Without money, what is the point of being a traitor?

Chapter 245 Two Plans
The atmosphere in the field was strange for a moment.

I didn't expect that this trouble was directed at Gu Dayong by name.

Pei Yuan dared to swear that if he and his brothers from the Jinyiwei were the only ones present, he would tie Gu Dayong up here and go back to Beijing with his brothers.

He even boldly guessed that Xiao Yan should think so too.

Pei Yuan was thinking about it and glanced at Xiao Yan inadvertently.

Xiao Yan's gaze also avoided it.

This little bit of tacit understanding made Pei Yuan feel like a scumbag.

Pei Yuan sighed inwardly.

What a pity. What a pity.

What is most lacking between people is trust.

The mutual distrust between Pei Yuan, Xiao Yan and Xu Feng forced them to bite the bullet and protect Gu Dayong.

After realizing this, Pei Yuan decisively took the initiative to express his opinion.

"Those traitors are just daydreaming! As long as I, Pei Yuan, am here, I don't think anyone would dare to harm Eunuch Gu!"

While Xiao Yan secretly cursed Pei Yuan for being shameless, he could only take the initiative to increase the stakes and try to seize a higher moral ground.

"If you want to hurt Eunuch Gu, you have to step over my dead body."

Xu Feng looked at the new situation in front of him in a daze, not quite understanding it.

How come as Gu Dayong's troubles grow bigger, he becomes more and more popular?
This is unconventional!
However, Gu Dayong, who was protected loyally, was not happy at all.

No matter how high the prices offered by both sides are, as long as Gu Dayong has a price in these people's minds, subsequent matters will be difficult to handle.

Gu Dayong could only barely maintain the unity. "Okay, okay, okay, when I see the emperor, I will speak well for you! As long as I am here, I will never treat you two unfairly."

Gu Dayong also quickly called out a price.

Pei Yuan saw that everyone was united and thought that they could still win the game, so he asked everyone, "Do you have any plan for the current situation?"

When everyone heard this, they didn't know what to say.

Pei Yuan was not polite and said directly, "Then let me tell you."

Seeing that no one objected, Pei Yuan continued, "Now we are only targeted by a small group of about a thousand bandits. These people may cause us some trouble, but they will definitely not be able to contain us."

"There are only two paths at the moment."

"First, we can retreat directly to Juye City. According to the information I got before, the main force of the bandits has never touched the fortified city, which shows that their ability to attack the city should be limited. We can retreat to Juye City and wait for the support of the imperial army."

"There is the Juye Palace in Juye City. Juye King Zhu Danghan is a descendant of the King of Lu. As long as the city is besieged, even if Xuzhou does not send troops, Yanzhou Palace will not sit idly by."

"What do you think?"

After hearing this, everyone whispered a few words, and they were all concerned about two points: one was whether the court could come to the rescue in time, and the other was whether the Yanzhou government had the ability to take care of this side.

The results of the discussion were not optimistic.

The main force of Xuzhou's army will definitely enter Henan to continue pursuing the main force of the Bazhou army. Even if some troops enter Shandong to wipe out the remnants of the Bazhou army, the number should not be large.

Moreover, these troops will also look for the main forces of "Big Tiger" and "Starry Sky", and will not come to Juye for no reason.

If they want to ask for help, they now don’t know whether to go to Xuzhou or look for troops entering Shandong.

Besides, the person to be rescued this time is Gu Dayong. Which idiot general would dare to offend Eunuch Lu Ting for no reason?
The eunuch in charge of military affairs now is Lu Ting, not Gu Dayong.

If saving Gu Dayong affected the situation in Shandong, how could Lu Ting just sit there and do nothing?

As for the matter of "Little Wu Song" sending a message to mobilize people and asking the two chiefs to kill people, before the specific implementation, who would dare to report false military intelligence?
As for waiting for Yanzhou Prefecture to come to the rescue, that is even more unreliable.

Now the Yanzhou Prefecture is still eagerly waiting for support from the imperial court and does not have much spare energy to support this side.

If you just sit there and guard one place, if something goes wrong you will die.

Gu Dayong was the most resistant to this plan.

He even had a vague premonition that if people really knew that he was trapped in Juye, the military officer leading the troops might just sit back and watch Juye City fall, and take the opportunity to claim credit from Lu Ting.

Seeing that everyone was against it, Pei Yuan didn't say much and directly proposed other plans.

"As for the second way, we need to quickly get rid of this group of bandits, then head towards Yanggu, and then seek an opportunity to enter Dongchang Prefecture."

"Dongchang Prefecture... Dongchang Prefecture is now under the sphere of influence of Prince De."

"The slogan raised by the rebels is 'clear the emperor's court and support the virtuous king'. The virtuous king they are talking about is this virtuous king."

"As long as the King of Germany does not respond, these rebels may exercise some restraint."

"And the King of De is very powerful." Pei Yuan paused and hinted, "The way is also very wild, maybe we can exert some influence on the rebels. As long as we can successfully enter Dongchang Prefecture, our hope of survival will increase greatly."

Pei Yuan remembered that the last time he passed through Dongchang Prefecture, Xue Songqi under Prince De was still mixed in with the rebels, helping to rob post stations and snatch war horses.

However, if you tell this kind of thing, not everyone may believe it, and it may even bring you trouble.

Pei Yuanxin's suggestion made everyone a little excited.

Dongchang Prefecture is not far away. If the rebels really have concerns, it is much more reliable than waiting for reinforcements from the imperial court.

Moreover, when faced with danger, it is human nature to stay away, and staying is just a choice made after weighing the pros and cons.

And Xiao Yan has some unknown ideas.

If they really find that the enemy is too powerful and the situation is hopeless, they can still try to get rid of Gu Dayong on the way of escape and escape with a small number of elite soldiers. After all, the hatred of the Bazhou bandits is towards Gu Dayong.

But if we stay in one place, everyone will be put in a passive position.

Xiao Yan felt that there was something to be said for Captain Pei’s plan.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yan took the initiative to improve the plan before anyone else spoke. "I think Dongchang Prefecture is not far from here, so there is a good chance of success. Does Captain Pei have any specific considerations?"

Upon hearing this, Pei Yuan explained to everyone, "The Bazhou Army comes and goes like the wind, referring to the elite horse thieves in the Bazhou Army. However, the remnants of the Bazhou Army that entered Shandong are mainly auxiliary troops. Their own combat effectiveness is not that strong, and their mobility is also poor. In addition, the newly recruited men may not be able to integrate well. It is almost unrealistic for them to catch up with us and keep us."

"If we can defeat this bandit army blocking our way as soon as possible and then quickly move towards Yanggu, then even if the two bandit leaders come with their troops, they may not be able to catch up with us in time."

"When it comes to marching, if you take one step slowly, all the steps will be slow. Our troops are more elite. As long as we can seize the initiative, regardless of whether we go to Dongchang Prefecture or not, maybe even if we let them catch up to the capital, they may not be able to catch up."

After hearing this, everyone was moved.

This plan is more reliable than staying here and waiting to die.

Even Gu Dayong, after repeated comparisons, felt that it was much better than entering Juye to wait for reinforcements.

Seeing that no one objected, Pei Yuan confirmed again, "Then let's go with the second plan?"

"Row!"

"Row."

"Row!"

Everyone agreed.

Pei Yuan said, "In that case, let the soldiers eat as soon as possible, and we will hurry to Yanggu. Later, try to capture a few locals to help guide the way, so as not to be delayed by the swamps here." He then said to Xu Feng, "Please ask Commander Xu to select a troop as soon as possible to prepare for the response. Those bandits may attack and intercept us at any time."

Xu Feng felt a little panicked. He first looked at Xiao Yan, but got no response.

He looked at Gu Dayong and Pei Yuan helplessly, and then he gritted his teeth and agreed to it.

Everyone divided the work among themselves and then they decided to disperse.

Pei Yuan still wanted Chen Toutie to interrogate the prisoner in a targeted manner, but when he went over, he saw that the prisoner had lost too much blood and was dead.

Pei Yuan then put his mind at ease.

This time, it wasn't that Pei Yuan wanted to force his way out of the situation.

Compared to other guys who could scatter at any time, Pei Yuan was the one who wanted to unite everyone the most.

Because in addition to the people he brought with him, he also had women and money that he couldn't let go.

Pei Yuan saw that the camp was beginning to stir in a mess, and he said to his followers, "Let's go, let's go back and prepare."

Chen Toutie packed up his torture instruments and bottles and jars, and asked with some lingering interest, "Captain, is there anyone else you want to interrogate?"

"That's all." Pei Yuan finished speaking and commented to Chen Toutie, "You did a good job."

Chen Toutie was relieved but also sighed, "I haven't done this kind of work for a long time, so I was a little rusty just now. I could have let him live a little longer."

Pei Yuan hummed twice casually, mounted his horse and rode away without paying much attention to his talented subordinates.

Chen Toutie packed up his things and rode on horseback to catch up with Pei Yuan.

Perhaps it has been a while since he last showed his strengths, Chen Toutie, who is usually not talkative, has become quite talkative.

Thinking back to the work he had just done, he sighed again, "All the torture instruments I brought from Beijing have been lost. The last time I replenished them was in Huai'an. Unfortunately, the last bit of mercury is almost used up."

When Pei Yuan heard this, he stopped.

Then he turned his head stiffly and looked at Chen Toutie as if he wanted to eat him, "You f*cking brought mercury with you?"

"Yes." Chen Toutie was a little surprised, "I always carry it with me."

The blood vessels on Pei Yuan's forehead jumped, and he tried to remain calm, "Let me see."

Chen Toutie stopped immediately and took out three small porcelain bottles from his bag. After guessing for a long time, he chose one and threw it to Pei Yuan from his horse, "There are only a few left."

Pei Yuan watched the bottle fall to the ground, but he didn't even reach out to catch it, letting the bottle fall in front of the horse's hoof.

The small bottle used by Chen Toutie was of very poor quality, so the bottle wall was made very thick. It fell on the muddy ground and bounced, but it didn't break.

Pei Yuan looked at the wooden cork wrapped in cloth and felt a little scared.

If you accidentally knock this thing off...

Chen Toutie was a little surprised when he saw Pei Yuan didn't reach out to take it.

Just as he was considering whether to dismount and pick it up and hand it over again, he heard Pei Yuan ask in a tone that was trying to suppress his voice, "What's in the other two bottles?"

Seeing that Pei Yuan was in a bad mood, Chen Toutie said in a low voice embarrassedly.

"Two prisoners died of a serious disease back then, so I cut a piece of skin from each of them and sealed it up. I haven't figured out how to use it together yet." Chen Toutie explained, "It's the kind that's not contagious."

After hearing this, Pei Yuan wanted to chop Chen Toutie to death.

It turns out that you are the biggest crisis around me!
The taciturn biochemical pervert Chen Toutie!

Pei Yuan shouted angrily, "Bury all these things right now!"

Chen Toutie was shocked to see Pei Yuan getting angry.

I want to explain, but I dare not.

He had no choice but to jump off the horse in disappointment, then pulled out a dagger from his boot, dug a hole in the ground, and buried the three bottles.

Pei Yuan was afraid that there might be hidden dangers, so he scolded, "Open your bag and take a look."

Chen Toutie had no choice but to unfold the bundle on the ground obediently.

Pei Yuan took a look and found that there were no suspicious bottles and jars except some bloodstained torture instruments that had just been used. He then breathed a sigh of relief.

He shouted angrily, "Don't bring those messy things with you in the future!"

Facing the furious Pei Yuan, Chen Toutie didn't dare to say much and could only respond in a muffled voice.

Pei Yuan solved such a big hidden danger around him that he almost had the illusion of surviving a disaster.

He had already made up his mind that when he returned to Beijing, he would try to recruit some normal personal guards.

After Pei Yuan returned to their own small camp, Song Chunniang, who had noticed something was wrong, came over and asked, "Captain, I see those Xuzhou guards are all moving. Is there any trouble?"

"Yes." Pei Yuan explained to Song Chunniang concisely.

After hearing this, Song Chunniang also became nervous.

Perhaps the loyal subordinates also thought of running away at the first time. Song Chunniang quickly realized the key point, "I wonder if these Xuzhou guards really fight, what about the silver you brought with you?"

Pei Yuan sighed, feeling very sad.

"Give it a try."

He still had a large sum of money deposited with Captain Han, so he didn't have to fight for the ten thousand taels. But he just couldn't bear to watch the ten thousand taels of silver being taken away by the bandits.

Every ounce of silver in there was earned at the cost of one's life!

Seeing this, Song Chunniang did not try to persuade him much.

Chen Toutie and Cheng Leixiang quickly passed the situation on, and all the Jinyiwei and recruited young and strong men also started to move.

They ate quickly and started packing.

Fortunately, they had specially recruited dozens of young and strong men from Xuzhou as auxiliary forces.

With the help of those young and strong men to clean up, the Jinyiwei can finally save more energy to deal with emergencies.

As the situation became clear, Pei Yuan no longer relied on luck. This time, he asked the Jinyiwei to put on cotton armor in advance and prepare for the battle.

He also placed the armor that might be used at any time on the warhorse following him.

Pei Yuan also temporarily reorganized the formation so that they could get their weapons faster if they encountered any unexpected situations.

By the time we finished cleaning up here, Xuzhou Wei had also cleaned up the camp, and all the supplies that could be put on the baggage carts had been sorted out.

Pei Yuan briefly met with Xiao Yan and Xu Feng again.

The two guys unanimously suggested that Pei Qianhu, who had the strongest combat power, be responsible for leading the way.

Pei Yuan was not stupid. He didn't even respond and went back to his team.

Xiao Yan and Xu Feng whispered for a while before the team reluctantly set out.

(End of this chapter)