Around the time of the unitary hour, the sun is setting, and the night gradually covers the earth.

On the eastern wall of Yingyin City, a famous county soldier was on duty worriedly, looking at the rebel camp in the distance with a complicated expression.

Suddenly, a county guard noticed a group of rebels slowly approaching the city wall under the banner.

"Could it be that the rebels sent a messenger to persuade him to surrender?" One of the elders snorted softly.

Sure enough, after the rebels came to the city, they shouted loudly towards the city gate: "Listen to the county guards in the city, I am Yang Yi, the guard of General Xiang Xuan, and I have come to meet Cao Duwei in the name of the general, and I will present the letter of my general in person. Soldiers in the city, hurry up and report! ”

The county guards in the city glared angrily at the rebels below, gritting their teeth one by one with hatred, but they did not dare to attack first.

Helplessly, the repeated failure to break through yesterday and today has greatly damaged the morale of the county army, and no one dares to provoke the rebels.

At the same time, Cao Suo was drinking heavily at the East City Gate Tower to relieve his boredom and despair.

Just when he was drunk, suddenly an uncle came to report: "Du Wei, the rebels have sent a man named Yang Yi as a messenger, saying that he has come to see Du Wei in the name of Xiang Xuan, and wants to deliver the latter's letter in person." ”

"Xiang Xuan?"

Somehow, Cao Suo was full of excitement, and most of the alcohol was gone.

"Did he send someone to persuade him to surrender?"

Cao Suo couldn't help but sneer, waved his hand and said, "Bring it up." ”

"Yes!"

After a while, the east gate of Yingyin slowly opened, and someone shouted in the city: "The commander has an order, the messenger please enter the city." ”

Looking at the slowly opening city gate, Yang Yi couldn't help but turn his head and glance at a man dressed as a guard behind him, and the pressure in his heart was huge.

After all, only a few of them knew that the man dressed as a guard was his general of Changsha Yishi, Xiang Xuan.

After a long breath, Yang Yi looked calm and entered the city gate with a team of guards behind him.

At this time, there were two people standing inside the city gate, clasping their fists towards Yang Yi and saying, "I am Hou Ping, the guard next to Cao Duwei......"

Another person also hugged his fists and said: "The same is the guard next to Cao Duwei, Liu Zhou." ”

With that, the two made a gesture of please: "Please." ”

Yang Yi nodded, and under the leadership of Hou Ping and Liu Zhou, he went to the front of the East City Gate Tower.

However, at this time, Hou Ping and Liu Zhou stopped them, looked at the dozen or so guards behind Yang Yi and said in a deep voice: "Please ask the envoy to meet Cao Duwei alone." ”

Yang Yi seemed to have expected it, and said with a fist: "Please allow me to bring at least one guard." ”

Hou Ping and Liu Zhou glanced at each other and nodded slightly: "Yes, but you need to hand over your weapons." ”

"Okay."

Yang Yi nodded, and then deliberately pointed between the guards, and finally fell on the guards that Xiang Xuan was pretending to be: "You, follow me in." ”

Xiang Xuan lowered his head and handed over the weapon on his body.

Because he was wearing a helmet and bowing his head, Hou Ping and Liu Zhou didn't recognize him, so they took him and Yang Yi into the East City Gatehouse.

At this time, Cao Suo was sitting in the main seat of the building.

Although the wine and food on the table in front of him had been removed, from his slightly red face and drunken eyes, it was not difficult to see that this Cao Duwei had just drunk a meal, and he had drunk a lot.

Cao Suo also didn't recognize Xiang Xuan who was following Yang Yi, and after looking Yang Yi up and down a few times, he sneered: "What did Xiang Xuan send you to do?" Do you persuade me to surrender? Hahaha...... Let's bring Xiang Xuan's letter. ”

However, Yang Yi shook his head: "In fact, there is no letter from General Xiang on his body. ”

Hearing this, Cao Suo, Hou Ping, and Liu Zhou looked stunned.

"Trick me?"

Cao Suo's face sank, and he coldly reprimanded: "Did Xiang Xuan send you to die?" ”

Yang Yi was not afraid at all, and hugged his fists without being arrogant or humble: "Captain Cao, please retreat." ”

『……』

Seeing this Yang Yi's serious expression, Cao Suo frowned slightly, pointed to Hou Ping and Liu Zhou on the side and said, "These two are Cao's henchmen, if you have anything, it's okay to say it directly." ”

Yang Yi was going to continue to insist, but at this time, Xiang Xuan, who was following him, had already taken off the helmet on his head, looked at Cao Suo and said with a smile: "Captain Cao, don't come unharmed." ”

"Xiang, Xuan?!"

Cao Suo's eyes widened in shock, and his originally slightly red face turned a little blue at the moment.

Hou Ping and Liu Zhou, who were on the side, also looked nervous, and subconsciously held their weapons.

"Shh

Xiang Xuan smiled and made a gesture of silence.

"Captain, what's going on?"

Several county guards immediately rushed in.

Because Xiang Xuan had his back to them, these county guards didn't notice Xiang Xuan, but they were just surprised by the expressions of Cao Suo, Hou Ping, and Liu Zhou.

Under this danger, Xiang Xuan was not shocked at all, but just looked at Cao Suo with a smile.

After taking a few deep glances at Xiang Xuan, Cao Suo suddenly angrily reprimanded the county guards: "What are you waiting to come in?" All out! ”

“……”

The county guards looked at each other and withdrew from the building as they said.

Seeing this, Cao Suo stared at Xiang Xuan and ordered: "Liu Zhou, you go outside to guard, and don't let anyone approach." ”

"This ......" Liu Zhou glanced at Xiang Xuan hesitantly.

"It's okay, let's go." Cao Suo said calmly.

"Yes!" Liu Zhou hugged his fists, except for the city gate tower, and reflexively closed the door.

At this time, Cao Suo said to Xiang Xuan with an inexplicable expression: "You...... It's guts. ”

"If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you get the tiger?"

Xiang Xuan smiled, and under Hou Ping's vigilant gaze, he crossed Yang Yi and came to the seat on the east side to sit down, while Yang Yi stood behind him.

Looking at Xiang Xuan's calm expression, Cao Suo was secretly unhappy, and deliberately said, "Aren't you afraid that I will kill you?" ”

Unexpectedly, Xiang Xuan smiled and said: "This kind of senseless intimidation, I think it will end here." …… What good will it do you to kill me? Can you take back the position of Captain from that Zhou Hu? ”

“……”

Cao Suo was dumbfounded for a moment, and after frowning and staring at Xiang Xuan for a long time, he asked, "Say, what do you want to do?" ”

I saw Xiang Xuan spread his hands and said with a smile: "I came here today in the hope that Cao Duwei can return to my righteous teacher and conspire with me." ”

"You want to make Cao surrender?"

Cao Suo shook his head with a smile: "Do you think Cao will agree?" ”

"Why not?"

Xiang Xuan chuckled, looked at Cao Suo Zhengse and said: "You and I both know that even if you successfully break through this time and withdraw to Xuchang, it will be impossible for you to regain the position of commander from that Zhou Hu, and you have lost many soldiers, I have no doubt that Zhou Hu will take the opportunity to fall into the ground...... But if you are willing to join my righteous teacher, I can call the shots and let you continue to be in charge of the army. ”

"......" Cao Suo was silent.

In fact, he also knew that Xiang Xuan was right.

Even if he succeeded in leading the army to break through and withdraw to Xuchang, he would inevitably be stripped of his official position by Li Junshou, and it was almost impossible to have a chance to make a comeback, because even Song Juncheng was overthrown by that Zhou Hu.

But in the end, Cao Suo still shook his head: "I have a family in Xuchang, if I defect to you, my wife and children will inevitably be executed......"

Before he could finish speaking, he saw Xiang Xuan smile and said, "Wouldn't it be good to take Xuchang?" ”

"What?"

Cao Suo was slightly stunned, then immediately reacted, frowned and asked, "You...... Do you want me to do the internal response? ”

"Isn't it good?"

Xiang Xuan said with a smile: "You and I should work together to capture Xuchang, kill Zhou Hu, and occupy the city, and afterwards, you can still be your Yingchuan Commander, but you are no longer loyal to the Jin Kingdom, but to my righteous teacher." …… Like this, you not only took revenge on Zhou Hu, but also regained the position of captain, and also saved your family, isn't this killing three birds with one stone? ”

“……”

Cao Suo was slightly moved.

Seeing this, Xiang Xuan took the opportunity to persuade again: "Think about it, even if I let you go, after you return to Xuchang, you will be stripped of your official position and reduced to a commoner...... But if you go to my righteous teacher, you can keep everything you once had. ”

Cao Suo frowned and stared at Xiang Xuan, and asked, "How do I know if what you said is true or false?" ”

Xiang Xuan shook his head with a smile and said: "My righteous teacher raised troops, just to overthrow the violent Jin and overthrow the Li dynasty, and I don't want to be an enemy of the world, as long as Cao Duwei sincerely defects to my righteous teacher, how can my righteous teacher treat Cao Duwei badly?" …… Let's give an account to Cao Duwei, after the capture of Xuchang this time, Xiang, Yan Xuan, Zhong Fei, and Zhou Gong will immediately send troops to Chen County to help Chen Jun, the commander of Jiangxia Yishi, attack Chen Jun and Chen Liu. If Cao Duwei can assist my righteous master to capture Xuchang, and I am willing to recommend Cao Duwei as the commander of Yingchuan Qu, wouldn't that be more powerful than Duwei? ”

"These rebels are going to Chenliu?"

Cao Suo's heart moved slightly.

Suddenly he thought of something, and remembered that a while ago, Xiang Xuan, Yan Xuan, Zhong Fei, and Zhou Gong joined forces to besiege Xuchang, but at that time, the battle was fought against the grain, and even Zhou Hu was a little confused about this, and when reporting to Li Junshou, he said, 'The rebels may have any purpose and are unwilling to pay huge sacrifices in Xuchang'.

Combined with the news revealed by Xiang Xuan at this moment, Cao Suo finally understood: The reason why these rebels want to preserve their strength is because they want to lead the army to Chen County to help Jiang Xia Qu Marshal Chen Miao attack Chen County and Chen Liu.

In other words, Xiang Xuan didn't lie to him.

And this also means that Xiang Xuan's previous promise to him is worth believing.

"Yingchuan Qu Shuai...... What?'

Cao Suo's heart flashed a little struggle, and he said in a deep voice: "Please let me ...... Think about it. ”

"Okay."

Xiang Xuan nodded, but did not forget to remind: "However, please make a decision as soon as possible, you must know that Zhou Hu is extremely cunning, if Du Wei is delayed for a long time, even if he breaks through, he will be suspected by Zhou Hu, which will affect you and me to seek Xuchang." …… This is not a good thing for me or for the captain. ”

"I know."

Cao Suo nodded: "But I need time to prepare." ”

Hearing this, Xiang Xuan showed a satisfied smile on his face.

Moments later, Xiang Xuan left Yang Yi and a few guards so that Cao Suo could keep in touch with him, while he returned to the barracks with the rest of the men.

On the way, Xiang Xuan may be asked left and right: "General, will Cao Suo agree?" ”

Xiang Xuan suddenly laughed: "Didn't he already agree?" ”

He had no doubt about this, because he knew that Cao Suo had no way out.

And next......

『…… It's the plot of the tiger of the week.'"

Turning his head to look in the direction of Xuchang, the corners of Xiang Xuan's mouth raised a little inexplicable chuckle.