Li Baibo watched the messenger of the Ruijun walk in, and his eyes were slightly nervous.

Wang Xiao is right, it is a little unrealistic for him to surrender now.

Even if these reasons are correct in the long run, it would be a little strange if he did surrender in the case of temporary superiority.

……

Meng Jiu's letter was checked and handed to Wang Xiao.

At this moment, Li Baibo held his breath and secretly said that it would be up to Meng Jiu next.

He stared at Wang Xiao's expression without blinking, trying to decipher all the other party's emotions.

At first glance, Wang Xiao's eyes were stunned for a moment, as if he was trapped in some kind of memory, a little confused and a little guilty.

Li Baibo thought to himself, this should be written by His Royal Highness Seventh to persuade him to surrender.

Then, Wang Xiao slowly sat down in the chair, lowered his head, and looked at the letter carefully.

Li Baibo noticed a slight tremor in the fingertips of his fingers holding the letter......

After a while, Wang Xiao didn't look up and asked, "Does Meng Jiu still ask you to bring anything else?" ”

The voice was calm, but Li Baibo could hear that his state of mind was different.

"Master Meng said, he sent a fast horse back to Beijing to ask Your Majesty, Your Majesty's will has reached the army, if Your Excellency is willing to submit, Your Majesty is willing to marry Your Majesty to you......"

Wang Xiao raised his head and pouted.

Li Baibo closed his eyes and secretly screamed in his heart: "What a Meng Jiu!" ”

"Your Majesty would like to crown Your Excellency as the King of Ande County, guard Dezhou, and screen the domain. He also participated in the politics of Shandong, and the ministers of the imperial civil and military affairs, and led the generals ......"

After the messenger finished speaking, after a long time, Wang Xiao said slowly: "Heh, this condition ...... Meng Jiu wants to lie to me again? ”

"Your Majesty's will has been issued, if Your Excellency is willing to agree, you may as well return to Li Junshi and go out of the city to meet in person. At that time, Meng Junshi will take out His Majesty's will, and after you dedicate the city, you can summon the world. I, the son of heaven, Chrysostom, will never lie. ”

There was another long silence.

Li Baibo didn't speak, he was willing to set aside some time for Wang Xiao to consider.

Meng Jiu obviously also confessed to the messenger, and the messenger was not in a hurry, and gave Wang Xiao enough time before he spoke: "Drive out foreign captives to protect the Huaxia country, Your Excellency's ambition in your heart Your Majesty understands, and you are willing to leave a place for your Excellency." More specific ...... I wonder if I can go out of the city and meet my military advisor? ”

Wang Xiao did not answer immediately, but opened the letter in his hand and put it in his arms.

He moved slowly, then waved his hand again.

"Take Li Baibo back."

"Would you like to meet Master Meng?"

"I'll have people arrange ......"

~~

There was a "clank", and the shackles on his feet were removed.

Li Baibo turned his head to take a look, thinking about it in his head.

Things have developed to this point, and the matter of persuading Wang Xiao to surrender is going well.

In the midst of the encirclement, the layout failed, and Zhou Yan was suspicious, this was his most disappointed time, but here he knew it with benefit and moved with emotion...... Separated by the city wall and the ditch, with only a few letter horses, Meng Jiu did almost everything he could.

However, I still feel a little uneasy.

Li Baibo couldn't say why.

He and the messenger were guarded by the Chu army and went out of the city.

"Dog anti-thief!"

On the way, some people cursed and threw things like dog feces at them.

Li Baibo had some dirt on his body, but he didn't care, and shook it off with a smile.

All the way out of the city, through the trenches, finally regained freedom.

Li Baibo turned his head to look at the messenger, only to see that he was holding a piece of dog dung in his hand, and when he pinched it hard, the dog dung was crumbled, so he pulled out a small note from it......

~~

"Yuan Yu will see for himself."

Meng Jiu said, handing over the note stained with dog shit.

Li Baibo didn't dislike it, and spread it out to see.

The words on it are not written with a brush, but with a needle-like object stained with ink, the words are extremely small, squinting and looking at it for a while, a strong smell came to the nose, but Li Baibo looked very seriously.

"It's not like it's a fake."

"It's really not like it, although our spies can only contact these people, but the chaos in the city is obviously real, and Wang Xiao is not happy."

"Don't underestimate this kid."

"Can you do this? For example, according to the jailer, Song Li's reaction in prison can be seen that the Wang brothers' disappointment in the Chu room was arranged to such a fine extent...... Some ......"

"It's not impossible to arrange it so finely." Meng Jiu said slowly, "The problem is that we don't have much time. ”

As he spoke, he took another secret letter and handed it to Li Baibo, and sighed: "News from Beijing." ”

"This ......"

"It doesn't matter if Wang Xiao really wants to surrender at this moment, wait until I meet him in person."

"If he can vote, he will be much better at this time, and it will be worth it." Li Baibo thought for a while, and then asked, "How sure is it that you can convince him?" ”

"That's the number." Meng Jiu made a gesture of eight, then shook his head and said, "But now, there is only this number." ”

Li Baibo looked at it, and Meng Jiu's four fingers were as thin as chicken feet.

An hour later.

"I discussed with the Chu people, and the other party said that we would meet twelve miles southwest of Texas tomorrow......"

"Southwest?" Tang Jie was surprised.

"Reply to them, so be it." Meng Jiu commanded, and then said to Tang Jie: "There is nothing to be surprised about, it is impossible for Wang Xiao to come to our camp." ”

Tang Jie smiled: "If he dares to come, I really won't let him go back." ”

"To the north is our big camp, and to the east is King Wu Yan, and he doesn't dare to come. To the south was Pingyuan County, and he didn't dare let us go. Twelve miles to the southwest......" Li Baibo looked at the map and said, "This is the confluence of the South Canal and the Zhangwei River. ”

"Yes, there is a fork in this place, we deploy troops to the west of the river, they can deploy troops to the east of the river, and if the talks go well, the two sides can talk without soldiers to the island in the middle of the two rivers, this arrangement is very reasonable."

"It's not reasonable, it's farther away from our camp."

"Out of the city, he's at a disadvantage, it's okay."

Tang Jie shook his head and said, "If you can take the opportunity to catch Wang Xiao directly, why not be simple?" ”

"I underestimate him, he chose this place, which shows that he defended us."

Li Baibo always felt that something was faintly wrong, and muttered: "What if he wants to capture the king first?" ”

Tang Jie sneered, tilted his head slightly, and was a little proud.

He didn't bother to answer such questions.

……

The next day, Tang Jie asked Li Hongji to sit in the camp north of the city, personally ordered a thousand soldiers and horses, bypassed the west of Dezhou City, and arrived on the west bank of the South Canal. Then he scattered to explore the horses, just waiting for Wang Xiao to come.

"It's really a good place to negotiate."

After a while, Tanma replied: "Report! The Chu army has left the city from the eastern camp of Dezhou. ”

"How many soldiers?"

"Four thousand soldiers and horses, all cavalry ......"

Tang Jie sneered: "Four thousand people, is Wang Xiao cowardly, or is there another conspiracy?" ”

Meng Jiu sat down by the river, closed his eyes, and did not answer.

Li Baibo was a little worried: "Four thousand soldiers and horses...... Don't you want to attack us? ”

Tang Jie said indifferently: "Across this river, even if he has 4,000 people, he can't defeat my 1,000 elites." ”

"Let's wait and see what happens."

After waiting for a long time, Tanma kept reporting the position of the Chu army, Wang Xiao was not moving fast, and it took half a day to complete the twelve-mile road.

"Report! The Chu army suddenly sent men and horses to drive us away, and we were not allowed to stay on the east bank......"

Tang Jie's expression became solemn, he was not worried that Wang Xiao was going to defeat him or how. Although there are only 1,000 people, he also has 4,000 people who are confident to fight against Wang Xiao, at least to ensure that they can return to the camp safely.

But today, a sense of intrigue has grown stronger.

"How so? Back to camp now? ”

Li Baibo was a little undecided. At this point, there was a lot of hope for Wang Xiao to surrender, so he was somewhat unwilling to return to the camp like this.

Before they could get a good idea, some soldiers pointed to the other side of the river and shouted, "Here we are!" ”

Tang Xiuguang looked over and saw 4,000 people slowly coming from the north.

Wang Xiao dispersed the horses or for safety reasons?

Such thoughts swirled in his mind, and he vaguely felt that things were not simple.

Located at the junction of two provinces and three counties, it is also an important wharf on the canal, and it was originally a prosperous place for merchant ships. Now it is quite deserted due to war.

The river water of the South Canal and the Zhangwei River flows quietly and flows here at the confluence, there is an ancient temple not far from the east bank, named the Four Girls Temple, which was built in the period of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, and looks at the victory of the confluence by the river.

After Wang laughed, he didn't come over to talk to Meng Jiucha immediately, but led four thousand soldiers and horses into the Four Girls Temple. He only sent people to shout to this side across the canal, saying that he wanted to rest for a while.

Tang Jie was a little impatient.

- Come slowly, you have to rest, rest a fart!

Fortunately, after a short time, Wang Xiao had already come out and rode directly to the north bank of the canal.

Across the river, Tang Xiuguang looked at it, and he could confirm that it was indeed Wang Xiao on the other side.

"Now that we're here, let's start talking." Wang laughed and shouted, his voice drifting over the canal with the wind.

"How do you want me to surrender?"

~~

In Texas, the cell door was opened with a "bang".

Song Xin and Song Li looked up, only to see Du Zhenghe escorting Zhou Yan, the king of Qi, walking in quickly, with a panic on their faces.

"Your Highness! What are you doing here? ”

"Wang Xiao went out of the city and surrendered......"

"What?!" Song Li's eyes froze, and his hands couldn't help but tremble.

"Big things go ......"

The next moment, a very strange smile bloomed on Zhou Yan's face, and he took a deep look.

"Don't blame the two gentlemen, in order to hide from the thieves, I had to lie to the two gentlemen......"

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