『PS: In the previous chapter, the distance from Xuchang to Liangcheng was calculated incorrectly, and has been modified now.』

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At noon on the fifth day of the October 10th, Zhao Yu and Henan Commander Li Meng led their troops to the western suburbs of Liangcheng.

While the soldiers of the two armies were resting on the spot, Li Meng sent several soldiers to Liangcheng to inquire.

During this period, Li Meng chatted with Zhao Yu about the refugees, namely the refugees who flocked to Yingchuan County in Henan County.

He said with emotion: "On behalf of our county magistrate Zhang, I would like to thank Yingchuan for his help..."

“Where do it.”

Zhao Yu perfectly played the role of Yingchuan Commander and won over his relationship with Li Meng: "If Gui County had not been to help me against the rebels in Yingchuan, how could he be retaliated against the rebels? Now Henan is in a dilemma, I, Yingchuan, will I give help, which is also the right thing to do... Li Duwei, please rest assured. When I came, the county was already raising a batch of grain, about 300,000 stones, to help the county spend this winter..."

"Thank you, thank you, thank you, Captain Zhou."

Li Meng thanked him repeatedly. After all, the only one who could help him in Henan County was besides the imperial court.

Just as the two of them were chatting, a soldier suddenly came to report: "The two commanders, the Tong commander of Liang County, came with the Liang County Chief Minister Wang Yi, hoping to meet with the two commanders and confirm the official documents."

When Zhao Yu heard the three words "Tong Duwei", his eyes became a little sharper inadvertently. Fortunately, Li Meng and others from the side did not find any abnormalities.

On the contrary, Li Meng also kindly reminded Zhao Yu: "It is not advisable to ask that Tong Duwei to wait for a long time. Why don't we go out to greet him?"

"good."

Zhao Yu adjusted his mood, nodded as if nothing had happened, and then greeted the generals and followed Li Meng and his group out of the temporary base of the army.

Soon, Zhao Yu followed Li Meng and his group out of the temporary garrison of the 60,000 troops.

He immediately noticed that on the periphery of the temporary station, there were a group of people standing in front of him who did not look like soldiers at all. The leader was about thirty or forty, looking at the 60,000 troops in front of him with his hands on his back, and talking to an official beside him from time to time.

"That is Tong Yan, the commander of Liang County."

Li Meng privately reminded Zhao Yu: "Although this person and you and I are both the chief lieutenant, Liangcheng is a student of Handan and is known as the "Nandu". And I heard that this Tong Duwei is highly valued by the royal family. Zhou Duwei should have a good relationship with him, so don't offend him."

Zhao Yu knew that Li Meng was kind-hearted and nodded as if nothing had happened: "Thank you, Li Duwei, for giving me some advice."

At this time, Tong Yan, the commander of Liang County in the distance, and his group also noticed Zhao Yu, Li Meng and others, and turned their heads one after another, and Tong Yan took two steps forward with a smile on his face.

"Prince Tong, how are you doing well?"

Li Meng took the lead in saying hello. It seemed that he should have recognized Tong Yan.

"Ha ha."

Tong Yan hugged his fists and said with a smile: "Thank you for your hard work, Li Duwei brought troops to volunteer for my Liang County, Tong is very grateful..."

After saying that, he turned to look at Zhao Yu who was standing beside Li Meng, and there was no way. Zhao Yu was wearing a mask on his face. He was so eye-catching among the group of people that he was noticed by Tong Yan at once.

Seeing this, Li Meng immediately introduced: "Prince Tong, this person is..."

Tong Yan raised his hand to interrupt Li Meng's introduction, then looked at Zhao Yulang and said with a smile: "If Tong was not wrong, he must be the new commander of Yingchuan County, Zhou Hu..."

Zhao Yu suppressed other emotions in his heart and hugged his fists: "Zhou Hu, pay homage to the Tong Duwei."

"We are so polite to the emperor."

A few traces of satisfaction flashed in Tong Yan's eyes. He reached out and pressed Zhao Yu's hands holding his fists and saluted, and then said with a bright smile: "Tong heard about it a while ago that a hero from Yingchuan County had emerged, and the rebels were defeated one after another..."

After saying that, he looked up and down at Zhao Yu a few times, nodded and praised: "The court, what you need is a talent like Xiang Duwei."

"The Tong Duwei has been awarded."

Zhao Yu tried his best to show that he was nothing.

At this time, Wang Yi, the chief of Liang County, who came with Tong Yan, spoke next to him: "If the two commanders don't mind, please present the imperial court's order and the appointment documents of the two counties."

Seeing this, Zhao Yu and Li Meng each took out two letters from their arms, one was the order of Handan to order their two counties to reinforce Liang County, and the other was the letter of appointment of the county magistrates of the two counties.

For example, the part in Zhao Yu's arms was written by the county magistrate Li, confirming that the "Yingchuan Duke Zhou Hu" led 20,000 county troops to reinforce Liang County, and the official document was also covered with the official seal of the county magistrate Yingchuan County.

To confirm this, in order to avoid the enemy's counterfeiting reinforcements, this became a routine matter given that Tong Yan and Li Meng knew each other.

Just then, the chief of Liang County Wang Yi just glanced at it casually and put the official documents of the two counties into his arms. As for the two orders issued by Handan, they were exchanged for Zhao Yu, Li Meng and others.

"It's rude." The Chief King bowed to Li Meng and Zhao Yu, and said, "According to the orders of the county magistrate, please ask the two lieutenants to station troops here first. If you have any needs, you can send soldiers to notify the city."

Hearing this, Li Meng turned his head and looked at Zhao Yu. Seeing that Zhao Yu had no words, he nodded: "Okay."

Seeing this, the Chief Secretary Wang Yi bowed to Zhao Yu and Li Meng again, and then said to Tong Yan: "The Chief Commander, the county magistrate is still waiting for the Xiaguan to reply, so the Xiaguan will return to the city first."

"Um."

Tong Yan nodded. After Wang Yi led a few steps to the officials of the county magistrate's office, he turned to look at Li Meng and Zhao Yu, and invited him with a smile: "Two people come and have worked hard. Tong has ordered people to prepare wine and food in the mansion to welcome you, and please give me some advice."

Li Meng hurriedly said, "Emperor Tong is so polite... When I give orders to the soldiers, I will visit the Zhou Empress with the Zhou Empress?"

Zhao Yu also nodded, saying that he would definitely go to the appointment.

Seeing this, Tong Yan left with satisfaction.

After Tong Yan left, Li Mengyi temporarily left and ordered his troops. Taking this opportunity, Zhao Yu recruited Zhang Ji to his side and asked him in a low voice: "Did you see clearly? Is it him?"

After glanced at Niu Heng and He Shun beside Zhao Yu, Zhang Ji nodded and said with a gloomy face: "Even if he turns into ashes, I can recognize him."

It turned out that Zhao Yu had never seen Tong Yan with his own eyes back then, and it was not clear whether the Tong Yan, who claimed to be the commander of Liang County, was the same person as Tong Yan, the commander of Liang County, he met today, but Zhang Ji was lucky enough to meet Tong Yan back then.

This is also the reason why Zhang Ji has been hiding behind Wang Qing, Cao Wu, Qin Wei, Jia Shu and others just now, and he always lowered his head and looked at him secretly, for fear of being recognized by Tong Yan.

"Is it him?"

A few traces of sinister flashed through Zhao Yu's eyes.

From the side, Niu Heng asked in confusion: "Ahu, what are you two talking about? Isn't it?"

"Let me tell you later."

Zhao Yu glanced at Niu Heng and responded.

He didn't believe in Niu Heng, he just couldn't believe in Niu Heng's head. If he told Niu Heng at this time, "That Tong Yan is my enemy," it would be that Tong Yan's sacrifice today next year.

Even if Zhao Yu asked Niu Heng not to act rashly, from this moment on, this reckless man would probably keep Tong Yan in his heart. He stared fiercely as soon as he met, waiting for Zhao Yu to take down his head at the command.

It is a pleasure to kill Tong Yan, but this move is tantamount to rebellion. To be fair, the people under Zhao Yu's hands are not yet ready for "rebellion", and most people may not even have this idea.

Even if Niu Heng killed Tong Yan, Zhao Yu would probably have to go to Jiangdong Yishi. Those who he had worked hard for nearly eight years would probably be destroyed.

If the Yishishi will win this time, it doesn't matter. However, Zhao Yu was worried that the Yishishishi would not win this time. After all, the real strength of the Jin State has not been shown yet. For example, the Chen Taishi, who had never been defeated, did not show up. On the other hand, what about the Yishishishi? He had to disperse his troops because he occupied a large amount of territory at once.

At first glance, every time the rebels occupy a city, they will bribe the people and recruit troops. However, Zhao Yu knew that the loyalty of these newly conquered soldiers to the Yishi Division was far less than the ones when the Yishi Division was launched. Now the rebels are victorious, and these newly conquered soldiers can still maintain their loyalty to the Yishi Division and are willing to sacrifice. However, once the rebels are defeated and at a disadvantage, it may be a situation of defeat.

In view of this, Zhao Yu really did not dare to suppress his small force on the outcome. After all, in his opinion, once the Jin court truly launched a counterattack, the Yi Shi would not win.

If even the Yishi of Jiangdong was defeated, then the small force he managed would be the only hope for revenge.

Tong Yan? That was just the person standing in front of the stage, the murderer who obeyed orders, but most of them would not be the mastermind.

The real mastermind...

"Royal family...?"

After glanced at the direction where the Henan Commander Li Meng left, Zhao Yu frowned deeply.

Just now, Li Meng reminded him that the Liang County Chief Commander Tong Yan was highly valued by the royal family. So, was it also the royal family who framed him in the Luyang Township Marquis' Mansion?

And who exactly is this royal family referring to?

A prince? Or a prince? Or...

Just a random guess made Zhao Yu's pressure increase dramatically.

He couldn't help but sigh again, empathizing with the wisdom of Mr. Yang, Zhao's desire to take revenge, was indeed prepared to be an enemy of Jin, because it was too much involved.

But Zhao Yu couldn't figure out where his Luyang Township Marquis Mansion offended the royal family, so that an unknown royal member ordered Tong Yan to frame him in private.

The key to analyzing the secrets is that Tong Yan.

Zhao Yu had to think of a way, and he took Tong Yan into his hands without knowing it.

On October 15, with the assistance of Xiang Xuan, Zhou Gongyi General and more than 30,000 elite troops, Chen Xu, the commander of Jiangxia Yishi, quickly occupied Chenliu and pushed the front line to Xianping County, which was only 70 miles away from Liangcheng.

During this period, the commander of the Yuzhang Yishi Qu, the commander of the Yuzhang Yishi and some of the Jiangdong Yishi, quickly captured Dingtao, Heze and other counties, and pushed the front line closer to Liang County.

As of about 20 days, the three righteous troops of Jiangxia, Yuzhang and Jiangdong had basically joined forces on the border of Liang County, claiming to have a force of 300,000.

At this time, Liang County also gathered 100,000 troops including this county, Henan county and Yingchuan county.

During this period, the name of "Yingchuan Duwei Zhou Hu" first appeared at the joint combat meeting of the three Yishi Divisions, and was known to the generals of the Yishi Division of Yuzhang and the Yishi Division of Jiangdong...
Chapter completed!