"Entering the Central Plains from Hebei, the closest place to Bianliang is Weizhou. If we want to stop the Beihu army from crossing the river from Weizhou, we must defend Yangliu City."

In the Qinzheng Hall, Han Zhao, the deputy governor of the governor's office, pointed to the military map and said to Song Zhi and others:

"After this period of intensive defense deployment, the river defense line with Yangliu City as the core has become very strong. It would be a fantasy for the Beihu army to cross the river head-on and approach Bianliang."

For Beihu, capturing Bianliang and expelling Song Zhi and the Qi court from here was equivalent to capturing half of the Central Plains.

Given the sharpness of the opponent's troops that had swept through Hebei before, their military subordinates, who were mainly attacking Yangliu City, were not surprised at all - this was also the news detected by the army's scouts.

"In this way, as long as the main force of the army is deployed on the front line of Yangliu City, the Northern Hu army can be contained. The Northern Hu army is not used to water warfare, and it is difficult to deal with our navy on the river. Coupled with the strong defense line of Yangliu City, Bian Hu

Liang should be impregnable." Prime Minister Chen Xun muttered, stroking his beard.

Han Zhao nodded: "That's true."

After everyone's conversation came to an end, Song Zhi pondered for a moment and said with a smile: "Beihu seems to be powerful and unstoppable in sweeping across Hebei, but in fact it is just taking advantage of surprise.

"It has been several months since they attacked Jingxing Pass and Chengtian Pass. The two great passes are still firmly in the hands of the Hedong Army. Beihu dropped tens of thousands of corpses in front of the passes and failed to enter the Jin Dynasty.

This shows that Beihu is not that difficult to defeat.

"My lords, hold on to Yangliu City and let the Beihu army bury their bones in the Yellow River. When their offensive is thwarted and they suffer heavy casualties, it's time for Wang Shi to launch a massive counterattack and conquer Hebei!"

All the ministers in the palace bowed in response.

...

Pinewood Town.

In the seventh year of Qianfu's reign, Li Datou was still a clerk in the blacksmith shop. After so many years, he finally came forward and became the master of the blacksmith shop. Although he had to work for the master because of his youth, he finally got rid of his apprentice status.

At dusk, after a day's work, when he was sitting in front of the door holding a big bowl to eat, Li Datou habitually looked at the two-story restaurant across the street. There were not many people entering and exiting the restaurant, which was very different from the past. This was because the north

Hu Dajun has already occupied this place.

All the Daqi officials in the government offices have been replaced and turned into tough barbarians. They patrol the streets from time to time. If anyone they think has misbehaved, they will be immediately killed in the street.

When the other party first came, there were not many local snobs in Pine Forest Town who were dissatisfied, but after the other party's leader showed his cultivation in the middle stage of the air control realm, no one dared to go against them anymore.

At present, the people of Songlin Town are trying to avoid going out as much as possible to avoid being picked on by the other party on the street.

Although Songlin Town is a small place, its location is important. The Beihu troops stationed two centurions here, so although there were not many Hu people in the government offices, there were quite a few Beihu soldiers on the streets.

These prairie barbarians are more ferocious than the last, do not regard human life as human life, and are addicted to alcohol. They often act drunkenly in the streets, rape women of the people, and even kill people without any reason.

In front of these people, the rich and powerful families in Songlin Town have nothing to do. Even if their wives and daughters are defiled and they resist a little, they will be killed.

Suddenly, Li Datou's eyes narrowed slightly, and the person he was familiar with broke into his field of vision:

Zuo Che'er, the owner of the restaurant, nodded and bowed, and respectfully sent three or five drunken Beihu people out of the restaurant. His attitude was as flattering as that of a dog, and his smiling face looked disgusting.

In the seventh year of Qianfu's reign, Zuo Che'er was appreciated by the owner of the restaurant and became the second shopkeeper. From then on, he became famous in Songlin Town and gradually gained prestige in the village. He was a hero who everyone wanted to be friends with and respected a bit.

Even the government officials would call him brothers and sisters.

In the ninth year of Qianfu, Zuo Che'er became the boss of the restaurant. In the twelfth year of Qianfu, which was last year, the owner of the restaurant resold the restaurant to him, so Zuo Che'er, who was only in his twenties, became the owner of Songlin.

The rich man of the town.

When Zuo Che'er was still a clerk, Li Datou had a problem with him. When Zuo Che'er became the shopkeeper, Li Datou could only behave with his tail between his legs. After Zuo Che'er became the owner of the restaurant, he treated Zuo Che'er from the bottom of his heart.

in awe.

The grudges in the past have long been forgotten by him, and he doesn't even dare to think about them. Whenever he meets the other party, he will bend extremely low, for fear that the other party will remember the feud between the two in the early years and let him

Losing livelihood in Pinewood.

After discovering that Zuo Che'er had no intention of being acquainted with him, when Li Datou was bragging to others, he would even exaggerate the deep friendship he had with Zuo Che'er when they were young. They were good brothers who often sat together, chatted and had meals.

But now, everything is different.

Before the barbarians occupied Songlin Town, Zuo Che'er was a prominent figure in Songlin Town. He had wide connections and unparalleled prestige. He was the target of young people in the town and the countryside. Even if he went against the government in order to stand up for the common people, the government would not dare to do so.

How about him.

At that time, no matter who picked up the left car, he would raise his thumb.

When the barbarians occupied Songlin Town, the people of Songlin Town, who had simple folk customs and could distinguish between good and evil, especially the young people, wanted to fight each other to the death.

When the opponent first came, there were not many of them. Those chivalrous young men who usually like to fight bravely and uphold morality all thought that even if they could not save Pine Forest Town and drive the opponent away, they would still kill a few Hulu.

At worst, he would have to flee the rivers and lakes and cross the Yellow River to the Central Plains.

The kind-hearted wealthy people in the town are also willing to give money to these young heroes to help them form a rebel army. At the worst, they will not let them run away without money and worry about starving to death after arriving in the Central Plains.

However, as the de facto leader of these young heroes, a fighter who has continuously upheld justice for the poor people over the years, and a hero in the eyes of everyone in Pine Forest Town, Zuo Che'er rejected everyone's proposal.

This directly led to the leaderless people in Songlin Town. In the end, they failed to set off a wave of resistance and failed to fight for their country. Not only that, he was the first to greet Bei Hu when he arrived, and publicly expressed his willingness to serve the Hu people.

The Hu people who came to Songlin Town were very happy to see Zuo Che'er being so sensible after learning about Zuo Che'er's status in the town.

They gave him a false position in the government, regarded him as a model, and took him to the countryside to publicize, calling on the people of Songlin Town to be like Zuo Che'er and obey the rule of the Hu people, otherwise their lives would be at risk.

From then on, Zuo Che'er's status in the hearts of people in Songlin Town fell directly from the clouds.

Everyone secretly stabbed him in the spine and called him a traitor to the country. Some hot-blooded and brave young men even went together to assassinate Zuo Che'er at night, but they failed.

All in all, in the eyes of today's people in Songlin Town, Zuo Che'er just wants to be a Hugo instead of being a good Qi person.

Some people say that they mistakenly saw Zuo Che'er before, and they didn't expect to know the person but not the heart. Now they finally discovered the other person's true face, so they stopped interacting with the other person, and in fact cut ties with the other person.

Some people say that Zuo Che'er has a bad character and is used to fishing for fame. Everyone was just deceived by him before. This kind of person should be struck to death by lightning.

Li Datou exchanged glances with the grain store clerk beside him, and each could see in the other's eyes the deep disdain and disgust for the gesture in front of Zuo Che'er.

Although they dare not show it openly, this does not prevent them from reviling each other's ancestors in their hearts.

"Any hero, knight or righteous man is just a weakling. When he meets a real strong man, he has no backbone. He used to show off his power in front of us, like a master, but now he is a dog for the barbarians. It is really shameless! Lu Yaozhi

Ma Li will see people's hearts over time, and what he said is indeed true!"

Li Datou thought so and took a big mouthful of rice, as if he was eating Zuo Che'er's flesh and blood.

Although he is only the second master of the blacksmith shop and his monthly income is only one tael of silver, Zuo Che'er is still the owner of a restaurant. It is a bit excessive to say that he makes a fortune every day, but having a millionaire is inevitable. Li Datou used to fear Zuo Che'er like a tiger, but now he is

Feeling of superiority to him.

It seems that he is a god, but the other person is just an ant, and a smelly ant at that.

No matter which dynasty or generation they were placed in, thieves who rebelled against the country and surrendered to the enemy during the war were always the targets of criticism. Having stood up for this righteous name, Li Datou felt that now he was a thousand times taller than his opponent.

He didn't dare to assassinate Zuo Che'er. He didn't have the courage to leave Songlin Town, which was occupied by the barbarians, abandon his livelihood and cross the Yellow River to join Master Wang. He even openly pointed out the other party's faults in front of others and slandered the other party.

He didn't dare to show off his character, for fear of being discovered by the other party and suffering an angry retaliation.

But if one day, the opponent is abandoned by the barbarians or hacked to death by Wang Shi, he is confident that he will have the courage to rush to the opponent's body, cut off a piece of the opponent's flesh and eat it in public, showing his nobility of being incompatible with the national thieves.

Morality.

Zuo Che'er didn't know what Li Datou was thinking. After sending away those barbarians who were wearing gold and silver and eager to hang the wealth plundered in the war on the most conspicuous place on their bodies, he returned to the store and went straight to the store.

Came to the backyard.

In the side room in the backyard, there was a man dressed as a farmer waiting for him - the man came over and did deliver bacon and pickles to the restaurant, and was now waiting for him to pay.

"What orders does Commander Hu have?" Zuo Che'er sat down at the table intently, picked up the account book, and asked how much money should be paid this month.

"We have news that must be sent to Yunzhou as soon as possible. You must arrange for our people to cross the river!"

The Yipinlou cultivator dressed as a farmer lowered his voice and said quickly: "The war is imminent, and the Hu people have intensified their inspections of various ferry crossings. The previous road is impassable."

Hearing this, Zuo Che'er's eyes lit up: "But the information I provided a few days ago has been confirmed by Commander Hu?"

It has been a long time since the Hu people came to Songlin Town. Under Zuo Che'er's warm hospitality and constant flattery, the relationship with some of the Hu people has become better and better.

A few days ago, a centurion stationed in Songlin Town came to him for a drink. He got very drunk and revealed the news that they were about to leave Songlin Town and go to Yunzhou. At that time, the centurion was serious.

It expresses the regret that I can no longer enjoy the fine wine and delicious food in the restaurant.

Through what he saw and heard during this period, Zuo Che'er combined various clues and deduced the possibility that Beihu was going to send a large number of troops to Yunzhou, and he urgently passed the news on at that time - before the Hu people arrived, all the people under the jurisdiction of Yipinlou

The strongholds all received orders to monitor the movements of the Hu people and inquire about the number of Hu soldiers and horses in various places.

"I can't tell you, and I don't know."

The farmer replied.

As soon as Zuo Che'er asked the question, he knew that he had made a mistake.

It is impossible for the other party to disclose such important news, and he does not even know what the news is. But since the matter is so urgent, he still goes to Yunzhou, and the situation is almost the same.

He had just made a mistake and thought that he had provided important information for the King's Division's battle and had made great contributions to the country. He suddenly felt a strong sense of pride and was so excited that he couldn't hold back his mind for a moment.

"I can send you across the river tonight!" Zuo Che'er handed the checkout money to the other party.
Chapter completed!