『PS: I took two months of blood pressure medicine, just to extract the teeth for a few minutes today. Finally, I pulled out the rotten wisdom tooth. Now my mouth is swollen and it feels a little uncomfortable."

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After leaving Pingyu County, He Xu was very careful whether he followed Xiang Xuan's suspicion, but for some reason, Xiang Xuan did not send anyone to follow him.

After confirming this, He Xu did not go to Woniu Mountain, but went straight to Xuchang.

On March 14, Zhao Yu returned to Xuchang from Chen County and met Wei Si, an envoy sent by Wang Shangde at the Commander Office.

After greeting Zhao Yu, Wei Si respectfully expressed his intention: "General Wang sent his subordinates to come, hoping to discuss with General Zuo's general to jointly encircle and suppress the Xiang bandits..."

Zhao Yu first agreed, and then said in a difficult manner: "It should be like this to send troops together, but... With the current military strength of our Yingchuan County, which may not be enough to undertake the main attack, it can only play a role in restraining Xiang thieves..."

Hearing this, Wei Si showed a tangled look on his face.

He had lived in Xuchang for a few days, how could he not know about Xiang Xuan's dispatch of troops to attack Chen County?

He even learned that Yingchuan County sent 30,000 troops to aid Chen County.

To be fair, Yingchuan County's actions are not a problem with reason. The problem is that Yingchuan County was originally restrained by the bandits of Woniu Mountain. Now, because of the need to assist Chen County, 30,000 troops were allocated, and the only troops that can be used were Wang Qing's 10,000 troops stationed in Xiacai County. What's the use of this?

At least the army of Chen Mo in Wuyang County was transferred. Although Chen Mo only had 10,000 or 20,000 troops under his command, even if he was in the same place with Wang Qing, it would only have 30,000 to 40,000 troops. However, considering the strength of the Yingchuan County Army, the 30,000 or 40,000 Yingchuan Army may not be able to pose a threat to Xiang Bids.

Could it be that the thieves on Woniu Mountain dare to take revenge on Yingchuan County?

"That's OK..."

Zhao Yu pretended to be thoughtful for a moment, and then agreed.

From the side, Zhang Ji, the commander who originally wanted to say something, was stunned when he saw this and did not speak rashly.

After Wei Si left happily, Zhang Ji frowned and asked Zhao Yu, "Why did the young master agree to transfer Chen Duwei's army to Xia Cai? If Chen Mo and Wang Qing join forces, the two of them would have 30,000 to 40,000 troops. If they remained unmoved, they would inevitably be suspicious."

"Just coax Wei Si, so that he will not suspect that we will deliberately shirk it."

Zhao Yu smiled and said, "Now the 'Tiger-Binding Scheme' on Xiang Xuan is gradually being implemented. As long as everything goes well... there will be no problem in any case."

Obviously, Zhang Ji was more or less aware of some situations, so he nodded and did not ask again.

On the same day, Zhao Yu went to see the governor of County Li again and mentioned what Chen County saw and heard.

When he learned that Chen County had only been burned by more than a dozen villages, County Governor Li sighed relieved: "Fortunately, Chen County suffered little loss, otherwise I would not know how to explain to Grand Master Chen."

Zhao Yu nodded and said, "It can be confirmed now that Xiang Xuan attacked Chen County to force me to divide the troops in Yingchuan. Although he was unwilling to be merciless, he could only send heavy troops to station Chen County. Otherwise, Xiang Xuan would not achieve his goal and continue to harass Chen County, delaying the spring seeds of Chen County..."

"Um." County Governor Li nodded repeatedly: "You are very thoughtful."

Although he also understood that assisting Chen County would reduce his troops to encircle and suppress Xiang bandits in Yingchuan, after weighing the pros and cons, County Governor Li undoubtedly chose to "protect Chen County".

Chen County is the hometown of Grand Master Chen, which is one of the reasons, but another is that Chen County has hundreds of thousands of people. After all, Xiang Xuan's actions clearly indicate that he does not intend to capture Chen County, but intends to use Chen County as a bargaining chip to restrain Yingchuan. This means that once Chen County suffers huge losses, the result will be borne by Yingchuan and Chen County.

For example, if the spring farming of Chen County is delayed next month, by the second half of the year, Yingchuan County will be responsible for supporting hundreds of thousands of people in Chen County. When the famine broke out in Chen County, Yingchuan County cannot be saved, right?

In this way, the price he had to pay for Yingchuan County was too high.

Based on this point, the governor of Li agreed with Zhao Yu's dispatch of 30,000 heavy troops to station in Chen County. He even reminded Zhao Yu: "The most urgent task is to ensure that the two places in Yingchuan and Chen County are not subject to Xiang thieves. If the encirclement and suppress Xiang thieves, you can just take it slowly and there is no need to be too rush. If the court sends people to urge me, I will explain."

"yes."

Zhao Yu bowed, of course he was so happy.

Afterwards, the governor of County Li pulled Zhao Yu to talk about some private matters and asked Zhao Yu in a vague way why the belly of his daughter, Miss Li, was not moving for a long time, which made Zhao Yu feel even more tired than dealing with Xiang Xuan.

The next day, Zhao Yu ordered the Duwei Office to send someone to pass on the orders of Chen Mo, and ordered the latter to carry troops to Xia Cai.

To be honest, this is just a gesture. If it is not as expected by Zhao Yu, when Chen Mo leads his troops to Xia Cai, he and Wang Qing will be flooded by a wave of hundreds of thousands of refugees in Runan. When Chen Mo and Wang Qing are in danger, they will naturally be unable to attack Xiang Xuan again.

When he learned about this, Wang Shangde's envoy Wei Si happily wrote a letter and sent someone to Nanjun, but he himself planned to stay with Zhao Yu as a liaison officer for communication between the two sides. Zhao Yu also allowed him to go and sent Xun Yi, the commander-in-chief's office to connect with Wei Si.

Given that Chen Mo's army would take time to march to Xia Cai, Zhao Yu was not in a hurry to go back to Wuyang, and was preparing to stay in Xuchang for a few days, and spared some time to accompany his wives. After all, the issue of offspring was not only Li Junjun urged him tactfully many times, but his three wives were also anxious.

However, he had no good idea for this matter. The only thing he could do was turn into a diligent ox and work hard.

I don’t know whether it’s time to go or not, but the process is intoxicating.

The next day, March 16th, when Zhao Yu was about to pretend to set off to Xia Cai, He Shun suddenly reported to him an important matter: "Chief, my old Jia from my family came to ask for a meeting."

"Why?"

Zhao Yu immediately guessed the identity of the visitor and frowned slightly.

After all, according to his idea, He Xun should be under Xiang Xuan’s account now, so why did he come to Xuchang?

『Did Xiang Xuan notice it?』

A trace of possibility flashed in Zhao Yu's heart.

If you think about it carefully, this is not impossible. After all, Xiang Xuan seems vulgar and reckless, but in fact he is a meticulous and scheming guy, or he really notices something is wrong.

But it doesn't matter, Zhao Yu has his own way to deal with Xiang Xuan.

"Take him to the study and try not to let anyone see him."

"yes."

After giving He Shun the order, Zhao Yu took the lead in to the study room in his house. After a while, He Shun led his "old Jia of the family" in. Interestingly, He Yu had a black scarf tied to his head, probably trying to hide his identity as the Black Tigers.

Raising his hand to invite He Yu to take the seat, Zhao Yu winked at He Shun, who knew how to walk to the entrance of the study.

"Thank you, the commander."

He Yu didn't know that Zhao Yu had been promoted to General Zuo. After thanking him, he immediately explained his purpose: "I'm here to bother you this time because... something went wrong there."

Zhao Yu was not surprised and asked back: "Does Xiang Xuan suspect you?"

"Yes." He Qing nodded and explained: "In fact, on the first day I went to see Xiang Xuan, he seemed to have doubts about me. He asked me many times how I could survive the encirclement of Yingchuan Army. At that time, I could barely resist it, but two days ago, Xiang Xuan suddenly exposed the matter..."

As he said that, he told Zhao Yu all the time when Xiang Xuan attacked him that day. Zhao Yu couldn't help but feel a little funny.

"Xiang Xuan is very annoyed..."

Zhao Yu stroked the armrest of the chair with great interest and chuckled and joked.

"Isn't that?" He Xu said with a wry smile: "He even mocked the commander in front of me. It would be better to invite the commander to be the commander of Qu, who is his Changsha charity division. He might as well listen to the commander's dispatch directly, so as not to let me convey it..."

"Hahaha." Zhao Yu couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

Based on his understanding of Xiang Xuan, Xiang Xuanhui was obviously furious when he said this.

What a arrogant personality Xiang Xuan has, how could he bear to be merciless again and again at the mercy of the enemy?

What's even more annoying is that Xiang Xuan knew that He was an insider sent by Zhao Yu, and the so-called "tiger-binding strategy" was just Zhao Yu did it on purpose, but he could not expose the matter in public, nor could he stop He Yu. After all, the suggestion made by He Yu was indeed very beneficial to him in Changsha Yishi.

Even though he knew the truth, he could do nothing and could only let the enemy lead him by his nose. How could Xiang Xuan accept it?

Zhao Yu could not accept such things even if he judged others by himself.

After laughing a few times, Zhao Yu asked He Yu meaningfully: "Then can he accept your suggestions?"

Of course, He Yan knew what Zhao Yu was asking, and nodded and said, "Is the suggestion of 'Turning the people into Ying'? He accepted it."

Hearing this, Zhao Yu was no longer worried and nodded and said, "Then there is no problem."

"No problem?" He Xu's expression became a little strange, and hesitated: "But he has seen through me..."

"Didn't you admit it?" Zhao Yu said with a smile, and then ordered He Xu to say, "Anyway, you should return to Xiang Xuan's side as soon as possible and act as I told you, without caring about Xiang Xuan's private attitude... If he questions your relationship with me again, you just need not admit it, and he has no choice but to do anything to you."

"You don't take Xiang Xuan seriously at all..."

Looking at Zhao Yu with a relaxed tone, He Xu muttered in his heart.

Indeed, Zhao Yu didn't care about Xiang Xuan's attitude at all, because what he asked He Xu to convey was a suggestion that was beneficial to Changsha's righteous teacher. The purpose was to allow Changsha's righteous teacher to survive under the control of him and Wang Shangde and grow rapidly.

With Xiang Xuan's eyesight, he could obviously see this. Since that's the case, how could he refuse?

Even if Xiang Xuan was angry, he could only listen to the suggestions conveyed by He Xu and follow suit.

This is also the reason why Zhao Yu is not afraid of Xiang Xuan being disobedient.

As for Xiang Xuan’s personal emotions, it’s just an incompetent and fury venting anger. So what can it do?

If it were someone else, Zhao Yu would still be worried, but with Xiang Xuan's restraint, the latter would never act voluntarily.

"Don't want to be merciless? Hey, that won't happen!"

His fingers gently tapped the armrest of the seat, and Zhao Yu's mouth raised slightly.

On the same day, Zhao Yu carefully explained He Yu, and the latter then said goodbye and left.

If He Yu was still a little confused and uneasy before meeting Zhao Yu, then at this moment, he would no longer be panicked.

After leaving Xuchang, He Xu immediately returned to Woniu Mountain and ordered his troops to join forces.

As he said to Xiang Xuan that day, He Yun's subordinates had nearly 10,000 elite soldiers and more than 10,000 miscellaneous soldiers at this time.

Of course, this so-called elite refers to trustworthy soldiers and soldiers with faith. About 30% of them were old soldiers of the Nanyang Yishi Army back then, and the rest were new soldiers who had gradually developed over the years and absorbed. Although their strength may not be very strong, at least these soldiers knew that they were fighting to "overthrow the violent Jin". They were so powerful that they were a righteous man with true beliefs, no less than the backbone army under Xiang Xuan.

As for more than 10,000 miscellaneous soldiers, it was He Xu who had successively annexed the thieves in Woniu Mountain in recent years, and a group of real desperate people.

These desperate people with crimes are destined to be unable to be tolerated by the officials of various counties and can only seek shelter under He Yun's command.

Although He Xu didn't trust these people, it was still possible to use them to fight a smooth battle. After all, in order to get the food for life, these guys were considered obedient and disobedient. He Shun had already been sent to Dong Er's mine as a hard worker by He Shun.

On March 20, He Yu officially launched the banner of "Nanyang Yishi" and led 5,000 rebel troops and 5,000 miscellaneous soldiers to Woniu Mountain and headed straight towards Pingyu County.
To be continued...