Zhu Nao

Shi An didn't know what year and month he would be able to catch Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji, but he had to deal with the headache immediately.

In the room, several ministers of Xuantian Sect surrounded Shi An, crying and making noise.

"Shi Zhangqi, that nasty Cui Gou led people to arrest believers everywhere. In the past few days, they have arrested hundreds of people! Now believers in all villages and counties dare not preach publicly. In the past two months, we The number of believers is already decreasing, so what can we do if this continues!"

"That's right, there are fewer and fewer believers, and new people can't be recruited. At the end of the year, what will we give to Master Zhang? The money for offerings is not enough. Not only will we be dismissed from our posts, Shi Zhangqi will take your place." I can't keep it either!"

"Then Cui Gou is obviously Jiao Bie's deputy general, why did he suddenly rebel? Why did the Shu army attack us as soon as he left? Could it be that Jiao Bie made some kind of stumbling block in the dark and asked him to deal with us? Shi Zhangqi, That person surnamed Jiao has been dishonest, you should report it to Shijun immediately, and ask Shijun to send troops to help!"

When everyone said something to each other, Shi An was upset by them.

Although the believers knew that it was a lie for Cui Cheng to say that he was ordered by Jiao Bie to arrest believers, they did not know that it was also a lie for Cui Cheng to surrender to Zhu Nao. In the ears of Nao and Xie Wuji, how could Cui Cheng cheat?All their previous efforts were in vain!

What's more, he couldn't tell his subordinates that he knew that Cui Cheng was going to arrest believers, and he decided not to let the believers escape in order to make Cui Cheng gain a foothold with the Shu army.If this news is known to everyone, he will be ripped apart by the believers!

Now that the officials of Xuantian Sect don't know the truth, they are bound to be dissatisfied with Jiao Bie.Shi An didn't defend Jiao Bie either.To know what role Jiao Bie played in this matter, he murmured in his heart.As the believers talked, the muttering in his heart became even more intense.

But no matter what, he still had to appease the believers, otherwise the crowd would be dissatisfied and cause trouble, and the hearts of the people would be even more scattered.

Shi An said: "Let's not mention Jiao Farewell, just talk about Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji. These two people are against us again and again, really hateful! We..."

Before he finished speaking, someone suddenly rushed in from outside with a panicked expression.

"Shi Zhangqi, something is wrong!"

When Shi An was called out, his heart skipped a beat again.He's stopped hearing too much bad news lately, and he really doesn't want to hear any more.He wished he could shut up the guy who rushed in, as if as long as the guy didn't say anything, he wouldn't know, and he could just pretend nothing happened.

However, even if he didn't ask, a group of people in the yard had to ask.

"What happened?" "What happened again? Did the Shu army arrest people again?!"

The person who came in gasped: "The garrison near Huayang County and Huayang County was wiped out by Cui Cheng's troops! It has fallen!"

"What?!" The first person to jump up was Shi An.He rushed forward and grabbed the messenger's skirt, with a ferocious expression as if he wanted to eat people, "Huayang County has fallen??!!"

The last time he joined forces with the Marquis of Qingyang to deal with Xie Wuji, but Xie Wuji rebelled against his army, and most of the believer army in Yanzhou was lost.Shi An and Jiao Bie are not of the same mind. Although Jiao Bie has soldiers in his hands, he can't put all his hopes on Jiao Bie, so he still has to prepare a standing army for himself.In the past two months, he has worked so hard to pull out another army, secretly built a garrison near Huayang County, raised a lot of food and grass, and planned to retrain the soldiers.Unexpectedly, after making a bit of a appearance just now, she was taken over again!

Shi An was so angry that his eyes were open and his ears were numb, and the other believers were also blown up.

"What? The garrison was built only a few days ago, and even many of our believers don't know where it is. How did Cui Cheng and the others find it???"

"There are so many soldiers and horses like us in the garrison, how many people did they bring? Why did we lose? Did someone sell our news to them, and they took advantage of our army's surprise attack to defeat us ?!"

This is too much to think highly of the cult army.It is natural for someone to betray the information to Junao, otherwise they would not be able to find the garrison of the cult army.But to say that the Shu army needs a sneak attack to defeat the cult army... Whether it is fighting from the back, front, front, or reverse, as long as Zhu Nao wants to fight, can the regular army defeat a mob?

However, the believers refused to admit how weak their army was, and they were annoyed at Jiao Bi at the moment, so they were filled with righteous indignation and wanted to find someone to blame for the failure.

Another person said: "Why do those Shu troops always attack us? Yanzhou City has enough food and grass, and they still have Cui Cheng, a traitor, why don't they come to attack the city? Could it be that Jiao has secretly hooked up with them? up?"

"What did you hook up with? From my point of view, the person surnamed Jiao has always belonged to them! The person surnamed Jiao pretended to submit to our Xuantian Sect before, in order to join forces with the Shu army to harm us today!"

This is a good time, everyone you talk to each other, insisting that all the people who pretended to surrender are Jiao Farewell.

The reason why Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji did not attack the city for a long time, but dealt with the cult forces first, was because Yanzhou had a strong army, a lot of food, a solid city and well-trained soldiers.You must know that forcibly attacking the city is the worst policy of the worst. Even if you win, the price you pay is huge.If they don't do it, they are waiting, or creating a better opportunity.

As for the Cult Army... If you want anything, you can naturally fight whenever you want!

Shi An should have understood this truth, but he was so dizzy with anger that he didn't care about it at all.

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In the courtyard, Jiao Bie was talking to several officers when Shi An suddenly barged in, went straight to Jiao Bie, grabbed him by the lapel, and asked him, "Jiao Bie, what do you mean? You fucking treat me as a Are you fooling around?!"

Jiao Bie was taken aback and frowned.

Several officers under Jiao Bie saw that Shi An was not being kind, so they quickly put their hands on the handle of the knife, for fear that he would make an aggressive move.Jiao Bie raised his hand to stop the crowd, and said in a low voice, "You all go out."

The officers looked at each other in blank dismay, but after Jiaobie had said so, everyone had to retreat silently.

After they left, Jiao Bie patted Shi An's hand that was holding his skirt, and signaled him to let go: "Shi Zhangqi, what happened?"

"You don't know?" Shi An gritted his teeth, "My garrison in Huayang County was suppressed by Cui Cheng! The army I just created is gone now!"

Jiao Bie was startled and raised his eyebrows: "You have a garrison in Huayang County? Why didn't I know?"

Shi An: "..."

It is Xuantian Sect's business for him to train the army, so of course there is no need to tell Jiao Bie.But that's not the point at all.

He said viciously: "Huayang County has thousands of soldiers from me, Cui Cheng took people there, and brought them all to me! This is my last soldier! Jiao, what do you want to do?!"

Jiao Bie had already suppressed his anger. Seeing that he refused to let go, he simply broke his hand away forcefully: "What do we want to do? Did I let Cui Cheng go? I didn't even raise you How many soldiers don’t know! It’s you who came up with the idea to ask Cui Cheng to feign surrender, and let him win the trust of Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji. Now that something happened, you want to blame me?! Shi Zhangqi, but Good for you!"

"I... I asked him to arrest a few believers to cheat Zhu Nao's trust, but I didn't let him suppress my army! Why didn't he inform me about such a big matter first?! He is going to surrender, surrender! ! Has he even forgotten his identity?!"

"You put it so simply!" Jiao Bie said angrily, "Junao gave him a task, asked him to take someone away immediately, and he came back to inform you? Where did the time come from? It's easy for you to think he sent us a letter." You want this, then you want it, you might as well let him reveal his identity to Zhu Nao!"

Shi An was at a loss for words again.

Jiao Bie's statement was reasonable, but he just couldn't swallow it.It has only been so long for Cui Cheng to feign surrender, and his losses have already been so heavy.If this goes on like this, before Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji fall into the trap, he will be finished first!

Jiao Bie was also very depressed.When Cui Cheng was asked to feign surrender, he still hoped that Cui Cheng would take the opportunity to drive a wedge between Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji.After all, Shu Jun and Xie Jun are also composed of two different forces, so I thought it wouldn't be too difficult.But two days ago, Cui Cheng sent someone to send back news, saying that Xie Wuji had a very close relationship with Zhu Nao, and he was immediately suspected if he tried a little, and if he hadn't found a way to make amends in time, all previous efforts would have been wasted.

It's okay to separate Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji, but why did Cui Cheng's relationship with Shi An worsen after Cui Cheng left?Who is alienating whom?

After a while, Shi An finally suppressed his anger, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, okay, okay. General Jiao, just as you said, what Vice General Cui did was to gain the trust of Zhu Nao and Xie Wuji. Now, he Has it been trusted? When can we kill them? Otherwise, we will be the ones who die!"

Jiao Bie's face was still grim.According to the information sent back by Cui Cheng, so far, Zhu Nao only asked Cui Cheng to keep arresting the cultists, and did not show any intention of attacking Yanzhou City.Zhu Nao was not in a hurry, but they were in a hurry, just as Shi An said, if this drags on, the situation will only become more and more unfavorable to them.

Jiao Bie raised his hand and pressed his forehead, and said, "I will send someone to deliver a letter to Cui Cheng, and follow the plan as soon as possible."

"You'd better hurry up! Otherwise, no one will have any good fruit to eat!" Shi An threw down his harsh words and walked out with his sleeves thrown.

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rich county.

Zhu Nao sat in front of the table, and there was an account book on the table, which was the account book of property seized by Cui Cheng's troops from the cult's garrison.He looked over the ledger carefully, and the smile on his face became brighter and brighter.

Xie Wuji sat at the side, casually flipping through the accounts that Zhu Nao had read, apparently in a good mood, with bright eyes and a soft expression.

"This Lieutenant General Cui is really capable." Zhu Nao was full of praise, "He does things cleanly and neatly. No wonder Jiao Bie still uses him as Lieutenant General even though he disagrees."

Xie Wuji agreed: "It is indeed a talent that can be used."

After a while, Zhu Nao finished reading all the accounts, and was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth from ear to ear.He pushed the accounts aside, and said: "We have wiped out all the Xuantian Sect's troops near Yanzhou, and the rest of the believers are divided by civil strife, so it shouldn't be a problem. Yanzhou City is isolated and helpless. In my opinion, it's time to plan what to do." We have taken back Yanzhou City. What does General Xie think?"

Xie Wuji said: "According to what Jiao Bie said, the defenders in the city are panicked and their morale is low. Since they have no reinforcements, we can immediately send troops to besiege the city for a period of time. When the defenders in the city completely lose their fighting spirit, we can stop attacking ourselves. break."

Junao said, "It's the best."

When we are strong and the enemy is weak and the enemy loses their fighting spirit, encircling but not attacking is undoubtedly the way to win the victory with the fewest deaths and the least cost.

Xie Wuji said: "Then I will order someone to find Jiao Bie and discuss the countermeasures with him."

Zhu Nao nodded and said, "Call the people who should be called together, and make a plan as soon as possible."