Liu Santong walked up to the city wall and walked to Liu Xinda's side with a clatter. Looking at him from the side, he has been following Liu Xinda since he was fifteen years old, and it has been twenty years, and today it seems that he suddenly realized that the general is really old. Why hadn't this been discovered before?

Or Liu Xinda was always confident and high-spirited in the past, even if he had the same appearance, but when his spirit was completely different, after showing it, he gave people a completely different feeling.

General, it seems, is completely discouraged.

And how much war will he have?

"Three links, the injury is not healed yet, what are you doing on the city wall?" Liu Xinda turned around and looked at his favorite general, from the horse servant who led the horse and raised the horse for himself, to becoming his own personal soldier, and now to the general who commands the army, Liu Santong has always been the person he trusts the most.

"The injury is not a big deal. Even if you don't have crutches, you can walk. "Liu San channel.

"Don't be reckless, the military doctor said, if you don't take care of yourself, if you put too much force on you, you will be lame." Liu Xinda glanced at the other party lovingly and said.

"What are you afraid of if you're lame, can't you still ride a horse? My horsemanship is good. Liu Santong smiled: "If I can escape from the encirclement and suppression of Li De's rangers, I can blow it for a lifetime." ”

"It's better not to be lame, or not lame!" Liu Xinda stretched out his hand and flicked Liu Santong with a violent shock.

The two of them looked at each other and laughed, but the smiles on their faces were fleeting.

"General, the situation is not optimistic!" Liu San channel.

Liu Xinda sighed: "What's not optimistic, it's that the ending is already doomed." The people I sent to Qingzhou to ask for help have not come back until now, and I don't know what happened in Qingzhou? ”

"The rain has stopped." Liu Santong looked up at the sky.

"yes, the rain has stopped." Liu Xinda said: "It's been half a month, God has been kind enough to us." ”

"Although the rain has stopped, there must still be a shortage of grain and grass for the Tang Army, and we still have time." Liu Sandao: "In the past half a month, we have heightened and strengthened the city wall of Linzi, and we have also expanded the moat by taking advantage of this rain. ”

"The spirit of the army is no more!" Liu Xinda said: "It's been half a month, there is no support army in Qingzhou, even if there is still some morale, by now, it has long been worn out, this half a month, I urge everyone to work, everyone is so tired that they can fall asleep when they lie down, I just don't want everyone to think too much, but what should come will come." ”

"The general estimates, how much time will it take for the Tang army to come over?" Liu Santong asked.

"It won't be more than five days." Liu Xinda said: "In this weather, as soon as the rain stops and the sun comes out, the ground will dry up in two days at most, and the logistics support team of the Tang army is very strong, and Qin Zhao even dares to launch a fierce attack on us when the grain and grass are not completely in place." ”

Liu Santong nodded.

"What worries me the most is that something is wrong in Qingzhou." Liu Xinda looked back at the direction of Qingzhou and said worriedly: "Before this battle, Li Ze transferred two cavalry teams, Li De's rangers and Chen Changping's right guard, which is very strange. What I am most worried about now is that as soon as the weather clears and the road is good, these two cavalry will bypass us and pounce on the interior of Pinglu, cutting off our rear road, and then we will lose even faster. ”

"General, I heard that Hou Shuai has wanted to run away for a long time?" After hesitating for a moment, Liu Santong finally asked.

Liu Xinda glanced at the other party and smiled bitterly, but did not speak.

Liu Santong immediately understood.

"General Liu, General Liu, a messenger has come from Qingzhou!" Under the city, a Lang general raised his head and shouted.

Liu Xinda and Liu Santong glanced at each other, and a hint of joy flashed in their eyes, whether it was good news or bad news, it was just good news.

"Second Master Sun!" Seeing the comer, Liu Xinda was taken aback, and the look on his face was a little incredulous, with Sun Yulin's status, how could he come to Linzi as a messenger, and now Linzi is not a safe place.

"General Liu." Sun Yulin clenched his fists, "Can you find a quiet place to talk?" ”

Liu Xinda nodded, "Three links, you know each other." ”

"Naturally, there is no problem with the general of the three links." Sun Yulin said with a smile.

The three of them went straight into the inner room, Sun Yulin didn't talk nonsense, he took out two letters from his arms, took out one of them, and handed it to Liu Xinda: "This is a letter from my eldest brother to General Liu." ”

Liu Xinda took the letter, but his eyes looked at the other letter in the other party's hand.

Sun Yulin said with a smile: "Big brother said, you read this letter first, if the general has no opinion and is willing to join, then you can read the second letter, otherwise, there is no need to read the second letter." ”

"Sun Gong is still so godly!" Liu Xinda smiled, tore open the letter in his hand with a snort, and browsed through it at a glance, but his face changed suddenly, he raised his eyes to look at Sun Yulin, and then fell on the letter again, and looked carefully word by word.

Liu Santong stared and turned around the two of them, one hand on crutches, and the other hand on the hilt of the knife.

After a long time, Liu Xinda leaned back and closed his eyes, but handed the letter in his hand to Liu Santong.

After Liu Santong finished reading the letter, he was even more dumbfounded, and the crutch in his hand fell to the ground with a clatter.

I see.

No wonder Qingzhou didn't have a single soldier coming.

No wonder none of the messengers they sent out returned.

No wonder Qingzhou is not far from Linzi, but there is not the slightest news coming.

"Tee, what do you say?" Liu Xinda said.

Liu Santong gritted his teeth and looked at Sun Yulin opposite, and said angrily: "I just want to know, under such circumstances, how can our army get rid of the entanglement of the Tang army?" If we can't get rid of the entanglement of the Tang Army, how can we withdraw? ”

Sun Yulin smiled and said: "General Santong, my eldest brother's meaning is very clear, what we value is General Liu Xinda himself, as for the army in Linzi, it doesn't matter." At that time, as long as General Liu escapes, there will naturally be a new army under the command of General Liu. ”

"I understand what Sun Gong meant, he wants us to resist desperately in Linzi, consume the opponent, and buy more time for His Royal Highness, even if we fight to the last soldier, it doesn't matter, right?" Liu Xinda said.

"Yes, for every day General Liu fights, we will be able to transfer one more point of strength, and in the future, the army that General Liu can command will be even stronger. General Liu, if you give up, you can get it, if you don't give up the past, how can you get the future? ”

"So you want me to abandon these brothers who have been with me through thick and thin?" Liu Xinda asked rhetorically.

Sun Yulin smiled but did not speak.

"My eldest brother also said that no matter whether General Liu agrees or not, we will protect General Liu's family, as long as our Sun family is in one day, the Liu family will be glorious for one day. At this point, Sun swears by the honor of his ancestors. Sun Yulin said.

Liu Xinda stretched out his hand to Sun Yulin: "Give me the second letter!" ”

"Did the general agree?" Sun Yulin was overjoyed and handed the second letter to Liu Xinda.

The letter was in Liu Xinda's hand, but he didn't open it, but said to Sun Yulin a little tiredly: "You go back and tell Sun Gong, I need to think about it carefully, and when I turn back, I will reply to him." ”

Sun Yulin was a little stunned, but the letter had already reached Liu Xinda's hands, and he couldn't take it back.

"Second Master Sun, you go first, now Linzi is a dangerous place, maybe when the Tang army will come over. There are many cavalry in the Tang Army, if they are allowed to bypass Linzi and surround them, you can't go if you want to. Liu Xinda said.

Sun Yulin couldn't help but shudder when he heard this, stood up and said: "Then General Liu, I will go first, whether it is my eldest brother or the third highness, I am full of sincerity to the general." ”

"I know, otherwise you wouldn't be here." Liu Xinda waved his hand: "Three links, send Second Master Sun for me." ”

Liu Santong picked up the crutches, leaned under his ribs, and looked at Sun Yulin.

Sun Yulin arched his hand at Liu Xinda, turned around and hurriedly walked out.

A moment later, Liu Santong returned to the room.

"General, they are deliberately selling well, they want us to fight desperately in Linzi, work for them, and buy time, so that they can run more calmly. This is with the blood of our brothers to achieve their ends. Liu Santong said angrily.

"That's true, but this Third Highness Zhu Youzhen really looks at me differently, and Sun Yulin didn't tell a lie about this." Liu Xinda nodded.

Liu Santong was silent for a moment and said, "General, do you think this thing can be done?" ”

"Whether it works or not, Linzi will always be unstoppable." Liu Xinda said: "But I don't want to smash the last bit of our elite here, you say, if we really go to the Third Highness alone, even if we can have an army to command, what status is there?" ”

Liu Santong blinked his eyes and said, "Do you want to take the army with you?" I'm afraid it's very rare. ”

"Only take our subordinates and horses." Liu Xinda Huo Ran raised his head: "Don't want those messy troops, it's useless to carry them." ”

Looking at Liu Xinda, Liu Santong suddenly understood: "General, you take people away, I will leave a stable army's heart, and I will declare to the outside world that you will lead the military horses to attack the Tang army, there is a day or two, enough for you to go far, I will be here for a day or two, and you will be safe." ”

Liu Xinda nodded: "If my estimate is right, in five days, the Tang army will approach again, and then I will lead the army out of the city, you stay behind, and after a day or two, you will surrender!" ”

"Surrender?" Liu Santong's eyes widened and his mouth opened wide. "I don't surrender!"

"I'll make you surrender and save your life first. With your identity, the Tang army will not kill you, but if you lead the army to break through and there are rangers, I am afraid that you will not escape death. When you have a chance to get out later, you can come back to me. When the time comes, let's do it together. ”