"There are nearly 30,000 soldiers in the city at present, most of whom have undergone three months of training..."

When the commander Cao Suo mentioned the troops in the city, Zhao Yu couldn't help but be surprised, because even he did not expect that the Yingchuan County Army in Xuchang City had "expanded" to 30,000 people.

However, how many soldiers are available in these 30,000 people?

Zhao Yu had no doubt that Xuchang must have recruited a large number of strong men among the civilians in the city like his Kunyang, and this may be the reason why tens of thousands of rebels were unable to capture Xuchang for a long time.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yu interrupted Cao Suo's statement and asked, "Master, how many of the 30,000 county soldiers are available?"

"What?" Cao Suo, who was interrupted, frowned slightly.

Zhao Yu spread his hands and explained: "For example, how many soldiers with complete armor account for a few hundred of them, how morale is in the army? What are the casualties of the county army before? These lieutenants did not mention them... Please tell me more in detail."

As soon as he finished speaking, someone behind Cao Suo shouted: "Zhou Shangmen Duwei, please pay attention to your attitude towards the Duwei!"

After Xun Yi secretly reminded him, Zhao Yu realized that the guy who spoke was another sage under Cao Suo, except Tian Qin. Liao Guang, a man who was obviously in his thirties and looked a little gloomy.

Oh, it seems that I am completely hostile...

Seeing that everyone on Cao Suo's side faced him coldly, Zhao Yu snorted coldly.

This is also impossible. From the moment he came to Xuchang, he was destined to be hostile to Cao Suo and others, not to mention that he deliberately made a very meaningful move like "grabbing the seat".

Unlike the people like the Chief Chen Lang who Zhao Yu thought could still win over, the conflict between the Chief Cao Su and him was an insolvent, unless one of them gave up the position of Chief Guild, but it was obvious that Zhao Yu would not give up, and Cao Suo on the opposite side was not ready to give up.

And since it is destined to be an enemy, there is no need to be polite.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yu said lightly: "Zhou just wanted to know more specific situations, so he asked. I thought I was not disrespectful in my words, so why should I pay attention to what attitude? On the other hand, Liao Shili interrupted without authorization and was very rude. I think it would be better to pay attention to it... Zhou, the upper lieutenant, is he better than you, a sergeant? Hum?"

Hearing this, Liao Guang pointed at Zhao Yu and sneered: "Zhou Hu, you are a bandit with a bad record. If the rebels had not invaded the territory, the county needed to hire people, otherwise how could you have today?... The county magistrate likes your talents and does not ask about your background to promote you to an official, but how do you repay the county magistrate? When the situation in Xuchang City is difficult, you have self-respecting and refuse to rescue... Don't think that I don't know what you are thinking! Even a person like you dare to point fingers in front of the commander?!"

At this time, Niu Heng stood behind Zhao Yu as a guard, and shouted angrily when he heard the words, "What are you talking about?"

A roar was like a giant beast roaring. Not to mention that Li Junzhu and others were shocked, even Cao Suo, Tian Qin, Han He, Liao Guang and others were shocked.

Seeing this, Xun Yi quickly stood up and introduced to County Magistrate Li, and made a disguised move: "Mr. County Magistrate, this is a warrior under the command of the commander of the upper commander of Zhou. Niu Heng is powerful and unstoppable."

As he said that, he briefly introduced Niu Heng's record in the Battle of Kunyang that day.

Of course, the governor of County Li understood that "the power has a thousand pounds" is just a compliment, otherwise no one could have a thousand pounds of power? But even so, he was surprised by Xun Yi's story.

Especially when he carefully looked at Niu Heng's arms as thick as an ordinary person's thigh, he also sincerely praised him: "It's a real warrior."

A riot turned into invisible under Xun Yi's smooth field.

"Master Cao, your subordinates are so rude."

While signaling Niu Heng not to act rashly, Zhao Yu sneered and ridiculed.

Cao Suo said lightly: "Liao Guang is a rough man and does not understand etiquette. Don't blame the commander of the Zhou Shangdi, but what he said makes some sense."

"Reason?" Zhao Yu chuckled and said, "I think it's a rude thing? The county army cannot shelter the counties in the territory, but instead needs to send troops to the county to help. Such county army is also worthy of being called county army? I see this Liao Shili, he did not consider how to repel the rebels, but accused me of Kunyang for not sending troops to rescue him. With such subordinates, no wonder the commander was defeated repeatedly."

As soon as this said, Cao Suo and others changed their colors. Liao Guang even stared at him and shouted angrily: "Zhou Hu, what did you say?"

From the side, Tian Qin and Han Heyi said angrily: "You are too rude to the captain Zhou, you are not rude!"

"Enough!"

Cao Suo raised his hand to stop his subordinates from scolding, and looked at Zhao Yu and said in a deep voice: "The commander of the upper division of Zhou, don't bully people too much."

"Hey."

Zhao Yu snorted and said, "As the saying goes, face is given by others, and inner strength is earned by oneself. What I faced last year was the main force led by the rebel general Guan Shuo. At that time, I, Kunyang, tried my best to repel the rebels without any casualties. I think that I, Kunyang, cannot be criticized. On the contrary, the county army was facing only the rebels' partial division, but still could not win and was defeated repeatedly. What's ridiculous is that this Liao Shili turned a blind eye to the contributions of my Kunyang and Zhou, accusing me of being unwilling to rescue Xuchang. Such a deed was simply shameless!"

"You bastard..."

Cao Suo and others were almost furious, but they refuted speechlessly. Who made his county army unable to achieve any gratifying results?

Just then, County Magistrate Li shouted: "Enough!"

After saying a word, the room suddenly became quiet.

This Zhou Hu...

County Governor Li glanced at Zhao Yu and felt a little complicated.

To be honest, since Zhao Yu expressed his loyalty to him, his views on Zhao Yu were quite good, not to mention that Zhao Yu repeatedly assured him that once things were not violated, he would try his best to protect him and his family and break through to Kunyang, which gave Li County Magistrate more confidence in resisting the rebels.

But this Zhou Hu is really aggressive...

Just as Liao Guang said, everyone in the room now knows what Zhou Hu wants to do this, no wonder Cao Suo and others showed great hostility.

To be honest, Jung Li was also a little embarrassed about this, and I wonder if he should acquiesce to Zhou Hu's behavior.

After pondering for a while, he said seriously: "Today I am just discussing the rebels' affairs, I don't want to hear anything irrelevant!... Zhou Hu, I know you are very talented, but you can't be proud of yourself; Cao Suo, as the commander, you should think about how to repel the rebels. Zhou Hu made an indelible contribution in Kunyang last year, so you should listen to his opinions more."

This...is each hitting fifty boards?

Everyone in the room muttered to themselves.

"yes!"

"yes!"

Zhao Yu and Cao Suo stood up and clasped their fists.

Seeing this, County Magistrate Li smiled again on his face, nodded and said, "Okay, Commander Cao, you can continue."

"yes."

After hugging Li County Magistrate, Cao Suo turned to look at Zhao Yu, his eyes flashed a little cold, but continued to say: "... At present, the county army has all the soldiers and armored soldiers... 50% of them are in full force, and there are about 4,000 wounded soldiers. As for the morale in the army, the soldiers are united in their hearts and hope to defend Xuchang and repel the rebels. It can be said that they are united."

While listening to Cao Suo’s story, Zhao Yu glanced at County Governor Li quietly.

It is not difficult to see from the attitude of Li County Governor Li just now that the county Governor had already been dissatisfied with Cao Suo, but unfortunately this does not mean that he was acquiesced to him, Zhao Yu, to replace Cao Suo.

It seems that if I want to replace Cao Suo, I must first make the governor Li completely disappointed with him.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yu asked purposefully: "So, how much are the casualties between the county army and the rebels so far?"

...

Hearing this, Cao Suo suddenly stared at Zhao Yu fiercely, which made Zhao Yu secretly amused.

The war losses between the enemy and us are always a question that the generals on both sides cannot avoid, and are also one of the criteria for measuring whether a general is excellent.

Zhao Yu wanted to question Cao Suo's ability in front of County Governor Li, how could he let this go?

After staring at Zhao Yu for a long time, Cao Suo replied expressionlessly: "So far, the casualties of our county army have been about 30,000. As for the casualties of the rebels, it is about 20,000."

As soon as he finished speaking, Jung Li, who was sitting in the main seat, had a hint of unhappiness flashed across his face. He looked at Cao Suo intentionally or unintentionally, obviously very dissatisfied with the number of casualties.

However, Zhao Yu felt a little surprised.

To be fair, killing 20,000 enemies and losing 30,000 to himself is a bad record. After all, the county army is the defense side and has the advantage of the city wall. It is really not necessary to be so good.

However, considering that when Xuchang chose to retreat to the city, the old soldiers of the county army were almost completely defeated because of three defeats and could only recruit new soldiers temporarily, Zhao Yu did not think that this record was so bad.

Don’t forget that when his Kunyang militia went up the city wall to resist the rebels, the casualties reached one to three, or even one to four, and on average, three to four people were sacrificed to kill a rebel soldier. - This is impossible. How could a group of farmers who had only a little training fight against regular soldiers?

From this point of view, Xuchang's casualties are actually quite good and barely acceptable.

But is this really a real enemy and enemy casualties?

Regardless of whether Xuchang suffered only 30,000 casualties, is the rebels really 20,000 losses?

...It seems that I can find a way to investigate this matter. If I can find out that Cao Suo secretly covers up the war damage between the two sides, I believe it will be more conducive to my seizure position. Well... As the chief of the county magistrate's office, Chen Lang should be able to find out about this matter...

Zhao Yu glanced at Chen Lang sitting diagonally opposite him, which made the county chief unhappy for no reason.

At this time, County Magistrate Li said, "You have roughly understood the situation of Xuchang, the upper rank of Zhou, and I don't know what good suggestions do you have for the current situation?"

Hearing this, Zhao Yu thought for a while, clasped his fists and said, "Reporting to the county magistrate, Bei Yi has some ideas, but Bei Yi wants to listen to the opinions of Cao Duwei first. After all, Cao Duwei is responsible for fighting the rebels in Xuchang, and knows the rebels here better than Bei Yi... Cao Duwei, what do you think?"

Is this Zhou Hu intentionally trying to read Cao Suo's joke?

Jung Li frowned slightly.

At this moment, everyone in the room saw the confrontation between Zhao Yu and Cao Suo, how could he turn a blind eye?

...Will Zhou Hu replace Cao Suo?

Seeing that it seemed that this problem could not be avoided, Li Junzhu also weighed the pros and cons.
Chapter completed!