"A good soldier on the march." Li Zhifeng replied.
Li Zhifeng drew the military map at that time on the ground to analyze the reasons for Tang Huaili's defeat in the last battle. You Miao thought it was Tang Huaili's change of army before the battle. After reading Li Zhifeng's analysis, he realized that Tu Risheng's army was indeed There are people who can fight.
"At that time, they went around Tushan." Li Zhifeng said: "We wanted to go around the north of the Qinghe River to outflank. But the new army was one step ahead of Tang Huaili's arrangement and threw down the baggage and marched in a hurry, and occupied the water's edge first. Tang Huaili used to lead the water army. He was not good at fighting on hills, misjudged the situation, camped on high ground, set fire to mountains, and fled after a great defeat.”
You Miao said: "How does this person in the enemy camp compare to you?"
Li Zhifeng shook his head and said, "He is not my opponent, but he is also a natural general. If he can recruit him to return to the dynasty, it might be useful."
You Miao nodded slowly and said, "The key to this match is whether Tu Risheng wants to fight or not. The opinions of the others can be ignored."
Li Zhifeng said: "So if the soft can't be hard, it still shouldn't be careless."
"Yeah." You Miao was thinking, when someone came to report from the opposite side, and Xie Quan came back.
"He has heard of you." Xie Quan said to You Miao with the first sentence.
You Miao was slightly surprised and asked, "What did you say about me?"
Xie Quan said: "He wanted you to come over and talk to him, but I refused. Before departure, His Majesty explained that you must never be allowed to enter the enemy camp."
You Miao laughed, and Xie Quan called in another messenger sent by Tu Risheng. The man was barefoot, wearing cotton-padded clothes, with a dark and simple face, and said, "Are you the owner of Jiangbo Villa?"
You Miao nodded and said, "Sit down, I won't treat you to tea. I think you've heard about the mountain village's disaster relief distribution of porridge."
The messenger nodded, pondered, and then said: "There are so many landlords in Jiangnan, all of them are fucking beasts!"
Li Zhifeng said coldly, "What did you say?"
This sentence also scolded You Miao, and the messenger immediately added with a smile: "Only you You Family, you are still a bit human."
You Miao knows that Qiao Jue's arrangements in the past few years have indeed earned him a lot of fame. Whether it was a severe flood last year or a severe drought this year, Jiangbo Villa has done a lot for Yangzhou, and his reputation has spread far and wide. Jiangzhou, Yizhou and other places. It's not like Tang Bo and others who want to talk to these cultivators from the tenant households are jealous.
"Thank you General Tu for your praise." You Miao murmured, staring at the messenger, feeling that something was not quite right.
"Boss Tu said." The messenger took off his shawl, sat in the tent, wiped his feet by himself, and said without raising his head, "Let you go over and have a few words with him, do you dare?"
You Miao smiled and didn't answer. At this moment, a strange thought occurred in his heart, as if it was an intuition—could this person be Tu Risheng
Li Zhifeng said, "No. What do you think you are?"
The messenger smiled and looked very friendly. Li Zhifeng looked at the messenger and said, "No matter how strong Tu Risheng is, he is stronger than He Motieer? We have all beaten the Xianbei Tartars, so are we afraid of you?"
"Come if you want, if you don't want to, come to fight tomorrow." Li Zhifeng said coldly: "I want to meet you across the river, no, possible, possible."
The messenger said helplessly: "Sure enough, the officials are all the same. I thought it was Yangzhou's parents and officials, but I didn't expect it to be Lord You, and I didn't expect that there is not much difference between Lord You and corrupt officials. The owner of Youzhuang, in fact, someone came. Please go and see him. You know this man before."
You Miao: "What's your name?"
The messenger said: "You will know when you go."
You Miao frowned slightly, thinking about the people she knew in Jiangnan, but after racking her brains, she couldn't think of any good friends—could it be a distant relative of the You family? No, you family members would never come to join the rebel army.
You Miao looked at the messenger, the more he thought about it, the more strange it became, seeing that the messenger avoided his gaze.
You Miao said, "I don't consider myself an honest official."
Xie Quan's face changed slightly, and he frowned slightly. He obviously felt that You Miao said too much in front of the peasant army. You Miao raised his hand and said: "But, I will not come to greedy the people for this money, that's all. You will Take the edict back and show it to your boss."
You Miao took out Zhao Chao's imperial decree and said: "Jiangnan is about to reform, you will have fields to cultivate in the next spring. The emperor ascends the throne, and he is considerate of the people, and he knows that it is not easy for everyone. I will give him one night, and at dawn tomorrow, each will send one. A small boat, gallop to the middle of the river, and let Tu Risheng come to meet."
The messenger nodded and took it, You Miao said again: "Your Majesty said it himself, as long as you know how to repent, the past will not be investigated."
The messenger said happily: "I can't say enough words, and it has to be decided by General Tu."
Xie Quan was about to receive the imperial decree, but You Miao handed it to the messenger and whispered in his ear: "Let Tu Risheng learn more about his interests, this is his only and last chance. Li Zhifeng is no better than the Tang family. The group of useless people has been on the Saibei battlefield..."
The messenger froze, and You Miao whispered again: "Besides, he is not a Han Chinese, so he will not be merciful if he kills your peasant army. General Tu, don't blame me for saying something unpleasant, if you don't retreat, you will lose this battle. After the defeat, it is not worthwhile to carry a long-standing infamy."
Said that Bi Youmiao patted the envoy lightly on the shoulder and let him go.
In the early morning of the next day, when dawn broke, a small boat rowed out of the heart of the river, and Li Zhifeng led the army on the south bank.
You Miao walked over from the springboard and boarded the boat under the protection of several soldiers. Sitting in the boat was the envoy who came to the camp in person yesterday, namely Tu Risheng, the leader of the rebel army.
"Hahaha—" Tu Risheng laughed heartily: "You Village Master, please take a seat."
You Miao took a seat happily, and Tu Risheng was not like an enemy, but more like an old friend.
"How is General Tu thinking?" You Miao asked.
Tu Risheng sighed, knowing that Li Zhifeng's army was under pressure at the moment, and he could neither retreat nor enter. You Miao gave him this opportunity to give him enough face and let him go.
Tu Risheng stared into You Miao's eyes, and asked slowly, "Master You, I want to ask you something. Only after I answer this can I make a decision."
You Miao froze, and Tu Risheng unfolded the imperial decree and said, "Your Majesty approves the reforms in the south of the Yangtze River. In the coming year, the fields will be ploughed, and the people will be sympathetic, but I don't know what will happen to the brothers who follow me in the uprising."
You Miao agreed: "Since Your Majesty sent me, not other officials, it means that I have full authority to handle it. I can guarantee my life and fortune. As long as General Tu disbands the troops and returns to Mao County with me, your brother will definitely not have it. Dangerous. Don't be afraid of favoritism from the court."
Tu Risheng was silent.
You Miao said: "If you don't believe me, there will be no one in the world to believe."
Tu Risheng made a difficult decision, finally nodded, and said, "There is one more request."
You Miao: "But it's okay to say anything."