He Ji handed the secret letter written by Bai Wu to Yu Changjing.

Yu Changjing watched it and passed it to the next official.

A letter was passed from place to place in the hands of the people.

The letter was short, only a few sentences, and everyone read and read it, their minds shifting between hope and despair.

“...... Civil and military officials, soldiers, civilians, non-commissioned men, businessmen, and gentry, etc., must unite sincerely and do their best to resist the enemy, and those who surrender without a fight will be beheaded!

Only when the hard fight reaches the hopeless state can we pretend to surrender at the discretion of the appropriate, and secretly contact the forces of all parties to wait for the king to ......"

Zhou Zhou took the seal of the sailor and pretended to be Bai Wu to write a letter to the local government. In order to make the letter seem more real, Zhou Zhou asked the local government to resist first and then surrender, and had to surrender in battle. Unexpectedly, this move made Dongxing City He Ji and others, under the persecution of Lei Shaoxuan, fall into a desperate situation.

Lei Shaoxuan gave He Ji three days to surrender and not attack the city within three days.

At this time, He Ji surrendered directly without a fight, which was a surrender without a fight, and even if he took Bai Wu's letter to exonerate himself in the future, it would be a capital crime.

And going out of the city to start a war within three days, is it a joke? Can Zhang Su agree?

If he knew that He Ji went out of the city to start a war, it was just to avoid the crime of surrendering without a fight, and the most fundamental purpose was actually to surrender, it is estimated that Zhang Su was the first to turn his face and cut off their heads, although He Ji held the secret letter covered with the seal of the sailor.

Everyone instantly understood why He Ji had this letter and didn't show it to everyone early. Because, surrender is a way to live, but it is also a way to die.

The despair after being full of hope makes people's hearts cold, but it drives out madness.

"Or ......" Shi Songzhe looked at He Ji with vicious eyes, and just wanted to say something, but for a moment, he was deflated again, his tone softened, and said, "Forget it...... Why don't you test Zhang Su's meaning first?"

"Shut up!" Hearing this, He Ji said coldly, "If you let Zhang Su know about this and mess up the morale of the army, Lao Tzu will be the first to cut you first!"

"If Zhang Su knew that we had the intention of surrendering, we would definitely die, and he would have beheaded us first. Dai Wenqing said.

Dai Wenqing's voice was raised, and he said: "At this time, why are you still hiding it? In a word, if you want to defend Dongxing City to the death, you can rely on Zhang Su, and if you can defend it for a while, you can't hold it for a lifetime, and in the end it will be a dead end; if you break through the siege, if Zhang Su's army can go, you will inevitably fall into the city; even if we wait for someone to stand out without relying on Zhang Su to stand out, the wives and children at home will not be able to escape, and they will definitely die; in fact, there is not much hope that those present can escape with their lives. ”

"If you want to surrender, you can only Zhang Su die!"

Everyone was silent for a while, secretly thinking in their hearts, it is estimated that only He Ji and Yu Changjing can break through without relying on Zhang Su in the field.

As the prefect, He Ji had some elite guards under his command, and Yu Changjing was in charge of Lianzhou's military affairs and public security and defense, and he also had a lot of strength under his command. As long as they seize the moment, there is a good chance that these two people will be able to break through.

And the rest of the officials are just some family members, and it is impossible to escape in the face of the encirclement and pursuit of the Northern Wei army, not to mention, Zhang Su may take the opportunity to fall into the well.

"If Zhang Su doesn't die, we will die......"

"Zhang Su is really a scourge, in order to become famous, he does not hesitate to take the lives of the military and civilians as a child's play, he really deserves to die. ”

"This person has always been unruly, selfish and cruel, and he must not trust the people of Dongxing City to each other, and it is not a pity for this person to die. ”

“......”

Everyone became restless and expressed their dissatisfaction with Zhang Su, and after a while, the audience fell into silence, and they all looked at He Ji with hopeful eyes.

He Ji's face was blue and white for a while, the muscles on his face kept twitching, his eyes were fierce, staring at the teacup in his hand, and the curling tea mist blurred his fat and hideous face.

Suddenly, He Ji's hands trembled, and the lid of the teacup rattled crisply, and finally with a click, it fell to the ground and shattered.

"Lord He......" Shi Songzhe exclaimed.

"Shut up!" He Ji's face sank, and he said coldly, "At the moment of the great enemy, how can you talk nonsense and mess up the morale of the army? I have made up my mind, and I will do my best to help Lord Zhang defend the city and go to the national disaster together!"

Hearing this, everyone looked at each other, their faces full of disappointment, and dispersed dejectedly.

He Ji left Yu Changjing and Shi Songzhe, who were the second and third leaders in Lianzhou.

"Lord He, what does this mean? Lord He, really want to live and die with Dongxing City?" Shi Songzhe asked impatiently.

Relieved, Shi Songzhe said dissatisfiedly: "The marshal secretly said that we can surrender, this is the only way to live!"

"If you don't get rid of Zhang Su, can you surrender?" He Ji said with his eyes narrowed.

"What do you mean?" Yu Changjing looked at He Ji and said cautiously.

"If you don't get rid of Zhang Su, how can you surrender? Zhang Su has a heavy army in hand, and we must not act rashly to get rid of this person, once the matter is revealed, we will die and have no place to be buried. How can such an important matter be decided by the public?" He Ji said.

He Ji stared at Yu Changjing and said, "Lord Yu, what do you think?"

He Ji and Yu Changjing were at odds with each other, and had to rely on Yu Changjing at this time.

Yu Changjing is the second-in-command of Lianzhou, without Yu Changjing's cooperation, even if he can get rid of Zhang Su, there will be endless troubles. And Shi Songzhe is his cronies, He Ji is not worried.

Yu Changjing suddenly realized, breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "It turns out that Lord He has already intended to get rid of Zhang Su, so he warned everyone, but it was just a delaying tactic. ”

After pondering for a moment, Yu Changjing said in a low voice: "Zhang Su has heavy soldiers in his hands, and there are many guards around him, so it's not easy to start! Once he fails, the consequences are unimaginable!"

He Ji nodded, a look of helplessness appeared on his face, and said, "The plan to delay the army is really helpless. In fact, even if Zhang Su can be eliminated, everyone can surrender, but the three of us still can't surrender!"

Yu Changjing was taken aback and asked, "Why?"

After thinking about it for a while, Shi Songzhe already understood, and said with a wry smile: "Surrender without a fight, you can use all kinds of excuses to fabricate and cover up, there is a secret letter from the marshal, and then you can move up and down, and the court will open one eye and close one eye." However, the nature of the general who killed himself and then surrendered was completely different, and the imperial court would definitely investigate it strictly. Maybe in the end, it may be possible to let everyone go, but it will never let go of the three of us, who asked the three of us to govern Lianzhou. ”

Yu Changjing was startled and trembled slightly.

No wonder He Ji never expressed his position, it turned out that he had already thought clearly about the development of the matter.

At the life-and-death juncture of the dilemma, he still didn't think through this matter, and secretly still had a fluke in his heart, and he was not very anxious, and even had the intention of following the crowd and watching He Ji lively.

has entered the situation of being careless, it is a situation of life by step, life by step, and I don't know it. Yu Changjing couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "Although He Ji is greedy and greedy for life and afraid of death, he is by no means incompetent, no wonder he runs Lianzhou like an iron bucket, and he often can't interfere in Lianzhou's affairs." ”

The three of them sighed for a long time, couldn't make up their minds for a long time, and dispersed with their own hearts.

Outside Dongxing City, the military camp tent of the Northern Wei Army.

A map was spread on the ground, Lei Shaoxuan sat bored, watching Cao Yu mark the information reported from various places on the map, while Wang Siyi and Shen Yi were making tea on the side.

Although he did not warm the bed for Lei Shaoxuan, he couldn't stop Shen Yi from unceremoniously occupying Lei Shaoxuan's camp, even when discussing military affairs.

Lei Shaoxuan is also up to her, anyway, Wang Siyi and Shen Yi will never harm their own affairs, and Lei Shaoxuan is also willing to see Wang Siyi and Shen Yi from time to time.

At this moment, Wang Siyi and Shen Yi sat unceremoniously behind the desk, using the desk for handling official documents as a coffee table.

"The Lingwu tea of Linghua Palace was born in the high mountains and dangerous cliffs, proud of wind and rain, frost, and buds for a hundred years. This tea should be brewed with morning dew or spring water to slowly bring out a light and mellow fragrance. The fragrance of tea is like the precipitation of the years, the fragrance lasts for a long time, and after drinking a sip of tea, the internal organs are stretched out, and there is a feeling of flowers blooming......" Wang Siyi closed his eyes and said with an intoxicated look.

"It's a pity that there is only river water here, which is muddy, used to make tea, and ruin the heavens. Shen Yi muttered.

"Hmph, my sergeant dug more than a dozen places before digging a clear puddle, are you still not satisfied?" Lei Shaoxuan muttered dissatisfiedly, "I think the tea is good, it's just that you don't know how to make tea." Also, you can't even warm the bed, and you can still be expected to make tea?"

Wang Siyi snorted, smiled, and said, "Senior sister, why don't you go to his bed, so that he doesn't have to worry about this matter all the time." ”

Shen Yi's little hands, which were as white as jade onions, were holding a teacup and reveling in the fragrance of tea, and hummed: "It's fun for men to see that they can't eat and itch in their hearts!"

Lei Shaoxuan said stupidly: "Young Master Ben is young and promising, kind-hearted, empathetic, and beautiful in the world, which one doesn't compete to warm the bed?"

"Stop, stop! Empathy is false, kindness and benevolence are true!" Shen Yi sneered, "It is simply tragic and inhumane to kill all the officials in the city at every turn." ”

"Xiao Lei, you don't really want to kill all the officials in the city, do you? That's too brutal! Killing too many people is not a good thing after all. Since ancient times, there has been retribution for killing too much. Wang Siyi said worriedly.

"Only by killing them can we save the people from fire and water. Don't you see? They expelled the old and young women and children from the city, just because these people had no fighting capacity, and staying in the city would only waste food, which shows that these officials did not treat the people as human beings at all. Lei Shaoxuan said hatefully.

Lei Shaoxuan snorted coldly: "As a parent official, his fortune is the people's fat and people's anointing, and the people who guard the city should also be the people." At critical times, they expelled and abandoned the people, and they died innocently. ”

Wang Siyi and Shen Yi were blocked when they heard the words, and Lei Shaoxuan suddenly smiled and said: "I know that you are kind-hearted and can't bear to kill, so it's not impossible to let these officials go." ”

Wang Siyi and Shen Yi looked over in a flash.

Looking at Shen Yi's bright and smart eyes, Lei Shaoxuan said slowly: "Why don't you warm the bed for me, how about I let them go?"

"Die!" Shen Yi blushed.

Wang Siyi was stunned and laughed.

Cao Yu, he somewhat understood Lei Shaoxuan's meaning, and said: "General, the second letter of persuasion has been sent, but is this letter useful? Tomorrow is the third day, is it too tight?"

"If you want Dongxing City to surrender without a fight, the only way to rely on it is to rely on him. He Ji is greedy and timid, but he is by no means incompetent, this kind of person will never go to a dead end!" Lei Shaoxuan said.

Lei Shaoxuan took a sip of tea, and then said: "Our army has just arrived in the city, and it has not yet been fought, and the power forces of He Ji in the city have the advantage. At this time, he pressed He Ji and made him have no choice, so that He Ji could make up his mind to surrender as soon as possible, and if he did not surrender, he would go to a dead end. ”

Lei Shaoxuan said leisurely: "And if the time drags on for a long time and falls into a war, the situation in Dongxing City will become complicated." Zhang Su led the army on the front line, and his strength would gradually prevail, and at that time, He Ji would not count what he said. Zhang Su would never surrender to us, and He Ji didn't have the strength at that time, and he couldn't surrender if he wanted to. ”

Cao Yu suddenly nodded, hesitated for a moment, and said, "To deal with Zhang Su, He Ji alone can't do it, and you also need to contact other officials." Also, surrendering behind Zhang Su's back is an incomparably important event, and He Ji and others will inevitably hesitate, so I am afraid that there will not be enough time. ”

Lei Shaoxuan sneered: "So, we have to add another fire." ”

Lei Shaoxuan shouted: "Come on, burn three cauldrons outside the city gate, and cook three pots of broth for the victims." ”