"Master Zhang, it's up to you to explain this matter to everyone." Zhao Youde knew the eagerness of everyone present, so he turned his head and said to a guard standing behind him.

This guard was none other than Zhao Youde's future son-in-law, Zhang Guang, who had come to meet these civil and military officials who had surrendered to the Northern Yuan Dynasty in the guards around Zhao Youde, in order to persuade them to abandon the darkness and turn to the light.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this official is Zhang Guang of the Martial Arts Hall, and he was ordered to come to Lintao to collect military information this time." Zhang Guangbu stepped forward, bowed his hand to everyone at the scene, and introduced himself, for the officials present to deliberately hide the identity of his student, and took out the martial arts hall to deter the other party.

Knowing that Zhang Guang was the person who spoke about Wutang, there was a commotion in the room again, everyone knew that Jiangwutang was the yamen under the command of Li Yuntian, so Zhang Guang was obviously Li Yuntian's person.

"You don't know, Lord Zhang is the nephew of this official, and he has a marriage contract with the little girl, if it weren't for this war, the two would have been married." Zhao Youde knew Zhang Guang's identity and suppressed all the officials present, and then quietly supplemented Zhang Guang's background.

Hearing this, the officials at the scene suddenly quieted down, and looked at Zhang Guang and Zhao Youde in surprise, no one would have imagined that the two would have such a secret relationship.

Subsequently, all the officials invariably breathed a sigh of relief, and the nervous expressions on their faces eased one after another, in their opinion, Zhang Guang was already half of his own people, no matter how he said it, Zhang Guang would not harm his future father-in-law.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Ming counterattack is imminent, and the officers and troops sent by the Duke of Zhongguo to recover Didao City will arrive the day after tomorrow, and I hope you will make a careful choice where to go!"

Zhang Guang felt that the tense and oppressive atmosphere at the scene had become relaxed, so he told all the officials present about the Battle of Dunhuang Ancient City and the Northern Expeditionary Army, and solemnly reminded them.

Obviously, these rebels in Didao City only have two days to save themselves, otherwise they will become prisoners once the Ming army arrives in Didao City, and there is no future to speak of.

"Lord Zhao, we are all rough people, we will do what you say." Everyone in the room knew what Zhang Guang meant, and after glancing at each other, the military attache sitting at the bottom left of Zhao Youde bowed to Zhao Youde and spoke.

At this moment, no one is more suitable to be the leader than Zhao Youde, Zhao Youde is not only the highest-ranking civilian official in the rebel army but also Zhang Guang's future father-in-law, so he is the most suitable to deal with the current tricky matter, and none of the military attaches here have any brains for him.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this official feels that now is the time for us to make meritorious contributions, we have made mistakes, and we must cherish this opportunity."

Zhao Youde groaned for a moment when he heard this, and looked at the people in the room seriously and said, "This official thinks that in order to show our remorse, those Northern Yuan soldiers in the city should be dedicated to the upcoming officers and soldiers, so as to reduce my guilt!" ”

"Lord Zhao, what are your arrangements?" The military attache sitting at the bottom left couldn't help but ask when he heard this, feeling that Zhao Youde already had a plan in his heart.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the official army of Lanzhou will arrive in Didao City the day after tomorrow, Lu Tianxing will definitely not stay in the city, if this official is not mistaken, he will leave tomorrow."

Zhao Youde glanced around at the officials in the room, and said in a deep voice with an expressionless face, "Therefore, there is a good chance that he will send someone to call his official this afternoon, and the only way to increase the front line is to lead the army to leave, and then the official will naturally set up a banquet for him to see him off, so let's do it at the send-off banquet!" ”

"Lord Zhao, Lu Tianxing has 10,000 Northern Yuan soldiers who can fight well, and the people in our hands may not be his opponents." Hearing this, another general couldn't help but say worriedly, he had no confidence in whether the 20,000 Ming troops could defeat the 10,000 Northern Yuan soldiers.

"The people in the prison and the prisoner camp are our reinforcements, if you add them, Di Dao City will be besieged, and it will be difficult to escape if Lu Tianxing has great ability." Zhao Youde sneered when he heard this, and his voice dispelled the general's concerns, as long as those captured soldiers were added, the Northern Yuan soldiers under Lu Tianxing would be defeated by the Ming army with many people no matter how much they could fight.

"General Yang, please arrange for Lord Zhang to meet the captured generals." As he spoke, Zhao Youde solemnly instructed the general sitting at the bottom left to assist Zhang Guang to find several Ming generals who were imprisoned for refusing to surrender, and persuade them to lead those captive soldiers to attack the Northern Yuan soldiers, in a sense, those captive soldiers had stronger combat effectiveness than the surrendered troops.

"Lord Zhao, don't worry, Ben will definitely do this errand well." The general at the bottom left bowed to Zhao Youde when he heard this, and replied in a deep voice, he knew the importance of this matter, if he couldn't get the support of those captured generals, they would definitely have no way to deal with those Northern Yuan soldiers.

Zhao Youde suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart when he heard this, now that everyone here has reached a consensus, then all that remains is to discuss some details of the night action, after all, it is not convenient for them to meet in private, Lu Tianxing is scheming, and it is not good to arouse his suspicion.

"Your Excellency, the Privy Envoy of Ah Qiu is invited!" Just when everyone was nervously discussing, a guard walked in quickly, knelt down on one knee in front of Zhao Youde and said, Lu Tianxing sent someone to invite Zhao Youde to discuss important military and political affairs.

"Ladies and gentlemen, things will come as we say." Zhao Youde got up and quietly arched his hand to everyone present, he had already guessed that Lu Tianxing was going to find him, it was obvious that Lu Tianxing did not want to meet the Ming army from Lanzhou, so he had to evacuate in advance.

And Lu Tianxing is not going to be able to walk by patting his buttocks, first of all, he must appease the situation in Didao City, otherwise it will inevitably cause panic among the soldiers and civilians in Didao City, and it is not good that those Ming army generals will lead the army to chase and kill when they realize that something is wrong.

The officials at the scene got up one after another to return the salute to Zhao Youde, and then left in a hurry, returning to their respective yamen and barracks, secretly preparing for the evening's affairs.

When Zhao Youde saw Lu Tianxing, Lu Tianxing was frowning and looking at a map of the northwest hanging on the wall, this map was captured by the Ming army in the Northern Yuan Dynasty, drawn by Jiangwutang, and the terrain was clear, which made him quite admire.

"Lord Zhao, please be seated." Seeing Zhao Youde coming, Lu Tianxing smiled and stretched out his hand to sit down on the chair next to him.

"Your Majesty, what do you need to command?" After Zhao Youde sat down, he looked at Lu Tianxing quietly, he had been in the officialdom for more than 20 years, and his ability to be false and wrongful had already been practiced.

"That's right, Ben General decided to go to the aid of General Ade, although General Ade is a good hand on the battlefield, but when it is his turn to siege the city, Ben General is the most experienced."

Lu Tianxing asked his subordinates to bring hot tea, and said seemingly casually while sipping it, "As soon as I leave Di Dao City, the affairs of this general will be troubled by Lord Zhao, and the Taishi is about to lead the army to come, and things in the city must not go wrong!" ”

"The privy envoy can rest assured that the lower officials will do their best to manage the affairs of the city and welcome the arrival of the Taishi." Hearing this, Zhao Youde hurriedly bowed to Lu Tianxing and said seriously.

If Zhao Youde would never doubt Lu Tianxing before meeting Zhang Qing, compared with Lu Tianxing, Ade was indeed not good at attacking cities, and Tuhuan would also lead the army to Di Dao City.

However, Zhao Youde already knew that Lu Tianxing was lying to him at this time, so naturally he would not believe Lu Tianxing's lies, but on the surface, he still looked like a promise, so as not to let Lu Tianxing see the flaws.

"Lord Zhao, your loyalty to Da Yuan is kept in mind, and Tai Shi also sees it in his eyes, and when Da Yuan enters the Central Plains, he will definitely not treat a loyal minister like you badly." Seeing Zhao Youde's sincere and frightened look, the corners of Lu Tianxing's mouth couldn't help revealing a subtle smile, and then he began to woo Zhao Youde and praised Zhao Youde's loyalty.

"It's all up to the Privy Councillor." Zhao Youde sneered in his heart when he heard this, and said to Lu Tianxing with a smile on his face, "Lord Privy Envoy, I want to see you off in the Green Willow Pavilion in the city at night, and I hope you can appreciate your face." ”

"Lord Zhao, you are too polite." Green Willow Pavilion is the largest green building in Di Dao City, a social place for dignitaries, seeing that Zhao Youde chose Green Willow Pavilion to see him off Lu Tianxing did not have the slightest doubt, and agreed with a smile, if he changed to another place, he was afraid that he would still be suspicious in his heart.

"Then the lower official will wait for the Privy Councillor." Seeing that Lu Tianxing did not shirk, Zhao Youde's eyes lit up, and he bowed to Lu Tianxing with a smile and said, as long as Lu Tianxing entered the Green Willow Pavilion, then don't think about it.

Lu Tianxing naturally didn't know what Zhao Youde really thought at this time, he was now thinking about how to stabilize Zhao Youde and the others, let them stay in Didao City with peace of mind, and help him block the Ming army coming from Lanzhou, he had already received the news that the Ming army in Lanzhou was about to arrive in Didao City, but he didn't want to start a war with him.

At dusk, Lu Tianxing went to the Green Willow Pavilion under the escort of more than 20 guards, because he was very relieved of a general like Zhao Youde, so he didn't realize that Zhao Youde gave him a Hongmen banquet.

In order to show respect for Lu Tianxing, Zhao Youde led the surrendered civil and military officials in the city to greet him in front of the Green Willow Pavilion.

Surrounded by everyone, Lu Tianxing and Zhao Youde chatted and laughed and entered the elegant house in the backyard of Green Willow Pavilion, and the atmosphere was very brisk.

In the face of the many soldiers transferred by Lu Tianxing in the Green Willow Pavilion, Lu Tianxing didn't care at all, he knew that Lu Tianxing was doing this to protect his safety, and at the same time to protect his own safety, after all, some enthusiastic young people or soldiers in the city hated Zhao Youde's subordinates, and Zhao Youde had to strengthen his security measures.

Lu Tianxing was too confident in himself, thinking that Zhao Youde and the others did not know about the war in Guanxi, so they would definitely not betray him, and did not notice that the expressions of the other officials looked a little nervous.