After hearing this, the general was already 80% convinced, so he dismounted and stepped forward, bowing and greeting Zhao Jiu, first addressing him as a servant, then addressing Lan Gui as a senior official. Just as he was about to continue, Zhao Jiu interrupted him and asked:
"Who are you? What's your position? Who do you serve under?"
The white-faced general did not dare to neglect and immediately bowed his head and answered: "Li Kui from Jingdong, currently serving as the commander under Yue Zhenfu."
Zhao Jiu was slightly startled: "I do remember your name... I vaguely remember that you were born in Yishui and worked as a bandit in Mizhou? Are you now under Yue Fei's command?"
"That's right." Hearing this, the man no longer had any doubts and immediately bowed his head. "Let the servants and the officials know that Mizhou was taken by Li Cheng, and I lost my foundation. I don't want to surrender to the Jin people, so I will go to Zhang Zhen to pacify it first..."
"Let's not talk about this anymore." Hearing that it was Yue Fei's subordinate, and that he had noticed this person because of his name, Zhao Jiu no longer hesitated, but immediately stood up to interrupt him. "I will go to your camp to rest, and you go find Yue Fei immediately, there is a decree for him!"
Upon hearing this, Li Kui wished it would happen… You have to know that if it was really the angel from Nanyang and he knew his name, then he could just enter his camp and sell himself for free; and even if something went wrong, the two hundred cavalrymen would not be able to cause any trouble after entering his camp… So he agreed immediately, and without even checking the documents and seals, he directly escorted Zhao Jiu and his party into the southernmost camp.
After a while, Li Kui gave up his central military tent, made some arrangements and instructions, and went to call people. Zhao Jiu and others immediately put on armor, washed their faces, and changed clothes in the camp.
After waiting for a while, Liu Yan and others finished putting on their armor, Hu Yin, Lin Jingmo and others also washed up, and Emperor Zhao put on the red robe and golden belt that Lan Gui had brought along with great effort, and put on a hard-winged fu hat. Then he sat behind the desk and opened the tent door wide. He just didn't let Wanqi Xie hang the Jinwu flag outside the tent... It can only be said that it was a blessing that the hard-winged fu hat was not broken after the bumpy journey, otherwise he would have to meet the person who was about to appear with a bare head.
At noon, with the sound of horse hooves stopping outside the camp gate, a general led dozens of personal guards and quickly walked in. When they arrived in front of the central army tent, they were suddenly startled by Liu Yan, who was standing silently at the side of the tent door with a sword in his hand.
When he entered, he only took a look at the person behind the desk, then bowed his head without hesitation, calling out "Your Majesty". Li Kui and others who were following him were so frightened that they also bowed hastily.
After a long time, Zhao Jiu, who was a little unprepared after the case, finally realized: "Did Yue Qing see me in Nanjing?"
"That's right, Your Majesty." The leading general answered immediately without even raising his head.
After hearing this conversation, Li Kui and others who had completely awakened were almost terrified to death. They instinctively wanted to look up to see what was going on, but instead they buried themselves deeper.
"Stand up and raise your head." But at this moment, who still cared about Li Kui? Zhao Jiu took a deep breath and spoke directly.
Upon hearing this, Yue Fei said nothing more. He immediately led everyone under the tent to bow and stand up. Then he faced the person behind the table and stood with his head raised and his hands folded.
Unexpectedly, when the other person stood up, Zhao Jiu calmed down, but remained silent for a moment... After seeing the real person and taking a look at him, Zhao Jiu suddenly realized that the object of his jealousy was not the person in front of him, because the object of his jealousy for a long time, or the strange demon in his heart, was not a person at all! It was a statue that was destined to never appear again in this time and space!
But the man in front of him, who was completely different from the statue and could be described as ordinary-looking, was actually a living person, a top general in the world whom he could rely on, just like Han Shizhong. He had no reason to be jealous of him. On the contrary, only by cooperating sincerely with this man could he turn the tide.
"Pengju recognizes me best." After a sudden heartbeat, Zhao Jiu, who was sitting at the desk, said calmly in a tone that even he himself found unbelievable. "I just came to ask you a few questions... How is Du Chong these days? Have you looked for Du Yan?"
"Four days ago, Deputy Governor Du sent people out of the city to search for Du Jiyi in the various camps. After two days of searching without success, he stopped looking for anyone and completely shut himself in, not seeing anyone..."
"Can you enter the city?"
"……able!"
"How many troops do you have direct control over?"
"Twenty thousand!"
"How many soldiers are there in the whole army?"
"More than 80,000!"
"How long can the food and fodder last?"
"Ten days..."
"I want to win this battle, is it possible?" Zhao Jiu continued to sit still, his tone as usual.
Yue Fei was stunned for a moment, then narrowed his eyes and paused for a moment before he replied solemnly: "Yes!"
"Lead the troops and follow me into the city!" Zhao Jiu stood up without any hesitation.
PS: Thanks to the bald monk for the 58th cuteness and An Miao for being cute again... I don’t deserve it.
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