Chapter 30 The Lonely Situation

Zhao Zhang, Lu Qi and more than a dozen volunteers dressed as a caravan and came to the north city of Tanzhou. They saw some Tang soldiers standing at the gate to interrogate pedestrians, two of whom ran to Zhao Zhang to interrogate. Zhao Zhang was not in a hurry. He took out some scattered silver and handed them to the two Tang soldiers and said some soft words.

When the two Tang soldiers saw the white silver, they couldn't help but be happy. They quickly put the silver in their pockets, waved their hands and said, "You go to the city!"

Zhao Zhang nodded and smiled: "Thank you, two military masters. I won't forget your kindness. Next time I come here, I will honor you." After saying that, he invited Lu Qi and others to enter Tanzhou.

After finding the building, Zhao Zhang and Lu Qi finally settled down. Everyone rested for a while and had a good dinner. Zhao Zhang and Lu Qi came to a small room and began to discuss against Gao Jie.

Zhao Zhang said, "Xiao Lu, I know more about Gao Jie. This man is more greedy and stubborn. After hearing that Hu Zhen and Gu Yanlang led the remnants to escape to Tanzhou, Cui Jin valued them very much and let them take charge of the army and horses, and Gao Jie were in the same situation. Tomorrow I will visit Gao Jie as an old friend. After you enter Gao Jie's house with me, don't talk and pay attention to the surrounding situation.

"Brother Zhao, I remember, don't worry." Lu Qi nodded and replied.

Zhao Zhang smiled and said, "I expect that Gao Jie will definitely be tricked. He likes the money and things I sent."

Lu Qi made a face and said, "I believe that Brother Zhao is wise and brave, and there must be a way to counter Gao Jie."

The next day, after Zhao Zhang and his party had breakfast, Zhao Zhang arranged several volunteers to go to the market to sell leather and other items. The remaining volunteers guarded the goods in the post hall, and then took Lu Qi straight to Gao Jie's house.

In front of Gao Jie's house, Zhao Zhang said to an old man who was watching the door, "Old man, I'm an old friend of General Gao. This time I came to Tanzhou to do leather business and visit General Gao by the way. Please inform me." After saying that, Zhao Zhang took out some broken silver and stuffed it into the old man's hand.

The old man looked at the silver in his hand and was naturally very happy. He said to Zhao Zhang and Lu Qi, "You two wait a moment, and I will report it to General Gao now."

Zhao Zhang looked at the old man's distant figure, took out his feather fan and gently shook it a few times. Lu Qi looked left and right and observed the surrounding terrain.

After a while, the old man came out of the door of the living room, ran to Zhao Zhang and said, "General Gao, please come in and talk."

Zhao Zhang smiled and bowed with his hands: "Thank you for your help." After saying that, he walked into the door of the living room with Lu Qi.

Gao Jie has been standing in the middle of the living room. When he saw Zhao Zhang coming in, he couldn't help blurted out and asked, "Where have you been for so many years?"

Zhao Zhang took a step forward, held Gao Jie's hand, and said happily, "General Gao, I haven't seen you for a long time. What else can I do for more than ten years? Don't be my businessman yet!"

Gao Jie quickly greeted Zhao Zhang and Lu Qi to sit down. Lu Qi stood straight behind Zhao Zhang and did not take a seat. Zhao Zhang pointed to Lu Qi and smiled, "General Gao, this is my entourage, so you don't have to sit down."

Gao Jie laughed and said, "If you don't treat a good servant, be careful that others will overturn you!"

Zhao Zhang also laughed and said bluntly, "General Gao, Zhao came this time to ask General Gao for help! I hope General Gao won't refuse!"

"Help? I am a soldier. Nowadays, there are more and more people outside. Recently, Tanzhou has also had a food shortage. Many hungry people have coaxed the granary. Cui Jin asked me to send troops to suppress it. Alas, I have to kill a few people, which makes me anxious!"

Zhao Zhang sighed: "Yes, no matter what the world does, I am worried. I don't know when this head will move? Without saying these unlucky words, I came here today because I want to sell leather in Tanzhou. In order to make the business go smoothly, I hope General Gao will order his generals to show mercy to my caravan and not to rob our goods.

After Zhao Zhang finished speaking, he looked at Gao Jie's face and saw Gao Jie looking out of the living room without expression. Zhao Zhang quickly left his seat, ordered Lu Qi to open the package he brought with him, take out two bags of things, gently put them on the Eight Immortals table next to him, then opened them one by one, and slowly said, "General Gao, Zhao hasn't seen you for many years. This gift is my little intention. I hope General Gao can accept it."

Gao Jie turned his head and looked at the two packs of things on the table. He couldn't help but be in full bloom. These two packs of things, one bag contains a mink coat, and the other bag contains a row of yellow gold bars. Gao Jie looked at it for a while and was about to feel dizzy. It was because he was overexcited, his brain was not working well, and he was in a short period of confusion.

Zhao Zhang smiled and said, "General Gao has worked hard for the Tang Dynasty. This little meaning is the actual action of Zhao looking up to General Gao, which is not respectable.

Gao Jie pretended to give in for a while and said, "Since Mr. Zhao sincerely gave me a gift, Gao is not polite. You can do the leather business in Tanzhou at ease. I will send troops to protect you!"

When Zhao Zhang saw that Gao Jie had received the gift and the purpose of the trip had been achieved, he bowed to Gao Jie, and Gao Jie did not retain him. Zhao Zhang and Lu Qi left Gao Jie's house and went back to the building.

After returning to the library, Zhao Zhang said to Lu Qi, "In a few days, Meng Kai and Lingfei led their troops to surround Tanzhou. I will take you to meet Gao Jie again. Let him listen to us, lead the troops to fight back and stand on our side, hehe!"

Lu Qi nodded: "I can also see that this Gao Jie is very greedy for property and must be afraid of death. Brother Meng and Brother Yue surrounded Tanzhou. This guy will definitely cooperate with us to capture Tanzhou, hahaha! Gao Jie, you are a big strawbag!"

Zhao Zhang said that at that time, I will send people to sneak out of the city, let Meng Kai and Lingfei send people to dig tunnels in remote places, and then send some strong volunteers from the tunnel into Tanzhou. By the way, they will bring our weapons and force Gao Jie to revolt on the battlefield. At that time, he can't help but follow!"

Lu Qi laughed: "Then my big hammer will come in handy, hehe!"

A few days later, Meng Kai, Yue Lingfei and Zhu Wen led 50,000 horses to Tanzhou City and surrounded Tanzhou City, which scared the Tang soldiers and Tang generals of Tanzhou. Cui Jin urgently summoned the generals of Tanzhou to the government office to discuss the military situation. After a while, the generals of Tanzhou arrived.

Cui Jin's face cleared his throat and said, "Guys, tens of thousands of people of Huangchao thief Meng Kai and Yue Lingfei surrounded Tanzhou. Tanzhou has not been in war for many years. Now that the enemy is now, how do you think you should defend it?"

All the generals looked at the big eyes and were silent.

Yu Ming, a staff member, said, "There are nearly 20,000 horses in Tanzhou City. We have the generals Gao Jie and Jian Da, and Hu Zhen and Gu Yanlang, who came here not long ago. Other generals have their own strengths. Everyone usually took Dai Lu of the Tang Dynasty, and I believe that this time they will unite sincerely and fight against the thieves!"

Cui Jin walked back and forth a few steps and said loudly, "I know that some generals in Tanzhou are a little awkward, but the big enemy must deal with foreign enemies unanimously!" If you shrink and die in the process of resisting the bandits, once it is found, the history will never be spared!" After saying that, he looked at Gao Jie.

Gao Jie knew that Cui Jin wanted him to speak. As Tanzhou's defense envoy and the main general of the whole city, he couldn't stand up and speak at this time. Gao Jie and Cui Jin have always been on bad terms. Gao Jie is from Tanzhou, and Cui Jin is a history appointed by the imperial court. He was transferred in. In the past few years, the pursuit of power and personality differences have led to a deep conflict between the two.

Gao Jie is very clear: although Cui Jin is a civil official, he is calculating. When he was transferred to Tanzhou, he brought a working team and appointed his confidant Jian Da as Gao Jie's vice general to monitor Gao Jie. After Hu Zhen and Gu Yanlang arrived in Tanzhou, Cui Jin tried his best to attract them to serve him. Now Hu Zhen and Gu Yanlang have become Cui Jin's cronies and hold heavy troops. Gao Jie's own people were reduced from more than 10,000 to 56,000, which made him very angry.

Faced with the aggressive eyes of Cui Jin, Jianda, Hu Zhen, Gu Yanlang and others, Gao Jie simply stood up and said bravely, "Just now, what Cui Lashi said is very reasonable. Now that thieves and soldiers are under pressure, we need to unite. In the past, there were indeed some contradictions between Cui Bashi and me, which was blamed for the short-sightedness of Cui Bashi. This time, Gao Jie has the determination to fight the thief to the end. The city is here, and the city is dead! Gao Jie promised to work together with all the generals and defend the city together!"

Cui Jin listened to Gao Jie's "magnificent words", "Hey" and laughed a few times. After staring at Gao Jie for a long time, he looked away and said slowly, "Yes, General Gao's impassioned words are really inspiring. Cui feels very gratified! Tanzhou City is high and deep, and there are good generals working together to defend the city. I'm afraid that a few thieves can't do it?! This history will never show weakness and never surrender!"

Hu Zhen has been listening quietly with no expression on his face.

Gu Yanlang touched Hu Zhen with his elbow; "Brother Hu, you are talking. You are called 'matching fox'. This time I want to talk about your good strategy!"

Hu Zhen whispered in Gu Yanlang's ear, "Yanlang, aren't you forcing me to jump off the cliff? Tanzhou is very difficult to deal with. You and I are an outsider. It's better to be careful about everything!"

Cui Jin saw Hu Zhen whispering to Gu Yanlang and shouted, "General Hu, I know you are resourceful. At the time of crisis in Tanzhou, as a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, you should always make a wonderful plan!"

Hearing this, Hu Zhen immediately stood up and said loudly, "Cui Laishi, generals, I just analyzed the purpose of the thief Kou's attack on Tanzhou with Gu Yanlang. Since Cui Lashi asked me to talk about it, I will talk about my thoughts. If there is anything wrong, I hope you can forgive me!"

"General Hu, say it, I won't be surprised!" Cui Jin urged.

Hu Zhen smiled and began to puff up his tongue: "Guys, this time, the thief Meng Kai and Yue Lingfei pulled the elite soldiers from Dongting Lake to Tanzhou, trying to take Tanzhou in one fell swoop and open the war in the south of the Yangtze River. This move is quite vicious. It can be said that Tanzhou is the core area of the south of the Tang Dynasty. If Tanzhou loses, the south of the Yangtze River will inevitably shake, and the thief must be more arrogant! I have a plan to break the thief army!"