Because the officers and soldiers on the Western Front were also launching a fierce attack at this time, Ning Sixiao could not mobilize many troops. In addition, because he killed his father to seize the throne, many senior generals were dissatisfied with him, so most of them refused to listen to his orders.

As a result, Ning Sixiao could only piece together tens of thousands of people to deploy on the western front of Xinjing, and the person responsible for commanding this group of troops was the famous rebel general Cui Tianyou. Previously, Ning Zeen was afraid that he would send troops to support Ning Sixiao.

He was transferred back to Xinjing from Kasumigaseki to discuss the war on the Eastern Front, and he never left after that. He actually didn't know about Ning Sixiao's rebellion in advance, and afterwards he didn't approve of the former's murder of his father to seize the throne. But

But Ning Sixiao was very respectful to him, and Cui Tianyou also knew that he had fought against the army for many years for the Ning family and his son, and had killed too many people. The army hated him to the bone, and even if he surrendered, there would be no good results, so he finally

He had no choice but to side with Ning Sixiao.

Cui Tianyou is a famous general of the rebel army, his reputation is second only to that of the general Tian Yu. I heard that he was leading the troops to conquer the rebel army, but he did not dare to act rashly. The two sides were in a stalemate at first, but the rebel army

But they were not idle. Ning Xiaoquan and other surrendered generals wrote letters to Cui Tianyou one after another, urging him to surrender anyway. However, Cui Tianyou basically didn't even read the letters he received and burned them directly.

Ning Xiaoquan also felt helpless and said to Lin Yunfei and his son: "Old Cui is different from the rest of us. He offended the court too much and did not dare to surrender. Moreover, Ning Sixiao is suspicious and easy to guess. Don't watch him put these ten thousand people together."

The person who came to hand it over to Lao Cui may not be trustworthy in his heart. If Lao Cui had not burned our letter, there is no guarantee that Ning Sixiao would not be suspicious of him."

Lin Yunfei couldn't help but feel moved when he heard this, and said: "Then can we use counter-intuitive tactics to provoke them? Even if we can't make Cui Tianyou surrender, at least we can make them jealous and fight against each other."

Ning Xiaoquan listened and pondered for a while: "Okay, I know Ning Sixiao very well. He can't trust anyone, and this time he killed his father to seize the throne. Knowing that everyone is dissatisfied, the suspicion must be more serious. Old Cui is also

Not his best friend, this can be done, but we have to plan carefully, if Ning Sixiao and the others find out, it will be bad."

In this way, the plan to use counterintuitive tactics was basically finalized. After that, Lin Yunfei specially sent people to collect intelligence on Cui Tianyou to see where to start. There are now a large number of heroes in the rebel army. How to deal with this fact

It was very easy. Within three days, I found out the situation on Cui Tianyou's side. Gradually, a bold plan began to take shape on the side of the rebel army.

As for the rebels, Cui Tianyou's life has not been easy recently. The rebels are surrounded by enemies on all sides and the situation is precarious. Many high-level officials have begun to look for other ways out. Cui Tianyou has a complicated mood about this. On the one hand, he understands that he has offended the court and surrendered.

It was definitely not a good choice, but he had to live and die with Ning Sixiao. Seeing that there was another dead end, Cui Tianyou often felt a little desperate.

In addition, although Ning Sixiao nominally trusted him and entrusted these 10,000 people to him, he also said that he would not interfere with the command, but at the same time he sent a so-called military envoy Yu Zhen.

The purpose was to express condolences to the former enemy generals on behalf of Ning Sixiao, but in reality he was to monitor the former enemy generals. Cui Tianyou knew this very well, but this Yu Zhen was also greedy and never failed to ask for favors from the generals.

Although Cui Tianyou is a rebel, his character is actually relatively upright. He usually hates giving gifts, but the current situation is pressing. Yu Zhen followed Ning Sixiao and participated in the Xinjing Mutiny, and is the latter's confidant

, so even Cui Tianyou had to give gifts to the other party against his will, but Yu Zhen was greedy. Cui Tianyou not only failed to satisfy him, but because the gift was too light, he felt that Cui Tianyou looked down on him, so he gave it to Cui Tianyou.

He wears small shoes, so the latter is quite distressed.

Cui Tianyou was doing official business that day. Suddenly, his subordinates came to report that the rebels had suddenly retreated. There were rumors that their way back was cut off by the rebels from the south. The generals asked Cui Tianyou whether to pursue them.

"What are you chasing? This is probably a tactic to lure the rebels. Lin Yunfei and his son are good at using troops. How could they make such a mistake? Taking a step back, our duty is to defend Xinjing, and we can keep the rebels here or not.

, we just need to hold our position, they retreat and inform each battalion not to act rashly, otherwise military law will be imposed." Cui Tianyou didn't even stand up from the chair at that time, but said calmly, most of the generals didn't understand this,

But since the general had his fate, everyone couldn't say much. After discussing for a while, they dispersed. As a result, not long after everyone left, Yu Zhen came.

"Commander Cui, the rebel army was defeated, why didn't you send troops to pursue it?" Yu Zhen asked loudly as soon as he came up.

Cui Tianyou glanced at him with dissatisfaction in his heart, thinking that he was the founding father of Dayou. Even Ning Zeen did not dare to speak to him like this when he was alive. Yu Zhen is now extremely arrogant, but seeing Ning Sixiao

In order to save face, Cui Tianyou could only say patiently in the end: "Don't worry about watching the army. They are not retreating, but most likely they are luring the enemy."

"Cui Shuai, what is your basis for saying that?"

"If you don't fight, you will be defeated. What else can it be but luring the enemy?"

"It's ridiculous. Rumor has it that it was our army's reinforcements that cut off the retreat of the rebels. They had no choice but to return. How could they be luring the enemy?"

"Look at the army, please be patient. Although you are resourceful, you are still a novice in leading troops. I can't explain the secret to you in a sentence or two. Besides, the Lord just asked us to guard the capital. In this case, why should we violate it?"

Where’s the risk?”

"Absurd... Cui Shuai, aren't you being bewitched by Zhang Xiaoquan and the others and have second thoughts about the Holy One?"

Upon hearing this, Cui Tianyou couldn't help but said sternly: "Envoy to the army, you must be measured in your words and don't slander anyone."

"Whether you are slandering others or not, we know each other clearly, so I will ask you one last time whether you will send troops or not?"

"I'm the coach, and if I say I won't do it, I won't do it!"

"Okay, I will report this matter to the Holy One truthfully and see who the court is targeting!" Yu Zhen said and walked away.

At this time, several soldiers around Cui Tianyou were very angry and said: "General, this Yu Zhen is too useless. If you let him continue to behave like this, General, you are in a worrying situation. Why not just kill him? Kill him first and report later. Now The Holy One is relying on you, and even if he knew about it, he would definitely not blame you. Even if the court really wants to pursue it, the worst we can do is follow Zhang Xiaoquan's example and surrender to the army, which is worse than just sitting back and waiting to be killed."

Hearing what the audience said, Cui Tianyou was moved at first, but he soon calmed down: "No, although Yu Zhen is arrogant and domineering, he is a close official of the emperor after all. Now that he has not committed a serious crime, we will kill him first and then show what the imperial laws are."

?Now that we are facing a powerful enemy, we cannot afford to fight against each other first. I will handle this matter myself, so you must not act rashly."

"But..." Everyone wanted to say something else, but Cui Tianyou glared with anger on his face, and everyone did not dare to say anything anymore.

Besides, after Yu Zhen returned, he actually wrote a secret note to Ning Sixiao, slandering Cui Tianyou for delaying the war. He might have had second thoughts, and asked Ning Sixiao to make a decision early. After sending the secret note, Yu Zhen was still angry.
Chapter completed!