Chapter 125: Avoiding and not fighting

In Luocheng County Yatang Hall, Zhang Rui and others looked heavy.

The generals guarding the city came to report the message just now, and the Song army led by Gu Tingye came to the city.

He was calling out outside the East City Gate and asked Zhang Rui to go and face the battle.

Zhang Rui was angry, Gu Tingye was really pushing him to the dead end.

Zhang Rui couldn't swallow the anger and immediately asked everyone: "Who are you going to get Gu Tingye's head for me?"

When everyone heard that they were going to fight with the Song army, they all looked pale and lowered their heads and remained silent.

"Why are you mute?"

After waiting for almost three minutes, no one petitioned, Zhang Rui was disappointed.

Then Zhang Rui stood up from the chair and said sadly: "Are my subordinates all a group of cowards?"

When everyone heard this, they all blushed and wanted to find a crack on the ground and crawl in.

Zhu Dian couldn't stand such insults and wanted to come out and ask for his orders to go out of the city to fight, but was grabbed by Yu Gui.

Zhu Dian looked at his elder brother in confusion. Yu Gui didn't say anything, but just gave a wink.

Although he didn't understand, he still followed his elder brother's instructions.

At this moment, everyone hurriedly knelt down on one knee, bowed and apologized: "Lord, I'll be sentenced to death."

It turned out that when Zhang Rui saw them silent, he was so angry that he wanted to take his people out of the city to fight the Song army desperately.

"Death crime!" Zhang Rui made these people laugh and said, "No, it's all my fault. There are you, the gang of greed, fearing death."

After saying that, Zhang Rui sat on the chair and picked up the tea on the table to drink.

When he found that the cup was not water, he immediately threw it on the ground and cursed: "Where have people died?"

When everyone saw Zhang Rui furious, their heads lowered and kept talking about death.

Zhang Rui stood up in disappointment, walked through the crowd, and left the hall.

After seeing Zhang Rui leave, everyone stood up and left. Only Yu Gui and Zhu Dian were left in the huge hall.

"Brother, why are you holding me in the crowd?" Zhu Dian couldn't help asking after seeing them leaving.

Yu Gui sighed and said, "Brother, we are just a newcomer, so we should be careful not to stand up in a rash manner.

If you ask for your life to fight today, no matter what the winner is, you will be hated by the generals."

After hearing this, Zhu Dian realized a lot and looked admiring his elder brother.

"Okay, let's go and have a drink."

Yu Gui patted Zhu Dian on the shoulder and went out first.

Zhu Dian responded and followed.

...

At 9 o'clock in the evening, Yu Gui finished washing and rinsing, took off her clothes and prepared to go to bed.

Close your eyes, but hear a knock on the door, and then a voice came: "General Yu, lord, please invite me?"

“Here’s coming.”

Yu Gui did not dare to delay, so he hurriedly put on his clothes and opened the door. It was Zhang Rui's guard general Xu Zhong.

Xu Zhong took Yu Gui to Zhang Rui's residence.

When he arrived at his residence, Yu Gui said to Zhang Rui in the room: "Lord, General Yu has arrived."

Squeak!

The door opened and the two bowed and bowed: "I have met the lord."

Zhang Rui bowed and said, "No gift."

"Xu Zhong, you go first. General Yu and I have something to talk about."

Zhang Rui asked Xu Zhong to leave and welcome Yu Gui into the door.

Yu Gui was a little weak, wondering what happened to Zhang Rui called him?

But he still entered the door and saw a table of good wine and dishes, which was filled with fragrance and made people saliva.

"General Yu, I can't sleep tonight, prepare a table of wine and food, and ask the general to eat together."

Zhang Rui closed the door, sat next to the table, and signaled Yu Gui to sit down.

Then he picked up the wine pot, filled the cup in front of Yu Gui, and then poured himself a glass.

"General, let's have a drink first."

Zhang Rui raised his wine glass, Yu Gui hurriedly picked up the wine on the table and touched it gently.

The wine is a good sprinkler for eight years, and the cotton is soft and fragrant.

After three rounds of sprinkles and five flavors, it is time to talk about the topic.

Zhang Rui took a sip of the wine in the glass and asked, "When the Baitian Hall discusses affairs, I see that the general is silent, I wonder if there is a good way to retreat the enemy?"

Yu Gui was stunned for a moment, put down his chopsticks, thought for a while, and said, "Lord, the Song army is well-equipped and has sufficient morale, but we have just experienced a crushing defeat. We are absolutely unable to win the battle head-on, so we should avoid it."

"Avoid the battle?"

"Yes, avoid the enemy's edge and find another opportunity to fight."

"Fighter jets, fighter jets..." Zhang Rui shook his head and said, "Now they have all hit the doorstep. Where did the fighter jets come from?"

Yu Gui knew that he was anxious, but the Song army was too powerful, and the chief general was even more resourceful and had no chance of winning when fighting head-on.

"Lord, we will have no fighting spirit and lack of soldiers and food, so we can only avoid fighting."

Yu Gui said again: "If you want to win this war, you must do the following."

"What time? Tell me quickly." Zhang Rui was a little moved and asked him to say it quickly.

Yu Gui stretched out his index finger with his right hand and said, "Restore the morale of the army and train the soldiers."

Then he stretched out his middle finger: "Defend the city to fight for the arrival of subsequent reinforcements."

Finally, he stretched out his ring finger: "Send people who are capable of speaking and wise, bring gold, silver and treasures to Chengdu to bribe officials at all levels, so that they can go to the prefect to get rid of the Song army's commander.

In addition, another elite force was sent to attack the food route of the Song army outside the city."

After hearing this, Zhang Rui felt that it made sense. The frontal battlefield would definitely not be able to defeat Gu Tingye, so he had to think of another way.

"General said it well, then I will extinguish the idea of ​​fighting the Song army desperately. But who should I send to implement this third point?" Zhang Rui asked.

Yu Gui asked for an order: "Lord, let the attack on the Song army's rations and leave it to the generals to do it. After all, I have done it once or twice before."

"Just..." Yu Gui hesitated and said, "The lord needs to choose it himself in order to implement a plan of separation."

When Zhang Rui saw Yu Gui asking for his appointment, he was very satisfied and immediately asked him how many people he wanted: "General, how many people he needed?"

"Just take only two thousand elite soldiers, the whereabouts will be revealed if there are too many."

"Okay, tomorrow we will prepare two thousand elite troops for the generals."

Then he picked up the sprinkler on the table and said, "I will first respect the general here."

After saying that, I drank it all in one go.

Yu Gui also drank the wine in the glass.

Then the two started talking loudly again.

...

The next afternoon, just as the sky was getting dark, Yu Gui and two thousand elite soldiers quietly left the city under the expectations of everyone and touched the Song army behind.

This trip did not disappoint Zhang Rui, and it made the Song army's food supply miserable.

This made Gu Tingye even more furious and sent elite soldiers to destroy Yu Gui and his group.

Of course, these are all later stories, so I won’t talk about them for the time being.

(End of this chapter)
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