Cheng Dalei is getting bigger day by day and has become a thorn in Song Bokang's side. He must deal with him, otherwise sooner or later he will turn around and deal with himself.
Song Bokang understood this, and so did Cheng Dalei.
Sooner or later, the two armies will confront each other, but that moment has not happened yet.
Taking advantage of the expansion of Shuofang City, Song Bokang had sent a dozen scouts to sneak into the city. They only waited for a month of good weather with high darkness and wind, and then burned the farmland outside the city with a fire.
First use the strategy of cutting off food, and then start dealing with Cheng Dalei.
There are thousands of hectares of fertile land outside the city. Although the fish-shaped army is guarding the fish, it is almost impossible to leave any loopholes.
This night was a beautiful month of dark and windy weather. Cheng Dalei nestled in the house, listening to the howling wind outside. There was neither Su Ying nor Fan Lihua in front of him. Only Xu Shenji took a sip from time to time.
Have a drink and eat some peanuts.
"Master, is there no way for you to hide like this?" Xu Shenji suddenly said.
Cheng Dalei suddenly excited: "What do you mean by hiding? Who do I need to hide from? You haven't seen how busy Shuofang City is now. I just can't get away."
"I didn't say what the big boss is hiding from. Why should the big boss be making such a fuss? Some people don't have three hundred taels of silver here, and some are just asking for it."
There was a hint of cunning in Xu Shenji's wretched eyes. This surprised Cheng Dalei. Another thing that surprised him was that Xu Shenji actually knew the words "don't bring it upon yourself".
And Cheng Dalei had to admit that Xu Shenji was right. He relaxed like a punctured balloon, took a sip of wine, and sighed helplessly.
"Sentimental people are annoyed by ruthlessness. Sometimes I envy you, military advisor. If you look like you, you won't have this kind of trouble."
Xu Shenji touched his chin and felt that what Cheng Dalei said was wrong. If Cheng Dalei was burly, then he should be elegant. After all, there wasn't much difference.
"Speaking of which, why don't the military advisors get married again?"
Now that Xu Shenji is in a semi-retired state, he is not required to make suggestions on normal days. Of course, he has never made suggestions. This has confirmed his status as the number one military adviser in the village. After all, he is a master. Masters are not
He took action easily. Now even He Shen felt that there was a big gap between himself and Military Advisor Xu.
And with his current status, it would be easy to get married. Xu Shenji usually just wanders around in the streets, but he seems to have never thought about it.
"Well, people are getting old, and they shouldn't have some thoughts. Adding someone to the house will be troublesome."
Cheng Dalei had to give him a thumbs up: "The military advisor is a sensible person."
"It's just average. It's just average."
At this moment, there was the sound of gongs and drums beating outside, and someone shouted loudly: "The water is flowing, the water is flowing."
Xu Shenji was excited for a moment, and said with confidence in the wine glass: "Master, there is a leak somewhere, should we go and take a look."
In fact, Cheng Dalei was a little too lazy to look. After all, if he had to do everything by himself, it would be useless to ask He Shen. But since he was in Shuofang City and there was nothing going on, Cheng Dalei simply went out to take a look.
The two of them put on their robes and as soon as they opened the door, the night wind blew into their arms.
"Oh, it's so windy."
Cheng Dalei said subconsciously, but at the same time he was a little worried. The wind borrowed the strength of the fire, and the fire assisted the wind. If a fire started, it might not be easy to extinguish for a while.
He and Xu Shenji quickly left the city lord's palace and followed the firelight to find it. They saw a crowd gathered together. When He Shen saw Cheng Dalei coming in, he quickly handed over his hands: "Master."
Cheng Dalei nodded: "What's the situation?"
"It's not too serious. The person who set the fire was caught."
"Hey, there are still arsonists?"
"This man also has several accomplices. General Zhang's people are chasing him. We have just interrogated him and found out that he was sent by Liangzhou."
He Shen briefly talked about the current situation. The arsonist came from Liangzhou City and had a very good idea. He set fire in the city to attract the attention of the defenders. In addition, people who were ambushing outside the city set fire to the wheat fields.
But they underestimated Heshen's ability. Under Heshen's management, the entire city was like an iron barrel, and there was an endless stream of patrols in the city.
As soon as this man started the fire, he was caught by the patrol, punched and kicked three times, and then vomited everything out.
Cheng Dalei frowned after hearing this: "You can't be careless. Is there a problem?"
He Shen's face was ugly. He originally wanted to do something to show Cheng Dalei while Cheng Dalei was in Shuofang City, but he didn't expect that someone would set fire to the food. If the fire started, where would he lose his face?
"Don't worry, Mr. Boss, everything will be taken care of by your subordinates. We will never let the enemy's conspiracy succeed."
"Why don't I go with you to take a look outside the city?"
"Master, let's go and rest. If something goes wrong this time, I will raise my head to see the master."
He Shen said so categorically that Cheng Dalei couldn't force him. After all, he had to learn to delegate power and give He Shen a certain amount of trust.
"Okay, I'll wait for your news and treat you to a drink tomorrow night."
"yes."
Cheng Dalei and Xu Shenji returned to the city lord's mansion, but they were still a little worried. After all, this was about the future of the city.
And what happened today also told Cheng Dalei another message: Song Bokang decided to take action against himself.
In addition, this also shows that the Prime Minister's Office has solved the trouble in Chang'an, but it does not know what kind of situation Li Letian is now.
It was a long night, with no intention of sleeping. Cheng Dalei and Xu Shenji held the stove to keep warm, roasting some peanuts, apples and so on, and stayed up for a long time.
After Cheng Dalei left, He Shen's face was so dark that it made even Zhang Fei a little scared when he saw it.
"General Zhang, you have heard what I just said to the boss. If today's affairs are not handled well, my head will have to move."
"It's easy to talk about."
"So, don't blame He for giving orders." He Shen coughed lightly and said, "Order three thousand people to leave the city. If a thief is let go today, his head will be buried with He."
Zhang Fei was shocked. He usually didn't think highly of scholars like He Shen, but the ruthlessness of scholars was really chilling.
Three thousand Feizi troops left the city and swept around the farmland. Guan Yu had received the news and maintained a state of alert.
Liangzhou City sent about a hundred people this time, and they only waited for the fire to break out in the city before taking action. However, the security in the city was really good. They were caught and exposed as soon as they started a small fire. The fire they were waiting for never burned out.
stand up.
After that, they were swept away by Zhang Fei's Fei Zi army, and they hurriedly dispersed, but Zhang Fei was ordered to capture them alive.