Chen Antian nodded, closed his eyes and took a deep breath. When the severe pain was healed, he whispered: "When I led the army to Xiuzhou, the government army set up a village outside the south gate. I was about to set up a camp first and then pull out the government army camp. Suddenly, a cavalry from the government army came out of the camp to challenge us!"

"What's next?" Zheng Demon King and Fang Qifei looked at each other and asked.

"I saw that the knight was skillful in riding and had extraordinary martial arts skills, so I chose one person to fight him, and a crossbowman was buried in secret-"

Chen Antian carefully told the failure. Everyone in the room couldn't help but look at each other. After a while, Demon King Zheng whispered: "It shouldn't be that Prince Wu, it seems that reinforcements have arrived!"

"Not bad, but it should be just a vanguard, otherwise there would be no only such a few people!" Fang Qifei nodded, and he looked at Zheng Demon King: "The situation is very clear now. The imperial army has arrived. If we ask him to cross the river, we will all die without a place to bury!"

"Okay!" Zheng Demon King nodded helplessly: "I'll go and ask my men to leave all their belongings and prepare to go to Xiuzhou!"

"That's good!" Fang Qifei turned around and asked the rest of the people, "What about you?"

"I wish to listen to the commander-in-chief!" Seeing that Demon King Zheng had surrendered, everyone had to nod their heads to agree.

"Okay, go and prepare quickly. I will send troops to Xiuzhou tomorrow morning!" Fang Qifei said loudly. When everyone left, his eyes turned to Chen Antian and said, "Chen Antian, according to military law, you are dead, but this time you are the only one who knows the situation of the official army best, so I will spare your life first. If you fail, you will not be able to kill you again, do you understand?"

"The villain understands!" Chen Antian lowered his head: "The villain will never die by the sword of the chief executive!"

"That's good! You go down and prepare!"

Xiuzhou City.

The room was snoring like thunder, and the flames in the two braziers in the corner of the wall had been extinguished, revealing the burnt charcoal. Although it was still cold in the winter outside, the room was as warm as spring. Zhou Ping was lying on the couch, and the brocade quilt was moved away, revealing the moon-white middle clothes inside. After defeating the vanguard of Fang La's army, he directed the repair of the city defense and comforted the injured soldiers. He was busy. He walked up to the sky and slept like a dead pig when he got on the pillow at the back of his residence.

"Bang bang!" A sudden burst of knocking on the door came from outside. Zhou Ping was awakened from his sleep. He opened his eyes with difficulty and asked impatiently: "Who?"

"It's me, the custodian. Someone came from the army. If there is an urgent matter, he will be summoned!" What came from outside was Li Bao. His current position is the tent supervisor, simply put, the personal captain and personal guard.

"Damn it!" Zhou Ping complained in a low voice, sat up from the couch, and whispered loudly: "I'll come out soon!"

After a while, Zhou Ping walked out of the house in neatly dressed. The unique wet and cold air outside the house immediately made him tremble. While handing over the cloak, Li Bao whispered: "The envoy of the commander-in-chief has returned. The successor of the Mani thieves has arrived. The general led by Fang Qifei. I heard that there are tens of thousands of people!"

If Zhou Ping was still a little sleepy in his mind just now, this amazing news immediately made him completely awake. He shook his head, took the whip handed over by Li Bao, and asked, "How many days have it been since we arrived in Xiuzhou?"

"Thirteen days!"

"Yes!" Zhou Ping nodded, recalling what the commander-in-chief Wang said before leaving: "It will be your great contribution to guard Xiuzhou for fifteen days!" Thinking of this, Zhou Ping whispered: "I believe the army of the commander-in-chief should also be on the way to Xiuzhou!"

The governor's office.

The atmosphere in the hall was heavy, and the relaxed atmosphere after defeating the 10,000 Fang La Army not long ago has disappeared. Whether it is Wang Ziwu, the commander-in-chief of Xiuzhou's highest military and political chief, or Zhang Jianwei, who is responsible for the specific command of the Song army in Xiuzhou, his face is full of calm but not successful. However, the several guest army officers who had just fought with the frontman of Fang La Army, their expressions were much more relaxed, and Xue Liangyu and several young people were quite eager to try.

"Zhou Jian is here!" With the sound of the outside world, except for Wang Ziwu himself, the rest of the hall stood up. The difference is that the generals and subordinates of the guest army were much more neatly stationed, while the local generals and officials in Xiuzhou were much more chaotic.

"I will be late in the future, so I will ask the army to punish me!" Zhou Ping bowed to Wang Ziwu among them and said.

"I have worked hard for the past few days, why are you guilty?" Wang Ziwu smiled and pointed to the empty chair on his right hand and said, "Sit down quickly!"

"The official is over!" Zhou Ping saluted Wang Ziwu with his hands crossed, then bowed to everyone, and sat down on Wang Ziwu's right hand. Wang Ziwu saw that everyone was here: "Everyone, the spies had just heard news that the general Fang Qifei under the rebel Fang La had already commanded a 50,000 army and came to Xiuzhou. The situation was urgent." Speaking of this, he turned his body slightly and asked Zhou Ping: "Zhou Guan, how do you think you should deal with it?" Although Wang Ziwu had already taken back Fu Xin and looked at the matter again, with the prestige accumulated by the Moni thieves not long ago, Zhou Ping was undoubtedly the leader of the martial artists in Xiuzhou City. Even Wang Ziwu himself had to consult him first.

"As far as the general saw, we should defend the city, the city had sufficient food and equipment, and there were also a city wall to rely on, and the outside of the city had already been cleared. Although the number of Moni thieves was large, they were insufficient soldiers and armor, so there was no need to mention the equipment for siege. Although we were not enough to defeat the enemy, we had enough to maintain ourselves. The army of the King of the Dukes arrived in the past few days, and then we would definitely win with great victory in the attacks inside and outside!"

"What Zhou Jianjian said is very true!"

"The last general also agrees with what Zhou Jianguan said!"

As soon as Zhou Ping said this, the generals in the hall nodded one after another. Zhou Ping's suggestions just now represented the mentality of most of them. Since the uprising, the Mani thieves have been defeated and have been invincible. Many prefectures and counties have been overthrown. Xiuzhou has used thousands of weak soldiers to behead thousands of enemies. This is the first merit. It can be said that everyone here has a share and can be promoted. However, both official and wealthy have to be enjoyed. It is different from the court. If you lose in the court, you can at best destroy your writing since your origin, lose your family wealth, and exil to the distant military states. As long as you can save your life, you may not have a chance to get back. If you go to the battlefield, you will not have eyes, and you will lose your life, and you will never be able to come back. Since you have obtained the credit, why go out of the city to fight with those Mani thieves?

"Although all the adults are young, they are old and conspiring to the country!" Wang Ziwu said with a smile. Zhou Ping was really cute in his eyes at this time. He was able to fight and understand his boss's intentions at critical moments. No wonder he was able to climb from Tian Ke to the position of the state military custody in just over two years. Han Xiaozhou looked at people with a good sense.

At this time, a general asked: "The army commander, but there are more than a thousand captured Mani thieves in this city. What should we do?"

"Those more than a thousand prisoners?" Wang Ziwu frowned and pondered. It turned out that Zhou Ping used a trick to make a bluff that day. Chen Antian was defeated. Xue Liangyu led the small team of cavalry to break through the enemy formation. Some Manichaeists thought that the army had arrived, and they were surrounded. They threw down their weapons and knelt down and beg for surrender. There were about 1,300 people who were captured alive. Zhou Ping took him into a vacant land in the west of the city, preparing to deal with it when the army arrived, but he could not have thought that Fang La's successor was faster than Wang Bing's.

"What do you think?" Wang Ziwu asked.

"The enemy is numerous and we are few. It is inappropriate for these people to stay in the city. It is better to drive them out of the city later!" Zhou Ping replied without hesitation.

"No!" Zhang Jianyao shook his head and said, "These Mani thieves have been in the city for several days. They know very well that the reality of the city is true. If they are released, wouldn't they be leaked to Fang Qifei? Never!"

An unknown feeling flashed through Zhou Ping's heart and asked, "Then what do you think should be done?"

"Of course, it's all dealt with to avoid future troubles!" Zhang Jianyao stretched out his right palm and made a downward slash gesture.

"No!" Zhou Ping said angrily: "Not to mention the bully of killing prisoners, these people are almost all villains. They are surrounded by Fang La thieves. How can they be killed like this? Never!"

Zhang Jianyao's face was slightly angry, but Zhou Ping's elite soldiers showed strong combat power in the battle not long ago. He did not want to offend the other party, so he had to answer in a calm tone: "Zhou Jianyao! You are a foreigner, and the unknown Manichaeism spread widely in Liangzhe. I am afraid that there are Fang La's inner supporters in this city. If you kill these people, you will give them a little color. If you release them out of the city, you are afraid that you will turn your head and come to attack us. What will you do at that time?"

"Xiuzhou city is strong, and the Mani thieves have no siege equipment, and reinforcements are coming soon. Although the enemy is numerous, they will definitely not be able to capture this city." Zhou Ping knew that the key to this matter was the head of the army, and persuaded him: "There will be a retribution for killing prisoners. Why should the head army do such a thing and leave a message to future generations?"

When Zhang Jianyao heard this, he felt impatient and sneered: "What Zhou Jianyao said was not like a warrior carrying a bow and arrow, holding a spear, but like a monk chanting scriptures and eating vegetarian food. Wherever the Mani thieves went, they killed very heavily. Officials must cut off their body, explore their lungs and intestines, or boil them with ointment, and shoot them with oil, and shoot them all in Chu Poison. Why not kill such an unscrupulous evil person?"

Hearing this, Wang Ziwu had already made a decision. He said to Zhou Ping in a deep voice: "Zhou Jian, you will not use thunder means to show your heart! Don't worry, this killing of prisoners has nothing to do with you." Speaking of this, he said to Zhang Dujian, "Zhang Dujian, let's leave this matter to you, and handle it cleanly!"

"The minister knows!" Zhang Dujian stood up to accept the order, and his face couldn't help but show joy.

After the military agreement was over, everyone stood up and left. Wang Ziwu made a gesture to him. When only two of them were left, he smiled and said, "Everyone is successful, don't take your work today to heart. Zhang Dujian is not a Chinese citizen. It depends on you when defending the city!" (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better and faster!
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