"Lord, why do you want to keep him?" After Hu Cai left, Dian Wei said with some confusion: "This Hu Cai doesn't look like a capable person."

"Ninety percent of the people in this world are incompetent. If I only select capable people and use them, I will be recruiting all the talents in the world. I am afraid that even one state cannot fill them. Besides, those barbarians who can read and lead troops will already be more than enough."

Eighty people are more than enough to be a captain." Chen Mo said with a smile while arranging things.

Moreover, after this incident, Hu Cai completely broke up with the wealthy gentry in Hedong. If he brought it back to Hedong, he would not be able to join forces with those people again. On the contrary, he would be more at ease with it than others.

"You and Li Le are actually willing to give up Jinyang, Yuci, Yangyi and other places to Yang Feng?" In the afternoon, Chen Mo finished handling matters in Zhongdu and called Hu Cai to study the map of Taiyuan County. This Jinyang,

Here, Yangyi is considered the best area in Taiyuan County, with fertile land and convenient transportation.

Hu Cai said somewhat depressedly after hearing this: "My lord, I don't know. Last time we had a fight in Yang County, the general suffered heavy losses. Most of the soldiers and horses under his command are new recruits. When he first came to Taiyuan, there were only three thousand soldiers and horses."

The rest."

"Yes, then Yang Feng does have some skills." Chen Mo nodded. At that time, he took Pingyang and Xiangling effortlessly, but Yang County couldn't penetrate it even after several attempts. He could only rely on the internal fighting among the three of them.

, Yang County was defeated just now, but what we got in the end was almost an empty city.

"My lord, you think too highly of Yang Feng. If he didn't have a good general under his command, how could he be as powerful as he is today?" Hu Cai said disdainfully. If Yang Feng was really capable, he wouldn't have shared the Baibo Valley with the three of them for so many years.

"Oh? Good general?" Chen Mo's eyes lit up when he heard this, he looked at Hu Cai and said with a smile, "Can you tell me in detail?"

Hu Cai nodded, thought for a while and said: "This man's name is Xu Huang, he is from Yang County. He is from a wealthy family in Yang County. He used to be a county official in Yang County. Later, after we occupied Baibo Valley, Yang Feng occupied Yang County.

County, recruit this person under your command."

Chen Mo nodded and said, "What are your abilities?"

"Xu Huang has extraordinary physical strength and is good at using large axes. There is no enemy on the battlefield. He is quite brave and proficient in the art of war. This time Yang Feng was able to quickly attack Jinyang because of this person." Hu

He said with some envy.

At the beginning, he deliberately lured Xu Huang to his side and set up a plan to drive a wedge between Xu Huang and Yang Feng. Unfortunately, he didn't have enough time, otherwise he would have ended up in the situation he is in now.

"Did the joint defense strategy in Yang County come from this person?" Chen Moxiao asked. Yang County's defense was no problem. At that time, Yang County had 30,000 troops. Even if they didn't take the initiative to attack, if there were more

He sent some troops to patrol. It was not easy for Chen Mo to defeat more with less. It was only the three people's desire to annex each other that allowed Chen Mo to get an advantage and drive the Baibo thieves out of Hedong in one fell swoop. At that time, Chen Mo thought this was Yang Feng's plan. But now it seems

But it is possible that it came from this person.

"Exactly." Hu Cai nodded and said: "Although I am following the example of my lord, I feel that this person is quite capable of scheduling."

Chen Mo nodded, that's natural. It's easy to say that the joint defense of the countryside is simple, but the most important thing to learn is the ability of dispatch and coordination. When the villages unite, support must be timely, and they must also be prepared for enemy ambush. Not to mention Xu Huang himself, according to Yang

The topography of the county has been adjusted, but ordinary people cannot do it just with this scheduling ability.

"Are you sure that Li Le is in Qi County?" Chen Mo put the matter aside and looked at Hu Caidao.

There is not much time left for him at the moment. If he wants to capture Taiyuan during this period, he must fight quickly. If he fights city by city, with the current strength of Hedong, he doesn't know how long it will last. Although it is a psychological battle.

Fight, but if it really doesn't arrive at the time of marriage, Chen Mo is worried that Cai Weng will just pick up the sword and chop him.

"If nothing happens, it will be like this." Hu Cai nodded.

"Then follow the plan. After Jie Xiu and Wu County take over, you can take three hundred people and bring enough food and grass to defect. I will arrange dozens of people to hide in the food truck. After entering the city, you will wait for an opportunity to capture Li

Le, occupy the city gate, I will lead the army and arrive soon." Chen Mo said with a smile.

As for whether Hu Cai had second thoughts and conspired with Li Le to kill him, Chen Mo was not worried. Hu Cai's family members were all here.

"Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely live up to my lord's trust." Hu Cai bowed quickly and said.

"Uncle Wang!" Chen Mo turned to look at Wang Biao.

"The general is here!" Wang Biao stepped forward and bowed.

"This time you and Uncle Zheng are going. You take some people and hide in the grain truck, while Uncle Zheng follows Hu Cai into the city. Be careful." Chen Mo looked at Wang Biao and said, Uncle Wang and Uncle Zheng also need some credit to sit there.

Stabilize your current position.

"The last general takes command!" Wang Biao said with a salute.

"Without further delay, you guys set out immediately and let Bao Geng come see me." Chen Mo stood up and said.

"Here!"

The two agreed and turned to leave. Soon, Bao Geng rushed over and saluted Chen Mo: "Master, are you looking for me?"

"Well, you lead the cavalry up the Fen River, pay attention to the movements in Qixian County, and intercept the messengers on both sides of the river." Chen Mo nodded. He didn't have many cavalry under his command. They usually did reconnaissance or harassment, and rarely fought against people head-on.

"Here!" Bao Geng agreed quickly and turned around to leave.

Chen Mo ordered Cui Geng to stay and defend the city, and summoned Hu Cai's surrendered troops. The original generals stayed in the city to assist Cui Geng. Chen Mo selected the original generals from the army to upgrade to one level and follow him on the expedition. Before, he made a surprise attack on Zhongdu.

We can block the news, but now we are going to attack Qi County. It is difficult to block the news no matter what. Hu Cai already had spies Yang Feng and Li Le under his command. Chen Mo blocked Zhongdu, but Jiexiu and Wu County did.

No, so he had to compete with Li Le and Yang Feng for time, capture Li Le first, and then gather his troops to fight Yang Feng.

…

The next day, at noon, at the Qi County Government Office, Li Le was holding a beautiful woman, drinking and having fun. Hu Cai was blocking the way to the south. Chen Mo sent troops to attack, but could not hit him for a while, so compared to Hu Cai's

Although he was nervous, Li Le was extremely relaxed here. He drank and had fun every day and was so happy.

While he was playing with the woman in his arms, he saw a general coming in from the door, bowing and saying: "General, something happened!"

"What can be the matter?" Li Le asked nonchalantly, "Could it be that Yang Feng called?"

He almost killed Yang Feng before, but now that the relationship between the two families is bad, and there are no big enemies around, it is not surprising that Yang Feng would call him, but it would only be a small-scale fight at most, and now they have just occupied the territory, so at this time, he can

This is not the time to take action.

"It's not Yang Feng, it's General Hu Cai!" The general bowed.

"Hu Cai?" Li Le snorted coldly: "How dare he come here to act so arrogantly?"

"It's not a provocation, but a defection, and he also brought more than twenty carts of food!" the general bowed.

"Design?" Li Le sneered, why didn't Yang County exist in the first place? Wasn't it because Yang Feng accepted their defection? He didn't want the incident in Yang County to happen again here, and frowned: "How many people did he bring?

?”

"There are more than three hundred people, which is a bit embarrassing!" the general bowed.

"Three hundred?" Li Le stood up: "What happened? Could it be that Chen Mo called at this time?"

"I don't know, general, but early this morning a scout came to report that many cavalry appeared along the river to intercept and kill our messengers," the general said with a bow.

"Why didn't you report it earlier?" Li Le said angrily upon hearing this.

"The general was..." The general glanced at the woman in Li Le's arms and whispered: "Don't dare to disturb the general."

"Go meet him!" Li Le snorted coldly, without saying another word, and led the troops to the city gate. He saw more than twenty grain trucks at the city gate being blocked outside the city, and there were many more around.

Hu Cai's soldiers.

"Brother Hu, why is this?" Li Le motioned to the surrounding soldiers to step back and looked at Hu Cai.

"Brother Li." Hu Cai said in a seductive voice, "I came here sincerely. I hope that Brother Li will leave me a way out of my past friendship. Hu Cai is willing to be loyal to Brother Li."

After saying that, he knelt down directly.

Li Le did not step forward to help, but asked the soldiers around him to help Hu Cai up. He looked at Hu Cai, then at the soldiers behind him, frowned and said, "What happened?"

"Those wealthy gentry in Hedong..." Hu Cai sighed: "They have joined forces with Chen Mo. I thought of the old friendship and let them enter the city. Who knows, these people secretly brought Chen Mo's troops, and without checking, Zhongdu City

It was occupied by these people, and the border was closed, and Wu County was easily captured by Chen Mo because of the help of these people."

"Chen Mo is really a man of many tricks!" Li Le snorted coldly: "Brother Hu, don't worry, go to the city to rest first. Chen Mo's footing is not yet stable. We will discuss it and we may be able to help you take back the city."

Hu Cai shook his head and said: "I am willing to help Brother Li seize the city, but... this commander-in-chief may seem to be in a good position, but I no longer want to participate in it. I just want to live a stable life."

No future!

Li Le was disdainful, and he also had some doubts about whether Hu Cai was deceiving him with his words to induce him to help him regain the city? But after all, they were together in the past. Seeing Hu Cai in trouble now, Li Le had no choice but to help, and immediately said: "Hu Cai

Brother, it’s not that I don’t believe it, but you guys need to put down your weapons before entering the city.”

"This is natural." Chen Mo had already figured this out and made arrangements. He immediately ordered Wang Yue and others to put down their weapons, then looked at the grain truck, and said with some reluctance in his eyes: "Brother Li, these are my last things.

, now I will give it to Brother Li as a thank you to Brother Li for taking me in."

Li Le glanced at the grain carts. Although he was a little moved, he still shook his head and said: "We are also considered heroes, how can we covet Brother Hu's talents? Brother Hu, don't worry, these grains will still belong to you. I have ordered someone to arrange it for you."

I will take them to the military camp to rest first, and I will host a banquet for Brother Hu tonight, which can also be considered as a way to calm Brother Hu's shock!"

"Thank you!" Hu Cai's face lit up with joy when he heard this, and he quickly bowed.

Li Le shook his head, a little disdainful. After all, he was a man who commanded thousands of troops, but now he was acting like this for just a few carts of food. As expected, Chen Mo was frightened to death. In the past, he actually regarded such people as his opponents.
Chapter completed!