Meng Jiu finally opened his eyes and squinted at the other side of the river.

The two sides are not far away or close, and they can't really see it, but they can feel that the young man opposite is indeed outstanding.

"At this point, he is really disappointed...... old man"

With such a sigh of emotion, Meng Jiu raised his finger and asked Tang Jie, "How many people did he bring out?" ”

"A thousand, and three thousand were left in the temple."

Meng Jiu snorted his lips and said with a smile: "Three thousand people also want to take Linqing, it's so magnificent." ”

"Take Linqing?"

While speaking, Tang Xiuguang looked over, and saw that on the south side of the large wharf building connected to the Four Girls Temple, the figures of three thousand cavalry appeared, and they rushed south, getting farther and farther away......

"Is it to take Linqing?"

He asked again with some confusion, "How is this possible?" Wutong has 50,000 people. ”

Li Baibo's entire brow furrowed deeply, and said, "It's really unlikely." I also deduced it several times, but finally gave up on it. ”

"yes, it seems unlikely." Meng Jiu said slowly: "But you see, this kid pretended to negotiate peace with us, and the cavalry walked twelve miles openly, and from here to now, they have walked another four miles, a full sixteen miles. We are now in the southwest of Dezhou City, if we want to go back to the north of the battalion to transfer troops, he will definitely send troops to intercept again, coming and going, and rushing out of a day and a night to attack Linqing. ”

"Huh." Tang Jie sneered: "Three thousand people, one day and one night, without siege equipment...... I want to lay down Linqing like this. I thought to myself if I was crazy enough, but I didn't expect him to be crazier than me. ”

"It's just a risk."

"Even so, there is no need to talk about it." Tang Jie said, "Let's go, you want to fight?" Lao Tzu fought with him! ”

Tang Jie was thinking about shouting something to the other side to extinguish the other party's prestige, but he heard Meng Jiu say slowly: "I guessed this kid's plan last night. Three thousand, not too much. ”

"You guessed it?" Tang Jie said: "Then why don't you tell me?" If only ......"

"Give him a chance to get Linqing." Meng Jiu's eyes shone with determination: "At the same time, he also gave me a chance to persuade him to surrender, which is very fair." ”

He said, slowly standing up.

"It's a deal, it's a gamble, so how can you do it without a bet? Wu Tong's 50,000 people are my bet. If I lose, give it to him, but if I win, with his ability...... Heh, Wu Tong is something compared to it. ”

Li Baibo frowned and said: "But whether to surrender or not is only between his thoughts, and his chances of winning are greater." ”

"People, I always feel that I have my own grasp of a thought, but in fact...... Isn't all human hearts manipulated by others? ”

"It's okay." Tang Jie smiled and said, "If Mr. Meng wants to gamble, he will bet with him, even if he can capture Linqing, he can't hold it with 3,000 people, and I will take it back." ”

"Okay."

As he spoke, Meng Jiu took two steps forward, letting the wind blow his robe.

"Wang Xiao, since you are here today, you don't have to worry. Let's start with a personal friendship. The old man is now sixty-two, can he afford to be your elder? ”

"Mr. Meng can afford it." Wang smiled and replied, across the canal, very politely.

Meng Jiu squinted, his brows slightly furrowed.

There is a layer of relationship between Tang Qianqian, and the other party really doesn't dare to take it big in front of him.

This can be regarded as temporarily suppressing Wang Xiao's momentum.

The next moment, I heard the king smile and said: "But the public is public, and the private is private." It's not good to confuse the two. It's better to wait for the armistice between the two sides to negotiate peace in the coming days, and the juniors will prepare some gifts to visit Mr. Meng. Since we are still fighting each other today, we might as well just talk about business. ”

"It seems that you don't really surrender, otherwise what else is it about public and private?" Meng Jiu said: "In this case, I might as well send troops directly to guard Linqing." ”

Wang Xiao froze slightly.

Today is indeed a gamble, betting on whether he can take Linqing with only 3,000 people, and whether Meng Jiu can persuade him to surrender.

For the time being, it seems that the difficulty for both sides is not small.

It's not that Meng Jiu can't send someone to guard Linqing now, but the reason why he didn't is because he has self-confidence, the longer the two sides talk, the more time Wang Xiao has to take Linqing, and the more time Meng Jiu has to persuade him.

"Haha, I'm naturally sincere, but please Mr. Meng don't use the prestige of the elders to pressure me. Otherwise, if the things that should be negotiated today are not negotiated, I will inevitably be unwilling under the rule of the Rui Dynasty in the future. Wang smiled: "Let's talk about the conditions first." ”

"Meng is old, shouting across the river like this, he has more than enough heart but not enough strength...... Why don't you go to the island on the river to talk? ”

It was a small island formed at the intersection of the South Canal and the Zhanghe River, and the island they chose was not as large as the courtyard of a rich and noble family, and the distance from the banks of the river on both sides was about the same, and it was slightly closer to the side of the Chu army.

Wang Xiao thought about it and agreed.

"Okay."

The two sides agreed to bring an escort with each other, and each sent five soldiers to take a small boat to the island to inspect it first.

"Check slowly, don't rush, delay the time." Wang Xiao lowered his voice and commanded Chu Jun.

In this way, the five people on Chu Bing's side spent a long time on the island, and waited until Rui Bing over there was impatient before coming back at the same time.

"Hou Ye, there is nothing unusual."

Wang Xiao nodded, and took Geng to the boat.

The boat swayed, and when he looked up, he saw a woman walking out of the army opposite, with a slender figure, too far away to see her face clearly, but her every move made him extremely familiar.

At this glance, Wang Xiao's heart suddenly bottomed up.

At this time, he suddenly realized that he was not without the possibility of being moved by Meng Jiu's words......

The boat paddled slowly across the water.

The boatman tied the boat to the edge of the island, and Wang Xiao stepped away, and suddenly hesitated.

……

"Master Hou."

"Master Hou." Geng Dang called several times in a row and said, "Otherwise, don't go?" ”

Wang Xiao turned his head and said, "If you don't go, you can't go, you have to buy more time......

"That'...... Was that Miss Tang just now? ”

Wang Xiao was silent for a long time.

"I don't know."

Geng Dang held the knife and protected Wang Xiao's left and right, extremely worried in his heart.

He was wondering why he always had to encounter such a dangerous thing when he was always guarding Hou Ye?

Oh, but if Hou Ye has been staying in a safe place, then why do you have to protect yourself?

Anyway, the other party only has an old man and a woman, it shouldn't matter, right?

The stupid Geng Dang is very entangled.

He didn't know that Wang Xiao was also full of entanglement.

The two walked through the grove to the center of the island, where they stopped.

Meng Jiu was already standing there waiting, standing with his hands behind his back, although he looked sick and old, his style was like a generation of grandmasters.

The woman who landed on the island with him did not approach, and stopped in the woods behind, only a corner of her clothes could be seen.

"Is she blaming herself?" Wang Xiao thought to himself.

He took a few steps forward.

"That's Qianqian?" He had many other openings, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he asked.

Meng Jiu sighed and said, "You still remember her, tell me, why don't you want to surrender?" ”

The tone seemed to be Wang Xiao's father.

If there was a real fight at this time, he would definitely not be the other party between Wang Xiao and Geng Dang, but he had no fear.

In short, it's time for both sides to talk openly and honestly.

"Why?" Wang Xiao smiled bitterly and said: "I can't say why, probably because of 'inertia', when I opened my eyes, I was in the Chu Dynasty, and my relatives, friends and loved ones were here." I get along with Qianqian, although I know that she is a member of the righteous army, but most of the time, on the surface, she is just a citizen of the Chu Dynasty in the capital. I don't know what she was like when she was on the side of the Rui Dynasty as the 'Seventh Highness', and how you Da Rui was was just a stranger to me......"

His words weren't exactly to Meng Jiu, as he spoke, he looked up at the figure in the woods in the distance.

When he returned from Liaodong, he was caught in a fugitive situation before he could reach the shore, and many things were not allowed for him to think about.

It's not that he hasn't thought about what to do between himself and Tang Qianqian, but he doesn't have the time and opportunity to think about it at all......

Now, now that she is here, he should give him an explanation.

The figure in the woods did not move.

Meng Jiu took out a bright yellow holy decree from his sleeve.

"Your Majesty promised you to do the number of conditions, what else do you want to say...... I really don't see through you kid, but I think you're not a greedy person, if you want to protect someone, you can also mention it, except for Zhou Zhang's father and son, anyone can do it. ”

The tone was sincere, so sincere that Wang Xiao was a little surprised.

At this time, if Wang Xiao stretched out his hand, he could even take Meng Jiu directly, but Meng Jiu still continued to speak very sincerely.

"Do you know why His Majesty can put forward such a condition? This condition seems a bit too good even to me......"

He spread out the decree in his hand, and there was no dagger or anything like that.

Wang Xiao looked at it and could see the seal of the Great Rui Heavenly Son on it.

"The reason why this is the case is because I really don't have the strength to continue to fight with you......"

"Huh?" Wang Xiao was a little surprised.

It's quiet in the middle of the woods.

Meng Jiu's next sentence made Wang Xiao stunned for a moment.

……

"Jiannu is going to enter the customs."

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