It has to be said that when he learned that Zhao Yu rejected the decision to take the opportunity to recover Yingyin, County Governor Li was still very angry, but after listening to Zhao Yu's explanation, County Governor Li had to admit that Zhao Yu's ability to treat things was indeed much better than everyone else.

Is it really worth it to forcefully regain Yingyin at the cost of weakening Xuchang?

In the eyes of Li Junjun, this was not worth it. - Of course, he hoped to recover the city captured by the rebels, but that was on the premise that victory could be confirmed, rather than risking Xuchang being threatened.

Seeing that Li County Governor was convinced by Zhao Yu, County Governor Song Zhuo was very anxious and bowed to persuade: "Mr. County Governor..."

"No need to say more."

Jung-governor Li raised his hand to interrupt Song Zhu's words and said, "Xuwen, go and do your business first, and I will talk to Zhou Hu later."

“…”

Song Zhu wanted to speak but stopped. After glanced at Zhao Yu, he left angrily.

Seeing this, County Governor Li ordered Zhao Yu to say, "Zhou Hu, close the door."

As soon as he heard this, Zhao Yu knew that the county magistrate Li was going to talk to him about some "private" matters, so he got up and closed the door of the study.

Sure enough, when Zhao Yu closed the study room, County Magistrate Li raised his hand to ask Zhao Yu to take his seat again, and frowned and asked, "Zhou Hu, I will ask you something, you must answer truthfully... Can you make sure Ying Yang is not lost?"

Looking at the worried look on his face, Zhao Yu certainly understood why the county magistrate was worried.

The reason is very simple. If things are not violated, he will protect Li Junzhu's family from Xuchang and retreat to the three counties of Kunyang with Yingyang. On the other hand, if Yingyang is reoccupied by the rebels, then the risk of this "breakout" strategy will be much higher.

Understanding this, Zhao Yu said obscurely: "Don't worry, when I came to Xuchang, I had already given an order to Yingyang, asking them to guard the city to the death. Although the troops were not large, there should be no problem in defense. What's more, Kunyang, Xiangcheng and Runan counties will also send reinforcements... Take a step back and say that even if Yingyang is captured by the rebels, Beiyi is very sure to defend Xuchang. In short, the county magistrate will never put him in danger."

"Um."

Jung Li nodded with satisfaction and then asked again: "In your opinion, when can I, Xuchang, launch a counterattack and gradually regain my lost ground?"

"I think I should wait."

Zhao Yu thought for a while and explained: "I pointed out in the war report a few days ago that I wonder if the Lord has noticed it... A few days ago, the rebels besieged me from Xuchang from three sides. When they came, they were full of momentum, but they ended up fighting with a terrible end?"

"Well." Li Junjun nodded and said, "I remember, you said at that time that the rebels were unwilling to make great sacrifices."

"Yes."

Zhao Yu nodded and then said, "So, why are the rebels unwilling to make great sacrifices to attack Xuchang? Don't they know that as long as they conquer Xuchang, the entire eastern part of Yingchuan will be completely surrendered to the rebels?...I think the reason why the rebels are unwilling to make great sacrifices is very likely because they are about to move to other places next, such as Chen County, Chenliu, Liang County, Henan... It is not that the disaster is in the east, but that my Yingchuan County is currently insufficient. Only when the rebels transfer some of them can they have the ability to gradually recover the city occupied by the rebels..."

"Um."

County Magistrate Li nodded with consent, and then he asked again: "What about the farmland you cultivated in Kunyang? Can you make sure you will not be destroyed by the rebels?"

Zhao Yu certainly understood why County Governor Li had this question, because Xuchang was destined to have no harvest this year. To be precise, to eliminate the cities occupied by the rebels, there are currently only four counties, Yangdi, Kunyang, Runan and Xiangcheng, and spring plowing on time, and among these four counties, only Kunyang counties have the ability to preserve the grain they planted.

This batch of grain will undoubtedly be Xuchang's hope for spending this winter, and it is also a trump card for Zhao Yu.

"Please rest assured, Lord of the County."

Zhao Yu hugged his fists and whispered: "Although Kunyang is unable to reinforce Xuchang, he has the ability to protect this batch of food."

County Magistrate Li nodded, but still worriedly reminded him again: "Be sure to keep this batch of food, otherwise, my Yingchuan County will be this year..."

At the end of his speech, he shook his head and sighed.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu's heart moved slightly.

Once upon a time, he felt that Li Min was timid, stubborn, and almost stupid, but after contacting this period of time, he had a bad impression of the Li County Governor Li. After all, Li County Governor was willing to hand over the county army to him, and there was no conflict of interest with Zhao Yu.

In contrast, the county magistrate Song Zhuang was a hidden danger. Zhao Yu was almost certain that someone from his chief magistrate's office must have told Song Zhuang about the three Yingyin people, and then Song Zhuang immediately reported to the county magistrate Li.

As for the purpose, it is obviously to force him and Xiang Xuan to fight to the death as soon as possible, so that after he defeated the rebels, Zhao Yu would get out of Xuchang as soon as possible. From this point of view, it seems that Song Zhu also believed in his ability to Zhao Yu.

With such a funny thought, Zhao Yu bid farewell to the governor Li, and returned to the lieutenant office with Jingnv, Niu Heng, He Shun and others.

After returning to the Chief of the Commander Office, Zhao Yu immediately left the county magistrate Chen Lang alone in his office.

After Chen Lang arrived, Zhao Yu, as soon as he told the incident that happened to the county magistrate's office, he immediately asked Chen Lang directly: "But Chief Chen revealed this to Song Zhu?"

Although Zhao Yu was wearing a mask and Chen Lang could not see his face, from his tone, Chen Lang could still feel the displeasure of the Zhou Duwei. He looked surprised and quickly said: "The Chief Executive is angry, and I will never inform the county magistrate."

"Take it seriously?" Zhao Yu asked suspiciously.

Seeing this, Chen Lang simply swears to the sky, "If there is a half-word, the heavens and man will kill each other."

Isn't it really him?

Zhao Yu looked at Chen Lang up and down a little unexpectedly. In his heart, Chen Lang was the biggest suspect in informing Song Zhuan.

It seems that it is Tian Qin, Liao Guang, Han He, and Liu Jian... After all, they are Cao Suo's old subordinates.

He shook his head secretly in his heart. Zhao Yu immediately comforted the frightened Chen Lang and apologized to the latter: "I am wronged by the Chief Secretary, I am here to apologize to the Chief Secretary."

"How dare you?"

Now Chen Lang dares not treat Zhao Yu as arrogantly as he did when he was in Kunyang. It is no exaggeration to say that he would entrust his entire family's life to Zhao Yu, how could he dare to be disrespectful?

He asked carefully: "Master Zhou, maybe there is any misunderstanding between you and County Magistrate Song, but should I come forward to explain it to County Magistrate?"

“No need.”

Zhao Yu said lightly: "Song Zhu is a stupid and short-sighted guy. As the saying goes, he has burned a bridge after a river. At this moment, he is still on the bridge, so he is eager to pull the bridge board. I don't think he is worthy of being the county magistrate... He, Song Zhu, is in a dilemma with me everywhere, how can I, Zhou Hu, be at his mercy? I will calculate the account with him sooner or later." At this point, he turned to look at Chen Lang and asked with a smile: "I won't tell you about this, Chen Changshi, right?"

"What?"

The county magistrate Chen Lang showed a confused look and asked in confusion: "What did Captain Zhou say just now? I'm sorry for being distracted for a moment and never noticed it. Please ask Captain Zhou to sue him."

Oh.

Zhao Yu patted Chen Lang on the shoulder with satisfaction and said with a smile: "I have no fight and no acquaintance between Chen Changshi. This is also a fate." He lowered his voice and said: "If Changshi can stand on Zhou's side, Zhou promises not to treat Changshi badly."

What he said...

Chen Lang's heart moved slightly and said respectfully: "Of course, the lives of the whole family of Chen Lang are all dependent on whether Zhou Duwei can defeat the rebels, and he should help him with all his strength."

Zhao Yu nodded with satisfaction.

A day later, the Wolf Governor Bai Xu Rao came to Xuchang in person to meet Zhao Yu.

In the office of the Chief Commander Office, Zhao Yu asked Xu Rao: "Did you notice that there is something wrong with Yingyin's rebels in the past two days?"

Xu Rao replied with his fists: "A day ago, on the afternoon of October 17, Yingyin's rebels suddenly went out and headed straight to the south. At that time, Xu Bai and Wang Pin and others sent someone to contact me, saying that they suspected that the rebels wanted to attack Yingyang and were preparing to leave with their tails and asked me to continue in the Yingyin area."

Hearing this, Zhao Yu finally confirmed that Xiang Xuan and others did lead their troops to Yingyang.

He asked Xu Rao, "There are only three thousand soldiers in Yingyin City?"

"I don't know this."

Xu Rao shook his head and said, "The rebels in Yingyin are very cautious about our brigade wolf. Recently, they have been patrolling outside the city at night. They have been on the open and secret whistles, which have caused the brothers to suffer several losses... Therefore, we dare not get into Yingyin."

...

Zhao Yu frowned immediately.

It was not aimed at Xu Rao, but was moved by Xiang Xuan's emphasis on the Wolf.

Thinking about it again, since Xiang Xuan had clearly learned about the existence of the Wolf and attached so much importance to it, his "sneak attack" on Ying Yang became increasingly suspicious.

He nodded and said, "Okay, I understand. You have stayed near Xuchang in the past few days and keep in touch with me at any time."

"yes."

Xu Rao responded with fists.

At the same time, Liu Tu's confidant Huang Xin and others arrived in Yingyang, almost at the same time as the rebels led by Xiang Xuan and Yan Xiu.

After seeing Huang Xin and others, Chu Yan, who was stationed in Yingyang, was very surprised, and then smiled and said, "Did the leader send you to send me a message? You are finished. Before the rebels led by Xiang Xuan arrived, the brigade wolves had already warned Yingyang."

Seeing that Yingyang had already been on guard, Huang Xinyi breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Don't blame the right commander, in fact, we have arrived day and night... By the way, there is also a letter from the big leader here."

As he said that, he took out the letter from his arms and handed it to Chu Yan.

Chu Yan opened the letter and looked carefully. Then a little surprised expression appeared on her face.

At this time, Huang Xin clasped his fists and said, "Right Commander, then I will go back to Xuchang and commit suicide."

“Let’s wait.”

Chu Yan raised his hand to stop Huang Xin, then pointed to the letter and said with a smile: "The leader said in the letter that he asked you to take two people to Xuchang."

As he said that, he clapped his hands and called a black tiger thief and ordered: "Call Qin and Jia Shu and come."

"yes."

Not long after, the former surrendered generals Qin Zhi and Jia Shu who were temporarily serving as military officers came to Chu Yan and saluted Chu Yan seriously: "I wonder what the right commander has to give?"

I saw Chu Yan glance at Qin Shi, Jia Shu and the other two, and said with a smile: "There is a good news to tell you two. I just got a letter from the leader. The leader intends to ask you two to go to Xuchang immediately and serve as generals of the Chief Commander..."

“…”

Qin Zi and Jia Shu looked at each other, their faces full of surprise.

That night, Qin Shi, Jia Shu followed Huang Xin and others to Xuchang overnight.
Chapter completed!