him.

The terrified Zhu Wen, the wailing soldiers, and the corpse-strewn battlefield suddenly disappeared, leaving nothing behind.

Startled, he opened his eyes and found that he was still sleeping on the couch in the inn's wing, and then realized that he had had had a strange dream.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door outside the house, and the person who spoke was the old man of the inn, "Master Guan, there is a general downstairs who said he wants to see you, do you see it or not?"

"Tell him to wait a moment, and I'll go downstairs. Liu Yu sat up from the couch.

The strange dream that turned into the Great Snake of All Spirits just now seemed to consume a lot of his strength, and he only felt that his clothes were soaked with sweat, and he touched his forehead, and his hands were wet with cold sweat.

He didn't plan to use such an embarrassed appearance to meet the person sent by Zhang Defang, so he turned around and took a towel from the washing shelf and wiped his face, and accidentally saw his appearance in the bronze mirror, and couldn't help but be surprised.

In the mirror, he is much thinner than before he fell asleep, and his eye sockets are deep. Perhaps, as Ding Tie said, his existence is at the cost of absorbing the life of the host, and maybe one day, he will be completely reduced to a puppet.

With a lonely look in his eyes, he put the towel back on the basin rack, opened the door and went out of the house, and went downstairs.

He hadn't taken a few steps before Zhang Defang's voice came from the end of the stairs, "See Lord Liu!"

Zhang Defang didn't wait for him to go downstairs, he was already going up the stairs, and he couldn't wait. He was wearing a brand-new Zhaowu lieutenant uniform, and his whole person looked in high spirits.

Liu Yu was slightly surprised when he saw this, "Why did you come in person, at this time, you have no master, so you are not afraid of chaos?"

Zhang Defang touched his head, smiled, invited him aside, and looked around, and after seeing that no one was eavesdropping, he whispered in his ear: "Thanks to the master's clever plan, I led the army out of the city in the middle of the night to Dieshan Pass." Zhu Wen did not dare to besiege Yongzhou anymore when he learned the consequences, and retreated twenty miles one after another. Now our army is backed by a dangerous mountain, condescending, and the thief army has nothing to do with us. I was afraid that the thieves would come to attack the mountain pass in the future, but we didn't have the wisdom of the adults to guard against it, so I went down the mountain to learn from you!"

Liu Yu nodded slightly, "Well, Zhu Wen didn't expect you to lead the army around his back and go straight to Dieshan Pass, cutting off his retreat and grain route." In this way, even if he invades Yongzhou City, he will lose contact with the rear army and become a turtle in the urn. ”

Zhang Defang's eyes showed admiration, "My lord is really clever, this Zhu Wen only thought about fighting Yongzhou, and he didn't expect you to make such a move!"

Liu Yu sighed, "A small victory, don't underestimate the enemy." Zhu Wen actually thought very far, although his attack on Yongzhou City was huge, it was actually just a cover. ”

"Disguise?" Zhang Defang was taken aback, "Then what is he going to do?!"

"Transporting grain. Liu Yu lightly spit out two words.

"Transporting grain? I don't understand, he Zhu Wen can bring enough grain and grass to attack Yongzhou City again, why do he have to transport grain while attacking?" Zhang Defang was a little confused by the second monk.

"The reason is not difficult, the soldiers and horses under the command of Huang Chao and Wang Xianzhi are all wanderers, and it is difficult to have a stable source of grain and grass, so they can only collect grain and grass while marching for a long time. Liu Yu saw that he was a shrewd person, and he loved talents, so he explained to him carefully.

"It is said that Zhu Wen has only 100,000 people under his command, and it has only been more than ten days since he attacked Yongzhou, and the grain and grass consumed are not much. Zhang Defang still had doubts in his heart.

Liu Yu smiled faintly and glanced at him, "How do you know that he is just transporting grain and grass for the people and horses of the headquarters?"

Zhang Defang's body shook when he heard this, as if he had been empowered, "The Art of War: 'The army has not moved, the grain and grass go first', what does the adult mean is that Zhu Wen is using the attack on Yongzhou as a cover, in fact, he is transporting grain and grass for the Huangchao army to prepare for the future war?"

"Yes, you expected it to be true, exactly. Liu Yu patted him on the shoulder, "Huang Chao and Wang Xianzhi's army is full of millions, if the grain and grass are insufficient, how dare they act rashly?"

"A million army!?" Zhang Defang was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth, as far as he knew, the various units of the thief army were made of grain and grass, and they rarely concentrated on action, "With so many men and horses, what are they going to do?"

He had a faint feeling in his heart that something was wrong, and he couldn't explain the specifics when he thought of it.

"Chang'an. Liu Yu let out a long sigh, "If I'm not mistaken, Huang Chao and Wang Xianzhi want to attack Chang'an and become emperors." Aside from the emperor's throne, there are not many things in the world that can make them happy. ”

"That's the case!" Zhang Defang clenched his fists, "Please rest assured, Lord Liu, as long as I am here, I will vow to guard the Dieshan Pass and not let the thief army enter and exit at will." ”

"No!" Liu Yu shook his hand at him, "Don't do that." You remember, if Zhu Wen led his army to attack Dieshan Pass a few days later, then he must have been prepared. You marched in a hurry last night, your men lacked soldiers and food, and you were far from his opponent when you really fought, once you saw him leading his troops to Dieshan Pass, immediately led the army to withdraw from the back mountain, and as for the pass, set a fire. ”

"Remove the pass, then where are we going?" Zhang Defang was stunned, completely at a loss.

Liu Yu smiled helplessly, "Distribute the remaining military funds to the soldiers and let them go home to farm!"

"Ah!?" Zhang Defang shouted, he didn't expect the clever Lord Liu to think like this, and asked unwillingly: "If our army is scattered, what will happen to the people of Yongzhou City, and what will happen to Chang'an City?"

If the officers and soldiers are dispersed, Zhu Wen can lead the army commander to drive straight into the city of Yongzhou, so that he does not need to kill people to establish authority, and the people of Yongzhou may be able to escape. As for whether Chang'an City can hold it, your 10,000 men and horses are really a drop in the bucket. Liu Yu looked at Zhang Defang in front of him, his face was full of apologies, "I'm really sorry, I don't have a better way." ”

"Can it really be like this?" Zhang Defang's face became solemn.

"Yes. Liu Yu nodded slightly, "When you disband the soldiers and horses, if you still want to do something for the people of the world, you might as well go to the hall of Luoyang Zhangjianmen and find someone named Xiao Heda." ”